San francisco consulate. Boris johnson goes to scotland as a polling shows rising support for scottish independence. We start with the World Health Organization which has released the latest coronavirus figures. Heres the director general. tx sot more than 50 million cases of covid 19 have now been reported to who. Almost 620,000. We continue to see intense transmission in a small group of countries. Almost 10 million cases, 01 countries. Almost 10 million cases, or two thirds of places globally are from ten countries, and almost half of all cases reported so far are from just three countries. One of those countries is brazil. With more than 2. 2 million confirmed infections, it has the second worst outbreak after the united states. And brazil has just registered a Record Number of new cases with 67,000 confirmed cases in the past 2a hours. There were almost 1,300 deaths in that same period. The virus is now affecting smaller towns and remote areas with fewer medical facilities in brazils huge interior area. Indigenous groups are among those increasingly hit. Camilla mota is in sao paulo. Covid 19 is still accelerating and at least half of brazils 27 states. After it hard, the disease is spreading in the south, affecting meat factories which employ half of a Million People in brazil and of the central part of the country. Infecting a large number of indigenous communities. More than 2000 were already infected in 18 different communities. All part of the country is starting to open up, and liz, quarantine had been implement it or reimplemented in those places. The number of deaths has been stable, but i do really half level high level. More than 1000 today. Images of large gatherings on the street are multiplying, and there is fear that some brazilians are starting to normalise what is actually a tragedy. Meanwhile, president bolsonaro is still testing positive and has been isolated for a few days. He still quite active on social media though, especially to advertise the medication hes taking, hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to treat malaria patients and no hard evidence that it works for covid. From brazil to the us which has the highest number of confirmed cases. The total has almost passed 4 million. And almost 70,000 of them were reported in the most recent 24 hour period. With a new daily Record Number of cases, california has now supassed new york as the state with the highest number of infections. And there was more bad news for the us labour market. 1. 4 million additional americans applied for Unemployment Benefits this past week. Michelle fleury is in new york. A couple of things to take away. We have come a long way from those lines is 6. 9 million weekly claims we saw in march when the pandemic first hit. That being said though, we are starting to see weekly unemployment claims begin to rise again after 1a consecutive weeks of decline. And what this suggests is that the recovery that we been is that the recovery that weve been seeing we had been seeing in americas labour markets seems to be moving back. Perhaps that shouldnt be too surprising given that all the reports we are hearing at the moment about coronavirus cases in many states increasing, and thats forcing officials in various states to put the reopening plans on hold. It certainly has been a bumpy ride for some bars and restaurants and businesses once again facing and businesses once again facing restrictions on their ability to operate. The Economic Cost is being felt in europe too and a 750 billion euro coronavirus Recovery Plan faces a new hurdle. The European Parliament has voted to withhold support for the eu s budget deal which includes the rescue deal unless changes are made. Charles michel the president of the European Council had urged the meps to back it, saying the stimulus package would help reverse europes massive recession. Lets run through the sticking points with michael peel an eu Diplomatic Correspondent for the Financial Times in brussels. Theres actually quite a large number. There is a very broad political spectrum of meps from ce ntre political spectrum of meps from centre right and liberals. Havoc destines that include have objections that they want more progress on how the money will be raised to counter way some of this borrowing through things like carbon border taxes. They are also happy that the price of this budget deal was cut to the price of unity for the eu budget, to cut a lot ofjoint endeavours in fields such as science and research. Particularly during a pandemic, some meps said this is not right, this is not the thing to do. The final thing that some are unhappy about is the fact that they see as very weak the provisions which try to link the disbursement of the money to the rule of law and good governments. So they worry there isnt enough of a break on giving money to countries where corruption is right, autocratic tendencies. Well, the Economic Cost is becoming clearer in australia too the result is the countrys biggest budget deficit since the second world war. Australias economy is heading for its first recession in three decades. The treasurer also says the Unemployment Rate is expected to pass nine percent by the end of the year also the highest in decades. Heres more of what he said. tx sor australia is experiencing a health and economic crisis like nothing we have seen in the last 100 years. These harsh numbers reflect the harsh reality we face. The Economic Outlook remains very uncertain. To south africa where researchers say the death toll is probably significantly higher than the official figure. Nearly six