now where the government has defended the country's rising death toll the foreign minister dominic rob says accurate comparisons cannot be made until the crisis is over. i don't think we'll get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over and particularly until we've got comprehensive international data on all cause mortality but i think there's 2 points i'd make about the way the u.k. has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know we've had that debate in this country we now published data that includes all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so i'm not sure that the international comparison works on the show can you or reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way and it also depends on how good friendly countries are in gathering their statistics. foreign minister dominic rob there well as john a whole explains from london figures adult tell the full story. the numbers by direct comparison don't tell us all that much what they do though is fuel questions which are being asked here almost eve

another $693.00 deaths taking its total past 29000 the worst toll in europe but the foreign minister dominic rob says accurate comparisons cannot be made until the crisis is over. i think we'll get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over to particularly until we've got comprehensive international data on all cause mortality but i think there's 2 points i'd make about the way the u.k. has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know we've had that debate in this country we now published data includes all bets in all settings and not all countries do that so i'm not sure that the international comparison works on this you can you're reliably know that all countries are measuring the same way and it also depends on how good friendly countries are in gathering that statistics. after 2 weeks of no new domestic infections hong kong is relaxing one of asia's toughest lock downs cinemas and bars will be allowed to reopen secondary schools are expected to resume this month's human rights watch has published a scathing report on china accusing

foreign secretary dominic rob the family claim rob did not have the authority to allow their son's alleged killer and secure last to leave the u.k. or there was an ongoing police investigation they also claim that rob has misled parliament in statements made relating to the nature of her departure. so give us an allegedly hit 19 year old on while driving on the wrong side of the road in the english county of northamptonshire last august so cool us an american national was leaving the us intelligence base where her husband was employed she then claimed diplomatic immunity and returned to the united states but has since been charged by u.k. police with causing death by dangerous driving the family has since uncovered a text from a foreign office official to a u.s. counterpart paving the way for her to leave i think that now the decision has been made not to wait in unity there's not much mileage in i was asking just to keep the family here it's obviously not as approving of their departure but i think you should feel able to put them on the next flight out well high court will decide next mo

coronavirus press briefing live from the street and it will be given today by the foreign secretary dominic rob meanwhile headlines this hour. britain's coronavirus death toll rises bill 32 fowls and make it the worst hit country in europe and 2nd only to the u.s. worldwide says the number of fatalities in care homes almost double in a week i'll be talking to an exporter and health statistics a little later. the government board has its track and trace up on the isle of wight despite concerns of a prophecy and security we hear from a technology experts in. the u.k. the u.s. claimed rival states of targeting flipboard trees working on the coronavirus response with malicious cyber campaigns. coronavirus to think is in britain of the highest in europe and only 2nd to the u.s. worldwide has fatalities increased to over 32000 that's is the art of why it is trying the government's track and trace app despite ongoing privacy concerns on the case and he joins me with the latest so isa how do the figures stack up. well they do shows very start reading because it means that the united kingdom is now the

different ways so those numbers may not always tally up exactly now we've been hearing today from dominic rob he's been giving the daily briefing at the daily briefing to the press and he's been saying that it's been it's simply too early to tell whether the u.k. does have the worst set in europe. i think we'll get a real verdict on how all countries have done until the pandemic is over and particularly until we've got comprehensive international data on all cause mortality but i think there's 2 points i'd make about the way the u.k. has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know we've had that debate in this country we now published data that include all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so i'm not sure that the international comparison works and if you can you're reliably know that all countries are measuring the same way. and it also depends on how good friendly countries are in gathering their statistics and our own office of national statistics is widely knowledge to be a world leader and one of the reasons we can brace that is because we

dominic rob has a side which was reported that we can't be making comparisons but it is human nature especially when it comes to it away. —— dominic raab. i get that we do have to be cautious when making comparisons, i do get that because there is a population difference. we have a bigger population in the uk. uk -- have a bigger population in the uk. uk —— italy has a older population... we don't have figures properly from care homes in either country so we do have to be cautious. you can tell from not making a comparison because it is human nature to want to. eve doesn't matter where we stand in terms of the number of deaths? because ultimately 29,000 that is a huge amount, it is really big and should not have happened many people would argue. i think it does matterjust because very hard to find somebody who doesn't know someone who's had someone who doesn't know someone who's had someone in the family who is died. it's the spread throughout the entire population of this country and scotland and ireland and wales too, and northern ireland. so many have been touched by this... doesn

