this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. world leaders have a whipround on webcam, pledging $8 billion to find a covid—19 vaccine. the divide deepens in us—china relations as president trump continues to blame beijing for the outbreak. loved ones meet for the first time in weeks as italy tentatively lifts its social restrictions. tributes are paid to dave greenfield of the stranglers who's died from covid—19 at the age of 71.

hello to you. an online summit of nearly a0 countries has pledged more than $8 billion towards developing a coronavirus vaccine. the summit was hosted by the european commission president. the united states snubbed the event, insisting it was already at the forefront of efforts to find a vaccine. rich preston has this report. crosstalk it was a videoconference of the world's most powerful people with the most pressing goal of the moment in mind — vaccines for coronavirus. we need to develop, produce and deploy them to every single corner of the world. and we must ensure that they are available and affordable for all. and this is why we must all chip in to finance this truly global endeavour. countries across the european union took part, as did those like south africa, saudi arabia, mexico and canada.

translation: because we need to accelerate the research and development of a vaccine that can be accessible to all, because we have essential work to do on equal access to diagnostics and treatment, because, in the end, nothing will be possible on diagnosis, treatment and vaccines if we don't support the health system. for this, france will commit to 500 million euros. today, on behalf of the irish people, i'm announcing a new pledge of 18 million euros to gavi, gavi, the vaccine alliance. as well as international organisations and philanthropic groups. i just got the message that madonna has announced a contribution of $1 million to the coronavirus global response, and that shows that the global response must also include social society, civil society and the global community of citizens. there was one notable absence from the conference — the united states,

which says it's going alone in its development of a vaccine. russia didn't take part either. china did, pledging $50 million. there was a political message too, a show of solidarity and support for the world health organization, which has come under criticism from president trump, who withdrew us funding for the un body. norway supports the leadership of the world health organization. without the world health 0rganization, an effective and co—ordinated response to the pandemic would not be possible. in spite of money raised, exper consensus is that a vaccine may still not be available until the middle of 2021. rich preston, bbc news. earlier we spoke to the former us ambassador to the un samantha power, who gave us her reaction to the decision by the united states not to take part in this joint effort to find a vaccine. madonna chipped in, that is not nothing. it says something really

about the place we are in in history. imagine at any other time, with any other crisis, the us, not only absent from the leadership role, but awol altogether, absent, not even there, not even in the chair. so this is really an emblem, i think, of this moment, and it's also a tribute to those who recognise that three plus years into the trump administration, it's long past time to wait for the united states to remember what it needs to be doing in the international system. and so you see president macron, chancellor merkel, the countries that comprise the eu, but not only those countries, even countries like saudi arabia have decided to contribute, recognising what is so painfully obvious just in terms of the facts at the moment, which is how connected we all are. you cannot look out for your own citizens without thinking about pooling resources and looking out for those who do not have the means to even muster the response that we have mustered so far.

the former ambassador samantha power there. america has reached a crossroads in the fight against coronavirus — as half the country begins to reopen, there are also dire projections about the spread of coronavirus. the new york times reports on a government estimate that 3,000 people a day could die by earlyjune — that's double the current number. meanwhile, the president is blaming china for losing control of the virus. 0ur north america editor jon sopel starts our coverage. what happened in wuhan, didn't stay in wuhan. a coronavirus which has affected billions, infected millions and killed hundreds of thousands is claiming a new casualty — us—china relations. 0n the american side, there's growing fury about china's secretiveness. and, for the moment, an unsubstantiated charge that this didn't originate in a wet market in the city, but in a government laboratory. these are not the first times that we have had a world exposed to viruses as a result of failures in a chinese lab. and so, while the intelligence committee continues to do

