this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister boris johnson faces a second night in hospital. he was taken in it last night with persistent coronavirus symptoms. in the us, the governor of new york says the pressure on hospitals is unsustainable. refrigerated trucks have been drafted into be used as morgues. optimism in spain that the peak there has been passed as the rise in infections appears to start to level off. and since the uk lockdown began, there has been a sharp rise in reports of domestic abuse according to a major charity. also coming up, a special report on medical staff at intensive care unit

in london who describe what they are seeing as completely unimaginable. 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... the uk prime minister is preparing to spend a second night in hospital, where he's being treated, for persistent symptoms of coronavirus. mrjohnson says he's receiving excellent care from the nhs at st thomas‘s hospital and says he's keeping in touch with his government colleagues. the latest official figures say that a39 people in the uk have died

in hospital from the effects of coronavirus in a 24—hour period. it brings the total number of deaths in hospital from the disease to 5373. these figures do not account for people who have died in the community or in a care home. earlier the foreign secretary gave an update on the number of people who have been brought back home and so who have been brought back home and so far 200,000 people have been brought home with more flights coming up. in the us, health officials warned the country is heading for his toughest week this week but the president says they can see light at the end of the tunnel. the italian death toll rose by 636, more than 100 higher than the previous daily count and it takes the total to more than 16,500, the highest in the world. there is some hopein highest in the world. there is some hope in spain now is the country may have passed the peak of the outbreak. the number of people who have died after contracting the virus has followed for the fourth day ina virus has followed for the fourth day in a row. here in the uk, the prime minister is now said to be in

good spirits as he prepares to spend eight other night in hospital. this report from laura cooper. under police guard and under medical observation, attention now on the prime minister's health, notjust the nation's. doctors‘ concern was strong enough to send the prime minister to hospitalfor, in his words... leaving his technical deputy — dominic raab, the foreign secretary — to deliver the government's briefing this afternoon. he's still in hospital under observation. he's been given regular updates on developments, and he continues to lead the government. i can reassure the british people that the government remains united in a single overriding priority, which is to defeat the coronavirus and see this nation through the challenge ahead. if the prime minister's ill enough to be in hospital,

not well enough to run the country in a time of national emergency, wouldn't it be better if he stepped back briefly in order to recover completely? he still remains in charge of the government, and we are getting on with all of the various strands of work to make sure at home and abroad, we can defeat the virus. it was obvious on thursday. he looked unwell, but little did we know that within days the nhs staff the prime minister applauded outside downing street would be looking after him now in hospital. he admitted he was still ill on friday. although i'm feeling better and i've done my seven days of isolation, alas i still have a minor symptom, i still have a temperature. with was then described as "mild symptoms". we've gotten used to seeing this. the prime minister chairing a virtual cabinet, keeping working. have you heard from the prime minister, foreign secretary? but in his absence now, dominic raab, the foreign secretary, is chairing the government's coronavirus meeting,

before the crucial cabinet committees managing the response continue as normal. have you spoken to the prime minister this morning, mr hancock? but there's unease among tory mps that the prime minister's trying to go on like this. a former minister said it wouldn't be a weakness for him to step back briefly to get well. coronavirus doesn't choose. it does not discriminate. it can potentially affect anyone and everyone. the fact that the prime minister is undergoing tests is a further reminder of that, and i want to take the opportunity on behalf of the scottish government and i'm sure on behalf of all of the people of scotland to wish him all the best. well wishes, too, from his controversial counterpart across the atlantic. again, i want to express our nation's well wishes to prime minister borisjohnson as he wages his own personal fight with the virus. all americans are praying for him. he's a friend of mine, he's a great gentleman and a great leader. but a leader for now on one side of the river fighting for his health on the other.

his government working for all of ours. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. it's now a fortnight since borisjohnson announced the lockdown, and there are some signs that the rate of infection could be starting to reduce. so is the peak of the virus in sight, and if it is, what does that mean for our day to day lives? our science editor david shukman reports. a victim of coronavirus in intensive care in italy, one of the countries worst affected. but the daily death toll there has been falling in the last few days. so, there are hopes italy may have passed the peak of the outbreak. in spain, as well, which has seen terrible losses, for four days in a row the number dying has fallen, a sign that the strategy

of looking down may be working. so, when might the uk see a peak in the outbreak? the working assumption is that ought to happen in about 7—10 days' time, but it is very difficult to predict partly because it takes so long for measures like social distancing to have an impact on the numbers dying. from the moment of infection, five days might pass before it starts to show, with the common symptoms of fever and coughing and of breathlessness. it could be 16 days before intensive care is needed by the most severe cases. and sometime after 23 days, patients will either recover or die. and then it may take a few more days to register their deaths. we do have to be patient. hopefully by the time we come to june, the numbers will have fallen quite a lot. and we can actually start thinking about relaxing social distancing and how we're going to manage that through the summer. so, what does this mean across the uk? in harrogate, construction is under way at another of the emergency nightingale hospitals, one of many. but the disease is striking different parts of the country at different times.

