this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the white house confirms donald trump is taking the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine in an attempt to prevent coronavirus. i happen to be taking it. hydroxychloroquine? hydroxychloroquine. the president also issues an ultimatum to the world health organization — reform within 30 days or lose all us funding. germany and france propose a $500 billion european virus bailout fund. will the other eu states say yes? turkey starts to ease its coronavirus lockdown,

but the busiest places remain the cemeteries. and we begin a day of special reports on employment with the uk expected to report a record rise in joblessness shortly. good to have you with us. whether you are watching us in the uk oraround whether you are watching us in the uk or around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. in the last hour, president trump has sent a list to the head of the world health organization listing its alleged failings. in a long tweet, he threatened to withdraw us support permanently. he says he'll make the temporary freeze of us

funding to the agency permanent and reconsider the country's membership if the who "does not commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days." as the death toll from the virus in the us passes 90,000, president trump revealed he was taking an anti—malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a precaution despite official warnings against its general use against the virus. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. hydroxychloroquine, the pill president trump has been promoting for weeks as a drug that may lessen the symptoms of the coronavirus. there is no medical evidence it helps patients recover from the disease. in fact, patients recover from the disease. infact, it patients recover from the disease. in fact, it could have fatal side—effects. but mr trump says even though he is healthy, he is trying it anyway. a lot of good things have come out. you would be

surprised at how many people are taking it, especially the frontline workers before you catch it. the frontline workers, many, many are taking it. i happen to be taking it. i happen to be taking it. hydroxychloroquine?” happen to be taking it. hydroxychloroquine? i am taking it. hydroxychloroquine. right now, yeah. a couple of weeks ago i started taking it. because i think it is good. i have heard a lot of good stories. last month the us food and drug administration said hydroxychloroquine had not been shown to be safe and of infiltrating or preventing covid—i9. it issued a warning that some people could suffer a serious heart problems as a result of taking it in combination with other drugs. mrtrump said he combination with other drugs. mr trump said he had combination with other drugs. mrtrump said he had heard anecdotal evidence that it had helped some coronavirus patients. this is a pill that has been used for a long time, for 30, a0 years on malaria and on lupus as well, and even on arthritis from what i understand. it has been heavily

tested in terms of... i was just waiting to see your eyes light up when i said this, when i announced this, but i have taken it for about 1.5 weeks now and i am still here. the president's doctor said he received regular testing for covid—19 and that he was negative for the virus and free of symptoms. after numerous discussions he and i had regarding the evidence for and against the use of hydroxychloroquine, concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risk. but that is not how other doctors see it. the president has been roundly condemned for his use of the drug. it is a medication that has serious side—effects, including cardiac arrhythmias, abnormal heart rhythms that could be fatal. so i really worry about other people listening to what president trump is saying and potentially taking this medication that has no proven benefit, but actually could have a lot of harm. mr trump's surprise announcement

stumped even his most ardent supporters. immediately following his remarks at present on the fox news network, which is generally supportive of the president, issued a stern warning to his viewers. if you are in a risky population here and you are taking this, as a preventative treatment to ward off the virus or worse case scenario you are dealing with the virus and you are in this vulnerable population, it will kill you, i cannot stress enough. this will kill you. with the us death toll from the virus now over 90,000, and the country gradually reopening, president trump seems determined to defy his own expert and offer americans hope that the coronavirus crisis will soon be over. let's now talk about the letter from president from that has arrived as the world health 0rganization holds a second online meeting. the governing

assembly is attending... attended by more than 190 countries. china agreed to spend $2 billion to fight the coronavirus. it has also announced support for an enquiry into the origins of the pandemic after initially opposing the idea. earlier, a professor of global health law, explain why beijing has changed its position. i think what's changed is there's been a lot of political pressure placed upon china. but you really have to read between the lines here, it's quite important, because china is not agreeing to look at what the origins of the coronavirus were, and it's also not agreeing to do an enquiry right now. it's going to wait until after the epidemic is contained. that could of course be years from now, so it's really deflecting.

