this is outside 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. lam not i am not sure that the international comparison works unless you are reliably sure that all countries are measuring at the same way it it also

depends on how good, quite frankly, countries are in gathering their statistics. president trump is on his first trip outside washington in a month — as the new york state governor warns against a life—or—death trade off as several states begin to lift their lockdowns. there is a cost of staying closed. there's also a cost of reopening quickly. that is the hard truth. we'll look at whether airlines will be introducing any social distancing rules onboard flights — after this photo was shared from an aer lingus flight. welcome. the uk is now reporting the second largest official coronavirus death toll in the world. today officials confirmed the number of people who died from covid—19, in the uk had risen to 29,427 people making it the worst in europe and second only to the us globally. italy currently has 29,316 reported deaths from coronavirus.

it is important to point out when comparing the uk with italy, that their populations are different, there are roughly 6 million more people in the uk, and methods of reporting differ from country to country. a point foreign secretary dominic raab was keen to make at today's briefing. in terms of the comparison that you are suggesting, as the scientists have said, i can remember patrick and chris talking about this, i don't think we'll get a clear verdict until we know the pandemic is over and until we have a conference of international data of all cause of mortality. our political correspondent iain watson was watching the briefing. unsurprisingly, i think the foreign secretary wanted to emphasise that the figures aren't necessarily directly comparable and the deputy chief scientific adviser also making it clear that we would not really

get a true picture until the crisis was over in the crisis still has some way to run. the government now rounding up its testing and tracing capabilities that might further flatten the curve in this country. the government can said the countries measures things in different ways, some are less robust and statisticians an awful lot of emphasis on uk and italy comparisons and it shows the scale of the problem, the skill of the tragedy in this country beyond that, i think the questions that are being asked by the former health secretary who chairs the health committee is not so chairs the health committee is not so much why we are doing a bit better, but worse than italy or spain, it is why we're doing an awful lot worse than germany or south korea and very interesting there that the scientific adviser making it clear that they were very praiseworthy of south korea's

efforts in this and jeremy hunt arguing that they had much more robust tracking in testing and tracing in place well before the united kingdom. people hit particularly severely by covid—i9 are those living in care homes. latest figures from the office for national statistics, show deaths in care homes in england and wales that involve coronavirus increased by more than a third in the week ending the 24th april. you can see from this graph that virus deaths in care homes continued to rise even as hospital deaths were falling. our social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. more than a third of deaths and care homes are registered as linked to covid—i9 in the week up to april the 24th. but overall, the number of deaths that homes are seeing from all causes, is much higher than usual. almost four times more deaths than we would expect to see at this time of year were registered and that last week about 280% more

deaths registered in care homes above the five—year average net numbers going up and 35% of those mentioned covid—i9 of the death certificates stop by these official figures pick the distressing picture of the impact that coronavirus is having on care homes. understand that 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. today, the uk government also announced that 84,806 tests were carried out yesterday — meaning for a third day in a row the government has not hit its 100,000 daily testing target. the uk government insists it has followed scientific advice in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. but today we heard from two senior scientific advisors who acknowledged shortcomings with the uk's coronavirus testing regime. this is a tweet posted earlier from our health editor hugh pym

noting that the ‘deputy chief medical officer for england acknowledges there was a change of policy on virus testing in march partly because there was not enough capacity. drjenny harries told the commons health select committee that "if we had unlimited capacity we would have done differently". shortly after dr harries made those comments, we heard from the uk's chief scientific adviser. in the early phases, and i've said this before, i think if we managed to ramp testing quicker, it would be beneficial and crosses of reasons, they did not happen. and i think it is clear that you need lots of other testing and echo what they said, it is completely wrong to think of testing as the answer. it's just pa rt testing as the answer. it's just part of the system that you need to get right. earlier today the health

secretary was confronted by an opposition mp, who is also an nhs doctor, over the government's performance on testing. have a listen to this exchange between the two of them. the testing strategy has been nonexistent. community testing was scrapped, masked testing was slow to roll out in testing figures are now being manipulated. does the secretary of state commit to a minimum of100,000 secretary of state commit to a minimum of 100,000 texts, each day going forward and does the secretary of state acknowledge that many of the front—line workers feel that the government's lack of testing has cost lives and is responsible for many families being unnecessarily torn apart in grief? no, i don't. i think i welcome the honourable lady to her part of the shadow health team andl to her part of the shadow health team and i think she might do well

