this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. donald trump angrily defends his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which has now killed 22,000 americans. reporter: what did your administration do in february with the time that your travel ban bought you? a lot. what? a lot, and in fact, we'll give you a list, what we did — in fact, part of it was up there. we did a lot. it wasn't clear — your video has a gap. look, look. president macron announces he will begin to lift the french lockdown on 11 may. the number of deaths in the uk passes 11,000 as the government says the lockdown measures are working. and in other news: signs of unity among the democrats, as bernie sanders endorses joe biden to fight donald trump for the presidency.

hello to you. first, president trump has lashed out at the media, seeking to defend his record in slowing the early spread of coronavirus. nationwide, the us has recorded at least 570,000 cases and 23,000 deaths so far, but mr trump says the rise in american cases has begun to flatten out. more on that in a moment. first, some other major international developments: president emmanuel macron has extended the lockdown in france for another four weeks. measures will now remain in place until at least may the 11th. in the uk, the government has revealed that virus outbreaks have been detected in more than 2,000 care homes, including 92 outbreaks in the last 2a hours alone. and in spain, the lockdown has begun to ease. people in construction, manufacturing and some services

have returned to work, as the number of new daily deaths continues to fall. in the us, the senior heath expert, dr anthony fauci, has now said president trump did listen to his advice when he recommended mitigation efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus. dr fauci had said in a separate interview that lives could have been saved if the country had shut down sooner. after that appearance, trump retweeted a comment advocating that fauci be fired. the first and only time that dr birx and i went in and formally made a recommendation to the president to actually have a "shutdown" in the sense of not really shutdown, but to really have strong mitigation, we discussed it. obviously there would be concern by some that in fact that might have some negative consequences. nonetheless, the president listened to the recommendation and went to the mitigation.

the next second time that i went with dr birx into the president and said, "15 days are not enough, we need to go 30 days." obviously there were people who had a problem with that because of the potential secondary effects. nonetheless, at that time, the president went with the health recommendations and we extended it another 30 days. so, i can only tell you what i know and what my anthony said i saved a lot of lives when i did that. i do not wa nt lives when i did that. i do not want to put words in his mouth, by the way. today i walk in and hear that i by the way. today i walk in and hearthat i am by the way. today i walk in and hear that i am going to fire him. you said # fire fauci. i

don't know, it doesn't matter. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, has more analysis on president trump and his relationship with dr fauci and the media. well, doctor fauci made it very clear he was speaking on his own behalf stopped it was his decision to address the news conference, and he wanted to clarify initially what he said in that interview. but it was a hypothetical situation he was talking about, that lives may have been saved, if the measures to slow down the spread of the virus had been brought in earlier. and as we have just heard, he said that all of his advice that he had given on a number of occasions to the president have been heeded by mr trump. so he was going out of his way to really suggest that there is no difference between his view and the president's, and mrtrump said much the same. that he liked dr fauci and he had no intention offiring him. but, overall, this was a very testy news conference, the president even going to the length of playing a video put together by white house officials showing state governors applauding his response to the virus and also some

reporters who had played down the potential implications of the virus. it was very testy, peter, of course, and as ever, pretty contradictory. dr fauci seem to contradict something he said in an earlier interview. the president had earlier retweeted a call for dr fauci to be fired. yes, they were both trying to put the record straight, but still leaving a few questions open. the president didn't address that tweet, you're right. he retweeted something by someone else suggesting that dr fauci could be fired. the president sometimes does this. he will throw things out to let people know he's thinking about something and then, as we saw today, he will clarify as he sees the situation at a news conference. it does show that the president is very angry with, as he sees

