sian, ithink towards opening up all of france's great restaurants.nk the question is will people feel safe to go back to bars and restaurants? the staff will have to wear masks, only a certain number of people are allowed at any one table, they will try and implement social distancing. imean, it try and implement social distancing. i mean, it sounds pretty difficult, doesn't it? apologies, we haven't got the sound there for sian, i'm going to put the plane to you. do you thank you would go back to a restau ra nt you thank you would go back to a restaurant anytime soon in france if you had to wear a mask, if you had to be very careful about social distancing, cleanliness, handwashing? i mean come i think this is one of the issues we are all going to phase whether we are sitting at a restaurant, going on a train... willjust drive around generally, there are just very very tentative steps that we can all take over the next few weeks. because clearly, you know, listening to some of the scientists right now, the big concern still about a second spike. now

if you are in the uk if you're in the uk, iain and sian will be back injust over half an hour to lookbeing covered by newspapers and websites here. goodbye for now. let's return now to the press conference given by the us president this evening. it had been widely anticipated that donald trump would speak about the unrest in minneapolis following the death of george floyd. however, in a ten—minute briefing, he stepped up his criticism of china, and of the world health organization. speaking at the white house, president trump said that as the who had failed to introduce reforms the us had requested, it would now bring its involvement with the organisation to an end: chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the world health organisation and pressured the world health organisation to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by chinese authorities. countless lives have been taken and profound economic hardship has been inflicted all around the globe. they strongly recommended against me doing the early band from china, but i did it anyway, it was proven to be

things very much for taking us through the papers, iain and sian. thank you.twitter. goodbye for now. the match which could see liverpool win their first premier league title that evening with the latest from sports centre. the match which could see liverpool win their first premier league title could be held at a netural venue, according to the national lead for football policing. up to four matches involving liverpool could be moved, with six across the league in total, on health and safety grounds according to deputy chief constable mark roberts. the merseyside derby and liverpool's games against manchester city plus newcastle are the others. man utd vs sheffield utd and man city vs newcastle are the other two games. any changes would be at the request of local police forces. neil atkinson from the anfield rap feels football fans should be trusted to adhere to governement guidelines. i think that the vast majority of people whether they support liverpool or manchester united or anyone else, firstly, they have adhered to the lockdown and the guidelines as pe

sian lloyd, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon.nt on bbc news, the film review, but first here's click. hello you, and hello, lara, how are you doing? hello, i'm good thank you, and you seem to have cut your hair. yes, the haircut has finally happened, and i have to say, the relationship survived. there was no blood and to be honest, i think she has done a pretty good job, don't you? it is looking good, but has the colour changed a bit? yes, i am trying a new artificial silver colour, shall we say — don't worry, i will be returning to my natural colour of suspiciously brown as soon as i can get back to a proper hairdresser. you have had a good week, you had a lockdown birthday. that's right, it was very nice but i don't think the years need to count in lockdown. in your house, though, there has been an important birthday. i had the terrifying task of hosting a 10th birthday for my son and seven of his friends on video chat. and it's notjust children who are missing events. we all are. and music has been a real casualty of this — so

sian lloyd, bbc news.ioneer of electronic music and co—founder of the german group kraftwerk, florian schneider, has died at the age of 73. his revolutionary use of synthesisers in the 1970s and ‘80s helped define the sound of pop and dance music in the decades that followed. the band enjoyed international success with tracks such as autobahn, radioactivity and the model. a new painting by the street artist banksy has been revealed at southampton general hospital. it's called game changer, and the work will be auctioned later with the money going to the nhs. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has been to see it. could this be a rare sighting of the elusive street artist banksy? undercover, making a special delivery to university hospital southhampton. wow. it's certainly his handiwork. it was hung late last night and unveiled this morning. it depicts a young boy kneeling down wearing dungarees and a white t—shirt. the wastepaper basket in front of him has two discarded old superheroes. instead, he's playing wit

