this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. india becomes the first country to record 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. there is under counting that we have seen in hospitals and crematoriums where the data is not matching and experts say over 20 times of this number people could be infected. new freedoms for care home residents in england — from tuesday, they will be able to visit relatives without having to self—isolate when they return. new research finds that around a thousand rivers are the source of the majority of plastic waste in the ocean. back on the dance floor with no social distancing — the covid pilot scheme

testing crowd safety. and quack—ing the puzzle of how to safely remove this family of ducks from a ninth floor balcony. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. india's coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen by the day — and now it has hit a grim new milestone. the country has become the first in the world to record more than 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. the news comes as the country's hospitals continue to struggle with acute shortages of oxygen and beds. vaccination of all adults has now begun, although there's a desperate lack of supplies.

in a controversial move, australia has banned its own citizens from returning from india due to the severity of the outbreak and says it willjail anyone who tries to come home. mark lobel has this report. grasping valuable oxygen, receiving care in a car. others still urgently seeking it... translation: we are waiting here in the hope that - they will help us a bit. and in the meantime, we are trying to organise oxygen from another source. ..as the now all—too—familiar queues for oxygen continue. it is notjust oxygen — wood is in short supply too, with so many cremations like this taking place. translation: because the government has given up, everything _ now depends on god. many are pinning their hopes on vaccines, too. the world's largest vaccination drive here has so far led to 150 millionjabs. all adults over the age of 18

are now eligible to receive one. but a number of key states say that is not yet possible because of a shortage of doses. to stop the virus spreading elsewhere, australia has temporarily made it illegal for its citizens to return home from india. and this from america... we have announced that there's going to be a travel restriction starting on tuesday... but some flights will take on extra importance. we're going to be sending a plane with supplies that will include oxygen, and with an expectation that that will provide some level of relief. but even if cases are now successfully contained, it's predicted there's still a tough month ahead. the daily case count is likely to peak around mid may and the daily death count will possibly peak about two weeks later, towards the end of may. india's battle with this pandemic remains on many fronts. mark lobel, bbc news.

0ur correspondent in delhi, devina gupta, says that even though the official number of daily cases has reached a new record, the realfigure is likely to be much higher. there is under counting that we have seen in hospitals and crematoriums where the data is not matching and experts say over 20 times of this number people could be infected, and that is what we can see in hospitals that are running out of beds, oxygen and essential medicines despite the global aid that is coming in. what is also worrying is that health experts are now seeing the younger population affected, so those under the age of 14 are also succumbing to this infection and that is a worrying trend, when many families are facing anxiety and looking at scarce resources as the days progress. health experts have told me this is just the start of the wave — it is going to take at least two to three weeks and the situation could worsen before we see this wave abating.

but for now, india has also opened vaccinations for those above the age of 18 from today, but, as you rightly point out, there is a vaccine shortage as well — in that report with mark. we have seen 600 million people more added to this vaccination programme, but india, which is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, only produces 80 million doses every month and experts are saying this will lead to a shortage of vaccines. only six states today will be taking up this drive to inoculate people over the age of 18, because the rest are citing that their reserves are running dry, even for those who have taken the first dose. india is launching an expanded vaccination programme as it struggles to tackle its escalating coronavirus crisis. from today, all adults over the age of 18 are eligible to receive a first dose of the vaccine. but this phase of the roll—out is far from smooth. for more on this, i'm joined by shraddha patel, assistant professor in paediatrics, who is looking after young covid—19 patients at

