this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. british—based airlines are set to bring in a 14—day quarantine for passengers arriving in the uk. the new restriction is expected to take effect at the end of this month. a at the end of this month. lot of airports now are cl: passenger a lot of airports now are closed for passenger traffic, there are a very few flights coming in, and that means no revenue so we are really having to adjust and see our way through. russia marks the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii, known to russians as the great patriotic war — but without the planned parade of soldiers and veteran.

but in belarus, celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany go ahead unchanged— after the country's president says he couldn't bring himself to cancel the event. protect the public transport network — people who need to travel into a workplace in england, will be urged to consider to walk and cycle more. china's president expresses concern about the coronavirus situation in north korea — and offers to help. and roy horn, a member of the long—running magic duo siegfried and roy, has died aged 75 after contracting coronavirus. hello and welcome to audiences

in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first — uk airlines have been told that passengers flying into the country will be expected to quarantine for m days from the end of this month. the body which represents the industry, says it needs to see more details, but understands that the new restrictions won't apply to arrivals from the republic of ireland. the new restrictions would bring the uk into line with some of the toughest global measures on travel, and the aviation industry has warned it would have a devastating impact on the sector and the wider economy. andy moore reports. heathrow airport, where there are currently far more planes parked up than actually going anywhere. at the end of this month, anyone flying into the country is expected to have to self—isolate in a private dwelling for two weeks. airlines are due to be briefed this morning.

they fear it could compound the severe damage they have already suffered. we've seen passenger numbers typically down by about 98% now in the uk. so a lot of airports now are closed for passenger traffic. there are very few flights coming in. and that means no revenue. so we are really having to adjust and see our way through. the quarantine will not apply to lorry drivers and other key workers, nor to arrivals from the republic of ireland. the united kingdom is eagerly awaiting a televised address from the prime minister tomorrow evening, when he will announce a road map for the way forward. but it's not expected he will announce any major immediate changes. we have learned that garden centres in england will be allowed to reopen on wednesday. a similar measure has been announced in wales from monday, where people will also be able to exercise outdoors as much as they like so long as they remain in their local area.

the four devolved nations are trying to move broadly at the same pace, but that might not always be possible. i, with the first ministers of wales and northern ireland, spoke to the prime minister. there was, i think, helpful recognition in that call that the four uk nations may well move at different speeds if our data about the spread of the virus says that that is necessary to suppress it. yesterday the government announced another 626 people had died with coronavirus, including a six—week—old baby with underlying health problems. the child is believed to be the youngest victim in the uk. the total number of deaths in all settings now stands at 31,241. as the lockdown is gradually eased, the government is expected to urge us today to cycle or walk to work wherever possible if we cannot work from home. so—called "active travel" is seen as a way of easing pressure

on public transport, which will have far less capacity if social distancing is to be maintained. andy moore, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent nick eardley. let's deal with the quarantine suggestion for incoming airline passengers, some countries have been doing this for months now. and it has been pressure on the uk government to do this earlier. the argument we had heard was that once the disease was circulating in the community there was not much benefit to be had from restricting people moving about after they arrived in the country but it seems the government has changed its mind now, perhaps because the strategy is gradually moving towards avoiding the second peak, making sure the transmission rate does not increase in the community. as you heard that,

ministers now want anybody who is arriving in the uk to self—isolate for two weeks. they will be asked to provide an address that we they will be doing that. it's also possible they could face fines if they don't. it's all about trying to get the country ready, get the uk ready for the next phase which, as i say, is about containing the levels we have at the moment and stopping another peak in the next few weeks. it's interesting you say the uk because that is a uk wide strategy, the airline issue, but on some of the airline issue, but on some of the other lockdown or unlock measures, there are obviously —— that the art devolved issues and some of the scottish, northern irish and welsh decisions have been announced already. the basic decision of whether what then continues is for all four nations of the uk to make up their own minds about what happens. the welsh government already announced