this graph shows the number of covid—19 patients in british hospitals. london's numbers have been rising further and faster than, for example, those in scotland and wales. so, the peaks, when they come, won't be at the same time. so, that raises a really difficult question about whether it's possible to relax measures like social distancing at different times in different parts of the country. how tricky would it be if some regions are still in lockdown while others are trying to get back to normal? all over the world, governments are wrestling with these dilemmas. injapan, a state of emergency gives the authorities new powers to encourage people to stay at home. and in south korea, the lockdown has been extended. the big worry amid all the talk of reaching a peak in the pandemic is that controls are lifted too soon and that the virus strikes again. david shukman, bbc news.

let's ta ke let's take a look at the picture in the us with the governor of new york says the health care system is at maximum capacity. he says the pressure on hospitals is unsustainable and is extended the lockdown until at least the 29th of april. new york state account for about 40% of the overall death toll in the us from the virus were just gone past 10,000. let's talk to our washington correspondent, aleem maqbool. in new york, they are making some pretty drastic preparations. yes, he was talking about the health care services being at capacity but of course there are other services that capacity as well. there are stories of families calling more than a dozen funeral homes and still not being able to find someone to accept the body of a loved one. so morgues are full, they have had for more

than a week now refrigerated trucks outside some hospitals that are also 110w outside some hospitals that are also now at capacity. so we had the chair of the health committee in new york city saying that they are dealing with an ongoing 9/11 in his words and for that they will have to prepare potentially for a park in new york to have temporary graves for some of those who are going to die over the coming days. so he is talking about trenches being to where ten caskets are laid in one trench as a temporary measure. but shocking all the same to hear those kind of details. one glimmer of hope, though, from andrew cuomo, the governor of new york, in saying that there have been 4000 deaths in that city alone. he is saying that it does feel that over the last couple of days, that it has plateaued. it is leveling off a potentially while

this can still be the most difficult week for new york, it could then start to come down, that death rate, that infection rate. give us a picture around the country because there are still some states with almost no restrictions at all at the moment. that is the thing came of the department of health here and say this to be the toughest week in some places like new york and new jersey and detroit but in the coming weeks, this wave will go to other cities. places like new orleans where we have already had more than 10,000 deaths across this country and yet as you rightly say, there are some states that feel that they are some states that feel that they are going to be immune to this or that they don't have to shut down. so eight governors, and the white house has left it to governors and cities to decide for themselves whether they should have these stay—at—home orders. eight governors have still not imposed those kinds of restrictions in their state and

so of restrictions in their state and so for example just last weekend, there were church services and in many cases packed church services even as this country is still far and away the country with the most infections, the most daily infections, the most daily infections and now with 10,000 people having died. many thanks. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. in italy, the number of people who've died with coronavirus in the last 24 hours rose to 636 today, just one day after dropping to its lowest level in over two weeks. it was 525 on sunday. but the rise in new inventions has fallen to a record low. the lock there has been officially extended to april the 13th. in france the number of people who had been hospitalized increased by 10% and a single day and there has

been an increase in deaths at nursing homes. in both cases, the rate of increase has speeded up again after several days of slowing. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, has proposed a stimulus package worth $1 trillion. it comes as he is preparing to declare a state of emergency for the capital tokyo and a number of other large cities. the number of covid—19 cases injapan began to grow rapidly last week. in tokyo, there are now over 1000 confirmed cases, more than double the number a week ago. the covid—19 epidemic is control in norway, according to the country's health minister. a person there carrying coronavirus is now contaminating an average of 0.7 other individuals. the government's goal was to limit the spread to a maximum of one other person. it will decide on wednesday whether to extend restrictions, including the closures of schools and nurseries, beyond mid—april. austria is to ease some of its

lockdown measures from next week. the chancellor there said small shops will reopen on the 14th of april if austrians keep to the restrictions over the easter week. spain has registered its lowest number of deaths from coronavirus for two weeks, continuing a recent trend which suggests the virus's spread is stabilising. with over 130,000 infections, spain has more cases than any other country in the world except for the united states. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. good news as another patient has recovered from covid—19. spain has recorded just under 620 deaths from coronavirus over the last few hours, a marked improvement from a few days ago and over 900 deaths were

