welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan—jones. our top stories: protests in brazil's largest city, opposing the state's lockdown, but the mayor warns the health system is about to collapse. japan's economy slides into recession for the first quarter — the country's on course for its worst slump since the war. an aerial display to salute health workers in canada goes terribly wrong, with a militaryjet crashing into a residential area. and world health ministers meet online on monday to discuss coronavirus. but will they find a place for taiwan?

brazil's coronavirus death toll has risen to 16,118, with more than 240,000 cases, making it the fourth worst—affected country in terms of confirmed infections. on sunday the mayor of brazil's biggest city, sao paulo, warned that the health system was close to collapse. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson, now reports from sao paulo. the death toll is still climbing and the president is still in denial. jair bolsonaro remains intent on putting politics before the pandemic, once again flouting global health guidelines at a protest on sunday, even if he was finally wearing a mask. translation: it is priceless for politicians to have a spontaneous demonstration like this one, coming from the from the full soul of the brazilian

people who want freedom and democracy above all. amid growing criticism of his handling of the corona crisis, jair bolsonaro is seeking closely to the minority of brazilians who still think he's a good job. he and his fan base are convinced brazilians need to get back to work, despite the signs proving otherwise. translation: it is not the right way to do isolation. just closing everything down and seeing what happens. not even seems like this can convince jair bolsonaro to change intact. people are dying and health systems across the country are collapsing. these next few weeks are only expected to get worse. the state with the highest number of cases is sao paulo. the capital already has a death toll bigger than china and authorities have wild the health system is struggling. sao paulo residents have been

quarantine with nearly two months with businesses, schools and public spaces ordered shut but, as the weeks have gone on, social distancing has slowed. statistics show fewer than 50% of residents are still respected the rules and in some parts of sao paulo city, shops are reopening. authorities are turning a blind either so. translation: it is difficult to believe that some prefer to subject the population to a game of russian roulette. the indifference to death is unseemly. it is a crime of responsibility. trafficjams have returned, despite efforts to dissuade people from commuting. many brazilians argue they have to work. millions of people who work in the informal economy and depend on daily wages are struggling. the country is running out of options to tell people to stay

home at a time when it is needed the most. katy watson, bbc news. earlier i spoke to dr paulo lotufo, a professor of medicine, at the university of sao paulo. and asked whats happening with the lockdown in brazil in brazil, the lockdown is partial, it's not working exactly as in other countries, so you have social isolation, that is partial, and most problems in brazil that you are fighting, against the coronavirus and against the federal government. president bolsonaro is fighting against the national health system. he fired the minister of health and he's denying the pandemic. today, he joined supporters

in front of the presidential palace to get them to fight against social isolation. and what effect do you think that is having? so, it's a contradiction between the determination of the governors of the states who are doing a very good job, in sao paulo and rio de janeiro, to provide good social isolation. that is one point. the second point is that the federal government is not releasing the financial support for the poor people so for them it's very difficult to keep social isolation without financial support that was approved by the house and by the senate.

and what effect is this having on the healthcare system at the moment? is it close to capacity? how worried are you? yeah. in other cities, manaus, belem, in the amazon rainforest, it's catastrophic. there is no beds for people who need care. the same for other cities in the north—east, like recife, fortaleza, and rio dejaneiro is the same situation. here in sao paulo, until now we can't buffer all the demand that is very high. over at the main hospital, the hospital das clinicas, now has 2052 beds with people under artificial ventilation, and three more community hospitals for people with covid—19.

but we suppose that, in the next ten days, you do not have more conditions to keep all the actual situation to support people who need critical care units. data coming in earlierfrom japan shows that the world's third latest economy has slipped into recession in the first quarter, putting it on course for its worst postwar slump, as the coronavirus takes a heavy toll. the bbc‘s mariko 0i is following the story from singapore. what are the figures saying?m was widely expected but in the first three months of this year japan's economy shrunk byjust under 1% and

japan's economy shrunk byjust under1% and in japan's economy shrunk byjust under 1% and in the previous quarter, the fourth quarter of 2019, it contracted by 2% so the country is now officially in what is defined as a technical recession, two consecutive quarters of falling gdp. this morning's figure was not as bad as what economists had expected but if you look at the data closely, private consumption is down, experts are down as the global economy was ina are down as the global economy was in a lockdown and there are concerns that, in the second quarter of this year, the economy could be even hit harder because from april to during that april was when the state of emergency was implemented so people could not go out and spend money. what is the government expected to do to halt japan out of these? the government has announced a

