this is bbc world news. these are the headlines. in record number of deaths in the uk from coronavirus, 938 reported over a 2k hour period. the british prime minister is facing a fourth night in the hospital. downing street says mrjohnson is making steady progress, though he is still in intensive care. the wto says global trade could fall by as much as a third because of restrictions to contain covid—i9. the wto chief says the pandemic could provoke the deepest recession of our lifetimes. the saudi led coalition has announced it is halting military operations nationwide in order to and the five—year war. senator bernie sanders has announced he is ending his campaign for the democratic credential nomination, making way forjoe biden to challenge donald trump.

hello everyone, welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me our broadcaster and authorjohn cavender and kate andrews, economic correspondent at the spectator. looking at tomorrow's front pages, we start with the financial times. a warning from wall street, banks will expect a new wave of declining global markets. the daily mail leads on news that the lock down in the uk could continue until may as the chancellor announced today that a review into restrictions will take place next week. the daily telegraph reports that with the prime minister still in intensive care in hospital, the rise in deaths at 900 a day, the

change in restrictions is likely to be left as late as possible. the guardian reports that the long easter weekend looming, ministers are now concerned that lifting any restrictions would lead to an immediate change in the public cosmic behaviour. the express warns that the peak of the pandemic in the uk is likely to be ten days away, with current restrictions remaining in place until that peak has passed. and in the times, britain should brace for three more weeks of lockdown, according to the newspaper. and the end of the lockdown in wuhan, china, is the huge picture on tomorrow's addition of the metro. passengers arriving in the city where the virus started, as restrictions there are lifted. let's begin now, and bring you in, kate. the front of the daily telegraph, of course, the big news story today is this horrendous rise in the number

of deaths, 938 injust this horrendous rise in the number of deaths, 938 in just a 2k hour period. given that, the telegraph is talking about ministers wanting to delay any talk of when this lockdown will end. understandable, given the number of those dying is continuing to rise. yes, it is sobering and extremely sad. nearlyiooo to rise. yes, it is sobering and extremely sad. nearly 1000 deaths in 24 extremely sad. nearly 1000 deaths in 2a hours, people who were positive with covid—19 and people who haven't reached... at the peak is coming in the next ten days or so. it really upsetting figures, so many people will be impacted by this now. it is near impossible to see how lockdown measures are lifted next week, not simply because of the rising death toll, but also because the prime minister is still in the intensive ca re minister is still in the intensive care unit. we heard some not optimistic but slightly better news, better than two weeks ago he was

communicating with his medical team. so there seems to be his progress there. but the government will not be able to seriously consider lockdown measures for a myriad of reasons, so people are raising themselves for a period longer —— bracing themselves, that is the right thing to do. but the prime minister will soon after level with the public about what their plans are, whether or not they're looking at weeks or months more lockdown, because people inside really do need to know for their own mental health and physical health in many circumstances when they can get back to normal. john, do you think given where we are now in the uncertainty that even those in government really know what is going to happen over the next few weeks? look, i think we are living on parallel lines at the moment. 0n the one hand, the weather is good, is ks expected to be better, people are itching to go out and are looking — or should have been looking forward to a four day

easter weekend. at the same time, the death toll in the uk today, and as kate says and the scientists all predict — we are nowhere near the worst, today's figure is worst than the very worst day achieved, wrong word, seen in italy. and the portrayal of what was going on in italy 2—3 weeks ago was it was chaos, it was terrible, and god forbid we are anything like that. so i think we need to take stock and have a reality check not just in terms of people observing the lockdown and completely curbing their enthusiasm for easter, but just for understanding how bad the situation is in this country. and

while showing solidarity, we should ask some very surging questions about how the authorities allowed her to get as bad as it did. kate, what do you think? are these questions something we should be asking right now? we should be asking right now? we should be asking questions all the time. we are in unprecedented circumstances where free society has been put into a lockdown where we aren't supposed to leave our homes unless it is for very deliberate purposes for a very limited period of time. you always have to be asking questions when civil liberties are put on hold and that way. and there will also be very important questions to ask about how every country handled this crisis, from access to equipment to timelines, lockdowns, etc. countries like sweden seem to be turning a bit but have not gone into lockdown. then you have countries across europe that institute stricter lockdowns in the uk. these questions need to be asked but we need to be honest with ourselves about the data we have now as to what is needed to

