cheers for the nhs! all care homeworkers and our fellow this is bbc news with vetera ns! the latest financial headlines homeworkers and our fellow for viewers in the uk veterans! separate! separate! and around the world. the sell—off continues. —— hip—hip hooray!! hip—hip us markets slump again, as dire this is bbc news, with hooray!! hip—hip —— hip—hip hooray!! hip—hip warnings about the pandemic the latest headlines hooray! ! hip—hip hooray! ! for viewers in the uk jonathan beale, bbc news. from president trump spook investors and around the world. plus, furloughs and food banks. weekly figures set to confirm 5,000 americans have millions more americans out now died from covid—19. we have the latest in a minute. the latest figures issued of work. with a warning that the country could be on the same to stay with us. hello. trajectory as italy. 0ur weather is about to do together, we have the power a 180—degree turn in to save countless lives. the next few days. we are attacking the virus for the end of this week, at every front, with social it's going to feel chilly distancing, economic support. and there will be some frosty starts. come the weekend, it starts to warm up quite dramatically, but it will get quite windy on sunday as well. france and spain have both here's why — at the moment, hello, and welcome to audiences registered their worst daily in the uk and around the world. we're on the tail end of one we're covering all the latest death rates, but in italy, area of low pressure, coronavirus developments fatalities drop to the lowest moving into northerly here in britain and globally. figure in nearly a week. or north—westerly winds for thursday or friday, the british government and then come the weekend, is facing increasing criticism we switch around to southerly over its failure to roll or south—westerlies as an area of low pressure squeezes in from the west. we start with the markets, out widespread testing because after the worst quarter in the midst of all this, for wall street since 1987 — there's high pressure, for the coronavirus as the which is essentially keeping the selling has continued. death—rate continues to climb. things relatively calm and largely dry. they're used to fighting the dow, s&p and nasdaq in wars — now the chelsea some weak weather fronts pensioners take up their fight

sliding down across the uk all lost close to a.5% on thursday, but coming in behind this weak cold front, on wednesday, after comments against the virus. you guessed it, colder air. from president trump and new york governor quite gusty winds across the board, but particularly andrew cuomo suggesting for shetland — up to the coronavirus crisis is set 70mph at times today. to worsen in the us. and the temperature profile the losses on financial markets behind me gives you some indicator ofjust how far south has continued in asia. the colder air will have worked its way through thursday afternoon. let's talk to sharanjit through the remainder leyl now in singapore. hello, and welcome to audiences of thursday into friday, that cold air floods right give us the lowdown. investors in the uk and around the world. the way across the uk. the isobars open up we're covering all the latest a little bit. lighter winds, especially coronavirus developments took heed of the warning from here in britain and globally. across the northern half of the uk, will mean donald trump of a painful two a frosty start to friday, particularly across scotland, weeks ahead, quite literally making it a painful day on wall first, it's another difficult milestone but also for parts of northern for the united states — england and northern ireland. street as you said, and for confirmation that more but here's some good than 5,000 people have now died sunshine from the get—go. asian markets today as well, look out for some wintry because of covid—19, showers, though, perhaps even most of which are trading lower down to lower levels at times — although we're not seeing the with more than 200,000 known that's just how cold the air degree of that wall street to have been infected. will be, could even get the odd around half of those experienced. take a look at are in new york state. thundery shower as well. florida has become to the south, a bit japanese stocks, they are the latest state to issue more cloud around. falling for a fourth straight a stay at home order. the biggest difference, though, is the way things will feel — president trump insists temperatures just session, investors really the united states continues 6 or 7 degrees spooked by a record high on the to wage all out war across northern scotland. number of japan's new confirmed on the coronavirus. 0ur north america correspondent there's that high still hanging around there. cases, 2a3 people tested 0n we go into saturday. the clear skies overnight friday into saturday positive on wednesday, bringing