to take a leaf out of the book in terms of tone. here's our political correspondent jessica parker with more on the government testing programme. in terms of the government's view of testing, they point to the fact that it has massively ramped up over the course of april and matt hancock and set the target for 100,000 daily tests by the it of april, fronted the downing after the dead pass because there was a bit of time in the done over hundred 20,000 tests and by the end of april, there is some dispute over how those figures are put together, but there has since been a bit of a dip in those figures and so the number in the pastor for a period figures and so the number in the pastorfor a period come somewhere around 84,000 was under that 100,000 target is a simple question whether they ramped up those figures by the end of april and has since let the

target go a little, but others will argue that the important thing is to galvanise the government, galvanise the health service, the army that's also involved in making sure there is much greater capacity than what is much greater capacity than what is really important. we have also head in the last hour or so that a senior advisor on the government's dvisory panel has resigned. neil ferguson from imperial college london resigned over being accused of breaching lockdown restrictions. here'sjessica with more on that the scientific advisory group which is very keen on providing advice to the government and think it is taking a science led approach from the latest data to with the people should wear masks, crucial issues and they been among the people left in television interviews about the scientific approach and the latest data. we understand that he has resigned this evening and have a statement from him regarding the telegraph that is broken and the

last hour that he broke social distancing rules, a statement that says i except i made an error of judgement the wrong course of action andi judgement the wrong course of action and i therefore stepped back to my involvement they believed that i was immune, having tested positive from coronavirus and completely isolated myself for two after developing symptoms and i deeply regret any undermining of the clear messages around the continued need for social distancing to control this devastating epidemic and government guidance is unequivocal and it's there to protect all of us. donald trump is in arizona — this is his first trip outside of washington in a month. more than 30 states are now beginning to lift their lockdowns — even as the infection rates continue to rise. on monday top us health expert anthony fauci warned about a rebound of new cases. speaking to an american news network

he asked: new york state governor andrew cuomo echoed that message too. does a cost to staying closed. there's also a cost to reopening quickly. that is the hard truth. and let's be honest about it and let's be open about it. and let's not camouflage the actual terms of the discussion that we are having. and the question comes back to how much isa human the question comes back to how much is a human life worth? last night we told you on 0utside source about the draft government report, warning the us deathtoll could reach three thousand a day injune — more than double the current rate. here's president trump responding to that at the white house today. that to that at the white house today. is a report with r so, that is a report with no mitigation. so, based on the mitigation. but we are doing a lot of mitigation and

frankly, when the people report back they will be social distancing can they will be social distancing can there be washing their hands and they will be doing the things you're supposed to do. we will not be going into stadiums full bore yet for events in soccer and football and all of the different events, baseball, i hope baseball to get going. anthony zurcher is in washington for us. where are we at with this? is to live a long way to go, on a national basis, the number of cases is reaching a plateau that is expanding but not rising exponentially and it is an encouraging sign that the curve is being bent down in the us hospital system, the us medical system is not being overwhelmed. the concern is that we start to reopen

businesses and ease off of some these restrictions that the amount of infections is going to spike again and the number of deaths will increase and that is what you can to some of these projections about 3000 deaths a day. and the government of new york trying to balance on which you can do to try to prevent new infections from the economic told her it is having in the united states and these are politicians, they have to deal with not only the health crisis but also the economic crisis and try to figure out some sort of middle ground and it is not an easy thing to do, whether it is donald trump or governors. stay right there anthony. donald trump is due to meet members of the native american community — as the us treasury begins distributing 4.8 billion dollars in pandemic funds to tribal governments. native americans have been disproportianately hit by covid—19 according to latest statistics, 73 people have died

across navajo land — american indian territory across utah, new mexico and arizona states. the number of confirmed cases has now passed 2—thousand 400. this headline is alarming. business insider reports that per capita — navajo nation's infection and death rates are ten times higher than in neighbouring arizona. 0fficials point to limited resources. the area has just 12 health care facilities for a population of 175—thousand people. chronic health issues like obesity makes citizens more vulnerable. many can't get access to basic health care. the navajo area chief medical officer at the indian health service told nbc news "you're telling people, ‘wash your hands for 20 seconds multiple times a day,‘ and they don't have running water. " the community is appealing for help. this gofund me page has raised nearly 1.8 million dollars to go towards food, water and other essential applies for families.

