this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the latest figures show britain has overtaken italy, another country hit hard by the coronavirus. ministers say it's too early to compare. we want to ensure that the international comparison works unless you reliably know that all countries are measuring the same way. it also depends on how good, frankly, countries are in gathering their statistics. coronavirus in care homes. the number of deaths registered in england and wales was nearly three thousand in one week in april. a draft government report warns the us deathtoll could reach three thousand a day injune, double the current rate. now it's virgin atlantic that announces plans to cutjobs. three thousand to go and no more flights out of gatwick.

the us and uk warns hackers are targetting healthcare organisations involved in tackling the pandemic. the uk foreign secretary says hackers pose a ‘serious danger‘. at 85 years old, damejudi dench, becomes british vogue's old est cover star. in half an hour's time, we speak to the bond actor about the title and how she's been spending lockdown tiktoking with her grandson. 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. daily figures out of the uk show that it now has the highest official death toll from coronavirus in europe, and the second highest in the world after the united states. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, said 29,427 people had now died during the outbreak,

112 people more than the latest figures out of italy. meanwhile, in the us, a draft government report warns the deathtoll could reach 3000 a day injune, double the current rate. president trump has dismissed the memo from the federal emergency management agency, saying the reports is without the mitigation he's put in place. the french government has said it will stick to its coronavirus strategy, despite reports that the disease may have been present in france, a month earlier than previously thought. in india, shops and businesses are re—opening and special trains are being organised, for migrant labourers to return to their home states, despite a pike in the number of cases and deaths. —— a spike. and in england and wales, new figures from the office for national statistics shows that care home deaths involving the virus increased by more than a third in the week ending 24th april, meaning a total of nearly 6000 care home deaths up to that date. 0urfirst report is

from our science editor david shukman, which looks at how the number of deaths in the uk compares with other countries. two of the biggest countries in europe, the uk and italy, are among the hardest hit by coronavirus. lockdowns have the hardest hit by coronavirus. lockd owns have lowered the hardest hit by coronavirus. lockdowns have lowered the daily death toll, but the scale of the losses is massive. direct comparison to difficult —— are difficult, america stands out for the total loss so far. the uk and italy looks similar. your systems for tallying deaths are not the same. another view is deaths per size of population. belgium seems worse but it includes deaths in care homes, where covid—i9 is suspected but not confirmed. at today's government briefing, the foreign secretary dominic raab confirmed the new case -- uk's dominic raab confirmed the new case —— uk's latest death toll which is

slightly higher than italy's ‘s. it seems like the uk has had more deaths than from covid—i9 that any other country in europe. if it does turn out that we are the country that's hardest hit in europe, what's your reaction to that? there are different ways of counting deaths we had that debate in this country. we've now published data that includes all deaths in all settings and all countries do that, so i'm not sure that the international comparison works unless you reliably know that all countries are measuring the same way, and it also depends on how good countries are in gathering their statistics and our own office of national statistics is widely a world leader. a key difference —— there are key differences that could affect the outcome. in italy, the immediate age of 47 while in the uk, it's a0. we of a7 while in the uk, it's a0. we know the elderly are more vulnerable. london is a city with global connections and more exposed to the movement of new diseases.

while in italy, many households include several generations, making grandparents more likely to get infected. there are also important differences in the responses to the virus. italy was ahead in the outbreak, but introduce a tougher lockdown then the uk and much earlier. the timing of these decisions will be scrutinised for some time to come. hospitals in northern italy were overwhelmed. while in the uk, the nhs is so far had spare capacity. testing got a slower start than in italy. in the early phases, and i said this before, i think if we've managed to mmp before, i think if we've managed to ramp testing capacity quicker, it would be beneficial. for all sorts of reasons, that didn't happen. i

think it's clear we need lots of testing for this. in so many towns and cities, there have been terrible losses and it isn't over yet. it may be years before we actually know the final death toll and then work out which country suffered most, and when we get there, how much will that really matter to the families hit by the virus? and the disease never loses its shock, killing three members of this family within days of each other. first keith, a nurse age 5a. then a week after he died, his father morrissette and his mother lillian were also claimed by the virus. —— father morris. mother lillian were also claimed by the virus. -- father morris. i'm still in disbelief a little bit. if key‘s children are... absolutely devastated. then they lost their nanny and granddad, they were really

