This is bbc news, welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. Im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories President Trump faces criticism over his plans to celebrate american Independence Day at Mount Rushmore, with no compulsory face masks or social distancing. Iam here i am here to your president to proclaim before the country and before the world, this monument will never be desecrated. As pubs in england reopen on saturday, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson issues a warning to the public not to be complacent. Police brutality in the spotlight in mexico with a teenage Soccer Player shot by a policeman from a parked patrol car. And the Washington Redskins American Football Team agrees to review its team name, which has long been considered offensive to native americans. President trump is hosting an Independence Day celebration at Mount Rushmore. It comes after the United States recorded its biggest single day rise in coronavirus cases. More than fifty seven thousand new infections were reported on friday. On top of health concerns, critics say a planned fireworks display may start wildfires, and native american groups object to the event being held on what, to them, is sacred land. President trump is speaking
now. He speaking at an event at Mount Rushmore. It has just got 9pm and the us and has been talking about the monument itself, saying it will never be desecrated. Lets have a quick listen to what he is saying. And obviously, that includes oui and obviously, that includes our beautiful Mount Rushmore. Cheering and applause. Our people have a great memory. They will never forget the destruction of statues and monuments to george washington, abraham lincoln, ellie css grant, abolitionists and many others. The violet mayhem we have seen in the streets and cities that are run by liberal democrats in every case. It is
a predictable result of years of extreme indoctrination and failures in education, journalism and other cultural institutions, against every law of society and nature, our children are taught in school to hate their own country and to hate their own country and to believe that the men and women who built it were not heroes but that were villains. The radical view of American History is a web of lies, all respect has been removed, every virtue is obscured, every motive is twisted, every fact is distorted. The reason President Trump speaking at an Independence Day event at Mount Rushmore. Lets discuss this with the bbcs north america correspondent, david willis. We heard a little bit of what
he is saying. He said children are told to hate the rain country in school. Is that true . Well, this is very interesting because this is the sort of speech which goes right to Donald Trumps base and he is trying to whip them up by focusing most recently on protests which have led to the filing of statues in various states across this country. Now, instead of addressing the underlying reason for those protests, which has been Police Brutality and racial inequality in this country, President Trump is preferred to focus on the lawlessness surrounding some of those protests and he talked just a short while ago about angry mobs who were tearing down these statues and basically to tear down American History. It is a clear attempt by the president to position
himself very firmly apart from his Presumptive Democratic rival, joe biden, who he has sought to paint in the same corner as the atticus and the looters running rampage in some, as he points out democrat run towns. Anarchist. Some, as he points out democrat run towns. Anarchist. The fa ct run towns. Anarchist. The fact that the event is happening in the way that it is has also drawn some criticism, given the surge in coronavirus . Absolutely and the governor of the state of south dakota and said quite simply in response to the criticism, if you do not like it, stay at home. But there are 7500 people who were scheduled to be that this evening, certainly quite a large crowd looking at the Early Television picture and there is no social distancing,
very few people if any seem to be wearing face masks and that is in direct contrast to the advice given by Donald Trumps Health Advisers who say social distancing is necessary if the current outbreak is to be contained. The us so another record be broken, more than 50,000 cases of the coronavirus once again in five different states at least they have hit you record levels. I know you will be keeping across that speech but for the moment thank you very much. The coronavirus lockdown in england has just been eased, with many businesses including pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and cinemas allowed to reopen in the next few hours. The british Prime Minister has urged people to enjoy summer safely and says he wont hesitate to reverse the measures if cases begin to climb. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth has more. So two of you . Yes, please. Its in the diary, the tables booked. Businesses preparing to open up after months of lockdown. Some Restaurant Owners not sure what to expect. Nobody knows, no one knows. We have no idea whos going to come, who isnt. This tourist town in the cotswolds is gearing up. Even in the model village, it feels like a big moment. Anxious, nervous, excited. Its a nervous time for number ten, too in his words, a turning point they have to get right, with the virus still present. If it starts running out of control again, this government will not hesitate in putting on the brakes and reimposing restrictions. As we take this next step, our biggest step yet on the road to recovery, i urge the british people to do so safely. This is what the government wants to avoid. Last week, crowds crammed