i think that the european motion, along with australia and others, to have an independent enquiry right now makes most sense. notjust for china or who, but the world's response, including the united states's response. the world health organization continues its meeting. this is all happening via various videoconferencing formats. the continues today. 0ff videoconferencing formats. the continues today. off the back of his ultimatum that has come via a letter from of his ultimatum that has come via a letterfrom president trump to the world health 0rganization to change its ways within 30 days. there are much more details on that on our website. now, let's talk about what is happening in europe. france and germany have proposed a european recovery fund that would distribute more than $500 billion —— euro to the countries worst—affected by coronavirus. the money would gradually be

repaid through the eu budget, although the deal would have to be agreed by other european countries. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. in munich, the beer gardens are finally reopening. plenty of restrictions are still in place, but it is a sign the german economy is slowly coming back to life. the lockdown has had a devastating impact, and now the european union's to riches members are proposing a potential way forward. translation: europe must stand together, which means we need together, which means we need to aim fora together, which means we need to aim for a swift economic recovery, and that is why we wa nt to recovery, and that is why we want to set up an open and shut fund to the sum of 500 billion euros. we are convinced this is not only justified, but euros. we are convinced this is not onlyjustified, but also necessary to make money available on a european level. in what looks like something of an about—face, angela merkel,

along with emmanuel macron, is proposing a fund of 500 billion euro, which crucially will be given out in the form of grants rather than loans. the money will be raised by the european commission, borrowing from the financial markets in the european union's name. and it won't have to be directly repaid. instead, the funds will be recouped through the eu budget, effectively richer countries will subsidise the less well off. translation: europe must not close itself off from world trade. it must provide better support for the most strategic sectors, and we believe that we must share a common strategy of autonomy, industrial and economical cooperation. the plan is already facing criticism. austria's chancellor in any money must be given as a loner not a grant. then there is question of whether it will be enough. europe, like much of

the rest of the world, is facing it with downturns in the great depression. will 500 billion do the trick or will much more be needed? let's get some of the day's other news. a rocket has been fired close to the us embassy in baghdad. it's the first to land in the high—security zone in weeks. iraq's military says there are no casualties. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility. india and bangladesh are preparing to evacuate more than two million people as cyclone amphan heads towards their coasts. forecasters say the ‘super cyclone' will reach wind speeds in excess of 200km/h. amphan is expected to weaken slightly when making landfall on wednesday. greece has urged britain to exempt greek nationals from planned quarantine measures forforeigners as a reciprocal gesture for allowing british people in. the greek tourism minister, harry theoharis, told the bbc

he felt the time had come for greece to begin removing as many barriers to travel as possible. just over a,000 people have died in turkey during the coronavirus pandemic. istanbul, turkey's biggest city, has been the epicentre. life is slowly getting back to normal with some of the lockdown restrictions eased but one place remains busy, the cemetery. neyran elden from bbc turkish reports. ona on a hillside above istanbul, g raves on a hillside above istanbul, graves are being dug. it is peaceful here is the fight against coronavirus continues below. there has been a huge focus on hospitals, but this is also the frontline. translation: people who work in the cemetery service at this time are at risk. they may not

face the same exposure as health workers, but there is a higher risk stop we take the same precautions as health workers in intensive care units. they wear a full protective clothing in case coronavirus can be coming from a dead body. their role is vital to ensure a proper islamic burial. the body is carefully washed before being placed in a coffin. official figures show dozens of extra people have been buried in istanbul per day since the start of the pandemic. the staff have also found time to pray for the dead when no family can attend. translation: we have an experience where a family of three to five people, they all had coronavirus. they are

either in quarantine or in hospital. one person dies and nobody can come to the funeral. in this case, this person becomes one of us and we act as if this funeral is our funeral. it isa if this funeral is our funeral. it is a reassurance for family members that their loved one isn't alone. the death toll is falling and some of the lot down restrictions have been eased, but still it is too soon to assume life can go back to normal. translation: when a boxer says he is the best, that is the moment he loses the match because he has lowered his guards. we definitely shouldn't lower our guard against this virus. a mother's cry for her son who has died from coronavirus. he was only 27 years old. a sound

familiar across the world. the only hope is that this cemetery will soon be silent with normal loss. in sweden, more than 3,500 people have died from coronavirus, the majority of them over the age of 70. the bbc has seen evidence which suggests that the nation has been restricting health care access during the pandemic, with health authorities ordering care home workers not to send residents with symptoms to hospital to receive treatment. maddy savage reports from stockholm. a country that never had a lockdown. sweden promised to focus on protecting the elderly while keeping much of society open. but thousands are dead and there are concerns many patients aren't getting enough help. the nurse called me and told me that my dad passed away. he was coughing and he wasn't feeling good, so she

gave him a dose of morphine and... the doctor visited him and... the doctor visited him and he didn't give him any oxygen. i think it is horrible. it is up to individual regions to make decisions about healthcare. in stockholm, officials insist oxygen is available for those who need it most. i think it is an ethical dilemma from both the patients and the staff, but if you look at the guidelines, you can make good palliative care at the homes with the ordinary measures without oxygen. if you need oxygen, maybe we can bring it to the persons or you can transport the patients to the hospitals if the medical decision is that they should benefit from it. but some believe not enough patients make it to hospital. this nurse worked in care homes in the city at the start of the crisis. they told us we

