this is bbc news — i'm mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump announces that the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, is to visit the white house on tuesday. the governor's going to come in to see us tomorrow. he's coming to the oval office tomorrow afternoon. andrew is going to be coming in with some of his people. so we look forward to that. the price of american 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 every effort is being made. canadians are to hold a virtual vigilfor at least 18 people killed by a gunman in nova scotia

on saturday. and why harry and meghan are taking on the tabloids and vowing not to cooperate with the biggest titles. president trump has announced that the governor of new york will visit the white house on tuesday to discuss the nation's response 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. for the first 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 govenment remains under sustained pressure or ppe as it's known, available to medical and care staff. more on all that in a moment but first, here's president 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 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 do, they are great labs, actually. "and it's myjob to co—ordinate those 300 labs." "i think the president's right when he says that the states "should lead," and the governors — really, they‘ re really

getting it together in new york, a lot of good things are happening in new york. and i think the governor is going to come in to see us tomorrow. he's coming to the oval office tomorrow afternoon. andrew is going to be coming in with some of his people. so, we look forward to that. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, says we've heard a different tone from president trump. andrew cuomo, the governor of new york, has over the past few weeks been one of the president's harshest critics but also a case of praise where praise is deserved and that is what he has been presenting when he agrees with the president's action, indeed thanking him for some of the measures he has taken over the last few weeks and he is talking about testing at the moment being up in new york state. and that was the latest theme of the latest press briefing. and president trump made the point, in fact, that he is getting on with the vast majority of governors around the country. and i think it is fair to say there has been a lot of bipartisan support and cooperation during this crisis, this medical crisis. clearly there have been differences over the availability of ventilators

and testing around the country. but, by and large, as far as the president sees it, the country has come together to try to fight this epidemic. and, peter, for a president who has put so much store by the health of the markets, and the state of the economy, the oil price is surely a great difficulty? yes, it's gone into negative terrain, so you've got the producers essentially paying buyers to take the oil off their hands — a very unusual situation. the president talked about this at his news briefing, saying he thinks this is going to be relatively short—term, maybe a month before things will start to improve. in the meantime, taking the opportunity, in fact, with all of this cheap oil, to top up the country's national reserves. 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 —$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 fleury 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, as you say, essentially producers are paying customers take the oil away because they can't afford to store it.

at his daily briefing, president 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. cornelia meyer is an independent energy analyst and expert commentator on the oil industry. she told me this is going to have a great impact on the smaller energy producers. it does have big ramifications. if you look at shale producers in texas, and thereabouts, they are usually smaller companies

and they are very highly leveraged. so they will not be able to afford their debts, so that would be bad for them, because they will have to default on their loans. it will be bad for the banks because they will have non—performing loans. it will also be bad for the banks who have hedges out there, and let's say they have hedged the oil price for a company to exit at $50, they now have two pay. the interesting thing, though, is the risk, the big oil companies, the shells and exxons, were only down 2—4% at close of us markets yesterday evening, which shows everybody knows they have the wherewithal to weather the storm. 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 that we have up in head office. as you can see, they are very limited. we have ten litres of hand rub. while supplies are coming in, they're hard to get — and staff who 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. and we are trying our best.

josie was a nurse for 30 years. in recent weeks she worked on covid—i9 wards and died 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're 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're down to only a day or so of stocks. usually staff put on new items every few hours, but the guidance has been changed so they are allowed to wash and reuse the gowns. front line staff, though, are concerned about the situation. we want to treat patients and we never expected that we would be putting our own health at risk by doing that. and not knowing whether you are going to be able to protect yourself is a worry

we shouldn't have to have. 0ne trust in lincolnshire made up of three major hospitals has revealed how much protective equipment known as ppe they use in a single day. 39,500 surgical masks, nearly 11,500 gloves, around 1,500 gowns and about 4,200 specialist ffp3 masks. in total, 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're 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 be able to do theirjobs safely and we are working around the clock to make sure we can deliver on that. obviously, 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 2,000 patients. the duke of edinburgh said he wanted to acknowledge the vital work taking place. there was more uplifting news at east sussex trust as staff gave one of their own a round of applause as one of their own, a nurse, left critical care. hugh pym, bbc news. the prince of wales. there was a message from the prince of wales. that is an amazing undertaking and that it should have been completed and the such short space of time is rightly a huge sauce of pride.

