This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uks government defends the decision to make Face Coverings compulsory on Public Transport but admits the benefits may be marginal. On balance we are convinced that it certainly cant do any harm, we think it will do some good, and thats why its a good idea to introduce. My concern and id go so far as to say my anger is the delay its taken, because this could mean more people having caught the virus in the community because there are some times where you simply cant keep a social distance, and this delay, i think, has been good for nobody. Brazil overtakes italy as the country with third highest coronavirus death toll with more than 3a,000 deaths. Two Police Officers are suspended in buffalo, new york state after videos show they were seen shoving an elderly white man to the ground. Police say they have received hundreds of emails and calls from the public about a new suspect in the Madeleine Mccann case. Dentists are given the go ahead to reopen next week in england but a survey suggests only a third say they can do so safely. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uk government has defended the timing of its decision to make face masks compulsory on Public Transport in england. From june the 15th, passengers travelling without a Face Covering could be fined. The British Medical Association says the rule should be extended to anywhere that cannot ensure safe social distancing. Elsewhere, a new National Helath service coronavirus Contact Tracing app which is at the heart of englands coronavirus track and Trace Programme should be in place by the end of the month, according to business minister Nadhim Zahawi. Around the world, brazil has surpassed italy to become the country with the third highest number of coronavirus deaths, after the United States and the uk. Meanwhile in france, the governments top scientific advisor has said the epidemic there is now under control. And in scotland, its emerged that a coronavirus epidemic simulated by Public Health experts two years ago, highlighted potential problems, such as a lack of protective equipment. We start with this report from keith doyle. It does not seem that long ago that people wearing Face Coverings out and about were an oddity. Now it seems perfectly normal. And from june 15 in england it will be obligatory on buses, trains, trams, ferries, and planes. Loudspeaker use a Face Covering while travelling. There will be some exceptions for children and disabled people, but the transport secretary said that wearing a Face Covering will be a condition of travel. The scientists have been very clear that they are struggling. Theyve been struggling to provide the conclusive evidence on it. On balance, we are convinced that it certainly cant do any harm, we think it will do some good, and thats why we think its a good idea to introduce. But as i say, there is no point introducing it if. The most important thing is two metres social distancing, so if you have two metres social distancing, then this is a marginal impact. In scotland, where Face Coverings are recommended on Public Transport, the government will consider making them compulsory. In Northern Ireland, they are recommended where social distancing isnt possible. And wales has not yet made any recommendations on Face Coverings. Transport unions have welcomed the move, which they said is overdue, and the doctors union, the bma, has asked why the requirement isnt being brought in right away and that it should be widened to other areas where social distancing isnt always possible. Voiceover nhs test and trace will contact you to trace people you might have infected. The nhs test and trace scheme in england is key to controlling the spread of the virus. Its up and running with thousands of people in place to contact those whove come in contact with the virus. Voiceover the nhs covid19 app. Part of this is a Smartphone App which is being trialled in the isle of wight. The government says this should be up and running by the end of the month. The app will be up and running this month . Well, it was running in the isle of wight and we will make sure it will be running as soon as we make as soon as we think it is robust. Ok, ijust want to be cler, you said itll be in place this month. It will be rolled out across the uk this month . I would like to think we would be able to manage it by this month, yes. The 14 day quarantine for most arrivals into the uk, which starts on monday, has caused a rift between the government and the airline industry. British airways did not take part in a meeting with the home secretary, priti patel, yesterday. Its thought agreement on air bridges, which would help the tourism industry, is still way off. Keith doyle, bbc news. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent iain watson. Hello to you. Many other countries have recommended or made it mandatory for people to be wearing Face Coverings long before now. Why is it only now that in england to the government is saying you must wear Face Coverings on Public Transport . I think it is all about timing. Effectively the lockdown will be eased further in england on june 15, so called non essential retail, Department Stores and so on, will open up. There is a feeling that it will open up. There is a feeling thatitis will open up. There is a feeling that it is likely that Public Transport, very few people using it at the moment generally speaking, but the usage will increase because my people have to go to work in those shops more people will be doing shopping, and it may be difficult to maintain the recommended two metres of social distancing in some circumstances. Therefore, to provide people with some reassurance, face masks are being suggested by the government stopped i didnt think it a particularly ha rd stopped i didnt think it a particularly hard sell from grant shapps, the transport secretary, who introduced it. He said various times ina bbc introduced it. He said various times in a bbc interview today, this was no panacea , in a bbc interview today, this was no panacea, that it was way down the list of things that are important to keep safe, way behind washing your hands for example. And indeed the Scientific Evidence was marginal, that effectively there has been disagreement notjust that effectively there has been disagreement not just among scientists but behind the scenes amongst government ministers on when and if they should be introduced. People will be ultimately facing fines or are being refused the right to travel if they do not comply in a little more than a week. There has been widespread criticism on the timing of it certainly, certain groups, the British Medical Association, some of the rail unions have been pushing for this to happen much earlier when the virus was at its peak. The mayor of london, sadiq khan, has advocated this since march, and expressed his anger today that the government had delayed for so long. My concern and id go so far as to say my anger is the delay its taken, because this could mean more people having caught the virus in the community because there are some times where you simply cant keep a social distance, and this delay, i think, has been good for nobody. Lets talk about the Contact Tracing app as part of the wider test and trace strategy here in england. The minister Nadhim Zahawi said last night, i would like to think we could manage getting the app up and running by the end ofjune. Why has the government not managed to do it before now when so many other countries have . Many other countries have and there has been a debate over the technology. Some people say the government is insisting perhaps on having a centralised app, a bespoke app, so that it can more easily check peoples medical records. There have been some concerns about personal security, but the government is trying to reassure people. It has been trialled on the isle of wight but has never left the isle of wight despite the government saying this was a successful trial. It didnt sound entirely like an announcement by Nadhim Zahawi, the business minister, last night. It sounds more like an aspiration to get this done by the end of the month. But the scientific and medical advisers are suggesting this is a bit more of an optional extra these days, that actually physical Contact Tracing is something which could be sufficient in itself. That said, we have had various people who have meant to be involved in Contact Tracing telling the bbc they have been given very little to do. The governments explanation is that as infection rates fall this is probably a good thing because there are fewer contacts thing because there are fewer co nta cts to thing because there are fewer contacts to be traced. On a more worrying front, a Senior Executive involved in the process intended to suggest in a webinar which was obtained by the Guardian Newspaper that we would not have a world class system in place until september. 0k, iain, thank you very much. Iain watson at westminster. Astrazeneca has doubled its manufacturing capacity and can now work on making two billion doses. After striking a number of deals that include two health organisations backed by bill and melinda gates. The new deals are aimed at guaranteeing early supply of the vaccine to lower income countries. Astrazenecas chief executive spoke to the bbc earlier about how any future vaccine would be distributed. We are actually working together. By the way, i think that competition is good. I mean, competition generates innovation and new ideas and makes people work fast. In that instance, we are not competing with one another, we are competing against this virus and there is a lot of collaboration that is ongoing across industry, so we can deliver several vaccines by the fall and before the end of this year. If you are in the uk and you want to know how many coronavirus cases have beenin know how many coronavirus cases have been in yourarea, know how many coronavirus cases have been in your area, find out by going to the bbc news website, where you can see how many cases and indeed deaths at there have been where you live simply by putting in your postcode or location. Brazil has now overtaken italy to become the country with the third highest number of deaths from coronavirus, after the United States and britain. The Brazilian Health Ministry Said more than 3a,000 brazilians had lost their lives with covid i9. It reported almost 1500 deaths in the last 2a hours thats more than one death every minute. In italy which faced their outbreak much ealier the overall death toll from the virus is over 33,000 people. Our reporter camilla mota has been to manaus the largest city in the amazon and an area with one of the countrys highest death rates from coronavirus. A month ago, he was an uber driver. Now he collect bodies. Every day now he takes people on their finaljourney from homes and hospitals to the biggest graveyard in manaus. Thats how fast things have changed here. The service collects bodies for those who cant afford a proper burial. In april they collected 793 bodies, almost four times more than the monthly average. Today, hes on his way to the home of someone who died from covid i9. The man who died that day was 80. There was no funeral, his body taken straight to the graveyard. Only two family members were allowed to attend. Its hard to say goodbye during covid i9. Manaus has one of the highest death rates from covid i9 in brazil. The infection rate here is a still rising, with fears there arent enough beds for the sick. As soon as a bed is made available, its taken by a new patient. Here theyre using improvised parts to treat patients. Doctors say its reduced time spent in hospital. Many of these patients come from outside manaus. The capital city is the only place in the state with icu beds. For a population of almost 4 million, there are less than 500 beds. At the end of his shift, he has to disinfect everything van, boots and clothes. Hes following the rules strictly, but he is concerned that others are not. Like him, Many Brazilians are waiting with a sense of unease for the peak still to come. Camilla mota, bbc news. There were emotional scenes at a Memorial Service in minneapolis last night to commemorate the life of george floyd, the 46 year old black man whose death at the hands of four Police Officers has sparked protests across the United States. A lawyer for the family told mourners that a pandemic of racism led to his death. Thousands of people have demonstrated in American Cities for a tenth consecutive day, the marches have been largely peaceful. Jane obrien has more. Amazing grace. A moving farewell to george floyd from minneapolis, the city where he met his death. Family members described him as a loving father, son, and brother. George was somebody who was always welcoming, always made everybody feel like they were special. Everybody wants justice. We want justice for george. Hes going to get it. The reverend al sharpton, a black activist, spoke the eulogy, but also urged protesters to seize the moment while the eyes of the world were watching to demand lasting Police Reform and confront Racial Injustice. What happened to floyd happens every day in this country in education, in Health Services, and in every area of American Life its time for us to stand up in georges name and say get your knee off our necks because of the coronavirus pandemic, the service was closed, but hundreds of people gathered at this makeshift memorial of flowers placed around the block where mr floyd died when a Police Officer knelt on his neck. Its still a crime scene, but its also become a place for people to reflect and respond to the tragedy. This is supposed to be the land of opportunity and grace. Look at this. I think this is so important, especially since im from the suburbs. This has raised a whole new movement talking about black lives matter and how we really need to come together and address this issue. The service ended with eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence to represent the amount of time mr floyd was pinned to the ground and eventually stopped breathing. Chanting george floyd what do we want . Justice when do we want it . Now his body will be taken to North Carolina for a public viewing and then to houston, texas for burial. Jane obrien, bbc news, minneapolis. Well, the protests over George Floyds death have continued for a tenth day. Theyve been largely peaceful. But in buffalo, new york, a video showed two Police Officers pushing an elderly man to the ground, seriously injuring his head. The incident was captured on video by a local reporter. It shows the man approaching police. One officer then pushes him with a baton and a second one pushes him with his hand. The two officers have been suspended without pay. The Supreme Court in the australian state of New South Wales is being asked to decide whether to grant an emergency injunction to stop tens of thousands of people marching in sydney on saturday. The rallys in solidarity with campaigners for racialjustice in the United States. These are pictures from a similar protest in sydney, on tuesday. Australias Prime Minister, scott morrison, warned of the coronavirus risk involved in large gatherings. The government of New South Wales argues that protesters will be unable to guarantee safe social distancing. A separate protest in melbourne is also being planned for saturday, despite threats from officials to fine the organisers. The headlines on bbc news. The uk government defends the decision to make Face Coverings compulsory on Public Transport but admits the benefits may be marginal. Brazil overtakes italy as the country with third highest coronavirus deaths with more than 3a,000 deaths. Two Police Officers are suspended in buffalo, new york state after videos show they were seen pushing an elderly white man to the ground. Police say theyve received hundreds of emails and calls from the public about a new suspect in the Madeleine Mccann case. German detectives say they believe madeleine who disappeared in portugal in 2007 is dead, and are investigating a convicted sex offender whos in prison in germany. The businessman and praia da luz Resident David jones says he helped to look for madeleine. David, thank you forjoining us today. Take us back to that time because, of course, with this new thread in the investigation you must very much be thinking about the early days in the search. First of all, i will say that with this new news hopefully there will be some closure for the sony Madeleine Mccann family who need an answer, and that is the first thing that should be thought about. Secondly, the mccanns have been held responsible by a lot of people for the disappearance of madeleine and againi the disappearance of madeleine and again i think this new news will clear that and that would be a clear thing. I live in praia da luz, i have lived here for 3h years now, andi have lived here for 3h years now, and i consider myself a very privileged person. It is a beautiful place. But it has had a lot of bad publicity. I have five children and they grew up here. Ive never thought of anything as dangerous about the place at all. It is the total opposite. I have done several interviews and what i want to do really defend praia da luz. Yes, because the place, the location has unavoidably become associated with this case and of course that is not the full story of the place, but now it is back in the spotlight with this suspect in a german prison. It sounds, from what the police are saying, that he had quite a bit of notoriety in the area full stop from people you have been talking to, where they are aware of this individual . We get a lot of people go through here, a lot of characters. This is a very beautiful place and we get a lot of characters going through. I have a bar and restau ra nt, going through. I have a bar and restaurant, one of my businesses, andi restaurant, one of my businesses, and i do remember banning somebody who kind of fitted this character, but it was a long time ago and i cant remember his name. But, yeah, that happens down here. It happens anywhere in a holiday resort. But we had a lot of young people who are doing their gap year, working locally, very lovely people. And what happens is they will come to my barand what happens is they will come to my bar and the night that this actually happened, i came back, i was down by that marina, about four kilometres away, and i came back and the lights in my building were all out. I had toa in my building were all out. I had to a licence so they shouldnt have been out. I went out, i went in and asked my daughter what was happening, she was running the place. She said a young girl had gone missing. And everybody who was in the bar, they closed the bar and eve ryo ne in the bar, they closed the bar and everyone went looking. We went looking for the next week, i guess. I guess for people who live there who have a real love of this place, this community, as you do, clearly, david, you want closure, you want closure for the mccann family first and foremost, but you want closure for praia da luz. Sadly, we do. It has gone on a long time. I am a father, i cannot imagine what it must have been like. Also to have been blamed for the disappearance, the parents were blamed. That part of it seems to be taken away. They we re of it seems to be taken away. They were innocent, obviously. 