Ill look at how much the 7,000 workers here in the uk could be affected. Good morning. A busy day on and off the Training Pitch, for premier league clubs. Contact training including tackling, is allowed again, while meetings will be held today, to discuss a potential date to restart matches. It has been the driest may on record for some parts of the uk. Increasing warmth is on its way. Ill have all of the details here on breakfast. Good morning. Its thursday the 28th of may. Our top story. New coronavirus test and trace systems will go live in england and scotland this morning. In an attempt to keep infection outbreaks contained, anyone whos been in close contact with someone who has tested positive will now be contacted and asked to self isolate. The government says the system will change peoples lives, but scientists are warning it is not a magic bullet. Charlotte rose reports. Weve all got used to the slogans and rules for tackling covid i9, but from today there is a further change as parts of the uk moving to the test and trace phase stop the aim is to start to ease the nationwide lockdown and only bring it back in places where there is an outbreak. So, how will test and trace work in england . If you get symptoms, a high fever, persistent cough from loss of taste and smell, you must isolate and order a test. If you test positive, the contact and trace team will identify people you have been close enough to pass on the virus. Those people will be categorised as either low or high risk. Things will get in touch with people who might be in the high risk category. They will be encouraged to get a test if they develop symptoms themselves. The trial on the isle of wights app is not yet ready so it wont be part today. If you are contacted by test and trace instructing you to isolate, you must. It is your civic duty. So you avoid unknowingly spreading the virus and you help to break the chain of transmission. But some remain cautious about how well the new system will cope stop we absolutely need rapid test turnaround. The International Standard is you should get tests backin standard is you should get tests back in 2a hours. There are far too many places in terms of our trust but also care homes who are saying they cant get results back any quicker than, for example, 3 5 days. Later today, scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce plans for using lockdown measures. The first minister has already announced plans for a scottish test and protect the system. Northern ireland has already launched its system and wales is set to launch its system next week. It comes as a further 412 people died of coronavirus yesterday, taking the total to 37,460. 117,013 tests were done yesterday, with 2013 people testing positive. Those People Living in england will be the first to be contacted today is the new system launches. The government hopes these new measures will help to start the economic and social recovery from the virus. Charlotte rose, bbc news. Today also marks the next stage of the governments three weekly review into lockdown measures in england, meaning ministers could announce a further easing of restrictions. That all depends on whether the latest advice from sage, the Scientific Advisory group for emergencies, supports it. 0ur Political Correspondent helen catt explains what it could mean for the next few months. The government has always said to move into a next phase and start to gradually relax lockdown restrictions in england they would have had to have met a certain number of conditions, by test they set themselves. This includes things that medical data, making sure there isa that medical data, making sure there is a sustained and consistent all in the daily death rate and also logistical stuff like making sure there is enough testing and personal protective equipment. So, what i would expect to hear from the government later today as some sort of assessment of if those tests have been met and therefore, can we from monday start moving into the next phase of the roadmap. And that includes things like reopening car showrooms on monday, for example. The partial reopening of schools two yea rs the partial reopening of schools two years one, six and reception, and also Outdoor Markets being able to open from monday and later in the month in mid june, june 15, other non essential retail shops to be able to reopen, too. So we expect to hear some sort of assessment to see if that can go ahead. The signs have been pretty good this week, so Boris Johnson earlier this week saying he believed the government would be in a position to move to phase two. Yesterday, he told senior mps on a Parliamentary Committee that he hoped to be able to lower the covid 19 alert level, that colour coded graft level alert from level four to level three. That means there is still an epidemic in general circulation, the virus is still there, but it is sufficiently contained that they are able to move to start to gradually relax some of those restrictions. So, that is what we are expecting to hear. A big thing people want to know, though, is when can we go and see people ain . Is when can we go and see people again . When will we be able to increase social interaction . We understand that is something the government is looking out. That is something that would likely be outdoors but aside from that we dont really know how or when that might happen. Scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, will announce changes to the lockdown rules in scotland later. Its expected that from tomorrow, people will be allowed to meet with one other household at a time, so long as they maintain social distancing. The welsh governments decision on what lockdown restrictions will be eased in wales will be revealed on friday, a minister has said. And in Northern Ireland, as many as six people from