its plans, they will allow exercise more than once a day and allow libraries and some recycling centres to reopen, and garden centres, too. i don't think there will be huge differences between different parts of the uk. there might be some. for example, in scotland nicola sturgeon is only talking about this idea of allowing more exercise, not necessarily those other measures. this is something the welsh first minister mark drakeford this is something the welsh first minister mark dra keford has this is something the welsh first minister mark drakeford has been talking about on bbc breakfast. have a listen. it's inevitable that we have to fine tune that approach to meet the different circumstances of different parts of the united kingdom, but i think that we will move forward in the same basic way then, as i say, making sure that that approach works in the detail in the different parts of the united kingdom. that is the welsh first minister. we will get the english approach from borisjohnson tomorrow will get the english approach from boris johnson tomorrow night will get the english approach from borisjohnson tomorrow night point 7pm. but i think broadly, the

picture from downing street is the changes will be very minimal, they will take a very cautious approach. we keep putting ministers talking about a road map, which to me suggest tomorrow is actually about sketching out how the future might look and what steps could be taken further down the line, finding the new normal we are all hearing so much about is not going to be an overnight process. all of that against a backdrop of the bank of england and others talking about the sharpest contraction in the economy in 500 yea rs on contraction in the economy in 500 years on any kind of limited recovery depending on exactly this, eventually getting out of lockdown. absolutely. there has been pressure on borisjohnson absolutely. there has been pressure on boris johnson from absolutely. there has been pressure on borisjohnson from some of his backbenchers in the conservative party to relax measures, to allow the economy to start slowly moving again. i think the government is relu cta nt to again. i think the government is reluctant to do too much too soon for the simple reason, it keeps

making the argument if you end up with a second peak economic damage from that is even higher. it all comes back to this r, some think nobody knew anything about several weeks ago but keeps coming up now, the rate of transmission in the community and the ministers desperately want to keep that below one. i don't think, in the short term or even at the medium term, really, anything that would jeopardise keeping that one is going to be on the table. thank you. president putin has been leading russia's commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany in the second world war. ceremonies have been happening around the country in honour of russia's war heroes — but public events have been significantly pared back

because of coronavirus. in a national address, mr putin paid tribute to the millions who died and said russia was invincible when its citizens stood together. the bbc‘s steve rosenberg is in red square. this is a very strange victory day in moscow. i've been to many of these celebrations on red square in the past and normally, you know, there is an incredible atmosphere. you see thousands of russian troops marching across the square, hundreds of pieces of military equipment, military bands, there's a big crowd, quite an amazing atmosphere. today, it is empty. of course, that is because of the coronavirus pandemic. russia has had to tone down the celebrations. having said that, president putin did lay red roses on the tomb of the unknown soldier and made his short speech, his address to the russian people. and there are a number of events that will be taking

place across the country, some of them online. russia is still determined to make this a celebration, because it is such an important day for the country. not only a celebration of a glorious military victory 75 years ago, but this is the day the country remembers the human sacrifice that was made to defeat nazi germany. belarus is marking the 75—year anniversary of the end of the second world war in europe with a large military parade with hundreds of onlookers, despite the threat of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. the anniversay is hugely symbolic in belarus, who along with other former soviet countries, helped topple nazi germany in 1945. but the country's president alexander lu kashenko has consistently downplayed the threat posed by the virus. he had previously vowed to hold today's parade to show to the world belarus was not afraid of covid—i9. the country is one of the worst affected by the pandemic

in europe with more than 21,000 people infected. with fewer cars on the roads, the lockdown could provide some unexpected solutions to environmental problems caused by too much traffic. the uk transport secretary grant schapps is expected to encourage people to cycle or walk more instead of choosing to drive, and is likely to announce some new measures in england to help that happen. 0ur environment correspondent justin rowlatt is in east london. we need to walk more, we need to cycle more. that is going to be the message from the transport secretary grant shapps at the government press conference this afternoon. he is going to say we need to do that to protect public transport. think about it, if we stick to the two metre rule we won't get nearly as many people on our trains and buses, about 10%, according to estimates. at the same time, if wejump into our cars and drive to work, the roads are going to be choked with traffic.

