this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. families‘ joy as spain begins to ease one of europe's strictest lockdowns. from all of us, spending so much time. and today is a very happy time for us all. borisjohnson defends his plan to relax the lockdown in england —— at a faster rate than the rest of the uk. in the united states president trump announces virus testing for more americans. plus, making the best of life in lockdown. from puppies to plastic doors, how people are finding

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. we begin in spain, where the first stages of a reopening plan took effect today. customers can now order a drink at an outdoor cafe, and churches and mosques can open their doors. but may other restrictions remain in place. spain has been one of europe's worst hit countries, with more than 200—thousand infections and 26—thousand deaths. so any taste of freedoms is being savored, as damian grammaticas reports. old friends... back in their old places. for the first time in two

months today. this is locked down lifting spanish style. morning coffee flowing again, national rituals restarting. breakfast outdoors is a treat she has been dreaming of. i love it, i am happy. ido dreaming of. i love it, i am happy. i do not mind spending all day at home no problem, but breakfast, i have to have outside. spain begin relaxing controls on everywhere life. population 200,000 from today in phase one of spain's easing. two hours way, madrid is under tight restrictions and barcelona in about half the country. the family live a couple hundred metres away from their two aunts. and until today, they have not been able to visit them. now, up to ten people family

and friends can gather where easing is allowed. xoxox. —— xoxox. started to walk. it is amazing. for all of us. so much time and today is all of us. so much time and today is a very happy day for us. the grandparents are not allowed to be pa rt grandparents are not allowed to be part of this. that will come, but still for this family and for half of spain moving to phase one, it is after a ll of spain moving to phase one, it is after all the dark days, something to celebrate.

it's notjust spain that's seeing a gradual return to some form of normality. in italy fewer than 1,000 people with coronavirus are currently in intensive care — for the first time in two months. french shops and primary schools — in the majority of regions — are re—opening after the country was divided last week into green and red zones and in the netherlands, some hairdressing and beauty salons welcomed back customers after weeks of being shut. meanwhile here in the uk, borisjohnson and his colleagues have sought to provide answers to some of the many questions asked, about the prime minister's plan, to relax the lockdown in england. the government has published a 50—page document, which would work on condition that people follow the rules. scotland, wales and northern ireland have their own powers over the lockdown and they say it's too soon to relax measures to the same extent. this report from our political editor, laura kuenssberg.

was the day any different? 0n the wild yorkshire coast? 0n the quiet manchester commute? to a few more travellers on london's lines, all trying to work out what the slow train to a new normal looks like, with many questions tonight put direct to the prime minister. yesterday, you left the nation with more questions than answers. why have you been so vague with who can start back at work and which businesses can reopen this week? it's when you come to take small steps back to normality, as we are now, that clearly, the message becomes finer, more complicated. where schools have remained accessible to children of key workers, are they now expected to allow children to return where their parents are from industries that are being actively encouraged to return to work? if not, how do you propose these people return to work if there is no childcare available? i think it is only fair to regard that as an obvious barrier to their ability to go back to work and i'm sure that employers

will agree with that. how is it logical that i, as a primary school teacher, can mix with the many returning children, but seeing my relatives is still not allowed? people can see somebody who isn't in their household, but you have to do it one on one, outdoors, and obeying social distancing. earlier, there were plenty of questions from mps too. the prime minister made no bones about the complexity but the opposition, like many of the public, wants crystal clear messages too. what the country needs at 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. it is obvious that the last 24 hours have spread confusion. what the public desperately needs today is to be given some clarity. mr speaker, lives are at risk so politicaljudgments and verdicts on this weekend's chaos will have to wait for another day. there is now a three nations approach. wales, scotland and northern ireland all agree on policy and message, and i mean this with no malice but for the sake of clarity, can he confirm that on almost everything he has announced today, the prime minister is acting as the prime minister of england? no, mr speaker, 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 to reflect differences in those areas. in number 10, there has

been worry for weeks, not just about the disease, of course, but about how to keep the public onside when a new phase begins with more complicated instructions. those concerns were well placed. there are, prime minister, different instructions for people in different parts of the uk. you can see your colleagues if you go to work, but grandparents can't look after their children. many employers say they are just not ready to have people back to work yet. so what do you say to millions of people watching right now who may well be a bit perplexed about what you're actually trying to say, and what they are meant to do? yes, of course the message that we were giving out initially was incredibly clear and incredibly stark and the uk population actually obeyed it more thoroughly perhaps than many other populations around the world. we really did stay at home. we need to make progress if we possibly can in relaxing some of the measures

