this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. large parts of europe start to ease lockdown conditions, with businesses reopening and children heading back to school there's a warning from germany, progress against the virus remains fragile, as infection rates go up. britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, defends his plan for easing the lockdown in england, amid claims there's a lack of clarity. we are now asking people to stay alert, control

the virus, and save lives. and, yes, staying alert for the vast majority of people still means staying at home as much as possible. south korea closes all bars and clubs in seoul after dozens of new coronavirus infections. welcome. let's take a look at the situation in parts of europe where lockdown conditions are being eased in several countries, including france, germany and spain. businesses are starting to reopen and children are heading back to school. as countries enter new phases of dealing with the pandemic, governments are working out how they can balance giving people more freedom, while continuing to limit the spread of the virus. spain's foreign minster spoke to the bbc about the gradual steps his country is now taking out of lockdown. we start today. we hope to end by the 30th ofjune, and we'll walk through a gradual opening of social contacts,

shops, businesses and so on. but also, asymmetric. some parts of the country are in a better position to move faster than other parts of the country. always, always looking at data related to the progression of the pandemic. and data related to the capacity of our health care system to confront new cases. this is why we will do this gradually, responsibly, and — with a lot of prudence — putting people and their health first. some hotels in spain have been granted special permission to reopen providing they follow strict social distancing guidelines. here's one hotel manager in madrid. translation: health and safety measures are being taken both for the employees and the guests who come to the hotel to ensure that everything will go smoothly. from when they enter at the check—in area, there is safety distance, masks,

disinfectant gel for both employees and customers, and there are some security screens to avoid any contact with the virus. france is starting to lift many of its restrictions after one of the longest lockdowns in europe. most shops and businesses have re—opened after almost two months of lockdown. but there's been no rush to use public transport as large numbers of people continue to work from home. our correspondent, hugh schofield, sent us this update from paris. after exactly eight weeks of lockdown, this is what de—confinement means in paris. in the cinemas, two months old posters of films that have long been forgotten. on the champs—elysees, some traffic. at the vuitton store, a small line of people. and in the metro, some coming and going with posters up saying that people have to wear masks and please avoid the rush hour. if borisjohnson is looking to france for some kind of guidance about what it looks like to come out of lockdown on a given day set in advance as a deadline, then this is something of a clue. if you also tell people

that they should really continue as far as possible, stay working from home and, only cautiously, then people will follow that because this is not a big return to what it was like before. it's a very gradual, very partial return to activity. —— and to come out. in germany, politicians have expressed concern that conspiracy theories are helping fuel anti—lockdown protests seen over the weekend in several cities. infections appear to be on the rise in germany, just days after chancellor angela merkel announced an easing of lockdown restrictions. for more on that here's jenny hill in berlin. the news over the weekend is that the reproduction rate of the virus has risen above the value of one. statistically speaking it means for every person who has the virus, they will pass onto one of person and it is being used by a lot of countries as a determining factor to see just how likely that virus is to spread exponentially. the general acceptance is below one, the virus is under control.

above one, it becomes a problem. it's risen above one twice over the weekend. on the face of it you'd think that's cause for huge alarm and yes, the government, scientists, experts are worried but it is also worth pointing out that this reproduction rate is based on data which is relatively old. so, it doesn't really reflect the situation at the moment. it's also a figure which tends to fluctuate a lot and scientists here say actually, those fluctuations increase the lower the number of actual cases, and the number of new daily cases here is continuing to fall. here in the uk the government has been clarifying the rules on relaxing its lockdown, after announcing new measures yesterday. in the past hour the prime minister borisjohnson explained the new rules for england in the daily coronavirus briefing, here's what he had to say. what we are saying is you can go to the park to exercise on your own certainly in

an unlimited way. you can go with members of your own household. but if you want to meet somebody from outside your household, it's has got to be you and that other person just asa pairand to be you and that other person just as a pair and you should observe social distancing while you are there and it should basically be a one on one thing but with social distancing. it is very important for people to take exercise whenever they can. that is very good for health generally also good for mental health. the second is we recognise we are going to have to do changes for a long period of time and making things sustainable is extremely important. and the third reason is that the scientists on the sage group looked at this and are confident that the risks of transmission outdoors or much lower than the risk of transmission indoors but they are not zero.

