this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk foreign secretary dominic raab rejects calls for an early easing of the coronavirus lockdown, urging "caution" and the need for "ca reful ste ps". we will need to make sure we can proceed in a sure—footed way, which is why i know the temptation is to start announcing proposals now, but until you have the evidence, that is not responsible. he was speaking as uk prime minister boris johnson prepares to return to work tomorrow, two weeks since he left hospital after falling ill with coronavirus. children in spain are allowed out for the first time in six weeks, as one of europe's strictest lockdowns is relaxed. dozens are arrested in central berlin, after demonstrating against germany's lockdown measures.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first, britain's foreign secretary, dominic raab, has rejected calls to ease the coronavirus lockdown, stressing that the outbreak is still at a "delicate and dangerous" stage. the government is coming under pressure to relax the social—distancing measures, amid concern about the damage they are doing to the economy. mr raab, who has been standing in for boris johnson while he recovers from coronavirus, said it would be irresponsible to speculate on specific, individual measures to ease the lockdown. in spain, children are being allowed out of their homes for the first time in six weeks, as the government

relaxes one of europe's strictest lockdowns. those under the age of m will be allowed out for one hour a day provided they‘ re accompanied by an adult, but parks and playgrounds will remain closed. the armed forces in the uk are planning to deploy at least 96 mobile testing units by the end of this week to test essential workers and the most vulnerable. and in the us, for the first time, donald trump didn't hold his daily coronavirus beiefing. after his remarks earlier in the week about using disinfectant to help treat people were ridiculed, the president tweeted that it wasn't worth his "time or effort" when the media asks nothing but hostile questions. but first, for the latest uk developments, here's our health correspondent jane dreaper. once busy streets now deserted. when will there be an end to the new lockdown quietness? the government says the coronavirus pandemic is still at a delicate and dangerous stage, and the restrictions on our way of life won't be lifted quickly. we'll end up moving to a new normal,

and i think we will need to make sure that we can proceed in a sure—footed way, which is why — i know the temptation to start announcing proposals now — but actually until you've got the evidence that's not responsible, it risks you ending up misleading... we need to take a sure—footed way forward which protects life and preserves our way of life. but the scottish government has again signalled it might take a different route out of lockdown. that would mean if, and it is and if — i'm not saying we are likely to get into this territory, and if the uk government took decisions that i thought were premature in terms of coming out of the lockdown then clearly i would want to make sure that scotland did what ijudged was best to protect the population. the british army is involved in the push here to get more essential workers tested for coronavirus. at these mobile units, which can be set up injust 20 minutes, specially trained military staff are collecting swabs and sending them to labs.

test—booking through the government website is open to critical workers who currently have symptoms of the virus, but slots have quickly disappeared. yesterday at 10am the only testing slots were available in scotland. as of this morning, appointments can be booked in england too. but there was still no home testing kits available, nor any slots for people to drive to centres in wales or northern ireland. and care home providers in england say testing still isn't widely available for their staff. labour are calling for some public buildings to be reused as testing centres. keir starmer in his letter today has urged the government to work with local authorities to open up, for example, town halls and libraries that at the moment are closed to have testing in the community. more will be known about the spread of coronavirus when testing reaches many thousands more people, including those without symptoms. in the meantime, lockdown continues. jane dreaper, bbc news.

our political correspondent, leila nathoojoins us. dominic raab, as ever, the government is trying to put this very careful tightrope between giving people hope for the future and not being reckless or risking the progress that is being made. yes, the message has been quite consistent, actually, that the measures that are in place at the moment are working and are bringing the number of cases down, the number of deaths down. but they are still too high to think about relaxing them. that has been a consistent message of the government, in the face of what is now growing pressure on them to say something more about how the lockdown will end. i think there is a recognition that the lockdown, in the way we have it now, can only go so long. that always has been. if you cast your mind back to when it came in, the argument from scientists was we are bringing their sin at the moment because we know it can only last so long and there will be resistance eventually. ——

bringing this in at the moment. there is pressure from labourfor the exit strategy to be published as scotla nd the exit strategy to be published as scotland and wales have only done but you are hearing again resistance from the government, dominic raab saying it is not responsible to talk about specific measures and this is simply not the right time. could that change with it borisjohnson we re that change with it borisjohnson were turning? it is a huge decision for the government to take absent the prime minister. when the prime minister is back, he might be the person if anyone who will change the direction. there's definitely an element of their having been a gap at the top. for any sort of operation. dominic raab has been deputising. he has had all the authority to make the decisions needed. there was a decision point, the lockdown restrictions have to be bylaw reviewed every three weeks.

