this is bbc news. i'm ben brown with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. donald trump announces that the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, is to visit the white house on tuesday. he's going to come in to see us tomorrow. he's coming to the oval office tomorrow afternoon. andrew's going to be coming coming in with some of his people, so we look forward to that. the price of us oil goes negative, as demand dries up and producers sell rather than store their supplies. across the uk there are still urgent calls for supplies of protective equipment as ministers say that every effort is being made. the number of people currently confirmed to have the coronavirus in italy falls for the first time. and in other news: why harry and meghan are taking

on the tabloids, vowing not to co—operate with the biggest titles. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments nationally and globally. donald trump has announced that the governor of new york will visit the white house on tuesday to discuss the nation's responce to the pandemic. the price of us oil has turned negative, with demand all but drying up, as lockdowns across the world keep people inside. forfirst time, italy has recorded a one—day fall in the number of people currently infected. the latest figures for the uk show there were 419 deaths reported in the last 24—hour period — reflecting a steady fall over the past few days.

the official number of deaths in the uk linked to coronavirus is 16,509. but that number does not include deaths in care homes or in the community in england and northern ireland. the uk government remains under sustained pressure about the lack of personal protective equipment — or ppe, as it's known — available to medical and care staff. more on that soon, but first here's donald trump speaking a short while ago. i want to draw your attention to governor cuomo‘s remarks during his press conference today. he said the president is right, the state's testing is up right, the state's testing is up to the states to do, which will implement the tests and logistically co—ordinate the tests. we have about 300 labs in new york and they are doing — great labs, actually. it is myjob to co—ordinate those 300 labs, ithink myjob to co—ordinate those 300 labs, i think the president's right when he says that the states should delete and the

governors are really getting it together in new york, a lot of good things are happening in new york. and i think the governors going to come in to see us governors going to come in to see us tomorrow. he'll be in the oval office tomorrow afternoon. andrew will be coming in with some of his people, so we look to that. let's get more from our our north america correspondent, peter bowes. a conciliatory tone from mr trump, praising not just republican but democratic governors, including andrew cuomo? yes, that was one of the themes of this briefing. and of course andrew cuomo, he has sparred with trump during this current virus outbreak, but they have also agreed on a lot, with mr trump quite right in saying that the governor had praised him, especially as far as it goes to testing. and testing was really the dominant

subject. there has been some criticism around the country regarding the slow process of getting testing kits out to the regions that need them. the message today was that every single state has enough testing facilities, one of the medical advisers described as a mosaic of different laboratories, different places where people could go to around the country to be tested for coronavirus. according to the vice president, enough for every state to move to the first phase of the federal government's plan to reopen the country. now there was a caveat to that — that doesn't mean that every single person in the country can be tested, those coronavirus country can be tested, those coro navi rus tests country can be tested, those coronavirus tests will still be targeted, by health workers and people in nursing homes. living in cities, those groups of people concerned to be more at risk of the virus, therefore more likely to come back with a positive result. mr trump holds these press conferences pretty

much every day. there aren't many if any world leaders who do that. is it a bit cynical to think he's got half an eye on the election in november? you can certainly suggest that, lots of people are suggesting that. in fact, they are every day, and they all tend to merge into one after a while, because one a couple days ago when he actually mentioned on saturday the election several times and how he thought things were going tremendously well, in terms of the country's response to the coronavirus. so the election is clearly on the president's mine, it is on the minds of lots of other people as well, and the democrats a little stymied at the moment in terms of what they can do with joe biden still at home protecting himself, as many people are still doing. but these press conferences are quite interesting. sometimes a lot of new information, there was new information today. 0ther was new information today. other times they appear to be more like the campaign rallies that mr trump has been holding

for the past three years, a very politically charged. he gets a lot of criticism for that. he still talking, he's been talking for an hour and a half now and that press briefing in washington. we will have more on that little bit later. the price of oil in the united states has plunged into negative territory for the first time in its history as demand dries up because of coronavirus. a barrel of west texas intermediate traded as low as minus $40 — and it led to a day of chaos in the oil markets and has left the world awash with oil and not enough storage capacity. our business correspondent michelle fluery is in new york. it's a simple case of demand and supply. ever since the coronavirus outbreak, we've seen a sharp drop in demand. just to sort of put it in context for you, before the outbreak, roughly, on average, the world consumed about 100 million barrels per day. since then, it's dropped to 75 million barrels per day.

