this is bbc news i'm james reynolds. our top stories: president trump confirms funding for three states worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic — but the senate fails to back a $1 trillion stimulus plan for the us economy. spain bars most foreigners from entry for the next month, as restrictions tighten even further across europe. the uk prime minister warns of tougher measures if social distancing advice isn't followed and lives are put at risk. the olympic flame is already injapan — but hopes the games will go ahead look set to be extinguished. and new ways of worship and religious gathering — including the live streamed barmitzvah.

hello and welcome to bbc news. president trump has approved emergency medical help for the states of new york, california and washington — all hot spots of coronavirus infections in the united states. in a white house news briefing, mr trump said americans were enduring a "great national trial". the extra money he said would go to fund field hospitals offering thousands of extra beds and more more tests. a navy ship being sent to los angeles will provide additional medical services. in addition to large quantities of supplies, i've also directed fema to supply the following: four large federal medical stations with 1,000 beds for new york,

eight large federal medical stations with 2,000 beds for california, and three large federal medical stations and four small medical stations with 1,000 beds for the state of washington. this action will give them maximum flexibility to safeguard against the virus without having to worry about costs or liability and freeing up state resources to protect the health and safety of the people in their state. the federal government has deployed hundreds of supplies from our national stockpile to locations with the greatest needin locations with the greatest need in order to assist in those areas i approve the state of new york public —— i approved the state of new york's request for a major disaster declaration — something which governor cuomo has been asking for and i agree. and we had it done in very rapid fashion. the us senate has failed to agree on a stimulus package in response to the coronavirus. negotiations are continuing on a one trillion dollar deal

designed to help american workers and companies affected by the global pandemic. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowesjoins me now. it is ina it is in a lot of trouble and it is in a lot of trouble and it is in a lot of trouble and it is because of democrats and republicans not agreeing on the detail and the sticking points appears to be the emphasis of the aid, whether it will help corporate america rather than the everyday worker. many of whom have suffered and lost theirjobs whom have suffered and lost their jobs because of whom have suffered and lost theirjobs because of the effect of this virus. there was a vote a few hours ago that may have moved things forward significantly. it didn't reach the necessary threshold to move this bill forward the negotiations continue. it is interesting that the president also talked about this and said that his main emphasis was on helping american workers and pointing out the fact that he isa pointing out the fact that he is a republican implying that he agrees to some extent more with the democrats on this and some of his republican collea g u es some of his republican colleagues in congress. and

they have been complaints about medical supplies or the building of med —— ventilators? this has been the big complaint from state governors, from mayors around the country, they felt as if they were not getting enough federal help, help from the trump administration, to provide those facilities, the ventilators, the masks, the medical gowns that are so urgently needed and bill de blasio, the mayor of new york city, had a very dire warning that he said within days people who could have been saved may well die because of the lack of the supplies. it was only a few hours the president trump came forward and said that those supplies were on the way. this there was a truck heading to new york city, a medical ship heading to the port of la that would have 1000 beds and the mayor of los angeles in the last hour said it would, in an insta nt, last hour said it would, in an instant, become the largest hospital in la and it alleviate

the pressure on other medical facilities on land. you are speaking me —— speaking to me from la, is there that this will make a huge difference or will make a huge difference or will many more supplies be needed? there is a sense it will make a huge difference. not only there is the ship coming but several structures. we don't know the details of these places or where exactly they will be clearly, many structures that will help treat people as well and again, the mayor of los angeles speaking in the last few hours, sounding positive about the kind of aid that was coming from the federal government but still striking a very serious tone and another thing we have been talking about over the last few days, this question of social distancing and people not necessarily abiding by the order to stay—at—home. we have seen it again in la, people have been going to the beach and the mayor of los angeles apply -- and the mayor of los angeles apply —— implying that within a

few days they might introduce some form of fine to discourage people from doing that. you and iare people from doing that. you and i are practising social distancing, a distance of about 6000 miles. thank you very much. let's check in on the markets which have just opened in asia in the last hour with our business reporter mariko 0i who is in singapore. how other markets? he has been very, very volatile and i think it is fairto very, very volatile and i think it is fair to say that motility is here to stay. japan's nikkei as open flat to slightly higher and that is because it is closed for public holiday on friday to a didn't get to react to the huge stimulus package by the united states that peter was just talking about, how much trouble it is currently in. that is why it is a slightly higher but if you look at the rest of the region, we are well and truly in the red. let me show you australia's market, now down by more than 7% and that is a similar pick

