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hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments this is bbc news. what's it been like to i'm sally bundock with run one of the biggest the latest headlines supermarket chains in the uk for viewers in the uk during the coronavirus crisis? and around the world. tesco accounts for nearly 27 president trump uses his first coronavirus percent of the grocery market news conference since friday in the country and employs to accuse china of failing around 450,000 workers. to stop the spread it's boss dave lewis has been talking to our retail correspondent emma simpson about the challenges. of the illness. we follow a dedicated sequence ofa we follow a dedicated sequence of a 1—way. every business has had to adapt and tesco has a minute's silence will be held this morning to honour beenin has had to adapt and tesco has been in the thick of it. it is uk health workers who've incredible. nearly everything died from coronavirus. has changed. we had nearly the prime minister will be among those taking part. italy's prime minister prepares to ease the country's 50,000 colleagues itself isolating or in the vulnerable lockdown — we'll look group so we had recruit nearly at what that might mean for one of europe's 50,000 new colleagues and train worst—affected countries. new zealand contains the spread of covid—19 them at a time when the and allows businesses and schools to reopen — business was changing it says it will look at lifting other rules in two weeks time. massively. demand also sought and we have a special report on what people online. who doesn't want a home will contribute as museums call for your memories delivery now? tesco has hired of living in lockdown. dozens delivery now? tesco has hired d oze ns of delivery now? tesco has hired dozens of pickers and drivers.
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there is still more demands than we are able to supply and it is important that we keep stores as safe as we can. like other big grocers, elderly and vulnerable customers get their own time to shop when they like it. it gives you a chance. because we are not as nimble as all the youngsters. we have all adapted to the new retail rules but will coronavirus permanently change the way we shop? is really very interesting, before this crisis, people were looking for hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest unpackaged, loose produce. people interestingly now are coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. going back to prepacked produce first president trump has said because they believe that is a china could have stopped the coronavirus from spreading safer purchase so it will be around the world, and that interesting to see whether those sorts of trends continue serious investigations are under way into beijing's actions. mr trump was speaking after the crisis. but during at his first news conference since tweeting at the weekend it, he says, shoppers are going that they were not worth the time and effort. he said china should have back to old habits. the number prevented the pandemic of transactions in a store at the source. our north america correspondent across tesco is reducing significantly but the size of peter bowes reports. the basket has increased also so people are shopping once a
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the president of the united week. a little like they did states accompanied by the vice ten or 15 years ago, rather president of the united states. than two, three or four times a back again to face questions week that was happening before just two days after tweeting at the crisis. what do you think the white house coronavirus briefings were not worth the the crisis. what do you think the impact of coronavirus will time and effort. it was be on retail more broadly? on a business as usual for president high streets? i think in the trump. today i'd like to past perhaps a little bit we provide you with an update in may have taken it for granted. oui’ war i think during the crisis people appreciated much more provide you with an update in ourwaragainst provide you with an update in our war against the coronavirus. it was an up eat how important it is so i hope that as a nation we will think assessment of a country that was in good shape and hungry to carefully about food, food get back to work. mr trump said strategy, food distribution. lot of people might be thinking coronavirus testing was being tesco is coining it in. from ramped up. the united states the coronavirus crisis. do you has now conducted more than 5.4 think your profits are going to million test, nearly double the number tested in any other go think your profits are going to 9° up think your profits are going to go up this year? i understand when that —— where that comment country, more than twice as much as any other country. the comes from because sales can be president also suggested that quite high particularly in food he may seek damages from china of people forget the downside of people forget the downside of 70% decline including sales over the coronavirus outbreak which began in the city of and 70% decline in people sales and 70% decline in people sales and with the egg strata we just wuhan and spread around the world. we're doing very serious talked about, —— extra, the investigations, as you probably cost of running stores has know and we are not happy with significantly increased during and asa
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the china, we are not happy significantly increased during and as a response to the crisis. years of change in the with that whole situation because we believe it could have been stopped at the space of a few weeks for all source, it could have been our supermarkets stop when stopped quickly and it wouldn't have spread all over the world, we think that should have lockdown is finally ease, it is happened. in the meantime, clear that many more shops will america is slowly emerging from have to adapt to the new reality. emma simpson, bbc weeks of lockdown. restaurants news. the impact of the coronavirus are open again in georgia but outbreak is now beginning to show up in corporate results. business has been slow. in today, hsbc, europe's largest bank by assets, california, currently enjoying reported a 48% drop in pretax a heat wave, crowded teachers profits for the first quarter. let's go to sharanjit leyl have angered local officials. who is following the story from our asia business the state's governor has warned that restrictions may be more rigorously enforced over the coming weeks and he urged hub in singapore. people to be patient. the reality is, we are just a few these numbers have just weeks away, not months away, these numbers havejust come out. tell us more. that is from making measurable and right. hsbc really kicking off meaningful changes to our a dramatic bank earnings season stay—at—home order. that is a with its first—quarter profit, very optimistic point to as you say, tumbling. it fell emphasise. however, that's by nearly half which was much worse than expected and that is driven by data. it is driven by really as the coronavirus pandemic is hitting borrowers behaviour and as we change our behaviour and as we change our and as mrs worldwide. we know behaviour we can impact the science, the health and the it is europe's biggest bank by data. this virus doesn't take assets. profits before tax came
