this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories: president trump says that he is to sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states. he tweeted the decision was taken in light of the attack from what he called the "invisible enemy". 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. canadians are to hold a virtual vigil for the at least 18 people killed by a gunman in nova scotia on saturday.

but first, some breaking news this hour: president trump has said on twitter that he is to sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states. he said the decision was taken in light of the attack from what he called the "invisible enemy" — a term he has used to describe the coronavirus, and in order to protect the jobs of american citizens. let's get more from our our north america correspondent peter bowes. this sounds like a policy announcement and it may be a policy announcement, but there are critics of the president, of course, who will see it more as an attempt to distract from the current headlines? and they might say that it falls into the president's political agenda, in terms of his stance

on immigration. but this is a very different world that we are living in, but the campaign of president trump was existing injusta of president trump was existing injust a few of president trump was existing in just a few months ago. now, talking about this invisible enemy, which as you say is the term he uses for coronavirus, and also talking about protecting the jobs of americans, now, clearly the jobs of americans have been severely threatened by this outbreak, some 22 million americans claiming unemployment benefits over the last month, and that is going to be the huge challenge over the next few months, when the clampdowns on people's movement, when the stay—at—home orders are finally lifted in this country, people will slowly go to work. but the big concern has always been that those companies who laid off people may not take back 100% of those staff, and it is going to be quite a long—term process to get all those people employed again. so what the president seems to be suggesting, and we only have these few words from history to go by, is that he. immigration

into this country, clearly more people coming in that might be potentially taking the jobs of americans, for an indefinite period. that is one of the big questions. how long would he plan to do this for? it is hard, isn't it, when disease is raging within the us, to see the logic of shutting down immigration, while at the same time the president urges individual states to open up and and their lockdowns? -- end their lockdowns. there does seem to be a conflict there, yes. the president has enthusiastically embraced the many calls around the country, a lot of those calls coming from his supporters, to get back to work. in fact, he has expressly said that he believes some of those people taking to the streets, that we have seen over the last few days, indeed have a case. but this is going much further, essentially closing all of the borders indefinitely, and of course the borders are currently closed to travellers from europe and also

from china as well, but this certainly ramps up that efforts to keep all but americans currently within these borders out of the country. peter, thank you. earlier, president trump announced that the governor of new york will visit the white house on tuesday to discuss the nation's response to the pandemic. here he is speaking at his daily briefing earlier. 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. 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. at his daily briefing, president trump said his administration aims to top up the america's emergency oil stockpile. i asked our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi just how significant this is. it is very significant and it is historic because never before has the price of crude, wti, which is the main american benchmark, fallen into negative territory. just to clarify,

this is for the month of may. so how oil works, is it works on future pricing and it differs from month to month. so this is for the contract for the month of may. on tuesday was the expiry for the contract, which meant that after that, all the buyers and craters have to physically collect the oil. and given there is a huge oil supply in the market right now, a lot of suppliers in the united states are renting tanks so they can store the oil. most of the buyers did not want to take this oil and that is why they started selling which led to oil falling below zero. and how much can governments and big economic institutions do about it? well, if you look, the governments have, especially the oil producers, they have already made a decision led by saudi arabia and russia, the world's two largest oil exporters, that they would be cutting oil supply starting from the first of may. they are talking about ten billion barrels of oil per day,

about 10% of the current global oil supplies. but if you look at the current market there is an oversupply of about 25—30%. there are two reasons because about, the coronavirus, demand has dried up, and this spat between russia and saudi arabia, pumping in more oil through the coming weeks. so most analysts believe even when these cuts come in from the first of may they may not be enough and oil producers may have to make deeper cuts to really stabilise oil markets. i know this is a big question, sameer, but knowing in the bigger picture knowing the world has to move away from fossil fuel, people will be wondering whether this is an indication or opportunity for something like that to happen? well, in the long—term, yes.

there is an opportunity to move away and a lot of countries have been focusing on renewable energy over the last decade or so. but dependence on fossil fuels has really continued. if you look at the current energy mix as far as supply goes, countries are still not in the position to meet 100% of their demand through non—fossil fuels. so they will have to rely on fuel, oil, at least for the next couple of decades or three decades before you reach a point where renewable energy or non—fossil fuels become the major contributor as far as energy supplies go. so there is a need for oil in coming years and decades that you cannot move away from it, but, yes, this is a good opportunity to speed up projects we don't have to rely on oil and you can focus on non—fossil fuels. sameer, thank you so much for that. 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.

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. 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 ministerfor the first 18 months. mr gantz would then take overfor the remainder of a 3—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, andry rajoelina, 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. mr rajoelina claims it's proven to be effective and has cured two patients in madagascar. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as ramadan begins, experts are worried that indonesians heading home to their villages to celebrate could cause a surge in coronavirus cases.

