‘ economies ‘economies but long—term survival of economies but also sustainability of societies for the shutdown and you see a partial shutdown, parts of beijing, you see it everywhere. the sense of countries that hope there will be another outbreak. the hope is that the second stage institution will have been through it once already and will have a better sense of how to respond in the uk, we've had a partial shutdown in the midlands, the east midlands of leicester but it is how you respond through the southern spikes and how you ensure that they do not show the economies that they do not show the economies that spot are back again. it will be interesting to see if that is a

localised lockdown. what this number of growing cases among young people in their 20s of growing cases among young people in their205 and of growing cases among young people in their 20s and 30s, and there is more testing but it is a sign the virus is spreading amongst individuals less likely to show symptoms so rather concerning. that is the takeaway that i have from this article because there is a sense of sitting in the uk when you see younger people being interviewed when they are out on the beach, it's not... it is crowded. younger people saying it does not affect them, they are all right. it is younger people. and also we see these figures and it is the 20s and 30s being hit hard. in tokyo, to such a cramped city, even worse than london in terms of people living on top of each other and it's a young city, so i guess

it's not a huge surprise that you'll see these spikes among younger people. also worrying nonetheless. it'll be interesting to see what happens the uk. the eye focusing on super saturday. various restrictions we've seen up until now. —— the i. they have done a study suggesting that these fears of wild weekends are overblown and people will be going to be pumped for a pint. there is the classic british way of spending a friday and saturday which is to get completely legless and fall is to get completely legless and fa ll over is to get completely legless and fall over in a drunken state. that is the view of brits abroad and a

sense of the extent to which people will be very of going out in confined spaces. in the united states, in the southern states, that has just with japan been predominantly brought home to people the sense that nobody is immune from this. there is also a sense that people are vulnerable, old and certain demographics that will be hit hardest and i canjust certain demographics that will be hit hardest and i can just have a great time and it won't hit me. there are certain results of that where hospitality and tourism industries in so many countries around the world is so important to the economies. as we wait to find out which countries will be making your bridges with, just focusing

back, the prime minister says go out but do not ever do it. itjust feels like people have really heeded the warnings and potentially will not say they need us back. it really does. you need to find ways to reopen. if you are in a restaurant, and for the social distancing, you can still make a profit so people are putting in place all kinds are very expensive measures to try and keep customers safe so i think it would be a real shame if people did stay away but on the other hand, you don't want to have a report... a repeat of the bournemouth beach scenes where you have mass gatherings and people might get tipsy or stay alert. i would say

that the sector that i represent, they created industries, particularly performing arts and theatre, absolutely crushing blow to theatre, absolutely crushing blow to the arts in countries around the world, we re the arts in countries around the world, were to such an important industry and it is absolutely vital that government support continues for some months while everybody tries to work out how on earth you do perform while maintaining social distancing. white make the great british weather are typically a weekend coming up and it will not be fantastic whether, not those heatwaves we've seen recently. one in five people saying they plan on going on holiday abroad this summer.

the financial times focusing on the traffic lights for travellers. we have been waiting for quite some time to find out the air bridges, the air corridors, which countries will be able to go to go out of without quarantining. hopefully you will find out about them tomorrow. we are hopeful it will be tomorrow. the number ten official position is by the end of the week so i suppose we have until sunday. a bit of an argy—bargy between westminster and holyrood, nicola sturgeon saying today that the uk government sprang there a little dot back list of countries last minute. i think it is a bit frustrating in westminster that they've not been able to announce this because they have not signed up to it yet. it will be around 75 countries potentially having these air bridges with and that will mean when you return, you

no longer have to quarantine and when you travel out, you don't have to quarantine on the other side. that removes a major barrier to travel this summer. it also highlightsjust travel this summer. it also highlights just how devolved government institution will come as devolved authorities or not because it comes as... simon brought the public policy as devolved. health educator —— health, education, things like that. whereas other things like that. whereas other things like that. whereas other things like foreign policy, defence, security, travel restrictions, these restrictions that visa restrictions are retained, they are national. but there was such bafflement around the world and the british government's quarantine rules of the last few weeks and this is a government that refused to do anything in march and

three months after, to coin a phrase, the horse has bolted. in a rather abject way, the start to impose quarantine on people going to countries whose corona situation is one hell of a lot better than the uk is. everybody scratching their heads and that just reinforces is. everybody scratching their heads and thatjust reinforces the perception or reality of bumbling, plastering britain compared to other countries who just got their heads down are much less hubristic and you're trying to manage this thing. it isa you're trying to manage this thing. it is a question of who will want us. we will start with the figure which is focusing on the situation in hong kong, new security laws which have been imposed... introduced by beijing and the british government saying they will offer up to british government saying they will offerup t03 british government saying they will offer up to 3 million people the ability to reside in the uk,

something we spoke a lot about the morning papers from thursday but beijing is annoyed by this. very annoyed. they have said they reserve the right to adopt countermeasures and they've asked the uk to basically ditch this offer, causing a lot of anger in beijing. this is blatant human rights issues which the uk obviously has an obligation to hong kong and i do not think there is any chance of our government changing its mind on this. they are obviously linked with china in terms of trade and particularly technology, the 5g network and our contract with china over that being in currently controversial but we live in a globalised world now and we have to interact and deal with nations even if we don't necessarily approve of the way they run their business.

with one minute left, how will this impact our relationship, the uk's relationship with china? everyone is struggling with china and knowing how to deal with an increasingly assertive china. when china starts to open up, there is a sense of optimism, was it false? china opens up optimism, was it false? china opens up as optimism, was it false? china opens upasa optimism, was it false? china opens up as a liberalised economy. you have an aggressive, assertive china and unlike in the old cold war, it isa and unlike in the old cold war, it is a china that is economically incredibly powerful and sure, britain has done what it has with citizenship but it is open season as far as the world sadly not standing on its way. one that's not very positive note, thank you. and thank you to both of you, we were back very shortly for the next edition of the papers is that the hashtag is bbc papers. do get in touch with us.

thank you for watching and i will be back very. goodbye for now. after a very dry spring, the winter turned on the taps and it is continuing a wetter theme. from northern ireland, most stay dry, sunny spells around but rain is on the way and particularly for tomorrow and scotland, a conveyor belt of moisture coming in from the atlantic, rendering weather fronts affecting much of the north and west of the uk friday into saturday. the rain is quite heavy, it will be dry for a time of the night meaning the end of those heavy showers across particular parts of england and eastern scotland with the rain pushing on across northern ireland and much of scotland by the time we get to tomorrow morning, western parts of england, patchy rain moving

in and most of us in double figures with a mild start on friday. looking wet as tomorrow in western scotland, 30-40 wet as tomorrow in western scotland, 30—a0 millimetres more on hills. some occasional rain in northern ireland, a good deal of crowd but a wet day for many of us in north west england, wettest into the hills there, patchy rain into the east of there, patchy rain into the east of the midlands, elsewhere, staying mainly dry until quite late in the day. a few spots into the low 20s, most of us not getting that high and a windy day. these weather front store close by as we into saturday with quite a lot of humid air coming in as well. quite a warm start to saturday despite the cloud, wind and outbreaks of rain but pushing through northern ireland after a brief lull, some of us towards wales and western parts of england,

particularly into the hills, seeing some patchy rain but quite a bit of the day is looking dry. a windy day on saturday, average speeds of 30—a0 mph, higher in some places, another windy weekend on the way. temperatures a bit higher so if you see some sunshine, feeling quite warm with most of us not. all the moist, humid air clearing away on sunday and then on monday, feeling better with a few showers around but this time quite a cool breeze coming in from the north—west.

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