hello, this is outside source with the latest headlines for the us in the latest headlines for the us in the uk and around the world. spin records its highest daily death toll so records its highest daily death toll so far, with gas in italy dropping for a second day in a row as it enters tougher lockdown. meanwhile, the world health organization is warning that the coronavirus pandemic is rapidly accelerating. to win, we need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics. testing every suspected case. in the us, efforts to pass a $1

trillion rescue package have failed for a second day. they said a resolution was near. seems like there is on the london tube just this morning. the uk prime minister is giving a statement shortly on next steps. we will be live in westminster. new containment measures come into effect in australia. several states have closed their borders. hello and welcome to the programme. let's bring you up—to—date with the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. the global count of confirmed cases has now topped 350,000. in europe, italy and spain it continues to suffer badly with the spanish death toll up, topping 2000 deaths after a62 deaths in just 2a hours' time. that is according to

government sources there. in the united states, the senate there has failed for a second time to advance a bill for more than $1 trillion in funding. there have been further falls in on wall street and the international monetary fund is warning that the coronavirus pandemic will cause a global recession in 2020, which they say could be worse than the global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. meanwhile, here in the uk, the foreign secretary has advised all britons to return home while they can and the prime minister will address the nation in the next 30 minutes. worldwide, more than1 billion people have been told to stay at home because of this pandemic. this is the their latest from the world health organization. b pandemic is accelerating. it took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases. 11

days for the second 100,000 cases. and just four days for the third 100,000 cases. here in the uk, the british finalist deborah his chance and will talk to the country in halfan chance and will talk to the country in half an hours‘s time and we are expecting to announce further measures to tackle the coronavirus after having met the country's emergency planning committee cobra. the uk has thousand 650 confirmed cases, though as only a fraction of the population has been tested, the true number is likely to be much higher. so far, 335 people have died from coronavirus in the uk. let's talk to our political correspondent, vicki young, who joins us now. talk to our political correspondent, vicki young, whojoins us now. let's start with this address to the nation that we are expecting from

the prime minister. what are expecting to hear from the prime minister. what are expecting to hearfrom him? the prime minister. what are expecting to hear from him? they are being quite tight—lipped about what is coming, but yesterday when boris johnson gave a press conference here, it was pretty clear they were reviewing the situation and whether to go further, whether to bring in tougher measures to restrict everybody‘s way of life. at the moment, yeah some shops are open, not just supermarkets and pharmacies, but others as well. you would think that could be one at the first step they take in order to just cut down on the number of people moving and travelling around. the uk government is also already advising against nonessential travel. the problem is that at the weekend, the weather was quite good around large parts of the country and many beaches, many national parks, and many other outdoor spaces we re parks, and many other outdoor spaces were absolutely packed with people not going along with the advice about social distancing, which is to stay two metres apart. so i think, having seen all of that, the

government feels it now has to act. there are many politicians here, the opposition labour party and others on the conservative side, the former health secretaryjeremy hunt saying that we are going in the same direction as italy and what has been going on there and the uk have to act now. he is calling for a lockdown, the kind of measures we have seen in other countries, so the question is how far will be by minister go tonight? is very relu cta nt to minister go tonight? is very reluctant to give it, how will they enforce reluctant to give it, how will they e nfo rce a ny reluctant to give it, how will they enforce any new measures? so we reluctant to give it, how will they enforce any new measures? 50 we are expecting enforce any new measures? so we are expecting that address to the nation injust under expecting that address to the nation in just under half an hour's time and of course we will bring that to view it here on the bbc news. but when it comes to the emergency bill thatis when it comes to the emergency bill that is being debated by british parliamentarians, it bring us date on where we with that. these are extraordinary measures that the government will have. there has been a row about how long those measures should last. the government wanted them for two years, the opposition party again saying it should be six

months and then mps should renew it. that is what is likely to happen now. but really it is to cover all walks of life, particularly the nhs here. it is about whether, for example, former clinicians can come back to work, those who have retired for example, whether they could be brought back into the workforce. really about making things easier as this pandemic spreads. the big here is that the nhs and hospitals will be overwhelmed by the number of cases. other measures being brought in today are asking those who are most at risk with underlying illnesses, 1.5 million other than in england alone, to stay at home for 12 weeks. not to leave the house, and some of them will need food parcels are delivered to their door and medicine as well. these are the kind of measures we would never have jumped off, but which we have seen in other countries of course and the call tonight for many politicians is the uk needs to go further to try to

