we've seen dominic raab give a statement.ountry knows him reasonably well, they've seen him talk about brexit, it knows that he ran for leadership. what can you tell us about dominic raab that might help people to understand the might be —— that might be the person making decisions for a while? dominic raab is bright, incisive, he can be very decisive. i haven't always agreed with dominic over everything, but i think he's always impressed me as a colleague who knows what he wants to do and gets on and delivers. he'll be absolutely on top of the detail. and he's not alone. we have cabinet in government in this country, and he will be surrounded by senior figures, as well as ministers. michael gove coordinating the coronavirus response, matt hancock i think has done very well as health secretary. rishi sunak, who is shown his worth as the chancellor. i speak not just as a his worth as the chancellor. i speak notjust as a member of the conservative party, but we have a cabinet that is doing absolutely everything it can to get th

, which requires an instant decision, would dominic raab have the authority to ta ke dominic raab havedecision. the uk government is governed by the cabinets come in the per minister is technically first among equals within the cabinets. the cabinets would be taking those decisions. dominic raab is obviously the authority delegated by the prime minister, and the cabinets would have to come to a collective decision on that. he would have to persuade them. and it's really a matter for the cabinets of whether he could have his say over all of it. -- he could have his say over all of it. —— cabinet. nowi he could have his say over all of it. —— cabinet. now i think in some of the circumstances, the cabinet would pull together on these things. the he is not a president, the per minister is not a president. so it's not as if dominic raab can go in and unilaterally make all kinds of decisions of his own back. unilaterally make all kinds of decisions of his own backlj unilaterally make all kinds of decisions of his own back. i wonder if you can think back into british history, has there ever b

i think if you look at the relationship between borisjohnson and dominic raab, dominic raab is very trustedetary of state for brexit while brexit was the biggest thing on the news agenda, and those around borisjohnson on the news agenda, and those around boris johnson wants someone on the news agenda, and those around borisjohnson wants someone they can trust who would put forward his addenda if for example he would have to ta ke addenda if for example he would have to take some time out because that is what the first secretary of state is, it is the de facto deputy. so in terms of wondering why dominic raab could act for the prime minister, that would work fairly well, but in terms of the other ministers, it would be whether bale can work like that, but for now clearly the message in a form ten is that for the prime minister dominic raab is still making the final call so it has dominic raab dared to make other decisions involving that. depending on what goes on you might have to see dominic raab stepping in but again this is very early stages because at the moment as we understand this is

in terms of running the government, dominic raab will deputise where necessary , we dominic raab willying to enforce a strategy and improving on some of the difficult issues like the testing. kate, it is jo coburn in the studio with victoria. how difficult is it, you know what it is like to be at the heart of government, the heart of number ten, to run operations when it is remote, when a to run operations when it is remote, whena numberof to run operations when it is remote, when a number of advisers have been self isolating and have been away. is there any danger in your mind of a vacuum, is there any danger in your mind of a vacuum, despite the cabinet government you have set out?” a vacuum, despite the cabinet government you have set out? i think layer under enormous pressure. this isa layer under enormous pressure. this is a really unprecedented time in history. a crisis is always difficult, you have to make decisions that often have a cost, whichever way you go. no perfect decision but right now the lives of the country at stake, the livelihoods of many people. as you say, it is

we heard dominic rav take on this press statement that we have seen every day, dominic raab gave hisquestion. he wa nts to know you pose the first question. he wants to show that the prime minister was very much in control, that situation will obviously change, but dominic raab is now at the helm of british government? yes, indeed. for the time being, the helm of british government? yes, indeed. forthe time being, dominic raab has the official title now as first secretary of state, that means that somebody is a de facto deputy, they are the official understudy and for him, this is also a huge moment, already this morning he chaired the government's coronavirus daily emergency meeting that they hold every morning but at that point, it really didn't seem as if he would actually be taking on the role. there was some chatter this afternoon among tory mps that the they weren't happy that the prime list wasn't stepping back in order to get better. now, this choice been taken out of his hands. so, when it comes to the way that... we don't have a deputy prime minister in this country, as you

the foreign secretary dominic raab has been designated to act in boris johnson's dominic raab has beenrisjohnson's place, and just a short time ago he spoke to the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg. since sunday, the prime minister has been under the medical ca re minister has been under the medical care at st. thomas is hospital after he was admitted with a persistent coronavirus symptoms. this afternoon the prime minister's condition worsened, and all the advice of the medical team who is moved into a critical care unit, in light of those circumstances, the prime minister asked me as first secretary to deputize for him when necessary and driving forward the government's plans to defeat coronavirus. and as you will know, he has been receiving excellent ca re you will know, he has been receiving excellent care at st. thomas hospital. we would like to take this opportunity as a government to thank nhs staff up and down the country for all their dedication, hard work, and commitment in treating everyone who's been affected by this awful virus. with the prime minister now in intens

