and watch from home. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first... us president donald trump has unveiled an aggressive us effort in hope of a breakthrough in the race to find a vaccine for covid—19. he has dubbed the plan, project warp—speed and he says teams of experts are aiming to have a vaccine in production by the end of the year. some experts, though, have questioned that timeline. jane o'brien has more. after criticism for a slow response to the coronavirus pandemic president trump today launched operation warped speed. the quest to find a vaccine by the end of the year. we are getting ready so that we went to get the good word when we have the vaccine we have the formulae we have what we need we are ready to go as opposed to taking years to gearup. we are gearing up, it's risky, it's expensive but we will be saving massive amounts of time. we will be saving years. distribution will be organised by the us military and logistical challenge that may prioritise areas worst hit by the pandemic. but while emphasising the need for a vaccine, president trump who unlike his medical advisers declined to wear a mask downplayed the deadly nature of the virus. many of us have lost friends, we read about that we see that and that's what they discovers but a very, very small percentage. a very small percentage. i stayed all the time, it's a tiny percentage, the vast majority, many people don't even know they have it. his words are likely to fuel growing protest against orders to stay at home. such measures may stop the coronavirus bedding but 36 and a half million people have filed for unemployment in the last two months. across america priorities are shifting and becoming increasingly partisan. congress is divided over it latest financial response. the $3 trillion package dubbed the heroes act. while some of my colleagues were already spending too much money these packages are a fraction of the losses we suffered in this country and around the world. the hardships faced by many people is becoming more evident. food lines again prompt the question just how much pain can nation tolerate in order to control the virus? dr. william schaffner is professor of preventive medicine at vanderbilt university in tennesse. thank in tennesse. you so much forjoining us on bbc thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. it's a pleasure to have you on the program. let me start by asking you how realistic is the, are the comments by president trump that we could have a vaccine most likely by the end of this year? very ambitious, very optimistic and very on likely. every thing would have to work just perfectly and on likely. every thing would have to workjust perfectly and of course we know that that's not the history of vaccine development. so, i thick it's dangerous to overpromise and then under deliver. what do you think the timeline, the more realistic timeline looks like for this then? perhaps sometimes in 2021, probably to the middle or later part of the year. but if everything works out we will celebrate. but i think it's unlikely. unlikely but not impossible i take from what you're saying? not entirely impossible but you have to understand, every single step of the process must then work out perfectly without a glitch. and of course, working with a biological product such as a vaccine that usually doesn't work that way. of course some people are worried that if things are rushed too much that could then compromise the safety of the vaccine and indeed its efficacy will stop that's a very important point. we want to do everything quickly but we mustn't cut corners. safety is paramount. of course we must be able to demonstrate effectiveness. because you don't wa nt to effectiveness. because you don't want to give in ineffective vaccine and you certainly don't want to give something that's unsafe. and of course the issue with the vaccine that some people have flagged up, i know it's pretty early now but is distribution wise. how will that work, do you think? will it be able to be distributed fairly, globally 01’ to be distributed fairly, globally or will countries to get a first, will it be free? in the united states it ought to be free because i think the government will purchase it and then distribute it through the public health channels. with the assistance of the private medical system here in this country. we've done that before with swine flu vaccine back in 2009. distribution around the world, that's something i don't know about. but that would certainly be the ultimate intention of course. of course, president trump amongst his comments also encouraged americans to get back to normal a life even without a vaccine. do you think that's the right thing to encourage? we are opening up, the trick is to do so carefully so we don't inordinately create a medical risk. and that's a very delicate balance, right? some of us are moving out more rapidly. 0k, thank you very much indeed for joining us and taking the time to speak to us on bbc news. thank you. the rate at which coronavirus can be spread across the uk has gone up, and is close to the point where infections may rise again. the reproduction or ‘r' number, needs to stay below 1 to control the spread, but rates vary across the uk, and could result in stricter lockdown measures in some areas. here's our science editor, david shukman. some areas are hit harder by the virus than others. the northeast of england seems to have one of the highest rates of infection. it's thought that one factor could be deprivation. but whatever the cause, the council and gates side wants to move more consciously than national government. we don't have the same powers of scotland and wales and northern ireland for the top if i have those powers, if we have those powers here i have