devastated. my children are both absolutely heartbroken. david shukman, bbc news. the impact of the coronavirus of some of the most phono people is becoming clear. figures show care home deaths involving the coronavirus in england and wales increased by more than a third in the week ending the 2ath of april. that week, there were 279a registered deaths in care homes linked to covid—i9. that means a total of nearly 6000 care home deaths up to the 2ath of april. here's our social affairs correspondent allison holtz. this care home in leeds as well among latest to be lost to coronavirus. each the personal loss that lies behind the official numbers. staff say they are doing all they can. we got to the care

home and my youngest sister was there. it was surreal. and another ca re there. it was surreal. and another care home, he only managed to see his mother bertha outside after she made tested positive for covid—i9. she died a few days later. he doesn't understand why the virus wasn't mentioned on the death certificate, but those are questions for another day. they were not three metres away behind the graz and the ca re metres away behind the graz and the care workers metres away behind the graz and the ca re workers were metres away behind the graz and the care workers were try to get her to look at the window. at one point she lifted her hand a few inches. i couldn't do anything. i like to think i've been a quite strong personal my life. more than a third of deaths in care homes in britain we re of deaths in care homes in britain were registered as links to covid—i9 in the week up to april the 2ath.

0verall, in the week up to april the 2ath. overall, the number of deaths seen in england's and wales from all causes is much higher than usual. almost four times more death we would expect to see at this time of year we re would expect to see at this time of year were registered in that last week. that number is going up and 35% of those mentioned... week. that number is going up and 3596 of those mentioned... these official figures 3596 of those mentioned... these officialfigures paid a distressing picture of the impact of the coronavirus on ca re picture of the impact of the coronavirus on care homes. i understand within days, the government will set out a plan of intensive support for care homes in particular, including additional back—up from councils and health services. with care providers still having trouble with ppe and testing, many see more support is overdue but vital. we need more help from the government on testing, and ppe, and

financial support and i think we need more help so we can reduce deaths going forward. we need to be at the centre, not on the periphery. for weeks, care staff have said they've felt largely on their own as they've felt largely on their own as they try to protect residents. the test a more coordinated support will be whether that changes. allison holtz, bbc news. as we now know, the uk has today, according to official figures, overtaken italy as the country with the highest official coronavirus death toll in europe. the latest uk government figures show that in the last 2a hours, there were 693 deaths recorded in hospitals, care homes and in the community, bringing the total number of uk deaths to 29,a27. that means the uk has overtaken italy's offical death toll for the first time. and for more on what these numbers mean, i am joined now by the bbc statistics correspondent robert cuffe. a really significant moment.

absolutely. anytime you see this number of deaths in a single country is an absolute tragedy, but we have to be very careful about drawing too many influences from what these numbers mean. i think there are real caveats on the way we came to the number of deaths that are reported every day. italy in the uk are counting the number of deaths in people who tested positive for the coronavirus, and on the face of that there are very similar numbers. but actually, if you don't scratch into ita actually, if you don't scratch into it a little bit more, the uk is a larger country and you would expect to see more cases and deaths. the uk has more densely populated cities. london is much bigger than naples. of course, they've been testing more, they conducted many more test in the uk. you don't get included in the figures unless you tested positive. there are reasons we think the uk or italy could be doing better. i think what you can draw from these figures overall is that both countries are hard to hit, and as you can see in the graphic here,

they're both kind of in the middle ground. large european countries with a significant number of deaths, but all probably very close to spain oi’ but all probably very close to spain or to france. germany is a country that stands out as a large country with different results and number of deaths. they have a much more stringent testing programme. that's the kind of big picture you can take away from this with the kind of fine details with these numbers. you don't want to get too hung up. we had a separate set of figures from the ons had a separate set of figures from the 0ns and the trajectory was very interesting because it still shows the trajectory of deaths in care homes. we saw that in allison's report. still going up. the hospital deaths, that top line, is coming down. you can see that very clearly that we have almost two different epidemics in the uk. the red line on the ground shows the number of hospital deaths and those are coming

down. care home up from about 2000 up down. care home up from about 2000 up to 3000. in scotland and northern ireland, care home deaths have overta ken ireland, care home deaths have overtaken hospital deaths. there's that picture that's been coming out and very clear in these figures. in hospitals and in the community. it looks like we're past that peak, but in care homes there is probably some ways to go. one more graph. that is a graph that shows overall death rates and debt figures. take us through that. the reasons why statisticians get nervous about comparisons is because they depend on the definitions and who you're counting. if you look at all the deaths, no change. no way to rely on definitions. this figure shows all the deaths you would expect to see in the uk. that's the grey going across the middle of the screen. you

