here, new virtual, rather than actual experiences. the future for those graduating more uncertain than at any other time in modern history. the world is yours now. 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're doing. a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge. since leaving office injanuary 2017, barack obama has largely avoided criticism of his successor, although earlier this month, in remarks leaked to the media, he was heard describing the trump administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as a "chaotic disaster". 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—19 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 total 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. religious services are resuming in parts of australia under strict conditions, as lockdown measures are gradually being eased. but many churches, synagogues and mosques have decided to stay closed over concerns for older members. 0ur correspondent in sydney phil mercer told me more

about how australians are adapting. across mostjurisdictions in australia's states and territories, here in new south wales for example, places of worship can now be attended by ten people. limited numbers, fewer than members of a football team but for many parishioners, it is a start. there are churches here in sydney who are asking people to phone ahead to book a spot because of those limited places available. as you said, there are large numbers of synagogues, mosques and anglican churches, certainly here in the state of new south wales, who have decided to stay closed because of concerns for older members of their congregations. and also some of those authorities controlling those churches and mosques are thinking that to open just for ten people isn't really worth it. so they are hanging on. many of them are delivering services, live streaming and recording them online as well.

that will continue until further restrictions of australia's coronavirus lockdown is announced in the coming weeks. talk to us more 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 nations health ministry 87 people died on sunday. that brings the total number of deaths in the country to 27,650 people. officials in russia have recorded nine thousand, seven hundred and nine new coronavirus cases in the past twenty four hours. that's a rise of more than five hundred cases compared to the previous day. earlier this week million of workers returned to factories and building sites after the government loosened lockdown rules. 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 fourteen thousand new cases in twenty—four hours. more than fifteen thousand brazilians have died. now we say goodbye to bbc world viewers. for those watching in the uk, we have sport now. here's 0lly foster. it was a difficult watch, the game yesterday. raheem sterling says that players need more time to prepare for the return of the premier league.

june 12th is the current target of project restart but the manchester city and england forward says that the players will need at least a month of full training before returning to action and that's unlikely to be much before the end of the month. the newcasle manager steve bruce has also questioned the timetable for the league's resumption. sterling was speaking to the usa women's captain meghan raphinoe on his youtube channel. you need a full four or five weeks. you need a full four or five weeks. you need a full four or five weeks. you need the preparation time. the german bundesliga continues behind closed doors. bayern munich‘s lead at the top is down to one point after borussia dortmund's win on saturday but the champions are playing right now at union berlin. these were the scenes at the stadium as the players arrived for the game, everyone observing all the strict guidelines.

it's over five weeks since bayern players reeturned to the first phase of training so it makes the prmier league target ofjune 12th seem very ambitious they are under way in that match. thomas muller had a goal disallowed for bayern, he was offside. earlier, mainz came back from 2—0 down to draw 2—2 at cologne. la liga president javier tebas is targetting a 12th ofjune restart for spains top division. these are barcelona's changing rooms at their training ground getting a deep clean. la liga started testing players last week as it plans to play matches behind closed doors. the uefa president alexander ceferin says that the european season will be able to finish in august and that includes the europa and champions league.

the franch and dutch leagues have been scrapped but ceferin says they have a concrete plan for the majority of leagues finishing the season with the champions league final at the end of august. top division european clubs are set to lose £3.5 billion pounds even if they do finish the season. the figure, for this season and next, was outlined in a meeting of stakeholders within the game last week. if season's aren't fully completed, the figure could rise to over £6 billion. it's estimated that manchester united alone could lose £140 million if matches are played behind closed doors until the end of next season. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. 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 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. over 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.