package with $1.1 trillion, 20% of japan's gdp. 0ne package with $1.1 trillion, 20% ofjapan‘s gdp. one of the largest in the world. but there are complaints from citizens that they have not received the cash handout and that they have to fill out pages after pages in order to get support from the government economists say they will eventually get the money they have been promised and, injune, the government is planning to announce more stimulus package as well but there are concerns that is not going to be enough to help the economy because of the economy was already hit by the vat last 0ctober was already hit by the vat last october and people were already relu cta nt to october and people were already reluctant to spend money and now that they have been staying at home they have. spending money even further so we have been hearing about bankruptcies and job losses as well. let's get some of the day's other news: india has extended its lockdown until the end of the month, however, some restrictions have been eased.

0ffices can open with staggered business hours. and shops have been allowed to open with a limit on customers. there have been more than 90,000 cases and almost 2,900 deaths in india. healthcare workers in belgium turned their back on the prime minister, as she visited a hospital. sophie wilmes arrived by car at the saint peter hospital, in brussels, on saturday. some staff turned away to show what they thought of the government's handling of the pandemic. new york state governor andrew cuomo has undergone a covid—19 test live on tv. mr cuomo said he wanted to show how quick and easy the process is. a doctor dressed in full ppe conducted the nasal swab test. the governor said he didn't experience pain or discomfort. he told new yorkers there's no reason why you should not get tested. in the uk, the number of deaths dropped to 170 — the lowest number since the lockdown began.

but numbers are usually lower on sundays than other days of the week due to a lag in recording. the news came as the row between the government and teachers intensified, over plans to reopen schools in england. ministers have admitted it is impossible to completely eliminate the risk of contracting coronavirus but insists that a school would be extremely unlikely to be the source of an outbreak a canadian military display jet has crashed in a residential area in british columbia. one person has died and another is in hospital. the plane went down shortly after take off from kamloops airport, near vancouver, and burst into flames. one person ejected from the plane and landed by parachute on a roof. cbc news reporter megan batchelor joins me from vancouver. thank you for being with us. talk us through what has happened here in this awful

incident? it really is a tragedy and this happen in the interior of british columbia, about four hour drive east of vancouver. what we know is that the canadian forces aerobatics team, this plane took off from the airport in kamloops shortly after 11 o'clock this morning and fairly close to that ta keoff and fairly close to that takeoff time is when the plane started to take a nosedive. we know from witness video that at least one person interjected from the plane. that plane and that up crashing on a nearby house and burst into flame. we have seen footage of a parachute on that house as well. we now know that one person was killed in this accident and another person is in hospital. the person killed was captain james in hospital. the person killed was captainjames casey, a public affairs officer. the pilot was the person injured.

the injuries are not considered life—threatening. certainly a lot of questions about what has happened here. there will be an extensive investigation launched but certainly a tragedy with lots of question left to be answered. what was the occasion? the snowbirds are and aerobatic team and take pa rt and aerobatic team and take part in shows in the us and canada, they are an arm of the canadian forces and have been an icon for decades. they were recently ta ken part an icon for decades. they were recently taken part in a coast—to—coast tour that they we re coast—to—coast tour that they were calling operation inspiration and this was meant to bea inspiration and this was meant to be a salute to canadians as we cope with the covid—19 pandemic. this was a thank you to those on the front and they started in nova scotia on canada's east coast earlier this month and they were sent to do this month and they were sent todoa this month and they were sent to do a show on the interior of bc this afternoon before wrapping the tour up closer to

the west coast later in the week. this crash unfortunately had a lot of witnesses, knowing the snowbirds were in town and taken to the skies. a lot of people saw this and this is affecting a lot of people because this was meant to bring hope and inspiration to canadians and unfortunately this is now clouded in tragedy. thank you for that. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: in fiji, the economic impact of the virus has hit so hard that some households are giving up cash and turning to the barter economy. this morning, an indian airforce plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage.

