this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the european union agrees a 500 billion euros rescue package for the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. six and a half million us workers filed for unemployment as the economic impact is felt around the world. prime minister borisjohnson around the world. prime minister boris johnson is around the world. prime minister borisjohnson is out of intensive care but remains in hospital as the uk government says there are no plans to lift the lockdown. and lift off. getting away from it all, the russian space missing dominic mission started leaving the virus behind.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world, covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally but first though it is being hailed as the most important deal in eu history, after days of disagreement eu leaders reached a deal over a package of measures to help the economy is worst hit by the crisis. the financial help us with 500 billion euros around $550 million. in the days others developments, italy and spain say there lockdown will continue until at least may. however the spanish prime minister says a beginning and the decline of cases is an sight. a less positive outlook as cases arise despite a case of emergency. 881 people have

lost their lives in the last 2a hours. that takes the total deaths and hospitals here to 7987. in the united states the latest job figures were released showing a massive 6.5 million you unemployment claims in the dallas last week taking that three week total to almost i7 that three week total to almost 17 million. that agreement and the eu we talked about earlier, the eu we talked about earlier, the italian prime minister told the italian prime minister told the block could fail as a project without decisive action. he was speaking to our correspondent mark low—end. they are still battling it and maybe starting to control it. while deaths here remain high, italy is slowing the infection rate. the intensive care wards are easing a touch. this country is glimpsing the light. but it's prime minister told us it feels alone in the fight unsupported by a european union not sharing the board and of

what he calls the most serious test since the second world war. it is a big challenge to the existence of europe and the history of europe, we are not just stopping foss economics we are writing pages and history books. this is a big appointment with history and we cannot let it. if history does not rise to this challenge does the european union risk failing itself? translation: there is this risk where we do not bring life to the european project the risk is real. tonight the project seems to be listening. italy and other eu members hit by the outbreak will receive financial aid with the european union stressing european unity. today we agreed three safety nets and a plan for the recovery to be sure that we grow together and not apart once the virus is behind us. the emergency plan will shield

out the emergency plan will shield our economic and social foundation as we dive into a recession. is behind russia who sensed a chance to outplay the union and swayed the italians. the italian government denies a came with return favours. it is trailing antibody tests to see who could return to work having built up immunity and performing double the daily virus tests of britain. translation: first of all let me send my sympathy to my friend borisjohnson anti—taliban... friend borisjohnson anti—taliban. .. did not friend borisjohnson anti—taliban... did not give up boris. for sure performing tasks is to bring the situation under control. without tests we would have to cope with it in the dark. baby steps of progress as italy starts to turn a corner and re—find that lost word, hope.

the economic impact of the pandemic is being felt around the world and as we had jobless figures in the us have searched. and other sex and a half million people filed unemployment claims last week bringing the total to almost 17 million. is scared up to 60,000 americans could die with coronavirus. that is lower than previous estimates though. the state of new york has seen its highest number of death in a single day since the outbreak began. here is the report. the sound of the sirens has become the sound of new york. the ceaseless noise, for many a terrifying noise, that has placed this city under a form of mental siege. people here have become scared of ambulances and scared of the hospitals they end up at. in the past 2a hours alone new york has suffered almost 800 deaths. bereavement on a scale

that has brought back awful member to make memories. we have lost over 7000 lives to this crisis. that is so shocking and painful and breathtaking. i can't, shocking and painful and breathtaking. ican‘t, i shocking and painful and breathtaking. i can't, i do not even have the words for it. this famous cityscape pass and jolting new additions, the military hospital ship docked in the peers that used to welcome great liners. this is central park and the coronavirus spring, a field hospital in an open space called the lungs of new york. and those sirens again, where you would normally hear the sound of children's laughter. america is notjust basing its typist public health crisis, like the rest of the world economically it is being hammered. the fear is notjust ofa hammered. the fear is notjust of a recession but a depression. in the past three weeks alone more than 16 million people have lost their

jobs, that is a higher number in the unemployment recorded during two years of the great recession between 2007 and 2009. the federal reserve, the fed is ready to hop in trillions of dollars in emergency relief. it is new york's poorest districts heavily populated with african—americans and hispanics that are being hardest hit by this health and economic crisis. these are food parcels being delivered in the bronx. when you are and one of the poorest communities in the country, it was already a challenge, though small businesses cannot wait weeks for the fed to help them, they need days. so what people are watching right now is what happens when you do not invest in addressing poverty for generations. as it confronts this invisible enemy, a war footing as america faces what

