this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government defends plans to begin reopening primary schools in england from next month — it says there'll be measures to ensure the safety of children and teachers. it is the case that it is extremely unlikely that any school is likely to be the source of a covid—19 outbreak and if, for any reason, there are risks, then we can take steps to mitigate them. barack obama launches a second scathing attack on the trump administration's response to the coronavirus crisis. more than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they are doing. a lot of them aren't even

pretending to be in charge. the italian prime minister admits his country's taking a calculated risk by easing a number of lockdown measures from next week. spain records 87 deaths in the past 2a hours — the first time it's under 100 since the lockdown began. people in the uk are still being urged to stay away from tourist destinations amid different lockdown rules for each part of the country. in south africa — how the ban on buying alcohol and cigarettes for the last seven weeks, has played into the hands of criminal gangs, damaging the fragile economy. and after top flight football resumes in germany, we'll get our experts to provide some answers about sport — in ‘your questions answered' — that's in around fifteen minutes‘ time.

the british government is pushing for the phased reopening of primary schools but today, one of its most senior minister said he could not guarantee safety for teachers turning to work. michael gove said there is always, and any loosening of the restrictions, risk of people catching coronavirus. barack obama has criticised his successor‘s administration's handling of the coronavirus crisis for the second time during the outbreak. in an online address to graduating college stu d e nts online address to graduating college students he said many in the us administration are not even pretending to be in charge. the

italian prime minister has admitted that his country is taking a calculated risk by rolling back lockdown measures that are from next week. also in spain, 87 further deaths have been reported in the last 24—hour is. that is the first time number has been below a hundred since the lockdown began. we will have more in on the latest developments in a moment but first, this report from our political correspondent on political row in england over the planned reopening of schools. back to school in denmark looks like this, hand washing and then cut into small groups. but our primary schools in england safe? the truth is you can't guarantee teachers won't catch coronavirus and yet you need the school to be open. that is the truth. none of us can

guarantee that anyone will be entirely free unless they are perpetually imprisoned in their own home and therefore, what we need to do is make sure that people are as safe as possible and, in any widespread understanding of the word, schooling for a limited number of children with social distancing, isa of children with social distancing, is a safe environment. awarning, too, is a safe environment. a warning, too, that you cannot keep schools and the economy locked up forever. but some councils, like liverpool and hartlepool, say early june is too soon to reopen the gates. so, could some areas do things differently? there was a lack of consultation about that june date and it is a little inflexible to say it must happen by then because there are different issues in different places. again, listen to people locally. work with them and i think we can find the solution but i think it is the way it has been done that

is creating that kind of reaction, particularly in the north where the infection remains higher. labour wants more information on the science underpinning the plans and says ministers must deliver on a schools testing programme but about children seem to be at low risk. what we have seen in countries where schools have remained open is that they have not been big outbreaks in schools and where there have been it has been associated with events, you know, where a lot of people gather, not in regular classrooms and it has often been associated with an adult who has had the infection and has spread it. keeping their distance in denmark, the plan for england is conditional on the science. schools in wales went reopen onjune the ist and may not restart at all until the summer in scotland and northern ireland. but in england, two weeks before more children could be back behind a desk. the former us president,

barack obama, has strongly criticised the trump administration over its response to the coronavirus pandemic. it's unusual for a sitting president to be rebuked by a predecessor, but mr obama said the pandemic had shown that those in charge don't know what they're doing. our washington correspondent david willis sent this report. class of 2020, this is for you... in the age of the coronavirus, this is what it means to come of age. graduation ceremonies, a rite of passage for youngsters here, now virtual rather than actual experiences. the future for those graduating more uncertain than at any other time in modern history. this star—studded televised event had as its keynote speaker the 44th president of the united states, and he was withering in his criticism of his successor‘s handling of the crisis. more than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know

