this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. 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 and fears the us is heading the same way. in england, a row between government and unions over whether schools can reopen in two weeks' time. and ten weeks after imposing the world's first national lockdown, italy reopens shops and restaurants from today.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering the latest coronavirus developments for you both in britain and globally. 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 heart, from the soul of the brazilian people who want freedom, democracy and respect above all. amid growing criticism over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, mr bolsonaro is sticking closely to the minority of brazilians who still think he's doing 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. this has never happened before in the world, just closing everything down and seeing what happens. not even scenes like this can convince jair bolsonaro to change tact. people are dying and health systems across the country are collapsing, and these next few weeks are only expected to get worse.

the state with the highest number of cases is sao paulo. the business capital already has a death toll bigger than that of china, and authorities have warned the health system is struggling. sao paulo residents have been quarantine with nearly two months now, with businesses, schools and public spaces ordered shut. but as the weeks have gone on, social distancing has slowed. statistics show that fewer than 50% of residents are still respecting the rules. in some parts of sao paulo city, shops are reopening. authorities, they say, are turning a blind eye. the mayor on sunday called on residents to do their bit to improve brazil's chances. 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. traffic jams have returned despite authorities' 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 at home at the time when it is needed the most. katy watson, bbc news, in sao paolo. let's take you now to hong kong where for a second time in just over a week, there have been scuffles in the legislative council chamber that broken out between pro—democracy and pro—government legislators. it's centred on a row over procedures with the leadership of a key committee at stake. you can see here there were chaotic scenes earlier today, members pushing, grappling, shouting at each other, security guards have carried out to pro—democracy legislators out of the assembly. so we will bring you more on that as we get it. but

the health committee's role is under scrutiny is the committee that looks at bills before they get a second reading in the legislative council. ahead of thatjudgement of the head of thatjudgement of the head of that committee is what is being discussed and this issue has built up over some time, there isa built up over some time, there is a backlog of bills after failing to elect a chairperson since late last year. so that situation is ongoing in hong kong. we will keep you across what happens there. data coming in earlierfrom japan shows that the world's third biggest economy has slipped into recession in the first quarter of this year, putting it on course for its worst post—war slump as the coronavirus takes a heavy toll. the bbc‘s mariko 0i is following the story from singapore. nice to see you. this was expected, wasn't it? how bad are the numbers? actually, the

number this morning wasn't as bad as the economists had feared, but nevertheless, the gdp for the first three months of this year contracted byjust under 1%, of this year contracted byjust under1%, and in of this year contracted byjust under 1%, and in the previous quarter, that is the final three months of 2019, the economy also shrunk by 2%, two consecutive quarters falling gdp means the country is now officially in a technical recession. as you say, it was widely expected because the economy was already struggling at the end of last year from a height in the sales tax, and with people staying in, consumer spending has been hit hard, and also with the global economy under lockdown, exports we re economy under lockdown, exports were down sharply as well. economists are fearful that the state of emergency only kicked in in april, so there are concerns that the economy would contract even more in the second quarter of the year from april tojune. second quarter of the year from april to june. 0k. thank you. we will see you again in our business coverage to talk about

how businesses are coping with that. the head of the us central bank has issued a stark warning about the impact of the pandemic on his country's economy. in an interview with american network cbs, jerome powell said the country's economy may not recover until the end of 2021. you wouldn't want to bet against the american economy. this economy will recover. it may take a while, it may take a period of time, it could stretch through the end of next year. we really don't know. can there be a recovery without a reasonably effective vaccine ? assuming there is not a second wave of the coronavirus, i think you will see the economy recover steadily through the second half of this year. so for the economy to fully recover, people will have to be fully confident, and that may have two await the arrival... that is tarome powell, the head of the us federal reserve. we will hear what he had to say in our business coverage in just

over 20 minutes. here in the uk, the number of deaths recorded in one day dropped to the lowest figure since the lot down began. but numbers are usually lower on a sunday when compared to other days in the week because of a lag in recording. the uk still has the second—highest official death toll from the in the world just behind the united states. meanwhile, the row between the government and teachers over plans to reopen schools in england has intensified. 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. john macmanus reports. when is the right time to send children back to school? and how will the safety of them and theirfamilies be how will the safety of them and their families be guaranteed? in england, some younger pupils will be back at their desks on june one. ministers say it is

