welcome to bbc news — i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: it's a disaster — president trump's handling of the pandemic is slammed by his predecessor barack obama. the uk's lockdown will only be eased with extreme caution says the government — with many already ignoring stay at home advice to soak up the sun. first social — now military — distancing. russians mark the anniversary of the end of world war ii from their windows after a red square parade is cancelled. and the pioneer of rock ‘n' roll, little richard dies aged 87.

hello. we begin in the us, where former president barack obama has described the current government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an ‘absolute, chaotic disaster‘. mr obama was speaking on a conference call to rally supporters behind joe biden's run for president. in a leaked recording he says: he then adds: and north america corresponded

peter bowes told me why mr obama's comments are significant. we haven't heard words like this, as strong as this from former president obama really since before president trump became president. he has pretty much stayed on the sidelines during the past three years of mr trump being in the white house. but we are a different time now and of course we're just six months away from the next presidential election and barack obama has endorsed his former deputy, joe biden, for the democrats as their candidate. i think this signals that president obama will not be quiet over the next six months. in fact, he is saying that he is going to do as much as he can to support his former number two, and the purpose apparently of this private conference call that he was having with his former colleagues was to encourage them to get involved in that campaign and to get behind mr biden. let's get to the substance then

of what barack obama was saying. criticism of the president echoed in other corners around the us. yes, and it really goes to the heart, you could say, of the personality of president trump, and you are absolutely right — we have heard these kind of criticisms before, that some of the decisions made by president trump have focused perhaps more on his chances at the next election and specifically pushing some of the states to open sooner than they might have wanted to. in other words, to, as the critics would see it, ignore the fact that this virus is still spreading, but want to get business moving again. and the number ofjob losses as we have been hearing the last couple of days, absolutely unprecedented, the harm to the economy, and this was something of course that you have heard a lot from president trump about before coronavirus, how good the economy was doing, and he still says that he believes it will start coming back in the third and fourth quarter, he expects the economy to be doing quite well considering what it has gone through over

the last few weeks. peter bowes there. one of the most famous football stadiums in the world, brazil's maracana in rio de janeiro has been re—purposed as a coronavirus hospital. the brazilian health minister has been to visit the new facility which will aim to provide around 400 beds in what is latin america's worst hit country. brazil has now recorded more than 10,000 deaths. despite rio being the second worst hit area in brazil, state governor wilson witzel has been reluctant to order a full lockdown. instead, he has called for better adherence to social distancing regulations. the british government says emerging from lockdown will be a gradual process, not a single leap to freedom. it comes as the prime minister prepares to address the nation on sunday evening, to set out the next phase in tackling the pandemic. the uk has the second highest number of confirmed deaths, after the us. british airlines have called for clarity after being told that the government will bring in a 14—day quarantine for anyone arriving in the uk.

here's our political correspondent ben wright. the balmy bank holiday weather brought people to the parks. in london, police tried to remind them of the rules. police radio while in leeds, the measures on social distancing were also being stretched in the sun. just walking to the car to get the dog's ball, people were just walking right close to you on the path, so you had to walk on the road to stay away from them. i think people are forgetting the seriousness of it all. i think we're getting to a point where we're finding it difficult being at home, but you can see why it's important to ensure that the lockdown continues for a little while longer. tomorrow, the prime minister will set out a road map for how england might leave the covid lockdown. and today, one of boris johnson's cabinet ministers said the government would proceed with extreme caution. importantly, it is true to say that moving beyond covid will be a gradual process,

not a single leap to freedom. so, when we do emerge, the world will seem quite different. the aviation industry is one of many reeling from the impact of the current coronavirus restrictions. airlines in the uk say they have been told the government will bring in a 14—day quarantine for anyone arriving from any country apart from the republic of ireland. if this is the scientific advice, then absolutely we will accept that. the health and safety of our passengers is paramount, but this will have a, you know, significant impact on our sector. nobody‘s going to want to travel if they have to go into quarantine for 14 days. secretary of state, can you confirm that anyone flying into uk airports will be told to quarantine for 14 days from the start of next month? a lot of people will wonder why this wasn't done weeks ago. now we have a situation where, as we get the r number — the reproduction number — down in the uk and we begin

