this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the number of people who've died from coronavirus in uk hospitals, passes 10,000, as the country enters its fourth week of lockdown. the nhs has saved my life, no question. britain's prime minister boris johnson recuperates at his country residence chequers, after praising health service staff he singled out two nurses — jenny mcgee from new zealand and luis pitarma from portugal — for caring for him at his bedside at the most critical time. china reports the highest daily rise in coronavirus cases in more than five weeks — most of them imported from overseas. some construction workers

return to work in spain — as the country starts easing restrictions after 4 weeks in lockdown and nearly 200 members of the armed forces in england and wales are being deployed to support ambulance services 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. but first, as the uk enters its fourth week in lockdown, the government is reviewing the measures imposed to try to curb the spread of coronavirus. it comes as one of the european countries worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, spain,

relaxes some of the restrictions announced last month. but with the number of hospital deaths in the uk now standing at more than 10,000, restrictions here are likely to remain in place for some time yet. members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. 0ur correspondent leigh milner reports. the faces of those who have died from coronavirus, described by the health secretary as the "invisible killer," which has now taken more than 10,000 lives in the uk. among them, health care workers like dr edmond adedeji, who was based in swindon. questions are now being asked just how many on the front line have lost their lives to save others. i don't have an update on the figure of 19 nhs staff who have died, that i gave yesterday, but what i can tell you is that we are looking into each circumstance to understand how they caught the virus and making sure that we learn as much as we possibly can, and therefore of course

protect our health workers as much as possible. according to public health england, the number of people in hospital with coronavirus in london is stabilising. but it's now increasing in places such as the north—west and north—east of england, as well as yorkshire. speaker: can you all go home, please? it's not a holiday, it's a lockdown. today marks three weeks since lockdown began. it's understood ministers will meet later this week to review the social distancing measures. despite the warm bank holiday weekend, the streets of london were empty, and motorways almost abandoned, as people listened to the pleas to stay close to home. yesterday the sister of sara trollope, a matron on a psychiatric ward in north—west london who recently died after contracting the virus, gave this poignant message to the public. for me, stay at home, don't let my sister and all the other nhs staff and all the people who have died from this virus, don't let their deaths be in vain.

stay at home. with only one day left of the four—day bank holiday weekend, the message remains the same. stay at home, protect the nhs, and save lives. borisjohnson is recuperating at his country residence, chequers, after spending a week in hospital with covid—19. in a video message, the british prime minister paid tribute to the national health service, singling out two nurses — jenny mcgee from new zealand and luis pitarma from portugal — who looked after him at his bedside. jenny's parents have been talking to tv new zealand about their daughter. we knew that he was in st thomas' hospital. it was all over the news and that he had then gone into intensive care. but, our daughter is very professional so we don't ask things or she doesn't spill things so, it really wasn't until he was out of intensive care

that she actually told us. and what did she say to you? well, she said she had just had a most surreal time in her life, something she would never forget, that she had been taking care of boris. it makes us feel exceptionally proud, obviously, but she has told us these things over the years and it doesn't matter what patient she is looking after, this is what she does and ijust find it incredible that she, or any nurses can do that for 12 hours, sit and watch a patient and twiddle away with all the different knobs and things they do to keep their patients alive. it is absolutely amazing. i think over the years she has always told us that herjob is one on one nursing with very critically ill people and that means she is there all the time for the 12 hours, so once we had heard that borisjohnson had gone

into intensive care, it was obvious that at some stage, jenny would possibly run into him and giving him the same level of care that she would have given anybody else the week before or next week, and we are really proud of her. the uk government is due to review by thursday whether social distancing measures can be relaxed. earlier our political correspondent helen catt explained more. they are required by law so when his restrictions were first put in place, you might remember boris johnson said that in three weeks' time, they would look again at these restrictions and it would be kept under constant review. of course, they are a big restriction on our way of life so it is fairly correct that they are regularly reviewed so in the bit of legislation that then gave the police the powers to enforce them, it was written into it that every 21 days, the secretary of

