this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister boris johnson is taken to hospital ten days after testing positive for coronavirus — number 10 says he remains in control. the queen speaks to the uk and the commonwealth — her speech echoing the second world war stressing the values of self—discipline and resolve. i hope in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge. and those who come after us will say the britons of this generation were as strong as any. are new cases of the coronavirus in the us close to levelling out? president trump hints,

but a senior health official warns the number of dead will continue to rise. turkey toughens up its measures to try and curb its rapid increases in covid—19 cases, but is accused of its response being too slow. while italy's death toll drops to its lowest in two weeks but many struggle to cope after weeks in lockdown. 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. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has spent a night in hospital where he is expected to have more tests as his coronavirus symptoms

persist — a spokesman insists mrjohnson remains "in charge of the government." a statement from number 10 said he was taken there last night on the advice of his doctor and that it was a "precautionary step as he continues to have symptoms — ten days after testing positive for the virus". earlier, in a special broadcast to the uk and the commonwealth, queen elizabeth said, "together we are tackling this disease and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute then we will overcome it". in the us, 9,600 deaths have been confirmed. the surgeon general warned people that the coming week will be their pearl harbor or 9/11 moment with deaths from covid—19 expected to peak. we'll have more on developments across the world, but first let's get more on boris johnson's admission to hospital. 0ur reporter simon jones is with me now. number 10 is saying these were

precautionary measures. but does this mean some sort of medical intervention is now needed? downing street are stressing this was not an emergency admission. they say he discussed the situation yesterday, on sunday, with his own doctor and it was decided, because he still had persistent systems, namely a high temperature, that he should go to hospital where he could be seen to hospital where he could be seen face—to—face by the medical teams there. we expect it will undergo further tests. do not really getting a running commentary from downing street what they are going to do there. i think it is the fact he tested positive for coronavirus ten days ago, but has been unable to shake those symptoms, namely the high—temperature symptoms, namely the high—temperatu re that they symptoms, namely the high—temperature that they are particular concerned about. high—temperature that they are particular concerned aboutm is not just particular concerned aboutm is notjust him in the government who has just deposited. 0thers government who has just deposited. others have recovered. he has a pregnant fiance who is in isolation as well. she has got it. what happens in terms of the business of government if he

we re business of government if he were incapacitated 7 business of government if he were incapacitated? at the moment, downing street a very keen to stress that he remains in charge of the government and he remains in charge of the government's fight against coronavirus. but, for example, this morning there will be an emergency meeting of the cobra committee where they discuss the next steps, the fight against coronavirus. that will be shared by his de facto deputy, the foreign secretary, dominic raab. they are keen to stress of the past ten days when he has been a self isolation and downing street, borisjohnson has continued to chair meetings with his colleagues, they have done using technology. you have an extraordinary situation where you have got people dealing with something, a global pandemic that they never expected to have to deal with and now you have got the head of that, the person leading the fight against it now in hospital. far from fight against it now in hospital. farfrom ordinary times. the queen made a statement to the british people and to the commonwealth, a very

rare statement, i think they for time since she has come to the throne, apart from her christmas messages, that she has addressed people like this. how would that have been choreographed? how would that have been choreographed 7 would how would that have been choreographed? would number 10, we re choreographed? would number 10, were downing street have been involved in the preparation of that speech, because she was very much repeating the message the government wanted to get across. interestingly, that speech was broadcast on television 8pm uk time on sunday, which was exactly the moment borisjohnson was being taken to hospital. i think there have been discussions between downing street and buckingham palace over the past few days about this idea of the queen making an address to the nation. and i think it was felt now was the right time and millions will have tuned in. it will be seen right around the world. the queen really talking about the nation needing to come together to unite, to fight against coronavirus. following the government's message that people need to

follow this instruction to stay indoors, to make sure that they don't socialise or mix or go out unnecessarily. the queen tried to unite the nation in that saying that what people do now will be remembered as this effort of this generation. it will be remembered as what people did to come through this. and she used that line, we will meet again. a line from a wartime song by dame vera lynn. thank you very much indeed. a senior white house advisor says the rate of new coronavirus infections in the us should stabilise in the coming days. but deborah birx warned that the number of people dying this from the disease would continue to increase for the time being. she was speaking alongside president trump who said there were good signs in new york — the worst hit area — that the contagion was levelling off. let's go live to our north america correspondent, peter bowes.

