r correspondent katy watson reports from sÃo paulo. y: it was just a little cold, said results's - preside brazil's president when the crisis started. ieven as thenfection sort of the deat death toll climbed, jair bolsonaro carried on. "i'm no gravedigger," he quipped in april as he was taken to task. o"s what? i'm no miracle worker." luciano had hoped for miracles. his family has been torn apart by covid-19. his father passed awayn april. >> my father was always the pillar of the family, a person who helped others without wanting anything in return. he was a peacemaker. s death has been very painful, but i'm privileged to have a father like i did. katy: luciano is a musician and keen member of vfl in jellico church members--evangelical church inrazil, like many balls in our supporters. he does not in the blame--many paulson are of supporters. he does not pin the blame squarely on the president. >>ere i brazil it is no longer about public health. pit is aboitics. each person is defending their ow there is no unity to bring the pandemic

katy watson, thank you for joining us.the most coroversial countries, apart fromen brazil t comes to handling of covid, was oddly sweden. it never had a formal state-mandated lockdown. after cases rose, the country's top epidemiologistwa said tha probably not the best decision. but has not stopped international travelers from heading there. >> stockholm is finallyhetepping into summertime, but it's not just locals making the most of it. they arrivedon fromn in march, the day after the u.k. vised against all non-essential travel. >> it's like a normal life. i take it as an opportunity to see theiris culture and v a new place. if you feel fit, strong and healthy, i don't see why you couldn't travel. >> things are picking up. around one in five rooms were occupied a most guests arewedes, but there are international visitors. >> i don't ask them why theare coming and how they are coming, but i think they want to go out to fill free. we are all just human beings. i think this is the main reason. >> although many fights to swede

katy watson reports from sao paulo.etween rich and poor in this, the most unequal country in latin america. coronavirus is spreading fast here in brazil but it's these crowded neighbourhoods that are most affected. there's little opportunity to socially distance and with so many residents having lost theirjobs, no way to make ends meet either. hosangela works just one day a week now, her other employers let her go because they were scared. she's scared too. she needs to keep working to look after her grandson and her seven children, six of whom are now unemployed. it's hard to get enough food, hosangela tells me, there's no way she can provide like she used to. hosangela and more than a thousand other domestic workers are on a waiting list for this crowdfunding campaign called adopt a housekeeper. it gives domestic workers a personal care kit, a food basket and some money each month to keep them going through the crisis. translation: the virus has been democratic in that it's affecting rich and poor. but the actions, th

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.nity following disturbances in the central city of dijon. over the past week, there've been several nights of clashes between groups of chechen and north african youths in which both sides were filmed brandishing real and replica weapons. bill hayton reports. the charges follow a series of police raids in dijon and elsewhere. an elite unit was brought in because of fears of violence. four men now face charges. three are russian citizens, while the fourth is french, but of russian origin. they are accused of association with criminals, aggravated violence and property damage. translation: if you remember, at the very beginning, there was quite a lot of talk about drug trafficking. so far, the origin does not seem to be drug trafficking. but we've not completely ruled out connections with possible trafficking or activities with organised criminal nature. the violence began the week before last, with the beating of a 16—year—old chechen boy, allegedly by men of north african origin. a cal

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.national security legislation for hong kong, which would dramatically change the area's way of life. it includes plans for an office in the chinese territory which would collect intelligence. international organisations and hong kong activists have said this would crush hong kong's freedoms. reged ahmad reports. these are pictures released by chinese state media as the country's top lawmaking committee meeting in beijing. they are reviewing new draft national security laws for hong kong, set to be fast—tracked and to bypass the territory's own legislature. beijing says they're needed in order to target terrorists and separatists. but china has also revealed new details of the legislation that have alarmed many. the striking part, these laws will override any existing legislation in hong kong that conflicts with it. that's made critics fearful it could erase the prized civil and political freedoms that were supposed to be guaranteed for 50 years after the uk handed back the territory to

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. you are watching bbc news.d and others are critically injured after a multiple stabbing in the english town of reading. president trump addresses supporters in tulsa, oklahoma, for his first campaign rally since the covid—19 outbreak reached the us. staying with that now, let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis. david, you've been keeping across this beach. there is a lot going on. what has stood out for you? there is a lot going on, lewis, and president trump very clearly seeking to establish himself as the law and order candidate going into november's presidential election here. he branded those who have caused violence during recent black lives matter protests here in the wake of the death of george floyd as anarchists and says it should bea criminal anarchists and says it should be a criminal offence to set fire to the american flag, one yearin fire to the american flag, one year in prison. this is meat and drink to the crowd there. it isa and drink to the crowd there. it is a thinner cr