including stack and breaks and class sizes of 15 will reduce the chances of pupils transmitting coronavirus. but not everybody is convinced. with my children, my youngest, bronwyn, she has asthma, she is onto inhalers. charlotte, she has full on learning difficulties and she has had pneumonia when she was five yea rs pneumonia when she was five years old. i don't want to get a second bout of pneumonia. it is just not viable. i don't wa nt is just not viable. i don't want bronwyn, unknowingly, coming home and passing the virus. the government has acknowledged it can't eradicate all risk, but the evidence shows children with the virus rarely develop serious symptoms, though their transition yet rate isn't yet known. we measure the amount of virus in the nasal samples and it looks pretty similar to adults. what we don't know is whether these children then are able to pass on to other adults or to other children. one

initial sceptical teachers union has now backed the plans to return with some qualifications. it is easy to talk about what opening a school might be in compare to another place. we know liverpool, hartlepool are saying they are not going to open their schools on the first ofjune. there is still a lot more thinking as to socialjust in thing mechanisms in schools, how does that work. other european countries are facing the same dilemma. germany and denmark are slowly reopening classrooms using social distancing, but italian pupils will stay at home until september. meanwhile, the latest daily death toll was 170, the lowest figure since the day after the lockdown began on the 24th of march. however, numbers are typically lower on the weekends. the total number of people who have died in the uk after testing positive for the virus is now 34,636. the positive for the virus is now 311,636. the only permanent solution of course is a

vaccine. some scientists believe one may not come for at least a year or perhaps never. but the pharmaceutical company astrazeneca has signed an agreement to make 30 million doses available in the uk by september if it can find a vaccine that works. in israel, its government has held its first meeting, the joining forces between benjamin netanyahu joining forces between benjamin neta nyahu and joining forces between benjamin netanyahu and his rival benny gantz came up three inconclusive elections in a year. but it may also signal the start of a process to annex portions of the west bank — and strain tensions with palestinians. rich preston has this report. benjamin netanyahu is israel's longest serving prime minister but one fighting off an attack. on sunday, he goes on trial for corruption and bribery. charges he denies. joining forces with his political rival, benny gantz, was a gamble.

it's cost him the support of many of those in his own party. those whose backing he may need when his trial gets under way. but it has also put him back on centre stage, securing him another 18 months in office, and giving him the chance to get one of his great projects under way — the annexation of the disputed west bank, and the extension of israeli sovereignty. translation: the hundreds of thousands of settlers in judea and somaria, our brothers and sisters, will always remain in their places as part of any permanent agreement for peace. it is time that our palestinian neighbours, as well as people in this parliament, recognise this. palestinians see the land as theirs for a future state and international law says the jewish settlements there are illegal. mr netanyahu says his plan will bring peace a step closer. we said clearly that it would be a declaration, a legal declaration of making all the agreements void

of actually ending the prospects for a two—state solution. it is a disregard to the regional stability and this is such a violation of the basic international rules, law. the week ahead will be one of the toughest in benjamin netanyahu's career. invigorated with a new term in office, but facing court over some of the most serious corruption allegations, and amid international backlash over moves to expand israeli sovereignty in disputed land. rich preston, bbc news. you're watching bbc news. a reminder of our 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. new figures suggest japan is on course for its worst economic slump since the second world war, and there are growing concerns about the impact of coronavirus on the american economy too.

ten weeks after imposing the world's first national lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic, italy is reopening shops, restaurants, hairdressers and is restarting church services. it marks the country's next stage of recovery. almost 32,000 people have died in italy, but the daily death toll and rise in cases is now the lowest since the lockdown was imposed. from milan, mark lowen reports. milan is dressing up for its reopening. it's chic shops have been closed for ten weeks in the world's first national yorketown. with a final touch, comes strict hygiene controls. a screen at the till, a reminder of the new rules. customers here will be by appointment to limit numbers. the sparkle has been dulled by the virus but they are raring to go. it has been hard

actually, very hard, because nothing was sure. so we kept on listening to the news and we didn't know what to expect, when we would open again and you really hoped and were looking forward to coming back in our store. was there ever a moment where you thought are we ever going to be ever able to come back to work? no, never. italy's capital of fashion, industry and finance was at the centre of the outbreak. the first cases in february when you buy, it was overwhelmed. websites closed, tourist counselling and business suffering, there was talk of it... we were in the city as the corona storm hit. ten weeks on we are here again and milan is still struggling to compound what has happened during that time. more than 15,000 people killed in this region, almost half of all of the italian deaths, and economic pain is intense. 0ne deaths, and economic pain is intense. one in three businesses here don't plan to reopen today. so, milan is coming back to life but the