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the weekends off. this virus in at about $3.2 billion in the doesn't go home because it does ‘sa doesn't go home because it does january— march quarter. it was ‘s a beautiful sunny day around oui’ ‘s a beautiful sunny day around over 6 billion this time last our coasts. —— year and the back of course is ‘s a beautiful sunny day around oui’ coasts. —— because ‘s a beautiful sunny day around our coasts. —— because it is a mainly focused right here in beautiful sunny day. he said asia are two of its guest exa m ples beautiful sunny day. he said examples around the beaches are markets are on stop that is what not to do. and it could hong kong and mainland china. of course those are areas that delay reopening the state. have sharply curbed is its peter bowes, bbc news, los activities in the first quarter. hsbc has been battling angeles. britain's prime minister, borisjohnson will lead the country in a minute's silence this morning to remember the frontline multiple uncertainties caused workers that have by the grinding us—china trade lost their lives to coronavirus. on monday the health secretary war. written's departure from announced that the families the european you're union —— of nhs and social care staff in england who die after contracting coronavirus are to be given sixty—thousand pounds of compensation. union. and now plans to slash keith doyle reports. these jobs, trying there this is eileen landers. a cleaner at queens hospital burton who has died of covid—i9. the hospital said she union. and now plans to slash thesejobs, trying there has was dedicated to her work and been a huge spanner in the works with hsbc confirming many to protecting patients. her family said she had a heart of of these redundancies will now be put on hold to reduce the gold. eileen is one of more uncertainty any of its employees would face in the than 100 workers across health decimated job sector due to the
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and social care who have died pandemic. all right, thank you with covid—19 while working on front—line services. nurses and very much indeed, sharanjit doctors, paramedics and leyl very much indeed, sharanjit leyl. hsbc saying its shares cleaners, care staff and are trading in hong kong so far co nsulta nts. cleaners, care staff and consultants. all will be remembered at 11am in a this year down 30% was up in minute's silence organised by london, hsbc shares have fallen by nearly 30% this year. health unions, led by the prime minister. the families of governments around the world healthcare workers who have have temporarily closed to died with the coronavirus while schools in response to the working on front—line services covid—19 pandemic. will now be entitled to a there are now 186 countries with nationwide closures — £60,000 payment. families of impacting over 90% of the world's student population. one industry that's benefiting is online tutoring and schooling. staff who died from coronavirus although schools have online on the course of their lessons in place — online essential front—line work will receive a £60,000 payment. of tutors and e—learning companies are filling some of the gaps. course, nothing replaces the so is it a stopgap loss of a loved one but what we solution or a revolution? will it change wa nt to loss of a loved one but what we want to do is everything we can to support families who are dealing with this grief. that education for good? payment has been welcomed but unions have called for it to be extended to cover more workers joining me now is including cleaners. something claudia swartzberg, chief executive of cambrilearn
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the government says it is — a company that provides support for home schooling. looking at. the health secretary also said from today welcome to the programme. give some nhs services in england us including cancer care and welcome to the programme. give us your take on how we are all mental health support which had having to adapt to teaching our then paused to help the health children at home. i have three service cope during the outbreak, would be resumed. the boys aged nine, 13 and 14. it latest figures for the number of people who have died in the uk in hospital with covid—19 is isa boys aged nine, 13 and 14. it is a huge challenge. yes, for various reasons. i 360, a fall, but there is is a huge challenge. yes, for various reasons. i think what people will realise overtime is that what comes extra ordinary usually a reduction in reported actually becomes ordinary. and deaths after the weekend. the total number of deaths is over there are many types of 21,000 that these do not solutions out there on the include people who have died in markets that can help ca re include people who have died in facilitate a more structured care homes or in the community approach that helps save in england or northern ireland. a sustained reduction in the number of deaths is one of the pa rents approach that helps save parents time and money in the criteria that will determine long run. the difficulty is when the lockdown restrictions will be eased. wales is knowing what is good, bad and ugly out there. there is so expected to announce that they much in terms of resource will be a phased return for online and e—learning. it is a schools but without saying when that will be. prime minister minefield in parentsjust haven't got the time to figure has made it clear the lockdown it out. totally. and i think restrictions won't be eased until the time is right. one of the things that parents should be looking at is an restrictions won't be eased until the time is rightlj restrictions won't be eased until the time is right. i know it is tough. and i want to get
