this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as the number of deaths in the uk from the coronavirus rises to more than 1,000, officials warn that social distancing restrictions must be kept in place. if we can keep down to below 20,000, we will have done very well in this epidemic. president trump says he's considering imposing a quarantine on new york to try to slow the spread of the virus. well, this would be an enforceable quarantine. i'd rather not do it but we may need it. in italy, more than 10,000 people have now died from covid—19, more than any other country. russia imposes a partial shutdown in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus.

singing and millions of people tune in as spain's biggest stars from the world of music and football hold a virtual festival to raise money and spirits. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all of the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. the uk has recorded its highest number of deaths linked to the coronavirus in a single day. 260 people have died in the past 2a hours, bringing the total to more than 1,000. president trump says he's considering putting some of the worst—hit areas of the united states under quarantine to slow the spread of coronavirus. one of those areas could be new york state, which has recorded more than 53,000 cases

and nearly 900 deaths. in italy, nearly 900 people with the virus have died in the past 2a hours, bringing the total there to more than 10,000. hospitals in the north of the country are in desperate need of protective equipment for health workers, as well as more staff. we'll have more on all of that in a moment. but first, here's dominic hughes on the uk's response. the logistics of setting up a new medicalfacility from scratch. a race against time to prepare the newly named nightingale hospital in east london ahead of the coming surge of those who fall seriously ill with covid—19. the sharp rise in today's death toll shows why these facilities are needed. the pressure over the coming weeks is going to be extreme. when the nhs is under increased demand, as we expect, and is already happening in london, is that we are not going to be able to maintain the normal levels of staffing that we currently do,

and so we're going to have to dramatically change the way that we work, so rather than one intensive care nurse looking after one patient, we're going to have to work more as a team. new figures published today give an insight into who's being admitted to critical care units. the data covers 775 patients in england, wales and northern ireland. more than half of them are being looked after by hospitals in london. most are aged over the age of 50 and the number of men falling seriously ill was well over twice the number of women. and in virus hot spots like london, the pressure is already building. how full are intensive care units in london and around the uk at the moment? work is going on all over the country, because as you are also aware, the infection has spread a bit quicker in london. so, we are not at capacity yet within london, but beds are being opened all the time to produce that extra surge capacity.

and a reminder that in order to keep the death toll down, this is no time for complacency. if we do reduce the deaths to a level which is below what we initially thought, i want to be absolutely clear, that won't be because we are somehow lucky, it won't be because somehow the virus is acting in this country differently from any other country. it will be because every citizen in this country, the british public, have complied with the instructions that the government has given, based on the best scientific evidence, to reduce the transmission of the disease. if the nhs is going to avoid a crisis, it will require all hands on deck. that's why the introduction of testing staff across the uk, who are currently having to self—isolate, as they've already been doing in wales, is a big step forward. doctor arash salah is keen to work, but a rough cough means he has to stay away, at least until he's tested.

has it been a bit frustrating then, waiting to find out whether you've got it or not? yes, very frustrating, because i know — i know the hospital is busy, even at this relatively early point, things are really hotting up. i know that my colleagues need me and it is quite frustrating being sat here at home when i know i could be at work and i need to be at work. and from the prime minister in isolation, while he recovers from his own covid—19 infection, a letter to every uk household this week, urging people to observe the guidelines to stay at home and protect the nhs. new hospitals, more testing, an immense effort is now under way to try and shore up the health service for what lies ahead. president trump says he's considering quarantining new york and two neighbouring states for a fortnight to try to slow the spread of the virus. but new york's governor criticised the idea and questioned whether it could even be enforced. new york has recorded more than 52,000 cases and over 700 deaths. here's our north america

editorjon sopel. mr president! donald trump broke his own self—quarantine today to leave the white house for the first time in a couple of weeks to travel to the us naval base in norfolk, virginia where sailors have been preparing the hospital ship comfort to sail to new york. but on the quayside, the president made clear he was considering dramatic new measures. i am now considering and will make a decision very quickly, very shortly, a quarantine, because it's such a hot area of new york, newjersey and connecticut. we'll be announcing that one way or the other, fairly soon. there's no doubt that the tri—state area of new york, new jersey and connecticut have been the worst affected, with about half the coronavirus cases in the whole of the us. but the new york governor seemed blindsided by this. i don't even know what

that. . .what that means. i don't know how that could be legally enforceable. and from a medical point of view, i don't know what you would be accomplishing. but i can tell you, ijust...| don't even like the sound of it. not even understanding what it is, i don't like the sound of it. donald trump promises he'll make a decision on this quickly, but how would a quarantine be enforced and by whom? it's one thing for beijing to ordered the people's liberation army to forcibly shut down wuhan, but three of the most populous states in america? that would be some undertaking. that's for the future. the most immediate concern is to get the urgently needed medical resources to new york to deal with the crisis now. this ship will arrive in the next couple of days. not a moment too soon. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's speak to our correspondent peter bowes in los angeles.

