hello i'm ros atkins, welcome to outside source. this week president trump said of america's handling of covidl9 — "we've done a good job". today america has passed three million infections — by far the highest in the world. but the white house insists the latest wave of cases is flattening out. because of what the american people have done because of the extremely work of health care workers around the country, we are encouraged that the average fatality rate continues to be low and steady.

we'll also be in washington for more on the us decision to leave the who. this isn't really news we'd want but the who is saying it's now looking at evidence that covid can be spread by tiny particles in the air. we'll explain more on this. the uk government's unveiled a 30 billion pound plan to support the economy. our message to businesses clear, if you stand by your workers we will stand by you. and melbourne has begun its lockdown. we'll hear from one resident who's not allowed to leave home in any circumstances. welcome. yet another stark statistic from america to begin today's programme. the us has now recorded more than three million coronavirus infections — far more than anywhere else. that means the us has more cases than asia and europe together. here's vice president mike pence. sadly, more than 133,000 americans have lost their lives. and our sympathies are with all of the impacted families. and while we mourn with

those who mourn because of what the american people have done, because of the extraordinary work of our health care workers around the country we are encouraged that the average fatality rate continues to be low and study. this isn't going away. in the past 24—hours the us reported a record 60,000 new cases. california and texas both recorded 10,000 new cases on tuesday. and testing is being escalated. anyone without symptoms can get a test now in texas, louisiana and florida. miami is a particular concern. from wednesday, indoor dining at restaurants is out and gyms are closing. but this is both a health crisis and a political crisis for donald trump too — as anthony zurcher explains in washington. they were promising that if states began reopening, getting back to business as usual the economy would rebound and the virus wouldn't resurge. the problem is while we see some good

news with the economy and employment is dropped and economic growth has started to come back at the same time the virus has been spiking. and all indications that these new closures that are being ordered in states like texas and arizona and california and florida, that is going to take a toll on the economy as well. we are about four months away from a presidential election with the housing crisis continuing and the economy very likely starting to turn south again. and to what degree can donald trump and mike pence dictate house dates handle this in terms of their economies and restrictions? it's always been up to the governors. and trump essentially cheerleading or pressuring depending on the circumstances trying to get them to take action. the latest battle ground right now is in the public schools. donald trump is pressuring state to reopen schools at the end of august, beginning september. a lot of school districts are very reluctant to do that because the virus is still very much a widespread and growing in the

number of states. he is setting up another source conflict where kids want to delete that parents won't have the kids back in school but they're not sure it's a full top teachers don't want to go back and lets it say. it is good becoming a partisan divide where you have donald trump and republican saying it's time to do this while democrats and public health workers are saying no, you have to try to find a safe rate of doing it. and it's just going to get worse the closer and closer we get to the fall. ths time yesterday, the us began formally began its withdrawal from the world health organization. today secretary of state mike pompeo has been explaining why. don't forget the history. this is an institution that i got it wrong on sars, got it wrong on ebola, the united states had to create its own system to do the work to prevent and come up with solutions to the hiv aids problem. we did that, the united states did that. the world health organization has a long history of corruption and politicization. one senior us official has told cbs news that the who has "failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms".

we also know the president is hostile. he's called it the who a ‘puppet of china' — and says who failures have cost lives. and here's mike pompeo again. were not going to underwrite an organisation that has historically been incompetent. and not perform its fundamental function. there's a real focus on the failures that took place around wuhan. and the world worth organisations fundamental inability to perform its basic, core mission of preventing a global pandemic spread. now this story reaches back to a moment in april when donald trump surprised a lot of people with this. i am instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organisation while a review is conducted to assess the world health organisations role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. a month later he escalated things. in a four page letter, he issued an ultimatum.

ten days he announced america was out. this matters for a whole range of reasons. the us is the who's biggest single funder — it gives $400m dollars — that's around 15% of the who's budget. but it's about more than money. this quote from the washington post describes how "the us helped shape the who and us. officials still fill key roles there. pulling american expertise and money will diminish that influence." widespread regret at donald trump's decision. germany's said it a setback for international cooperation. china went for stronger language. translation: the us's action has broken international efforts toward fighting the pandemic and it has especially

brought about a negative impact on developing countries that urgently need international support. we urge the us to carry out its international obligation to show us the image of a responsible power. now you have to give a year's notice to leave the who — and if donald trump loses the election, it may never come to pass. joe biden is the challenger. he's tweeted. but does membership of the who cut through day to day politics in the us? here's anthony zurcher again. probably not. obviously, they are much more concerned with the virus in their own backyard but the economy and with other issues. the who i think represents in ideological divide between conservatives, donald trump

conservatives and liberals over the role of international organisations on a larger scale towards dealing with global issues. if you listen to conservatives and donald trump, who, wto all un, all of those international organisations i kind of all in the same piece, they don't help the united states in the united states is taking advantage of. on the flip side if you listen to joe biden, democrats, they will say that it's important for the united states or have a role in these organisations and to be an international leader. because other countries look to us and it's much better to be in the game, working with other countries than on the sidelines. when i saw thatjoe biden tweet, to what extent is his primary pitch to voters that he will reverse what trump is on? that has been his main message from the very beginning. he is trying to characterize donald trump is a blip in the american history. four—year kind of a mistake that can be moved away from. and if donald trump is reelected

