meet the needs of this dramatic national moment. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. finally, the premier league makes a return tomorrow. aston villa will take on sheffield united, and manchester city will play arsenal in the first matches since the beginning of march. but there'll be no spectators in the grounds — as our sports editor dan roan reports. it's the same competition but with a new look. banners and seat coverings in place of supporters and the only fans inside, projected onto giant screens. we were granted exclusive access to villa park as it prepares to host the premier league's eagerly awaited return and the man in charge here told me how much it meant. we do have the eyes of the world on us tomorrow night. the level of planning and preparation that's gone in makes me extremely confident. we've been starved of sport of all descriptions but particularly our national sport, football, so i think there is going to be a huge level of interest. relegation threatened aston villa

featured in the last match before the season was suspended. they were one of the clubs most uneasy about a resumption but they've now got behind it. we need the premier league to protect its revenues because that's at the centre of the football ecosystem. whilst very rich at the top, it's struggling hugely below and that's why i felt getting the premier league back up and running was important for the whole of english football. arguably the greatest challenge the premier league has ever faced, there's been times when project restart has been in doubt but it's happening and it will be notable for other reasons, too. we are tired of demanding social equality... clubs have already paid tribute to the black lives matter movement during training. and now the phrase black lives matter will feature on the players‘ shirts rather than their names. from top to bottom, things need to change. we need to change the mindset of people.

we just need to keep pushing it now. we're in the situation where for the first time really we've properly got a voice. there's other changes, too. players must keep their distance after goals and will have a special camera for celebrations. with social distancing in mind they cannot crowd around match officials. and broadcast innovations will give fans a virtual presence in the ground. listen on the radio, watch on tv, if you can. and by turning up to the game you're potentially putting it atjeopardy, something we've worked really hard for, which is to play those matches at home and away. liverpool, meanwhile, could be crowned premier league champions for the first time on sunday if results go their way. for some, the return can't come soon enough. dan roan, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

welcome to bbc news. welcome to our reviewers in the uk joining our viewers from around the world on bbc world. will be looking at some of the first international and national press in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.

actually it was introduced our guests first of all. with me are french writer and broadcaster agnes poirier and broadcaster david davies. welcome to both, i am getting ahead of myself. we have some first editions already in which i want to ta ke editions already in which i want to take our viewers and before we look at them in a bit more detail. the metro saying a cheap drug that reduces death risk in coronavirus patients by up to a third — is being made available following a "world—first" breakthrough in the uk. the daily mail says the drug — first used 60 years ago — is cheap, out of patent, in mass production, and readily available. the straits times reports beijing has raised its coronavirus emergency response to level two, the second—highest, as it battles to contain an outbreak linked

to a wholesale market. the i says england and manchester united striker marcus rashford has beijing was ever put under lock down during the original outbreak in wuhan. the i says england and manchester united striker marcus rashford has become a working—class hero outside football by forcing the uk government into u—turn on school meal voucher. for people who need them. while the star wonders whether the manchester united number ten may take up running the country at number ten. the international edition of the financial times has the fed striking a cautious note, seeing uncertainty over us recovery, even as retail sales rally. and their front page picture story relates to india accusing china of killing 20 of their soldiers in a clash on the border.

and according to the the new york times, president bashar al—assad now faces an acute economic crisis on top of all the other problems in the country, brought about by the collapse of the currency and a rare public rift in the ruling elite. even though he has seem to have won the civil war. let's start, what you both again. charisse start agnes with the daily mail? and there is 50p a day pill to conquer covid, a big study carried out by oxford university with some extraordinary success rates. yes, thatis extraordinary success rates. yes, that is the kind of good news that we are all desperate for. and in the next few weeks and a few months, surely they will keep on coming

because new studies will reveal such news and medicines that have been used in other disciplines will prove useful. i don't know if you remember at the beginning of the pandemic there was a rather controversial professor from versailles said that his antimalarial hydroxychloroquine was the wonder pill that he speaks in the same way that donald trump speaks and donald trump said "this is that, we have found it!" and then he even later admitted to taking it every day. while studies have now shown that it is actually of no effect regarding covid. and what is important is that we have serious scientists such as those ones in oxford doing thorough investigation, thorough studies on thousands of people and that is the only way to

do itand people and that is the only way to do it and of course it takes time even when we are all pulling in the same direction, so that is great news. i suppose the trouble is david is that not all scientists even agree on hydroxychloroquine because it is prescribed to some people, isn't it? at this when i think is at 30% for people who have been ventilated. it has saved their lives it seems for some bisect get carried away with it. i think that was the message from the downing street briefing today. this is very much a great help for those who have very seriously —— are very seriously ill. it is not a cure but it is on the way to play a significant part in making a real difference. i was struck. we are all crying out for good news in this awful situation and certainly today, i thought our prime ministers tried to be pretty upbeat with the scientists around

