start to discuss when lockdown measures will be eased, so markets have seen that as a positive step forward, certainly for companies, the global economy et cetera, so thatis global economy et cetera, so this is bbc news with that is the latest in business the latest headlines for viewers in the uk news. stay with us on bbc news. and around the world. still to come: an in—depth look at a particular issue arising i'm sally bundock. from the pandemic in donald trump angrily defends his handling coronavirus explained. of the coronavirus outbreak, which has now killed 22,000 americans. reporter: what did your pol pot, one of the century's administration do in february with the time that your greatest mass murderers, travel ban bought you? is reported to have a lot. died of natural causes. what? a lot, and in fact, we'll give you a list, he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible what we did — in fact, for the deaths of an estimated part of it was up there. we did a lot. it wasn't clear — 1.7 million cambodians. your video has a gap. look, look. president macron announces he will begin to lift the french lockdown on may the 11th. the indian prime minister there have been violent is expected to announce protests in indonesia an extension to india's nationwide lockdown. where playboy has gone we have a special report on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. from mumbai, a virus hotspot. the magazine's offices have been attacked, and its editorial staff have gone into hiding.

it was clear that paula's only us foodbanks say they're woried about shortages as tens contest was with the clock, of thousands of people and as for her sporting legacy, go in search of a meal for theirfamilies. 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. it is good to have you with us. president trump has lashed out at the media, this is bbc world news. seeking to defend his record in slowing the early spread the latest headlines: of the virus. nationwide, the us has recorded donald trump has angrily defended his handling at least 570,000 cases of the coronavirus outbreak and 23,000 deaths so far, in the united states, but mr trump says the rise in american cases has which has killed begun to flatten out. more on that in a moment. 22,000 americans. first, some other major international developments: president emmanuel macron has -- 23,000. france's president announces extended the lockdown he will begin to lift in france for another the country's four weeks. lockdown on may 11. measures will now remain in place until at least time now for may the 11th. coronavirus explained in the uk the government where we look more has revealed that virus in depth at a particular issue

outbreaks have been detected in more than 2,000 care homes, arising from the pandemic. including 92 outbreaks here's more from my colleague yalda hakim. in the last 2a hours alone. and in spain, the lockdown today colleague yalda hakim. on coronavirus explained, we today on coronavirus explained, has begun to ease. we are looking at people in construction, disinformation of falsehood manufacturing and some services have returned to work, surrounding the disease. in february before the outbreak as the number of new daily was officially declared a deaths continues to fall. pandemic, the world health president trump has angrily defended his handling of the coronavirus outbreak 0rganization said the outbreak in the united states, in response has been accompanied by a massive which has killed 22,000 americans. infodemic. during a bad—tempered white house briefing, coronavirus disinformation is he said everyone who needed a ventilator had been given falling into two categories. one. he also said he would not be fiction about its origins and firing one of his top medical falsehoods about cures. some advisers, who'd earlier told exa m ples falsehoods about cures. some a tv interview that earlier examples include a decision by you tube to take down all mitigation efforts against the coronavirus outbreak could have saved more lives. videos linking the rollout of 0ur north america correspondent sg videos linking the rollout of 5g technology to covid—19. then there was facebook public announcement that whatsapp was imposing strict limits to slow peter bowes reports. the spread of fake news such as

drinking bleach or eating garlic as a cure. in india, it started with some welcome thousands of bakeries claiming muslims have attempted to news. mr trump said they were deliberately spread the virus making progress against by leaking plates, nothing on coronavirus. over the weekend fruit or sweating on police the number of new infections officers. in nigeria, rumours we re remained flat, nationwide flat. officers. in nigeria, rumours were spreading that chinese aid to italy was contaminated hospitalisations are flowing and hot spots like michigan and coronavirus. in response, nigeria's centerfor coronavirus. in response, louisiana, this is evidence the nigeria's center for disease control tweeted, there is no evidence the kits are strategy to combat the virus is contaminated. to discuss this further, we arejoined in working. mr trump has been georgia by the editor of a story, and the deputy editor of strongly criticised by us media for not having a strategy to consumer reports digital love. combat the virus during the thank you forjoining us here first few weeks of the outbreak in the us. in a tv interview on the programme. natalia, i over the weekend one of his senior medical advisers said will begin with you. it really early mitigation efforts to slow the spread of the virus could have saved more lives. is very difficult. we are facing fake news as it wasn't anthony fauci took to the floor throw in it has just added to say he was answering a hypothetical question and did another layer of complication. not mean to imply that mistakes had been made. he said the president always took his absolutely, and i think academic is the right way to advice. were you doing this describe it because this