0k, well, obviously the Police Investigation continues. Thank you very much for talking to us, david. David johns, a long term resident of praia da luz in portugal. The death of george floyd at the hands of a white Police Officer in minneapolis sparked unrest across the United States and across the world. It revealed the deep racial divisions that still exist in the United States, and brought into sharp relief the disproportionate killing of black men by Police Officers in the america. But in the wake of George Floyds killing, questions of Racial Injustice resonate around the world, and how institutional and Structural Racism can be combatted is high up on the global agenda. To discuss this we can talk to author and activist layla saad whojoins us now from doha in qatar. Thank you very much forjoining us today to talk about this. I was listening earlier to an interview that was on World Service with the daughter of rodney king, and if anyone needs reminding about what happened to him in la, he was brutally beaten by four Police Officers who were acquitted by an almost all white jury. She said, officers who were acquitted by an almost all whitejury. She said, if your spirit is not disturbed by watching what happened to george floyd, that means you are part of the problem. She also said that more people who are not African American i fed people who are not African American ifed up and people who are not African American i fed up and that gives her hope. What are your feelings at this point, hopeful it could be different this time . We are absolutely seeing an uprising in protest, both in the us but also around the world at a level we havent seen in a very, very long time. That definitely gives me a feeling of energy and hope and a feeling that something is changing, that the conversations are being held right now in a way they havent before. I also know that myself and a lot of black people are cautiously optimistic because this has been going on for so long. George floyd, his murder is absolutely tragic and heinous, but he is just absolutely tragic and heinous, but he isjust one in absolutely tragic and heinous, but he is just one in a absolutely tragic and heinous, but he isjust one in a very absolutely tragic and heinous, but he is just one in a very long absolutely tragic and heinous, but he isjust one in a very long line of people who have been killed in this way, and so, yes, optimistic, hopeful, but also cautious. You say the conversation is changing, but a lot more needs to change than the conversation, of course. We have heard so much has been brought into sharp focus about the structural bias in so many ways against people of colour, that this White Supremacy is in built to so many societies. How does that need to start to change . What needs to happen . M how does that need to start to change . What needs to happen . It is interesting because right now this movement we are seeing is being spiked by George Floyds murder but also in some incidents that have just happened. Amy cooper, christian cooper, the murder of breanna taylor, and so on. These issues i what is causing this ignition, but many people are now looking at, how does White Supremacy and structural races play out in other areas of our lives . Health care, schools, politics. In companies and nonprofits. People are really having conversations across the board and thatis conversations across the board and that is what we have been wanting for a really long time, because if this conversation just ends with the arrest and conviction of these offices and we go back to the status quo, then nothing has changed. We need to look at it all. Some companies have been called out. Nikkei, for example, expressing its dismay at the manette nike, expressing its dismay at the murder of george floyd. But there are no African Americans on their board. I noticed a petition yesterday saying that there must be greater teaching here in the uk of britains colonial past. Is that where change needs to happen, in the Education Sector first and foremost in your opinion . Absolutely. I have studied in my schooling years with the british curriculum the whole time and i dont remember ever learning about colonisation. We learnt about the tudors and the stuarts, the vikings. We never learnt about a britains colonising history and how it shaped the world and it is important to remember the events we are seeing now in the us and the racism that is steeped in their history, is not separate to britains history. And so there must be a deep understanding from a very young age of the context within which we are having these conversations. Otherwise people will think about racism in terms of these individual a cts racism in terms of these individual acts of violence, these consciously chosen acts of violence with no connection to that structural and institutional, historical events that have shaped what we see today. And we have heard many people say the duchess of sussex that iraq may people have said, the duchess of sussex among them, saying the worst thing people can say is nothing at all. People who say, im not racist, what more can they do to show the solidarity and make a change . This idea that im not racist, that is what keeps White Supremacy in place. I think a lot of white people need to open up to the reality that while they may not have consciously chosen thoughts and beliefs around racism, they have been conditioned into this system of White Supremacy that says that people who look like them are superior to people of other races. So it is really about getting the education down, about understanding how the society shapes how you see yourself and how you see people of other races, and how is your life. How are you able to move in your life in ways that are easier than people who are black and brown . Because if we are relegating it to the bad ones, the opposite of the good ones is the bad ones, and if we say just get good ones is the bad ones, and if we sayjust get rid of those then we will have this post racial society, what we are not looking at is all of the myriad everyday ways that people who dont identify as racist racially aggressive black and brown people, and we are not looking at structural and systemic racism. So everybody is complicit in the system, Everybody Needs to take accountability for it and that sta rts accountability for it and that starts with doing that self examination. 0k, layla, really good to talk to you, and some really important points you raise there. The author and activist. Thank you. Dentists across england will be allowed to start seeing patients again from monday, but the british dental Association Says that shortages of protective equipment means many of them will remain closed. English Health Officials insist theyre continuining to work with dentists on safety. Dan johnson reports. Phone rings. Answering machine message the surgery is now closed. Empty surgeries and patients left in pain. Normal surgery will not be resuming at this time. Dentistry felt the lockdown more than most. Despite the governments announcement. And now, there is a real struggle to reopen on monday. Unfortunately there will not be any patients here. We are hoping that a weeks time we might be able to start seeing some of our own emergencies and do some very basic treatment. Normal dental treatment is not going to be happening for an awfully long time. This waiting room is going to be empty for months. And even then, ensuring the virus does not spread will have a huge impact. I would normally see between 50 60 patients on an average day. And what about now . Now, um, when we start treating people and doing proper treatment with the drill, i think the most i will be able to see is five. Only one patient will be in the surgery at a time, protective equipment will be repeatedly changed and there will be much more cleaning. So i reckon were looking at 1. 5 hours between each patient. We have literally just been given the guidance. Its given us less than one working day to get things in place. We have had to do all of this on our own, weve had no help, no guidance. Were not expecting to see routine care patients for 2 3 months. We will be open on monday but it will only be for urgent cases. Across england so many dentists say theyjust are not ready. We dont have key worker status. Childcare is a massive problem. The biggest challenge has been sourcing correct personal protective equipment, ppe. Patients will not be able to get through on the telephone because were expecting to be very busy so, if that is the case, then just be patient. It is not a case ofjust getting a mask or opening the doors. We have to get policies in place. Patients are ringing us up, they want to come in, we want to see our patients. I get to be a dentist today. So they have been left to treat themselves with only limited Emergency Care available. Ahh. This was lindas attempt to do her own filling. Ahh, it came out. So much need, so little capacity. We are going to come back to a very big mess. It is disappointing as a professional that those who are in charge of us give us so limited time. And a message, knowing that a message has gone out to the public which is really misleading. I have had patients shouting at me on the telephone, because they want to get their treatment finished. I wanted to leave dentistry, ijust thought, why am i bothering . What about the cost of all this . Spiralling. Ppe generally is up 1,000 . This treatment room is now an Equipment Store and fresh challenges keep coming. We have obviously got to prioritise people in pain but there are people out there who have paid for treatment, who are mid treatment, who need stuff doing, who will not get seen for months and months. And it is not that i dont want to, its just that i want to see them in a safe manner. Dentistry is nowhere near being back to normal and it is possible it never will be. Dan johnson, bbc news. One in 1,000 people have coronavirus in Community Settings across england, the latest figures from the office for National Statistics show. That works out at around 53,000 people and that new figure is considerably lower than their estimate from last week of 133,000 people. If its going down, but if we showed the figures, it comes from a survey and there is a margin for error around them. So, we dont want to say they have halved in a week or can brown buy that much. There is a clear downward trend when you look at the figures that have been produced. You can see that in the graphjust behind produced. You can see that in the graph just behind them. Produced. You can see that in the graphjust behind them. So, these are the last five weeks, where they have produced data. You can see the main estimate is the blue bar they are showing every week. Its going down, week on week. A constant trend. The headlines around them, it shows it could be higher or lower. We wa nt we want to give people a good news, but we would be remiss to not mention there are caveats . Thats the big one, this weeks figures 53,000, it could be high as 100,000. There is a big margin for error. You dont want to focus on any particular number. At the long term trend is reassuring. Also, its on households. They are going to homes, they are not catching prisons, care homes or hospitals. And its a self administered swab, its not easy to swap yourself. The true figures could be higher. That is the big takeaway, the genuine trend. What did we learn about non covid 19 deaths . We have all seen over the last two metro three months, the number of deaths across the uk have risen rapidly. Most of that is due to covid deaths directly. Between a quarter and a third are due to non covid deaths. The interest is trying to understand what is it, is it undiagnosed covid, is it the stresses and strains on Health Care System, or is it a victims of the lockdown . We have here today about people not getting to do with heart conditions. Are people dying from conditions. Are people dying from conditions that would otherwise have been treated . We saw the figures out yesterday, on testing. But these figures give us hints but not definitive answers. If you think about the answers youre talking about, it might take awhile before a failure to get screened turns into cancer deaths later down the road. You will not get definitive answers. We are seeing clear hints of is going on. The same old story, whenever we see a bad winter, with bad winterflu, whenever we see a bad winter, with bad winter flu, you see an increase in deaths attributed to alzheimers. The difficulty in conveying your symptoms if you have a condition like that, it is possible that some of these deaths are attributable to undiagnosed covid in the very elderly and frail populations, but we are not getting exactly the number. The numbers that would enable you to make a trade off between the lockdown that is necessary to prevent further deaths. The headlines. The uks government defends the decision to make Face Coverings compulsory on Public Transport but admits the benefits may be marginal. On balance, were convinced it cant do any harm. We think it will do some good, and thats why we think its a good idea to introduce. My concern, and ill go as far to say my anger, is the delay is taken. Because this could mean more people having caught the virus in the community. Because there are some times you simply cant keep a social distance. Brazil has overtakes italy to become the country third worst hit by coronavirus, with one brazilian dying every minute with covid 19. Two Police Officers are suspended in buffalo, new york state after videos show they were seen shoving an elderly white man to the ground. The harrowing video of the last moments of George Floyds life have sparked the worst unrest in the United States for nearly 30 years. In 1993 another video of Los Angeles Police beating a young man named rodney king caused similar outrage. Sophie long has been talking to people who were there about what happened then and what, if anything, has changed. A warning, some of the images at the beginning of her report are distressing. I immediately knew what i was seeing. There was an unconstitutional, savage, brutal beating. And i said, we have a video tape this time. So i was, like, 0k. This is a no brainer now. Its on video. Everything weve been saying all this time, now its on video. Those of us that had spent years and years fighting against police abuse almost cheered because we said finally, it cant be denied now but it was denied. When the acquittals came down, not guilty, not guilty. By the fourth not guilty i called my staff and i said get your children, go home, the city is going to blow. Newreel we are getting word this evening of some rock throwing by youths in South Central los angeles. An already simmering fire exploded. Stoked by racial and economic inequality, just as it has now. Many thought the unrest would mark a turning point just as they do now. Chanting nojustice, no peace we were hopeful the uprising would free us from the foot of policing on our necks but it didnt. Most protesting for Police Reform recognise there have been steps in the right direction, but they say the mission of the lapd needs to change. Until it does, this uniform will remain a symbol of persecution, not protection in most poor, black communities. Until you go to guardian policing and provide safety for poor people, as opposed to persecution and mass incarceration, you are going to see riots every generation. Nearly 30 years ago, the focal point of much of the rioting was here. Not this time. Now theyre intensively protesting in affluent areas of los angeles, so even though the people of Beverly Hills and bel air, dont feel their pain, they will see it. But while the location has changed, and the faces and chants are those of a new, younger generation, the message is the same. We have a right to our rage. This time, we have black lives matter, we have a movement for black lives. We have brilliant organisers who are saying, you know what . Lets make sure we move the work into spaces of white affluence, lets disrupt their spaces, lets notjust keep the pain and anger and rage in the black community, lets spread it out. Then a Young College student who became an icon, mark craig, says 2020 will be another important milestone. The energy this young generation has showed right now can definitely make change. I mean, they made the most powerful man in the world go inside of his bunker. Thats symbolic. When this is all written and said, and the history books are written, thats whats going to be remembered. The protests in los angeles and frankly, around the country, is a rainbow protest. Ive been out with the protesters, i see whos protesting, and its a whole new generation. And considering that i have been fighting the abuse of police on African Americans literally for 47 years, i am inspired that there is a new generation ready to take up the fight. Representative karen bass ending that report from our los angeles correspondent, sophie long. Have you thought about brexit lately . The latest round of talks between britain and the eu on a post brexit trade deal marks the final opportunity for the two sides to move the process forward before a potentially make or break high level summit later this month. But has there been Much Movement in the talks . Chris morris is here with the details. This was the fourth round of post brexit trade talks between the uk and the eu, which have been taking place remotely in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. The coronavirus hasnt helped matters but its not been the only reason these talks havent made much progress. Theres even no agreement on the structure of what theyre trying to negotiate. The eu wants one comprehensive