very, very cautiously. the elastic bonds between westminster, belfast, edinburgh and cardiff are certainly being stretched and, in private, frustration among tory mps is bubbling up too. 0ne cabinet minister confided the situation was so complicated, they feel like they almost cannot win, but no question, unease about the government's handling of the crisis is certainly starting to spread. this emergency is on such a scale, it is impossible for the course to be smooth, but when lives and livelihoods are both at stake, political anxiety is running high too. there are now more than four million coronavirus infections around the world — and and a quarter of all those cases are in the us, where nearly eighty thousand people have died. the virus has even hit the white house,

with two cases there. it's now compulsory to wear masks in the west wing —— for almost everyone. and as president trump pushes us states to reopen, he's just announced more coronavirus testing for americans. the bbc‘s nada tawfik has the latest. at gourmet burgers in phoenix, this is what the new normal looks at. boots taken out, barriers in place for safety. arizona became the latest state on monday to allow restau ra nts latest state on monday to allow restaurants to reopen since the coronavirus. he was easy to make eager to welcome customers back inside, but like so many others, still worries about his restaurant possible survival. it is difficult to worry about making just enough money to keep the lights on and keep all of our employees. another number of small businesses in arizona say they will not open their doors until medical experts say it is safe to do so. medical experts say it is safe to do so. the same debate is playing out across the country as many states go

ahead with reopening their economies. in new york, the epicentre of the virus in the us, the governor says the state was right back to where it started its journey. hospitalizations have retreated at the same levels as when the lockdown began nearly two months ago. we are on the other side of the mountain, we got hit with the virus, we saw that incline, use of the numberof we saw that incline, use of the number of cases growing, so the number of cases growing, so the numberof number of cases growing, so the number of deaths growing and we finally hit a plateau because we did what we needed to do and we changed out what we needed to do and we changed our behaviour and we closed down and we turned the corner and the started to come down the other side endows the decline, and now the decline has gotten to a point where we are just about where we started the journey. u pstate about where we started the journey. upstate regions will be allow to partially reopen but it would take weeks or the city, but when new york is taken out of the

equation, the z to reach its peak but it is gearing up its response. of the past two days, work has been under way to convert the convention centre into a temporary hospital. it is not ready to take patients that officials hope it will never need. even the white house is rushing to contain the virus, several are now quarantined on some level. contain the virus, several are now quarantined on some levelm contain the virus, several are now quarantined on some level. it is they had an enemy, remember that. things happen. but the three tested negative, one tested positive but he will be fine. never before have the face such an economic emergency without a cure or vaccine, it is possible to know how long it will last. —— impossible. let's bring in the bbc‘s katty kay who joins us now from washington.

positive tests in the white house sounds like the title to an airport thriller. how are people going to be reassured that their offices are safe if you were in the west wing has cases of the coronavirus. there are some reporting that there may be more and that there is a fear that once two people test positive in those very cramped confines of the west wing that i've been in there and it is very hard to pass and it is very hard to pass anyone at about two feet difference, let alone six feet difference from them. how much further as a garden inside the west wing. you're being tested every single day if you work in the white house and you are now having to wear masks as well but i think a lot of americans might look at that and say look, with this kind of precautions and that level of testing, how do i know in my newly reopened office that it know in my newly reopened office thatitis know in my newly reopened office that it is safe to go back to work. and donald trump was unhappy with some of the reporters at the news conference. this is a whole event about testing, sign saying that we

leave the road and testing a lot of american flags, and of $11 billion being spent and running through how much testing is going on in the country and in the last minute of the press conference, a reporter from cbs news asked a question about how we can say things are going well with some people are dying in in the country and his reaction was asked china. ina country and his reaction was asked china. in a report from cnn who called on asking questions, hejust cut her off and walked out. and this becomes the story the people talk about the minute clip that that paved the final minute of the conference instead of what it was being brought about, whether the president was stepping on is a message thereby getting into a row with the press. looks like a very long year, the 19th century did you hear elections for campaigns were