information that we have been voluntarily? everything i do is tracking around the world, it has been incredible. which is volu nta ry, voluntarily? everything i do is in many ways very understandable as well. there voluntary, please. don't even has been an increase in demand imply that. mr trump said he for information, and with that of course comes disinformation, and you said that there are two had no intention of firing dr types of disinformation that we are seeing, that is certainly true. fake stuff about the 0s, fauci because they were on the fa ke stuff true. fake stuff about the 0s, fake stuff about the origins of same page since the beginning. the virus, but we are also a instead the president turned on the media, lashing out at what real trend about misinformation he said was unfair coverage. he spelt out a timeline leading up to his announcement on 31 january that travel into the us from china was to be banned. 0n for geopolitical purposes in january 17 it was not a case of different countries, so it is the fake news saying he didn't really fascinating to see how russia and china for example are using the information about act fast enough. will you remember what happened, because when i did act i was criticised what is happening in the west by nancy pelosi, sleepyjoe for their own geopolitical biden, everybody. iwas by nancy pelosi, sleepyjoe biden, everybody. i was called xenophobic. it is not even close... xenophobic. it is not even close. . . the xenophobic. it is not even close... the president took the ends. but overall, not unusual step of putting on this surprisingly, there has been a campaign style video during the coronavirus briefing, massive spike in both the highlighting praise he had been given by state governors for demand for good information or

misinformation and his response to covered 19. it disinformation as well as the conspiracy theories as well, and 5g that you mentioned, the belief that 5g networks are prompted this exchange with a reporter from cbs. i saved tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of lives. the causing, are behind the virus argument is you bought time, or that the real problem are you did not ramp up testing. the sg or that the real problem are the 5g are not the virus, those you are so disgraceful. it is so you are so disgraceful. it is so disgraceful the way you say conspiracy theories have just that. what did you do with the been everywhere and there has time that you bought? we know been everywhere and there has been a real increase in people who are subscribing to them. i that you are a fake. you know have just been writing a that. after venting his anger newsletter, looking into the the president said his case of new zealand, there has government was close to been of course praise for its completing a plan to reopen the excellent management of the country and that he had "total pandemic, and the numbers they have managed to keep under power" to lift the coroner virus restrictions. thank you control and so on. but one thing new zealanders are very much. imposed by state clearly not into is the governors. well, attending the press briefing earlier today epidemic, the fake news, and 5g was the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel. here's what he asked is one example. apparently the president trump. mobile network operators across new zealand are now calling on the government to investigate cani can i ask you, mr president, attacks on cellphone towers,

could you sketch for us what reopening the economy looks like? do you think it will be the mobile masts. it is interesting because that is a everything open? we have the countries can contain it and biggest of every business on have their own lockdowns, but this council. we will set up a our information is spread, how number of different councils, falsehoods are spread gives us committees i guess you could a sense of what a globalised call them, and we have a lot of world we live in. you have used smart people. i think they will give us some good advice, but platforms like facebook to show we wa nt give us some good advice, but we want to be very, very safe. the gaps and show how at the same time we have to get misinformation can be spread. tell us a little bit about the oui’ at the same time we have to get our country... do you think experiment that you conducted. there is a possibility that what you do is open it sure. the idea of the project was to test some of the new incrementally? will people go policies that facebook and back to restaurants, concerts? other social media companies yellow mark and eventually they have been putting into place to will do that and i think we defend against coronavirus this information. they made plenty will do that and i think we will boom, i think it is going of changes in the last month or to go quickly. people want to two to put in new rules about go back to work. what you can and can't say. you that is the question that is can't say things like drinking being asked of governments all bleach is good, you can't over the world — when will lockdown measures be eased? downplay the seriousness of the president macron of france says pandemic, you can't say that the country will begin to come social distancing doesn't work, out of lockdown in four weeks' time. pretty obvious public health after may the 11th, schools, nurseries and universities will progressively re—open. people will gradually return