that first a three week period, the lockdown measures were rolled over effectively put up the next point comes injust over a effectively put up the next point comes in just over a fortnight that i could just under a fortnight. that is where the government will be looking. it will be a boost to have borisjohnson back looking. it will be a boost to have boris johnson back but looking. it will be a boost to have borisjohnson back but he will be weighing up the same dilemmas now that will be ultimately his decision with what to do with lockdown when the time comes. how important to all of that is the discussion of testing? which we are supposed have by the end of this month, 100,000 tests being carried out a day? and similarly, contact tracing? hugely important because this lockdown that we have at the moment is really a blunt instrument. it is a complete stay at home. it is quite a blunt, forceful measure to completely suppress the curve as they have said. when we come out of that, there will be other measures that need to be put in place to stop the virus spreading widely and rapidly again in the community. what has happened is the government has been trying to make progress on the other

measures like testing and tracing because if you have an outbreak again, what you want to do it quickly identify someone with symptoms or who has the virus, contact everyone they have been in touch with, isolate them, test them, just to test all of them, so that is the measures. we have had today reports of quarantine restrictions of passengers coming into uk ports and airports being considered for top that is certainly one of the options. they will have different restrictions available. eventually, when this blunt lockdown measure has to be lifted will stop yes, the government needs to make progress on testing forced up they have set out these five tests a day that have to be met does make options a day. thank you very much. well, in about an hourfrom now, we'll be speaking to two experts on the coronavirus who will be aiming to answer your questions on treatment and vaccinations. please get in touch with your questions. you can contact us on twitter

using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions and you can email them to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. spain has partially lifted the lockdown which has been in place since the middle of march. children are now allowed out of their homes for one hour each day. this move comes as coronavirus figures continue to improve in spain, where over 23,000 people have died from the virus. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. it's been six weeks since spain has seen sights like this. children have been the most confined group under spain's tight lockdown. today's easing of restrictions is still cautious. under—14s can go out for an hour each day, accompanied by an adult, and they can't go further than a kilometre from home. even so, it is a welcome change. translation: the streets, the streets and the park. to feel the air on your face. i never thought i would miss school

but i really miss it. translation: we appreciate being able to go out because staying at home is getting very boring. even though we have the playstation and we can talk to our friends on whatsapp, it is good to be able to go out. to be able to get some fresh air, because we were feeling overwhelmed at home. the government says the lifting of the lockdown will be slow and gradual. the prime minister has said he hopes to ease restrictions further from next saturday, allowing adults out to take some exercise. but he has stressed that such a move will depend on the continued stabilisation of covid—19 in spain. new infections have been falling steadily over the last three weeks. so, too, have daily deaths. today, 288 deaths were recorded over the previous 2a hours. the lowest figure since march the 20th. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has described his country's fight against coronavirus

as a "people—driven" war. mr modi called on people to end the habit of spitting in public and hailed the value of traditional indian medicine in boosting immunity. he also called on citizens to pray more than ever during ramadan to help beat the outbreak. let's speak to our correspondent in delhi, zubair ahmed. there has been a lot of criticism from some in india of the lockdown when it was initially begun because it was so intense and there was so little warning. what is the mood now? how do people feel about the way the government has handled the crisis thus far? i think there is across the country a general approval of the way the government has handled the crisis so far. of course, if you are looking at the indian media, there is wall—to—wall coverage of mr modi's radio broadcast this morning. government