could be its greatest ever peacetime challenge. nick bryant, bbc news new york. and the face of those grand unemployment number is donald trump outlined a raft of new support measures urging democrats and republicans to find a agreement on an additional $250 billion assistance bill currently stalling in the us senate. to provide economic relief, it announced that it will provide up announced that it will provide up to $2.3 trillion to states and local governments, $600 billion will be available for midsize businesses with up to 10,000 employees and $500 billion will be available for states, counties with over 18 million residents and cities with a population of over1 million. my administration is working with congress to replenish the very successful, incredibly successful the way

it is going, paycheque protection programme which is allowing hundreds of thousands of small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll, meaning it will keep those businesses open. we need both democrats and republicans to come together to get this legislation completed and it looks like it is on its way but we need both. here in the uk prime minister boris johnson who is receiving treatment for coronavirus has been moved out of intensive care at a london hospital, a spokesperson says his recovery is at a early stage. deputizing for the prime minister, he ruled out ending the lock down in the tape at the lock down in the tape at the time being. it was so dreadful no one was able to visit him for three weeks and no one was able to be with him during his final hours and minutes. emily remembers her grandfather who died yesterday. he went into hospital with another health

issue and then contracted covid—19. she told me visitors we re covid—19. she told me visitors were not allowed because of the virus risk but she is reassuring to know that two nurses were with him and his final hours. for me and my relatives, it is really comforting just to make sure those two amazing people at his bedside and comforting him and saying all the right things at the right time. and we will forever be in their diets and we arejust so forever be in their diets and we are just so grateful that it ended. i raised the issue at the downing street media briefing today. we heard some hollering stories of people dying alone because family cannot be with them for understandable reasons to do with the virus risk. what do you say to the british public about how things will develop from here? we do not know conclusively that we are beyond the point at which we can come to mike start considering it can be relaxed. we must keep it up can be relaxed. we must keep it up said the key thing is to

understand how much they have already done has helped contribute to avoiding an even worse situation in terms of the spread of the virus and the numberof spread of the virus and the number of deaths and how important it is that we do not slow or take our pressure off at the critical moment before we come through the peak. clear prediction how long the debts go on rising. i expect debts go on rising. i expect debts will continue going up after the intensive care picture improves so we are not there yet in terms of knowing exactly when that will be. their latest analysis of data in england and wales suggests death rates go up with age and men and women but men are ahead of women in all age groups. alex died in hospital with the coronavirus ten days ago and none of his family could be with him but stats that doug set upa with him but stats that doug set up a video call and his son says that made all the difference. it felt like we we re difference. it felt like we were together and it was really

rich and really real and he was wea k rich and really real and he was weak but we also connected as a family said there were three or four of us on a telephone and we could speak with each other, comfort each other and make plans. we felt together which i have not experienced that before. this is what patients will be aware of and around them, stop like these with masks, visors and downs. it is confusing and communication is difficult which is tougher doctors and nurses as well as those who have been careful. doctor rachel clarke who specialises in end—of—life care says they can be an emotional drain. sometimes at the end of the day you take off your gown and mask and you are just crying your eyes out on the way home because he had seen things he did not want to see but at the same time you have tried your utmost to be there at a time when perhaps a sign or doddle or a spouse cannot be

there and all you want to do is support that patient. the u pwa rd support that patient. the upward trend index appeared to be slowing but whatever the statistics say there are life—and—death issues for thousands of families to confront every day and every pa rt confront every day and every part of the country. stay with us here on bbc news because still to come the price of 20,000 stranded britons finally fly home from india. 55 years of hatred and rage, theyjump up on the statues. his funeral becomes a massive demonstration of black power, the power to influence. today

it is about the promise and bright future, the day when we hoped a line can be drawn from the blood he passed. i think that picasso's works we re i think that picasso's works were beautiful, intelligent and it was a sad loss to everyone loves art. this is bbc news and these are the latest headlines. the european union has agreed a 500 billion euros rescue package for the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. donald trump has outlined a raft of support measures in the face of grand employment figures in us. iran has the