what they are doing. a lot of them are not even pretending to be in charge. a lot of them aren't even asking the right and all those adults that you used to think were in charge and knew what they were doing, turns out, they don't have all the answers. a lot of them aren't even asking the right questions. so, if the world is going to get better, it is going to be up to you. barack obama says he intends to hit the 2020 campaign trail hard in the hope of unseating donald trump. the differences between them, both in substance and in style, could hardly be more stark. david willis, bbc news. the italian prime minister,

giuseppe conte, has admitted that his country is taking a calculated risk by rolling back lockdown measures from next week. the country's daily death toll from covid—i9 has now fallen to its lowest since the 9th of march. mr conte said that there could be another rise, but the country could not afford to wait any longer. donna larsen reports. italy's wait is almost over. from monday, day—to—day freedoms will slowly resume, and by 3rd june, there will be even greater movement, such as domestic and international travel. but the process comes with a warning. translation: we are facing a calculated risk. to put it frankly, we know the contagion curve may rise again. preparations are taking place across the entire country. beauty salons and shops can resume trade on monday. gyms and swimming pools

will open on 25th may. cinemas and theatres will follow in mid—june. but measures must be taken to make sure people are kept as safe as possible. translation: we must accept the risk, otherwise we will never be able to start again. we should wait until a vaccine is discovered and distributed, but we can't afford this. italy has suffered immensely during the coronavirus pandemic. more than 31,000 lives have been lost — the third—highest toll in the world. the rate of new infections has now dropped, providing a pathway to start opening up the country. the world's largest church is also opening on monday, after a weekend of deep cleaning. a diluted chlorine solution was used to protect the 16th century marble. worshippers will be welcomed back to st peter's basilica,

but numbers will be reduced as the church adapts to a new way of life. donna larsen, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the daily death toll from coronavirus in spain has dropped below 100 for the first time in two months. according to the nation's health ministry 87 people died on sunday. that brings the total number of deaths in the country to 27,650 people. (tx 0fficials figures from brazil suggest that the country 0fficials figures from brazil suggest that the country now has the fourth largest number of confirmed coronovirus cases in the world behind the us, russia and britain. brazil recorded over 111,000 new cases in twenty—four hours.

more than 15,000 brazilians have died. the government in chile has imposed stricter lockdown conditions in the capital, santiago, after a reported 60% spike in the number of coronavirus cases in a single day. residents will only be allowed to leave their homes five times in a week. permits will be required to be issued by the local authorities. people are still being urged to stay away from tourist destinations and follow the lockdown rules for each part of the uk. staff at the lake district national park in cumbria say they found some people trying to camp overnight and others returning to their second homes, neither of which is allowed under the current lockdown measures in england. our news correspondent andy gill is in the peak district. this is dovestone's reservoir at saddleworth near 0ldham, a very popular

beauty spot. a couple of days ago the local police asked people to consider other destinations. that's because shortly after the restrictions were lifted people flocked in. there was double parking on the roads leading to the reservoir. of course, people are allowed to travel to beauty spots. the fear is that if too many people come, that makes social distancing really difficult. they have tried to do something about it here. the car park pay machines are suspended so that people aren't touching them. the message is not getting through to some, though. at telford in shropshire last night, a rave of 70 people was broken up by police. they said they were shocked that people would care so little what their conduct might lead to. that was andy gill from the lake district. the labour party has accused the uk government of "tragically" letting down care home workers, by allowing people to be discharged from hospitals into homes without being tested for covid—19. the party's deputy leader,

angela rayner, said this meant the virus was "seeded into care homes". the cabinet office minister, michael gove, said there were "big lessons" to be learned, but insisted the government had ta ken "significa nt steps" to improve the situation. britain is likely to have a slow economic recovery from the coronavirus shutdown — that is the warning from the head of the uk's public sector finance watchdog. the head of the office for budget responsibility, robert chote, told the bbc it will take a long time for economic activity to return to normal. in practice, i think you are likely not to see the economy bouncing back to where we would have expected it otherwise to be by the end of the year, which is part of that assumption. but instead, a rather slower recovery and that will depend first on the pace at which public health restrictions are loosened but also of course on the way in which people's behaviour responds. so, if you allow people back into the workplace, back into shops, back into restaurants, will they actually go or will they feel too nervous?

