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at ten o'clock, we'll be here with a full round up of the days news. first, our north america correspondent, michelle fleury, chronicled the story of her neighbourhood in brooklyn, new york, as the coronavirus pandemic first swept across the world. we are all dealing with the great unknown, a disease that we don't understand and we have seen nothing like this before. new yorkers were hardly shocked over the city's first confirmed case of coronavirus. second person has died from the virus. we have an invisible memory, a ferocious enemy. the new york mayor holding his news conference right now, he says new yorkers should be prepared for a shelter in place order. new york remains the

epicentre of this outbreak. new york is now reporting more than 1,000 deaths. with a death toll now passing the 4,000 mark. each of those are human beings and a family represented. new york suffered the worst, outbreak in the united states. in the city that never sleeps, neighbourhoods fell silent. the sense of fear, isolation and the threat of financial ruin grew as the virus spread. no neighbourhood was spared including the one where i live, brooklyn, home to about 80,000 new yorkers. those who live here,

like so many around the globe, are grappling with realities brought on by the pandemic that were unimaginablejust by the pandemic that were unimaginable just a few months ago. i haven't seen these in years. look at that, i like that one. salvador is trying to hold onto the good memories. this is my parents wedding pictures. when coronavirus hit new york in march, he killed his business and moved in with his pa rents to business and moved in with his parents to help them get through pandemic. this one is my favourite pitchers of them. it is hard. it is hard. i thought i was protecting

them i guess i have it. i was doing everything i needed to that i was supposed to do and was told today. but i still got it. he lost his father to covid—i9 on april two. but i still got it. he lost his father to covid-19 on april two. he woke upjust father to covid-19 on april two. he woke up just shivering, i'd father to covid-19 on april two. he woke upjust shivering, i'd never seen him like that. i called 9/11 and that was the last time i saw him. sorry. it's ok. it happens often. two days later, the virus claimed his mother. my mother was beautiful, she really, really was. it breaks my heart, it really does. my it breaks my heart, it really does. my dad died april two, my mum died aprilfour. my my dad died april two, my mum died april four. my and terry died april six. so that week was terrible. you

know, memories, at this point, it's all you had left. i don't know if my father is buried, i don't have a clue. item think i will ever have closure. he is still sleeping on the couch of his parents four story home. i haven't gone into the bedrooms. tomorrow is four weeks since they have been gone. i haven't gone into their bedrooms. i cannot. ijust gone into their bedrooms. i cannot. i just cannot. gone into their bedrooms. i cannot. ijust cannot. his parents are some of the more than 7,000 coronavirus victims in brooklyn. this is like a small town in a big city. for decades it has had a large italian and irish community. today it is a lot more diverse with growing arab, chinese and that he no publishers.

it still retains that small—town feeling that neighbours know each other, families have lived here for generations, but the coronavirus pandemic is making the future a lot more uncertain. with many in the neighbourhood in desperate need, charities have stepped up. he is picking up one for his friend. mohammed runs the volunteer group, muslims back. we will see you next friday, have a good day. he turned his mosque into a food bank. times are very rough and a lot of these families are undocumented so they don't get the stimulus payments that many of us enjoy they don't get unemployment that many of us take for granted.

even before the crisis, he saw the need to help working—class immigrant families in his community. but he wasn't prepared for what happened when new york closed virtually overnight to combat the virus. once the lockdown was announced, there was a surge, a spike injust numerous families coming out and saying, we are going to need your help in the next ux because it is going to get bad for a. families across the neighbourhood are struggling. mohammed's food pantry is now feeding 125 families away, nearly triple the number before the pandemic. clearly this coronavirus has caused a lot of pain. you've had a lot of stories, what is the most heartbreaking thing you have heard?

the west ones are the numerous widows that all of a sudden exist in oui’ widows that all of a sudden exist in our communities where the breadwinners and the father is passed away because of coronavirus. leaving behind children and nine out of ten, these families were not financially secure to begin with. it is may and the virus is still raging in the city. nearly 20,000 new yorkers have died due to covid—19 and lockdown measures still remain in place. his also the holy month of ramadan but social distancing has made it different from past years. this is the month where you are supposed to just the just spirituality, reeking strength, increase your faith, so just spirituality, reeking strength, increase yourfaith, so it's just spirituality, reeking strength, increase your faith, so it's a very important month. free food! we have

made over 300 meals. to help, mohammed and his crew are handing out free meals. the meal used to break the fast during ramadan. out free meals. the meal used to break the fast during ramadanm out free meals. the meal used to break the fast during ramadan. it is one of the memories, i will remember this ramadan for the rest of my life. this neighbourhood is the most populous arab area in new york city. if the community cannot come to us, we will go to them. you want to see that fate we give out? we had chicken in a beautiful salad with chickpeas, cucumbers. many muslim families rely on the three nightly meals they receive at the mosque but with masks closed due to the virus, that help is gone. it became a very difficult, to be honest, in our community. our mosque is closed and