reported daily. the number of new infections has also been easing off in recent days and the government says the virus has spread and is now coming under control. translation: more than 40,000 people have already been discharged and this already represents almost 30% of the reported cases. the government believes that measures introduced just over three weeks ago tightly restricting spaniards movement are paying off. this whee kim of the prime minister pedro sanchez hopes to gain parliamentary backing to extend the national lockdown at least until late april. but although the figures are improving, there is still an enormous pressure on the health service. around 20,000 doctors and nurses have been infected and tonnes of medical equipment has been shipped into spain since the crisis began. imagery the epicentre of spain's outbreak, the situation appears to be improving. but in the

northeastern region of catalonia, hospitals are struggling to keep with demand. in this restaurant in barcelona, chefs prepare food not for customers waiting at tables but to be delivered for free to health ca re to be delivered for free to health care workers who are still on the front line of the battle against coronavirus. in gaza, people are embracing —— bracing for a coronavirus outbreak with 12,000 cases. people are being asked to stay at home in the health system in the gaza strip which is home to nearly 2 million people, has been shattered by an israeli blockade lasting more than a decade. we have more details now. there is a place where lockdown and isolation are the norm. but never before with it deadly pandemic.

gaza, a small enclave of nearly 2 million people, is bracing for an outbreak of a coronavirus. and people here know that they are far from being ready for it. this woman lives here, one of the refugee camps. she says that since they heard of the pandemic, herfamily has stuck at home expecting the worst. the world health organisation and medics are warning of a catastrophe if gaza sees a wide spread of the virus. the health system isjust too fragile after nearly 14 years of blockade and cross—border conflict with israel. one group physicians

for human rights in israel, once —— he warned that gaza only has about 70i he warned that gaza only has about 70 i see you beds, many 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 centre for fear of potential outbreak. backin back in her home, this is the last portion of flour they have.

people here normally take it one day ata people here normally take it one day at a time. with worries of war, siege and dire poverty. now a deadly pandemic that has moved into their lives will add to their many woes. lockdowns mean many people are spending more time with their families. for many that is a cover it but for others it makes staying at home almost as dangerous as coming out. the secretary—general of the un has called for governments to help women who are trapped in domestic war zones, locked down with abusive or potentially violent partners. will lockdowns and quarantines are essential to suppressing quarantine, they can also threaten women with abusive partners. over the past weeks as economics and pressure and fear have grown, we have seen a horrifying global search in domestic violence.

in some countries, the number of women support services has doubled. providers and police are overwhelmed and understaffed. local support groups are paralysed or short of funds and some domestic violence shelters are closed and others are full. i urge all governments to make the prevention and redress of violence against women a key part of their national response plans for covid—19. a charity which which runs a helpline, for victims of domestic abuse say they've seen a sharp rise in demand since restrictions on people's movement came into force. the charity, refuge, says calls and online requests for support have risen by 25% in the past week. campaigners are warning that self—isolation could potentially escalate tension in some households, and increase the threat of domestic abuse, as our home affairs correspondent june kelly explains. one of the key aspects of experiencing domestic abuse is to be isolated. it's a prison without the luxuries of prison. the fear is immense, it's paralysing.

natasha saunders' former husband is now himself in jail. after years of abusive behaviour, he was convicted of multiple counts of raping her. i suffered sexual, emotional, physical, mental, psychological, economic, you know, just about every type of abuse you could think of. natasha works to help others to escape. the lockdown has been described as a perpetrator‘s paradise. for the victims, many of the escape routes, like the school run, are now shut off. i can't imagine now being in this lockdown with my ex—husband — the fear, the panic, the claustrophobia, treading on eggshells. two women a week are leaving their abusers in a body bag. the terrifying fact is this will increase. i hope i'm wrong, but i think women and children are going to come through this lockdown in a far worse position than they are now. all over the uk, helpline

teams are being forced by the lockdown to work apart. the largest charity in the field, refuge, runs the national domestic abuse helpline. it's re—routed its secure phone lines to spare rooms and private places in workers' homes. if you're experiencing domestic abuse, please don't feel alone. refuge is providing its services around—the—clock. the helpline runs every hour, of every day. you know, call us, even in the middle of the night, and we will provide support to you. over the past week, there has been a 25% increase in calls, and women seeking help online. if making a call is difficult, you can type in national domestic abuse helpline. you can then scroll down to "contact us online". click on this, and it takes you to the help form. there's a quick exit button if you need to get off the site fast, and there will be no trace of your message on your phone.