wounds run deep. now we're getting better, we feel better. we can take a walk, take walks out home. he was born two months ago so this is one of his first walks. we're very happythis too is helping italy's recovery, a hotel used to quarantining italy's recovery, a hotel used to quara ntining less italy's recovery, a hotel used to quarantining less serious cases as they wait to test negative. with the outbreak more under control, it is now also admitting people through contact tracing, those in touch with victims further halting the spread. after 20 days here, jacqueline is ready to be discharged.

a step closer to this country healing. michael owen, bbc news, milan. let's return to what's happening in hong kong where for a second time in just over a week there have been scuffles in the legislative council chamber, between pro—democracy and pro—government legislators. it's centred on a row over procedures, with the leadership of a keycommittee at stake. aaron nicholas is a freelance journalist based in hong kong. aaron, can you tell us which role is being replaced and what theissueit role is being replaced and what the issue it is with this? essentially the role that was replaced was the role of the residing member over this key committee's chairmanship. since late last year, this committee

which is only secondary in importance to the overall parliamentary council in hong kong, has been unable to elect a chairperson because the residing member has been an opposition legislator who has been filibustering and facilitating the filibustering of these proceedings so that the committee cannot move on to its deliberations over a very controversial national anthem at law that the hong kong legislature is required to pass to essentially criminalise disrespect of the chinese national anthem. so that has been the motivation for the filibustering that has been going on and after many months, 17 or 18 meetings, and all the rows that have come with it, today the house committee in the hong kong legislature has been able to elect a chairperson and it is a pro—government legislator. that is essentially accommodating it ina long is essentially accommodating it in a long row over this dispute and the national anthem law is

due to come before the legislature in a number of weeks, the 27th of may is what weeks, the 27th of may is what we are expecting our. what has the reaction been since that appointment has been successful and it's a pro— beijing appointment? this essentially had been expected since last week when the president of the legislature quoted some external legal advice and made the decision that is the presiding member who had been in the opposition up to this point, the president of the legislature quoted legal advice that indicated to him that in an extraordinary situation like this, the chairman is supposed to ta ke this, the chairman is supposed to take ten or 15 minutes and has gone on for several months. the president quoted legal advice that indicated that in an extraordinary situation, he is allowed to set sieges to deal with it and his method of dealing with it was to change the presiding member to allow the presiding member to allow the chairmanship election to ta ke the chairmanship election to take place. it was unexpected outcome and i think now all

eyes turned to the 27th of may where we do expect the national anthem law to return to the full chamber and that could be a spark that could reignite protests that have been essentially on hold with some exceptions since the coronavirus pandemic kicked into high gear. aaron, i was about to ask you about that, very briefly. what is the strength the pro—democracy movement at the moment given the pandemic and the lockdown? well, they have been some minor scuffles between police and protesters in malls in recent weeks. there is still life in its but crowd gathering restrictions still apply in hong kong and the pandemic is still not over. so it does remain to be seen atjust how much capacity there is for any kind of mass gatherings around anthem law with the pandemic still going on. so that very much remains to be seen what hong kong has been relatively less affected than europe and

the united states. it does remain to be seen but there is a very deep opposition to the national anthem law and what we learned to expect from hong kong's opposition is that, don't expect, don't expect less. just expect them to use all the energy they have two try and get the point across. aaron, thank you. the world health organisation 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 makes itjust. martin bashir, bbc news, at lambeth palace. you may well remember president trump's decision to start the united states space force. the youngest branch of the american military — it officially launched last december. now it has begun one of its first ever missions — sending a top secret space plane into orbit. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. mission control: seven, six, five, four... this is no ordinary rocket launch. it is something just a little bit historic. ..and lift off. taking off from cape canaveral in florida, this is a mission