would expect to see around i2000 across the middle of the screen. you would expect to see around 12000 and the redline is the number of deaths that we have seen this year and it's very stark of a difference. the level be driven to, we haven't seen them since 1993. they came to a high of almost 25,000 on the 17th of april, and they have started to calm down now. but only by a little bit. the reason why this is is helpful because first of all, it counters all of the deaths miss my daily figures —— counsel the deaths. all the deaths where they didn't mission covert on the death certificate —— didn't mention. people not seeking ca re didn't mention. people not seeking care or the effects of the lockdown. it's the best measure we have of the virus. so there is some good news in there. but it is still a way to go. we have to leave it there. thanks for taking us through those numbers and giving us that context.

virgin airlines has announced 3000 job cuts in its operations of london gatwick airport. here's tom burridge. the airline industry is shrinking. hugejob losses burridge. the airline industry is shrinking. huge job losses announced last week. today virgin atlantic said it plans to cut 3000 out of 10,000 jobs, a0% of pilots. virgin atla ntic 10,000 jobs, a0% of pilots. virgin atlantic is fighting to survive. it's applied for a bailout of hundreds of millions of pounds potentially. that process is ongoing, but as one senior executive of the airline told me tonight, they said normally they are quite good at forecasting but at the moment, they simply don't have a reliable crystal ball. things are uncertain but they

predict that passenger numbers won't return until 2023. you can see behind me the tarmac, an empty runway. we've seen two flights take off in the last hour or so. they could be repatriation flights. it's been unclear, but think about the cost of maintaining those aircraft. parking them is pricey and at the moment, there if you making money. we were running a story of aer lingus running a full flight and now an internal review as we get to flights resuming in earnest. where are we likely to be in terms of social distancing? those were extraordinary pictures. book, there's two sides to this. the airports, you will start seeing temperatures tax. we've seen indication in the uk that will become more commonplace. a lot of airports abroad have been using them

through the pandemic. there's been controversy that people have been taking off from cities like amrit saw and india, having to preserve tests. —— temperature checks. uk airports want to get a universal standard across the globe for what health chest could be in place after the pandemic. then you got the planes. i think a lot of airline bosses believe that social distancing isn't possible on aeroplanes. that kind of obvious to aeroplanes. that kind of obvious to a lot of us. it's only possible, as the boss of easyjet, this is the base, has suggested. take up all of the middle seats or leave them empty. a lot of other airline bosses, like michael 0'leary from ryanair, has said that's just not commercially feasible. so he's saying what we will see in the future is a lot of hand sanitiser, face coverings, probably being compulsory and at least encouraged

for all passengers, and i think face coverings are going to become almost compulsory at most airports. manchester airport here in the uk later this week is gonna announce or implement that face masks will become compulsory for all people —— face coverings. tom burridge there. the airline group carriers —— they said leaving the middle seats free on planes would not improve passenger safety. it comes as the irish airline aer lingus has promised an urgent review into its services after evidence emerged that tax flight. here's my party. it was these pictures taken by a worker travelling from london which has added to concerns over how airlines

are operating over the lockdown. no distancing whatsoever. none. the queues were down the steps. no change whatsoever. since restrictions were imposed, the number of daily flights has fallen by around 80%. some 60 flights a day now arrived at london heathrow, compared to 600 a day before the pandemic. there's no policy capping passenger numbers. aer lingus has said there was unexpectedly high demand on the day those pictures we re demand on the day those pictures were taken. it's now urgently reviewing its procedures on board, but others in the industry have warned that on a plane, social distancing is basically impossible. we don't believe it actually works. there are two reasons for that. one of which is the obvious economic one, the second of which is around the air conditioning system on the aeroplanes, which rely in part on

recycling air within the cabin. that simply defeats the purpose of social distancing. the bbc has also heard from one member of british airways cabin crew that told us ba are also skim operating some short flights at capacity. as these images are from paris to madrid today show, other airlines are similarly flying with full cabins. the international air transport association has recommended satiate all mac safety measures such as mask, but says limiting passenger numbers would push upstairs. neutralising seats on an aircraft could have an enormous negative impact and could lead to an increase of up to 55% in fares. reviving the aviation industry will be important to the country's economic recovery, but the government said it must be done responsibly. these are some of the big real challenges that we've got to grapple with, but the safety of people has got to come first.