every day now, we're told to stay at home and keep safe. natasha knows that one doesn't always follow the other. when you're annoyed that you couldn't get your favourite bread at the supermarket, remember there is a woman hoping she doesn't get hit tonight, or raped tonight, orjust verbally abused to the point where she feels she can't go on any more. that was natasha saunders talking tojune kelly. for many, the lockdown has meant having to rely on friends and neighbours with networks of support created especially on social media. but for those without accents to online groups, there is a more traditional platform that has become a comfort and a unifying force. here is david. this programme is all about you, what's going on in your world, how you are coping with this.

we're in brighton. and the phones at radio sussex have never been busier. because of coronavirus, we had to cancel this get together... how are you feeling, dan? very well, very well. hello, bbc radio sussex and surrey. make a difference, a national campaign try to bring a bit of help to those in need. we speak every day to so many people, so many elderly people, so many vulnerable people, so many lonely people and they come to us for help. i phoned up radio sussex, and i said, "what happens to people like me..." people like dave here, now feeling rather trapped in his first floor flat. when this lockdown started, of course i found myself in trouble really. everything happened so quickly. however, after one call, he had an offer of help at his door within 15 minutes. so, the local radio stations really helped you in your isolation? they certainly helped me, yeah. we then went to see another caller, ricky. he used to be a performer in variety shows. he was known as ricky cohen or ricky del oro. he's now 89, unwell and alone.

but he was rather surprised when he rang up the radio station and within a few minutes, there was a knock at the door. a chap from, you know, edf, the electric people, their meter—reader. but he came and he was ever so good. and then people from a local help thing. he brought me some stuff. so i had two genuine people very quickly. it's lanie at bbc radio surrey. often, it's just a few basic supplies or an errand, and the support is out there. they just need someone to bring them together. david sillito, bbc news, brighton. the actress honour blackman, best known as a james bond girl, has died at the age of 94. who are you? my

name is push galore. her family says that she died of natural causes in her home in sussex. after the rain, the view on the weather has been a mix of cloud and sunshine. there have been one or two showers around, but they're fading away now. high pressure building across the uk, and that will be the case for the next several days. particularly in england and wales with high pressure in control, some warmth building and we will see temperatures lift up again, particularly by wednesday, widely around 20 celsius, but some spots will be warmer than that. looking at things as we go through the night and into tuesday morning. under clear skies with mostly light wind, temperatures will drop away, so we expect a colder night

than last night. but if you have been doing work in the garden, take note. there will be a touch of frost in places, and temperatures will be lower than this in more rural spots, at orjust below freezing. a patchy frost as we start tuesday, with some patches of mist and fog gradually clearing. a lot of fine weather to come tomorrow with some cloud pushing into parts of south—west england, possibly squeezing out an isolated shower. thickening cloud all the while in the western isles, with rain heading into here and north—west scotland into the evening. still windy with average speed, gusts of around 40—50 mph. temperatures are above average pretty much across the board, but in england and wales, we will be close to 20 celsius in the warm spots. the weather front close to north—west scotland will push south into north—west england overnight into wednesday. more cloud in northern ireland. some areas of cloud in england and wales with an isolated shower. but temperatures will be going above well above average. some spots in the south—east

could be 24 on wednesday. but whatever the weather does, however much it warms up, it doesn't affect the rules about essential travel and social distancing that we are following. thursday looks like being another fine day. but this weather front is coming our way. as we get into the easter weekend, another area of low pressure will move in during the weekend, so the forecast over the easter weekend, quite a lot to take in, but there is the chance of seeing some wet weather and nowhere looks particularly wet. but to where it has been particularly warm in england and wales, it will turn much cooler.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister borisjohnson faces a second night in hospital. is had a comfortable night in st thomas is, he's in good spirits, he is readily updated, and still remains in charge of the government, and we are getting on with all of the various strands of work to make sure home and abroad, we can defeat the virus. in the us, the governor of new york says the pressure on hospitals is unsustainable. refrigerated trucks have been drafted in to be used as morgues. liverpool football club has reversed a decision to use the coronavirus wage scheme to pay staff wages. the

british government says it is working on bringing stranded britons are brought home. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to be stuck because of travel restrictions. 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. let me tell you that we've got reports coming up from our medical correspondence, as the number of coronavirus deaths here in the uk rises to 5373. we have a rare insight this evening into conditions at one of the biggest intensive care facilities in the uk, university college hospital in central london. many hospitals report that their intensive care units are being overwhelmed by covid patients. this special report is by our medical correspondent fergus walsh , and cameraman adam walker.