dominic raab has been sharing beating so far. of structures that dominic raab will have to look into, and perhaps also some of the disputes that he might now have to arbitrate? so we knew that the cabinet was due to meet today in a very spring 2020 way, which had been postponed. that means it could be rescheduled earlier in the week —— later in the week. in the downing street flat. the gravity of the burdens placed upon him are unparalleled within our lifetimes. every occupant of every department in whitehall being asked to consider things, and attempts to do things that they had never been professionally asked to do before. that is the reality across whitehall. so you look at the department for transport and the strains on the aviation industry at the moment, the department for work and pensions and the vast escalation in the applications for universal credit. you look at the treasury and the unprecedented number of interventions to keep people in employment by paying the wages, up to 80% of the wages of many employees up to the

foreign secretary dominic raab... donald foreign secretary dominic raab. .. donald trump foreign secretary dominic raab... donald trump sent boris johnson his best wishes for a speedy recovery. the french president and many more on... 0ver president and many more on... over 5300 patients have died in the uk. that's an increase of it for under 39 on the previous day. —— 439. in the us... francis reported 833 deaths in the past when he four hours, its highest total since the outbreak began. the figure includes people who died in hospitals and nursing homes. more on those development across the world but first, our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from westminster on the latest about borisjohnson. less than a mile from downing street, borisjohnson is in intensive care tonight, in a personal fight against the virus that the government and the country is trying to beat. who would have known on thursday night that the health workers he applauded would be caring for him like this? brief glimpses of borisjohnson on social media made it clear he was strugglin

dominic rab said, he is deputising for borisjohnson, he said we are not done yet, we must keep goingn. i think there a particular concern, as there was last weekend that the good weather tempt people outside, as you say now, ensuring that third week of the lockdown measures, people being asked to stay at home u nless people being asked to stay at home unless they have specific reasons to go out, one daily form of exercise, only necessary trips to the shop. if they have to go to work, if they cannot work from home or to get medical supplies. the government really trying to get people to stay at home as much as possible in order to try and flatten that curve, try and suppress the number of coronavirus cases and suppress the number of coronavirus cases and make sure that the nhs, the national health service in the uk can cope with the number of coronavirus patients coming in. in terms of when we might specifically hear when the lockdown message will continue, how long for, dominic raab pointed to announcement of some sort towards the end of next week. the mood music very much seems to b

we do not know what comes next other than theharime minister asked dominant rap, -- dominic rabb to deputizeto mind the shop. kasia: and we heard dominic raab take onhe daily press sstatement that we'ing every day now since locked lockdown, seeing these daily press conferences. dominic raab gave his today. i know you post the first question in the daily press conference. heo wants t show that the prime minister was very much in control. that situation will inevitably change. but dominic raab now the man at the home of the british government. dominic raab as foreigne being, secretary of state now in the u.k., meaning sort of the defective deputy, like the official understudy. for him obviously, this is also a huge moment. he already thisni m shared therg coronavirus daily ecy meeting that they hold every morning at 9:15. that point, it really did not seem as if he would be taking on some of the roles. there was some chatnr this afternmongst tory mp's who were unhappy that the prime minister was not stepping backnd further,ow the choice has been taken out of his hands. kasia: when it comes to

prime ministerial powers have been handed to mr rob —— dominic raab.inal decision? yeah, it will be the cabinet. we have a cabinet government where the prime ministers sitting around the table. it is the cabinet to make decisions in this country. the prime minister leads them and seeks to get support from the cabinet on the decisions that they want to make and that is the way it works so dominic raab is now sitting in that chair, and in the coming days we hope it is only a few days before boris comes back. dominic raab will have to get support from the cabinet for any decisions he wants to make. we are ona decisions he wants to make. we are on a strategy here, a trajectory to beat this virus by delaying the spread of the infection by everybody doing brilliantly on social distancing so that we can build up capacity in the nhs and we heard today that the medics are now confident that we have the capacity if the infection doesn't speed up and it looks like it is not, it looks like it might be slowing down. so we are on a trajectory that was set by the pri

