this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. british ministers insist plans to ease the lockdown will be "modest" and closely monitored. the prime minister will outline the changes on sunday. jobless and homeless — with 33 million americans now unemployed, new york's subway is a haunting symbol of the pandemic‘s impact. and are trying to figure out how to make ends meet and so pa rt how to make ends meet and so part of how they are doing that is to stand on this line, pick up is to stand on this line, pick upato go is to stand on this line, pick up a to go meal and make ends meet that way. france is to begin lifting what's been one of harshest lockdowns in europe, bringing an end to two months of confinement. and marking 75 years since world war ii ended

in europe — but there'll be no crowds on the streets to celebrate the anniversary. well, we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments. first, the leaders of the nations that make up the uk are all examining the next stages of plans to come out of lockdown. borisjohnson has said that his government will "advance with maximum caution" as it considers changes to the current restrictions. in the us, 3.2 million people filed claims for unemployment benefits this week. more than 33 million americans have now lost theirjobs over the last seven weeks. and the french government has published a map on how it will proceed. most businesses here in the green areas will be allowed to open and people can leave their homes without a permit.

those are the main developments. we begin in the uk with this report from our political editor, laura kuenssberg. peering into the new normal, a restaurant ready for a day of deliveries instead of prepping for a busy thursday night. the prime minister's stay—at—home message is on the way out, but there won't be customers at these chairs and tables soon. we've had to shut down 15 restaurants. so, it's had a massive impact on us. as of yesterday, we've opened three restaurants that just do takeaway. it's just a massive learning curve. we are extremely worried, but we're just trying to keep positive. but with the economy turning so negative, we've had glimpses of downing street's plan to start easing some restrictions very gradually from monday. the government's keen to move on because cases have been falling and the crucial infection rate, the r number,

is under one, the level where it could spread out of control. the r level which signifies the rate of infection is now between 0.5 and 0.9. the virus is not beaten yet. it remains deadly and infectious. until now, westminster and the other national governments have been more or less in step. but listen to the first minister of scotland, plainly unhappy at the way number 10 might plan to move. i particularly strongly believe that for us to drop the clear, well—understood stay—at—home message right now could be a potentially catastrophic mistake. it's not an exaggeration to say that the decisions we take now are a matter of life and death. you stood there at that same lectern time after time and said that it would be wrong to talk about lifting any kind of restrictions because you might give people the wrong impression. yet isn't that exactly what the government risks doing now? there's no change in the rules today. what the prime minister will do

is set out on sunday a road map that can look to the future and explain what steps will be taken at what moment in time and critically, the evidence that will back it up. but how certain can the path be ahead when the rate of infection could be going up because of what's happening in care homes? the number has probably gone up a bit from his last estimates and that is driven by the epidemic in care homes, he would say. and i would not demur from that. downing street's promised to keep the opposition in the loop. they want precision on what's going on. there needs to be absolute clarity that we must all follow the rules until lockdown is lifted. it doesn't mean we can't discuss what comes next, but we have to follow those rules. no surprise that there's tension. governments face the hardest of decisions, none as fraught as when schools should welcome more than just the kids of key workers. maybe as soon as next month in england, but later elsewhere. we normally would be able to accommodate about 30 students. we'll be splitting classes into about 15. this london secondary normally

rings with the sound of 1,200 pupils. one student at that desk. does that represent two metres? now buying disinfectant, dividing up classrooms just as important as double maths. some parents won't have confidence in sending their children in, and i think it's incumbent on us to do what we can, all school leaders, to make sure that the environment is as safe and secure as it possibly can be. if only the changes to our lives would be as simple as bikes instead of footballs in a playground. coronavirus makes strange and uncertain the shape of things to come. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. there's been another big jump in the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits as the us grapples with how to emerge from the coronavirus lockdown. a further 3.2 million people filed claims this week.

nick bryant, who's in new york, has spent the night on the city's subway — a refuge for the poor and the vulnerable. midnight on the new york subway, and many of the city's homeless are bedding down for the night aboard its empty carriages. by day, the subway has become a virtual ghost train. by night, it's become a mobile shelter. in the first five carriages we went in, we found people in search of refuge and sleep. many are newly unemployed, some of them labourers who rent rooms by the week, unable now to pay their landlords. the covid dispossessed. a lot of homeless people are afraid to go to the shelters because there are so many people there in such confined spaces. they're worried about catching the coronavirus. instead, they're taking their chances on the subway.

the subway could hardly be described as safe. more than 100 members of staff on new york's mass transit system have been killed by the coronavirus. this week, new york did something it's never done before — conducted a planned overnight shutdown of a subway system that's always operated around the clock. the aim is to disinfect the carriages, and so the nypd has been evicting the homeless. do you know they're closing the subway tonight? we're going to be asking you to get off the train. charity workers and city officials were on hand to offer help and shelter. this is the last stop, you have two step off. but this woman had no idea where in the city she was. where are you staying tonight? do you have a shelter? the confusion and anxiety written across her face. the destitute have been amongst new york's most vulnerable. over the weekend, two homeless people were found dead on the subway.