shouldn't send anyone to the hospital. even if they may be 65. and how do you feel about that? some can have a lot of yea rs left that? some can have a lot of years left to live with loved ones, but they don't have the chance. officials in her area say nurses can call lyndoch is to make assessments about hospitalisation. in stockholm, this unused military field hospital has become a political battleground. officials say it is proof the elderly are not being held back because of a lack of beds. critics say it is a symbol sweden has been more cautious about hospitalising the elderly than many of its european neighbours. the method has been they are also fragile, they can't cope with more advanced care. that is the swedish message. and you think that was the right message? no. why not? because if you need ca re why not? because if you need care and you can benefit care,

for example, or oxygen for a short time, you should have it. ata short time, you should have it. at a press conference last week, sweden's prime ministers that he trusted regional authorities to make the right decisions. sometimes the best thing might be to move this person to hospital, but the experts also say that there are occasions when that is not the right thing to do. we told the regions that the state will cover a ll regions that the state will cover all the extra cost that is connected to covid—19, so don't bother about the finances. we will take care of that. make sure it works the best way. but the government has admitted it is deeply concerned by the number of deaths in care homes. it recently announced funding to improve training for workers and create thousands more permanentjobs. but and create thousands more permanent jobs. but that and create thousands more permanentjobs. but that is a bittersweet message for the many who have already lost loved ones. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines:

a white house doctor has confirmed that president trump has been taking an unproven drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a preventative after an aide tested positive for coronavirus. and president trump has threatened to permanently freeze us funding to the world health organization unless "substa ntive improvements" are made within the next 30 days. in southern africa, the prime minister of lesotho says he'll step down, amid allegations he was involved in the assassination of his former wife three years ago. it's not the first time thomas thabane has promised to resign — but his party insists a replacement will be sworn in this week. rich preston has this report. for months, thomas thabane has been clinging on to power after being implicated in the death of his former wife in 2017. lipolelo thabane was gunned

down on a dirt road outside the capital, maseru, just metres from her home. he denies any allegations he was involved. his new wife, maesiah thabane, was charged with her murder at the start of february. prosecutors say he too was responsible, even if he wasn't the one who pulled the trigger. the case has gripped the tiny landlocked southern african nation, sending ripples through its delicate politics, the 80—year—old leader of his resignation in february, but said it was because of his age, nothing to do with being accused of being an accessory to murder. today i reiterate my announcement to retire from office. i might still have the necessary zeal and fervour to continue serving my people and country, but the truth is that at my age i've lost most of my energy. he said he was going, but instead hung on to power, saying he wouldn't be told

when to leave office. in march, he suspended parliament without consultation, saying it was necessary to protect lawmakers from coronavirus. even members of his own party condemned the move as unconstitutional. in april, he sent the army onto the streets of the capital to tackle what he called rogue national elements, which he said wanted to destabilise the country. an act for which he later apologised. his lawyers argued his political position gave him immunity from prosecution. the courts disagreed. now the curtain is finally falling on his time in office. he's lost the support of his party... thabane must step down! ..and his government has collapsed. the speaker of lesotho's parliament gave him until may 22 to resign. a replacement will be sworn in this week. lipolelo tha bane's murder and the implication of a sitting prime minister in her killing shocked the country and africa. thomas tha bane insists the charges against him are politically motivated. the case against him is still to be heard.

rich preston, bbc news. here in the uk, players in the premier league can begin training in small groups from today. clubs voted unanimously on the decision at yesterday's "project restart" meeting. players must observe social distancing rules, and contact training is not permitted. newcastle united manager steve bruce said his players will abide by the rules. given all the rights and the training grounds but not going into the training grounds, they will not be in the canteen, they will not be in the physio, they will not be in the physio, they will not be in the physio, they will be all in their gear and dressed to basically get out of the car, go three spaces away and walk onto the training pitch itself. so everything is in place for the safety aspect of it, of course. i have got no

issues and that is why i can support what we are doing, we are as safe as what we possibly can. the england men's cricket squad return to training this week. their three match test series against the west indies could be rescheduled to take place injuly, but windies captain jason holder says his players' wellbeing is paramount. i think each player has to be co mforta ble i think each player has to be comfortable in making the step. certainly, from my perspective, i wouldn't be forcing anybody to go anywhere, and it has been made clear that if we are to hop on a plane and go over to england, it must be safe. we have been given assurance that we would only go over to england if they deem it safe for us to go. when cricket returns, players are likely to be banned from using saliva to shine the ball. the international cricket council has received medical advice due to the coronavirus pandemic. but the icc says it will still be ok to use sweat to polish the ball.