the prime minister has designated dominic, the foreign secretary dominic raab as first secretary of state that dominic takes on the responsibilities of chairing the various meetings that the prime minister would have chaired, but we are all working together to implement the plan that the prime minister set out shortly after this interview, michael gove confirmed he was self isolating after a family member showed symptoms. this virus is impacting the very top of government, at a time of unprecedented challenge. for now, normal political life is on hold. people are clearly anxious. i know the business of government will continue, i was in touch with the foreign secretary last night. and i want to say that the labour party will act in the national interest. and that's why i've offered to act constructively with the government and support them where that is the right thing to do and push them further where we need to do it. i want to send every good wish to him, to his fiancee and to his whole family. we are all willing you on, boris, get well soon. one of mrjohnson‘s predecessors had this me

i don't think dominic raab when he accepted thejob he would be dominic raab when he accepted the jobbe effectively a potential stand in prime ministerfor effectively a potential stand in prime minister for an unknown period of time —— amount of time if borisjohnson was not able to fulfil the range of obligations and duties that normally fall his way. i thought it was quite striking, james, this evening, and the downing street statement, that mrjohnson had asked mr raab to deputise where necessary, so it wasn't a wholesale exporting of his duties to mr raab and the british constitutional system doesn't set out a clear path down which power is handed, if the prime ministerfinds themselves incapacitated. it's a cabinet system of government where cabinet investors to a greater or lesser extent i equal to the prime first among equals amongst them and a big pa rt equals amongst them and a big part of a general election campaign in the autumn was built around doris johnson campaign in the autumn was built around dorisjohnson and his personality, known in the uk pretty much by his first name

the prime minister has designated dominic, the foreign secretary dominic raab, as first secretary of that dominic takes on the responsibilities of chairing the various meetings that the prime minister would have chaired, but we are all working together to implement the plan that the prime minister's set out shortly after this interview michael gove confirmed he was self isolating after a family member showed symptoms. this virus is impacting the very top of government, at a time of unprecedented challenge. for now, normal political life is on hold. people are clearly anxious. i know the business of government will continue, i was in touch with the foreign secretary last night. and i want to say that the labour party will act in the national interest. and that's why i've offered to act constructively with the government and support them, for that is the right thing to do and push them further where we need to do it. i want to send every good wish to him, to his fiancee and to his whole family. we are all willing you on, boris, get well soon. one of mrjohnson‘s predecessors had this me

i know dominic raab well enough to know dominic raab well enough to know that they would be expectedower is the prime minister is. there are powerful members around the cabinet who wish to meet collective decisions and that is what he will want as well. rishi sunak, the chancellor, michael gove and other members of the cabinet, all have a part to play. 0k. finally, i'm really interested to know what you think about the military language being used by some politicians, some parts of the media, somejournalists politicians, some parts of the media, some journalists when discussing this virus? they say it isa war, discussing this virus? they say it is a war, a battle, medics are on the front line, boris johnson is a war, a battle, medics are on the front line, borisjohnson will pull through because he is a fighter, as dominic raab puts it. you are a former defence and foreign secretary and you were during an actual conflict of the bosnian war. how do you feel about that warrior type language we know exactly what people are saying. it is not a word like the second world war. we are not fi

i think dominic raabis to take it easy.bstitute if one can call them that so i think the biggest challenge now will be to make sure the prime minister does actually take his time before he steps back into the heavy workloads that he was doing before he became ill. let us turn to the job in hand, discussion about when the lockdown is lifted and what it might look like, natasha let me come to you. maybe i should state the obvious that, so long as we don't have a vaccine it can't be business as usual? that is what most experts are saying, we won't be able to go back to normal until we have an effective vaccine. there may be some period where we can ease restrictions and we are already starting to see some countries like the ones mentioned in the piece, like the czech republic, austria, denmark, who were making some moves to ease restrictions to open up some businesses, even spain has said they might allow people to ta ke has said they might allow people to take walks, in the past, they hadn't even been able to do much of anyth

so it isn't as if dominic raab can go in and to unilaterally make all of his own bowel. you can think back into british history, has there ever been a time where there has been a prime minister who has been seriously unwell, and a stand and prime minister, and a sharing of duties between the two? well, it's the sharing that is the difficult point to get out. there have been moments in british history, and one people i talk about quite a bit is when harold in 1963 felt he was very unwell. i think there is some evidence that he knew the cancer that he was being operated on was in fa ct that he was being operated on was in fact benign, but chose it as a movement to stand down. partly because it was so unclear where the power should flow to, the conservative party developed rules of succession, if you like, after that. the sharing of power... well, it happens in everyday ways, in essence, prime minister goes on holiday, you know... has to be away ata summit holiday, you know... has to be away at a summit or something and delegate the power to take prime minister's questions