so, you would expect i think a slower recovery than the v shape that you simply make for that assumption. in south africa, the coronavirus has prompted the authorities to take an unusual step. for the last seven weeks there's been a ban on selling alcohol and cigarettes. health experts say the new "prohibition" has helped reduce crime and injuries, but some argue the ban is playing into the hands of criminal gangs, and damaging south africa's fragile economy. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding reports from johannesburg. patrolling the dark streets of johannesburg. south african police, trying to enforce much more than just the lockdown. they have spotted a woman with something in hand. could she be selling cigarettes? she

is bundled into the van. the sale of cigarettes and alcohol is now strictly prohibited here. this is how south africa's new prohibition is being enforced. police are on the streets at night, seeking out anybody dealing or carrying alcohol 01’ anybody dealing or carrying alcohol or cigarettes. it is a deeply controversial part of this country's lockdown. the south african government says its prohibition is working. and by restricting alcohol, they are reducing public violence and keeping hospital beds free for coronavirus patients. but the ban is also fuelling organised crime. these schoolchildren are now selling contraband schoolchildren are now selling contra band cigarettes on schoolchildren are now selling contraband cigarettes on behalf of powerful gangsters. these people are quite scary are they? yes, they are very scary. they carry guns and you can't trust anyone. do you feel ashamed, doing this criminal

activity or do you think this is a stupid law? i feel ashamed, activity or do you think this is a stupid law? ifeel ashamed, it is not ok. he would rather have a properjob? exactly. not ok. he would rather have a proper job? exactly. as not ok. he would rather have a properjob? exactly. as for bootlegging, it seems like everyone is at it now. kitchen general being distilled in suburbs and home—brewed pineapple beer, the only source of income now for a mother of three, who lost herjob because of the lockdown. what would happen to you if you are caught? if they can catch me they will put me injail. if you are caught? if they can catch me they will put me in jail. our us readers that? yes, i am afraid because who will look after my kids? and those who aren't breaking the new law are in danger of going out of business. in the stunning winelands around cape town, dozens of vineyards are going bust and thousands of workers are losing theirjobs. and then there is this. 7 million litres of beer are being

poured down the drain. to clear a nation's clogged breweries, another unintended consequence of south africa's divisive coronavirus prohibition. the lockdown in south africa. footage has emerged of the prime minister of belgium getting the cold shoulder from healthcare workers. sophie wilmes visited saint peter hospital in brussels on saturday. but some staff used the occation to express their opinion about the government's handling of the coronavius outbreak. upon arrival they turned their backs on her ministerial car. since being shared online the video has gone viral. now on bbc news, it's time for your questions answered.

we've been asking you to write in with your questions about coronavirus and the impact it's having on sport. the bundesliga played of course over the weekend, a very different sort of football from what we normally expect. we've got two experts who can help us answer them now, rob harris who's global sports correspondent at the associated press, and martyn ziegler who's chief sports reporter at the times. welcome to both. i was mentioning the bundesliga, and it has been written or certainly said that football is nothing without the crowds. maybe that will come out today. let's start with mark willits, who who has contacted us. mark willits, who who has contacted us. what difference do you think we will see in mass running events in the future? he is talking i think in particular about half marathons and park runs. rob harris, what is your

view on that? obviously, the main big event they are trying to stage as the london marathon, which has been delayed until october. a lot of people are worried about the bigger mass participation marathon, particularly because they raise a lot of money for charity. at the moment, the difficulty is while social distancing is maintained it is going to be very difficult to stage those sort of events, so they could be one at the last sort of events brought back. what helps is they are in the open air and we have heard from the experts that perhaps there mass gatherings in the open airare less of there mass gatherings in the open air are less of a risk in terms of spreading the coronavirus. but there are questions over the bath half marathon in march and just what role it played in potentially spreading infections. could you operate a sophisticated, complicated timing schedule, or would thatjust defeats the whole point of that, do you think? so would you rather people start at intervals and had a handicap, as it were? yes, you could