i want to add my voice to the tributes that have been paid to all those involved. elsewhere on the front line nhs staff gave one of own round of applause, a nurse who was leaving critical care. of applause, a nurse who was leaving critical care. protesters are taking to the streets in states across the us demanding an end to stay—at—home measures the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it. one of the most successful singer songwriters of all time, the american pop star prince, has died at the age of 57. ijust couldn't believe it, i did't believe it. he was just here saturday.

for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. mission control: and lift-off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president 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. more now on the situation in the united states where unemployment has rocketed with more than 22 million americans filing for unemployment benefits in the past month. protestors have ta ken to the streets in states across the us demanding an end to stay—at—home measures and the reopening

of the economy. i think it is time now for the government to allow us adults to make the decisions that affect businesses. if they want to open, open. these are the facts of life, we live and then we die. to shut down the economy is insane. we should open up yesterday. it should never have closed. it is a hoax. joining me now is dr ezekiel emanuel. he's a former white house health policy advisor under president barack 0bama and is chair of of the department of medical ethics and health policy at the university of pennsylvania. thank you very much for your time. what do you make of what we arejust time. what do you make of what we are just hearing from those people there? look, everyone in the country, everyone in the world wants these physical distancing measures to end and to reopen the economy. but we wa nt to to reopen the economy. but we want to do it safely and that is the key. firstly we should recognise that that is a very,

very very tiny proportion of americans. polls have shown is that the americans do not want to go back to work until it is safe. there were 100 protesters in michigan which represents 0.001% of the population. it is fine for them to take on their risks the fact that this is a contagious virus and when they get infected they spread to other people and they are putting a burden on all of us, they are also putting a burden on the healthcare system by getting sick and then using healthcare resources. they are just being irresponsible. we all want to return to work we must do it safely and that requires testing, it requires contact tracing and protecting the older people and it requires us getting down to a very low level of infection. it was this rash move we would not have a covert pandemic that got us have a covert pandemic that got us into this problem in the first place that my place, not paying attention to the public

health experts. we should be patient. i know it is hard on eve ryo ne patient. i know it is hard on everyone and it is hard on those have lost theirjobs and on businesses. i know plenty of people in that situation, but we all have to do it together and safely and they are just being irresponsible. by the way, it is an organised effort by the far right wing. they acknowledge that they are organising it. this is not spontaneous demonstrations. we will come to that in a second. as you described, even though this is a relatively small number of people at the moment they do matter, don't they? and they do matter, don't they? and they have a platform and if they have a platform and if they grow they will matter more. they are clearly people who are not convinced that lockdown is the most effective tactic in some cases not even convinced that the coronavirus isa convinced that the coronavirus is a threat. well, there are people who believe all sorts of conspiracy theories. just as in your country people are burning down the cellphone towers because they believe something which is patently false and

these people to believe that this is not a real virus or somehow it will not affect them. people did not believe it have died, unfortunately, because they have been cavalier and gotan because they have been cavalier and got an infected. this is a small group of people in polling shows that they are a very small minority of people. yes, most people want to return to work they want to be healthy and safe first and that is exactly the way we should go. i don't think this is going to blossom, in part because biology happens to be an issue of difficult truth. you get infected you run the risk of infecting others and you run a risk of dying from that and you can be cavalier about it don't be cavalier with the rest of oui’ be cavalier with the rest of our lives. you should forswear interacting with other people and using the healthcare services if you are going to go out and get yourself infected. thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news. 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 to the day before, with fewer people in intensive care beds. the total number of fatalities is more than 211,000. 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 minister for the first 18 months. mr gantz would then take overfor the remainder of a three—year term. virgin australia has confirmed that it's gone into voluntary administration. the airline is one of the first major corporate casualties of the covid—19 pandemic. the company said revenue dried up after it was forced to cancel nearly all flights due to the global health crisis. more than 10,000 jobs could be at risk. 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. he claims it's proven to be effective and has cured two patients in madagascar. a national virtual vigil will be held this week to honour nearly 20 victims of canada's deadliest shooting, which unfolded in nova scotia as the province was locked—down due to coronavirus. at least 18 people were shot dead by a gunman during a 12—hour rampage on saturday night. matt graveling reports.

