this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk — and around the world. a 70 per cent rise — in uk unemployment claims in april — as the chancellor warns, there's no guarantee of a swift recovery it is not obvious that there will be an immediate bounce back. i believe it takes time for people to get back to the habits that they have. this hour — we'll look at the situation in the uk and the us — as the number of people claiming unemployment benefits rises — on both sides of the atlantic. more than 11 thousand people have died in care homes in britain — as the goverment is criticised for not acting fast enough. countries agree — to an ‘independent inquiry‘ — into the world health organisation's response, to the pandemic. european airline easyjet apologises — after nine million of its customers,

are affected by a sophisticated cyber—attack and — one positive effect of lockdown — the biggest fall in carbon emissions around the world, ever recorded. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk — and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the uk chancellor has warned, that there's no guarantee the economy will bounce back immediately — when restrictions are lifted. and he said, there could be long term scarring on the economy, even once businesses are able to fully reopen again. his comments came, as new figures showed the number of people claiming unemployment benefit in the uk last month, soared to its highest level in almost 2a years.

the office for national statistics says, 2.1 million people claimed benefits last month. it shot up by more than 856 thousand, the biggest ever, month on month jump. there have also been figures out, indicating that there have been an extra 55 thousand deaths recorded in the uk, since the first coronavirus death occured. all of them were directly or indirectly linked to the virus. it has also been confirmed, that 11 thousand people in care homes have died from the virus, since the beginning of march. the total number of people reported to have died with coronavirus in the uk in the last twenty four hours is 545. meanwhile, the head of the world health organisation has defended its role during the pandemic, following harsh criticism from president trump. and the us treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, has warned, there's a risk of permanent damage to the us economy, if states extend their shutdowns.0ur first report comes from our economics editor — faisal islam.

they are not cutting jobs at this west midlands fittings factory for shops and libraries, just like the officialjobs numbers. but only 12 workers, one third of employees, are manufacturing the now in demand protective screens. the other 26 workers remain on the payroll, officially employed but at home with wages paid by the taxpayer. when you look at the alternatives, which is like redundancy or being laid off, then being on furlough is a really good thing. it gives business an opportunity to carry on with its workforce. the boss is grateful and unemployment has been kept down. the furlough scheme has really worked well for us. and if it wasn't for that, i don't know where we would be. the government's crisis jobs scheme have concentrated tens of billions into controlling unemployment but official jobs numbers will soon catch up with the pandemic crisis reality all round us. and other figures today did show how hard thejobs market has been hit.

the 865,000 extra people claiming jobless benefits in april was a record monthly increase taking the claimant count forjobseeker‘s allowance and universal credit to 2.1 million. the highest for 2h years. in some regions nearly doubling. the number ofjob vacancies tumbled by a quarterly record of 170,000 to 637,000. so it will be harder to get a job. emma had been on furlough but last week she was told she had lost herjob as an office worker at an essex construction firm and is finding getting a new one difficult. to be receiving a letter to say i have been selected to be redundant is awful. petrifying. sorry, i can't help but get emotional about that. just thinking about it. i tried searching forjobs, i've applied for tens if not hundreds of positions online.

but due to being an office worker there's no offices open, no interviews being taken at the moment. it's a struggle to try and find something. across the economy thousands ofjobs that were furloughed, for example at the cafe rouge restaurant chain, are now under threat. hundreds have been lost at retailer debenhams and also in the transport sector at british airways and at the ferry company p&0. the government acknowledged a significant rise in unemployment cannot be avoided. i will not be able to protect every job in business and we are seeing that already in the data are no doubt there is more hardship to come. this lockdown is having a significant impact on the economy and we are likely to face a severe recession the likes of which we have not seen. the opposition said more needed to be done, especially for younger workers. we still have to be aware that the costs tend to fall on younger people, notjust because people have lost theirjobs but because they have not been able

to move into the workforce. benefit numbers are surging and vacancies tumbling, just how far unemployment will shoot up is for now been limited by the government paying the wages of one out of three workers. that is a bridge for the that is a bridge for the livelihoods of 10 million people will not last. and now the chancellor whose schemes are built around the idea of a rapid bounce back in the economy says it is not obvious that that will occur. the pandemic has caused a globaljobs catastrophe a global jobs catastrophe even when lockdowns are lifted it is when support is withjohn that the real picture will picture will emerge. with me is sue hudson, who has had to apply for benefits after losing herjob last month. and also i'm joined byjon ellis fleming —— he was made redundantjust before the lockdown.