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this economy moving as fast as experienced, you know, ican, but companies that have been around this economy moving as fast as i can, but i refuse to throw away all the effort and for a long time and understand sacrifice of the british people this is a high input operation. there are various aspects to a child learning to do but is not and to risk a second major outbreak and huge loss of life just a question of putting content online because not in fa ct, content online because not in fact, that can make parents and the overwhelming of the even more stressed because you have just got too much to sift nhs. while there is plenty of through so finding a provider that really has that experience talk and speculation about can provide the full solution lifting the restrictions, to that parent, give feedback information might come out slowly about how they will be eased but not when they will to that parent, give feedback to the parent, have a social start to be lifted. keith element. it is really important doyle, bbc news. parts of europe are starting that they get that type of to ease restrictions, support in this time. you think or put plans in place, to bring life out of lockdown. after this pandemic, after this the virus has now claimed has ended and we are all back more than 120,000 lives across the continent, with the highest number to, well, normality, whatever of victims in italy and spain. that looks like, we will see 0ur reporter freya cole more parents decide to takes a look at what life homeschool their children just because they have figured out will be like. how it works and the resources that are out there? you know, even before covid—19, we have slowly and cautiously, italians seen huge increases in home schooling type approaches where are preparing for their first steps out of lockdown. it has afforded parents more
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flexibility in ways that their restrictions will ease on may kids can learn and it is a much more personalised approach. you can look at different types of four. it won't be normal. topics and subject matter is to please don't sit here and stand introduce to kids into various here. there is a lot to obey in stages in their lives and it is the new way of life. in his not so kind of industrialised first visit to lombardy since in terms of the approach so we the start of the coronavirus emergency, prime minister had seen an increase in the giuseppe conte want his last few years in any case. government will take no risks sure, this has been a catalyst, in life after lockdown. but there are a lot of benefits to homeschooling, to looking at translation: we are making a lot of sacrifices. now is not the time to give up. this creating citizens of the future, introducing them to government is not looking for more relevant topics at a much consensus but to do the right earlier age. and also from a things and it will continue to do the right ings even if it self—regulation and emotional regulation perspective, the has to displease a large number stats have showed the kids that of citizens —— the right things. in germany, facemasks come out of homeschooling environments have actually prospered more so than kids in are now mandatory in public a more standard approach. transport and for 550 euros, claudia, we will have to leave you can select your colour of it there, i could talk to you for hours but thank you for choice from vending machines in big cities. in neighbouring your time. tell us what your experience is. i'm on twitter at sally bundock bbc. do get in
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touch, let's discuss. belgium, even statues are let's get some of covering up encouraging the day's other news. eve ryo ne covering up encouraging everyone to brazil's embraer says it has covering up encouraging begun an arbitration eve ryo ne to cover process against boeing, covering up encouraging everyone to cover up when lockdown restrictions ease in after the us planemaker the coming months. attach two abruptly canceled a $4.2 billion deal over of the country's chief the weekend. embraer is also looking at china as a potential new partner, even though epidemiologist. i think he has several senior brazilian done a remarkably good job and government figures have attacked the chinese government recently. for me, he is amazing. he will washington says it will impose new restrictions on exports to china to keep be remembered for his semiconductor production controversial campaign to keep equipment away from beijing's military. the new rules will sweden open, relying on volu nta ry sweden open, relying on voluntary actions to slow the require licenses for spread of disease. france still us companies to sell certain items to firms in china that support the military, has another two weeks in even if the products lockdown but works are now are for civilian use. under way to rebuild the notre—dame. prime minister aerospace giant airbus has announced it is to furlough emmanuel macron was to maintain 3,200 staff at its north wales site. airbus said about half social distancing until the of the staff at its broughton virus is passed. freya cole, site would be placed on the uk government'sjob retention scheme, which pays bbc news.
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80% of wages. spain is easing restrictions saying they have slowed the the head of the international ports operator and cargo logistics firm dp spread. schools will reopen world has told the bbc he thinks that in future, countries will inevitable provided there is no physical distancing rules broken. want to bring supply chains closer to home, and that they will no longer funerals and weddings of ten want to rely on one country, china, to be the world's people can go ahead. the new rules will last for two weeks at which point a new decision will be taken. —— new zealand. workshop any more. we need these faster, we need i have no intention of coming things closer. with the impact down here and lived and now —— might lift the rules without of china shutdown, it impacts giving a timeline of the way world trade that relies on china. we will see the people that will be implemented. you will have seen today that often we have given a period of notice, whether it has been 48 we want, they can't rely any hours or others. that has more that everything comes from one place. many products today a lwa ys hours or others. that has always been so people can plan and prepare and so that we can could be produced, assembled, do it in and prepare and so that we can do itina and prepare and so that we can do it in a really confident and controlled manner and i think at the location. we have to be by and large, that has been an waiting now. you said it could accepted approach. joining me now is our correspondent shaimaa khalil who's in sydney for us.
