this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: allowed out to exercise for the first time in seven weeks, but spaniards get strict time slots for an hour outdoors. the first time that i ride with my bike this morning, it was incredible, really incredible. more us states start lifting their lockdowns but there's no let up in new cases of coronavirus. human rights groups call for an investigation after more than a0 people die in a prison riot in venezuela. singing.

and all in isolation, the irish band performing live from lockdown, including here on bbc news. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start in europe, where coronavirus restrictions are gradually being eased as the continent's daily death toll continues to fall. with the easing comes an increased requirement for facemasks on public transport. this will now be compulsory in spain and portugal and on eurostar trains between london and mainland europe. one country where the number of deaths remains stubbornly high is britain. the total number of fatalities now stands at over 28,000, close to that of italy, europe's worst—affected country. in the united states, new york's governor, andrew cuomo,

has dismissed calls to lift lockdown measures in the state. nearly 300 deaths were reported there on saturday, a figure mr cuomo called obnoxiously and terrifyingly high. but some good news coming out of spain, where people have been allowed outside to exercise for the first time in seven weeks, after one of the strictest lockdowns in europe. here's damian grammaticas. 0nto empty streets, tentatively, spaniards began emerging today, released from 48 days of confinement. then the numbers began to swell. 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. it's amazing. the first time i ride with my bike this morning, it was incredible, really incredible!

it's the fresh air in yourface. some clearly wanted to capture the moment. for others, just being out in the sunshine was a relief. then, at ten in the morning, it all changed, adults back indoors so the elderly could have two hours to themselves. spain is segregating people by age, specific times of the day reserved for specific age groups to protect the most vulnerable. these two insist they're not afraid. instead, they are frustrated. translation: we need tests for everyone to know if we're clear, if we can meet with ourfamilies, have a life. i have five grandsons and i can't see them. and after midday, children, who are allowed out now in the afternoons only. it means more work for the police, here monitoring valencia's beach today.

everyone in spain is limited to one hour outdoors a day. police are trying to ensure people stick to the rules. translation: it is forbidden for people to swim or sunbathe. you can only walk on the beach or in the afternoon, play with the children. but elsewhere, people were already taking to the water. this was spain's north coast and this, barcelona's seafront, the numbers surging. it is spain's worry, how to control what happens as the restrictions ease. 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'll be more easing in the coming days. if they surge again, the lockdown will come back. so these moments of liberty could mark a turning point or prove fleeting. damian grammaticas, bbc news, valencia.

let's take a look at that latest from the united states now. there are now more than 1.1 million confirmed coronavirus cases there. new york city remains the worst—hit area, and has reported almost 18,500 deaths. but despite the high numbers, president trump insists the country should start to open up. several states have started phasing out their lockdowns. the president himself has left the white house for a weekend at the presidential country retreat, camp david. rich preston has this report. large parts of the us are slowly starting to open after weeks in varying state of lockdown. in texas, beaches have opened. for many, it couldn't come soon enough. it is so awesome to be out of the house, and in galveston, the beach is beautiful. we've just been desperate to get out of our houses and the beaches are one of our biggest things. it's really going to bring a somewhat sense of normalcy back. but authorities say they're still taking care. we're trying to dress as best we can, but our main goal is,

you know, if we have a couple of thousand — couple of hundred thousand people down here, our main thing is we just want to get them home safe. authorities in san francisco have extended the ‘stay in place' order until the end of may. i think it's a really smart decision, just to keep everybody safe, and i think we can do this together. we feel so fortunate that our mayor, london breed, has really — was the first one in the whole country, and she locked us down, put a shelter in place so early, and we've really crushed the curve. new york city, and the subway will close down for four hours every morning so will close down for four hours every morning so that every carriage can be disinfected popular to make sure the transit workers in writing publicly safe, the best thing you can do is disinfect the

whole side of the car, as massive a that is. the president himself has left the white house for a weekend at the presidential country retreat, camp david. he's keen for the country to open up, to be back in business again, conscious of an election on the horizon and an electorate in rising numbers of unemployment and with the economy suffering. military jets flew over several us cities on saturday, honouring healthcare and essential workers. over new orleans... ..phoenix, arizona... ..and washington, dc... ..the might of the us military on show for a fight that is far from over. rich preston, bbc news.

