‘ instance, place, particularly, for instance, domestic abuse. so it's something that really needs to be looked at carefully. we are going to have a look at the japan times now as part of this international press review. it's obviously very interesting to follow japan, because they are several weeks ahead of britain in terms of the spread of the virus. the main headline in the japan times, "the virus panel back staying the course." the government must continue to keep restrictive measures in place. so that's a cautious movejohn, measures in place. so that's a cautious move john, from japan, which is ahead of the uk in terms of transmission of the virus. yes, so here, the paper is suggesting that abbey, the japanese prime minister on monday will extend their lockdown for another month. obviously, on monday will extend their lockdown foranother month. obviously, here, in the uk, we will take that decision on thursday, whether he extends it for another three weeks or whether we choose to do something different. two more people get back to where? is a kind of a day where people can go back to schools? i think it's going to be a tricky one

for the government. they obviously wa nt to for the government. they obviously want to kind of ease the lockdown in some kind of way and get people back to work, i think the thing they are nervous about, if they do relax restrictions, suddenly, you get a lot more infections, and obviously, that's the opposite of what they wa nt to that's the opposite of what they want to happen. sienna, i was rather struck by the way the japan times frames this. " panel struck by the way the japan times frames this. "panel back staying the course." trying to put a positive tone on what is something that's been depicted as slightly negatively, the lockdown, they don't even use that word, they you stay the course, trying to persuade people that that is a good thing to do. i mean, i would people that that is a good thing to do. i mean, iwould be people that that is a good thing to do. i mean, i would be quite surprised byjust how accepting hop puppet government and everyone has been about the term lockdown. as you say, it's very negative. i mean, really, what they're talking about, what the shens ofa is talking about is the fact that it has been recommended that they maintain these measures, otherwise, it could push their health care system to collapse. so you know, the same concerns collapse. so you know, the same concerns that we've had here in the uk, and the focus is really on

keeping the rates, that infection rate below one, and the difficulty with that is how exactly do we assess what the er rate is at any given moment? that's all of these legs in terms of testing —— r to come in terms of getting the results by on determining exactly how many hospitals there are, how many dots there are, it's very difficult to just time all of these measures exactly of the right time. i think angela merkel who has a doctorate in physics has been pointing out in the japanese times that she explained this really, really well. a video we nt this really, really well. a video went around on social media of her explaining how the macro rate works and that clarity was really welcome. --r and that clarity was really welcome. —— r rate works. and that clarity was really welcome. -- r rate works. we are not actually featuring the male in this particular section, but i know your paper was very critical of the government in the early weeks, what is your papers we were in the moment at the way the government is handling testing, lockdown, and so on. the paper has been quite

critical on things like testing. it was a complete farce at the start of april, obviously, matt hancock has managed to turn that around. so i think when the government does the right thing, the paper is quite willing to say that it has done that and praise them for that. obviously, we have had problems with personal protective equipment, in these actually help set up a charity... some of those masks and gowns that nhs workers need and get them into hospitals. we will go to the financial times we can now come and bearin financial times we can now come and bear in mind, what we learn from the telegraph, the telegraph was telling us telegraph, the telegraph was telling us that the two metre rule might go, potentially, prelude to schools opening, but the financial times focus is at rather different, offices set to stay shut for a month white—collar employers will not work from home to —— stay working from home so public transportation is and overwhelmed. it's not being in the office that's the problem, it's getting to the office. yes, and also, there has been this whole issue about the london tube, you

know, sadiq khan was criticised, the london mayor, about what happened there, because itjust seems like there, because itjust seems like the tube was so packed, that's because services were reduced. he was arguing, well, look, services had to be reduced because so much of the work for many staffers who work oi'i the work for many staffers who work on the tube were off sick. they were self isolating because they had symptoms or because someone in their household had symptoms. these are the kind of issues that you can't get away from, and it does reduce capacity in terms of running transport services, which makes that kind of issue of getting to work, obviously, more difficult. john, does it make sense for white—collar workers who can actually work from home to stay working at home for as long as this crisis may go on? just thinking about the practicalities of a lot of offices. if you got people having to sit further apart, you are just not going to have space to kind of cram people in. i think a lot of people just aren't of cram people in. i think a lot of peoplejust aren't going of cram people in. i think a lot of people just aren't going to be willing to get on board public transport. i think i'm at today,