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good to see you. a very colla pse waiting now. you said it could collapse without uk government support, what is the latest on cautious approach the prime that? you know about that also. minister was at pains to say that. that is right, sally. in couple, we covid—19, the while there —— a while there has been an ease of the level four lockdown restrictions so people are allowed to go back major income comes from there. to work, we have seen traffic flowing in the major new # kabul was zealand motorways, about major income comes from there. # kabulwas up major income comes from there. # kabul was up we have to take 400,000 people back to work with cafe ‘s and restaurants action to support the jobs of open, but without person—to—person contact, the people. the government has been prime minister has been quite slow but at the same time as a adamant in hammering that company we need to be able to message across in telling survive stop and so we have people to remain vigilant and that despite the easing of restrictions, that this is by basically seven out. so far we no means a total relaxation of rules. she repeated this more have about 1400 people, to than once in her appearance, that this was a reopening of the economy but it wasn't a avoid the company collapsing. we have applied, we are waiting reopening of people's social life. so people are still urged to stay at home. if they are not at work, if they are not at for the uk because it is very school, to go back home and actually try and learn and work vital and we need to be in from home as much as they can. business and make sure that we
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savejobs. but by any measure, new zealand business and make sure that we save jobs. people's lives has had tremendous success in business and make sure that we savejobs. people's lives rely on this company and his company containing the virus and eliminating it as the health givesjobs to on this company and his company gives jobs to many people and officials have announced they how do we survive if we are trying to reduce our cost as have now three cases, all of which are of unknown origins. much? once this is over, we can these weeks of easing are going bounce back. you paid a to be the riskiest weeks because if all of that success has been thanks to the dividend this week and the uk lockdown, to the full control government is paying the wages of 1400 p and o stuff stop do of people's movements. in people are moving in a more you think is reasonable to ask uk government for financial relaxed fashion, it is going to help? will we have invested make the difference between new every perry desmet penny we zealand moving forward to a more relaxed ease of made when you talk about the restrictions or going backward ferries. -- penny. whatever we to lockdown if more cases emerge. and talk us through made out of being on ferries what is happening in australia goes back to investing in your as well because different parts vessels and we haven't taken of australia have eased any money. we have been paying restrictions to different taxes and investing in degrees, haven't they? that is dividend. what you are talking right, different states are making different decisions according to what is happening about is involving another in their states and company which owns logistics territories. we had at the and owns many business outside beginning of the week, queensland and western and owns many business outside and that is significant. you australia really having significantly low numbers of
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cases and so they have can't take the dividend over announced they were the first the company that is in the front area to find a company two states to announce the easing of the rules. victoria thatis front area to find a company that is somewhere else. that is still very reluctant to ease the rules but the premiere was the boss of dp world there said that there was going speaking to our business editor to bea there said that there was going to be a reassessment in a simonjack. you couple of weeks. new south speaking to our business editor simon jack. you are speaking to our business editor simonjack. you are with bbc news. a reminder of our headlines: wales, where i am, there is president trump uses his first going to be good news at the coronavirus news conference end of the week, every since friday to accuse china household is going to be of failing to stop the spread of the illness. allowed to visitors which is great news because then we can a minute's silence will be held have two of our friends in our this morning to honour uk health workers who've household for example, for a died from coronavirus. the prime minister will be meal. good news for swimmers as among those taking part. well earlier on with the famous there are more than three bondi beach here in sydney, but not very far from where i am, million reported coronavirus opening, and swimmers lining up infections globally — almost one million cases are in the us. from dawn to take a dip after a yet as the pain from five—week band. from dawn to take a dip after a five-week band. yeah, it is the economic shutdown spreads quite incredible how we are american states from starting to appreciate things mississippi to colorado have started reopening. david grossman ina starting to appreciate things in a whole new way. thank you very much indeed. reports from georgia. let's get some of the day's other news. the world health organization has warned that covid—19 is disrupting normal health services, particularly you might not know it from the