the impact is across the united kingdom. scotland, england and northern ireland, the welfare benefit is a one half million applications injust benefit is a one half million applications in just one calendar month. but there are patterns in the southwest of england in places like devon and across that region, applications are up by about it hundred 50% and some areas with in that place its 13 has been badly affected because it hasn't been able to open up and bear in mind, it has a definite end date and it ends right 0ctober in mind, it has a definite end date and it ends right october and for many people to make up money it is really limited because they rely on overtime in order to top off the minimum payjobs. overtime in order to top off the minimum pay jobs. and underlining the numbers you have gone through,

so the numbers you have gone through, so many people, they have been involved, have not been involved in anything like this, half—day? involved, have not been involved in anything like this, half-day? so many coming to the welfare system for the first time that lives in many cases. that ranges from across the sectors from people up in processing these claims and their people who've worked in cafes and restau ra nts a nd people who've worked in cafes and restaurants and on one end to end on the other end of the scale, fear of people earning 6—figure salaries that are in the welfare system that have no money, nojob, but can you give me and what is out there for me. and they're directing them towards welfare payments because the jobs simply are not there to move them on into. you've also been looking at vacancies and when it comes to companies hiring people, this could be a huge mode of competition. lots of jobs. this could be a huge mode of competition. lots ofjobs. 600, over 600,000 vacancies. but that is massively down for the quarter

record fall in vacancies. if the type of jobs record fall in vacancies. if the type ofjobs that are out there, in the public sector and civil service, lots of shops and retailers, as the economy begins to reopen, it is becoming apparent now that an awful lot of people are going to try to get a small number ofjobs and the likelihood of unemployment rising hugely in the next few months is really quite high. finalthoughts, in terms of the implications of so many sectors and huge implications for so many young people going into the employment sector. young people are being particularly hard hit. they are earning less and it takes yea rs they are earning less and it takes years for them to make up the kind of money that they may be losing over the coming months or year or so. over the coming months or year or so. thank you for taking this taking us through this. joining us

now, john, welcome here. tell us more about how that came about and when. we went through a process that started on the back end of last year andl started on the back end of last year and i final finish day was supposed to be the end of march and i request that it be brought forward to the 8th of march which was agreed to and i was made redundant the following week, covid—19 and the lockdown really took place and that has really took place and that has really impacted my ability to get into anotherjob which i did not think would be that much of an issue for me to begin with. it has been a real struggle. you have had a lot of applications on the go that round to applications on the go that round to a standstill in the various government schemes, did any of that apply to you? no, because the scheme and redundancy processes been finalised by that point so while i

was 110 finalised by that point so while i was no longer part of the business, the furlough was not an option and with regards to universal credit which i did have to apply for, i'm still waiting for my first payment from that because with a small amount of money that i got from four years with redundancy, which is not a lot, my universal credit didn't believe i was entitled to anything to begin with some still awaiting my first payment for that. even when that payment comes through, is after which i was on and my partner was still on maternity leave after giving birth to her child in september, collectively means we are operating on less than 50% of an income for two adults and a child. so that is a massive hit. how are you making things meet? how stressful is it? massively. we're doing the best we can. we are very lucky to have quite a supportive family network and without them i do not know where we would be but i think the biggest hit would be the

job applications. much like the lady spoke to earlier about tenants, if hundreds of applications submitted, and they been put on hold and there's no end in sight for when they might actually pick up again. the onlyjobs that are really out there available are the ones the likes of supermarkets and things likes of supermarkets and things like that and will i have no problem joining the workforce, the amount of people applying means the interview, ido people applying means the interview, i do not have experience particular sector,. environment secretary said a little earlier that furloughed workers are unemployed workers will sign up to help harvest crops the summer. sign up to help harvest crops the summer. what do you think of that? you know, if you have to make ends meet and if you're supporting a family likei meet and if you're supporting a family like i am, it is absolute something you should go for we have

something you should go for we have some of the people were in a similar situation or worse situation than i am in. you and those types ofjobs disappear very quickly. use on the new not too long ago about migrant workers, it is exactly that. they're still going ahead and have been clear and how many of those jobs are going to be made available for the furlough versus these migrant workers. on a human level, just tell me what it has been like because you almost feel that you are a failure, is that right? yes. because we have a newborn baby, born in september andl a newborn baby, born in september and i feel like, as a father, it is myjob to provide it with my partner being off on maternity and non—reduced wages as well, i should be the breadwinner, as it were and i have not been able to do that. i thought i should have been able to walk into another role based on my experience and because of everything that has happened, i have not been able to do that which makes it feel

like i am failing at my position as a father and as the civil income maker. good luck in the days and weeks ahead, things are taking the time to speak to us. will be looking at the latest unemployment figures not be speedy to the economies. they'll be coming up a little later on the programme. president trump has been criticised by medical experts, after revealing that he is taking a drug to protect himself against coronavirus — that is usually used to treat malaria. regulators in the us have warned, that there's no evidence that it provides any protection from covid—19 — in fact, it may cause heart problems. nick bryant reports. the white house is one of the most heavily protected buildings on the planet. guarded by secret service agents, ready to take a bullet for the president. but in the midst of this viral

