this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. people in the uk are urged to stay at home, amid another large rise in reported deaths. new york state records its biggest one—day jump in deaths so far. more than 3,500 people in the state have now died. president trump orders 80 million face masks and says he doesn't want other people getting them. you could call it retaliation because that is what it is. it isa because that is what it is. it is a retaliation. if people do not give us what we need for oui’ not give us what we need for our people we will beat of and we have been very tough. markets reopen in parts of italy as hopes rise that they're over the worst.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. there's mounting pressure on governments to maintain lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus. in the uk, a five—year—old child has become the youngest victim. the child who had an underlying health condition was among 708 deaths reported in one day. the total number of fatalities in hospitals isjust over 4,300. in a message to the uk and the commonwealth, the queen will praise efforts of key workers and say that this generation will be judged as "strong as any".

in the us there have been over 300,000 cases and 8,000 deaths. president trump said 180 million face masks had been ordered to combat the pandemic. in europe, the spanish prime minister said the country was ‘close to passing the peak‘ as the daily death toll fell to its lowest level in a week. he's also extended lockdown requirements by another two weeks. and in italy — the number of new cases is stabilising with fewer people being admitted to intensive care. we'll have more on developments across the world but first here's our science correspondent pallab ghosh on suggestions that the spread of the infection in the uk is slowing because of the lockdown restrictions. brighton beach would normally be packed on a day like this but across the country, it seems that most people are following the government's instruction to stay at home. the police have been told

to engage with those they suspect of breaching the guidelines, like these people having a barbecue, and advise them to return home. 0ne emotional and exhausted nurse posted a video after a shift in intensive care explaining why it was so important for people to observe the guidelines. we're desperately short of staff and things are really difficult and we're all really struggling. so i'm just saying to you all to stay in. if you stay in and you don't spread it and you don't catch it, that takes the pressure off of us because we are all on our knees at the moment, to be fair. that sentiment was echoed at the downing street briefing with the news that covid—i9 had claimed the life of a young child. our thoughts today are also with the family of a five—year—old child with underlying health conditions who's tragically died. so again, you must stay at home to protect the nhs and to save lives.

the latest projections indicate that if people continue to stay at home, the increase in cases could begin to slow down in seven to ten days‘ time and then plateau. i'd also like to ask stephen powis whether we should take any heart whatsoever from the flattening of hospital admissions in some parts of the country. there is some evidence that the measures that have been put in place, everybody‘s compliance with them is reducing transmission. the benefit will be reflected over the next days and weeks, first in a reduction in infections, then in a reduction in hospitalisation and finally in a reduction in deaths. so yes, there is reason to be hopeful. watford general hospital in hertfordshire has declared a critical incident and told all patients apart from women about to give birth to stay away. the hospital trust says it's

because of a technical issue with oxygen equipment. the government continued its testing of nhs staff, but few were turning up today at this temporary centre in surrey. at the moment, overall, hospitals have the capacity to deal with the expected surge in cases, but that could easily change. we can keep you alive using the technology and the equipment until your body gets over it, but we can't fix the virus. but the general public, you can fix the virus. you can stay at home, stay indoors and don't spread it. if nothing else, do not spread it. the number of deaths are likely to continue to increase over the coming days. experts say the best way of turning the tide is to stay at home. new york state has suffered its biggest one—day jump in coronavirus deaths so far. the state's governor, andrew cuomo, reported 630 new deaths, bringing the total

tojust over 3,500. the number of cases now stands at more than 113,000, just over half of them in new york city. new york is the worst—affected part of the united states. the city alone has nearly as many cases as italy, which has recorded more deaths than any other country. mr cuomo warned that the worst was yet to come. we are not yet at the apex. pa rt we are not yet at the apex. part of me would like to be at the apex, let's just do it, part of me would like to be at the apex, let'sjust do it, but pa rt the apex, let'sjust do it, but part of me says it is good we are not there because we are not yet ready for the apex either. not ready for the high point. we are still working on the system capacity and the more time we have two improve the capacity of the system the better and the capacity of the healthcare system, beds, staff, equipment.

during a daily briefing with reporters, president donald trump has said that the us government would be deploying thousands of military personnel to states to help them deal with the epidemic. we are going to be adding a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the state. thousands of soldiers, thousands of medical workers, professionals, nurses, doctors and it will be a large number. it will be telling them over the next short period where they will be going. they are going into war. they are going into a battle that they've never really trained for. nobody has trained for it, no—one has seen this, i would say, since 1917 which was the greatest of them all. the greatest of them all. the greatest of them all. the greatest of this type of battle, probably the greatest of them all. 1917. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowesjoins me now.