different households are now allowed to meet, as long as they are outdoors. Large protests have broken out in america after the death of an unarmed black man in police custody. President trump says hes asked the fbi and the department ofjustice to investigate the incident. George floyd died in minneapolis hed been arrested and pinned down in the street, with an officer kneeling on his neck. Four officers have been sacked. David willis reports. Racialfault racial fault lines racialfault lines laid racial fault lines laid bare once again ina racial fault lines laid bare once again in a nation at the epicentre of the covid 19 pandemic. Protesters clashed with police in the city of minneapolis and looting broke out as coles grew for justice following the death of another unarmed black man at the hands of white Police Officers. Cellphone video of the arrest of george floyd shows him handcuffed and pleading for air. I cannot breathe as an officer presses his knee on the back of mr floyds next eventually, he loses consciousness and was then taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead stop Police Originally said he was resisting arrest, but Security Camera footage provided no evidence of that. During a visit to nasas Kennedy Space center, President Trump gave his reaction to george floyd was s death. Trump gave his reaction to george floyd was s death. Very, very sad. Add event. Sad event. Should they be prosecuted, sir . Were looking at it and we will get a report tomorrow when we get back. Will get a report on that very sad day. 46yearold george floyd was arrested on suspicion of trying to part of a counterfeit check, four of the Police Officers involved in his arrest have since been fired, but there are now growing calls for them to face criminal charges. Im calling on anna Benton County attorney mike freeman to charge the arresting officer in this case hennepin. Los angeles also turned violent, police cars were attacked in one of the citys main freeways was blocked very time by protesters. In minneapolis, a city where the police force has long been criticised for tolerating racism, feelings are running high. George floyds death has printed comparison with previous killings in other parts of the country involving black suspects and white Police Officers. The problem this country cannot seem to shake off. Evan willis, bbc news, Los Angeles David willis. The us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has told congress that hong kong no longer qualifies for special trade status, because it has ceased to maintain autonomy from mainland china. He said it was clear that china was modelling hong kong after itself. If the territory loses its preferential status, it will face the same tariffs and export controls as the mainland. We can now speak to our china correspondent, robin brant. Good morning to you, robin. Just ta ke good morning to you, robin. Just take us through what has been said and what are the implications . Well, charlie, what this is about is about beatings la nsbury well, charlie, what this is about is about beatings lansbury National Security law which it will impose, and that is the key word, impose, on hong kong after a year of street protests there. Ageing said it wants tougher measures to deal with what it has cold threats to subversion, secession, foreign interference and terrorism as well. Now, that law is due to be passed by delegates up at an annual meeting at Chinas Parliament in beijing in the next couple of hours. That rubberstamp is a foregone conclusion. What we are not quite sure about is comes next. United states believes those changes mean an end to hong kongs much cherished autonomy, autonomy in its legal system, it has different money, different police, a different education system. And because of the outcome of the us has given it privileges in the past. It is cheaper to trade from hong kong with the United States was that there is an extradition law as well. But mike pompeo believe this move by beijing by the communist Party Leaders there means autonomy is over. So doesnt trump now needs to decide what he will do. Will he and that special trading status for hong kong . That could have a huge impact on hong kongs existence as a key Financial Centre common not just kongs existence as a key Financial Centre common notjust in china, but also in asia. I have to say there is no sign that beijing is willing to iow no sign that beijing is willing to row back, its no sign that beijing is willing to row back, its looking like it wants to go further and further to injury can bring hong kong into its fold under the control of the communist Party Leaders in beijing. Robin, thanks very much. Bad weather has delayed the launch of the first privately funded mission to the International Space station. The Spacex Falcon 9 rocket, funded by tesla owner elon musk, was halted 17 minutes before take off because of thunderstorms. The next available window for a new attempt is on saturday. Ido like i do like seeing rocket launches. We will see on saturday. We will follow that for you. It is 6 12am. As weve been hearing, injust overfour months, the coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 100,000 lives in america, more than anywhere else in the world. 