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vaccine supplies and others have pointed out you have to register online in order to get vaccinated, which presumably excludes many people who do not have access to the internet. , ., people who do not have access to the internet. , . ., , , ., internet. there is an application called covid _ internet. there is an application called covid app, _ internet. there is an application called covid app, where - internet. there is an application called covid app, where the - called covid app, where the registration has started. this has made it easier, but other than that, they are going to have the smartphones and the health care centres will start vaccinating for those without access to the internet and online registration. they will be assisted and helped to register and then get the vaccine, which helped with the previous round as well, because even elderly people who could not register on the act were assisted to register. —— register on the application where assisted. 50 register on the application where assisted. ., , ., ., register on the application where assisted. . , ., ., , assisted. so that should not be too much of a problem. _ assisted. so that should not be too much of a problem. a _ assisted. so that should not be too much of a problem. a greater- assisted. so that should not be too - much of a problem. a greater problem

presumably is the supply of vaccine? as far as we have got an update, india is using quite a number of doses of vaccine. production has increased more than the previous production, so now the important thing is the distribution of supply and how fast they can distribute supply and how fast people get it. i presume this also will be taken into control and most of the people will have their vaccine as soon as possible. have their vaccine as soon as possible-— have their vaccine as soon as ossible. ., ~' ,, , . have their vaccine as soon as ossible. ., ., ,, , . ., possible. thank you very much for that update _ possible. thank you very much for that update about _ possible. thank you very much for that update about your _ possible. thank you very much forl that update about your experiences on the front line. i hope you will continue to be able to get the supplies you need. thank you. as we heard, australia has made it temporarily illegal for its citizens to return home from india, to protect itself from a surge in coronavirus cases. from monday, anyone who has been to india in the past two weeks cannot come home and if they break

the new law, they face up to five years in prison. earlier i spoke to lawyer and human rights activist tarung chowla in the australian city of melbourne. he says families are desperate to get loved ones home. ethical or legal, there is a lot of concern here and abroad about those 9000 displaced australian citizens — "stranded aussies" they are being called on twitter and social media — who want nothing more than to be able to return home. there is a perception that there is one rule for people of colour, another rule for people from predominantly white nations. i wrote on social media on my twitter last night that ifelt quite numb, i'd gone past the point of feeling angry to a sense of disappointment and numbness that the australian government was actively considering this. if we look at the statistics, there were around 36,000 currently stranded australians globally, of which one quarter, 9000, are in india. so the numbers are not that staggering. it is actually more about whether or not australia's

hotel quarantine system can keep up, and that is the real crux of the issue that the australian government is dealing with. had we been more prepared here in australia, we would be in a better position not only to help our asian neighbours neighbours in india, but to help those australian citizens who remain stranded. care home residents in england are to be allowed to go out for walks, or visit the gardens of friends and relatives from tuesday without having to self—isolate for two weeks on their return. the government says it's updated its guidance in light of the success of the vaccination programme, and falling cora navirus infection rates. campaigners had threatened legal action, arguing that residents' human rights were being breached. here's our social affairs correspondent alison holt. care homes have felt the full force of covid—19, but now, with most residents vaccinated and infections falling in the community, there's been increasing anger over government restrictions families call "barbaric."

if residents leave a care home, even if it's just for a walk, they're expected to self—isolate for 14 days when they return. the government says that will now change, to the relief of campaigners. i think this guidance was always so bizarre, so cruel and so discriminatory. i mean, it was illegally imprisoning people in care homes. it was depriving them of their liberty, doing incalculable harm. from next tuesday, official guidance will say residents who leave a care home for low—risk visits will not have to self—isolate on return. they can visit a relative's garden, parks or outdoor public spaces, and they can go indoors to vote. they will need to be accompanied by a nominated visitor or care worker. but residents who leave the home for such things as medical appointments will still have to self—isolate upon return. guidance in scotland, wales and northern ireland say that visits out should be assessed according to the local situation. alison holt, bbc news.

