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 off oppostion 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. the uk govenment remains under pressure for failing to supply enough personal protective equipment, to hospitals and care homes. the world food programme issues a stark warning about the millions in regions of conflict, who could starve, because of covid—19. 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 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. the british government is facing increasing pressure over its strategy for supplying personal protective equipment to hospitals and 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. 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—nineteen 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. south africa has announced a $26 billion package to help business. president cyril ramaphosa said while the lockdown is having a devastating effect on the economy, its nothing compared to the castrophic costs the country would bear if the virus spreads. the un's world food programme has warned of famines of biblical proporations because of the coronavirus outbreak. the agency estimates the number of people going hungry could double to more

than 250 million. here's our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. queues in a kabul lockdown. not for medicine to fight the deadly virus. for sacks of wheat to fight hunger. the poorest now deprived of daily wages to survive. nobody would help you if you stay home, this woman says. "i cried for the last two—three days. whoever talks to me, it makes me cry. i don't know what to say." millions more people around the world now need food aid fast. the wfp is now warning of a global hunger pandemic. this airdrop is for the starving in south sudan. they're social distancing here, be few other defences in poor countries torn by war. the un security council met

virtually to hear how bad it could get. when it ended, the head of the wfp told us of his worst fear. if we lose our funding, or lose supply chain access, we are talking about 30 million people, literally over a few months, could die. that is without putting the new numbers of covid on top of that. so we are literally looking at biblical proportions of famine and the possibility in anywhere from ten to 36 countries. what do you say to donors who say we would want to help the world's poor but there's hungry people in our own countries so we can't help you now? you know, i haven't had a donor yet say we are turning our back on these vulnerable people. they all say that we will do everything we can and of course they have to stimulate their economies and do what they can and let's see what happens. understand that in many places, if we have chaos and destabilisation, you can have migration by a necessity, destabilisation by extremist groups, you'll end up paying

for it one way or another. in yemen, no lockdown yet. millions here already a step away from starvation. to reach them, the un also says it needs a ceasefire for all sides to fight the common enemy. in syria too, war takes its toll. in this poor neighbourhood, they queue for wfp aid. like millions around the world, if they don't receive this daily bread, there is nothing to eat. lyse doucet, 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 health care workers. the stars and stripes at half—mast

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this is bbc news, 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 govenment remains under pressure for failing to supply enough personal protective equipment to hospitals and care homes. an raf plane carrying personal protective equipment for british health workers has finally left turkey. it was due to arrive in the uk on sunday, but has suffered a series of delays. turkey has the seventh—highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the world, but the turkish government insists that the numbers affected by the virus are beginning to stabilise. from istanbul, our international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports. istanbul these days is a shadow of its former self. a city of over 15 million, turned to an empty shell.

weekend lockdowns now a feature of life. turkey's view is that, unlike other countries, it responded to the virus hard and fast. and britain is looking to turkey for help. waiting for a consignment of personal protective equipment, desperately needed but still delayed. turkey is churning it out, and has already sent donations to the uk, italy and spain. at vocational schools across istanbul, teachers have turned their hand to this urgent work. an education ministry official says they were mass—producing ppe within one week of turkey's first case being diagnosed in march. translation: these schools have become a light in the darkness. our country would like to help everyone in the world if we could. you were able to scale up

very quickly and start producing these items. are you surprised that britain hasn't been able to do the same? translation: let me just speak for my country. during these hard times, we are working together, and we're producing together. a diplomatic answer. the truth is, turkey had a head start with its strong manufacturing base. they're making about 250 gowns here every day. these are for doctors. the fabric is waterproof. these can be washed and reused. these here are for nurses, and all of the gowns being made here are taken directly from this school to a hospital nearby. they're disinfected and they're given to the staff. now, the teachers here say they feel this is part of a war effort, and they are proud to be trying to save lives. like the doctors and nurses who wear their gowns,

here at this public hospital, one of the biggest in istanbul. turkey has around 95,000 confirmed cases of the virus. that's more than china. the government says the epidemic is stabilising. the turkish medical association says the number of new cases is not falling, and doctors are still struggling. 0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. a town in southern greece is tonight under a strict curfew and a two—week lockdown after a cluster of the novel coronavirus broke out inside a migrant facility. 150 people, including staff, have tested positive but are yet to show symptoms. it's amid warnings from aid agencies that migrants living in cramped and unhygienic conditions are highly vulnerable to the virus. freya cole reports. 0utside outside the hotel, migrant

