this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment are due to arrive in the uk today from turkey, including hundreds of thousands of clinical gowns. protesters in several states in the us demand to go back to work, saying stay—at—home measures are too tough. fears in haiti, the poorest country in the americas, that an inadequate health care system could soon be overwhelmed. the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in uk care homes may be far higher than official figures currently show. and some of the world's biggest acts take part in an eight hour star—studded event broadcast around the globe to honour key workers.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. there are fears that far more people may have died from coronavirus—related conditions in care homes across the uk than has been officially recorded. the national care forum, which represents not—for—profit care providers, estimates more than 4,000 elderly and disabled residents may have died. the last official figure for england was 217. in other developments, 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment is due to arrive in the uk today from turkey, including hundreds of thousands of clinical gowns. the virus is continuing to spread rapidly, with more than 2.2 million cases now confirmed

in 185 countries. hundreds of people have taken to the streets in a number of american states to demand an early end to the coronavirus lockdown. a star—studded online concert has broadcast around the world to honour front line workers tackling the coronavirus outbreak. we'll have more on all these stories in a moment, but first, this report on the uk's deaths byjohn mcmanus. the faces change daily. so do the stories. but the heartbreak is the same. john coker, a detective constable for the british transport police, who's left behind a wife and three children. retired paediatrician judith darmady, awarded an 0be after founding a children's charity.

and the numbers continue to grow. yesterday, it was confirmed another 888 people had died in hospital from the virus, bringing the total to 15,464. but those statistics don't include deaths outside wards. now the national care forum, which represents adult care providers, says it has evidence that the number of deaths in care homes in one week was double those in the whole of the previous month. that's more than 4,000. the organisation says the care sector needs the same support as the nhs and has called for more personal protective equipment and comprehensive testing. if i have to hear another story about care home staff and support organisations who provide support in the community having to reach out to nail salons and other parts of the community to get hold of vital ppe, or as the bbc reported yesterday, staff having to resort to making their own scrubs out of curtain liners, it's an absolute disgrace, really.

you know, we are not the dad's army. the government has been under fire for weeks over the distribution of ppe. after previously insisting that supplies were reaching the nhs, it's now admitted that's not always the case. so far, serious shortages of equipment have only been seen in england. this consignment of facemasks and virus testing equipment landed in glasgow yesterday morning. but later today, a plane from turkey will arrive with 84 tonnes of ppe for england. including 400,000 gowns. labour says the government must work harder to guarantee continual supplies. meanwhile, downing street says it's giving local councils extra funding to deal with the crisis and it's also told them they must keep cemeteries and parks open. some closed their gates in recent weeks. john mcmanus, bbc news.

in the us, demonstrations have continued in several areas against lockdown restrictions imposed by state officials to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. donald trump has criticised state governors, saying they were getting carried away with imposing too many restrictions. rich preston reports. from new hampshire to minnesota, ohio to texas, these protesters want lockdown restrictions lifted. angry at how measures to control the spread of coronavirus have impacted on work and the economy. some have lost theirjobs, their livelihoods and their incomes. and so they would rather risk catching the virus and continue like this. president trump using saturday's white house press briefing to reaffirm that america will again be open for business. texas and vermont will allow certain businesses to open on monday, while still requiring appropriate

social distancing precautions. montana will begin lifting restrictions on friday, 0hio, north dakota, and idaho, have advised nonessential businesses to prepare for a phased opening, starting may the 1st. but there is concern that lifting restrictions to early could lead to more people becoming infected and potential for a spike in the death rate. in new york, by far the worst affected state, a counter protest by this far smaller crowd who say the trump administrations measures haven't gone far enough and that the president is responsible for the deaths of thousands of americans. when the virus first hit america, president trump said the cure for the disease should not be worse than the disease itself. america is often referred to as a divided nation whether it's on issues like health care or guns, or the environment, but that division remains. even on an issue like this, with the death toll

