this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. ‘needless deaths and suffering' — the warning from the leading white house adviser on infectious diseases, if controls are relaxed too soon. if that occurs, there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you might not be able to control. keeping up the financial support for 7.5 million people — the government in the uk extends itsjobs furlough scheme until october. after the lockdown, china's economy is bouncing back — and the communist party is claiming the credit.

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, the top us health advisor a key member of the white house's coronavirus task force has warned that lifting restrictions too soon could lead to further spikes in cases. dr anthony fauci said the country did not have total control of the outbreak, and that there are probably more cases, and deaths, than the official figures suggest. his message is at odds with that of president trump, who has been emphasising the need to get the economy going again. nick bryant reports from new york. this washington continues to look like a scene from some dystopian drama. this, the still surreal sight of senators donning face masks for a hearing on covid—19. one senior democrat resembling a bandit from the wild west. the key voice was america's top pandemic official, anthony fauci, who strongly warned about the dangers of reopening too quickly —

a message for the country, a message for his boss, donald trump. if that occurs, there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control which, infact, paradoxically, will set you back, not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided, but could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery. we don't want your shutdown any more! the pandemic has demonstrated the polarisation of america. this, a liberty rally in boston, massachusetts, a tea pa rty—style protest demanding the immediate reopening of the economy. donald trump continues to hold press conferences where he often lavishes himself with praise, this time boasting about american testing. but though the reporters are masked, they are impossible to muzzle. this, a chinese—american correspondent from the us network cbs. why is this a global competition to you if every day americans

are still losing their lives and we are still seeing more cases every day? well, they are losing their lives everywhere in the world and maybe that's the question you should ask china. sir, why are you saying that to me, specifically? i'm telling you, i'm not saying it specifically to anybody, i'm saying it to anybody who would ask a nasty question... that's not a nasty question. please go ahead. can i ask... ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much, appreciate it, thank you very much. but he left without taking any more questions, an abrupt exit from a president looking for a quick escape from this crisis. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. lev facher is the washington correspondent for the health news site, stat. he told us about the different realities at play in these hearings. the hearing we saw in the united states senate was the first chance for several high—ranking officials in the administration to talk to congress about the response over the last two months

and as we've heard, dr fauci in particular was not sugarcoating the realities of what would happen if america rushes to reopen and it was worth noting there was a fundamental irony with this hearing is that many senators were testifying remotely, four trump administration officials had to do so by videoconference because they'd recently been exposed to someone who tested positive for covid—19, the same for the chairman who oversees healthcare issues. they held a hearing about whether the country more broadly can be up and running and there was some conversations which were divergent as you would expect members of different political parties in terms of testing capacity, what benchmarks the country in various states need to hit before we can go back to what life was like before. as i understand it, the economy is

very important, in a sense the economy may have to take priority and he would say that lockdown itself is killing people through depression, through suicide, people's lack of earning money. and there is actually evidence to support that. the mental health toll, the broader health toll that the isolation and social distancing measures are going to cause are substantial and that's worth factoring into the conversation but president trump is often said we can't let the cure be worse than the disease and there certainly is a push to reopen many of the basic functions of this country, that's what we heard dr fauci push back on today. in that pushes an understated assumption that more people actually are going to die if we do this. absolutely, and that's what dr fauci said, any level of relaxation of these mitigation measures we have seen is going to result in new infections, new infection spread,

they will result in some degree of death and it's a conversation that's been had across america, surreal as it may seem, to what degree that is tolerable and what we are willing to sacrifice as a country to go back to work, to go back to school, to go back to sporting events, it really didn't hit. in terms of the contact tracing. this thing spiralled in the united states quickly. the death toll he has just passed 80000 and unfortunately there are fewer new infections in many cities but the death rate is still substantial. still over 1000, close to 2000 deaths a day here. here in the uk, which now has officially recorded nearly 33,000 deaths from coronavirus, the chancellor rishi sunak has announced the furlough scheme designed to avert mass unemployment will now be extended till

the end of october. our business editor simon jack has more. holiday season beckons and with international travel in disarray, you would think holiday hotspots like this campsite in cornwall would be set fair but it is currently closed and, even as the lockdown is lifted, social distancing rules will mean communal areas like showers and toilets are unusable. half of the 16 workers here have been furloughed and not all of them will return. well, we are delighted that the furlough scheme has been extended in its current form until the end ofjuly. very worried about how we, as employers, are going to make contributions through august, september and october. the reason for that is, we have had zero income so far this year. my feeling is, there are already many staff that are furloughed whose jobs actually no longer exist. and that is very sad but it is also very real.