frederic yonnet is a jazz musician who toured the world with prince and stevie wonder. now he's playing for audiences closer to home. he's been performing for his neighbors in washington dc, bringing weekend joy during these troubled times. here's his story. my name is frederic yonnet, i'm a french harmonica player. i moved to washington, dc, in 2001. i've toured with prince for a few years and stevie wonder for a few years. i am trying to make harmonica popular again. we were about to get on the road with the band to do a tour and some private events around the country when covid hit.

the necessity of playing turned into this opportunity to create a space where we could actually respect the rules of covid and still be creative, still practice our music. we've been calling those those sunday sessions eavesdrop, not because we wanted people to come and watch the show, but for them to listen from their property. when we first started this, we were a little concerned and worried about what kind of reaction we were going to get from people.

i have lived in this neighbourhood for quite some time and now, thanks to this, we are meeting more neighbours than i've ever met since i moved here. i think we all need joy, happiness and love in this time. it's not the end of the world and ijust want to have human connection, so i feel good. this whole social distancing, distancing ruler has been cancelled by the power of music. it's become physical distancing, but the social aspect has been reinforced. my hope is once this is all over we are finally going to be comfortable giving each other hugs again and gathering in small places to enjoy live music with one another. music is universal, a universal language, and it needs to be spoken. especially in difficult times like this.

yes indeed, music is fantastic. we have all our latest business coverage in a moment. hello there. on monday, the temperature reached 25 celsius in suffolk, and over the next couple of days, the heat will continue to build. the peak of the temperatures is likely to be on wednesday. things start to break down a bit after that. chance of thunderstorms on thursday before we all turn cooler and windier by the end of the week. pretty mild out there at the moment away from northernmost parts of scotland. these are the temperatures by the end of the night, and as you can see, still a lot of cloud around. some outbreaks of rain, too. that rain continuing to affect the northern half of the uk mainly during tuesday morning. slowly petering out, many places becoming dry during the afternoon. the cloud thinning and skies brightening. the best of the sunshine likely to be across wales, the midlands and southern england, where temperatures will peak at 25 or 26 degrees. but on the whole, it should be a slightly warmer day

across the uk than it was on monday. and those temperatures continue to climb for wednesday. that area of high pressure is sitting over the uk. it's pushing the cloud and rain away, and we're going to be drawing up a gentle southerly breeze that will bring the heat northwards all the way from spain and france and move its way across the uk. northern areas start quite cloudy on wednesday. some rain to clear away from the northern isles, the cloud thins and breaks, and sunshine develops more widely. and in the afternoon, we're likely to find temperatures of 23 degrees through central scotland, 20 or so for northern ireland, the highest temperatures across the midlands to the south—east of england, 27 or 28 degrees. things start to break down a bit on thursday. there's a bit of rain trying to come in from the west. that may not make it too far. these showers are likely to break out from the south—east of england, heading towards the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, and they could be heavy and thundery. and that will knock the temperatures down. for many of us, it's still quite a warm day

on thursday, just not quite as warm as wednesday. and then things start to change more widely, i think, for the end of the week, because we've got this area of low pressure. it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening and this weather front will be bringing some rain. that's going to move its way eastwards across the uk during friday, but there won't be much rain, i think, for england and wales, and the more persistent rain soon sweeps away from mainland scotland. the winds, though, will be stronger. gales likely in the north—west, and this is where we'll see most of the showers. otherwise, there'll be some sunshine, a cooler and fresher feel, but still 21 in eastern england.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk unemployment is set to rocket. the latest numbers are out today, which will reveal the impact the covid—19 lockdown has had on the economy so far. france and germany propose a massive 500 billion euro fund to help the eu's worst—affected countries fight back against the pandemic. and a glaring red light for uber with the firm announcing it's cutting another 3,000 jobs globally.

