the number of people known to have died from the coronavirus global pandemic is now more than 150,000, according to the latest figures collated byjohns hopkins university in the united states. 37,000 have died in the us itself. italy, spain, france and the uk make up half of the worldwide toll. the world health organization has cast doubt on the usefulness of antibody tests for covid—19 — which many countries had hoped to use to determine if people have developed immunity to the virus. who officials in geneva said there was no evidence that having had the virus would guarantee immunity. 847 people have died in british hospitals in the past 2a hours. it brings the total number of deaths tojust over 1a,500. the uk government is setting up a new task force to back the development of a vaccine, but it'll be many months before one is available.

the demand for help from foodbanks has soared in some areas as a result of the pandemic — with many people suddenly finding they have no income. in west london a hall at the 0lympia exhibition centre has been turned into a food parcelling centre. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. each box in this makeshift production line represents a family in need. the hall today should have been showcasing country houses to wealthy londoners. instead, an army of volunteers are supporting the city's poorest residents. 0lympia has donated the area to the local council, hammersmith and fulham, and the food bank to meet soaring demand. it's quadrupled over the last couple of weeks. so, from an average week would be giving out about 110 parcels, feeding or benefiting about 250 people each week. we're now doing pretty much those numbers in a day. a small survey by the independent

food aid network suggests demand for help has risen hugely, by almost 60% between february and march. food banks say many of their new clients are the formerly self—employed and the newly unemployed. jeremy symons says he lost his job in the property sector as a consequence of the pandemic, and has turned to the food bank for short—term help. have you got any coffee here? coffee ? yes, we do. it's a completely different way of life at the moment. no, i mean, you know, you work all your life and then something happens and you have to make drastic changes. at this food bank, they've seen a 300% increase in demand. here, families who need help to feed children, who would ordinarily be in school, are a key group needing help. some may have been on free school meals, but there's an issue with the voucher system not working. it's limited where you can redeem them. both the food banks

and their new clients hope and expect this surge will decline when the lockdown ends. the trouble, of course, is that no one knows when that will be. michael buchanan, bbc news. now on bbc news, sri lanka: one year 0n, jane corbyn returns to the island and meets three of those whose lives were changed by the easter terror attacks. this film contains scenes which some viewers may find distressing. shall sri lanka, eparadise island of many face popular with tourists all over the world. the piece is about to be shattered by a series of terror attacks. this is the story of the minutes that followed and how they changed the lives of three people from thousands of miles away. when you walk a day like today, as a

holiday today. are here, looking at the beach. away, for hope. the only way we as a family and i think, as a world can recover is if something good comes out of something so evil. easter sunday 2019, the luxury shangri—la hotel in the capital colombo was packed with visitors enjoying the holiday. colombo was packed with visitors enjoying the holidaylj colombo was packed with visitors enjoying the holiday. i looked through the window, it was a beautiful morning, just like every other normal morning. i opened the door and could hear the nice music in the background. this very zen —like in shangri—la. in the background. this very zen -like in shangri-la. kieran from london were staying in the hotel while on business. anneka and from australia had booked a last—minute holiday here. everything was done really well. the service, the

quality, everything was done in a really high quality. i loved it, those first few days. i was walking through the corridor to the left and i pressed the button and the lift opened and i got in. two local men had also checked in. they were caught on security cameras on their way breakfast. we walked into the restaurant passed all of the stations of food. these two men brushed past me, they were swinging around these big backpacks that i found quite odd at the time. once i was looking quite intensely around the area. we got quite close to my face and a memberfinding that the area. we got quite close to my face and a member finding that very uncomfortable. the two men had sworn allegiance to the islamic state group and were here to kill tourists.