assess the long—term. which country did things correctly? we must remember that the economic cost from the lockdown translates into human costs. it is not something that the economy is completely separate from our lives. the worse the economy gets, the worse things get for people public health and well—being. there are major trade—offs here, so we should be questioning, and i don't think we have yet. john, that is the painful reality, the balancing the economy and health, and where we are with both and what both of those things mean to us, and where we want to go. yes, but that balances having to be struck all countries. so that doesn't let us, just as it doesn't let anyone, any contrary off the hook. the harder it is in terms of the restrictions, the worse it will be on the economy. but as we've said before, those countries that dealt with it most

sternly at the beginning are the ones that are probably going to emerge from this with a lesser curve and more quickly. 0ne emerge from this with a lesser curve and more quickly. one other point, the absolutely strong sympathy and concern, the absolutely strong sympathy and concern, and anxiety that people feel for the prime minister and his terrible predicament at the moment in intensive care is absolutely legitimate and absolutely right, and it is wonderful that is shared. at the same time, it should not prevent people from legitimately asking those searching questions about the way we are dealing with the pandemic now, and the way we dealt with it from the beginning. do you think it is doing that? you think it is preventing people from asking questions now? i don't think there's

any great conspiracy or people mean badly by this, not at all. people are genuinely concerned. it is unique to this country, sadly, that we have a leader who is notjust in hospital, but in intensive care, albeit hopefully improving. so it is albeit hopefully improving. so it is a genuinely, deeply held anxiety. but i do think that is making people feel like maybe it is unsavoury to ask those questions. i'm afraid those questions must always be asked,. moving onto the daily mail, asked,. moving onto the daily mail, as most of tomorrow's paper have similar headlines, warning about lockdown being extended. kate, also talking about the headline in the daily mail between the —— about the battering the economy is taking through this? yes, we are seeing the economy retract at a rapid pace. the comic downturn is predicted to be worse than the financial crash of

2008, potentially as bad as the great depression going back all the way back to the early 1900s. we are not there yet, but projections are extremely bleak. if economists talk about recovery, which means if the economy turns down very quickly but also rebounds very quickly. 0ne economy turns down very quickly but also rebounds very quickly. one of the central measures in the chancellor cosmic package is designed so that many people keep theirjobs so we can go back on day one and kick—start the economy when it is safe to do so. a lot of our assumptions around the world are up in the air, they are being questioned because applications for universal credit are not going through, and really around the world it seems that no particular package can offset the severe economic consequences of covid—19. as i said before, those economic costs are human costs, as well. john, what

about timing? we are talking about the possibility of lockdown being extended by a few weeks, but if you look at this financial support methods the government has announced, they all have a three month life. in reality, it could last as long as three months, given they have that shelf life. are we looking at that potentially? yes, we are, buti looking at that potentially? yes, we are, but i think people possibly misunderstand what lockdown means, and then going back to... going from letter a to b, there will be tonnes of degradations all the way through most likely the last restrictions to be kept will be big events, and that will be difficult for sport, and that will be difficult for arts and culture, and the music industry and

others. everything that has got thousands of people altogether, and other countries like denmark next week, they're already saying that primary schools and nursery schools, enter kindergarten and return — that isa enter kindergarten and return — that is a subsector of a subsector, but that it's a start and every country will do it in its own way. i don't think we will see the beginning of that in this country for quite some weeks. and also what makes things even more complicated perhaps, kate, is the fact that the prime minister borisjohnson as you mentioned is still in hospital, therefore it is difficult for government to make any kind of set decisions over the next coming days at. that is true, dominic raab, the de facto deputy, has some power and the prime minister has instructed him to make decisions where appropriate. but the system here in the uk does not give sweeping powers to the deputy in the

way say a vice president of the united states might take those on. so it will be extremely controversial and difficult, even with the support of cabinet behind him, for dominic raab to make any changes without the green light of the prime minister, who is not said to be out of action for quite a bit of time. so it is very hard to see how those restrictions change in the near future. i completely how those restrictions change in the nearfuture. i completely agree how those restrictions change in the near future. i completely agree with john that the rollback will be slow and steady, not at once, it will be in phases and could last for quite some time. but those big measures like people not being asked to spend all their time in their homes apart from very select trips, children being able to go back to school and universities reopening, these are big staples that we will be looking out for which could bring back some sense of normality. the front page of the guardian talks about dominic raab, he will be chairing a meeting today — not today, tomorrow...