there's predictions passenger numbers may not return to previous levels for several years, and currently, no standard approach for how to operate on board. emma party, bbc news, belfast. —— emma vardy. the countries emerging from six weeks of lockdown. coronavirus figures are rising significantly in india for both cases and deaths and have been rising for the past four days. in the last way for hours there have been nearly a000 newly confirmed cases and around 200 fatalities. the record jumps for both. infection rates have risen to 4.796 both. infection rates have risen to a.7% to 5.5% that increase may look modest, but not if you put taken to a count india's vast population

around 1.a billion. testing could put up numbers, but still the country put up numbers, but still the cou ntry test put up numbers, but still the country test only 750 people per million. that's the smallest percentage globally —— among the smallest percentage. two of india's riches regions. we asked about concerns the authorities have about developments. india has partially started to come out of the lockdown, considering the lockdown for more than a0 days had kind ofan lockdown for more than a0 days had kind of an in fact but that's not the situation —— positive impact. last way for hours have been the worst so far. 3900 cases and 195 deaths. that is the highest bike india has resorted. ever since the first case was reported —— india has

reported. as you know, the partial lockdown lifting has been... i'm speaking from mumbai and also the capital which is the living state —— leading state and cases. they have just now —— the chief officer has decided to enforce the lockdown and we are going through the first phase again so only essential shops like groceries and medical will be open and other shops will be closed again. latest they from mumbai. the biggest broadcaster in the has gone off air. cbn has told them would continue broadcasting while waiting for congress to revenue its licence.

the regulator said it must stop today. the channel has angered the president in the past. a draft government report has warned the us death toll could reach 3000 a day, more than double the current rate. it comes and states look at lifting the restrictions put in place by president trump. he spoke to reporters in our arizona this is what he had to say. that's a report with no medication. based on no medication, but we are doing a lot of mitigation. when people report back they will be social distancing and washing their hands and doing the things they are supposed to do. we won't be going into stadiums yet for events in soccer and football in different events, baseball, i host baseball can get going. but they won't be going yet —— i hope baseball. but that report is a no

mitigation report and we are mitigating. that was donald trump as he headed off from the white house to arizona. let's get some of the day's other news on coronavirus. the french government said it will stick to its coronavirus strategy, despite reports that the disease may be present in the country. one swab was found to be positive for covid—19. bavaria has announced bands for gradual easing it lockdown —— plans. some schools have reopened and families can visit airily relatives and care homes from wednesday. restau ra nts and care homes from wednesday. restaurants will open again from mid several other states have also is there lockdown. he and the uk, new car sales have sunk to the lowest

level since 19a6, just over a300 sales were actually registered. don't go away. we will be taking a big —— taking a bit of a roller coaster ride as far as temperatures. initially they will be heading us words because of this letter father. high pressure be heading us words because of this letterfather. high pressure to be heading us words because of this letter father. high pressure to the east and low pressure to the east —— because of this weather pattern. some of these area rope temperature records for the time of year earlier on this week —— broke temperature records. the weekend has a different weather pattern with high—pressure building to the west and low pressure to the east. that will be feeding a northerly wind in our direction. we say farewell to that warmth, something much, much colder, unusually cold for the time of year is on the way. more on that in a moment. rain from today continue to

fizzle out across the southwest and southern wales. we could see some low cloud lapping onto the coast of yorkshire and lincolnshire. temperature through the night where we keep clear skies will dip down to around freezing or a below. particularly in scotland. as i go into tomorrow, expect a lot of fine weather. sunny spells, early low cloud, i think it will stay quite grey and chaplain and we could see the odd shower clipping into cornwall. amateurs just a little the odd shower clipping into cornwall. amateursjust a little bit higher than they have been today, generally between 10—15d. —— temperature. it turns warmer for many of us. spells of sunshine but misting us on some western coast and the odd shower on the coast. again, though temperatures climbing. it will be 18 degrees in glasgow, 22 and london and friday, likely to be warmer still with a high of 25 expected. more cloud for northern

