this is bbc news — my name's mike embley — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump brushes aside opposition to his temporary immigration ban. he insists it's to protect americans from the current economic crisis. by pausing immigration we will help put unemployed americans first in line forjobs as america reopens. this is what that crisis looks like in parts of new york, reeling from the pandemic, as long queues form for food. the uk government still under pressure for failing to supply enough personal protective equipment to hospitals and to care homes. dearly beloved, we are gathered

together here... the couple who used the online sharing site zoom to hold a socially—distanced wedding. and leading artists respond to the dedication of health workers with striking portraits of some frontline staff. in just the past few hours, president trump has outlined more measures to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus and help smaller american businesses hit hard by the lockdown. here in the uk, the health secretary has confirmed 823 more deaths in hospitals in the past 2a hours, taking the total above 17,000. matt hancock also came under pressure to explain the problems in acquiring personal protective equipment for the uk's health workers.

new york's governor, andrew cuomo, fresh from a meeting at the white house, has said more federal funding would be provided to ensure more aid is available and testing is carried out. more on all that in moment. first, let's hear more on donald trump's plans for suspending immigration. this order will only apply to individuals seeking a permanent residency. in other words, those receiving green cards. big factor. will not apply to those entering on a temporary basis. as we move forward, we'll examine what additional immigration—related measures should be put in place to protect us workers. we want to protect our us workers and i think as we move forward we will become more and more protective of them. earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes who gave us a bit more detail about that announcement. yes. when we heard about that, talking about suspending immigration in response to the "invisible enemy", how he's described coronavirus, it did sound quite dramatic. but now we know the details and we have just heard

a few of them from the president. that this will apply only to people seeking permanent residency in the united states, the green card, it will not apply most significantly to those wanting to come into this country on short—term basis, farm workers for example, people working on the us food supply, the people working in response to the coronavirus. it will last for 60 days, applying those people that are applying for the green cards, after which it will be reviewed depending on the economic circumstances at the time. and when you consider people who are seeking a green card, are often seeking to come to the us for the rest of their lives, long—term plans, a two—month delay may not provide them with too much hardship. but what the president is trying to do, clearly, is as he said, protect americanjobs. those 22 million people who have had to apply for unemployment benefits over the last month, he wants to give those people the first opportunity at getting those jobs back when the economy is revived.

and taking that point further on, the senate seems to have agreed for more help for smaller businesses in the us? yeah, this is the second initiative for small businesses. this is a $500 billion package which will largely provide small loans for businesses. these businesses that are really suffering from quite terrible times at the moment. this is a lifeline for those companies, that really, it's very small companies — the backbone of industry to some extent in this country. they've had to continue to pay rent and they've had to lay off workers. and this is just going to help tide them through until a time again that the economy is working fully. the money from this initiative also will be spent on hospitals and coronavirus testing around the country. we can now speak to david weigel, who's the political reporter with the washington post. david, thank you very much for your time. of course the

economy in any country is crucial, to any president going to an election. how much of this is a problem to president trump now would you think voters are simply saying this is an unprecedented situation, no—one could do better? is an unprecedented situation, no-one could do better? well, saying no—one could do better, we have had a pretty substantial amount of polling since the start of the pandemic. you really date the start of the state lockdowns to about a month ago. the president has dipped in public support since then. in states asking how the governor is doing, and how trump is doing, the governors are doing much better. miss again, a poll this week from their chamber of commerce said the governor, who was a democrat, 57%, the president, in 40s. so there are concerns and they are elevated and accentuated byjoe biden‘s campaign that the president has been indecisive and hasn't acted quickly. he hasn't seen the bounds that borisjohnson oi’ the bounds that borisjohnson or emmanuel macron has seen ——

bounce. you think that is part of his pivot to immigration to appeal more to the voting public? this is not a - from the polling we had before, we don't know how people think about this tonight, tomorrow or the next week. you heard in the report just there this the next week. you heard in the reportjust there this is a very spicy announcement that is the goal is to suppress the labour market and allow more americans to get these jobs first, it wouldn't make sense to allow those workers. what he's doing stopping people to apply for immigration, that isn't tested very well. there are economic worries that are not resolved by preventing other workers from applying for immigration. six months into the actual election, always difficult to predict, especially now, surely with so many people ill, some are