it is completely unimaginable and we are not at the peak yet. this is the front line in a ward. apart from two patients, every patient we are looking after has covid. we can't cope with a big spike. we just can't. every day, some battles are won... is one of the doctors here? ..and some are lost. all the patients here are critically ill. we are planning for many more patients, so all our theatres to be full of covid—19 patients and possibly beyond. it's, you know, none of us have ever seen anything like this. this used to be a recovery area for patients after surgery. now, it is an intensive care unit for covid—19 patients. a huge part of the hospital has been transformed in order

to deal with coronavirus. i've been in intensive care nursing for 23 years now, and i've never seen anything like this. even the london bombings. never seen it is in such a short condensed period of time. many of the patients here are elderly, or have underlying health problems. but not all. i think perhaps i was a bit naive when i, when we started, i had assumed it would be the older and the sick. in here we have a mixture from people in their 405, to people in their 70s. a lot of them have high blood pressure and diabetes, or a bit of respiratory disease, but some of them are coming through who are young and fit. the patients here have severe pneumonia. inflammation of the lungs. they must be heavily sedated while on a ventilator, a machine that takes over their breathing. patients can spend two weeks like this.

many drugs are being tested, but there is as yet no proven treatment for coronavirus. so it is oxygen and... organ support and amazing nursing care, really. one thing that does help is turning the patients on to their front. it increases the oxygen getting into their lungs. what seems like a simple procedure takes time. and lots of pairs of hands. everyone all right? ready, steady, 90. with the ventilated patient extreme care is needed. all of this while staff wear full personal protective equipment. that is great. their only barrier against coronavirus. every time a doctor or nurse goes on to the unit they must don full safety gear. you can't wear this and work for more than a couple of hours, because you've got a crushing headache, you know, you have a dry mouth,

you have to get out. staff write their names on their aprons so they can be quickly identified. so there is an emergency on the itu. the head of critical care was seeing via walkie—talkie whether he could give a second opinion. but he needs to be there, so, the full kit has to be put on. they use walkie—talkies because their visors mean they can't communicate on phones. it is draining. physically and mentally. it is really hard. some of our staff really can't cope with it. you know, we've got huge number of nurses, doctors and physios, and not all of them can deal with it, so they can only spend a short time, or notjust any time. it's not uncommon for some of our staff to have panic attacks, and just finding this so, so stressful, so we have to really support people. some people just can't do it. despite the possible

risk to themselves, the medical staff carry on. 12 hour shifts, 60 hours a week are the norm. they worry about the patients, about each other and about those they love. i think it is very hard on our families. my kids are at home, my wife's home schooling. it is easy in a way for me, i'm doing myjob, i'm busy all day. they don't really know what it is like here, what, whether we are bringing home the virus, and they have just been amazing, just let me do what i need do and i'm just incredibly grateful to them. what is striking here is the sense of calm. in the face of adversity, doctors and nurses simply get on with the job. the staff here are dealing with the biggest challenge everfaced by the nhs. they can save many of the patients, but sadly, not all of them. still more patients keep coming every day.

and no—one is sure how long this will last. for now, they can cope, but that depends on all of us playing our part. what is your message, to people watching, or listening to this? if people don't stay at home, and they sneak out, this is going to continue to happen, and our staff are going to be exposed for longer. we are not going to have the equipment to do the best we can by everybody who needs it. we need to flatten that curve. it is so serious and ijust wish people would really listen to what the government and we are saying. in another part of intensive care, we met ertan, who wanted to speak to us. 70 years old. he is a bus driver. he fell ill over a week ago and ended up in a&e. what has it been like?

well, with me, it was a terrible time. because my breathing. symptoms got started with the temperature, shortage of breath and tiredness. instead of a ventilator, ertan's oxygen is being regulated by this tiny device. if trials go well, they will be mass produced for the nhs in the coming weeks. well, hopefully you will be able to see your wife again soon. i'm hoping so because she's waiting. i have daughters, grandchildren, they are all waiting for me to go home, and hopefully i will. i will fight this. definitely. and so will the medical staff here. it is harrowing to see the devastation caused by coronavirus.