donald trump suggesting there was a glimmer of hope, light at the end of the tunnel. that is not what the team around him unnecessarily saying though. they are not. not all of the team. however they are saying to some extent there is a glimmer of hope. 0ne to some extent there is a glimmer of hope. one of his experts you just mentioned, deborah birx, saying she is optimistic, in part, by what she is seeing happening in italy and spain, with the number of deaths coming down. and she is hopeful having plotted the data that the united states is going to follow the same course as far as the out—bra ke follow the same course as far as the out—brake is concerned. in the urban areas, in the inner cities, places like new york, of course, where the out—brake york, of course, where the out—bra ke is at york, of course, where the out—brake is at its worst, but over the next couple of weeks those numbers could start to come down. in fact, in new york the number of deaths has decreased slightly. that was the reason that donald trump said that he felt as if he could see some glimmer of hope, some light at the end of the

tunnel, while acknowledging that over the next couple of weeks, he said, just equate him "we will get to a horrific point" in terms of the number of deaths. is already looking ahead. why was struck by the fa ct ahead. why was struck by the fact that he wanted the nfl owners to be able to start the season on time —— i was stock. yes. we spent a good time on saturday speaking to a lot of the major sports owners, the executives in different types of sports across the country and clearly their message to him was they wanted to get back to normal as soon as possible, they wanted the crowds and the funds back in the stadiums. when he echoed that he wanted to get back to normal. this is something he keeps on saying. we have been hearing this for the past few days and he always reflects back on how good the economy was just six weeks or so ago and how everything has collapsed since then. how he thinks that the point when it eventually arrives, things will boom very quickly stop and he has talked about the fourth

quarter of this year, as far as the economy is concerned, being potentially very good. but he does often give the impression of being a man who is very, very impatient for that to happen and it does seem to come contrary to what some of his scientific advisors are saying, who are obviously much more cautious about how slowly things are going to be. just briefly, peter, how are we in terms of the provision of masks, ventilators, all those different states all competing amongst themselves, really, to get the equipment they need. yes. we still hear from a lot of those dates and, again, especially in new york, saying there is the potential of running out of ventilators in just a few days' time. we are hearing it from other major cities as well not the dispute seems to be between the federal government's stop file, those ventilators and other pieces of equipment they are holding onto, because they want to send them to the areas that they determine are most in need of a

particular time. and that doesn't always tally with what local officials are telling them. peter bowes, thank you very much indeed. let's get some of the day's other news. the number of deaths in france has moved past 8,000, as previously undisclosed fatalities in care homes are taken into account. but the rate of infection is slowing. france posted the smallest increase for two weeks, with far more people now being tested. japan's prime minister is preparing to declare a state of emergency for the capital tokyo and a number of other large cities. the move comes after covid—19 cases injapan began to grow rapidly last week. in tokyo, there are now over a thousand confirmed cases, more than double the number a week ago. authorities in ecuador have begun using cardboard coffins to bury the victims of covid—19 in the biggest city, guayaquil. a surge in the number of deaths

has led to a shortage of traditional caskets. the collapse of local government services prompted families to leave bodies on the streets south korea has reported fewer than 50 new coronavirus cases — its lowest daily total since the outbreak there peaked in february. the rate of infection has been dropping for weeks. fewer than 200 people have died. a second migrant facility in greece has entered quarantine after a resident tested positive for coronavirus. aid agencies say the squalid conditions inside the camps are cause for great concern during the pandemic. as a precaution, every new migrant must be quarantined for 1h days before their asylum can be processed. freya cole reports. in the mud and rain, more than 100 migrants are forced into a makeshift camp. they have just arrived in lesbos afterfleeing

warand arrived in lesbos afterfleeing war and poverty. now a battle ofa war and poverty. now a battle of a different kind. when we came they tested everybody. and everybody was negative. nevertheless, we had to be quarantined for a period of 1a days. after five days i am here. it is a very big problem for our babies. aid agencies say they can't afford to take any risks. new arrivals must first be quarantined before they are processed and moved to official facilities. but already the virus has infiltrated two migrant camps in greece. the patients have been removed and are being cared for in local hospitals. but aid agencies say the squalid conditions inside the camps created the perfect storm for a covid—19 outbreak. and all -- for a covid—19 outbreak. and all —— an already dire situation, they fear, on the brink of getting much worse. freya cole, bbc news.