thousand deaths have been recorded, but there are an extra 11,000 deaths unaccounted for. Pumza fihlani is injohannesburg. South africa has the fifth highest numberfifth highest number of coronavirus cases in the world and the highest in africa. A record 572 deaths were reported in the last 2a hours. But even with these figures local resource now suggest that the number of coronavirus deaths may be going under reported. Local research. Researchers from south africas medical Research Council say the figures for natural deaths are much higher than usual. Theyve been tracking overall deaths across the country for the past ten weeks and have found that 17,000 more people have died than is usual for this time for this time of the year. This does not mean these are all covid related deaths. Health experts are worried that a significant number of those identified by death may be from the virus unidentified deaths. Some people had died at home without ever being tested they suspect. The hospitals are overwhelmed. He never sported sharp shortages many have reported. This means that while more people will be needing hospital care over the next few weeks, there are now even fewer hands to help, which could affect the quality of health ca re could affect the quality of health care and plays lives at risk. Lets turn to the tension between us and china. Us prosecutors say a chinese scientist they suspect of visa fraud is now effectively hiding in the consulate in San Francisco. The scientist in question, juan tang, is named by us prosecutors in a visa fraud case filing against another chinese scientist song chen. Shes been arrested and charged for lying on her visa application about being a Chinese Military scientist, part of a programme steal information. To send Undercover Army scientists to america to spy and steal information. The prosecutors says thatjuan tang also lied about being a Chinese Military scientist. They alledge that after claiming to have no knowledge of the Chinese Military logo, an investigation uncovered photos of her wearing a military uniform and a search of her home found further evidence of her affiliation with the chinas Peoples Liberation army. They claim that after her interview she fled to the San Francisco consulate where they believe she is currently remaining to avoid prosecution. The situation comes a day after the us ordered the closure of chinas consulate in houston, saying it was involved in stealing intellectual property. And Foreign Ministry spokesman wang wenbin accused the administration of using excuses to limit, harass or crack down on chinese scholars in the country. Translation what america has done scarcely violates the legitimate rights and interest of chinese citizens. It is an outlet for execution. We urge the us to stop using all kinds of excuses to limit, harass or crackdown on chinese researchers in the country. China will take all necessary measures to firmly protect chinese citizens and safeguard their legitimate rights. Lets speak to zhaoyin feng washington correspondent for the bbc chinese service. But to see you. That sounds pretty extraordinary on the face of it. Good to see you. Allegations of hiding out, whats going on . What we know so far is all from this american indictment, allegedly she did not disclose her ties and her visa interviews. She claimed she is not a military officer, she made an attempt for reserves. After the fbi interviewed her, she went to the chinese consulate in San Francisco. We know the us has arrested two chinese nationals for vita fraud visa fraud. This is what the us call military civilian fusion, which is a kind of chinese espionage asked activity. The fbi director said in every ten hours, they will open a new case about chinese espionage. However at the same time, there is concern that the us investigation on sven often focus on chinese research, which will lead to xena phobia and racial probe profiling. This catalogue of this integrating relations between the two countries, where are we going now with this . Were all waiting for a speech, which will be delivered by mike pompeo. His speech is based on what is released on the media so far, its going to be sensational. Its going to be very. Hes expected to urge us airlines and Chinese People to change the communist partys behaviour. Of course, his remarks are among a series of speeches made bya us are among a series of speeches made by a us high ranking official. They focus on different aspects of the china us relations, but pompeo is going to tie up loose ends. If he really suggests the Chinese People should overturn the communist party, his speech is going to infuriate beijing. Beijing has repeatedly said those who try to separate the Chinese People from the party are daydreaming. Thank you very much for that. That mike pompeo speech coming up that. That mike pompeo speech coming up in that. That mike pompeo speech coming upina that. That mike pompeo speech coming up in a couple of hours. Its notjust the us thats been clashing with china recently british and chinese relations are also strained. The latest issue is passports. Many people in hong kong hold uk issued British Overseas National passports. The Chinese Government says it is considering not recognising them as legitimate travel documents anymore. The move comes in reaction to uks own plan to allow those in hong kong with these bno passports to apply for special visas to live in britain and eventually even become uk citizens. Heres Foreign Ministry spokesperson waang wunbin again. Translation the uk has neglected chinas serious argument and has politically manipulated the