warren buffett says he has sold all of his shares in the four largest airlines after saying travel will be dramatically reduced over the next four yea rs reduced over the next four years because a coronavirus. and we have the author of a book and he watched his talk earlier. anthony, good to see you, so this not good news for the airlines there at all? look, in 2016, when he took the airline position, a surprise people. he spent years avoiding airline investments and then he owned 10% in one airlines are getting rid of that decision today he was intellectually honest and that he made a mistake and the coronavirus has had a negative impact on travel and the entire industry and so

they have exited that position. they will look elsewhere to put the cash as they continue to invest in uncertain times. for people who do not know, he is a huge, titanic figure in the world of share buying and investing. what else did he say today? his main message was basically these are uncertain times but he along with many other investors believe that she never bet against america. his belief is that he does not know how long it will last, if the stock market will go up or down or how long that may take to get a recovery but over a long period of time, betting against the united states is probably a bad bet and so he will stick with america and continue to do with what he has done over the last number of decades. it has served him well in the past and i along with others, continue to think that will serve him well. has certainly served him well! what about the apparent disconnect more widely between the state of the us economy and the stock market? yeah, it is obvious that the us stock market is not a representation of the economy. it is a representative

of the central bank action so what we have seen is unemployment, gdp, everything is going down, all of the economic data is going negative but the stock market is rallying. there is a dislocation between the economic carnage on the ground and what investors are saying. at some point, i think there has to be some continuity there, that there has to be the stock market coming down to reality or the reality has to improve to meet the expectations. investors but there is definitely a dislocation right now, driven by the central bank and the federal reserve has printed some $3 trillion and more and this does not look like it will slow down and they are contemplating asset prices right down. what kind of timeframes that you putting on the recovery? how long will this take? step one is, the economy will not recover while eve ryo ne economy will not recover while everyone is sitting at home. you have to get people back to work safely, get them spending money again, consuming. that is

the first step. the second step, if anyone has ever run a business before, you cannot shut it down, send everyone home and tell customers you are close down and it started back up close down and it started back up on day one and have everyone back and all the customers back, it takes time to do that soi back, it takes time to do that so i don't think we will see this kind of v shape recovery we're talking about. this will ta ke we're talking about. this will take 12—18 months to get ‘s feet back underneath them and also there are many businesses it will not come back. 2% of jobs in small businesses, and it will not be — a surprise me that 20% will not make it through this economic downturn but this is the reality of what we are saying. —— 50% ofjobs in the us is in small business. thank you for talking to us. you got it!

in the uk, borisjohnson has said that he was given litres and litres of oxygen to keep him alive. ministers are looking at strategies to get economies started including victims of domestic violence. this is what relative liberation looks like, in manchester, the prospect of a trip to the tip had people queueing to get in! cannot wait to get rid of it! the green bean at the time of the year, eve ryo ne bean at the time of the year, everyone in lockdown, it gets for the ways of the time we need to start emptying them again. at today's government news conference, the focus was offering new support for victims of domestic abuse in england. today, i can announce a package of over £76 million in new funding to support the most vulnerable in society during the pandemic. this funding will help charities

support survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. the government proudly topped up the huge expansion in capacity to test but the next colossal challenge is tracking and tracing new outbreaks so they are contained, including an app. in terms of staffing train, the extent to which the system needs to be fully up and running before we see any noticeable shift in and ease of restrictions around lockdown though there are some very experienced people already in public health teams and local authorities working under directors of public health and in public health act clearly to get up and running at scale and effectively, is another significant task but lots of preparation under way. the medical, economic and societal challenges posed by the virus

remain vast. one positive though has been delivered very, very quickly. the near eradication of rough sleeping. ministers now want to ensure few people as possible return toa few people as possible return to a life on the streets after lockdown. for many people, delays have been put on hold for a long time. but one young man in colombia was determined that covid—19 would not ruin his lovelife and, as the bbc‘s tim allman reports, he had a little help. alejandra grijalba is 22 years old and an assistant nurse. she was in a shopping centre in the western city of cali when she was stopped by police. they asked her for identification and told her she was facing a fine. then they ordered her to solve a puzzle, a somewhat unusual law—enforcement technique. translation: i was really scared because when i was putting the puzzle together, i thought,