highest number of covid—19 debts in the middle east and volu nteers debts in the middle east and volunteers are stepping in to clea nse volunteers are stepping in to cleanse the corpses which are piling up and mortuaries but how safe is it and do the number of bodies cast doubt on officialfigures? a number of bodies cast doubt on official figures? a warning, this report has some graphic images. gearing up to treat the dead. these men are studying to become clerics. they have volunteered to do a job that the professionals are reluctant to do. cleansing the bodies of coronavirus victims so they can be varied according to islamic traditions. but it is notjust fear that is causing the shortage of body washers. it is the sheer scale of deaths the country is facing. translation: these are the dead bodies that have been here since this morning but unfortunately be

numbers are so huge. all of these are corona victims. the man goes on to say that some of the bodies have been there for five days. he was later arrested for spreading lies. a similar story. and these volu nteers similar story. and these volunteers drafted into claims that dead. since the start of the coronavirus epidemic unofficial reports and anecdotal evidence have raised questions about iran's official figures. some researchers estimate the number of covid—19 deaths and infections can be higher, at much higher. 0fficial higher, at much higher. official statistics say that just over a 60,000 have contracted the virus and around 4000 have died. but a group of iranian researchers in the us we re iranian researchers in the us were sceptical. using dynamic

modelling of the epidemic they estimated that the number of infections as of march 30 could actually have been close letter to1 million actually have been close letter to 1 million and that more than 15,000 people had lost their lives. while that is just one study and we may never know the true study and we may never know the tru e exte nt study and we may never know the true extent of the crisis and iran, the size and scale of it are dug into the earth. instead of individual grades bodies of multiple victims are being placed side by side in long trench like burial sites. unheard of in this part of the world. e coronavirus pandemic will cause the west global economic fallout than the great depression almost a century ago. that was the warning today and as our economics editor explains the british economy could be affected just as

badly. this is what trying to keep the wheels of industry training through a global pandemic looks like, the production line that is so to socially distance and at times keeping this british export classic being made. cycling is one of the industries where demand should eventually shoot up but even here and in the british economy generally you cannot escape the thumping impact of coronavirus and the shutdowns needed to slow the speed. in no time at all it hit you up so suddenly you are drop down, 30% of our sales potential just went overnight. and then it started hating our supply chain in the uk, and then we have a lockdown in the uk and then we have are stuff and ability to assess staff. the first thing as cash. this is one of the companies,

and cannot be said for all other british businesses and the effect on the economy is inescapable and beyond the imagination. the bbc contacted 17 of the 21 top economy, to forecast the economy and the updated numbers are incredible and over the last ten years outside of the 2008 financial crisis the economy has grown in some kind —— sometimes falling but in this quarter e—file anticipated by these economists is on average over 14% and that ranges from a minimum forecast of seven and a half percent down, extraordinary and have to much as 24% down. a temporary loss of a quarter of the economy. the size and speed is what happened a century ago in the start of the 1920s depression. the treasury has been doing its own analysis and the hit to the economy from the

antivirus and that shut down. my antivirus and that shut down. my understanding is it is in line with the bottom end of the range, extraordinary numbers in terms of decline in the economy of this quarter and the great hope would be that companies such as this can be part of a rapid rebound but that is as farfrom certain, the impact now felt up and down the country. i was recently made andi country. i was recently made and i the day looking forjobs. its court, computer skills ordinarily in high demand. we had some reserves but they are getting rapidly depleted so we do not know what we are going to be able to do after the next couple of weeks. and you have three boys? yes that is correct. and how are they taking a? they are not taking it too well. they did not understand what is going on with the potential that we might have to move house and

that we have to really cut back. the rest of the industrial estates remain under lockdown and the impact of the economy is just being revealed. the first of seven repatriation flights arrived in london. and carry 316 passengers and more than 20,000 british citizens stranded in india asked for assistance to get home. the south asia correspondent reports. we are letting our villa now after seven weeks of travel to ta ke after seven weeks of travel to take the first monday in repatriation flights. the start of the long journey home and an abrupt end to a family trip. we are at the airport... she bought a seat on the first repatriation flight for uk citizens in india. last night a packed plane flew more than 300

brits home. as she returned to london the family were reunited which could not come soon enough. relieved and really happy to be home. my children are happy to be home. my children a re really happy to be home. my children are really happy to spend time with my husband but the uk government handled it very badly. they left us and there was no information given to us. it was very hard to have hope at some points that we were actually going to be able to get homejust actually going to be able to get home just because of the information that was coming through. that is a sentiment shared by the tens of thousands of brats stacked in and he asked tapley why has it taken three weeks to get these first repatriation flight started when other nations started getting their people back almost immediately as lockdown was called. germany has already flown citizens back. the government will provide