to get things under control, and we now have the capacity, as we just discussed, in testing as well, it clearly then makes sense to look at what happens at the borders. i can't confirm is the answer. you will have to wait for the prime minister tomorrow night. the prime ministerfirst announced the current lockdown less than seven weeks ago. you should not be meeting friends. if your friends ask you to meet, you should say no. you should not be meeting family members who do not live in your home. you should not be going shopping except for essentials, like food and medicine. like everyone, boris johnson is weighing up risk — the need to protect the economy and people's liberty against the fear of a resurgent disease. ben wright, bbc news. president trump says the us government will buy $3 billion worth of produce from farmers and give the supplies to food banks. this appears to be part of a $19 billion support programme previously announced last month to help the agriculture industry get

through the coronavirus pandemic. farmers have been struggling with the sudden closure of restaurants with lots of crops going to waste. i'm nowjoined by paul allen who is co—owner of r c hatton farms in pahokee florida. thank you very much for being with us. i know this has been a very difficult time for you, just what are the difficulties you have been facing? well, the challenges are that a lot of the crops that we grow are primarily for foodservice. the crops that we grow are primarily forfoodservice. over the last six weeks, we have passed millions of pounds of green beans and cabbage and to mado ‘s and let us, crops that are primarily grown for foodservice. what difference for the support made from the government now? well, actually we're getting a lot of support from the american people with

everything that has been in the national media about us destroying crops. merrily stepping up to the plate. we need our government to help us with what has happened over the past six weeks. they are a little late. there has been millions of dollars that has been lost and so far the government has come forth with very little to help us. we are asking our president to help us with what has happened over the past six weeks. what do you make then of this announcement that the government will be buying that produce? the president, government needs to be aware that actually the american are starting to help us. american are starting to help us. you know, they need to help us us. you know, they need to help us of what has happened over the last six weeks. we don't need them to buy produce now. the american people onto the plate. our produce is now moving and doing good but they need to help us with what has happened happened over the last six weeks. this so we have painful of what the american people have done in buying produce and will projects to help the american farmer, and we are grateful for that. how

does the future look to you now? well, listen, i'm a little more encouraged now that we see that the american people have stopped buying foreign produce from mexico and a buying american produce from the stores and supporting american farmers. you can tell the difference with what they are doing right now, is phenomenal the way the american people are stepping up to the place to support the american farmers. we are encouraged about the future, especially with the restau ra nts future, especially with the restaurants now and the food service industry becoming open. as you mentioned, that foodservice industry crucial for farms like yours. and would you be calling for donald trump to give you more direct subsidies, cash in your hand? so we need direct payments from oui’ so we need direct payments from our government. they have only allocated from one crop of mine $125,000, that won't even cover one day cells for my company

from one crop. it is absently nothing compared to what the needs are in south florida and california where we feed our country in the winter months. paul allen, thank you so much for sharing your challenges with us and good luck to you. god bless, thank you. this is bbc news. our top story this hour: the former us president, barack obama, has described his successor‘s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as "an absolute chaotic disaster". i'm joined now by celinda lake, a political strategist who has advised many democratic party candidates — and is currently working with thejoe biden campaign. shejoins me from washington dc. you are working on thejoe biden campaign at the moment. let's just focus quickly on obama's specific comments about donald trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. they are strong, they are stark — what