—— dominic raab to run the government.of his storing room and remain in charge with other people fronting up —— drawing room. ithink with other people fronting up —— drawing room. i think the consistency of having a prime minister in the health centre does help try things on a consistent and effective way. i think a change of someone as it were pulling the levers is a little bit of an impediment into the smooth running of what is a complicated day—to—day operation. i think that boris has established massive authority and confidence in the way he has done this so i think only handover, indeed we hope then only temporarily, should it really be necessary but from what i can see at the moment, going on overnight, have tests coming in overnight i hope to downing street soon should allow him to maintain continuity of control. that was alan duncan. i would just like to remind you of the statement released by downing street which explains what is going on. the statement says that on the advice of his doctor the prime minister has

and i can see why the government and dominic raab might be reluctant to ta ke dominic raab might be reluctant minister onboard secular do you think he is being reluctant? we don't know how long it is before the prime minister is going to be fit and well, and decisions must be made. it's delayed for 2—3 weeks because the government was in some kind of limbo. so we do need to have decisions made and propositions put oi'i decisions made and propositions put on the table. but this business of saying we won't say anything about what happens next is not helpful. and i don't see why the british public are in the position to not judge by the government are saying. does it feel as you expected? i don't mean in terms of how to handle the coronavirus, but in terms of the challenges ahead of you and getting the labour party i had of what has been a very trying time? for me personally, i hated selling myself into the membership. i much prefer having to take leadership decisions... you hated the campaign? i'm much more comfortable in this thani i'm much more comfortable in this than i was in the campaign.

dominic raab obviously tried to a nswer dominic raab obviously tried to answer those as best as he coulding there is a mismatch in the promise and the delivery of those promises on those key areas. and joe, i think you have a number of guests to talk to about this session this afternoon? well, yes following parliament in terms of virtual proceedings we can talk to three mps who of course would normally have been inside the chamber. iain duncan smith, the conservative mp and former leader of the conservative party, rachel reeves who is a member of the shadow cabinet and drew hendry for the snp. i would like to start for iain duncan smith, picking up start for iain duncan smith, picking up on that question of a mismatch between promise and delivery, do you think that the government could have done a lot more to make the testing for care workers and nhs medical staff easier in terms of access? well, i think the point that was made and it is the point is that really stands in all of this is that for the uk to ramp up the scale of testing has been a monumental effort and it is important that.

dominic raab said to biggest challenge was the ebb and flow of people into care homes.udes residents. it includes care home workers which sometimes work in different care homes. it also includes nhs workers and of course friends and family. that is the single biggest challenge in terms of reducing transmission. and i will not shy away from saying in front of the right honourable gentleman that this is a challenge and is a challenge we must grip and we can grip to make sure that those in care can get the numbers down in care homes as we have seen in hospitals and as we have seen in the country at large. sir keir moved on to reported shortages of personal protective equipment for nhs staff. what is going on and how soon can it be fixed? there is no minimising or sugar—coating any of those that he mentioned. i feel animated and inspired to do even better, but he needs to recognise on ppe that there is a global supply shortage and we are doing everything we can to make sure that those in the front line get the equipment they need. finally, on a strategy to end the lockdown,

where foreign secretary dominic robb is stepping in to lead the government that's after prime minister abbas johnson was moved to intensive care and on that of his covered $900.00 symptoms called worse on monday night this comes as new numbers show another 758 people died from the virus in the u.k. just the last 24 hours. this is where the most powerful man in britain is under close observation every branch of government was already under strain and now this downing street say the prime minister who is 55 was moved to the intensive care unit on the advice of his medical team he's been given oxygen but hasn't been put on a ventilator there is one nearby if needed a senior cabinet minister michael gove himself isolating said johnson is receiving excellent support as we speak bronzer is in intensive care being looked after by his medical team receiving the very very best care from the team and says the hopes and prayers are with him and with his family soon after arriving at hospital johnson tweeted i went into hospital for some routine tests as i'm still experiencing coronavirus symptoms