its work, they should continue to do that and verify so that we are certain, i can tell you that there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in wuhan. the words from america's top diplomat seemed designed to cause maximum offence to the chinese. the president last night said they would bring forward evidence at the right time. my opinion is they made a mistake, they tried to cover it, they try to put it out, just like a fire. it's really like trying to put out a fire. against the backdrop of the lincoln memorial, donald trump again raised the potential death toll in the us to as many as 100,000. but each time he does that, so it brings fresh scrutiny of his own erratic handling of the crisis. with an election six months away, having someone else to blame — the chinese, the world health organization — has become politically essential. but this is about much more than electoral politics. there is growing unease in the white house that china has become way too powerful on multilateral bodies like the world health organization and world bank, and that america

needs to reassert itself. the coronavirus pandemic is becoming a defining, and some would say, deeply unsettling moment in the relationship between the world's two economic superpowers. last week, stock markets fell sharply on the threat by donald trump to take unspecified retaliatory action against the chinese. but china is giving as good as it gets. we discovered a new virus... this cartoon lampooning the americans was posted by the xinhua news agency in english. the virus is killing doctors. typical third world. it's airborne. it will magically go away in april. the deterioration in relations has been rapid. this was donald trump in the early stages of the outbreak. i know this, president xi loves the people of china. he loves his country, and he's doing a very good job, with a very, very tough situation. the president used to talk extravagantly about his great friend president xi, about their wonderful relationship.

you don't hear much about that now. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. italy, the first country in the world to impose a national lockdown to try to control the pandemic, has lifted some of its toughest restrictions on the day it registered its lowest daily death toll since the lockdown began two months ago. mark lowen reports. a nation that has shed so many tears alone can finally grieve together. in naples today, the first funerals are allowed, with a maximum of 15 people, as italy opens up. being unable to say goodbye or visit graves has been one of the cruellest losses of the lockdown. "this is a beautiful day, as i can visit my son, who died ten years ago," says concetta. "thank you to everyone who's made it possible. "i can't say anything more, i'm too emotional." as the world's longest shutdown

of the pandemic starts to fade, outdoor exercise is now allowed. parks and some businesses are reopening, and relatives can see each other again — with distance and masks. so, finally, people can come and visit the family members that they've been stopped from seeing for eight long weeks. but it does present a danger, because this train has come in from milan, in the region of italy worst—hit by the virus. so, with freedom comes a hugely increased risk of spreading the outbreak. "keep your distance," they are warned, before everyone fills in a form to explain why they're here. europe's worst—hit country is taking no chances. livia last saw her daughter, who lives in milan, injanuary. it has felt like an eternity. has it been difficult for you not being able to...? oh, yes, for me, yes, a little bit, yes. you've missed her? yes. resisting a motherly

urge is tough. normality, so near, yet so far. how does it feel to see your mum? it's hard for me, really. because i haven't seen her for nearly five months, so it's very moving. it's been difficult not to see her? yeah. quite a lot, yeah. sorry. but the lockdown has left deep scars. we were taken by police to one of the roughest areas of one of the eu's poorest regions. the worry here is of organised crime preying on poverty. carpenter raffaele says with work stopped, he may have to sell his tv to get by. "there's been lots more crime since the lockdown," he says, "even kids dealing drugs and stealing cars, since they need to eat." fighting the mafia's resurgence is this priest under protection, making up boxes of supplies

for the needy to stop criminal groups from stepping in instead. translation: the mafia has always exploited italy's moments of weakness, and this is one of those moments. they give people help but then ask for drug dealing or money in exchange. we have to give citizens the antivirus to defend themselves, to stop the mafia from reclaiming this territory. a health crisis has become a social one, and this is what other countries, too, may face as they reopen from a lockdown that is stopping the dying, but killing the economy. mark lowen, bbc news, naples. 0ut out is something that could have a lot of uncomfortable implications. —— now to. a senior european scientist has said she has low confidence in the way some european union countries are reporting virus deaths. doctor andrea ammon director of the european center for disease prevention