onslaught, can they protect donald trump from himself? last night, he happily made a stunning admission, that to fend off the coronavirus, he is taking an anti—malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, that his own government has warned against using for covid—19, out of fear of the fatal consequences. i am taking it, hydroxychloroquine. right now. a couple of weeks ago, i started taking it. because i think it's good, i've heard a lot of good stories. and if it's not good, i'll tell you right. i'm not going to get hurt by it. it's been around for a0 years. this was the astonished response on fox news, a network that is ordinarily the president's cheerleader channel. if you are a risky population here, and you are taking this as a preventative treatment, toward off the virus, or in a worst—case scenario, you're dealing with the virus, and you are in this vulnerable population, it will kill you. i cannot stress enough,

this will kill you. but just hours later, this stunning doctor's note from the president's white house physician. it noted that after numerous discussions with mr trump for and against the use of hydroxychloroquine, we concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks. all of this is donald trump doubled down on his threat to halt us funding of the world health organization, which has been meeting virtually in geneva. the us president has bemoaned its repeated missteps, but its director—general defended the global body. for all our differences, we are one human race. and we are stronger together. many medical experts say it's not just the damage that donald trump could cause himself by taking this antimalarial drug, it's the example he's setting for others. in the midst of a crisis that's already claimed

more than 90,000 lives, they fear the president is dispensing dangerous and potentially fatal medical advice. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. in the last few minutes president trump has been talking to reporters about his comments yesterday that he has been taking hydroxy—chloroquine. here's what the president had to say. if you look at some the reports they came out from italy, they came out from france, a lot of are from my workers ticket because it possibly andi workers ticket because it possibly and i think it does, people are going to have to make up their own mind. plus, does not hurt people, has been out of the market for 60 or 65 years from malaria and other things, i think it gives you an additional level of safety, beacon asked many doctors in favour of it is not many front—line workers will go there and the drug and this is an individual decision to make. at at a

great reputation and if you're someone great reputation and if you're someone else other than me come up you will be saying isn't that smart? let's talk to katty kay who's in washington. doubling down. at that moment but he made that revelation yesterday was jaw—dropping. but it also came at a time where he has been facing quite a lot of really tough questions are on the firing of another state department official in questions from mike pompeo, secretary of state. yes. although, curiously, the stock market rose 900 points in the eventin stock market rose 900 points in the event in which she was speaking was meant to be an event celebrating the reopening of the american economy and asking about the good news and the president revealed with some delight, saying that he cannot wait to see the look of the reporters eyes that he had been taking the drug for week and a half and that

through all of the other news out of the water in all people talked about on cable television and television news tape —— networks, it feels meant to be a deliberate strategy to distract from the fact that america now has 90,000 deaths, was also distracting from what was meant to be a moment of good news about the american economy. so it is hard to determine whether or not there was a deliberate political strategy surrounding this and also to determine is the presidentjust did, many doctors are taking it, many front—line workers are taking it in many people have told him that this president has a tendency to say many people have toward me or many people are doing this that actually naming specifics and all of the doctors that i have heard across television here in the united states today have said that this is a bad idea and not a good idea. not one that they will recommend to their patients. and we

also had that ongoing spat with the world health organisation that letter and talk of the need for change and that too is another collision course, may be deliberately but of course we are hearing from the secretary that the consensus is that we have to deal with the spend of it first and then look at any sort of investigation. the european leaders aren't in mind that the secretary and what president trump said in that letter is that they're giving them 30 days to make significant reforms about spelling out with those reforms are pretty cool to the pull funding from the world body. but of criticism led by the australians who have called for this investigation of what china knew and when they knew it and how much they may have suppressed about

covid—19 early on in the pandemic and you would think that perhaps the president could align himself with those other countries up against china rather than having this distraction by taking on the who with the majority of the community may want to investigate with the who knew and how they handled this but is instead focused on doing with the president and the president is integral to doing that. you talked about the strategy of 90,000 deaths now and in terms of the strategy, does it appear to you that it is simply focused entirely on the economy opening up and in terms of the risk factor, is hinted at a couple of us ago, we may have to just live with the number of people dying. we look at what the american public is doing, they're being very cautious and in a sense, americans or listen to their health care

providers and health officials more than they are listen to politicians they're taking this reopening process very slowly indeed. the extent of the toll this virus is having, on human life, also became clearer today. it's 2 and a half months now, since the first person died of coronavirus in the uk. normally, in that 10 week period — you'd expect on average around 100 thousand people to die. the latest figures suggest there've been an extra 55—thousand deaths in the uk during that time this year — all of them directly or indirectly related to coronavirus just over 41 thousand people definitely died with it — that was what was recorded on their death certificates the latest figures show more than 11 thousand people in care homes have died from coronavirus since the beginning of march. from rugby, our correspondent alex forsyth reports

