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and as a dense population population and as a dense population and it is now moving into a new phase. it is an incredible story with the coronavirus injapan because nobody really seems to know quite how to figure they have done it. the country they are too not that the government has done a great job, there have been protests about what has he perceived to be government failings and a slow response to this. the popularity of the government has gone right down during this crisis. due to the way it is reacted and yet this country with the oldest population in the world and this usually dense cities and obviously pretty close to china where the outbreak first began has somehow managed to get away so far with fewer than 1000 deaths and of course a population much bigger than oui’s as course a population much bigger than ours as well compare that to the uk where we may have already lost a0 or 50,000 people so it is a different place completely. and now they are
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lifting states of emergency in major cities and life is slowly returning not to normal but much closer to normal than we are so far. sol think it is too early to say how they got there but it is a great story from them. i don't know if you manage to read that but how did japan ofa manage to read that but how did japan of a water crisis but i voice in the first few paragraphs and it does not give an answer. partially because as jack said we don't really yet know properly. it is an extraordinary mystery in the middle of this pandemic how it japan which isa of this pandemic how it japan which is a country that has an ageing population and some of the most is populated cities in the world and including some earlier events such as the cruise ship diamond princess was parked just off shore ofjapan so was parked just off shore ofjapan so there were lots of indicators and suggested that japan might become a real hub of the disease and it has not happened despite the fact they have not entered into a lockdown in earnest. i mean i don't know the
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mystery is but i hope people do pay attention and take a good look at what it is a japan did to see if they might have an element of the japanese remedy that we could replicate. time for the french a levels and going to let figaro and i mentioned jack you read this without google translate. france worries about a shock about bankruptcies and lay—offs. about a shock about bankruptcies and lay-offs. what is interesting is when you read these panics are in the world of 70 countries are grappling with the same problems as each other. you get so wrapped up in the uk new cycle that is if you step out of it and see the same stories everywhere else and here they are looking ahead at the crash that is coming. it is actually happening now and maybe not feeling the effects of it properly yet and concerns raised by the finance minister they are and the reality of what is happening in terms of bankruptcy and firm death
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and frankly the worst recession and economic situation any of us have seen since world war ii. and this is going to be replicated in every country where a very severe lockdown has been required. so that means the us will have a big problem and spain has a big problem and italy and not all countries around the world have required the strict lockdown as some of us but this is all coming down the track for the uk two. looking at the track for the uk two. looking at the figaro and talking about the worries ahead the you start to compare what is going on in france 01’ compare what is going on in france or what is going on in the uk equipment we have similar populations and a similar level of development so how have they coped versus how we have coped.|j development so how have they coped versus how we have coped. i agree with what jack said about how this isa reminderof with what jack said about how this is a reminder of what could be coming down the road for us and i think it is a shame that the media coverage , we think it is a shame that the media cove rage , we have think it is a shame that the media coverage, we have not devoted in my opinion enough attention to when we are going to end a lockdown and the kind of economic harm that will come from it. ithought kind of economic harm that will come from it. i thought it was remarkable that in last week the news of 9000
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job losses at rolls—royce did not lead every news bulletin in town because this was a very much a coming down the road for britain and i hope that the international and our friends abroad have the attention now focusing on the fallout from this lockdown i'm hoping that it might encourage people to perhaps get real about the false sense of security that thinks of the furlough scheme may have put in and understand that as long as lot that has maintain the harder it will be for many companies to come out the other side. let's stay with economics and let's redo the order because we are going to the telegraph where you work madeline. high street to reopen as a uk edges back to normality so you talked about the economy and warring with the future of the economy but this isa the future of the economy but this is a headline about normality. they say soitie is a headline about normality. they say some kind of normality don't they but in practice it is going to
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bel they but in practice it is going to be i think some problems here that are being stored up and not least about the government is maintaining the two metre rule even though many serious organisations like the who and other countries abroad have much lower distancing restrictions that tend to be one metre rather than two. this is really important because in practice two metres will make it german is difficult for even these retail outlets that are allowed to open to actually survive because that restriction will mean limiting the numbers of customers who can enter the shops. and the same will be true of pubs and restaurants will think is a good start but i think it is a bit too early to say we are edging back towards normality perhaps but this is certainly the most ambitious easing of the lockdown we have seen so easing of the lockdown we have seen so far. jack, edges back to normality. do you focus on normality or edges? a bit more add to
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normality. i agree with madeleine that there has not been the focus on the economic disaster that is coming down the track and i think we are slightly in a bit of wildland were people who were off work orjust enjoying the sunshine and why would you not because there's not much else to do but it is going to get very much worse after the summer and moving to autumn and especially if there is a second wave of the virus which sort of stalls some of the unlocking that we are now starting to see. i think the truth is may be pa rt to see. i think the truth is may be part of the reason there is not been a focus is we really don't know how bad it is going to be in there is a lot of debate in the treasury and among economists about whether we have these different shapes of curves whether it is eight v shape and it happens quickly or an l shape which means it does not happen at all but nobody knows because such a long time since anybody had to temporarily shut down like this. it's very hard to model how it will go. let's go to the express now and
