this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm james reynolds. the british prime minister defends his plan to relax the lockdown in england at a faster rate than the rest of the uk. it is very good advice for the entire population of the united kingdom. families' joy as spain begins to ease one of europe's strictest lockdowns. 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 ways to stay in touch.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments first we begin here in the uk —— boris johnson 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? on the wild yorkshire coast? on 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 political judgments 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. one 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. in spain the first stages of a reopening plan took effect on monday — but only for half of the population who live in less badly—affected areas. cafes and restaurants have re—opened outdoor terraces, and gatherings up to 10 people are now allowed. but 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 freedom is being savored, as damian grammaticas reports.

old friends... ..back in their old places. for the first time in two months today. this is lockdown 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. i do not mind spending all day at home, no problem, but breakfast, i have to have outside. spain began relaxing controls on everyday life. but not everywhere. 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. until today, they have not been able to visit them. now, up to ten people family and friends can gather where easing is allowed. hugs and kisses. from the time they've been separated. the baby has turned one and started to walk. it is amazing. for all of us. so much time with no touch and today is a very happy day for all of us. the 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 all the dark days, something to celebrate. it's not just 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. 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. booths taken out, markers on the ground and barriers in place for safety. arizona became the latest state on monday to allow restaurants to reopen since the coronavirus. the owner was eager to welcome customers back inside, but like so many others, still worries about his restaurant's survival. it is difficult to worry about making just enough money to keep the lights on and keep all of our employees. a number of small businesses in arizona say they will not open their doors until 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, we saw the 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 our behaviour and we closed down and we turned the corner and then we 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. upstate regions will be allowed to partially reopen this weekend, but it would take weeks or the city, but when new york is taken

out of the equation, the nation's capital has yet 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 now ready to take patients that officials hope it will never need. even the white house is rushing to contain the virus on its doorstep, after aides had tested positive, several are now quarantined on some level. it's the second time in two weeks that the numbers have gone upwards. to make it is gonna be a number of states that we expect will translate into more cases and deaths in ten days from now. never before have the face such an economic emergency without a cure or vaccine, it is impossible to know how long it will last.

the bbc‘s katty kay has more from washington on that postive test in the white house. how are people going to be assured that there may be more and that there is a fear that once two people test positive in those very cramped confines of the western wing i have been in there and it's very hard to pass anyone at about two feet distance, let alone six feet distance, let alone six feet distance from them. how much further has it gotten inside and you are being tested every single day if you work in the white house now and you're having do not wear masks as well. i think a lot of americans will look at that and see what this kind of precautions and that kind of testing, how do i know in my newly reopened office that it is safe to go back to work. president trump was unhappy with the view of the reporters at the news conference. yes, this was an event about testing

their big signs saying that america leads the world in testing and a lot of american flags and money being spent on testing, the president ran through how much his testing is going on in the country and in the last minute of the press conference, a reporterfrom cbs news asked the question about how he can say things are going so well for so many people are dying and his response was, asked china. he said why you asked china. he said why you ask me that and then a reporter who had called and started asking questions that he just cut her off and walked out. and that became the story the people talk about and i'll be the one minute clip does the final minute of the press conference in the testing which this is being built about the wonder of the president was stepping on his own message by getting into a row with the press of the last minute. and looking ahead to the election, feels like a very long year. the 19th century, do you remember election were from

porch campaigns as it was seen as beneath the dignity of candidates to go out and ask for votes, they would receive people standing on the front doors. a report of a bunker or if they iamiki iamik i love how you tried out these historical references it is so exciting. know we will not have a front porch, he considered two meters, i know the people having cocktails, define the lockdown at the moment. joe biden and his basement, how can you have an election? you can either vote in person, vote electronically or vote by mail. those are america's three choices and are not sure at how few will feel about voting in person. 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 borisjohnson says his plan to ease the lockdown in england faster than other parts of the uk is fit for purpose. spain and some other european countries start to ease their lockdowns after two months of lockdown 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 in 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—i9 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 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 its high 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 in lockdown 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. let's get some of the day's other news the us justice 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 in february. 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 i9 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. 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. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports from london's sta nsted airport. flying is changing. this is the new norm at sta nsted 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. opposition 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. finding ways to be together whilst everyone is apart isn't easy. but zooming or video calling really isn't the same as actual 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 while social distancing. this is the new club happy hour. from this makeshift bar on the streets of harlem in new york, to this homemade plastic place in indiana, through which she has been giving hugs to her students. i am so happy to see you! how are you? these puppies in missouri were taken to visit the elderly in the facility. walking outside so we can see and ask questions about them and give them 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 helped arizona state university students have their graduation ceremony. congratulations. we're so proud you.

thank you so much. this is more exciting. absolutely. so, julie was able to get her big day after all. if you enjoyed the puppies that piece, enjoy 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 stand at least one meter apart, thank you. 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. terrified! have you ever been

barked at by a cyber dog? you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. hello again. we've got another few cool days coming our way before the weather turns milder as we head into the weekend. at the moment, the satellite picture shows cloud in france that bring some extreme falls of rain here in the select picture to the north of the uk where there is a lot of cloud working into scotland and that cloud spring and shouts at the moment and will continue over the next few hours as well. mostly across northern scotland and largely drive the bit of cloud eastern areas that stays quite breezy as well in that you keep the temperatures for the most part above freezing but, with lighter winds and clear skies and bells in the middle and southwest england, these are the areas where most legacy temperatures drop low enough to frost on tuesday.

high—pressure still influencing the weather on tuesday but we still got a court front and diving southwards into scotland as the day goes by. a bright start of the day come early sunshine around in the terms to bea sunshine around in the terms to be a big cloudier through the day there is a risk of a few showers in the northwestern areas of england and wales in the same time we get this court from bringing in rain and the bit of snow into two parts of scotland. northern ireland and wales, 11 to 13 degrees and as the court from work southwards, forgive colder air with five or 6 degrees in the rain falling to snow for a with winter showers falling to shetland and it will be called that day for these far northern areas than it was compared with monday. eventually, it will start to bring in more of a south—westerly flow of air and eventually starts to turn a bit milder but the cold air since southwards done c. northerly winds bringing in a slight drop in temperature starts parts of

eastern england and again there will be some great weather around, probably turning quite cloudy for a time and it is across western areas the rooster to see the temperatures begin to lift a little bit with highs up to 15 degrees in cardiff and plymouth and maybe 12 or so cardiff and plymouth and maybe 12 orso in cardiff and plymouth and maybe 12 or so in glasgow. as we head towards the end of the week and the weekend, high—pressure keeps the mainly dry weather and eventually that starts to decline and we get the square of the front just toppling and across the north of the high—pressure bringing in some thick cloud and i'll also bring some threat of rain to scotland but for most of us, it will be turning milder this weekend.

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the headlines... borisjohnson has defended his plans to relax the lockdown, saying the strategy applies to all of the united kingdom, notjust england. however, scotland, wales and northern ireland, who have their own powers over the lockdown, say it's too soon to relax measures to the same extent. some european countries have cautiously begun to lift their lockdowns, with millions back in work after eight weeks of restrictions. cafes and restaurants have re—opened outdoor terraces, and gatherings up to 10 people are now allowed in parts of spain that have been less affected by the coronavirus. president trump has announced more coronavirus testing for americans, saying that the country has so—far "prevailed". he has also denied that the system broke down at the white house after a member of his own deputy‘s staff tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting several top officials to self—isolate. now on bbc news, it's time for hard talk.