stop this virus spreading. we will wait to hear what the prime minister says and we will bring that to our viewers here on bbc news. thank you very much. vicki young bears outside number ten downing st. we are expecting that talks on the pi minister injust expecting that talks on the pi minister in just under half an hour's time. in the united states, i wa nt to hour's time. in the united states, i want to update you on an economic rescue plan, which has again failed in the senate. we have had this in from writers, just within the last few hours. this is a news update from the senate that they had sailed for the senate that they had sailed for the second time to announce that in a barren spell, with more than $1 trillion in funding. there is a major difference between the democrats and republicans over what should be included in that legislation. let's bring you up from a reporter who is in new york. it was along the lines of a6 votes, far shorter than what is required to get this done. that means for the second day in a row, essentially americans are going to go without any stimulus. we have

seen to go without any stimulus. we have seen politicians working to try to get past a two billion dollar bill. people are on pause and the economic impact of that has led to some very dire predictions on what it will mean in terms of a session. that is why all eyes have been and what congress can do to try to ease some of the pain and try to tide people through these towns are challenging times. the us has the highest number of confirmed career there is cases confirmed. 35,000 people are infected and a further a71 people have died. president trump has described the crisis as a war and he national guard troops into new york, into washington state and also into california, where they will be distributing and delivering medical aid and setting up medical stations. new york state is at the very epicentre of the outbreak and the city mayor was warning that deaths

will spike if hospitals don't get more ventilators this week. he had a very dire message on sunday. all americans deserve the plant tissue. it is only getting worse, and in that april and may are going to be a lot worse. right now, we are a third of the cases in the country and that is going to get worse. two thirds or more of the cases are in new york state and that is going to get worse. new york right now, i are about 6% of worldwide coronavirus cases and it has drastically increased its capacity of testing, from 1000 tests per day to 16,000, and hospitals have been ordered to increase their capacity by 50%. the mayor gave this announcement earlier. that is more than any other state in the united states is testing. that is more per capita than south korea, which was the gold standard of testing. they were doing

20,000 per day, and in much larger population, about double the population, about double the population of new york. so we are doing 16,000. however, he is warning that the competition between us states is actually driving up the price of equipment. let's listen to this. you have manufacturers who sit there and california offers then $a, and they say well, californian offered $a. i first $5 and another state goes in and of the $6. it is not the way to do it. i was speaking toa not the way to do it. i was speaking to a governor yesterday about this. why are we competing? so a rather difficult. now with state to state competing against each other. while hospitals are full, the streets are empty. have a look at this. this was new york city today, usually as you imaginea new york city today, usually as you imagine a hive of activity, but now a ghost town. in a state of

emergency has been in effect for the past 16 days. it is having a drastic impact on everything. even the financial sector. this was the new york stock exchange a bit earlier on. for the first time in 228 years, it opened without its trading floor to protect employees there from the spread of covid—19. stock trading is continuing, but it is being done electronically. in california, officials have instructed hospitals to restrict testing because of a shortage of medical supplies. the first military hospital ship has been dispatched in the state. this is the us naval ship, which has nearly 900 staff on board to help treat non—coronavirus patients. that is in order to free up space in onshore hospitals. this ship is heading for los angeles and another ship will be heading to new york.

let's speak to the reporter from the new york daily news joining us live now. it sounds like a very bleak situation for new york. bring us up up to date on what is happening there. absolutely, in a very short span of time what feels like ordinary life has just completely round to a halt. it was about two weeks ago that the governor and city ordered larger venues, everything from museums and the most famous venues on broadway, two stadiums, to stop hosting large crowds, about a week ago and order went into effect barring bars and restaurants from serving customers on their premises. most recently, over the weekend the latest order was for every employer in the state, except for ones that we re in the state, except for ones that were deemed to be that essential services, to stop its employees from coming to the office. so certainly if you are brave enough to take a walk out onto the streets, it very much has the feel of a ghost town.

so how are these orders implement it if somebody is seen out and about? what happens? so over the weekend, the mayor and new new york city police commissioner said that they have had very little trouble either keeping establishments ordinary new yorkers from breaking the orders. they have been disseminated over all of the airwaves, using all of the media. i think out of the thousands of rows... they said they only had to write reports for two individuals, which they took to be a good sign. so far, it seems like smooth sailing. the latest turn in the debate is what you do about new yorkers who still want to use parks and that is something that the officials are hashing out now, in terms of how to make sure that crowding and the potential spread of the virus doesn't take place there.