good to have you with us. let's start here in the uk where the latest unemployment numbers will be announced this morning. like many countries, analysts are expecting a large rise in the jobless figures for the first quarter due to covid—19. the previous reading from the office for national statistics showed that the unemployment rate rose to a% between december and february. today's numbers are expected to show a significantjump amid the coronavirus lockdown. and it's notjust the uk that is suffering. the pandemic has rocked europe. the eurozone's biggest economy, germany, saw its unemployment rate jump to 5.8% last month. andrew jackson is head of fixed income at hermes investment

management. good morning, andrew. we are braced for bad news today. the figures will cover wenlock gun measures were actually introduced. what are you expecting? —— will cover wenlock down measures. we are not accepting a huge increase. we will propagate a.3% over the first quarter because we are only including march, and it is an average over those first three quarters, so we are likely to see an employment rate up to around a.3%, but we know that that doesn't show the full picture. april is around —— going to be much higher, we know there are a huge number of unappointed claims, and we also know as was mentioned over the weekend there are a lot of people on the furlough scheme. some 7.5 million people are participating in that scheme, which is now until the end of cobra. as you say, it is

actually the second quarter figures for joblessness —— actually the second quarter figures forjoblessness —— end of october. those are the numbers that will be tough to digests. absolutely, and i think the markets have seen some horrific numbers out of the us in terms of unemployment. those are much more up—to—date than the new —— numbers we get in the uk and europe, andi numbers we get in the uk and europe, and i think the market is braced for the possibility that things could be as bad, the possibility i guess that they could maybe be even worse in somejurisdictions in europe and in the uk. our expectation is that we peek at somewhere around 7% unemployment in the uk, which would take us to levels that we haven't seen since the 1980s. some very pessimistic forecasters say we could see 9%, 10% unemployment in the uk. household income dropping by some 10%. when the measures are lifted, lockdown measures, we come into a period of time when we are recovering

as an economy. what does that mean for thejobs as an economy. what does that mean for the jobs market? as an economy. what does that mean for thejobs market? how quickly will it recover? that is really the big question. can we recover rapidly from this, a third of people either furloughed or reduced hours or in some other way have a reduction in their income. companies tend to find it harder to reduce hours than they do to increase hours, companies tend to find it harder to re—employ than to unemployed, and people will u nfortu nately have unemployed, and people will unfortunately have a sense of fear that a second wave will come or that their income might in another way be damaged. so i think the jump in another way be damaged. so i think thejump in spending, in another way be damaged. so i think the jump in spending, the markets appear to be expecting may not materialise. the fixed income, andi may not materialise. the fixed income, and i tend to look for the downside, i think that is the downside, i think that is the downside, i think that is the downside, that it will be much longer before people get back to spending in the way that they did before this crisis hit. all right. we have

two leave it there. andrew jackson, we will have those numbers later today. let's hear your stories now. covid—19 has caused disruption to many lives and forced some people out of work. one of those is emma timberlake here in the uk who had been employed as an admin assistant for the past five years. at the end of march, she was put on the furlough scheme untiljune 30. however, she recently received a letter, saying she's been made redundant, and this came just an hour before the furlough scheme was extended by the chancellor until the end of october. her employer hasn't reconsidered its decision. let's hear more about emma's story. i have a medical condition, ms, andi i have a medical condition, ms, and i am on medical treatment that suppresses my immune system, so i have been advised to stay in for the 12 weeks as

a vulnerable person. to be receiving a letter to say that i have been selected to be redundant is awful, petra frying. sorry, i can't help but get emotional about that because thinking about it, at the time, it was pretty shocking. —— petra frying. i live month—to—month. even a 100% of my wages, it was difficult. the last few days of my salary wouldn't last, and it hasn't lasted very much at all. but going down to 80%, i have had to cut down some of my bills. that is emma's story. and there are many more online as well. do take a look of the business pages on our website. —— do ta ke pages on our website. —— do take a look at the business pages. now, let's have a look at the impact elsewhere —

last year india's unemployment rate was at 6%, which was already a a5—year high. the coronavirus outbreak has made a bad situation much, much worse — india's unemployment rate is now at a record high of 2a%. experts say this is unprecedented. arunoday mukharji reports. every day the covid—19 outbreak brings a new challenge for india's working class. 90% of the workforce is employed in the workforce is employed in the informal centre. 18 million entrepreneurs shutting down their operations, daily wage labourers have no certainty on whether there will be jobs to go back to. translation: we are helpless. we can't send money home. by taking ourjobs away, they snatch foods from our mouse. unable to wait up a lot down and in desperation to get home —— lockdown, an overcrowded truck or on foot are the only options for the 122 million workers have lost theirjobs