anthony zurcher is in washingotn. what are we expecting donald trump to sit in these communities today? —— say to these communities. there's going to be a fact sheet is going to sit down with these leaders and i think what he is going to say is that the funds that have been issued for the stimulus bill are going to be released to the native american nations. there's actually a billion put in that stimulus bill for native american nations but it's been held up american nations but it's been held up to the lawsuits on who can get the money and who can't. small indigenous casinos cannot get the funds, but there was a release date where the deadline has since passed but there's been a lot of pressure

on donald trump to try to acknowledge, some of the very serious health consequences that the native american communities are facing, the third highest infection rate of any community in the united states because of lack of health services and also because native american communities are very tight knit and live under the same roof and all of these things will it a donald trump that he squinted to acknowledge that elisa for the administration has been coming up short with providing aid to these people. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come: the pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on the airline industry — we'll have the latest on job cuts at virgin atlantic. the scottish government has set out options for lifting the coronavirus lockdown — but has warned that ‘extreme caution‘ will have to be exercised.

social distancing restrictions are to reviewed on thursday. here's first minister nicola sturgeon speaking earlier today. the numbers not far below one to be confident that any changes to the restrictions would adequately send this over one again and the verbs would start to increase exponentially again. that could overwhelm our health service, force us overwhelm our health service, force us to re—impose restrictions and it would lead to many more deaths. there is an illustration of this to be included in the paper, a chart which is based on recent data we're looking at experiences in our countries all the time but what this chart suggests is that we were to fully reopen nurseries in primary schools now, the most likely scenario would be a resurgence in the virus that would overwhelm our hospital capacity in a matter of weeks.

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom the united kingdom has outstripped italy in the number of coronavirus deaths, becoming the worst affected country in europe with just under 29 and a half thousand. only the united states has lost more lives to the disease. this pandemic and the lockdowns that have followed were always going to take an incredible toll on the travel and tourism sector. ros atkins has more details on this. hi babita, virgin atlantic is going to cut three thousand jobs in the uk. and it says it won't restart its operations from gatwick airport — which have been suspended during the pandemic. first let's hear the reaction of

aaron heslehurst from bbc business. the going out to cut nearly 30% of their workforce, 3115jobs to go out of the workforce at some 10,000. this on the top of british airways and announcing that it may have to cut up to 12,000 jobs and all of this in an environment where 80% of flying is reduced by 80% all around the world and there are some 17,000 passenger jets all around the world and there are some 17,000 passengerjets all around airports all over the world. so it is an industry that has absolutely been clobbered by this virus and you can expect to see more job cuts from more airlines to come. next, this is the bbc‘s transport correspondent, tom burridge. virgin atlantic is trying to apply for a bailout from the british government and hundreds of millions

of pounds potentially, that process is ongoing. as one senior executive put it to me tonight, they said normally they are quite good at forecasting, but the moment, they simply do not have a reliable crystal ball that makes things very uncertain and they do believe and predict that passenger numbers will not return to pre—pandemic levels until 2023. but that seemed behind me says it all. there could be repatriation flights but they are a bit unclear, but looking at the cost of maintaining this aircraft, parking them up and also very few of them are making any money. some airlines are warning that travellers may have to pay a lot more for tickets whenever flights resume. that's because if social distancing measures are in place — fewer seats can be used — and so there are fewer passengers to share the cost. in fact iata, which is the global body that represents airlines,

has today said it while does support passengers wearing face masks — but doesn't support leaving the middle seat free on planes — it says this would not improve passenger safety. this is a live issue not least because of pictures from a flight between belfast and london on the irish airline, aer lingus, have been widely shared. as you'll see it was just about full. and aer lingus has since announced it will put on 5 more flights a week. here's our ireland correspondent emma va rdy. it was these pictures taken by a worker travelling from belfast to london which have added to mounting concerns over the way airlines are operating during the lockdown. no social distancing whatsoever. none whatsoever. 0n the plane, the queues were down the steps and out onto the tarmac,

as they were before all this has happened, no change whatsoever. since restrictions were imposed, the number of daily flights has fallen by around 80%. some 60 flights a day now arrive at london heathrow, compared to 600 a day before the pandemic. but there is no policy capping passenger numbers. aer lingus has said there was unexpectedly high demand on the day those pictures were taken and that 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 social distancing on aircraft actually works, and there are two reasons for that. one of which is the obvious economic one. the second of which is around the air conditioning systems on 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, who told us ba are also still operating some short—haul flights at capacity.

and, as these images from paris to madrid today show, other airlines are similarly flying with full cabins. the international air transport association's recommended safety measures, such as masks, but says limiting passenger numbers would push up fares. neutralising seats on an aircraft could have an enormous negative impact and could lead to that increase, 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 is a prediction passenger numbers may not return to previous levels for several years and, currently, no standard approach for how to operate on board. a reminder of our top story.