of more than 38,000 people in the world's richest nation. amongst fears that the nations wealth is now too injeopardy. all ahead of a presidential election due in november. rich preston, bbc news. in the rest of europe, almost the whole continent is still in lockdown, and while a few countries are beginning to ease restrictions, many others have extended the measures introduced to fight the virus. the impact is clearly visible with empty streets all across the continent as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. this is madrid, one of the world's great capital cities looking more like a ghost town. spain has been one of the ha rdest—hit countries with more than 20,000 dead. the prime minister says the state of emergency is to be extended for another 15 days. nearly 500 more fatalities in italy, but that figure is down from the day before, the death rate appears

to be slowing. applause. in france, more positive news, this military field hospital is being partly dismantled as the city in the country improves. heading east, the capital of azerbaijan, where the streets are being sprayed with disinfectant. quarantine will last at least another two weeks. the countries borders remain closed. in lithuania, they have seen a record jump on the number of coronavirus cases, just one day after the health minister insisted the outbreak and reached its peak. the hotspot, this time just outside vilnius, military police stopping anyone getting in or out. translation: it's been decided to test all adult residents in time. tests will be carried out to not only find active cases of the disease, but also to try to identify residents who already

might have immunity. this situation is indeed dangerous. in poland, the presidential election is due to take place next month, but how does a country of 40 million people vote in the middle of a global pandemic? translation: the coronavirus epidemic is the reality for a couple of months coming, and a personal election will be possible in two year's time at the earliest. if the parties don't agree, the only secure form of conducting a presidential election is postal voting. this is istanbul, where europe meets asia, another place where the streets are deserted. the two—day curfew is in place, anyone younger than 20 or older than 65 has been told to stay home. the fight against the virus goes on. tim allman, bbc news.

as efforts continue to repatriate people stuck abroad, the uk foreign office has announced that up to 850 british people will be offered seats on four flights from bangladesh in the coming week. those who are sick or elderly will be prioritised. tickets will cost 600 pounds or 750 dollars. another plane will bring britons back from sierra leone on wednesday. with more national health staff needed, british students who would normally have had another six months of study to complete their degree, are being fast—tracked to get them working as soon as possible. at sheffield hallam university, hundreds of nursing students have been receiving training this week to prepare them for front line work. adam mcclean has been talking to some of them i'm emily, a student nurse at shepherd hamill and i'll be opting in to help out the nhs.” shepherd hamill and i'll be opting in to help out the nhs. i will be

working on the front line to help the coronavirus outbreak.|j working on the front line to help the coronavirus outbreak. i feel i'iei’vous the coronavirus outbreak. i feel nervous and excited at the same time to gain more experience. these stu d e nts to gain more experience. these students are among the many thousands who volunteered to start with the nhs early. the final few months of their learning will be done on thejob. months of their learning will be done on the job. this will be like no teaching i've ever had before in that i'm not allowed near you. this group are walking into an unprecedented situation and no one knows what to expect. how are you feeling about it? yeah, apprehensive but excited at the same time. feeling about it? yeah, apprehensive but excited at the same timelj don't know how i really, really feel until i step in and just see it all happening. yes, it's really nerve—racking, to happening. yes, it's really nerve— racking, to be happening. yes, it's really nerve—racking, to be honest, being thrown in the deep end a little bit, but i think a lot of us feel prepared, ijust but i think a lot of us feel prepared, i just wanted but i think a lot of us feel prepared, ijust wanted to do it, and help out because everyone is super short—staffed anyway. and help out because everyone is super short-staffed anyway. do you feel ready? yes, as ready as i ever will be. all of the students here

today were reaching the end of their nursing courses and were due to finish in september but many across the country had volunteered to start providing front line care and will soon providing front line care and will soon be working on boards with the support they need to do the job. although they are joining the front line, we are going to make sure that they are supported, at sheffield children, working as part of a team, so they will be delivering front line care but won't be on their own, there will be people there to support them every inch of the way. i trained as a nurse over 35 years ago and this has never been something i've ever experienced, either in my career, so for them coming at the start of their career, this is certainly a baptism of fire. the world health organization designated 2020 as the international year of nursing, 200 years since the birth of florence nightingale. for these students, the chance to make their mark on nursing has arrived ahead of time. adam mclean, bbc news. some of the biggest names