what's the alternative? grant shapps is going to say start walking and cycling. he's going to give new powers to councils to close roads, set aside space for pedestrians and cyclists. waltham forest has been doing that for a number of years. that's where i am, in leighton. and i am joined now by clive loakes, deputy leader of waltham forest, and also the lead on transport. what have you done around here to make it easier for people to walk and cycle? for the past five years we've been widening pedestrian space, we've been closing roads to through traffic, handing back to residents their neighbourhoods. so it's about people rather than the single mode of transport, namely, the car. clyde, you told me earlier, there used to be 5000 cars a day coming through here. 5500. and now there is just a few dozen? we are counting in tens now.

but there was a huge push back by motorists when you started introducing this. you ended up in the high court, didn't you? we were challenged on the pace and radical nature of our interventions that we wanted to make that put people first, put walking and cycling first, because we knew it was the right thing to do for the right reasons. we were challenged and we were successful in pushing back on that legal challenge. but the right things to do often mean breaking the status quo, and you will upset some people are doing it for the right reasons. and one of the things clyde was saying earlier was that some communities are now saying please introduce the same measures for us. what the government is announcing today are temporary measures but the coalition of environmental and transport pressure groups are saying, make these permanent changes. we will wait and see about that. but this afternoon grant shapps expected to tell us all cycle and walk more. the press secretary of the us vice—president, mike pence, has tested positive for covid—19. katie miller, who is married to

a senior advisor to president trump, is the second white house worker to test positive this week. on thursday, it was confirmed that a member of the military serving as one of mr trump's valets had the virus. the president and the vice—president, who both have busy public schedules, are checked daily and have so far tested negative. more now that uk airlines say they have been told the government will bring in a 14—day quarantine for anyone arriving in the uk from any country apart from the republic of ireland in response to the coronavirus pandemic. the qurantine measures expected to be in introduced here in the uk mirror similar rules in place around the world. france has also announced a 14—day quarantine for travellers from monday, but those arriving from britain and most of the eu will be exempt. arrivals in austria can avoid a two—week quarantine if they produce a medical

certificate showing they are free of coronavirus, and can pay for a test at vienna airport. australia has shut its borders to all international visitors, and those returning are sent to accomodation such as a hotel to quarantine. the world health organization says quarantine measures may delay the introduction of the epidemic to a country, or delay the peak, simon, this is obviously a very significant move, and a controversial one, both from a business perspective and a timing perspective. yes, extraordinary consternation, i've never seen the aviation and travel industry in that the uk so united and so furious. right now in london there is a briefing going on, i understand, on line with the aviation minister who is telling the big airlines such as easyjet,

british airways and the big tour operators, what they are doing, how the system will work, and they will be telling the aviation minister how it is absolutely going to destroy all their plans for what is called project lift off. the idea, certainly towards the end ofjune and into july, certainly towards the end ofjune and intojuly, they were going to restart operations at scale, of course, big holiday companies make most of their money injuly and august, they were hoping for something vaguely approaching a kind of normal summer to make up for the hundreds of millions of pounds they have been losing since the don't travel anywhere rule was introduced in the uk on the 17th of march. yet a degree of realism, they know these measures are already in existence in many countries, what is the british government was my argument to the industry for why the measures need to be introduced in

the uk -- measures need to be introduced in the uk —— british government's argument to the industry. the official line is we are moving into the next phase, reducing the rate of infection and the rate of deaths caused by a coronavirus and therefore it is appropriate now to start stopping people coming in. at the moment if you get to heathrow airport, which is where the vast majority of rivals are coming into the uk, you're given a leaflet and told if you don't feel well here's what you need to do and you should self—isolate but that is all that happens, you make your own way home, the government recommends somebody from your household where you will be staying picks you up that's all. the idea is that by making, by assuming everybody who comes in is coronavirus positive, you will then prevent the risk more cases will be