patrick's furloughed office manager, single mum lindsay, accepts that the future is uncertain. i just don't think there is any job security in our industry. if the business is hit hard, we are responsible for lots of people, but if the business is not secure, the jobs aren't there. mine might not be there. this brewery in buckinghamshire has furloughed ten workers who will now be able to come back part—time afterjuly whilst still having wages subsidised. good news for this mum of three trasna. i think it's great that it's going to be extended and being able to have a flexible return to work will be terrific while we are still in doubt about children going back to school. the furlough scheme is the most significant and expensive government response to the crisis. 1 million businesses are using the scheme, with 7.5 million workers having 80% of their wages paid by the government,

and it is costing £14 billion a month. that is roughly what we spend on the nhs and social care every month. from july, employers will be asked to help foot that bill, but many will not be able to. the question is, what happens then? do you acknowledge that there are hundreds of thousands, potentially over a million people who are effectively now unemployed but just don't realise it yet? well, i think it will depend on the support we are providing overall and how quickly we can come out of this particular situation. we are not going to be able to protect every single job but i think, by any international comparison, the fact that we are supporting 7.5 million people with the furlough scheme should be something that, you know, should be universally welcomed. when employers have to start paying, tough choices will have to be made. i think the big elephant in the room is going to be what the new employer contribution is going to look like that the chancellor referred to. from our point of view,

it is absolutely critical that any change to the scheme doesn't result in an additional spike in unemployment. the scheme has helped this cornish holiday park and a million other businesses hang on to staff, but many will be exposed as this flood of government cash eventually, inevitably, begins to recede. simon jack, bbc news. china's handling of the pandemic — in its initial stages — continues to be questioned internationally. but at home the chinese authorities say it's been a triumph. there have been no recorded deaths from the virus for over two weeks, but a few new cases in wuhan over the weekend prompted plans to test each of the city's 11 million residents. from beijing, john sudworth reports. for two months, they had no work. but now these hairdressers are once again doing their usual morning team—building routine, bouncing back just like the wider chinese economy.

they have no doubt who they have to thank for their salons reopening. "we all trust the communist party", the owner tells me, "and we have faith in china." accused of covering up the early outbreak and facing accusations that the virus came from the illegal wildlife trade or even an accidental leak from this lab, china knows it's under pressure internationally. but you wouldn't know it from state—run media, showing china triumphing over the virus at home and as a powerful provider of medical aid to a world in disarray. nothing says returning normality in beijing quite like a trafficjam. and while the world grapples with the big questions over china's involvement in the crisis, it would be

wrong of course to dismiss everything it's done as authoritarian folly. for others hoping to get out of lockdown, there may be lessons here too. might masks be one of those lessons? some scientists believe they may have been the key to china's success in reducing infection rates so dramatically. in china, it is almost compulsory to go out with a mask. and perhaps it really made a big difference because we know that many covid—19 patients are asymptomatic or very mildly symptomatic. so they won't go for testing at all, so you will never detect these sort of people. masking is a continuous process which can actually protect you and others from getting infected as a result. in wuhan, the city where the outbreak began, the authorities are now planning to test all 11 million residents, the result of a small new cluster

of cases, according to state—run media. there are other aspects of china's approach that may be hard to emulate, like forcing people to download apps that track their movements. but whether by coercion or common sense, few can doubt that this country appears to have turned the corner, seemingly against the odds, and it's celebrating. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: with motor—racing largely furloughed by the coronavirus — one man has turned to his wheelbarrow to satisfy his need for speed. the pope was shot, the pope will live — that's the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican.

the man they called the ‘butcher of lyon,‘ klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it's the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! cheering this is bbc news, the latest headlines:

the american expert advising on the country's coronavirus response, has told a senate committee that easing the current restrictions too soon will lead to needless death and suffering. british businesses have welcomed the uk government's decision to extend its jobs furlough scheme, currently supporting over seven million workers, until october. democrats in the us house of representatives have published a $3 trillion stimulus plan which, if enacted, would be the largest fiscal boost to the us economy to date. the proposed so—called heroes act would see the direct payments being sent to us households increase to as much as $6,000. a third of spending would go to state and local governments budgets which governors have warned have been significantly depleted by the virus. the bill includes a raft of other pledges, including $3.6 billion used to fund voting—by—mail in the november general election.

