this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more us states start lifting their lockdowns but there's no let—up in new cases of coronavirus. american billionaire warren buffett‘s investment company ditches all of its airline shares. it had holdings in the four biggest us carriers. allowed out to exercise for the first time in seven weeks, but spaniards get strict time slots for an hour outdoors. human rights groups call for an investigation after more than a0 people die in a prison riot in venezuela. also this hour: how one man wasn't going to let a pandemic stop him popping the big question.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first, we start in the united states, where the total number of coronavirus—related deaths has now exceeded 66,000. and with the temperatures rising across the country, more people have said they are tired of staying at home and want restrictions to be lifted. but in the worst—hit state, new york, governor andrew cuomo has dismissed such calls. nearly 300 deaths were reported there on saturday — a figure mr cuomo called obnoxiously and terrifyingly high. and in the latest blow to the us airline industry, billionaire investor warren buffett has announced he's sold all of its shares in the four largest us airlines. he said travel was likely to be much reduced in the next three

to four years. in europe, governments are gradually easing restrictions as the numbers of deaths and new infections continue to fall. but more countries, including spain and portugal, will now require face masks to be worn on public transport. with several american states phasing out their lockdowns, president trump 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. —— after weeks in varying states 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. and in new york city, face masks have been handed out in the parks. and their subway system, normally 2a hours a day, close down for four hours every morning so that every carriage can be disinfected. to make sure the transit workers who are riding public are safe, the best thing

you can do is disinfect the whole inside of the car, as massive a task as that is. -- is —— is massive a challenge as 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. 0ver 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. the american investor

warren buffett says his berkshire hathaway group has sold all of its shares in the four largest us airlines. he said travel was likely to be much reduced in the next three to four years because of the coronavirus pandemic. earlier i spoke to anthony pompliano, author of the pomp letter, who watched buffett's talk and agreed it was bad news for the airlines. look, in 2016, when buffett took the airline position, i think it surprised people. he spent years avoiding airline investments and then he owned 10% in airlines and so, in 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 has he said today?

his main message was basically these are uncertain times but he, along with many other investors, believe that — to never bet against america. right? 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 full 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 many others, continue to think that will serve him well. has certainly served him well in the past! what about the apparent disconnect more widely between the state of the us economy and the stock market? yeah, it is very obvious that the us stock market is not a representation of the economy. it is a representative of central bank action, right?

so what we have seen over thre last couple of weeks is unemployment, gdp, everything is going down, all of the economic data is going negative but the stockmarket 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, right? that there has to be the stock market coming down to reality or the reality has to improve to meet the expectations of stock investors. but there is definitely a dislocation right now, driven by the central bank. the federal reserve has printed some $3 trillion and this does not look like it will slow down and that money printing is inflating asset prices right down. what kind of time frames are you putting on the recovery? how long will this take? step one is, the 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 closed down and then just start it back up on day one and have everyone back and all the customers back, it takes time to do that. so i don't think we will see this kind of v shape recovery that some are talking about. instead, i think this will take 12—18 months to get everyone's feet back underneath them and also there are many businesses it will not come back. 20% ofjobs in the us are in small businesses, and 20% will not make it through this economic downturn but this is the reality of what we are saying. anthony pompliano there. 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... vamos!

..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 10:00 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.

no. instead, they are frustrated. translation: we need tests for everyone to know if we're clear, if we can meet with our families, 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. here in britain, prime minister borisjohnson has said he was given "litres and litres of oxygen" to keep him alive when he was in hospital with the coronavirus. he also revealed that contingency plans had been made in case of his death. ministers are studying measures to get the economy restarted and increasing funding to help victims of domestic violence. chris mason reports. 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 couldn't wait to get rid of the stuff before it piles up anymore! at this time of year, everyone is in lockdown in the garden and you are piling up waste all the time. and you need to start emptying them as soon as possible. at today's government news conference, the focus for the communities secretary 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's 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 outbreaks so that they are contained, including via an app for us to use. i wonder where we are in terms of an update in the staff that

are being trained and the extent to which that system needs to be fully up and running before we'll see any noticeable shift in an ease of the restrictions around lockdown. there are some very experienced people already in public health teams and local authorities, for example, working under directors of public health and in public health england, as well. but, clearly, to get this up and running at scale, and effectively, is another significant task. and, and — but lots of preparation under way. the medical, economic and societal challenges posed by this virus remain vast. 0ne positive, though, has been delivered very, very quickly — the near—eradication of rough sleeping. ministers now want to ensure that as few people as possible return to a life on the streets after lockdown. you're watching bbc news — a reminder of our main story. more us states start lifting their lockdowns but there's no let—up

