are only going out in urgent need, and it's orderly, with measured queues for the supermarket as people are allowed in one by one. the fruit and vegetables are stocked as normal. there's very little sense of panic buying here. and with the loo rolls, well, some brands are down, but with this level of outbreak, italians are behaving, on the whole, rationally. the virus has left this wounded, ageing population isolated, from each other and from the outside world. the book she reads is called fear. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. the united states has told americans not to travel abroad and has advised its citizens to come home now if possible. the state department said that americans who don't return "should be prepared to remain abroad for an indefinite period". our north america correspondent nick bryantjoins us now. nick, this is a big step.

it really is, sophie. it's called level four, the most extreme travel advisory the us government issues. normally it applies to war zones and countries are beset by civil disorder. now it applies to every single country in the world. americans are being told, do not travel internationally. as for us citizens abroad, they are being urged to come home immediately if you don't want to be stranded indefinitely, because of the severe travel disruption. now, these are recommendations. they are not rulings. but, nonetheless, they would have been unthinkable before this pandemic took hold. here in america a concern is that younger americans are not taking this seriously. the us government stressing that almost 40% of hospitalised cases have involved those between the ages of 20 and 5a. we passed a grim threshold today, 10,000 cases here in the united

states and over the coming days as more test results come through we are told to expect a dramatic increase. nick bryant in new york, thank you. in other news — a report into the windrush scandal says the home office showed "institutional ignorance and thoughtlessness" on the issue of race. the independent review was set up to examine why people from commonwealth caribbean countries who'd arrived in the uk legally were wrongly told they had no right to be here, with some being detained or deported — in many cases despite living here for years. adina campbell reports. how do you feel, michael? sharing their stories, three members of the windrush generation seriously affected by a scandal now described as a profound institutionalfailure. ijust feel like i'm not even living. i feel like i've died, i'm looking down at myself. every time i talk about it, it hurts me so deeply. and michael braithwaite's career as a teaching assistant for children with special educational needs

was also cut short. it's dragged on too long. it's caused a lot of stress. 0ur lives have been turned upside down. but, anthony, you were detained, wrongfully detained? yeah, twice. i decided to go to jamaica just to get out of that place. just three of the many devastating personal stories caused today's delayed independent report, looking at the causes of the windrush scandal, has revealed that race clearly played a part, and some failings by the home office were potential indicators of indirect discrimination, dating back to the 1960s. there is nothing that i can say today which will undo the pain, the suffering and the misery inflicted upon the windrush generation.

what i can do is say that on behalf of this and successive governments, i am truly sorry. but campaigners say the injustice is unforgivable. the scandal is still ongoing, we still have deportation flights, the compensation scheme is not working and also there are tens of thousands of people out there in the country who have not come forward to set out their status, which means there is a lack of trust in the home office. today's report has made 30 recommendations, calling for the home office to do a full review of the hostile environment policy, and also set up a race advisory board. this has been a painful and long drawn out experience for the many people caught up in the windrush scandal. jobs lost, eye watering levels of debt, and families torn apart because of mistakes made by the home 0ffice. for some, today's independence review is welcome, but the profound mistreatment will never be forgotten. someone needs to tell me why this happened, how on earth were so many lives made miserable?

adina campbell, bbc news. with hundreds of thousands of britons abroad many have been left wondering how and when they will be able to return to the uk. borders are closing in countries all over the world and airlines are cancelling flights. people who are on holiday or living abroad have suddenly found themselves stranded. tom burridge has been listening to some of their stories. peru in lockdown, the capital deserted. its borders closed. the underlying feeling for everyone is they are desperate to get home, really. stephen, one of 400 brits stuck there. dad, steve, is concerned. the hotel they are in, the food is decreasing daily, so when that's shut, where will they go after that? will the hospitals be open? it is getting a bit desperate. the foreign office is lobbying peru

to let rescue flights in. fred is also stuck there. we are confined to our hotels, the borders are closed, there is no transport. get a grip, british government, you're letting the citizens of all the countries of britain down. the foreign secretary suggested it could take a while for some to get home. if they can stay safely in the countries where they are for a period... i think that is a choice they're going to have to think seriously about because realistically getting hundreds of thousands home is a massive, epic challenge but i'm confident we are rising to it. we are absolutely petrified. andrew and pauline, stuck in kerala, india, after someone in their tour group tested positive for coronavirus. all the group were tested. if they're negative, we are allowed to go home. unfortunately, the airports are closing in india and the flights are disappearing. we are desperate and we need some help. this is my insulin.

les is in southern spain. i'm stranded, i'm a type 1 diabetic, retired fireman. and i haven't a clue what to do. but relief for these people, their cruise ship allowed to dock in cuba. five on board had the virus, a long ordeal finally over. tom burridge, bbc news. all football in england has been suspended until at least 30th april — and the season has been extended indefinitely — after an emergency meeting today. meanwhile as the olympic torch makes its way to japan, questions are growing over the tokyo games and whether they can go ahead injuly as planned. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. it's been a premier league season dominated by one team and no shortage of controversy, but, like everything else in sport, it finds itself on hold.