in music have joined forces to celebrate health care workers in a globally televised concert. lady gaga, paul mccartney and billie eilish were among the artists who performed songs from their living rooms and the rolling stones even managed to play together from four separate locations. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson was watching. # when i saw her today at the reception. # a glass of wine in her hand #. it has already been dubbed, the living room live aid. many of the biggest names in music rocking where they reside for one world together at home, not a fundraiser, but designed as a celebration of front line workers tackling covid—i9 around the world. the rolling stones had filmed their parts individually on mobile phones and then been edited together to look like a rock and roll zoom call.

# see, we are going to fit our frustration! # lady madonna #. indeed, this was not a live concert. due to the reliance on the internet, each act's song for the two hour event had been recorded in advance. # to make end's meet #. there was a beatle via broadband, sir paul mccartney. let's tell our leaders that we need them to strengthen the health care systems all round the world, so that a crisis like this never happens again. # oh, i'm still standing betterthan i everdid. # looking like a true survivor #. feeling like a little kid!# and sir eltonjohn's piano had been wheeled into his garden — the basketballs were an unexpected accessory. # on my mind! # smile, though your heart is breaking. # smile, even though it's aching #. the event had been curated by lady gaga,

who opened the show with a charlie chaplin classic. # you will get by! # sunny! # thank you for the smile upon your face #. billie eilish played a cover of the 19605 standard, sunny. # sunny! thank you for the claim that # flows its face #. # i know delusion when i see it in the mirror #. while taylor swift showed off some very natty wallpaper. # fading in, fading out!#. in the uk, a version of the event will be shown on bbc one tonight, with extra british performances added. calling it a wi—fi woodstock may be a bit of a stretch, but they won't be many more occasions when a beatle and the stones play on the same bill. colin paterson, bbc news, his living room.

0ur entertainment correspondent colin patersonjoins us now. again from your living room, we are getting used to your decoration, colin. very good of all the stars to do this. what stood out for you? what a line—up, there was a moment between 1am and 2am this morning when you had sir paul mccartney, stevie wonder, sir eltonjohn, and the rolling stones. they did this performance where the four of them at each recorded their own part in their own home, they sent it in and it had been edited together to look like they had played at the same time. charlie watts does not appear to have a drum kit at home. he was using a case from going on tour, and for a hi hat was hitting his armchair. i love the like that. eltonjohn armchair. i love the like that. elton john wheeling armchair. i love the like that. eltonjohn wheeling his piano out into the back garden and playing beside the basketballs, which was pa rt beside the basketballs, which was part of the fascination, just seeing inside their homes and gardens.

absolutely. there they were in their own homes, in their gardens, without all the help of the recording studio and the acoustics and a little bit of boosting. did that show occasionally? you could tell who owned a good microphone who didn't because some of them absolutely spectacularly crystal clear, and some of them not so much. boy, can lady gaga sing. every time you hear her sing live it's a reminder of what a voice she has. the main to our section of the show was between 1am and 3am at uk time and she opened it with the charlie chaplin classic, smile, and then the chinese pianistjoined her along classic, smile, and then the chinese pianist joined her along with john legend, andrea bocelli and celine dion to do the player. that was one of the real moments when it got to our hearts and throughout the whole show, to explain how it works, it

wasn't like live aid when an actor to play for 15 minutes, this is a sign of how music is changed now, you only got one song and are you wear off. there were some really standout moment, as well, billie eilish, playing a cover version of the 19605 5ong, sunny, in her living room and a very moving moment with taylor swift playing an album track from her last album, and normally you don't want album tracks from 5ta r5 you don't want album tracks from 5tar5 you want big songs, that was a song 5he 5tar5 you want big songs, that was a song she wrote about her mother having cancer and her mother being in hospital and the lyrics of the worry of having someone in hospital really would have spoken to a lot of people because that's what this was about, about giving people a sense of community and fun and enjoyment during covid—19. of community and fun and enjoyment during covid-19. absolutely, and i'm 5ure during covid-19. absolutely, and i'm sure it would have done that. colin, very good to talk to you again. thank you so much. and you can watch highlights of the one world: together at home concert tonight on bbc one, at 7.15pm.