homeless people right now in new york city have a 50% higher mortality rate from covid—19 than do housed new yorkers, so by not offering people something as simple as a hotel room where they can go and be safe and self—isolate, we're really relegating them to die. it can feel like we're living in another time of buddy can you spare me a dime? and just as the face mask has become the global symbol of this viral contagion, queues have become the marker of this economic catastrophe. here, the wait was for lunch at a shelter in lower manhattan. let's go, brother. but it's notjust the homeless any more who are hungry. it's the newly jobless, as well. i have spoken with folks on this line who, at the beginning of march, were employed and now they're unemployed. and they're trying to figure out how to make ends meet. and so part of how they're doing that is to stand on this line at the bowery mission, pick up a to—go meal and make ends meet that way. back on the subway, the woman

we saw turned down the offer of emergency shelter and took the last train back into manhattan. others headed out into the night. poverty has been a propagator of this pandemic, hardship has been a super—spreader. and for many, the phrase that best describes new york's life abundant, "the city that never sleeps", must now sound like a taunt. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. the trump administration has rejected a detailed report from government experts on how to reopen the us while keeping the coronavirus outbreak under control. the document by the federal agency advising on the pandemic, the cdc, was submitted to the white house two weeks ago but was shelved, reportedly for being too prescriptive. the white house's own guidelines favour quick reopening of the economy, but their applications has varied significantly from state to state. so, are these contradictory

guidelines creating mixed messages for the us public? to try and answer that we can get the thoughts of max kutner, a us political analyst who joins me from new york. thank you very much for being with us, max. so on these contradictory messages, what effect is that having on the ground in the us? this has becoming very divisive issue. just like a lot of issues you have democrats pointing to the sort of reports and saying that he has shelved the official reports, sidelining officials, then you have president trump, really establishing his narrative for the pandemic, talking about a socialistic strea m talking about a socialistic stream has hijacked the democratic party. his supporters a hearing date, is supporters a hearing date, is supporters are going out protesting, contributing to his campaign, bowling and the republican party shows he has very high approval ratings ——

polling, among republicans. so democrats point two warnings on one side about the sidelining of careerists and democrats are angry, angry than they have been because this isn'tjust say, russian interference, this isn't an election issue, this isn't an election issue, this is life and death. so democrats on one side feel that way, republicans feel the other. even as the cdc is coming up with guidance regarding the pandemic, you have president trump going on twitter saying to liberate certain states and going on tv talking about workers being locked in a room and not able to earn their money. and what effect do you think the criticism of donald trump's handling of this has made, if any, trump's handling of this has made, ifany, to trump's handling of this has made, if any, to voting ahead of the election? when it comes to 2020, trumpet‘s big strength and the economy, it was objectively a very good economy. now he doesn't quite have that as in just the past couple of weeks, the economy

has gone into samples with the unemployment rate in the 20s percentagewise. so it's about whether supporters go by his messaging that this is a chinese virus, he did everything he could and deaths would have been higher without him. you know, he is working to get the economy back open, but it is socialist democrats that are keeping him from doing that. so the question is whether people will believe him on that. and then you also have joe biden, his presumptive opponent in november who basically has been largely left out of this whole conversation, this whole equation, he is filming videos from his basement but this isn't good for him either, especially as he needs to be out there and trying to win back some of the supporters of bernie sanders that he hasn't won over yet. he simply hasn't been given the opportunity or airtime. we will have to leave it there. thank you very much for speaking to

us, max, we really appreciate it. max kutner there. let's get some of the day's other news. brazil has reported more than 600 new deaths caused by the coronavirus, one of its worst days yet, as a political row deepens over lockdown measures. president bolsonaro's government has warned the country is facing economic collapse if the lockdown imposed by regional governors and mayors remains in place. the number of people who've died from coronavirus in sweden has risen above 3,000. the country has allowed bars and restaurants to remain open during the outbreak, but its mortality rate remains lower than other countries like the uk, france, spain, and italy where strict lockdowns have been enforced. the lebanese government is allowing people to worship in mosques and churches again from today, after nearly two months of lockdown. but worshippers will have to wear face masks and gloves and observe social distancing. it means mosques will be limited to 30% of their usual capacity during ramadan. french leaders have announced the lockdown will be

eased from monday. but the country has been split into two areas — red and green — where there will be differences in the gradual steps to life after confinement. our reporter freya cole explains. the weight in france is nearly over. shops, including cafes, florists and has a long scan get ready to reopen. translation: it is a new stage in the adamic. it's good news for france, for the french people. next monday we are going to start a very gradual process over several weeks at least which will mean the country can slowly but surely leaving the lockdown phase we have been in. but it's a far cry from normal. beaches and parks will remain closed. and, there will be strict rules for public transport, especially on the paris metro.