imported. as you say, many other countries around the world have been doing this for a long time and your quite rightly repeated the world health organization advice, the airlines and airports will be pointing out, yes, they only recommended before the peak has happened, after the peak they say it is too late. simon, thanks very much. china's president, xijinping, has offered his country's support to its neighbour north korea against the coronavirus, saying he is "very concerned about the situation". mr xi was responding to a letter from the north korean leader, kim jong un. north korea maintains that it hasn't had a single confirmed case of the virus. stephen mcdonell. let's get more from our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell. what's going on here, stephen? one of the face of it it seems like nothing, really. there was a message from the north korean leader to the

chinese leader congratulating china or its efforts in defeating the coronavirus and so why wouldn't xi xinping respond to him? but what has made everybody listen is xi xinping has expressed his concern about the coronavirus situation in north korea, offering chinese help. north korea, offering chinese help. north korea has not acknowledged it has even one single case of coronavirus, so why would it need chinese help? very interesting for china to be saying this and also saying it publicly because it has now been reported on chinese state television. going to the north korean situation, they were very swift to close the border, stop people travelling, so they claim they have no cases, they might point to their measures and say we acted early. yeah, i think, say we acted early. yeah, ithink, they say we acted early. yeah, i think, they were the first

country to close its border, back in january, as soon as the coronavirus outbreak happened, north korea, and already pretty isolated country, closed off all access for chinese tourists, for example, shut down the border. then, sort of strangely again, for20 border. then, sort of strangely again, for 20 days of the north korean leader kim jong again, for 20 days of the north korean leader kimjong un again, for 20 days of the north korean leader kim jong un went missing. even not turning up for the celebrations for his grandfather's birthday which is the most important festival in that country. then to sort of strangely reappear weeks later for the sort of strangely reappear weeks laterfor the opening of sort of strangely reappear weeks later for the opening of a fertiliser factory, apparently with no health problems at all. there's been some speculation he was possibly hiding out, if i could put it that way, trying to make sure he did not get the coronavirus. but, again, they are saying there is no coronavirus at all in north korea so it is really hard to tell what on

earth is going on here. i know you will keep an eye on it, stephen. thanks for now. the magician roy horn — of the well—known las vegas act seigfried and roy — has died at the age of 75 after contracting coronavirus. their show closed in 2003 after roy was attacked by one of their white tigers. a warning, this report contains some flashing images. known for elusive tricks and his closeness with big cats. roy horn and his stage partner siegfried fischbacher stunned audiences around the world. well, what can i say? the german—born magician starred in a long—running las vegas act built around rare tigers. it earned the duo a star on hollywood's walk of fame.

in 2003 the show ended when a tiger lunged at horn's throat in front of a live audience. he suffered serious injuries but survived and continued his lifelong love of cats. aged 75, a publicist confirmed mr horn died from complications of covid—19, leaving behind a remarkable legacy in show business. for the channel islands — the only part of the british isles to be invaded by the germans — ve day came on the 9th may. today, the 75th anniversary of liberation day should have been welcomed by crowds and streets parties but — much like the uk — this year's celebration is very different due to coronavirus. robert hall has this report. there was joy in the heart

of everybody that sailed to guernsey in the destroyer bulldog, bringing freedom to the channel islands. the news from the uk had made it inevitable. when task force 135 arrived off guernsey, surrender was a formality. stuart snow was in one of the first landing craft to dock. and we pulled in alongside and somebody shouted, "off you go," and of course ijumped. i landed and i wasjust going back and a young german soldier ran forward and grabbed me and held me back and it was a just a good thing that a human being would have done. i often wondered what happened to him. we could see the landing craft and the germans were in single file and they were walking into the landing craft. absolute jubilation. we couldn't believe they were leaving the island at last.