you listened to that daily briefing. what stood out for you? two things. it was a very deadly serious message that the president began with, looking ahead to the next few weeks when he said there will be a lot of death. he said it will bea lot of death. he said it will be a very deadly period and i think this is something that is really coming home to a lot of americans, that this is a deadly serious situation and you see that out and about on the streets. people herejust like they are in the uk and other parts, they are abiding by the message and the instructions to stay—at—home and to bring in social distancing, if they do have to go out. and that was the only message we heard. it is beginning to work in some parts of the country. california and washington state, whereas in new york city, especially, the numbers are still going up considerably. and those are troops that the president announced, those medical and

military workers around the country are exactly what the governors of various states, the hotspots, have been asking for. and president from talking about ventilators and personal protective equipment. he seemed to be making the point that it was all under control from his perspective. there is a lot of confusion and i think people watching this news conference may have gotten one message as opposed to watching the news conferences that governors around the country are having every day saying that they do not have enough equipment, especially in new york city where they have been crying out for ventilators and other pieces of equipment. the confusion arises from this national stockpile that exist that the president insists on taking control of to be able to send those ventilators and other pieces of equipment to the hotspot is the need arises. whereas some of the individual states and local officials are perhaps putting a number on the ventilators that they feel as

if they need and the federal government is not necessarily agreeing with that number. there is something of a political tussle going on about this. countries around the world increasingly scramble to get their hands on orders for personal protective gear, among them n95 respirator masks. in the past few hours, donald trump has announced that the us is ordering the production of 180 million masks amid a row with germany over the supply of the vital protective equipment. the battle is just one element of a growing controversy — with us manufacturer 3m at the centre. reged ahmad reports. these are some of the protective masks desperately sought after by governments and health systems around the world. and orders are only increasing. in a sign of growing demand, the us has been accused of modern piracy by

germany for intercepting 200,000 3m masks it had ordered and diverting them back to the us. both 3m and the white house deny the claims but 3m saying it does not even have a record of the order. but the german government website statement alludes to a new us policy it is blaming for the issue. that is blaming for the issue. that is because of the move by the us president donald trump to invoke new korean war era laws to demand us firms provide the country with more medical supplies. we need the masks. we do not want other people getting them and that's why we are instituting a lot of defence production act. you could call it retaliation, because that is what it is. it isa because that is what it is. it is a retaliation. the us president said earlier he is using the emergency laws to ta ke using the emergency laws to take aim at 3m, a key supplier of masks in the us. there has been no act of piracy, the

opposite. 3m has not treated our country well and if they do, greatand our country well and if they do, great and if they don't they will have a hell of a price to pay. on saturday, the company pushed back against the new policy saying in a statement that it had already gone above and beyond to manufacture as many n95 masks as possible for the us. it went on to address heavy criticism of profiteering saying we continue to act on reports of price gouging and unauthorised reselling. it is a row that is reverberating around the world as the n95 masks become like gold dust. 3m says it has also been asked to stop supplying canada and latin america, warning that the decision had significant humanitarian implications. as desperate health systems run short and government starts to recommend the wearing of facemasks, the global struggle to access protective equipment is set to

increase with nation pit against nation in the hunt for dwindling supplies. the number of new coronavirus cases in italy is stabilising, and fewer people are being admitted to intensive care. but authorities fear this could give people a false sense of security, with many now asking the government to relax the lockdown restrictions. italy's reported daily deaths have now fallen below the uk's — authorities say 681 people have died since yesterday. jean mackenzie has more from rome. a slice of normal, a local market reopening for the first weekend since italy's lockdown began, albeit with some caveats. do you think this is safe? there are very few people, everything is under control,

so, it's ok. what difference does it make, having the market open again? it seems like, you know, normal. but things are not normal. italy might have reached the peak of its epidemic, with fewer deaths here in the last day than in the uk, but the country is still in strict lockdown. as the infections plateau and even start to decrease and the weather keeps improving, it's going to be a real challenge for authorities to convince people to stay indoors and play the long game. because the lockdown is working, they say. just look at the hospitals, where the number of people in intensive care has fallen for the first time since this crisis began. the situation, for the first time after weeks, is not worsening any more. we are still working