the total to nearly 3000, tokyo could make for a chilly start stocks ending the morning down, in southern parts of the uk, peter bowes reports. but there should be some good sunshine on saturday several others to that a lower stopping interestingly sydney and with the low starting shared more than two ten, the to approach, albeit quite a way away towards the west, first big decline of australian we flip that wind direction round to a southerly. the new reality, drive—through stocks this week and that is testing for the coronavirus in relatively light on saturday, miami. florida is the latest after the reserve bank of state where people have in butjust starting to lift our australia said they expect the temperatures back up into crisis to continue beyond june. order to stay at home as the double figures across scotland. here's the really big change, though, number of cases rise steeply. as that low closes scott morrison announced yet your centre is still the in for sunday. more help for australians epicentre of the outbreak in the isobars squeeze together, the us. here, the restrictions that wind is going to get today, offering would you on movement have been taken pretty strong, butjust look believe, free childcare to further with playgrounds shut how the mild air works its way about 1 down. health workers in the believe, free childcare to about1 million believe, free childcare to all the way north about 1 million families, across the uk. believe, free childcare to about1 million families, and thatis city say they are completely about1 million families, and that is as the government tries to step up efforts to question the impact of the virus. is overwhelmed as they fight the temperatures are set to leap rapid spread of the virus. widely in the mid—teens i think that the sector is expected to across scotland, and we could receive nearly $1 billion over hospitals are running out of even see up to 20 degrees the coming three months in medication, some don't have possibly in the protective gear for bath or taxpayer subsidies. bear in south—east of england. 00:03:38,363 --> 2147483051:38:33,896 still hasjust over 2,000 2147483051:38:33,896 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 confirmed cases and 57 deaths. family members of patients that come to the hot. we are running mind australia has among the out of medication and equipment biggest and boldest stimulus and even oxygen which is package as a percentage of its something that patients who gdp, the total amount of have covid—19 need. stimulus stands atjust over 16% of gross domestic product, something that patients who have covid-19 need. piles of emergency equipment and but the government obviously protective clothing are running think it is warranted as the low. there are reports the pandemic is expected to tap federal government and individual state are competing australia into its first for supplies and a marketplace recession and almost 30 years.

right with profiteering and price gouging. president trump those announcements of stimulus packages did theirjob, they are not doing it so much now says supplies are being sent stopping thank you very much direct to hospitals by indeed for bringing us right up manufacturers, and there will to soon be a surplus of there could be more bad ventilated. we will fairly soon news from the us economy in the coming hours, be ata weeklyjob figures are expected to show another big jump ventilated. we will fairly soon be at a point where we will have far more than we can use in the number of people out of work. even after we stockpile for last week a record 3.25 million americans some future catastrophe which filed for unemployment we hope doesn't happen. we're insurance. going to be distributing them, and there are fears this week's the extras around the world, we number could be substantially higher. will go italy, france, spain from brooklyn, new york, which is very hard hat. america samira hussain reports. is also unusually on the receiving end of humanitarian is thejob aid from russia after a phone is the job losses in america call between president trump continue to soar, so to do the and president putin, medical lines that food banks, like supplies including ventilators this one in brooklyn. staff we re supplies including ventilators were dispatched to new york stopping the us has breast were make ready to go bags of food a wave of coronavirus cases on items that can be distributed quickly and safely. in just one a wave of coronavirus cases on a scale similar to italy with up a scale similar to italy with up to a scale similar to italy with uptoa a scale similar to italy with up to a quarter of a million deaths. closing down flights day, 25% of all these parcels we re day, 25% of all these parcels were picked up by new clients, between certain cities is being considered and the us government is reviewing its people who have never come to advice on the use of facemasks. this food bank before, and that

number is expect to grow. it even a scarf used as a mask could help according to the just as a reminder of how much ofan impact just as a reminder of how much of an impact is going to have president, his tone becoming more sombre every day. we are economically. we have a couple going to have a couple of weeks of working people who have come starting pretty much now but by, they have been furloughed. especially a few days from now that are going to be horrific. a teacher who was working part—time has been furloughed, but even in the most so now part—time has been furloughed, so now she is in a position challenging of times, americans where she needs to have that do not despair, we do not give extra food. the scene is into fiat. we pull together, we repeating itself across the persevere and we overcome and country at an alarming rate. we win copy facing some of its just look at the number of cars waiting to get into a food bank darkest days, america hungers down for the long haul. in pennsylvania. it didn't open peter bowes is our north america correspondent, until midday but people began and we can talk to him now. queueing hours earlier. to understand why america's food the language in your court with banks are suddenly swung, look no further than this business president from talking about it in brooklyn. brian smith runs being horrific, painful, it is this ice cream shop and just an increasingly gloomy picture laid off 100 people. telling with no particular strands of positivity to offer. you are the employees, that is the ha rd est the employees, that is the hardest thing. my wife and i built this business out of absolutely right, you can't nothing, she was a new york

