this is outside source on bbc news, for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm kasia madera. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the eu sets out plans for a phased return of travel across europe, as it tries to kick—start a tourism industry that has been decimated by the pandemic. hotels, restaurants, beaches, other tourist sites — they need to be run in a way that minimizes the risk of passing on the coronavirus. after seven weeks of lockdown, many people in england have

had their first day back at work. donald trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort has been released from prison and is under house arrest — because of coronavirus concerns. and we'll look at lebanon, which has reimposed its lockdown because of a surge in cases. welcome. the european union has been setting out proposals for a gradual resumption of travel and tourism, as the industry tries to survive following the coronavirus lockdowns. here's the eu commissioner margray—ta vestager outlining the measures. first, we need to carefully reopen borders within europe. so we have adopted guidance for member states on a gradual, coordinated lifting of restrictions of the free movements in europe. second, people need, of course, to be able to travel between european countries. so we are giving guidance on how to gradually reopen transport links without risking the health

of travellers or transport workers. third, travellers and workers need to know that the places that tourists visit that they are safe. hotels, restaurants, beaches, other tourist sites — they need to be run in a way that minimizes the risk of passing on the coronavirus. tourism normally accounts for 10% of the eu's economic output. and these plans involve countries working together to gradually remove travel bans and then border checks. germany has announced there will be a gradual easing of its border controls, starting from 16 may when its border crossings with france, switzerland, and austria will be opened. for more on the german government's position, here'sjenny hill in berlin. we heard from angela merkel today who i think it and her love of the

european project and the internal market is very keen to start reopening border is thatjenny‘s position is that it is not simply a matter of what the infection rates are like in neighbouring states but what measures are in place. he so she says there is no point in opening a german border a neighbouring company, country if the restrictions are not identical across the borders. germany has had come the middle ofjune it will left border restrictions as a number of those caveats are met and of course chief among them is how well the neighbouring countries are doing in keeping the outbreak under control. another country that has a huge interest in reopening its doors to tourists is greece. here's the greek minister for tourism. we will safeguard the health of both our population and our visitors by ensuring that, depending on the agreements that we made with other countries and on a european level, that we can use either tests

or other means to limit the risk of spreading the virus. so their strategy is testing, and on a grand scale. before the pandemic greece used to receive around 30 million foreign visitors a year. it's going to be a huge underaking to ensure tourism there this year does not spread the virus. for more on how the new eu travel guidelines will actually work in practice, here's our europe editor katya adler. public health and national borders in time of crisis — that is up to eu members to decide for themselves what happens. and it will be the same when it comes to tourism. each eu country will decide for itself when to open its beaches and its borders to european tourists. brussels can only advise, and the advice today was — slowly, slowly, yes, european economies like the uk's have been hard hit by covid—i9, and tourism is an important part of the economy. especially for mediterranean

countries like spain and france. but the commission advises that nobody should open for tourism unless they've got very good testing and tracing capacity for covid—i9, and unless there are strict controls on transport, accommodation, and leisure activities. and like with all of the lifting of lockdown measures, if there a new spike in infections, then travel restrictions can be reintroduced pretty quickly. so basically, don't pack your summer swimsuit just yet. good advice there. the uk has been told it is facing a significant recession by the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak. according to the office for national statistics, the economy shrank by 2% in the first three months of this year, and that only includes the first few weeks of the coronavirus lockdown. here's our economics editor, faisal islam. at denroy plastics in bangor, northern ireland, they are happy to help the national efforts

on personal protective equipment. but what they really want to be making is aeroplanes. and with empty industry order books, they now face further pressure from the threat of a travel quarantine. i think the aerospace supply chain in general are all looking at their strategies, they are reviewing how that will be in the future. they are trying to estimate what that might mean, in terms of the capacity they have to provide. i think it would be naive to suggest that everyone will get through this. unfortunately, there will be casualties. it is the extreme situation in industries like this that have led to this economy—wide number — the british economy shrinking by 2% in the first three months of this year. the last time the economy performed that badly was the financial crash at the end of 2008. in fact, since modern records began, there have only been four other occasions where we've seen a worse economic decline over three months. and economists forecast that the current quarter will see a hit much, much worse — off the historical scale, all but confirmed

by the chancellor. as you know, recession is defined technically as two quarters of decline in gdp. we've one here with, you know, only a few days of impact from the virus. so it is now, yes, very likely that the uk economy will face a significant recession this year, and we are in the middle of that as we speak. when you get across the country, empty streets, empty offices, empty skies, and empty shopping centres. you get a shrinking economy, the start of a recession that is down to the pandemic and the shutdowns. but the economy was already stagnant when the virus hit. and the idea that coming out of this, all the lights that were switched off in the economy to protect our health will suddenly be turned back on — that is looking rather hopeful now. some people in england returned to work today, after the government relaxed lockdown restrictions.