let's ta ke let's take a look at these new rules then. the government published a 50 page document outlining the three phases of gradually restoring a kind of normality. the rules only apply to england because scotland, wales and northern ireland are largely maintaining the advice to stay at home. from wednesday, people in england can go outdoors as often as they want. that can be for exercise or to sit in a park for instance. you can meet with one person outside your household provided you keep two metres apart. you're asked to work from home if possible. if you can't, you can go to work in certain sectors from wednesday. but this doesn't apply to hairdressers or non essential retail. and you should try to avoid public transport. you're advised to wear face coverings in enclosed spaces where the two—metre rule can't be applied, like in shops or public transport. from the 1st ofjune, a phased return for schools and nurseries in england will begin, with the ambition of all primary

school pupils returning for a month before the summer break. more shops will also be able to open and some sporting events will be able to take place behind closed doors. from july, the prime minister says hairdressers, some bars and restaurants and leisure facilities could then open. this timetable for releasing the lockdown is however dependent on the number of new coronavirus cases continuing to fall. in the latest 24—hour period, 210 people have died from coronavirus across the uk, the figure is usually lower straight after the weekend. and for the first time borisjohnson gave a coronavirus briefing to the house of commons today. laura kuenssberg was watching. (tx sot) this is a severely difficult bounce astray. there could be no mistake by proceeding to find two festivals of the government is submitting to the house a plan which is conditional independent as always on the common sense and observance of the british people and on continual reassessment of the data. disbelief from labour

that after last night even after the publication of a fuller plan today, some vital guidelines are still not ready. what the country needs this time is clarity and reassurance. and at the moment both are in pretty short supply. and at the heart of the problem it seems is that the prime minister made a statement last night before the plan was written or at least finalised and that has caused considerable confusion. and whether it's near empty parks in cardiff or deserted beaches of aberdeen, the administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland are taking a different path sticking to the stay at home message with sharp political disagreement. there is now a three nations approach, wales, scotland and northern ireland all agree on policy and message. and imean all agree on policy and message. and i mean this with no malice but for the sake of clarity, can he confirm to almost everything he has announced today, the prime minister is acting as the prime minister of

england? know i reject that completely, it is very good advice for the entire population of the united kingdom though i perfectly respect the inflections and variations that may be necessary both locally, regionally, and nationally. the elastic bonds between westminster, belfast, edinburgh and cardiff are certainly being stretched and in private frustration among tory and pieces bubbling up too. one cabinet minister confided the situation is so minister confided the situation is so complicated they feel like they almost can't win. but no question unease about the governments handling of the crisis is certainly starting to spread. but sweetheart put a call correspondent rob watson. the past 24 correspondent rob watson. the past 2a hours the government has come under criticism about confusion. have things now starch to become clear? i would if the earning the word

mockery as well if you have looked at social media, there has been a lot of fun had at the government's expense of its new messaging of stay alert and set of said home and that is never good for any government. i think it is fair to say that people —— things have steady down in the sense that borisjohnson has a fine tune his argument so basely to say that what is their strategy, it is a cautious conditions based phased careful easing of the lockdown for some and then on that issue of the messaging that somehow it is all very confusing he is saying it is bound to be more complicated than just telling people to stay at home because we at our asking people to ta ke because we at our asking people to take as he put it baby steps back to work. the government has also published some of the guidelines that the opposition were asking for. i think that and... i think the problem the government has had the