he has asked the foreign secretary dominic raab to detize for him. moments ago, mr.b gave this update on the prime minister's health. >> he is recving the best care from the excellent medical team at st. thomas's hospital. blhe remains sovernight, is receiving standardtr oxygen tment and is breathing without assistance. he has not required any mechanical ventilati or respiratory support. in keeping with usual clinical practice, his progress continues to be monitored in critical care. >> good to hear that he is in good spirits. during his daily briefing, we were also given the latest u.k. figures. in the lt day, 786 hospital patients with coronavirus have sadly died. this is the highest reported figure so far for a 24-hour period, but experts say the growth in numbers is actually number of -- lower than the predicted long-term trend, so a little positivity. this brings the total number of people that have died in u.k. hospitals more than 6000. let's get more from our antical correspondent jona blake, who joins us now. dominic ab, who is deputizing fordu the prime mini

but dominic raab did say there were some exa m ples dominic raab did say there were some examples intial shops that have been open which could be a guide for the way forward. i think it is inconceivable that they would come back without further measures, as are already being applied in those schools that are open for key workers, and looking at how that could be done. so the government is under pressure not only from its own conservative party members and the tory party grandees, but also the labour party and keir starmer, who has been saying the government needs to start treating the british people as adults rather than children. yeah, keir starmer of labour called for the government to do more to lead people out of the lockdown. he has used this phrase that the government has been too slow to go into lockdown, too slow on testing, too slow on getting the right protective equipment and now he's saying the government is being too slow in taking the public with them in publishing this exit strategy. we have from the shadow business secretary rachel reeves earlier. it is incredibly imp

that is not available to dominic raab. he is not available to dominic raab.have to work extra hard to reach that consensus with his colleagues. he won't have the same political authority that boris johnson has, having won a big election victory only months ago. and isn't that because there isn't actually... there isn't a codified rule for him, that is not his fault, thatis rule for him, that is not his fault, that is the nature we're in right now, but i wonder whether this throws questions to the future that, like the united states has a vice president, do we need to have something like that here? president, do we need to have something like that here7m president, do we need to have something like that here? it raises an interesting question. you are quite right to see in the united states they have a statutory vice president position. we have no deputy prime minister and it is very much in the gift of the prime minister how they delegate and most prime ministers are quite resistant to deputise, even when they are on holiday. i think it will be an issue when

decline in bars johnson's health if you like on monday now at that daily press briefing chaired by dominic robb one national reporter from a british broadcaster actually asked a direct question to the chief medical officer for invalids chris witty and chris witty really didn't want to give a direct reply now the question was does the prime minister have pneumonia and the reason he had asked that question is because on friday the prime minister put out a video in which he urged people to stay at home but that was the day he was supposed to come out of isolation he said he was still suffering symptoms of the coronavirus back then many people thought he looked very unwell appetite hence the question about pneumonia and this is what the chief medical officer actually said. i'm absolutely not going to discuss any individual patient nor to be clear do i actually have all the details nor should i think this is an easy between him and his medical devices i can give a general answer which is the majority the clear majority people who do end up i'm going to ospital all the they end up into a general

was admitted to hospital on sunday night after being ill for more than 10 days foreign secretary dominic robb has been asked to deputize as there was worry chalons reports the news came after a day of scant information and repeated lines the prime minister's hospital stay was just a precaution said downing street boris johnson himself tweeted i went into hospital for some routine tests as i'm still experiencing coronavirus symptoms i mean good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we work together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe but the reality was his condition was worsening later on monday doctors moved him to the intensive care unit it's in thomas's hospital in london during the course of this afternoon the promise his condition worsened and on the advice of the medical team who's moved in to a critical care unit so in light of those circumstances the prime minister asked me is for the secretary to deputize for him when necessary in driving forward the government's plans to defeat coronavirus. support for the prime minister has come from across the british political

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has been asked to deputise for mrjohnson.ngham palace said the queen had been informed about the situation. leaders around the world have been sending their best wishes to the prime minister. president trump sent america's well wishes to borisjohnson for a speedy recovery. the french president, emmanuel macron, said he hoped mrjohnson would overcome this ordeal quickly. the latest official figures showed almost 5,400 patients have now died in the uk — an increase of a39 on the previous day. in the united states, a senior new york city council member has now reversed his earlier warning that a massive increase in virus related deaths could see people being buried in parks — saying they would be buried on hart island, near the bronx. france has reported 833 deaths in the past 2a hours — its highest since the outbreak began. the figure includes people who died in hospitals and nursing homes. we'll have more on those developments across the world. but first, our our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from westminster with