what that means is that there is an excess capacity, too much oil in the world being produced right now of about 25 million barrels per day. and that's starting to have a real serious effect on the price of oil. now, west texas intermediate oil in particular, as you say, essentially producers are paying customers to take the oil away because they can't afford to store it. christof ruehl, an economist at crystol energy gave us his thoughts on how long this price slump might last. so something which is bound to happen when tanks are. first, in landlocked areas where you have storage facilities probably far away and pipelines for some other sorts of crude oil which are delivered by ship... so this is something which worldwide is a problem when you have not enough

storage, but also transport capacity lockup. in the world, the three areas where this is most likely to happen is the us, then canada and russia. because all of them have large pipeline systems in landlocked areas, of course. and it is also really important — it is the market's way of telling producers that nobody wants their oil any more. people are saying we don't need it, the next month you have to pay us, and that is the signal for producers actually stop producing and shuttering some of these productions. so what do you think are the global economic implications of all this? there are two which are very important. we havejust seen that there was a meeting of 0pec plus, which is the old 0pec like saudi arabia with russia, now possibly the us, which decided on production cuts two weeks ago on a very large magnitude in the hope of

avoiding this kind of scenario we are seeing right now. the first reason is the question, do we want more of these political agreements to limit production, and in a way to produce what the market shares are between the big producers, in particular between the us, who is now the big supporter, and saudi arabia who together produce about half the global oil? 0r produce about half the global oil? or do we want to have the kind of market reaction we saw where market prices go down to the basement or even below, where it says you have to take off their oil? in the political case, it leaves the threat that this becomes a permanent arrangement, and we could see permanent high or low prices as a result of political negotiations. the second reason is even more important. if economists are right and if as an outcome of the corona pandemic, we see something like the mother of all depressions, which is a scenario which they

in paint increasingly recently, within the world does not need more political arrangements to keep the oil price up, as everybody seems to assume. then the world will really cry out for much more oil prices to get the economic recovery going. and that is something to keep in mind when we look at this phenomenon in the us. in a way, markets are just phenomenon in the us. in a way, markets arejust doing phenomenon in the us. in a way, markets are just doing what they're supposed to be doing. too much oil, drop the price, stop the production, the tank is foil. —— full. leading health organisations in the uk have repeated their warning that a lack of protective equipment — or ppe — is putting lives at risk and they've called for a clear strategy to ensure a sustained supply. an raf aircraft has flown to turkey to collect a shipment of 400,000 clinical gowns — the delivery was expected on sunday and it's still not clear when it will happen. public health england has admitted the lack of ppe is "a concern" — as our health editor hugh pym reports.

we have recently got these gowns made locally. 0ne care home's response to equipment shortages, get it made by local contacts. these are the supplies we had in head office. they are very limited. we have ten litres of hand rub. while supplies are coming in, they are hard to get and staff look after residents with symptoms fear they may run out. we are putting notjust our residents at risk, but also our staff, and that makes us feel awful and it keeps us up at night. we are trying our best. josie was a nurse for 30 years, she died with the virus on easter monday. she told her family she thought the protective equipment was not the best. i feel like they should protect those on the front lines because they are kind of sending them over there naked. i feel like without the proper protection, then more families

will lose a loved one. the trust where she worked said they had implemented national guidance on protective equipment. first of all, we are putting our gowns on. for hospitals, specialist gowns and masks used in intensive care are in short supply. some, though not this one, say they are down to only a day or so of stock. usually staff put on new items every few hours, but the guidance has been changed so they are allowed to wash and reuse gowns. front line staff, though, are concerned about the situation. we want to treat patients and we never expected we would be putting our own health at risk by doing that. not knowing whether you are going to be able to protect yourself is a worry we should not have to have. 0ne trust in lincolnshire made up of three hospitals has revealed how much protective equipment, or ppe, they use in a single day. 39,500 surgical masks, nearly 11,500 gloves, around 1,500 gowns and 4,200

specialist masks. that is 72,000 items forjust one day. i raised the concerns about shortages in some areas at the downing street media briefing. are you ashamed as a government that there are so many nhs staff going into work who say they are worried about their safety because they fear their hospitals might run out of ppe? absolutely, everybody working hard on the front line deserves to have the equipment they need to do theirjobs safely and we are working around the clock to make sure we can deliver on that. a billion pieces of ppe have been delivered, i think 12 million yesterday, and we are improving our sourcing internationally and domestically to make sure we can get the ppe we need in what is a challenging international context. the chancellor said there were delays with the planned turkish consignment of ppe, but a shipment of gowns from myanmar had arrived.