and control told members of the european parliament that people dying of covid—19 were not counted unless the infection had been confirmed. so are we actually using the correct numbers? joining me now is nina fefferman. she's professor in the departments of maths and ecology and evolutionary biology at the university of tennessee. thank you very much indeed for your time. how significant would you say the comments from andrea are? they are probably really significant. both in terms of estimating how dangerous covid—19 is as an epidemic and also in trying to estimate how we should try to continue to combat the ongoing infection. are wrong could the figures be, do you think? they could be really wrong. right now, even figuring out what we would mean by a confirmed case, probably varies from country to country. whether or not that means it is confirmed by medical diagnosis or clinical laboratory medical diagnosis or clinical la boratory tests. medical diagnosis or clinical laboratory tests. if we're going with clinical test, those have been scarce at different points in the epidemics, and

different regions have been limited. so we could be severely underestimating this even to this day. if we go by, sort of, estimated expected fatalities compared to what we're seeing just by numbers of death rather than any attribution of the underlying cause, we are seeing attribution of the underlying cause, we are seeing startling differences in the us and across europe. so he could be really bad. yes. and if she is saying it, it is likely to be true, isn't it? it's certainly likely to be true that the estimates are by some definition of confirmed case only stop it's definitely true, no matter how optimistic you are right now, we are undercounting. it doesn't matter how much faith you have in the system. right now, we are undercounting just by systems being overwhelmed. just how badly we are undercounting around the globe is up for debate. if we are undercounting at all, has all kinds of applications doesn't it? it

does. like? laughs for example, it depends on whether we are undercounting strategically in different regions because of access to medical care. it might be that we are trying to provision regions in anticipation of where new resources and protective equipment, whether equipment will be needed. that could be underestimated. that could be underestimated. that could be underestimated. that could be critically underestimated. if we are trying to estimate damage where people need economic support, again they could be critically underestimated. basically any of the types of intervention and mitigation we are doing the life on having some accurate estimate, how widespread the disease is and how widespread deaths from the disease. even estimates about how dangerous the disease is in different groups. if we are undercounting residents who die in assisted living or nursing homes relative to those who make it to hospitals, we could be strategically undercounting deaths of exactly those who are most likely to have negative outcomes that lead to death.

so, everything from medical intervention to economic intervention to economic intervention can be wrong if we get this wrong. if it is possible to put this in a nutshell and i apologise because it is a big question, how would you come to something thatis how would you come to something that is closer to a figure?|j think that is closer to a figure?” think the best tools we have at the moment really might be comparing the average mortality we have seen comparing the average mortality we have seen over comparing the average mortality we have seen over the last few yea rs we have seen over the last few years at this time of year in the different places and comparing that or using that to balance the reported cases we are seeing. professor fetterman, thank you so much. good luck to all of us. indeed. thank you so much for being with us. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: tributes to dave greenfield of the stranglers, who's died after testing positive for covid—19. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic

of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterrand. but the tunnel is still not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and islam struggled for supremacy. now, the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in underfour minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: afundraising campaign involving more than a0 countries and donors raises more than $8 billion to fund vaccine reserarch. the divide deepens in us—china relations as president trump continues to blame beijing for the outbreak. —— beijing. japan has extended its state of emergency to try to get the rate of infection under control, as other parts of asia adjust to the realities of life in a pandemic. reged ahmad reports. a gym injapan being transformed to treat patients with mild coronavirus systems. new covid—19 infection rates have been falling in the last couple of weeks, but japan's prime minister says the state of emergency must remain in place. translation: at the moment, we are still seeing a considerable number of cases of new infections, and the number of infected people hasn't decreased enough. although death rates

remain relatively low, medical systems are feeling the strain in some parts of the country. translation: we have been maintaining our battle against covid—19 for more than three months. i think there are medical professionals that are already feeling a significant amount of stress. japan's restrictions are not as tough as in europe or the us, yet some parts of tokyo look practically empty. it stands in stark contrast to other parts of asia, like indonesia, where strict lockdowns are being enforced with water cannons. a softer approach elsewhere though, as people dressed as popular superheroes remind locals of the rules. in thailand, these traditional dancers are wearing clearface shields. this is one country hoping it's on the other side of its lockdown.