island in scotland with outbreaks of shower a rain across northern scotla nd shower a rain across northern scotland and here, a much cooler feel to the weather as these northerly winds start to set in and then as we move out on friday and into the weekend, we push this frontal system southwards. it's a cold front which will bring some shall he trained with it, not an awful lot. it will introduce this much, much colder air. the speckles of light indicating a suggestion of one or two wintry showers. chilly in the north on saturday and much colderfor all the north on saturday and much colder for all of the north on saturday and much colderfor all of us. when the north on saturday and much colder for all of us. when the two for the second half of the weekend. —— windy.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. latest figures show britain's death toll has overtaken italy — becoming the highest in europe. ministers though say, it's too early to compare. iam not i am not sure the international comparison works unless you reliably know that your country is measuring in the same way. and it depends on how good frankly, countries are and gathering their statistics. coronavirus in care homes — the number of deaths registered in england and wales — was nearly three thousand in one week in april a draft government report warns — the us deathtoll could reach three thousand a day injune — double the current rate. virgin atlantic announces plans to cut three thousand jobs. the us and uk warn — hackers are targetting healthcare

organisations involved in tackling the pandemic — and pose a ‘serious danger‘ and we‘ll be speaking to british vogue‘s most senior ever cover star — damejudi dench — about how she‘s been spending lockdown — like this — tiktok with her grandson 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. let‘s get the view now on your app because spain, italy and france are the hardest hit. all of them have relatively large populations and the impact

is being felt through the sobering number of deaths, painful job losses and cutbacks. in a moment, we‘ll be speaking to the eu‘s health commissioner on the challenges europe faces. but before we do, i want to share with you part of a bbc world service radio interview with a doctor in france, who says a patient he treated back in december actually had coronavirus according to a recent test. it‘s a sign the virus may have been in europe longer than originally thought. in april we defrosted the samples that we store it and tested them again this time for traces of covid—19 and we realised one patient had tested positive. we where dominic knew for sure he was positive when he was genetically tested. so he was affected between december 1a and december 22nd. well — so much to get into here and i‘m glad to say that eu‘s health commissioner stella kyriakidesjoins me now from brussels. thank you for being with us on the programme and a lot to get there, a monumental challenge right around the world and how do you think first

of all the eu has coped, responded? thank you very much for the indentation. it is indeed a monumental challenge and this is a pandemic that has so far and infected over 3.5 million people globally and over 2a0,000 people have u nfortu nately lost globally and over 2a0,000 people have unfortunately lost their lives. it is really, it has an impact on everyday life, on the economy and what we are seeing across europe and the world is the need for global effo rts the world is the need for global efforts in order to fight this. the european union, the member states have of course been affected, most member states have been in lockdown for the last two months and they are slowly starting now to raise and left containment measures, very cautiously and always following the

guidelines. i will come to that and just a second and how we get out of this and the things we are going to have to focus on for that part of what we go through but in terms of what we go through but in terms of what we go through but in terms of what we have already been through, why has there not been a more consistent approach with more individual eu countries, almost doing the own thing, italians left without support and assistance in the early weeks? the revolution of the early weeks? the revolution of the pandemic was a constantly changing situation and developed very rapidly. what we are seeing now is that every single country has realised that no one can face this on their own and that is why there is such a great deal of solidarity and what we have seen over the last few weeks at least, patients from italy being transferred to hospitals in germany and to luxembourg, doctors from norway and nurses going to support their colleagues.

personal protective equipment is reaching member states and this coordination, the level of coordination, the level of coordination for 27 member states has now really taken coming into force which i believe it is the way forward. hasn't shown in overt dependence on the eu for china —— for the eu on sign up for it those sorts of supplies? as you know the eu, it is dependent on china for personal protective equipment because they produced over 50% of that globally said when china was affected by the can‘t stomach pandemic and their factories were closed down for more than two months, we were clear that there was going to be an issue with the supply chain but we worked closely with industry and production has really increased within europe as well and

the industry has diversified, producing personal protective equipment and we are now in a position to support member states because as we realise, this is a situation which needs to be safeguarded into the future. personal protective equipment we need to supply to our doctors and nurses and front line workers in the months to come. unfortunately this virus is here to stay until vaccine and therapies are found. in terms of the ppe supplies you are talking about have you been able to access very much more of all of that because of course the uk did not ta ke because of course the uk did not take part in that scheme. did they have access, if they came to you and ask for more supplies would there be supplies given? of course that would be andi supplies given? of course that would be and i am aware that the uk has beenin be and i am aware that the uk has been in touch with the european commission and we are now going on anotherjoint procurement