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.from the european union travel to the country from sunday without the need to self—isolate for two weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. the spanish foreign minister said her government was discussing whether britain would reciprocate and lift its quarantine measures, but explained spain took the unilateral decision out of "respect" to those with second homes in the country. we are discussing with the uk authorities to see if they would do the same on their side. we nevertheless are doing this out of respect for the 400,000 british citizens that have a second residence in spain and that are dying to benefit from their homes in our country. we want to make sure that we honour our commitment to treat british citizens who are on an epidemiological basis similarto are on an epidemiological basis similar to other european union member states, to continue to be able to join their homes in spain, as from june 21. people have been gathering at anti—racism rallies in a number of towns and

katy watson there.risk faced by some minority groups in the uk from coronavirus. a major study has found that people of south asian origin, who've been admitted to hospital, are most likely to die from the illness. data from nearly 35,000 people found the risk of death for south asians was up by a fifth compared to that for white people. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. the family of dr abdul mabud chowdhury have paid a heavy price during the coronavirus crisis. working on the front line of the nhs meant dr chowdhury, who died at the height of the pandemic, was already at risk of infection. now it's clear that as a man of south asian heritage, that risk was even greater. it was quite clarifying — it clarifies why my dad passed, because my dad was a really healthy, strong, fit man, so the fact that he wasn't able to fight this off, i knew it couldn't be a fault of his, but a fault on a larger scale, that larger scale being that south asians are so much more prone to dying from this virus.

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.us around the world has now passed 400,000 just five months after china reported the first known fatality. here in the uk, the health secretary, matt hancock denied —— the uk has recorded its lowest number of deaths from confirmed cases of coronavirus since the lockdown began in march, with 77 deaths in the past 2a hours. the health secretary, matt hancock denied that the failure to lockdown sooner had cost lives as he responded to the view of a senior scientist who advises the uk government. dominic hughes reports. as the restrictions on daily life start to be eased, there are doubts. are we coming out of lockdown too soon? but also, did we go in too late? yes, we should have gone into lockdown earlier. the data that we were dealing with in the early part of march and our kind of situational awareness was really quite poor. and so i think it was...would have been very hard to pull the trigger at that point. i wish we had. i think that has cost a lot of lives, unfortunately. that's a j

katy watson, bbc news, sao paulo.what is happening in boston, massachusetts, and some of the themes of there. we saw earlier huge numbers of people gathered outside the state capital. peaceful, it seemed at the time. at the moment it also seems to be peaceful and another part of the city. we can see huge lines of police. there you see the state capital and just 20 minutes ago that was absolutely packed with protesters, and it seems that slowly people have started moving away from there, some voluntarily, some encouraged, quite strongly by the police. boston is one of those cities that has seen less violence than others, but as you can see, quite a lot of people out on the streets, lots of police, lots of protesters and so it's a potential that if people don't go home, for things to turn ina don't go home, for things to turn in a different way. here is minneapolis, the city, of course, where this mass movement of protest started in united states. a curfew is in place in minneapolis, earlier we saw a national guard offi

katy watson, bbc news and sao paulo. in an anti—government protest in mali. they are calling on the president to resign — saying the west african country is suffering from political paralysis, economic decline and a long—running islamic extremist insurgency. simonjones reports. a show of defiance in the malian capital, bamako. protesters gather in independence square in numbers, calling for immediate change. they want a new plan to curb corruption and to fix the failing economy, but their main demand is that president ibrahim boubacar keita must go. translation: we are here to bring about an end to corruption, to bring about an end to prejudice, to bring about an end to this dying power which is no longer capable of educating our children, keeping us healthy and equipping our army. mali has been in the grip of a islamist insurgency that has lasted for eight years and cost thousands of lives. president keita is accused of failing to contain it. earlier this week he did offer an olive branch to his critics. speaking in par

katie watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. stay with us on bbc news.‘s life in portugal. we report from the village where he lived around the time of her disappearance. the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved towards horse guards parade for the start of trooping the colour. gunshots the queen looks worried but recovers quickly. as long as they'll pay to go and see me, i'll get out there and kick 'em down the hill. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feels marvellous, really. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: thousands of people across britain have taken part in more anti—racism protests. in bristol, a statue of a 17th century slave trader is torn down and rolled into the river. thous