"a fine for what? what is it? " once i assembled the puzzle, it said, "do you want to marry me?" at this point, enter daniel garcia, her boyfriend, carrying an engagement ring. after recently recovering from a car accident, he decided to propose and wanted the long arm of the lord to help him get the girl. translation: during quarantine, time passes very slowly and a marriage proposal is a beautiful thing. i said to my mum isa beautiful thing. i said to my mum is a possibility the police office rs mum is a possibility the police officers will help me. they told me that his happiness was their hop happiness and with their hop happiness and with the help of god it will turn out well. fortunately, after he and all the police put her through, she said yes because,

after all, love can be contagious! you're watching bbc news. a reminder of our main stories: in spain, adults are allowed their first outdoor exercise in almost seven weeks as europe's lockdowns slowly ease. more us states start lifting their lockdowns but there's no let up in new cases of coronavirus. in the uk, thousands of people have registered more than a0 people have been killed in a riot at a jail in venezuela. the venezuela prison observatory described the deaths at los llanos jail, in the western city of guanare as a "massacre" and has called for an investigation. the watchdog said the prisoners were rioting over a lack of food and water after nationwide coronavirus quarantine rules kicked in. for more on what happened, i spoke to bbc americas editor candace piette. there has been two versions up to now of what has happened. the ministerfor prisons in venezuela, iris varela, said that the prisoners had been ordered by a prison

gang leader to break out of prison and that this jail break out, they had to stop with venezuelan police, but local ngos, and particularly the venezuelan prison observatory said that the riots started because of a lack of food and water in the jail, because they were saying they were going to stop, or they had stopped visitors and families being able to come in and bring the food and water that they need, because of the coronavirus quarantine that has been in place in venezuela over the last few weeks. and that specific issue, moving more generally, candice, is very difficult, the issue of prisons and coronavirus right across the region. absolutely, there has been riots all over latin america, recently in argentina and in peru, last week where there were nine prisoners killed, you are getting the same kind of story everywhere,

prisoners are terrified of being infected, they are living in immensely overcrowded and unsanitary jails, very little chance of washing hands and social distancing, and they are also very concerned for their family members outside the jail, so when the prison visits stop, as the authorities in many countries have been doing, that is when you get these outbreaks of violence. and interestingly, some countries have been releasing prisoners out ofjails, to try to help with social distancing and issues like that, to try to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, but other countries are taking a very different approach and not doing that at all? that's right, in argentina the government has been very proactive in terms of coronavirus, it has very low death figures at the moment, they have been quite impressive, actually, and they were quite quick

to start releasing, having a prisoner release programme. remember that many prisoners in latin american jails are in a pre—trial situation, held for years and years waiting for theirjudgement, and so in argentina they started releasing them, in fact there were demonstrations across the country against that, people were very concerned about prisoners being let out into the community. in chile also that has been attempted as well. it's quite a complex process because of the issue of, who is it that's going to be living next door to you with an electronic tag on his or her ankle or on house arrest but this is one of the things that a few countries have been trying. 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 helping the worst affected people fight the virus. our 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's not a regular donor but she's doing it, slightly squeamishly, because 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. we're all getting touched by this virus one way or another and if this is something that's going to help, i would urge people to seriously think about doing it. it's not that bad. the idea is simple. donors need to have had coronavirus and have 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. more than 6,500 people have already gone online to volunteer. they need to either have had a positive coronavirus test or, like me, to have self—isolated with symptoms. people can'tjust turn up to their blood donor centres asking to give plasma. they need to make an appointment at least a month after being ill. the first priority will be confirmed cases and researchers will be ringing these people, asking if they would like to be involved. so far, about 150 people in england have donated plasma, each one hopefully giving enough to treat another person. every donation is checked to make sure there is a high enough level of antibodies. now, the intensive care consultant running the trial is looking for patients to give that plasma, too. so far he's 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 happy and feel that we are ready if the second wave happens, yes. this will help us immensely in the future because we can store this plasma, freeze this plasma, thaw it and use it in patients if there is a second wave in the future. the hope is that, if this trial works, we will have an effective treatment against coronavirus. catherine burns, bbc news. while the current pandemic has forced many bands to cancel gigs and festivals, irish group "when young" decided to all self—isolate together and use the current lockdown as a source of inspiration. # you know that i don't usually pray # but i'm sending love your way