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they also focus on the economy but i don't have to well there it is. i have not seen the word hurrah on a paperfor a long have not seen the word hurrah on a paper for a long time have not seen the word hurrah on a paperfor a long time but on have not seen the word hurrah on a paper for a long time but on the inside it has prime minister hopes for and possibly a photo of boris johnson he would not want reprinted widely of him jockey but nevertheless he is getting out there and again talking about the economy reopening and outdoor markets and ca rt reopening and outdoor markets and cart show rooms reopening from june the 1st stop madeleine are you going to one? good question. doing a lot of online shopping so far as many of us of online shopping so far as many of us have. but i think that nothing... it isa us have. but i think that nothing... it is a real thing having to buy lots of close and try them on and send them all back because they look terrible and different to what they look like on the website and i'm very much looking forward to being able to go to a physical shop and actually try on some stuff. we will go abroad now again to the new york times ina go abroad now again to the new york times in a really interesting story there about virus hits democrats
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harder. partisan divides experiment —— reflects two different experiences into halves of america. i noticed this weeks ago where i realise that whoever i spoke to him a republican 21 thing he democrats another because they are having different experiences. fascinating geographical element to the coronavirus story and particularly emphasised in america because of its use geographical span which is basically the point of it that coronavirus spends —— spread more quickly and dangerously in dense populations and so in very urban areas. and the way that the world works as it tends to be and certainly in america that democrats more live in big cities and the more rural areas to be much more republican and therefore as you rightly said people those two different areas have different experiences and people living in cities and those who were democrats are getting scared and worried face mask and seeing people contracting it all around them and compare
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people in rural areas not seeing anything like that. so believe in the whole thing is been an overreaction and in some cases a big conspiracy against their president. so it is a fascinating dynamic and especially one where we had this usually important election coming up in america in only a few months' time now. the article says in a country deeply segregated on a racial, religious and economic lines, density alliance with political divisions. have you noticed that? yes because of the distribution of donald trump's support base it is much more rural and democrats have always done better in urban centres. that is definitely true and also because with a much more federal system of america, some states have had much harsher lock and others and often that has to do with the low population density of each of the states. so it very much reflects the fa ct states. so it very much reflects the fact the virus has not always landed equally and how one person possibly
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experience is different to somebody else's. final word experience is different to somebody else's. finalword to experience is different to somebody else's. final word to you, jack. experience is different to somebody else's. finalword to you, jack. do we have that division in the uk?|j think we have that division in the uk?” think we had that initially when it was a big problem in london but not so much in the rest of the country andi so much in the rest of the country and i recall people in saying in manchester saying it was a london thing to me in those early days when it was much more prevalent down here thanit it was much more prevalent down here than it is up north. i think that is probably gone down to some extent we may see it come back when they talk about maybe lifting lockdowns in different areas at different times and we start to see that sort of regional approach we could see some regional approach we could see some regional divisions out of it. madeleine, in one sentence, the same question. not quite so much because there is obviously the four regions having devolved some aspect of the lockdown so things have been managed differently as killing a wealth but in generall differently as killing a wealth but in general i think we are having more similar experiences. all right, thank you so much. that's it for the papers. goodbye for now.
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hello. if you're looking for rain through this week, there is not very much in the forecast. but what i can offer you is plenty of warmth. in fact, during monday to the south—west of london, temperatures got very close to 27 degrees. we'll see more very warm weather over the next few days. 0n the satellite picture, you can see this stripe of cloud that's been working its way in towards the north west. not bringing an awful lot of rain, though. this is a frontal system, but one which is weakening very quickly, so really we just have a band of cloud sitting in place across parts of england and wales through tuesday morning. maybe the odd spot of drizzle around, but generally speaking it will be dry. a bit more in the way of cloud generally than we had during monday. conversely for northern ireland and scotland, here we see long spells of sunshine. still quite breezy in the far north,
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and a little bit on the cool side here, i suppose, but the further south you are, top temperatures getting up to 25 degrees. now as we move through tuesday evening, our old front sitting in place, butjust a band of cloud really at this stage. could be a bit misty and murky in some coastal spots in the south and west and more cloud starts to work in towards parts of northern ireland. in general, it is a dry night and not a particularly cold one with lows between 7—1a degrees. so during wednesday, high pressure still very much in charge of this warm front here. it will be introducing more cloud and maybejust nosing some rain into the western side of northern ireland and potentially the west of scotland. a bit of uncertainty aboutjust how far east this rain will get. but to the south of this band of cloud and patchy rain, that is where we have the very warm air. temperatures down towards the south, cardiff, london in the mid—20s celsius and not quite as warm as that across the northern half of the uk,
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but as we move towards the end of the week, this area of high pressure moves its way a little bit further east so more and more of us get to feel the effects of some very warm air. and i think on thursday, we will see plentiful sunshine across most areas, and a bit more cloud across scotland, maybe just the odd shower across northern half of the country, but the vast majority will be dry. but those temperatures up to 26 degrees there in cardiff, 22 in glasgow, but a little bit cooler for some of those north sea coasts. that's a trend that will continue on into friday, and as we head into the weekend, well, those temperatures stay pretty high for the time of year and very little sign of rain for most of us.
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