commission and we are now going on another joint procurement and commission and we are now going on anotherjoint procurement and of course if the uk would be interested , course if the uk would be interested, of course they willjoin an end this information has always been available for us. it is important to see this as a global effort and in terms ofjoint prehuman we are in a position to support all member states that express an interest. —— in terms of joint procurement. as different countries ease their lockdown restrictions, emmanuel macron talking about how he did not want to talking about how he did not want to talk about summer holidays and every aspect of our lives are changing, holidays and how we work, what should we focus on in the coming months when it comes to health within the eu, do you think? you are absolutely right. our lives come to absolutely right. our lives come to a standstill and i do not think they have experienced that in any way. this is a global pandemic of unseen proportions and we need to focus all

our efforts on finding vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics which is why it reads 7.5 billion and also the commission is looking into guidelines for member states for lifting lockdown and also for encouraging and seeing how we will move forward safely, having public health as a priority for transport and tourism. but i would like to say that we understand how citizens feel, that their lives have come to a stop and the economies are being affected and we need to join all forces across the globe in terms of research for a vaccine and therapeutics and diagnostics and also sharing information so we can safely lift lockd own also sharing information so we can safely lift lockdown and try to get back to a new normality as soon as

possible. unfortunately we have to leave it there but thank you so much for your time there. more now on the latest here in the the uk — where the country has recorded more deaths from coronavirus than any other country in europe — even more than italy. second now only in the world to the us. with me now is our political correspondentjessica parker. in terms of that moment, a lot of questions being aimed but he continued to stress it was not right at this stage to make comparisons. continued to stress it was not right at this stage to make comparisonslj think at this stage to make comparisons.” think ministers have consistently been taking that approach as the uk's been taking that approach as the uk‘s death toll has gone up and up and we have heard from scientists before that the uk could be heading to one of the worst death tolls in europe if not the worst and as you say the numbers surpassing that of italy at the moment and i think what ministers while pointing and what

the foreign secretary was saying todayis the foreign secretary was saying today is that it is too early but thatis today is that it is too early but that is the issue over how deaths are counted in different countries and the various factors that influence death think so one thing people are pointing to is in italy you have an older population but it isa you have an older population but it is a smaller population, around 10% smaller in the uk for example has denser populations through the cities and it is various factors influencing events and really he said it was too early to get a real verdict until after the pandemic still in the nest of this pandemic. the death toll very high but u nfortu nately still the death toll very high but unfortunately still likely to go up higher, notjust air but other countries. that shadow health secretary said that the highest death toll is a reminder of the severity of the

disease and the public will likely ask why our death rate is so high so i think the questions will continue as to why this happened now and in the future. those who want the questions answered now point to the fa ct questions answered now point to the fact that in many of these areas perhaps if there were mistakes made in the past we did not want to replicate them in the terms of a decision of coming out of the lockdown and there is really interesting and important evidence we heard from the government scientist today. a couple of things to pick up there. patrick vallance who is the chief scientific adviser and someone who has become familiar to people, he hasjoined the press conferences and he said if they ramped up testing clicker would be beneficial but also said that testing is not the only answer and of course there has been accusations leveled at the government that they we re leveled at the government that they were too slow on testing and they

set the target to reach 100,000 daily tasks across the country by the end of april. it was a target he announced he had met although there was some controversy over figures, he actually surpassed 100,000 tests on the end of april but that number has lagged since then and gone below 100,000 in terms of tests being provided said there is ongoing scrutiny there on the government‘s approach and conversely some people saying they have reached the target at the end of april and the numbers have gone down but people say what was good about the testing target was good about the testing target was that it galvanise the white hall, government and the army and services across the country to ramp up services across the country to ramp up testing which was seen as you said keen to make tea and living to that next phase of easing the lockdown and test, track and trace and a app to help test track and trace which was launched on the isle

of wight. it is seen as a place which is seen as a discrete area with a population of 1a0000 and a good testing ground for the app but still very much a focus here in terms of government‘s approach and for those who see it as essential for those who see it as essential for going forward as well. thank you very much for the latest from westminster. turning to another strand we had heard in the briefing from downing street... security agencies in the uk and the united states are warning organisations involved in the coronavirus response to tighten their online security — because of a growing cyber threat. they say they‘ve uncovered evidence that hackers linked to foreign governments are targeting healthcare and medical research bodies to gain access to their information. professor alan woodward is a cyber security expert at the university of surrey. thank you forjoining us, and