paint this and any positive way city public school teacher and really that things are going to get worse, as we have just been i was screenwriter. we put our heart and into this, we have hearing from president who bases what he says largely from two kids, heart and into this, we have two - kids, we two little kids, we know the people losing theirjobs is what has scientific advisors are saying to him, the squad everything. overnight, the country's economy has ground to that he has got behind him at a halt. stores have closed, those news conferences, the restau ra nts a halt. stores have closed, scientist projecting that the restaurants are shot shut and trajectory in the united states the average american worker has could indeed be as bad as no idea what happens next. i've been working in restaurants italy, that is what the data that they were 16 years old and suggest, that it could be all of the restaurants and bars almost a quarter of a million are closed so there's not a lot people dying over the next few of openings for someone with my weeks. can either get a sense background. probably try to as to how that is being write it out. all my friends perceived across the country, because we saw a lot of are laid off, we are all in the pictures and heard a lot of same position. economic reports about the younger connections paint a dire generation's attitude at certain points being like, this picture, the west is still to come. so in addition to dealing is not my problem, carrying on getting out there and having a with potential illness, millions of americans will have good time, has that gone?” to co nte nt millions of americans will have to content with months if not yea rs of to content with months if not years of financial hardship. think that has largely gone. samira hussian, bbc news, new there is a little bit of that york. john quelch is dean still left and certainly i was of the herbert business school listening to officials and not at the university of miami in florida.

angela's earlier talking about he is also a former the fact that some people still professor of health policy seem at harvard university. the fact that some people still seem to be ignoring the guidelines of social isolation thank you very much indeed for because they feel healthy, joining us. ijust wonder, as whereas in fact they could have we wait to get these jobless the virus and they could be capable of spreading it to figures again today, how bad could the west to be? how many people, a false sense of unemployed do you think there may be at the end of this? security if you like. so they are trying to get through to everyone. no matter how you there are various models, but it looks like it could rise as feel physically you need to stay at home stopping the other high as 20 million filing thing that occurs to me, you unemployment claims. as you hear from people in said, 3.3 million failed last thing that occurs to me, you hearfrom people in social media the frustration and week. we probably expect that unease that people feel simply number to be exceeded this about being at home, dealing with the children, we are hearing in los angeles that the week, but overall, as this schools will be closed for even virus rolls around the united longer than some people have states, we could end up with as period, that the qualities of high as 20 million filing the everyday situation that people find themselves in, unemployment claims. it is a never mind the gloom and the staggering number. if we have looming problem that could go that many on unemployment claims, what does that mean in on for many months and could terms of business shutdowns? we result in so many. the social have to look ahead to how the economy picks up again but you realities of working from home kick and after a matter of days can only really work that out

when you know how much of the not weeks, certainly. just one economy did. torment might be a other point, mike pence drawing the analogy to italy's better term, let's hope it is situation, we report daily on dormant rather than did. much the figures, it is a desperate depends on the speed with which we reach the peak in terms of situation, is that recognised across the us, do you think, confirmed cases and infections, when mike pence says it could and the speed with which be the way italy has gone?” treatments, vaccines, and think it is recognised. there testing kits become available enough for us to work down from isa think it is recognised. there is a tremendous amount of news that peak. i would suggest that coverage and it is all anyone is talking about, and i think a lot of people are painfully the second quarter is pretty aware that there is a much bigger problem, at least it has much shot. a big question mark been bigger up until now in europe with countries like italy and spain, the uk to a around the third quarter, whether or not we will see a large extent, people understand big rebound in the third that and see that developing, quarter or whether or not we andi that and see that developing, will still be fighting the and i think therefore they are taking these warnings more seriously when they hear that virus and will lose effectively these projection are based on another quarter, which would mean the us would be reopening these projection are based on the scientific models that this country is going in the same for business around labour day. from where we stand at the direction and the experts there have been saying that for a few moment, it is difficult to find

weeks and people are now seeing a positive, isn't it? president it happen. peter, thank you trump has talked about an very much indeed. reflecting on infrastructure bell, it could bea infrastructure bell, it could be a huge stimulus package. do what is going on across europe, you think that is the sort of and let's do that for you now measure that will have to come and let's do that for you now and give you some of the latest figures as well. in to play to essentially the continent includes reignite hopes and opportunities to get the the world's two highest death economy going again? certainly. tolls — italy and spain — and millions of people are living under strict lockdown conditions. the government has to throw the uk and france are also pretty much everything and the seeing increasingly sharp kitchen sink at this problem, increases in the number of fatalities. rich preston has this report. there is no room for half measures here. infrastructure has long been on the table in the us as being that needs 0fficials officials in italy announced yesterday that for the third upgrading, and obviously we are day and a row, there had been a slowdown in the rate of talking here about notjust infections. the country remains putting asphalt on roadways but the worst hit by the virus with more than 13,000 deaths. but, also high—tech infrastructure and building out the 5g authorities hope the slowing network, for example, so this rate of infections means italy is definitely an area where the is over the worst of it and can government will look to exert now try to get back on its some fiscal stimulus. thank you feet. 0n now try to get back on its very much indeed. feet. on wednesday, spain saw another sharp rise in the number of people being killed let's get some of