last few days in its messaging, where people to expect a new ease of conditions or not has not helped and opposition parties have been saying we don't disagree with the government's approach, phased control of the lockdown makes sense. we understand the dilemma the government is facing but we kind of worry about mrjohnson and the government's competence. refi on that last point for people around the world, there is a nuance here on what the prime minister of the uk says doesn't necessarily apply to wales, northern ireland and scotland. —— rob on that last point. the government has three problems, it is just the government has three problems, it isjust dealing the government has three problems, it is just dealing with the virus without a vaccine or cure that applies to every government. secondly is that critique from the opposition that you wonder about the government's competence given its record and this other issue is a bit

of the uk going its own way. i don't know if that would matter if it was donein know if that would matter if it was done ina know if that would matter if it was done in a very amicable way but of course in many ways the governments in scotland and wales are of a different colour, of different partners to the ones in westminster and the fact that they are criticising mrjohnson saying they think he is moving too fast is not a great book. it is worth saying of course that the government in the last two minutes emphasising there is more that unites bits of the uk then divides but it is not a great book. rob, thanks. we will come back to you in a second. the government has extended plans to impose a 14—day quarantine on people flying into the uk — to other means of transport too. but there's no date yet for when that will start. and passengers arriving from france and the republic of ireland will be exempt. our transport correspondent, tom burridge, reports. it's hard to think forward to the summer and imagine this, busy. but airlines warn that many people simply won't want to travel if they have to self—isolate

when they get home. around 100,000 people have arrived in the uk since the lockdown began seven weeks ago. opposition mps say the government failed to prevent more cases getting in. they allowed cases to be seeded all across this country over a period of months by not taking measures on the border and quarantining earlier. the government says the relatively small numbers of flights and passengers means the number of cases of the virus which could have come in would have had a minimal impact on the overall prevalence of covid—i9 in the uk. the travel quarantine is expected to take effect at the end of this month. if people can't provide an address when they arrive, they'd have to self—isolate in government accommodation. let's speak to rob watson again.

significant measures there. this could be financially very difficult indeed for the airlines. absolutely and worth bearing in mind that i think the airline business in this country employs about i think the airline business in this country employs abouti million people, that is that all the various other industries that supply meals to the plans and all that kind of thing. it's a huge deal and of course we are remembering is wealth that britain is one of the top destinations in europe for tourism. anything that affects the international tourism business here is going to put a massive strain on the economy that is trying to recover from the lockdown. you would not be surprised to hear that tourism industry, airline industry, everything to do with travel are very worried indeed. thanks for that, rob. stay with us on oustide source, still to come: all bars and clubs in seoul have been told to close after dozens of new coronavirus infections.

people from the north east and elsewhere in england who travel to scotland for anything other than essential purposes are "potentially in breach of the law". scotland's first minster said there was no need for "confusion", even as different lockdown rules come into effect in different parts of the uk. nicola sturgeon says that in scotland, the "lockdown remains in place for now". last night, the prime minister set out some of the detail of his plan for easing restrictions in england. more of the detail on that has emerged this morning and will continue to come out during the course of today. i want to reiterate that those announcements do not apply yet here in scotland. and that is not, let me stress, for any political reason. it is because the scottish government is not yet confident that these changes can be made safely in scotland yet without running the risk of the virus potentially running out

of control again. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. large parts of europe have start edto ease lockdown conditions, with businesses reopening and children heading back to school all bars and clubs in seoul have been told to close after dozens of new coronavirus infections — all of which were traced back to one man's night out last weekend. ros atkins has been looking at this. hi ros. hi lewis. south korea has made more progress than most in containing the coronavirus. this new outbreak is, at the least, a set back. a 29—year—old man is at the centre of it. the weekend before last he visited several clubs and bars — and since then has tested positive.

