million. i is predicting a rise of 2 million. i think that might be actually quite optimistic. if you think of the rates that claimants for unemployment benefits increase. 1.2 million people in a matter of weeks. it suggests that we are seeing something we have not seen before. and the impact of this will be absolutely profound. very very quickly the government is going to have to turn its attention to how on earth it looks to shore up both economy and ensure will recover in the best possible way. we looked at economics will look internationally at the front page of the new york times. the headline there, china against the world. i just want to read one small paragraph from this. trident tightened us against them mentality perhaps most apparent in its recent structures aimed at foreigners. though the chinese government denounce racist attacks of asians overseas when the outbreak was centred in china, it now cast people from other countries as public health risks. giles let's

start with you first on this on your thoughts on the story? it's hugely worrying. the article suggests that there is both the kind of deep nationalism that is emerging out of this. one of xenophobia. in part at a defensive thing. the sort of criticism that's been launched at china around the kind of inception of the virus, the hushing up of the scale of it. and not allowing others to prepare in time. it's almost a defensive reaction against that. as well is the fact that it's too, if you justify the very draconian measure notjust the chinese government almost governments having to take. on a form of nationalism is a way in which the government is trying to kind of ensure the population is ok or willing to sort of, suck it up. how much ability in it, i don't know. i do think there is something in moments of fear and worry where people do turn on

themselves. nationalism, xenophobia him, is always a by—product of times of uncertainty, times of anxiety and worry. the real tragedy, don't think it's a problem unique to china. when things will be getting very very tough and is much about public health crisis as it is the economic crisis which will be impacting on peoples income and livelihoods. people tend to turn against others. and this particular crisis desperately needs us to look outwards. desperately needs us to be collaborative. try and get giles backin collaborative. try and get giles back in here. next paperfor you to comment on the japan times. picking up comment on the japan times. picking up on negatives point on turning on others. trump faces resistance at who funding cut. we remember a few days ago president trump said he was going to cancel funding, the japan

times as the prime minister ofjapan stress they need to help vulnerable countries such as those in africa. so you do have some of these nationalistic moods. you also have moussa g7 saying hold on a second, we do need some of these multi—lateral agents. we do need some of these multi-lateral agents. i think it's a consensus emerging. also from markel and trudeau in canada that the who is incredibly important organisation in fighting this pandemic. i saw today a really disturbing figure that the virus could claim up to 3 million lives in africa. that being the next sort of, hotspot given that it's not as wealthy as some of the other countries throughout the world. trump yeah, his move to cut the funding very, very worrying. you are going to see a lot more of this national is kind of theme coming through. and i'm sure with trump reelection he will move in terms of, used already been sort of using china and creating a them and us attitude. will be the bogeyman and

will leverage that hugely and say i told you all along when i... when he comes up told you all along when i... when he comes up from reelection. let's face it now he's one big cart leaned back on the economy and he can't do that now. we are going to come back home to the times newspaper britain. public being treated like children over lockdown. senior tories angry at cabinet silence on exit plan. in the article contrasts the british government the stance of devolved scottish government. the public being treated like children? miatta. i think they'll come under huge amounts of pressure. i think the public are completely willing to do the right thing. the level of compliance, i think it's been really laudable. but if you're asking people to basically pause their lives, you need to give them a sense that there's a pathway out. at least you're starting to think about the

pathway out of that. the fact that the governments extended that for another three weeks and it's likely to extend it again. but weren't able to extend it again. but weren't able to give us any indication when other countries, bacone dade, germany, other countries are trying to state law, this is our strategy, this is what we're going to do. yes, there is uncertainty but this is at least a plan or gonna try and put in place. in the absence of anything i think was deeply worrying. and i don't think it's sustainable. i think the government are going to have to move and they get a have to very quickly think about how on earth we find a pathway out of this. let's stay on this point. we are just going to get the daily telegraph in there. it's the same point and the bottom of the paper says no strategy for leaving lockdown untiljohnston says no strategy for leaving lockdown until johnston returns. ministers admit. as someone who's been heavily involved in the conservative party and in strategy, is that right? that's only the prime minister can make this decision and it does need to be made or at least

outlined to the british public at some point soon? to take the two points first yes it's quite right. actually, we know borisjohnson is going to be off for a couple of weeks while he recovers. according to scientists were not going to be out of the worst of this until a couple of weeks' time anyway. it will probably coincide with going back to work. i think that's about right. secondly i fundamentally com pletely right. secondly i fundamentally completely disagree. i have complete apathy with the government. it was ha rd apathy with the government. it was hard enough trying to get people to adhere to lockdown, lots of people did andi adhere to lockdown, lots of people did and i suspect that some may are made this work. i know there was speculation before, regional variations that potentially certain parts of the country will come out of lockdown ist. which would be an absolute nightmare. you'll have a mixed messages across the country. totally unsustainable. yes, there needs to be an exit strategy but we're not out of the woods yet. we need people strictly observe the social distancing until the curve is