that last commitment has recived particular criticism from republicans, who argue universal vote—by—mail could be vulnerable to widespread voterfraud. —received. senior republicans in congress have dismissed the bill as a ‘liberal wishlist‘. in terms of the house for bill, it is dead on arrival in terms ofi it is dead on arrival in terms of i viable idea. the amount of money and the way you spend the money and the way you spend the money and the underlying provisions in the bill makes it impossible for it to get out of the senate. gene sperling served as head of barack obama's national economic council and was also an economic adviser to the clinton administration. that point, first of all, there area that point, first of all, there are a bunch of pages in this bill that are surely deal brea kers bill that are surely deal breakers for republicans? does this mean it is dead in the water when it goes to the senate, which they control?m is really the start of the negotiation and i think that the major items that are in

here will be very hard for the republicans in the senate to resist. major state really. we just had 1 million lostjobs at a local level and almost half a million of them were teachers. it will be very hard for the republican senate to just say no. unemployment insurance phases out at the end ofjuly. onjune phases out at the end ofjuly. on june five it phases out at the end ofjuly. onjune five it will be announced that unemployment is up announced that unemployment is up to probably 20%. this will be very difficult for them to resist that and i also think we will see americans losing their healthcare because in the united states it is often connected to your employer. i think the big pieces are ones that republicans are going to come to the table and be forced to negotiate by the reality of how much economic, massive economic pain, there is. of course, now one expects a democratic written house provision taken word for word bya provision taken word for word by a senate controlled by the other party. yet, since the

crisis began his supporters would say the president has already put a largest did muller ‘s in history and is an additional $3 trillion be needed and what will it do that has not already been done? considering we have one out of five, one out of four americans unemployed, the worst since 1933, the great depression. what will happen to at these people? not their problem they are are alive during a pandemic. we have already seen the failed business response to the failed business response to the united states, meaning many small businesses were closed. it is not about an arbitrary day or number. it is about you do what is necessary to keep oui’ do what is necessary to keep our nation afloat, keep small businesses afloat, to keep your working families stable in their houses, not losing everything. until we can have the kind of serious reopening that gives consumers confidence to return to business, that gives workers confidence they can gives workers confidence they ca n safely gives workers confidence they can safely go back to work,

until that happens, we are going to have to be this large, not because it is about big numbers or big government, it is just about doing what ever is just about doing what ever is necessary. sounds like we will be talking to you again on this. thank you, very much! thank you for having me. afg hanistan‘s president has ordered the security forces to resume offensive operations against militant groups including the taliban, after dozens of civilians died in two major attacks. in kabul, gunmen stormed a hospital, killing 16 people including new—born babies. elsewhere, 21 people were killed by a suicide bomber at a funeral service near the border with pakistan. let's get some of the day's other news. twitter has told employees that they can work from home forever if they want to. the company said that it had continued to operate effectively with its staff homeworking in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown and would be willing to let them continue to if their roles allow it. the compa ny‘s workforce of 5,000 people has been remote working since early march. india's prime minister,

narendra modi, has announced an economic package worth more than $260 billion to support farmers and small and medium businesses. he hinted there might be a further easing of the lockdown. on tuesday, passenger train services partially resumed. a law firm acting for celebrities, including lady gaga, madonna, rod stewart and eltonjohn, says hackers have accessed their data, including contracts, e—mails and non—disclosure agreements. the hackers have posted some of the details online and are demanding payment. the world health organization says the americas are currently at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic. the who has criticised leaders it says failed to listen to its initial warnings. rich preston has this report. brazil is latin america's largest country with a population of more than 209 million people. and it has struggled

to cope with coronavirus, with over 177,000 cases, more than 12,000 people have died. figures the who says could have been avoided if certain leaders hadn't ignored its warnings. brazil's president dismissed the virus earlier on is just a little cold. but jair bolsonaro isn't only at odds with the world health organization but his own state governors, too, criticising varying lockdowns across the country which he says are unnecessarily damaging the economy. he even fired his own health minister after he recommended social distancing. and there are fears brazil will not reach its peak in south america, health systems in large urban sectors like lima and rio dejaneiro are quickly becoming overwhelmed. we are also witnessing a similar impact of covid—19 on big cities across the amazon basin. elsewhere in the region,

a deadly virus is killing thousands of people, not coronavirus, dengue fever, much of latin america. the resources usually dedicated to fighting dengue fever have been dedicated to tackling coronavirus. translation: (avid-19 is the star right now so all of the attention is on covid, but there are still problems with dengue and hospital capacity. in paraguay, dengue infections have exploded with nearly 42,000 cases and 60 deaths in the first 18 weeks of this year. here, in bolivia, officials say they will hit a record high of this year.