italy has recorded its lowest daily death toll in over two weeks, a further sign that the country is starting to get the disease under control. but the reality on the ground is still very bleak for many italians, particularly amongst poorer communities. from rome, jean mackenzie reports. at this moment i have no way to have money, no. on these balconies there's desperation — people who've not been able to work now for weeks. tito started bringing food to those who can no longer afford to buy it. like stephano, who sells houses for a living, and now can't feed his two young children. living without money for more than one month. we change our life from one day to another one. everything changed, everything. it's not your life. casual work is common here,

so for many the money has simply stopped. rosa? like for maria rosa. yesterday, her money ran out. these sacrifices have helped fight the epidemic here. the situation is finally improving, but the price has been high. this virus has taken thousands and thousands of lives, but it's also taken people's livelihoods, it's taken people's futures, it's taken some people's very last pennies. the government has promised to pay part of people's wages, but four weeks into

this strict lockdown, the money hasn't arrived. applications only opened last week. do you accept it's taken too long for this money to come through? here, they've given up on political promises. italy may be starting to control this virus but it's unprepared for the devastation it's leaving behind. jean mackenzie, bbc news, rome. stay with us on bbc news. the british prime minister

borisjohnson has the british prime minister boris johnson has been the british prime minister borisjohnson has been taken to hospital ten days after being tested for covid—19. a senior white house advisor says the rate of new coronavirus infections in the us should stabilise in the coming days but warns the number of deaths will continue to rise for the time being. the queen has given a message of reassurance to britain and the commonwealth, urging people to remain united and resolute in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. in a televised address from windsor castle, she paid tribute to the nhs and key workers our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. it was a broadcast from windsor which the queen cannot have imagined she would ever have to make. to rally the nation in the face of an unseen threat. while we have faced challenges before, this one is different. this time, wejoin before, this one is different. this time, we join with all nations across the globe in a

common endeavour, using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal. she spoke first to those facing the most immediate challenge. i want to thank eve ryo ne challenge. i want to thank everyone on the nhs frontline, as well as care workers and those carrying out essential roles, who selflessly continue their day—to—day duties outside their day—to—day duties outside the home in support of us all. iam sure the home in support of us all. i am sure the nation willjoin me in assuring you that what you do is appreciated, and every hour of your hard work brings us closer to a return to more normal times. together, we are tackling this disease and i wa nt to are tackling this disease and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it. she praised the way in which people had come together to support each other and thanked those

following official guidelines to stay at home. our collective response, the queen said, would define us. i hope, in years to come, everyone will be able to ta ke come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they to this challenge, and those who come after us will say the britons of this generation were as strong as any. she recalled a broadcast she had made as a 14—year—old during the blitz. today, once again, many will feel a painful sense of separation from their loved ones, but now, as then, we know deep down that it is the right thing to do. just as in wartime, the nation would come through this latest threat. we should take comfort that while we may have more to endure, better days will return. we will be with our friends again. we will be with our families again. we will meet again. but

for now, my send my thanks and warmest good wishes to you all. it was a speech to reassure and stiffen resolve. an exceptional speech at an exceptional moment. turkey — which is facing one of the world's fastest growing outbreaks of covid—19 — has introduced more restrictions to try to halt the spread of the virus. the number of cases has risen rapidly since the first was confirmed just under a month ago and now stands at more than 27,000, a steeper rise than in italy, spain orthe uk. from istanbul, our international corespondent, orla guerin reports. police checkpoints at the edge of istanbul. the latest stage of istanbul. the latest stage of turkey‘s fight against the virus. 31 cities now sealed off to all but essential traffic.