here's one interesting idea. new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardernjoined australia's cabinet meeting via video link earlier. she made it clear that new zealand will not have open borders with the rest of the world for "a long time to come". but the idea of a "trans—tasman bubble" was discussed — with this set up people could go between australia and new zealand freely and without quarantine. here is jacinda ardern outlining the plan. the whole purpose of us discussing the possibility of having a bubble of sorts as a safe sort of travel would be so that you would not have to have a quarantine attached and eve ryo ne to have a quarantine attached and everyone would acknowledge that it would be prohibitive. peoplejust would be prohibitive. peoplejust would not travel if they had to stay on either side in quarantine for a two week period and would have to do the same when you return. lots of different elements to how

travel is being impacted. and really what we're seeing here is evidence of a much broader trend — that the disruption from this virus is notjust comprehensive, it's also long—term. and that is going to have profound consequences for how we live — and the businesses and industries we use. now — something to make you smile — damejudi dench has become the oldest person ever to be on the front page of british vogue. here it is. earlier, the 85—year—old spoke to the bbc. i was completely bowled over to be asked to do it. because it's something that i think for many many many years all those models and beautiful people. i'm amazed to be on the front, very very flattered. i haven't actually seen it properly. and i probably won't look for a bit. don't forget you can get

in touch with me and some of the team on twitter i'm @babitatv back with you soon. hello. we'll be taking a bit of a roller coaster ride his first temperatures are concerned. the next few days they'll be heading upwards because of this weather pattern with low pressure to the west, high pressure to the east and gentle southerly flow tapping into some warmth affecting parts of spain and france and some of these areas actually broke records of the time of year earlier on this week. but from that warmth, heading into the weekend with the different weather pattern and to the east this time, they'll be feeding in northerly winds in our direction and we say farewell to that warmth and something much more colder, and usually court for the time of year thatis usually court for the time of year that is on the way. more of that in the moment. rain from today and across the southwest and southern

wells, lapping onto the coast of yorkshire and lincolnshire, temperatures that the neighbour we keep clear skies and dipped down to around freezing touch below in some spots particularly in scotland. going through to tomorrow come a and some spots particularly in scotland. going through tomorrow, modified weather and sunshine and cloud across the east starts to burn back out to sea and it will stay quite grey we could see the odd shower clipping into cornwall may be pembrokeshire later in the day. temperatures higher than today, 1580 degrees, wanted to spots likely to get to 19 or 20. a similar story terms warmerfor many get to 19 or 20. a similar story terms warmer for many of us and a bit of mist for some of the coast, show certainly for northern ireland and scotland, and this temperatures, looking at 18 degrees in glasgow, 22 and likely to be warmer still to the southeast of the higher 25 expected.

more cloud for northern ireland and scotla nd more cloud for northern ireland and scotland with some outbreaks of showery ran across northern scotland and here, a much colderfeel to the weather as these northerly winds start to set in and assume a better friday and into the weekends, we persist for the systems of the ricin isa persist for the systems of the ricin is a core front they'll bring some showery rain with that, not a lot but it would introduce as much colder air and speckles of light indicating just a suggestion of one or two wintry showers. still a fair amount of dry weather but it is chilly in the north on saturday and much colderfor all of us. chilly in the north on saturday and much colder for all of us. wendy too for the second half of the weekend.

this is outside 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. i am not sure that the international comparison works unless you are reliably sure that all countries are measuring at the same way it it also depends on how good, quite frankly, countries

are in gathering their statistics. president trump is on his first trip outside washington in a month — as the new york state governor warns against a life—or—death trade off as several states begin to lift their lockdowns. there is a cost of staying closed. there's also a cost of reopening quickly. that is the hard truth. we'll have the latest on how coronavirus is hitting russia — as new cases spike. we'll look at whether airlines will be introducing any social distancing rules onboard flights after this photo was shared from an aer lingus flight. welcome. italy this week began emerging from europe's longest lockdown against coronavirus. after almost eight weeks of closed busninesses and shuttered shops many employees and small business owners are becoming desperate. the virus may have hit the north of the country hardest but its the south, where