translation: it is possible we will surpass 2009. while efforts continue to tackle the coronavirus global pandemic, countries across latin america are focusing on not winning one fight only to lose another. rich preston, bbc news. motor—racing, like pretty much all professional sport, has been put on hold because of the coronavirus outbreak. it's unclear when it'll resume, although officials from formula 1 say they're aiming for the start ofjuly. but one british man wasn't prepared to wait and has created his own, unusual racing machine. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. kevin next lives for speed. he isa kevin next lives for speed. he is a self—confessed petrol head, a car connoisseur. a motorsport maniac! but he does not just make do motorsport maniac! but he does notjust make do with any old vehicles. oh no! he thinks a little out of the box. he calls

it the barrow of speed, the new pierced bit of gardening equipment you are likely to see. somebody donated their mopeds which was not running. i got it running and everything else was scraps and bits and pieces i had around. now, i built this amazing machine and it has actually turned out far better than i thought. it is such fun!! kevin already holds the world record for the world ‘s fastest shed. now we aim to do the same with this deluxe wheelbarrow. he thinks he can reach a speed of up to a0 mph 01’ reach a speed of up to a0 mph or 65km/h but he wants to be an inspiration to others. get yourself busy and take your mind off what is going on in the world. you know, because it isn't all bad. there will be a

lot of good that comes out of this and that is what you have to focus on. no record attempt shall be made until the lockdown is over. in the meantime, kevin is happy to indulge in some high—speed horticulture! tim allman, bbc news. on that subject, if you have not seen the david lynch from 20 years ago, i recommend it. bikinis, the task force and coronavirus has warned that lifting restrictions too soon could lead to further deaths. anthony found she says the us does not have totally control over the virus and the figures could be larger than what they have said, at odds with president trump, who has been keen to get the economy going again — at doctor anthony faucl

and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello there. well, we may well be heading towards the middle part of may, but i'm sure yesterday felt more like winter for some. take sennybridge in wales for example, with a temperature to start the day at —a.7. it was the coldest may night for 25 years in wales. further north, the wintery fun didn't stop there because in shetland we had some snow falling, and down south, relatively, in orkney, we had a bit of snow covering the grassy surfaces as well with that colder air arriving behind this cold front. now, as we go through the next few hours, that is pushing southwards. it's weakening all the while, but it's still going to be enough just enough to knock down the temperatures a few degrees across eastern parts of england. so it is going to feel a little bit cooler as we head into wednesday. as i say, though,

the front itself is going to disintegrate, so any rain will tend to die away over the next few hours. and in many ways, it's a reversal of fortunes compared with last night. england and wales, quite a lot of places frost—free. scotland, a sharp frost developing here. so, wednesday, a cold start to the day. scotland, northern england with some sunshine, a few showers across northern and eastern areas. and after a cloudy start across wales, parts of the midlands, east anglia, southern england, that cloud will probably tend to break up with some spells of sunshine coming through. and as for the wind, may sunshine is quite strong, so it probably will feel ok. but underneath those cloudier moments, and particularly where it's breezy with the onshore winds, it will feel quite chilly. now for thursday, we've got the winds turning more to a north—westerly direction, not the warmest of directions, but it will be bringing some slightly less cold air in across scotland and northern ireland, with temperatures popping back up to around 12—1a degrees or so. it will be cloudy, there'll be some patches of rain at times across the north—west. bright skies further south. and then for friday, again,

we've got another weak weather front working into the north—west of scotland, bringing a few patches of rain here. otherwise, it's a dry picture with cloud thinning and breaking at times to give some sunny spells. temperatures rising, highs of 17 degrees in both london and cardiff. now, into the weekend, our area of high pressure that's been influencing the weather for a few days now begins to slip its way a little bit further southward whilst weakening. and that will allow these atlantic fronts to move in across northern areas of the uk. so, it will turn quite cloudy across northern parts, with the threat of some rain scotland, maybe northern ireland, too. england and wales, largely dry and bright and a bit milder for most as well.

one of america's top infectious disease experts has warned a us senate hearing that reopening the economy too quickly could lead to needless death and suffering. dr anthony fauci — who advises president trump — said the sitution was improving but the country did not yet have the outbreak under control. britain is extending until the end of october its scheme to subsidise the salaries of employees laid off by the coronavirus crisis. the government said employers would be asked to share more of the burden after august. the furlough arrangement has supported 7.5 million jobs.

brazil has seen a record rise in the number of deaths from coronavirus — 881. however, president bolsonaro has said the spread of the virus is inevitable and businesses must remain open to prevent a major economic crisis. over 12,000 people are known to have died. it's 3:30am. now on bbc news, it's time for panorama. the coronavirus has changed the way we live, putting us under pressure as never before. this is why i feel terrible. our world has changed to a point where we are dealing with our loved ones not being around us any more, and it does make me sad. since the crisis started, we've been following people whose lives have been turned upside down. it's difficult. it's hard. it's emotional.