still, the president says the wheels of the economy must keep turning. so, many are still going to work. wearing masks is now compulsory. staying home is not, except for those under 20 or over 65. istanbul's near, a key opposition figure has a lot on his hands. his that he has the highest number of cases. he told me there should be a general lockdown before it is too late. translation: when we counted, there were about 1.1 million people using public transport on a workday, and we have seen a lot of private cars out on the streets. 50% of the normal population are still on the move, so between two and 2.5 million people, equal to the population of a european city. do you think it is crazy that this number of people are still being allowed to move

around! translation: absolutely. here, as elsewhere, the virus is killing those trying to save others. like this woman, his relatives shared this video with us. was a nurse and an only child. tu rkey‘s a nurse and an only child. turkey's death toll is still in the hundreds, not thousands, but its corona outbreak is one of the fastest growing in the world. i cannot sleep well, i am so world. i cannot sleep well, i am so concerned. my grandparents are old, 89, 90. this turkish molecular biologist based in the us is tracking the virus in his homeland. the cases are increasing very rapidly, much more rapid than many countries, including italy, spain, and us and china, so this is very alarming. is the virus spreads,

many of istanbul's storied streets have fallen silent. the blue mosque, a historic chill, no longer open for communal worship. the message now, pray at home. orla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. millions of people in india have followed the prime minister's plea to switch off, and light up candles for nine minutes, in a show of solidarity during the coronavirus crisis. but government critics have been quick to dismiss the movement, saying there's an urgent need to assist the country's poor. priyanka deladia reports. the victory of light over darkness, prime minister modi's message during india's battle against covid—19. the country of 1.3 billion people were urged to light candles or torches at 9pm for nine minutes — a show of national unity. so to stand in solidarity, we have lit diyahs, did some meditation also, and hope india survives this and we come out in two weeks.

but government critics say it was nothing but a picture opportunity for the prime minister, who is under increasing pressure to do more, especially for the country's poon the former finance minister made this direct appeal to the leader, saying: "we will listen to you and light diyas on aprilfive, but in return, please listen to us and the wise counsel of epidemiologists and economists." india is in the grip of a strict 21—day lockdown. almost allshops, including large factories, have closed, leaving workers on a daily wage with no source of income. the prime minister has announced a $22 billion package to assist the poor, but many fear the financial aid won't go far enough or come quick enough. chaos is also breaking out in some of india's poorest neighbourhoods, in the central city of indore, an angry mob

was filmed attacking two female doctors who came to check on a patient with symptoms. the doctors say people are frightened by their presence and fear they are a source of spreading the disease. there are now more than 3,500 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in india, almost 100 people have died. there are fears the number of deaths will rise significantly. but for many people on the lowest of incomes, their greatest fear is starvation and having no work to go back to after the lockdown. priyanka deladia, bbc news. a third of the global population is currently on lockdown, however there is a temptation to travel to domestic destinations, even if that isn't allowed. neil bradshaw is the mayor of a key

result in idaho. we are a small resort but we are a resort that attracts a lot of tourism so we actually have, on a per capita basis, one of the highest incidents of covid—19 in the country. if you look at blaine county, we actually test up there right alongside new york and other areas that are suffering tremendously. we have a lot of tourists who come from seattle, we noticed that there were incidents in seattle. obviously we're, with march, there were a lot of people coming into town. we then started seeing the first incidents of covid—19, we shut down the town, we shut down events, but it was always a little bit too late, because what we are is a gathering point. we are attracting tourists into our town at all times and encouraging them to come here, that is our lifeblood. second homeowners and tourism

is our lifeblood and of course it becomes a melting pot. a melting pot for people to meet each other and in this unfortunate situation, a melting pot for people to pass on the virus amongst each other and that is really what our small community became. that is it so far, we are back ina minute. hello there. the weekend brought plenty of sunshine for many of us and temperatures responded accordingly. sunday was the warmest day of the year so far, 22.2 degrees, the highest which we recorded in west wales. but for monday, something a little bit cooler. there will be some sunshine around, yes, but there will also be some showers. so that plume of very warm air that wafted northwards across the uk through sunday is being replaced by something cooler from the atlantic, moving in behind this frontal system. now, this frontal system will bring some outbreaks of rain through monday morning, the front becoming very slow moving, actually, across east anglia and the south—east.