onto bournemouth beach, seemingly ignoring social distancing. Critics claim the Prime Ministers public messaging was in part to blame. Tomorrows been described as super saturday. Are you confident at this point that youve struck the right balance between the countrys health and the economy, and are you confident youve got the right public messaging . And to the scientists, if i may, are you comfortable with the pace that this unlocking is progressing . 0n the balance, it is incredibly important to get the balance right, and our priority is health. 0ur priority is the health of the british public. What were trying to do is walk this narrow path. There is no perfect time. There is no perfect, exact way of doing it. This virus is a long way from gone, but its not going to be gone for a very, very long time. Its now a lot lower than it was. We are going to have to take risks, whatever we do. And this seems a reasonable package of risks at this particular time, at this particular pace. But none of us believe, and im sure nobody watching
this believes this is a risk free next step. This is a significant moment for the country, but its a significant political moment, too. The governments faced real criticism for the way its handled aspects of this crisis. Now, as england faces the biggest easing of restrictions so far, ministers can only hope theyve got this right. In leeds, theyre preparing for the weekend. Extra street marshals will be out, asking people to keep their distance. 0ne local Police Representative is angry its all happening on a saturday. Its absolutely nonsense. They should have done it on a monday and done a slow, phased release, giving people a chance to adapt. Just days ago, leicester was the first place subject to a local lockdown, after a spike in cases. Today, the government said local outbreaks will be a feature of life to come, as the country takes this next step, so welcome for some, but not without warning. Alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. While much of the recent focus
on Police Brutality has centred on the United States, its a problem in many other parts of the world, too. Recent protests in mexico have drawn attention to killings there. Will grant reports. One last goal for 16 year old Alexander Martinez gomez. In a tragic goodbye team mates at the us born semi professional football footballer smothered his coffin with hugs and tears. Still at a loss as to how he could have been shot in the head by police as he chatted to his friends outside a gas station in oaxaca state. At his wake his distraught mother said local police shot him like he was a common criminal. He was a sportsman, he had a scholarship, she cried. And these were supposed to be the people who look after us. The policeman has now been arrested over the shooting. In a statement, the state Attorney Generals Office said that they will be no impunity in this case or any other in which members of the police
forces have harmed the well being and the lives of 0axacan families. Police brutality is an ongoing and serious problem in mexico. Few mexicans will forget the disappearance in late 2014 of 43 Student Teachers in guerrero state who were the last seen in hands the local police. This is one specific form of Police Brutality which as you take someone into custody and the person ends up dead. That is one type of brutality but there are many others. They used torture by mexican Law Enforcement is a systemic problem. From small towns in rural 0axaca to the capital of mexico city, protests over Police Brutality are growing. Earlier this month, demonstrations turned ugly after a young man, giovanni lopez, died from wounds received while in Police Custody in guadalajara. In guadalajara itself a policeman was set alight. Mobile phone footage taken from the night giovanni was detained suggested it was for not wearing a face mask. The bbc has repeatedly approached the Public Security ministry for an interview but no one has been made available. You can find similar cases, like the one we saw in guadalajara in recent years and pretty much every state in mexico. As Alexander Martinezs friends sang a lament around his coffin, his hopes of a life in sport or cut short by policeman who were either unaware oi unconcerned of who they were shooting at. Another sign of a country where a process of Genuine Police reform is long overdue. Will grant, bbc news. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro has wanted done a law on the wearing of facemasks, saying it was unconstitutional. Three senior government figures, including the outgoing Prime Minister dealings with the coronavirus are now going to court. It was announced hours after the Prime Minister was stood down. Air france will cut 6500 jobs after losing 95 of its revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic. The french government has already thrown multi million lifeline to the National Carrier and urged it not to make compulsory layoffs. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come the Washington Redskins launch a review of its controversial name after demands from major sponsors. China marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. A huge firework display was held in the former colony. The chinese president , jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. The worlds first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. Scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. For the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. Challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 3h years. And there was no hiding the sheer elation
of Richard Branson and his crew. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines President Trump has responded to criticism over his plans to celebrate american Independence Day at Mount Rushmore, with no compulsory face masks or social distancing, saying the monument will never be destroyed. More now on the rising numbers of new Coronavirus Infections across the United States. A little earlier i spoke to drjoseph mccormick, an epidemiologist and founder of the school of Public Health in texas. I asked him how worried he was thatjuly 4th celebrations could help to spread the virus further. So i am very worried