with the new temporary nhs hospital in glasgow ready to take patients, the government said it was working at pace to improve the supply of ppe. the opening ceremony for cardiff's new temporary hospital, the principality stadium, with room for up to 2000 patients. in a rare public statement, the duke of edinburgh said he wanted to thank all key workers and acknowledge the urgent scientific work taking place. tributes have been paid to an emergency medicine consultant at royal derby hospital who died after contracting the virus. there was more uplifting news at the east sussex trust, as staff gave one of their own round of applause today. a nurse who was leaving critical care. hugh pym, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: why harry

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the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... donald trump has announced that the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, is to visit the white house on tuesday. the price of us oil goes negative, as demand dries up and producers sell rather than store their supplies. a short time ago, donald trump said his administration aims to top up the america's emergency oil stockpile. based on the record low price of oil that you've been seeing. it's at a level that's very interesting to a lot of people. we're filling up our national petroleum reserves, strategic, you know, the strategic

reserves, and we're looking to put as much as 75 million barrels into the reserves themselves. that would top it out. donald trump speaking in the last few minutes. the number of people currently confirmed to have the coronavirus in italy has fallen for the first time. officials announced a drop of 20, compared with the day before, with fewer people in intensive care beds. but there's no sign yet, that the country's government is ready to ease the lockdown there, by more than a little. here's our rome correspondent, mark lowen. bell there are now over 800,000 people with coronavirus, 20 fewer than yesterday. it is an important psychological step in that regard. the number of deaths and those who have recovered has risen by the

smallest proportional increase since the outbreak began, just 1.26%, up one yesterday. so the infection numbers are optimistic, they are calling encouraging today. however on the number of deaths, slightly up the number of deaths, slightly up from yesterday, 454 people have died in the last 24 hours. that is still significantly lower than we sought 2—3 weeks ago. but it is still stubbornly high, and until that comes well below 400 into the 2—300, italians will not feel really like they are reaching towards the latter stages of the pandemic. some counties are starting to ease restrictions and move towards ending their lockdowns. what happens next is likely to be keenly watched by governments around the world, as our science editor david shukman reports. even when the worst seems to be over, the virus remains a threat. in china, the authorities are still on their guard —

checking forfever, a common symptom of covid—19. every government is now trying to work out what to do next. new zealand is held up as an example of a country that's got it right so far. it cut itself off from the rest of the world. an extreme lockdown was introduced rapidly and cases of deaths have been kept unusually low. so, the prime minister has announced the first cautious moves to open up. we believe that decisive action — going hard and going early — give us the very best chance of stamping out the virus. and it has. we have done what very few countries have been able to do. we have stopped a wave of devastation. in europe, germany is seen as a model for how to hand it will virus. —— how to handle the virus. it's leading the way in testing.

in munich, this team is checking 1,000 people for antibodies, to discover who's been infected. right from the start, mass tests were seen as vital and now, like in new zealand, there is a first step to re—opening. julia runs a shop in heidelberg. closed for weeks, she's now got permission to start again, this time from behind the protective screen and with only one customer allowed in at a time. do you think it's the right time in germany for shops like yours to re—open? yes, i think so, because if we couldn't do that it would be very, very difficult to take this. —— to exist. it is maybe more important for the small businesses. but what's happening injapan show it is risk of easing measures too soon. controls were introduced, but then relaxed, only for cases to rise sharply again. and the world health organization is warning countries against moving before they're fully prepared. please make sure you have got

the defences in place at the community level. please make sure that everybody knows what their responsibility is. please make sure that older people are given special care and attention. please make sure that hospitals are got ready. japan's hospitals are now struggling. they're short of personal protective equipment. the government there is accused of assuming they had got the outbreak under control. david shukman, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news... israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and his main rival — the knesset speaker, benny gantz — say they're forming an emergency government of national unity to deal with the pandemic. mr netanyahu will be prime ministerfor the first 18 months. mr gantz would then take overfor the remainder of a three—year term. the british billionaire, richard branson, says he is willing to use his private caribbean island as collateral in order to raise money to help save some of his businesses.