you can see these outbreaks of rain only slowly trudging eastwards and then for east anglia and the south—east the rain likely to turn heavier for a time during the morning. behind it, though, we see brighter skies and sunshine, one or two showers across england and wales, one or two more for northern ireland and scotland, some of which could be possibly heavy and thundery. fairly windy across the far north—west. temperatures down on where they have been but 12—18 degrees, that is still respectable for this time of year. now, as we move through monday night with light winds and largely clear skies overhead, it is going to turn cold, certainly a colder start to tuesday morning. temperatures in towns and cities very close to freezing. some spots in the countryside probably will get down to freezing. so there could be a frost for some on tuesday morning. potentially one or two fog patches around as well. tuesday is all about high pressure building its way in from the new continent, so that promises a lot of dry weather. yes, that chilly start, but we will see plenty of sunshine. the winds come back up from the south so there will be some warmth in that sunshine with top temperatures in london getting to around 20 degrees. further north, for glasgow,

more like 14—15, always some patches for northern ireland and north—west scotland, turning any sunshine quite hazy. some frontal systems trying to push in from the atlantic and the squeeze between the two will bring a renewed surge of warm air from the south. notice scotland holds onto something colder, but elsewhere temperatures climbing, 23 degrees is likely in the south. it does look like we will see some outbreaks of rain moving on from the west on friday.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. oil prices fall again as major producers postpone a key meeting, causing us president donald trump to say he would do "very substantial tariffs" if the oil price stays the way it is. and the robots that can fry harmful germs. we look at other solutions being deployed to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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. first: we're looking at the impact on business. oil gave up some of last week's rally as futures dropped around 4% in london. a virtual gathering of the opec+ alliance that was originally scheduled for monday waspostponed to thursday, as saudi arabia and russia traded barbs over who was to blame for the collapse in oil prices. meanwhile, us president donald trump says he would do "very substantial tariffs" if the oil price stays the way it is, although adding that he did not think he would need to. to talk a little more about this, and why global stock markets aree seeing a rebound this morning, here's russ mould, investment director at aj bell. thanks forjoining us at this

hour. the oil price is falling again, but! hour. the oil price is falling again, but i thought talks were taking place between saudi arabia and russia to try and stop this oil price war? that was the master plan, certainly president trump was tweeting on friday that he was pressing for a production cut by the saudis and the russians to try to bring some stability to the oil price, and it's difficult to see why they would want to do that unilaterally, they would wa nt to that unilaterally, they would want to see america participate in production cuts as its huge surge in share production has been a huge reason for oil price weakness anyway, we may still get talks on thursday, the russians and saudis are reliant on oil for their economy but there is a suspicion as they are trying to knock a lot of american production off—line by cross dummett crushing the price in the short term for the long—term. the short term for the long-term. about a week ago they fell quite low, but not enough to justify reducing

production of oil. one major american sale producer, waiting petroleum filed for bankruptcy, so you are starting to see signs of pressure. everyone will be looking at the ba n kru ptcy will be looking at the bankruptcy monitor, it is a publication in the us that comes out monthly, showing how many oil producers are going into financial difficulty, and they may start to throttle back their production but they could be in this for the long run. other areas over the past few hours, the pound has fallen against the dollar and the euro, on the news that the prime minister has been admitted to hospital. what sort ofa admitted to hospital. what sort of a fall i'll be looking at? relatively small at the moment, one or 2%, the pound is in the middle of its recent trading range, obviously very u nfortu nate for range, obviously very unfortunate for mrjohnson, and they are taking fright at the uk may be lacking some leadership but the biggest story in the currency markets

overall is the dollar strength rather than pound weakness, there is an index called the de xy index, that looks at the dollar and that is trading on a multi—year high of just dollar and that is trading on a multi—year high ofjust over 100, and although america's economy is coming upjust 100, and although america's economy is coming up just as much pressure as all those other nations that i in lockdown, it is the world's reserve currency, it is seen as the ultimate haven and traders still want to get their hands on it. . thank you very much indeed. one sector that has been hit by the coronavirus are the charities — shops are shut and fundraising events are off. the national council for voluntary organisations estimates that uk charities alone are set to lose £4.3 billion in the next 12 weeks — that's $5.25 billion. so what kind of innovation is the sector seeing to keep going? joining me now is graham