the prime minister has designated dominic, the foreign secretary dominic raab as first secretary of stateminic takes on the responsibilities of chairing the various meetings that the prime minister would have chaired but we are all working together to implement the plan that the prime ministers set out shortly after this interview michael gove confirmed he was self isolating after a family member showed symptoms. this virus is impacting the very top of government, at a time of unprecedented challenge. for now, normal political life is on hold. people are clearly anxious. i know the business of government will continue, i was in touch with the foreign secretary last night. and i wa nt to foreign secretary last night. and i want to say that the labour party will act in the national interest. and that's why i've offered to act constructively with the government and support them for that is the right thing to do and push them further where we need to do it.” wa nt further where we need to do it.” want to send every good wish to him, to his fiancee and to his whole family. we are all willing y

there was this cross party call with opposition leaders with dominic raab.owning street saying iwas is constructivession, involving the chief medicalffer, the party leaders sending theo best wishese prime minister. this was just before the news at he was taken out of intensive care. they said we worked across the spectrum to ensure a national response. speaking to other sources to know about this meeting, concerns were raised by the opposition party leaders, lots of different people on that call. nsamong the conc raised,iv personal prote equipment for social care workers across the u.k. that has been a reputed ncern. as well, when this peay of the virus reached, whether there is a variance in different parts of the u.k., whether that is fixed into the modeling as well, the job retention scheme, whether that is working on to ensureon workers are capy the companies, or load and pay a n amount of their salary concerns whether that is working well. clearly, opposition leaders stressing, and while i want to rk constructively with the government, raising their con

and we understand the prime minister had asked dominic raab to deputize. a little bit about dominic raab. does he have the confidence of his cabinet colleagues? dominic raab was appointed foreign secretary by boris johnson when mrjohnson became prime minister. he was a prominent camping 01’ minister. he was a prominent camping or brexit during the referendum campaign and in the months and years that followed the referendum, leading up to the general election just before christmas. has been a minister in different departments around whitehall prior to his elevation to one of the great offices of state. appointed by boris johnson as first secretary of state, which in many ways is often an honourific title which means very little other than occasionally deputizing for the prime minister at prime minister's questions when the prime minister's questions when the prime minister's questions when the prime minister is that a european summit oran event prime minister is that a european summit or an event overseas that prevents him being here at westminster on a wed

dominic raabis speaking to the bbc earlier. dominic raab is deputising for the prime minister.this morning was to chair a meeting of ministers along with the chief medical officer and the chief scientific adviser. carrie gracie has been speaking to ruth davidson about the challenges the government faces without borisjohnson. about the challenges 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

for dominic rock to be taken that one. would leave it there thanks so much rory chalons. spain has recorded an increase in daily corona virus infections and deaths for the 1st time in 5 days the health ministry says 743 people succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours compared to $637.00 reported on monday the rate of confirmed cases also increased slightly go now to mark in madrid with the latest from spain so put all the numbers together for us because the last 2 days marty we've been talking about the number of cases declining in spain what is the overall picture that is emerging now well we have 5478 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours leaving a total of $148500.00 in 10 lost cities some for a virus in spain in 24 hours a 4 percent increase since yesterday despite these figures we have been this increase in the figures we have seen these decent aleutian every tuesday this is so cold to see effect and it's because of the adjustment of the data during the weekend so we will see how increase in the numbers of infections and in the number of fatalities today w

in the meantime foreign secretary dominic robb has taken over the prime minister's judy's world leaders have been sending messages of support. sending my best wishes to prime minister bars johnson for a full and speedy recovery my thoughts are with you and your family right now i hope to see you back at number 10 cern hang in there prime minister hope to see you out of hospital and in perfect health very crn get well soon boris johnson thinking of you your family and all our u.k. friends at the stuff time. queen elizabeth has also sent a message to johnson's family and his pregnant fiance kerry simmons wishing the prime minister a full recovery. ministers have faced calls to be more transparent i made concerns they under played how serious johnson's condition was for many it's another reminder that the coronavirus does not discriminate. so the death toll in the u.k. from this virus stands now at more than $6000.00 the number of confirmed coronavirus cases is much higher that figure includes prime minister boris johnson let's take this story in our correspondent short approaches on the s

foreign secretary dominic raab will deputize.sian stocks moved to their first back-to-back gain in three weeks. oil pushes higher ahead of thursday. euro area finance ministers look for agreement on a corrective response to the crisis in a crucial call today. shinzo abe says he wants cash handouts as quickly as possible. ."lcome to "daybreak: europe a powerful rally in the u.s. session yesterday. investors seem to be looking for the virus peak. cameron crise says, if you are looking for the bottom, it may not come for more than a year. manus: diamond warns that a recession could be similar to 2008. a trillion dollar stimulus from japan. the ministry of singapore going with liquidity requirements. good morning. nejra: if we wonder whether the rally will continue into the u.s. session, u.s. futures lower earlier. on these, seeing green screen and asia and also in terms of european futures. the big move yesterday, taking the futures above the moving average and pushing through the end of march high. do we get to a 70 handle? we are