essence there are two parts fs, other nations which i will come to ina other nations which i will come to in a moment by also criminals trying to exploit the current situation, aren‘t there? to exploit the current situation, aren't there? there are two parts, one of them i suppose is coronavirus is the focus of everyone but the criminals obviously potentially see there are some valuable intellectual property, a person who comes up with a vaccine, hopefully it will be made freely available around the world but who knows what could be worth what in the future said they might be looking at that but also criminals know that some of these institutions are under enormous pressure so if they were to hit them with some sort of attack to make contact with a ransom, they may be more willing to pay up. perhaps another worrying element are nations trying to use and in some way trying to exploit the current circumstances? yes, the unfortunate

thing is, the world is on lockdown so in terms of espionage will be... nations are trying to find out and i suppose in some way you would expect any nation to be using their intelligence gathering capabilities to see if there is anything they are missing but in this particular environment, you hope that everyone would be sharing what they come up with, very freely and readily but i suspect those who are spying may be holding something back so that does not bode well really so i hope they will stop it. that is the help but how do we protect ourselves to quite —— from quite an obvious threat now? in this case, it is called credential staffing which basically are reusing passwords that cannot in previous breaches because we are

predisposed to reusing passwords or using slightly weak passwords that are easy to guess. and that is what was noticed, particularly to these health organisations. the easiest way to tackle that is to use a stronger password and do not use co m press stronger password and do not use compress words across accounts. it is easy to say but in practice i personally would recommend an app caused a password manager. you have to remember the one password to the password manager, and you can take a rubber hose to you and i cannot tell you my passwords because they are gobbledygook. i think ellen having a password manager will make it

easier. thank you. let me bring you news coming into us for the last few seconds, news that the us vice president mike pence is saying that the conversations about when he was winding down the white house corona task force, there was a lot of reporting in the last couple of hours at that task force is being wound down. mike pence is saying he is looking at the possibility of the transition coordination of coronavirus, transition coordination cell and a sense a change that the new york times and others have been reporting with, making the point that the task force has not met in recent days. we saw the president leave the white house a little earlier, heading to arizona to

pledge again from donald trump, it was about getting america going again and the economy working with drop government reports warning about a potential death toll in the united states of 3000 a day from the beginning ofjune and yet at the same time, you have reports merging there in the united states at perhaps a change in the role of the white house‘s coronavirus task force. that news isjust white house‘s coronavirus task force. that news is just emerging white house‘s coronavirus task force. that news isjust emerging in the last little while and we will have a little stomach look at that and more detail if there is more to add to it. now — an academy award, a tony, 10 baftas, two golden globes, and that‘s before we even mention her classic roles as m injames bond, or herjaw dropping perfomance in philomena, or that fantastically devilish performance in notes on a scandal. you‘d have thought damejudi dench had done it all! but this bond girl, is now turning cover girl and gracing the pages of british vogue — becoming the oldest person ever to do so at —

i‘m sure she won‘t mind me telling you — the age of 85! and i am delighted to say damejudi dench joins me from her home via phone. i hope you did not mind mentioning your age because there you are on the cover of british vogue and about time, is in it? who would have thought, and if you had not mentioned that i suspect i would. i was completely bowled over to be asked to do it because vogue is something that i had seen for many yea rs something that i had seen for many years and indeed all those beautiful people. i am amazed to be on the front, very flattered. is a wonderful cover, are you pleased with a? i have not seen it properly andi with a? i have not seen it properly and i probably will not look for a bit. it is all over our screens.

money talk more broadly about the entertainment industry, there are so many aspects of our lives that have been changed and devastated by coronavirus and film in the year absolutely one of them. do you have any idea as to when perhaps people like yourself or other actors, crew, will be back working again? we have no idea at all. we are self—employed and we have no idea at all. everything seems to be on hold. who knows for how long. but it is interesting as you said that during this time when we are all locked down and we managed to keep ourselves busy that so much, the attention is so much on scene plays and catching up on a lot of things we have not seen which shows how important it is. it is very important it is. it is very important but i do not know when we are going to get back. and the talk

of perhaps not being an even next year and you know better than anyone else, the close quarters between actors and crew and i was watching one from hollywood who were talking about the possibility in coming months of having to quarantine everyone, to cocoon them, the actors and crew, do you think thatis the actors and crew, do you think that is a possibility? who knows, maybe we will have to all do it separately, all being and cells, doing it together and someone else has to put it all together, i do not know. i do not know what the answer is that it is unprecedented and unlike anything i have afternoon and unlike anything i have afternoon and unlike anything i have afternoon and unlike anything anyone else has known probably. of course we are all in lockdown and how are you coping with it? all right, i am appalled at