this was a hero's welcome and for a community in mourning, something finally to cheer about. constable chad morrison was shot while responding to reports of a gunman killing people across nova scotia this weekend. the officer had been in hospital since the attack. tragically, others were not so fortunate, losing their lives at the hand of the gunman, gabriel wortman. this include morrison's colleague, constable heidi stevenson, known by many in the community. some of the people have said she is a beautiful person and her smile lit up a room, you know? and how caring she was and she was so sweet and a sense of humour. people in nova scotia have paid tribute to the fallen, leaving flowers, flags and signs outside this police station. but while people stopped to remember, officers continued to look for answers. why did wortman, a 51—year—old man who owned a denture clinic, dress as a police officer, get into a marked police car and begin killing innocent people? wortman was killed after being

intercepted by officers at a petrol station in enfield about 92 kilometres south of portapique. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, said his government was on the verge of introducing bans for assault style weapons before the coronavirus outbreak. the pandemic will prevent us from mourning together in person. but a vigil will be held virtually to celebrate the lives of the victims at 7pm on friday through a facebook group, colchester supporting 0ur community. i don't know how the community will move on from this. it will not be an overnight thing nor next month thing. it will take time and we will all have to bond together as we can to get over this. the prime minister reassured people he has every intention of moving forward with bans to weapons once the outbreak is curbed in a bid to prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again.

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. 0ur 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 tabloid newspapers. they are tired of false, 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

betterjudgement 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 sussexes‘ lawyers have now disclosed some of the text messages the couple sent to try to help mr markle. 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 theirjudgement 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. a mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. a fox saw the deep dark wood. a fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good. michelle 0bama 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.

the idea is to give children a chance to practise their reading, and give their parents a much needed break. and me news again, president trump said he is working with state governors to make sure they have the resources needed to ramp up coronavirus testing to ramp up coronavirus testing to he also said the new york governor will visit the white house on tuesday to discuss the response to the pandemic. a change in tone there from the president at least temporarily. all this is the price of us oil has turned negative for the first time in history. the main benchmark price was —$37 a barrel, produces having to pay suppliers to take oil off their hands because they have nowhere to store it themselves and shutting wells is considered too expensive. mr trump said the us will add 75 million barrels to the national reserve. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter —

i'm @bbcmikeembley. 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 does make you feel rather cool, especially along the north sea coasts. it will ease down later in the week, and all parts will turn a bit warmer. but the isobars are still squeezed together as we look at the big picture for tuesday around that area of high pressure close to scandinavia. we start tuesday fairly chilly, but particularly in scotland where there will be glens that have dropped a few degrees below freezing. so frosty start to tuesday in scotland, and a bit of cloud for the channel islands, south devon, cornwall, the isles of scilly may produce a bit of rain for a time, but that won't last long before it clears. plenty of sunshine across the uk, these are the wind speeds, gusts around 30—110 mph in places.

just as we saw on monday, that has an impact on the temperature along the north sea coasts, some spots just around ten celsius or so, whereas most areas are in the mid—to—high teens, near 20 celsius in the warm spots. now overnight and into wednesday morning, a bit of patchy cloud here and there. the breeze stays up, meaning we will avoid a frost again, bar1—2 spots in scotland getting close to maybe a little bit below freezing. now there may be a bit more cloud around on wednesday for northern ireland, parts of western scotland, northwest scotland, with the outside chance of 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 as breezy, a bit warmer by 1—2 degrees. but by the time

we get to thursday, the isobars opening up, meaning the wind will be easing. could be 1—2 mist and fog patches to start the day, but actually more especially on friday morning, parts of scotland and northeast england. but for most, thursday will be a day of clear skies. the wind isn't as strong, even along the north sea coasts it's a bit warmer, but the warmest parts of england and wales will be approaching the mid—20s. just a few subtle changes going into the weekend, perhaps a bit more cloud around with the slight chance of a shower, and a little bit cooler by then.

this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump said he was 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 —$37 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 personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. the government said it was working around the clock to address the lack of protective gear. a delivery of gowns was expected to arrive on monday. the lockdown has already changed important aspects