dominic dominic rob said that an explosion has been provided.re explosion has been provided. two parents were anxiously taking care of their young child. those now seeking to politicise it should take a long hard look in the mirror. other tweets from the cabinet are among the similar vein, a man looking after his wife and son. i think they realise that this is coming out nine weeks into lockdown, there are many other families who have been in similar situations and haven't done that. i was talking to someone haven't done that. i was talking to someone in london who was making the point that in a lot of places where key workers have been affected, people have used nanny services, they have used emergency childcare may never mind family, friends of friends locally. so i suppose it is still the basic question of why he felt the need to travel so far at a time when people with coronavirus we re time when people with coronavirus were told you should self—isolate immediately and stay at home. presumably there is a risk of the car breaks down, you have

britain has overtaken italy with the highest number of corn virus dead in europe foreign minister dominic rob says comparisons can't be made until the crisis is over more than 32000 people in the u.k. have $1.19. i don't think we'll get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over and particularly until we've got comprehensive international data on all cause mortality but i think there's 2 points i'd make about the way the u.k. has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know we've had that debate in this country we now published data that include all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so i'm not sure that the international comparison works on this you can you're reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way and it also depends on how good frankly countries are in gathering their statistics south korea is further easing not down restrictions with sports leagues getting underway again now the baseball season is up and running after being persones in march but in rob a bride reports and it will be some t

have now died from covert 19 foreign minister dominic rob says accurate comparisons can be made until the crisis is over. i don't think we'll get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over in particularly until we've got comprehensive international data on all cause mortality but i think there's 2 points i'd make about the way the u.k. has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know we've had that debate in this country we now published data that includes all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so i'm not sure that the international comparison works on this you can you are reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way and it also depends on how good friendly countries are in gathering their statistics india is launching one of the world's largest international repatriation missions flights to 13 countries will start on thursday of all warships have already been deployed to bring back hundreds of thousands of workers stranded overseas due to coronavirus travel restrictions all flights into ind

foreign secretary dominic rob the family claim rob did not have the or thora t. to allow their son's alleged killer and so cool us to leave the u.k. while there was an ongoing police investigation they also claim that robb has misled parliament in statements made relating to the nature of her departure so her last allegedly hit 19 year old son while driving on the wrong side of the road in the english county of northamptonshire last august so who last an american national was leaving a us intelligence base where her husband was employed she then claimed diplomatic immunity and returned to the united states but has since been charged by u.k. police with causing death by dangerous driving the family having the way for her to leave i think that now the decision has been made not to waive immunity there's not much mileage in i was asking you to keep the family here it's obviously not as approving of their departure but i think you should feel able to put them on the next flight out. well the high court will decide next month whether to order the government to disclos

government has defended the country's rising death toll foreign minister dominic rob says accurate comparisons cannot be made until the crisis is over i don't think we'll get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over in particularly until we've got comprehensive international data on all cause mortality but i think there's 2 points i'd make about the way the u.k. has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know we've had that debate in this country we now published data that includes all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so i'm not sure that the international comparison works unless you can you're reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way and it also depends on how good friendly countries are in gathering their statistics. and as john paul explains from london where of course the u.k. at that figure is have exceeded those basically making the country now the place with the highest 1000 deaths in europe as john explains the figures don't tell the full story. the numbers by direct comparison don't

remain in place for no pay and their key message remains the same we need to stay at home meanwhile dominic rob the foreign secretary also added to confusion over these relaxation of the lockdown measures specifically about how many people you can meet up with outdoors as from wednesday is that people can go outside for example to parks or certain sports where you can keep social distancing at 2 metres you cannot meet 2 parents at the same time where you could have 50 metres apart now we will have from the prime minister forrest johnson very shortly indeed but here's what he had to say yesterday this is not the time simply to in the lock down this week instead we're taking the 1st cafu steps to modify our measures and the 1st step is a change of emphasis that we hope that people will act on this week we said that you should work from home if you can only go to work if you must. we now need to stress that anyone who can't work from home fruits and those in construction or manufacturing should be actively encouraged to go to work and we want it to be safe for you to get to work so you should avoi

britain has overtaken italy with the highest number of crown of virus in europe but foreign minister dominic rob says i can't comparisons can't be made to look quite this is more than 32000 people in the united kingdom. i don't think we'll get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over and particularly until we've got comprehensive international data on all cause mortality but i think there's 2 points i'd make about the way the u.k. has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know we've had that debate in this country we now published data that include all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so i'm not sure that the international comparison works unless you can you are you reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way and it also depends on how good friendly countries are in gathering their statistics plenty more ahead here on the news hour including why the biggest t.v. network in the philippines is being switched off. and hoping to export test kits within months we go inside the iranian lab that's part

the foreign secretary dominic rob says if china continues down the current path, he will change the legislationl lift the cap to 12 months to a pathway to citizenship. a third night of violent protests in minneapolis follows the death of george floyd, a handcuffed black man who died while in police custody. dozens boarded up their windows to prevent looting. if the city doesn't get protest under control, president trump says he will send in the national guard. global news, 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. anna? anna: let's get up-to-date with the french growth story or french contraction story, the french gdp number, we are getting a final reading on what we have had on upper limit area basis, down 5.3% quarter on quarter number. that is the estimate of 5.8%. again, when you look at the year on your number, that is down 5%, down from the premium number. at the margin, things are better than the preliminary data, but it doesn't change the overall dynamic of the story. let's dip into one of the mic