by the virus, 86a people. the the day's other news. national death toll is now more than 9000. the whole country british airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36,000 staff following negotiations remains under strict lockdown. with unions, having grounded much of its fleet. streets in the capital madrid none are expected to be made reduntant, and those affected would normally be buzzing with are likely to receive tourists and people going about some of their wages through the government's job retention scheme, their jobs, tourists and people going about theirjobs, but it is like a which covers 80% of salary ghost town. streets deserted stopping the landscape angiography of some countries capped at a maximum pose a particular challenge in of £2,500 a month. scotland, medical emergencies in the remote highlands and islands normally means evacuation by air, the scottish ambulance service has acquired nearly a million people in the uk have applied these. isolation units designed for universal credit benefits since march 16th, to keep both patient and medics around ten times the number of claims normally received in a 2—week period. safely separated in otherwise cramped conditions. the issue in france has been where to treat. the number of cases and the figures show the massive increase in demand on britain's benefit system since fatalities is rising. now more the government urged people to avoid non—essential travel and contact with others to curb than 3500 with many hospitals the spread of the coronavirus. overwhelmed copy hundreds of patients have had to be lamborghini, the luxury sports car manufacturer, transported to other areas, has joined the race some even to neighbouring to produce coronovirus masks. germany, switzerland and luxembourg. for the first time, the italian factory in bologna

say they hope to produce 5,000 a high—speed train was masks a week converted to a hospital on for hospitals nearby. and machinists who normally tracks, kitted out with medical produce hand—made shirts equipment and transporting in padova are using excess covid—19 patients from paris to material to make everyday the western city of brest. in masks for the public to protect themselves at work or the supermarket. some places the pressure on healthcare workers has become too much. they have been complaining about a lack of let's turn to the music industry now, protective men, hundreds of medical professionals have because the coronavirus caught the disease and now many pandemic has seen a huge part of its business wiped out, have resigned. they say they with festivals gigs and tours wa nt to have resigned. they say they want to help patients but only cancelled all over the world. if it is safe for them to do so. rich preston, bbc news. let's get some of earlier this week, though, artists including elton john, billie eilish and sam smith the day's other news. performed from their living rooms for a us fundraising the state government concert broadcast on fox television. in western australia is threatening to take over a german cruise liner it's just part of an that is refusing to leave unpredecented move online the port of fremantle. there are several cases of for the music business the coronavirus on the artania, with virtual festivals and gigs coming up over the next and at least a0 people from the ship are in hospital. the authorities fear that more coronavirus infections among weeks and months. the a50 crew members still onboard would put added pressure on australian i'm nowjoined by stephen budd who has been managing music hospitals. artists and producers

the philippine president, since the 1980s. rodrigo duterte, has given thank you very much forjoining new orders to police and the military, allowing us. them to shoot violent thank you very much forjoining us. ijust wonder what protesters while emergency thank you very much forjoining us. i just wonder what you make, we can look at elton measures against the john's living room experience coronavirus are in place. and that of the great excess, it follows a protest, organised by a left—wing group, over food distribution how far can this go, though? in manila. many parts of the country are in partial lockdown to try to prevent further spread of the virus. 70,000 people have already been detained for violating the regulations. think the music industry is moving online wholeheartedly during this period. artists are embracing this and they are very creative people naturally, the prime minister, and they are working out ways boris johnson, has promised they can be productive of from to increase the testing of their living rooms. there is an health workers for coronavirus after being heavily criticised over his government's handling of the crisis. awful lot of activity so far, only 2,000 out of 500,000 frontline nhs workers in england have been happening, that was one tested with ministers blaming a shortage of chemicals. here's dan johnson. particular online experience, but over the weekend there was the twitch festival, where artists around the globe quite job... performed for over 18 hours, quitejob... the prime hundreds of artists came minister, isolating after together. artists are doing testing positive himself, couldn't have been clearer.” wa nt to living room shows from their couldn't have been clearer.” want to stay a special word about testing because it is so bedrooms, from their houses.

