with me are the political writer and academic, maya goodfellow, and the deputy political editor of thexpress, sam lister. welcome to you both. let's have a look at what we have already got insofar. the new zealand herald celebrates the country being one of only nine in the world with no active covid—i9 cases, meaning nearly all lockdown restrictions have been lifted, although strict border measures remain for foreseeable future. the international edition of the financial times says emerging and developing economies will shrink this year for the first time in at least six decades, according to the world bank, underlining the mounting economic cost from coronavirus. it also reports 10,000 planned jobs cuts at the oil giant bp, a story that leads the ft‘s uk edition. the metro highlights a warning that new uk quarantine rules, brought in by home secretary, priti patel, will do little to control coronavirus but will harm businesses and costjobs. the washington post says it's documented 5,400 shootings by the police in the us in the last five years. france's le figaro reports that the debat

with me is the political writer and academic, maya goodfellow — and the deputy political editor at thely mail, john stevens. let's take a look as some of the newspaper front pages around the world. the daily telegraph says german prosecutors are investigating whether the prime suspect in the madeleine mccann case was responsible for the abduction of a missing german girl eight years later. the guardian reports political leaders are under pressure to rethink rules on face masks after the worldhealth organisation advised that simple coverings are inadequate for the public and said that over—60s shouldwear medical—grade masks. the times says sunday trading laws in the uk will be suspended for a year and cafes and pubs will be given fast—track approval to serve food and drink outside under plans to boost the economy. the daily mail says borisjohnson is drawing up a ‘great recovery bill‘ to slash red tape and help get the economy moving again. the international version of the financial times reflects on reflects on the latest figures on the us economy — it says stocks rallied and treasuries

with me are the writer and academic, maya goodfellow and the deputy political editor of the daily expresssam lister. welcome back to you both. let's look at some of the front pages. the times reports that home secretary, priti patel, has told a police chief that he must uphold the law after his officers failed to stop anti—racism protesters from toppling the statue of a slave trader and throwing it into bristol harbour. according to the guardian, there are urgent plans are being drawn up to reduce tensions and address anger over disproportionate police action against black and minority ethnic people as black lives matter protests are expected in dozens of towns and cities by the weekend. the daily mail leads with prince andrew and american prosecutors accusing each other, in relation to thejeffrey epstein case, with the prince complaining he's being treated as a second—class citizen by the us justice system. the daily mirror highlights comments from german police that there is "some evidence" the new madeleine mccann suspect carried out the crime, and that madeleine is no longer alive. th