our correspondent has more from london. correspondent: friday in the middle of july in central london, and you usually see this place strong with people. in just people working offices, but visitors and tourists from other countries. but these are anything but normal times. the prime minister is under the gun to provide some kind of roadmap to normality. a lot of that rests on how people can go back to working. they can stay working from home or they can work from their offices or other workplaces. the prime minister has made it clear he is leaving that decision to the employer's. >> from the first of august, we will update our advice on going to work. instead of government telling people to work from home, we are going to give employers more discretion and ask them to make decisions about how their staff can work safely. that could mean continuing to work from home, which is one way hasorking safely, and which worked for many employers and employees. correspondent: as well as employees, it affects the local authorities as

. ♪ watching the news hour live from london. coming up, an alarming 24 hours in the coronavirus pandemic is the w.h.o. reveals a record number of new infections and deaths. concerned about the safety of boeing 737 planes, which are grounded as a result of a pandemic. claims of espionage and state secrecy. the diplomatic dispute between the u.s. and china intensifies. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the first friday prayers at his temples hagia sophia after it's change from the museum into a mosque. in sports, football has returned to france after a fofour-month break caused by coronavirus. a limited number of fans in the stadium's. we look at the french cup final. ♪ >> welcome to the newshour. more than six months since the coronavirus was first suspected in china, it is still living for the road at record rates. there is a record rise in infections, according to the world health organization. nearly 10,000 people have died in that same period, the biggest spike since the end of april. across the planet, the virus has killed

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. ♪ anchor: you are watching the news live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. americans head into the fourth of july weekend with beaches and bars closed. and health experts urging them to rein in their celebrations to stop an even bigger surge in coronavirus cases. brazil's president approves a lot requiring people to wear masks on streets and public transport. plus -- >> we are not out of the woods yet. anchor: a sober message from the u.k. prime minister as pubs prepared to reopen despite covid-19 still killing more than on100 britons a day. >> you cannot get away with killing journalists. ananchor: turkey puts 20 saudisn trial over the murder of jamal khashoggi. >> i will have all the sports, including formula one champion lewis hamilton head of the delayed season opening of the grand prix. ♪ anchchor: welcome to the newsho. health experts in the united statates say this week couldld e the perfect storm for an explosion in coronavirus infections. as the country gears up for independence day, in some states where restrictions are being reimimposed, bars an