that's an issue because more than 7,000 people were in the clubs and bars where he went. and already, 86 of them have tested positive themselves. south korea has very effectively used a trace and track approach since this pandemic began. it's done that here too — already over 3000 people have been contacted in the last three days. and the authorities want to reach at least another 2000. that may be hard. while everyone going to these places had to give their name and numbers before going in — some left false details. let's hear from our correspondent in seoul, laura bicker. the thing to remember is seoul and south korea has never had a lockdown. so people at the height of the outbreak were asked to stay at home, work from home where possible, but there's never been a lockdown. these nightclubs were opened on april 19th. the entire party district was opened. you were allowed to go clubbing if you wore a mask, if you wrote down your name and contact number at the door,

and if you used hand sanitiser. but after the long holiday weekend, the district was completely packed. there appears to have been, yes, an outbreak at a number of clubs. the complication is that, when it comes to south korea's ultimate challenge of testing, of tracing, of isolating, they've proved so good at it, but right now they are trying to trace a number of people who may not want to come out, and the reason for that is because being gay in south korea is extremely difficult. we've done a number of articles on it in bbc world. when it comes to coming out, you can sometimes lose your family and lose yourjob, so many people, yes, have perhaps given false names at the door and may be reluctant to come forward. health officials are emphasising that all they want to do is catch the virus. they say every test will be private. you don't have to give your name. but they are also warning that if you don't come forward and it's

found out that you have infected others, you could face a fine of up to $2000. here's more from laura on twitter — this time about the reassurances that the authorities are offering. the seoul mayor has said... the search for the missing 2000 also plays into the debate around privacy — south korea argues the amount of people's data that it's accessing is justified by efforts to contain the virus. and again we're seeing this approach. they will use bank records, cctv, phone numbers attached to credit cards, and phone tracking to try and find everyone who was in these bars and clubs. this is how seoul's mayor describes

the importance of this search. translation: the next two or three days will be a critical moment which decides if seoul will be infiltrated or not. if it is, then the republic of korea will be infiltrated. trace and track relies on keeping on top of the cases. this outbreak is of course a test of that. here's what president moon has said. translation: the infection cluster which recently occurred in entertainment facilities has raised awareness that, even during the stabilisation phase, similar situations can arise again anytime, anywhere in an enclosed, crowded space. it's not over until it's over. while keeping enhanced alertness till the end, we must never lower our guard regarding epidemic prevention. well, all of this means that the re—opening of south korea's schools has been postponed by a week. and this seoul outbreak is also responsible for the biggest daily jump in cases in south korea

for several weeks. this though is all to be entirely expected. if you've listened to angela merkel in the last two weeks — you'll have heard her anticipating the possibility of something similar as the lockdown is eased in germany. this to and fro — localised outbreaks followed by a tightening of rules is likely to be part of life even in those countries which have had the most success in containing the virus. right now many governments are feeling their way — wanting to both contain the virus and wanting to return life to as close to normal as possible — and that balance is going to be constantly monitored and changed when need be. by the way, if you want more on this, i'd recommend the inquiry programme from bbc world service — it asks "what can the world learn from south korea? "a lot" is the short answer to that, the longer version

is available online. good stuff. thanks very much, roz. let's turn to china now where disneyland has reopened in shanghai. here you can see people arriving there after a four—month shutdown. vistor numbers have been reduced to allow for social distancing and as you can see people are having their temperature checked upon arrival. other disney theme parks around the world remain closed. it comes as china has seen declining virus cases for weeks and has been gradually easing restrictions. but the authorities are still working to stop further transmission of covid—i9 with some reported new cases. here's a spokesman from china's national health commission. translation: in the past 14 days, new confirmed local cases have been reported in seven provinces and the number of local cluster infections continues to rise. we need to identify the source of the infections and their roots,