those powers, if we have those powers here i'm absolutely certain that we would be imposing the same restrictions as in scotland and wales and northern ireland. so our social media message is stayed at exactly the same. that stayed home. where possible to stay at home. that pressure for different approaches across the uk is driven by different estimates for rates of infection what's called the r number. one new study says london has the lowest rate. at one point it was suffering the worst of the outbreak. then the midlands, anything below one means the virus is declining. but the southeast, east southwest and northwest are all closer to that threshold of one. with the northeast and yorkshire having the highest rate of all regions in england. scotland is not to be in the range of .721 and wales and northern ireland .8 2.9. there isa and northern ireland .8 2.9. there is a geographical march of this spread geographically from london and the city outwards. so the northeast, it just perhaps and the city outwards. so the northeast, itjust perhaps later than other regions in acquiring the virus and then having the epidemic was up at the may be other factors. and we do know that disadvantage and certainly hospitalization and admissions with severe disease disadvantage and, uncertain population seems to have a more severe effect. the scottish government was averse declare that its restrictions would stay in place for the time being. and like everywhere, there is a struggle to work out exactly how fast the virus is spreading. the differences the further we go into smaller geographic areas the greater the uncertainty that there is in making those assessments. at the moment at the advice i have is that most reliable way of reporting the r number is in the range we your part in scotland remain level. the uk government says restrictions may be relaxed at different rates. but that could be difficult to manage as some people are free to move around and others are still in lockdown. brazil's new health minister nelson teich has resigned less than a month into the job. mr teich took on the role after his predecessor was fired over disagreements with president bolsonaro over the importance of social distancing. brazil is worst hit by coronavirus in latin america, with more than 200—thousand cases. our south america correspondent katy watson, has more from sao paolo. he he didn't even last a month. he gave a press conference in our soul 01’ gave a press conference in our soul or go and he said, didn't give any reason for why he was leaving but said life is so of decisions my decision today was to go. he certainly isn't as vocal as his predecessor who was very critical of the way was a narrow disagreed with the way was a narrow disagreed with the importance of social distancing. but certainly resigning today talked about was definitely disagreed on issues such as the chloroquine and the early stages of coronavirus and in terms of social distancing. certainly he, i guess he wasn't as bullish as both a are wanted. that goes on for the next minister to see if he will fall in line with him or fall in line with the rest of the world. of course as this goes on, neighbours around brazil have expressed serious concern that they are paying the cost of imposing lockdown while cases in brazil continue to rise. absolutely. in the region you've got argentina who lockdown very quickly, peru lockdown very quickly. i think brazil is the outlier here. and it's the president who is we have to be careful because within the states the state governments who have taken the message for lockdown or introduce quarantine, it's a quarantine measure, if advised, herfeeling is that even though they are much tougher and disagreed with the way he has handled the epidemic and don't think he's doing enough, many people in sao paulo feel that they should been a tough art lockdown much earlier because at the moment is going on and on and the numbers are rising and it doesn't look like we re are rising and it doesn't look like were near the top yet. and what about the people in brazil, what are their views about how their president has behaved and has confronted the pandemic? there are certainly, he certainly lost a lot of popularity. even people who voted for him feel that perhaps they voted for him feel that perhaps they voted for the wrong. he talked about the change for brazil and they feel that that change is not something they want. they are seeing the way he's handling the pandemic was up i think the concern is here in brazil to an extent he has a point in the fact that it's the economy, worried about the economy and what that means for the economy and what that means for the poor. brazil's poorest. you speak to people who are suffering and they say they feel forgotten even by the president. the president giving out one piece of advice and states give it out another. the concern is and confusion can lead to people self isolating. at the wrong time people are now giving up wanting to go back to work, needing to go back to work because there's been a kind of quarantine restriction imposed for quite a long time but without anything concrete coming from the top and that's the concern that will affect the numbers that are dying. the number of cases. more bad economic news from the us, with retail sales falling at the fastest rate on record. consumer spending dropped more than 16% last month, as shoppers stayed home because of the coronavirus pandemic. that's even worse than economists had feared, and comes a day after another troubling report on unemployment. germany is suffering as well. europe's biggest economy is in recession after shrinking by more than 2% in the first quarter of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic. it's germany's biggest slump since