for space force. ..a mission dedicated to america strong. there was plenty of symbolism about this launch, one of the first to take place since the new agency was established by president trump, and it is happening in the middle of a global pandemic. with challenging times, it has never been more clear the importance of first responders in our whole society, and i would also like to add a thanks to the women and men in uniform, because our us defence posture has not changed and they have not backed off of it either. on board the rocket is the x37b, a top—secret space plane that, up till now, the pentagon has kept mostly under wraps. we have been told this much — it will carry out a number of experiments, including a test on the impact of radiation on seeds — mysterious yet versatile. x37b is a really interesting machine. it is a reusable spacecraft. it is autonomous, it flies without crew. it can be rapidly reconfigured to coast

a wide variety of experiments. previous missions have lasted up to two years, and officials say more experiments will take place this time than ever before. the ongoing mission of space force has well and truly begun. tim allman, bbc news. stay with us, next we've got the top business stories, including more detail on japan heading into recession and what the us federal reserve chief has to say about the american economy. 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 2a 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.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a stark warning from the head of the us central bank, who says the world's largest economy may not recover from the global pandemic until late next year.

and grim news from japan as the country's economy slips into a recession. and denmark's open for business — thousands of bars and restaurants re—open their doors as the country fights back against covid—19. hello and welcome. iam i am sally bunn doctor. lets dig into the top business stories of today. we begin today with a stark warning for the world's economy from the head of the us central bank. in an interview with american network cbs, jerome powell said the country's economy may not recover until the end of 2021. powell added a full rebound may not be possible until a vaccine

is found and the economy could "easily" contract by 20—30%. the coronavirus has rocked the us economy, with 36 million americans filing for unemployment benefits since mid—march. washington has pumped in almost $3 trillion in stimulus packages so far, with more funds likely to be needed. russ mould is investment director at aj bell. good morning. nice to see you. what did you make of what jerome powell had to say last night? it was obvious, he said he did hope that there would be a gentle recovery in the second half of this year, after this dreadful second quarter, and he said it could be down 20 to 30%, and you pointed out it will take to the end of next year to get back on track but ultimately he said we just

don't know, and would be variable he did point out for the second half recovery scenario for this year is whether the second spike will happen or not. that is the big question for many all over the world, will be see a second wave or not and will that be triggered by lockdown measures being eased? he also talked about a vaccine, in terms of the confidence in the american people, it is key. that is the case around the world, and we are all eagerly looking at the scandinavian experiments, with schools going back, we are hearing that greece and italy are going to allow foreign travellers in from june or july, so we will, and it will be interesting to see if there isa be interesting to see if there is a second spike after that or if things do return to normal, and we don't see that spike, and we don't see that spike, and it will start to give the public confidence to move around, maybe even go back to work at some stage in mental will help corporations as well, lots of variables there, and the stock market will be still trying to look through them because a lot of them have

reca ptu red because a lot of them have recaptured a big chunk of the losses they made in march. recaptured a big chunk of the losses they made in marchlj also thought it was interesting when he said this is an external event, the us economy was strong, in good health, so therefore, we should bounce back well. i think the american authorities are determined to make sure that it does. they have only pumped in, the government has put in nearly $3 trillion, the federal reserve has put in nearly 3 trillion, and there is talk of another 3 trillion coming from congress, although the republicans and democrats seem unable to agree on how much should be done. that is possibly $90 million going into hole that may be two to trillion this year — 3 trillion this year, so they are doing their utmost to support the us economy. what is a concern, is the relations between the us and china right now, once again, a lot of crosswords being said about who are — huawei, i think the

argument with huawei has bubbled up again. we spent most of last year talking about us china trade relations, that issue has not gone away, america is talking about putting huawei back up on the blacklist, china is criticising america's policy on this, it may block its own list which will could include apple. lots of the issues that were big last year, brexit, us china relations and the overall global level of debt which will now go through the roof in response to the programme is designed to support the government, those issues are still lurking in the background. thank you for talking to us so early in the morning. let's take a quick look at how the markets are faring. issues on the minds of investors — well what jerome powell had

to say will be digested. japan gave up early gains as news came through that its economy is now in recession. we'll talk about that in more detail in a moment. but also concerns are back about the rising trade tensions between the us and china with huawei once again at the centre of the dispute. all these issues weighing on trade at the start of a new week in asia. markets are positive at the moment. let's take a look at japan now, because the world's third largest economy has slipped into a recession for the first time in four years. the economy contracted by 3.4% in the three months to march, mainly due to the global pandemic. mariko 0i nowjoins us from asia business hub of singapore. good to see you again. earlier we talked about the news, it has gone into recession. what is the government is trying to do to pull it back? the