to work, though cafes, rules there, and what i decided restaurants and cinemas to do is put those claims and several into some facebook ads, will remain shut. this 0ur paris correspondent and the reason i chose that is because they are vetted before they go up, like something you lucy williamson reports. would type and send out from your own account, facebook after a month, the unthinkable has become the barely thought actually looks at every ad about, and the extension before it goes up and it of france's quarantine rejects or a president so i put restrictions caused little surprise. in a televised address, president macron said in seven ads, i said drink there would be no end bleach every day. the experts to the lockdown here for another four weeks. say it is good for you. i said coronavirus is a hoax. i said if you under30, translation: from the 11th coronavirus is a hoax. i said of may, we will gradually open if you under 30, go out and party, go to work. some pretty nurseries and schools. dangerous rings, and facebook approved all of them. it's a priority for me importantly, i didn't publish as the current situation the ads, to schedule them, is widening inequality. which means if they had been too many children, especially in our poorer districts and rural areas, don't have published, they would have gone digital access and can't be helped by their parents out. but obviously i don't want to put that dangerous misinformation out there. it in the same way. shows even if the policies are marcel runs several bars including this one in central right, there are some holes in paris. it's been very hard, he says. enforcement, especially the first they had to close scale of facebook, which of course owns whatsapp and for the yellow vest protests. now, for coronavirus. instagram. it can be hard to

e nforce. instagram. it can be hard to enforce. and even when it is he agrees with the suggestion not hard to enforce, some of put forward by france's business association, these things are slipping that people will need to work through the cracks. part of the more than usual after the lockdown is lifted problem really is the to rebuild the economy. workforce, having people sitting there and being able to monitor it in a time of translation: i agree, even if it was a bit brutal. lockdown, really. is that it will need effort something that is added to the from all french people. i think if you were to ask crisis? that is right, yes. everyone to work perhaps one usually facebook is about hour more each day, maybe work 15,000 people, mostly contractors around the world a0 hours week for a year who are employed, they do or two, but then who will pick up the bill? content moderation, they look at things and make sure policy businesses, bosses, workers? violations are not going on the everyone must make site. that has been cut down to an effort, a war effort. a few thousand recently, that is because most of them have the french finance minister has already said the country been sent home and some of them is probably facing its worst require special equipment to recession since the second world war. work with with privacy and sensitivity of the things they and despite some signs are looking at. the workforce that the crisis here might be easing, tonight president is way down. generally, humans macron said the lockdown would be extended again. are the second line of defence for facebook's checks of what can and can't be put on the in spain, meanwhile, europe's first glimpse of rush—hour after covid. faceless commuters, more site stop the automated systems than just a cliche now. have been the first line of the demand for protection defence, and if you listen to suggesting a certain

nervousness. how the ceo talks about the syste m how the ceo talks about the system on the scale of it, that is really the direction facebook wants to move in. they few of those wearing masks already refused the offer of a spare. rely on algorithms, don't they? and with something new like this, it is putting a whole construction and manufacturing system in place to deal with firms are among those allowed to start work again in spain, but most of the population it. that's right, yes. a lot of still remains in quarantine. italy is due to relax the rules the role of these humans would be to train the algorithms to for a small number of firms be to train the algorithms to be able to differentiate as its death toll between what is allowed and not allowed. some of that is passed 20,000. complicated and difficult, some of that probably isn't that after the challenge difficult. when i put something of enforcing national lockdowns, countries across europe are now beginning like coronavirus is a hoax into to face the equally delicate an ad, it doesn't take an task of how to end it. advance machine learning degree to be able to catch that, and lucy williamson, either prevented for be published or even simpler, bbc news, paris. something i heard from an expert i spoke to is what he does take everything that says coronavirus or pandemic or even many parts of india have extended the lockdown imposed for coronavirus till bleach and make sure that goes the end of this month, in front of a human being and a nationwide announcement before it gets published. is expected to come shortly as the number of cases continue to rise, with the city of mumbai in particular becoming a hotspot that was coronavirus explained. for the virus. thank you so much for your