do that. it is notjust the actual running that is a problem, but with all these mass sporting event that is actually people getting there, do they go by public transport? do they mingle before hand they go by public transport? do they mingle beforehand and afterwards? you know, it is notjust the actual running. probably the actual running is the least risky part of it. i think it is beforehand, afterwards, getting there, that is where the real issue is and i think that is also what is leading to the delays in announcing any sort of mass running events happening. ok, let's move on. mark mentions the bundesliga before we came to you and they are called the ghost games over there. mark wilson asks, could sport stadiums allow limited fans, if they we re stadiums allow limited fans, if they were to maintain social distancing? is that an option, rob? well, we are already seeing it in taiwan, where they are doing baseball with about 1000 spectators in the stadium and

they will mark off seats that can't be used. so it is showing a path forward to be able to bring fans back into the stadium, even as the coronavirus persists. it is obviously, it requires a heavy logistical setup to ensure that is in place and again, we have heard from the government medical experts that one of the risks is people travelling to the stadiums, it is the going on public transport, meeting in pubs beforehand, potentially, which can the coronavirus. that we are seeing the path forward from somewhere like taiwan. the netherlands are saying they can't get any fans in stadiums for some time, particularly without a vaccine. yes, and actually this ties in with gerard. how can football be played while maintaining social distancing? looking at those gains yesterday, in those defensive positions, you can't. they were banding together, once they? yes, you can't and i think that is

accepted. it is also very true that research has shown that you are very, very unlikely to catch coronavirus while outside. if you are not actually face—to—face with somebody, i think a rugby scrum might be different, but if you are playing football you are probably farenough apart playing football you are probably far enough apart most of the time and even when you are quite close together there is still a very limited risk, compared to indoors because the virus gets dispersed so quickly by the wind and by the open air. ithink quickly by the wind and by the open air. i think there is a statistic from the research in china that only one out at 7000 cases are actually transmitted externally. it is more inside is the issue, so i think playing football is not the problem. 0k, dortmund were a long way ahead yesterday, won't they? let's move on. lindsay redwood, realistically are we likely to see any mass sporting events before we see a

vaccine? i think he sports again have to try to find a way of stating them, even if there isn't a vaccine. we have been cautioned that there actually might not be a vaccine, so they do have to find alternatives and the question is, does that lead toa and the question is, does that lead to a change in what we're used to? the really big events like the 0lympics, when you get tens of thousands of people together in athlete villages as well. if you need to disperse them across different locations, potentially, we are going to have to see big imagination —— re—imagination of how we are used to staging big sports events until there is a way of containing the coronavirus. it is not feasible to do it in germany and another football league, which is this mass testing across the club and players and coaches and all staff to have that testing to try to manage the situation so that if there are any cases they will pick them up early and then they can address the situation then. the

problem is it is very hard to envisage that necessarily at the stage for the types of big events like the olympics, whether you have more than 10,000 athletes and many thousands more support staff. so it isa thousands more support staff. so it is a really chequered situation for the body of events and there is a knock—on financial consequence if they can't do these stages as normal. and how do you think equestrianism can recover?|j normal. and how do you think equestrianism can recover? i mean, equestrianism can recover? i mean, equestrianism is one of those sports where the restrictions have been lifted last week, so you can now go out riding your horse with a friend, as long as you maintain social distancing. in the grassroots, amateur equestrianism, that is now possible, so you can go out hacking, you can ride with somebody else. in terms of the more organised competitions, again that is going to be some way down the line and i think there will probably not be any competitions of the equestrian