0ur north america correspondent, Aleem Maqbool, has been speaking to some of the families who have lost loved ones. Happy birthday to you. Friends and relatives of more than 100,000 people in america can nowjust cling to the memories of happier times before the coronavirus. My father was a really caring person. He just wanted to help people and he was really outgoing. He thought he was really funny. Doug was one of the first confirmed deaths back on the first of march. As somebody who lost someone so close to them and was someone obviously very, very dear to you so early on, when you saw the way this was going in the country, how has it made you feel over the last couple months . Its scary. Its sad. I feel angry. We should have been listening to the doctors and the scientists. We should not have been listening to people talking about the stock market. Its natural that people are reaching for answers, for someone to be accountable after scenes like mass graves being dug in new york and refrigerated trucks lining up to receive the dead once the morgues were full. Ill see you saturday. We now know that African Americans, like rhoda hatch, are still dying in disproportionate numbers. I think 100,000 is an extraordinary number. It means that theres a lot of pain and grief. Some of us in the black community are very concerned that as the narrative became that african america ns were disproportionately impacted by the virus, that there was also a push to open up the country and made many of us think prematurely that suggested the devaluation of black lives. Those calls to reopen go on, even as the number of dead continues to mount and as the nation mourns. Well, flags have been lowered here after tragedies like mass shootings, and even then, its been difficult to grapple with the scale of loss after sometimes dozens of people have been killed. But how then does america even began to count the emotional cost of such a Staggering Number of deaths that have happened in fewer than 90 devastating days . To really do justice to the stories of those lost would take many lifetimes. For people left behind, the question lingers, could more have been done so these americans and tens of thousands of others might still be around . Aleem maqbool, bbc news, in washington. Lets speak now to dr shannon bennett, a virologist from the California Academy of sciences. Thank you very much portal into us this morning. This 100,000 figure, without being crass about it, its such a milestone in many ways and a figure that no one wanted to reach. What the impact of this . Its very shocking because it happened so quickly, and we really we re happened so quickly, and we really were completely unprepared. We had warnings, we ignored those warnings, and we are paying the price now with so many deaths on our hands. Im going to go straight to the heart of what youve just said you said there were warnings, and not enough has been done. Whos to blame with yellow well, i do think this is a very highly polarising conversation and the tendency is for leaders to blame other countries but we we re leaders to blame other countries but we were to blame, we were slow to act, we didnt have a consolidated reaction. If we rush to open too fast for were prepared again, we will pay the price in the future. So we really have to give the blame away to somebody else to give up control. We have the control and we have to ta ke we have the control and we have to take the responsibility. Im going to fill in the blanks for anyone watching, i assume youre referring to President Trump attributing the source of the virus and the pandemic to china, and youre taking a look and the way facilities have been supported, ppe and lockdown as to whether or not facilities should open. Hes been a supporter of getting business back up supporter of getting business back up and running. What ill put to you is in the uk our government has faced very similar criticisms in terms of preparedness. This was new to everyone, wasnt it . Yes, it was new but we saw what was happening in china and there was time to prepare. We could have done things to limit travel much and we could have put in the infrastructure we needed in the healthcare sector in terms of preparing for social distancing, supporting schools, School Lunches and society in general. So there is plenty we could have done to prepare, and we can do now and in fa ct prepare, and we can do now and in fact many states and counties across the nation have set up certain bars 01 the nation have set up certain bars or thresholds that we need to reach before we can reopen. And until we reached those thresholds we have no it reached those thresholds we have no it would be irresponsible to reopen. Needed we are where we are now obviously not where anyone wants to be asa obviously not where anyone wants to be as a country. Lets look at the science, you are a virologist, so much talk about a vaccine and international cooperation, whether it is or isnt happening and almost a race to get one out there. How is the us dealing with this . Theres over 100 vaccine candidates. The United States has different methods and it wants to back several different kinds, and that makes sense because different vaccines will take different approaches, and most importantly they will require Critical Resources to scale the production of those vaccines and get them to people who need them. Not all vaccines will be produced at the scale we need to produced at the scale we need to produce them. Scaling that to treating the world and developing a synergistic response, because if the virus is flaring up deferentially in different countries, or even here in the United States, it can see new outbreaks in unvaccinated populations, so it really calls for a Global Response and the challenge is in scaling and distributing the different vaccines we may have available. All of us keeping fingers crossed we get there sooner rather than later. Doctor shannon bennett, virologist and chief of science at the California Academy of sciences. Thank you forjoining us on brea kfast thank you forjoining us on breakfast this morning. Lets take a look at todays papers. The daily express leads on the roll out of the test and trace scheme in england, which the paper says is key to our freedom. That is our main story this morning. It describes the scheme as world beating and says it is being introduced to help tackle covid 19 and end the current restri