company. if you are with us on from there, the bbc‘s bbc one, you arejoining the india correspondent breakfasting shortly. yogita limaye reports. bbc one, you arejoining the brea kfasting shortly. if bbc one, you arejoining the breakfasting shortly. if you are on bbc world news, i will see you very are on bbc world news, i will see you very soon. are on bbc world news, i will see you very soon. stay with us. india's coronavirus hotspot. hello there. we saw a big cooldown through drones, please scan the in the weather over the easter period. sunday, the hottest day city. we can see if you come of the year so far, with temperatures up out of your homes, they to 25 degrees celsius. well, that's more than hot enough to melt some of those announce. in the alleys of chocolate easter eggs. by monday, though, temperatures certainly dropped away significantly for many of us. mumbai's slums health workers are trying to go to each one top of the drops — manston in kent, with things 15 room house screening people for degrees celsius symptoms. this city has the cooler on monday. now, temperatures will be highest number of covid cases picking up over the next few and deaths in india, but those days, but that said, on the frontline say the tuesday morning starting reality is far more grim than on a cold note for quite a few of us, with some patches what statistics show. i spoke of frost developing where toa the skies stay clear for any what statistics show. i spoke to a doctor at a covid stage length of time. one hospital. he didn't want to and that said, across parts of eastern england and also be identified, fearing reprisal the south, there's probably from the government. 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 it is not just back toward some of those it is notjust here in mumbai, doctors in different parts of north sea coasts the country have told me that into the afternoon. it's going to feel a bit people with underlying warmer, the winds a bit conditions are often not lighter, temperatures a couple of degrees higher with highs up remunerated as covid deaths and to 1a degrees. 0n into wednesday's forecast, the other problem is india's high pressure is with testing rate, among the lowest us once again. if anything, it's going to be in the world, which means there is no clear picture yet of how warmer for just about everyone, with temperatures around three bad it is here. a doctorfrom orfour degrees higher. highs of 17 degrees or so for southern india described what london, for birmingham, she has been saying. she too for newcastle and for aberdeen, but maybe 19 the top didn't want to be identified. temperature around the cardiff area. temperature contrast then begins to increase on thursday. the air getting a bit warmer across england and wales, but a bit colder across parts of scotland 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, india's health ministry didn't will stay dry. but those temperatures certainly dropping away. respond to the bbc‘s questions highs only 9 degrees about official covid numbers. celsius in aberdeen, so starting to feel quite chilly once again here, the worst might still be some whereas for england and wales, it's a warmer day with temperatures quite widely pushing on into the low 20s. way off, but already nerves are now, it's been a very dry month frayed, resources are falling so far, but that looks set short. we have to wait hours to change as we head towards friday and indeed the weekend, as this area of low pressure d rifts for patients to be admitted, up from iberia. these paramedics in delhi told it's going to bring increasingly cloudy skies us. and the prospect of some rain. these paramedics in delhi told us. for weeks india has been in lockdown, which is set to go on at least until the end of the month. in many parts of the country it has been strictly enforced. it is believed to have reduced the burden on hospitals to some extent, but experts say without wrapping up testing no nation can hope to beat the virus. more sick people will keep coming and

coming until you have an extensive testing and isolation strategy, or you can say on lockdown for long periods of time, but staying on lockdown for india has massive costs, especially for the port. each day is hard for those left without jobs, money, day is hard for those left withoutjobs, money, food or shelter. aid is reaching some of them, but there are questions about how long it can be sustained. indian prime minister narendra modi is expected to address the nation shortly, the day a three—week coronavirus lockdown is due to end. for more on that let's go to arunoday mukharji our india business reporter in delhi. what are we expecting him to say in the next hour? well, there are immense indications that the prime minister could

announce an extension of the existing lockdown, following suit from a lot of the states, regional governments in the country, which have already taken independent decisions to extend the lockdown at least until the end of the month, especially because india has not seen a reduction in the number of cases, which has crossed 10,000. the prime minister is likely to announce an extended lockdown and perhaps announce an additional safeguard, especially for businesses, to cushion the economic impact that this lockdown has had over the past 21 days. many official surveys assess it to be around $100 billion, so a lot of those aspects will be clarified by the prime minister. if he does look at a possible partial lockdown, then how without go, what would be the contours of that, and what with the staggered lockdown look like, that will be clarified in 20 minutes when the prime minister comes out to speak. in the meantime, as yogita's report illustrated, it is extremely desperate for the poor, especially in the main cities, and you can see social distancing, the measures needed