the scale of this pandemic is becoming increasingly clear. the number of deaths, still growing, although the rate at least now slowing. behind every figure, a face, every statistic, a human story. of those who've died so far, more than a quarter were in care homes. this family run home in warwickshire had an outbreak last month. 0ne resident did die, but staff were able to control the spread of the virus, although managers say they had little government guidance or support. at that point, the measures weren't in place to protect the residents and the staff. the testing wasn't there, and we were very lucky, for management and staff, that it wasn't a lot worse. what about now, have things improved? i haven't seen much of a difference at the moment. we've really made our own decisions and we still really haven't had much more from the government as to what else we should be doing. here, they're still waiting for all staff and residents to be tested, still saying support is too slow, concerns echoed by care leaders addressing mps this morning, who raised questions about testing, ppe and the national strategy. our focus at the start of this pandemic was clearly the nhs, and there was not a recognition

in either the planning process that happened in 2016 or indeed in this current pandemic, at the very start of it, that the most vulnerable people were in care homes. some of our problems around transmission, no doubt, are relating to ppe, and very sadly, some of the deaths, too. this has been a health pandemic, and what we haven't felt in the care sector is that we've had a health response. the health secretary again today defended the government's approach. despite claims to the contrary, he again said he had put a protective ring around care homes. from the start, we worked hard to protect those in social care. in early march, we put £3.2 billion into social care, half through the nhs and half through local authorities, and we've repeatedly set out and strengthened guidance for infection control and support. across the country, the care system is complex, made up of local, national, public and private elements. the government has put more money and measures in place in recent weeks,

but the criticism is still that the support is not always getting where it's needed quickly, and now some care providers say they are under financial pressure. this care home in north yorkshire is one of four where the owner, who is also a representative for the sector, says money is increasingly tight. with extra costs from coronavirus and empty beds. we calculate that we're going to be around £100,000 short in income, and that is the difference between our surviving and not surviving. the issue is, we've got the nhs run nationally, local authorities running locally, that's why we've got a problem with ppe, testing and finances, it's all a mess, basically. we need to make sure we plan and have it centrally, in my view, centrally organised. this crisis has exposed issues in a sector that has long been under strain. the calls now are notjust for continued short—term support, but a longer term solution, too. alex forsyth, bbc news.

record unemployment numbers and the impactand record unemployment numbers and the impact and just a moment. do not go away. hello there. tuesday was a warm day across southern britain with temperatures reaching the mid—20s celsius that warmth is expected to increase as we ended wednesday and thursday, pushing northwards to the increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms later on thursday close the week out on a very different note with low pressure bringing some cooler conditions to all areas. is it through tonight on all areas. is it through tonight on a very different note with low pressure bringing some cooler conditions to all areas. is it through tonight almost central southern areas will be in lengthy clear skies and temperatures stay quite cloudy and parts of scotland and further south it will be milder with temperatures for many in double figures and i wanted to wednesday, this is where were going to of the heat with this warm spell with high—pressure establishing itself,

pushing the weather northwards and trunk out this warmer air from spain and france and a little bit of a clown from northern ireland so what weather that should clear away and clutch of motorway for the south and should be a warm and sunny day with a bit of low cloud sea fog affecting some parts of england. the mid—20s celsius wide and 2728, we could see the low 20s celsius across scotland so warmer days, denying them too. a court from the bushes in with outbreaks of rain into thursday summer outbreaks of rain into thursday summer across the area. the warm air across the southeast where we could see some hidden his heavy shower thunderstorms develop afternoon. 20 celsius care with a warm day and across scotland and northern ireland, that is because we have the speech or moving into close the week

and a deep area of low pressure that will bring some windy weather with skills in the northwest and also a band of cloud and some rain early on and friday which will clear eastwards in the areas with sunny days and 20 of showers and some heavy across scotland and northern ireland and driven a gale force winds and no feel cooler comes on the across the northwest with the mid—teen celsius here and we could see heights of 21 or 22 degrees in the southeast. not much rain and forecasted to be had on into the weekend and eastern parts of the country, most of the showers saturday will be across the northwest.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a 70 per cent rise — in uk unemployment claims in april — as the chancellor warns, there's no guarantee of a swift recovery. it is not obvious there will be an immediate bounce back, it takes time for people to get back to the habits that they had. more than 11,000 people have died in care homes in britain — as the goverment is criticised for not acting fast enough. countries agree — to an ‘independent inquiry‘ — into the world health organisation‘s response, to the pandemic. european airline easyjet apologises — after nine million of its customers, are affected by a sophisticated cyber—attack. and — one positive effect of lockdown — the biggest fall in carbon emissions

around the world, ever recorded. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we‘re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first ? one of europe‘s biggest airlines, easyjet, says the personal information of around nine— million of its customers has been hacked. the budget airline says, it first became aware of what it calls a "highly sophisticated" cyber—attack in january. it says, more than two—thousand passengers have had their credit card details "accessed" — but there‘s no evidence that any of the information has been mis—used. let‘s get more details from our cyber security correspondent, joe tidy. tell us more because that is a huge