for a lot of the recent immigrants and refugees in our community, undocumented, the mask —— mosque is the wreckage. —— their refuge. for cell who is grieving the loss of both his parents to covid—19, his wreckage is work. he owns home with his partner, a cafe and home goods store, it has been a staple on the high street for 19 years but when the pandemic hit, the pair were forced to close up shop. in may, they decided it was time to reopen. me being here, it is keeping

me busy so it is keeping me focused, which helps me with my pain with my family. i try to keep it together but inside i am really hurting. sometimes you just gotta let it out. it's tough. but the decision was bittersweet. home reopened on mother's day in america. somebody told me that particular day that my pa rents told me that particular day that my pa re nts wa nt told me that particular day that my parents want me to do what i'm doing. i have to push through. the support of the community has been a real help. we will be here until 6pm. neighbours even set up a girlfriend me page to assist with the mounting bills. this is a very tight—knit community, we all support

each other. the reopening isn't the only change for him and damien. the couple have decided to move out of their apartment and back into cell's pa rents their apartment and back into cell's parents house. welcome, how are you? it has been a while. ijust started cleaning out my parents bedroom and it is only clothes and material things but if i were pick up a shirt that i knew my mum where a jacket my dad would wear, it was just very... it really affected me. it really affected me. it is hard. it is hard. i try to keep it together at work.

muslims giving back meat up to pray before heading into manhattan. the volunteers have been feeding the homeless since the charity started six years ago. they recently scaled up six years ago. they recently scaled up their operation. we found a replacement for that spirituality or that worship that we lost it used to be, praying here all night, shoulder to shoulder but now it is going out every night and feeding the homeless. this is what praying looks like, this is praying through action. he realised during this crisis the city's homeless were being forgotten. churches and places

of worship that had soup kitchens are closed. the amount of people, even though it is raining. you know how to make it, man! my wife was like, you are going to kill us, these homeless people have that iris. at one point, i was like, i'm going to risk my family now to help others? what is my response? day 100 of the coronavirus crisis and it is the day that we start to liberate ourselves from this disease, the day we move forward. a lifeline for people out of work and businesses that have been closed for months now. after three months of lockdown, new yorkers finally phased into phase one and it is a huge landmark

that the city as it continues to recover the pick of the coronavirus pandemic. it means that retailers can finally open their doors, even if it is just for kerb—side and in—store pick—up. sal and if it is just for kerb—side and in—store pick—up. saland damien if it is just for kerb—side and in—store pick—up. sal and damien are trying to adjust to the new realities of running their business. it is scary, knowing on a saturday and sunday, we are crazy busy and as you can see, this is the new normal. iam not you can see, this is the new normal. i am not sure how we are going to survive an 80% drop in sales when we are paying when under % on everything else. i have two mortgages and rent. i have three electric bills, three phone bills,

three cable bills, i have three of everything? we cannot survive on just masks alone, we cannot am it is just masks alone, we cannot am it is just impossible. i have always paid my bills, i pay everybody before i pay myself, that's the way i was brought up but when it is no money coming in, it is pretty much nothing we can do and i don't think they understand that and there's not much help. sal is worried his business might be the next thing to be taken away from him because of the coronavirus. according to the partnership for new york city, one third of all small businesses in new york could go bust because of the pandemic. iam about i am about to pass a korean

restau ra nt i am about to pass a korean restaurant in the neighbourhood and it has been here for well over a decade but it is one of the casualties of the company has announced it is going out of business. it is august and the infection rate in new york city has dropped below 196. i hope you guys like painting. this is our master painter here. for mohammed and his group, the demand for help is slowing. but there is still plenty in need. today he is

doing a home makeover. the mattress, see what i told you? look, it is horrible. redoing the apartment of a single pregnant mother with two young girls who was abandoned by her husband. people like her are always praying for help. always praying for help. and for us to be people chosen to a nswer help. and for us to be people chosen to answer their prayers, that is like a priceless feeling. this is one of the best safety nets you could give to families. that gives them a little help that we are here and we are going to do as much as humanly possible now the hardest job, where to put on these decorations? has drop in cases given you a chance to catch your breath

because you are working flat out? maybe the rates have gone down by the infection rate has gone down and people are less sick but theirjobs are still closed, the bank accounts are still closed, the bank accounts are still closed, the bank accounts are still dry so the problem really didn't go away. mohammed is bracing himself for a second wave of the virus. still, it is the long economic crisis, not the health crisis, he fears the most.|j economic crisis, not the health crisis, he fears the most. i think for me, that is the true second wave thatis for me, that is the true second wave that is coming in. i am not worried about the covid—19 second wave, i think the evictions will be the deadliest second wave we are going to have. ijust miss my mum. waves of grief