nature this summer and probably we might have to wait until next year, a bit like cricket. i don't think there are going to be any grassroots cricket going on until next year. no, it is going to feel very strange, isn't it? we're running out of time. i want ask both of you this last one. ian butler, i am 72, fit and healthy and not obese. can he play golf? well, the advice from golf england is to stay at home if you are in a vulnerable group, but it is up to you. they will say the decision is down to the individual golfer, that is what golf england are saying. if you are in this group, you're advised to stay at home as much as possible and don't go out, but if you do particularly ta ke go out, but if you do particularly take care to minimise your contact others. yes, absolutely, take extra precautions if you do decide that you want to play perhaps disinfect your clubs, anything you touch and don't lift up any flags and just

have no external contact at all to absolutely minimise any risk, if you think it is worth playing. i can understand some people think it is worth playing. great to speak to you both, thank you very much for joining us, martyn ziegler and rob harris. hello there, we are seeing the warmest weather to the south today and some cloud and some patchy rain, but it will turn wetter this evening and overnight for a while in northern ireland and particularly scotland. some patchy rain for northern england and perhaps north wales, that further south dry. it should be quite a bit milder than last night for many of us, temperatures 9—10d. we start with clouds and rain for the northern half of the uk, particularly

scotla nd half of the uk, particularly scotland and a more persistent rain was simply a way for me nor the mind and will get some sunshine here and some patchy rain could come back into northern ireland and southern scotland. it does become largely dry for england and wales, sunnier skies towards the south—east, where temperatures are continuing to climb, although 18 degrees is likely in the north—east of scotland. 0ver the weekend, rain early and late in the weekend, rain early and late in the week, mainly across the northern half of the uk. all of us, though, will be getting a lot warmer.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk government defends plans to begin reopening primary schools in england from next month — it says there'll be measures to ensure the safety of children and teachers.

barack obama has launched a scathing attack on the trump administration's response to the coronavirus crisis. people in the uk are still being urged to stay away from tourist destinations and follow the lockdown rules for each part of the country. the italian prime minister admits the country's taking a calculated risk by easing a number of lockdown measures from next week. spain records 87 deaths in the past 2a hours — the first drop under 100 since the lockdown began. in the last hour scotland's health secretary jeane freeman has been giving an update on the situation in scotland.

let's go to correspond it in glasgow. what did she say on that update? she talked a lot about residence in care homes. care homes had been a real concern across the country. we are talking about some the most vulnerable old, frail people in our society and in scotland the latest figures show that 57% of covid deaths in scotland are in our care homes. last week, 238 elderly people lost their lives in our care homes asa lost their lives in our care homes as a result of covid. that was down on the previous week but that is still a lot of families and a real concern in scotland. so that was one of her main focus is today and she has said that new arrangements will be put in place tomorrow to help care providers deal with this pandemic. this is what the health secretary had to say.

today we have published details of arrangements that take effect from tomorrow to ensure enhanced, professional, clinicaland tomorrow to ensure enhanced, professional, clinical and care oversight. the publication today sets out a very clear role for the nhs. in partnership with the releva nt nhs. in partnership with the relevant local authority and local health and social care partnership. to actively and proactively ensure that every care home has the additional support and if necessary, intervention to make sure that clinical care, infection prevention and control, ppe and testing arrangements are what we need them to be. some people say this may be too little too late and there have been concerns from care home providers and the scottish tory party today for all people in care homes to be tested. even those care homes to be tested. even those care homes with no cases of coronavirus. now currently in scotland it is only ca re now currently in scotland it is only care homes where there are cases of covid that residents and staff are all covid that residents and staff are

a ll tested. covid that residents and staff are all tested. jean freeman was asked about this at the press conference today and she said that is co nsta ntly today and she said that is constantly reviewed but she has not said that that will happen. 0ne constantly reviewed but she has not said that that will happen. one of the other issue she did talk about today was test, trace and isolate as we move towards the next phase of this pandemic. and she did announce that three health boards, five lothian and highland will be piloting the technology that we are going to need for this to take place. 600 staff have already been taken on from the health service to deal with us and we are expecting around 2000 staff to be involved in this. and later this week we are expecting the first minister nicola sturgeon to talk about the next phase of beginning to very slowly ease some of the restrictions. we are not sure exactly what she is going to say but we are likely to hear from going to say but we are likely to hearfrom her going to say but we are likely to hear from her early next week either monday or tuesday. thank you very much.