likely to get ill and who knows what is going to happen to the economy still? well, the democrats, who are perpetually nervous, ever since they lost to trump in 2016, they have a couple more reasons for optimism. i don't think they are wanting this economic crisis to happen, joe biden was leading the polling before the coronavirus, he was leading in the electoral college, joe biden never raised that much money but raise $10 million more than hillary clinton did in the same period four years ago. the biden campaign structurally is forward in front of the trump campaign but in terms of how to win, i think the dynamic at the moment is voters, who when asked if you like trump or biden say neither, they are now breaking the joe neither, they are now breaking thejoe biden neither, they are now breaking the joe biden by neither, they are now breaking thejoe biden by about three: one. that's the question here,

if there are people who are frustrated with the country and increasingly frustrated with the pandemic, if they decide they just want to move on the pandemic, if they decide theyjust want to move on and vote for biden, that is the wall the president keeps running up against. and the announcements and changes in the last couple of weeks haven't really fix that. david weigel of the washington post, very good to talk to you. thank you very much. very good to hear, thank you. new york in particular has been hit hard by the effects of coronavirus. thousands have died and the city's immigrant communities have suffered more than most. nick bryant reports from new york. in a city of ambition, in a city of abundance, a scene that looks like a throwback to the days of the great depression. these people were queueing forfood handouts, the length of the line a measure of the desperation. every person has a story of need. almost all are economic victims of covid—19. only a few weeks ago, restaurant workers, cleaners, labourers, now thrown out of work. alfredo moreno was laid off last month.

we have a little bit of money saved, so we're trying to survive with that. while, you know... when do you think the money will run out? we don't know yet. we have talked with our landlord to see what we're going to do this month. but i don't know how we're going to survive. even in this time of crisis, mary bautista spoke of her civic and national pride. we are a nation, we support each other, and you have seen the tremendous... the abundance of support from all the americans, and i'm glad to be a new yorker, you know? and god bless america. and these are the meagre food packages they spent hours queueing for. a sandwich, some apple sauce. in this, the land of plenty. from queens, you can see the residential skyscrapers of billionaires row in manhattan. but these neighbourhoods

are part of another america, one that's been ground zero in new york's outbreak, one that is home to the ha rdest—hit public hospital. here, a mother and daughter had to wave up at the windows to their husband and father, his birthday spent in covid isolation. on its doorstep is a neighbourhood called corona, heavily populated by immigrants who do not have the luxury of teleworking from home. people pursuing american dreams that are being crushed by this global contagion. the coronavirus crisis has really held up a mirror to income inequality in america, and especially new york. many of the richest people simply fled the city early on and headed to their coastal and country retreats. that was not an option for the poor. many people here live in multi—generational households in overcrowded housing, and the lower your income, the harder it is to be socially distant. with latino and black residents dying at twice the rate of white new yorkers, the local councillor, francisco moya, says the coronavirus has revealed a tale of two cities.

a lot of the latino community and the poor community are living, tend to — in one—bedroom apartments. when you think of new york city, you are accustomed of thinking of these luxury condos and high—rises throughout the city, but you have to come out to the outer boroughs and see how the working class and the poor have to live. in this crisis of need, new york's iconic yellow cabs have been drafted in to deliver aid. 0ne box each. taxi drivers have become caregivers, handing out meals to people who can't leave their homes. new york believes it's past the peak of its coronavirus outbreak. but it's still in the depths of this economic disaster. nick bryant, bbc news, queens. the british government is facing increasing pressure

