donna larsen, bbc news.ces are resuming in parts of australia under strict conditions, as lockdown measures are gradually being eased. but many churches, synagogues and mosques have decided to stay closed over concerns for older members. 0ur correspondent in sydney phil mercer told me more about how australians are adapting. across mostjurisdictions in australia's states and territories, here in new south wales for example, places of worship can now be attended by ten people. limited numbers, fewer than members of a football team but for many parishioners, it is a start. there are churches here in sydney who are asking people to phone ahead to book a spot because of those limited places available. as you said, there are large numbers of synagogues, mosques and anglican churches, certainly here in the state of new south wales, who have decided to stay closed because of concerns for older members of their congregations. and also some of those authorities controlling those churches and mosques are thinking that

donna larsen, bbc news. in one of europe's migrant camps in greece has been investigating conditions there during the coronavirus crisis. early action by the government has kept infection rates low and there have been no deaths in the camps. but, as said reza adib reports, fear of the virus has had a profound effect. for two months, i have been investigating camp conditions and fear of the virus has spread like wildfire. this is my home, malakasa camp near athens. the camp is in quarantine for 14 days. no one is allowed to go out and no one is allowed to go out and no one is allowed to go out and no one is allowed to come in. he hasjust tested positive together with his family and friends he is told to quarantine in this disused schoolroom, but no taps inside they have to share with their neighbours. they are not happy as it risks spreading the virus. at the medical centre, people are turning up worried they might have coronavirus. this is mrs recchi me. she says has a health condition. she says she has a so

donna larsen reports. italy's wait is almost over.and by 3rd june, there will be even greater movement, such as domestic and international travel. but the process comes with a warning. translation: we are facing a calculated risk. to put it frankly, we know the contagion curve may rise again. preparations are taking place across the entire country. beauty salons and shops can resume trade on monday. gyms and swimming pools will open on 25th may. cinemas and theatres will follow in mid—june. but measures must be taken to make sure people are kept as safe as possible. translation: we must accept the risk, otherwise we will never be able to start again. we should wait until a vaccine is discovered and distributed, but we can't afford this. italy has suffered immensely during the coronavirus pandemic. more than 31,000 lives have been lost — the third—highest total in the world. the rate of new infections has now dropped, providing a pathway to start opening up the country. the world's largest church is also opening on monday, after a week

donna larsen, bbc news. ambassador to israel has been found dead in his apartment in tel aviv. a police investigation has so far revealed nothing suspicious about the death of du wei, who only took up his post in february. the 58—year—old's wife and son were not with him in israel. in thailand, officials are allowing shopping malls, museums and fitness centres to open in a further easing of lockdown measures. but bars and clubs will remain closed. flights from overseas are not currently allowed. that means thailand's lucrative tourism industry is effectivley mothballed. our correspondentjonathan head is in bangkok and he's been following developments there. i think they are still hoping there will be something of a recovery. the official tourism prediction is that they will lose two thirds of the a0 million tourists they were expecting which is about a fifth of the entire economy here, but there will hopefully be some kind of resumption but nobody can say when that will be. they have continually extended the

donna larsen, bbc news.t obama has been speaking as part of a broadcast for the thousands of us high school and college students graduating under very different circumstances to what they might have expected. one of them is frances burton, who's the student body president for the graduating class at vanderbilt university in nashville, tennessee. first of all, congratulations on your graduation. normally, graduation is about possessing a long, being watched by your family, hugging yourfriends long, being watched by your family, hugging your friends and then those caps into the air. what was it like to graduate without those rituals? it was very word, a bit anti—climactic, like you described. those are the moments you wait for for many years. i think people got pretty creative with virtual graduations across the country. you have mentioned that we got 0bama graduations across the country. you have mentioned that we got obama as our commencement speaker, and we got the jonas brothers, our commencement speaker,

donna larsen, bbc news.utdown — that is the warning from the head of the country's public—sector finance watchdog. the head of the office for budget responsbility, robert chote, told the bbc it will take a long time for economic activity to return to normal. in practice, i think you are likely not to see the economy bouncing back to where we would have expected it otherwise to be by the end of the year, which is part of that assumption. but instead, a rather slower recovery, and that will depend first on the pace at which public health restrictions are loosened but, also, of course, on the way in which people's behaviour responds. so, if you allow people back into the workplace, back into shops, back into restaurants, will they actually go, will they feel too nervous? so, you would expect, i think, a slower recovery than the v shape that you simply make for that assumption. in the last hour, scotland's health secretary jeane freeman has been giving an update on the fight against coronavirus. 0ur corresponden