properly flattened. once were at that point yes, we can have the exit plan. i actually do think some of this is being whipped up by the media. they are quite simple addict toa media. they are quite simple addict to a lockdown, they can see what's going on, they can see why we need it. they don't need to hear a factor that they were there must be an exit plan. there will be a time in a place. and it will come. but people should not be trying to make something out of it. let'sjust pause on the debate in britain to carry on abroad. this is an international paper review. we can look at the straits times. singapore is one of the countries that seems to have the virus under control. have i read 623 new virus cases ta kes have i read 623 new virus cases takes singapore tally passed 5000 mark. meta— it's interesting that they can count the number of new cases in a very fine way. they say these new cases are linked to foreign workers and dormitory. it shows that no country is out of the woods on this. no, absolutely. it finished the circle it takes us back because what we know is that forms

of social distancing, testing which is absolutely critical and that something that singapore did it phenomenally well. can help stem and contain the virus. but until there's a vaccine we are contain the virus. but until there's a vaccine we are not contain the virus. but until there's a vaccine we are not out of the woods. and you can find ways to live with it in the but you will have unless you completely close everything down forever which is very ha rd everything down forever which is very hard to sustain. you will have these moments where it can come back and come back into the population. and that's the thing that every country is going have to battle with until a vaccine is found. our final newspaper is the sun which again leads with news of a possible vaccine. were going to look at the story on the right—hand side. megyn marsico, showing megyn markel story on the right—hand side. megyn marsico, showing megyn market in la, the duchess of success with a bandanna or a face mask. and it's really been part of the debate here in the uk as well as to whether or not people should wear a mask in

public for the government says it studying it. the mayor has insisted in crowded places it might help. to mask or not to mask? giles? . as you said it's been revisited, it seems to bea said it's been revisited, it seems to be a consensus of the moment about whether how much a huge difference this makes whether it should happen. isuppose difference this makes whether it should happen. i suppose on this story also harry and meghan have been taking up you know it's been today reported been out helping with the crisis stopped delivering supplies. i think some of the more cynical media watchers have been speculating that they sought publicity by doing that. yeah, the wider issue here very important. we will need some clarity on this soon. miatta your views, should people start wearing mask as the mayor of london suggest or should they wait to see what the government says at the moment there is no need outside

of clinical situations. we don't know if it helps or not. but it certainly doesn't hinder. sol know if it helps or not. but it certainly doesn't hinder. so i think if they give certain people more confidence when the going out shopping or whatever. then why not. i don't think it hurts at this point we just need to do as much as we can not to make things worse and anything that can make it better we should be trying to do as well. would either of you have a mask which is as cool as meghan's? probably unlikely. i'm not that cool probably unlikely. i'm not that cool. giles, miatta thank you very much for speaking with us. we know you're off to newsnight. come back to us what you can at half past 11. that is it for the papers this hour we that is it for the papers this hour we will be back in the next hour for another look at the papers and will be also keeping an eye on the white house. the podiums are out and as we would expect president trump and doctor felty and the other members of the task for team are to come

out. stay with bb one two bbc news. hello, friday was an absolute sparkler of a day. this was a scene late in the day across maleic and the western side of scotland. and though there was 13 hours of sunshine or so to be had just a wee bit further to the north and west. come a good dealfurther to bit further to the north and west. come a good deal further to the south and it really was wet at times. thanks to an area of low pressure throwing these weather fronts up and across the southern half of the british isles. and it will continue to do that during the course of saturday. there's no great rush to really change things. so lots of cloud across the greater pa rt lots of cloud across the greater part of england and wales and some quite heavy burst of rain as well. a little bit of organisation and about. there's a band of leather trying to move a bit further north and north of england and then come

afternoon the remnants of something just pushing those showers over towards wales. all the while very far north of england scotland, northern ireland fairmont to cloud but a deal of sunshine but an onshore breeze pegging those temperatures back along the north sea facing coast. eight or nine or 10 degrees. sunday starts off pretty cloudy again for the greater part of england and wales. hopeful through the day that some of that cloud will drift a bit further towards the west. allowing better chances of some time to break out across many of those eastern counties. again scotla nd of those eastern counties. again scotland doing very well. temperatures in the range of ii to about 19. feeling just that thad or mark right across. and we state that the theme with a lot of dry weather with some decent spells of sunshine although it will be rather windy as we although it will be rather windy as we get on through the forthcoming week. it'll take you from sunday on into monday we've got a big area of high pressurejust into monday we've got a big area of high pressure just to the northeast to the british isles. very disturbed by their across the southern parts of france into eastern parts of spain. and it's the squeeze between

those features that give us the easterly wind and the wind will be quite a noticeable feature of the day. quite a chilly start for the northern glens of scotland. and the wind will be a feature you have to be stepping out of the door through that brief of exercise. i'll show you the means feeds on top of that without the cost could be around 30 mph or so. temperatures, not too bad, 13 to about 18 or 19 particularly where you can check yourself away from that wind over towards the west. it's that same combination of high and low pressure that will keep us going with a dry weather into the middle of week.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. another grim milestone: the worldwide death toll from coronavirus has now passed 150,000. could the pandemic cause more damage to the global economy than expected? we've been looking at the numbers. a top uk health specialist warns the country could end up with the highest death rate in europe, due to early errors made in the pandemic. we have to face the reality of that. we were too slow with a number of things. but we can make sure that, in the second wave, we're not too slow. and donald trump is about to give his daily white house briefing, as deaths in america near 35,000.