we hear about the importance of testing. how easy is it, or is it in fa ct to testing. how easy is it, or is it in fact to get testedyes, while the governor has definitely patted an increase in the number of tests that the city and the state have gotten, which i think again came after the federal government gave a green light to buy a test run by that lapse, it is still definitely not the case that anyone who wants to get tested can get one. in fact, health officials are encouraging new yorkers to wait 3—a days after they had shown symptoms to get the test because they want to make sure that the people who need to test the most are the ones who are receiving them. thank you so much for bringing us up to date on the situation there and of course, do stay safe. we have got much more coming up here on the

on outside source. spain is recording its highest daily death toll with the narrative so far. —— with the virus so far. in other news, the firm thus minister of scotland, alex salmond, has been cleared of all sexual assault charges against him following a trial in edinburgh. the jury following a trial in edinburgh. the jury returned a not proven verdict following a charge of assault and attempted rape, but found him not guilty of all the other charges, including attempted rape. after he was cleared of the charges, mr salmond gave a statement. he is. what a nightmare, i have been in over these last two years. it is as nothing compared to the nightmare that every single one of us in this country is currently living through. people are dying. many more are going to die. what we are doing just now, and i know you have got a job

to do, it is not safe. i know it is your job, to do, it is not safe. i know it is yourjob, but it isn't safe. and my strong, strong advice to you is to go home, those who can and are able to ta ke go home, those who can and are able to take care of your families. and god help us all. welcome, you're watching outside source live from the bbc news room. our main story is that the world health organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating around the world. in the uk, the prime minister will address the nation within the hour. one country in particular, which has seen a one country in particular, which has seen a huge increase in its death toll is spain. it has now passed 2000. almost a quarter of those deaths happened in the past day, the biggest daily increase there yet.

overall, the number of confirmed cases is now up to just over 33,000. our correspondent has more on this. authorities had warned that this week was going to be potentially a very tough week for spain, as the number of infections and the number of cases seemed to be accelerating. a lot of those deaths have been attributed to the fact that the coronavirus has spread to a number of retirement homes. here in the madrid region and in other parts clearly, that affects one of the most vulnerable groups, which is elderly people. that is one of the main reasons why we are seeing this particularly high death rate at the moment in spain. spain wants to ramp up moment in spain. spain wants to ramp up its level of testing and has just received 6a0,000 test kits from china and from south korea. the first people to get them will be health care workers, who are at daily risk of infection. one in ten of all content cases in spain are

health care workers. the pope has praised them for all of their efforts. no translation: praised them for all of their efforts. no translationzlj praised them for all of their efforts. no translation: iadmire them. they teach me how to connect. doctors, nurses, volunteers who have to sleep on stretchers because there are no more beds in hospitals. and they can't even go out of their homes. that is the life they are leading. ilike homes. that is the life they are leading. i like to use an expression, the saints are next door. some countries have already already being in a state of emergency for the last week. on sunday announced they were extended until the 8th of april. we are not allowed to leave our homes unless we have a very specific reason to do so, so that you are travelling to work in office is still open you can go out. you can go out if you are buying food or if you are buying medicine, but if you are not able to demonstrate a specific reason to be out on the street, you can taste quite a stiff fine and thousands of

people have been fined already over the last week or so for being out on the last week or so for being out on the street. so the military is now out on the streets helping to enforce that lockdown. soldiers are undertaking various other tasks as well. let us have a look at them. this is in barcelona and they are building temporary shelters there for the homeless. up to homeless 1000 people will then be able to isolate themselves in hygienic conditions deep. the police are also checking that people can stick to the rules and are trying to keep up spirits while doing so. have a listen to this. these police officers have been going through the streets of majorca. they are singing to those families who can't leave their homes and at the end of their performance, they included a very simple message for those listening, stay strong. they are also singing on the balcony than germany as well. this is in one of their cities.

judging by the applause, these balcony shows up waiting to be popular. keeping up spirits there. another german staying at home if the chancellor, angela merkel, after a doctor said she tested positive on friday. she has since taken a test and the results have actually become negative. this is theirfinance minister. translation: the chancellor is healthy right now. she is at home in domestic self isolation, that she is active. the cabinet met with her over the same today. germany has over 28,000 confirmed cases of covid—19, but the death rate in that, compared to other countries, is relatively low. only 118 people have died so far. jenny's health officials are also

feeling optimistic about this graph, if you can see the details there. this reflects the rise in the number of infections. they say that the curve may be getting a little less steep. translation: we are seeing signs that the exponential growth curve is flattening off slightly, but i will only be able to confirm this trend definitively on wednesday. but i am optimistic that the measures are already having an effect, which is very early because they had only been in place for a week. so jami says that one at the measures that really stands out is the ability to keep track of contacts, and contacts are people who have come into contact with someone who have come into contact with someone who has displayed symptoms or has tested positive for this virus. the german government has also announced a ban on public gatherings of more than two people. italy is also bringing an even tougher measures. this is the queue at the central train station, in