state has to look at them and decide if those restrictions are still necessary and that the first review had to happen before thursday the 16th of april so that is the requirement. reviewing doesn't mean changing though. it just requirement. reviewing doesn't mean changing though. itjust means they have to decide if they are still needed and so they will look at the medical data, they will look at the data they have been gathering, there isa group data they have been gathering, there is a group called sage, the scientific advisory group and it is the data that goes to them early this week that will be looked at to decide. it is important to stress that it decide. it is important to stress thatitis decide. it is important to stress that it is extremely, extremely, extremely unlikely that those restrictions will change this week because the whole point of it, the government has consistently said is that making sure the nhs isn't overwhelmed, about getting us past the peak of the virus and at the moment, it doesn't seem that that is where we are, so all the noises coming out of government is that we are very unlikely to see that changed this week. if we boris johnson's message released yesterday, he was talking about the social distancing measures are starting to prove their worth, making progress, it wasn't the sort

of noises that imply, that's great, we can lift them. is he going to be involved in the conversations at government level on this because obviously he is recuperating at chequers having been in intensive care. on medical advice he is a checkis care. on medical advice he is a check is recovering and he was told that he wasn't to go straight back to work on medical advice so it is difficult to know how much it will be in contact or how little, i think that will be something ask over the course of the week and i think that will change depending on the medical advice. of course, dominic raab remains deputising for him and the cabinet, as they have been well it was in hospital, there to make these decisions and the legal obligation is on the secretary of state for health, matt hancock, to make the decision by the end of the week in any case. nearly 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. personnel from all three strands of the armed forces will be sent to work at five ambulance trusts. they will carry out a range of tasks, including driving

emergency response vehicles, moving critical care patients between intensive care units, and taking calls from the public. in spain, more businesses are being allowed to reopen. the country's lockdown has brought much of the economy to a standstill. spain is one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic, but the infection rate is starting to slow. thousands of employees in construction and manufacturing will be allowed to go back to work, but for the rest of the population, tough restrictions remain in place. elsewhere in europe, the italian government has told the bbc some businesses will not be allowed to fully reopen until a vaccine is found. restaurants and bars face the most uncertainty and some have already collapsed since the lockdown began five weeks ago. 0ur europe correspondent jean mackenzie reports from rome. the tables still set for meals that were never served. chiara built this place

for the people of rome to meet, eat, and play music. crowd sings. but it's been five weeks since every restaurant in italy was shut down and, as the lockdown drags on, she is preparing to close for good. and this is the reality. when shops and businesses are reopened it will be gradual and the places where you can't keep your distance will be last. we can't have a concert, we can't have a cinema. what about bars and restaurants? now it is impossible to imagine that the restaurants can reopen. until the discovery of a vaccine, it's impossible to imagine that you can return to a normal life.

in the meantime, the government is offering loans to keep them going. but these businesses are struggling to see their place in a socially distant future and fear that by the time they're allowed to reopen the damage done will be so great it will be irreversible. this barge bar now resembles a ghost ship. another business on the edge. how busy does it get? it's good, the last year. now nothing. and while this country waits to be reopened, its streets are silently being redrawn. the places which give it so much of its soul most at risk.

jean mackenzie, bbc news. china has reported more than 100 new cases of the virus , the highest daily figure in more than five weeks. most of the latest infections are among chinese nationals returning from overseas. here's our china correspondent robin brant. they are particularly worried about imported cases, international travellers coming into china and bringing coronavirus with them. at the moment as well, there's a real cluster emerging in a province in the north, near the border with russia, heilongjiang, and we are seeing in recent weeks that a number of chinese nationals are crossing that border, a bit of a game of cat and mouse going on up there, bringing covid—19 with them. there is evidence as well, even in today's figures, we are seeing seven new domestic cases in that province, so evidence people are bringing it in and then they appear to be spreading it. the numbers that have been revealed in the last 2a hours of 108 new,

confirmed cases in china, that is relatively small, obviously. but it will be worrying because that is the largest number of confirmed new cases in the last five weeks. it continues a trend of these numbers ticking up and up. we may even see more stringent measures on international travellers coming into china coming in. already, there are no direct flights to beijing. all international visitors face 1a days of quarantine. and now, the province i mentioned up north near the russian border, the capital there, harbin, anyone who wants to go into the capital if you are coming from abroad, from today, you face 28 days of mandatory quarantine. so if they want to bring these cases down again, does that mean chinese nationals flying back in may have to go into quarantine? well, they do have to go into quarantine now, everybody coming in internationally but i think another question that maybe you are alluding to is will they stop chinese nationals coming in? they are the bulk of the cases