number of customers, isn‘t it? number of customers, isn‘t tell us more because that is a huge number of customers, isn't mm is. for those 9 million people who had their feet —— is. for those 9 million people who had theirfeet —— demand is. for those 9 million people who had their feet —— demand addresses and attorney details expos, the concern is they could be the victim ofa concern is they could be the victim of a phishing attack and if a hacker has that information about what your e—mail address it and the fact that you are an easyjet customer and the fa ct you are an easyjet customer and the fact that you went to stockholm in february for example, they can do a pretty sophisticated e—mail that says to you looking like easy jack, we have gotten information about your trip, give us your financial details or a refund or something or give us your personal details and of quite people are more likely to click on that and had over the details to hackers. the more concerning thing is for the 2000 people who had their credit card details stolen because we do not know what‘s going to happen in that insta nce know what‘s going to happen in that instance but we had seen in the past where if the details are still in they can be used by hackers to directly ta ke they can be used by hackers to directly take money out of peoples accounts. there are so many consigning elements to this story, who might have done it, what they might do with the information. what

has easy jet set about why this is only become public now in the middle of may? i think that's going to be something that the information office here in the uk who are into breaches, they will know the answer to that end we know there is an information ongoing and they want to tell us when they were notified about the attack but as you say we know now it happened injanuary and people were only starting to be notified in march. so, easyjet say the reason why this is because they knew they needed to delay further investigation to find out who was affected by this before they could contact him but there are rules about whether the disclosure has happened at the right time, it should happen within 72 hours of the breach taking place. that‘s when the company needs to contact them. but easy jet company needs to contact them. but easyjet said company needs to contact them. but easy jet said there company needs to contact them. but easyjet said there is no activity or evidence of activity in terms of fraud that has occurred on those 2200 victims and of course across the 9 million they say there is no evidence anyone has been fixed but of course the problem as the attacker is sell those details to other hackers till he may not see the results of this data breach

until weeks or months ahead. in the united states injust seven weeks, more than 36 million people have lost theirjob. that‘s equal to a quarter of the entire us workforce. and for many, losing a job has led to hunger. 0ur correspondent in new york, samira hussain has returned to a food bank in brooklyn, to assess the dramatic impact the pandemic has had on people‘s livelihoods. in america, a land of inequality and extremes, never has it been more apparent than during a pandemic as job losses mount, the lines at food banks get longer. at this one in brooklyn everyone has a story of a life upended. before the virus hit, denise worked in food services at a local university. now, she has found herself waiting in linejust to feed herself. like so many, her claim for unemployment insurance is in limbo.

i applied, every week they said my claim is processing. but, there is nothing at the bank, there is nothing on my card. inside, volunteers cannot fill bags fast enough. more than a million people have filed for an employment insurance in new york city alone. one of the most damaging effects of these record job losses is the sudden rise in the number of people struggling to be themselves and theirfamily. i was at this food pantryjust six weeks ago and this room was empty and it‘s now become the main staging area. that‘s just how much the need has exploded. what they used to give out in a week, go through them just one day. it is notjust new york city, across the country from hawaii to virginia and many places in between, long lines of people waiting for food. the country‘s youngest residents are not being spared. last month, one in five households with kids under the age of 12 was not always

where the next meal was coming from. it takes a lot for a mother to admit on a survey that she is not able to feed her children. and so we do think that children are skipping meals and the meals they are getting are not sufficiently nutritious and are not sufficiently filling. in addition to dealing with potential illness, millions of americans will have to contend with months maybe years of financial hardship and hunger. the us treasury secretary, steve mnuchin says the longer lockdown continues — the greater the risk of the economy sustaining ‘permanent damage‘. speaking to a senate committee, he said american families and businesses were suffering during the shutdown, but that reopening the economy would need to be done with caution. let‘s speak now to diane swonk, chief economist at grant thornton. welcome to the programme. compared with the financial crisis of 2008, the great depression, just how bad is basing the us at the moment? it's

really horrible. it is breathtaking. i remember during the height of the financial crisis at that like i was standing ona financial crisis at that like i was standing on a fault and i‘m trying to keep my balance. this has been trying to forecast and click stack —— quicksand given the speed which meant we have lostjobs over the last couple of months and as he already noted in your story, how many people, millions of people as many people, millions of people as many as 10 million people still not gotten the expanded unemployment insurance that they are qualifying for. they state systems are too antiquated and overrun to be able to process all of those answer people who have not gotten a paycheque for almost two months now still don‘t have money and they said that he not had any extra funds for food. yes. it is having a terrible human cost, as he saw there and we see elsewhere in different parts of the united states, there are big gaps in their safety net. what is the best way to tackle this crisis now do you think? you have to look at this as a health crisis first and foremost and