after falling infection rates, it's eased its restrictions, but strict distancing and hygiene measures remain in place for those businesses allowed to open. translation: it's good i don't have to close my barbershop any longer. to be able to reopen the business like this makes me proud enough. and a slightly different approach to dealing with the new reality. hong kong airport is testing robots and other technology to disinfect areas and even people. there's no doubt life is changing for many in this part of the world, and the economic impacts have been very keenly felt too. what many will be hoping for though is a clear indication the worst is nearly over. reged ahmad, bbc news. the united states treasury has said it will borrow a record $3 trillion between april and june this weekend saw movie theatres in some american states reopen for the first time, as president trump and some governors look to kickstart the economy. for weeks, the closure

of indoor cinemas has left the market wide open for that classic venue of american cinema — the drive—in. the united drive—in theatre owners association puts the number of them left at 305. could social distancing, likely to go on, in some form, for some time, lead to a revival? or as the wider economy reopens, will they remain a niche experience? well, texas, under a governor who's a trump ally, is one state leading the charge to reopen economy. is one state leading the charge to reopen the economy. and that has meantjosh frank, owner of the blue starlite drive—in, has been able to reopen his theatre in austin. josh, i think you were able to keep another site of yours, just outside the city, open throughout the lockdown? and this is opening night, tonight, in the centre of austin? it austin? is, we were able to keep our round it is, we were able to keep our round rock location open and we had to shut down austin for a bit, but before the shutdown, we we re bit, but before the shutdown, we were open for four weeks with extreme social distancing and we served a lot of patrons

to give them a special night out and now we are able to do it again, we are very excited. how are you and how is business? business is great. it's not necessarily the busy season it's not necessarily the busy season and well, it's the busy season! what sort of numbers? well, we are a very strange version of a drive—in movie theatre. most drive—ins take into hundred, 300 cars, but we, when we're not doing social distancing, cap out at 35 cars, so distancing, cap out at 35 cars, so we're basically a social distancing cinema that's been around for ten years. we are boutique drive—in. a mainstream ta kes boutique drive—in. a mainstream takes —— our main screen takes 35 cars and this is our small screen, which takes five cars. we are going into more extreme social distancing to be even more careful. 0ur social distancing to be even more careful. our main screen is taking 18 cars and our side screen is taking eight cars.

like a lot of people watching you now, i've only ever seen a drive—in cinema are in the movies, what is the drive—in experience? well, you drive your car into experience? well, you drive yourcar intoa experience? well, you drive your car into a giant lot and there's this giant screen, and you watch a movie in your car with your car radio and ten yea rs with your car radio and ten years ago when i opened the blue starlite, i had the idea of taking the old school drive—in vibe and bringing it into the modern age and opening up into the modern age and opening upa into the modern age and opening up a really tiny driving in the centre of the city so citydwellers could go and enjoy a drive—in movie. that's what we've got, 70 to 80 cars around a very small but perfect sized screen for eight to ten cars, and my main screen in the distance there is a little larger and can take up to 30 cars. in a way people bring their own protection with them, they have a car around them. they have a car. they sit in

the car and the way we do it here, you can't get out except to go to the bathroom and you have to wear a mask. we bring eve ryo ne have to wear a mask. we bring everyone their concessions when they pull in and they stay in they pull in and they stay in the carfor their movie they pull in and they stay in the car for their movie and they drive out. it is like drive—through food but for cine files. josh, very quickly, what are you showing? tonight we are showing the goonies. forjuly the fourth, we are showing star wars. sorry, notjuly the fourth, may the fourth, may the fourth, may the fourth, may the fourth be with you. and for you and all your customers and staff. josh frank, thank you so much. thank you for having me. the composer of one of the most influential songs of the new wave, dave greenfield of the stranglers, has died from the effects of covid—19. he played keyboard with the band, which had success in the 1970s and ‘80s with at least 20 hit singles and 17 albums. tim allman reports.