katy watson, bbc news, sao paulo. have arrived on board the international space station. the two crew members were welcomed by a fellow nasa astronaut and two russian cosmonauts. victoria gill reports. we are ready to get dragon docked to the international space station. closing in after a 19—hour journey on a destination 260 miles above the earth. soft capture confirmed. stand by for retraction and docking. the first astronauts to arrive at the international space station in a privately owned spacecraft floated safely through the hatch at 6:22pm uk time. we have bob behnken from spacex demo two mission, entering the international space station. doug hurley and bob behnken, dubbed america's favourite dads, are now the newest space station crew members. it's great to get the united states back in the crewed launcher business, and we are just really glad to be on board this magnificent complex. lift off! go, crew dragon, go, nasa! the success of their voyage marks the start of a new, commercial era in space travel. it's

katy watson, bbc news, sao paulo.nternational space station. the two crew members were welcomed by a fellow nasa astronaut and two russian cosmonauts. victoria gill reports. we are ready to get dragon docked to the international space station. closing in after a 19—hour journey on a destination 260 miles above the earth. soft capture confirmed. stand by for retraction and docking. the first astronauts to arrive at the international space station in a privately owned spacecraft floated safely through the hatch at 6:22pm uk time. we have bob behnken from spacex demo two mission, entering the international space station. doug hurley and bob behnken, dubbed america's favourite dads, are now the newest space station crew members. it's great to get the united states back in the crewed launcher business, and we are just really glad to be on board this magnificent complex. lift off! go, crew dragon, go, nasa! the success of their voyage marks the start of a new, commercial era in space travel. it's the first trip of a $2.6 bi

katie watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.ond british classic of the year, the 1000 guineas, was the feature race at newmarket. adam wild was watching. they say "love" conquers all. well, today at newmarket, that is exactly what happened. love it is, home comfortably. the second of the british classics, the 1000 guineas. like yesterday's 2000 guineas, there was only a select few there to take in the atmosphere, but empty grandstands are for now the backdrop to all sporting events. this, the day for the fillies, plenty of eyes on jockey 0isin murphy after victory yesterday, looking for a guineas double. but his mount, millisle, never really challenged. in fact, none could get close to the 4—1 shot, love, winning by a social distance and a sixth success for trainer aidan 0'brien. everybody has put her lot of work into her. delighted for the lads, really. listen, she is a very special filly. so, love, another aidan 0'brien horse to win the 1000 guineas. as racing continues to adapt, some things don't change. adam wild, bbc news.

katy watson, bbc news in sao paulo. ill after a fire at their home in paisley. the blaze broke out last night, and anyone with information is asked to contact the police. fiona gibson, who was 12, and her brothers, 8—year—old alexander and 5—year old philip, died at the queen elizabeth university hospital, in glasgow. people have been gathering at anti—racism rallies in a number of towns and cities across the uk, despite appeals to stay away due to the lockdown restrictions. chi chi izundu reports. they chant: black lives matter! for a fourth consecutive weekend people have taken to the streets in the name of protest. they chant: black lives matter! the numbers are not as large but the message is still the same. if we don't fight for it, no one will listen to us. we have a voice and we have to use it. the uk is not innocent, you know? so, lam here standing with the whole world right now. with all of us here together hopefully we make enough noise that the people that need to hear it understand and change can be made for

katy watson, bbc news, sao paolo. due to the coronavirus pandemic. but amidst an uptick in cases there's still no word on whether the hajj — the annual muslim pilgrimage which attracts millions will go ahead. reged ahmad reports. call to prayer. markings on the floor, temperature checks and hand sanitiser, just a few social distancing rules and restrictions in mecca as the city's places of worship, some 1500 mosques, finally open up after three months of coronavirus lockdown. translation: thank god, social distancing was implemented. mosques are mandatory and everyone has a private prayer mat. many mosques outside mecca have already reopened but worshippers here will be relieved to be back and finally able to pray in the holiest city in islam. car horns toot. the country has also lifted its nationwide curfew with people wasting no time in taking to the streets as restaurants and hair salons welcome back their customers. translation: we are taking appointments and every client comes on time. there must be a 30 minute d

katy watson reports. this is the reality behind brazil's spread of covid—i9.and brazil doesn't yet have it under control. friday saw a massive spike in the number of new cases, a record at nearly 55,000. according to the health ministry, the rise was due in part to several states having trouble in reporting data early in the week. but numbers are numbers, and they are frightening. translation: in fact, people only start believing covid—i9 is real when it is a family member or themselves who get it, because as long as it is no one in the family, no one they know who gets it, people won't get real about what is happening. each and every day, more people are taken by covid—i9 in brazil. this week saw four consecutive days of more than 1,200 fatalities. all the while, cities like sao paulo and rio dejaneiro are starting to open back up. after more than three months in quarantine, people are trying to get back to some kind of normality. but life in brazil is anything but normal. president jair bolsonaro has from the very beginning campaign for brazil's economy to r