mackay, chief operating officer at bond, the uk network for organisations working in international development. it sounds pretty bleak. how many charities are facing imminent collapse? we have conducted a survey of about a50 organisations, we only had 100 respond, but we are seeing about 20% of those are very concerned thinking there might last between three and six months without some big turnaround. this is notjust charity shops on the high street, this is looking at overall investments as well, because of course the stock market has been hammered recently as well. that's right. international development charities, like other charities, like other charities, get a lot of money from regular giving, from sponsorship in marathons, shops and that adds up to about a0% of the income, and that has

more or less stopped, and over the year, that it will be about hard, so organisations will be losing about 20% of their income, very important part of their income because it complements the more restricted income you from government gra nts income you from government grants and trusted foundations of. where are we on those government grants? are they specifically offering a bailout to the charity centre? not at the moment, we are in a lot of discussions with the department for international development, about asking for flexibility, reducing the restrictions on those grounds, so that it enables the organisations to move the finding to health responses, in the developing world for example, but also to retain staff who are currently in lockdown so that when they are needed and there will be needed, they can get into action in the coming months. needed, they can get into action in the coming monthslj

suppose, the consequences, the knock—on impact effects of this, they are significant, if you look at the charities involved with hospices, end—of—life care and things like that. the human consequences are very significant. it is a very difficult situation, because at the time when we are losing funding, the demand for the services of international development charities is only going to increase, and it will increase a lot over the next year. chief operating officer at bond, the uk organisation for networks developing international situations, thank you very much indeed. let's get some of the day's other news. boeing will extend the suspension of production operations at its washington state facilities until further notice. production had been expected to resume early this week.the largest us planemaker will stop paying about 30,000 production workers in washington state. boeing says about 135 members of its global workforce of 160,000 have tested positive for the coronavirus.

singapore is releasing its third economic aid package later today. to be called the solidarity budget, the supplementary measures mark the first time in history that the government has released three budget statements in less than two months. enhanced measures to break the chain of virus transmission come into effect in the city—state next week, that will result in all schools and most workplaces closing. tech giant apple has become the latest company to announce they will change course. the company's ceo tim cook has tweeted that the company has sourced 20 million masks through their supply chain. he says the company's design, engineering, operations and packaging teams are also working with suppliers to design, produce and ship face shields for medical workers. from tele—medicine to 3d—printed ventilators, researchers are finding new ways to use technology to help win the war against the coronavirus pandemic.

in some places, autonomous robots are being deployed to the frontlines in the battle to contain covid—19. our team in singapore tracked down one such robot. let's take a look.

i think we have to introduce technology to help us to up the entire hygiene level. we have a lot of colds from hospitals, train stations, and potentially airlines. we have to use technology to help us sanitise effectively, and let this guy do it, because he doesn't sleep.

and that is a look at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the business world. you are watching bbc news, our main headlines. the british prime minister boris johnson has been taken to hospital for tests, ten days after testing positive for covid—19. senior white house advisor says the wave of new coronavirus infections in the united states should stabilise in the coming days but the numbers of deaths will continue to rise for the time being. in gaza, people are bracing for a coronavirus outbreak with 12 cases confirmed in the small enclave. everything is shut, including vital food aid centres, and people are being asked to stay at home.

the health system in the strip, which is home to nearly two million people, has been shattered by an israeli blockade lasting more than a decade. nawal al—maghafi has more. there is a place where lockdown and isolation are the norm. but never before with a deadly pandemic. gaza, a small conclave of nearly 2 million people, is pressing for an outbreak of coronavirus. people here know that they are far from being ready for it. this woman lives injubelia, one of gaza's refugee camps. she says since they had of the pandemic, herfamily is since they had of the pandemic, her family is stuck at home, expecting the worst.

the world health organization predicts a warning of a catastrophe in gaza. the health system is too fragile after nearly 1a years of blockades, and cross—border conflict with israel. one group, positions for human rights in israel, warns that gaza has only about 70 icu beds, some of which are already occupied. a drop in the ocean of what people here would need. the pandemic has already taken its toll on other basic aspects of life in gaza, like food aid. the un's palestinian refugee agency has closed aid centres for fear of potential outbreak.