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deserted downtown streets, but immunisation for the poorest ata la nta deserted downtown streets, but atalanta is a city that is children. the who's starting to open backup. here and there, amid the shuttered director—general said there we re director—general said there were shortages of vaccines against other diseases such as shops, a few green shoots of polio and cholera. whatsapp says measures it commerce. this barbershop to brought in to stop people the east is just about keeping spreading misinformation up the east is just about keeping up the demand for haircuts. about covid—19 appear to have been successful. there are new rules set by the it says there's been a 70% drop in users governor. they have to clean forwarding messages more than five times. the chairs, wear gloves and turkey's president tayyip erdogan has said that facemasks. we are trying to the lockdown in the make a living in the middle of capital ankara will be eased. but 31 cities across a pandemic. just being safe. the country will be put in 3—day lockdowns from friday. being safe is the only way to nearly 3000 people have died from covid—19 in turkey do it. they risk their lives since the start of the outbreak. just to cut my hair. it sounds crazy, but it is really what they are doing. i am a little romania is easing restrictions for the over 65's after complaints that the current two hour limit wasn't enough time for them to nervous but i am taking every go shopping or take exercise. under the new rules they'll be safety precaution i can. it has allowed to leave their homes been about... may be like 1.5 twice a day for up to 7 hours. the authorities insist these only apply for people over 65 months, two months. i had to and other lockdown rules apply to anyone younger. get out here and risk it. what is happening here in georgia is
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a great big experiment. is it possible, is it prudent to ease nigeria is extending up possible, is it prudent to ease up on possible, is it prudent to ease its lockdown in the capital upona possible, is it prudent to ease up on a lockdown during a abuja and main commercial pandemic? and leave the centre, lagos, decisions to individual for another week. but president buhari has said it will then consumers and businesses? be gradually eased. cou nty consumers and businesses? county commissioner george lobbied the governor to allow more businesses to open. many he says won't get enough however, new measures are being federal help to survive but brought in nationwide, they should be allowed to try including a night curfew. to save themselves if they can. people will also have to wear face masks in public. once a lot of the emotion and there's also concern about a growing number the fear from the scenario is of what's being called ‘mysterious deaths' in the north of the country. behind us, we will be able to look back and say, ok, you may our nigeria correspondent have lost your business but it chi chi izundu reports. wasn't because the state told you you couldn't open. it was from these graves, whispers of because the demand was diminished from the effect of a rumours started. gravediggers who said they noticed a higher virus. for businesses in monroe than normal number of burials. county, it is not an easy decision to reopen or not. for now, this pizza restaurant is translation: no, we have never seen anything like this, not going to remain takeaway only. they are pleased to have the since the major cholera choice. that has been the outbreak our parents told us greatest thing is that we, as about 60 years ago. they told shop owners, are able to make us about 60 years ago. they told us at that time they used to
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runa us at that time they used to run a away from the dead our own decisions. we don't bodies, but they were still judge any other person, because called to bury the dead. he has beenin called to bury the dead. he has been in lockdown due to everybody‘s situation, coronavirus for almost two financially, employee wires, all of that is completely weeks. private healthcare different. out on the coast, centres which provide more than half of all healthcare in the there are signs that some state have closed. testing for georgians are tiring of the restrictions, many of which have not been relaxed. the authorities patrol the beach to covid—19 started in mid april enforce regulations that can but it has now been suspended for almost a week after the now seem arbitrary, and can for example get attached chatto or a haircut in georgia, but not contamination of a laboratory. once fumigated, officials hope a p pa re ntly a haircut in georgia, but not apparently a tan. the governor to have it up and running. the room deaths of around 640 has opened up the beach for people over the last week has exercise only. as long as people are up, moving around, shocked the medical community. walking, running, swimming, deaths are not registered here so it is not easy to find out doing some form of exercise, why people are dying. nigeria they are in compliance. this is to's center for disease control savannah, georgia's older city. has sent a team to start taking the governor's decision to verbal autopsies. contact trace allow some businesses to reopen those who have been around announced at a press conference positive cases and implement last week took city authorities steps to contain the spread of here and all over georgia by covid—19, all to try and stop com plete here and all over georgia by complete surprise. i think that them becoming the next has been our issue. we are epicentre. authorities say
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early reports show the deaths sitting here and hearing this and looking at each other and could have been caused by complications around diabetes, saying, did hejust say and looking at each other and saying, did he just say that? the city can't stop businesses acute malaria, meningitis or reopening, but as the mayor hypertension. but it is not told me, neither can they fully coronavirus. the count of the protect customers or, very death is alarming, and the importantly, employees. they are frightened, scared understandably, perplexed about what this means for them, going numberare to work and not having to go death is alarming, and the number are not connected to the home to their families and to coronavirus pandemic, and it their loved ones, they are very might likely be due to the shut concerned, and fortunately we don't have much of a plan down of private hospitals. because this really caught a lot of us off guard. it is there are a lot of hypertensive certainly not supported by data and science at this time. so we patients, diabetic patients, asthmatic patients, and they arejust and science at this time. so we are just telling people to protect themselves as best they have not much access to can. the world will now be hospitals. because the lockdown watching georgia. how far is it affects everybody. preparations possible to leave it to are under way to treat the individuals and businesses to protect themselves? to let them decide what risks to take? we rising number of cases. officials however are asking are all very much heading into for time to time to investigate the unknown. and time to contain the spread of the virus. but as cases across the united kingdom, from crowded urban communities to remote rural areas,