katy watson, bbc news, sao paulo.n on the streets of brazil's two biggest cities, rio de janeiro and sao paulo. there were clashes with supporters of president jair bolsonaro seeking military intervention to curb the powers of the supreme court and congress. the supreme court has recently opened an investigation focusing on the production of fake news and naming politicians and businessmen close to the president as suspects. key religious events are resuming and sites reopening after months of lockdowns and restrictions due to the coronavirus. two of the holiest sites in islam have reopened their doors and the pope has delivered his first blessing from his window overlooking st peters square, since the start of italy's lockdown. applause and cheers for pope francis as he appears at his window for the first time in months to deliver his message and blessing. worshippers waving expectant and smiling, standing at a distance from one another. it is yet another sign of some kind of normality returning to italy, after so mu

our correspondent katy watson has this report from sao paolo.ilian president when the brazilian president when the crisis started. and even as the crisis started. and even as the infection soared and the death toll climbed bolsonaro carried on. i am no gravedigger, he quipped in april when question over the numbers. a week later he was taken to task again. so what, he answered, i am no miracle worker. this man had hoped for miracles. his family has been torn apart by covid—19. his father, marcus antonio, passed away in april. translation: my father was always the pillar of the family, a person who would help others without wanting anything in return. he was a peacemaker. his death has been very painful but i feel privileged to have had a father like i did. luciano is a musician and keen member of the evangelical church in brazil, like many of bolsonaro's supporters. he doesn't pin the blame squarely on the president. he thinks all of the politicians have played a part in brazil's chaotic response to the pandemic translation: hearing brazil, covi

katy watson, b news, some follow.y: clearly this is an easy, and a lot of countries have had confused leadership, bu' brazil doest stand out. let's turn to europe. -- does stand out. let's turn to europe. germany has wonfo praisits handling of the crisis. it is battling new hotspots i'm torn by a professor, epidemiologist at the charity iversity hospital in berlin. h thank you very mr joining me. i want to look at germany for a second. you are having a couple of new spikes in the country. overall, is the trend in the right direction still in germany, though? >> yes, i think the trend is in after the first peak, we were able to reduce the nof new infections, and as before, we have seen r sionscifically affected and clusters occurring, and that is still happening. we have two or three bad clustrs that occurred and t shows how dangerous the situation is and how careful we have to be when opening up. katykatty: what is it that germy is doing right that coher countried learn from? >> i think if you open up, you should be p

the bbc‘s katy watson says friday also saw a new record daily number of cases, suggesting the outbreak,000—plus now cases being registered on friday night. that is 20,000 more than the last record, earlier this week. now, the health ministry has said that in part it was due to inaccurate reporting from several states earlier this week, but numbers are numbers. the fact is that the numbers of cases here in brazil are still rising at an ever—increasing rate, and the death toll as well. we have seen for four nights in a row more than 1,200 fatalities, so it's still very much in the middle of the crisis of the pandemic here in brazil. so huge numbers, katy. how are the political leadership responding to these numbers? very little. jair bolsonaro continues with his push to reopen the economy. for a long time, jair bolsonaro was at odds with the state governors who had imposed quarantine measures, but it feels like the pressure is filtering down. here in sao paulo, in rio as well, they're starting to reopen, trying to get back to some sort of normality. but, as you mentioned, this concern th

let's cross to sao paulo and speak to our south america correspondent katy watson. uk, for example, relatively consistent falls in the number of cases. that is simply not the case there. no, that's right. we have seen 511,000 plus now cases being registered on friday night. that is 20,000 more than the last record, earlier this week. now, the health ministry has said that in part it was due to inaccurate reporting from several states earlier this week, but numbers are numbers. the fact is that the numbers of cases here in brazil are still rising at an ever increasing rate, and the death toll as well. we have seen for four nights ina well. we have seen for four nights in a row more than 1200 fatalities. so it is still very much in the middle of the crisis of the pandemic here in brazil. so huge numbers, katie. how other political leadership responding to these numbers? —— katy. very little. jair bolsonaro continues with his push to reopen the economy. for a long time,jair push to reopen the economy. for a long time, jair bolsonaro was at odds with the state governors