in doing so, it has become the first country in the world to approve the change in a national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it has been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far, but suddenly the police are teargassing the crowd. we don't know why. the prelaunch ritual is well—established here. helen was said to be in good spirits, butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody start for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the mayor of brazil's biggest city sao paulo has warned that its health system is close to collapse

because of the impact of coronavirus. he called on residents to start respecting social distancing. health officials from around the world are meeting online at the world health assembly to decide how the world should tackle the crisis. but taiwan, which is seen as one of the places that's been most successful at combating the disease — has not been invited. china — which considers taiwan as part of its territory — has blocked the isalnd's attendance since 2016. in recent weeks, there has been pressue from the us, the eu, and several other nations to include taiwan as an observer. 0ur taiwan correspondent cindy sui joins us from taipei. so, cindy sui joins us from taipei. we are not then goir see so, we are not then going to see taiwan and all of its expertise in this area at this assembly? it doesn't look like

it. despite the intense lobbying effort and unprecedented international support, taiwan still has not received an invitation from the who to attend the world health assembly starting today. even though it is a virtual meeting and many would argue that taiwan could easily be included, it doesn't look like it will be. and the main reason is because despite the fact that taiwan was able to attend as an observer from 2009 to 2016 under the previous administration, which had accepted the concept of one china, that both sides would be able to define what that means. beijing is very much opposed to the current administration which rejects that concept. beijing sees the current administration as pro—independence, doesn't trust their ministration and sees this issue not at all as a health issue but as a national dignity and national sovereignty issue. so it does not want to give the image

that, by allowing taiwan to attend the who, is actually supporting taiwan and giving a nod to taiwan as being seen as a separate country. and so, taiwan has been very successful in how it has combated the coronavirus, talk us through how it has managed to do that. indeed, taiwan has done an amazing job according to many experts and here you can see people are still going about their business, going to work, going to school. there has never been a lockdown here. and the reason for this is because it acted very, very quickly. it took decisive action, including border controls, travel restrictions, and proactively testing and finding potential cases in the hospitals as well is at the airports with all of the thermometer set up there. and also in doing a very efficient contact tracing and very strict isolation and quarantining. so very strict isolation and quara ntining. so because very strict isolation and quarantining. so because of this, the number of cases has basically flattened at a little over 400. and only seven deaths

stop so it is have one of the lowest incidence and death rates in the world. it is precisely because of their success that there was renewed hope this year that taiwan could be included in the who as many people here in taiwan and especially the government leaves, no—one should be left out of the who. it believes that taiwan's expertise in fighting such as coronavirus could benefit the world. ok, thank you cindy. the world health organization has warned that a global mental health crisis is looming — because of the many consequences of the pandemic. 0n the eve of mental health awareness week, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has been speaking about his own struggle with anxiety and how the country should respond to the virus. here's our religion editor, martin bashir. we've tried to keep calm and carry on, but in our locked—down homes, minds have been racing. according to the office

for national statistics, almost half of adults in the uk are suffering with anxiety — including the archbishop of canterbury. there is real anxiety, and you can'tjust so easily talk it through. of course, anxiety is a very reasonable thing to suffer. when i talk to the doctor, who i talk to from time to time, he says the whole point about anxiety and depression is they're there to tell you something. we often think it's just us who is struggling, that everyone else is doing 0k... it was while delivering thought for the day before his 64th birthday that the archbishop admitted to his own depression. he'd grown up with an alcoholic father. soon after marrying, he and his wife lost a child, aged just seven months. loss, grief, anxiety are traumas. and trauma has to be

gone through. and you can't do itjust with the stiff upper lip. as archbishop, he wants to open churches when safe to do so, but says he is more focused on the mental health of the nation. what i hope and pray that we learn is, first of all, that we cannot base our society on the idolatry of wealth, even of health. secondly, that we build a vision of the society we want. we have a commission of inquiry into what we learn from this — not to blame, but to learn. we have royal commission on how we look after social care. the reaction to the last crisis, the financial crisis, was one of austerity. yes. do you think the same should happen this time round? can we do that again?

no. i think that would be. ..catastrophic, because austerity falls worst on the weakest. let us have a society that follows god's call forjustice, and don't kid me that economics and spirituality don't go together. it's god's economy, and god is the one who brings the spirit that makes economics work and make itjust. martin bashir, bbc news, at lambeth palace. israel has sworn in a new unity government led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his former rival betty gantz. under the power—sharing deal, he will serve another 18 months before mr gantz takes over. it ends the longest political crisis in the nation's history. mr netanyahu crisis in the nation's history. mr neta nyahu bowed crisis in the nation's history. mr netanyahu bowed to push on with controversial plans to annex large parts of the

occupied west bank. he said israel wanted unity as the country battled coronavirus. in the pacific islands, cash has become so scarce that residents have been turning to bartering in order to meet their household needs. the islands have been hit hard economically and many popular facebook pages have sprung up — attracting thousands of members — to swap anything from groceries to gardening services. well, because, with the closing of borders, we have lost basically our tourism industry, which is one of our highest gdp earners. so with the closing and the collapsing of the tourism industry, we have thousand upon thousands of people who have directly lost their jobs, or indirectly from other indirect services that feed the tourism sector, that have also lost theirjobs. i see, so how does this bartering work?