well, we can speka now to nadra ahmed, executive chairman of the national care association, which represents independent care homes. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. clearly it is good news for residents, but what sort of questions still need to be resolved from their point of view and from the point of view of owners and operators like yourself? i the point of view of owners and operators like yourself?- the point of view of owners and operators like yourself? i think it is aood operators like yourself? i think it is good news _ operators like yourself? i think it is good news and _ operators like yourself? i think it is good news and it _ operators like yourself? i think it is good news and it is _ operators like yourself? i think it is good news and it is cautious i is good news and it is cautious steps forward and i think it is absolutely, we have got to start moving in that direction. i wish it hadn't been done in the early hours of saturday morning with a bank holiday and no guidance when it starts on tuesday. i think that kind of misses the point and it will take some organising by government. that said, we will wait for the guidance and we will apply it as it is intended. the challenges we will face around some of this will be about the detail around, you know,

what is the duration of this visit? is it time—limited, the whole day where they can go to various venues? how will that work? need to know about that. it is all based around the fact that we are still waiting for this government to talk about insurance with the sector. we are not insured against covid. so our insurances are doubling, sometimes tripling in premiums, but covid is excluded, so the virus is still out there, we know, thankfully, that it is abated and we are in a really good place and we need to move forward, but there are some real serious questions that we all need to address. to serious questions that we all need to address-— serious questions that we all need to address. ., , . ., ., , to address. to be clear about this, what ou to address. to be clear about this, what you are _ to address. to be clear about this, what you are saying _ to address. to be clear about this, what you are saying is _ to address. to be clear about this, what you are saying is your - what you are saying is your insurance clearly didn't have any reference to it a year ago, but even now, a year in and we know the risks of covid with relatively additional

cost estimates, and if you are in your care homes, provide extra staff because some staff got ill, provide ppe and all the rest of it, maybe even arrange meals and inks for people in their rooms, you get no financial help for that? you cannot claim for that?— financial help for that? you cannot claim for that? know, and isolation itself does have _ claim for that? know, and isolation itself does have some _ claim for that? know, and isolation itself does have some real- itself does have some real challenges. so to isolate three or four people in a week for 14 days, and that would be a rolling number. it is not a comfortable place for providers to be. but i think we just need to really realise where we are going with this because until and unless we have some clear guidance about this, and i know in the peace it was mentioned that if you go to a gp surgery you will still have to

isolate for 14 days, and that is it —— it is because it is inside. but this is outside spaces. so when you become back into our service from wherever they have been, they are not going to isolate because that is what the guidance is telling us, but we are then thinking very clearly about the family bay come back to within the care service. those who have shielded or have complex health care needs. people in care services are not there because they particularly chose it as a preference. they are there because they need is there for them and they would prepared to go into that service rather than be alone at home. that all needs to be taken into account and we need to address the issues, the issues of how we can do this safely, the risk assessments, making sure we have everybody communicating on the same page, taking the trust of families,

which we really want to work with and build that communication. without the guidance, we do not know what we are talking about. thank without the guidance, we do not know what we are talking about.— what we are talking about. thank you so much for— what we are talking about. thank you so much forjoining _ what we are talking about. thank you so much forjoining us. _ a campaign has been launched to raise £2.3 million to build a memorial inside st paul's cathedral dedicated to those who have died as a result of the coronvirus pandemic. it would see an online book of remembrance installed in a structure at the london cathedral. more than 7,300 names are already in the book as part of the cathedral�*s "remember me" project. funerals have begun being held for those who died in a crush at a crowded religious festival in israel. at least 45 people were killed and about another 150 were injured in the tragedy at the festival, which was being held near mount meron. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who visited the scene yesterday, has promised an inquiry into what happened. scientists investigating the plastic

waste drifting in the world's oceans say they've discovered more about where it comes from. they've calculated that a thousand rivers are responsible for the vast majority of the pollution. here's our science editor david shukman. the shocking sight of plastic waste polluting the oceans. it is one of the most visible ways that human activity is damaging the natural world. so where has it all come from? well, most of it is carried by rivers from cities to the sea. i saw this for myself in indonesia a few years ago. the waterways were choked with plastic. it used to be thought that only the ten biggest rivers in the world where to blame, but now a study finds that many more are involved. at least 1000, according to an organisation that has tried to tackle the problem — the ocean clean—up. on one hand, it shows that the problem is actually much more vast than we used to think — it is not ten rivers, it is 1000.