continue to watch over sal four months after his parents died at covid—19. months after his parents died at covid-19. i still cry myself to sleep at night, i do. i cry myself to sleep at night. it is hard, it is hard. he now feels strong enough to move into his parents bedroom. so now this is your? yes. that must have been tough? yes. i slept downstairs and i just have been tough? yes. i slept downstairs and ijust moved appear month ago, so five months, four months, i slept on the couch. ijust needed to sleep on a bed, i needed some sense of normalcy. needed to sleep on a bed, i needed some sense of normalcylj needed to sleep on a bed, i needed some sense of normalcy. i love you. sal now has four dogs. the cheeky and in the two he inherited from his

pa rents. and in the two he inherited from his parents. four is a little much but it's ok, i'm getting used to it, kind of. oh, heavy. this is the dress she wore to my brothers wedding. ifi dress she wore to my brothers wedding. if i publish had the opportunity, i might bury her in it. imight opportunity, i might bury her in it. i might have done that. my mummy, that's my mummy. the start of the outbreak feels like a lifetime ago and yet this area, like much of america and indeed much of the globe, is still lost in this pandemic. from the immeasurable heartache to the goodbyes that were

never said, to the economic devastation. the coronavirus has taken memories we thought we make and let us all to adapt. for mohammed, the work of helping his community is only getting started. has your fate changed at all three this pandemic? i think it has definitely strengthened my faith but as well as my humanity, because it kind of forced me to translate my faith into action. no matter what class you are in, it doesn't matter if you are poor or rich, you live in the west side, the eastside, north or south, you are vulnerable like anybody else. i think a lot of people kind of bonded or came together and i saw that, especially support for social workers, we would

see strangers putting signs outside their window like, thank you for saving lives. it was a really beautiful thing to say, to be honest, that one of the most cities in the world could really unite and come together during this time of need. that's humanity right there. that is humanity.

much milder air has been moving in and of the next three days, it will remain marginally mild. there will be some rain around at times. it is the satellite image from friday, it shows this belt of cloud that has moved its way eastwards. we have this training weather front and that isa this training weather front and that is a cold front and as it moves its way south, it is going to be

introducing cooler air from the north—west gradually. we still have high pressure and milder air holding on across the southern half of the country so i north—south split to the uk weather through the course of the uk weather through the course of the weekend. it also turns very windy, especially in the north. gales for the northern isles, western isles and plenty of showers to bunny across scotland and northern ireland. some sunshine in the north but we will have loud further south across the south. wherever er, is looking reasonably mild but slightly fresher with the clear in the north. those brisk winds continue through saturday evening and overnight into sunday. quite a deep area of low pressure to the north of the uk. you see the isobars in the north on sunday. another blustery day to come. some more showers in the north—west to most of the uk sunday will bring more sunshine and drier weather compared to saturday. still likely

to hold onto this line of cloud the shower is that cold front becomes slow—moving. ten or 11 degrees in the south with eight or nine typically for most of us on sunday. monday, a brief which high pressure so monday, a brief which high pressure so quite a chilly night on sunday night but the next and exist and from the west once again. initially quite a chilly start in the east. the rain works in across northern ireland and scotland, pushing into parts of northern england and further south you should avoid most of the rain on monday and temperatures between eight and 12 degrees. heading into the middle pa rt degrees. heading into the middle part of next week, we still have this weather front with us, it will be rippling and moving further north into tuesday so again, parts of northern ireland, scotland and northern england seeing some of those aspects of rain whereas further south you will stay dry with higher pressure across continental europe and the winds coming in from a south—westerly direction.

temperatures in the south up to 1314 degrees, well above—average for this time of the on wednesday we still have high pressure across continental europe and so expect rain on wednesday in the areas most likely to see it parts a payment and wales. drier i wednesday for scotla nd wales. drier i wednesday for scotland and northern ireland. the conditions so seven or 8 degrees in the north and in the south—east, up to 12 degrees. later through the next working week, a brief area of higher pressure between weather fans but then the next low—pressure is hot on its heels coming from the atlantic. fluctuating temperatures next week. initially quite chilly and then milder air with wind once again returning from the west. very unchangeable and unsettling through next week. temperatures are mainly looking very mild time of year, perhaps 80 slightly cold nights. by for now.

tonight at ten — the home secretary priti patel is given the full support of the prime minister, despite an inquiry upholding claims against her of bullying. priti patel was found to have broken the code that covers ministerial behaviour — she says she's sorry if she offended. i'm here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. it was completely unintentional. but the man who wrote the report into her conduct has resigned, after boris johnson rejected his findings. also tonight... the government formally asks the uk regulator if the pfizer vaccine against covid—19 can be approved for use. if it can... we will be ready to start the vaccination next month,