staying here in the uk, the cabinet minister, michael gove, has said the government is not thinking of lifting the lockdown yet. newspaper report5 had suggested that mini5ter5 had planned to open schools in three weeks which mr gove denied. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is here. tell us more about what michael gove had to say. there was talk this morning as there has been in recent days of course about the lock re5trictions days of course about the lock restrictions in place and how we might see restrictions in place and how we might 5eea restrictions in place and how we might see a way out of that, various thinking going on within government, and elsewhere, about the best way to do that. there is understandably of course a frustration from some quarters about these restrictions and how long people are going to have to live with them. in particular, that report this morning that schools could possibly be opening in some cases within three weeks in a kind of phased return system, but that has been dismissed

by downing street this morning. and michael gove has been talking about that during his interview on the andrew marr programme this morning. he said that, in fact, was wrong, but also giving some indication of which sectors of the economy may be opening up later rather than sooner. we will be able to test people in the population and also track them through the use of technology. we are working with other countries to make sure that we will have a technology that enables us to detect ifan technology that enables us to detect if an individual has been in contact with others, and ensure appropriate testing is in place. but i think it's important and appropriate to ta ke it's important and appropriate to take just one step back. there are a numberof take just one step back. there are a number of things that we need to do in orderto be number of things that we need to do in order to be confident that we can relax measures overall. testing and contact tracing are very important. but we also need to make sure that our nhs capacity is as resilient as

it can possibly be. and we also need to make sure that we have already reduced the rate of infection in the population and that the number of deaths is falling and it is only if we can be certain that we have all of those factors in place that we can be confident about relaxing some of the measures we currently have in place. michael gove talking particularly about testing and interesting to hear him emphasising the importance of testing and contact tracing, which is the practice of trying to establish who people have come into contact with if indeed they had tested for coronavirus, and to use that as a way to manage the spread of the virus, rather than taking the broader and more widespread lockdown measures that we have seen put in place, so it seems the government is trying to get that increase in contact tracing up and running, but mi5t gove wasn't able to give a timescale for that which i think is

a indication we could be looking at re5trictions staying in a indication we could be looking at restrictions staying in place for the longer term rather than some of the longer term rather than some of the reported her this morning about them being lifted sooner rather than later. as you say, lots of questions about the government strategy in the papers today. what is labour saying? there has been a look back as other newspapers have done in recent days, in the sunday times this morning, about the government initial response and many claiming it was slow to respond and missed a vital days and weeks in the early stages of the outbreak in china, and after that, mr gove said this morning all governments make mistakes including our own and he said we seek to learn and improve every day but at some point in the future they will be an opportunity to look back and learn some profound lessons but labour are perhaps expectedly saying that there are some urgent questions that ministers need to answer and the shadow health secretaryjonathan

as hworth shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth has also been speaking this morning. we know that serious mistakes have been made, we know that our front line nhs staff don't have the ppe that they have been told this weekend that they won't necessarily have gowns which are vital to keep them safe, we know our testing capacity is not at the level which is needed, we know that the ventilators hospitals have received are the wrong types of ventilators. and there are big questions about as to whether we went into this lockdown too slowly. and now we hear the prime minister missed five meetings at the start of this outbreak, i mean, it suggests early on he was missing in action. so we do need to understand what was going on. interesting that jonathan as hworth on. interesting that jonathan ashworth has been quite dark in his criticism of the prime minister and the government so far, he's taken labour in general, a sort of constructive critical approach, but