because we have already seen what happens when we have these big celebrations. After the memorial day holiday at the end of may, yes, at the end of may, during june we saw an incredible spike in cases and that is what we are experiencing right now in all of texas, including south texas. For example, we have seen a tenfold increase in the number of people being hospitalised with this, we went from about, in our county which is about 450,000 people, we went from ten cases a day to now over 100 a day and our hospitals are now well beyond capacity. We are seeing a huge problem with hospitals. This is being played out also in san antonio, as well as houston and dallas, and austin. So all the major cities. And it is also out in rural areas. We are seeing cases now spiking now in some of the smallest counties in texas. Worrying that capacity is being met or exceeded at this time. I am just reading here about some of the patients, and an issue particularly with pregnant women . Yes, this is particularly, so the south texas area, particularly has one of the highest fertility rates, which of course means that there are a lot of pregnant women, and given the transmission now within the community, particularly by young people, we have seen a big spike, the cases between the ages of 18 and 40 have doubled, so they are driving the transmission, which means they are now infecting pregnant women. So one estimate in san antonio was that maybe as many as 30 of pregnant women coming in for delivery are infected, and what this has enquired at the hospital is to create an entire separate unit for the babies being born of pregnant women who are covid positive. The problem is that
transmission is particularly during, right after delivery. That is extraordinary, i hadnt heard of a separate wing being created for that particular issue. What is your message then, for young people but all americans this weekend . The only way we have two control this transmission, and it is already so large, the only way we have to control it is for people to respect the guidelines of wearing masks, staying home as much as possible, certainly not congregating in large, in any large numbers. In fact there is a mandate in the state of texas now that no more than ten people should be congregating together. And to practise social distancing and hand washing. Those other methods we know
work, we know they work because they worked early on in april and may, and then when we stopped practising them, and allowed everyone to go out, it was particularly the young people who started getting infected. In fact in our area, two thirds of the so called Community Transmission is from people from 18 to 40. So my message is, you have to be respectful of everyone and not transmit it. The Washington Redskins American Football Team has agreed a review of its Controversial Team name following renewed pressure from its main sponsor. Fedex, a major backer of the franchise and the teams stadium, is asking them to remove the controversial name which has long been considered offensive to native americans. The latest calls come after a fresh focus on racism sparked by worldwide protests
over the death of george floyd. Earlier i spoke to amanada blackhorse a lead plaintiff in the legal effort to force the washingotn nfl team to change their name. I asked her if she was opmistic that this annoucement made lead to a decisive change. Im cautiously optimistic. I think that. Im optimistic because this is the first time that ive heard of the team talk about a review of their name. So i feel like now is the time that this is going to happen after decades of native American People pushing them to change their name. But im cautious because i feel like it, you know, theyre doing it because theyre being pressured by investors. And so i feel like if they were to do it in the best way, in the best moral, you know, the positive way to native people that they would issue an apology and they would work with native people to fix
what has been done, but. Just explain, amanda, matter, what has been done. For our viewer right around the world, what is offensive about the current team name . Well, first of all, the term, the r word, which i wont say and i encourage the bbc not to say it as well. Its a dictionary defined racial slur for native people. The fact that its a name of a team of the National Football league is just absurd. And plus the imagery of the washington team, the indian symbol, the indian head logo that they use and the feathers and everything, all of that are stereotypes of native people. They promote stereotypes of native people. And all of that imagery allows fans to show up at games wearing fake headdresses and wearing red face. And so in orderfor the team to really do the right thing, they need to get rid of the name and they need to get rid of all of the imagery. I see. Thats important. Thank you for clarifying that. And given that theres been such resistance in the past and now it seems to be the sponsor coming forward and the kind of financial pressure, does that really leave a bad taste in your mouth that there isnt this willingness from their side to just change the name . Yes, absolutely. I mean, native people have been fighting this for decades. This fight was happening before i was even born. We were tied up in litigation with them for i mean, in my case it was 14 years. Suzan harjos case was over 20 years. This has been a long time coming. We have put a lot of effort and a lot of resources into trying to get a name change. And the first day that an investor or a sponsor said to change a name, the next day, you know, theyre talking about reviewing their name. So i just think the voices of native people are just not important to them. Amanda blackhorse there. As the Retail Sector battles to find safe ways of operating during the pandemic spare a thought for the cosmetics counter. The risk of covid i9 transmission can make the act of trying and buying makeup very difficult, but south korea, praised for its handling of the pandemic, may have found the answer, as reged ahmad reports. Spot the difference. This is cosmetics shopping in south korea via the augmented Reality Experience technology that aims to allow the customer to try and buy while minimising the risk of contracting covid i9. The mirror shows the real you. The embedded screen then takes a photo, analyses it and suggests products. But what makes this technology