important and as i have said four weeks and weeks, this is let me put it this way, though. the way through. this is how we they can do these things now, will unlock the coronavirus puzzle, this is how we will there's an appetite it now. defeat it in the end. nhs staff there is a fundraising element have been queueing around the which of course people will buy block to get tested to see if into at the moment. can you, they are safe to go back to crudely speaking, work, but this isjust commercialised that? artists they are safe to go back to work, but this is just a trail. are going to have to find ways we are still way behind some other countries and the government's own ambition to of generating money, because their tours have been reach 25,000 tests a day. this cancelled, festivals have been cancelled, festivals have been cancelled around the globe or hospital in cambridge is the postponed to next year, so first to try a new bedside there is a massive, massive drop of income across the music testing machine, which gives results and an hour and a half business, not just for drop of income across the music business, notjust for artists instead of a holiday and it can but also for artists managers, road crew, the venues have be reused, potentially a real game changer. turning repeated shut, will those venues be opening again in september? promises into actual test this is a big question we have results as a challenge facing to ask ourselves. everyone is the health secretary matt thinking september will be the time that this is over, but hancock after he gets back to artists have to find ways of his death with morning. getting sustaining themselves between enough personal protective now and then so people are thinking of creative ways of equipment to frontline medical doing that. there are ways of staff as the other key issue people being able to do shows

stopping increasing testing and charge small micro fees, i capacity is absolutely the government's top priority. we are now at 10,000 tests a day, saw one the other day where it we are rolling out additional was $1 per show, but a lot of networks of labs and testing sites and in terms of phd, of artists are doing things, the last few weeks 390 million trivium intend to stream pre—recorded shows they have products have been distributed, and of course we will continue done, there is an artist called to do more. -- phe the figures reached new highs each day, 563 people died in the last 2a el divine who was going on a hours. across the uk, the virus little virtual tour and a guy has now claimed 2352 lives. and called code 0range little virtual tour and a guy called code orange is live streaming on twitch and ended the economic impact is also unyielding. in the last up streaming on twitch and ended up trending globally so there isa up trending globally so there is a lot of this kind of activity. people out there fortnight, nearly1 trying to make things work. you unyielding. in the last fortnight, nearly 1 million people claimed universal credits. ten times the number for a normal two week period. started life as a roadie, will that life return do you think, after a ll airlines have suffered and that life return do you think, after all of this, or is this british airways is now close to a deal that will mean 80% of really so transformational we have to look at a different world ? its staff, that's 36,000 cabin have to look at a different world? i think is a mixture of crew, ground staff and head both. yes, think that live office workers, going unpaid. music is going to be the thing they are not being made that brings brings people back together again. i'm involved in redundant but they will rely on the government paying most of a music festival in south korea their wages until planes can

fly again. coming together like at the border called the dmc this feels precious in these peace train festival, that is scheduled to happen injune and strange disjointed days, so the korean government are tonight it will happen again. a saying they want this to go ahead in korea because this show of strength and support will be the first major for nhs workers, medics and regrouping of people over there carers, some we now know giving after coronavirus, and the un their lives to this relentless, exhausting and deadly virus. global creative callout which dan johnson, bbc news. has been happening, the un have this is bbc news. put a call out for artists to a reminder of the headlines: 5,000 americans have now died from covid—19. get involved in spreading the the latest figures issued with a warning that the country message about coronavirus, i think we are all looking at could be on the same different ways to move forward trajectory as italy. in this new reality. and we france and spain have both will look out for that south registered their worst daily korean date as well. thank you death rates, but in italy, fatalities drop to the lowest very much forjoining us. figure in nearly a week. the coronavirus outbreak has thrown many things up in the air, and that includes people's careers. thousands of people have lost theirjobs as society japan is one country that has, up until now, appeared to buck goes into isolation. for some, it's meant the global trend on a dramatic change ofjobs to make ends meet. coronavirus transmission. many are looking for work in supermarkets, 2.5 months after recording which have a sudden its first case, the country need for new employees still hasjust over 2,000 to meet soaring demand. we've been speaking to two

confirmed cases and 57 deaths. women who've done just that. there has been no lockdown and japan is not carrying hello! it is my first day and out large—scale testing. but in the last week, cases in tokyo have begun induction here at sainsbury‘s. to rise rapidly, leading to fears the world's most populous megacity may it has been duck hard, i don't be about to get hit by a major outbreak. like not working and i am from tokyo, rupert getting married in august so wingfield—hayes reports. panicking about money.” getting married in august so panicking about money. i have just finished my night shift, i have broken two nails, but the rice and pasta shells look this wingfield—hayes reports. was central tokyojust stunning. this wingfield—hayes reports. was central tokyo just a few this was central tokyo just a few days ago. no social distancing, certainly no lockdown. in the same street today. something has started to change here. it began last weekend with the city public parks. this behind me is the gate to a park in central tokyo, one of the city's biggest and most popular parks. normally on a saturday afternoon it would be at this time of year jammed afternoon it would be at this time of yearjammed with people holding parties, cherry blossom