and humbling to witness the resilience of nurses and doctors. the heroes of this crisis. fergus walsh without reports. germany's chancellor, angela merkel, has added her voice to the stage, cautioning about the long—term economic effects of the coronavirus, describing it as the biggest threat to the european union has ever faced. her comments come as the uk's foremost independent think tank, the institute for fiscal studies, said that in britain, low earners and younger employees are likely to be the hardest hit. we've been talking to the director of the institute for fiscal studies pauljohnson, who explained the economic impacts of the virus will endure long after the pandemic has passed. you would hope, wouldn't you come if you have a crisis where the disease where the disease goes away and everything returns to normal.

but everything won't return to normal from an economic point of view. when you have large numbers of people becoming unemployed — as is clearly happening at the moment — when you have large numbers of businesses closing down — which i fear is also happening — it can often take a long time to get back to where we were before, as new businesses have to form, people have to find newjobs which might not be there in the short run. and i think the worry here is that it's the same group who have done very badly over the last decade, in particular young people, it's those young people coming out of school and university who are going to really struggle to get on the job market in the first instance who are going to be affected by this. and it's not necessarily, for very many of them, going to suddenly become ok injuly or september or whenever things broadly go back to normal. it could be quite a long—term effect on their welfare and on their living standards. pauljohnson there from the institute for fiscal studies. the international monetary fund says that this recession will be the

worst of the global financial crisis, but it does report moderate but encouraging signs of economic recovery already in china. the imf provided the early analysis of covid—19‘s economic impact on its blog. for more i'm joined by one of the authors of the blog post, john bluedorn. thank you forjoining us. let's talk first of all about china. we will come to the rest of the world in a minute. but in china, what is the economic impact as far as you can see? so what we see in the analysis that we did our these kind of early indicators that, you know, china had peak intensity of the epidemic back in mid february, and then ask containment measures worked and brought down that rate of new infections, then they've been able to kind of gradually see some normalisation and economic activity, and we see that in some purchasing managers emphases on manufacturing,

but then also in kind of a more innovative indicator using satellite data, nitrogen dioxide concentrations, which is related to industrial activity. there has been a change relative to february, a big change where we see some signs of that. more broadly, what do you think is likely to be the economic impact of this pandemic, and to what extent will it be different in different countries that have been hit by the virus? so, what we see in these early indicators that we have, so these early indicators that we have, so things like the us weekly unemployment claims, in the case of italy, we see some stuff like electricity load, and for that, it's really the intensity of the epidemic that's related to kind of the economic effects that we are seeing immediately. so, as that intensity of the epidemic kind of recedes, so as things are brought under control, then we start to see that there is a

possibility that paves the way for some kind of economic recovery. that said, there is lots of uncertainty around the path of the pandemic, the way this is going to interact individual countries, so it's going to really... what kind of form any recovery could take is really going to bea recovery could take is really going to be a function of what that extent of the pandemic, how intense that is in different countries, and then also the policy responses that are being deployed to ensure that the economy is able to be supported through this very tough times. many people talking about, you know, a deeper longer recession after the globalfinancial crash. do deeper longer recession after the global financial crash. do you agree with that? do you think it's going to be that bad? it is going to be probably worse than the global financial crisis. it's something that our managing director has come

out with. that our managing director has come outwith. next week, we will be publishing the world economic outlook forecasts, which will have a lot more detail on this, but, again, the way it's going to kind of show up the way it's going to kind of show up by the way it's going to kind of show up by country is going to be a function of how intense that epidemic is. then, whether or not to policy makers are deploying the right policies to provide that support to economies to whether this crisis. all right, thank you so much for talking to us. that'sjohn there, the author of international monetary fund blog post with some economic assessment of what's going on in china at moment after the coronavirus outbreak there. well, here in the uk, hundreds of thousands of britons who are around the world are struggling to return to the uk

to return to the uk due to coronavirus travel restrictions. the foreign and commonwealth office has said it is stepping up plans to bring home britons stranded abroad. foreign secretary dominic raab announced earlier to work very closely with other governments and airlines, to help stranded brits abroad. let's have a listen to what he said... we are working with other governments and the airlines to bring home as many stranded british nationals as we possibly can, prioritising our most vulnerable citizens. on commercial flights, we citizens. on commercialflights, we have helped over 200,000 uk nationals come home from spain. 13,000 from egypt. 8000 from indonesia. we have also charted flights from seven different countries, bringing home more than 2000 british nationals. we've repatriated a further 1550 from cruise ships, including most recently, the choral princess and the sand dam. for those travellers who are still stuck abroad, we are doing everything we can to keep