it seems that the president is somewhat at odds with what he thinks should happen in new york state compared with the governor there. they are on very different pages over this. they disagree on quite a lot, but certainly there is a tremendous amount of agreement about this idea that the president floated that there should be a quarantine imposed on new york state and connecticut and new jersey on new york state and connecticut and newjersey to try to curb the spread of coronavirus. the president says he is concerned about the number of people travelling out of new york and specifically mention florida, potentially carrying the virus with them. there is no argument that new york is indeed the epicentre of the pandemic in the united states, but there is a lot of disagreement over how to contain that. and the governor of the state saying that he disagrees with it, that it wouldn't work... it would cause a lot of chaos and there is a

legal question mark about how it would be enforced. generally it would be enforced. generally it is down to states and local government to enforce laws and to try to stop the spread of this disease. if something like a government imposed, trump administration impose a quarantine would be brought in, that would suggest that the army perhaps would be brought into control the borders, which would be an unprecedented quite extraordinary situation to see in the united states. another situation that has been developing in another state, rhode island, they are now enforcing a rule where people that come into the state from new york have to go into quarantine for 1h days and the police have been brought in to check on cars with license plates from new york, stopping those cars and telling those people that they have to go into self isolation. that is equally controversial with them. with the governor of new york saying if it continues, he plans to sue the state of rhode

island. peter, for the moment, thank you very much. more than 10,000 people have now died in italy. 898 people have died in the past 2a hours alone. hospitals in the north of the country are in desperate need for protective equipment, as well as more staff. jean mackenzie reports from rome. a lifeline lands in lombardy. converted into a mobile hospital, this morning the german military flew critically ill patients from italy's worst—hit region to hospitals around germany. italy's outbreak has been so concentrated in the north that hospitals are struggling to cope. doctor constantinez was one of the first to be overwhelmed. in my town, the situation is a bit improving. i think we are a couple of weeks ahead of the rest of lombardy, so we now are on the plateau of the curve of the new covid infections.

at first, it was beds and ventilators in short supply, but now, it's people. nurses and doctors. because we have some free beds inside our hospitals, we could use for patients, but we don't have any more nurses 01’ doctors. today, italy has reached a sobering milestone. more than 10,000 people dead after nearly 900 more deaths were recorded since yesterday. there is some hope here. the rate of new infections has slowed over the past week, an indication that this lockdown, which began nearly three weeks ago, is starting to work. but italians are wary of being too hopefuljust yet, with the number of deaths still coming so fast. but the government's medical researchers say these recent deaths don't mean italy isn't making progress. these people got the infection two or three weeks ago, so this is an image

of italy some weeks ago. how many days away from the peak do you think that we are? we are expecting that the peak will be in the next days. these days will now be critical in determining whether italy has managed to change the course of this cruel epidemic. jean mckenzie, bbc news, rome. the number of people killed by the coronavirus in spain has risen sharply to nearly 5,700. the country's prime minister has ordered all nonessential workers to stay at home for two weeks from monday. spain currently has the second—highest number of fatalities in the world after italy. the husband of british—iranian charity worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe says her temporary leave from prison in tehran has been extended by two weeks. the 41—year—old was released from evin prison on 17 march because of the coronavirus outbreak.

richard ratcliffe said his father—in—law received the news of the extension when he went to the prosecutors 0ffice. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was jailed in 2016 on spying charges that she has always denied. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: russians are told to stay at home as the government announces a partial shutdown, but not everyone is prepared to listen. the accident that happened here was of the sort that canada west produced a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the public of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban

smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many brazilians wished it had never been built. the isil tower bother that they have been marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent. this this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the number of deaths in the uk from the coronavirus rises to more than 1,000. in the united states, donald trump says he is considering putting new york into other states under quarantine to prevent the spread. let's stay with the situation in the united states. lisa gualtieri alford

is a photographer who lives in the fresh meadows neighbourhood of queens, the worst—hit neighbourhood in new york city. she told me more about life under lockdown there. everything seems to be very quiet, you know? everybody is trying to abide by the lockdown orders. most people, anyway. i have been doing my party stands out as much as possible, just going out for the essentials that we need. there are a lot of lines going into stores as they try to keep space to encourage people to practise social distancing, but there are anti— shelves inside as well. we're just our best to get through this and do our pa rt get through this and do our part to stop the spread. what you describe sounds familiar to us you describe sounds familiar to us here as well. your husband has been designated as an essential worker. why is that?

