hello, i'm ros atkins, welcome to outside source. the former king of spain, juan carlos, has said he's decided to leave the country after being linked to an alleged corruption scandal. new 90 minute tests for coronavirus and flu are to be rolled out next week in hospitals in england. the bbc‘s seen evidence that the number of coronavirus deaths in iran is nearly three times higher than what's been officially reported. in italy, genoa's new bridge is officially reopened, replacing the one that collapsed two years ago. we start in spain. former king juan carlos says he's

leaving the country. he's been under pressure for weeks after being linked to a corruption inquiry and now he's written to his son felipe, to whom he handed power 6 years ago, to say he's departing. in the letter he writes: "guided by the conviction to best serve the people of spain, its institutions, and you as king, i inform you of my decision at this time to go into exile outside spain." he also says he'll be available if prosecutors need to contact him. we'll see if they do, but we know injune, spain's supreme court opened an investigation into his alleged involvement in a high—speed rail contract in saudi arabia. nick beake has the latest. it's interesting trying to interpret this. it is, on the face of it, a letter from a father to a son, making clear that the allegations at a time when he, of course, was the king himself, juan carlos, are detracting from the current institution and the way they are trying to rebuild and salvage reputation. he makes it clear that the allegations against him are very

public and they are damaging and he says the best thing is for him to go to somewhere else, to leave the country, so that his son is able to govern, to reign in a way that he describes as being tranquil, so that is his intention, that is his hope, whether or not that is the case we shall see. even though he is leaving the country, the various investigations will continue and, remember, they are on two fronts, both domestically, you have, back injune, the spanish supreme court saying it will look into the allegations against him which, of course, came to light after a swiss publication said that this money had been received as a result of this contract involving saudi arabia. that cash had come from the late saudi king, but also you have the swiss financial authorities there as well, of course they are well versed in looking into quite detailed, prolonged investigations. you would think that both that continues as well and interestingly, there has been a statement

from the royal household tonight saying that, yes, it wants to underscore the role that king juan carlos played but also how democracy and the rule of law, making sure thatjustice prevails, they are also important qualities that spain wants to uphold now and in the future. let me update you on the pandemic. and we'll start with iran because an investigation by bbc persian has found the number of covid—i9 deaths is nearly three times higher than the official figures. and that the first death occurred almost a month before the first official case was reported. iran's health ministry has rejected this and says insisting the figures it gives the world health organization are accurate. here's behrang tajdin from bbc persian. groaning. gasping forair in the last hours of life. this man became iran's first official coronavirus victim on the 19th of february.

his brothers were doctors, and they posted this video on social media. after that, officials were left with no choice but to admit that covid—i9 was killing iranians.