to prevent the spread of coroner virus, is very difficult to maintain. that has been the biggest criticism of the government, that when it came to the lockdown, which was announced overnight, 1.3 billion people, what were the measures for the poor, the ha rd est measures for the poor, the hardest hit? we saw the visuals of the migrant labourers stranded across the country in good morning, welcome to breakfast the various slums where people with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: live next by neck, social distancing is a concept that exist on paper, but not in reality because many areas care homes at the heart people have to come out of of the coronavirus pandemic their homes for basic as the government reveals more than 2,000 homes in england have facilities, like using the toilet, so these are realities cases. we hear urgent calls people face. however they have for more support. we have a very large number of mixed reactions for the people in care homes who are passing away, exhibiting covid—19 symptoms government, criticism, yes, but who aren't being classified as having the coronavirus because they aren't being tested. a review of the lockdown measures ina in the coming days — government, criticism, yes, but in a country with low testing many say that this was the only but the foreign secretary says

there'll be no early relaxation way to control the rising of the restrictions. number of coroner virus cases which is why it is called one of the biggest lockdowns in the world, which came in early. possibly we have 21 days and counting with another two weeks ina counting with another two weeks in a country which is the the second most populous in the world with 1.3 billion people. thank you for now. we will talk to you once the prime minister modi has spoken about the measures in place in india. you are watching bbc news. donald trump has angrily defended his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the united states, which has killed 22,000 americans. france's president announces he will begin to lift the country's lockdown on may 11. in the uk, care home operators have called for better access to personal protective equipment and testing to deal with the coronavirus. it comes after 13 residents of a care home died after displaying symptoms. the latest figures show the number of deaths in uk hospitals rose by more than 700 in the last day. keith doyle reports. the faces of two dedicated nhs

nurses, their lives lost while helping others. this woman originally from the philippines died at the london hospital where she worked. her son said she loved herjob. she loved her work as a nurse. this woman who was 68 refused to retire during the crisis. she's been 50 yea rs during the crisis. she's been 50 years as a nurse after arriving from trinidad. she died on saturday. herfamily said she was a nurse until the end. the latest figures show the number of people who died in hospital with covid—19 rose by 717 in the last 2a hours, bringing the total number to 11,329. that figure does not include deaths in care homes and the community. figures due to be released later from the office of national statistics will give an indication of the number of lives lost there. at this care home run by care uk

in durham, 13 residents have died after showing symptoms of coronavirus. the government said to have been outbreaks of coronavirus at over 2000 care homes in england. care home operators say better access to protective equipment and testing is vital. i would like our teams to have access to testing. that is now beginning to happen. at the moment, the only people who get tested out of care homes are people who go into hospitals, and they are then tested when they get there. we have very large care homes, people passing away who are exhibiting covid—19 symptoms as well as being classified as having the coronavirus because they haven't been tested. over the easter weekend, the overwhelming majority of people stayed at home according to the government, whose scientific advisors will meet later to review the lockdown. yesterday's downing street briefing, the indications were that decision to keep it in place has already been taken.

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. so, and we will come through this nationaltest. so, with a lot to a nswer to nationaltest. so, with a lot to answer to continue, it will be the numbers levelling or dropping that will bring changes each of numbers a life lost and a family grieving —— lockdown. american foodbank charities have expressed grave concern that they could run out of food as tens of thousands of people flock to their service in search of a meal for theirfamilies. in a moment, we'll be speaking to someone on the front line. but first, this report from freya cole. this is a queue for help in pittsburgh, western pennsylvania. because of people in need of assistance from a foodbank to make sure their

family won't go hungry. the way things are going out with everybody out of work... it is a necessity for me because i have five people in my house, plus two dogs. this is san antonio, texas. 10,000 vehicles injust one day. antonio, texas. 10,000 vehicles in just one day. the organisers say there was enough food for everyone, but fear it is only a matter of time before stocks are depleted. families started to line up at 3am, hoping that we wouldn't run out of food. so the panic and fear and anxiety for a lot of these families who lost theirjob to three weeks ago and now their final dollars have run out and they are just desperate and panicked that they won't be able to feed theirfamily. they won't be able to feed their family. more than 16 million americans have lost work during the coronavirus lockdown. the unemployment crisis put a huge strain on