are elsewhere because investors are elsewhere because investors are increasingly concerned about this uncertainty and if you look at the us futures, thatis you look at the us futures, that is also pointing to a sharply loyal —— sharply lower opening for this coming monday. last friday, the dour practical —— practically really —— erased all the gain it made sense donald trump became a us president. economists are increasingly concerned and if you speak to them who were saying initially that the economic downturn could be avoided, now they are saying it isa avoided, now they are saying it is a matter of when not if, that the world will fall into a global recession. the pandemic is now affecting more than 160 countries and has claimed more than 13,700 lives. italy has seen 651 new virus deaths in the last 2a hours in comparison with almost 800 on saturday. the current death toll nears 5,500. a critical week lies ahead

to see if the infection curve continues to flatten. sima kotecha reports from rome. every day, it gets quieter here. now, even hotels are closing after the government ordered all non—essential businesses to shut down, another move that turns this tourist city into something like a ghost town. hotel proprietors are anxious about what lies ahead. translation: on a financial level, let's hope the state helps us in some way. if they don't, it will definitely be very worrying. but on the other hand, she's keen to isolate. translation: we don't know who's positive with coronavirus. even we could be infecting people who come to stay with us. thousands of doctors from across italy have applied to be part of a task force working in the worst—affected areas.

here in rome, a moving tribute to all those working in hospitals, trying to save lives. it says, "we stand with you". planes with extra medical supplies have arrived from russia to help hospitals here cope with the rising death toll. in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus, in some regions, people are no longer allowed to go more than a few hundred metres from their homes. it seems as if europe has stopped and each day, with new death figures, it feels that little bit more still. sima kotecha, bbc news, rome. the spanish government has extended its state of emergency for two weeks until the 11th of april. spain's death toll from the virus has jumped to over 1,700, with more than 28,000 cases of infection. damian grammaticas reports. streets drained of life, but out of sight, spain's fight

against the virus is ceaseless. here, in a hotel, the first of many that are being requisitioned to serve as an overflow for ha rd—pressed hospitals, it's how spain is trying to contain the infection. so the prime minister has been forced to govern by teleconference. he announced the current state of emergency will last until mid april. restrictions on daily life getting even tighter. and this is what we found when we ventured beyond madrid. empty motorways. miles and miles of them. with virtually no traffic. this is one of spain's main north—south highways. the only things moving? trucks. filled with food. so apart from the bare essentials to keep this country functioning,

spain really has come to a standstill. but despite these measures, there is no sign that the spread of the virus is being brought under control. the shutdown has left this entire country eerily emptied, public places abandoned. and this is the ancient city of cordoba, usually filled with tourists. not now. nothing. if the virus is a natural disaster, it is one that has left everything intact. just the people have vanished from view. manuela's family have run their gift shop here for 100 years. translation: it is like a nightmare. my main worry is nobody in my family gets the virus. back in madrid, lorry—loads of oxygen for a new 1,000—bed treatment centre the army is building in the city's convention centre, as all of spain's efforts are now directed at trying to save lives. damian grammaticas, bbc news, madrid. here the prime minister

urged the public again to follow the rules for social distancing and help slow the spread of corona virus. borisjohnson said if this didn't happen — further measures would be brought in. the number of people who have died in the uk and tested positive for coronavirus rose to 281, with 5,683 confirmed cases. our health editor hugh pym has more. this outside a fish and chip shop in scarborough today, people enjoying the sun, the local streets busy. it's fair to say social distancing has been variable. this was richmond park in south—west london and in recent days there may well have been confusion over the government's messages on what was and wasn't acceptable in the new world of limiting social contact. at his daily press conference the prime ministerfirst had thanks for nhs staff and those who had followed official advice to restrict their leisure plans, cancelling mother's day visits for example, or sacrificing business by closing pubs, restaurants and gyms. but he hinted there could yet

be more measures to come. we will keep the implementation of these measures under constant review and, yes, of course, we will bring forward further measures if we think that is necessary. so, always remember in following this advice, and i know how difficult it is, but always remember that each and every one of us, you, you are doing your bit in following this advice. with early morning trains like this full and some heading into work and aisles at supermarkets packed with shoppers and trolleys, the message isn't always getting through, so doctors and public health experts were out on the streets of bradford today, stressing the guidance to people on measures to limit the spread of the virus. for almost all of us there are no new rules

which say we should stay at home. it's ok to go for a walk or have a run, especially on a day like this, but there are clear, new guidelines on what we should and shouldn't be doing if we do go out. the advice to the general public is to stay at least two metres apart, to avoid all gatherings, for example groups of friends, and to avoid all non—essential travel. the over 70s and those with an underlying condition should be extra careful, for example people with asthma and diabetes, or women who are pregnant. they are advised to significantly limit face—to—face interaction, including friends and family. there is different guidance for up to 1.5 million people with serious health conditions, including cystic fibrosis, specific cancers and those needing dialysis. they have been told not to go out for 12 weeks. we will be setting out to them how we are going to help them, so they might be staying at home for a long time, but they shouldn't feel alone. we are going to do this in a number of ways. medicines are going to be