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our window on the universe. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: president trump says he is to sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states. he tweeted the decision was taken in light of the attack from what he called the "invisible enemy". the price of us oil goes negative as demand dries up and producers sell rather than store their supplies. 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. applause

this was a hero's welcome and for a community in mourning, finally, something to cheer about. cheering 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 life in the worst mass shooting in canada. this include morrison's colleague, constable heidi stevenson, known by many in the community. some of the people have said she's a beautiful person and her smile lit up a room, you know? and just how caring she was and she was so sweet and always had a goofy humour. people in nova scotia have paid tribute to the fallen, leaving flowers, flags and signs outside of this police station.

but while people stopped to remember, officers continued to look for answers. why did 51—year—old gabriel wortman, 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 to 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 the facebook group colchester supporting our community. i'm not sure how the community will move on from this. it's not going to be an overnight thing,

it's not going to be 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. matt graveling, bbc news. australia is opening up a few beaches in a bid to ease the pressures of lockdown as the country registers a drop in new covid—19 cases. some restrictions do remain in place as reged ahmad reports. social distancing australian style. three of sydney's main beaches, closed in the coronavirus pandemic, are now back open to allow for socially distanced exercise, including swimming and surfing — all to help people's mental health during lockdown. well, i'm hoping that they won't close it, and that people will see that, you know, if you do abide by the rules

that they put in, we can all continue using it for a lot longer time. australia has so far managed to avoid the high case numbers seen elsewhere with a slowing in the fate of covid—19 infections. 0ne place that has seen an increase, though, is on the ruby princess cruise ship, which remains docked south of sydney. it still has around 1,000 crewmembers quarantined on board. the ship is at the centre of a criminal investigation after hundreds of infected passengers disembarked without health checks in sydney last month. in adelaide's normally busy central business district, a lone kangaroo was caught on surveillance cameras, hopping around empty streets. many australians are staying away or working from home as the lockdown continues. and while the strict measures have been credited for the low infection rate, anxiety about the toll on the economy is creeping upwards.

0ne place that's still seeing some activity is sydney's well—known tooronga zoo. although there are no visitors, the usual animal routine and training goes on. and like the public, they're waiting for the day normality can return. reged ahmad, bbc news. as the muslim holy month of ramadan begins, millions of people in indonesia are preparing to head home to their villages to be reunited with their families. despite having the highest number of coronavirus deaths in asia after china, the indonesian government has not banned the mass exodus. but there are fears that it could worsen the spread of covid—19 throughout the country. resty woro yuniar reports. for muslims, it is the most important time of the year. ramadan. at time of prayer, reflection and family. and here in indonesia, people traditionally return to their childhood towns and villages, a tradition. but

because of the current affairs pandemic, this year, the government has discouraged people from travelling. but it has not found it outright. so, here in the capital, jakarta, up here in the capital, jakarta, up to here in the capital, jakarta, uptoa here in the capital, jakarta, up to a million people have already made the journey home. travellers are using masks, but they are not keeping apart. so they are not keeping apart. so the big fear is that many could spread the virus to rural areas across the country. these people have been working at what to do. —— working out. they are preparing to take the bus home. nine hours away. if i didn't go home, i would be very sad. of course i'm scared of

getting infected with coronavirus. actually, if i had the option to stay here, i would. but all of my family told me to go home so i must go home whether i like it or not. all i can do is protect myself by wearing masks, gloves, carrying hand sanitiser. but how do you protect yourself in a country of nearly 300 million people with so many on the move? this was last year. 20 million travel home during ramadan. presidentjoko widodo's government says it is protecting people and it is not allowing civil servants, the police and the military to go back home this year. but cancelling all together would upset a lot of indonesians. however, health experts are wanting it could be a disaster given the lack of testing and

proper healthcare facilities in remote areas. it would increase the number of those hospitalised because of covid—19 by hospitalised because of covid-19 by 200,000. hospitalised because of covid—19 by 200,000. in ramadan, we are supposed to be joyful, but some of us will end up joyful, but some of us will end up in hospital and some of us will die because of circumstances that we can actually prevent. people in the capital are more exposed to covid—19. if they travel to the countryside, they could take the virus with them and a number of infections could explode. 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 box or the deep, dark wood. a box or the mouth and the mouth looked good. yes, indeed. 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. a reminder of our top story: in the last hour, president trump has said on twitter that he is to sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states. he said the decision was taken in light of the attack from what he called the "invisible enemy" — a term he has used to describe the coronavirus, and in order to protect the jobs of american citizens. this as there are a lot of difficult headlines at the moment for the president. the price of oil has turned negative for the first time in history. the benchmark price closed at —75 million a barrel. demand is way down because of the lockdowns they have nowhere

to store the oil themselves. there is more news on the bbc website. thank you for watching. 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 sheltered 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. that is going to last long before it clears. plenty of sunshine across the uk, these are the wind speeds, gusts around 30—a0mph in places. just as we saw on monday, that has an impact on the temperature along north sea coasts, some spots just around ten degrees 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, though, and that means we're going to avoid a frost again, bar one or two 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, north—west scotland, 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 quite as breezy, a little bit warmer by a degree or two. but by the time we get to thursday, the isobars opening up, meaning the wind will be easing. could be one or two mist and fog patches to start the day, but actually more especially on friday morning, parts of scotland and north—east england. for most, thursday will be another 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. the slight chance of a shower, a little bit cooler by then.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has tweeted that he is to sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states. he said the decision was taken in light of the attack from what he called the "invisible enemy" and in order to protect thejobs of american citizens. the price of us oil has turned negative for the first time in history, with the main benchmark price closing at minus $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 has flown 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. now on bbc news, with more

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