international airports open commit to keep commercial flights international airports open commit to keep commercialflights running, and two charter flights when there are no other options under the new arrangements that i announced last week, and which have now been agreed with 14 airlines. dominic raab, the ford secretary, let's not talk to ned davis, stranded abroad, stranded in peru, and hopes to return to the uk as soon as possible. ned, thank you for being with us. just tell us a bit more about your circumstances, how long have you been there? when are you thinking you may be able to get back home? yes, so i've been in peru for about a month now. the vast majority of which has been under quarantine. i got stuck in northern peru, which is like a very small and very remote town. it took a lot of pestering the embassy and, of course, they are very busy, so you do have to understand it, to try to get to travel permit to get to lima

andl get to travel permit to get to lima and i missed the initial 3—4 flights that the government organised, but i eventually managed to get to lima, and now they've organised another fight, and it looks like i'll be able to get some relatively soon. have you actually been told you are on that flight? well, yeah, so that's the thing. they have said that's the thing. they have said that there's going to be another fight, and they announced it a few days ago, and they said it was going to be on the 10th of april. they now said that it will be earliest of the 10th of april, so it should be after —— could be after, i'm in lima, but a big problem was with the other four flights that they announced, they said there were going to be flights, and then he said with about to have three days notice, the flight to have three days notice, the flight is about to come, and i was ina remote flight is about to come, and i was in a remote town, and it was going to take me, with the curfew, boat 42 hours to get to lima. so for me, it was impossible to get on any of those flights. now they have said there's going to be another flight, and i'm already in lima. after 24

hour not very fast journey, managed to slide past curfew and thanks to him it was all right, but now that i'm in lima, i should be able to get on the flight, but of course, there are at least 130 other britons in peru and a lot of them are, of course, in lima, so there needs to bea course, in lima, so there needs to be a lot of transport permits organised for them. for example, where i was about to go for the current —— before the quarantine started, there is the largest city in the world, i believe not accessible by land, so they will have to organise a fight with about 30 britons there that have to organise a flight from lima before the flight can leave, and of course, having to wait for the flight if it means that everyone can actually get that it's no point setting it out on the 10th of april and then leaving a lot of the brits behind. so at the moment, it looks like i should be able to get on it, because i'm in lima. good luck, let's hope you do get on it. and have the british embassy and officials from the foreign office have they been

helpful? yes, so at the start, as i say, i think the initial two week period, they announced that they work —— there were going to be flights, and as you can imagine, we got loads of e—mails and calls on things, and for the first two weeks, or the first efforts, basically, we couldn't get through to them. we resending e—mails to like every single e—mail we had come and spend an houron hold, single e—mail we had come and spend an hour on hold, i couldn't afford to call from peru, my parents couldn't afford for me to call from peru. eventually, my dad got through after most of the flights had left, so we after most of the flights had left, so we had a very stressful period of hearing that there's going to be a flight hearing that there's going to be a flight into her three days thinking, rates, i need to act now. eventually, after all of the fights had left for my fact that my only option was going to be to get on a flight option was going to be to get on a flight to europe, and then back home, which would have seemed 0k, but my dad eventually got through, and now a woman has called me from the embassy and i've now got her

number, and i've actually got a number, and i've actually got a number from somebody else in the embassy who got through to me. so now, most people have left, it seems that they are communicating a lot better, as you can imagine, it was very busy at the start. are really good luck to you, ned. i do hope you get home safe and well. take care. thank you very much for talking to us. ned davis there, who is, as we we re us. ned davis there, who is, as we were hearing, stuck in peru, but hoping to get —— home pretty soon. 100,000 students were hoping to graduate in a few months, but instead they are facing the prospect of economic depressions, as we were talking a little bit earlier about to the imf. so what should recent graduates try to enter the world of work be doing? i've been speaking to a careers adviser in the united states, and a student's leader here in the united kingdom. we are still suffering from the global recession from 2008, let alone now it's going to happen, it's

absolutely unprecedented. we are so marked by uncertainty, a very stressful time. , marked by uncertainty, a very stressfultime. , stressful. i suppose that's adding to people's anxiety, people of course anxious about catching the virus anyway, but also anxious about what the future holds for them economically. economically, but also just to put food on the table. no one wants to bea food on the table. no one wants to be a graduate from annoying dreams of being a graduate, whether we're are talking about employability, those of us who went to get degrees didn't get a certain job, but to expand our horizons and broaden our minds, but we are suffering, unless the government steps in, any government, we are going to be struggling to shelter ourselves, to have food on the table, and that's because it's so much disappointment, so much stress. i was already there for some people. graduates in my generation, we know that the job market is precarious anyway. i've had a job for two years, different