over its strategy for supplying personal protective equipment to hospitals and to care homes. matt hancock, the health secretary, denied reports that the uk had refused for political reasons to take part in a european union scheme to secure supplies of essential equipment. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has the story. so as you can see, our machines sit idle, and our staff are furloughed. empty workshops that don't have to be. tomorrow, jim griffin's car parts firm will start up again to make gearfor medics. he will repurpose his kit to make protective equipment. but although he says he's filled in form after form, this nottinghamshire factory will be making medical equipment for orders from ireland. i don't understand why it is so difficult for people to be getting in touch with companies like ours to make the products here in the uk. mps are now back at work in a very different parliament. and the squeeze on equipment for health workers is top of many of their demands. the green benches have been

carefully spaced out. 0rder, order. from tomorrow, they will able to ask questions of ministers online. members may launch forth into fine perorations, only to be muted or snatched away altogether by an itinerant internet connection. ministers defend themselves to mps and others by saying that they're focusing on larger providers after a vast 8,000 firms offered to help with kit. but the opposition believes the government has had time enough. manufacturers here are saying, look, we have stepped up and offered and did not really hear back from the government, and yet at the same time we've got planes trying to bring stuff back from abroad. so something's clearly going wrong. do you think this is a bit of a reflection of what is going on in a wider sense in terms of management of this crisis? the other decisions about testing and equipment appear to have been very challenging for the government, and i think they have been slow into it. and they are still not fully accepting the gap

between what they say or think is happening and what the front line is telling us is happening. the health secretary has always said the government was well—prepared to cope with the terrible reality of this crisis. since the start of the crisis, we've now delivered over a billion items of ppe. we're constantly working to improve that delivery system, buying ppe from around the world and working to make more here at home. this was declared a pandemic well over a month ago. why is the government still having to scramble now to get our health workers the equipment they need and allowing uk firms we've been hearing from today who could supply british hospitals and care homes to sell their products abroad? i think the most important thing we concentrate on is what are the offers that can get us the most ppe to be able to get it into the country, to be able to manufacture it here and to be able to then get it out to the front line. and we are doing everything we possibly can to make that happen. but tomorrow, ministers will no doubt again be asked in this

very different—looking parliament whether doing everything they can is the same as achieving what needs to be done. laura kuenssberg with that report for us. and we've just heard that the raf aircraft carrying the protective equipment has left istanbul airport. let's get some of the day's other news. the us state of missouri is suing the chinese government and the ruling communist party over what it calls a sinister campaign of malfeasance and deception which, it says, led to the global covid—19 pandemic. the lawsuit seeks damages for the loss of life, human suffering, and economic turmoil that has occurred in the state. there's been further turbulence on global oil markets because of the pandemic, with the price of brent crude slipping below $20 a barrel for the first time in 18 years. one key oil price turned negative on monday, as producers paid buyers to take supplies off their hands. netflix has seen a surge in new subscribers in the first three months of the year,

as lockdowns around the world confine people to their homes. sign—ups to the streaming giant have so farjumped by almost 16 million. thanks very much for being with us on thanks very much for being with us on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: an artistic appreciation — how one british painter is paying tribute to the nation's healthcare workers. 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 didn'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. welcome back. very glad to have you with us. the latest headlines: president trump brushes off opposition to his temporary immigration ban. he insists it's to protect americans from the current economic crisis. the uk government remains under pressure for failing to supply enough personal protective equipment to hospitals and care homes. for couples who had hoped for spring and summer weddings this year, the coronavirus pandemic has meant postponing or cancelling plans. however some have decided to go ahead but in a more

socially—distanced fashion. nora and zac simon tied the knot last saturday and invited their closest friends and family to take part over zoom. they join me now from their home in seattle. first of all, congratulations, remote, virtual congratulation. thank you so much. first and my right that you only decided to do this the night before the wedding was due to happen? yeah, that's right. we had the wedding plan for about a year, bart, year, the night before we decided we arejust bart, year, the night before we decided we are just going to do it, haven't played and we want to get married and we will go through with it. and you didn't think it was worth waiting for the big day? we don't know when the big day? we don't know when the big day is going to happen, really. it's so uncertain right