we've got used to spending much of our lives staring at screens in recent years. now we're becoming rapidly accustomed to staring through them, too. demand for protective screens in shops and offices is booming during this pandemic — and manufacturers are struggling to keep up. here's our business correspondent katy austin. clear plastic sheet being cut and shaped into protective screens — these will end up on reception desks. this office furniture manufacturer near dudley is getting ten times the normal orders for screens. staff are back from furlough, making 700 a week. more and more businesses are starting to get back to work and they want to do that safely, which has triggered a huge amount of demand for the kind of protective screens that they make here. the company's boss says offices will start to look very different. normally, you would have screening of this height to provide a separation between the space, now people need to extend that to provide a more practical barrier.

but the rush for see—through screens has caused a shortage in transparent acrylic — many businesses could have to wait months. is it possible that everybody who wants a plastic screen will get one now? in simple terms, no. we will exploring all sorts of alternative materials, but there is a limited supply of acrylic, and that is being used up very quickly. everybody is looking for screens. for weeks, this firm in leicester has rushed to make visors and supermarket screens. but now other types of business, from taxis through to warehouses are in need of them. but materials from europe are not made quickly enough. demand has been at least ten times the usual market and that causes troubles. customers are wanting deliveries now because businesses are opening and, with that, we are unfortunately

in the position that we cannot supply generally for four weeks. the supply is being monitored. we have been talking to government every day for weeks. we have been monitoring supply change in the industry. we are looking at specific items and the general supply of raw materials, to make sure the government and ourselves are up—to—date with what is available and where. as the economy gets back into gear with safety at the fore, this could just be the tip of the iceberg. katy austin, bbc news. at 5:50pm we will have the downing street report. but now a special

coronavirus report. but now a special coronavirus report. hello and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic. i'm annita mcveigh. 0n today's programme, how the covid—19 pandemic has affected three generations of people, from schoolchildren to millennials in their 20s, and we will be looking at the impact on the elderly as one italian grandmother adjusts to her new reality after months in isolation. denmark was the first country to reopen its primary schools and children are adjusting. from hourly hand washing to new playground

layouts. it has been hard to not hug each other. you have to hug yourself. keeping kids apart require some imagination. when they came back they had lots of activities to try to make them not worry. but they did worry. so we had to give up on that. it was not needed. the school has been cleverly redrawn to each child only comes into contact with a very small number of other children. normally they set two and two. the class of 20 has been cut into two groups of ten which is why you have the plastic. those two groups are not allowed to mix? exactly. 0n the brakes we have to divide those groups even into even smaller groups. so the kidsjust have four other children that they are allowed to play with and they are only given one part of the playground they are

allowed to be in. i am seven years old. we keep our distance when we play. we cannot play catch. what do you play instead ? play. we cannot play catch. what do you play instead? hula hoop. and there is a lot of this. how many times a day do you wash your hands now? denmark reopened primary schools very early on. it was feared the infection rate would rise and initially it stood but it is back down again and with so many parents in work here, this was a targeted risk. if we had to get the economy moving again then we have to get the kids back into not only schools but day care to try to enhance productivity for those forced still to work at home. it was a challenge to work at home. it was a challenge to do yourjob while having him home. it is much more easy for me to concentrate. i have a role where i canjust work.

