you're watching the bbc news channel with carrie gracie. shows few signs of slowing, and the lockdown continues. millions of people are forced to stay at home, many businesses have had to shut their doors. but there are glimmers of hope, as some countries, particularly in europe, consider easing the restrictions. tim allman reports. this is mont—saint—michel on france's normandy coast. millions of tourists come here every year, but not this year. for now, it's like a ghost town. empty streets, empty tables, the lockdown in full effect. translation: i would say it was done like a military campaign, because at nine o'clock, theyjust said, "sorry, sir, you're not opening." that was it, it was done in less than a minute. it was very sudden. so we closed, everyone left, we just dropped everything. it's the same all across the country. this is the place de la concorde in paris, almost completely deserted. but things may soon change, president macron suggesting travel restrictions could soon be eased as france tries to get back to normal. for belg

i'm carrie gracie.s week — we have more than a hundred thousand confirmed coronavirus deaths worldwide. we're heading towards two million infections. around the globe, billions of people are trapped in physical lockdown with the imf warning that the impact on the world economy could be as bad as the great depression of the 1930s. a mere three months since covid—19 flickered into our field of vision, it has already brought human suffering on a scale that is impossible to measure. my guests today on socially distanced screens. catherine pepinster, british commentator on religion and politics. and canadian—born american writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman. and here in the studio observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. catherine, because you write on religion, and it is easter weekend, i am a non—christian and i think a lot of the audience will be too and i wondered if you think the easter message of suffering and resurrection and redemption has something to

i'm carrie gracie.nfirmed coronavirus deaths worldwide. we're heading towards two million infections. around the globe, billions of people are trapped in physical lockdown with the imf warning that the impact on the world economy could be as bad as the great depression of the 1930s. a mere three months since covid 19 flickered into our field of vision, it has already brought human suffering on a scale that is impossible to measure. my guests today? on socially distanced screens. catherine pepinster, british commentator on religion and politics. and american writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman. and here in the studio observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. because you're right on religion, it

my colleague carrie gracie spoke to dr paula moraga, a mathematician from the university of bath, whoss—referencing this against the capacity of nearby hospitals. we are using... we are working with models that will allow us to understand what is the number of cases we are going to see the following days, the following weeks. this will allow us to understand what resources we are going to need in the future. so right now we are using just basic models that take into account... we are in contact with several companies that provide data on the number of population that moves within the country. this is aggregated data. we cannot identify anyone. but this is really useful because we only want to understand what are the high risk areas, what is the probability of infection in different areas? because, for example, we may think we have removed an area with low probability, but if this area has a strong connection with a high risk area, this is going to increase. these models, as i said before, will be very useful to predict the number of resources we are going to need, the number of beds,

i'm carrie gracie.week, a world divided by hope and fear as some countries tentatively emerge from the shadow of the epidemic and others go towards it. even when lockdown is being lifted, other sorrows are just beginning as we all begin to absorb the scale of the economic damage. but death and destruction do not stop great power politics. the president of the united states has announced a cut in funding to the world health organization, accusing it of going soft on china. my guests on socially distanced screens — isabel hilton of china dialogue and stephanie baker from bloomberg news. welcome to both of you. and here in the studio we have the bbc‘s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. welcome to you. let us start with the who developments. stephanie, is that defunding from president trump a symbol of american withdrawal from global leadership, or is it something else? well, it's another example of american withdrawal from global leadership, but i fear it's a more cynical political move than t

i'm carrie gracie. this week — a world divided by hope and fear as some countries tentatively emerge from the shadow of the pandemic and others fall under it. even where death tolls are coming down and lockdowns lifted, other sorrows are just beginning as we begin to absorb the scale of the economic damage. but death and destruction don't stop great power politics. the president of the united states announced a cut in funding to the world health organisation, accusing it of going soft on china. it my guests, on socially distanced screens — isabel hilton of china dialogue and stephanie baker of bloomberg news. and here in the studio, observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. let us start with the world health organization development. stephanie, is that funding by president trump, is that funding by president trump, is that funding by president trump, is that a symbol of american withdrawal from leadership or something else? it is another example of american