japanese government has announced that huge stimulus package worth $1.1 trillion just last month, including cash handouts as well as support for small businesses. its accounting for about 20% of the country's tdp, so definitely one of the biggest stimulus packages that the government around the world has offered. but we have been hearing some complaints that people have not received that cash handouts, and we have to fill out pages and we have to fill out pages and pages of forms in order to receive that support from the government. it seems like the government. it seems like the government is planning another stimulus package in june government is planning another stimulus package injune but if you look at the approval rating, despite the fact that japan has managed to keep the death rate relatively low compared to other countries in the world, the support rate for the world, the support rate for the japanese government, the approval rate has been quite low. how are businesses operating currently injapan?

are lots of people working from home? what does it look like a? i think it is fair to say many people are trying to work from home, but, and if you look at the positives of this pandemic, it is falling to the japanese companies to accept a flexible working situation, but it was interesting at the very beginning of the pandemic because of course japan has been dealing with it since back injanuary, been dealing with it since back in january, there were been dealing with it since back injanuary, there were office workers who were going into the office saying that they don't particularly wa nt office saying that they don't particularly want to, but they have to be because, i don't know if you heard of a company in the south, hugely important injapan, so in the south, hugely important in japan, so these in the south, hugely important injapan, so these workers were going into the office just to put that company stamp on official documents, so now we are starting to hear from official documents, so now we are starting to hearfrom big businesses which say that they might reconsider, so finally may be going digital and no more company stamps on paper. let's get some of the day's other news.

the airline emirates is planning on cutting 30,000 jobs according to bloomberg, as the carrier struggles with a drop in demand due to the global pandemic. however when contacted by the bbc, the airline said no decision had yet been made on its restructuring plans. earlier this month, emirates said it planned to raise funds to boost its balance sheet. the administrators of struggling airline virgin australia have short—listed potential buyers after a weekend of negotiations. virgin's board put the company into administration in april, and its administrator deloitte is seeking to sell the company to recoup the $4.5 billion the airline owes to creditors. across europe, the lockdown is being cautiously eased. denmark was one of the first to shut down its economy. it started to roll back those measures in mid—april, and today marks another significant step forward — cafes and restaurants can open their doors. it is, of course, only possible with careful monitoring,

but so far there has been little sign of a second wave of infections. joining us now from copenhagen is adrienne murray. i spoke to you when lockdown measures were just starting to lift in denmark. tell us how it is going in of today? when we spoke i think the message was that steps are going to be slow and cautious, and in the last week or so it really felt, it started to gather momentum, and from today cafe ‘s, restau ra nts, from today cafe ‘s, restaurants, bars and from today cafe ‘s, restau ra nts, bars a nd clu bs from today cafe ‘s, restaurants, bars and clubs can reopen their doors and welcome customers again for the first time in two months. high schools can also bring back children age 12—16. younger children age 12—16. younger children were on their way back to school, and earlier this week shopping centres also reopened their doors so now all

the retail is back, and barring if you businesses like cinemas, theatres, gyms and nightclubs, really the high street is going to be returning to some sense of normality. when it comes to social distancing, the norm seems to be two metres but in denmark they will go for one metre, tell us the thinking behind that? it is a game changer here. i am about — about a week ago that was scaled down to about one metre, and the government feels it is safe to do so, with safety still in mind with the who, and that will shift towards normalisation. 0bviously that will shift towards normalisation. obviously it is a game changer for the way businesses and schools can operate, cafe ‘s and restau ra nts, operate, cafe ‘s and restaurants, that one metre is measured no step to no step, so they can accommodate a lot more customers on their premises than they could before — nose

tip. many measures before may have been uneconomical for businesses to open, and for schools it is very significant. when schools reopen, busloads of very small — were very small, only ten children per class, and the desks were very spaced out, causing a space issue, there were some overflow facilities, even at copenhagen zoo facilities, even at copenhagen zoo and the football club in order to make room for some of those children to be able to go outside. what has also happened with the scaling down of the two metres to one metre is the big impact on workplaces like offices, so they can bring back more of their staff, some of the ones that have already returned were having to have shift patterns and is based out, — spaced out, so now they don't need to radically redesign this amazing plan or introduce shift work. the trade