parties, because the cherry blossom is coming into full when the virus struck, i was bloom. you can see now, though, off work, currently looking for work in commercial sales and i that the gate is closed with a sign saying it is close because wasn't having much luck.” of coronavirus. this has happened in the last 2a hours work in commercial sales and i wasn't having much luck. i am or so. used to periods being out of happened in the last 2a hours or so. tokyo is finally enforcing these measures to work, so when it all started to keep people out of public close down, i thought, it can't spaces. this was the same park all close down, and we are used a week earlier. it was pictures to the hustle. i am on some like these posted on the internet that prompted the ba bysitter to the hustle. i am on some babysitter apps, i thought i government to act. the prime can do that, and then all of a sudden everything is closed.” minister's chief medical adviser told me without a major p0p sudden everything is closed.” pop into tesco to do my shop and noticed the shelves were change in behaviour, tokyo could now be on the verge of a bare and ask if they had a job major outbreak. we are very going and had an opportunity fortu nate, major outbreak. we are very foran going and had an opportunity for an interview and i took it. fortunate, until today, we have my for an interview and i took it. my local sainsbury‘s was been able to avoid the worst looking for staff and a lot of case scenario. i think we are people working in sainsbury‘s are older and have to isolate. really at the crossroads unless it is mad to think there are japanese people or society as a loads of nhs workers out there. whole become very responsible it will not last forever. we to avoid places or events that are all on temporary contracts

and hopefully this pandemic ends at some point and we will be able to get back to the will put them at a high risk of infection, we may end up with a theatres and entertain everyone and cheer everyone up again, because that is what we do best. very serious situation. but tokyois very serious situation. but tokyo is still going to work on and good luck to them as well. this is bbc news. very crowded subway. shops and a reminder of the headlines: restau ra nts very crowded subway. shops and restaurants are still open. the 5,000 americans have now died from covid—19. the latest figures issued street knowledge of the danger with a warning that the country from covid—19 still seems could be on the same trajectory as italy. sketchy at best. france and spain have both translation: i do feel like it registered their worst daily death rates. but in italy, fatalities drop to the lowest figure is other people's problem, so in nearly a week. it is hard to imagine myself being infected with it. translation: i am going out to every day we are taking an in—depth look at one particular aspect of eat lunch. i have a meeting so the coronavirus pandemic as part of the i will be out until my time. coronavirus explained series. today we are focusing on iran, which is one japan is not doing large—scale of the hardest hit countries. we can get more now from my testing. fewer than 35,000 colleague yalda hakim who spoke people have been tested so far. to azadeh moaveni from the international crisis group and rana rahimpour speaking to me from king's couegein speaking to me from king's college in london, this professor told me the lack of from bbc persian. testing is leaving japan extremely vulnerable.” more than 3000 people are testing is leaving japan officially confirmed to have extremely vulnerable. i think japan is now in the explosive

died from the virus, but many phase,is japan is now in the explosive fear the real figures phase, is it going to spread? died from the virus, but many fear the realfigures are died from the virus, but many fear the real figures are far away. iran confirmed its first case just six weeks ago. now it and the potential growth of has officially reached more cases. don't assume japan than a7,000 cases. us sanctions have made it hard for a to and the potential growth of cases. don't assumejapan is exceptional. this is an epidemic, a pandemic. japan is import medicine and other medical supplies. the wh joe also at risk. the growth of has run diagnostic —— kits, infection. many in japan medicine in seven different shipments. european countries continued to claim that it is just delivered medical supplies, the first trade under different. it's culture of a mechanism set up to bypass us sanctions. last week's supreme cleanliness is keeping it safe from the virus, like these two leader said tehran would not —year—olds at kindergarten. the accept help from washington. i play time, it is daily hand washing class. such had may have helped to stop the flow of amjoint accept help from washington. i am joint from the international crisis group and bbc persian. the virus but they will not make japan the virus but they will not we spoke six weeks ago when makejapan immune. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in tokyo. eran first talked about its cases and even then as the we have to see if the worst is weeks have gone we have been still to come in tokyo. just to sceptical about the numbers coming out of iran. there are give you a little bit of perspective, we are approaching the point at which we will have many scientists and medical to talk about 2000 deaths from