the informal or black economy plays a bigger role, where jobs and incomes are disappearing fastest. there are already signs that organised crime is stepping forward to fill the vacuum. the mayor of naples says the mafia is perfectly placed to take advantage. iam very i am very worried since we are already in a social epidemic. it must not become a contagion leading to crime. the mafia has money and it is not bureaucratic. it may portray itself as the ones who make sure you have food on the table and helps you restart your business when it's in trouble. i am concerned we risk minimising the extent to which the mafia can recapture economic and political power as well as peoples appreciation. as well as peoples appreciation. there's an article on our website, with some amazing first—hand accounts from people linked to the mafia who say they've been handing out food to needy families. it's also got the stories of small business owners who've been

approached by the the mafia with offers of so—called help. sofia bettiza from the bbc world service wrote that article and shejoins me now. thanks very much forjoining us. it was quite interesting your article and the details of the many people affected in the south of italy. not to mention the business owners that you have spoken to that have been approached directly by the mafia. but if they been telling you? i spoke to someone who used to be in the mafia. he told me the mafia loves a crisis. they've got a lot of money to spend and right now they will be helping italians in need who may have loss ofjobs and that's how they infiltrate society. as you mention, i spoke to some business owners who have been approached already by the mafia. a restaurant owner in sicily told me he's about to sell his restaurant which has been shut since march and he told me it's incredibly straightforward. some knocks on your door, they make offer there and then, you can

negotiate on the bright light not price a little bit and that's it. you get the money transferred into your account in a matter of days. and that's really appealing for a lot of businesses who are struggling at the moment and who don't want to be in debt. he told me right now my business is sinking and when someone throws a life vest at you you can either choose to swim with your ideals, sync with your ideals or swim and survive. what is the thinking that they have no alternative but for this kind of support on the black economy? this mafia support, i mean the government said they will loan businesses and need for some 20,000 euros or so. what are the concerns that these small businesses are not taking up that kind of off our? exactly. the italian government has said that they will own up to 25,000 euros to businesses in need. but many feel that it would be impossible to repay

this. restaurants, cafes, shops will be open in a few weeks in italy at the beginning ofjune. but they will have to do so under very strict social distancing rules. which means fewer customers and much less money. so many business owners i spoke to told me that they feel they are only option would be to accept help from the mafia, sell the business is now without many questions asked. because they feel that otherwise they will be in debt forever. and an anti—mafia prosecutor i interviewed told me that if the italian government doesn't step in right now to help businesses that are drowning they will be thrown into the arms of they will be thrown into the arms of the mafia. you spoke to somebody a little earlier that was connected to the mafia did that person give you any indication as to why they are stepping in to help the community and with they hoping to get out of theirs apart from the obvious gaining more control over people?” spoke to somebody who has a, a mafia

member who has been distributing food parcels to families in need in italy. and that's a tactic a very ancient truck that the mafia has used for decades. it's a way for them to gain support and to step in as an alternative to the safe. i tracked him down, i spoke to him and he said to me he gets phone calls from desert people every single day who cry on the phone, they say they can who cry on the phone, they say they ca n afford who cry on the phone, they say they can afford to buy food, he talked about a woman who has five kids, a young single mum who calls him every single day she doesn't know how to feed her kids. he said to me, if being a mafia member means i get to help women like this one, i'm proud to bea help women like this one, i'm proud to be a mafia member. just worth remembering that the mafia has never done anything out of the goodness of their heart or generosity. all these people that are getting help at this time, all these favours at some point they will have to be paid back

in some form. thank you so much for joining us. just to let our viewers know sophia's article is on the bbc‘s website. please have about the details of her investigation are fascinating to to read. and showing what other challenges the italians are facing now that they are locked out restrictions are easing there. russia is now the country reporting the highest number of new coronavirus cases in europe — second in the world, only to the united states. there were 10,102 new cases of covid—19 reported in the past 24 hours. it's the third day in a row where new cases in russia have been above ten thousand. state television has warned the stakes in the battle against the virus had become unbelievably high. russia has a total number of confirmed cases of meanwhile in russia, three doctors in the frontline against coronavirus have fallen from hospital windows in separate incidents over the past fortnight. two of them have died and the third's in critical condition.