since march and the organisation has warned nearly a00 million workers are at risk of being pushed deeper into poverty during this crisis. even lower incomejobs poverty during this crisis. even lower income jobs are on the line. translation: there are no savings to depend on. we have to work every day so that we can to work every day so that we ca n afford to work every day so that we can afford food and basic living. and it is notjust those already in the job market. with millionsjoining india's workforce every month, the pandemic‘s economic cost on the pandemic‘s economic cost on the youth may be irreversible. the long—term damage, youngsters are unable to find jobs today. they are unable to say for tomorrow. the country is going to see a large population of low incomes and no savings. 60 million people who lost their jobs no savings. 60 million people who lost theirjobs last month we re who lost theirjobs last month were below the age of 30. before the lockdown, this a0—year—old used to make ends meet by driving. despite being a phd scholar, he has struggled to find a suitable job for

yea rs. translation: i have got a masters degree, a bachelors in education, five of my research papers have been published and my phd is in its last stage. and now, the lock down has meant he who is without employment. as india fights covid—19, the fate of millions hangs in the balance and it is not just about saving lives, but also, livelihoods. let's take a quick look at how the markets are faring. the second day of the trading week, you can see they are pretty strong across the board in asia. we have seen the price of oil during the trading session on monday, certainly in us time, at a two—month hire, hopes of rising economic demand around the world as countries come out of lock down measures is feeding optimism. let's look at the us markets. they have a strong day on wall street, and

you can see that. the dow up nearly a%. a lot of this is to do with optimism about, like i say, economies coming of lockdown, it also stocks surged on wall street on hopes of a us trial for on wall street on hopes of a us trialfor a covid—19 on wall street on hopes of a us trial for a covid—19 vaccine. soa trial for a covid—19 vaccine. so a lot of reasons to be buying on market. as you know only too well, it doesn't last long. these markets are pretty volatile at the moment. now, this might be another reason for optimism, certainly when european markets trade today. france and germany are proposing a huge 500 billion euro recovery fund to be distributed to eu countries worst affected by covid—19. in talks on monday, french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor angela merkel agreed that the funds should be provided as grants and not as loans. but some analysts believe more funds will be needed. craig erlam is senior

market analyst at oanda. nice to see you, craig. this is seen as a nice to see you, craig. this is seen as a great breakthrough, unity within the eurozone with these leaders agreeing on grants, not loans. that is key, isn't it? it is a huge step forward. previously it seems germany was the forefront of countries focusing more on loa ns sto p countries focusing more on loans stop obviously we know the fiscal response for these type of situations is still a very sore point as far as some of the richer estates are concerned. but this is a massive step forward. france and italy have been going to the forefront of those who believe this should be a joint effort rather than something whereby the poor relations are left to almost fend for themselves in a situation that was not of their making. this has been agreed as grants, it isa has been agreed as grants, it is a huge step forward. the difficulty now is germany's on—board, that is massive, but many on—board, that is massive, but ma ny states on—board, that is massive, but many states are still very much

opposed to this and getting this over the line across all 27 member states, there is still a lot of work to do. that is always the problem. for angela merkel, a biggerfund would have been too toxic for the german taxpayer. emmanuel macron was pushing for1 trillion euros fund. is 500 billion going to be enough?” don't think so, and as always, the devil is going to be in the detail as to how the funds are distributed, to what areas of the eu they will be distributed to, and for how much of an impact it will have. we have to remember that sometimes we have to ta ke ba by remember that sometimes we have to take baby steps, and as long as we had in the right direction, this is a positive thing. in the us, $3 trillion has been agreed upon by congress. when you compare it to that, the scale of this is still far too small. as i say, we are moving in the right direction and i think this is an agreement as far as, especially in terms of being a grant, an agreement that i think many people were sceptical would ever get over

the line. good to see you. thank you for your comments. let's get some of the day's other news. walt disney's top streaming executive, kevin mayer, has announced he is leaving the firm to become the chief executive officer of popular video app tiktok. mayer led the successful launch of the disney+ streaming service in november, but in february was passed over as disney's new chief executive. tesla is raising the price of its "self—driving" option on its electric vehicles worldwide starting with a $1,000 hike. founder elon musk tweeted that the price "will continue to rise" as its technology improves. but the entrepreneur said the technology it's adding will be worth more than $100,000. a trade spat looks to brewing between australia and china after beijing raised tariffs by 80% on imported australian barley. canberra has asked the world trade organisation

to intervene to settle the dispute. we're nowjoined by mariko oi from our asia business hub of singapore. nice to see you. 80% tariff, thatis nice to see you. 80% tariff, that is hard to swallow. indeed. the relationships between the two countries has been tense to say the least after australia called for an independent investigation into the origins of the coronavirus as well as china's early handling of the outbreak. more than 100 countries have backed australia's move and the world health assembly on monday, but china definitely isn't happy. so these tariffs on barley as well as the announcement that beijing may ban australia's beef exports last week, they are seen as beef exports last week, they are seen as china punishing australia, though these incidents are unrelated they say. as you said, australia's agricultural minister david littleproud said he would consider going to the world