now. i think we just wanted to be married so we went through with it. a lot of people would understand that. when you send out the e—mails, the night before, what were the reactions you are getting? mostly everybody was so excited. my grandma just started talking about how she would do upper hairand get all about how she would do upper hair and get all dolled up for it because you been able to go to church recently. did eve ryo ne to church recently. did everyone get dolled up? sorry, didn't mean to interrupt you. they definitely did. everyone put on their best. lots of folks were in suits and dresses. it was really nice dog bite did you go for the full dress, the wedding dress? it was a surefire dresser. what about the father of the bride giving a speech, did that still happen? afterwards everyone gave speeches on their little zoom window. we toasted afterwards. it was really nice. a lot of people watching it will be thinking, their experience of zoom, especially

when there are a lot of people will be people going hang on, can't hear you. there must have been a lot of problems like that. no, everybody just been a lot of problems like that. no, everybodyjust kind of sat there and watch. we tried to speak really now so we could be heard through the computer and kevin did a really greatjob of officiating. computer and kevin did a really great job of officiating. we have just seen kevin officiating just now. do you think you will come together again and do it physically? yeah, that is the plan right now. we just don't know when that will be. that is the problem. it could be quite some time. exactly. apart from congratulations, we owe you thanks. you are both healthcare professionals working to find a vaccine. we both work at jesus. iam in vaccine. we both work at jesus. i am in environmental health and safety and she is in public health. we are both working all day and doing our part to help as much as we can. if you would like to share with us the fact that you have discovered a vaccine, that would be great to hear right now. sorry, not yet.

all right. nora and zac, thanks so much. and congratulations again. thank you. thank you. across the uk in recent weeks, there've been repeated public expressions of gratitude for all those nhs staff caring for patients affected by coronavirus. 0ne leading artist came up with the idea of celebrating the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers by offering to paint their portraits. other artists then followed, as our arts editor will gompertz reports. the artist tom croft has painted a lot of portraits over the years. he's done footballers, politicians, bishops and rock stars. but the pandemic left him short of subjects. until, that is, he had an idea. when the lockdown first started, i was really struggling, as i know a lot of artists were, to find almost the point in their work. and so i thought about a portrait being a celebration of people achieving extraordinary things, maybe in their professional lives. and who is more deserving at the moment than the heroes

on the frontline of the nhs? and so he posted an instagram message. the first doctor, nurse, key worker to contact me in this post, i will paint their portrait in oils forfree. harriet durkin, an a&e nurse at the manchester royal infirmary, did just that. and tom got to work painting harriet wearing her ppe. what does it mean to you now to have it? i'll have that picture forever and be able to look back, you know, and remember what a difficult time it had been, but people that i work with, people i call my friends, everybody coming together, i can look at that and think, gosh, you know. it's very emotional. critical care nurse carolina pinto also got in touch with tom, who has been inundated with portrait requests from hundreds of doctors and nurses. he matched her with bp portrait award finalist mary jane ansel, who conducted a virtual sitting. so i'm really excited to paint you and i think this is such a lovely idea. i never had my portrait done

before, but it's also good to have like this kind of experience where people are supporting us in a different way. that must be really difficult when you've got your mask on, because i know that that sort of connection that you have with your patients, that's such a huge part of looking after them. and not being able to have that? they can not really understand your expression. so it's the same if i'm smiling or not, because all they really see is your eyes. most of the time it seems like we are screaming, and we just want them to understand what we are saying. so, yeah, you lost a bit of the human connection. so far, there've been around 500 parings of hospital key worker and professional artist under the hashtag portraits for nhs heroes. the hope is once the lockdown is over to have a public exhibition of them all as the culmination of an initiative that has already been copied in america, spain, belgium, and ireland. will gompertz, bbc news.