borisjohnson still refusing to get rid of dominic cummings. robbut to viewers around the world on bbc world news. many people looking at the outside might be wondering who is in charge and the government the moment. borisjohnson is in charge and the government the moment. boris johnson reluctant is in charge and the government the moment. borisjohnson reluctant to get rid of this man? that's why is borisjohnson? get rid of this man? that's why is boris johnson? they mailed be wondering that. i don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that alongside borisjohnson, would be an exaggeration to say that alongside boris johnson, dominic cummings is the most important man in british politics. i don't think many people in british politics would actually dispute that. why is borisjohnson holding would actually dispute that. why is boris johnson holding on would actually dispute that. why is borisjohnson holding on to him? three reasons i think. firstly, mr johnson friends would say he is a loyal person. again, as you suggested earlier, mr cummings is

we are going to talk about this imminent, but we have this reaction from dominic rob. ge, easing the restrictions on the road map that we set out and doing so in a safe and responsible way. nick thomas—symonds is the shadow home secretary and hejoins us via webcam from south wales. does this draw line, this statement from durham police? does not, i am afraid, the only way to draw a line under it is for borisjohnson to ta ke under it is for borisjohnson to take divisive action as keir starmer has said, and to dismiss dominic cummings. iam has said, and to dismiss dominic cummings. i am afraid that the statement today confirms what we have always known, we know that dominic cummings broke the spirit of the rules, there are families who haven't been at the bedside of dying relatives, who have not attended funerals, who have not seen a newborn grandchildren, who have all stuck rigidly to the rules. and in a need or an anticipated need of childcare, he drove over 260 miles, and in addition to that, we now know that with regard to the trip from the property to barnard castle,

we want to see the uk government stepped up now, it is very welcome that dominic rob the foreign secretaryfirst we want is independent investigation into police brutality. even related —— yesterday thereby right please on the streets. many young protesters protesting for democracy subject to a tear gas, they have been hit by pellets. there has been serious amounts of violence over the last few weeks, and there was an enquiry into police brutality but it is largely seen by the people of hong kong is a whitewash. we want the government to call for an independent enquiry to be established. most importantly, in the end the only way that this will be resolved is by universal suffrage, and that's why i have asked dominic raab to come to the house of commons on tuesday and make a statement about theirs, calling on the hong kong authorities to start implementing the democratic reforms that were promised and to give universal suffrage to the people of hong kong. i understand why you think britain has some particular duty, because it was a british territory for so long until 1997, but how much sway

dominic rob said you can meet up with other people outside your household as long as you are outsideovernment's message in england from ‘stay at home' to ‘stay alert‘. but the new message lacks clarity according to labour, and leaders of all the devolved nations have rejected new ‘stay alert‘ advice in favour of keeping the ‘stay at home‘. later today the government will publish a 50 page document outlining details of the new plan and the pm is to give a statement in the house of commons this afternoon. the prime minister‘s adjustments come as the latest official figures showed 31,855 deaths from coronavirus in the uk — an increase of 269 from the previous day. elsewhere, france is lifting many of its coronavirus restrictions, after weeks of lockdown. while several other european countries are also relaxing the rules. china has confirmed five new cases of the virus in the city of wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak it‘s the second day running that new cases have emerged from the city. and in new zealand — prime ministerjacinda ardern has confirmed most of the country‘s rest

rob watson, thank you. speaking on the andrew marr show this morning on the bbc, the transport secretary grant shapps defended dominice, in the house, forthe understanding is that he stayed there, in the house, for the ia days until he would have been out of the sort of quarantine period. that is my understanding of the situation. are you sure he was not back in durham, seen walking in the bluebell wood on the 19th of april? he has beenin wood on the 19th of april? he has been in london since the 14th of april and has not returned to durham since that time, that is my understanding. there has been a lot of stuff in the papers throwing these dates around. just because somebody, dominic cummings has surprised you, butjust because it is in the newspaper, doesn't mean it is in the newspaper, doesn't mean it is true. i am trying to establish what is true. you say he definitely didn't go back to durham, how do you know that? because the statement from numberten said know that? because the statement from number ten said that once he came down to london on the 14th, he has remained in london since and reports of him being ba