it, the coverage he is getting. of course, all of the stems back to an article on the weekend from the new york times that was very critical of mr trump over the way he has handled this, perhaps missteps in terms of delaying some of the social guidelines, the social distancing measures that were eventually brought in. peter bowes there for us. president emmanuel macron has said france will begin to come out of lockdown in four weeks time. after may the 11th, schools, nurseries and universties will progressively re—open. people will gradually return to work, although cafes, restaurants and cinemas will remain shut. the president says this will be possible because there will be enough tests available for anyone showing symptoms. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. after a month, the unthinkable has become the barely thought about, and the extension of france's quarantine restrictions caused little surprise. in a televised address, president macron said there would be no end to the lockdown here for another four weeks. translation: from the 11th

of may, we will gradually open nurseries and schools. it's a priority for me as the current situation is widening inequality. too many children, especially in our poorer districts and rural areas, don't have digital access and can't be helped by their parents in the same way. marcel runs several bars including this one in central paris. it's been very hard, he says. first they had to close for the yellow vest protests. now, for coronavirus. he agrees with the suggestion put forward by france's business association, that people will need to work more than usual after the lockdown is lifted to rebuild the economy. translation: i agree, even if it was a bit brutal. it will need effort from all french people. i think if you were to ask everyone to work perhaps one hour more each day, maybe work a0 hours week for a year or two, but then who will pick up the bill? businesses, bosses, workers? everyone must make

an effort, a war effort. the french finance minister has already said the country is probably facing its worst recession since the second world war. and despite some signs that the crisis here might be easing, tonight president macron said the lockdown would be extended again. in spain, meanwhile, europe's first glimpse of rush—hour after covid. faceless commuters, more than just a cliche now. the demand for protection suggesting a certain nervousness. few of those wearing masks already refused the offer of a spare. construction and manufacturing firms are among those allowed to start work again in spain, but most of the population still remains in quarantine. italy is due to relax the rules for a small number of firms from tomorrow, as its death toll passed 20,000.

after the challenge of enforcing national lockdowns, countries across europe are now beginning to face the equally delicate task of how to end it. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. here in london the government says the uk is still not past the peak of the emergency and the number of deaths is expected to increase this week before starting to plateau. in hospitals in the uk, 717 people are reported dead from the virus in the latest 2a hour period. 0ur science editor, david shukman, reports. the grief is personal, but the pain can touch millions. when ann mccook from preston died, her smiling face was shared around the world — a source of comfort to her daughter emma who, until the end, had been looking at research into her mother's chances. 0n the left, it was how many people had been admitted. and at that point, she was on the left, she was in that figure. but then, when she passed away

on the 10th, she was on the right. she was one of the figures of death. and it's heartbreaking. because to everyone else, that's just a number, but that number was my mum. and i don't think people are connecting numbers and graphs and figures to real, living people, people that aren't going to come back from this. and emma is desperate — like so many who've lost loved ones — for people to follow the rules. over the holiday weekend, many usually popular spaces have been much quieter. but because of the impact of the lockdown on the economy, there are constant questions about when the measures will be relaxed. and at today's government briefing, the first secretary, dominic raab, standing in from the prime minister, said it was still too early. if we let up now, the virus

will only take full advantage. it will spread faster and it will kill more people. if we refuse to give in to it, if we keep up this incredible team effort, we will beat this virus and we will come through this national test. in spain, badly hit by the virus, there is a slight relaxation of the rules. factories and construction sites are allowed to reopen. many worry it'll lead to a resurgence of the disease. so, to minimise the risk, the police are handing out masks. until now, the world health organization hasn't recommended this, but it is now recognising that wearing a mask is becoming more normal around the world. it will become, i believe, a kind of badge of responsibility, along with the other forms of behaviour that are going to be so necessary. so, you would expect mask wearing to become more common? absolutely, i'm sure. it's a way in which people themselves can take action and also a sign to others that they are taking this threat seriously.