12—15 hours per day. they are serious, they are critically ill, but we can now cope with it. it is a relief. from a rooftop in rome, this serenade has become a nightly affair. people leave their homes to soak it in, just for a few minutes, while police look the other way. the sound of hope returning. jean mackenzie, bbc news, rome. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: people in the uk are urged to stay at home, amid another large rise in reported deaths. new york state records its biggest one—day jump in deaths so far. more than 3,500 people in the state have now died. in spain, the prime minister has said the country is close to passing the peak of infections, as the number of coronavirus deaths fell

for the second day in a row. but pedro sanchez also extended lockdown measures until 25 april, saying the restrictions were saving lives. the toll of 809 deaths in one day is the lowest in spain for a week. i spoke to marta gonzalez—freire, a biomedical scientist working for the balearic islands health research institute. her team is looking to test some existing drugs to see if they can treat covid—19. we are trying to see if some of those fda drugs, already approved to treat other diseases, could work to pretend or to have some protective effect in covid patients. so that is something we're

doing here, at this moment. and my understanding is that there are 69 existing drugs that have identified that may have some impact on the virus. tell us about the drug you are looking at. we are looking at an antidiabetic drug that currently is being tested as an anti—ageing drug, as well. so in the scientific report, they also said it could target one inflammatory pathway that could modulate the virus‘s hosting factors. so we believe that maybe people that are taking this drug could have lower hospitalisation rates and lower mortality, so we want to see if that is true or not. and what is the process now to start those tests, and how long before you think you see a result? well, it will take us two or three weeks to analyse

the data from patients, because at this moment, all the hospitals are going crazy with the amount of people who are sick in the hospital. so getting access to all the clinical data is difficult at this time. so, hopefully in the next two or three weeks, we can have some preliminary data. how optimistic are you that the answer to treating coronavirus lies with a existing drug? some of the drugs they are using at the moment are working pretty well, because what is happening with the covid patients is that they are dying because of a cyanotic storm. let's say it's a hyper—inflammatory state that these patients have.

and this leads to a pulmonary oedema, and to multiorgan failure because of this hyper—inflammation, that we also see in ageing, in old people. buckingham palace has given more details of sunday night's special broadcast by the queen about the coronavirus emergency. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell explains the significance of this message. it's not wartime, but everyone is facing the same peril. everyone has a part to play. we're told it's a deeply personal message from the queen. she will talk about a challenging time which has already brought grief, financial difficulty and enormous changes for everyone. she will thank those in the nhs, essential services and care homes. she will recognise the pain that is already being felt by many families, and she'll thank everyone for playing their part for following government

guidelines to protect the vulnerable. and then, in an echo of wartime spirit, almost, and of shared national purpose, she will say this. so a situation without precedent in her reign, and a broadcast intended to reassure and really draw the nation together. sir keir starmer has vowed to lead the labour party into a new era, after a decisive victory to become labour's new leader. the former director of public prosecutions, who has only been an mp forfive years, took 56% of the vote, defeating rebecca long—bailey and lisa nandy. sir keir‘s first task will be to respond to the coronavirus emergency, and he has accepted an invitation from the prime minister

to take part in briefings from next week. where we see mistakes or faltering government, or things not happening as quickly as they should, we will challenge that, that out. our purpose when we do that is the same as the government's. to save lives, and to protect our country. let's return to the us, and while new york is the worst—hit state so far, other states are preparing for a surge in infections. michigan already has over 12,000 confirmed cases, including more than a50 deaths. the largest city, detroit, has relatively high levels of poverty and chronic disease, which could make it more vulnerable to the virus than other american cities. for more on the situation there, i spoke to professor phillip levy, who set up the city's drive—through testing programme. we started very soon after the pandemic started to manifest.

we set up drive—through settings for healthcare workers and first responders, recognising that that population is both more susceptible to being exposed to the virus, but also very likely, if they are affected by the virus, to transmit it to many other people. we don't have as many people living in detroit as there are in new york, but what we're seeing is not just a tremendous number of cases, but a high mortality rate relative to the number of cases. so, while we're in the top seven or so in total number of cases, we're in the top three in deaths. and that, you know, really relates to a lot of the confluence of social determinant factors that you alluded to in the beginning of the segment. yes, and tell us a little bit about that, because detroit faces particular challenges with poverty and poor health. yeah, i mean, the city has been an impoverished location for quite some time. and what that does is that sets up the basal — you know, the background

substrate, so that you have a population that has a lot of chronic co—morbidity, a lot of high blood pressure, a lot of diabetes, a lot of cardiovascular disease, and people don't have the physiologic reserve to handle the major insult that comes with a coronavirus infection. given those added complexities where you are, how well—prepa red are hospitals, and how are supplies looking for healthcare workers? well, unfortunately, you can never be fully prepared for something like this, as much as you try. the supplies are holding steady. we are having to reuse some things, like masks and gowns, moving towards cloth gowns and the like, probably more so than we would want to. we are getting to the point, the tipping point now, on ventilator access. one of the big challenges is when people develop respiratory distress and severe respiratory impairment, with this infection, and you put them on a ventilator, they stay on there for quite a long period of time, and many of them ultimately succumb to their lung consequences,