sian: they will be great. david: sian ferrer, thank you. debrief the singapore gdp numbers.airlines -- in the case of japan airlines, up for a sixth straight session. that is on the back of the reopening story. outperformingt the broader market. a couple of hours back, reuters reported on nissan and renault shelving the alliance. there forhe movers now and we will come back later on to give you a further update on those markets. karina mitchell has already been waiting a long time. time for you. any coronavirus cases continue to rise albeit at a slower rate. infections approaching 5.5 million. ..s. cases rose 1.3% deaths showed their lowest increase in more than a week. warnings trump ignored for a memorial day celebration. more stimulus is on the way to tackle the fallout from the virus pandemic. the bank of france governor says ecb's next the meeting is june 4 and economists expected to use that session to add more stimulus. china says it's proposed security law for hong kong will systemect the justice what the judiciary system remaining independent. fears are growing that

sian lloyd, bbc news. you're watching bbc news.l in southern england. it's called game changer — and the work will be auctioned later, with the money going to the nhs. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has been to see it. could this be a rare sighting of the elusive street artist banksy? undercover, making a special delivery to university hospital southampton. wow. it's certainly his handiwork. it was hung late last night and unveiled this morning. it depicts a young boy kneeling down, wearing dungarees and a white t—shirt. the waste—paper basket in front of him has two discarded old superheroes. instead, he's playing with his new model figure, a new superhero, an nhs nurse with a flying cape and arm pointing forwards like superman. she is on a mission. the idea of the hospital's management and banksy was to thank the staff of the nhs generally for everything they are doing. so, did it go down well? just the proudness of it. the actual realising that we are thought of and respected. for years now, we've not, but now, with everything th

sian lloyd, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon.go to our website at bbc.co.uk/news and just click on who am i allowed to meet now? at the beginning of this year more than a hundred people were gathered together, to create a citizen‘s assembly, hoping to find ways of reducing carbon emissions to virtually zero in the uk by 2050. but with the coronavirus lockdown prohibiting in—person sessions, the group has been meeting online, and the last session is this weekend to finalise recommendations to the government. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has that story. i don‘t think climate change was something that i was very concerned about. i was a little bit concerned about it but it definitely wasn‘t something i thought about every day. leah could have a big impact on the way we live our lives. she spends most of her time looking after horses, but, since the start of the year, she‘s been taking part in the uk‘s first climate assembly. we need something that will work, notjust a pipe dream. there are 110 assembly members, chosen f

sian lloyd, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon.ch, councils were given more than £3 million to pay for hotel rooms for thousands of people who sleep rough each night. now that money is spent, ministers are urging councils to spend some of the £3.2 billion extra funding they have been allocated for the pandemic. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan joins me now. the initial scheme seems to have been successful. it was hugely successful. effectively it meant that about 5500 people were given temporary accommodation, many of them in hotels, and what happened at them in hotels, and what happened at the end of march ministers have effectively given councils a few days to get rough sleepers off the streets and we will give you £3.2 million to pay for this scheme. while some other government schemes have been extended, like the following scheme that was extended earlier this week, ministers have decided they are not going to ring—fence any further money to help with rough sleepers. instead they are seeing to councils we have

sian lloyd, bbc news.girl with a pearl earring, for example, or the image of rats running riot in a bathroom. 0vernight, he's turned his attention to the nhs. to show his appreciation, he's created a new picture and is showing it at the university hospital southampton. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, has more. could this be a rare sighting of the elusive street artist, banksy? undercover, making a special delivery to university hospital southhampton. wow. it's certainly his handiwork. it was hung late last night and unveiled this morning. it depicts a young boy kneeling down, wearing dungarees and a white t—shirt. the wastepaper basket in front of him has two discarded old superheroes. instead, he's playing with his new model figure, a new superhero, an nhs nurse with a flying cape and arm pointing forwards, like superman. she is on a mission. the idea of the hospital's management and banksy was to thank the staff of the nhs generally for everything they are doing. so, did it go down well?