deal. But the uk sees that as an effort to keep it tied more closely than it wants to european institutions and ways of doing things. The uk argues there should be a series of separate agreements but the eu sees that as another example of the uk trying to cherry pick the benefits it wants, while avoiding obligations of eu membership. There are also specific issues on which negotiators seem to have hit a brick wall. Whats known as the level Playing Field measures to ensure businesses on one side dont have an unfair advantages over their competitors on the other. Particularly closely to eu rules on things like workers rights, environmental regulations and state aid or subsidies for business. Then theres fisheries. The uk would like full access to the eu market to sell its fish there, but in return the eu wants full access for its boats to fish in uk waters. British negotiators say that has to change. And then theres the governance of any future agreement thats partly about how new agreements would be enforced, and about the role of the European Court ofjustice. It normally takes years to do a trade deal but this process only has a matter of months left. Remember, the uk left the eu on january the 31st and were now in a transition period, when all the rules and regulations and payments stay the same, until the end of the year. But if no trade agreement is completed by then, the uk wont have any formal trading deal with its closest neighbours, which account for nearly half its total trade. To be agreed by the end of this month, and the eu says its willing to talk about an extension. The scottish and welsh governments are in favour, so is the Northern Ireland assembly. But the uk government has repeatedly ruled it out. So can any basic deal still be done . If theres political will to make concessions on both sides, then, yes, perhaps it can. The Prime Minister will get directly involved this month holding talks with the European Commission president on how the negotiations are going. And high level political involvement can lead to progress. If it doesnt, businesses on both sides of the channel have just over six months to prepare for an abrupt change in the way they trade, at a time when many are already struggling to stay afloat. The economic challenges of covid could strengthen the case for compromise, or they could provide cover for those who favour a more radical break with the eu. Spain and italy, two of the European Countries hardest hit by coronavirus, are now beginning to emerge from lengthy and strict lockdowns. But are European Countries anxious to open up for their tourist seasons and get flagging economies back on their feet acting too soon, and possibly risking a second wave . We can speak to two leading experts, Carlo La Vecchia is a professor of medical statistics and epidemiology, university of milan and Jeffrey V Lazarus is head of Health Systems at the Barcelona Institute for global health. Thank you forjoining us. Lets get a sense of what is happening with the virus in both countries, first of all. Carlo canna what are things like in italy right now . Well, as in other countries, the epidemic is under control, the number of deaths has decreased almost tenfold, probably more than tenfold if you ta ke probably more than tenfold if you take into account registration from the beginning of april two now. Under control seems like quite a bold statement to make. Do you feel confident in saying that . Well, its under control because of what i have said, the condition now, the new patients who infect a much less serious clinical picture. So the Health Service there is not overwhelmed. Lets look at the situation in spain. What would you assess the status of the virus to be in the country right now . |j assess the status of the virus to be in the country right now . I would say it is a similar situation. In terms of under control, Health Care System has it under control. We are not overwhelmed, there are few new serious admissions, and almost no deaths on a daily basis. Another question is the population, the population i would say is not fully under control in terms of respecting the control measures that the government has outlined, maintaining physical distance, using masks on transportation, and when they are not able to maintain those two metres. The Health System is much better prepared under the control. Therein, jeffrey, lies the conundrum for any country that comes out of its lockdown. How people will react, not everyone is going to react in the same way. One persons boundary and one persons interpretation of the guidelines may be very different from the next person. So, how much ofa from the next person. So, how much of a risk is there, do you think, of a second wave in spain . Im not sure i would call it a second wave. I think there is a risk of small, rolling outbreaks, like they have seenin rolling outbreaks, like they have seen in other countries, that have lifted containment measures. In south korea, someone goes into a discotheque and a day later there is 50 new cases. In israel, schools open and now thousands of people in quarantine. So we need to be extremely vigilant, because itjust ta kes a extremely vigilant, because itjust takes a super spreaders to see these small outbreaks re emerge. Takes a super spreaders to see these small outbreaks reemerge. Carlo, what are your thoughts on that question, the risk of a second, wider outbreak, or, potentially, spikes within specific areas of the country . Well, centrally, we will not be back to that a situation in march or early april. First, we have to end it this way, we are still not finished. We are still at about 70 deaths a day, we three have 370 cases in intensive care units. So, i think it will take a few weeks to end it this way. Whether other ways are possible is unknown now. But there is something strange. Because this is the first epidemic in history where a case has been defined on the basis of laboratory tests. And also, the definition in january was pneumonia and a positive test. Now we have defined the cases as symptomatic subjects, with a positive test that makes all the estimates difficult. We still have a large numberof estimates difficult. We still have a large number of symptomatic cases in the population, and we dont know whether they may be able to spread it. I want to ask geoffrey, do you think there is a tendency, subconsciously or otherwise, for authorities to lean towards the most positive interpretation of the situation, because countries clearly wa nt to situation, because countries clearly want to open up to tourists . |j situation, because countries clearly want to open up to tourists . I do think there is a tendency. I mean, all governments, but i would say all of us, are looking for positive trends, are looking for success stories. And, of course, countries in southern europe, spain in particular, are particularly dependent on tourism. That does not mean that numbers are being falsified. But i think there is a tendency to airon falsified. But i think there is a tendency to air on the side of being positive, and i think that could be a good thing. At the same time, we have to have trust in our numbers, trusting our governments. So we need them to reminders that we are not out of the pandemic yet, not at all out of the pandemic yet, not at all out of the pandemic, but we have to be extremely vigilant moving forward. Thank you both very much. The Royal Hospital in chelsea home of the Chelsea Pensioners has been hosting its annualfounders day parade this week. A more sombre and scaled back event than normal because of the coronavirus pandemic. Like many care homes its been particularly hit hard, with 10 veterans dying from the virus, and dozens more infected. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. With an average age of 82, death is part of life for the Chelsea Pensioners but, with the coronavirus, it has hit this community of army veterans especially hard. He was one of lifes gentleman. Lockdown has prevented them from attending the funerals of friends but they still remember every life lost with a Simple Service in the grounds. For the chaplain, it has been particularly busy. My normaljob is to take funerals but we have had 18 in ten weeks ten through covid, eight other causes. And we have been unable to hold funerals here in the chapel. People have told me that this has been much worse than anything they ever encountered during many years of service. The Royal Hospital went into lockdown well before the rest of the country, and the 300 pensioners who live here they took careful precaution, including military discipline social distancing, but that did not stop covid from breaching their defences. Monica parrott is one of the 71 pensioners who contracted the virus and recovered. She says she feels blessed. It was awful but what was horrible as well is the fact that you are a bit scared. You do start to think a bit negatively about what is going to be happening to you and, you know, you feel a bit sorry for yourself and having a little cry now and again, a big cry now and again. Even in this crisis, theyve soldiered on. Fouders day is normally their grandest of occasions, with most of the pensioners on parade, with family and hundreds of guests. This year it has had to be scaled back, with most pensioners watching from their windows. The Royal Hospital is better resourced than most care homes, with their own dedicated staff and even their own hospital on site, but that has not kept them immune from the virus. Somehow, despite all our drills, it got in here and i think that is an illustration ofjust how difficult this disease is to deal with and hospitals, care homes all around the country have found that, despite their best efforts, it gets past the defences, and so the key is to have the procedures inside the place that contain it. That is what we have in place now. Well meet again, dont know where, dont know when. Singing old songs, along with a bit of military dark humour have kept their spirits up throughout this crisis. They have even turned a lawn into an aptly named outdoor pub. While elsewhere the lockdown is now easing, they will still remain confined to base, but the pensioners too are looking forward to better times ahead. The upside is i have been in damnsite worse places than this and ive been in trenches and and ive been in sangers up in the hills of south arabia, at least here i get three meals a day and go to my bed at night and, best of all, nobody is shooting at me. Have no fear, dont worry about it, we will meet again. I know well meet again some sunny day. Bravo, bravo. Youre watching bbc news. Rebecca jones will be with you from 11. Now its time for a look at the weather with Sarah Keith Lucas hello. It was a fairly cool start to the day. Weve already had some heavy showers around. Expect those showers to last over the next few days. So, a cooler, showery theme to the weather. Also notice the winds are going to be strengthening, too. Throughout today, and more especially into tomorrow, with low pressure driving our weather, sitting up towards the east here. Lots of isobars on the map and plenty of showers rotating around that area of low pressure. So, sunny spells and scattered showers for most of us today. More persistent rain into the north of scotland later on. Some of the showers, particularly parts of eastern england, could be heavy with hail and thunderstorms as well. Fewer showers reaching the far south of england. Not immune to the odd shower here, but a little bit drier. Gusty winds, 35 or 45 mph, perhaps to parts of the irish sea, up to the north west of scotland, some of those costs could reach 50 or 60 mph at times. So, blustery winds, combined with heavy showers and more persistent rain pushing in across the north of scotland. Temperatures out there today, somewhere between nine or 17 degrees, a lot cooler than it has been over the last couple of weeks. A little below par for the time of year. The heaviest of the showers and thunderstorms should fade away for a time overnight, but then we see the next area of rain working out of scotland, through Northern Ireland, Northern England and north wales, too. Clearer spells either side of that. Quite a chilly night, with temperatures quite widely down into mid to single figures. Saturday starts with low pressure very much in charge. You can see the real squeeze in those isobars, especially across northern and western parts of the uk. Thats where you see some of the strongest winds. Do be aware that, through today and into tomorrow, especially across the northern half of the uk, we could see gusts of wind up to 60 mph, enough to cause some disruption, particularly trees in full leaf. Saturday, a few spells of sunshine through the morning. At heavy showers pushing their way south through the day. Again, some hail and thunder possible, particularly across parts of eastern england. Temperatures 11 or 18 degrees on saturday. Not too bad when you do see the sunshine coming through. Slightly lighter wind by the time we get a sunday. Still some showers around, most likely around the east coast. Fewer showers further west and still quite chilly for the time of year. In the east, temperatures only ten or 13 degrees, towards the south west we could see 19 celsius or so. As we head through next week, a few showers around. But generally a bit drier and lighter winds, too. Bye for now. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uks government defends the decision to make Face Coverings compulsory on Public Transport, but admits the benefits may be marginal. On balance we are convinced that it certainly cant do any harm, we think it will do some good, and thats why its a good idea to introduce. My concern and id go so far as to say my anger is the delay its taken, because this could mean more people having caught the virus in the community because there are some times where you simply cant keep a social distance, and this delay, i think, the pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca is to start producing a potential vaccine for coronavirus. It says it will be able to supply two billion doses of the vaccine. Brazil has overtakes italy to become the country third worst hit by coronavirus, with one brazilian dying every minute with covid 19. Two Police Officers are suspended in buffalo, new york state after videos show they were seen pushing an elderly white man to the ground. Police say they have received hundreds of emails and calls from the public about a new suspect in the Madeleine Mccann case. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uk government has defended the timing of its decision to make face masks compulsory on Public Transport in england. From june the 15th, passengers travelling without a Face Covering could be fined. The British Medical Association says the rule should be extended to anywhere that cannot ensure safe social distancing. Elsewhere in england, new figures out this morning give a clearer indication of the rate at which coronavirus cases are declining. The office for National Statistics suggests the number of new daily cases in households in england has fallen to 5,600 a day. Around the world, brazil has surpassed italy to become the country with the third highest number of coronavirus deaths, after the United States and the uk. Meanwhile in france, the governments top scientific advisor has said the epidemic there is now under control. And in scotland, its emerged that a coronavirus epidemic simulated by Public Health experts two years ago highlighted potential problems, such as a lack of protective equipment. We start with this report from keith doyle. It does not seem that long ago that people wearing Face Coverings out and about were an oddity. Now it seems perfectly normal. And from june 15 in england it will be obligatory on buses, trains, trams, ferries, and planes. Loudspeaker use a Face Covering while travelling. There will be some exceptions for children and disabled people, but the transport secretary said that wearing a Face Covering will be a condition of travel. The scientists have been very clear that they are struggling. Theyve been struggling to provide the conclusive evidence on it. On balance, we are convinced that it certainly cant do any harm, we think it will do some good, and thats why we think its a good idea to introduce. But as i say, there is no point introducing it if. The most important thing is two metres social distancing, so if you have two metres social distancing, then this is a marginal impact. In scotland, where Face Coverings are recommended on Public Transport, the government will consider making them compulsory. In Northern Ireland, they are recommended where social distancing isnt possible. And wales has not yet made any recommendations on Face Coverings. Transport unions have welcomed the move, which they said is overdue, and the doctors union, the bma, has asked why the requirement isnt being brought in right away and that it should be widened to other areas where social distancing isnt always possible. Voiceover nhs test and trace will contact you to trace people you might have infected. The nhs test and trace scheme in england is key to controlling the spread of the virus. Its up and running with thousands of people in place to contact those whove come in contact with the virus. Voiceover the nhs covid19 app. Part of this is a Smartphone App which is being trialled in the isle of wight. The government says this should be up and running by the end of the month. The app will be up and running this month . Well, it was running in the isle of wight and we will make sure it will be running as soon as we make as soon as we think it is robust. Ok, ijust want to be cler, you said itll be in place this month. It will be rolled out across the uk this month . I would like to think we would be able to manage it by this month, yes. The 14 day quarantine for most arrivals into the uk, which starts on monday, has caused a rift between the government and the airline industry. British airways did not take part in a meeting with the home secretary, priti patel, yesterday. Its thought agreement on air bridges, which would help the tourism industry, is still way off. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent iain watson. Lets talk about Face Coverings, because there has been much talk about them, has there not . Just tell me why they are being introduced in england now . The government say they are being introduced now quite simply for two reasons, rebecca. First of all, injune 15, simply for two reasons, rebecca. First of all, injune15, there will bea first of all, injune15, there will be a further easing of lockdown in england, when nonessential retail, Department Stores and so on, can open up, and secondly, that is assumed to mean there will be an uptick in Public Transport use. It has been very low at the moment, only around 5 of the normal travelling public taking two trains and buses. So if that demand increases, social distancing may become difficult, and that is understandable in some cities, therefore, a face mask may be helpful to stop the the spread of disease. So that is the government position, but i that it was interesting that we had from the transport secretary there, grant chaps, who is responsible for the implementation of this policy, and did not sound hugely enthusiastic about it. Grant shapps. He said it could make a marginal impact if you contain social distancing, and it is way behind other things that can keep you safe, such as washing your hands. Scientists say it is not a panacea. So i think there has been some disagreement between scientists and government ministers behind the scenes as to when or if this policy should be introduced. Nonetheless, it will be mandatory and we could be facing finds from june the 15th of we do not wear facemask. Some people have pressed for this to happen a lot earlier, including the British Medical Association, some transport unions, and the mayor of london, who said backin and the mayor of london, who said back in march she was actually very angry that the government had delayed for so long. My concern and id go so far as to say my anger is the delay its taken, because this could mean more people having caught the virus in the community because there are some times where you simply cant keep a social distance, and this delay, i think, has been good for nobody. Interesting that sadiq khan was talking about a delay, but the government position was that it would not have been necessary to introduce mass earlier when the virus was at its height, because fewer people were Public Transport, you could maintain a difference, and that will be coming under pressure as lockdown eases. Maintain a distance. Ian, thanks so much. The bbc has Just Announced the new director general of the bbc. With me now as our media editor. Who is it . Rebecca, it is tim davie, the current boss of bbc studios, the commercial wing of the bbc. He is a member of the bbc board and was acting director general before tony hall got thejob. He beat acting director general before tony hall got the job. He beat a very tough list of four people, including charlotte moore, director of content, will lewis, a former newspaper editor and britain, who was a publisher in Rupert Murdochs company in america, the uk boss of amazon. Tim davie was a popular figure, charismatic, coming from a commercial background. He went to Cambridge University and then joined procter gamble, rose up to become Vice President of marketing at pepsi, so he has had quite a commercial upbringing before joining the bbc. He was former director general Mark Thompsons first external appointment to the bbc and went on to run audio and music, so he is in charge of the bbcs radio stations before becoming director general. He is a charismatic and popular figure who has got lots of other roles. He previously worked a bit more children in need and was the chairman of comic relief, so he has a wide portfolio of positions. It will be interesting to see if he gives those up. And he has the support of the staff he works with. Having said all that, tony hall, the current director general, whose term will end in september when tim davie starts, have the toughestjob of any director general in the history of the bbc, and tim daviesjob will be a hell of a lot tougher than that. I was going to ask you. What is in his inbox . You will run out of room on the paper how the bbc is funded is just on the paper how the bbc is funded isjust top of on the paper how the bbc is funded is just top of the list, isnt it . Yes, huge range of challenges. I can list some that we know about. Director generals are generally remembered by how they remember to crises they could not foresee how they respond to crises. Such as people getting into arguments with producers or the issue of gender pay, which has dominated the later stages of tony halls range. I think you were to rank them, you would say there was a political challenge. He has to enter a very tough negotiation with a government that ina negotiation with a government that in a recent election made some pretty aggressive noises about the future of the bbc. That negotiation is about the future of the licence fee, which underpins the funding of the bbc. There is a huge discussion to be had about the commercial model of the bbc. We live in a global media landscape which is hyperinflationary, and for most of its nearly 100 years, the bbc dominated both news and entertainment. It does not in the way that it used to, so there is a question of whether tim davie will wa nt to question of whether tim davie will want to move to a new model. Well it follow some kind of household charge, will they be more International Revenue raised . Charge, will they be more International Revenue raised . He is in the position to do that, having run bbc worldwide. Then there is the matter of maintaining Programme Quality and the bbcs reputation for trust and impartiality, which it still rates fairly highly on around the world. That is a heck of a lot harder in an age of social media and critics of the bbc have a platform and can go viral by saying what they dont like about the bbc. So there is none of that stuff, the culture of the bbc, making sure it is truly representative, and it is also, above all, a job which combines the public facing, commercial and political challenges with editorial responsibility. The director general is this unique position, both in charge of the news operation and in charge of the news operation and in charge of the tv programming and all of that commercial stuff. So it is hellishly difficult. Absolutely. Dont go away, because the bbc has put out a statement which i would just like to show everyone. This is a statement from tim davie, the new director general of the bbc. Sorry, ive got to put my glasses on. So that is a statement from tim davie. No doubt we will hear from him later. You mentioned the challenges, amol. Among them is attracting younger audiences whilst also not alienating existing, perhaps older audiences. Youre absolutely right. There are two massive trends in global media which area massive trends in global media which are a huge challenge, even a struggle for the bbc. One is in the cost of content, which gets more and more expensive as american streaming giants massively inflate the cost, but the other is, what do you do about Young Audiences . The fact is, the bbc simply cant have the grip on younger audiences are traditionally hard, because they have elsewhere to go. The trouble is, for the bbc model to work, the licence fee, which is this universal theme which everyone has to pay if they own a tv, for it to work, it must give something to everyone, including young people. So finding a way of making an offer to these young people it makes them feel like the bbc is a big part of their life and with paying for it is going to bea and with paying for it is going to be a huge part of tim davies tenure, however long it may be. It is also worth saying that Something Interesting about his appointment is that recent directors, tony hall, and his predecessor who did not last long because of the fall out of the jimmy savile affair, before him, mark thompson, have all come from a news background. Tim davie was slightly different. He is a commercialfigure with slightly different. He is a commercial figure with a global outlook, and to a significant extent, his appointment by the bbc board, led by chairman sir david clementi, its obviously a verdict on tim davie and his credentials, but also a verdict on what they think the coming challenge for the bbc will be. I suspect tim davie will go into number ten, downing street to meet with the Prime Minister in dominic cummings, perhaps socially distance, perhaps on zoom to begin with but i suspect he will go in there and has to make a pitch about what he brings to the bbc which others dont, and i think its pitch will be to them, do you wa nt its pitch will be to them, do you want a bbc to be a global force, its pitch will be to them, do you want a bbc to be a globalforce, do you want it to be a global power, a Cultural Institution that matters around the world . Cultural institution that matters around the world . If so, you need to liberate us to make more money. I think that will be the nature of his negotiation with the bbc. Sorry, with the government. And i think it will play heavily. I think the thing he will call on is the fact he has this International Experience and is all about generating revenue for the bbc. I would never pick you up on anything it was a gentle operating tim amol rajan, good to talk to you. The chief executive of the drug Company Astrazeneca has told bbc news his company will be able to supply two billion doses of a potential virus vaccine following two new deals. The agreements one with a firm in india and another backed by bill gates will allow it to double production. Pascal soriot says they should know by september if the vaccine works we are actually starting the manufactured now as we speak. We are not waiting until we get the results, and that is the reason that this is going to be shared with the organisations we are partnering with. We are actually working together. By the way, i think that competition is good. I mean, composition generates innovation and new ideas, and makes people work fast. In that instance, we are not competing with one another. We are competing with one another. We are competing against this virus, and there is a lot of collaboration that isnt going against industry, so we can deliver several vaccines. By the fall, and before the end of this year. Brazil has now overtaken italy to become the country with the third highest number of deaths from coronavirus, after the United States and britain. The Brazilian Health Ministry Said more than 311,000 brazilians had lost their lives with covid 19. It reported almost 1,500 deaths in the last 21 hours. Thats more than one death every minute. In italy, which faced their outbreak much earlier, the overall death toll from the virus is more than 33,000 people. Our reporter camilla mota has been to manaus, the largest city in the amazon, and an area with one of brazils highest death rates from coronavirus. A month ago, he was an uber driver. Now he collects bodies. Every day now he takes people on their finaljourney from homes and hospitals to the biggest graveyard in manaus. Thats how fast things have changed here. The service collects bodies for those who cant afford a proper burial. In april they collected 793 bodies, almost four times more than the monthly average. Today, hes on his way to the home of someone who died from covid 19. The man who died that day was 80. There was no funeral, his body taken straight to the graveyard. Only two family members were allowed to attend. Its hard to say goodbye during covid 19. Manaus has one of the highest death rates from covid 19 in brazil. The infection rate here is a still rising, with fears is still rising, with fears there arent enough beds for the sick. As soon as a bed is made available, its taken by a new patient. Here theyre using improvised parts to treat patients. Doctors say its reduced time spent in hospital. Many of these patients come from outside manaus. The capital city is the only place in the state with icu beds. For a population of almost 4 million, there are less than 500 beds. At the end of his shift, he has to disinfect everything van, boots and clothes. Hes following the rules strictly, but he is concerned that others are not. Like him, Many Brazilians are waiting with a sense of unease for the peak still to come. A uk government minister says a new nhs coronavirus Contact Tracing app should be in place by the end of the month. The nhs app was originally planned to be part of last weeks launch of englands test and trace scheme, but the app roll out was delayed because more trials were needed. Scotland launched its tracing scheme last week while Northern Ireland already had a Contact Tracing programme up and running. Wales began its scheme on monday. Im joined now by michael lewis, professor of life Science Innovation at the university of birmingham, and non executive chairman of the developers of the uks nhs Patient Healthcare app mygp. Professor lewis, we are very grateful for your time. Professor lewis, we are very gratefulfor your time. Thanks professor lewis, we are very grateful for your time. Thanks for joining us here on bbc news. Test and is clearly a crucial part of the government has micro strategy. First of all, what is your understanding of all, what is your understanding of what progress is being made to roll it out in this country . Test and trace. There are three components. It is test, trace and track, including an app. I am very concerned today. It was covered this morning, and they said the app would not be available until september or october. Sorry to interrupt. The government have suggested it will be in place by the end of the month. I think a Senior Executive in the process has suggested that may not be until september. process has suggested that may not be until september. I think he also said that. You asked him if it would be available for all of the uk. I think that was slightly dodged. My concerns are really that we work with mygp, which is used by 1. 7 Million People in this country to book appointments, get medicines delivered for free, and also do remote video consultations with gps, which has rocketed recently, and they are concerned about two things. They are concerned about the delays. They are concerned about the delays. They are concerned about the delays. They are also concerned about not being consulted about how the data is going to be used as well. You covered a piece where you said the data itself held in this track, test and trace app will be held for 20 yea rs, and trace app will be held for 20 years, which does concern people. The government has opted for a centralised system, which has to be built from scratch. That makes it slow and shows the problems, the multiple times we have had to test it on the isle of wight for a population of 90,000. First, what was available and still is now, systems produced by apple and google, big tech giants, big, decentralised systems. Data is stored on your handset, not on a government website somewhere, and you can have it. Places like france and switzerland have it. Catalonia, just one region in spain, has it. South korea, singapore, australia. It is think possibly that we might not have this until after the summer holidays, when people are predicting a second wave, sojuly and august, that really concerns me. And when you think the uk on wednesday had more deaths in the uk then we had across the whole of the rest of the eu, we need to have systems in place now. Baroness harding, dido harding, she needs all the tools available. Given you make a very persuasive case for this, why has it not been taken up . You know what . Back in march and april, we offered, at mygp, we send briefings to nhs x and matt hancock, and offered to help. We are not here to criticise. The whole Tech Community of the uk is here to help. But i think at the moment, we are not being listened to. We are on standby. We could take a step and try multiple parts, not just going on one. You heard from pascal from astrazeneca earlier. There are 23 vaccines in developing, so why is there only one app . Thats followed multiple parts, and whoever gets to the finishing line first, lets go with that one so we have something. Im sorry, what you are saying is fascinating, but why do you think there is only one app in development . Do you know what . It strange, isnt it . We have a centralised nhs system when we have opted for a central app with a central database. In opted for a central app with a central data base. In my opted for a central app with a central database. In my opinion, we should have gone on multiple tracks. Like i said, there are 123 vaccines in development, and the government is paying for the Imperial College and the oxford vaccines, so why not play multiple horses in the race for the best track and trace app . So we have the best tools available to test, track and trace. We have testing going on now. Very good. Now we need to do the tracking, and uses many Digital Technologies as we can. We are on standby to help. Thank you for explaining that. You know there is an ethical debate, which you have touched on, around patient data, and there is a view of this information belongs to the patient and not the state, and i suppose perhaps there is the potential danger, if you have multiple apps and platforms, it makes your data less secure. We already share data. I mean, there is so much data apple and google have a nyway so much data apple and google have anyway about what you are doing, what you search on your internet browser, where you are, gps. I think that horse has bolted in terms of data. The thing which concerns me is, which i saw a couple of days ago, is that the government wants to hold the data for 20 years. And as pa rt hold the data for 20 years. And as part of the pandemic legislation they put in place in march, that data can be freely shared around the Health Care System with very little consent, so i am concerned about privacy, and concerned that if the privacy, and concerned that if the privacy issues not addressed, people wont take up the app, which is a problem. You need to get about 5060 of problem. You need to get about 50 60 of people using the app to have effective system. And i think concerns about privacy will drive that down. I think we need to get something out, because we are already seeing 10 11 countries introducing measures back again, lockdown measures, because they havent got a handle on the virus. We need all the tools we can possibly have to drive this virus down. Professor michael lewis, really good to talk to you. Thanks forjoining us. To the United States now. Several videos of Police Brutality have emerged during protests of the death of the African American george floyd. This incident, which happened in buffalo, new york, was captured in a shocking video by a local reporter. It shows a 