melodic, timeless, just a little bit unusual. there are many pop songs about heroin that include a harpsichord solo. # golden brown, texture like sun, lays me down... # it may have been controversial but golden brown was the stranglers' biggest hit and the music was composed by dave greenfield. it had initially been dismissed as a potential single but it went on to and them and ivor novello awards. announcing his death on their website, the band described how: 0n social media, their former lead singer, hugh cornwell, said:

dave greenfield was born in brighton on the south coast of england in 19119. brighton on the south coast of england in 1919. he played in a number of different bands, including a prog rock group called rusty butler, before joining the stranglers in 1975. known for his distinctive sound and playing style, he would be and playing style, he would be an ever present member, touring and performing almost until the day he died. dave greenfield was described asa kind, dave greenfield was described as a kind, generous soul. a true innovator and a musical legend. that's it for now. thank you so

much for watching. much more on the bbc website and on twitter. hello there. the highest temperature on monday was 20 celsius, that was in west wales. today it's going to be cooler across the board. but as the week goes on, so temperatures will rise once again, peaking on friday in the sunshine. for many parts of the country, our weather is dominated by that area of high pressure, keeping it dry and clear. the fly in the ointment, and it's a big fly, is this weatherfront here, bringing in wet and windy weather into the south—west. through the early hours, and as we head into tuesday morning, it's a wet start in the south—west of england, some heavier rain, strong and gusty easterly winds across devon and cornwall, the isles of scilly on the south—west of wales. gusts of 50, even 55mph. those winds will ease down later on in the morning and through theafternoon, but the rain will edge eastwards along the south coast of sussex, northwards into south wales and become

lighter and more patchy in the afternoon. elsewhere, it's likely to be dry with lots of sunshine around. a bit of a keen breeze to start with across england and wales, perhaps northern ireland. the winds will ease down and the highest temperatures will be across western scotland and north—west england, but cool under the rain in the south—west, only 12 degrees here. the rain continues to peter out during the evening. the cloud a little more reluctant to break up overnight, and the cloud will be spilling its way around the top of the area of high pressure into shetland and 0rkney. but where we have the clearer skies in eastern scotland and the north—east of england there could be a pinch of frost in some rural areas once again. that cooler air will be pushed away by the gentle, southerly breeze which will bring the warmth up from the south—west and temperatures will rise. by the time we get into wednesday, most places will be dry with a good deal of sunshine. there's just the chance of a shower in the far

south—west, and there will be more cloud coming in across the northern isles of scotland, so cooler here. otherwise, a warmer day on wednesday. those temperatures getting up to 20 or even 21 celsius in the sunshine. and those temperatures continue to rise for many areas during thursday and friday. there'll be a bit more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, maybe a few more showers, but for england and wales, probably dry and in the sunshine in the south—east, temperatures could reach 25 degrees on friday. what a shock to the system for this weekend — the wind changes to northerly and strengthens and draws down cold air, unusually cold air for the time of year. cold enough even for some wintry showers.

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world leaders have pledged $8 billion to fund research into vaccines and treatments for coronavirus — their statement says a common threat to humanity requires a concerted response. china and the united states did not take part. a0 countries and donors did join the online summit, hosted by the european union. 11.5 million italians have returned to work after two months in lockdown. people are also allowed to see relatives within their region as restrictions ease. for the second consecutive day, italy has recorded its lowest death toll since the lockdown began. dave greenfield — the keyboard player with the stranglers — has died at the age of 71 after testing positive for covid—19. statement on social media said he was in hospitalfor a heart condition but died from covid—19. he wrote many of the most successful songs of the berms. —— bands.