the famous oktoberfest in germany will not go ahead this year. the world's largest beer festival had been due to start in mid—september, but it's been cancelled due to coronavirus. the event usually brings around six million visitors to munich every year. president trump's daily briefings have been attracting large tv audiences and have made household names of some of his advisors. and now the national bobblehead museum in milwaukee has started selling bobblehead dolls of dr anthony fauci. they say they've had orders from all over the us and abroad since the fauci doll went of sale earlier this month. and now they've added to their range with another prominent figure from the white house coronavirus taskforce dr deborah birx. $5 from each doll is being donated to a charity which helps supply protective equipment to healthcare workers. so far the've raised more than $130,000 from dr fauci's bobblehead alone. now, a special ‘thank you' message from the police department in fort myers, florida. 15 police cars we organized into a heart shape outside the local hospital, which has been treating coronavirus patients. 0fficers stood in the middle holding a sign that read ‘fort meyers police department thanks you' as the cars flashed

red and blue. a special thanks, from one group of frontline workers to another. a reminder of our top story. president trump says he will temporarily halt immigration into the united states for foreign nationals seeking permanent residency, a move that he said would protect american jobs during the coronavirus crisis. at a white house briefing, mr trump said it would be wrong for americans laid off during the pandemic to be replaced with immigrant labour flown in from abroad. farm labourers and hi—tech employees on special visas would not be affected. mr trump was speaking a day after he issued an ambiguous tweet declaring he was suspending immigration. us democrats reacted furiously. the uk government, as we were reporting earlier, has been underfire for the reporting earlier, has been under fire for the lack of protective equipment for health

workers. we have heard that the raf aircraft carrying much more protective equipment has finally left istanbul airport. that's it for now. thanks for watching. hello there. tuesday was another sunny but windy day for many parts of the country. there was some cloud for a while, actually, across cornwall, the channel islands, gave a couple millimetres of rain, and then in the sunshine along the west coast of wales, south coast of england, temperatures reached 21 celsius. and we had a lovely sunset across the southern parts of england, helped by a bit of high cloud that's coming in from continental europe. still actually a lot of wet weather to come in the mediterranean, but our weather is dominated by that area of high pressure over scandinavia. not as many isobars on the chart for wednesday, the winds won't be quite as strong. but with a bit of a breeze overnight, these are the temperatures we are starting off with on wednesday morning. and, again, with lighter winds in the scottish glens, there may well be some frost around here. there may well be some mist and a low cloud affecting the southern uplands, onto the pennines and the welsh hills, but, again, that

won't last long at all, it soon gets blown away. lots of sunshine on wednesday, a little bit hazy at times perhaps across more southern parts of the uk. but the winds won't to be quite a strong, it may well be a degree or two warmer. still a touch cooler along those north sea coasts, but as you head further west across the uk, those temperatures widely 20—21 degrees for england and wales. as we move into thursday, again, some mist and some low cloud to clear away early in the morning, same sort of areas. again, lots of sunshine around, that higher cloud is drifting a little bit further north by this stage. the winds will be much lighter though on wednesday, everywhere. it will feel warmer as well. the temperatures will probably peek at maybe 25 degrees somewhere in 0xfordshire, berkshire or hampshire. that's probably going to be the peak of the temperatures on thursday. mind you, friday's not far behind, again, a few mist and fog patches to clear away very quickly in the morning. and then light winds again, lots of sunshine around too, and those temperatures still making 22—23 degrees across southern parts

of england and wales. a little bit cooler across northern scotland, bit of a northerly breeze here. the weather is starting to change a bit over the weekend. pressure is going to be much lower, especially across scandinavia, but also across the uk as well, pressure is falling away. a very weak weather front coming into more northern parts of the uk. that may bring a few showers across scotland, mainly northern scotland, perhaps into northern ireland. 0n the whole, it is going to be dry over the weekend. a bit more cloud coming down the eastern side of the uk, temperatures beginning to slip away a little, highs of 19 or 20.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has given more details about his intention to sign an executive order, temporarily blocking immigration into the united states. he said the restrictions — which will apply for 60 days to green card applicants — are to protect workers from overseas competition after the lockdown. the uk government is under more pressure for failing to supply enough personal protective equipment to hospitals and care homes. the health secretary denied reports that they had refused to take part in a european union scheme to secure supplies of essential equipment for political reasons. the un world food programme has issued a stark warning about the millions in regions of conflict who could starve because of the coronavirus outbreak. the agency estimates the number of people going hungry could double to more than 250 million. most are in countries already affected by an economic crisis.