individuals, families and charities to make ends meet. we typically feed about 60,000 people each week, and in this covid—19 crisis, that is now gone to 120,000 people. our charity relies on donations to be able to feed those in need, but it is this unprecedented need that has got us all worried we might run out of food. the panic is being felt across all of the united states. government financial aid is available, but charities say it is only a supplement. and many people will rely on the good of others to get them by. lisa scales is president and ceo of the greater pittsburgh community food bank. lisa, great to have you on the programme. looking at the pictures they are, queues and queues of cars look like four miles at these foodbank. this

is unprecedented, isn't it? it is. i have never seen this much needed so quickly in my almost 25 years of foodbank. so, talk us 25 years of foodbank. so, talk us through the logistics of this. tens of thousands of families needing meals. how do you supply that demand? well, it has certainly been a challenge, but this is what food banks do and we rise up to challenges, we respond to natural disasters when there is one. right now we are responding to an evolving crisis that is growing day by day, and we have reached out to our partners who are providing food in the neighbourhoods, we are having these large driver distributions, we have thousands of people who have gone to our website for our get help page and coming to our front door actually, hundreds of people every day coming to our front of people every day coming to ourfront door, desperate of people every day coming to our front door, desperate for food. how long do you think you can provide this kind of

service at such a scale? we are committed to providing this much service throughout the entirety of the crisis. that is what we do, we are committed in keeping the community fed throughout the crisis. are you shocked at the sheer numbers of people who need help?|j shocked at the sheer numbers of people who need help? i am, but two weeks ago, pennsylvania had the highest rate of unemployment claims filed, so it just has happened unemployment claims filed, so itjust has happened so quickly and we have responded, we have three people who are answering thousands of phone calls from people desperate for food, we are holding large drive up distributions, we are ordering incredible amounts of food to keep up with the demand. and i presume, are you may only volu nteers presume, are you may only volunteers who are working?m is staff who are working, we have the national guard with us for over a week, and they are helping us to pack emergency

food boxes, and they are also helping to distribute the food at the drive up distributions. but we are asking for people to volunteer in their communities to assist us with getting the food out to people in need. in the food in terms of where it is coming from, is it donations from the public mainly? no, we are actually relying on food purchases and also government commodities. all right. lisa, thank you for your time. we really appreciated. that was the greater pittsburgh community foodbank. astonishing to see the knee there in terms of what is going on in the united states. well, we have so much more to come here on the programme, including all the latest business news stories. a p pa re ntly latest business news stories. apparently there has been a 1000% surge in demand for wine since the beginning of this pandemic. that is in the uk, i believe. so we will be looking at that. let's talk you through of your responses. i have been

asking you on twitter, when you think the lockdown should be eased, certain measures should be eased, where you are for example, because as we have a in this programme in france, in the us and uk, that is the question grappled with in terms of governments. we have heard from many of you has ever. brian in swindon in the uk says, injune brian in swindon in the uk says, in june the brian in swindon in the uk says, injune the earliest but don't plan on booking any holidays forjuly just don't plan on booking any holidays forjulyjust in case. brian, it sounds like you are in good health, you are thinking about your holidays. many others have been in touch, basically in terms of your thoughts about when the lockdown should be lifted. jim says its isolation is maintained, the country borders and each provide —— robbins provide non—essential entry, i say two weeks after a zero new virus case is weak. no new virus case is weak. no new virus cases, two weeks after that, maybe the lockdown should be eased in gym puzzling views. and then walter says we should

reopen the economy by industry and monitor how that goes. i will see you in just a moment. 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. 0n 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 or four 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. the air getting a bit warmer across england and wales, but a bit colder across parts of scotland 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 9 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 d rifts up from iberia. it's going to bring increasingly cloudy skies and the prospect of some rain.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. our top stories: china announces mixed trade figures for march, with exports falling, but a suprising jump in imports. we explain why. and it's glass half full for wine makers, as sales soar over 1,000% thanks to the pandemic. if you have just joined

if you havejustjoined us, a very warm welcome and now it is time to focus on the key business stories. let's start with some important economic data coming out of china in the last hour or so, which show‘s the world's second biggest economy may not be performing as badly as some analysts had been fearing. according to official government data, exports fell by 3.5% in march compared to a year earlier. some analysts had been prediciting the fall to be as much as 14%. you can see that is a lot better than that. however, what caught some investors off guard was the country's imports, they rose by 2.4%, which is once again better than some analysts had been predicting. let's now cross to asian business hub in singapore, where sharanjit leyl has more on this story for us. it is good to see you, sharanjit. what are people saying about this data? it is really interesting because it caught us off guard to such an extent that markets, which were