bringing coronavirus back to china, back to the country where it began and there is no way china is going to ban its own citizens from coming but it is trying to discourage them by limiting the number of flights and insisting that they face varying levels of quarantine once they come in. but like i say, the obscure border up north, the land border with russia, there is a bit of cat and mouse going on, it is now closed but that is where we saw over recent weeks people coming in and a renewed spike in confirmed cases of coronavirus as people came into northern china from russia. judging when and how to lift restrictions is fraught with danger. countries in asia, where covid—19 first spread more than three months ago, have taken different approaches to controlling the pandemic. let's hear from our correspondents in south korea, singapore and japan, but first, we begin with stephen mcdonnell in china — the country where the virus originated. china's strictest lockdown has been in hubei province,

however in most of the country, staying indoors and simply been a suggestion which people have followed. now, it is a cautious road to normality. you need to pass green phone app health clearance to buy train tickets. landlords of apartment blocks are only admitting residents. restaurants are capping diner numbers, so you can't sit too close to others. china is returning to work, while guarding against a new wave of infections from citizens returning from overseas. here in south korea, there has been no lockdown, no mandatory restrictions despite over 10,000 people becoming infected. instead, the government urged common sense. stay apart where possible, work from home and avoid mass gatherings. instead of controlling the movement of the population, it has aggressively traced and tested for the virus. silent streets and empty offices. here in singapore, a partial lockdown has kicked in over the last few days

because of a second wave infections. we are not meant to leave our homes any more unless it's for one of 12 government mandated reasons. break those rules and you face fines or worse, prison time. these measures are in place until the end of the month but they could be extended if the virus isn't contained. here injapan most of us, at least in the biggest cities, are now living under a state of emergency. so what does that mean? it means the government is asking people to stay at home at the weekends and in the evenings and as you can see, most people are now complying with that, but this is not a lockdown. offices remain open, as do pubs and restaurants until 8pm. you can even go and get a haircut if you want to. the japanese government appears determined to keep the economy going, come what may. japan is also not carrying out widespread testing. instead, the government is hoping these limited measures will start to bend the curve of the epidemic downwards in the next two weeks or so. will it work? we will have to wait and see.

as you see from my colleagues around the region, governments here in asia are using very different strategies to combat the covid—19 pandemic. but one thing is very striking. compared to america and europe, the number of people dying in asia from the coronavirus appears to be much, much lower. there's lots of speculation about why that might be, is it because people in asia wear face masks much more? the truth is right now, we simply don't know. the headlines on bbc news. the number of deaths in the uk from coronavirus has passed 10,000, as the uk faces its fourth week in lockdown. boris johnson recuperates at his country residence chequers, praising two nurses — jenny mcgee from new zealand and luis pitarma from portugal — for caring for him at his bedside. some construction workers in spain return to work as the country starts

easing lockdown restrictions. away from coronavirus, at least six people have been killed after a strong storm system swept across the us states of mississippi and louisiana. the national weather service says it believes at least 13 tornadoes touched down across the region leaving behind a path of destruction. let's go straight to cincinnati in ohio where we can speak to alex haworth. he's a storm chaser and travlled to mississippi to film one of the tornadoes. i know you're in a car going through this weather system, just explain what it has been like. you or yesterday we stayed the night in mississippi, we have been tracking this system for around one week, watching it closely. we got up from the hotel this morning, we decided to travel south west towards jackson

mississippi and we actually ended up... how bad are these storms? they have been pretty dangerous. as you said before, there's been six confirmed fatalities with the storm system, this storm system has been very, they are calling it rare, there is a whole bunch of ingredients that came together that brought the storm system together. it travelled all the way from texas and is still ongoing in south carolina where it is doing major damage. just looking at pictures of some of the damage, making absolutely clear how extreme these conditions have been, what about help for those who have been affected because of course, this all comes at a time of crisis otherwise with cobit 19. that is correct. you can make with cobit19. that is correct. you can make an argument that most of these people are home and safe, they

we re these people are home and safe, they were in businesses that got hit because of the virus and also... not letting people into the cities while they do search and rescue. and what they do search and rescue. and what the prospects of the weather, will this pass quite quickly? as i said before, the storm system right now is currently ongoing and east coast of the united states, primarily in south carolina it is doing major damage as we speak, within a couple of hours, the storm system will be going north—east and the threat will diminish. thank you forjoining us, stay safe. saudi arabia and russia have ended their oil price war in an historic deal brokered after a weekend of intensive video calls between the world's biggest oil producers. the deal, made by the group known as 0pec—plus, will cut global production of oil at unprecedented levels.