really useful is that it allows people to test out cosmetic colours without ever trying them on. Translation due to coronavirus, it was uncomfortable to test cosmetics after someone had used it. But this is very convenient, as i can see actual colour on my face in a form of the augmented reality image without even touching my face. Its also very hygienic, so i can try out without any concerns. South korea already has guidelines that recommend shoppers try cosmetics out on the backs of their hands, but this is an industry where nearly the entire Shopping Experience is about putting product on yourface, which means an inventive approach is needed to keep the counters open. That includes installing qr codes next to products. Customers can scan it using their phones to check details and avoid contact with staff as well. South korea has never really locked down in the same way
other countries have. The trace, test and treat method of controlling the coronavirus pandemic has been widely praised, and case numbers remain relatively low. Even so, the country is still battling persistent outbreaks, triggering even tighter social distancing measures. Some augmented Reality Technology is already available via phone apps, and theres no guarantee once youve taken the products home that youll fall in love with the real experience. But south koreas Innovative Technological Solutions do give an insight into how the future Shopping Experience might look in the age of covid i9. Reged ahmad, bbc news. Two divers in mexico have found evidence of prehistoric mining from 11,000 years ago in a cave deep beneath the yucatan peninsula. To get into the cave, divers had to squeeze through a gap of seventy centimetres. They found navigational markers, digging tools and fire pits. You can reach me on twitter, im lvaughanjones. Im Lewis Vaughan jones, this is bbc news. Hello there. Theres no sign of our weather settling down any time soon. And this weekend it stays certainly unsettled with cloud and rain on the way and there will be some strong winds as well, particularly as we head into sunday. Scenes like these, i think, be quite commonplace over the next 24 hours. You can see extensive cloud racing then across the atlantic, but this area of cloud in the west atlantic a puny area, a weak area of low pressure at the moment but its going to rapidly deepen as it races towards the British Isles and by sunday it will be bringing gales across northern areas. The winds Strong Enough to bring down some trees, so there is the risk of some transport disruption, particularly in the north. So this weekend, unsettled, windy, especially on sunday. Rain at times. A lot of cloud around. 0ccasional brighter spells. Thats what weve got on the weather menu. Now, over the next few hours,
weve got cloud and rain with us across england and wales. Some dry weatherfor a time in scotland. 0ccasional clear spells here. Its a warm night, particularly in the south with temperatures around 15 to even 17 around liverpool and manchester. Whereas further north, a fresher 9 or 10 degrees. Now, through saturday, this rain that we start off with will tend to ease. Well still have some damp stuff around. A little bit of light rain and drizzle just about anywhere, but more especially around the western coast and hills. Perhaps a little bit of sunshine poking through in scotland. Here, though, there will be a few passing showers the afternoon. Temperature wise, well, were looking at highs around 16 17 across the north, england and wales up to around 22 in the warmest spots. Then, saturday night, our area of low pressure begins to flex its muscles and by sunday morning, were looking at a swathe of strong winds. The winds will be strongest quite early on sunday morning, working way across the north. So especially for scotland but also getting very blustery over Northern England on and to the east of the pennines. Gusts of wind could reach 50 or 60 mph. If this low pressure deepens
and the winds could be stronger than this, mind you. But either way, winds this strong are capable of bringing down a few trees and certainly causing some transport disruption. Its guaranteed that well have some speed limits, for example on the bridges and the ferries could be affected. Even as the rain and winds begin to ebb away, were looking at blustery showers following in to the northwest as we head through sunday afternoon. But nowheres really immune from seeing the odd afternoon downpour on sunday. Beyond that, well, it stays unsettled. Were looking at further showers around at times, particularly in the north and west. This is bbc news. The headlines President Trump has responded to criticism over his plans to celebrate american Independence Day at Mount Rushmore with no compulsory face masks or social distancing saying the monument will never be destroyed. He also condemned what he called a merciless campaign to wipe out americas history and defame its heroes. As pubs in england reopen on saturday, the Prime Minister has issued a warning to the public not to be complacent. Borisjohnson says the public must not let them down on social distancing and that he wont hesitate to reimpose restrictions. Police brutality is in the spotlight in mexico with a teenage Soccer Player shot by an officer from a parked patrol car. In another instance, a man died when an officer knelt on his neck. Police brutality is an ongoing problem in mexico. 400 staff at the national theatre
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