trade organisation because these tariffs are significant blow because china covers about half of australia's bali exports. but he emphasised that there is no trade war between there is no trade war between the two countries. thank you. always good to get the inside from our team always good to get the inside from ourteam in always good to get the inside from our team in singapore. uber has announced a drastic action plan to scale back its business as losses mount up for the ride hailing app mainly due to global lockdowns. the firm said it would cut 3,000 morejobs, bringing the total reductions in recent weeks to a quarter of its workforce. our technology reporter zoe thomas has more from san francisco. this latest round of cuts means uber is losing about a quarter of its international staff. it is closing offices worldwide and consolidating others, including in san francisco, the company's including in san francisco, the compa ny‘s hometown. including in san francisco, the company's hometown. it is looking to cut long—term bet like its self—driving and trucking service. not included in those cuts are drivers. uber

classifies them as contractors, not full—time staff and the coronavirus pandemic has complicated that a bit. uber has offered services to help keep their drivers safe but it doesn't want to give them things like healthcare, often included for us employees. uber has fought very hard to make sure they are not reclassified but as ridership dries up, it is not only the company losing money, many drivers say they have lost nearly all of their income. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: a white house doctor has confirmed that president trump is taking an unproven drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a preventative after an aide contracted coronavirus. last month, the food and drug administration warned hydroxychloroquine could cause heart problems. president trump has written to the head of the world health organization, saying he will reconsider us membership and permanently end funding if the agency does not commit to "substa ntive improvements within the next 30 days.

here in the uk, the government has changed its guidelines for symptoms of the coronavirus. a loss of taste or smell is now classed as a major sign that you may have the virus — in addition to a high temperature and a new, continuous cough. some doctors say that these symptoms should have been added weeks ago and hundreds of thousands of cases may have been missed as a result. the daily toll of officially recorded deaths has risen by 160 to nearly 3a,800. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. we would spray some pepper spray into this hood, and if we could smell it, then the mask wasn't fitted properly. surgeon sinan barazi realised he had lost his sense of smell when he was being fitted with personal protective equipment. he kept on working and it was only days later, when he'd developed a fever, that he was swabbed and found to have coronavirus. i couldn't smell it, after 20 or 25 sprays. clearly if you're walking

around unaware that you're covid positive, then you're a potential source of spread of the virus. so, i could have infected colleagues, i could have infected patients without knowing it. until today, the only coronavirus symptoms people in the uk were told to self—isolate with were a high temperature or a new and continuous cough. now, loss of taste or smell have been added, but that's weeks after the world health organization included them as symptoms. the who also lists tiredness, aches and pains, sore throat, diarrhoea, conjunctivitis, headache and skin rash as other possible warning signs. on the first of april, this symptoms app from king's college london found that six in ten users who tested positive for covid—19 had reported a loss of smell or taste.

researchers say the uk has been slow to act and so missed a huge number of cases. we're talking in excess of100,000, maybe 200,000 cases, would have been missed, would have been out there infecting other people, increasing the r value, and i think this hasjust made the problem worse, caused problems in care homes and hospitals, that we will regret we didn't act earlier. loss of smell — technical term anosmia — was added only after government scientists were sure it would help improve detection. how many cases of covid—19 do you think have been missed as a result of not including this earlier on? how many the important thing was to work out if this would add any sensitivity to the diagnostic cluster we were using, and the answer is, it makes a small, very small, difference, and we have therefore decided to do it. former love island star rachel fenton was another whose loss of taste and smell

was her main symptom. a nurse, she later tested positive for covid—19. it was very difficult for me at the time because i didn't have anything to refer to, i didn't realise it was a symptom. it was so severe, i could have literally drunk a cup of vinegar, the loss of taste and smell was so strong. adding loss of sense of smell as a key symptom should ensure fewer positive cases fall through the net — crucial, if the epidemic is to be brought under control. fergus walsh, bbc news. italy has been one of the worst virus—affected countries in europe, with nearly 32,000 dead but in recent weeks the numbers of infections and deaths have been consistently falling. now, after a ten—week, strict national lockdown, shops, restaurants bars and hairdressers have been finally opening up. mark lowen reports from milan.

a plea for guidance as they emerge from the darkness. in milan, where europe's coronavirus plague exploded, they came today for solace, to the first mass since public church services resumed, after the world's longest national lockdown. this parish alone has lost 80 people. a 2,000—year—old church now has new traditions. the communion wafer is passed between unsullied hands. no longer directly on the tongue, but the palm, not a tissue. for some, it's hard to adjust. translation: it's a bit strange to hold the body of christ with the gloves, but it's important that people can come here to regain spiritual and moral strength, after all this suffering. for the faithful, a relief. "it seems like a new world," he says. "to start again like this is so moving. we missed it."