very different from the day in 19110 when they'd landed, a toehold on british soil and a huge propaganda coup. hitler's determination to hold on to the islands tied up thousands of his troops. by the end, they were as hungry as the population. what one of them said hello, in broken english, he said, "i have a little brother like you at home, nice boy. "blooming war," he said. he said, "say nothing because i will be sent "to the russian front." but the occupation regime could also be harsh. over 2000 islanders with links to the uk were deported and interned. there will be no crowds this year and a windows have been encouraged to mark the dn at their homes and

gardens. liberation day 2020 will be remembered, but for a very different reasons. “— remembered, but for a very different reasons. —— have been encouraged to mark the day in their homes and gardens. one of the biggest names in world boxing — amir khan — has warned it will be ‘very dangerous' for the sport to return injuly behind closed doors. boxing bosses are setting out measures and controls they believe can make it safe, but the former world champion says he won't get back in the ring until the pandemic is over — and also talked about other challenges lockdown is presenting during ramadan, and how he's been helping the community. amir khan's new training regime in lockdown — going out personally to package up and deliver food supplies and support to the vulnerable in the community and those workers on the front line, even if they didn't all recognise him behind the mask. i looked to get involved in this myself, because i'm no different to everyone. i'm human and i'm no different and i'm going through the same pain as everyone. i distribute food boxes to the people who need it the most.

last week somebody said, "is this from amir khan?" i said, "yeah, the amir khan foundation." and they said, "can you please tell him thank you very much?" i said, "yes, of course!" what's more, he's delivering food and drink while fasting himself for ramadan, and says it has been the toughest ramadan he has ever known because normally it's friends and community who help each other through the fasting. i have never seen ramadan be like this, and it's really upsetting, because normally we really look forward to ramadan. we look forward to it, where it brings everyone together. but this time it hasn't done that because of all the coronavirus and everything, and i think it's safe that everyone stays at home. i think it's the safest option. but i do miss those days. while he's keeping fit and adapting his training to staying at home, he cannot even think about coming back to the ring at the moment, even if the sport does get the final go—ahead to return in july without fans, and with safety measures in place. having no fans, having an empty stadium, it's going to be like walking into a sparring session. i can't really see that working, in my opinion.

i can't see the big names, especially, doing that, unless there's ridiculous money from tv company on the table. even though, if there is big money, like, i wouldn't be able to do it because i need the fanbase there. when you hit someone with a shot, spit will come onto you, the sweat will fall onto you. i just feel like it's going to be very dangerous. i have three kids. i don't want to go into something and then get sick. i've had a great career. do i really need to risk it? but, like for many of us, there is a positive — being in lockdown with the family, at home, and spending more time with his three children. we've played some games like hopscotch. my little girl has got one of them hoops, so she's trying to teach me how to hoop dance with it, with my hips. which i found quite hard. at least i'm spending more time with my family and my kids. they're teaching me things and i'm teaching them things. have you mastered hula hooping now? no, no! it's so hard. i've tried it but i keep getting it wrong. now it's time for a look

at the weather with louise lear. hello there. for many there's plenty of warm, spring sunshine to look out for today. it's a different story across scotland — some heavy, rain and gusty winds developing as we go through the day. ahead of it, a few sharp showers, one or two with the odd rumble of thunder maybe across england and wales. dodge the showers, keep the sunshine though and we'll see temperatures peaking at 2a degrees — that's the mid—70s. different story for scotland, behind that weather front, cold air is set to arrive. now that front sinks south through the night, it will weaken off just a touch but behind it we'll see some of those showers turning wintry, even at around 100 metres. by tomorrow, we will see the weather front, a weak affair, pushing its way steadily south, a band of cloud, the odd spot or two of rain but it is all to do with the wind direction and strength tomorrow. gusts in excess of 30 to a0 mph, coming all the way down from the north. a noticeable difference with the feel of the weather — temperatures disappointing

for the time of year. hello this is bbc news. iam carrie i am carrie gracie. the headlines: british based airlines say they've been told to bring in a 14—day quarantine for passengers arriving in the uk — the new restriction is expected to take effect at the end of this month. russia has marked the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii, known to russians as the great patriotic war — but without the planned parade of soldiers and veteran. people who need to travel into a workplace in england, are to be urged to consider to walk and cycle more in a move to protect the public transport network. china's president has expressed concern about the coronavirus situation in north korea and has offered to help.