75 year old man approaching police. One officer then pushes him with a baton and a second one pushes him with his hand. The two officers have been suspended without pay. The man is a stable but serious condition. Well, last night there were emotional scenes at a Memorial Service in minneapolis to commemorate the life of george floyd, the 46 year old black man whose death at the hands of four Police Officers has sparked protests across the United States. A lawyer for the family told mourners that a pandemic of racism led to his death. Thousands of people have demonstrated in American Cities for a tenth consecutive day, the marches have been largely peaceful. Jane obrien has more. Amazing grace. A moving farewell to george floyd from minneapolis, the city where he met his death. Family members described him as a loving father, son, and brother. George was somebody who was always welcoming, always made people feel like they were special. Everybody wants justice. We want justice for george. Hes going to get it. The reverend al sharpton, a black activist, spoke the eulogy, but also urged protesters to seize the moment while the eyes of the world were watching to demand lasting Police Reform and confront Racial Injustice. What happened to floyd happens every day in this country in education, in Health Services, and in every area of American Life its time for us to stand up in georges name and say get your knee off our necks because of the coronavirus pandemic, the service was closed, but hundreds of people gathered at this makeshift memorial of flowers placed around the block where mr floyd died when a Police Officer knelt on his neck. Its still a crime scene, but its also become a place for people to reflect and respond to the tragedy. This is supposed to be the land of opportunity and grace. Look at this. I think this is so important, especially since im from the suburbs. This has raised a whole new movement talking about black lives matter and how we really need to come together and address this issue. The service ended with eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence to represent the amount of time mr floyd was pinned to the ground and eventually stopped breathing. Chanting george floyd what do we want . Justice when do we want it . Now his body will be taken to North Carolina for a public viewing and then to houston, texas for burial. Jane obrien, bbc news, minneapolis. In the past hour, the Supreme Court in the australian state of New South Wales has granted an emergency injunction to stop tens of thousands of people marching in sydney on saturday. The rallys in solidarity with campaigners for racialjustice in the United States. These are pictures from a similar protest in sydney, on tuesday. Australias Prime Minister, scott morrison, had warned of the coronavirus risk involved in large gatherings. The judge said allowing the protest would defy the rulings of government ministers and the Public Health officers who advised them. One in 1,000 people have coronavirus in Community Settings across england, the latest figures from the office for National Statistics show. That works out at around 53,000 people and that new figure is considerably lower than their estimate from last week of 133,000 people. Im joined by our head of statistics, robert cuffe. What does Community Settings mean . This is a survey of picking houses at random and asked them to take a swa b at random and asked them to take a swab and do the test subject is a survey of households you do not get prisons or hospitals so that is what is meant by Community Settings and england. It is giving quite a broad picture and what do these figures tell us about infections . That they are coming down, a clear trend, and in each of the five weeks there is a consistent pattern of decline so we can show it was figures to the audience. This is taking into account the easing of the lockdown. The most recent figures go from me 24 to the our streak in me which shows you exactly the time period. Some as before the measures started to decline but some is after and what you see is the trained week on week a steady for to a rate of one and 1000 people in england currently having the virus. Theres margin of error, if you scented to different households you would get different numbers and that is what the error bars represent circuit be a little higher or lower. The trend is downwards but it hasnt definitely halved by that much. We know the estimate of r are not consistent, they are telling us the rate of growth are shrinking and this is a direct estimate and together the suggested infections are going down but you would not say they are having. Any other caveats . It is difficult to swab yourself so sometimes the tests can be wrong and it is could be underestimating the number of infections ever to a bit but the clear trend as downwards so the numbers we are seeing we have estimating and owned 5500 new infections every day in england and that gives you a sense of the size of the challenge that the context racers will face, maybe five and infections but the number of contact tracers we have should be up to that task, that is a possibility so the number of infections are within that range. What do we know about the number of deaths . Overall they have been coming down and read see that particularly an covid deaths and all cause death but one of the big mysteries as the extra deaths above what we would expect at this time of year that are not covid, not mentioned on the death certificate and we have a new analysis from an office of National Statistics saying a good chunk of the extra death is due to underdiagnosis of covid and very frail people and we see the artist number of non covid excess deaths and the very elderly and people in care homes and the biggest cause of death things like same as all associations with fidelity and you can imagine the difficulty of expressing your symptoms it doesnt tell us the exact number and so there are other possible reasons, it doesnt tell us they did percent of this is caused by underdiagnosis, just a good chunk. Police say they have received hundreds of emails and calls from the public about a new suspect in the Madeleine Mccann case. German police say they believe madeleine who disappeared in portugal in 2007 is dead, and are investigating a convicted sex offender whos in prison in germany. Our europe correspondent, gavin lee, has been looking at the public response to the polices latest appeal for new information. Clearly it has made an impact in the last 48 over since this german equivalent of crimewatch was aired, 5 Million People watched and they have had very useful information and still getting calls and the uk, the police saying they have had almost 300 calls, still getting e mails and calls, they have put up a £20,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann who was taken from apartment five a behind me and 2007. We have been speaking to locals and residents here who say they knew this man, they recognise has pictures, christian b as he has been named. One of two images that have been published by German Police saying that if anyone has information on this properties he has been using. One person said they were contacted by German Police to ask questions about this man, they had him having about this man, they had him having a skimming argument with his partner and that he had been involved in any fight and aggressively acting towards another german man say they have no idea of his reported child sex convictions in germany. Another resident said the better way of him to another property which we was used as a storage facility. When goods forestalling goods. Suggestions she was a drifter but no active appeal from the police saying they should focus on the who are here 2007 who may have by chance photos on videos of the suspect with the cat he was driving to piece together more evidence. John mcgee is a columnist with the sunday independent in ireland. He was staying with his familyjust a couple of hundred yards from the Ocean Club Resort in praia da luz when madeleine was taken. I wondered if you could take us back to that time and wonder how aware you wear that suspicious activity was occurring in the resort at that time. Completely oblivious to it up until madeline disappeared. We were therefore a week beforehand and it was a sleepy little village, on the western fringe of the algarve which has been untainted by the worst excesses of mass to dozen and it was afamily excesses of mass to dozen and it was a family resort because of that. It was also pre season so at the time it was relatively quiet but we only became aware of something happening that night as we returning from dinnerand as we that night as we returning from dinner and as we prepared to get ready for bed there was lots of people frantically rushing along the streets and be saw them checking swimming pools and alleys and lanes and we didnt really know what was going on and thought that was initially the noise was quite loud and seem to have died down once and past our apartment and that was the last we heard of it. The next morning the reception area and the hotel had pictures of madeline and they had been hastily put together overnight and from then onwards and became apparent that something terrible had happened in the village and that a little girl had gone missing. Within a matter of hours the bar and the complex where we we re the bar and the complex where we were staying became the media hub for the study and news teams from all europe descended. In those days and weeks after madeline disappeared tojuicy anything and weeks after madeline disappeared to juicy anything suspicious and weeks after madeline disappeared tojuicy anything suspicious did you see anything suspicious . As a journalist used but unusual things and we did see a couple of people acting suspiciously. In what way . Just people that looked out of place and a certain environment. There was one particular person who later matched the identity photos issued by the metropolitan police and 2017. We saw people acting strangely and fairgrounds, one gentleman videoing children and a water park couple of miles away, we saw a van, a tote at pick speeding past on the way home from the restaurant on the night madeleine disappeared. Tiny things but with the benefit of hindsight they stack up and you begin to wonder. I know you were contacted by the police, what did you say to them . Basically when we returned to dublin we were not initially contacted dublin we were not initially co nta cted by dublin we were not initially contacted by Portuguese Police which i found rather strange so we felt compelled to give a statement to the irish police when we returned to dublin which we did which was then forwarded on to interpol. By then they were involved in the case. Then when operation grange was set up we we re when operation grange was set up we were contacted by one of the detectives on the case and i had a quite extensive conscious position and made a few statement to the officer extensive conversation andi officer extensive conversation and i got the sense that they had come across this was an unusual investigation and that i got the impression that perhaps the Portuguese Police had slightly bungled the original investigation. Basically we gave statements outlining where we were that night, the roots we took, where we saw the van speeding. We saw a van speeding, not necessarily the camper van, we saw a pick up truck speeding and this was a sleepy village so a pick up truck speeding down a hill at 10pm is rather unusual. We outlined our concerns about that and provided and so far as we could recall the details of the features of the people that we saw hanging around various times during the week before. Sorry to interrupt, the clock is ticking and it is fascinating what you are telling us, i wanted to bring you up to date briefly and ask you what your reaction as to the latest development is someone who has been closely involved . Development is someone who has been closely involved . I have written about it a few times and to date it seems like the most credible suspect has emerged and there have been numerous suspects identified by detectives on operation grange but in my view this seems like the most likely suspect. You have to be very careful, the evidence against this person as circumstantial and that is why i think it is important that people who were on holiday at the time anybody in the village arent friends on duke forwards and help with the investigation. Thank you for talking to us. The latest round of talks between britain and the eu on a post brexit trade deal marks the final opportunity for the two sides to move the process forward before a potentially make or break high level summit later this month but has there been Much Movement in the talks chris morris has the details. This was the fourth round of post brexit trade talks between the uk and the eu, which have been taking place remotely in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. The coronavirus hasnt helped matters but its not been the only reason these talks havent made much progress. Theres even no agreement on the structure of what theyre trying to negotiate. The eu wants one comprehensive deal. But the uk sees that as an effort to keep it tied more closely than it wants to european institutions and ways of doing things. The uk argues there should be a series of separate agreements but the eu sees that as another example of the uk trying to cherry pick the benefits it wants, while avoiding obligations of eu membership. There are also specific issues on which negotiators seem to have hit a brick wall. Whats known as the level Playing Field measures to ensure businesses on one side dont have an unfair advantages over their competitors on the other. All trade agreements have them, but the eu wants the uk to stick particularly closely to eu rules on things like workers rights, environmental regulations and state aid or subsidies for business. Then theres fisheries. The uk would like full access to the eu market to sell its fish there, but in return the eu wants full access for its boats to fish in uk waters. British negotiators say that has to change. And then theres the governance of any future agreement thats partly about how new agreements would be enforced, and about the role of the European Court ofjustice. It normally takes years to do a trade deal but this process only has a matter of months left. Remember, the uk left the eu on january the 31st and were now in a transition period, when all the rules and regulations and payments stay the same, until the end of the year. But if no trade agreement is completed by then, the uk wont have any formal trading deal with its closest neighbours, which account for nearly half its total trade. By law, any extension to the transition period would have to be agreed by the end of this month, and the eu says its willing to talk about an extension. The scottish and welsh governments are in favour, so is the Northern Ireland assembly. But the uk government has repeatedly ruled it out. So can any basic deal still be done . If theres political will to make concessions on both sides, then, yes, perhaps it can. The Prime Minister will get directly involved this month holding talks with the European Commission president on how the negotiations are going. And high level political involvement can lead to progress. If it doesnt, businesses on both sides of the channel have just over six months to prepare for an abrupt change in the way they trade, at a time when many are already struggling to stay afloat. The economic challenges of covid could strengthen the case for compromise, or they could provide cover for those who favour a more radical break with the eu. Well here to discuss that is Georgina Wright from the institute for government. What is your understanding of how far the talks have progressed . We havent had the place conference yet but i dont think anyone was expecting a breakthrough but both sides were hoping for progress. There has been some movement, negotiations on security and intimates but the stumbling blocks mentioned on fish and governance remain so at is crucial what happens over the next few months. What in of you is the biggest stumbling block on is it not possible to separate out . I think it is a series of quite substantial stumbling blocks because the uk point of departure is very different. Typically an eu trade negotiation lasts between 18 months and six years, edward b numberfor the stage to be far apart at this point but it is notjust about trade, it is security and crucially there is no status quo to come back on at negotiations break down salt from one day to the next on 1st of january 2021 businesses will be operating any radically different environment and that is why Prime Minister and eu leaders are going to look at what is happening this month and decide what to do next. You could forgive leaders for perhaps having that isolates the off the ball in terms of the coronavirus pandemic, i wonder what your view is as to whether that will have any effect. It is interesting, the german ambassador to the eu yesterday speaking in brussels said obviously attention has been fully on covid at the moment, brexit is important and the eu relationship but he did not think you leaders would be intervening at this point because again it is still quite early. As the pressure mounts and particularly the uk to say to didnt wa nt to particularly the uk to say to didnt want to extend beyond the end of the year you can see more political intervention. A lot of analysts suspect no Real Movement until the summer so suspect no Real Movement until the summersoi suspect no Real Movement until the summer so i think everyone will be watching what happens. As you will be and watching what happens. As you will be and i appreciate you do not have a crystal ball but what do you think realistically the prospect of a deal are . I think it is important to remember what both sides have said and at the beginning of the year they said that as a what to do and very little time but there is commitment to put it best foot forward and the uk government has said that as well so there are some things as you edge closer to that cliff edge that concentrates minds and the space for compromise becomes more but from the perspective of the eu they want to get a shorter sense of how far the uk is willing to go across different policy areas before really identifying how far to compromise. We have had four rounds of talks, i think the areas of compromise and becoming more apparent even if we are not in that negotiating room. We may know a little more because we know the chief negotiator Michel Barnier is due to make a statement in brussels shortly but for no thank you. Dentists across england will be allowed to start seeing patients again from monday, but the british dental Association Says that shortage of protective equipment means many of them will remain closed. English Health Officials insist theyre continuining to work with dentists on safety. Dan johnson reports. Phone rings. Answering machine message the surgery is now closed. Empty surgeries and patients left in pain. Normal surgery will not be resuming at this time. Dentistry felt the lockdown more than most. Despite the governments announcement. And now, there is a real struggle to reopen on monday. Unfortunately there will not be any patients here. We are hoping that a weeks time we might be able to start seeing some of our own emergencies and do some very basic treatment. Normal dental treatment is not going to be happening for an awfully long time. This waiting room is going to be empty for months. And even then, ensuring the virus does not spread will have a huge impact. I would normally see between 50 60 patients on an average day. And what about now . Now, um, when we start treating people and doing proper treatment with the drill, i think the most i will be able to see is five. Only one patient will be in the surgery at a time, protective equipment will be repeatedly changed and there will be much more cleaning. So i reckon were looking at 1. 