this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. ministers in the uk look at proposals to get the economy restarted — including easing some measures of the lockdown. in spain, the country has begun to ease its strict lockdown rules — adults have been enjoying their first outdoor exercise in seven weeks. rolls royce prepares to cut thousands ofjobs due to coronavirus — a decision on the exact number will be made by the end of the month. the uk government pledges over £76 million to the most vulnerable in society during the pandemic. this funding will help charities, support survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. it will support vulnerable children and their families. and it will support victims of modern slavery. an experimental drug

is authorised by us officials for emergency use on severely—ill coronavirus patients. and uk prime minister boris johnson and his fiance carrie symonds name their baby boy — and include a tribute to the two doctors who treated mrjohnson while he was in hospital with coronavirus. 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. the uk government is studying proposals aimed at getting the economy restarted, including easing some the measures of the lockdown. the prime minister will set out plans next week but this afternoon the communities secretary said the risks still remained high. elsewhere, the spanish government

has relaxed its own strict lockdown measures allowing people outside for the first time in seven weeks. from monday, face masks will be compulsory on public transport throughout the country. rolls royce has warned it may have to cut thousands ofjobs from its uk work force after aircraft manufacturers were forced to cut production during the pandemic. the engine maker employs 52,000 people worldwide with 23,000 in the uk. at this afternoon's downing street briefing, the uk government announced a multi—million pound package of measures to support vulnerable people in society, including rough sleepers and victims of domestic abuse. and, more than 6,500 people have signed up for a trial to see if blood plasma from coronavirus survivors can help treat patients in hospital with the virus. it comes as 621 more people have died in the latest 2a hour period — that's those who have tested positive for coronavirus and died in hospitals, care homes and the community. the total number of uk deaths stands at 28,131. let's get the latest with this report from our political correspondent chris mason.

this is what relative liberation looks like right now. being able to throw junk into a skip. in manchester this afternoon, the prospect of a trip to the reopened tip had people queueing to get in. just can't wait to get rid of the stuff. before it piles up any more. with a green bin at this time of the year, there's a lot going on in the garden and it gets full of waste all the time and we need to start emptying them as soon as possible. but today's government news conference told us that a loosening of the rules could be based around the fact that the virus finds it harder to spread outside than inside, but... that moment has not yet come and members of the public watching this afternoon should continue to stick to our message which is to stay at home. the government has proudly talked up the huge expansion in its capacity to test, but the next colossal challenge, as restrictions are eased, is tracking and tracing new outbreak so they are contained, including via an app for us to use.

clearly we want to have very quick tests and we do not want to be asking contacts to stay isolated for a long period of time if the initial person who triggered the alarm, so to speak, actually turns out not to have covid, so there is a speed issue. it's also an issue that not everybody will be able to operate a digital system. today, the government announced it had delivered its1 millionth food package to help those who are shielding, not leaving home at all. there are 1.8 million people in england alone in this situation. i wonder what long—term plans there are to help those people out, notjust in terms of the provision of food, but also their mental health and their general well—being? well, for the shielded, one priority is to ensure that those who want to move off our food boxes onto privileged access from the supermarkets can do so and the supermarkets are doing

great work in increasing their capacity to do delivery services. medical, economic and societal challenges posed by this virus remain vast. 0ne positive has been delivered almost overnight though. the long—held aspiration to eradicate rough sleeping. ministers now want to ensure as few people as possible turn to a life on the streets after lockdown. it won't be easy. it's undoubtedly ambitious. chris mason, bbc news. people in spain have been allowed outside to exercise for the first time in seven weeks, after one of the strictest lockdowns in europe. the spanish prime minister said that facemasks will be mandatory on public transport from monday. here's damian grammaticas. 0nto empty streets, tentatively, spaniards began emerging today, released from 48 days of confinement. adults first, allowed out to take a walk, to exercise for the first time in weeks.

until now, the only acceptable reasons for leaving your home were to buy food or go to the chemist. this is fantastic. it's amazing. the first time i ride with my bike this morning, it was incredible, really incredible. it's the fresh air in your face. then, at ten in the morning, it all changed. adults back indoors so the elderly could have two hours to themselves. and, after midday, children. spain is giving different age groups specific time outdoors to limit the chances the most vulnerable can catch the virus. with this relaxation, spain's government is dipping a cautious toe in the waters to see what happens. if virus cases continue to trend downwards, there will be more easing in the coming days. if they surge up again, well, then then lockdown will come back. damian grammaticas,

bbc news, valencia. restaurants form a large part of spain's tourist industry. elena arzak is a renowned chef who runs a three star michelin restaurant in san sebastian. she's regarded as one of the best chefs in the world and we can speak to her now. when do you hope to reopen? we don't know exactly when we will be able to reopen, even if there are incremental phases to reopen. we think it might, it is said in the second phase, it is going to happen the 25th of may. there is a possibility to be reopen with capacity of 30%. then the third