concentrate. i have a role where i can just work. a lot of parents wrote to me that they had some kind of concerns and a few parents were concerned that they would not let the child come in the first week but after two weeks there has been no problem. actually, it is the kids at home he said, why can't i go? this, they said, was impossible. children social distancing. it might not be school as they know it but they are making it work. the direct translation is when the light returns. it is back. the lightest back. coronavirus has also transformed the lives of millions of teenagers in ways they could not have expected so what is the new normal? we asked young people in 1a different countries to record their day from when they wake up to the moment they went to bed to find out how they are coping during the

pandemic. today marks 48 days of being quarantine. you'll see how i'm spending a day in quarantine. my day in lockdown. it's going to be a really different from a down. 0utside. we cannot go to the mosque. it is really, really sad. last night we got out before lockdown which has not allowed us to

surf. i am in physical education class and we are doing workouts together by zoom. and as you can see iamjust together by zoom. and as you can see i am just lying here on my bed, hibernating away. jenny —— genuinely eve ryo ne hibernating away. jenny —— genuinely everyone does this. i school teachers are trying to help us feel motivated that coronavirus will end soon motivated that coronavirus will end soon because they are trying to uplift us that there is still a future and we can do things eventually. at 12301 have got a phone appointment with a psychologist. because of the quarantine, our appointment came to the end and they we re appointment came to the end and they were interrupted. i called another psychologist. because i have found that i am having counselling because

anxiety and it helps me manage with social isolation. i just woke anxiety and it helps me manage with social isolation. ijust woke up and it's like 2:30pm in the afternoon andl it's like 2:30pm in the afternoon and i slept last night had 3pm. and ican and i slept last night had 3pm. and i can positively say that friends do the same. every teenager in mumbai does this. recording a tick-tock video. i posting on social media just for something fun to do. my my dad and me go to the cafe and we make food for the underprivileged people and people cannot afford food. we feed 850 people per day. it has been really hard adjusting to this lifestyle of at home but i know it is for everybody's safety precautions. we are at a workshop.

we usually come here to help with some work. the coronavirus pandemic has really affected businesses. i'm with my family the whole day and thatis with my family the whole day and that is pretty great because before we did not spend all that much time together. so having been together now is something we should really appreciate. i really hope that when i wake appreciate. i really hope that when iwake up appreciate. i really hope that when i wake up tomorrow this pandemic is over. it is the life you hoping to get back to right now and hopefully when the coronavirus ends we will start to look at our world from a different and better angle. the transition out of lockdown carries a new set of challenges. we head to italy to find out how one grandmother has adjusted to her new life after spending months in

isolation.

here are some more striking images of the pandemic from news photographers around the world.

that is it for now. a reminder, you can follow me on twitter. i'm @annita—mcveigh. 0r head to the bbc news website for the latest information. thank you for watching. we have seen the warmest weather today was sunny skies towards the

south—east. further north some patchy rain. it turns wetter this evening and overnight for a while in northern ireland and scotland. some patchy rain from northern england but further sales i think it is going to stay dry. it should be quite a bit milder than last night for many of us. temperatures of nine or10 for many of us. temperatures of nine or 10 degrees but we start with some cloud and rain for the northern half of the uk. i think the more persistent rain will clear away and we will get some sunshine here. the cloud could bring patchy rain back into northern ireland and southern scotland. it becomes large the drier northern england and wales were sunnier skies towards the south—east and that is where temperatures are continuing to climb a low 18 degrees is likely in the north—east scotland. 0ver is likely in the north—east scotland. over the week ahead we have got rain early in the week and it is mainly across the northern ireland the uk. for a while, all of us, though, will be getting a lot warmer.

the latest headlines now. the uk government defence plans to reopen primary schools in england from next month and says there will be measures to ensure the safety of children and teachers. it is the case that it is extremely unlikely that any school is likely to be the source of a covid outbreak. if for any reason there are risks we can ta ke ste ps any reason there are risks we can take steps to mitigate them. barack 0bama launches a second scathing attack on the camp administration has meant response to the crisis. more than anything this pandemic has

torn back the curtain