my essential worker. why is that? my husband is an appliance repair technician. he works in nasser county, and that is considered one of the essential services to make sure that people's appliances can work so that they are able to stay home and have their refrigerators and have their refrigerators and ovens and other essential appliances working. but he has to go into people's homes. that poses a risk for him. how well protected is he? his company has been doing their best to supply personal protective equipment. they have been trying to send masks and gloves and sanitising products, so he was waiting for them to come in this week and then go back to work on monday and hopefully have everything he needs to stay safe. what is your view of how well america is being led through this crisis? and new york, for that matter, in

particular. because there seems to bea particular. because there seems to be a mismatch between how feasible the governor thinks a total lockdown, quarantine, would be in new york city, which is what donald trump says he is considering. yes, so i know that cuomo has generally been against a full quarantine, because i think it is really difficult to lockdown a city the size of new york and especially since you would need the cooperation of the surrounding areas. so i know that the governor has been doing a really awesome job trying to, you know, get eve ryo ne trying to, you know, get everyone order to stay home, get hospital set up, you know, as far as get hospital set up, you know, as farasa get hospital set up, you know, as far as a quarantine, i don't know if it would work at this point, because a lot of people have left the city and gone to, you know, small towns, or other areas, a lot of people have gone down to florida to try to get out of the city. lisa gualtieri alford speaking to us

from queens in new york. let's get some of the day's other coronavirus news. the stormont executive in northern ireland has agreed tough new measures to limit people's movements during the pandemic. the regulations give the authorities the power to close business premises and ban people from leaving their homes without a reasonable excuse. fines of up to £5,000 or over $6,000 will be issued to those found to be in breach of the rules. people living in ghana's two biggest cities are being ordered to stay at home for two weeks. residents in the capital, accra, as well as kumasi will only be allowed out to buy food or medicine. portugal has announced that it will approve all applications for legal residence by migrants, because of a backlog of cases made worse by the coronavirus. all asylum seekers who've begun their applications will now be eligible for resident status. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has thanked the people in her country for their generally exemplary conduct in lockdown. but she warned that the daily infection rate gave no grounds for loosening restrictions. she said the number of infections was doubling every five and a half days,

which already represented progress. with the uk lockdown restrictions still in place, police forces across the country have the power to issue fines if people are flouting the rules. it seems that people are broadly complying with them. both humberside and lincolnshire police have thanked the public for only making essentialjourneys. phillip norton reports: bridlington seafront on a saturday afternoon. silence... ..even seals. the message to stay at home here looks to be getting through. the same in skegness, which reported bank holiday—like conditions last weekend... more deserted streets and beaches. further afield, a sign of the times in the peak district, but one the public are taking on board. last weekend, lincolnshire's police and crime commissioner made an urgent appeal

for day—trippers to stop. today, he's glad tighter restrictions appear to be working. it's really good to see the beaches being so empty in contrast to last weekend. what we need now are people to heed the guidance, notjust now but into the future, and i appreciate that's going to get harder as the weather warms up, when easter comes, but people are doing the right thing today to keep themselves and their families safe. we just need them to keep doing that for the longer term good of the society and community around them. here in hull, like everywhere, the streets are quiet on what would have been a busy shopping day, but humberside police have issued a warning to members of the public to be on their guard against scams after two men posing as police officers tried to stop a motorist and charge them an on the spot fine for nonessential travel near beverley at a fake checkpoint. the force said it's currently not stopping people at checkpoints under the coronavirus legislation and is urging the public to check police identification. officers are out patrolling and say social distancing

measures are improving. now is not the time to go and spend time with your family at the beaches. now is the time to observe social isolation and think of others. but i have to say, overwhelmingly, we are starting to see people comply with these rules. this is the new normal, for now, as the country battles to stop the spread of coronavirus. philip norton, bbc news, hull. the royal mint is to manufacture up to 4,000 medical visors per day to help protect nhs staff from coronavirus. engineers, who are used to working on coins and related

machinery, developed a successful prototype in 48 hours and the first visors are already in use at a hospital in wales. production is now moving to 2a hours a day, seven days a week at the royal mint‘s south wales site and the team is aiming to increase this to 4,000 per day from tuesday. a partial shutdown has come into effect in russia — with bars, restaurants, parks and entertainment venues shut across the country in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. according to government statistics, russia has a relatively low number of infections so far, although many believe the official figures don't tell the full story. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. at times, it felt like just another saturday in moscow. but today was anything but normal. the park by the kremlin, usually packed, was empty. the iconic red square department store shut. all cafes a nd restau ra nts in russia, too. to slow the spread of coronavirus, russians are being asked to stay off the streets, but not everybody is listening. speaking russian.