almost today, we have 17 minutes to go until the end of the day. chairing the meeting tomorrow. how difficult is hisjob right now, do you think? very difficult indeed. it will be difficult if he weren't the actual leader, the de facto, there isn't a template for this situation. previous governments, the coalition government and others, tony blair cosmic government had a formal w prime minister, this one doesn't. dominic raab uses the jargon of the first secretary of state, but it is much more nebulous stop then you get into the whole question of who is running the country? is that civil servants, special advisers, ministers? the sunday times last weekend did a really frantic piece about how difficult it has been for this government to coalesce. and

that was with boris johnson fully in charge — or at least when he was self isolating, but not being extremely ill. so it is a very difficult situation, but i think the fa ct difficult situation, but i think the fact that the prime minister is so ill, notwithstanding the hopes that he is gradually coming out of it, will concentrate minds and you will get a greater consensus of agreement in the next week. the front page of the times obviously talking about lockdown, but another story i want to bring in and ask you both about, "no evidence that pets can pass on covid—19." this is referring to the big hoopla today where the british veterinary association appeared to suggest that britain's 10 million cats should join their owners and lockdown. now lots of people going on the website which crashed, but it now turns out that what they were saying was that you should laugh and

lockdown if you have... we are a country of cat and dog lovers, aren't we? indeed, my cat is not allowed in the room with me right now because she would be jumping on the computer. it is very upsetting to any cat or dog owner... are you worried about it, kate?|j to any cat or dog owner... are you worried about it, kate? iwas waiting to see the official evidence, frankly, but obviously anything that threatens the cats feels like a direct threat to me. but generally pets are part of the family, and obviously their persons are the ones affected most importantly bite, but the pets matter as well. if you don't think — your matter as well. if you don't think —— your pet cannot translate the disease to you, so this is not a concern. there is some evidence that cats in particular can catch a strand of the virus and pass it to one another, but there is not any need to lock up your cat unless you yourself may be infected. to be

honest, it is tough these days to find any really positive news around covid—19, but let's take this as a silver lining. are you a cat lover? i see you are a silver lining. are you a cat lover? i see you are a gun silver lining. are you a cat lover? i see you are a gun lover by the poster behind you. that's one of my old books. next door, my wife, daughter and two cats are watching a film. you both have cats, amazing! we have two cats, one of the unintended consequences of this confinement is that the cats are incredibly happy because they love people being around rather than an empty house. everybody having gone to work — but there is a serious point, particularly people being on theirown, point, particularly people being on their own, particularly the elderly, their own, particularly the elderly, the infirmed animals, particularly cats and dogs, are such a lifeline —

excuse me ‘ cats and dogs, are such a lifeline — excuse me — to people. so hopefully all the science of the moment is provisional, hopefully they are safe and they won't contract, and they certainly wouldn't pass it on. i think - it certainly wouldn't pass it on. i think — it is a fun and amusing story, but i don't think there is a serious element to that. moving on to the metro, it is a good news story because after 76 days, a very strict lockdown, seriously strict lockdown, we are now seeing the very slow return to normality for wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. this picture here showing passengers arriving at the station to board one of the first trains out of wuhan. maybe this shows a picture of wuhan. maybe this shows a picture of what our future might look like when we come out of lockdown too, but another important point to make is the damage to the city and its people is great, isn't it? it is

huge, the economic downside, the health downside, so many people will have been impacted by the illness and the deaths in wuhan, it is a city of 11 million people and it was, as you say, extremely strict lockdown. they are not back to normal, it is not business as usual, it will be slow — apparently and certain neighbourhoods, there are restrictive about certain types of movement and activity. it is not com pletely movement and activity. it is not completely back to normal. but in many ways, and it is odd to say, this will be an experiment. every country is making different decisions. who hand coming out of lockdown, with countries like denmark which will reopen primary schools and nurseries, these are small experiments where we will be waiting to see what happens with the virus and... we really have to watch closely. john, looking at the picture here on the metro, even though these people are returning to the train station, they are wearing

full on overalls with their faces covered. although things are returning to normal, they are far from normal still. absolutely, interests me —— it interests me that overtime, interests me —— it interests me that over time, china have interests me —— it interests me that overtime, china have been incredibly authoritarian, they are using technology as a means of surveillance. in the course of coronavirus and other countries, you can only leave wuhan, as far as i'm aware, and the province if you have been certified on your health app as either having recovered from it or having a clean bill of health. the consequences for all of us of the greater use of surveillance for a common good, it is incredibly efficient the way they've gone about

it, will extend far beyond the coronavirus issue. john and kate, thank you so much to both of you for joining us. next time i want to see or pets, please. absolutely, that is an open invitation. thank you so much. thank you forjoining us, that is it for the papers this hour. thanks to my guests and thank you for your company. bye—bye for now. hello there. i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sports centre. the new uk athletics chief executive joanna coates has been talking about the impact of coronavirus on the sport. they'll be furloughing staff from tomorrow and they look to protect what events they still have in the calendar, like the anniversary games in london injuly, but that could see them clash with west ham.