and more than 115,000 people have died in brazil with the disease. 0ur correspondent katy watson is in mentioned the figures. we are looking at in the next few days brazil hitting 1 million cases of coronavirus. just last week, it surpassed the death toll, we are now looking at more than 115,000 deaths. every few days here in brazil there isa every few days here in brazil there is a new, grim milestone reached. but the government seems to do very little. jair bolsonaro, yesterday, one of his official said yesterday that the virus was under control. last week he encouraged people to go to hospital to see the empty beds, because of his continual playing down of the virus. the world health 0rganization still says that brazil isa 0rganization still says that brazil is a major concern, and of course, this is a moment of crisis in brazil, but we are seeing here in sao paulo, in rio dejaneiro, shops continuing to reopen, and that is a major concern, right at the peak of the crisis or whether we have reached a peak or not, the country has started to open up once again. more than a thousand fli

katy watson sent this report from sao paolo. siren.ther covid call—out in brazil's biggest city, and the epicentre of the pandemic. the traffic is lighter these days because of quarantine, but this is still a city of 22 million, and the roads are as bad as ever. the team is attending a woman in her 90s with covid—19. 70% of their callouts are now related to the virus. she had been unconscious and struggling to breathe, so the family made the call. in these uncertain times, people just don't know if this might be the final goodbye. the patients who make it to hospital are, in a sense, the lucky ones. the team says three times as many people are dying at home compared to life before the pandemic. translation: when the pandemic started, all we were doing was registering deaths at home. people went to sleep and never woke up. they didn't even have a chance. putting on protective gear and the continuous cleaning of their ambulance slows them down, but they're not taking any risks. a colleague many in the force looked up to passed away from

our correspondent katy watson covers brazil. here's part of her report from sao paulo.ld, said brazil's president, when the crisis started, and even as infection soared and the death toll climbed, jair bolsonaro carried on. i'm no grave—digger, he quipped in april, as he was quizzed over the numbers. a week later, he was taken to task again. so what?, he answered. i'm no miracle worker. as the situation worsens, the president continues to focus on reopening the economy, and says little to ease the pain of those who've lost loved ones. brazil's hit two more grim milestones in a matter of days. more than a million cases and more than 50,000 people dead. but not even these numbers are prompting the president to change course. in the middle of a pandemic, many brazilians feel they are lacking leadership, and the numbers keep going up and up. let's look elsewhere in latin america. in peru, new infections increased by more than 3,500 on sunday — its total is past a quarter of a million, and it has the highest rate of infection after brazil. chile and equador are also stugglin

the health ministry says more than 34,000 people have died with covid—19. 0ur correspondent, katy watsonving again so many difficulties in brazil. what is being said about this and the trajectory? now, we have got one person dying every minute here in brazilfrom covid—19. in the last three days we have seen record numbers of deaths and when we look at the infection rate and infection cases it is second only to the us. this part of the world are talking about reopening. this week people started surfing and swimming in the sea and people are wondering about the wisdom of opening up at this time when brazil hasn't even reached the peak. meanwhile the president has said very little. he said on facebook last night the collateral damage of not reopening the economy would be worse than the number of deaths themselves, so people here are very concerned that ata time people here are very concerned that at a time when the situation, the pandemic, is that it's worse, the federal government is not taking this seriously. more information has been emerging about the man identified by german police as

that was the bbc‘s katy watson.lity: equaljustice under the law must mean that every american receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement, regardless of race, colour, gender or creed. they have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. they have to receive it. we all saw what happened last week. we can't let that happen. hopefully, george is looking down right now and saying, "that's a great thing that's happening for our country." that's a great day for him. it's a great day for everybody. this is a great, great day in terms of equality. comments by president trump a little earlier this afternoon. let's ta ke little earlier this afternoon. let's take a look at the main points from today's downing street briefing with the health secretary matt hancock. a further 357 people had died after being diagnosed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, an increase from yesterday's daily figures. that means the overall number in the uk who have died goes over 40,000. matt hancock announced that all ho

katy watson reports from sao paulo. every few days now brazil hits another grim milestone.tinues not to say much and when he does he plays down the virus. one of his officials yesterday to the country with managing the virus well, and tragedy of like the criticism of the handling of the crisis by saying that the country is big, and will you look at per million inhabitants numbers are better than they have are in places like the uk and belgium. but the world health organisation says brazil is a major concern. all the while cities like here and sao paulo are opening up. and scientists warned that the country is not yet through the worst of it. stay with us on oustide source, still to come: flights cancelled, and people restricted from leaving beijing — the latest on the virus containment — as a spike in cases continues. the footballer marcus rashford says he wants to do more to help those in need after winning a battle to have a free school meal voucher scheme extended. the manchester united and england player‘s campaign prompted a government u—turn that means parents will be

