this is outside 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. and millions are evacuated

from coastal areas in india and bangladesh, as cyclone umpun approaches the bay of bengal. welcome. the head of the world health organisation has defended its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the who has been sharply criticised by the united states and will be the subject of an independent inquiry. here's who chief dr tedros. i thank member states for adapting the resolution which calls for a deep evaluation and response. that including the performance of the who. as i said yesterday, i will initiate such an evaluation at the earliest appropriate moment. the us has been a harsh critic of the who. in the past 24—hours president trump

has escalated his attack on the world health body — threatening to permanently cut off funding over its response to the pandemic. he tweeted this letter — accusing the who of failing to gather and share information and demanding changes within the next 30 days. he also repeated his charge that the who has been too soft on china, where the virus originated. in the past few hours the who has responded saying its "considering the contents" of the letter. china though had much stronger words for the president. have a listen. translation: the us tries to use china as an issue to shirk responsibility and bargain over its international obligations to the who. this is a miscalculation and the us has picked the wrong target. of a probe his administration carried out into the who's donald trump's four page letter laid out the results of a probe his administration carried out into the who's response to the pandemic. we've heard some of the allegations

from the president before. this one is a regular theme of his... well unpacking that for us is chris morris from the bbc‘s reality check. this is talking about the early phase of the outbreak really thought that what they do bho says it was informed by china of a pneumonia of unknown cause on the 31st of december last year. —— who. within a few days to put out a an official statement asking for more information from china and by the 20th and 21st of january, they sent a team to china to investigate. by the end of the month, he declared a global public health emergency. —— global public health emergency. —— global health. you could've said they could about the quicker but you can make the argument against many governments around the world. including that of the united states. and i think the key point of this, the crucial point is that the who does not have the power to force or

compel any government to do anything, including handing over information. it seems like in the absence of that power, it decided it rightly or wrongly that by praising china publicly, that would be the best way to get what is obviously still a secretive society to co—operate. all of this comes as members of the who agree to adopt a resolution by the eu and australia for an investigation into the crisis.. so what shape and form willan inquiry take? tulip mazumdar is our global health correspondent and joins me now. good to see you. what is this review going to be all about and how will it work? this was a resolution that she said was tabled by the eu and australia. it has been accepted by all of the member states, at least that was the consensus at this meeting over the last few days at the world health assembly and we will see in the next few days with the seven countries might opt out of certain parts of it. but essentially it will

investigate how this pandemic started, how it was able to spiral out of control so quickly. 0ne started, how it was able to spiral out of control so quickly. one of the key questions will be what was the key questions will be what was the animal source of this virus, we understand that he came from a fish market in china, we do not know what the animal source is and that is something that will be looked into as well. it was very carefully worded these resolutions have to be agreed by consensus by 194 member states. it did not specify investigating any particular country. a dispenser by investigating the who but it also said that it will also look at the international response, so it will look at different countries response and i'm sure china will come up and that as well. you and i have been talking about scrutiny and which countries are going to be leveled at. i'm wondering how much scrutiny those countries will be open to a particular when they move forward with this. just wondering if we lost

oui’ with this. just wondering if we lost our sound to you. can you hear me?” can hear you now. i think he did get out. i was asking about scrutiny. does that leave countries like china open to an investigation what happened? i think it probably debts although again china was not specifically mentioned in this resolution. if you are looking at how these pandemic started and what happened in the early days and it has been criticism notjust from the world health organisation —— us, australia also said they were too close to china and china was not transparent at the beginning and get the debt bho did continue to praise it. i think there will be some investigation into that as well and certainly the us will be lobbing behind the scenes very hard for that to be part of this investigation.

but broadly speaking, all the countries speaking at the assembly over the last few days have talked about the importance of solidarity. it is then set again and again that one country alone cannot beat this. countries have to come together and work together to beat this otherwise it is simply not going to go away. that is something that will be reinforced as part of this investigation and that blaming and pointing fingers does not actually help the pandemic now. but clearly what needs to happen is to look at how this pandemic was that with that the beginning to make sure lessons can be learned so it doesn't happen again when a virus like this hits again when a virus like this hits again which ended will. —— make sure it does not happen again. thank you. lets move onto another big story that's been developing out of the us. last night donald trump shocked health experts when he said he'd been taking an unproven drug hydroxychloroquine to protect himself against coronavirus — even though officials warned it may

be unsafe and cause harmful side effects. despite the dangers, the president has been defending his use of the drug. he spoke to reporters in the past hour. if you look at some of the reports that came out from italy, and from france, and others, a lot of our front—line workers take it because they possibly and i thank it does but people will have to make up their own minds, it doesn't hurt people. it is been out on the market for 65 years from malaria and lupus and other things. i think it gives you an additional level of safety. but you can ask many doctors who are in favour of it. many front—line workers will not go there unless they have the medicine and so again this is an individual decision to make but it has had a great reputation and if there was somebody else other than me people would say that is smart. president trump revealed he was taking the anti—malaria drug as he was hosting an event for the struggling restaurant industry — as katty kay explains in washington.