translation: access to public transport in your defiance will be reserved during peak hours for people with a certificate from their employer or a compelling reason to travel, whether it is a health reason, a summons to court, or to accompany children. there has been vigorous cleaning of carriages and stations, but as millions of people resume their daily commute, there are fears about hygiene and safety. translation: we already have 5 million passengers using the metro. i think we must really tell parisien is to be very careful because there is going to be, i think, careful because there is going to be, ithink, a careful because there is going to be, i think, a lot of people. translation: what can i say? it will be a bit difficult because public transport in paris is often overcrowded and people have to go to work, so they have to go to work, so they have to go to work, so they have to be here. the country has been divided. those in the green zone will have greater liberties. while those in the

red, have been told to expect stricter conditions instill infection rates fall. leaders say they didn't want to split the nation, but insist it is the nation, but insist it is the only way to eventually unite in the long run. freya cole, it is in use. —— bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we have a special report marking 75 years since the second world war ended in europe. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterrand. but the tunnel is still not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and islam struggled for supremacy. now, the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist.

roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in underfour minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: british ministers insist plans to ease the lockdown will be modest and closely monitored. the prime minister is due to outline the changes on sunday. there's been another big jump in the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits, with a further 3.2 million people filing

claims this week. life is returning to normal in south korea, with the k—league football season kicking off today. the country's success in containing the coronavirus is being held up as a model for the rest of the world. new infections here are down to single digits this week, only four more cases were reported on thursday. schools will open in phases starting next week as well. so what's behind this success, and what lessons to be learnt? justin fendos is a professor of cell biology at dongseo university in busan. thanks for being with us. we know technology has played a huge part here, testing and tracing. how has south korea done that so effectively? one of the big things they have done quite well as they have done quite well as they have done a greatjob of repurposing sources of information that are normally used by law enforcement officials for, —— make references, to catch

laundering activities and things like this, and use them to help with the public health initiatives. so why will give you some examples. one of the pieces of information they used very often are electronic transaction records. so every ca rd transaction records. so every card transaction, every bank transaction is automatically recorded by the government for tax purposes, to catch tax evasion and things like this. for instance, if you have a patient who is newly diagnosed today, oftentimes you want to see where they have been the last few days, that's what we call retroactive tracing. so if you check those logs you can very quickly find out, prisons, they had coffee somewhere at lunch or they had dinner at a mcdonald's. another example can give you have to do with these mobile phone connection records. so whenever you have a mobile phone and you are moving through a city you have these different transmission towers throughout the city they give you the signal for your phone. so as you are moving through the city from one area to another, often each areas of a different tower and that is a record of where have been. this can be used both for

retroactive tracing but also proactive tracing, situations we have people have been diagnosed and you want them in quarantine, you want to make sure they have stayed in quarantine. that sounds quite intrusive, a level of invasion of privacy that may be some countries wouldn't be happy with. what's your view on how intrusive it actually is? so privacy obviously is a very important part of this. a couple of things would like to say about that. the first is, as are mentioned earlier, these sources of information have already been using for quite a while by law enforcement for other purposes. so in korea it was really just a other purposes. so in korea it was reallyjust a matter of repurposing existing protocols and procedures for use by public health officials.|j and procedures for use by public health officials. i see. just a public health officials. i see. justajump in public health officials. i see. just a jump in there. is there anything else you think where missing. we understand the testing and the tracing and it was very well executed. was there anything else we are missing or was it simply they had a plan in place and executed it well? i think they

plan in place, executing it well, having a good start, having a coherent message earlier but what the public should be doing, think all those things that played a big role. in terms of the information aspects, so one of the things that makes this kind of centralised authority collecting large amounts of information possible in real—time is having registration numbers for all your citizens so that you can very quickly figure out who's phone is who is, whose bank account is who is, surprisingly, not every country has that. and, for instance, doesn't. really interesting. thank you for talking us through that. a fascinating insight. justin fendos, thank you. thank you. and you can find all the latest informing on covid—19 and how the pandemic is being handled around the world, on our website. among the useful information is this article by our visual and data journalism team mapping the outbreak globally and providing useful data, such as a timelapse of the rise in confirmed cases. simply head to bbc.com/news.

friday is the 75th anniversary of victory in europe day — the moment world war ii ended on the continent. the commemorations were supposed to be a day of church services, veteran march—pasts, and street parties. but all that was cancelled because of the pandemic and alternative plans have been made. our special correspondent, allan little, looks back on a day that marked a real turning point for the uk. archival: today is victory in europe day. we may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing. for 75 years, looking back at this moment has been, for subsequent generations, an act of remembrance and of homage. the country honours the shared sacrifice of those who lived through it. archival: the great news rang through the land. for britain had in the beginning stood alone in the darkness of a defeated europe. no wonder they now rejoiced.