it was helped along by president trump — one of many leaders desperate to stabilise the global economy during the coronavirus pandemic. freya cole reports. planes are grounded, major highways are quiet, and streets around the world are deserted. global demand for oil during the coronavirus pandemic has plummeted. it's flooded the market with excess oil, which has only been exacerbated by a price war between russia and saudi arabia. but after a week of intensive video talks between the world's top oil producers and their allies, a deal has been brokered to cut global crude production. it is the largest cut by 0pec in supply ever. it signals of this kind of 0pec—plus cooperation, particularly saudi arabia and russia. their oil price war is over and their cooperation will continue. it was unique because the g20 was a part of it and cooperated in trying to figure out how

to bring it together, so you had notjust 0pec, but the largest economies in the world. from the beginning of next month, the global oil cartel, 0pec—plus, will cut to 9.7 million barrels a day. that's about 10% of the current global output of oil. the big producers hope this will stabilise the industry and stop prices from plummeting even further. basically, stem the bleeding. they wanted to keep the oil price where it is, and prevent it from going further down, and oil prices should come down, and gasoline prices should come down, and we should see some tangible difference at the pump. but right now, no matter how cheap the oil price is, it's not going to matter if you are not going out that much. us president donald trump has been a major diplomatic player, confirming the historic agreement on twitter. he said...

mr trump also convinced mexico, a country which refused to agree with its 0pec member states. but countries which are not included in the oil cartel, like the us, brazil and canada, are also expected to slash production, because the oil crash of 2020 is a global problem, and one where there is currently no end in sight. freya cole, bbc news. here in the uk, amid the lockdown, millions of people here are working to keep essential services running. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, has been to sizewell b power station in suffolk, to see how britain's electricity companies are making sure the lights stay on. the routine checks chemist rochelle grimmer is making help ensure sizewell b nuclear power

station continues to run smoothly. it provides electricity to more than 2 million british homes. day—to—day tasks are a bit more laborious, says rochelle. 0bviously, washing hands multiple times a day is a big one. we work a lot with gloves in our chemistry section, so changing those frequently, and, obviously, complying with our social distancing at all times. here on the suffolk coast, sizewell says it started putting in place its pandemic plan over two months ago, before the first coronavirus cases were even reported in the uk. we have effectively got half of the normal staff complement here at the moment. we have split them into two teams. one is sat operating the power plant, as we are here today, the other is at home, safe and isolated. and in the eventuality we did see some sickness on site, the other team would be ready to come in and maintain operation. the nuclear reactor

is below this dome. the overriding priority is to make sure nothing goes wrong in there. so what happens just if there is an issue with international shipping and the power station can't get supplies? the early stages of our plan, which we enacted two months ago, is to build up our commodities and spare stock levels. so we are ready for this. we don't need to refuel this power station until 2021. so don't worry, your electricity dependent lockdown lifestyle isn't at threat any time soon. justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk. let's just bring you these pictures from bangkok. newborn babies are being given face shields in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus at a hospital in the city. the tiny face guards have been designed by the hospital for use when the baby makes its firstjourney home.

for those watching around the world, we will say goodbye to you. stay safe. here, police have praised people for largely staying inside over what has been a warm and sunny weekend. we're now entering our fourth week of lockdown measures in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, with the strong likelihood of restrictions being extended. today, parks and beaches would usually be full of people enjoying the bank holiday, but not so this year. let's speak to our correspondent sarah ransome, who's on a beach in exmouth. are you alone sarah? very nearly, just the dog walker, runner and cyclist, but if you look at the beach behind me, you really can only see one 01’ beach behind me, you really can only see one or two people on there. now, making the most of this glorious day here in devon and as you are saying,

over this long bank holiday and in fa ct over this long bank holiday and in fact the whole of the easter break normally, places - this be