well, basically, it's a facebook group, and it's open to anybody to become a member, and you just get onto the group, write down where your location is, and what you would like to trade and what you have to trade for. so what you have to in exchange and what do you want in return. and what kind of things are being bartered? we've had everything, from basic food and grocery items, to household cleaning products, to lots of seed and vegetable seeds, and root crops. a lot of people are turning to backyard gardening to help them survive. so that's been a popular item. we have had electronic goods exchanged. a lot of people have lost theirjobs and are trading actually services and time, so in the it fields, in carpentry, in gardening services, maintenance — all of those type services, they have been popular. and a whole range. we've had anything from

really high—end goods down to just basic necessities. so in these really difficult times, this has become a bit of a lifeline? yes, definitely it has and i am sure, as things get tougher, as people's savings and the little financial help that they have received starts to run out, more and more of the bartering system or this exchange for good and services will become more popular and will become reallyjust a useful tool to survive. 0ur our thanks to marlene there. a reminder of our top story: brazil's coronavirus death toll has risen to more than 16,000 with more than 240,000 cases — making it the fourth worst—affected country in terms of confirmed infections. on sunday the mayor of brazil's biggest city sao paulo warned the health system was close to collapse. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones.

iam i am lewis vaughan—jones and this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. there is some wet weather and some warm weather in this weather forecast. first, most of the wet weather will be found across the northern half of the uk. further south, it'll be largely dry, and quite widely it'll become very warm for a time around the middle of the week. the end of the week will feel a bit different. it'll be cooler, windier and more unsettled for all of us. now, you can see frontal systems which will be pushing across northern areas over the next few days, bringing cloud. yes, this cloud producing some outbreaks of rain, but it is to the south of those frontal systems that things will turn increasingly warm and increasingly sunny for just about all of us by wednesday. but, as far as monday goes, some rain to start off across northern scotland. that will increasingly become confined to the northern isles. the north of the mainland will brighten up, with some sunshine. we will see quite a lot of cloud persisting

across southern scotland, north—west england and northern ireland. patchy rain here, which could become heavier from the west into the afternoon. further south, some spells of hazy sunshine. it will be a breezy day, quite a windy one, actually, across northern scotland. but as far as the temperatures go, well, 18 degrees in aberdeen, 17 in belfast, but a high of 24 across some parts of south—east england. now, as we go through monday night into the early part of tuesday, we'll see more splashes of rain at times across northern ireland, northern england and scotland. some clear spells further south, but look at those overnight temperatures — 11,12 degrees the minimum values for some. so a very mild start to tuesday morning. again we see a lot of cloud across northern areas, with some patchy rain at times. it's likely to be quite misty and murky for some of these western coasts, as well. further south and further east, that's where we see the best

of the sunshine and, once again, the highest of the temperatures. 25 degrees looks likely in london by this stage. now, as we move into wednesday, high pressure firmly in charge for the middle of the week, these frontal systems being held at bay for the time being. so i think wednesday is going to be the sunniest day of the week, even northern ireland and scotland brightening up by this stage. the exception — shetland here. you'll hold onto a lot of cloud, some splashes of rain, temperatures topping out at around 9 degrees. further south, though, a high of 27 degrees is possible. now, things do change for the end of the week. we could see some thunderstorms breaking out on thursday. it turns windy for all of us on friday, with some rain at times, and by this stage it'll feel a bit cooler.

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the mayor of brazil's largest city, sao paulo, says the health system is close to collapse as demand grows for emergency hospital beds to deal with covid—19. he said the city's public hospitals had reached 90% capacity. almost 3,000 people have died in the region from coronavirus. official figures from japan show that the world's third largest economy has gone into recession. as a result of the coronavirus crisis, the country is on course for its worst economic slump since the second world war as a result. the government has already announced a trillion dollar stimulus package. a canadian military displayjet has crashed in a residential area in british columbia. one person has died and another is severely injured. the plane was part of the snowbirds demonstration team. it was taking part in a cross—country tour