trace and manage all close contacts, treat patients in isolation and keep them under observation. this way, we can cut the transmission chain. —— and their routes. to have originated — five new locally—tra nsmitted cases in wuhan — where the covid—i9 outbreak is thought to have originated — five new locally—tra nsmitted cases of the virus have been confirmed, and in total 17 new cases were registered across china — the highest number in a fortnight. our correspondent robin brant has more on the situation in wuhan. five new cases being reported there. apparently, this around one housing compound and apparently, it's linked to an 89—year—old man who first fell ill with this new type of the virus back in march. he stayed at home, we're told, wasn't treated at hospital, but since then, there have been a number of cases related to that compound in the double digits. in the last 2a hours, we're seeing five new reported cases here at that single compound. so, in wuhan — remember the city that stayed in lockdown for 76 days, it's been open to the world

for about a month now — but a spike there, a resurgence, the case number is very small but nonetheless, it will be hugely concerning because it is new, fresh cases emerging domestically. now before we go i'd like to show you a restaurant as singapore prepares to ease lockdown restrictions on businesses — parks there have recruited a new helper to remind visitors to maintain their social distance — in the form of a cyber—dog. the robot — made by us— based boston dynamics — has been programmed to bark social distancing instructions at visitors — with the help of a camera to monitor how busy the footpaths are. now before we go i'd like to show you a restaurant in sweden which has taken social distancing to new lengths... by catering for just one guest at a time. the establishment, called table for one, consists of a single table and chair set out in a meadow and has no waiting staff.

don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. good evening, temperatures are slowly but surely going to climb over the coming days. but it is going to be a slower process and certainly we started the week on a cold note. the air coming down from the north you can see the lumps of cloud on the satellite pushing from the north toward the south. seen one or two showers today. a lot of dry weather as well and spots of sunshine and that translates into some clear skies through the night. still one or two of those showers, particularly across scotland some wintry over high ground. a few into northern ireland and perhaps the far north of england as well. temperatures generally speaking will be just above freezing in the big towns and cities for that

may be just below freezing in one or two spots could be a frost to take us into tomorrow morning for the high pressure to the west of the uk, this frontal system here is going to bring some rain tomorrow to northern scotland. and eventually a resurgence of cold. for most for england wales, northern island southern scotland is a largely dry day. not a lot of sunshine through the morning more cloud by afternoon. here comes frontal system, rain at first but on the back edge, the cold air digs in once again we are likely to see some snow over high ground in scotland was not not only over the mountains, even as far down as 100 metres above sea level. have some soap mixing in for the 5 degrees is your clock temperature in aberdeen for the 13 in glasgow and northern ireland, england and wales a lot of cloud developing and spreading out in the sky. some sunny breaks in the afternoon and not as windy as it has been across the south. as we go through tuesday evening our frontal system continues to push southwards — mostly rain may be a bit of snow. certainly wintry showers in northern scotland. wednesday the remains of our front will clear out for east anglia

on the southeast and is largely dry. some spells of sunshine again a lot of cloud by the afternoon. temperatures between seven and 15 degrees. still below par for this time of year. through wednesday into thursday this frontal system pushes across the north of the uk, behind that notice the white lines, they are not coming down from the north anymore. they are coming from the northwest. this is not by any means a warm place for our air to be coming from but it is at least a little bit less cold. temperatures slowly climb into thursday and friday. by the weekend and probably will turn quite a lot warmer. 22 degrees and possibly some rain at times in the northwest.

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the headlines... large parts of europe have started to ease lockdown conditions, with businesses reopening and children heading back to school. in paris, there was no great rush of people returning to work, with home working still the norm. germany has warned that progress against the virus remains fragile, as infection rates go up. politicians have expressed concern that conspiracy theories are helping fuel anti— lockdown protests seen over the weekend in several cities. the british prime minister boris johnson has been defending his plans to ease the lockdown in england amid claims there's been a lack of clarity. south korea has postponed re—opening schools as it scrambles to contain a new outbreak of coronavirus —— linked to seoul's nightlife scene. 86 new cases have been linked to a handful of venues in itaewon district, which is popular with the lg btq community. you are watching bbc news.