5 hours between each patient. We have literally just been given the guidance. Its given us less than one working day to get things in place. We have had to do all of this on our own, weve had no help, no guidance. Were not expecting to see routine care patients for 2 3 months. We will be open on monday but it will only be for urgent cases. Across england so many dentists say they just are not ready. We dont have key worker status. Childcare is a massive problem. The biggest challenge has been sourcing correct personal protective equipment, ppe. Patients will not be able to get through on the telephone because were expecting to be very busy so, if that is the case, then just be patient. It is not a case ofjust getting a mask or opening the doors. We have to get policies in place. Patients are ringing us up, they want to come in, we want to see our patients. I get to be a dentist today. So they have been left to treat themselves with only limited Emergency Care available. Ahh. This was lindas attempt to do her own filling. Ahh, it came out. So much need, so little capacity. We are going to come back to a very big mess. It is disappointing as a professional that those who are in charge of us give us so limited time. And a message, knowing that a message has gone out to the public which is really misleading. I have had patients shouting at me on the telephone, because they want to get their treatment finished. I wanted to leave dentistry, ijust thought, why am i bothering . What about the cost of all this . Spiralling. Ppe generally is up 1,000 . This treatment room is now an Equipment Store and fresh challenges keep coming. We have obviously got to prioritise people in pain but there are people out there who have paid for treatment, who are mid treatment, who need stuff doing, who will not get seen for months and months. And it is not that i dont want to, its just that i want to see them in a safe manner. Dentistry is nowhere near being back to normal and it is possible it never will be. Dan johnson, bbc news. Lets get some of the days other news the us has imposed trade restrictions on dozens of Chinese Technology firms and institutions. Washington has accused nine of them of being complicit in what it describes as chinas campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labour and high tech surveillance against uighur and other muslims. In peru more than 5000 people have died from the coronavirus, making the country the second hardest hit in south america. There is a serious shortage of oxygen to treat patients, with relatives trying to source supplies. The government has declared the gas a strategic resource to be used in health care before industry. Take a look at these pictures from norway. Its the moment a powerful landslide caused a house to topple over and others to be swept into the sea in the town of alta. It happened after hours of heavy rain. Nobody is reported to have been hurt. Hello. It was a fairly cool start to the day. Weve already had some heavy showers around. Expect those showers to last over the next few days. So, a cooler, showery theme to the weather. Also notice the winds are going to be strengthening, too. Throughout today, and more especially into tomorrow, with low pressure driving our weather, sitting up towards the east here. Lots of isobars on the map and plenty of showers rotating around that area of low pressure. So, sunny spells and scattered showers for most of us today. More persistent rain into the north of scotland later on. Some of the showers, particularly parts of eastern england, could be heavy with hail and thunderstorms as well. Fewer showers reaching the far south of england. Not immune to the odd shower here, but a little bit drier. Gusty winds, 35 or 45 mph, perhaps to parts of the irish sea, up to the north west of scotland, some of those costs could reach 50 or 60 mph at times. So, blustery winds, combined with heavy showers and more persistent rain pushing in across the north of scotland. Temperatures out there today, somewhere between nine or 17 degrees, a lot cooler than it has been over the last couple of weeks. A little below par for the time of year. The heaviest of the showers and thunderstorms should fade away for a time overnight, but then we see the next area of rain working out of scotland, through Northern Ireland, Northern England and north wales, too. Clearer spells either side of that. Quite a chilly night, with temperatures quite widely down into mid to single figures. Saturday starts with low pressure very much in charge. You can see the real squeeze in those isobars, especially across northern and western parts of the uk. Thats where you see some of the strongest winds. Do be aware that, through today and into tomorrow, especially across the northern half of the uk, we could see gusts of wind up to 60 mph, enough to cause some disruption, particularly trees in full leaf. Saturday, a few spells of sunshine through the morning. Heavy showers pushing their way south through the day. Again, some hail and thunder possible, particularly across parts of eastern england. Temperatures 11 to 18 degrees on saturday. Not too bad when you do see the sunshine coming through. Slightly lighter wind by the time we get a sunday. Still some showers around, most likely around the east coast. Fewer showers further west and still quite chilly for the time of year. In the east, temperatures only ten or 13 degrees, towards the south west we could see 19 celsius or so. As we head through next week, a few showers around. But generally a bit drier and lighter winds, too. Bye for now. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uks government defends the decision to make Face Coverings compulsory on Public Transport, but admits the benefits may be marginal. On balance we are convinced that it certainly cant do any harm, we think it will do some good, and thats why its a good idea to introduce. My concern and id go so far as to say my anger is the delay its taken, because this could mean more people having caught the virus in the community because there are some times where you simply cant keep a social distance, and this delay, i think, a grim milestone brazil overtakes italy to become the country third worst hit by coronavirus, with one brazilian dying every minute with covid 19. Two Police Officers are suspended in buffalo, new york state after videos show they were seen pushing an elderly white man to the ground. The bbc announces that one of its Senior Executives, tim davie, will replace tony hall as director general. Hell take up the position in september. Madeleine mccanns parents say theyre encouraged by the response to the latest appeal for information about the disappearance of their daughter. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uk government has defended the timing of its decision to make face masks compulsory on Public Transport in england. From june the 15th, passengers travelling without a Face Covering could be fined. The British Medical Association says the rule should be extended to anywhere that cannot ensure safe social distancing. Elsewhere in england, new figures out this morning give a clearer indication of the rate at which coronavirus cases are declining. The office for National Statistics suggests the number of new daily cases in households in england has fallen to 5,600 a day. Around the world, brazil has surpassed italy to become the country with the third highest number of coronavirus deaths, after the United States and the uk. Meanwhile in france, the governments top scientific advisor has said the epidemic there is now under control. And in scotland, its emerged that a coronavirus epidemic simulated by Public Health experts two years ago highlighted potential problems such as a lack of protective equipment. We start with this report from keith doyle. It does not seem that long ago that people wearing Face Coverings out and about were an oddity. Now it seems perfectly normal. And from june 15 in england, it will be obligatory on buses, trains, trams, ferries, and planes. Loudspeaker use a Face Covering while travelling. There will be some exceptions for children and disabled people, but the transport secretary said that wearing a Face Covering will be a condition of travel. The scientists have been very clear that they are struggling. Theyve been struggling to provide the conclusive evidence on it. On balance, we are convinced that it certainly cant do any harm, we think it will do some good, and thats why we think its a good idea to introduce. But as i say, theres no point introducing it if. The most important thing is two metres social distancing, so if youve got two metres social distancing, then this is a marginal impact. In scotland, where Face Coverings are recommended on Public Transport, the government will consider making them compulsory. In Northern Ireland, they are recommended where social distancing isnt possible. And wales has not yet made any recommendations on Face Coverings. Transport unions have welcomed the move, which they said is overdue, and the doctors union, the bma, has asked why the requirement is not being brought in right away, and that it should be widened to other areas where social distancing isnt always possible. Nhs test and trace will contact you to trace people you might have infected. Apologies that report. We will take you straight to brussels now, where the eus chief brexit negotiator Michelle Barnier is giving us a News Conference. We must all be vigilant and stay careful, but i am delighted to be with you again virtually or otherwise. Mr barnier also thanks the interpreters for making this communication possible. You are welcome. He also says we help people understand each other. Well, we hope so. From the start of these negotiations, our objective was to make parallel progress on all the subjects of our future relationship. There are many such subjects, because we are truly ambitious when it comes to this future relationship, and as i have said in the last round, for that to be possible, we needed to get rid of four serious areas of blockage and, for fishing, four serious areas of blockage and, forfishing, competition four serious areas of blockage and, for fishing, competition and a so called level Playing Field. These are two elements that are absolutely essential and cannot be separated out from trade. As we work towards a new Economic Partnership with the uk. Secondly, guarantees and fundamental rights. We need this to establish police and judicial cooperation on criminal matters that is close and tight. Third point, governance over a partnership. Future partnership. This week, along with the uk delegation and david frost, we agreed that we have set a lot of time in our negotiating period for those four areas, and i would like to thank david and the two teams for the climate of Mutual Respect and the climate of Mutual Respect and the effort in the negotiations. Both sides showed Great Respect for each other. They did very good work in these difficult circumstances, and id like to pay tribute to the professionalism concerned. The professionals who were concerned. However, this week, i still have my responsibility under the aegis of our president ursula von der leyen. Iam the our president ursula von der leyen. I am the eu negotiator, and my responsibility is to speak the truth, and to tell the truth, this week, there have been no significant areas of progress. Starting with fishing. On fisheries, the uk have not shown any true will to explore other approaches the aunt zonal attachment for the sharing of quotas. Any other approach is beyond zonal attachment. They continue to attach approaching to waters to an annual agreement, which is not even technical possible for us. The eu wants to create i would construct us. The eu wants to create i would co nstru ct a us. The eu wants to create i would construct a stable Economic Partnership. That has only been our desire. Next point Playing Field. Economic fair play, trade fair play. No progress there either, despite the fact as i said this week we tried to focus on certain topics in particular, on subjects in particular, on subjects in particular that we thought were closer to reaching an agreement, such as things like the nonaggression measures when it came to social, environmental, climate related, tax and fiscal matters, and sustainable development. So no progress there. And then on governance, we are still a long way away from the framework we wanted, establishing legal links between our different areas of cooperation or a crosscutting government framework. Finally, and law enforcement, judicial and police cooperation, we we re judicial and police cooperation, we were able to have a more constructive discussion on the issues of commitments arising from the European Convention on human rights, but there are still important questions open as to how all of that would be reflected in the agreement itself. So, ladies and gentlemen, on these points as on others, all we ask for is for the political declaration to be respected and complied with. There has been no significant progress on these points, as i have said, not since the start of the negotiations, andi since the start of the negotiations, and i dont think we can go on like this forever. On top of that, the uk, as you know, have refused to extend the transition period, in other words, to allow for more time for negotiations. From our side, as indeed was already pointed out by president ursula von der leyen several months ago, we have always been open on our side, open to extending this period by one or two yea rs. Extending this period by one or two years. It is possible and written into the agreement. Our door is still open to that end. However, if there is nojoint decision still open to that end. However, if there is no joint decision towards such an extension, as we understand to be the case now, if there is no change, the uk will leave the Single Market and Customs Union and december and 31st. That is less than seven months from now. If we take into account what we have to have in terms of time to ratify an agreement, we have to have a legal text at the latest on october 31. And that leaves us about five months, give or take. And that leaves us about five months, give ortake. A and that leaves us about five months, give or take. A wee bit less, in fact. We have to use this time as efficiently as possible. Indeed, last week, i had already proposed to david frost that we should accompany the next round of negotiations on all subjects through, as of the start ofjune, which will be the next round. End ofjune, which will be the next round, end ofjune, mark concentrated, focused work on the more difficult points. More concentrated, focused work. I hope this will give a new boost to the new 11 negotiation tables as such, and by the way, i also hope they will be able to start meeting face to face again by the end of june, when the next timeline is supposed to be. I think it will work better and be more effective, and easier. We still have roughly five months, and i will continue to obviously work with my team and keeping full transparency with the 27 Member States and European Parliament as well. To be clear, our lack of progress in this negotiation is not due to our method, but to the substance. We must stick to our commitments if we wa nt to must stick to our commitments if we want to move forward. We engaged in this negotiation on the basis of a joint political declaration that clearly sets out the terms of our future partnership. This document. This document, is available in all languages, including english. It is not difficult to read. Good weekend reading, if not difficult to read. Good weekend reading, if i may say. A declaration was negotiated with Prime Minister johnson himself. It was approved by the leaders of the 27 Member States at the European Council in october 2019. It has the backing of the European Parliament also. It is for us, and it will remain for us, the only valid reference, the only releva nt only valid reference, the only relevant precedent in this negotiation, that it was agreed by both sides. Yet to after round, our british counterparts seek to distance themselves from this common basis. Let me give you for concrete example, referring precisely to the text of the political declaration first, Prime Ministerjohnson agreed in paragraph 77 that, i quote, given our geographical proximity and economic interdependence, ourfuture agreement must encompass robust commitments to prevent distortions of trade and unfair competitive advantages. This is what together we chose to call the level Playing Field. In this paragraph, the Prime Minister borisjohnson agreed to uphold the common high standards applicable in the union and the uk. At the end of the transition period in these areas, stated competition, environmental standards, employment, Climate Change and relevant tax matters. We are today very far from this objective. Prime minister johnson agreed in paragraph 66 on Civil Nuclear cooperation 2019, our existing high standards of nuclear safety. We a re existing high standards of nuclear safety. We are very far from this objective. Three, Prime Minister borisjohnson agreed in paragraph 82 that our agreement should cover anti Money Laundering and counterterrorism financing. We are very farfrom this counterterrorism financing. We are very far from this objective. Four. Borisjohnson agreed in paragraph 118 to base our future relationship on an overarching institutional framework which links between specific areas of cooperation. And we are once again very far from this objective. In all areas, the uk continues to backtrack on the commitments it has undertaken in the political declaration. Including on fisheries, where we committed to use our best endeavours to conclude and ratify the new agreement byjuly one, 2020. It seems clear that we will not reach the target, considering our negotiations in this area are going for the moment considering how our negotiations are going at the moment. Indeed, even in the rare areas where we saw some movement this week, such as the European Convention on human rights, we still fall short of what we had agreed in the political declaration. And finally, as a reminder, the uk since the beginning does not want to talk about our cooperation on foreign policy, development and defence at all, even though we agreed this with borisjohnson in the political declaration. And to tell the truth on this point, defence policy, also as a former Foreign Affairs ministry my own country, i still understand why. We cannot and we will not accept this backtracking on the political declaration. And at the same time, we will request a full respect of the Withdrawal Agreement. On citizens rights, we continue to be extremely vigilant. There have been frequent exchanges of information between the Vice President and the minister michael gove on this topic, regarding eu citizens residing in the uk. We are pleased to hear that 3. 