dominic raab will deputise during boris johnson's absence.rime minister all across the world. what are your thoughts? well, minor personal, really, because i have known the prime ministerfor really, because i have known the prime minister for pretty much most of my career and he has been a pretty good friend and i helped to run his campaign and we have always keptin run his campaign and we have always kept in contact with each other and soiam kept in contact with each other and so i am sad to see that he is going through this trial and i feel very sorry and my thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time. his fiancee is alone, being pregnant, and also the other children that he has and so this is a difficult moment for them, but that notwithstanding, the bar as i know is a fighter. he never gives up, his whole life has been about that, so i am with him all the way as many as my friends and colleagues are. it has been very clear that he has not been well for some time now, but absolutely determined to carry on throughout the honours.

dominic raab far less well-known than boris johnson. after a few months at secretary with theresa may, then came back as foreign secretary under boris johnson. he ran boris johnson for leadership. he became the foreign secretary. he is now stepping out into that will. -- role. boris johnson a real colossus in british politics. talking one has been television just now. he said we are making decisions as a cabinet altogether. how long that can help, we know now that mr. johnson is in intensive care, it is going to be a long time. not a matter of days before he is able to return to work. yes, the added sense of uncertainty is really building here when we don't really know how the government is going to be run over the coming weeks. anna: thank you very much. you wonder to what extent the organization is run autonomously, but big decisions need to be made. minutes away from the open. up next, more on the companies pulling their financial guidance. a number of business is not able to see the. but wall street has been hesitant to give up its

as the foreign secretary is the next in command if dominic robb is incapacitated then power shifts to receive the chancellor of the exchequer. i think we can look at this in roughly a similar ways of. the captain on the ship boris johnson is still the captain although he's now incapacitated he's handed over the tiller to dominic rob but the course has already been set and don't they drop rob's job is basically to. to maintain that course he conte's. minister there is still this kind of principle of collective responsibility in the cabinet when it comes to many masses of states and particularly matters of national security so what else we're hearing about the numbers in that friends and. they are still very very grave in the u.k. . i don't think that is going to change for some time to come the. the indication from the government's chief scientists is that it might well get worse before it gets better 796 is the most recent figure that we have for a daily death toll that takes up so you 5 pm time yesterday. and that brings the total in the u.k. to 6159 and speaking at the press confere

do people consider themselves dominant or passive and what role does testosterone play and so what we found was that testosterone didn't have a direct effect on competitive decision making but it really depended on whether they filled out the questionnaire suggesting that they were high or low in dominance so some of our work does suggest that hormones do impacts behavior such as competitive behavior but interestingly in inconsistent with the sort of myth about testosterone is direct a fact this depends on people's personalities so the way we see ourselves. so testosterone influences our personality and in turn our personality influences our level of testosterone. high levels of testosterone a said to make men verrall and dominant and society either views such men with respect or contempt testosterone also fuels competition among men perhaps it's no coincidence that this hormone was discovered during the late stages of the industrial revolution and. in the $850.00 s. shall edward brown succumbed was one of the 1st scientists to speculate on the existence of substances that we now know

but, look, dominic raab has been deputising. lockdown restrictions have to be, by law, reviewed every three weeks. that first three—week period, the lockdown measures were just continued, rolled over, effectively. the next point comes injust under fortnight‘s time, so ten days, a fortnight‘s time. that is where the government will be looking. clearly, it will be a boost, as dominic raab has said this morning, to have boris johnson back there. but he will be weighing up the same dilemmas now. that will be, ultimately, his decision, what to do with the lockdown when the time comes. it's now been two weeks since north korean state media has reported any public activities by the national leader, kim jong—un. his absence from public view in the secretive communist state has fuelled rumour and speculation. earlier this week, south korea dismissed a report that kim jong—un was seriously ill after heart surgery. alistair coleman from bbc monitoring joins us now. you have been monitoring very carefully directed carefully, the reports and