effo rts broadcast this morning. government efforts are being covered every day. but if you are looking at the opposition, much of the opposition is silent but there is one party which has been critical of some of the ways that the government has handled lockdown so far. for instance, the government recently, the opposition recently demanded that if the government has any exit strategy for the lockdown, it should come out with it, because so far the imposition of the lockdown was sudden and when it was being extended on the 14th of april, not many people were aware of it. the prime minister is going to have a video conference tomorrow with the chief ministers and maybe there could be some decisions whether to extend the lockdown further or to

lift some of the restrictions partially. sonia gandhi has written to the prime minister urging a lifting of some restrictions, particularly to help smaller shops. how difficult has it been for people to get food and access to things like that during the course of the lockdown? particularly outside the cities? it is very difficult. the first of all, if you are sitting in delhi, perhaps that you will not be able to see those people who are suffering. there are millions of people in big cities like mumbai and delhi who got up and the sudden lockdown and they have nowhere to go. the government agencies have been feeding them and giving them food and lodgings but they want to go back home and there is no respite for them. if the lockdown is

extended, they will get stuck. i just read that the chief minister has urged six indian states to take their workers back home but since all the modes of transport are suspended, it is very difficult for them to use transport. all these are stranded —— to get all these workers back home. it is a dilemma for the government. the government is desperate to open up the economy but if it does that, there is a possibility of people not maintaining the social distancing norms and that might become a big problem for the government. norms and that might become a big problem for the governmentm norms and that might become a big problem for the government. it is lovely to hear the bird song at that time of the early evening where you are and you must be so grateful to have the balcony. it is good to speak to you, thanks for sitting outside for us. the headlines on bbc news... uk foreign secretary dominic raab rejects calls for an early easing

of the coronavirus lockdown, urging "caution" and the need for "ca reful ste ps". he was speaking as uk prime minister boris johnson prepares to return to work tomorrow, two weeks since he left hospital after falling ill with coronavirus. children in spain are allowed out for the first time in six weeks, as one of europe's strictest lockdowns is relaxed. president trump didn't go ahead with his daily coronavirus briefing at the white house yesterday, tweeting that it was not worth his "time or effort". his absence after weeks of attending briefings comes two days after he caused an outcry by suggesting that people could be treated for the virus with disinfectant. daniela relph reports. president said we authorised the first... president trump last appeared before the media on friday. but, unlike previous weeks, his statement was short, he didn't take questions and the whole thing was over after 22 minutes. then yesterday, no presidential briefing, just a tweet.

there has been ridicule of the president's comments earlier this week that has worsened his already tense relationship with most media. then i see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute, and is there a way we can do something like that? by injection inside, or almost a cleaning? cos you see, it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on it, so it'd be interesting to check. with an eye on the election due later this year, his advisers will have to carefully gauge if donald trump is an election asset or a liability. more than 50,000 people have now died of coronavirus in america, as some states choose to loosen their guidance. in georgia, you can now get a haircut, a manicure and even a tattoo —

despite health officials warning it's just too early for such a drastic lifting of the lockdown. daniela relph, bbc news. let me bring you some figures we have just received. these are from three of the four uk nations. they are the daily mortality figures and they come with the usual caveats. these art deaths recorded in the previous 2a hours. it doesn't necessarily mean that they occurred in the previous 2a hours. these are hospital deaths because as we note the other deaths, there tends to be delay in reporting and we don't necessarily know the cause of death and so one to the people in care homes where the doctor may not have been able to visit before issuing a death certificate. england is up 336 people recorded to have died in the last 2a hours of coronavirus. scotla nd last 2a hours of coronavirus. scotland 18 people, wales 1a.