on friday they released this. it's their new single the prayer, in response to the outbreak of covid—19. proceeds from the single will be donated to women's aid, who work to end domestic abuse against women and children. earlier i spoke to the trio and i asked them how has the lockdown been for them, self—isolating as a band together. we are used to driving around together in close proximity, in vans around the country to gigs and stuff. we're kind of used to this. what about the frustrations of gigs being cancelled, not being able to be out on the road, and what have you been trying to do to try to combat that? yeah, that is quite wearing. especially not knowing when we will be able to do gigs again, whether it is this year or next year,

that is wearing financially. it's an effect across the music industry. we're just trying to go day by day and just keep writing and keep, like, working on our project and i guess not thinking about it too much because there's not that much we can do. but we are raising money for women's aid with this song, we think it is a really good cause and there is a lot of extra need for it right now, lots of other musicians are raising money for different important causes right now, whether it's venues across the country that might be facing a lot of problems financially, so, yeah, there's a lot of people trying to help, i suppose. of course, and this song will hopefully help. and let's hear it. this is the prayer by when young. take it away.

# go to sleep # wake up in a new world # looks the same but we've changed overnight # i only care when it's hurting me # just when it's hurting # you know that i don't usually pray # but i'm sending love your way # you know that

i don't usually pray # but i'm sending love your way # waking up in a new world # all is clean and blue hello. the weekend weather continues with perhaps a greater chance for catching a shower in the day ahead compared with saturday. there will still be some sunny spells around, but actually for a large part of england and wales, it'll be a cloudier day compared with saturday. that's because this frontal system is bringing at least some cloud up from the south, and to start the day across parts of southern england and south wales, there may just be a bit of patchy light rain around. it does mean more cloud across a large part of england and wales compared with saturday. still sunny spells, though,

for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, but this is where some showers are going to break out. some of those may be heavy and possibly thundery. you may also see a few towards north wales, the midlands and east anglia on through the afternoon. as for temperatures, mostly in the mid—teens. looks like a cooler day across northern and eastern scotland compared with saturday, especially where you're seeing some showers, and notice how some of these will continue as we go into the night across parts of eastern scotland and the eastern side of england. they may merge to give a longer spell of rain across yorkshire and lincolnshire. and as for these temperatures, most of them are holding up underneath the cloud cover. chilly enough for maybe a touch

of frost in the coldest parts of northern scotland. monday starts with a few showers across particularly eastern parts of england. a lot of those are going to die away. the best of the sunshine in the west. the breeze starts to pick up across parts of england and wales, especially the further south you are. it does turn things a bit cooler across eastern parts because it is an easterly wind around this area of high pressure. but weather fronts to the south get a new lease of energy going into tuesday and bring some rain back in towards, we think, parts of south west england and south wales.

this is bbc news, the headlines: for the first time in seven weeks, spaniards are allowed to leave their homes to exercise. they're limited to an hour a day and there are special time slots for different age groups. the country's prime minister says wearing face masks on public transport will be mandatory from monday. here, in the uk, ministers announce help for some of those in society worst affected by the lockdown. charities for victims of domestic abuse and the homeless are to get millions of pounds in extra funding. prime minister borisjohnson reveals the extent of his experience of the virus saying his condition was so serious a statement announcing his death was prepared. and a trial begins in london to see if blood plasma from people who've recovered from covid—19 could help treat sick patients. it's thought thousands of lives could be saved if the treatment is shown to be successful.