i heard the big bang, the bomb underneath. ringo silent, you don't hear any sound anymore. literally for a moment you freeze. all i rememberwas for a moment you freeze. all i remember was hearing for a moment you freeze. all i rememberwas hearing a for a moment you freeze. all i remember was hearing a sound coming from my right and i remember feeling a pressure. the next being i knew, i was. . . a pressure. the next being i knew, i was... 0n the ground. a pressure. the next being i knew, i was... on the ground. it must've been about five seconds later, you can hear the screaming in the left next to me. kids were screaming and you could see the jerk stopping motion. the door opened and this is when you saw all of the carnage just in front of you. it was as if there was ash coming from the ceiling. ijust saw the wires dropping out of the roof with

the walls or shattered. you can hear the walls or shattered. you can hear the water sprinklers. you can see people with blood all over them running around. they were trying to escape. as i looked down and saw that, i noticed that from eye to head to toe was covered in blood. i saw the destruction in the room that had been caused and terror in other people's eyes. i basically thought that we were definitely going to die. david lindsay was in london that day but his father and brother and sister were staying in the shangri—la hotel. and sister were staying in the shangri-la hotel. his american and my mother is english. they are all pictures of them. howard issue here? she was probably 1a. this is emily and dad in the beach in california which is where we went every year. emily was the glue that held the entire family together. she was as close to everybody. dad was the most

selfless person you could ever have asked for. david, emily and daniel's older brother had stayed at home to study for his exams. they were just on holiday really because they were very adventurous people, they wanted to get to know the world better, develop a global view really on how things worked as much as possible. they were caught up in the attack on the shangri—la while they were at brea kfast. the shangri—la while they were at breakfast. they had gone to get something from the buff a when it happened. and just because of the way they were standing, you know, my dad made it out with barely a scratch but they didn't. emily and daniel were amongst those rushed to sri lanka's national hospital. this doctor was one of the medical staff trying to save the

wounded. a lot of casualties were there, a lot of dead bodies around me. and i still remember ambulances we re me. and i still remember ambulances were coming so people were shouting to each other. there was quite a lot of people who were affected, a lot of people who were affected, a lot of tourists and they were shellshocked. a lot of people from european countries who have not seen something like this happen. emily and daniel lindsey could not be saved. two of the 35 people who lost their lives in the periphery that morning. —— shangri—la. it wasn't just three luxury hotels that were bombed on easter sunday. the island's christian community was also a target on a day when churches we re also a target on a day when churches were packed. it is a special day for christians, especially. it is a celebration day.

at the bionic church on the island's east coast, man arrived wearing a large rucksack. brother stanley was helping the server spoke to him. he was very young and he had a bag. he was very young and he had a bag. he was very young and he had a bag. he was very calm and then later on, i was very calm and then later on, i was thinking in different ways how he was looking. i spoke to him and he was looking. i spoke to him and he refused to come in. then, at that time, ididn‘t he refused to come in. then, at that time, i didn't feel any difference. i went inside. the zion church recorded the sound of their service starting.

screams a huge sound, all of the ceiling, from one side fall down. this church was one of three bombed that day by other young men in the carousel operating on the islands. inspired by the so—called islamic state. it was terrifying, terrifying scene. i've never, neverseen state. it was terrifying, terrifying scene. i've never, never seen in my life that way because i have seen many wars but i have never seen... i have never seen this kind of terror. across the island, another easter service was just finishing at saint sebastien‘s church.

this woman and her family, devout christians wherein the congregation that they. as another suicide bomber detonated his device.

115 people are believed to have been killed at saint sebastien ‘s, 27 of them children. it is the worst loss of life in the nine bombings that day. as sri lankans tried to rebuild their lives, the lindsay family was also trying to come to terms with their devastating loss. david was determined to do something positive for sri lanka, so the family established a charity in memory of emily and daniel to provide support for the hospitals that were so overwhelmed that day. doctors in sri lanka are very good

because they have dealt with the civil war for 30 because they have dealt with the civil warfor 30 years. because they have dealt with the civil war for 30 years. they really did everything they could. there weren't enough trolley beds for people, people were being carried into the hospital and treated against the wall. as good as the doctors were, they couldn't... there was no—one could say it —— save everybody. now, nearly a year on, david has come to colombo to see a delivery of new hospital beds paid for by his charity fundraising in britain. here they are, the trolley beds. and you are sri lanka to see them. what do you feel? i feel really a deep feeling of pride and gratitude. actually being able to get something done and for everybody who has helped us and allow this to be possible. these were made in a local factory and we wanted to source as much of the equipment locally as possible because the country has been hit very hard. every dollar of business we can give to local companies is helping more