him and he succeeded to some extent with this particular subject. but it remains to be seen. i think the other key thing is how ordinary this drug is, and i think you had an expert onjust before us saying how ordinary it was and how it is been around for 60 years and is not terribly expensive. but let's see the ultimate impact that it makes. this is found in most hospital pharmacies certainly around the uk, i suppose the issue now agnes is going to be how available this is internationally and whether this can be used for developing nations for example and also in south america where they have real problems still ahead of them. the good news is that it is cheap, it has been around for a very long time, and so therefore it can be accessible and affordable to most. so far so good. it is true

it only has an impact on very seriously ill people and that only sort of makes it better for a third of them. so, we are not talking about a cure but every little helps. yes we are in desperate need of good news at the moment. i'm not sure if we're speaking to you from france... iam in we're speaking to you from france... i am in paris today and london tomorrow. let's look at the figaro, the picture there is of the director general of health and this investigation by the paris prosecutor into the causes and how the state debt with coronavirus. what do you have, 30,000 deaths there? the investigation beginning now as the whole country has gone green aside from this to prefectures. tocco —— doctors about

the remit and who might be in it? prefectures. tocco —— doctors about the remit and who might be in mm is been incredibly quick, like it has been equivalent to your public inquiry which i guess is not going to start anytime soon in the uk despite the terrible number of deaths. the french if you look at the surface, the french are extremely unhappy compared to other countries in the world at the way their government has been dealing with the pandemic and that of course quite ironic because if you look from abroad, from london and from washington orfrom rome, the french government didn't do badly at all considering we were all in the same but without any ppe, without any masks and franco something like me who has been lockdown in france and have in britain, ifound that all of the directives from the french government rather- compared to

the directives from the french governr but rather- compared to the directives from the french governr but the 1er- compared to the directives from the french governr but the french i compared to the directives from the french governr but the french aren't)ared to britain. but the french aren't happy, they expect a lot from the state for better or worse from the french state. and they want answers, they want answers to why there weren't masks, ppe, why they were told not to wear masks when now it is compulsory? but this would be civil, this would not be prosecutorial in terms of criminal? it is true, but it is extremely fast when you think about it because not everything has reopened. it is next week that cinemas were to reopen and more will open injuly week that cinemas were to reopen and more will open in july for some week that cinemas were to reopen and more will open injuly for some i think president macron will address the nation only two days ago, he wa nts to the nation only two days ago, he wants to hit the ground running and to a nswer wants to hit the ground running and to answer the discontent of the people... can i come back to you in a minutes on that in another story agnes? david when you look at the

criticism of the british government here for example it is on us as if the public inquiry has already started as far as the press and public are concerned. but we are many months away from unofficial inquiry, rb? this news in france from france tonight will make uncomfortable reading i think for a few of our scientists, a few of our politicians who know coming down the road and you are right, still many months away, one suspects if not a year or so. months away, one suspects if not a year or so. there will be very, very difficult questions to answer. who knew what and when? who sent this e—mail? who sent the other e—mail? did we miss an opportunity, did we come too late ? did we miss an opportunity, did we come too late? it will be interesting to see where this french inquiry leads over the next few months. under the story in the figaro, or the main story about

gangs, very briefly talk us through that. well, we have been watching a gap at what is been going on in to jean, above the town in burgundy and france, it is been four days that gangs are just waging war. of north african —— two groups, one of north african —— two groups, one of north african and chechen jerky risk. and they have called the police to get protected and the images and violence have been really shocking for the whole country and the editorial runs as the witness of the state and in a weight this is what i was talking to you aboutjust before, the french are used to a strong state but also a state that looks after them. and they feel a bit lost especially at a time when eve ryo ne bit lost especially at a time when everyone in the world, we are talking about violent policing and

the way to address police reality but in this instance, the brutality comes from a society that seems to be another kind of counter society asa be another kind of counter society as a famous politician in france said. thank you for talking us through that as well. let's move onto the guardian, david marcus rashford forcing a u—turn on free meals, a lot of people asking why the government opposes in the first was it with an win from the start. it shows six urinary power in the uk and one might suggest in other countries too, i do not know about france but one suspects in france too extraordinary power of foot ball france too extraordinary power of football and top footballers. —— it's euros extraordinary power in the uk. if they choose to use that power. and the most extraordinary thing like a 22—year—old like marcus

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