it's the eighth week in a row, as sian lloyd reports.ting to the sound of bagpipes at this nhs distribution centre in scotland. they're at this nhs distribution centre in scotland. they‘ re among at this nhs distribution centre in scotland. they're among millions of people across the uk who again stopped to recognise the dedication of carers and key workers. saying thank you to nurses like terry, who works at birmingham city hospital. now they need to care for each other. it is not the first case of coronavirus happening in the uk, we ca re coronavirus happening in the uk, we care about each other even more. we wa nt to care about each other even more. we want to look after each other, because we don't want to lose any other colleagues. terry is one of the first people patients see when admitted to this emergency department. it hisjob admitted to this emergency department. it his job to admitted to this emergency department. it hisjob to help diagnose the virus that he too has had. it is scary. some people can get over it easily, but som

sage members have also been echoed by other members of the scientific community, including professor sian staffordshire university's centre for health and development and professor of public health at the chinese university of hong kong. being able to meet, and ifully concur that we need to be very careful when we are meeting and i ee, careful when we are meeting and i agree, picnics are better than barbecues. do everything you can to reduce the spread but at the same time, get that thrill of seeing your family orfriends time, get that thrill of seeing your family or friends but be very careful. undoubtedly, if it was the model is, they would be saying it is not yet safe, the numbers do not indicate it is it safe enough. sorry to interrupt, but if that is the case and the modellers are saying it is not correct, and you think it is reasonable to assume that if the scientists are casting doubt on this political decision, then surely something needs to change? while... something needs to come back, because that was the message a few weeks ago. we'll have our parts to play in it and i go back

been welcomed by some, but others in tourist areas worry about a possible big influx of people, as sianorts. these residents of stratford have been a fixture for generations, but, for the past eight weeks, their surroundings have been significantly quieter than usual. the historic town is a magnet for tourists from far and wide, and the economic impact of the lockdown has been felt here. but after the government advice was changed for people living in england, visitors are beginning to return. this couple have travelled some 50 miles from their home in leicestershire. because boris said we can go further afield, we've made the most of it. this is our normal life. we like to get out and about. so, we're just going to have a walk around the river and we brought our own flask of coffee, and we're going to have that and then we'll have a steady ride home. we are sensible, but i think these two just needed to blow off a little steam and have a little bit of a change of scenery really. this family live within the same county, now able to visit one of their favourite places. set up a picnic. a

mean there's a closeness there's an appreciation there's a love if you will in these species sweet sian's. pops bought song go in 1903 it's located in the saide valley conservancy a vast nature reserve bigger than luxemburg. at that time there were only bankrupt cattle farms here and there were no elephants rhinos or lions. tops in his neighbor's resettled the 1st elephants almost 600 of them along with other species. according to fox own estimates operating song will cost around $1000000.00 euros a year. around 60 percent is financed through what he calls sustainable use. in other words trophy hunting. big game hunters arrive and shoot an animal so that they can hang its head with horns or tusks on the water. because of the trophy hunting on his land pastas made enemies. but is that rightly so. the myth is that hunting destroys the entire animal world wanting takes out very few animals. for example if we have $100.00 leopards and we shoot maybe 4 of them a year but we have a rate of offspring that is probably somewhere around 10 by then this is still sustainable. so there will be no leop

sian lloyd, bbc news. that is just about it from me, thank you so much for watching.ime we get to the weekend, change is afoot. for coastal counties it will be a warmer day on friday but by the time we get to saturday afternoon across the north of scotland and particular there will be a blast of arctic air moving its way south where it's right across the uk, by sunday so it will feel very different, almost like winter has returned i should imagine but for the rest of this evening and overnight it stays largely clear and quite chilly actually and eastern areas and further west we have more cloud and a few showers to hold our temperature up. if there is a little nest and fog first thing it will clear quickly and plenty of dry and u nsettled clear quickly and plenty of dry and unsettled weather. however and those showers are making inroads on the weather front so there will be an increase chance of showers over the coming days. just about anywhere content tomorrow afternoon. up into the northern island and more cloud in these areas and not everywhere will catch a shower