so it creates a very dire circumstance. now, for those adventurous among us who have dreamed of one day climbing mount everest, clearly now is not the time, although one man remains undeterred. john griffin traded compass and crampons for a staircase and bannister, to climb the equivalent of the world's highest mountain at home. duncan kennedy has more. wish me luck, here we go. bye. in these times of great uncertainty, life really does have its peaks and troughs. 0oh! that hurts — right. butjohn griffin has peaked higher than most... the total height is 8,850 metres. ..by climbing the equivalent of mount everest, using just the stairs in his house. it's just — it was an offhand remark to my wife, literally a week ago today, in the morning. i'd walked upstairs to the bedroom for the fifth time and i said to her, "by the time this lockdown is over, i will have climbed everest." so he did it for real —

29,000 feet, or 41,000 steps. i've got to get to 75% minimum today. six hours a day, forfour days. but coming down doesn't count towards the total. just got to sit down for a minute. by day three, it was peas on knees for this stairway to hell. my lovely wife suggested sticking frozen peas on it. daisy! even stair climbers have sherpas, during what is also a sponsored effort byjohn to raise money to help people who use food banks. alexa, play move any mountain. through the door — yeah! john summited last night, to his waiting wife, niri, daughter daisy, and his neighbours, ending the kind of uplifting achievement he hopes will soon put everyone back on top of the world. thank you. duncan kennedy, bbc news.

i will leave you to decide if thatis i will leave you to decide if that is mad or inspired. that's it from me and the team. good night. hello there. temperatures in some southern and eastern parts of the uk got up to 70 degrees on saturday. i think those temperatures will get even higher on sunday. into the low 20s for a few, with lots of sunshine around. it will be breezy, particularly in the west, where we will also see some rain arriving later in the day, courtesy of this stripe of cloud here. a frontal system that will be pushing its way in. but there is a big zone of clear skies heading in our direction, and also a plume of warm air. now, that warm air being brought to us on a southerly wind, a brisk southerly wind, a brisk southerly wind, a brisk southerly wind at that. the wind might touch gale force across some western areas later in the day. so there will be a lot of blue sky and sunshine around. ithink lot of blue sky and sunshine around. i think generally speaking there will be increasing amounts of high, wispy clouds spreading in from

the west, turning the sunshine a bit hazy into the afternoon, and also some thicker cloud that will bring some outbreaks patchy ran into northern ireland, perhaps the far west of wales, the far south—west of england and the far west of scotla nd england and the far west of scotland as well by the end of the day. these other wind gusts we are expecting. it is going to bea we are expecting. it is going to be a blustery day for all. we could see gusts of 50 mph or more for some exposed spots in northern ireland or scotland. with those winds coming in from the south, yes, it will be warm. 21 degrees in london, even further north in glasgow, highs of 18. high pollen levels, though, it is tree pollen at this time of year. across england and wales, levels much lower for northern ireland and scotland. as we go through sunday night, we see these outbreaks of rain in the west, putting eastwards. the rain will tend to fizzle for awhile, but it looks likely that into the early hours of monday morning we will see some slightly heavier rain pushing its way into the corner, and what will be a really mild night. temperatures holding in double digits for some of us. now, as we move into monday, this weather front still staggering its way eastwards.

the pulse of heavy rain likely to be running along it, so we could see some pretty hefty downpours for a time across the south—east of england and east anglia on monday morning. that rain will then clear away. we see sunny skies behind, but a scattering of showers chiefly across the north—west of the uk. still quite windy here, so those showers fairly blustery in nature. some could be heavy, and monday is a slightly cooler day, with highs between 12 and 70 degrees. however, that does not last. temperatures are going to climb again as the week wears on, as we pick up a southerly wind. 21, 20 two degrees as possible in the south. for most, drier, a bit of rain in the far north and west.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the government in the uk has urged people to stay at home, as the death toll from coronavirus by 700 in one day, including a five—year—old boy. there are indications that the spread of the infection in the uk is slowing because of the lockdown restrictions. new york state recorded its biggest one—dayjump in coronavirus deaths so far — 630 in total more than 3,500 people in the state have died. governor andrew cuomo warned the worst is yet to come and hospitals aren't prepared. president trump said the us had ordered 180 million face masks to combat the pandemic. he warned american manufacturers he'd be tough if they weren't providing what was needed, saying he didn't want other