than just to local companies is helping more thanjust bringing to local companies is helping more than just bringing them back. the fa ct than just bringing them back. the fact that you're in this hospital where you have actually seen the place your brother and sister were brought. this is very tough to deal with? very tough. of course, when i saw that place last time, it was very, very upsetting. it is somewhat comforting to feel this place with a bit of pride with bringing the trolley ear. providing that is just the start for the charity. then we go to equipment and if we get the funding, build our own hospital. but we will see what we can get and how things work out operationally. i'm very optimistic. the charity is also working with authorities to improve practical trauma care. and there are plans to help the wider community. we want to

try and aid the recovery of the country both socially and economically. and there's a number away we're looking at doing that. we're looking at education, we are looking at skills, training, and we're are looking at direct mental health. in its purest form, the charity exist to carry forward emily and daniel's values because they are no longer with us. for kieran, now backin no longer with us. for kieran, now back in sri lanka, the shangri—la bomb was a flashback to the civil war he experienced growing up here asa war he experienced growing up here as a child. for me, the civil war left a mark. i remember as a child it was normal, you look around, you see bombing at night, the middle of the night, you hear a shell coming from a big camp. you will think that

was a very normal from a big camp. you will think that was a very normal event. the war raged for 25 years as tamarind insurgents sought to establish an independent state in sri lanka. the conflict killed tens of thousands of people and displaced many thousands more. few families were left untouched, but kieran's torn apart, court in the crossfire between insurgents and the sri lankan army. my insurgents and the sri lankan army. my brother was six years older than me. i must have been 11 or 12 at the time. ican me. i must have been 11 or 12 at the time. i can see him coming from the senior school, running towards me andi senior school, running towards me and i was running towards him. i see him being shot and falling down. so iran to him and there was a moment of shock, there was a moment. i was very young. i didn't know what to do. but my father, he said, you know what, i do not care. he walked into

the camp to see the body. and they arrested him. they kept him for six months and they tortured him. kieran was my father paid smugglers to get him out of sri lanka to britain and safety —— kieran's father. kieran claimed asylum and lived with a tamil refugee charity in london. he excelled at school, went to university, and worked with prestigious firms in the city of london. then i decided there must be a reason that god somehow saw me through this death and destruction on one side and somehow brought me all the way through this journey to england. kieran had set up an educational charity aiming to help train young survivors of the civil war in technology. surviving the

easter bombing gave new impetus and urgency to his plans. kieran, too, is determined to help sri lankans get back on their feet after his own lucky escape from the shangri—la. this is a country that has given me everything in my life. ifeel that this kind of invoices way —— enforces why we must overcome evil through education and empowerment. his charity is now focusing on high—tech training to provide employment and opportunity for the young. how are you? i'm all right. i wa nt to young. how are you? i'm all right. i want to make sure they are learning machine learning, ai, block chain, whatever the future is going to be. two former students of gear and's have come to colombo to help him set

up have come to colombo to help him set up his high—tech academy. have come to colombo to help him set up his high-tech academy. so i brought someone from india are to teach augmented reality, because i'm very... that's quite advanced. my passion for these guys is when i was studying infoline car, we were going to learn about the technology and i had to read 5—6 books beforehand, but with augmented reality, i want to create that curiosity in education. when i listen to you guys, education. when i listen to you guys, you have this resilience in our country and in our culture.

another shangri—la bomb survivor, chanukah, like kieran, has her roots in this island. i was born in melbourne, australia, and my family is sri lankan. the first time ever went was after the end of the civil war was not opening going back on holidays ever since. there's a weird sense of home when i go back. when you have an experience like this where you think you are about to die, suddenly, all the things you thought were important to you become quite clearly not that important. i never could have imagined how horrific these things could be and how much devastation it can cause. and we're all human, other people's pain firsthand. so i started a not—for—profit fundraiser focused on food because i think food brings people together. regardless of their race or religion or political view or gender. we supported a local sri

lankan charity cold kindhearted —— called kindhearted lanka ns, lankan charity cold kindhearted —— called kindhearted lankans, working to distribute goods to people in need. assistance that they require, whether we help by providing prosthetics or beds for people so if they were paralysed they can get out of hospital and move back to their homes. an electric bed where they are not at risk of further spinal injuries. 0ne are not at risk of further spinal injuries. one thing i'm very aware of his we can't undo what happened. —— aware of is. there is entrenched pain and grief that people are dealing with. we can't undo that. but bringing a little bit of positivity or hope can give someone going for a bit longer.