the british government view is that the best masks must be reserved for health workers on the front line, that if everyone wants them, supplies will be even harder to find. but more and more countries, including the united states, believe that because people can have the virus without showing symptoms they should cover their faces. is it possible that you would change your advice to the british public about wearing masks when they're out of doors? the evidence on masks is much more persuasive for masks stopping you giving it to somebody than it is for you — preventing you from catching it. we are continuing to look at new evidence as it emerges, and if there's evidence that looks like we should change our advice, we would do so. in thailand, even newborn babies are being given specially—made face shields, an effort to protect them from the virus on the journey

from the hospital to their homes. and today, more faces behind the mounting british death toll. two nurses. melujean ballesteros, originally from the philippines, died in london at the hospital where she worked just two days after being admitted. and raheema sidarni had spent 50 years as a nurse after arriving in the uk from trinidad. aged 68, she'd refused to retire in the midst of the crisis. her son described her as a nurse until the end. david shukman, bbc news. let's return to events in the us where the impact of the pandemic and lockdown has meant millions have lost their jobs and unprecedented demand at food banks. we can go live to texas now and to eric cooper, chief executive of the san antonio food bank. good to talk to you, thank you very much for your time. good to talk to you, thank you very much for your timelj good to talk to you, thank you very much for your time. i have an idea how busy you are. i

think san antonio is a city with the highest poverty rate of any city in the us. 0bviously of any city in the us. obviously you get a certain number of people, you expected more. tell us what the figures are doing. yes, we are one of 200 food banks across america that has seen long lines. we typically feed about 60,000 people each week and in this covid—i9 crisis that has now gone to covid—19 crisis that has now gone to 120,000 people. we are struggling to keep up. our charity relies on donations to be able to feed those in need. but this unprecedented need has us but this unprecedented need has us worried that we might run out of food. am i right that there was a point when you thought the numbers would go up, we might get 3000, perhaps it would 22 6000, we will prepare for that, and in one

day 10,000 people turned up. 10,000 families. 10,000 cars turned up at the distribution. we had many trailers full of food to give those families, but seeing that unprecedented need we went back to our warehouse, brought more food and it was an all—day distribution. this distribution started at ten o'clock in the morning, but families started to line up at 3am hoping that we would not run out of food. the panic and fear and anxiety for a lot of these families who lost theirjob two or three weeks ago and now their final dollars have run out and they arejust dollars have run out and they are just desperate and panicked that they will not be able to feed theirfamily, that they will not be able to feed their family, many come from the hospitality industry and our community has just from the hospitality industry and our community hasjust been decimated. many jobs and our community hasjust been decimated. manyjobs are lost and so there is a long line of families to get food. eric, i guess you are trying to deal with this in the heat of texas,

of course. for many this is their only chance of eating that day? it might be. we try to move families through. we have lots of different ways that we get families food throughout south texas, but on that day it was a distribution ina large that day it was a distribution in a large parking lot and families showed up anticipating a long wait. they brought snacks for their kids and they we re snacks for their kids and they were playing games. then, when were playing games. then, when we we re were playing games. then, when we were ready, they would pull through the drive—through distribution and our volunteers would load them up. all of those families were so grateful, expressing a lot of gratitude, holding up signs saying thank you, making symbols of hearts, just so grateful to be able to get food. it was very humbling. we are working as hard as we can, but this is really an unprecedented need for us here in san antonio. just briefly,

you expect this to continue as long as the restrictions are in place and people don't have jobs? that is right. in america they have the supplemental assistance programme called snap, it is the government's way to get food to families. many families who have lost jobs will apply for that public benefit, but it is a supplement. it does not meet all of their needs. it relies on households to have some income. because they are not working they will rely on charitable organisations like ourselves to make ends meet. we worry that we will not be able to have enough food. it is the community, it is volunteers, it is financial contribution and really grocery stores and food manufacturers that stock ourselves. we are just asking eve ryo ne ourselves. we are just asking everyone to support us and hope that we can bridge the gap between our economy getting to go again and these individuals going back to work so that they can support themselves. eric,