delivered through community pharmacists and food and supplies are going to be delivered through local councils, with the support of supermarkets and the armed forces. as for the front line of the nhs, ministers say specialist protective equipment has been dispatched to doctors and nurses who could be treating patients with coronavirus. but some say it hasn't yet arrived. we have been hearing over the last few days and weeks from doctors across the country who are really particularly worried about the lack of personal protective equipment that they have been seeing on the front—line. we have had doctors tell us that they feel like lambs to the slaughter, that they feel like cannon fodder. today doctors and other members of the respiratory team in belfast put out their own message on social media. we are facing our greatest challenge and we are frightened. help us. please stay at home. doctors and nurses have died. we need to stay healthy so we can help you.

hugh pym, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: 0lympic doubts. why hopes the games will go ahead injapan this year are diminishing. let there be no more war or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. very good. applause so proud of both of you. applause with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa should be excluded

from the 1970 competition. chants streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. onlooker: wow! this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump announces funding for thousands more hospital beds for three states worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic. let's get more now on our top story. i'm joined from california by dr krutika kuppalli, an infectious diseases physician from the johns hopkins university centre for health security. doctor, so great for you to join us. the us government is promising to do more testing, first evolved. what kind of

numbers are needed and when? so, we definitely needed tests yesterday, so, that has been a problem for getting people tested. as of today, the united states has done over 225,000 has with 311,000 positive cases. however, that is still not enough. we need more patients to be tested to get a better idea of where things stand with the coronavirus epidemic. would you ideally need 300 million tests, one for every person in the country? in an ideal world. i don't think that many, as we have other tests like serology coming online, but not infected and develop and antibody response, i don't think we need a full one test per person, but we definitely need a lot more test tha n we definitely need a lot more test than we do have now.|j would like to bid you a quick quote from a new york times

article that came out recently. if it were possible to wave a magic wand that made all americans freeze in place, six weeks —— feet apart, the epidemic would sputter out. is that the aim of the lockdown? yes, here in california, we are here ina yes, here in california, we are here in a stay—at—home order. the idea is to keep everyone who needs to be at home except for essential workers such as the police department, health workers and people who helped run the grocery stores, but otherwise people need to stay at home. we have heard a lot from other countries about contact tracing and in particular south korea and singapore have done a lot of that. how does the united states com pa re ? that. how does the united states compare? one thing that surprised me a lot in the

united states about the response was really how behind the game we've been at every point. from the beginning of this outbreak, when people in my field, we were concerned that this was going to spread, this was going to spread to the united states and we needed to prepare. i think that's one of the things many of us are still a bit surprised about. does the fault for this lady anywhere? you know, ithink fault for this lady anywhere? you know, i think there will be time for looking back and pointing fingers when all is said and done —— lay anywhere? i think each country will say there are things they could have done better. but now we need to roll up our sleeves and do everything we can to take ca re of do everything we can to take care of patients and give them the best outcomes possible. sure. so flipping that question

around, are there any states in america to say that is how that should be done? i don't think there is any state having an optimal response at this point. i think washington state, with it being the first place that was hardest hit as the most information at this point in terms of wrapping things up. i think every state, every area, has its own unique challenges and so things that may be a challenge here in california might not be a challenge in new york city, it might not be a challenge in the south—east. so i think we need to keep that in mind. doctor krutika kuppalli, thank you so much forjoining us. thank you. the japanese prime minister shinzo abe has admitted that the summer tokyo 0lympics may have to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. the head of world athletics, sebastian coe, has called for the games to be postponed. 0ur sports news correspondent 0lly foster has more on how the decision will be made.

the last week or so we have been hearing the concerns, the fears of olympic athletes, their health and welfare, disruption to their training programmes, looking ahead to the summer games. looking for guidance from the ioc. we heard from the ioc today and they said they are going to be stepping up their scenario planning, that is looking at all their options. we know the 0lympic all their options. we know the olympic flame is in japan, all their options. we know the olympic flame is injapan, the 0lympic president thomas bach says looking at that country, there have been significant improvements since the first outbreak there. says he's not going to cancel the games in tokyo but a postponement, that is certainly on the table now, ora is certainly on the table now, or a possible downsizing, a scaling back of the games. the british olympic association save they want some rapid decision—making on this for the sake of our athletes, they want a postponement, so do world athletics was the trouble is thomas bach says it could be up to four weeks for all of these discussions to take place with the stakeholders over 200