england 336, scotland 18, wales 1a. these are hospital deaths recorded in the last 2a hours. the australian government has released a coronavirus contact tracing app as it seeks to contain the spread of the pandemic. the development there comes as an an expert advising the uk government, says a tracing app could prevent one covid—19 infection for every one to two users who download it. professor christophe fraser, from oxford university's big data institute, said that the traditional way of contact tracing is not quick enough because of how rapidly the virus is passed on. he told andrew marr that the app could be released "within weeks" to prevent a resurgence of the outbreak. the app is going to be one of the building blocks of how to get out of the epidemic and we have two estimates. we found that when we projected over the next three months, for every one to two users who download the app and who adhere to the instructions, will prevent one infection and we found that for this

intervention alone to stop resurgence of the epidemic, about 60% of the population would have to use the app. andreas michaelis, germany's foreign minister, says germany is considering phone tracking apps, but said it was unlikely to happen beforejune. we are we a re interested we are interested to introduce them. but we don't see this happening before june because but we don't see this happening beforejune because it has to be centred into an overall contact tracing concept. just to give you an idea, we will have to hire, we are in the process of hiring people at the level of the local health authorities, at district level here, that are able to do the contact tracing and we think a ratio of roughly a team of five to 20,000 people is roughly what we had to come up with. that is a huge number.

i give you an idea, i think it is about 650 teams only in the case of bavaria, which is not easy. so the app by itself is an important factor in moving into that phase but it has to be complemented by other measures as well. in berlin, police have arrested dozens of people demonstrating against the continuance of lockdown measures. about a thousand protestors, from left and right—wing groups, flouted coronavirus restrictions to hold the rally. bill hayton reports. testing the limits of freedom. germany has the fifth highest number of coronavirus cases and strict measures to fight the disease. but not everyone agrees with them. the organisers of this gathering had been given permission to distribute newspapers in front of the old east berlin people's theatre, but police decided they'd crossed the line by turning the event into a protest.

translation: during coronavirus times, and according to the containment regulations, we are required to prevent such gatherings. we have 180 police officers on duty here around the square, ready to react to violations and to uphold the regulations. all chant: ich will mein leben zuruck! the protest was organised by left—wing activists, but some of those taking part appeared to be supporters of the right. others took inspiration from an anti—nazi protest movement during the second world war, the white rose. wir sind heute hier... translation: we are here today, enjoying the nice weather and thinking about setting an example with the white rose for the protection of constitutional rights, freedom and, above all, freedom of speech. it's very important, as it has unfortunately started to regress in the last few weeks. with the crowd refusing to disperse, the police moved in. dozens were arrested. earlier this month, germany's constitutional court ruled that protests are allowed, but only if distancing rules are followed.

the government has started to ease lockdown measures, allowing smaller shops to reopen, but gatherings of more than 20 people are still banned in berlin. finding a balance between freedom and disease control remains a difficult challenge. bill hayton, bbc news. spare a thought today for the thousands of runners, many from around the world, who should have been taking part in the london marathon. all that training is now on hold until october 11th at the earliest. it also means that charities are missing out on millions of pounds in fundraising, so the organisers have come up with another way for runners to raise money — without leaving home. holly hamilton has this reports. it's the world's biggest one—day fundraising event, and today, more than 40,000 of you should have been strapping on your trainers to take part. and with no london marathon this year, thousands of charities are missing out on the millions of pounds that would have been raised. but organisers have come up

with an alternative. it's the 2.6 challenge. now, you don't have to run 26 miles round your garden. it could be something as simple as bouncing a cricket ball off a tennis racquet. 11,12,13,14... like shane warne. ..18, 19, 20! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6! or you could try swimming 2.6 kilometres in your paddling pool, like sophie. and if you'd already got your fancy dress costume for the marathon, well, you could still put that to good use. among those taking on the challenge, eleanor davis. she was due to compete as an elite athlete, but instead will be at work as a doctor looking after patients on the covid ward. i normally work part time so i can train and compete at a high level, and just at the minute, obviously, there's not a lot to train for! everything's on hold. so i'm doing a few extra shifts on the coronavirus wards through this pandemic.

but i'm still managing to fit in the miles, so i run to and from work most days, which has been really positive to me. ifind running really therapeutic. just a bit of head space and a bit of calm amongst the chaos. so, yeah, i think this little project as well has given me something positive to think of outside of work, which has been really nice. to put it into context, last year's london marathon raised over £66.4 million for charity, and that's just one event. in fact, the uk charity sector estimates it will lose £4 billion of income as a result of the pandemic, making it a worrying time for smaller charities. all of our events that happen in spring, we've lost them all, and there's probably quite a few more to come. we believe it's going to affect us to the region of £1 million before the end of the crisis, and that's the lockdown part of the crisis, not the longer economic impact of this. # i'll rise up, i'll rise like the day.