the stock market rose 900 points and the event in which he was speaking was meant to be an event celebrating the reopening of the american economy and talking about the good news and the president, revealed with some delight, saying that he cannot wait to see the look of the reporter's eyes, that he had been taking the drug for week and a half and that blew all of the other news out of the water and all people talked about on cable television and television networks was that. if it was meant to be a deliberate strategy to distract from the fact that america now has 90,000 deaths, it 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 when the president says many doctors are taking it, many front—line workers are taking

it and many people have told him, this president has a tendency to say many people have told me or many people are doing this without 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 would recommend to their patients. millions of people around the world have lost theirjobs — and many more are likely to — because of the economic fallout from coronavirus. we've had some stark numbers out from the uk today. we'll come to those in a minute — but first, have a listen to this from the international labour 0rganisation. the figures are truly grim right around the world, notjust in the us or the uk which you mentioned. the global figure that we estimate for the second quarter of the year points to a loss of 305 million full—time job equivalents around the world compared to the end of last year. we have never seen this before. we have never seen this

scale ofjob loss. it absolutely blasts away what happened in 2008 to 2010. i think the question is looking forward how soon is this going to bottom out and how quickly will they come back. that of course depends on a large number of factors and a great deal of uncertainty. let's talk in more detail now about the latest unemployment figures for the uk. these are the first set of figures that have been directly affected by the coronavirus lockdown. 2.1 million people claimed unemployment benefits in april — that's an increase of over eight hundred and 50 thousand. and the number ofjob vacancies fell by nearly a quarter to 637,000 in the three months to april. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has warned that there's no guarantee the economy will bounce back immediately, and there could be long term scarring. i won't be able to protect everyjob in every business. we are already seeing that in the data and no doubt

there will be more hardships to come this lockdown is having a very significant effect on our economy and we are likely to face a severe recession the likes of which we haven't seen and of course i will haven't seen and of course i will have an impact on unemployment. —— that will. next, here's the analysis of our economics editor just how far me sot) unemployment will shoot up is for 110w unemployment will shoot up is for now being limited by the government up is page in the wages of one and three workers. that is a bridge for the livelihoods of tens million people that will not last. and now the chancellor, who schemes are built around the idea of a rapid bounce backin around the idea of a rapid bounce back in the economy says it is not obvious that that will occur. stay with us on 0utside source. still to come: india and bangladesh evacuate millions of people from coastal areas, as cyclone amphan approaches the bay of bengal.

scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has announced a government fund for helping the young, disabled and lone parents get back into work. today, we are taking further action to tackle the employment challenge created by covid. 0ur enterprise and skill strategic board, first established two and a half years ago, will now coordinate rapid action across enterprise and skilled agencies. in doing so, it will ensure that our actions now are helping to equip people with the skills they need for the future. it will report back to us injune on what additional measures we need to take. however, we confirm today that we will be investing a further £33 million to support people back to work as we gradually get the economy opened up again. this initialfunding, most of which will be allocated to fairsta rt scotland, will have a particular focus

on helping those most adversely affected in times of economic downturn, which are young people, disabled people and lone parents. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. world health organisation member—states have agreed to set up an independent inquiry into the global response to the coronavirus pandemic. india and bangladesh are evacuating millions of people in the bay of bengal, as one of the biggest cyclones in 20 years powers towards them. cyclone amphan is expected to make landfall in an area near the border of the two countries later on wednesday. bbc weather‘s louise lear has this update. cyclone amphan, which was the first supercyclonic storm to form in the bay of bengal since 1999. now it has been downgraded slightly, but nevertheless it's still an extremely severe cyclonic storm.