then it would represent a fundamental change in how the united states operates. there is they say elections have consequences. not a lot about lot of americans will vote on who membership. it's not can move people one—way or the other. it is a very real consequence of the november election whether united states astays in the organisation or leaves. thank you very much. covidi9 is both a health crisis and an economic one. and the un is hosting a summit focused on the coronavirus and work. here's its secretary general. no country can solve this crisis alone. we are in this together. strong, effective solutions that are more than ever. from the beginning the united nations has called for a massive global support for the most vulnerable people and countries. a rescue package at least 10% of the global economy developed countries have stepped up support for their own countries. but we are promoting mechanisms of solidarity to ensure that the developing world can also fully benefit.

every country is thinking about this. senior european union leaders met today to work on their recovery plan. this was angela merkel earlier. translation: our common goal is to find an agreement as soon as possible because the depth of the economic slump urges us to hurry. there is no time to lose, only the weakest will suffer from it. i very much hope that we can't reach an agreement ——can with this summer. we will need to see much compromise on all sides. if that last remark was a bit pointed, it's because there's disagreement over the nature of this recovery package. there's no disagreement over the scale of the problem. this is an eu diagram showing projections of how economies will be hit by the pandemic. the darker the orange, the bigger the fall in gdp. as you can see, southern european countries look to be worse hit. and so not for the first time, the eu is managing a north—south divide.

the spanish paper el pais depicts it this way. the ‘frugal states' include the netherlands, austria, denmark, sweden, finland — mostly northern countries. eu leaders will try and thrash all this out next week in brussels. and as we watch this play out, here's some good advice from wolfgang munchau, a columnist for the ft. and that's the argument that spain and italy hope will cut through. here's the italian president. we are talking about the future of europe. what is at stake here is the single market. imagine what it will mean if we are incapable of providing a strong pain related european response.

—— coordinated it will destroy the market, the european value chain will be destroyed. our economies will be destroyed and all of europe will be less competitive at a global level. the uk next — which today has revealed more of its plans to manage the covid economic crisis. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has said the government will pay businesses 1000 pounds, or 1200 dollars, in ajob retention bonus for each furloughed person brought back and employed through to january. there are also plans for a two billion pound, or 2.5 billion dollar ‘kickstart‘ scheme to create thousands ofjob placements for 16 to 2a year olds. he's also announced a so—called ‘stamp duty holiday‘ on the first 500 thousand pounds of all property sales in england the suspension will start immediately and will run until the end of march next year. here's the chancellor. people are anxious about losing their job, people are anxious about losing theirjob, about people are anxious about losing their job, about unemployment rising. we are notjust going to accept this. people need to know

that although hardship lies ahead no one will be left without hope. here's what his opposition counterpart had to say. the very first thing the chancel it must do is provide additional economic damage due to the slow health response of his government. as we seen through this crisis the failure to match soaring rhetoric with meaningful action has consequences for people across our country. other measures announced by the chancellor today include: a temporary vat cut from 20% to 5% will be applied to food, accommodation and attractions from next wednesday until the middle of january and everyone will get 50% off meals in participating restaurants through august. there are some caveats — this applies up to £10 per head for adults and children, and applies monday to wednesday. here's sarah corker with more details. the "eat out to help out" discount means that people can get up to £10 off per head if they dine out

between monday and wednesday in august. it does not include alcohol and businesses can sign up through a government website and then claim the money back and the funds will be back in a bank account within five working days. this cafe owner told me the extra support would make surviving this year more likely for many traders. it is really good to incentivise people to go out and spend within the industry and hopefully will the give the industry a good boost. and small businesses can thrive as opposed to just get by. and the cut to vat for six months has been warmly received by the hospitality sector. phil has been a leading figure in the manchester food and drink industry for decades. i think it is welcomed that there is a vat cut down to 5%. i don't know why they did not make it a 0%, that was what really should be called for. but hopefully it will be

passed on to the customer. the measures today are music to the ears of the uk's 3.2 million hospitality workers but with social distancing rules still in place, will there be space for those who do choose to venture out? stay with us on oustide source, still to come: protestors clash with police outside serbia's parliament in belgrade after the reimposition of lockdown restrictions there. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said that from friday people arriving in scotland from dozens of countries will no longer have to self isolate for 1h days. the list is similar to the one issued for england last week. but ms sturgeon said spain and serbia would not be exempt from the quarantine measures, at this time, because of the prevalence of the coronavirus there.

relating closely in the coming weeks with authorities in airports and airlines to gather more information and control of rates in prevalence and control of rates in prevalence and other mitigation such as testing we could possibly put in place as an alternative. this has been a very difficult decision. but as i hope i am deadjim difficult decision. but as i hope i am dead jim started today and difficult decision. but as i hope i am deadjim started today and i difficult decision. but as i hope i am dead jim started today and i know i've taken quite a bit of time to do it, it is evidence driven. and it is motivated only by determination to protect scotland as far as possible from a resurgence of this virus in the weeks ahead. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. the us now has more than three—million confirmed cases of coronavirus more than any other country in the world. here are some of the top stories

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