# i'll rise up... our diversity choir, i'm particularly proud of. and we have a group of 22 residents and four carers that have come together to sing andra day's rise up. most of them are signing because, actually, physical communication is quite difficult and quite challenging for them, so they've had to invent all sorts of ways of trying to get together to become the diversity choir. it's a very emotive youtube to watch and i really recommend anyone to watch it because it's exactly why the 2.6 challenge is going ahead — to support organisations and people that we are supporting too. # we will rise. it's hoped, however, the 2.6 challenge can make a real difference. it's already raised more than £1.6 million so far as people across the country come together

while remaining still very much apart. holly hamilton, bbc news. you're watching bbc news. hundreds of millions of people around the world have been spending the past few weeks at home, but what of those without a permanent home — what in the uk we used to call "of no fixed abode"? take travelling communities. how have they adapted? tim allman reports. so what do you do when the show can't go on? that was the question facing the darix orfei circus. they were travelling through sicily when the entire country simply shut down. no crowds to entertain, no shows to perform. crucially, no money coming in. they can rehearse, they can look after their animals. but how are they going to survive? translation: we are stuck here because of the coronavirus. but thank god, we have been

helped in many ways, but above all with food. the mayor of the city gave us everything. we have been helped every day by charities that are constantly by our side. local community groups providing as much help as possible. food and drink for staff, the performers, even the tigers. translation: today we are here in a circus that in the past was by our side, entertaining our children with their shows. now, they're facing difficulties because they can't work and they need food. we are happy to return the favour and show our solidarity to the circus artists. italy is expected to begin easing some of the restrictions early next month, although it will be a slow process. but eventually, one day, the big top will be raised and the circus will well

and truly be back in town. let's stay in italy. the extent of the coronavirus lockdown in the country, with these remarkable drone images of venice. here is st mark's square where in normal times, you would expect to see a throng of tourists and natives enjoying the spring sunshine besides the city's canals. but now, in these extraordinary times, there is barely anyone to be seen. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. we still had some warm sunshine across we still had some warm sunshine a cross m ost we still had some warm sunshine across most southern and eastern parts of the uk today but there is cooler air coming down from the north. it comes behind this band of cloud here. still producing a little rain overnight and away from those showers that are continuing in northern scotland, the rest of scotland, the far north of england and northern ireland could have a

touch of frost on the ground but it should be milder as you head further south across england and wales, with more cloud this evening and overnight. that weather front is the main focus of the band take thick cloud which will continue to brew some showery bursts of rain. that will later move southwards during the day on monday, allowing more sunshine for northern england, northern ireland, southern scotland, but more showers for the northern half of the country. cooler air is continuing to push its way south as temperatures are dropping away for is not the last of the heat is getting squeezed into the south—east corner of eglin. when they could be some heavy showers later on. with that cool air and a bit of rain in the air, pollen levels should be dropping and there is more rain to come on tuesday, especially in the south. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the foreign secretary warns that the uk is still at a "delicate and dangerous" stage of the coronavirus pandemic,

and rejects calls to ease the current lockdown. we need to make sure that we can proceed in a sure—footed way which is why i know the temptation to start announcing proposals now, but actually, until you have got the evidence, that is not responsible. he was speaking as borisjohnson prepares to return to work tomorrow, two weeks since he left hospital after falling ill with coronavirus. children in spain are allowed out for the first time in six weeks, as the daily number of deaths fell to its lowest level in more than a month. dozens are arrested in central berlin, after demonstrating against germany's lockdown measures. now on bbc news — it's time for the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament, as mps and peers return from their easter break and move