naples here. normally this is extremely busy. the government has banned internal travel, unless it is for urgent business or for health reasons. we can see police checking people's documents and also checking their temperatures. all business deemed nonessential will now be closed and a number of confirmed cases in italy has gone past 60,000. more than 6000 people have died so far. compare that to be numbers in germany. although the number of deaths have dropped for the second day anyway. let's hear from deaths have dropped for the second day anyway. let's hearfrom our deaths have dropped for the second day anyway. let's hear from our rome correspondent. tightening the screw on people antivirus. two weeks into a nationwide lockdown, the measures are toughening again. italians are now banned from leaving their town and travelling across the country. not since wartime curfews have the scenes played out. the limits on movement are being stepped up, with ever more police spot checks to see if people can justify why they are

out. and yet, polls suggest that most italians would support even tighter restrictions. there is virtually no sense of rebellion or complacency here. with streets deserted, all nonessential companies will now be shut down as well. italy is running out of things to close. let's turn to countries in asia and get the very latest from there because in south korea, the country has reported 69 new cases. that is in fact the lowest number of new coronavirus cases since infection rates peaked there four weeks ago. the country has been hailed as a model for containing this virus, with mass testing like this particular test, which i would like to show you now. this is a drive—through test, and they are also using gps tracking technology. we will remember that south korea was once asia's worst outbreak outside of china. let's now go to

the philippines, bouncing around this map, but if we go to the philippines next to because our horrors correspondent has been updating us from there. he has been tweeting that the department of health has confirmed the highest single day increases of covid—19. 82 cases, a62 is what howard johnson, our correspondent there is suggesting. and then next in hong kong, where for midnight nonresidents will be banned from entering hong kong. our correspondent is there for us. let's hear from correspondent is there for us. let's hearfrom him. hong kong is a major travel hub and a major route to mainland china, but also a route for other countries across asia. it looks like there is the beginnings of some empirical evidence that hong kong may be experiencing the onset ofa kong may be experiencing the onset of a second wave. the trend now is kicking up in terms of new, confirmed cases and so, what we are

seeing is an even further restrictions on the borders. this is as close you can get to cutting hong kong off and the rest of mainland china. at least, that remains politically acceptable to the bosses in the chain. i want to go to australia now because new containment measures that have just come into effect. there are three states, south australia, western australia and the northern territory, which will be shutting their borders. queensland will be following in the next 2a hours. all of those entering these states have to isolate themselves for 1a days, regardless of where they have been travelling from. australia stepped up travelling from. australia stepped up its containment measures on sunday, after these particular pictures went viral. i'm sure you have seen them on social media. this is bondi beach. on saturday. it is absolutely packed, even though the government advice at the time was to keep a social distance. now, it is important to stress sydney has 533

confirmed coronavirus cases, the highest concentration in the country. backpacker party that bondi beach were blamed for a steep rise in cases over the weekend within 2a—hour is. not surprising that australia had introduced tougher measures, shutting all but essential services and the number of cases has surged to more than 1600. more than a third of those has been reported in the past a8 hours. today, and $83 billion economics termination package has been rushed through the houses of parliament, so extraordinary images that we saw there from bondi beach. these are images a little bit later on, with the beach completely empty. just at the beach completely empty. just at the date you, we are getting some news from the past you minutes. we have had an update coming in from the united states. we told you about

this a little bit earlier on. it is the us senate that has failed a second time to dance a coronavirus bill, with more than $1 trillion in us funding. let's see because there is another update my colleagues are telling me about. this is from the white house, where the correspondents association as saying that that it has been informed of a suspected coronavirus cases among white house press corpse. this news is just white house press corpse. this news isjust coming in white house press corpse. this news is just coming in from the past few seconds from the white house. certainly something that we need to keep an update on. coronavirus is a new disease, which means that medical teams had really had to learn about it in an extremely short amount of time. lack of knowledge has left a huge, huge gap with some trying to fill it by searching online, only to find myths and speculation. which sources can we