he said any money lent by the british government to his virgin atlantic airline would be paid back on commercial terms. saudi arabia has extended the suspension of public prayers at islam's two holiest sites during the fasting month of ramadan to limit the spread of the coronavirus. a shortened version of late—evening prayers will be held without worshippers at the grand mosque in mecca and the prophet's mosque in medina. the president of madagascar has officially launched a locally—produced herbal tea which he claims is both a prevention and a cure for the coronavirus. this is despite the fact that health experts say there is as yet no known cure or vaccine. the president claims its proven to be effective and had cured two patients in the country. private text messages between the duke and duchess of sussex and meghan's father have been revealed in court as part of the couple's claim

against associated newspapers, which owns the daily mail and the mail on sunday. harry and meghan have also told the uk's tabloid press they are ending all co—operation with them. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. it's six weeks since they walked away from britain, and now harry and meghan are stamping out the rules of their new, non—royal life. and rule number one, it seems, is having nothing to do with britain's the mail, express, sun and mirror. they are tired of full is, invasive stories, they say. harry has had a difficult relationship with the tabloids for years. it is a dislike from which he has never moved on. very early on been very prickly with the press, they have almost encouraged them to misbehave. to be honest with you, i would say that they are better judgment was they should simply ignore it. ignore it and if the papers

are not getting a rise out of them, they won't continue to do it. meghan is currently suing associated newspapers over the publication of the mail on sunday of extracts from a private letter she sent her estranged father, thomas. the sussex lawyers have disclosed some of the text messages the couple sent to thomas after he'd become entangled with the media. in one text, harry said... meghan and harry are now concentrating on new opportunities. she was heard on us television today talking about a disney film she has narrated about elephants. and if we had more of an awareness about the obstacles they're facing, i think we would take

care of each other, this planet and animals in a very different way. two months into their new life, and harry and meghan are doing their best to navigate a new course. supporters will applaud them taking on the tabloid press. detractors will question their judgment as the world wrestles with more pressing matters. nicholas witchell, bbc news. and, before we go — for all those parents out there who could use a hand with story—time these days, help is here. mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. a fox all the mouse, and the look good. michelle obama will narrate a classic kids book online each monday for the next four weeks. the first offering was that much loved tale "the gruffalo", byjulia donaldson. the project is a collaboration with penguin random house and pbs kids.

you're watching bbc news. hello. through our window on the weather, it's nothing but blue sky at the moment. and a few more days of that to come. but there is that complication of the brisk easterly wind. it doesn't make it feel rather cool doesn't make it feel rather cool, especially along the north sea coast. it will ease down later in the week and all parts will turn a bit warmer. of the isobars still squeeze together as we look at the big picture for tuesday around the area of high pressure close to scandinavia. and we start tuesday fairly chilly, but over in scotland, there will be glands that drop a few degrees below freezing. so frosty and parts of scotland to start tuesday, and a bit of cloud for the channel evan dust channel islands. that won't last long

before it clears out, the sunshine, plenty of it across the uk, but these are the wind speeds, gusts of up to 40 mph in some places, and just as we saw on monday, that has an impact on the temperature in the north sea coast, some spots just around 10 celsius or so, whereas most arrows are in the mid to high teens, near 20 celsius in the warm spots. overnight and into wednesday morning, a bit of apache cloud here and there, —— apache cloud. a cross again, bar 1—2 spots in scotland, getting a little below freezing. now there may be a bit more clout around on wednesday for northern ireland, parts of western scotland, northwest scotland. the outside chance of catching a shower. but if you wa nt catching a shower. but if you want some rain on the garden, you'll be disappointed because much of the uk, nearly all of the uk, will stay dry. some sunshine, maybe not quite as breezy, a little bit warmer by

1- breezy, a little bit warmer by 1— to... that means the wind will be easing. could be 1—2 mist and fog patch is to start the day, but more especially on friday morning, but for most, thursday will be another gave clear skies. the wind coming along the north sea coast, warmest parts of england. whales will be approaching the mid 20s. just a few subtle changes going into the weekend, perhaps a bit more clout around. the slight chance of a shower, a little bit cooler by then.

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the headlines: president trump said he is working with state governors to make sure they had the resources needed to ramp up coronavirus testing and added that new york governor andrew cuomo would visit the white house on tuesday to discuss the response to the pandemic. the price of us oil has turned negative for the first time in history, with the main benchmark price closing at minus 37 dollars a barrel. president trump said the us would add 75 million barrels to the national reserve. global demand for oil has all but dried due to the lockdowns. an raf plane is on its way to turkey to pick up a delayed delivery of protective kit for nhs workers. the government said it was working "around the clock" to address the lack of protective year.