the waste of time. i wake up in the middle the night the other day, the other night and for some unknown reason, i wasted time and not let time waste me. and i am trying to learn the sonnets and i am doing a bit of painting and i am staying in touch with old friends which i think eve ryo ne touch with old friends which i think everyone is probably doing and absolutely staggered by the kindness of people. people who deliver you letters a nd of people. people who deliver you letters and ask for it and look after people in care homes. that is really staggering and so... i did not know what the word is actually but i do not have big enough words for that. all those small acts and

bigger acts of kindness with people being involved with and i am impressed, i was reading and watching and seeing you involved in with her grandson and i will ask you about that but first i‘m putting some on the screen. # baby come back. # baby come back. # you can blame it all on me. # you can blame it all on me. # i # you can blame it all on me. #iwas # you can blame it all on me. # i was wrong and ijust can't live without you. # dues, sauce, a little bit of dressing. to tell you the truth i had not seen all of them but i didn‘t realise he would be dancing as well. he got me into that a long time ago. it is very nice to do and it at least keeps her mind occupied and keeps you a bit alert.” it at least keeps her mind occupied and keeps you a bit alert. i have been reading the transcripts from... you get involved in exchanges with a

terrible joke with her grandson. yes. i know but it seems to go down rather well. so i like to be direct and bossed about and told what to do. and it is not happening to me by a director but it is happening to me by my grandson. everything has changed and anything that keeps us uplifted and smiling is recommended. we have to leave it there but thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. thank you so much. one more thing before we go because the bbc has been asking you to send in your pictures of life at home during lockdown. here are a selection of some of the pictures sent to us from across the uk. artist yvonne ayoub sent in this photo of her painting a mural in her hallway at home in london. she said it‘s a ‘mammoth task but passes time perfectly‘. junior doctor, daniel yiu has been redeployed to an intensive care unit —

here he is ‘wearing in‘ his mask at home in order to make it airtight. douglas fry sent in this photo of science student, clementine, working on her robot entry into southampton university‘s science contest — which should have taken place today. just some of the photos coming into us. i break away from not simply to give you some breaking news. that is just coming into us that neil ferguson who of course has been right at the forefront of some of the projections on coronavirus has stepped back from the scientific group that has been advising governments. that is just breaking and we will bring you more on that in the coming minutes but neil ferguson stepping back from sage.

sorry to break away from those photos but we are done in terms of time, thank you for watching and we will see you next time. goodbye for now. hello we will be taking a bit of a roller coaster ride as far as temperatures are concerned and initially they will head upwards because of this pattern, low pressure to the west and high pressure to the west and high pressure to the east and gentle southerly flow tapping into some warmth that is affecting parts of spain and france and some of these areas actually broke temperature records earlier in the year but from the ones we had into the weekend and a different weather pattern with high—pressure in the last and use this time. and well into that once, something magical there and unusually cold for the time of year is on the way. marhan that in a moment but let‘s start with the here and now some nights, fizzling across

the southwest in southern wales and low cloud lapping onto the coast and temperatures through the night where we have clear skies that will get down to around freezing or attached below and some spots particularly in scotland. fine weather spells and again really low cloud, and it will turn back out to sea. i think it will stay great and we may see an odd shower creeping and later in the day. but computer is a little higher than they have been and generally between 15 and 18 degrees, likely to get to 19 or 20 and similar story on thursday with some nifty manas and western coast and in the odd shower in the last and certainly in northern ireland and scotland and again this temperature is colliding with the 18 degrees in glasgow and 22 in london and friday likely to be warmer, still down towards the southeast with a high of 25

expected. mark ladd for northern ireland and scotland —— more cloud. the northerly winds start to set an end and as we move out of friday into the weekend we place this frontal system southwest and it will bring some shower eat rain with that but not an awful lot and introduce much colder air and speckles of light indicating the suggestion of one or two wintry showers. a fair amount of dry weather and now back around but much colder for all of us and wendy as well for the second half of the weekend.

this is 0utside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we‘re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the uk has overtaken italy‘s coronavirus death toll — and is now reporting the second highest deaths from covid—19 in the world, behind the us. but ministers says it‘s too early to compare. iam not i am not sure that the international comparison works unless you are reliably knowing that all countries are measuring in the same way it

also depends on how