borisjohnson, the transport. i think i'm at today, boris johnson, the prime transport. i think i'm at today, borisjohnson, the prime minister, had a phone call with some of those mayors, people like sadiq khan, the mayor of london, and the mayor of greater manchester, they talked about how they can encourage people to actually cycle and walk to work. obviously, for some people, that's nothing to be possible over several miles,. ithank nothing to be possible over several miles,. i thank you are going to see a lot of people trying to consider how you get to work if you not going to get on the train? sienna committee think this will change the way we live in the long term that people who are lucky enough to do jobs which they can do from home might say "i want to stay home." that people might think "i want to cycle to work." yeah, ithink cycle to work." yeah, i think a lot of people will be saying "i want to stay home, and i went to work from home." because i realise that that's entirely possible. i think there will be more requests for flexible working arrangements as well, because that is so important to so many people in the economy, and we need to remember that the economy is supposed to work for people and not the other way

around. also, ithink for people and not the other way around. also, i think employers might be asking their employees to work from home, because they have realised, perhaps, you know, some of those costs, some of those overheads can be eliminated. actually, the business works very well. journalists like me and like john, we are very lucky, we not are considered key workers, but we can work remotely —— we are considered key workers. our final story "europeans urge to feast their way...‘ "europeans urge to feast their way... " my favourite quote in this i don't know if you've seen astray, and france, the cheese industry taken an approach calling on the french do it you can for cheese. john, will you do so? well, yeah. one of the problems we had earlier in this lockdown was being able to get food in and out of supermarkets, andi get food in and out of supermarkets, and i we see plenty of it. one of the problems from working from home as you obviously do get tempted to get more food from the cupboards and fridge. it is interesting, sienna, the point thatjohn made them about

two months ago, there was a real worry about available food. i make it seem some foods state, chips, cheese the kind that people might actually want to eat, we have to eat. i am very happy to take on that challenge. i eat an awful lot of cheese, more than happy to do that. yeah, i mean, it's a challenge that i think we can all meet. sienna, editor of labour list, and john stevens, deputy political editor of the daily mail, thank you very much to both of you. we will see you both later. john and sienna will be back for another look at the papers. it's goodbye for now. ryanair, one of the world's largest budget carriers, has become the latest to announce job losses. the dublin—based airline says it may cut three—thousand positions over the next few months, to help stem losses linked to the coronavirus outbreak. other airlines like lufthansa

and british airways are also warning of big cuts to their workforces — as theo leggett reports. just a few weeks ago, the airline industry was booming. the future looked bright. but now ryanair has been the latest carrier to say it will make thousands of people redundant. we announced this morning we are going to have to cut 15% of staff. that is, we think, the minimum we need, just to survive the next 12 months. if a vaccine is found, then clearly the recovery will be stronger. if a vaccine isn't found, we may have to announce more cuts, and deeper cuts into the future. unions insist that all this is premature, and that there is no need to make such deep cuts so soon. ryanair is not in financial difficulty, it's one of the wealthiest airlines within europe. it should be be able to ride out the storm, and it should be be able to take a more measured view. some employees say airlines are taking advantage of the covid—i9 crisis to drive through job and pay cuts and reduce costs in a way they could never normally manage.

it's not simply as binary as that, that airlines are just taking advantage of a bleak situation. reality is, there are hardly any planes flying and therefore airlines now are waking up to this new reality and they are making long—term decisions now, it is like a pre—emptive strike. is like a preemptive strike. this is clearly an unprecedented situation, and you can see that from where i am standing. the skies behind me are normally full of planes — that's one of the major routes into heathrow airport, the busiest airport in the country. yet at the moment, nothing. no planes, no contrails, and it has been like that for several weeks. globally, 80% of flights have been grounded. 17,000 aircraft are sitting unused on the tarmac, and the cost to airlines is expected to reach £250 billion this year. once the outbreak is over, things certainly won't be getting back to normal quickly.