necessary support for a special traded flights to bring uk nationals back home. brits and india are running out of food, money and medicine. a few days ago i spoke to rita farmer who is still stranded and scared. we want to be home with our families and we want to be back on families and we want to be back on the uk's soil as soon as possible before things can get more severe hair. and at the end of today we just feel we have not been listened to. no one cares have not been listened to. no one cares and no one bothers. it is appalling. this week flights leave from delhi, and other areas. the last brits in india what we as mps have been telling the foreign office again and again that with the demand from constituents is and

thatis demand from constituents is and that is why they are feeling discriminated against because many of them are elderly and running out of medicine and of other nations can do it why can't other nations can do it why can't we? as india remains on lockdown, officials in the uk say they are working to get eve ryo ne say they are working to get everyone home but with an estimated 20,000 brits in the country a could take time. if you're looking somewhere coronavirus free you may need a russian space rocket to get there. a new crew has lasted off and when the cosmonaut said it would be the safest place. with a pandemic sweeping the world here is an idea, leave the planet. a russian rocket blasts into space. strapped inside our cosmonauts and a

nasa astronaut. the new crew for the international space station. coronavirus had affected pre—fright —— preflight preparation. they had been and tighter quarantine than usual with contacts bare minimum. that meant no family members present for lift off. we obviously love to have our families here with us but it is we have to do to be safe. you do not want to come down with covid—19 appear. assuming they stay healthy, the crew will be well away from the dramas back on earth. although space flight carries a particular risk we understand for the next few months the international space station will probably be the safe st station will probably be the safest place on earth. of course self isolation comes naturally to a spaceman. no bowing naturally to a spaceman. no popping to the shops orjogging

to the park appear. 258 miles above the surface of the earth, the crew will be setting an example to us all. that is all we have time for, thank you for your company, goodbye. although there most parts of the country will be dry and warm today and yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far in wales. 24 and a half degrees in cardiff and a half degrees in cardiff and similar temperature is today. some parts of england make it up to 25 degrees. it was only 9 degrees and it will be significantly warmer and gradually over the weekend we will see high temperature is getting squeezed down towards the southeast of england and start choleric from the north and significant change for all of us on monday with cooler northerly winds. temperature is starting off with on friday so pretty mild even in the south with clear skies and much milder across northern scotland

with some rain to clear away and then we see some sharp showers coming in across scotla nd showers coming in across scotland and perhaps the far north of england before it brightens up and we get some sunshine and rain holding off until the evening. & across england and wales and higher temperature is likely to be across england and wales. and some of the heat could trigger thunder a later in the day. also have some wetter weather coming into parts of scotland as well. there will still being showers around on saturday morning across scotland and the north of england and they should tend to fade away and it will brighten up again and for much of the country should be dryer into the afternoon and some sharp showers developing and wales and the southwest which means higher temperatures are more likely to be in the southeast of england, 26 degrees as possible. significant change comes and and northern parts will be clear and cloudy air. further south we will have some son but

showers more likely to develop across southern parts. 22 degrees still possible but still the heat is beginning to ebb away. that is because we had a change in the wind direction. while we will see the back of the showers eventually cold area of high pressure coming down from the north with northerly winds. stronger winds overnight and into monday. workload across the eastern side of the uk and centring further west and the highest temperature this time is 14 degrees so many of the temperatures are below average for the time of year.

this is bbc news. these the headlines. finance ministers with a rescue package for countries hit ha rd by rescue package for countries hit hard by the pandemic. in the united states government of the 6.6 million workers have filed for unemployment. 0ne workers have filed for unemployment. one in ten have not been laid off. meanwhile in the epicentre of the outbreak in the us, 799 people have died in the past 24 hours in new york state. it is the highest daily toll since the outbreak began there. and very good spirits, the uk prime minister borisjohnson and very good spirits, the uk prime minister boris johnson is and very good spirits, the uk prime minister borisjohnson is out of intensive care and back on the ward at st. thomas hospital. and uk police step up checks and of the easter weekend is the government says it is way too early to lift the lockdown. those are the headlines on bbc news.