fans heard today however that after an emergency meeting the clubs were committed to finishing what they'd started. in a joint statement the football authorities saying the season would be extended indefinitely after an fa rule change, but that it would not resume before the end of april. this week's decision to postpone the european championships has given leagues space to try and complete their seasons, and despite fears the coronavirus crisis will mean campaigns have to be abandoned, today's show of unity has received support. i think we've got to finish it. i don't know when or how, but i think we've got to finish it, literally just to get an outcome, a fair outcome. completing the season would allow clubs to honour commercial contracts and preserve the integrity of the competition, but could some matches be played behind closed doors? when exactly will the campaign finish? and could there be a knock—on effect to next season? there are no easy answers amid a crisis that has challenged the greatest sporting institutions. with the tokyo games scheduled

to start in just four months, organisers continue to insist the show will go on, but with more athletes raising concerns a member of the international olympic committee has now broken ranks. we have to be encouraging people to stay home, to stay put, to contain this virus, so that if we could have an 0lympics in july that that could be possible, but right now i think the tone and the messaging saying we're going ahead is really non—compassionate to what a lot of people in the world are going through. today, in athens, greece handed the olympic torch over to japan in a ceremony held behind closed doors. whether it lights the cauldron at tokyo's olympic stadium onjuly the 24th seems increasingly unlikely. dan roan, bbc news. that's it from us, but before we go — let's just show you this message, on display tonight at wembley stadium. thank you, nhs. we'll leave you with that thought. good night.

the return of football has been further delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. but a meeting today, has determined that finishing the current season remains the priority. the fa, premier league, efl, all scottish football and the women's game have all agreed on a postponement until the end of april. this is the part of the statement that explains today's developments in english football. the fa's rules and regulations state that "the season shall terminate not later than the 1 june. however, the fa's board has agreed for this limit to be extended indefinitely for the 2019/20 season. additionally, we have collectively agreed that the professional game in england will be further postponed until no earlier than 30 april. bournemouth are one of the premier league teams desperate for the season to continue. they're in the bottom three, so if it were to end now

with the current positions determining theirfate, they could be relegated. i think the remaining games of the season i think the remaining games of the season have to be played, left to give ourselves the best chance to prove that we can stay in the premier league and i'm sure it will be for the teams around us in the bottom three, they will feel the same come you look at the championship you ask the teams the playoffs, obviously, there would not be happy that there's only six points, how close they are to leading and getting automatic promotions, i think that would open up promotions, i think that would open up to new problems than the football league to indices like that but i think the season being null and void is still a possibility, u nfortu nately, is still a possibility, unfortunately, the longer this goes on and that we are waiting so long to play games again. and there clearly clubs, given that there are premier league teams, but also trying to pay players and staff, how would you feel about the idea of either the premier league as a whole

are clubs individually or players individually helping out those less fortu nate individually helping out those less fortunate within the pyramids, even if it requires you to give some cash for players and bleak winter league 2? it is really boring times and we so 2? it is really boring times and we so it happened looking at taking —— it is really scary times. being a premier league players and we are very privileged and do not forget that, and further down the line, i'll be more than happy to help out, apply my trade in made by career in the lower league, so i would have no doubt in helping of the opportunity came about. one other piece of football news today. and that's the sad death of former cardiff midfielder peter whittingham. he was 35. whittingham reached two cup finals with cardiff, who say they are heartbroken. he had been in hospitalfor more than a week after suffering a head

injury in a fall in a pub in wales. he started his career at aston villa, he started his career at aston villa and played for england under 21s. the monaco grand prix has been cancelled. as the effect of the coronavirus outbreak reaches deeper into the formula one season. it's the first time since 1954 the principality won't host its marquee race. the dutch and spanish grands prix were postponed today, so the season can't start until june seventh in azerbaijan at the earliest. all significant rule changes have also delayed until 2022. but moving the races could really hurt the business of the sport. they are really going there to look at itself and give most of its revenue through different places but a lot through media and tv rights and a lot to the circuits. so they do not pay that formula 1 where china for example pays £30 million. so it is going up to look at itself, it's going to have to look out what

it's going to have to look out what it can do, but most of all, it's been deaf to look at the situation and respond quickly, efficiently and effectively to get racing back on as $0011 effectively to get racing back on as 50011 as effectively to get racing back on as soon as possible but safely. the british olympic association says it will not ‘endanger the health‘ of athletes by encouraging them to prepare for tokyo 2020 if it's not safe to do so. criticism is growing of the organisers' determination not to postpone the event, due to start injuly. the traditional handing over of the olympic flame to representatives of the host city has taken place in athens today, although normally a crowd would be present for the ceremony. many athletes are in limbo as they're unable to train or qualify for the games while restrictions remain because of the coronavirus outbreak. if they're going to give us a day, do not complain and just deal with that. the people who are not going to do that and think, they do not know what's going to happen, i'm not going to train. just get on with it

lifting the back of my head, but they give us a date for the games, i'll be ready for that, if it's in two months' time for three months' time years time, i'll be ready to go 100% and i can tell you now, the best in the world, across all sports, there will be the exact same, people complete with the best results. that's all the sport for now. next, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcasterjohn stapleton and kate proctor, political correspondent at the guardian. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the daily mail looks at the prime minister's claim that