1 million eu citizens have already been granted residence status, and we are carefully monitoring the situation of more vulnerable citizens that have difficulties applying digitally. It is also important that eu citizens residing in the uk have access to social benefits in these difficult times. As for uk nationals residing in the union, in the 13 Member States that, like the uk, have chosen constitutive system, we are working to ensure that procedures for applying for resident status are simple, easily accessible, and clearly communicated. In the other 14 Member States, which have chosen a declaratory system, uk nationals will receive a physical document enabling them to prove their status. We also continue to be extremely vigilant with regard to the correct implementation of the protocol on ireland and Northern Ireland. The uk common paper published on may the 20th is useful. But there are still a lot of details to be centred if we wa nt to a lot of details to be centred if we want to move from aspiration to operation. In line with the legal treaty. Furthermore, some of the objectives set out in this common paper, such as avoiding exit declarations and goods moving from Northern Ireland to great britain, are incompatible with the legal commitments accepted by the uk in the protocol. So we really need to work more on the technical details. Only a precise and rigorous implementation of the agreement can create the confidence we need to build our future create the confidence we need to build ourfuture partnership. The 27 Member States and the European Parliament have been very clear about this, including in our negotiating mandate. Translation so, ladies and gentlemen, in the coming days, i will have an opportunity, the commission will be able to take stock with the Member States, michel, and the european coordinating group. During the month ofjune, we will have a second meeting of thejoint ofjune, we will have a second meeting of the joint committee on the Withdrawal Agreement and its implementation, which will take place on june the 12th, implementation, which will take place onjune the 12th, and then we will have a high level meeting which we agreed to in the political declaration, mentioned several times, and this high level meeting will take stock of the status of negotiations. We will also need to set the precise date and practical modalities as we will have to do too for the dates and the modalities of the next round, probably, as of the end ofjune or beginning ofjuly. So as you can see in a short time frame, we are moving towards a moment of truth. We expect the United Kingdom to respect its commitments under the already ratified Withdrawal Agreement and to respect the precise details of this political declaration, which will remaina political declaration, which will remain a basis of our negotiations. If that is indeed the case, and if we can ensure and maintain the Mutual Respect we have shown till now, if we can remain serene in our approach, and we always have been serene and patient on the eu side, adopting a calm but vigilant and determined approach, and we intend to remain like that. If we can maintain this approach, i believe that in the course of the summer, or the very beginning of the autumn, we will be able to find some Common Ground between the eu when the uk and we will be able to find an agreement for our future. We will take questions. Nick, you have the floor. Nick, press speak. That is what i am trying to do. I am trying to find the camera. Thank you very much. Hello, mr barnier. Can you hear me . Brilliant. Iactually had a question about something you did not mention in your remarks, mr barnier, which is a state aid. This came up in david frosts letter to you quite prominently, and it is quite clear it is quite a big blockage in the level Playing Field side of the talks, and the uk is simply not going to accept the eus state aid demands as they are. David frost called them egregious. In your reply to him, you listed state aid and did not save the uk would be bound by eu law after the end of the transition. But your own mandate and says that the envisaged partnership with the uk should mandate state aid rules. This is an area you are prepared to compromise on, can you do so without the state aid changing your mind a . Changing your mandate. Translation i dont need to be reminded of my mandate. I know it well, and i dont need to be asked to remember what is in the political declaration on the subject. It was just mentioned, and state aid more specifically, in the agreement, in the declaration. It is a point clearly mentioned. I think it is the very first in that particular list, where it says that it is an area where, with the uk, we need to find a way to avoid an unfair competitive advantage. That is what it says in english. In all areas, advantage. That is what it says in english. In allareas, and in advantage. That is what it says in english. In all areas, and in this one in particular, that is my mandate. The aim of this is to find good mechanisms, robust commitments to go into the english text again to avoid such distortions of competition and to keep the rules of the game that are fair and competition rules that are fair, so ican competition rules that are fair, so i can confirm that it is a very difficult point, and indeed, we have a very Firm Position here. In terms of the spirit of the political declaration and this, well, this needs to be taken forward. In this round, as i said before, we try to go on round, as i said before, we try to goona round, as i said before, we try to go on a focus for other things like the non regression clauses, and i explain why. I said we were disappointed we had not made progress on it either, but this topic of state aid is still very much an issue at the top of the level Playing Field discussion, but we did discuss at this time. But clearly, we need those robust rules. A tool box that works. We will say goodbye now to our viewers on bbc world. In line with the sovereign rules of both sides when it comes to our respective legal orders. Our respective legal orders. Our respective sovereignties must be respected. The uks obviously, which is why brexit must be there. It also hours, and the uk must accept ours. And we have to find some sort of equivalence on each side when it comes to level and type of regulation. Is there a real risk of dumping . This is one area where there are real risks, but there are others as well wear the same sort of exercise needs to be found. It is not just ideology exercise needs to be found. It is notjust ideology or technocratic dogma. This level Playing Field, this fair play, economic and trade related fair play notion, actually cove rs related fair play notion, actually covers hundreds of thousands ofjobs that are at stake, and thats why eu Member States are very firm on these matters. I will not go into the detail of discussions. I will not speculate where we will end up, but if this point im trying to make can be properly understood and if Boris Johnsons commitment as he wrote them into ourjoint aid are respected, we will be able to agree on those robust rules the referred to. To bruno waterfield. You need to activate your might, bruno. Your microphone. Just press speak once more. Where we will end up, but. Yes, we can hear you now. Thank you very much. Sorry about that. Mr barnier, ido want much. Sorry about that. Mr barnier, i do want to press you on something. Your mandate says on state aid that state aid, eu law, union law and state aid, eu law, union law and state aid, eu law, union law and state aid must be applied within the uk. The law, eu law, must be applied. That seems to go beyond a robust mechanism and the political declaration. In your letter that you wrote in reply to david frost, you said the uk would not be bound by union law on the level Playing Field for the free trade agreement. Can you just clarify whether you are still supporting the idea in your mandate that of state aid, union law must apply . Thank you. Translation yes. You dont need to feel worried about putting pressure on me. Dont be surprised if i am not unduly impressed at the question. Or concern that the question. Or concern that the question. I know my mandate, my terms of reference, which is subject to interpretation on the british side about respect for british sovereignty, as is my role in terms of trying to achieve common progress. I have taken account of that british concern, and i would suggest about their 70, i would suggest about their 70, i would suggest to the british side they need to take due concern about our sovereignty, which is non negotiable in all aspects of the internal market. So i have certainly taken account of this british concern, which i can understand in political terms, and it is in this spirit and in compliance with my mandate that i wrote this letter. So i think unless basis and in the spirit of the u mentioned. Well, we are going to leave that news co nfe re nce well, we are going to leave that News Conference in brussels now. What is the headline . I guess it is the fact that the two sides are still a long way off coming to an eu chief negotiator Michel Barnier saying there has been no significant area of progress after the end of the fourth round of talks on a post brexit trade deal. We have had a response from the uks chief brexit negotiator david frost. He has said that progress in the talks with the eu was limited, echoing what Michel Barnier said there. But david frost said that the tone of those talks had been positive. He said that if further progress was to be made, the two sides needed to intensify and accelerate their work rate. Lets cross now to the scottish gvernments daily briefing, which is being led by the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon. Iamjoined i am joined today by the chief co nsta ble of i am joined today by the chief constable of Police Scotland and bite professorjason leech are National Clinical director. I will start by obligating some of the Key Statistics in relation to covid 19. At 9am that have been 15,582 positive cases, an increase of 29 from yesterday, a total of they hundred 95 patients are in hospital with confirmed or suspected covid 19, that represents a decrease of 26 from yesterday including a decrease of nine and the number of confirmed cases. We have to be careful reading too much into single day figures but nevertheless it is reasonable to point out this is the First Time Since the 30th of march that the number of patients in hospital has been a law than 1000 againa hospital has been a law than 1000 again a positive indication of the progress we are making. A total of 23 people last eight but an intensive care with confirmed or suspected covid 19 which is a decrease of 5 cents yesterday five since yesterday. A total of 3378 patients had been able to leave hospital. In the last 24 there was a 14 deaths have been registered of patients confirmed as having covid 19 which take to total number of deaths in scotland under that measurement to 2409. These numbers are not just measurement to 2409. These numbers are notjust statistics, they are individuals was lost as deeply felt by their loved ones so i want to send my deepest condolences to eve ryo ne send my deepest condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one to this virus. I also want to express my thanks as always to health and ca re my thanks as always to health and care workers, my thanks as always to health and ca re workers, your my thanks as always to health and care workers, your efforts are enormously appreciated and notjust by me and the government, by eve ryo ne by me and the government, by everyone in scotland. There are many other front line and key workers throughout helping the country throughout helping the country through this crisis and with the chief constable here today i want to ta ke chief constable here today i want to take the opportunity to say a special thank you again to Police Officers and staff who are working under real pressure at the moment but are doing an exceptionaljob for all of us. There are two items i wa nt to all of us. There are two items i want to come, the first concerns the Economic Impact of covid 19. I have just come earlierfrom Economic Impact of covid 19. I have just come earlier from the cabinet subcommittee on the economy where we noted the latest monthly report from a chief economist. That document which was published this morning provides a summary of scotlands key economic statistics. Amongst other things it shows that in the first half of may almost one fifth of businesses and scuff are temporarily closed and that contributed to more than 750,000 people being followed on unable to work as normal. The report shows tolerable is down in almost every sector of the economy and it contains new modelling which takes account of the different phases for easing lockdown. On that basis the report forecast in more gradual economic recovery which may not see it return to precrisis levels fully number of years. The publication confirms the scale of the economic crisis we face and in doing that further underlines why Government Action is so important and vital continue to be sought. The Scottish Government has allocated £2. 3 billion to help businesses and protect jobs and billion to help businesses and protectjobs and that is before me consider uk wide measures such as theJob Retention consider uk wide measures such as the Job Retention scheme. Consider uk wide measures such as theJob Retention scheme. That support is helping to mitigate some of the Economic Impact and will continue to be vital as businesses seek to rebuild. I want to again given an assurance that the Scottish Government is determined to do everything we can to support that process of rebuilding and recovery. We will continue to do Everything Possible to protect your livelihood, thatis possible to protect your livelihood, that is important in the short term but also vital to help lay the groundwork for a sustainable economic recovery. That recovery will be helped by continued progress against this virus will stop if we have a setback in tackling the virus that will make the reopening of our economy all the more difficult for the second item i want to cover todayis the second item i want to cover today is anything elated to the first and it concerns becomes lockdown restrictions and particularly how i hope people will comply with them over this weekend and beyond. We had at the close of the first full week since we moved into phase one of our route map out of lockdown and eased some of the distractions. So far the vast majority of people have stuck by the new rules and a want to take the opportunity again to thank all of you who have continued to do the right thing. It is also clear that over the past week not absolutely eve ryo ne over the past week not absolutely everyone has done that. The chief co nsta ble everyone has done that. The chief constable may say more little about compliance and how the distractions will be enforced at necessary but i wa nt to will be enforced at necessary but i want to set out very clearly again today what the current rules are and today what the current rules are and to do that it wants to focus on what we are asking everyone not to do because it is that is by not doing the things we know aloes dividers to spread that will keep under control. To start you must not people from other households indoors. I know that may be a particular tip titian ona that may be a particular tip titian on a weekend when we are expecting poor weather a particular temptation. But i typically that is extremely high risk and we know this virus transmits much more easily between people inside than outside. If you are not willing to meet outdoors in all likelihood the rain then please do not meet up with people from other households at all andi people from other households at all and i cannot emphasise that strongly enough. I am and i cannot emphasise that strongly enough. Iam not and i cannot emphasise that strongly enough. I am not exaggerating when i see that if you do with people from other households indoors you are putting yourself and you are putting them at risk of getting the virus and becoming ill without and potentially dying from it. I would ask you not pleased to take that risk. Healthy desk of meeting outdoors as a law it is not absolutely zero that means if you do meet outdoors you must again within two metres are members of another household. You should certainly not be shaking their hands are hugging them difficult though that is and should not shout food utensils with people