cultivated 19 is like the iceberg that we are now in those waters, if you want to avoid the economy sink into those waters many of my life both in the water to carry us across both in the water to carry us across both households and businesses and nonprofits and universities are being hit as well. we need a lot more money for the state at the front line of the crisis will now have gone for months without a sales tax revenue because of the shutdown we have seen and the cost of faded covid—19 on the flight line. so the loss we do know if lessons of the great recession, if we do not get money to the state and local governments, that will set us back further in the amount of recovery for employment on the employment side especially as soon as you and i first went many states start their fiscal year. this is pretty critical but we don‘t get fiscal fatigue, i now it‘s remarkable to see how much has come together in washington on a bipartisan basis but they are chasing a moving target. we know that we are putting will be slow and

uneven. knowing that ahead of time we need to get more in front run many of the loss is went to see otherwise it will have a much smaller economy from which to rebuild and rebound from. perhaps much more than that e3 trillion talking about. the states are reopening we have seen that there is a massive danger there if you do that typically, the death rate spikes at and you perhaps need to have further shutdowns. that if the last thing the economy with me. one of the things that is different and yet if they health efforts among many people forget how quickly the crisis hit. before we ever had a shutdown of any state. the pull—back and consumer spending and the pull—back going to doctors all happen before we lost almost a millionjobs in march, may march 1a before one states went into lockdown. so this was in response to the fear of that contagion. so if we don‘t have confidence that the contagion is under control which the united states is behind experience, in that effort by opening sooner,

thatis in that effort by opening sooner, that is a real issue. two sentences if you buy because the president talked about the economy recovering like a rocket. do you see it that way? no. ijust can't happen that way. it means a lot more support. we need a vaccine and even in the most aspiration no evidence that we get one in 2021, that is an eternity for those waiting for the economy to recover. we have run out of time but thank you for your time. patient talking to you. sweden has attracted worldwide attention over its differing approach to the coronavirus pandemic — it never introduced a full lockdown. but now the country is facing growing criticism for failing to protect its older population. 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 some other shot. the doctor visited him and he didn‘t give him any oxygen. i think it‘s horrible. it‘s up to individual regions to make decisions about health care. in stockholm, officials insist oxygen is available for those who need it most. if you need oxygen, maybe we can bring it to the care centres or the elder homes, or you can transport the patients to the hospital 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 one city during the start of the crisis. they told us we shouldn't send anyone into the hospital. even if they may be 65. officials in her area say nurses can call in doctors into make

assessments about hospitalisation. in stockholm, this new unused military field hospital has become a political battle ground. officials say it‘s proof the elderly aren‘t being held back because of a lack of beds. but some, like this right wing critic, say it‘s a symbol sweden‘s been too cautious about hospitalising the elderly. the message has been they are so fragile, they can‘t cope with more advanced care. that‘s the swedish message. do you think that was the right message? no. why not? because if you need care and you can benefit from care, for example, oxygen for a short time, you should have it. the government 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 that‘s a bittersweet

message for the many who‘ve already lost loved ones. maddy savage, bbc news, stockholm. earlier i spoke to adelina comas herrera, from the london school of economics‘ care policy and evaluation centre. she‘s been tracking virus death tolls in care homes globally since the start of the pandemic. she told me care homes and coronavirus had created the perfect storm with older people being in a high risk you have a combination of a population of very advanced age and outstanding health issues which means they are very much at higher risk of dying if they contact their virus and they also live in a communal setting which means that in a place that it‘s for them to be to then a a place that it‘s for them to be to thena damn a place that it‘s for them to be to then a damn isolated so it‘s very difficult to practice ethical isolation and all the measures that work in care homes that weren‘t designed for this at this stage of

the pandemic what are you seeing when it comes to patterns so that i sterry s, south korea, italy and the uk? these countries have very different experiences, and australia i think the total number of deaths is at 99 out of those 22 where people in care homes. in hong kong they have no deaths, and you will say they have not a single infection ina care say they have not a single infection in a care home. south korea has had some deaths in care homes. actually had some deaths of care home residents but none of them died in the care home because they were all transferred to a hospital. so we have very different patterns in european countries their rates that we see range from 20% or 2/60% of deaths of care home residents. very different experiences, how do you explain that band ? different experiences, how do you explain that band? of them as the extent to which we have an infection

in the community selling australia for example in hong kong they have been able to control the infection very quickly. community level and thatis very quickly. community level and that is automatically protected the ca re that is automatically protected the care homes but some countries that we re care homes but some countries that were already very prepared for example in asia because they had the experience of saris so their particles for infection and prevention control where based on influenza which is most of europe and northern america have been paying for but they were much more ready for much more difficult decisions and i think that shows. and in some countries see the number of deaths in care homes outstripping the number of deaths and the general population. now in the uk the health secretary has repeatedly said over the last couple of days that a protective ring was thrown around ca re protective ring was thrown around care homes right from the beginning. critics say it‘s the very opposite of that. did the focus on hospitals skew things, not just of that. did the focus on hospitals skew things, notjust in the uk but