positivity or hope can give someone going fora bit longer. —— keep someone going fora bit longer. —— keep someone going. like many sri lankans, chand rani and her daughter are struggling to cope after the loss of the family breadwinner. they depend on local people who have rallied around to help. (crying) those whose lives were destroyed by the bombings still struggle to comprehend these acts of hate.

the attacks were an attempt to stir up the attacks were an attempt to stir up religious conflict in this multifaith nation. but appeals for calm by christian leaders helped stop further widespread bloodshed. that is much important, to live together, because they still love of the communities. as a christian, we love everyone, the communities. as a christian, we love eve ryo ne , eve n the communities. as a christian, we love everyone, even we love the people, you know, who hated us. the shangri—la bombing brought three people from thousands of miles away together, with one a.m.: to let sri lankans together, with one a.m.: to let sri lanka ns know they together, with one a.m.: to let sri

lankans know they won't be forgotten. —— one aim was that it is not the relaxer i knew and it's not the sri lanka i know now. this could have happened anywhere in the world and it's really important when things like this happen to move forward and learn lessons. a lot of the young people are hoping we can put all of this behind us and move forward. it's a holiday today and people are here on the beach. when something terrible happens, you're left with a huge hole in your life. 0ur left with a huge hole in your life. our ultimate hope is that in any way we as our ultimate hope is that in any way weasa our ultimate hope is that in any way we as a family, and i think is a world, can come to recover is if something good can come out of something good can come out of something so evil. we've made a start.

hello once again. friday was an absolute sparkler of a day. this was the scene late in the day across mallaig in the western side of scotland. and there was 13 hours of sunshine or so to be had in stornoway, just a wee bit further to the north and west. come a good dealfurther to the south, though, and it really was wet at times thanks to an area of low pressure in biscay throwing these with 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 a lot of cloud across the greater part of england and wales and some really quite heavy

bursts of rain as well. a little bit of organisation about it. there's a band of weather trying to move a little bit further north into the north of england. and then come the afternoon, the remnants of something just pushing those showers over towards wales. all the while, the very far north of england, scotland, northern ireland, variable amounts of cloud, but a deal of sunshine. but an onshore breeze just pegging those temperatures back along the north sea—facing coasts. eight, nine or ten degrees yet again. this is sunday. starts off pretty cloudy again for the greater part of england and wales. butjust hopeful through the day that some of that cloud willjust drift a little bit further away towards the west, allowing better chances of sunshine to break out across many of those eastern counties. and again, scotland doing very well. temperatures in a range of 11 to about 19, so feeling just that tad warmer right out across the piece. and we stay with the theme of a lot of dry weather with some decent spells of sunshine, although it will be really rather windy, as we get on through the forthcoming week. as i take you from sunday on into monday, we've got a big area of high pressure just to the north—east of the british isles. very disturbed weather

across the southern parts of france and 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. could be quite a chilly start for the northern glens of scotland. and the wind will be a feature wherever you happen to be stepping out of the door for that brief spell of exercise. i'm showing you the mean speeds. on top of that, we've got the gusts. could be around 30mph or so. temperatures, though, not too bad. 13 to about 18 or 19, particularly where you can tuck yourself away from that wind over towards the west. and it's that same combination of high and low pressure that will keep us going with the dry weather into the middle of the week.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm rich preston. the worldwide death toll from coronavirus passes 150,000. with the uk death toll atjust over 111,500 — health authorities are warning some hospitals in england will run out of key protective equipment this weekend. slowing the spread — there are warnings that after europe and the us, africa will be next to suffer infection. hi! hello. and a word of support from the duke and duchess of cambridge on coping with the pressures of lockdown.