the financial crisis more than a decade ago. teaching unions in the uk say they're still unconvinced about the wisdom of sending more pupils in england back to school, after meeting government advisers to discuss the policy. and in other news — the uk chief brexit negotiator, david frost, says "very little progress" has been made, in the latest talks with the eu on future trade arrangements. he accused the eu of including proposals which would unfairly bind the uk to european laws. his counterpart, michel barnier, described the talks, as disappointing. stay with us on bbc news, still to come, the mass screening programme, which russia hopes will provide a route out of the coronavirus lockdown. this is bbc news, the latest headlines president donald trump announces a new plan to fast—track a coronavirus vaccine, to be in use by the end of the year. the coronavirus infection rate creeps back up in the uk — it's now close to the point where infections may rise again. and brazil's health minister quits less than a month into the job — he's the second one to leave the post since the pandemic began. russia has launched a mass screening programme for coronavirus antibodies. the hope is that the test results can allow the authorities to map their way out of lockdown. it comes in a week where president vladimir putin announced that the full, nationwide lockdown was over and instructed regional leaders to decide when to lift restrictions. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has visited one of the testing centres. moscow has just begun a mass screening programme for covid—19 antibodies. this clinic as one of those that has signed up. people are being invited here randomly and sent text messages across the city and invited to come for a task. date marked red crosses on the floor if keys build up so people can keep a safe distance as they had inside to give blood. they are giving intravenous blood samples that are sent to the lab to be tested for antibodies to if they have been sick with the virus in the past and may have some immunity in the future. the same time at this clinic they are taking swabs and testing people for coronavirus at south to see if they are still impacted so it is ace screening programme that of course there are still questions whether antibodies give anyone any type of in unity and whether they can still carry coronavirus. even as those questions are debated around the world, russia has made forward with the screening programme without hope it will map a way forwards in this pandemic because the city is still under lockdown and people are getting frustrated, they want to begin to return to their normal lives in the hope is by screening and testing as many people as possible russia can begin to see a way forward. across europe, some nations have taken tentative first steps in easing restrictions on travel. germany has said it will open its borders on the 15thjune — barring any rise in new infections. spain has implemented a mandatory 14—day quarantine for anyone entering the country. while the baltic states, estonia, latvia and lithuania have opened their borders to one another, allowing residents in all three nations to travel freely in a ‘travel bubble'. while in ireland, the prime minister leo varadkar has announced an easing of lockdown restrictions. from monday, groups of up to four people who don't live together will be allowed to meet outdoors. a number of larger retailers will reopen, and construction workers will be allowed to return to work. the taoiseach also announced a mandatory 14—day quarantine for people coming into the country. at the beginning of this year more than a hundred people were gathered together, to create a citizens' assembly, hoping to find ways of reducing carbon emissions to virtually zero in the uk by 2050. but with the coronavirus lockdown prohibiting in—person sessions, the group has been meeting online, and the last session is this weekend, to finalise recommendations to the government. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has that story. i don't think climate change was something that i was very concerned about. i was a little bit concerned about it but it definitely wasn't something i thought about every day. leah could have a big impact on the way we live our lives. she spends most of her time looking after horses, but since the start of the year, she's been taking part in the uk's first climate assembly. we need something that will work, notjust a pipe dream. there are 110 climate citizens, chosen from a large pool of randomly selected people to represent all walks of life from across the uk. they are being asked to work out how the uk can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, looking at everything from how we generate electricity to choices about transport. there's a lot of different opinions of how we should go about getting to net zero, and we don't always agree. you could be in london and public transport could be all electric, and you could be in a rural area where there may be no public transport, so you have no choice but to have a car. so what personal choices with these assembly members make to cut emissions? i would probably look to eating less meat and probably get better cuts. i was looking at electric cars. but, living in a flat, there is no charging places. go with quality over quantity. i would buy clothes that were more expensive and last longer. there is no financial benefit of improving your house more environmentally. it doesn't add value to your house. turning the heating downjust by a couple of degrees and making the kids put theirjumper on. the climate assembly was supposed to have concluded back in march, but then the coronavirus pandemic struck, so, like meetings up and down the country, the assembly