do you make of them? well, they are strong and stark and impressive. the former president has never spoken out like this. it reflects, and i think really crystallises what people see about president trump's leadership in this crisis. he has been erratic, he has been unprepared, egotistical. and the consequence, the american public has paid the consequences and people with covid have particularly paid the consequences. having said that, he has triumphed with a certain segment of public opinion, for example, on the drive to reopen states and and lock dance? yes, he has faced criticism for that but lots of people support him on that. not lots of people. 62% of the people actually say that the lockout is going to fast and the health should be prioritised over the economy. now, of course americans would like to get moving and we are the instant open culture, so we

would always like something to happen right away. but it is really been remarkable, the degree to which people think, no, we should do this the right way. where is the testing? why are we still not prepared? and there should be a thoughtful and not erratic approach, not and not erratic approach, not an egotistical approach. what impact do you think this pandemic will have on the election? well, right now, the president has negative drop performance and his performance on the two is negative as well —— drought performance. the two have really messed together. the question is, do people think he does a betterjob in the recovery? if he does a recovery that is erratic and ill—prepared and does not work with governors and males, then we're going to another recurrence and then the problem will really, the public will really give up on him and say there is time for a change. the converse of that is that during this pandemic, we just converse of that is that during this pandemic, wejust have not had very much, joe biden,

because of events he has been squeezed out. and that will inevitably damage his campaign, will it? well, he is a head now. i'm not speaking for the campaign but the public polling shows that he is anywhere from five to nine points ahead. he is obviously very frustrated that he does not have more of a public platform but he has conferences public platform but he has co nfe re nces every public platform but he has conferences every day, that's everyday. this conference from former president obama was indeed at a biting event with the former president. i think he's getting his voice out. he gave an economic speech on friday, has laid out his plan for the recovery and what the criteria should be. are you will see continued presence, presents from vice president biden and i think the governor who echoed a. thank you very much for your thoughts. the self—proclaimed "architect of rock ‘n' roll" richard penniman, better known as little richard, has died of bone cancer at the age of 87. in a statement his lawyer said

"little richard passed away this morning in tennessee — he was loved by his family and adored by millions". david sillito looks back at his life. # wop—bop—a—loo—mop alop—bom—bom. # tutti frutti, oh rutti.# little richard and tutti frutti — nothing had sounded quite like this before. and while it would be going too far to say he invented rock and roll, he was certainly one of the founding fathers. i wanted to sound different. me and the young kids, we was tired of all those slow tracks, we wanted to boogie. lucille, long tall sally, good golly miss molly, his run of hits became rock and roll standards. of course, in 1950s america, his songs often reached a bigger audience when covered by white artists. did you know that elvis presley and pat boone sold more of tutti frutti than i did? and then, in 1957, he quit music to become a preacher. the tussle between god and the devil's music was a lifelong battle.

# lucille, baby, satisfy my heart... but he soon returned to the stage, and all around him — the beatles, the stones, james brown — you could see his influence everywhere. offstage, his private life was even wilder. but those who worked with him remember him with warmth. what you saw on stage and television, he was that way offstage. he was the king of the one—liners. he would always make you laugh. he had a beautiful heart. all the rock and roll legend stuff aside, he was a good man. and his place in musical history — we'll leave the last word to the man himself. i'm the king of rock and roll! my, my, my, my, ijust had to do that and i feel so much better i got it out! # tutti frutti, oh rutti. # awop—bop—a—loo—mop alop—bam—boom. #

brian hiatt writes for rolling stone magazine and is an expert on little richard and his rock'n'roll legacy. i was dancing away, rather embarrassingly, just listening and watching to all that. what is it about his music that was so captivating? i think for people who were young when little richard first appeared, when they heard him on the radio and they saw him on tv, and i've talked to these people and i've talked to these people and many of them grow up to be rock stars themselves, it was like seeing a visitor from the future, hearing a visitor from the future, hearing someone from a distant, much cooler planet. he just invented everything and put sexuality and freedom, liberation, into three minutes of explosive music. and, as you said, it sounds as fresh now as it did