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across nigeria continue to as we've been reporting increase, time is a luxury if in recent weeks, people have encountered very different you can afford. —— few can circumstances in dealing with the lockdown. tonight, we hearfrom residents on the isle of mull off afford. chi chi izundu, bbc news. the west coast of scotland this is bbc news. where their small community a reminder of our headlines: is tackling its own challenges. president trump uses his first coronavirus news conference since friday to accuse china of failing to stop the spread of the illness. a minute's silence will be held this morning to honour uk health workers who've we're quite well prepared died from coronavirus. the prime minister will be for lots of time when there's not much going on, nobody around, among those taking part. and sort of fending so, as we've been hearing, for ourselves, president trump took part in his first media so i feel a bit conference since friday. he hadn't addressed the media of a fraud, really, for three days after facing ridicule for his suggestion because being on here, it's out with what i see every day. that injecting disinfectant i've got no tv or anything might be a way of like that, so i don't really treating the virus. know what's going on, and i'm not bombarded jon mchenry, who's vice with it every five minutes, which i think a lot president of north star opinion of people are. research, a conservative focus this is the lounge. and survey group based in the lounge right now, in virginia, believes there was a sizeable part this is all for the staff of the republican party and the people that live here. who were against the president taking part in further we've closed the hotel, of course, and we employ 20 people here, press briefings. and about 15 live in, and so this is their home. there has been a lot of advice
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and we are absolutely lucky, saying, mr president, you need really, really fortunate to be very circumspect about that we're on an island, it. you can tell that he was and it's not actually closed, very much on the script, he but there's only really brought in a lot of ceos and residents toing and froing. this has really been business leaders to talk about a bit of a slap to everybody, hasn't it? how the country is united in it's really a shock. this fight, it is notjust the i've not really got a title, but i caretake the island, administration working on this, it isa administration working on this, it is a group of companies, a manage the island. lot of business leaders thank it suits me, it doesn't suit others, you know? their employees. they wanted to spread credit around today. i remember watching an article once the press got an on coronavirus in china. opportunity to ask questions about an hour, he did get into i live on mull, ita and not a problem, you know? about an hour, he did get into it a little bit. it has been it sort of grew arms pretty strong, telling, looking and legs pretty quickly, at approaches to the and i do know that coronavirus, whether they the community has support the democratic governor just come together and said, "right, in some states. very locked we've really got based partisanship, most to get on with it." just anything anybody republicans inked the way the can do, they'll do. boys delivering stuff president does. even to the point of trying to explain a all over the island. the community's rallied round, way, the thought you might as far as that goes. it's a good community. inject into your system to try and kill the coronavirus. many do you know how many are volunteers we've had, asking... is that right? could so—called yeah, all over the island,
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‘contact tracing' be the answer we've got 200 to 300 to eradicating covid—19 volunteers. from small island communities such as scotland's 200 to 300 volunteers, shetland islands? and a lot of donations it's an approach that's been for the food bank, as well. adopted on the small it brings a tear to your eye. faroe islands, which are located around 200 miles genuinely, it's very, north of scotland. very emotional. doctors there have been able to track and quarantine we're pulling together everyone who's come so much and will come out into contact with the virus. of this as a stronger unit. jothohnston reports. i think we'll come back stronger. all of a sudden, everybody wants to say "hi" and "how are you?" the son is out, but the streets are empty and the tourist seasonis are empty and the tourist season is on hold. joanna and the words i see a lot hunter runs a small knitwear and hear a lot is "stay safe" business. at this time of year, "and are you ok?" i'm sure people have made friendships out of this situation that possibly wouldn't have it would be the tourist season happened, had it not happened. and we are fully stocked up, a bit like a winter storm, batten down the hatches ready to go, so that is a bit and wait till it's sorted itself out, tricky. but we are now moving and we'll be ok, i think. as much as we can online. it is yeah. many famous musicians are taking to social media for informal online lockdown. travel by ferry or performances during the coronavirus lockdown the plane is barred to all but with just their living rooms as a backdrop and sometimes essential workers and island a few technical glitches along the way. residents. now shetland can do in the latest, actors meryl its own testing for covid—19. streep, neil patrick harris and other stars of broadway put the patient was an example have come together for into a cartridge, we put it