workers who cannot do theirjobs from home were allowed to go back to work, but were advised to avoid public transport where possible. in london the number of people using the tube before 10am was about 7% higher than the same time last wednesday. so, there were only slightly more people travelling compared to the previous week, but compared to one year ago, the number of journeys was down by about a third. not all public transport was quiet however. these pictures are from stratford in east london. people spilling off a bus on their way to work, far more people than social distancing would allow. the transport workers union, the rmt, says the government has not done enough to prepare england's transport system. as some people returned to work, borisjohnson travelled to parliament for prime minister's questions, where the leader of the oposition, sir keir starmer, accused the government of failing to protect people in carehomes from covid—i9. from sunday the prime minister said

that we need to rapidly reverse the awful epidemic in our care homes. but earlier this year, and until 12 march, the government's own advice was, and i'm quoting from it, "it remains very unlikely that people receiving care in a care home will become infected." yesterday's ons figures showed that at least 40% of all deaths from covid—i9 were in care homes. does the prime minister accept that the government was too slow to protect people in care homes? prime minister. no, mr speaker, and it wasn't true that the advice said that. and actually, we brought the lockdown in care homes ahead of the general lockdown. sir kir starmer took issue with that response. in fact he wrote a formal letter to the prime minister, quoting the advice he was referencing, saying ministers need to be accurate with the information they give. and asking borisjohnson to return

to parliament to correct the record. our uk political correspondent rob watson joins us live from oxford. the prime minister wrote back that though it seemed to be as subjective opinions on a very important subject. and the prime minister where he wrote back basically saying so where he wrote back basically saying so far so good we have been working constructively with the opposition but we feel this one was taken somewhat out of context and said essentially this was the advice that's fine being and there would be updates but i think it is an interesting one and it shows a great deal of sensitivity on the government government for obvious reasons and the issue and an awful lot of people are in care homes in the uk, i think it is about half a million and a think because more people are dying and care homes than in hospital is this becoming a big focus of debate and the reason why

it matters for the government is by and large that the opinion poll suggests that ratings pull at that prime minister is holding up pretty well and wanting to give the government a benefit of the doubt but an opinion polls suggest there was concerned how other issues have been handled such as testing, protective equipment and also pulls suggesting some concern. so if there is another area people feel the government was not handling things so well it would start to potentially chip into the confidence that so far people as shown the government anything that is why it is such a sensitive issue. there needs to be confidence in the government when people are being encouraged to return back to work and how was the update with that especially on public transport?|j think especially on public transport?” think it is a bit of that next picture and we had seen on the bbc some of those pictures of people being rammed on buses and tubes and

it is nothing like what it is normally as we all know and it is a mixed picture across the uk because of course outside of london something like two thirds of people do not use public transport, they go by car. so it is a pretty mixed picture. as always, thank you. let's move to the us, where donald trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has been released from prison due to coronavirus concerns. manafort is serving a seven—and—a—half—year term for tax and bank fraud offences. he will now complete his sentence under house arrest. katty kayjoins us from washington. paul manafort, he was initially charged and imprisoned, we were all over this and the headlines, just remind us what was happening there and what happens to him now. he went

to prison injune of 2018 and when was one of the high—profile people caught up in the robert mueller investigation caught up into donald trump off potential links in the campaign and he eventually pled guilty to fraud because of lobbying that he had done, undisclosed lobbying for a pro—russian entity and ukraine. he was sent to prison for seven and half years and he was released and will be back home just outside of washington, dc and northern virginia. this is causing some controversy because the us bureau of prisons owned guidelines is that prisoners are eligible for release because of covid—19 if they have served half of their sentence 01’ have served half of their sentence or only have 18 months left and he does not follow either of those guidelines and no one else from his prison has been released so there is some criticism this is politics at play here and of course this is somebody who donald trump would have

liked to have released really. somebody who donald trump would have liked to have released reallym comes liked to have released reallym co m es after liked to have released reallym comes after the us department of justice move to drop charges against michael flynn. that also, you remember, got a criticism that it was political and that the attorney general through those charges out. that has now been challenged by us districtjudge who is saying and raising the prospect there could be an counter to the attorney general‘s attem pts an counter to the attorney general‘s atte m pts to an counter to the attorney general‘s attempts to try to get michael flynn out but president obama is the president who weighed in on this most notably and he said there is a question about justice and most notably and he said there is a question aboutjustice and the independence of the america just system because of the dismissal of the michael flynn case. he has not weighed in on the paul manafort case but critics of donald trump are putting that to into the same sort of bracket. thank you.