trust? we asked chris morris from our reality check team to take a look. don't forget to keep washing your hands. nothing is more effective in helping prevent the narrow spread. but beware of the bible claims that keep on appearing online. myth number one, holding your breath. if you can hold your breath for more than ten seconds without discomfort, one widely shared claim assets, there is no fibrosis or scarring in the lungs and basically no infection. no. holding your breath is not a test forfibrosis and holding your breath is not a test for fibrosis and fibrosis is not a symptom of covid—19. the main symptoms, don't forget, a high fever and a persistent, dry cough. myth number two, home—made hand sanitiser west recipes. beware internet solutions for home made hand sanitiser. anything based on disinfectants or cleaning services

probably won't be suitable for use on the skin. as for suggestions that lord could go work, unfortunately it contain enough alcohol to be effective. myth number three, the there is survive on surfaces for up toa there is survive on surfaces for up to a month. this is highly unlikely. take research on other strangers coronavirus like sars. it shows that viruses can remain infectious on ha rd viruses can remain infectious on hard surfaces like metal, glass or plastic, from about two hours up to a maximum of nine days. but the uk government says the risk of contamination is likely to be reduced significantly after 72 hours. . myth numberfour, cow you're in. some hindu groups in india believe cow you're in has medicinal properties that can ward off coronavirus and other diseases. not so, say the experts. cow you're in doesn't cure things like cancer and there is no evidence at all that it can prevent covid—19. you're

better off simply washing your hands. they now follows a ministerial broadcast from the british prime minister. good evening. the coronavirus is the biggest threat this country has faced for decades and this country is not alone. all over the world, we are seeing the devastating impact of this invisible killer. so tonight, i wa nt to this invisible killer. so tonight, i want to update you on the latest steps we are taking to fight the disease and what you can do to help. i want to begin by reminding you why the uk has been taking the approach that we have. without a huge national effort to halt the growth of this virus, there will come a moment when no health service in the world could possibly cope. because there won't be enough ventilators, enough intensive care beds, enough doctors and nurses. and as we have seen doctors and nurses. and as we have seen elsewhere in other countries that also have fantastic health

systems, that is the moment of real danger. to put it simply, if too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the nhs will be unable to handle it. meaning more people are likely to die, notjust from coronavirus, but from other illnesses as well. so it is vital to slow the spread of the disease. because that is the way we reduce the number of people needing hospital treatment at any one time, so we can hospital treatment at any one time, so we can protect the nhs' ability to cope and save more lives. and thatis to cope and save more lives. and that is why we have been asking people to stay at home during this pandemic. and though huge numbers are complying, and i thank you all, the time has now come for us all to do more. from this evening, i must give the british people are very simple instruction. you must stay—at—home. because the critical

thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households, that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following, very limited purposes. shopping, for basic necessities as infrequently as possible. one form of exercise a day, for example run, walk or cycle alone or with members of your household. any medical need to provide care or to help the vulnerable person. and travelling to and from work, but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. that is all. these are the only reasons you should leave your home. you should not be meeting friends. if your friends ask you to meet, you should say no. you should not be meeting family members who do not live in your home, you should not be going shopping, except for essentials like

food and medicine. and you should do this as little as you can. and use food delivery services where you can. if you don't follow the rules, the police will have the powers to enforce them, including through fines and dispersing gatherings. to ensure compliance with the government's instruction to stay—at—home, we will immediately close all shops selling nonessential goods, including clothing and electronics stores and other premises, including libraries, playgrounds and outdoor gyms and places of worship. we will stop all gatherings of more than two people in public, excluding people you live with. and we will stop all social events including weddings, baptisms and other ceremonies but excluding funerals. parks will remain open for exercise, but gatherings will be

dispersed. no prime minister wants to enact measures like this. i know the damage that this disruption is doing and will do to people's lives, to their businesses and to their jobs. and that is why we have produced a huge and unprecedented programme of support, both for workers and business. and i can assure you , we workers and business. and i can assure you, we will keep these restrictions under constant review. we will look again in three weeks and relax them if the evidence shows we are able to. but at present, there are just no easy options. the way ahead is hard and it is still true that many lives will sadly be lost. and yet, it is also true that there is a clear way through. day by day, we are strengthening our amazing nhs with 7500 former

clinicians now coming back to the service. the time you buy by simply staying at home, we are increasing our stocks of equipment, accelerating our search for treatment, pioneering work on a vaccine and we are buying millions of testing kits that will enable us to turn the tide on this invisible killer. i want to thank everyone who is working flat out to beat the virus. everyone, from the supermarkets after the transport workers, to the carers, to the nurses and doctors on the front line. but in this fight, we can be in no doubt that each and every one of us is directly enlisted. each and every one of us is now obliged to join together to halt the spread of this disease, to protect our nhs and to save many, many thousands of lives. and i know, that as they have in the past, so many times the