women and children line up for essential supplies. a cluster as covid—19 has broken out in the living quarters and for the next two weeks they will not be allowed to leave. as stocks running low, panic breaks out. three aid workers from the un's international organisation for migration, walk away, unable to control the rush for the remaining supplies. the hotel is used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers. many are single pa rents, seekers. many are single parents, fleeing conflict and famine in sub—saharan africa. 0ut famine in sub—saharan africa. out of the a71 people who live there, 150 have tested positive for coronavirus, including a staff member and aid worker. the majority are asymptomatic but as a precaution the military has set up a clinic in case the situation worsens. greek authorities have already implemented a citywide lockdown for two weeks including a 12 hour curfew from 8pm every

night. translation: we are monitoring or contact of employees in the hotel and prioritising selection of moving groups, in case they need hospital treatment. so far, we have not found any symptomatic patients that need further care. greece has so far managed to avoid the worst of the global pandemic, stringent lockdown measures are kept people at home to stop the spread. but aid agencies have great fears for migrants living inside severely overcrowded facilities. a handful of unaccompanied migrant children we re unaccompanied migrant children were evacuated at the weekend but there are calls to ramp up the protection of the most vulnerable people living inside the camps. greek leaders say they are facing a crisis within a crisis and have called on other european countries for solidarity. the pandemic is having a huge effect on mental health and well—being, and, as ever,

it's an open question whether social media is helping, or making it all worse. when so many people of a certain age all start posting pictures of themselves at 20, what's going on here? is it alljust a bit of fun, or is nostalgia one of the brain's mechanisms for getting us through a crisis? professor steven taylor knows some of the answers to all that. he's from the school of psychiatry at the university of british columbia, and has written a book about the way people behave in pandemics. if nostalgia actually helpful? you would have thought being reminded of a time when things we re reminded of a time when things were better may make us feel worse about now? well, depends on what you do in terms of nostalgia. nostalgia is a form of therapy for treating depression in the elderly. i think there are three reasons why can be helpful, one, it is mental time travel back to happier times and it is people up. secondly, sharing photos through social media is kind of a way of coming together and

having a bit of a laugh in those times are bad hairstyles when wen—yi huang hair! 0r bad clothes but the other thing that a soldier can do is it addresses mortality salience, when people feel threatened with death, they're sorts of non— conscious mechanisms to deal without fear of death in one of that is looking back at a form of yourself at an earlier time. so they can be fun, social trends but they could be dealing with deeper emotional crises? it won't solve any deep—rooted emotional crises but it can help people get through these times. in some ways, we all used to get through tough times, this can shorten lives, if we're talking about drugs, alcohol and overreaching? we are finding some people, particularly highly distressed people lockdown who are engaged in emotion focused coping, doing things that make them feel better in the short—term but

create problems in the long—term and that is overeating, overusing drugs and alcohol and engaging in excessive online shopping. do you have recommendations? well, you have recommendations? well, you know, reach out to family and friends and there are online mental health services you can help people he was suffering significant distress. would you expect all of this to have lasting effects? that is a big question. no—one really knows but what we do know from research on past disasters is that most people are pretty tough and resilient so most people come through this more oi’ people come through this more or less 0k people come through this more or less ok but we also know that there are a minority of people, and we are guessing at the moment 10% or more, will have significant, long lasting psychological problems, and they other people who encounter significant distresses during covid—19 such as the death of loved ones or people who have pre—existing mental health problems. i have to say, i have met many that they cannot bear to watch the news right now, thatis to watch the news right now, that is the famous phrase, my

desire to stay well—informed is my desire to stay sane. do you have a way of dealing with current affairs? dose your exposure to the news. if it is starting to distress you that much, go do something else. professor, thank you very indeed. you are very welcome. 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 pairings 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. another kind of thank you and recognition from the police department in florida. 15 police cars organised into a heart shape outside the hospital treating coronavirus patients. 0fficers standing in the middle holding a sign saying" we thank you" while the police cars are flashing blue and red lights. a thank you from one emergency group to another. the oktoberfest in germany will not go ahead this year. the festival was due to start in mid—september and it has been cancelled because of the pandemic. usually the event brings 6 million visitors to munich every year. that is it for now but much more anytime,

if you can stand it, on all the news, international and national on the bbc news website. you can reach me and the rest of the team on twitter. thank you 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 oxfordshire, 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. on 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.

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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's world food programme has issued a 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.