officials and iranians mps as well and they believe the covid—19 and a million numbers are higher. infections, really very close in terms of the figures coming unfortunately it is very difficult to get a clearer in there, which is one of the regent —— reasons why the picture of what is going on in the country because even direct general of the health organisation is that he is newspapers are shut down at the deeply concerned about the rapid rise in number of cases moment because of the new year and he an international news holiday. but many scientists believe these numbers are not briefing the pandemic is currently growing correct but it is unclear exponentially. over the past whether iran doesn't have testing capabilities or whether five weeks we have witnessed a they are covering the true near exponential growth in the numbers. i will bring you in number of new cases, reaching why do you think iran has been so why do you think iran has been so slow to react? i think a lot almost every country, territory and area. of countries were quite slow to react. i think it did take a the number has more than doubled in the past week. substantial number of people getting sick before iran was, before it acknowledged the scale of the problem. 0n the in the next few days, other hand, i think we really we will reach one million have to acknowledge that iran confirmed cases is kind of constricted in the and 50,000 deaths. measures, severity of measures it affects everyone, doesn't that it can take to respond, and that is simply a reality. a big section of the population it? is reliant on daily labour,

syrian refugee camps they can't go to work, it can't across the middle east are bracing themselves put food on the table and for for the coronavirus pandemic. millions of people have been displaced by the 9—year iran to put the whole country conflict in syria, many ina quarantine iran to put the whole country in a quarantine or lockdown that we have here in the uk for of whom are in camps in the northern idlib province, jordan and lebanon. example would require the they are overcrowded with poor sanitation. government to be able to kinda carine torbey has been speaking put together a massive social safety net and establish that to some of the refugees. asa safety net and establish that as a poor people to make sure they can eat. the government is a new threat haunts millions simply not in a position to do that economically, so they have running from syria's brutal been trying to roll out incremental measures, slowdown travel and hinder interaction conflict. in aid gradual way short of shutting down the economy, which is not really in a position to do. the impact of the us sanctions is also being felt in a crisis like this. the sanctions are having an overwhelming and direct impact, and iran are simply not able to 0vercrowded camps now look use its own cash to buy almost deserted. for the medicines and equipment and moment, those in levin on, testing kits, as you are saying earlier on the international jordan and syria have escaped market. the sanctions put in place and even the humanitarian the pandemic. but for how long? channel that you mentioned put in place to allow eran to circumvent that, to the

they fled here six years ago. medicines it means has been they fled here six years ago. designed by the united states they are following instructions in such an owner is weight it from the lebanese authorities. hasn't been working up until they don't leave their camp now, so it is really only now u nless they don't leave their camp u nless necessary. they don't leave their camp unless necessary. he sent us this video on the border that the whole world public attention is focused on this between lebanon and syria. we pandemic that iran has been able to bring in, bring this reached out to him to avoid any issue to the fore and try and risk of contamination. get this, jumpstart this channel, germany, uk and france to get it to work. i am assuming that is your computer and not the doorbell! we will carry on. tell me about iran's healthcare system. we see the impactand healthcare system. we see the impact and pressure in western democracies and how they are struggling with this. on one hand, there is no doubt that the sanctions have been very overwhelming for the uranian un agencies are trying to help economy, but today the by handing out large water president said we don't have any shortages and we have rations and setting up isolation tents. they also enough beds, unlike european pledge to cover deaths and countries, unlike the west, so they are sending messages. 0n treatment. but here in one hand we have the north—western syria, it is a different story. there is no international community sending help, and on the other hand we

national authority in idlib to have the president saying everything is under control and co—ordinate response for the we don't have any shortage and hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians living in then we have hardliners who these overcrowded camps. local have prepared relief outages to send to the united states agencies are helping spread because they want to help the american and poor people. in awareness, but water is scarce and different inheritance are in short supply. —— the initial stage, iran was one disinfectants. of the countries alongside china and italy the thaw is one of the first countries impacted by this. help us understand the relationship between iran and china and why was all of sudden just weeks ago, much of idlib impact at the very early stage was a war zone. people here are of this corona crisis. that is an important background to still in fear of the shelling. this. we have two see that iran and now, they are also afraid public economy has been very ofa and now, they are also afraid of a new and different kind of isolated by us sanctions and china has been very key in death. enabling iran to stay economically afloat. that carine torbey, lebanon. strategic relationship has been there is one community for you. crucial for iran so shutting off and taking a harsh position let's have a look at another one now. the smart red tunics about china's initial reaction, of the chelsea pensioners are a familiar sight at events this had to be filtered into