decades ago. and it's kind of extraordinary. and so what you think his legacy will be now?|j think his legacy will be now?” think his legacy will be now?” think his legacy will be now?” think his legacy is five decades of rock ‘n' roll, in many ways, because it wouldn't have happened without him. it certainly wouldn't have happened in the same way without him. much of what we think of as a rock ‘n' roll is little richard. in the sense that both the music he wrote, tutti frutti, his first single, he transferred the beat into this straightahead act be that then dominated rock ‘n' roll on a purely musical level. on a much shorter level, on a spiritual level, if you think of rock ‘n' roll as more than music, as a sort of idea and their spirit, and a spirit of liberation and of rule breaking and daring, here was a man who was african—american in a segregated society who was gay ina segregated society who was gay in a society so homophobic that it often couldn't address the

issue at all, wearing make up, with his hair in a bouffant, and screaming his head off, nonsense syllables, and making young white girls scream over it, what can be more liberating than that? he had that huge personality and huge character on stage and in front of the tv cameras. what do you think he was like away from the stage and away from the cameras? so the one time i'd talked to him was on the phone a decade ago and it was for an obituary of the musician billy preston with whom he was friends. and the man eyes spoke to was soft—spoken, incredibly kind, gentle, and totally out of character —— spoke to. he wasn't doing nothing at all. if you know it. then we saw him doing so delightfully on camera just now. remember at the end he closed by very carefully giving mea he closed by very carefully giving me a phone numberfor one of billy preston's relatives and it was so surreal

just reading of the number very slowly, you have a pen and everything, it was just very kind and funny. it was very surreal having little richard give mea surreal having little richard give me a phone number. then he laughed and jumped into character. fascinating and a wonderful tail to finish. thanks you so much for talking to was, brian. that is brian hiatt there. thank you. president putin has led russia's commemorations of the defeat of nazi germany in the second world war, 75 years ago. the traditional military parade was cancelled because of the coronavirus, as steve rosenberg reports. in the skies over moscow, a display of power... ..and patriotism. victory day is always the day russia showcases itself as a great nation. but this year, something was different. down below,

red square was empty. no troops or military hardware. the main parade postponed due to coronavirus. russia is determined to make this a big celebration despite the pandemic. victory day is the country's most important national holiday, when russians remember not only the defeat of nazi germany but also the human cost of victory. president putin honoured fallen heroes and faced with a new threat — a virus — he called for national unity. "we know", he says, "that when we stand together, we are invincible." talking of invincible, in neighbouring belarus, president lu kashenko refused to cancel his victory day parade, despite belarus having one of the highest growth rates of coronavirus infections in europe.

back in russia, they've gone to great lengths to congratulate all the veterans locked down at home. instead of sending a card, the army sent this local hero a rocket launcher to his front door. 93—year—old vladimir doesn't need a rocket launcher — all he wants is for the pandemic to end. "the war was terrible", he says. "but at least we knew how to defeat the enemy. "no—one knows how to beat this virus." russia is proud of its victory in the war. it's hoping it can win this battle too. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. to switzerland now, where the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the poverty faced by many people, in one of the world's richest countries. switzerland is famous for its private banks and luxury watchmakers but for weeks hundreds

of people have been turning to food banks for vital supplies. rich preston has this report. as in many parts of the world, the coronavirus pandemic has hit poorer people the hardest. even here in switzerland, per capita, the ninth richest country in the world. in geneva, this ice rink has been converted to a food bank. volunteers sorting basic supplies for those in need. on saturday, people began lining up at 5:00 in the morning. by the time doors opened at 9:00am, the queue was over a kilometre long. last week, organises said 2,000 people had attended. swiss officials sayjust over 500,000 people in the country live in poverty, but the current crisis has exacerbated their problem, putting an immediate stop on many wages. translation: communities of workers in the domestic economy and catering have existed for a very long time.