and more than 45,000 people have died in brazil with the disease. 0ur correspondent katy watson in saooronavirus. in just the last week, with the death toll, we are now looking at more than 45,000 deaths, so every few days in brazil there is a new, grim milestone reached. but the government seems to do very little. jair bolsonaro hardly talks to the public. yesterday, one of his officials said that the virus was under control. jair bolsonaro last week encouraged people to go to hospitals to see the empty beds, because of this continual playing down of the virus. but the world health organisation says that brazil is a major concern and, of course, this is a moment of crisis in brazil, and in sao paulo, in rio dejaneiro, the shops are continuing to reopen, and that's a major concern at the peak of the crisis, or even whether we have reached the peak or not, the country opening back up. as lockdown restrictions are gradually eased across the uk, theme parks, museums and other venues are working out how they can reopen safely. but it will be a long time before some visitor attractions are

katy watson, bbc news, sao paolo. 26 minutes past six and carol has all of the weather and i think it, isn't it? it certainly is, good morning! especially so in the south and east where the temperatures over the highs but more ina temperatures over the highs but more in a second. i want to show you beautiful weather watch your pictures this morning, these clouds are very pictures this morning, these clouds are very rare and pictures this morning, these clouds are very rare and they tend to appear in the summer and they are the highest cloud in the atmosphere. floating about 50 miles above the earth. 80 kilometres. more taken in 0xfordshire. again, beautiful colours. as alluded to, increasing heat this week and humidity, not just by day but by night. especially so in the second half of the week. at the moment we have this weather front which is waving which means it will take the rain northampton south through the course of the next few days. high pressure dominating to the south and low pressure to the north and this is the boundary there between them and it is also the dividing line

the health ministry says more than 34,000 people have died with covid—19. 0ur correspondent, katy watsond has more. now, we have got one person dying every minute here in brazilfrom covid—19. in the last three days we have seen record numbers of deaths and when we look at the infection rate and infection cases it is second only to the us. this part of the world are talking about reopening. this week people started surfing and swimming in the sea and people are wondering about the wisdom of opening up at this time when brazil hasn't even reached the peak. meanwhile the president has said very little. he said on facebook last night the collateral damage of not reopening the economy would be worse than the number of deaths themselves, so people here are very concerned that at a time when the situation, the pandemic, is that it's worse, the federal government is not taking this seriously. we will talk more about coronavirus this afternoon but let's turn our attentions to brexit. the european union's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has said there has been no significant progress in talks wi

katy watson sent this report from sao paolo. siren.—19 call—out in brazil's city and the epicentre of the pandemic. the traffic‘s lighter these days because of quarantine but this is still a city of 22 million and the roads are as bad as ever.

and more than 115,000 people have died in brazil with the disease. 0ur correspondent, katy watson, inr cities are starting to open up. in the next few days, we're looking at brazil hitting 1 million cases of coronavirus. just last week, it surpassed the death toll. we're now looking at more than 115,000 deaths. every few days here in brazil, there is a new grim milestone reached. the government seems to do very little. jair bolsonaro hardly talks to the public. just yesterday, one of his officials said the virus was under control. jair bolsonaro last week encouraged people to go to the hospitals to see the empty beds because of this continual playing down of the virus. but the world health organization still says that brazil is a major concern. and, of course, this is a moment of crisis in brazil, but we're seeing here in sao paulo and rio dejaneiro the shops continuing to reopen and that's the major concern right at the peak of the crisis or even whether we've reached the peak or not, the country is starting to open back up again. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has put

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.andrew to be questioned about his links to a convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein. the paper says he could be forced to appear in a british court within weeks. i have been speaking to our royal correspondent. we are waiting for confirmation from either the department ofjustice in the us, which is not giving any comment or from the home office. but the sun newspaper is reporting the department ofjustice has put in a request for what is called mutual legal assistance. and this would effectively force prince andrew either to give a voluntary written statement or an oral statement, or if he refused to do that, forced him to turn up at a magistrates' court and answer questions about what he knows about jeffrey epstein, and answer questions about what he knows aboutjeffrey epstein, the disgraced financier who was also a convicted paedophile, with whom prince andrew was friends for quite a few years, and around whom allegations have swirled ever since, both the conviction and the friendship wi