but on the other hand, it is stilljust1% of all the rivers in the world, so i do think it is a manageable problem. the ocean clean—up has started to collect ocean waste from several rivers, to catch it before it gets to the sea and the hope is to have many more systems like this. it has also been deploying a giant collection device in the pacific ocean, but the challenge is huge, turning this plastic tied will take a massive effort. if you see somebody wandering around liverpool looking hung over, do not to find a point of it. there may be a reason. —— do not put too fine a point on it. —— do not put too fine a point on it. there may be a few sore heads in liverpool this morning — after the city hosted the uk's first legal club night since the pandemic began. 3,000 people met up in a warehouse near the city centre — with no facemasks or social distancing required. it was being held as a trial event to test the government's plans

for easing pandemic restrictions. dan johnson reports. dance music. this is a release from lockdown, and a relief for an industry that has been silenced for over a year. no masks, no distance, no vaccine passports. this is the power of music to unite people for one weekend, and they're making the most of it. it's been a nice change, yeah. get used to it. it's been brilliant, yeah, 100%. honestly, it's been| such a nice change. because you've been on your own for, like, the last two years. _ and it's been really nice, in a safe way. because everyone has been tested, so it's been brilliant. _ you had to go through four different checkpoints to get in. it was a lot. you had to confirm that you had an lft, you had to confirm that you were in liverpool, you had drug dogs sniff you, there was a lot of steps before you got anywhere close to it. they weren't sparing the decibels, after djs spent such a long time stuck at home, like so many in the live events business. dance music. this is for the covid generation.

you know, there's something that happens when you're together, all experiencing the same thing at the same time. you feel connected to people and that's what this is about, so, yeah! everybody here was tested before the event and they will be tested again in the next five days. 0rganise say it's safer here than the supermarket — and the music's much better. seeing everybody was really relaxed and into the zone, and what was interesting, seeing the crowd from the dj booth's point of view, only seeing one person, it was like, everybody wearing a facemask. which was interesting in itself. people were straight into pre—covid conditions, hugging, saying hello, it was nice, actually. across the city there's an even bigger gig tomorrow. 5000 in sefton park, also being monitored to see how they interact and how ventilation and air flow can restrict the spread of the virus. this research is really important for creating a safety blueprint for opening events. how do the local public health teams

work with the organisers to adapt to changing circumstances? at the moment, the rates of the virus are really low in the background, so it's a safe time to be putting this safety net in place. we want to know, have we got all the communication channels? does the ticketing and testing work well together? does everyone understand why they have to report symptoms and not come if they have them? this is a great time to get that blueprint right. i have trust in the science, i have trust in the tests, . and i think if we have i all come here negative, why would we then come up positive? we've shown how we can go back to this. yeah! the club scene back again! because honestly, young adults have been completely brushed under the carpet and we've been blamed for everything. such a vibe change from the last year and a bit, where everyone has been stuck inside, to be around notjust people you know, but get to see other people. home time for these pioneers who are leading the way for the rest of us. testing negative and keeping positive, that's the vibe.

taxis and takeaways to be sorted, a little taste of freedom to treasure, and hopefully it brings us all closer together. danjohnson, bbc news, liverpool. now, when you discover a duck and her newborn ducklings have set up home on your balcony on the ninth floor of a block of flats, waddle you do? well, steve stuttard, who lives in salford quays, realised he had to quack the problem of how to get the ducklings safely down to the ground without ruffling their mother's feathers. but he didn't get into a flap — he found a solution to fit the bill and became a social media sensation, as ian haslam reports. this is mrs mallard, who has unwittingly become the most famous star on social media. her time spent nesting on steve suttard's balcony has been seen by millions thanks to an accompanying twitter