body here, they said that really they think within the next couple of weeks there will be ten people working from home. really interesting, you can imagine the children, i wa nt to can imagine the children, i want to be in copenhagen zoo, noi want to be in copenhagen zoo, no i want to be at the football stadium, the great debate! where should you have your lessons ? in just over an hour from now, ryanair will be revealing its full—year results. europe's biggest airline, like many of its rivals, has seen most of its planes grounded due to covid—19. however the low—cost carrier plans to reintroduce 40% of flights from the 1st ofjuly, subject to travel restrictions being lifted and safety measures being brought in at airports. joining us now from london is john grant, who's the director of 0ag. good to see you again, john. ryanair, what's good to see you again, john. rya nair, what's it good to see you again, john. ryanair, what's it going to say today in terms of earnings that you think? is going to say that it had a really good 11 months and a disastrous 12 months. it was heading for a really solid

yearin was heading for a really solid year in its financial results in 2019 and march last year, it was a wipeout. that was a great shame for them really.|j was a wipeout. that was a great shame for them really. i mean, they are having to do huge cutbacks like many airlines, 3000 jobs going at ryanair. but michael 0'leary trying to sound bullish, wasn't he, on the tv and radioa bullish, wasn't he, on the tv and radio a lot last week, the boss. he was talking about the idea of quarantining and customers having to go into quarantine when they travel. that could be a real hindrance couldn't two people travelling to some i? absolutely. i've never heard michael 0'leary not being bullish, particularly when he is talking about his financial performance. but he's absolutely we got this sort of real confusion in the market at the moment around quarantining, potential quarantining the moment around quarantining, potential quara ntining and it's not just potential quara ntining and it's notjust him. potential quara ntining and it's not just him. william potential quara ntining and it's notjust him. william walsh, the ceo of iag made a similar sort of — expressed his concerns last week as well. we are trapped in the uk because

until we have clarity around this, we're not going to be in a position where people start to rebook. people can't go on holiday or go on a day trip to spain and the coming back and trapped in quarantine for 14 days. i agree, there is a lot of confusion. thank you very much, john rance therefore 0ag. with lockdowns around the world preventing people from going out, an industry that has been hit hard is consumerfashion. from supply chain disruption, to plummeting demand, brands have felt the brunt. 0ur reporter katie silver has spoken to a number of fashion entrepreneurs here in asia to hear how they are coping. we are always known for our prince and then the pieces are very versatile so we can mix and match —— prints. very versatile so we can mix and match -- prints. now is normally the busiest time of yearfor normally the busiest time of year for this normally the busiest time of yearfor this woman, normally the busiest time of year for this woman, she works in kuala lumpurand year for this woman, she works in kuala lumpur and sells islamic clothing worldwide. normally, the bias of their malay style dress are big

business. how much of your sales do you normally do during this period of the year? usually for us, about 80 to 90, i would have to say, 80 to 90%. covid—19 has caused their sales this year to drop by half. when china went into lockdown, so too did the factories that make their clothes. the stock arrived late and just as they lost the collection, malaysia imposed a lockdown, forcing the smallest fashion label to close the stores. not everyone in malaysia, like, you know, shops online. there is a lot of uncertainty there. consumers don't know, even whether we are going to celebrate this year. singapore based label has faced similar challenges. the fashion brand launched in new zealand in february with a number of p°p‘up5 in february with a number of pop—ups and events. both markets have all but dried up. it has just been quite uncertain and! it has just been quite uncertain and i think it is really kind of put me on my toes. everything, the situation

changes, on an almost daily basis. both of these companies have changed how they interact with customers on social media. we're going to mix that together. creating content that is uplifting than showcasing their stock. it is not necessarily product driven but i think it kind of creates a sense of a community and also kind of showing your customers that we care. changing what they produce though is more difficult. esse is teaming up with a bedlinen company to use their leftover material to make clothing for staying at home. she is turning her hand to making scrubs. if the sale stay like this, i'm not too sure but we try our best. their only hope is that their best is good enough to see out the pandemic. bbc news singapore. you're watching bbc news. a reminder of our headlines. the mayor of brazil's largest city, sao paulo,