sian lloyd, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon. people were gathered together, to create a citizen's assembly, hoping to find ways of reducing carbon emissions to virtually zero in the uk by 2050. but with the coronavirus lockdown prohibiting in—person sessions, the group has been meeting online, and the last session is this weekend, to finalise recommendations to the government. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has that story. if i don't think climate change was something that i was very concerned about. i was a little bit concerned about it but it definitely wasn't something i thought about every day. leah could have a big impact on the way we live our lives. she spends most of her time looking after horses, but since the start of the year, she's been taking part in the uk's first climate assembly. we need something that will work, notjust a pipe dream. there are 110 climate citizens, chosen from a large pool of randomly selected people to represent all walks of life from across the uk. they are being asked to work out h

asians tend to be lumped together into the group of sian" as opposed to filipino versus chinese versusean versus south asian. so, the numbers aren't great, but what we know anecdotally i that there's just huge amounts of ripple effects throughout the communities. and so, even when people themselves are not getting sick and-- and dying, their family members very often are. >> sreenivasan: this story, one of the intriguing parts of your story was that these people are going through this and feeling the effects of it while xenophobia is on the rise. >> i think that, as we know, asians in many parts of the countavrybeen scapegoated by the trump administration, and-- and supporters have been calling the virus, the coronavirus, the-- the "chinese virus." and thloere have been of-- there have been a big uptick in hate icidents against asians in general. and filipino americans have been targeted along with everyone else. at the same time-- even before covid, obviously-- there was a big uptick in anti-immigration rhetorimpc byhe t administration-- you know, sort of saber rattling around de-natu

sian has several businesses here.he is anxious for pontypridd to recover after flooding earlier this year, but she's frustrated. i think the longer we are dragging ourfeet and we're not giving any kind of clarity, it's going to harm. it's going to harm businesses, it's going to harm people's mental health. we are behind and it's causing issues. the welsh approach is unapologetically cautious. no plans have been announced for schools, as change comes one step at a time. hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd. now on bbc news, before the coronavirus lockdown, professional dancerjoel kioko returned to his home city nairobi, meeting dance students emerging from a thriving classical ballet scene in kenya. one month since the coronavirus lockdown started, 19—year—old joel kioko complete daily ballet classes in his home in london, with instructions coming in from his teacher via zoom. stretch out a little bit. second. let go of the bar. back in february, joel kioko was taking his final classes at the english national ballet sc

sian has several businesses here.recover after flooding earlier this year but she's frustrated. i think the longer we are dragging our feet and we are not getting any kind of clarity it's going to harm businesses, it's going to harm people's mental health. we are behind and it's causing issues. the welsh approach is unapologetically cautious. no plans have been announced for schools. this change comes one step at a time. hywel griffiths, bbc news, pontypridd. in england, from the beaches of brighton to the scenery of surrey, people are preparing for the changes that start on monday. in the new forest, most but not all families welcome the adjustment that allows groups of up to six people to meet. i will not be out gallivanting around everywhere. it is dangerous. we have to keep on how we are doing, social distancing. police figures show fines for breaching lockdown fell below 900 in the past two weeks. guardians of popular places like there still have concerns about what is coming. across england the rules change from