trading marginally higher in asia, actually bounced after the data was released. exports in march felt much less than expected. you will recall that was when factories restarted as china emerged from the lockdown and as domestic demand return. imports, of course, were key and, as you say, they were up, possibly in part to do with the fa ct possibly in part to do with the fact that the phase one trade deal with the us kicked in and agricultural goods from the us increased. that was the sense we got from the press conference with the chinese customer service minister, though he did warn that foreign trade cannot be underestimated and that negative impacts later from the outbreak would continue. indeed if you look at the quarterly numbers from january to march you have a clear sense of how damaging the coronavirus crisis has been to trade. january and february we re trade. january and february

were brutal months for china, when in wuhan went into lockdown along with neighbouring regions, and exports fell 114% in the first quarter. we got a steer from the economist intelligence unit, which doesn't think these numbers will last in the second quarter as economic activity sta rts quarter as economic activity starts to collapse, as we see in europe, the us and other major markets for chinese exports, so this will not continue. for now, thank you, sharanjit leyl. continue. for now, thank you, shara njit leyl. we continue. for now, thank you, sharanjit leyl. we will look at the market numbers at the end of the programme. we will have a look at some other business stories. mps will be asking over security concerns in fears that chinese owners of the company have censorship

over control for the company and digital networks in the uk may be compromised. , there are fears that the chinese owner of the company has renewed efforts to transfer ownership of sensitive security software to companies controlled by china. mcdonald's china has apologised for a discriminatory incident in which black customers were turned away at a guangzhou restau ra nt. a video that was widely shared online showed an employee holding up a sign saying they were no longer welcome due to fears they would spread the coronavirus. a mcdonald's spokesperson said the restaurant closed for a half day on sunday so its employees can attend cultural sensitivity training. amazon has announced plans to hire a further 75,000 workers in the united states due to a surge in demand for its services because of the covid—19 pandemic. the online retail giant said its new recruits would be used to assist warehouse staff and its delivery drivers. amazon already hired an additional 100,000 staff in march. the coronavirus lockdown has changed the way many of us

live, i am sure you will agree. there's the social distancing, the netflix parties and the virtual exercise classes proving popular. 0ne of the less talked about trends is the fact many of us have gone booze mad, perhaps! sales for some wine merchants are up by 1,000%. we're nowjoined by grant ashton, who's the owner of 67 pall mall in london, which is one of the world's first private members' club for wine lovers. welcome to the programme. so, business is booming for you? we are shut, we are a physical club, so we have shut down from 20 march, but we are moving our business online as well, so what we do our tastings and they have gone online. it is all about people who have online presence. when i say business is booming, i mean the

private clubs, as it were, i would imagine there are zoom clu bs would imagine there are zoom clubs and wine tasting events happening, which is kind of what you are about. totally. we have moved our events online. we are running one, soon to be two or three, events each day with some of the world's wine experts, jasper morris and jane addison, the experts in bordeaux and burgundy. now we are sending out samples, because wine is not obvious if you stare at someone drinking wine, so now we send out six samples for every tasting we are doing, and that is clearly — what has changed was we could only get 50 or 60 people in a room, but now we have five, six or 700 people coming onto the zoom calls, so it is amazing

ta keoff zoom calls, so it is amazing takeoff because people are at a loose end and they are very interested in what we are doing. you don't have to worry about drink—driving, do you, at about drink—driving, do you, at a virtual winetasting event? it isa a virtual winetasting event? it is a win—win. many people who stay at home for long periods of time, it is the thing to do for adults in the evening when the children have been e— learning all day and they are in bed. yes, i think a bit of learning for the adults through some of the tasting sessions that we and others are doing, yes, a very good antidote to what has gone on for the moment for everybody. in terms of the long—term impact of this, this 1000% surge in demand, what do you think it might mean for the wine industry? i think from the point of view of wine merchants, certainly the ones with very strong online presences are doing incredibly well at the moment, so clearly

people are ordering in wine, having it delivered. they have seen a having it delivered. they have seen a massive uptake in business. clearly those same merchants, the people that will serve us, merchants, the people that will serve us, the clubs, the restau ra nts, serve us, the clubs, the restaurants, the bars, are doing zero business, so clearly they moving very quickly to fill the gap, if you like, and people are working very hard to get deliveries out to people because bringing wine in ten, 15 or 20 days, who knows where the lockdown is? at the moment it is very much — i think it will change the way that people buy wine. to a degree the amount of online activity — wine is heavy. if you have a case, it is a 22 kilograms item, so having it delivered to your door is good news. thank you. it was good to have you on the programme. grant ashton of 67 pall mall in london. now we will talk about more serious matters. the international monetary fund has announced it will provide