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an online charity concert into a cartridge, we put it into the machine and it turns to mark the 90th birthday out and result in one hour and of legendary composer stephen sondheim. ten minutes. it is a relief to reged ahmad reports. healthcare workers. coming to work and we are down to # dinosaurs surviving the crunch workers, but this will make a big impact if we can get back # let's hear it for to work the next day, if it and the ladies who lunch... well, that would be a huge thing for us. the ability to do meryl streep, testing in shetland gives the christine baranski and audra mcdonald, health board the flexibility to move away from the current pouring themselves a drink and singing a raucous rendition delay fears and try to contain of the ladies who lunch the virus. the machine gives us from one of stephen sondheim's famous broadway musicals. happy birthday, steve! the virus. the machine gives us the capacity and also the happy anniversary, steve! flexibility that should allow us flexibility that should allow us to test much more people, # i want to know how but also, to get back to the to get through... test, trace and isolate phase of the pandemic response. 200 miles north of shetland, the just a few of the broadway stars faroe islands are doing just and actors take part in this that. it has twice the virtual charity concert, the idea to raise money population of shetland and is and belatedly marked stephen sondheim's 90th birthday by singing some carrying out mass testing. now the islands are starting week to emerge slowly from their of his back catalogue. lockdown. they had the strategy how was i to know what your to mass test the people and to father had also hidden... be able to track them and
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neil patrick harris and his children joined others too, quarantine the people who had singing songs from another beenin sondheim musicalfavourite quarantine the people who had been in contact with the persons that have been tested for many — into the woods. positive. it has prompted calls watching him crawl back over the wall... for shetland to return to contact tracing. shetland have musical theatre enthusiasts will recognise stephen sondheim as a legend of the genre, a lot of patience at the moment. it has 54 cases, much composing the music and lyrics of many broadway staples. higher than some of the other singing islands. actually, contact the stars in this tracing is really essential in latest concert follow a growing line of singers shetland. it is really important to staff —— snuff out who've performed the disease bath. as from their homes. fundraising or simply as a way preparations are made about the gradual easing of the lot down, to keep performing. should scotland palme island singing committees like shetland be treated differently when it opera star andrea bocelli has comes to testing? streamed a concert online too. john johnston, bbc news. his easter sunday performance from an empty milan cathedral how will we remember life under lockdown in years to come? during lockdown will there be a particular has been watched by millions. # where are the clowns? image or item that best sums up this strange and uncertain time for you? # send in the clowns... a number of museums are asking for suggestions about what we should preserve to capture this moment, as our arts correspondent, david sillito has but as the pandemic keeps the entertainment industry in hiatus,
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been finding out. these types of informal virtual events look like they become a staple of life in lockdown. reged ahmad, bbc news. if you normally look forward where have all the flowers to opening a few cards gone? this is a song that we on your birthday, spare a thought for captain tom moore. did right at the beginning of the lockdown. we have singers the 99—year—old war veteran, who has raised £29 million from the royal opera house, for nhs charities, has received more than 120,000 cards ahead singers from italy, from of his 100th birthday america, but we also have on thursday. neighbours, friends, kids all mixed together. where have all the cards, which have thankfully been opened the flowers gone? a video made by a team of volunteers, to raise money for unemployed have filled the hall of the school captain musicians have been preserved for the nation. this is a moment in history that is unique because of just tom's grandson attends. moment in history that is unique because ofjust how much of it has been filmed. this incredible insight into the state of mind of the nation, fantastic. as i mentioned, you often within their own homes. the boredom, the frustration, the difficulty, the highs and can lows are all captured on video. fantastic. as i mentioned, you ca n co nta ct fantastic. as i mentioned, you can contact me via twitter. to get in touch to tell us what in the bfi wants to find more you think about the stories we are covering today and have a like this. the film of a lovely day as well.
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blackpool blood —— bank holiday under lock down. it is one of hello. the things that struck me is april thus far, for the most the things that struck me is the sound and how quiet it is. part, has been marked by dry, warm and sunny days, but the forthcoming week brings you can hear your feet something completely different the sound and how quiet it is. you can hear yourfeet as as we close out the month. the sound and how quiet it is. you can hear your feet as you walk along the pavement. significant spells of rain — everything looks and sounds it will, generally speaking, different. the whole sensory feeljust a wee bit cooler too. but at least the pollen levels experience is totally unique. are going to be reduced from the sort of levels all the bedrooms are empty so we've seen of late. the lights are off in the eventually, we'll be looking towards the atlantic for our weather, but in bedrooms. once the sun sets, it the short term, it's coming at us from the near continent is dark. everywhere is in and across the channel. certainly, as we start darkness. the fact that i can the new day on tuesday, there will already be cloud hear birdsong this loud and and rain across the southern counties of both england and wales, relatively mild what is the middle of the city, here underneath clearer skies across the north—east quietness, the new daily of scotland, maybe a touch habits. there is so much to of frost with temperatures below zero. remember and the issues for museums is how do you what it but dry and bright to start with across the northern half feels like? how do you capture of the british isles, showers developing across scotland, emotions? i have got really northern ireland and the north of england. but further south, notice how good at this. the museum of the dark some of those blues are. it is going to be really quite home for instance wants to hear home for instance wants to hear home life has been changed. by a wet day and the temperature suffering as a consequence, 8, 9 or 10 underneath quarantine. i really miss my foot pole. we are at the beach! all that rain.