"they've exaggerated the danger," nikolai says, "i'm not scared of anything." moscow says everyone over 65 must stay at home. hard to enforce, but the restrictions have reduced the crowds. until very recently, the kremlin were saying that everything here is under control and that, in fact, there is no coronavirus epidemic in russia. now, shops are closing, flights in and out of the country are suspended, and people are being urged to stay at home. it's a mixed message which is causing confusion. so is some of the coverage on russian tv. a deadly virus risks becoming a source of entertainment. but the illness is spreading here. we were allowed to film this moscow medical facility, re—purposed for coronavirus cases. hospitals across the city are preparing for a flood of patients.

this week, moscow's mayor told president putin the situation in the capital was serious, and he admitted there were far more cases of coronavirus here than official figures had been suggesting. choral singing. and yet, despite the danger of infection, the churches remain open. no social distancing here. they want to be close to god. it's impossible to get infected in a church because it is a holy place, she says. she's a doctor. more restrictions are expected, possibly a full lockdown, to protect russia. a man who had been due to take pa rt a man who had been due to take part in the london marathon

next month has run the 26.2 miles in his back garden. the event has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic but that has not put off 36—year—old james page. he completed 873 laps of his lawn in sidcup, in kent, before crossing a finish line — wait for it, it's worth it, i promise — made by his son from toilet roll. the spanish football league, la liga, has hosted a virtual music festival to lift spirits and to raise much needed funds for the country's medical supplies. this # esperar, esperar...# big names in music, and also footballers like barcelona's gerard pique and real madrid captain sergio ramos, joined the show. many of the footballers shared their tips to get

through the coronavirus lockdown, while artists performed songs from the comfort of their own homes. don't forget there is more on the coronavirus and how people are trying to tackle it on our website. this is bbc news. hello. as far as the clocks are concerned, sunday is the first day of british summertime. not so for the weather. in fact it is going to feel more like winter. it will be cold, particularly when we factor in the strength of the wind and there will be a few wintry showers around as well. having said that, high pressure is not too far away, sitting to the north—west of the british isles. quite strong high pressure actually. so there will be a lot of dry weather around. but the flow of the air ina around. but the flow of the air in a clockwise direction means that we are bringing the winds from the north or north—east, and brisket that, bringing cold hour our way. there will be some showers throughout the day. wintry showers in the north and the east over high ground, mainly low in low

levels. a lot of dry weather around. some spells of sunshine, large amounts of cloud as well. but the wind will be noticeable in england and wales with gusts of a0 miles an hour for some spots, up miles an hour for some spots, up to 50 miles an hourfor miles an hour for some spots, up to 50 miles an hour for some eastern and southern coasts. that is windy for northern ireland and scotland, but still breezy. temperatures on the thermometer between five and 10 degrees. factoring in the wind, this is what it will feel like. for some it will feel not much better than freezing. going through sunday night we will continue to see a lot of cloud working its way down from the north. i think the increasing chance of seeing showers into northern and eastern areas. some of these wintry over high ground. but at low levels mostly rain showers. at this stage, it might not be as chilly. still a frost for some of us on monday morning, but generally speaking monday should feel a little less cold, partly because the winds will bea partly because the winds will be a little later. yes it will still be breezy but not as windy. some showers in northern

and eastern dublin, northern england, maybe is well throughout the day. but temperatures up just a touch, between nine and 11. as the high—pressure slides away slightly westwards into tuesday, we will bring the air from a different place, the air coming more from the atlantic. so not quite as cold on tuesday. large amounts of cloud bubbling up through the day. there will be one or two showers. those temperatures again between nine and 11 degrees. as we look deeper into the coming week, our area of high not too far away, but like later in the week no pressure will develop to the north. that will develop to the north. that will david sway into the north—east of the uk, and that will bring another plunge of cold air into northernmost areas. perhaps some rain, perhaps sleet and snow in the high areas. but it will turn milder and will stay mostly dry.

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the uk has recorded its highest number of deaths linked to the coronavirus in a single day. 260 people have died in the past 2a hours, bringing the total to more than 1,000. this, as officials warn that social distancing restrictions must be kept in place. the number of coronavirus—related deaths in the us has surged past 2,000, doubling within just two days. a quarter of the deaths are in new york state. president trump says he's considering putting new york and two other states under quarantine to slow the spread of the virus. italy has become the first country in which more than 10,000 people have died of the coronavirus. the economy minister says europe will need a great learn to relaunch its economy after the pandemic similarto its economy after the pandemic similar to the scheme funded rebuilding after the second world war. this is bbc news. now on bbc news, hardtalk.