backin back in this woman's home, this is the last portion of flower that they have. people un secretary general, antonio guterres, has made an appealfor peace in homes

around the world and urged goverments to make the prevention of violence against women a key priority in their response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying while lockdowns and quarantine measures are essential, they are trapping women with abusive partners in their own homes. over the past weeks as economic and social pressures and fear have grown, we have seen a horrifying level surge in domestic violence. in some countries, the number of women calling support services have doubled. police are overwhelmed and understaffed. local support groups are paralysed or short of funds. some domestic violence shelters are closed, others are full. i urge all governments to make the prevention of violence against women a key part of their national response plans for covid—19. britain has announced its first charter flights from india to bring stranded british nationals home.

there are an estimated 35,000 still in the country. it comes as thousands of other nationals, including europeans and russians remain stuck overseas. reged ahmad has more on their efforts to make it back. said to be saying goodbye, but relieved maybe to be heading home. thousands of european citizens are travelling back on special lights, repatriated as the coronavirus crisis plays out around much of the world. translation: actually, my return date expired, and the airline had rescheduled the end of this month. but it is going to ta ke of this month. but it is going to take longer because covid—19 is spreading. i found to take longer because covid—19 is spreading. ifound out to take longer because covid—19 is spreading. i found out about the repatriation flight and decided to return. translation: now we have to go back to france, because we don't know what will happen with the virus in this country.

we are of course hoping for the best but we don't know. it is estimated a quarter of a million other europeans are still trying to get home, and is not just still trying to get home, and is notjust them. the british government has announced the first charter flights from india to bring its national home, with 20,000 britons requesting immediate repatriation. in russia, it is a different story. people on this flight a different story. people on this flight are protesting about the attendant announces it has been cancelled. russia has temporarily suspended all flights in and out to contain the spread of covid—19. these we re the spread of covid—19. these were russian americans trying to get to new york. russia has been repatriating its citizens since march, but there is still an estimated 30,000 who want to come home but are now stranded. as commercial flights scale back their operations,

governments around the world are working to secure planes, both chartered and military, to get their citizens home, but the process is slow and many thousands are still waiting as the covid—19 crisis continues to unfold. let's get some of the day's other news. the number of deaths in france has moved past 8000, as previously undisclosed fatalities in care homes are taken into account. but the rate of infection is slowing. france posted the smallest increase for two weeks, with far more people now being tested. japan's prime minister is preparing to declare a state of emergency for the capital tokyo and a number of other large cities. the move comes after covid—19 cases injapan began to grow rapidly last week. in tokyo there are now over a thousand confirmed cases, more than double the number a week ago. authorities in ecuador have begun using cardboard coffins to bury the victims of covid—19 in the biggest city, guayaquil.

a surge in the number of deaths has led to a shortage of traditional caskets. the collapse of local government services prompted families to leave bodies on the streets sweden's king has urged to people to stay at home over the easter holidays in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. the swedish government has been criticised for its softer measures to combat the disease. there are growing calls for the british government to publish an exit strategy or a way out of the current restrictions. our science editor david shukman has been exploring what might be possible, and when. in the city where the outbreak started, wuhan in china, a return to the open air after months of tight control. despite questions about the virus, and whether it might strike again, the authorities want to show life getting back to normal.

so when will restrictions be eased here in the uk? from the quiet streets of manchester, to the usually packed landmarks of london, everyone wants to know. so what is involved in what's called an exit strategy to get us out of this crisis? well, the first step has to be reducing the number of infections, because until that happens, measures like social distancing can't be relaxed. then there will have to be mass testing to find out who's got the virus and who hasn't, and also who's been infected, got better, and should have some immunity. at the same time, there'll need to be contact tracing, that's keeping track of any new cases and everyone who has been close to them, to prevent new outbreaks from emerging. but all of this is still being worked out. this is the most important question worldwide. no country has an

absolute answer to it. there is very intense research going on as to how we do actually get out of this. we warned in our original report which, you know, came at the same day as the lockdown was announced, that exit strategies from this were very problematic, were challenging. vital to any progress against the virus is research. there is a massive scientific effort under way around the world on several key fronts. the first of these is to find ways of making tests quicker and cheaper than they are now. this is essential work. there's also a race to find treatments for covid—19, to help patients improve their chances of recovery. and the search for vaccines is accelerating, but to make sure they work and they're safe all takes time. already criticised for being slow on testing for the virus, the government is also under pressure to come up with an exit strategy. that's the demand from the new leader of the opposition.