bno issue. It has broken its promised and violated international it has broken its promise and violated International Law and basic norms. The uk has intervened in both hong kong and chinas domestic affairs. The uk broke its promise first, so china will consider not recognising bno as a valid travel document. China reserves the right to take further actions. Our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell, was at that News Conference and told us what it could mean for the people of hong kong. What it means is that, just say youre in hong kong and you want to leave. If you have just an id card, you can go across the border into mainland china. But if you want to travel overseas, perhaps, what will be sent to the airlines is, you cant accept travellers flying to london with a bno password. They could also say to into the terminal, you have to present a ticket in your passport, and theres somebody with their ticket to london, oh, and they have a bno password, sorry, you cant go into the terminal at all bno passport. Many in hong kong would have a local hong kong passport as well. They can travel, but lots of others do not. I can imagine now, they be thinking, i better hurry and get myself a local hong kong passport as well, lest i be stranded here and im not able to travel to the uk to take up this offer, this path to citizenship. But you can see where this is going. In theory, though say you can choose. You can apply for your hong kong passport, but you have to give up kong passport, but you have to give up your bno passport in order to do so. So the screws are certainly tightening on those in hong kong who only have a bno passport, and i think many are quite worried about this right now. Stay with us on outside source, still to com. Forcejohnson marks force johnson marks his forcejohnson marks his first year as Prime Minister in scotland borisjohnson. Ministers are pledging to commit almost £600 million to the rail network in the north of england. Much of the £589 million will be used to electrify the transpennine main line between manchester and leeds. And a new Acceleration Council is being set up to speed up investment in transport. Heres Nina Warhurst to explain more. This 589 million will begin by accelerating plans to electrify the route, the implements one between leeds and manchester were received so many. On top of that, there will double the numbers of tracks, so theres horrible times when your train get caught the behind a slow one. Again, they will set up this northern transport Acceleration Council. What that means a senior ministers from the department for transport will be in regular contact with northern lasers to make sure these improvement happen northern leaders. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. The World Health Organisation and says intense transmission of coronavirus is not restricted to a handful of countries, but warns people not to be complacent as global cases continue to rise. Prime minister Boris JohnsonPrime Minister borisjohnson was in scotla nd Prime Minister borisjohnson was in scotland today. Never one to miss a photo opportunity. Auctioning is far up photo opportunity. Auctioning is far up in the north of scotland orkney. The choice was to make the case for the United Kingdom staying united. Heres the Prime Minister. Union is fantastically strong institution. Its help our country through thick and thin. Its very valuable in terms of the support weve been able to give to everybody throughout all corners of the uk. The Prime Minister was referring to the uk wide response to the coronavirus pandemic. He didnt actually meet with the first minister of scotland today, but Nicola Sturgeon wasnt in s press when what she heard. Nicola sturgeon wasnt in s press when what she heardlj Nicola Sturgeon wasnt in s press when what she heard. I should be we should be driving to use the pandemic and continued to face as some kind of campaigning tool, this isa pandemic some kind of campaigning tool, this is a pandemic that has taken lives of more than 50,000 people across the uk. Because opinion polls in scotla nd the uk. Because opinion polls in scotland that do suggest across the board, people think the artist government has done a betterjob of handling the crisis this card the Scottish Government. There is a scottish parliament, a wealth parliament and a Northern Ireland assembly. They all have various devolved powers. The Scottish Government has responsibility for key areas like health and social care. Heres professorjohn curtis to explain how crucial often recently. I think the pandemic has made devolution more visible, frankly, across the whole of the United Kingdom. But obviously, it does mean that within scotland, crucial decisions about the nation s health and its public health, life and death decisions, affecting everybodys life. These have come out of edinburgh, where to and happens to be the case. In many respects, this looks similar so far as death are concerned. Until recently, the Scottish Governments hiding of coronavirus is rated much more highly than borisjohnsons. It looks as though as long alongside that, theres been a third of them. It looks as though perhaps in the wa ke it looks as though perhaps in the wake of the perception that Boris Johnson has not had things terribly wrong, we are derogating pulled on average 53 . It is the first time weve had support for independence ahead of the union in the polls. Just to bring home that last point. This is a poll aggregator from the what scotland thinks website, run byjohn curtice. You can see the green line people who would no in another ind