seen as hear elections for campaigns were seen as beneath the dignity of candidates to go out and ask for votes. they would receive people standing almost at the front doors. we have a bunker or a basement for the from porch campaign withjoe biden and donald trump?|j the from porch campaign withjoe biden and donald trump? ijust love the you trot out these references at the you trot out these references at the drop of a hat. are we going from porch? no, not from porch unless you consider, and the people having from porch cocktails probably define the lockdown at the moment. you've got joe biden in his basement hockey have an election committee can either vote electronically or by mailand we are either vote electronically or by mail and we are not sure how many people feel comforted by voting in person, even come november. thank you so much. let's get some of the day's other news the usjustice department is looking at whether to bring hate

crime charges in the killing of ahmaud arbery. the 25 year old black man was shot and killed while he was out for a run in georgia. two white men were arrested for his killing, but only after a national outcry about the handling of the case. iran says that one of its warships mistakenly fired a missile at another iranian ship during a naval exercise near the strait of hormuz. the iranian army reports that 19 sailors were killed and another 15 were injured. the country's state broadcaster says, that the support ship stayed too close after releasing a target and was then hit. india has announced a limited re—opening of its train network after seven weeks of lockdown, despite signs that the pandemic continues to spread. the country recorded its biggest single—day jump in coronavirus cases on sunday— and the health ministry has announced that at least 2,206 people have died from the virus. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how plans to impose a mandatory quarantine on travellers arriving

in the uk is causing concern for the aviation industry.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines. spain and some other european countries start to ease their lockdowns after two months of lockdown in the united states president trump announces virus testing for more americans. the russian government has announced that it will ease its coronavirus lockdown from tuesday —— saying the country must get back to work. that's despite having the third—highest number of coronavirus infections worldwide and registering its highest daily increase on monday. the easing of restrictions will affect all sectors of the economy, but mr putin said some regions may keep tighter controls if necessary. reged ahmad reports. moscow's exhibition centres being set up as a mass hospital for coronavirus patients. the country is experiencing a new search and case

numbers as the infection tightly surpasses both italy and france. so it may come as a bit of a surprise that president putin has announced an easing of the country's lockdown. starting from may 12, wherever possible, it is necessary to create conditions for the restoration of work as enterprises and the basic sectors of the economy. in the televised address, the president said that the fight against the pandemic would not end, but it was time to get back to work. the economy here has been hit hard by the falling price of oil and like other countries around the world, the lockdown has hurt too many of russia's covid—19 cases have been in the capital, so it was announced that moscow's lockdown would remain for now. throughout the whole country, any mass events should not ta ke country, any mass events should not take place and everyone needs to

strictly comply with sanitary rules. this complies to the work organisation enterprises, shops, the service and transport sector. the government puts a tiny case numbers to an increase in testing and its death toll has remained relatively low too, but the government critics of questions those death rates, believing the total to be far higher. russia marked its world war ii victory day celebration on the weekend and locked down with the normal parade postponed. the russian presidents of the countries exit from coronavirus restrictions will be gradual. but there will be a fear that russia is moving towards a post—lockdown future far too quickly. the british government has decided that plans to impose a 14—day quarantine on people flying into the uk should be extended to people arriving by other means.

but there's no start date for the arrangement. passengers arriving from france and the republic of ireland would not be affected. the head of iag, the company which owns british airways, has warned the quarantine measures will mean flights won't resume in any meaningful way. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge reports from london's stansted airport. flying is changing. this is the new norm at stansted and manchester airports. thermal cameras which check your temperature will become more common too. these people arrived on a flight from berlin today, which was half full. soon, anyone arriving in the uk from anywhere apart from ireland and france will have to self—isolate for two weeks. i think it's necessary. i think we should all have a quarantine because they are doing it also in germany. it's a really nice idea but they are late again.