like the lord mayor's show and wimbledon. the uranian government because but for the time being, like so many of us, they have -- iranian the uranian government because —— iranian government. it moved been confined to barracks. the bbc‘s defence correspondent from china to iran. i think jonathan beale was invited into the royal chelsea hospital to see how the army veterans, iran's vulnerability, who are no strangers to difficult times, are coping. politically, economically, are very much shadowed or shaded a home fit for heroes, but the the reaction. this question of vetera ns a re a home fit for heroes, but the vete ra ns a re you a home fit for heroes, but the veterans are you normally see walking in the grand iran's messaging, i think iran surroundings of the royal hospital, chelsea, are now certainly have managed some mostly in hiding. the familiar level of self—sufficiency because of sanctions, though it red tunics that brighten up hasn't had themes of people life and london won't be seen raiding supermarkets. shops are out in public this spring. like the rest of the country, they very much stopped and i think the government is trying to are in lockdown. and chelsea reassure people about that. on the international scene, it has a very unified message, which pensioners leo who served and fought for the country are now involved in a very different is that aid and planeload of battle. it is an unseen war one of help is not going to help iran be able to meet the againstan battle. it is an unseen war against an unseen enemy, but the enemy is there, it is a ongoing needs of 80 million people. it needs to be able to little virus, god help us all. use international banking system, sanctions need to be adjusted in a way that iran can if we don't go by a few simple meet the ongoing needs of its rules, home and mind our own business. so far they have had 80 million population in an ongoing way, and i think it has a few fall victim to this

potentially lethal virus. david been very direct and unified, pushing that. there you have it. an explanation as to why was one. after being in iran in every country has its own particular problems and isolation, the former grenadier guardsman now back on the mend challenges in dealing with the and back practising drill. coronavirus pandemic. 0f determined not to be defeated course, iran one of the earlier by this latest threat. do you countries to report a significant number of fatalities. i just want to show feel like you are a community you also on our website some fighting this together? oh, yes. we have strict regulations details, some references being on how to protect ourselves. brought up by the head of the 0bviously with so many elderly world health organization because we are very world health organization because we are very close to people here, a lot of them are reporting a million confirmed very vulnerable to this virus, infections of the coronavirus and it may coincide pretty so we very vulnerable to this virus, so we have to protect ourselves, and that is why we are on lockdown. they are used tightly with 50,000 fatalities as well. we will never cross it to discipline, though less to for you. new measures like meals on as well. we will never cross it foryou. —— we as well. we will never cross it for you. —— we will keep across their own. but with an average it for you. age of 82, the staff here feel it is now theirjob to protect hello. 0ur weather is about to do a 180—degree turn in those who have selflessly served their country. we have the next few days. for the end of this week, 300 old soldiers here. they it's going to feel chilly and there will be some frosty starts. have all served their country, come the weekend, it starts to warm up quite dramatically, but it will get quite over a0 served during the

windy on sunday as well. here's why — at the moment, second world war and they serve we're on the tail end of one in campaigns since then. they area of low pressure, have done their duty and it is moving into northerly our duty to look after them. or north—westerly winds for thursday or friday, and then come the weekend, we switch around to southerly so, yes, one is very concerned. or south—westerlies as an area of low pressure squeezes they are responding with just in from the west. in the midst of all this, there's high pressure, what you would expect from which is essentially keeping chelsea pensioners, stoicism things relatively calm and great good - all care and largely dry. some weak weather fronts sliding down across the uk on thursday, but coming in behind this weak cold front, you guessed it, colder air. quite gusty winds across the board, but particularly for shetland — up to 70mph at times today. and the temperature profile behind me gives you some indicator ofjust how far south the colder air will have worked its way through thursday afternoon. through the remainder of thursday into friday, that cold air floods right the way across the uk. the isobars open up a little bit. lighter winds, especially across the northern half of the uk, will mean a frosty start to friday, particularly across scotland, but also for parts of northern england and northern ireland. but here's some good sunshine from the get—go. look out for some wintry

showers, though, perhaps even down to lower levels at times — that's just how cold the air will be, could even get the odd thundery shower as well. to the south, a bit more cloud around. the biggest difference, though, is the way things will feel — temperatures just 6 or 7 degrees across northern scotland. there's that high still hanging around there. 0n we go into saturday. the clear skies overnight friday into saturday could make for a chilly start in southern parts of the uk, but there should be some good sunshine on saturday and with the low starting to approach, albeit quite a way away towards the west, we flip that wind direction round to a southerly. relatively light on saturday, butjust starting to lift our temperatures back up into double figures across scotland. here's the really big change, though, as that low closes in for sunday. the isobars squeeze together, that wind is going to get pretty strong, butjust look how the mild air works its way all the way north across the uk. temperatures are set to leap widely in the mid—teens i think across scotland, and we could even see up to 20 degrees possibly in the south—east of england.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: the prime minister says coronavirus testing needs to be increased massively, after it emerged just 2,000 frontline nhs workers have been tested. this is the way