$500 million in emergency funds to 25 member countries hit by the coronavirus, so that they can use other resources to fight the pandemic. the body will also be annoucing its latest world economic outlook later today, which is expected to forecast a gloomy outlook. joining us now from london is salman ahmed, who's the chief investment strategist at lombard 0dier investment managers. thank you for being on the programme. give us your take on what the imf is doing, the actions it is taking to help those developing countries in this pandemic. good morning. i think it is a good small step, though i emphasise a very small step. it does cover the 25 poorest countries in the world and it is a relief. these countries do not have to pay back this service cost and they can redeploy you to fight the coronavirus situation. it is a very small step and more will be needed going forward. in terms of the outlook that will be published later today, is it going to be grim reading?”

think it will be a very first step to understand the damage that has been done, just to give you a sense of the answer we are facing as economist and a nalyst, we are facing as economist and analyst, if you look at the us the range of estimates vary from —15% to —a0% in q2, the range of estimates vary from —15% to —a0% in 02, so thatis from —15% to —a0% in 02, so that is the uncertainty of the imf is dealing with and i think this will be the first aqua size to understand the damage that has been done —— exercise. i think it will be to the negative side going forward because there is no clarity in terms of when the lockdowns will be over. the earnings seasonis will be over. the earnings season is just will be over. the earnings season isjust beginning will be over. the earnings season is just beginning as well, we will hear from the biggest companies in the days in the weeks ahead, so to what extent will you look at what they say about their forecast? it is going to be important to see what they have done going

forward , see what they have done going forward, especially the us financial giants. i think we will watch how much of those credit lines have drowned and what they are doing for the losses going forward. again, like us, they are dealing with significant uncertainty, but the credit drawdowns will be important to tell us how much of the squeeze has been passed through the system as we went through the system as we went through the system as we went through the drop downs in march. salman ahmed, thank you for your time. the spread of covid—19 has been difficult for many businesses but another sector which has seen a surge in sales is emergency kit manufacturers. companies that make kits to get you through storms, earthquakes and, yes, even pandemics have seen sales skyrocket. but that demand could be a double edge sword as companies fight to keep enough stock to stay in business. from san francisco, our reporter zoe thomas has more. ba re

bare shelves, low stock, booming sales. that is how business has been for preppie since the coronavirus outbreak reached the us. the company sells emergency kits for earthquakes, wildfires and everything in between, but the fear of a global pandemic saw sales shoot up 5000%. we have been working 16 hour days trying to get everything out. these kits come with a variety of essentials, but masks, gloves and first aid kits are most in demand. that has drained even the most prepared companies. now we are down to one full shelf and we are trying to get more product in as the days go by but it has been difficult to keep up. but we are doing it and we think we will just try to get as many people kits as possible and when we run out we will close up when we run out we will close up shop and see what happens next. preppi isn't alone.

competitors like redfora are running low on supplies and there are more people getting ready to shelter in place, so demand remains high. ironically to be in the emergency preparedness business, your business needs to be specifically resilient. you need to have a specifically strong resilience plan for your business and for your supply chain. it will definitely impact us and that is ok. the red cross has urged calm and said the best practice to be prepared for the coronavirus is to be prepared for any hazard. if you didn't buy a premade kit it is not that hard to put one together yourself. i have soap, hand sanitiser, i have renewed my prescriptions and i have enough food for myself and my family for two weeks. a few things that were harder to come by— things that were harder to come by — masks, gloves, and i don't even have bandages. alex muckerman bought a kit in early march. he was planning a trip with his family and wanted to be prepared against covid—19.

now these kits are essential.” definitely have some on hand now. it is just like everything else. you have insurance for a lot of things to have peace of mind. most kits have a shelflife of five years if unused, but with so many supplies being used right now it could mean companies are unable to meet demand for future disasters. countries and