and it has the potential to cause devastating impacts across parts of northeastern states of india and also bangladesh. notjust due to the strength of the wind and the huge storm surge across low—lying areas of four to five metres high, but it's the flooding rain. now, if we take a look at the latest on the satellite picture, this storm has been forming and growing across the bay of bengal for nearly a week now. it looks likely to make landfall sometime during the latter stages of wednesday across northeastern states of india and into bangladesh. and then, it is going to grind to a halt as it comes up to those huge mountainous himalayas in bhutan and that could have devastating impacts here because the volume of the rain is going to cause significant flooding. now, the brighter yellows and greens denoting the intensity of that rainfall, and this storm is going to be with us for the next few days.

aid agencies say they fear for hundreds of rohingya refugees living in the cox's bazar camp in bangladesh, where around a million of them have previously fled persecution in myanmar. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan 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 sidr in 2007, which claimed at least 3,000 lives. now, in the middle of a pandemic, they're moving thousands to safer ground. fears, too, for hundreds of rohingya refugees stranded at sea. they'd escaped hardship in the camps in bangladesh for a new life in malaysia.

beaten and starved by the smugglers they'd paid, they're now adrift after malaysian authorities turned them away for fear of covid—19. last month, hundreds of rohingyas were rescued and returned to bangladesh. but the country said 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's flood—prone and are calling for the refugees to be moved as the storm approaches. 17—year—old zu bair's one of those on the island. we talked to his mother, fatima, before the cyclone warning. "i just want my son alive, on any shore in any country," she says. but for fatima 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.

and last week, coronavirus finally reached the camps. one of the most densely populated places on the planet, where socially 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 isn't a single ventilator. rohingya refugees fled 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. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. further attention today on care homes in the uk and whether the government is adequately supporting them. ros atkins has the latest on this. hi, ros.

hi, babita. more than 11,000 people have died in uk carehomes during this pandemic — and the government continues to face questions about whether its decisions exacerbated the situation. the head of the organisation which represents the industry in england gave evidence at a parliamentary committed today. despite what has been said, there were cases, i think, of people that either didn't have a covid—19 status or weren't symptomatic who were then discharged into care homes. now, given that the care homes are full of people with underlying health conditions, i think we should have looked at focusing on where the people at most risk were rather than thinking about typical organisations. the former prime minister gordon brown has some fierce criticism for the government. he's contributed to a think—tank report on the issue and has been speaking to the bbc. well, i've come to this not because i want to involve myself

in political arguments but because i've seen two friends die. i've seen people who are workers at care homes risking their lives to save homes. and i've seen the figures which show that half the deaths in scotland, where we've done the report, are in care homes. and it's tragic that, even today, not all care home residents or not all care home workers have been tested. the government for its part says most care homes — more than 60%, in fact — remain free from covid—19. the health secretary matt hancock says the industry is being given unprecedented support. from the start, we've 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. once the uk is past the first wave of this disease there will be plenty of lessons to be learnt. vicky young has been

following events in westminster it is about, of course, what went wrong and who might be to blame. but it is as well about learning lessons and making sure it doesn't happen again, particularly, i think, with what's happened in care homes. now, listening to some of those who work in the sector, you could really hear their anger and frustration. they've said for a long time that they think that the health service and the care sector, they do need to be much more integrated. now, we've heard that from various governments for years and years and years and it simply hasn't happened, and i think this epidemic really has exposed some of the flaws in the system. three things to bear in mind. march was the month when the virus started to spread rapidly in the uk. and we know that in march — the government abandoned efforts to test, track and trace because of a lack of testing capacity, it chose to lockdown later than its european neighbours despite the threat of the virus being known — and — as the head of care england said

just now — it allowed patients to be discharged from hospitals to care homes without a test. all three decisions are believed to have impacted on the uk's ability to contain the virus — though the government has defended its actions throughout. better news is that the number of new deaths in care homes has fallen for a second week in a row in the uk. and while this political row continues in the uk — we should say this is an issue that's affecting many countries... the world health organisation has called the impact of covid—19 on care homes an "‘unimaginable human tragedy‘ — and it estimates that half of europe‘s fatalities have been in care homes. which in part is directly connected to the fact that the virus is a far greater threat to people over the age of 70. but it‘s not that simple. british mps today heard evidence from hong kong. despite being close to the source of the outbreak in mainland china, it‘s had zero deaths