huge respect to you for what you are doing at the san antonio food bank. thank you for talking to us. thank you, mike. it really is a global problem and we look forward to better times. thank you. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: unity breaks out among the democrats, as bernie sanders endorses joe biden to fight donald trump for the us presidency. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices

have been attacked, and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock, and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. quite quietly, but quicker and quicker, she seemed just to slide away under the surface and disappear. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: donald trump has angrily defended his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the united states, which has killed 22,000 americans. bernie sanders has now

endorsed joe biden as the democratic party's challenger to donald trump in november's presidential election. senator sanders, the former vice president's rival for the nomination until just recently, called on all americans to unite to defeat mr trump. live now to washington, dc and to moe vale, former senior advisor tojoe biden. good to talk to you, is it significant bernie sanders has endorsed joe biden much more swiftly tha n endorsed joe biden much more swiftly than he eventually endorsed hillary clinton? there's no doubt, it is absolutely impactful, it is timely and it is beautiful to watch the unity. it is great news for the democratic party, frankly it's great news for the future of our nation and its really bad news for donald trump and his supporters. this was their worst nightmare, that we are going to rally and unify and make sure he doesn't get re—elected. its a degree of unity, it is by no means certain that all

bernie sanders supporters will supportjoe biden. that's a fair point. the good news for those that support vice president biden is hilly won almost 3 million more votes than donald trump with a swathe of sanders supporters that didn't support her. guess what? there's a clear path to victory with most of them. we don't need all of them. we'd love to have all of them, they are all welcomed to do the right thing andjoin welcomed to do the right thing and join this effort, but those who don't will be on the wrong side of history and joe biden has a clear path to victory with or without those. senator sanders was doing his best to move the party to the left, wasn't he? what are the chances of any of his policies seeing the light of day underjoe biden? i would caution the biden? i would caution the biden campaign not to ove rcom pensate biden campaign not to overcompensate here or overcompensate, joe biden has a lwa ys overcompensate, joe biden has always been a moderate, pragmatic, rational, reasonable democrat and many millions of

us are exactly the same type of democrats. we are progressive, we've always been progressive. i think he'll listen, he'll listen to bernie sanders, he'll listen to bernie sanders, he'll listen to bernie sanders, he'll listen to his supporters. he's a lwa ys listen to his supporters. he's always been that way, mike, he listens to everybody and makes the best decision he possibly can. i don't consider him moving to the left or being more liberal, ijust consider him being joe biden, that inclusive, beautiful spirit of his. how do you expect this to play out? president donald trump is calling himself a wartime president, harder to dislodge, anything that goes wrong is the fault of china or the who, and it is difficult forjoe biden to campaign at the moment even if the election goes ahead, how do you see it playing? first, let me address the first part of that. it is absolutely absurd and president donald trump must think we are stupid for us not to recognise

that he lost over two months of time that he should have been preparing, planning and preventing. there are innocent people who have lost their lives in our nation because of his delayed response, his diminishment of the pandemic. this is absolutely absurd for him to be making statements like. he should be standing before the american people and taking responsibility for his lack of action. listen, it's not about joe lack of action. listen, it's not aboutjoe biden campaigning right now, whatjoe biden needs to keep doing is what he's doing already, which is contrasting his style, his management, his character, his integrity, he needs to keep contrasting it with president trump andi contrasting it with president trump and i think he will head to victory in november. well, other opinions are available, of course, thank you very much your yours! thank you so much for having me. there are not many upsides to the current restrictions, but some of our native animals appear to be enjoying the quiet on the roads. wildlife experts say that the dramatic drop in traffic as a result of the lockdown could help to pause the decline

in species such as hedgehogs. our science correspondent, victoria gill, reports. while so many of us are stuck indoors, lockdown hasn't slowed the flurry of springtime activity outside. and as urban areas fall quiet and more people put out food in their yards and gardens, wild animals are showing up in some very domestic settings. so could nature be making the most out of lockdown? a lot more space now for animals and wildlife generally, soi animals and wildlife generally, so i think a lot of species will respond to that, particularly hedgehogs, we think. so it might be up to a fifth of the population killed annually on the roads, and if that is the case, so something like lockdown with much less traffic could have a real impact for hedgehogs. uk road traffic plummeted by almost three quarters in the first week of the stay—at—home order. while that might benefit some species, it could actually be bad news for scavengers, like crows and buzzards.