i'm carrie gracie. this week: the first covid—19 infections in a lebanese refugee camp.ho warns of a rising curve in africa and latin america. and the world food programme warns of massive famine. even before the virus, 2020 was set to be the hungriest year since the second world war. now, the wfp says 265 million people risk starvation. and while the rich world may not be starving, it too is reeling from human tragedy and economic misery. my guests on socially distanced screens — mina al—oraibi, editor of the national, a news service for the middle east, and american journalist and author jef mcallister. and here in the studio observing the two—metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. mina, can we start with you? we have heard so much about iran through this crisis, but we have heard less about the gulf, so how is it tackling the pandemic and how does it sit in terms of its dealing with the pandemic in the middle east generally? there have been over 9,000 cases reported here in abu dhabi. the first case was first reported towards february in

i'm carrie gracie.ow of the pandemic and others fall under it. even where death tolls are coming down and lockdowns lifted, other sorrows are just beginning as we begin to absorb the scale of the economic damage. but death and destruction don't stop great power politics. the president of the united states announced a cut in funding to the world health organisation, accusing it of going soft on china. it my guests, on socially distanced screens — isabel hilton of china dialogue and stephanie baker of bloomberg news. and here in the studio, observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international

i'm carrie gracie.ly emerge from the shadow of the epidemic and others go towards it. even when lockdown is being lifted, other sorrows are just beginning as we all begin to absorb the scale of the economic damage. but death and destruction do not stop great power politics. the president of the united states has announced a cut in funding to the world health organization, accusing it of going soft on china. my guests on socially distanced screens — isabel hilton of china dialogue and stephanie from bloomberg news. and stephanie baker from bloomberg news. welcome to both of you. and here in the studio we have the bbc‘s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. welcome to you. let us start with the who developments. stephanie, is that defunding from president trump a symbol of american withdrawal from global leadership, or is it something else? well, it's another example of american withdrawal from global leadership, but i fear it's a more cynical political move than that. i think he's trying to shi

i'm carrie gracie. this week... the first covid—19 infections in a lebanese refugee camp. of massive famine. even before the virus, 2020 was set to be the hungriest year since the second world war. now, the wfp says 265 million people risk starvation. and while the rich world may not be starving it too is reeling from human tragedy and economic misery. my guests are on socially distanced screens — mina al—0raibi, editor of the national, a news service for the middle east, and american journalist and author jef mcallister. and here in the studio observing the two—metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. mina, can we start with you? we have heard so much about iran through this crisis but we have heard less about the gulf so how is it tackling the pandemic and how does it sit in its dealing with the pandemic in the middle east in general? there have been over 9000 cases reported here. the first case was first reported towards february in mid—february. they were a family that had come here as tourists from wuhan.

carrie gracie has been speaking to ruth davidson about the challenges the government faces without borisjohnsonlenges the government faces without boris johnson. an event like this is quite shocking. ina weird event like this is quite shocking. in a weird way, it is almost the flip side of having the addition —— the nation the night before. a lot of people saying they had been touched by it. they didn't know that they had needed her to give them that message, but they realised as soon that message, but they realised as soon as that message, but they realised as soon as she sat at how much they appreciated it. having the prime minister, who is such a big, ebullient, energetic figure, and also occupying highest position in the land, then being struck low by this, it affects people in a way as well. it shows that this virus is no respecter of position or rank. people from all parties and none wa nt to people from all parties and none want to see the prime minister doing well. that is part of our national story. i'm interested in your perception of the machinery of government at the moment, and the

hello, this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines...rus passes 10,000. another 950 people have died in the past 2a hours. the uk prime minister says coronavirus testing needs to be increased massively after it emerges just 2,000 frontline nhs workers in england have been tested. british airways is expected to suspend 36,000 workers until the coronavirus crisis is over. the world health organization says the the world will reach one million coronavirus cases in the next few days. in the us the death toll exceeds 5,000 as fears grow over a nationwide shortage of protective gear there. almost1 million people apply for the social security payment universal credit in two weeks in the uk as financial concerns around the pandemic grow. syrian refugee camps across the middle east are bracing themselves for this pandemic. millions of people have been displaced by the nine—year conflict in syria, many of whom are in camps in the northern idlib province, jordan and lebanon. the camps are overcrowded with poor sanitation. carine torbey has been spe