phaseis capacity of 30%. then the third phase is supposed to be the 8th of june until the 21st with 50% capacity of reopening. this all depends on the spread of the virus. of course, you said the first phase would be 30% reopening, does that mean you would have to go into your restau ra nt, mean you would have to go into your restaurant, separate the tables, government inspector come in to make sure you are doing it properly? of course, all the chefs want to reopen oui’ course, all the chefs want to reopen our restaurants in an incremental way, organised and in a safe way. the reasons we prefer to wait, because, you know, today this sector of hospitality is asking for more flexibility for seating capacity. it will be fine in our case to wait a little bit, because we like that

happens, capacity will be bigger thanit happens, capacity will be bigger than it is supposed to be. we need to wait a bit of time. the government has already announced the reopening of the lockdown, as i explained before. when you reopen for the first time, can you survive with local customers only, or do you need foreign tourists to come in? with local customers only, or do you need foreign tourists to come imm spain, tourism and hospitality industry is 6.2 gdp. even in spain, tourism and hospitality it where i am from in san sebastien and the basque area, we know the government give great importance to tourism and

hospitality. so this is why they have already given some assistance, like tax relief measures, and we know they follow to do that and have support by them. they are doing it especially for the small and medium—sized businesses. especially for the small and medium-sized businesses. how are your chefs at the moment, are they cooking great meals in their own homes, are they looking back forward to getting back to work? we have many, to getting back to work? we have any to getting back to work? we have many, many employees, around 50 employees. most of them, we have put them into the furlough, temporary unemployment. the chefs, we are a lwa ys unemployment. the chefs, we are always cooking at home but we are looking forward to reopen because it is the space where we want to be, in oui’ is the space where we want to be, in our restaurants. even my father is

77 years old and he is still thinking of new recipes and to go back. that is fantastic. can i quickly ask what is the number—one recipe he thinking of? the recipe in this area, we specialise in fish. we adore fish and it is what we want to serve. 0ne adore fish and it is what we want to serve. one of the dishes we wanted to serve on the reopening, it will be squid with papaya. that sounds incredibly tasty. thank you for joining us. thank you. in the uk, rolls—royce says it will probably have to make thousands ofjob cuts — as part of plans to deal with the impact of coronavirus. our business correspondent katy austin told me what this announcement could mean for the uk aviation industry. rolls—royce is an engineering giant and one of its big products is engines for aircraft.

rolls—royce employs around 23,000 people in the uk, that's about half of its global workforce, and big sites here in this country include derby, where it's got two sites there. now, what we're really seeing here is the knock—on impact trickle down from the global hit to the aviation industry that we've seen during the covid—19 pandemic where airlines basically can't fly, well, not very much anyway, and that has a knock—on effect where plane makers have them shut down some of their production. and then you go down the supply chain and you get people like rolls—royce who make plane engines, well, they're having to cut back too. what is the government promising to do, if anything? the government was asked about this at the downing street briefing this evening because this has been another bad week for aviation. we have seen two big airlines who operate out of the uk, british airways and ryanair, have both said that they are going to cut a lot ofjobs. so it has really been a bad week.

rolls—royce's. .. it is not an announcement. we understand up to 8,000 jobs could go. that is another blow at the end of a bad week and the government has just emphasised really that it has already provided a lot of support to business across the board. it hasn't promised anything specific for the aviation sector yet. but today robertjenrick, the communities secretary, did say that the chancellor and the business secretary would look at future demands if more help could be provided. here in the uk, thousands of people have registered to take part in a trial that uses blood plasma from people who've recovered from coronavirus, to treat sick patients. it's one of the latest trials in progress aimed at tackling the virus. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns reports. could this golden liquid be an effective treatment against coronavirus? it's not an expensive new drug, but blood plasma, freely given by survivors. jo is donating after her whole

family got coronavirus. her husband was ill enough to need hospital treatment. i'm somebody that would not have donated purely because i'm quite terrified of needles and giving blood. but everybody needs to do their bit. the idea is simple. donors need to have had coronavirus and fully recovered. the liquid part of their blood, plasma, contains antibodies produced by their immune system to recognise and fight the virus. researchers say when this is given to critically ill patients, it gives them some instantaneous immunity. so far, about 150 recovered coronavirus patients in england have donated their plasma, enough to treat another 150 critically ill people. now the intensive care consultant running the trial is looking for patients to give the plasma to. so far he is still waiting, because he's not seeing as many seriously ill people with coronavirus now. it's a good thing that the pandemic, there is a semblance of control

of the pandemic here, so i'm actually both happy and feel that we are ready if the second wave happens, yeah. he hopes that if this trial works, we will have an effective treatment against coronavirus. catherine burns, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... ministers in the uk look at proposals to get the economy restarted — including easing some measures of the lockdown. in spain, the country has begun to ease its strict lockdown rules — adults have been enjoying their first outdoor exercise in seven weeks. rolls—royce prepares to cut thousands ofjobs due to coronavirus — a decision on the exact number will be made by the end of the month. we can go to our newsroom in salford to get all the sports news from sarah mulkerrins. hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins with the bbc sport.