the first incident was on april 24th in star city just outside moscow. natalia lebedeva was the head of the ambulance service there. she'd contracted covid—19 and a local newspaper reported she might have committed suicide, after being accused of spreading the virus. two days later, another female doctor yullena nippomnishheya fell from a fifth floor window and later died of her injuries. she had previously complained about inadequate protective clothing and training to treat covid—19 patients. on friday there was a third incident, in the city of novvasibbearsk. dr aleksander shulepov had previously posted this video online. in it he complained he had been forced to keep working even after testing positive for coronavirus. he later posted a second video retracting these allegations. by this point he was a patient in his own hospital,

being treated for the virus. and then, he fell from a second floor window, fracturing his skull and breaking several ribs. olga ivshina is from the bbc‘s russian service. two of the three doctors had gone public with their concerns about russia's response to coronavirus a factor in their deaths? what do we know about the reasons behind their death. as far as we understand they were three suicide attem pts understand they were three suicide atte m pts by understand they were three suicide attempts by various doctors in various cities and towns across russia. this is very grim illustration of the challenges which our doctors in russia basically all of the world are facing. while two of the world are facing. while two of them. the lack of pba the lack of protective equipment and the tremendous stress with dish put tremendous stress with dish put tremendous pressure put on the shoulders of doctors at the moment.

i guess in russia those two have amplified by the way there is also trouble with the freedom of speech. so when doctors do fail under tremendous pressure when they do raise their concerns and they feel that those concerns are not met they are not that many places where they can go. especially in the small cities, there is not that many independent media there. so they tend to post their messages online on social media and then they get their audience. but they don't get their audience. but they don't get the publicity, they don't get this ina way the publicity, they don't get this in a way protection which appearing in the press offers. that's why they face in the press offers. that's why they fa ce eve n in the press offers. that's why they face even greater challenges. some may face even greater pressure from their neighbours with a cute determine they are dangerous. our from their bosses. also the main challenges remain and that's why the pressure just becomes unbearable for some. it is foul play suspected in any of these cases? well, i guess

it's too early to judge but it seems that those doctors were just under tremendous pressure. of course this raises questions about the how the crisis itself is handled and individual hospitals and also generally on a high level and regional level or state level. because state tv is airing some of the cases when doctors raise their concerns, they are not met and then the entire hospital has to shutdown for quarantine. now we see massive cases where fifth or sixth year medical students have to go to the front line because there are just too many trained, highly skilled medical personnel are just ill. at the moment at least 97 russian doctors lost their lives battling corona in russia. olga, thank you very much for that update. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come, we'll introduce you to the new contact tracing app that's being trialled

in the uk as officials try and trace the spread of coronavirus. the indian government has announced that it will start to repatriate thousands of its citizens on thursday. around 40,000 indians are currently studying at british universities and, as they've been unable to get home, many are the struggling with the impact of the lockdown as michael buchanan reports. this 0 is for either a shop or a post office. it's for free food. hundreds of indian students struggling with social distancing with feeding themselves. it's actually for us. we have no food and landlords are asking for rent. we are landlords are asking for rent. we a re really landlords are asking for rent. we are really absolutely in situation. they are engineers and pharmacists,

business graduates and cameras. all studying and... the jobs that sustain them in shops, restaurants, fast food outlets and construction have gone. and there have been no flights back to india since mid—march. flights back to india since mid-march. after two weeks, after doing myjob i was dismissed from a job because of corona. there is no we re job because of corona. there is no were there were no flights in india. so looking for the flights at leeds there is no flights. so you can go back on? i can't go back home and i can't work here. what once was a thriving restaurant in east london is now an essential community service. six weeks ago they supported 40 people, last friday they fed over for hundred. all paid for by donations from britain's south indian population. it's not just hear that people are in need, it's just hear that people are in need, its estimated that nationwide over 3000 indian students have needed

food portions in recent weeks. the flights resuming this week many stu d e nts flights resuming this week many students willjointly flights resuming this week many students will jointly scramble flights resuming this week many students willjointly scramble to return to india will stop for those that don't get home a kindly lifeline will still be required for some time. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. the united kingdom has outstripped italy in the number of coronavirus deaths, becoming the worst affected country in europe with just under 29 and a half thousand. only the united states has lost more lives to the disease. south korea has credited its low infection rates and death toll with its ‘test, trace, contain' response. other countries, too, are looking at introducing contact tracing apps part of their path out of lockdown. ros atkins has more details on this. hi ros.