perhaps in other countries as well? definitely. i think in terms of resources , ca re definitely. i think in terms of resources, ca re homes definitely. i think in terms of resources, care homes and most of the countries we have looked at, some exceptions i have to say, so i have to say, so australia, some of these countries in asia have been an exception but in many countries care homes have been where all the resources we re homes have been where all the resources were put into hospitals and community level nature as i think part of the plans in many countries we don‘t even know how many people live in care homes because we don‘t collect information about them and that means we don‘t get into the models. the boss of the uk‘s national tourism agency has thrown her weight behind setting up ‘so—called‘ air bridges with countries with low coronavirus rates. visit britain‘s chief executive patricia yates told mps it was an "interesting" idea and said the us could be open to agreeing a deal. air bridges would allow visitors from low—risk countries into the uk, without having to quarantine for 1h days. joining me now to talk about how it could all work is lisa minot, the travel editor of the sun newspaper.

welcome to the programme. i am slightly confused because that government on the one hand is talking about quarantine people coming in from abroad for 1h days and now this suggestion of air bridges is being considered. are you clear how a policy would work? absolutely not. is this constant mixed messages and a really does not help and already devastated industry, the chapel and tourism industry, the chapel and tourism industry has been catastrophically hit my face. and these mixed m essa g es hit my face. and these mixed messages coming out, we are having the quarantine, we are not having the quarantine, we are not having the quarantine, we are not having the quarantine, it is not helping anybody in trying to move forward. we still don‘t actually have quarantine yet. they are not even trying to put into place until the end of may be the beginning ofjune. in terms of this idea about air bridges, i am trying to work out for the uk as it has got legs because you could see the benefits for other countries but at the moment when you

look at the infection rates and the death rates, 545 today, you can‘t see how a country would want to have an air bridge with the uk at the moment. that is right. it does not seem moment. that is right. it does not seem to make moment. that is right. it does not seem to make sense. moment. that is right. it does not seem to make sense. but at the same time you have still got other economies in europe and other countries in europe that are so reliant on that there is an economy and the likes of portugal and greece have already said today they are interested and would like to set up his kind of air bridge but it‘s how that‘s going to work in reality in terms of up until now aviation and the chapel enter tourism industry has been something that has been guided by the eu and the lack of borders that we have and now all of a sudden individual countries have put their borders up and it‘s going to be very difficult to work out who is the person who is in charge here. the eu, is it that global society or is it down to individual countries and nobody yet has a plan. and of course the added complication of the

uk no longer being in the eu. i will park that but perhaps it comes back to what the health secretary was saying last week that the idea of international holidays, tories and that probably is not going to happen in 2020. well, you would hope it would do and i was beginning to feel a little bit more optimistic in the last couple of days when there were these talks of air bridges and trying to have a non—quarantine back to an agreement that other countries. but i also know there are many travel companies now that are really only focusing on setting holidays next year and have all but given up on the idea that anyone would want to travel this year. final thought in 30 seconds if you would. can you understand why the uk still has not got any sort of quarantine for people coming in through heathrow and other big hubs, we are to three months into this. through heathrow and other big hubs, we are to three months into thism absolutely baffles me. we are one of the biggest airport hubs in the world, number three in the world and

the idea that people can still quite freely go through our airports and not even introducing the quarantine for another three weeks, i don‘t get that, it does not make any sense to me whatsoever. few positives in this pandemioc but perhaps the effect on the environment is one of them. scientists have recorded the biggest ever fall in the amount of carbon released into the world‘s atmosphere, over the past few months. at the height of the coronavirus lockdown, scientists discovered that daily emissions around the world dropped by more than 17% , all over the world, some stunning transformations, from choked streets in india, becoming calmer and easier to breathe in, to the most famous landmark in china suddenly looking clearer. to the centre of paris often polluted now quieter and cleaner. the fight against the virus has slowed down many economies at huge cost.