in care homes there. we do a very good job in isolation. so once we have any person infected, we isolate that person in hospital for three months. but at the same time, we isolate all the close—contact people into a separate isolation centre, quarantine centre, for 14 days for observation. and they do the test regularly, to make sure they don't have the virus. questions are already being asked as to whether strategies like that should be have been used in countries which have seen far higher deaths in care homes. one of them is canada. this article from the washington post highlights how 81% of its 6,000 coronavirus fatalities have been in long—term care facilities. the statistic demonstrates how some governments misread the threat of the virus. while they, understandably, focused on the capacity of their hospitals. less attention was paid to the vulnerability of care homes and the people living in them. this was canada‘s prime

minister last month. if you're angry, frustrated, scared, you're right to feel this way. we can do better. we need to do better. because we are failing our parents, our grandparents, our elders, the greatest generation who built this country. let‘s hearfrom georgie smyth, a cbc reporter in vancouver, british columbia. the country's first outbreak and death occurred here in bc at a care home in north vancouver in march. but by far, the hardest—hit parts of the country are in the east. provinces like ontario and quebec last month requested the assistance of the canadian military in an effort to contain the virus in seniors and long—term care homes. more than 1,600 soldiers were deployed — and in a sign of just how difficult it is to contain this virus,

a dozen of the soldiers that were sent are now infected. for more on the care home situation in the uk, i‘d recommend this excellent article by bbc health correspondent nick triggle. in it, nick notes there are already calls for a public inquiry. and certainly that would appear an inevitability at some point in the future. and people watching, if they want to read the article, they can find it at thank you. —— find on the bbc website. before we go, let‘s have a listen to the ukraine radio symphony orchestra holding its first concert since the coronavirus lockdown restriction eased there. there was no live audience in the concert hall, and the conductor and players sat a safe distance apart. all were wearing face coverings. as you can see, they were perfomeing a piece for string orchestra.

don‘t forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i‘m @babitatv. hello. tuesday was a warm day across southern britain and temperatures reaching the mid—20s celsius. that warmth has expected to increase as we head into wednesday and thursday, pushing northwards to an increasing chance of showers later on thursday and then we close the week out on a very different note with low pressure rating windier and cooler conditions warm areas. heading to the course of tonight, most central and southern areas will be dry and let the clear skies, they tend to stay quite cloudy across scotland and the north of scotland was the weather front that will be wet. further south it will be milder and temperatures for many in double figures. into wednesday, when we will see the peak of the heat for this warm spell, high—pressure, establishing yourself in pushing the

with front northwards and drawing up this warmer airfrom spain with front northwards and drawing up this warmer air from spain and france. we start off a little bit of cloud across scotland and northern ireland, wet weather for the northern isles and that should clear away and clash of melt away for the south that will be a warm and sunny day for most. a little a low cloud and see if i lit up at a low cloud and see if i lit up at a low cloud and sea fog affecting some southern coast of england. temperatures come england and wales, the mid—20s celsius, 27 and 28 in the southeast, below 20 celsius across scotland so i warmer day in scotland. it is front from a weak one starts to push in. 0utbreaks front from a weak one starts to push in. outbreaks of rain to northern ireland and into thursday morning, summer ireland and into thursday morning, summerand ireland and into thursday morning, summer and across ireland and into thursday morning, summer and across the western parts of britain and as it pushes a sports and bumps into the warm air, we could see if you hit and ms heavy showers or thunderstorms develop strong thursday afternoon. as temperatures reaching the upper 20 celsius here and a warm day for many but a notch down across scotland and northern ireland and that is because we have this feature moving and to close the week in a deep area of low

pressure which will bring some windy weather and gals in the northwest and also a ban of cloud and some rain early on friday which will clear eastern areas and then it is a sunny day, blustery afternoon with plenty of showers and some of them heavy across scotland and northern ireland driven in on gale force wind. it will feel cooler across the northwest, the mid—teens celsius here and we could see highs of 21 or 22 degrees. how much rain in the forecast. heading into the weekend. most of the showers on saturday will be across the northwest. —— not much rain in the forecast.

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the headlines. the head of the world health organisation has defended its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the who has been sharply criticised by the united states and will be the subject of an independent inquiry. latest figures show more than 11,000 people in care homes have died from coronavirus since the beginning of march. the goverment‘s been criticised for not acting fast enough. india and bangladesh have evacuated millions of people from coastal areas — as a powerful cyclone approaches. cyclone amphan is expected to make landfall near the two countries‘ border on wednesday. the airline easyjet says a "highly sophisticated cyber—attack" has affected nine million customers. it said email addresses and travel details had been stolen, and the credit card details of some customers had been accessed. you are watching bbc news now, we can take another look