sian has several businesses here.ing earlier this year, but she's frustrated. i think the longer we are dragging our feet and we're not giving any kind of clarity, it's going to harm. it's going to harm businesses, it's going to harm people's mental health. we are behind and it's causing issues. the welsh approach is unapologetically cautious. no plans have been announced for schools, as change comes one step at a time. hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd. across england, from the beaches of brighton to the scenery of surrey, it's already starting to look crowded in some places ahead of monday's changes. in the new forest, most but not all families welcome the adjustment that allows groups of up to six people to meet. i don't think it'll do any harm, as long as everyone's sensible, yeah. so i think, yes, meet up, be sensible, keep a distance and i can't see it being a problem. it's dangerous. we've got to keep on how we are doing now, social distancing and keep everything closed. new police figures in england show fi

be marked with a permanent memorial at the national arboretum in staffordshire. 0ur correspondent sianas imposed. albert jarrett, aged 18, one of around 10,000 people who left the caribbean to join the war effort. we were needed at this height of the war. our services were needed. and we were very anxious to give our service to the country that protected us, because we were british citizens and this was our mother country, we were told. the place they set sail for was very different to home, on board ships that were cramped and uncomfortable.

sian has several businesses here.xious for pontypridd to recover after flooding earlier this year, but she's frustrated. i think the longer we are dragging ourfeet and we're not given any kind of clarity, it's going to harm. it's going to harm businesses, it's going to harm people's mental health. we are behind and it's causing issues. the welsh approach is unapologetically cautious. no plans have been announced for schools, as change comes one step at a time. hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd. now on bbc news — our world. new york has been the epicentre of america's coronavirus outbreak, with nearly 30,000 deaths in the state so far. as the virus took hold in march, doctors and nurses from across the us answered new york's call for help. this is the story of four of those on the frontline, told through their video diaries as the crisis unfolds. a warning — this programme contains scenes some viewers may find may find distressing. new york city has been the global epicentre of coronavirus. the president said this i

except for essential errands over 75 year olds being ordered to stay at home unless an american edison sian human has more now from santiago. the number of infections has just been going up and up and up and finally the government did what many people had been begging it to do now for the past few weeks and that is to declare a total lockdown here in the capital santiago just so you get an idea in the last 2 weeks the number of infected case of infected people went up 500 percent and that means that of course the hospitals are now practically full running at near capacity the government says that it will bring be bringing in more ventilators to morrow there are only about $550.00 still available for patients but the thing the situation is looking quite dire not just in the capital but in other parts of the country as well another of the announcements that was made a short while ago by the health minister is that anyone over the age of 75 will be quarantined indefinitely they must stay at home he says that that is because they are the most vulnerable sector of the population and would also i

here to discuss is epidemic specialist professor sian griffiths.ake the decisions and you see that in every country in the world. every country in every country in the world. every cou ntry affected in every country in the world. every country affected by the virus is making different decisions all the time. politicians in england have made different decisions from politicians in wales, scotland and northern ireland, i am saying that to emphasise that the science there. science is not a single entity. it is many different entities. social science, economic science, modelling science, economic science, modelling science, sites. all of that science plays in as advice to government and government makes the decision. any time, it makes a decision there is a risk that the other party in the risk that the other party in the risk is the public. and it is good for the public to hear the modellers, that alerts them to the fa ct modellers, that alerts them to the fact that even though they could do more from monday, the need to remember that the disease is s

we can speak to professor sian griffiths who chaired the inquiry into the hong kong government's response to have you with this, professor. whether or not the government here in the uk has reach that 100,000 target for the daily number of tests yesterday, it's very, very quickly going to have to refocus and talk about increasing that capacity much further, isn't it? exactly. testing is going to be key to the release of lockdown and we need to continue to push to have more tests, i think 100,000 was a target. but the real question is what tests are using, when are we using it and we have enough test to do contact tracing we need to in the community once we start to lift lockdown. because what we are going to need to know is whether or not any sporadic outbreaks of the infection occur, to make sure that we can very quickly act on that information and stop the spread going further. absolutely, we have already heard that today as well, very much testing alongside that contact tracing to make both parts of that approach effective. we have any idea what sort of number of tests we are talking ab