lots of different governments respond to the challenge. here in the uk here in the uk, we've been talking this week about a new national health service app which aims to trace the spread of coronavirus. well, it's being made available on the isle of wight off the south coast of england from today. and this is part of a key trial that is shaping the government's strategy for easing the lockdown the app could be rolled out nationally within weeks if its successful. here's duncan kennedy. a knew advert a new app and a new strategy against coronavirus. the nhs covid—19 app... the app was launched on the isle of wight today. in terms of testing the island has it all the right isolation population and phone conductivity. a community nurse here one of 3000 nhs staff on the island to be offered the app 1st. she said she has some concerns about it but will use it to

help save lives. it's a really good idea to be able to track and trace exactly what's going on with covid—19 at the moment. being a community nurse it's really important so we know exactly where the movements are. will you use a? yes. for my safety and everybody else's safety. fantastic, good idea. it had to be tested somewhere did have. we are as they say slightly contained. i think it's a good idea. i think anything and everything at the moment. you've got the civil liberties question. as long as it's rolled back afterwards. if it works the rest of the country could see it in the by the middle of this month. one question is if it works, question is how does it work. next here's chris fox explaining how the apps work. the idea is that anywhere ago my smartphone will release an anonymous key with other phones my phone will keep the keys that it receives and strangers will get mine. if i then

get ill and i will be able to declare my status in an app and add my key to a central database. for any my key to a central database. for a ny syste m my key to a central database. for any system like this to work it needs a big proportion of smartphone users to take part. if too few people take part the system is a lot less useful. and of course there are questions about how the data is stored and for how long it will be kept. here's the uk data regulator. my role as the independent regulator is to do robust audits on how the app is to do robust audits on how the app is actually performed and whether or not not recording or deletion of obsolete data is taken place. deletion of obsolete data is taken place. there are a few different kinds of apps being developed and trialled around the world. south korea is using cctv, and combining it with phone location and financial data, to track cases and then make the information public.

concerns have been raised about the amount of information being stored but the government argues the benefits justify this system. singapore, australia and the uk are all taking a similar route —— using bluetooth to record people who come in close contact with each other, and alerting users if they've been near someone who tests positive. china's app is much more strict. not only is it mandatory, and tied to a person's identity, it governs where you can go as restrictions are eased. but of course there are limitations to what these apps can do. here's imogen parker from the ada lovelace institute, which explores the impact of data on society. a key question is whether these apps can be effective. they face high bars in terms of technical limitations. there phones aren't

very good for measuring distance for example. they‘ re not very good for measuring distance for example. they're not very good at telling whether a phone has been closed to another phone but there might bea closed to another phone but there might be a car window in the way where they might‘ve been on different floors and actually contact didn't happen. there is a technical limitation that are really key second report is the volume of users we are going to need. and the governments modelling for this is that 80% of smartphone users will need to download the app, they'll need to download the app, they'll need to download the app, they'll need to have it running and importantly they'll need to adhere to the apps instructions for this to be effective at suppressing the virus. to support them in context, that state level that what's app haven't achieved. that's a really high barfor this haven't achieved. that's a really high bar for this to haven't achieved. that's a really high barfor this to be haven't achieved. that's a really high bar for this to be able to be getting accurate useful information to its users. and it is worth saying that the modelling assumes that people aged over 70 remain in lockdown — so they aren't included in that 80% figure. next let's hear from professor carmela tron—coso from the swiss federal institute of technology, she's leading

a team developing one contact—tracing app. these apps do not protect the user himself. at the moment you receive a notification you could have already been in contact with a person that has been diagnosed positive. so this app has a very social operation. it says what i can do at that point is protect others and others include those 70 plus people that we are talking about. so it is if they receive 80% of the people that are supposed to have install the app and have smartphone use it and actually obey then the rest of the population is protected because eventually we will not have asymptomatic people walking around that can infect others. technology was always going to be part of the response to this virus — but for it to work, it will need

a lot of people, a lot of you — to willingly take part. governments now wait to see if people are willing to take the asssurancees about their data and download the app. a leap of faith for many. thanks very much for that. thanks very much for that. so lets examine what's been going on in tanzania and its response to the pandemic. president magufuli has not imposed a lockdown, and the goverment has taken very few measures to contain and control the virus. his critics say he's not done enough to protect tanzanians from the virus. the bbc‘s emmanuel igunza reports. videos like this are trending on social media showing suspected to night burials. have died of coronavirus. claiming that hospitals are overflowing with covid—19 patients leading to questions about the full scale of the virus in the country. this is been ordered shut and mass gatherings band.

life in tanzania has gone on as usual a very different picture from the stringent measures adopted from other countries in the nation. president has even encouraged citizens to continue walking and going to church. on sunday he questioned the accuracy of the countries coronavirus test. in a surprising speech he said samples taken from a goat and a fruit had come back positive for the virus. you either have to investigate issues which was national labaratories testing coronavirus. there are many surprising controversies. we saw them releasing so many positive results and i spoke to security agencies and i asked them to check the authenticity of the test. and the testing kits.