we do need an exit strategy, and one of the things i've said today is the government needs to publish its exit strategy. people want to know, how does this end? it seems to me it's a combination of testing and then a vaccine. in paris, drones are used by the police to warn people to stay indoors. every government is wrestling with how best to tackle the virus — notjust now but also in the months ahead. david shukman, bbc news. at the beginning of holy week, all christian churches in the uk are closed to public worship because of the coronavirus. but one anglican parish in central london has designed a weekly online service. what they didn't expect was that it'd be watched around the world, as our religion editor, martin bashir, reports.

is church during a pandemic. this normally looks at it hundreds of congregants. now, it's a single camera and online worshippers. this is world—renowned but the choir is now dispersed across the city, so how do you hold a sunday service when no—one can come to church? that was the challenge, martin. we have been stitching together audio clips of people playing into their smart phones and tablet at home, flute, clarinet, that the woodwind section. then putting it together together and making a split screen video with lots of people playing. just amazing. the sound that actually you are able to get when you combine it together, it leumeah away when

i was editing it. i willjust give you a little bit of eric's singing on his own. singing. ourjob is bringing god and people together stopping most of the time people think it is ha rd to of the time people think it is hard to meet with god now, it is hard to meet face—to—face with people, so we actually have two think freshly. being able to still know that when you are watching, there are literally hundreds if not thousands are watching the services in the morning, and also knowing that it is not just london. people are watching all over the world. this church has inadvertently stumbled on a new way of

worshipping, and a local congregation has become a global one. and on that note, it is time for us to go. we are back with some more headlines ina back with some more headlines in a moment. hello there. the weekend brought plenty of sunshine for many of us and temperatures responded accordingly. sunday was the warmest day of the year so far, 22.2 degrees, the highest which we recorded in west wales. but for monday, something a little bit cooler. there will be some sunshine around, yes, but there will also be some showers. so that plume of very warm air that wafted northwards across the uk through sunday is being replaced by something cooler from the atlantic, moving in behind this frontal system. now, this frontal system will bring some outbreaks of rain through monday morning, the front becoming very slow moving, actually, across east anglia and the south—east. you can see these outbreaks of rain only slowly trudging eastwards and then for east anglia and the south—east the rain likely to turn heavier for a time during the morning.

behind it, though, we see brighter skies and sunshine, one or two showers across england and wales, one or two more for northern ireland and scotland, some of which could be possibly heavy and thundery. fairly windy across the far north—west. temperatures down on where they have been but 12—18 degrees, that is still respectable for this time of year. now, as we move through monday night with light winds and largely clear skies overhead, it is going to turn cold, certainly a colder start to tuesday morning. temperatures in towns and cities very close to freezing. some spots in the countryside probably will get down to freezing. so there could be a frost for some on tuesday morning. potentially one or two fog patches around as well. tuesday is all about high pressure building its way in from the new continent, so that promises a lot of dry weather. yes, that chilly start, but we will see plenty of sunshine. the winds come back up from the south so there will be some warmth in that sunshine with top temperatures in london getting to around 20 degrees.

further north, for glasgow, more like 1a—15, always some patches for northern ireland and north—west scotland, turning any sunshine quite hazy. some frontal systems trying to push in from the atlantic and the squeeze between the two will bring a renewed surge of warm air from the south. notice scotland holds onto something colder, but elsewhere temperatures climbing, 23 degrees is likely in the south. it does look like we will see some outbreaks of rain moving on from the west on friday.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests as a precaution. "we will meet again". that's the message from the queen who says she believes britain will overcome the coronavirus crisis. together we are tackling this disease and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it.

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