participating nations before he is in participating nations before he isina participating nations before he is in a position to make a decision one way or another. he has written an open letter to athletes all over the world, says that 0lympic athletes all over the world, says that olympic flame is the light at the end of this tunnel. but he also writes in the letter that nobody knows how long the tunnel is now. 0lly foster. for many of us, aspects of daily life have changed in ways we might not have anticipated even a couple of weeks ago. mother's day get—togethers didn't happen and church of england services didn't take place. but faith communities and others are finding ways to worship and come together, as phillip norton reports. on this mothering sunday, when many are far from family, friends or loved ones... church services like never before, on facebook, youtube, and this, broadcast on local radio stations. the temptation is to pull up the drawbridge and just look after ourselves. that is the kind of thing that leads to panic buying, to growing fear and to spiritual and emotional, as well as physical, isolation.

all faiths finding new ways to celebrate and support. 13—year—old yuval‘s bar mitzvah, broadcast to his family. glory be to you, 0 allah, none equals you in knowledge... here in east london, this was friday prayers. welcome to st albans cathedral. a scene repeated all across the country. we are keeping our social distancing. just weeks ago in flooded yorkshire, the church was a focal point. but there were no services for vicar eleanor robertshaw in snaith today. it almost feels like, what else can you throw at us? everybody‘s already really fatigued from dealing with the flooding and now, to move straight into this is just exhausting.

but we have the advantage that community spirit was so built up then that itjust continues and that's brilliant. there are unsold mother's day flowers, the nation told to keep away from mum. for many, this is how mother's day greetings have had to be made. happy mother's day, mum. sorry i can't be there this year. oh, that's ok, phillip. i quite understand. it's the same for everybody. and for these mothers in lockdown in a care home in prestwich, a message to theirfamilies. the point is to take each day as it comes, carry on regardless, be happy. it's a weekend when we have distanced ourselves from the ones we love, but it's seen people come together in entirely new ways. philip norton, bbc news. a reminder of our top story: president trump has increased federal aid to tackle the coronavirus in the states of new york, california and washington. in a white house news briefing, president trump

that americans will injure a great national trial. —— endure. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @jamesbbcnews. please stay with us. hello there. for most of us this upcoming week we should see quite a bit of fine, unsettled weather, thanks to high pressure which is anchored over the baltic states. however, it's not going to be dry everywhere. this weather front will continue to bring strong winds, outbreaks of rain to the north—west of scotland. as we head through the weekend then we can as it sinks southwards across the country by thursday and then introducing something colderfrom the north for all of us. by the end of the week and into the weekend. so, it's a wet, cloudy day, windy across the north—west

of scotland, rain becoming heavier as well later on. further south, after a chilly start, plenty of sunshine around. it will be hazy at times, temperatures 12—13 degrees but cooler around the coasts. for the north—west of scotland, those with the front bringing outbreaks of rain, cloud pushing into scotland and northern ireland throughout the day was that it will be windy here as well with local gales and it was your day further south although you have that sunshine which would send a little bit easier at times. it didn't feel too bad, those temperatures reaching highs of 12 or 13 degrees but always good around southern and eastern coasts. as we had the monday night, it stays cloudy, windy, outbreaks of rain across this north—west corner really piling up across the outer hebrides in the north—west highlands but here it won't be a cold night like it will be further south for england and wales. it would have a repeat performance on tuesday, england and wales largely dry, some sunshine but has yet times, more car generally for scotland

and northern ireland and its stays windy with that rain really starting to pile up across the northern western isles in particular. we will also import some slightly milderairupfrom also import some slightly milder air up from the south, temperatures could reach14— milder air up from the south, temperatures could reach 14— 16 degrees in england and wales. a little change on wednesday, high pressure keeps things fine and settled for wales, with the front bringing more cloud to scotla nd front bringing more cloud to scotland and northern ireland. it was the —— it will sink further south and east words, attempt is quite mild, 1a —— temperatures are quite mild, around a0 degrees. dresser —— 14 around a0 degrees. dresser —— 1a degrees. it will settle down towards the end of the week but turning colderfor all. there will be some sunshine but wintry showers across the north of the uk.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the us government is increasing federal aid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in the hot spot states of new york, california and washington. meanwhile partisan disputes at the us senate have been holding up the swift approval of a huge stimulus bill. britons have been warned to take advice on social distancing seriously or stricter measures could be imposed. prime minister borisjohnson said a lockdown like those seen in other european countries was being considered and said people ignoring advice were putting lives at risk. the international olympic committee say this year's games in tokyo won't be cancelled but could be postponed in light of the outbreak. there's been mounting pressure from professional sporting bodies for organisers to take action. a decision's expected within four weeks. now on bbc news,

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