the former england captain, sir bill beaumont, has been re—elected as the chairman of world rugby. the 68—year—old defeated his former deputy, the ex argentina skippei’. agustin pichot. the bbc‘s rugby union correspondent, chris jones, has more. at one point it looked like this race was going to go right down to the wire, but in the end, beaumont has won with a little bit to spare. a clear mandate by 28 votes to 23. the support he had from the six nations and from the region of europe really meant that he had a foothold in this election campaign right from the start. pichot ran a dynamic and passionate campaign. he's taken to social media to congratulate beaumont. he says it wasn't to be for him. but beaumont has said in a statement, that this is not a time for celebration. the hard work really does start now for beaumont, he's got a lot on his plate in the short, medium and long term to try and guide rugby union through the turbulence of the covid—19 situation.

and in the medium and long term, to try and create a truly global sport. beaumont has to get people on side, the southern hemisphere, the unions, the likes of australia, argentina, new zealand and south africa were squarely behind agustin pichot. he has to convince them now that his vision and he has to make sure that all the stakeholders, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, clubs, unions are aligned behind him. can he force through the changes he hasn't been able to force through in the last four years? that's his ultimate challenge, but he does have a mandate now to try and take rugby union into a new era between now and 202a. the us women's football team have had their legal bid for equal pay rejected by a court, with the judge dismissing the players' claims that they were underpaid compared to the men. they had filed the lawsuitjust before the world cup last year, where they won the trophy for the fourth time. they had been seeking $66 million in damages, but a judge has ruled that

only their case for unfair treatment in travel, accommodation and medical support can go ahead. well, they have been having their say on social media. the striker and co—captain, megan rapinoe has tweeted, "we will never stop fighting for equality". as did fellow co—captain, alex morgan, saying, "although disappointing to hear this news, this will not discourage us in our fight for equality". i would say that us soccer has, kind of, made their points obviously and i don't think they've won on the public opinion side, but certainly on the legal side, i think if you speak with legal experts that there has been an acknowledgement throughout this that the actual legal case from a player perspective had some different holes and i think they were pointed out in the ruling. which, ithink, should be said that the players say they plan to appeal. right, that is all your sport for now, we'll see you again soon, goodbye.

an experimental drug developed to treat ebola has been approved for use on coronavirus patients in the united states. a recent clinical trial suggested the drug shortened recovery time for people who fall seriously ill with the virus. here's david willis on the latest developments from the us. could it prove a game changer? remdesivir is an antiviral drug that appears to help severely ill coronavirus patients recover. announcing that federal regulators had approved emergency use of the drug, president trump said it also had the backing of his medical experts. an important treatment for hospitalised coronavirus patients and it's something i spoke with dr hahn and dr fauci, i spoke with deborah about it, and it's really a promising situation. earlier this week, the government's infectious diseases expert revealed

that a clinical trial had shown that remdesivir could block the virus and help patients recover more quickly. the data shows that remdesivir has a clear—cut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery. manufactured by the californian pharmaceutical company gilead, remdesivir failed as a treatment for hepatitis and ebola, but tests showed that it shortened the recovery time for coronavirus patients by more than 30%, or an average about four days. neither a vaccine nor a cure, it is none the less the most promising treatment to date. after weeks under lockdown, large parts of this country are finally, tentatively starting to reopen. texas has reopened its beaches, but restaurants and shopping centres have been ordered to limit their capacity to 25%

for two more weeks at least. the united states remains the global epicentre of the coronavirus, a million cases and counting and more than 63,000 deaths. medical experts are warning that by reopening their economies too quickly, some states could run the risk of sparking a second wave of the pandemic. president trump ended his 32—day white house lockdown by flying to camp david for a weekend of talks with his advisers, all part of an attempt to kick—start the american economy ahead of elections later this year. meanwhile, the hunt for a cure for the virus goes on. david willis, bbc news. in venezuela at least 46 prisoners have been killed following riots over a lack of food and water at the los llanos jail in portuguesa state. it comes as nationwide coronavirus quarantine rules to slow

the coronavirus outbreak kick in, forbidding prison visits. there's been a sharp daily increase in the number of deaths from covid—19 in italy. officials say the figure jumped to a74 on saturday, and most of the deaths occurred in lombardy, the country's worst affected region. the indian government has made it compulsory for all public and private sector employees to use a smartphone app designed to trace people who may have been infected with coronavirus. the app alerts users who have come in contact with people later found to be positive for covid—19. privacy campaigners are concerned about how the collected data might infringe people's privacy. coronavirus myths and speculation have been rife on social media during the pandemic — with authorities often frustrated in attempts to tackle the source of misinformation. marianna spring reports. celebrities, influencers, neighbours, friends — all influential, all spreading misinformation.