we still really want to hold that. if government is saying that we can still have mass gatherings, we still really want to hold that. it is very important for us. it's important for our athletes. we do understand that the premier league are controlling fixtures, so there's a lot of parties at work here, and we understand that west ham want to play their remaining fixtures. but we're still having conversations in the background that we want the anniversary games to go ahead. itjust feels like sometimes sports is weighted so much to football — and i think all sport, at this moment in time, should be given a fair shot. the next world athletics championships will be held between 15—24july in 2022. they were going to be in oregon next summer, but that was before the olympics were rescheduled. that means that the worlds, that were held in doha last year, will be the first in a triple bill of major events. they will be followed by the commonwealth games in birmingham and then the european championships in munich. world athletics have admitted that it's not ideal,

but it will be a unique celebration of the sport over six weeks. tottenham's head coachjose mourinho has admitted that he shouldn't have taken a training session with a handful of his players in a north london park, breaking government guidelines on social distancing. they've been reminded of their responsibilities by the club after being pictured on hadley common. mourinho was with a group of players, incuding the club's record signing tanguy ndombele. davinson sanchez and ryan sessegnon were also filmed going for a run. jose mourinho has given this response. he says... european ryder cup captain padraig harrington says the "common consensus" is that this year's competition won't go ahead unless fans are able to attend.

it's scheduled to take place in late september at whistling straits in wisconsin. this year's four majors have already been cancelled or postponed. the two—time 0pen champion says, "nobody wants to see the ryder cup played without the fans being there." as sports deal with the financial impact of coronavirus, here are some other headlines today. wales' leading rugby union players will take a 25% pay cut for the next three months. the wru and the four regions have reached the agreement with the players union. those earning less than £25,000 a year won't be affected. country cricket champions essex are placing the club's playing staff and the majority of non—playing staff on furlough leave until futher notice. kent are also doing the same with the majority of their staff. british cycling say they'll furlough 90 staff, around a third of the workforce, over the next two months. they are anticipating a drop in income of around £4 million. the chief executive and the leadership group

will take 10% paycuts. and finally, 0lympic swimming champion adam peaty has taken part in a 100 kilometre bike race in his back garden to help raise funds for the nhs. peaty says he had some mechancial problems and finished the distance in two hours and 5a minutes. he was joined by 0lympic medallists maddie hinch and jazz carlin, who were among the 620 people whojoined him on a virutal training app. —— virtual training and racing app. peaty is also going to auction the trunks that he wore when he won gold in rio four years ago. that's all the sport for now. hello there. wednesday was the warmest day of the year so far. temperatures reached 2a celsius in sussex. on wednesday and again on thursday, we've got this weak weather front moving very slowly northwards across scotland. to the south of that, many parts of the uk in that warmer air once again and those temperatures will get

a boost in the sunshine. but we've got more cloud on that weather front, moving northwards across scotland, lingering in the northeast of england, making it cooler. maybe a bit of rain from that too. to the south, some variable cloud, some good sunny spells. probably the sunniest weather towards the southwest. this is where we are likely to see the highest temperatures. it will be quite a bit cooler underneath the cloud in scotland and noticeably so in the northeast of england. there will also an onshore breeze too. that cloud will continue to drift its way northwards, up towards the northern isles, taking a bit of rain there overnight. but elsewhere, i think we'll some good clear spells, particularly further south across england and wales. but after the warmth and the sunshine here in the day, temperatures here will be no lower than eight or 9 degrees. into friday, good friday, and a few changes for the northern half of the uk. whilst there may be some sunshine, there's the chance of catching a few showers, which could be heavy. they're very hit and miss, mind you. for much of england and wales, it's probably going to be dry. the sunnier skies from the midland south towards.

here, temperatures again, 23—24 degrees. a little bit milder, i think, across the northeast of england and for many parts of scotland. as we move into the weekend, we will start to see some erosion of the area of high—pressure. the pressure is starting to drop a bit. we've got some weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. they'll certainly bring some more cloud and maybe some showery bursts of rain. somewhat or whether particularly across scotland, perhaps into northern ireland. even the chance of a shower or to not far from the southwest of england. but again, many parts of england and wales should be dry. still enjoying some sunshine and some warmth, eith the highest temperatures across the southeast of england. —— with the highest temperatures. and that's where we'll see any remaining warmth on easter day, because there's more showers likely to develop across england and wales, with some heavier ones towards wales and the southwest. a little bit drier across scotland and northern ireland, but those temperatures are beginning to ebb away, and it will turn cooler still as we move into monday. those showers we are seeing in the south and southwest, those will fade away — and instead, around an area of high—pressure, we will see a northerly wind. it will turn drier,

but it will turn cooler.

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