but conservationists point out that other usually—shy birds and mammals could be easier to spot. what sort of animals do you think people might see in urban environments? if you do go out exercising and you're on your own, then it's quite quiet, which means you're likely to come across things you've not seen before. i've had people reporting they've seen stoats for the very first time on runs because it's been really quiet. animals like foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, things like dear, we might see — animals usually quite sensitive to disturbance. here's my little foxy loxy... many are sharing wildlife encounters on social media, and conservation organisations like the people's trust for endangered species and the rspb are asking some to spend their lockdown time on surveys that could help study native wildlife. so just a view out of the window could help us stay connected with the natural world at a time when our own worlds have become so much smaller. victoria gill, bbc news.

much more on all the news for you any time on the bbc website and on twitter. thank you for watching. hello there. we saw a big cooldown in the weather over the easter period. sunday, the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures up to 25 degrees celsius. well, that's more than hot enough to melt some of those chocolate easter eggs. by monday, though, temperatures certainly dropped away significantly for many of us. top of the drops — manston in kent, with things 15 degrees celsius cooler on monday. now, temperatures will be picking up over the next few days, but that said, tuesday morning starting on a cold note for quite a few of us, with some patches of frost developing where the skies stay clear for any length of time. and that said, across parts of eastern england and also the south, there's probably going to be a bit too much in the way of breeze and/or cloud

to see much in the way of frost. high pressure still in charge of our weather on tuesday. it is sinking a little bit further south. the winds not as strong, so it will feel a little bit warmer for many of us. for western scotland, though, westerly winds will bring a bit more cloud to the highlands, the western isles and quite cloudy weather as well for the northern isles of scotland. and although we start off cloudy in lincolnshire, east anglia, south east england, the east midlands, that cloud will tend to burn back toward some of those north sea coasts into the afternoon. it's going to feel a bit warmer, the winds a bit lighter, temperatures a couple of degrees higher with highs up to 1a degrees. on into wednesday's forecast, high pressure is with us once again. if anything, it's going to be warmer for just about everyone, with temperatures around three orfour degrees higher. highs of 17 degrees or so for london, for birmingham, for newcastle and for aberdeen, but maybe 19 the top temperature around the cardiff area. temperature contrast then begins to increase on thursday. they're getting a bit warmer across england and wales,

but a bit colder across parts of scotla nd and north—east england. that colder air is arriving with a very weak cold front. so, it will bring a strip of cloud, maybe an odd light shower with it. most areas, though, will stay dry. but those temperatures certainly dropping away. highs only nine degrees celsius in aberdeen, so starting to feel quite chilly once again here, whereas for england and wales, it's a warmer day with temperatures quite widely pushing on into the low 20s. now, it's been a very dry month so far, but that looks set to change as we head towards friday and indeed the weekend, as this area of low pressure drifts up from iberia. it's going to bring increasingly cloudy skies and the prospect of some rain.

this is bbc news.

the headlines: donald trump has angrily defended his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the united states, which has killed 22,000 americans. the president says he acted at the earliest opportunity. us infection figures have begun to stabilise, and a programme has been set out for reopening after the shutdown. president macron of france has announced that coronavirus lockdown is to remain in place until may the 11th. in a televised address he said the current measures had slowed but not beaten the virus. the lockdown has confined the french to their homes since mid—march. the number of coronavirus deaths recorded in british hospitals has passed 11,000 — an increase of more than 700 in 2a hours. the government says it doesn't yet expect to relax the lockdown as the uk is not past the peak of the outbreak.