but it‘s also done wonders for the air and for the carbon emissions that are heating up the planet. the drop in traffic was a major part of that. here in the uk and globally. lower demand for electricity has also made a difference. along with the grounding of planes, fewer flights means less carbon released into the air. it‘s a pattern seen around the world. the lighter the shade here, the bigger the decline in emissions in some countries up again but still a huge change. the fall in emissions, we are seeing 17% per day is enoprmous, we have not experienced something like this before as far as we can tell, it is driven by changes in road transport. now that china is out of lockdown, traffic there is building up so emissions are rising once again. the carbon cut is not permanent. on some key roads the traffic is starting to come back a bit as the lockdown is eased but the

impact of the different restrictions on the environment has been really striking. not only are those carbon emissions down, the quality of the air has gone a lot better. different types of pollution have fallen dramatically. so as the economy recovers, will we see a return to the toxic haze hanging over our cities? experts in air pollution hope the crisis has shown what‘s possible. a very unfortunate natural experiment but it does show us by changing the vehicles on our roads and reducing the vehicles and changing over to electric vehicles we can immediately reduce air pollution which sends an important message. many cities are now trying to encourage more cycling and walking to help keep people safe from the disease and also to reduce pollution. their hope is that amid the nightmare of the virus, a greener future can be created. india and bangladesh are evacuating milions of people

in the bay of bengal — as one of the biggest cyclones in 20 years, powers towards them. the cylone is expected make landfall on wednesday. aid agencies say, they fear for hundreds of thousands of rohinja refugees stuck in camps in bangladesh. 0ur south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan reports.. the bay of bengal, one of the most vulnerable coastlines in the world. now, bracing itself for a powerful storm. 0fficials fear it could be the worst to hit the region since cyclone sida in 2007. which claimed at least 3000 lives. now, in the middle of a pandemic, they are moving thousands to safer ground. fears also for hundreds of rohingya refugees stranded at sea. they had escape hardship from camps in bangladesh for a new life in malaysia. beaten and starved by the smugglers they

paid, they are now adrift after malaysian authorities turned them away for fear of covid—19. last month, hundreds of rohingya were arrested and returned to bangladesh. but the country says it won‘t accept any more on the mainland. it sent more than 300 to a silt island in the bay of bengal. aid agencies fear it is flood prone and are calling for refugees to be moved as the storm approaches. this 17—year—old is one of those on the island. we talked to his mother before the cyclone warning. i just want my son alive on any shore in any country she says. for her and other rohingyas living in the world‘s largest refugee camp the risks are many. if the cyclone hits, these settlements don‘t stand a chance. last week, coronavirus finally reached the camps.

one of the most densely populated places on the planet where social distancing is tough, cases are already rising rapidly. health care facilities are basic. isolation wards have been set up for coronavirus patients but in a camp of close to a million people, there is not a single ventilator. rohingya refugeess face genocide in myanmar. they live in poverty in bangladesh. now, with coronavirus and a cyclone to contend with, their resilience is once again being tested. we wa nt we want to show you these pictures before we develop because the radio symphony orchestra held its first concert since knock—down restrictions eased there. the conductor and play or is safely

apart all wearing safe cove —— face coverings. that‘s it for me, thank you for watching. next up is outside source. you for watching. next up is outside source. goodbye. hello. today was a one day across southern britain, temperatures reaching for mid—20s celsius and that warmth is expected to increase as we head into wednesday and thursday. pushing north to increasing the chance of showers or thunderstorms on thursday and we closed the week out on a different note with low pressure bringing windy and cooler conditions to all areas. as he had to tonight, most central and southern areas will be dry with clear skies. cloudy across parts of scotland and north of scotla nd across parts of scotland and north of scotland to the northern islands it will be quite late. further south and it will be mild temperatures for many in double figures. 0n and it will be mild temperatures for many in double figures. on wednesday we will of the heat of this warm

spell. high—pressure establishing itself and placing the weather front northwards and drying warmer air from spain and france. we start with cloud across scotland and northern ireland, wet weather and that should clear away and the crowd should melt further south and it will be a warm and sunny day most with low cloud and sunny day most with low cloud and affecting southern coast of england. temperatures in england and wales mid—20s celsius, 27, 28 in the southeast and we could see the low 20s celsius across scotland. i warmer day for them as well. this cold front starts to push him during wednesday night with outbreaks of rain to northern ireland and into thursday morning some rain across western parts of britain and it pushes eastwards and bumps into warm airwe pushes eastwards and bumps into warm air we could see a few hit and miss heavy showers or thunderstorms developed during thursday afternoon. temperatures reaching the upper 20s celsius here, i warm day from amy but i notched down across scotland and northern ireland because we have got this feature moving in to close

the week, a deep area of low pressure bringing windy weather and tails in the northwest and also some cloud and rain which will clear eastern air and it‘s a sunny day, blustery afternoon with showers and heavy across scotland and northern ireland being driven on gale force winds. it will feel cool across the northwest and then made teams celsius here and we could see highs of 21 maybe 22 degrees in the southeast. not much rain in the forecast for southern and eastern pa rt forecast for southern and eastern part of the country. most of the showers will be across the northwest.

this is 0utside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. i‘m babita sharma. we‘re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. countries agree to an ‘independent inquiry‘ into the world health organisation‘s response to the coronavirus pandemic. millions around the world have lost theirjobs — and many more are likely to. we assess the economic fallout from coronavirus. more than 11,000 people have died in care homes in britain since the start of march — the goverment‘s been criticised for not acting fast enough.