from other households or touch house officers they may also have touched because these are ways in which we know the virus spreads relatively easily. We are asking that when two households do meet up there should be no more than eight in total and there should be no more than eight in totaland a there should be no more than eight in total and a group. In addition you should not more than five miles for recreation and should not leave your face uncovered a few are in an enclosed space like a shop and Public Transport. Winning a Face Covering helps you protect others and having others wear a Face Covering means they protect you. I wa nt to covering means they protect you. I want to make the general point that you should still be seen far fewer people than normal and still trying to stay at home as much as possible. Basically if you start to feel your social life is returning to normal thatis social life is returning to normal that is not a good sign now. That message applies to everyone but it is perhaps particularly relevant to young people so i want today to make a special plea to all of you young people of scotland. Many of you will be desperate to spend more time with pals after weeks of being a part and made even think that as young people you are made even think that as young people you a re less made even think that as young people you are less liquid to become seriously slow as a result of the virus and i know this from speaking to young people in my own life. But i want to be very clear, you are not immune from this virus, you can get it and it can be very harmful to you but even if you are not seriously affected you can still pass it on to other young people, they make then passed on to others radically to risk from covid 19 such as pins are grandparents and that could have tragic consequences so i would urge you to please not think about your own risk, think about the risk to your parents and grandparents and two friends p and are grandparents. Do not take risks you could end up regretting and possibly grieving in the weeks ahead, please stick to the rules. Also a brief word and a heartfelt wa nt rules. Also a brief word and a heartfelt want to those who i know what to make their voices heard at this weekend and support of black lives matter and i want to aj you to make your voices heard, we all feel very strongly about this but i want to ask you to do so safely. And none more times i may well have been planning tojoin more times i may well have been planning to join a gathering more times i may well have been planning tojoin a gathering of support this weekend by coming together and Mass Gatherings are simply not safe, it poses a real risk to health and life so i would encourage you to read the statement issued yesterday asking people to protest in different ways. You can make your voice heard online, you can lobby elected representatives are make it to anti dissident campaigns but please try to stay within the rules antiracism campaigns and stay safe. If you are wondering whether it is ok to do something this weekend ask yourself if you are giving the virus and opportunity to spread and if you are in doubt about whether your plans are within the rules are not please are within the rules are not please are on the side of caution. Above all else please remember that every single decision we take as individuals will help affect the safety a nd individuals will help affect the safety and well being of everyone. The progress we have made against this virus is real and i see that every day because i mean it and it is asa every day because i mean it and it is as a result of all of us of a lemming like sticking to these rules and that kind of collective effort will continue to be vital. Im confident you will continue to play your part i do want to thank all of your part i do want to thank all of you in advance for showing that solidarity with each other and doing that. I will hand over to the chief co nsta ble. That. I will hand over to the chief constable. Good afternoon and as we enter earlyjune constable. Good afternoon and as we enterearlyjune and constable. Good afternoon and as we enter early june and the constable. Good afternoon and as we enter earlyjune and the summer months i would like to start on a point stressed on a number of occasions which is underlining close bond between policing and the committees of scotland. Trust has been forced many years and the police in scotland to take their authority and legitimacy from the people. It is testimony to the good judgment of the people of scotland and our Police Service during this national Public Health emergency they delicious up and anything has gone from strength to strength. The relationship at anything. The bible the bond will be tested during these difficult times and i know the role of the Police Policing at times exercises in the name of fellow citizens to protect us all will be subject to the best scrutiny and challenge and i welcome an open and direct and transparent conversation about policing, it is vital for democracy and fairness. Like everyone i as chief constable and as a man was shocked and distressed by the death of george floyd in minneapolis and subsequent events that have transpired and continue to transpire and the us. Racism in all its forms is utterly disgraceful and unacceptable. As with the first ministerl unacceptable. As with the first minister i also fully understand the desire of people in scotland to make their voices heard this weekend over Racial Injustice, the right to be held and protest and campaign is of vital importance and policing has a key role and enabling supporting such freedoms to be exercised fully and safely. I will duty and policing is to enable you to have your voice heard ina is to enable you to have your voice heard in a way that is safe for you and others. So please do this anyway thatis and others. So please do this anyway that is not risk spreading coronavirus. Policing in scotland will help this regard. I know again as the first minister has alluded there are a number of planned events this weekend and we are in touch with some of the people involved in organising them to try to help them do that and a safe manner. Ilg everyone to follow the regulations and guidance as the majority of people have thankfully done. To keep themselves and others are safe and prevent the spread of coronavirus. I would also detonate the comments of the cabinet secretary forjustice, because the threat of can advise a still with us people should not attend Mass Gatherings which posit clear risk to Public Health. Please find a safe way to have your voice heard. I know the fatigue and strain many are feeling as the stay at home period continues, albeit with some restrictions are lifted as one that is felt amongst households and families across scotland. Again as the first mass that has made the repeatedly the desire for easement to allow greater freedom as understandable. The small changes made last week following ten weeks of strict rules because sailing with particularly good weather and and my judgment left some people acting demob happy. Gatherings and parks and beauty spots were concerning and policing made over 2000 separate dismissals over the weekend. At the same time we saw none coronavirus related crime returning to levels which are more in line with topical business as usual and in fact made over 1000 addressed last weekend, none of them and regard to breach of the coronavirus regulations. Collectively that puts an acute demand on policing but i pay tribute to everyone working together to save lives. The majority of people continue to do the right thing because they know that as the best way to protect themselves and to stop the virus spreading and to reduce the chance of people dying. This weekend i do not think the way thatis this weekend i do not think the way that is to be quite as good but i would ask fundamentally that people do not travel to busy places and crucially emphasising the point the first minister has been very strongly today do not hold house parties or gatherings outdoors. The Police Service will take very robust action and that regard because we know that is particularly dangerous in regards to the spread of the virus. Do not have house parties effort the rain comes on, do not get your friends round, it is not the time to do that, it is less than that putting lives at risk. I want to thank officers and staff for their commitment to public service, people giving freely of their own time, they have been working around the clock or officers and staff and special constables included within the Police Service of scotland to give help and advice and support communities the blade of scotland. It is essential that everyone sticks with it, essential they stick to the rules and do the right thing. Fa do not then what of what is guidance may be brought into legislation and if that is the case police covered continue to act and a fair and proportionate manner. Our approach will not change, we will always work with the people to do the right thing because we rely on consent and cooperation and we were like with courtesy but people take enforcement measures when necessary. | courtesy but people take enforcement measures when necessary. I greatly value the trust of a fellow citizens andl value the trust of a fellow citizens and i thank you for your four bins during these difficult days. For your forbearance. Please look after yourselves and follow the rules. wa nt yourselves and follow the rules. want to reinforce briefly are some of the key messages you have heard from both the first minister and chief constable. Amongst this complexity and response to the virus the virus itself is relatively simple. The enemy we face is unseen, it is everywhere, it is potentially anywhere. It is all around us each and every day, spread from one human to another and person to person. You get this virus from other people. The more people you come into contact with, the more likely you out to catch and spread the virus. We want to get back to a normal life as soon as possible but the only way we can do that is by sticking to the today. Then we can progressively move out of lockdown. Meeting up with other people has been the biggest change for a lot of us over the last week and i want to take this opportunity to domain you again, all three of us have done this that her reported it as that you only meet up outdoors and in small groups. Eight is the Largest Group we want but we would like you to meet and smother groups because outdoors that is a sick of the lower risk of catching the virus, fresh and fewer surfaces to touch and it is much easier to stay physically distant from those around you. So now we have another weekend coming up, the weather is not going to be so good but please do not be tempted to go indoors and you might take an umbrella and a fleece with you to meet up outdoors but it will save you from the virus. Remember the five things that have not changed at all throughout any of this renewal and recovery work, remember to wash hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. Use hand sanitiser if you cannot. Keep two metres apart from people outside your household and we are a cloth Face Covering a few place like Public Transport or a shop. Avoid touching your face, your mouth and nose if you sneeze or cough, this discount a handkerchief if you sneeze into it and clean all surfaces you touch regularly. Doing all of those things but particularly the physical distancing. The spread of this virus and the doubles were continue to fall and we will be able to move through. Important and very sound advice. I will move straight to questions, the first one from bbc scotland. I think you are expected to hear more about the regulations, the 40 day quarantine which i understan has been dyed until monday. There is a lot of concern from the airline and to that as an industry that this is an ill conceived policy, iwould industry that this is an ill conceived policy, i would ask you would react to that and also to the chief constable with the regulations being later and concerns. Regulations being later and concerns. We are going to leave that use conference in scotland well Nicola Sturgeon has been outlining specifically what you should not be doing and she said it is not a good sign if you feel your social life is returning to normal. In the past have about the first minister of wales in the past half an hour, the first minister of wales has of wales in the past half an hour, the first minister of wales has announced an extension to the £500 bonus scheme for care home workers. The scheme will now include kitchen and other staff along with agency workers. Over a month ago i announced to be with you making a special one off payment of £500 to all social care workers and recognition of the vital contribution they have made in helping wheels during this pandemic. This is a complex sector with hundreds of employers and both the private, public and independent spheres. We have had detailed discussions with the trades unions, employers and local authorities over the last few weeks to finalise the details of this payment so we can get the money to those who have made that vital contribution. We have also been discussing with the uk government tax and National Insurance implications because we wa nted insurance implications because we wanted to make sure that every penny reaches the of our dedicated social ca re reaches the of our dedicated social care workforce. On the first point i am pleased to see that we have finalised this phase of the work so that we can begin to start making these £500 payments this month. The will be made to all social care staff giving direct personal care, in care homes and an homes themselves by domiciled it care workers and that will include personal assistance as well, employed by people under the direct payment scheme. We know that inside ca re payment scheme. We know that inside care homes, what goes on as a large household where a range of Staff Members developed close and valued relationships with residents and contribute to their care and well being. During this pandemic many kitchen and domestic staff have taken on a wider caring role to ensure continue to care at the time they have spent with residents is vital as visiting with families has been restricted. I am pleased to say that n recognition of the extender role they have played and all the detailed work which has gone on one of the past few weeks we are now able to extend this payment to those ancillary staff working in care homes. To confirm that nursing staff employed by care homes will also be eligible for this grant. That was the first minister of wales announcing the extension of the bonus scheme which has been given it to people and working in a care homes. Before i had over two jane for the news at one i want you to look at these pictures coming to us from norway. This is the moment a powerful landslide caused a house to topple over and others to be swept into the sea in the town of alta. It happened after hours of heavy rain. Nobody is reported to have been hurt, but a dog had to be rescued by helicopter and is said to be ok. Now its time for a look at the weather with Sarah Keith Lucas. Hello. It was a fairly cool start to the day. Weve already had some heavy showers around. Expect those showers to last over the next few days. So, a cooler, showery theme to the weather. Also notice the winds are going to be strengthening, too. Throughout today, and more especially into tomorrow, with low pressure driving our weather, sitting up towards the east here. Lots of isobars on the map and plenty of showers rotating around that area of low pressure. So, sunny spells and scattered showers for most of us today. More persistent rain into the north of scotland later on. Some of the showers, particularly parts of eastern england, could be heavy with hail and thunderstorms as well. Fewer showers reaching the far south of england. Not immune to the odd shower here, but a little bit drier. Gusty winds, 35 or 45 mph, perhaps to parts of the irish sea, up to the north west of scotland, some of those costs could reach 50 or 60 mph at times. So, blustery winds, combined with heavy showers and more persistent rain pushing in across the north of scotland. Temperatures out there today, somewhere between nine to 17 degrees, a lot cooler than it has been over the last couple of weeks. A little below par for the time of year. The heaviest of the showers and thunderstorms should fade away for a time overnight, but then we see the next area of rain working out of scotland, through Northern Ireland, Northern England and north wales, too. Clearer spells either side of that. Quite a chilly night, with temperatures quite widely down into mid to single figures. Saturday starts with low pressure very much in charge. You can see the real squeeze in those isobars, especially across northern and western parts of the uk. Thats where you see some of the strongest winds. Do be aware that, through today and into tomorrow, especially across the northern half of the uk, we could see gusts of wind up to 60 mph, enough to cause some disruption, particularly trees in full leaf. Saturday, a few spells of sunshine through the morning. Heavy showers pushing their way south through the day. Again, some hail and thunder possible, particularly across parts of eastern england. Temperatures 11 to 18 degrees on saturday. Not too bad when you do see the sunshine coming through. Slightly lighter wind by the time we get a sunday. Still some showers around, most likely around the east coast. Fewer showers further west and still quite chilly for the time of year. In the east, temperatures only ten or 13 degrees, towards the south west we could see 19 celsius or so. As we head through next week, a few showers around. But generally a bit drier and lighter winds, too. Bye for now. The number of people with coronavirus falls in the second half of may, to one in 1000. It comes as the government defends making Face Coverings compulsory on Public Transport in england, from next week. On balance, we are convinced it certainly cannot do any harm. We think it will do some good and that is why we think it is a good idea to introduce. My concern and anger is that elliott has taken because this could mean more people having caught the virus in the community because there are sometimes we simply cannot keep social distance. Well get the latest on that and the fall in infection rates. Also this lunchtime as protests continue in the us, pictures emerge of a pensioner