this is bbc news with me, carrie gracie. 0ur headlines...ed to treat patients with coronavirus. but no doctor or health care workers should do is knowingly go into a situation where they feel they will become infected simply because the government hasn't done its duty of ca re government hasn't done its duty of care to us by giving us the right equipment. going from business as usual, normal, relatively low levels of ppe distribution to the unprecedented level of use of ppe now has been a big challenge and we have still got work to do. the health secretary also confirms that 19 nhs workers have died since the start of the pandemic. the united states has become the first country in the world to record more than 2000 coronavirus deaths in a single day. police in the uk are urging people to stick to the advice to stay at home over the bank holiday weekend — despite the warm weather in many parts of the country. with signs of a curb in new infections in germany — the world health organisation are encouraging countries to be cautious about liftin

hello, this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines...it‘s better news for south korea as the number of newly—confirmed coronavirus cases falls to its lowest level since the peak of the outbreak. in the uk, the national domestic abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests for help over the past week — that‘s according to refuge, the country‘s largest domestic abuse charity. it says there was also a 150% rise in people visiting the helpline‘s website. these are the first statistics which give a picture of the potential consequences of social distancing for abuse victims. tomos morgan reports. it‘s been bad. i didn‘t care if i didn‘t wake up from the night before. i just knew what was going to happen. ijust wanted the days to go past, but itjust got worse. tara told me she has been mentally and physically abused by her partner for six months. he deleted her social media account, stopped herfrom seeing herfamily, and controlled all aspects of her life, and, since having to isolate with him, things escalated. you must

ina in a moment, all the latest unused with carrie gracie but now, time for a look at the weather, heref us, fairweather cloud developing through the course of the afternoon, hence the course of the afternoon, hence the hazy sunshine and the thicker cloud in the north—west of northern ireland and also the north—west of scotland. temperatures up on yesterday, looking at nine in lerwick, highs of 20, possibly 21 somewhere around the london area. through this evening and overnight we hang on to a little clutch of showers in the south—west, we also have this weather front coming in from the north—west, pushing south—east, bringing cloud with it and fora time, south—east, bringing cloud with it and for a time, heavy and persistent rain. generally, more cloud around than last night, not as cold but they will be some breaks in the cloud, if you are hoping to see the supermen. tomorrow, we start with this weather front, turning weaker through the day so they rain in it increasingly patchy. behind that, in the north highlands, brighter skies and ahead of it, still a lot of sunshine but a bit mor

hello, this is bbc news with carrie gracie. opened at the excel centre in london. in the us, there are more than 1100 virus related deaths reported in 24 hours. the biggest daily death toll in any country since the outbreak began. authorities in new york and la advise people to wear face masks when they're outdoors — but president trump's chief scientific adviser says masks shouldn't lead americans into a false sense of security. spain registers more than 900 deaths for the second day in a row. but there are signs the european death rate is approaching its peak. in france, restrictions on travel have been tightened just as the easter holidays have begun. police have been checking motorway toll stations to prevent mass travel as the break starts. 0ur correspondent in france, hugh schofield, has more. if you are a french family and you are hoping to take off for the easter break, maybe to visit grandparents in the provinces, the message from the french government is quite clear. think again. there is quite clear. think again. the

hello, this is bbc news with carrie gracie.he prime minister when their sissy. the queen is being kept informed about the prime minister? health. michael gove is also now self isolating as a member of his family is displaying virus symptoms. japan has met prime minister declares a state of emergency in tokyo and six other regions as japan struggles with the pandemic. china says it has recorded no new coronavirus deaths for the first time since january. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, is deputising for the prime minister where necessary. his first task this morning is chairing a meeting of ministers along with the chief medical officer and the chief scientific adviser. michael gove is now self isolating and has thanked people on twitter for their kind messages. he says a member of his family has been displaying symptoms but he is continuing to work as normal. let‘s go over to helen kat, he is in downing street for us. it is hard to know where to begin, but we should start with the prime minister and what we know and how dif