because i have been questioning that it could be sabotage. he suspended two scientists at the national health laboratory and because more controversy when he said he would send a plane to madagascar for shipment of a hubble drink which the president there is touting it as a cure for covid—19. he has also ordered the medicine along with four other countries but opposition politicians have accused the president of mishandling the pandemic. i think what happens with respect to tanzania is there has been absolute panic on the part of the government. once the virus started spreading within, we had community spread with within the community they just didn't know what to do. and they panicked. the government says it is doing everything it can to protect

tanzanian from the virus was the bbc reach out to the prime ministers office and the ministry of health but did not get a reply to an interview request. but for the most people goes life goes on and reaction to the governments approach on this pandemic have been mixed. the president the president is on institutional. all ministers underneath them he has all the information on covid. i think people are taking caution. the government efforts are bearing fruit. if there is a lockdown especially in our country people will struggle and they will suffer. the world health organisation says africa could be the next epicentre of the pandemic. and as the number of cases continue to rise in tanzania some are worried the situation they are could worsen further. don't forget you can get

in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @babitatv take care will see you soon bye—bye. hello. we are expecting some big temperature fluctuations over the next few weeks. initially the temperatures will head upwards quite quickly well up into the 20s for many of us because of this weather set up. low pressure to the west and high pressure to the east. that brings a southerly flow of wins in our direction bringing some very warm arabs from spain and france we re warm arabs from spain and france were actually earlier this week we broke temperature records for that time of year. as we get to the weekend we see so much colder weather working in. the weather pattern reuse the verses. high—pressure to the west this time and low pressure to the east. that drives eight northerly wind and the air that has drives eight northerly wind and the airthat has in drives eight northerly wind and the air that has in our direction will be unseasonably cold. more on that ina be unseasonably cold. more on that in a moment. we start with

wednesday's forecast which is largely dry for many. one or two showers clipping into cornell. a lot of cloud plaguing orkney and shetland. but where we have the sunshine it's going to be a slightly warmer day after a chilly start. by the afternoon temperatures up to 18, 19,20 degrees. as the afternoon temperatures up to 18, 19, 20 degrees. as you move out of wednesday into thursday we have that weather set up with high—pressure to the east and low pressure to the west. frontal system continuing to graze western parts of the uk. that could well bring one or two showers on thursday for supper could be heavy perhaps even thundering. misty and murky at times for western coast as well. where the we get the rest of the sometimes those temperatures continuing to climb. 18 for glascow 22 for london and those temperatures have a little further to climb as we get to the end of the week with our low pressure still churning out to the west. pressure still higher further east. driving quite a gentle southerly flow across most of the uk. good smells of sunshine around temperatures towards the southeast could get up to 25 degrees. there could get up to 25 degrees. there

could be one or two showers here. across northern scotland but it's cooler you'll notice there will be cloud there will be outbreaks of rain associated with this frontal system. this front is going to start to edge its lake quite slowly southwards as we go into saturday for it is a cold front and as the name suggests, behind it the air will turn colder. through saturday the northern half of the uk initially will feel the effect of that cold. wins coming in from the north. our weather front bringing some cloud and shower rate rain to the south of that the odd shop shower. on smells of sunshine in a pretty warm day 23 or 25 degrees compare that with just nine in aberdeen. as you move through saturday night and on into sunday, here is our cold front that will continue to move its way with some cloud and charity rain which could linger in counties for some time. as eclairs yes, we will see some sunny spells. chance for winter he showers into the north and east. sunday afternoons temperatures just six to 14 degrees at the very best. will be

windy too so it will feel even colder than that. as we head on into next week, high—pressure it was initially be setting out to the west. still be feeding some fairly cold airand our west. still be feeding some fairly cold air and our direction for that likely to be frost bite night. as that area of high—pressure edges a little further east later in the week that's likely to cut off that northerly flow. it will cut off the flow of the coldest air and things might slowly start to turn a little less chilly. next week certainly a cold start. chilly by day, frosty by night. it will generally be drives one or two showers. and then signs it could slowly turn just a little bit warmer later in the week. that's all for me later. bye for now.

tonight at ten — the uk records the highest number of deaths linked to coronavirus of any european country. the latest figures also mean that the uk has recorded more deaths than any other country in the world except the usa. italy was the worst—hit country in europe. the lockdown there is now being eased, but ministers say comparisons are not straightforward. i'm not sure that the international comparison works unless you reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way. and it also depends on how good, frankly, countries are in gathering their statistics. we'll have the latest, on the day one of the government's main scientific advisers stood down. professor neil ferguson, one of the architects of the lockdown,