says its health system is close to collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with covid—19. he said the city's public hospitals had reached ninety per cent capacity. official figures from japan show that the country has gone into recession. separately, the head of the us central bank has warned that the american economy may not recover from the pandemic until the end of next year. london hasjust unveiled plans to create one of the biggest car—free zones in europe, backed up by uk government help to develop cycle lanes and pedestrian areas. from monday, its congestion charge — lifted during the lockdown to help key workers in the capital — will be reimposed. we spoke to one campaigner who says the pandemic offers a unique opportunity for change. i think it is very important for cities, city leaders and citizens to realise that we have a very, very small window

stop that we have 70% of the ca rs stop that we have 70% of the cars out of circulation. so if any mayo decides to create a safe, bi keways, any mayo decides to create a safe, bikeways, citywide network, no—one is going to complain. if we don't do it now, we might have missed an opportunity of a lifetime. in the lockdown, we realised

how big the streets are, when we look at any city from the air, the streets are about 2020 and 40% of our city. the area, and 40% of our city. the area, and the streets a public space, they belong to everybody. we have been doing cities for thousands of years. it has only been the last hundred years that we have been doing cities thinking about more about car mobility than people's happiness. this lockdown has been like a shakeup moment. the virus is a tiny issue compared to climate change. if we don't really change that we are going to be in a real problem.

this should have been the first day of chelsea flower show, just down the road from us here in london. for many gardeners all around the world, it's one of the highlights of the year. but because of coronavirus, the event has been cancelled for the first time since the second world war. instead, the show has gone online, as daniela relph reports. the chelsea flower show, a gardening and social highlight for many. flowers and plants times to grow to perfection. but this year, coronavirus means there is no chelsea. event florist simon lycett would normally be showing at chelsea. his world is usually filled with glamorous parties and weddings. instead, he is now confined to his small south london garden, making the most of what it has to offer. he will be a contributor to the online version of the chelsea flower show. oh, the cancellation of chelsea flower show is the saddest, saddest

thing because it was going to the flower show when i was seven that inspired me to become a florist. now aged 50 something, i still adore working with flowers. it is all i have ever wanted to do and it is such an inspiring place. and the efforts that would have gone into prepping the show gardens, 0k, gone into prepping the show gardens, ok, the plants can go back into the planetjust until next year, but all of those pla nts next year, but all of those plants that were being grown. that is beyond tragic. gardening and lockdown has been a safe haven for so many. a support both mentally and physically. normally i'm heading to chelsea now so that the weeds are about to engulf the weeds are about to engulf the garden. the organisers of chelsea new counselling would be devastating for a horticultural industry already hit hard. we should all he really proud of british flower grows. they do and what an

amazing job, from flower growers to cutters. the timing of the lockdown could not have been worse for them. indeed, even though garden centres have just reopened, they have already lost an estimated £500 million worth. thatjust hasn't survived. in the gloom, the virtual chelsea flower show is also an opportunity. garden designer tom has moved his display to his front garden. he will be doing his own show and tell from home during virtual chelsea. can i drag you from your garden for a quick chat? yes, of course. have you had to think about how the garden looks virtually? yes, i did have you think about the kind of shots. i'm not a director, not a film person. so trying to think about the right shop two shots to capture, to train tell the right story about this dull space into a chelsea style planter, lots of thinking to get that right. won't be the

same but maybe virtual chelsea with its private garden tours, its core of gardening clubs and its core of gardening clubs and it surprise guests will have something to brush to offer. the bustle, the smell, the fill won't be there. but you don't need a ticket this year. virtual chelsea will be a flower show for everyone. daniella ralph, bbc news. you don't get to miss out which is great. i just you don't get to miss out which is great. ijust want you don't get to miss out which is great. i just want to you don't get to miss out which is great. ijust want to refer to bbc online of course where there is all sorts of information, analysis and stories there. the top story todayis stories there. the top story today is looking at stations in the uk, particularly in london getting ready for higher degree of travellers this morning. it's expected that will be possibly taking public transport to get to work as a new week begins. you can see some of the images there of the control measures that have been put in place. so lots of detail on the website, take a look if you have time but for now, but

offer me. i will see you soon. 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.

good morning welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: two weeks until some pupils in england are due to go back to school — parents and teachers demand more reassurance that classrooms will be safe. we will also be looking at transport. you should see many more staff at your local train station if more people than expected to travel to work. —— do travel. unions demand further safety measures as more building sites reopen. making it in the premier league but struggling off the pitch. former manchester united player luke chadwick tells us how constant