this crisis brings them out because they are people who are paid by their work immediately, so if there is a lockdown, people cannot go to work and they won't receive money. many of those in need are migrants working in restaurants, cafes and homes. translation: at the end of the month, my pockets will be empty. we have bills to pay, insurance, everything. so we will feel it at the end of the month. this food distribution is great because there is food for a week, which is a week of relief. switzerland's story isn't unique. but one side of town, luxury watchmakers and jewellery shops, the offices of the united nations and the world bank, whilstjust a few kilometres away, hundreds queue up for basic food, bags of pasta, tins of soup, here, it is perhaps more stark. rich preston, bbc news.

and there is plenty more on the coronavirus on our website. you can also read this article written by one of the bbc‘s producers on how he used technology to stay in touch with his dying mother in hospital. she'd needed urgent surgery but had also been kept in isolation due to suspected covid—19. there's a guide to the technology he used to comfort her in her last waking moments at the bottom of the page. and just before a go. with zoos and aquariums closed to visitors in countries across the world, some animals are getting the chance to explore. this japanese aquarium in yokohama has shared these videos online of penguins doing their daily exercise around the grounds and getting the chance to meet neighbours, like seals. the aquarium also released footage of an otter being introduced to a beluga whale. they say the different activities help the animals and they hope the footage also entertains people in lockdown around the world.

that's it. get me. i'm on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones i'm lewis vaughan jones. i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello. it's hard to overstate just how different our weather will be by the end of sunday, certainly in the feel of things out there as it turns much colder across the uk. the cold accentuated by a strengthening wind as well. more cloud around, too, the chance of seeing a bit of rain. sunday begins with the cold air already in place in scotland, and then it surges south across the uk. cold arctic air coming our way, so very different from what we've had. now, these are the temperatures to start the day. already frosty across northern scotland, even a bit of snow lying to relatively low levels in some spots. icy in places, too. and early rain towards southern scotland and northern ireland will gradually clear away, and over scotland and northern ireland into the afternoon,

it's sunny spells, a few wintry showers peppering northern scotland. cloud and some patchy spreads south across england and wales. a chance, too, of seeing a bit of rain just brushing the far south—east, sussex and kent in particular, maybe the odd heavy shower for the channel islands and the far south—west. now, the winds are picking up all the while as the cold air moves south, gusting 30—110 mph, even a bit stronger towards north sea coasts and through the english channel later in the day. and temperatures to end the day in the range mainly of 6—10 degrees celsius, feeling colder in the wind. and even towards the south, where you end the day still with temperatures towards the high teens, the cold air does move in during sunday evening. and it's largely clear overnight and into monday morning bringing one or two wintry showers towards some north sea coasts. and temperatures dipping away to give on monday morning a widespread frostjust away from some windier spots across parts of eastern and southern england. and on monday, there will be some sunny spells around, but still the brisk and cold wind, still a chance of seeing a few showers that could be wintry in nature towards northern and eastern scotland along some north sea coasts.

temperatures look as if they've come up a little bit on monday, but particularly in that wind, it will still feel cold, and especially compared with what it's been like out there. high pressure close by throughout the week ahead, but the air still coming in from a chilly direction. frosty nights at least to start the week, so gardeners and growers take note. the cold wind will gradually ease. temperatures edge up a little bit, but still getting nowhere near where they've been.

this is bbc news, the headlines. president trump's handling of the pandemic has been described by his predecessor, barack obama, as "an absolute chaotic disaster". in a conference call with his former staffers mr obama accused the current administration of having a mindset of ‘what‘s in it for me and to heck with everyone else'. the british government says emerging from lockdown will be a gradual process, and the public should remember it's not a single leap to freedom. it comes as the prime minister boris johnson prepares to address the nation on sunday evening, to set out the next phase in tackling the pandemic. the self—proclaimed "architect of rock ‘n' roll" richard penniman, better known as little richard, has died. the legendary singer built his ground—breaking sound with a blend of boogie—woogie, rhythm and blues, and gospel. he died at the age of 87 after several years of poor health.