"i felt so good," this lady says, but emotions stop any more words. it's been a long ten weeks for hairdressers and beauty salons, for restaurants and cafes, and for shops, like italy's oldest department store, appropriately named rinascente — rebirth. the new regulations are pretty strict. anybody coming in has their temperature checked. grazie. staff use an app to show them how many customers are in the store at any one time. there are hand sanitising points everywhere. and no more testing of make—up. and upstairs, there's more. changing rooms are disinfected after each use, and clothes tried on aren't put back, but are taken to a separate room, themselves quarantined. this, too, is helping italy's recovery. a hotel used to isolate infected cases as they wait to test negative, further

halting the spread. after 20 days here, jacqueline is ready to go home. a step closer to this country healing. mark lowen, bbc news, milan. english premier league clubs, have agreed teams can start training in small groups from tuesday with strict social distancing measures in place. any agreement on how to finish the season though is still some way off.

let's remind you of what the table looked like when the sesaon was suspended in mid—march. as you can see liverpool were way out in front, with every chance of becoming champions for the first time in 30 years. staying with football and not for nothing are superb goalkeepers sometimes nicknamed "the cat". maybe this is why... youtuber chris dixon's cat is really quite something. no matter what he throws at it, the cat keeps it out. amazing reflexes and superb hand eye co—ordination. thatis that is quite impressive, isn't it? brilliant, i've got a cat. all he brings in as mice and frogs, i don't have much football action with mine. scientists in argentina say they've found the fossilised

remains of one of the last meat—eating dinosaurs to inhabit earth before they were all wiped out. it's quite an incredible discovery, more detail on that on our website. you are now up—to—date. hello there. on monday, the temperature reached 25 celsius in suffolk, and over the next couple of days, the heat will continue to build. the peak of the temperatures is likely to be on wednesday. things start to break down a bit after that. chance of thunderstorms on thursday before we all turn cooler and windier by the end of the week. pretty mild out there at the moment away from northernmost parts of scotland. these are the temperatures by the end of the night, and as you can see, still a lot of cloud around. some outbreaks of rain, too. that rain continuing to affect the northern half of the uk mainly during tuesday morning. slowly petering out, many places becoming dry during the afternoon. the cloud thinning and skies brightening. the best of the sunshine likely to be across wales, the midlands and southern england, where temperatures will peak at 25 or 26 degrees. but on the whole, it should be a slightly warmer day across the uk than it was on monday. and those temperatures continue to climb for wednesday.

that area of high pressure is sitting over the uk. it's pushing the cloud and rain away, and we're going to be drawing up a gentle southerly breeze that will bring the heat northwards all the way from spain and france and move its way across the uk. northern areas start quite cloudy on wednesday. some rain to clear away from the northern isles, the cloud thins and breaks, and sunshine develops more widely. and in the afternoon, we're likely to find temperatures of 23 degrees through central scotland, 20 or so for northern ireland, the highest temperatures across the midlands to the south—east of england, 27 or 28 degrees. things start to break down a bit on thursday. there's a bit of rain trying to come in from the west. that may not make it too far. these showers are likely to break out from the south—east of england, heading towards the midlands, lincolnshire and east anglia, and they could be heavy and thundery. and that will knock the temperatures down. for many of us, it's still quite a warm day on thursday, just not quite as warm as wednesday. and then things start to change more widely, i think, for the end of the week, because we've got

this area of low pressure. it's winding itself up, the winds will be strengthening and this weather front will be bringing some rain. that's going to move its way eastwards across the uk during friday, but there won't be much rain, i think, for england and wales, and the more persistent rain soon sweeps away from mainland scotland. the winds, though, will be stronger. gales likely in the north—west, and this is where we'll see most of the showers. otherwise, there'll be some sunshine, a cooler and fresher feel, but still 21 in eastern england.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: president trump announces that he's taking an anti—malaria drug to ward off coronavirus, despite health officials warning it may be unsafe. what did you have to lose, ok? what you have to lose? i have been taking it for about a week, about a week and a half. at some every day. the differences in lockdown regulations between the uk's four nations continues to widen. from today, groups of six people can meet up when outdoors in northern ireland. three people are held on suspicion of murder after a 19—year—old woman