stay with us on outside source, still to come... we all know birds and bees spread pollen but what about moths? we explain the vital role they play at night. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has disputed data which suggests care homes are the setting for a much higher proportion of deaths from covid—19 in scotland, than they are in england. i want to challenge this, that the death toll in care homes is double in scotland what is elsewhere in the uk. i do not believe that is the case, and i would point again to the study that has been published this morning that actually suggests that the disparity is down to underreporting in the rest of the uk, and that scotland's figures, which i think are more in line with the international examples, are accurate whereas, according to this study, the numbers dying in care homes in england and wales is double what the official

figures are showing. so i would reallyjust caution people against the conclusion that, twice now in the chamber, it has been articulated. because i really don't believe that is true, i think if there is a disparity here, it comes from a problem because i really don't believe that is true, i think if there is a disparity here, it comes from a problem in reporting elsewhere. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our main story... the eu sets out plans for a phased return of travel across europe, as it tries to kick—start a tourism industry that has been decimated by the pandemic. this virus is affecting countries in quite different ways, and of course governments are responding in different ways too. it's why every day on outside source we try and bring you updates from as many places as possible. let's bring in ros atkins and to do that.

hi ros. thank you very much indeed. if you have been watching in the last couple of weeks you will know the biggest single issue in this crisis is how countries are seeking to ease their lockdowns without causing a spike in cases. and i'm going to start in lebanon to illustrate how hard this is going to be. the government there has now re—imposed its lockdown because of a new rise in cases. as you can see, shops, restaurants and hair—salons had been allowed to re—open. now they're being told to close again. i should say the lebanese government's approach through this crisis has been effective — the country's death toll is below 30. but as with many other countries — the government is trying to both save lives and the economy. and this is even more pressing in lebanon where the economy was already in a perilous state. carine torbey is in beirut.

lebanon has started a four—day shutdown that would expire by sam on monday. this is a setback for the country that was, just days ago, writing zero new infections and was easing the lockdown, and preparing for a gradual return to normal. now things have worsened, and there are renewed fears that things might go out of control again in case of an outbreak. there is also sort of a blame game happening here. on one side, the government is saying that many in society are not being as vigilant as they should, and they are not observing the necessary safety measures. on the other side, there is anger towards some of the lebanese who have recently returned from abroad, who have tested positive. and a group among home have not respected the requirements of isolation.

next to saudi arabia where a lockdown has been announced for the eid holiday in a couple of weeks. already ramadan's been heavily disrupted. this was the grand mosque in mecca holding night prayers for the first night of ramadan. that was in april — and normally you'd see hundreds of thousands of people gathered for this. but not in 2020. now these new restrictions on the eid holiday will run from may 23 to may 27. and of course these are normally times of great celebration at the end of ramadan. those celebrations will still happen — but not as they normally would. it's another example of how mindful governments are being of the virus surging back. china next — and of course it was first to tackle this virus. and first to try and ease restrictions while controlling the number of cases. and already in china we're seeing the kind of localised lockdowns that are likely to become a feature of life in many countries.

jee—leen is a city in the east of china — jelin is a city in the east of china — it's shutting down its transport links after a new cluster of coronavirus cases that's connected to one man. no—one in the city's population of four—million can leave unless they have tested negative. here's more from our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. it's been traced back to a clean—up in a large police station — it's been traced back to a cleaner in a large police station — a police station with special weapons police, with traffic police, hundreds of officers. and you can imagine why the authorities would be worried about the virus getting into a population like that. now it is unclear how the clean—up was originally infected, but one theory is that it possibly came from the clothing of police officers who have been at the front line, in terms of doing coronavirus testing. either way, what this shows you is that the chinese government now has an attitude that, if there is a cluster

in this country — no matter how small it is — they'll crush it, or at least try to with very strict measures as a way of trying to prevent a second wave of this virus passing through the country where this global emergency first started. and as we continue to try and understand the easing of lockdowns, denmark is very useful. while many countries are just beginning to ease restrictions, children have already been back at school for a month. the bbc‘sjean mackenzie has been looking at how it's working. the school's been cleverly redrawn so each child only comes into contact with a very small number of children. normally they sit two—and—two. you have the class of 20 that's been cut down to two groups of ten. that's why you have the plastic. because those two groups aren't allowed to mix? no, exactly. when they are going outside

in the breaks, we have to divide those groups into even smaller groups. so the kids just have four other children that they are allowed to play with, and they—are only given one part of the playground that they're are allowed to be in. and there is a lot of this. how many times do you wash your hands a day now? 5-6. denmark reopened primary schools very early on. it was feared the infection rate would rise — and initially, it did, but it's back down again and, with so many parents in work here, this was a targeted risk. if we have to get the economy moving again, then we need to get the kids back into not only schools, but also daycare, to try to enhance productivity for those forced still to work at home. it was a challenge to do yourjob while having him home. it's much more easy for me to concentrate. i have a row of hours where i canjust work. this, they said, was impossible —