but, to stop the spread, you need to remove the source of disinformation. within the maze, some sources come from a sinister place, in search of clicks and money. 0thers create posts as a joke. i faked a gov.uk text message telling people that they'd been fined for leaving their house over three times a day, and i thought it would be funny to sort of scare them with a fake text message. and then there are conspiracy theorists. whilst these conspirators want to push their message, there are politicians wanting to protect theirs. i see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute, one minute, and is there a way we can do something like that? in the fight to stop misinformation, authorities and social media companies are working across a range of front lines. it's not just about the spreaders. if sources are identified

and targeted, their misinformation can be prevented from going viral in the first place. but the government is struggling with the fine balance between monitoring online comment and free speech. it tells the bbc that... experts, like chloe colliver, say the government's need to protect free speech should not mean that sources of fake news are left to peddle misleading content. despite all the efforts of companies and governments over the last few years, there's still enormous work to be done in dealing with bad actors who are exploiting crises like this to spread their own harmful agendas. tech companies will ban users who repeatedly breach their guidelines. but, ultimately, we're all responsible for slowing the spread of misinformation. marianna spring, bbc news. borisjohnson and his fiancee carrie symonds have named their baby boy wilfred lawrie nicholasjohnson. the names are a tribute

to the couple's respective grandfathers and two doctors who treated mrjohnson while he was in hospital with coronavirus. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. skies have threatened rather than delivered many showers today. if you've seen a bit of sunshine, the garden's been a nice place to be. spring in full swing of course right now and for part two of the weekend tomorrow, high pressure in control for much of the uk but there will still be a few showers breaking out. maybe for some of us, a greater chance tomorrow of capturing one than today. this weather front towards the south—west of england will produce a bit of patchy, light rain in places. and in fact, that's the case as we go on into tonight, as the cloud increases as the weather front gets closer. and where we have seen some showers today across northern and eastern scotland, north—east england, they will slowly fade as we get on into the night. most overnight it is dry with clear spells, temperatures fall a little lower than this in more rural spots but most of us just about avoiding a frost as we go into the morning.

sunday will start dry with a fair amount of sunshine around but cloud is going to build and some showers will break out. towards northern and eastern scotland once again, a few for northern ireland, northern england, especially east of the pennines. it will take some time but from north wales, the midlands to east anglia in the later in the afternoon a chance of showers here could be heavy. and all the while a lot more cloud compared with today in south—west england and south wales, maybe some patchy light rain from that. temperatures in the mid teens for most of us. it will feel cooler for most in scotland tomorrow where you have the showers especially in the north and east. they will continue on here into the evening. and we could well see as we get into sunday night a spell of rain across parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire which will gradually clear on monday, just leaving a few showers. whereas most places on monday will be dry, a mixture of cloud and some sunny spells around. the wind willjust start to pick up across parts of england and where is coming in from the east. that will cool thing is particularly across eastern counties. and as we get beyond monday to tuesday, that weather system towards the south—west brings new life and brings in a spell

of heavy rain here and particularly toward south—west england. some uncertainty about exactly where it is going to sit before it fizzles out later on tuesday and just about gone by the time we get into wednesday. as high pressure builds back in. but it does bring the chance of seeing a bit of rain towards southern, south—western parts of england and south—west wales on tuesday. drier, though, on wednesday, and throughout the week for much of scotland and northern ireland it is looking dry with a mixture of cloud and sunshine. but where you are starting the week with a bit of rain, from mid week on it is looking mainly dry.

hello this is bbc news with james reynolds. the headlines: ministers in the uk look at proposals to get the economy restarted — including easing some measures of the lockdown. in spain, the country has begun to ease its own strict lockdown rules — adults have been enjoying their first outdoor exercise in seven weeks. rolls royce prepares to cut thousands ofjobs due to coronavirus — a decision on the exact number will be made by the end of the month. the uk government pledges more than £76 million to the most vulnerable in society during the pandemic. an experimental drug is authorised by us officials for emergency use on severely—ill coronavirus patients. and — how authorities are attempting to tackle coronavirus myths and speculation during the pandemic. now on bbc news, our world looks at oil—rich venezuela, which has been in an ever—increasing state of crisis since hugo chavez died in 2013, and global oil prices crashed.