thread and video from steve's daughter emma. i just wrote a few tweets, wrote the thread, went up and made a cup of tea and came back and the ticker was going. and i was like, 0k, and then it went crazy. the lovely thing about this is that there are people all over the world who know how great he is now and adore him too. operation mallard to begin. what are the odds of this duck nesting on your balcony, what with you being a twitcher and everything? a million to one. i can't believe what has happened over the last 18 months now. it is unbelievable. for an ornithologist like me, a twitcher, it is the perfect scenario. as a former royal navy survival specialist, steve is adept at looking after people. but ducks are a different proposition. from when i wake up in the morning, i have to tiptoe around the apartment.

i check if she's on the nest or not, and normally she is. she's full of character and she looks at me sometimes as if to say, i recognise that face, but i can't place it. six o'clock in the morning. another seven hatched. she's great. catch you later. here we are, down at ground level. chicks in a bucket. mum is over here. i couldn't bring them down the lift, they couldn't hear the mother and she couldn't hear them. but in a bucket it is like a megaphone, itjust amplifies the sound. they could hear her and she could hear them, so it was a win—win situation. my work here is done. except it isn't. now we've got 0peration mallard two! we do indeed. she came back four weeks ago and started looking around my balcony, she moved to another

planter which has lots of grasses in it and she has decided showers ——she's going to nest there. we now have 11 eggs and everything is fine and we have got about another week to go. success, operation mallard, absolute success. here's to the next one. ian haslam, bbc news. and you are watching bbc news. now let's take a look at the weather prospects. here is ben. hello there. it took a while, but april showers did eventually develop at the tail end of the month, and we have brought them with us into the start of may. sunshine and showers covers it for most of the weekend, continued cold nights as well. but on the satellite picture behind me, you can see this area of cloud, and this is where monday's weather is developing. we are eventually going to see some very heavy rain working its way through, some brisk winds as well. for the time being, the winds are very light, but the air is very cold for the time of year. so especially in the shade, it is going to feel pretty chilly out there this afternoon. the sun is quite strong, so in the sunshine not feeling too

bad, but we have also got some showers developing and some of those will be heavy, possibly thundery with some hail mixed in. quite widespread, actually. many places will see a shower, but some will fall between the showers and stay dry. the winds will be light and the temperatures will be low for the time of year. eight to 13, maybe 14 degrees across parts of the south—east. through this evening and overnight, the showers will tend to fade. there's going to be a lot of dry weather to take us into the first part of sunday morning, but we could see one or two mist and fog patches developing once again, especially across parts of eastern and southern england. and temperatures will hover around freezing, below freezing for some, so again, frost to take us into tomorrow morning. now, tomorrow is a repeat performance, really. sunny spells and showers, those showers developing into the afternoon. some heavy and thundery. i think the showers most plentiful tomorrow across the eastern half of the uk, not as many further west, but i can't promise anyone a completely dry day,

and those temperatures again in a range between eight and 14 degrees most of us. and then we get to bank holiday monday, and it is something we haven't seen for a while. an atlantic low pressure system working its way in from west. this is going to bring in some of the heaviest and most widespread rain we have had for quite some time. 0n the northern flank of that weather system, there could be some snow mixing in over high ground in scotland. there is still a bit of uncertainty aboutjust how far north the rain will get across scotland. it will be accompanied by brisk winds. those are the wind gusts. gales are likely to develop for some western coasts and temperatures will be really disappointing. eight to 12 degrees at best. once that rain clears away, there will be another dose of cold air left behind, so some chilly days, the potential for frosty nights and a mixture of sunshine and showers through the coming week.

the headlines: india becomes the first country to record 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. new freedoms for care home residents in england — from tuesday, they will be able to visit relatives without having to self—isolate when they return. new research finds that around 1,000 rivers are the source of the majority of plastic waste in the ocean. and back on the dance floor, with no social distancing — the covid pilot schemes testing crowd safety. and now on bbc news, here is one i prepared a little earlier.