children social distancing. now it might not be school as they know it, but they are making it work. and i want to finish with some good news from taiwan. it's reported zero new cases for a sixth day in a row. it's evidence this virus can be contained — but the challenge of course is to keep it that way, while allowing some elements of normal life to resume. and that challenge is one being faced by many countries around the world. it certainly is that it is get your hand back on a rather positive note. thank you very much, fascinating insight into how different countries are tackling this. while butterflies and bees are seen as vital parts of our global ecosystem, moths have long had a bad press. they're seen by many as annoying creatures that can leave holes in our clothes. but new research in the uk suggests moths play a critical role

in distributing pollen. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath has written about the study. how critical is this role? not too many months around this evening in oxfordshire affect the role of moths is increasingly being seen by scientists as crucial in terms of pollination, we know about bees and butterflies but moths work at night and are outside and did not get much attention but according to scientists they are doing an incredible job. i thought they would mainly be focusing on yourjumper because we know them for the damage they do to our clothes but they have a huge complex network and travel for miles, how does it work? you are absolutely right, some of them would be interested in jumpers absolutely right, some of them would be interested injumpers but the vast majority of mops do not do that, they travel at night and they picked up paul and on their sticky bellies and transport it from flower

to flower said they pollinate things like brambles so we get strawberries and things like that. and they do it and things like that. and they do it and some respects do it more efficiently than bees and butterflies do. and of course they can become food for some predators. that is absolutely right, they are food for other birds and for other predators and as my numbers have declined in the decades sell it to have that numbers of cuckoos in the uk and other parts of the world. so the role as a pollinator and food for different species is critical and they have had many years of bad press but scientists now believe it is now time for months to come out of the sun. thank you very much. the article is on our website and i will

be back with the next edition of outside source. i hope you canjoin me then, goodbye. hello again. the next few days and nights will turn a little bit warmer. but tonight will be a cold one, and there was a chill in the air today, especially in the breeze and when the cloud came over. a lot of this cloud that we've seen developing earlier on will be melting away. this ridge of high pressure extending across the uk. there is cloudier weather that weatherfront, and behind it to move around the top of that area of high pressure. and that's where we will see cloud and some showers coming in across the northern parts of scotland. elsewhere, though, it is generally clear skies, the winds are dropping so temperatures will fall quickly. and there will be a frost leader in the night, particularly for rural parts of the uk. the exception is across northern scotland, where we've got the cloud in the showers to start the day. and gradually that cloud will push the showers southwards across scotland, eventually into northern ireland. for england and wales, it's a cold,

bright, and sunny start. even here, the cloud amounts will tend to increase. there will still be some sunshine around, but that chilly wind will pick up again across southern parts of england and through the english channel, taking the edge off the temperatures. but on the whole, temperatures should be higher than they were today. that cloud will continue to push down around the uk, around the outside of that area of high pressure. again, it will be dry for the most part thursday into friday morning, but a bit more cloud will be around, so it won't be quite as cold so widely. probably the lowest temperatures first thing will be across southern parts of england and wales, where we are likely to have the best of the sunshine on sunday. it does cloud over more widely across the uk, a few showers mainly for the north and west of scotland. but further south, those temperatures continue to rise — southern parts of england and wales, 17—18 celsius. and there is warmer air to head our way as the winds change direction to more of a south—westerly during this weekend. there's still a tuck of colder air

in the north of scotland, and where those two masses collide, so you get these weather fronts developing that are more likely to bring rain to northern areas during the second half of the weekend. now even though there will be more cloud coming into the northern half of the uk, temperatures are likely to be a little bit higher. most of the rain affecting northern parts of scotland, but it could well develop more widely during sunday. further south, the pressure was always going to be higher. again, we've got these fairly light west—to—southwesterly winds, and with some sunshine around, temperatures are climbing possibly as high as 20 celsius on sunday in the southeast.

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the european union has set out plans for a phased return of travel and tourism across europe. they include free movement across the countries, with use of face masks on aeroplanes and social distancing on trains. donald trump's former campaign chairman has been released from prison because of coronavirus concerns. paul manafort is set to complete the rest of his seven—and—a—half—year sentence under house arrest. britain's chancellor says it's very likely the uk is in a "significant recession". figures show the economy contracted by 2% in the first three months of 2020 — the fastest drop in more than a decade. lebanon has re—imposed its nationwide lockdown after recording a second spike in coronavirus infections. shops, restaurants, and hair—salons had been given the go—ahead to re—open — but the government now says they'll have to close again.