this is bbc world news. the headlines: president trump has announced a new plan to fast—track a coronavirus vaccine, to be in use by the end of the year. but experts have warned that it could take 12 months or more to develop. the rate at which coronavirus spreads has gone up across the uk and is now close to the point where infections may rise again. the reproduction or ‘r' number, needs to stay below one to control the spread. europe's biggest economy, germany, is in recession after shrinking by more than 2% in the first quarter of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic. it's the biggest slump since the 2009 financial crisis. and the uk chief brexit negotiator, david frost, says "very little progress" has been made, in the latest talks with the eu

on future trade arrangements. his counterpart, michel barnier, described the talks, as disappointing. now on bbc news, it's time for a special programme, coronavirus: what next? anita mcveigh looks at how the virus affects generations differently. hello and welcome to the latest in oui’ hello and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic. i am annita mcveigh. on the programme today compiled for the covid—19 pandemic has affected three generations of people, from schoolchildren to millenials in their 20s. and we will be looking at the impact on the elderly as one italian grandmother

adjust to her new reality. and we begin with copenhagen, where children have returned to school. then mark was the first country in europe to reopen its primary schools and children are adjusting to a whole new way of attending. —— denmark. from hourly handwashing to unusual playground layouts. denmark. from hourly handwashing to unusual playground layoutsm denmark. from hourly handwashing to unusual playground layouts. it has been hard to not hug each other. you can hug each other. you have to hug yourself. that is why. —— you cannot. keeping kids apart requires some imagination. they are not worried about the birth at all. they came back, we had a lot of activities to try to make them not worried. but they didn't worry. so we had to give up on that. it wasn't needed? not at all. the school has been cleverly redrawn so each child only comes into contact with a very small number of other children. normally they would sit to into. you have the class of 20 has been cut

down to two groups of ten. that is why you have the plastic. those two groups are not allowed to move? exactly. when they are going outside and the bricks, have to divide those groups into even smaller groups. the caches have other children they are allowed to play with only given one pa rt allowed to play with only given one part of the playground they are allowed to be in. —— the kids only have. my name is kai and i'm seven yea rs have. my name is kai and i'm seven years old. we keep our distance when we play. we cannot play catch. what do you play instead? hula hoop. and there is a lot of this. how many times he wash her hands a day now? five to six. denmark reopen primary schools very early on. it was fear the infection rate would rise. initially it did. but it is back down again. with so many parents and work here, this was a targeted risk. if we had to give the economy moving

again, we need to get the kids back into not only schools but also they care. to try to enhance productivity for those forced still to work at home. it was a challenge to do your job will having him home. much easier for me to concentrate. i have a row of hours where i a lot of parents wrote to me that they had some kind of concerns. if you pa rents some kind of concerns. if you parents also concerned they would not let their child come in the first week. after two weeks, there have been a problem. it the kids at home who said what can i go home really make? this they said was impossible. children, social distancing. it might not be school asa distancing. it might not be school as a know it, but they are making it work. very beautiful day. the direct translation. it is back. the light is back. jean mackenzie reporting.

coronavirus has also transformed the lives of millions of teenagers and ways they can never have expected. so what is the new normal? we asked the young people and 14 different countries to record their day. from when they wake up to the moment they went to bed. to find out how they're coping during the pandemic. today marks 48 days of being quarantined due to covid—i9. today marks 48 days of being quarantined due to covid-19. you're about to see how i'm spending. a day quarantined. my lockdown. it's going to be a really different ramadan. we cannot go outside. can i go to the mosque. we cannot have a gathering prayer. which is really

sad. i'm ina i'm in a physical education class. we are doing workouts together. as you can see, unlike in my bed. hibernating away. generally, everybody does this. in our class. our school teachers are trying to help us feel more motivated that the virus will end soon. they are trying to uplift them. so there is a future and we will still be able to do things eventually.

translation: at 1230i have a call with a psychologist. because of the quarantine from our appointment came to an end. they were interrupted. i have video calls and by the phone. i found the time, i'm having to manage what social isolation. i just woke up. it is like 230 in the afternoon. i slept outside at three. i can positively say that residents do the same for every teenager. we are regarding a video. i am posting on social media just for something fun to do. someone down there is watching. my dad and me go to to

town and make food for the underprivileged. we feed a people per day. it is been really hard adjusting to this last off a five —— 850 people. i know it is for the safety of everybody in the precautions. we are at a workshop. we usually come here to help our data in some way. the coronavirus pandemic has really affected businesses. i am what my family the whole day. that is pretty great because before it we didn't spend all that much time together. getting out will be something we appreciate. i hope that when we wake up tomorrow,. the life we are hoping to get back to right now. then hopefully on the coronavirus ends, we will start to look at our world from a different and better angle.

for many, the transition out of lockdown carries a new set of challenges that we had now to italy to hear how one grandmother is adjusted to her new life after spending months in isolation.

before we go here are some more striking images of the pandemic from news photographers around the world. that is it for now. a reminder, follow me on twitter. her head to the bbc news website for the latest

information. thank you for watching. hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's home cinema releases. first up, little women. a beautifully crafted period drama from writer—director greta gerwig who gave us the wonderful lady bird. i believe we have some

power over we love. it isn't something thatjust happens to a person. i think poets may disagree. i am not a poet. i'm just a woman. and as a woman, there is no way for me to make my own money. not enough to earn a living or to support my family. and if i had my own money, which i don't, that money would belong to my husband the moment we got married. and if we had children, they would be his, not mine. they would be his property. so do not sit there and tell me that marriage is not an economic an economic proposition, because it is. greta gerwig brings contemporary relevance to the classic novel set in the civil war. while preserving the spirit at its core. saoirse ronan isjo march, one of the four sisters. the film introduces us tojo as an adult who is living in new york and struggling to make a living as a writer. before it takes us back to her adolescent years when she is bickering and bonding with her siblings. emma watson plays the eldest sister.

eliza is piano playing beth. florence pugh is amy. laura dern is the mother, marnie. i will do the same. i hope you will do a great deal better than me. gerwig's twist to fiddle with the timeline is bold. if you have not read the book, the structure can be confusing. the film jumps back and forth and also takes us to amy's trip to paris, with meryl streep as the withering aunt. current heart—throb timothy shalomet is casted as laurie and he perfectly captures the sincerity and spark the childhood friend. the film reveals some of the story's twist at the start and focuses on the characters. jo is complex and believable. she is funny and intelligent and full of practice very about a world that expects her to marry rather than earn a living. i'm so sick of people saying that love is just