jobs, and then i will be i will come to the end of my contract to make it extended, and i will be unemployed, even though i'm not a new graduate injune. even though i'm not a new graduate in june. janine dames at yale university, how do you see it? a do you have any advice for university students, graduates, young people in general who are worried sick, really, about what their future prospects hold for them? yes, well, first, thank you for having me. and what makes the situation so difficult, as claire stated, is it happen so abruptly, and the timeline is unknown. just weeks ago, in the united states, we had a good hiring markets, and now it's a hiring markets, and now it's a hiring markets of uncertainty. we are seeing the students in two situations graduating. there is a group of students who actually have accepted a job offers after graduation that are now questioning what will happen with those offers. and then there are a group of students who are actively looking forjobs, and

students who are actively looking for jobs, and questioning students who are actively looking forjobs, and questioning itjust generally what will happen to all prospects. so, overall, my advice and the advice of many career advisers in the united states is to continue moving your surge forward, but it will likely look like a different search now. to think about that plan a, but now is the time to also develop a plan b, and perhaps a plan cand also develop a plan b, and perhaps a plan c and d, and think more broadly and to be flexible with yourjob search. some good advice there. now, the lockdown in britain has seen many people opting for do—it—yourself as nicola rees reports from yorkshire, one barber in leeds has found a way to help those tackling do—it—yourself hairdressing. don't get my ears, don't get my ears. right, so i don't know what i'm doing. when it comes to hair trends, 2020 will surely be remembered for the quarantine cut. # darling, don't you go and cut your hair since hairdressers closed two weeks ago, there's been a surge in diy cuts.

we've all got scissors, and how hard can it be? there's lots of people attempting to do their own cuts. there's been some brave attempts, there's been some unusual attempts. barbara b from leeds is a hairstylist to the stars, and a favourite of boxing world champs. here he is withjosh warrington and nicola adams. he lives with his son, lamar, and grandson, lucian, together, they've started online tutorials to guide people through this uneasy period of personal grooming. you start off along, and cut down into the short hair. what's the easiest thing you can do at home with a pair of kitchen scissors? a pair of kitchen scissors? just... nothing. i wouldn't attempt anything with the care of kitchen scissors. the easiest thing you can do

is probably sister or a comb, where you would comb the hair out and just literally trim the ends. so, the lockdown period you think is a chance for a buzz cut to come back into fashion and to be the latest trend? the buzz cut, yes, that's never gone out of fashion. that's like a staple diet in the barber industry. whether it's a buzz cut or a bowl cut, there one golden rule... if in doubt, leave it on. you can't ever cut hair too long, only to short. ——you can't ever cut hair too long, only too short. good advice, just a bit too late for some. nicola reese, bbc news. i need to itch. go ahead, have an itch. that's it for me. goodbye.

most of us saw some rain overnight, but the weekend is looking dry. after the rain, the view on the weather has been a mix of cloud and sunshine. there have been one or two showers around, but they're fading away now. high pressure building across the uk, and that will be the case for the next several days. particularly in england and wales with high pressure in control, some warmth building and we will see temperatures lift up again, particularly by wednesday, widely around 20 celsius, but some spots will be warmer than that. looking at things as we go through the night and into tuesday morning. under clear skies with mostly light wind, temperatures will drop away, so we expect a colder night than last night. but if you have been doing work

in the garden, take note. there will be a touch of frost in places, and temperatures will be lower than this in more rural spots, at orjust below freezing. a patchy frost as we start tuesday, with some patches of mist and fog gradually clearing. a lot of fine weather to come tomorrow with some cloud pushing into parts of south—west england, possibly squeezing out an isolated shower. thickening cloud all the while in the western isles, with rain heading into here and north—west scotland into the evening. still windy with average speed, gusts of around 40—50 mph. temperatures are above average pretty much across the board, but in england and wales, we will be close to 20 celsius in the warm spots. the weather front close to north—west scotland will push south into north—west england overnight into wednesday. more cloud in northern ireland. some areas of cloud in england and wales with an isolated shower. but temperatures will be going above well above average. some spots in the south—east could be 24 on wednesday. but whatever the weather does,

however much it warms up, it doesn't affect the rules about essential travel and social distancing that we are following. thursday looks like being another fine day. but this weather front is coming our way. as we get into the easter weekend, another area of low pressure will move in during the weekend, so the forecast over the easter weekend, quite a lot to take in, but there is the chance of seeing some wet weather and nowhere looks particularly wet. but to where it has been particularly warm in england and wales, it will turn much cooler.

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