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and it will be really quite wet — 10, 15, possibly 20mm of rain, which eventually they want photos. we would like will drag its way away to see photographs of people's from the eastern side of the british isles. homes, and crucially, we are but come wednesday, asking people not to tidy up. we will indeed be looking towards the atlantic to see this is an instagram version of another belt of rain after a dry enough to start, people are living, we are the rain eventually moving delving deep and we want people through the south—west of england, wales, to really dig in and tell us into northern ireland, what they are feeling. this is on towards the midlands to the south—east of england. in fact, many areas seeing rain out what they are feeling. this is ourfamily what they are feeling. this is our family lockdown jigsaw, before the day is out 1000 piece is, fiendishly except perhaps the central and northern parts of scotland, maybe a parting shower difficult but surprisingly here, but essentially, addictive. maybe it is the it is much drier. things that have kept you come thursday, another pulse going. too much memorable things have happened in the of rain will be working its way in on the southern flank of that low. lockdown. my mohawk, i would the position of the low itself never be able to have that at school. and this chicken. one open to a little bit of interpretation just thing that is really important at the moment, but if it comes to me is my wool and my yarn. a little bit further north, then some really quite strong sites like the amazing night winds will push in across southern parts of both england denies, that now is the time to and wales and certainly down towards the channel islands. another fairly unsettled day think about how we will for england and wales. remember this moment. for scotland and northern think about how we will remember this momentlj think about how we will remember this moment. i have been playing bingo a lot. ireland, it's much drier with some sunshine until late on, where we push the rain into the northern isles.
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so much more still to come, including we will be hearing by friday, well, that low pressure is moved away, from the boss of tesco on how but again, there is the chance he is coping with coronavirus. of some pretty hefty showers i will see you soon. coming into northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england, some rain further north in scotland and perhaps something a little bit drier through central and eastern hello. areas with the temperatures just trying to recover. april thus far, for the most by next weekend, it will stay part, has been marked by dry, showery and pretty cool too. warm and sunny days, but the forthcoming week brings something completely different as we close out the month. significant spells of rain — it will, generally speaking, feeljust a wee bit cooler too. but at least the pollen levels are going to be reduced from the sort of levels we've seen of late. eventually, we'll be looking towards the atlantic for our weather, but in the short term, it's coming at us from the near continent and across the channel. certainly, as we start the new day on tuesday, there will already be cloud and rain across the southern counties of both england and wales, relatively mild here underneath clearer skies across the north—east of scotland, maybe a touch of frost with temperatures below zero. but dry and bright to start with across the northern half of the british isles, showers
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developing across scotland, northern ireland and the north of england. but further south, notice how dark some of those blues are. it is going to be really quite a wet day and the temperature suffering as a consequence, 8, 9 or 10 underneath all that rain. and it will be really quite wet — 10,15, possibly 20mm of rain, which eventually will drag its way away from the eastern side of the british isles. but come wednesday, we will be looking towards the atlantic to see another belt of rain after a dry enough to start, the rain eventually moving through the south—west of england, wales, into northern ireland, on towards the midlands to the south—east of england. in fact, many areas seeing rain before the day is out except perhaps the central and northern parts of scotland, maybe a parting shower here, but essentially it is much drier. come thursday, another pulse of rain will be working its way in on the southern flank of that low. the position of the low itself open to a little bit of interpretation just at the moment, but if it comes a little bit further north, there's some really quite
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strong winds will push in across southern parts of both england and wales and certainly down towards the channel islands. another fairly unsettled day for england and wales. for scotland and northern ireland, it's much drier with some sunshine until late on, where we push the rain into the northern isles. by friday, well, that low pressure is moved away, but again, there is the chance of some pretty hefty showers coming into northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england, some rain further north in scotland and perhaps something a little bit drier through central and eastern areas with the temperatures just trying to recover. by next weekend, it will stay showering and pretty cool too.
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good morning, welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: a minute's silence will be held this morning to honour key workers who've died from coronavirus. the prime minister will be among those taking part. the nhs in england is to restart some vital services from today, including cancer care and mental health support. the return of the big shop — the boss of tesco says our shopping habits could have changed for good, and talks about the challenges of meeting a million delivery slots a week. tottenham's players will resume training this morning as the premier league prepares for a potential return injune. they're the fourth club to open their training grounds
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be gradually eased. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. empty shelves, frustrated shoppers and keeping staff safe — the logistics of running one of the worlds biggest supermarket chains during the coronavirus pandemic. we talk to the boss of tesco. and europe's biggest bank by assets — hsbc — announce a worse than expected 48% slump in first quarter profits as it guards against bad loans cause d by the 00:30:38,065 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 coronavirus epidemic.
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