in new cases of coronavirus. more than a0 people have been killed in a riot at a jail in venezuela. the venezuela prison 0bservatory described the deaths at los llanos jail, in the western city of guanare, as a "massacre", and has called for an investigation. 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 0bservatory 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. iraq is suffering from a political and economic breakdown, but those aren't the only challenges as the country tries to come to grips with the coronavirus outbreak. shame and stigma mean people are wary to admit they're sick, or even get tested. there is little confidence in the government and few believe officialfigures. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, reports. iraq thought it had nothing to live, death and then came coronavirus. and this ambulance is the body of hassan, the 72—year—old died of covid—i9.

they had in turned away at checkpoint after checkpoint. fear of infection has made him untouchable. funeral rites are sacred here. and covid—i9 is upending centuries of tradition and ritual. there is no last goodbye for this man. his family are denied the right to wash the old man's body and wrap him in a simple cloth. for the most devout, this is a fate worse than death. instead his funeral is left to strangers in the desert night. the stigma of illness, quarantine, runs deep here. bad dan is in partial lockdown. it is ramadan. the city is quiet

but hardly in peace. —— it is ramadan. few want to admit having the disease or even getting a test. in another neighbourhood, health directorate arrives in force. someone has tested positive. doctor date —— jason alhaji arnie once the neighbourhood shut down. he gives the order to clear houses. —— doctor. after yea rs of to clear houses. —— doctor. after years of conflict and corruption, iraqis learned to trust family first, government last. the home is sacre site. this is an intrusion. —— sacrosanct. at baghdad's

hospital, this doctor hasn't been home to his family since the end of february. they are on oxygen. few of his patients came willingly. 72—year—old has now is now recovering from the disease but she is still fragile. she is asking to go home. she sees herself as better than before that i see it that if she is not stable, to get out of the rc you. she will stay here. the doctor's workload is heavy but iraqi's official count is low. fewer than 100 deaths in a country of 38 million people. but if you trust those figures. —— but few trust those figures. —— but few trust stop hassan is finally

laid to rest. buried in a pit. farfrom generations of laid to rest. buried in a pit. far from generations of his a ncestors far from generations of his ancestors and his —— no attendance at his graveside. in coronavirus, nothing is sacred. a few families want an end like this. 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. 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'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. for many people, life has been put on hold — plans postponed and big events delayed for another time. but one young man in colombia was determined that covid—19 would not ruin his love life. 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 and to her boyfriend, carrying an engagement ring. after recently recovering from a car accident, he reese —— wanted to propose and wanted the long arm of the law to help him get the girl. translation: doing quarantine, time passes very slowly because ofa time passes very slowly because of a marriage proposal is a beautiful thing. i said to my mother, there is a possibility the police officers will help me. they told me your happiness is our happiness and with the help of god, it will turn out well. fortunately, after all he and the police had put her through, she said yes. because after all, love can be contagious. that is it from me. i'm lewis

vaughan jones. this is that is it from me. i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. goodbye. 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. still a bit of uncertainty about the position of this, but for some of us here, tuesday's looking like quite a wet and windy day as well. whereas further north, you could get some sunshine, especially northern ireland

and scotland staying dry here. those are the winds. gusts will be be a bit higher, particularly across the south west of the uk. and as for those temperatures, still cooled in the east by the wind. where you have some sunshine across parts of western scotland, it will certainly feel quite pleasant. now, once that system has gone midweek onwards, a selection of locations for you here. not necessarily clear blue sky, but it is looking dry with high pressure in control. temperatures edge up a little bit, and the wind eases as well. so, either rain or showers for some of us to start the week, but for midweek, most are looking dry.

this is bbc news. the headlines: more us states have started lifting their lockdowns but there's been no let—up in new coronavirus cases. the us now has more than 1.1 million recorded cases of the virus. around 65,000 people have lost their lives to covid—19. american investor warren buffett has sold all of his shares in the airline industry, saying he believes it will struggle to bounce back from the pandemic. the billionaire's investment company had owned around 10% of each of the top four us carriers. 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. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.