but ultimately, the buck stops now with dominic raab.r is present, he is still in the old phrase, first among equals. we have cabinet government in this country so the cabinet takes responsibility. it is not a presidential system, that phrase, the buck stops here, was invented by and for american presidents. the british system is different. of course the prime minister is the focus of everything. of course the prime minister is the driver of strategy. but in the end, we have a parliamentary system where the cabinet is responsible for taking decisions and is responsible for getting them through the house of commons and parliament, that is a su btle commons and parliament, that is a subtle difference, it is an important difference. an important difference indeed but clearly, the prime list is not able to make those decisions, he has put his deputy out front. if there is a dispute in the cabinet, dominic raab has to make that final decision, right?|j cabinet, dominic raab has to make that final decision, right? ithink breaking any cabinets

dominic raab has been asked to deputize for the prime minister wherever that is necessary.epeatedly asked by journalists the press conference today, he was repeatedly asked byjournalists if he had the ultimate decision—making powers. because we know that a review of the lockdown measures will come up review of the lockdown measures will come up as review of the lockdown measures will come up as early as monday, because we will have done the three weeks that was initially set out by boris johnson. and really big, political decisions and political judgements will need to be made, but it is not entirely clear if dominic raab had actually been given that mandate. and there are a number of various people in the cabinet who we've all been told are responsible in some way, and dominic raab kept trying to emphasise this point of collective cabinet responsibility, which exists in normal times. but the phenomenal point here is we still don't actually know if he is in charge in the way that the prime minister would actually be in charge, and when these big decisions have to be made, i

the story of the data is dominating -- dominated by what is happening over the river where the prime minister is still conscious but receiving oxygen. dominic raab, first secretary of state, and the foreign secretary taking over the role of boris johnson. he will have to maintain consensus in cabinet, a difficult time for the u.k. there is in creating -- increasing chatter of a unity government. we have leadership from the labour party and it will be interesting how the opposition and the government work together. tom: we have a headline on the collapse of small business, the nfb survey of small to medium-size businesses showing a massive decline, no surprise on this tuesday and thursday, new jobless claim numbers. jp morgan considering 7 million is a statistic for the thursday weekly data. right now, here is viviana hurtado. u.k., then the dramatic turn in the coronavirus outbreak, boris johnson is in intensive care. mr. johnson is receiving oxygen but is not on a ventilator. raabgn secretary dominic will step in for the prime minister and told reporters government business will con

but it's still the dominant influence across the northern half of the british isles.etty heavy downpours towards the eastern side of the pennines. perhaps the driest of the weather further towards the south and west where we could well see a high in the day of 15 or 16. that low pressure is still the dominant feature as i take you out friday and move you into the first part of the weekend. but you just get the sense that it is drifting a little bit further towards the east and out allows it to start picking up the north and north—westerly wind. so the northern areas fully exposed to that wind, we will probably see the bulk of the showers there. elsewhere, saturday is shaping up to be a pretty reasonable day. quite a lot of sunshine around and the temperatures responding as a consequence. a high in the day of about 16 or 17. but it doesn't last. now, there is some uncertainty about sunday, it could well be the rain i'm showing you here working its way into the south actually moves a little bit further north. we will keep you posted on that one. take care, bye—bye. this

in good spirits and paid tribute to the stars who are looking after him and that that briefing by dominic the foreign secretary on monday afternoon mr rob said that boris johnson continued to lead the government to get regular updates well a short while later that became it became clear that he'd been moved to intensive care he wasn't on a ventilator there was one ready for him and he had received he'd been given an oxygen during the day off to noon or evening of monday so it's clear that it's serious it's clear that he has taken a turn for the worse in the last few days a lot of people now in fact saying that he wouldn't have been admitted to hospital on sunday evening unless it had been serious because he wouldn't want to avoid any kind of drawing of attention away from that national address a very unusual and dress to the nation like we know is a bit which you know went on television and screens around the country on sunday evening to some people wondering if in fact how much the government knew at the press briefing on monday that chief medical officer was asked directly by the report

now dominic rob taking over. it is curious in the press conference today, kate, it was noted by several journalists that the prime minister was underscoring how the nhs and beds and hospital is as britain nears the peak of the outbreak,. and one asking is he fit and well enough to lead the country at this point or so sick that he requires one of those precious beds that so many people need at the moment in the united kingdom. so i think that kind of question which was struggled to be answered by those at the press conference certainly started people asking that question. which one is it? boris johnson is somebody who always goes out of his way to project a vibrant and strong leadership. he's exuberant and he also doesn't like to divulge personal des. but clearly the health of the prime minister now is absolutely integral to the health of the nation. so people were asking questions this afternoon trying to discern is he well enough to be making decisions not just on a daily basis, kate, that pertain to this countr