normally stansted would have 500 flights in a day. today there were just 16. it is hard to think forward to the summer and imagine this busy. but airlines warn many people simply won't want to travel if they have to self—isolate when they get home. with their planes stacked up and static, british airways, like other airlines, is haemorrhaging cash. the boss of its parent company today said a quarantine was a further kick in the teeth. we had been planning to resume on a pretty significant basis our flying in july. i think we will have to review that based on what the prime minister said yesterday. around 100,000 people have arrived in the uk since the lockdown began seven weeks ago. 0pposition mps say the government failed to prevent

more cases getting in. there were cases conceded all across the country over a period of months by not taking measures at 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—19 in the uk. the travel quarantine is expected to take effect at the end of this month. if people cannot provide an address when they arrive then they will have to self—isolate in government accommodation. tom burridge, bbc news, stansted airport. finding ways to be together while we're apart isn't easy — though millions of us did our best on mother's day. but zooming really isn't the same as human contact. so there's a lot of ingenuity out there right now. laura trevelyan reports on what americans are doing to get by. people have been finding new and

creative ways to live for social distancing. this is the new cloud happy hour. from this makeshift bar on the streets of harlem in new york, to this homemade plastic place in indiana, giving hugs to her students. i am so happy to see you! how are you? these puppies are taken to visit the elderly in the facility. walking outside so we can see and ask questions about them at this give me a little bit of a break in the action. they desperately want to pet them so they can come asleep at them to the glass. it is sad and happy all of the same time and unfortunately, those of the times we are in right now. and robots help arizona state university students of the graduation ceremony. congratulations. we're so proud you. thank you so much. this is more

exciting. absolutely. and julie was able to get her big day after all. wait for this. before we go —— 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 cyberdog. please stay at least one metre apart. 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. iimagine i imagine they all obey. if you have

been barked at by a cyber dog, please let me know. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. hello again. we've got another few cool days coming before the weather turns mild or as we head into the weekend. the sudley picture shows some extreme falls of rain here in the satellite picture to the north of the uk, which is a lot of cloud working in scotland, the cloud of spring insurance at the moment and it will continue over the next few hours and mostly across northern scotla nd hours and mostly across northern scotland and elsewhere, it is largely drive the bit of cloud towards eastern areas that stays quite breezy and that you keep the temperature for the most part above freezing but, with clear skies and well as imports the mittens in southwest england, these are the areas were most legacy temperatures

drop low enough to give us some frost to start the day on tuesday. high—pressure and cold fronts and diving southwards into scotland as the day goes by. for many of us, bright start to the day was a some sunshine and destined to be cloudy here and there is a risk of view showers working into perhaps northwestern areas of england and there's a court from bringing rain and probably a bit of snow into parts of scotland and northern ireland, england and wales, through the afternoon, as the court from work southwards, we get colder air, five to six celsius turning to snow for a five to six celsius turning to snow fora time, five to six celsius turning to snow for a time, with three showers follow to shetland and it will be a colder day for those far northern areas compared to monday. high—pressure is still there on wednesday but eventually, it will start to bring in a northwesterly flow of air start to bring in a northwesterly flow ofairand start to bring in a northwesterly flow of air and eventually turn a bit milder but the court is still feels its way southwards down the north sea. so, on wednesday, the

northerly winds probably bring in a slight drop temperatures towards eastern england and again, there will be some great weather around turning quite cloudy for a time during the afternoon and across western areas they'll start to see the temperatures begin to lift a little bit with highs of up to 15 degrees in cardiff and plymouth may be 12 or so degrees in cardiff and plymouth may be 12 orso in degrees in cardiff and plymouth may be 12 or so in glasgow. as we head towards the end of the week and the weekend, high—pressure keeps them in the dry weather and eventually that sta rts the dry weather and eventually that starts to the client and get this with her friends just toppling and across the north of the high—pressure, bringing its in figure cloud though ultimately bring the threat of rain this week into parts of scotland but for most of us, it will be turning milder in this weekend.

this is bbc world news. the headlines... some european countries has cautiously begun to lift its lockdown, with millions back in work after eight weeks of restrictions. gatherings of up to 10 people are allowed in spain. the british government has given more details of its plans to relax the coronavirus restrictions in england. it wants people who can't work from home to return to work from wednesday, but said they should avoid public transport. president trump has denied that the system broke down at the white house after a member of his own deputy‘s staff tested positive for the coronavirus. all staff working in the west wing have been told to wear facemasks at all times in the building. the us justice department is considering federal hate crimes charges over the death of unarmed blackjogger ahmaud arbery in georgia in february. the case sparked national outrage when video of the death emerged last week.