joy hunter was in the crowd that day. i think it was just hysteria, really. people probably didn't quite know how to behave, it had been so tight and suddenly it was over, and what did over mean? in fact, over meant a lot of hardship. but the britain that now emerged had been changed by the experience. the state had mobilised the entire population to the war effort. the government would now assume vast new powers in peacetime too. archival: a spate of british railway building astonished the world. much of the economy was taken into public ownership — the railways, the coal mines, iron and steel. now don't forget, choose your doctor now. a new welfare state and national health service would bring state provision into every home in the country. there would be no going back to the old normal of the 1930s, for war had created

a new public mood. to a remarkable degree, and one that is not perhaps always present now, that includes people who think that they'll be worse off under this post—war settlement. quite a large proportion of middle—class people who weren't going to benefit necessarily from it said that they still thought this was a good idea, something that ought to be done for other people. so i think that's part of that wartime mood, the recognition that the nation state owes something to everybody, particularly the least fortunate members of society. britain, though, had not stood entirely alone. it had its huge overseas empire at its back. these pictures are also from ve day. could they have known as they rejoiced that an exhausted britain would soon lose its empire? for leadership of the western world now crossed the atlantic. britain would no longer be the pre—eminent global power. by 1960, the economy of the usa was producing nearly half the wealth of the entire world. the post—war world would be shaped by american power.

archival: we are living in the midst of many great events. ve day still sits prominently in our collective memory, and we go on remembering it and paying homage to that generation, notjust for the war they fought, but for the peace they built when the fighting stopped. allan little, bbc news. a breathtaking full flower moon has made a stunning appearance over europe's largest city — istanbul in turkey. the celestial spectacle is the last super moon of 2020 and is named the flower moon as it coincides with springtime blossom. the next one is scheduled for april next year. a super moon occurs when the moon's orbit is closest to earth making it appear larger than life. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones.

i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. friday marks the 75th anniversary of ve day and it's going to be another very warm and a sunny day across much of the country. the sunshine a little bit hazy at times. and into the afternoon, the high temperatures could spark off a few heavy, maybe thundery, showers pretty much anywhere. now, the pressure chart reveals high—pressure dominating the scene through friday. we've got this weather front pushing in to the north of scotland. that'll introduce more cloud here with showery bursts of rain throughout the day. we'll also start the day with some showery bursts of rain across south—west england. it's moving northwards and tending to ease down, but it will be rather grey to start across irish sea coasts. most of that cloud should run back to the coast.

most places across the country should be dry with sunny spells, but a few heavy, thundery downpours developing into the afternoon. temperatures range from 18 to 2a degrees across the south. these temperatures more like july than may. now, the showers and thunderstorms continue to rumble on into the evening, and then it will tend to fizzle out. it should be dry for most areas but more low cloud returning across irish sea coasts and it stays quite wet across the far north of scotland. but a milder night to come for many of us. into saturday, this is when we start to see some changes. that cold front begins to move southwards across northern scotland, but further south, you notice the orange and yellow colours still in abundance. so, another warm day, in fact, for many of us on saturday. again, in response to the high temperatures into the afternoon, we could see some showers or thunderstorms developing. it will be turning windier and colder across the north of scotland with outbreaks of rain. so, a big temperature difference on saturday — seven to ten degrees in the north of scotland, 18 to 2a or 25 further south. but the cold air wins out saturday night into sunday. that arctic plunge spreads south across the country, with a band of cloud, a few showery bursts of rain on it, which will eventually clear southwards. and then it's a brighter afternoon, but much colder, with a very brisk, cold north—northeasterly wind.

that's blowing a few wintry showers, in fact, into the north and east of scotland. and look at these values. we've been experiencing temperatures closer to what we'd expect injuly. these are more like march temperatures. factor in the wind, it'll feel even colder than that. and farmers and gardeners, beware. some will see a widespread frost in places through sunday night. stays chilly as well into the start of next week with chilly nights, but then temperatures start to return to normal as we move deeper on into the week. and with high—pressure nearby, it's going to stay bright and dry.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the british prime minister has said the government will proceed with "maximum caution" when coronavirus restrictions are eased. boris johnson is due to announce his plans for england in a speech on sunday. ministers have insisted any short term changes to lockdown measures will be "modest." there's been another big jump in the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits, as the us grapples with how to emerge from the coronavirus lockdown. a further 3.2 million people filed claims this week. the numbers idetinfying as homeless have also reached record levels. the french government has announced more details of how it will ease one of the harshest lockdowns in europe. authorities have issued a colour—coded map of the country, outlining areas that can lift their restrictions, depending on the rate of infection. passengers on public transport will have to wear a mask.