has moved to video conferencing. so, how has the coronavirus changed the way you think? it has proved that a lot of people can work from home if need be. we all know if you stop flying and driving cars, the airs going to get greener, but i think at some point the money will run out. so, will a green recovery be possible? the key fear is that the climate change policies or. would all be pushed to the background. this is a brilliant opportunity to just restart in an entirely different way, focusing on more greenjobs, retraining people with the assembly nearly complete, a report will soon be submitted to mp5. leah hopes it will make a difference. if we get a chance to influence how government policies are made, it's really important that the government hears the voice of the people. the german bundesliga will resume behind closed doors on saturday, becoming the first european league to restart following the coronavirus shutdown. fans and officials from other european countries will be watching closely to see how safety protocols work, and what will it look with empty stands? jenny hill has this report from dortmund. they'd love to pack the stands to welcome football home. instead, these fans will be watching at a distance. "the thrill is gone," he tells us. "football without spectators isn't for me. " dortmund's team in training and in quarantine before their match. players and staff at other clubs have tested positive in recent weeks. there's still no guarantee the season won't be called off again. dortmund's amateur pitches are out of bounds but at this children's club we met one of the few people allowed into the bundesliga match to work this weekend. translation: it's great it is restarting, people need entertainment and professional athletes are like modern gladiators, they can help distract people from coronavirus or money worries. this country is taking tentative steps towards a new normality but surveys suggest a majority of germans think it is too soon for football and there is still no live ballet, opera, theatre. for a dancer, i think this should also be the same measures as football, it doesn't matter whether it is football or ballet, it should be treated the same way. germany's top flight players spreading the public health message. many fear their fans won't listen this weekend. translation: there is a big risk of trouble. we don't think our fans will stay at home. they could be violent. it is a health risk for my colleagues. no victory cheers, no groans of defeat in these so—called ghost games. germany appears to have brought its corona outbreak under control for now. it is symbolic that this footballing nation should send the players back to the pitch. it is also, as far as many here are concerned a bit of a gamble. jenny hill, bbc news. the ocean floor of the pacific ocean has given up one of its secrets off the coast of hawaii. these pictures show what remains of the uss nevada — an american navy ship that survived the d—day campaign, and the attack on pearl harbour. the nevada was later used in training, earning a reputation as being ‘too tough to die'. she was sunk during military exercises 70 years ago, don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter i'm @bbcmaryam hello, if it's warmth year after it there is some in this forecast eventually for all. if the rain that is only coming for some. saturday's weather looks to be a complete repeat of what we had on friday for that warm sunny spells at times from cloud the chance for a shower. things are those steadily changing. we are going to bring warmer air into the uk. as the weekend goes on we won't widely into next week there will be a bit of rain and places is that transition takes place especially across parts of scotland and northern ireland. let's take a look at matt look at saturday morning. not as chilly to start the day. still a chance of a touch of ground frost in one or two spots. by day and by night temperatures are heading up gardeners and growers can relax. unless of course you're waiting for some rain. there will be a bit of rain at times across the far north of scotland into berkeley. if you shower astute northern and western scotland, southeast scotland stay mainly dry. kyle building through northern island one or two showers could see one or two towards northern england in north wales. much of england and wales will stay dry with temperatures edging towards the high teens. in the northern aisles where fairly chilly air. wherever you get to see some sunshine, it is strong may sometimes it will feel quite warm. into the evening rain crashing into northern island over night into sunday morning. reaching into western scotland, still some rain in the far north of scotland overnight temperatures no frost as we go into sunday morning. part two of the weekend there are some weather fronts close by. most of the rain will be following in western scotla nd will be following in western scotland especially into the northwest highlands where it will be very went for a time. we could well see a spell of rain moving right across scotland. on sunday. even affecting parts of northern england and a bit of apache rain still possible in northern ireland. but for the rest of england and for wales it does look mainly dry. they will be some hazy sunshine around. and it's here, temperatures are starting to edge up some spots just into the low 20s. that warmth will push across the uk more widely as we go through the week ahead. it's towards the week late in the end of the week there's a chance of seeing wet weather moving in from the west. not guaranteed we will keep you updated on that. much of the week 00:28:33,894 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 it's high—pressure and dry.

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