going for the prime minister a bit there in response to that standard time support, and we should stay, the fact the prime minister was not at there's cobra meetings was known at there's cobra meetings was known at there's cobra meetings was known at the time and acknowledged by downing street and were led by the health secretary matt hancock in most cases and it's not necessarily the case the prime minister would be expected to be at each and every cobra meeting but, nevertheless, net labour turning cobra meeting but, nevertheless, net labourturning up cobra meeting but, nevertheless, net labour turning up the heat on the government in terms of their early response to the coronavirus today. 0k, many thanks, jonathan blake, thank you. staying in the uk, businesses are urging the government to announce a further extension to a job retention scheme which gives government assistance to continue to pay staff who've been temporarily laid off during the lockdown. the so—called furlough scheme allows them to claim money to pay 80% of employees wages. it will accept online applications from tomorrow and is currently due to run until the end ofjune,

a month longer than originally planned. britain's opposition liberal democrats are calling for all front line national health service and care staff to receive extra pay in recognition of the work they're doing. the party's acting leader, sir ed davey, suggested the bonus should be set at £29 a day, similar to a payment made to military personnel on active duty. disadvantaged teenagers in england will be able to borrow laptop computers to help them study at home when schools are closed during the pandemic. it will be up to schools or local authorities to decide who needs help with access to a computer and 4g routers to help families connect to the internet. an online academy offering pupils 180 lessons every week will also be launched to support remote learning. captain tom moore, the 99—year—old british war veteran who's been walking lengths of his garden to raise money for the national health service, will be the guest of honour at the opening of a new so—called "nightingale hospital" next week. he will appear by video—link.

so far he's raised an astonishing £25 million. the money will be used to buy food parcels and counselling sessions for national health service staff, as well as electronic tablets to allow patients to talk to their families. and now the weather with louise lear. hello there. it's a subtle sundae pretty much right across the country. there's been a little bit of cloud across england and wales this morning. a murky start, and some of the cloud may be stubborn throughout the day. as you can see from devon, it was a different story further north in scotland. a cold start here but absolutely beautiful, not a cloud in the sky. we really are seeing scotland at its best at the moment. it does look as though that area of high pressure influencing the story sitting to the north—east of scotland, circulating around that high, and easterly feed so the wind coming in off a cool north sea, never a great source, really, and it means on the east

coast it could be disappointing. further west, some of the cloud will linger through much of the day across south—west england and also into northern ireland but elsewhere, it is dry, settled and sunny and, as a result, temperatures will be a degree or so up on where they were yesterday. the highest values are likely at 18 degrees. as we go through the evening and overnight, just need to point out a dime through the peninsula, we could see a few sharp showers moving towards the channel isles and the isles of scilly and we keep the cloud at the extreme scilly and we keep the cloud at the extre m e west scilly and we keep the cloud at the extreme west but elsewhere, a relatively quiet night. perhaps temperature is low enough for a touch of light frost insulted rural parts of scotland but elsewhere towns and city centres are seeing around 4—8. monday will be another quiet day, the high pressure still sitting up to the north—east are but a few more isobars perhaps to the south of the high which means the winds could strengthen further. certainly monday and tuesday they will be more noticeable. again we could run the risk of a few isolated

showers in the south—west and a bit more cloud here but it's a dry, su btle story more cloud here but it's a dry, subtle story throughout but the wind is going to be a feature and in fa ct, is going to be a feature and in fact, as we go into the afternoon, we could see gusts of winds in excess of 30 miles an hour, may be stronger, and that could take the edge off the feel of the weather but temperatures on your thermometer are probably registering around 12—13 on the east coast but the highest values, 19 further west. as we move out of monday, into tuesday, a similar story but by wednesday, lighter winds, so potential for temperatures to climb up into the low 205 and it stays dry is, settled and sunny and pretty much for all. take care.

this is bbc news. the headlines: 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment are due to arrive in the uk today from turkey, including hundreds of thousands of clinical gowns. the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in uk care homes may be far higher than official figures currently show. protesters in several states in the us demand to go back to work, saying stay—at—home measures are too tough. fears in haiti, the poorest country in the americas, that an inadequate healthcare system could soon be overwhelmed. #i'm still standing, yeah yeah yeah # and some of the world's biggest acts take part in an eight hour star—studded event broadcast around the globe to honour key workers.