dominic cummings? it's about leadership, isn't it? holding yourself to the same standards that you set for other people. rob: absolutely.s about hypocrisy. there has been lots of anger and people up and down the country after they have been lockdown for two months. they think, i could not go and see my dying mother or dying father, what on earth is going on? talk about anger. there has been vast amounts of critical. go and have a look at social media. some of it is very witty, but not the kind of thing you want as a government. i think one of the dangers of this, and this applies to governments all over the world, when the government lays down its next steps, whether it's ing some restrictions in place, asking people to go back to work, you can see the danger. people say, well, why should i listen to this government. he is the second most important man in the country alongside boris johnson. he did not follow the rules, why should i? katty: and as the country starts opening up, in a way, people will start saying that more. look, he went to see somebody, it's lovely weather, i'm fed up, i will get out there. rob: absolut

we need to make sure it doesn't rob us of our health and our planet. but. we have high pressure dominating the weather across much of australasia so that means lossy fog and dry the high as the lid on the atmosphere it's keeps things clear and largely sunny and that's what we're going to see as we go on through the next few days just notice a little more clout that just around the eastern side of australia will face in the areas of new south wales pushing into that eastern side all of queensland was saying a few showers here racing the more those to come as we go on through the next couple of days in fact as we go on into choose to the showers maybe even pushing a little further inland into queensland so some useful rainfall even getting into the outback there we are going to see what it says showers just pushing across the bike just rolling towards adelaide towards the fossil face of victoria but the most it is going to be dry and fine it's a case to across the other side of the country perth around 19 celsius and temperatures in all clint there's even generates that fair she also wanted

rob yes more from tehran. more than 83000000 people live in one of the most sanctioned countries in the world domestic brands dominate this big consumer market and how well the tehran stock exchange has been doing in recent years challenges conventional thinking about iran's economy out of the cold here do a lot of homework overrule the government intends to support the growth of the stock market this is our production we will help this market continue to flourish i say again the government is determined to increase the sales of its shares this is produced positive expectations and will continue to do so sanctions a force domestic investment which has been good for many local businesses but the covert 1000 pandemic has meant lost revenues in april shasta one of iran's biggest government run holding companies decided to sell 10 percent of its shares its portfolio is enormous assets include mobile operators shipping companies pharmaceuticals construction petro chemicals the list goes on. a public offering is unprecedented and generating excitement about investing in stocks iranians who normally put their savings in rea

rob watson. i don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that alongside borisjohnson, dominic cummings is the many people in british politics would actually dispute that. why is boris johnson holding on to him? three reasons i think. firstly, mrjohnson‘s friends would say he is a loyal person. again, as you suggested earlier, mrcummings is more than just an adviser. he is the man and the brains behind the success of the vote leave campaign. it was the brains behind mrjohnson‘s election victory. it is often thought that while mrjohnson is the fabulous salesman, that it is mr cummings who really does the details and has the big vision and the strives to get policies through. there is a third reason as well. this is kind of important actually, the if you think about mrjohnson‘s operation at downing street, it is the vote leave campaign revisited which was as we have discussed headed by dominic cummings. that is more than just about leaving the european union. it is a radical project for remaking the uk for governing in a different much better that way. so a lot of people say the project was craz

that dominic should be kept out of number ten, i'm sorry to say and ijust think that this will keep rolling on and getting worse until he goes. well, joining me now is our political correspondent robress was designed to provide a nswe i’s the address was designed to provide a nswers to the address was designed to provide answers to questions that were circulating over the last few days for dominic cummings. that he do the job intended, did you think? the big question. you don't hold back, do you? i guess a simple way to answer it is you? i guess a simple way to answer itisi you? i guess a simple way to answer it is i think for those people who think that what mr cummings dead was unreasonable, and exemplified the whole idea that there is one rule for people who live in downing street or working downing street and one rule for everyone else, i don't think his expedition well have changed many minds. for those who we re changed many minds. for those who were more sympathetic to mr cummings, they will say yes, i think he has done some explaining for me. if you were to then expand that thought, what happens next, does he survive? i think that pens on two things. i think it depends on

of different factors there, look, rob brownstein a journalist, a friend of ours, talked about the biden inversion like this is new thing where the democrat is dominantwith seniors and has a little bit of trouble with younger voters, and if that holds it's a huge strength for and i think two things are involved. one, of course, the fact older voters feel super vulnerable in this pandemic and they feel as though donald trump in rushing to open up, the perception he's rushing to open up, is putting their lives first and foremost at risk. and then you see the trump people trying to disqualify biden by saying he's too old and doddering and seen i'll and out of it, and the older seniors i know take offense to hearing donald trump and all of his foibles attacking joe biden like he's too old and out of it to do the job. and number one, donald trump is saying this? number two, when you're saying that about joe biden, you're saying it about me. so they're playing dangerous games in how they're going after biden and in addition to how they're handling the pandemic. >> and don't think we have not enjoyed -- is that john? >> he's the young one. it's the puppy. h