although you can currently fly if you want to, restrictions are expected to increase. it's been suggested that passengers could be forced to wear protective gear, as already happens in certain countries, or practise social distancing on aircraft. the head of heathrow thinks such measures would be wholly impractical. if you can imagine going on your last summer holiday, if you were flying somewhere, can you imagine social distancing in that kind of circumstances? we are not designed for that. and that is why we need to have a way of making sure that only people who are very low—risk are allowed into the airport and can travel through the journey. yet airlines remain determined to get back in the skies as soon as possible. today, hungarian carrier wizz air did just that, starting to fly a small number of services in and out of luton. theo leggett, bbc news.

there is more on our websites, where you will find in—depth reports on the pandemic, and tips on how to protect yourself. you can also download the mobile app, and if you fancy, you can send me a message on twitter. now, time for a look at the weather with chris fox. hello there. you probably noticed over the last couple of days, the weather has been a bit unsettled, hasn't it? with lots of showers. certainly, friday, no exception. so you can see the extent of all of those showers moving across the uk, and they brought with it some dramatic skies, double rainbow spotted around the area of essex, and a little bit further south it, and sussex, we have this dramatic bolt of lightning coming from the storm clouds, with hail mixed in as well. looking at the weather over the next few hours, there is still a few showers moving their way eastwards across england, only slowly clearing here. the showers will then tend to become confined, really coming to the northeast of scotland, where it's going to stay cloudy all night.

temperatures 3—7dc. now, as far as the weekend goes, actually, we are going to see an improvement in the weather. there will be spells of sunshine, and for quite a few of us, it will stay dry. showers around, particularly across the north and east, but with lighter winds, it will feel just a east, but with lighter winds, it will feeljust a little bit warmer. here is the area of low pressure then, it's been bringing the showery weather over the last couple of days. that's tending to move its way a little bit further eastwards, but, we start off with an area of cloud and a bit of rain, tied in with the very week low. that low weakens further, but as we go into the afternoon, we will probably start to see somehow develop, and the cloud will tend to develop where see northwesterly winds bashed together with more northerly winds. this is a co nve rg e nt with more northerly winds. this is a convergent to man across some eastern areas of scotland, some eastern areas of scotland, some eastern areas of england, that is the area where you are most likely to see if you showers popping up during the afternoon. but, elsewhere, it's a largely dry picture, as i say, with lighter winds and more sunshine to go around, it's going to be warmer. temperatures for most of us between

14-18dc. in temperatures for most of us between ia—isdc. in many respects, sunday looks like a similar kind of day. it's a dry worn to the neck morning for most, some chopped sunshine, cardio towards the southwest come into the afternoon, we could start to see some showers developing pulse topic they do pop up, they could be quite slow in nature, some of them could still be on the heavy side as well. temperatures again for most between ia—isdc. heading into next week, welcome high—pressure look to ta ke week, welcome high—pressure look to take up residence towards the northeast of the british isles, but towards the southwest, low pressure lurks. so we will have a north east southeast split with our weather. southwestern areas, cloud increasing terrain around as well, the further north and east you go, the go, the drier the weather stays.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the united states gives emergency authorisation for use of the experimental anti—viral drug remdesivir as a possible treatment for covid—i9. the uk government announces it has exceeded its target of 100 thousand daily tests for coronavirus. it helps remove the wary, and helps keep people safe and it will help us to unlock the lock down. inching back to life. while some us states are loosening their lockdown measures — others are facing strong resistance against stay—at—home orders. tens of thousands ofjob cuts are looming —in what's been called ‘the worst crisis in the history of aviation'. and the uk's employs a new land army — the britons stepping in to pick crops — as coronavirus cuts off