we recall a day 75 years ago when the nation, many nations, emerged from the war in europe when britainuffered nearly half a million casualties and when the vetera ns million casualties and when the veterans of that generation are having to be isolated. bagpipes play. cannon fires bagpipes play sophie raworth: and there, on this cloudless day, over the white cliffs of dover, the iconic aircrafts such as symbols of the fight for survival against the nazis. and of the raf‘s superiority. and one last word from nick. tonight the queen will give her message to the nation. yes, an address to the nation at 9pm, when her father king george vi podcast to the nation. this is strangely representative of the day in that there are no great national acts of commemoration, remembrance. thank you. and so begin today's events to commemorate ve day and to thank the world war ii generation for their service and sacrifice during those wartime years. given the current crisis we are living through now, paying tribute to them seems all the more poignant. you're watching bbc news. in the past few minutes, the

spain is one of the hardest hit countries here in europe. britain'sealth ministry has reported that the number of deaths linked to the coronavirus is now past the 30,000 mark. most 650 people died in the u.k. in the last day alone. britain has the highest number of covid-19 for talent he's in all of europe. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo has busted china for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. in repeated allegations that a virus escape from a lab in the city of wuhuhan, and accused beijing of initially covering up the outbreak. u.s. president donald trump has tweeted that the countries coronavirus task force will continue to operate indefinitely . this is a reversal for the u.s. president, who just yesterday said that the task force would be wound down. observers say such news would have signaled that reopening the economy, not ending the pandemic, is the administration's top priority. meanwhile, some models are showing a spike in the number of new infections and deaths in the u.s.. new york has taken an unprecedented, some say historic, s

are our top stories the world has been marking 75 years since the end of the 2nd world war in europe britain's queen elizabeth addressed the nation remembering her own experiences of that day in 1905 and in berlin german leaders laid wreaths at the country's main memorial to the victims of war and dictator.

are our top stories the world has been marking 75 years since the end of the 2nd world war in europe britain's queen elizabeth addressed the nation remembering her own experiences of that day in 1905 and in berlin german leaders laid wreaths at the country's main memorial to the victims of war and dictatorship. the european commission wants to keep international travel restrictions in place.

in the last day alone britain has the highest number of code in 1900 taliban as in all of europe the u.s. secretary of state's my home page has blasted china for its handling of the corona virus outbreak and repeated allegations that the virus escaped from a lab in the city of new han and accused beijing of initially covering up the outbreak or the chinese communist party about the us president donald trump has tweeted that the country's coronavirus task force will continue to operate indefinitely now this is a reversal for the u.s. president who just yesterday said that the task force would be wound down observers say such a move would have signaled that reopening the economy not ending the pandemic is the administration's top priority meanwhile some models are showing a spike in the number of new infections and deaths in the u.s. the hardest hit area new york has taken and president and some say historic step in its battle against the virus. this is history in the making. it's not the actual cleaning of the new york subway that's a film unusual. it's the fact that it's the 1st time

are our top stories the world has been marking 75 years since the end of the 2nd world war in europe britain's queen elizabeth addressed the nation remembering her own experiences of that day in 1905. and in berlin german leaders laid wreaths at the country's main memorial to the victims of war and dick.

are our top stories the world has been marking 75 years since the end of the 2nd world war in europe britain's queen elizabeth addressed the nation remembering her own experiences of that day in 1905 and in berlin german leaders laid wreaths at the country's main memorial to the victims of war and dictatorship . the european commission wants to keep international travelers.

redundancies pandemics devastating new vehicle sales and nissen is looking for new markets away from europe. britain's low cost airline easyjet is cutting 30 percent of its employees as a result of financial pressures from the pandemic around $4500.00 jobs will be lost across europe kariya says it will restart flights in june or fly fewer planes because of low demand ryanair virgin atlantic and british airways all also announced cuts last month a government test and trade system vacated 19 is finally up and running in england following repeated delays prime minister boris johnson and said it will unlock the prison of lock down anyone suspected of having coronavirus can order a test and johnson has just announced a new easing of restrictions around the country shops and schools can reopen from monday plus the rules for outdoor gatherings or they'll be loose and. i knew. the look don has taken on families and friends who've been unable to see each other . so for monday we will allow up to 6 people to meet outside provided those from different households continue strictly to observe social distancing rul

has real was relatively late and imposing a lockdown or now has the highest death toll in europe britain is latin america brazil part 3 is let america's worst hit country present her boss and also the krona virus is nothing but a fantasy encouraged anti-lock down protests and attacked governors who imposed restrictions and vladimir putin a was quick to close russia's border with china but domestic lockdowns came late russia now has more than 270000 known cases the 2nd highest in the world steve clemons as an editor at large at the hill and the host of the al-jazeera show the bottom line he explains why it's taken some leaders more time to take action. all of these leaders in a sense ran against the establishment in their countries they ran against science they ran against universities they ran against the ministries and bureaucracies they were out there set up over generations to protect the public but also narrow has fired his last 2 health ministers so donald trump his critique anthony found it was world famous as one of the great carolla just who has helped knock back to the aids and

just getting a break though, it's going to be very important for the economic coverage of europe, because britaints to france, spain, italy, all of those countries that have a similar coronavirus trajectory is us, sol similar coronavirus trajectory is us, so i think there will be quite pleased with this news commander think when those international discussions happen, the idea of that will probably get a fairly good hearing. this is a parcel of it on the road. at the moment, we are still not allowed into our friends and neighbours garden, so the thought of actually taking the fight and going and sitting in a friend's garden in italy or france is one of two steps down the line. let's stick with the times newspaper. "stop passing the buck." top scientists tell politicians. we have been told, polly, repeatedly over the last few weeks, we're just following the signs, but according to this article in the times newspaper, that's not quite good enough. yes. the president of the rest of society, the esteemed kind of scientific body has said that the government shouldn't just blame scientific body has sai

statistics office now says more than 32000 people have died of covert that gives britain the highest death toll in europe surpassing hot. globally only the u.s. has seen more people succumb to the illness. during the government's daily coronavirus briefing britain's new death toll joy one official last phone difficult guys. and what you see is that deaths in the u.k. is still continuing to climb and is. higher than we would wish i think is all i can say internationally while the prime minister's deputy was eager to point out that figures couldn't be compared at this stage there are different ways of counting deaths as we know we've had that debate in this country we now published data that includes all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so i'm not sure that the international comparison works on this you can you or you can reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way the government's latest hope in the fight against the corona virus now lies here on the isle of wight the island of england's southern coast is the testing ground for a new contact tracing app that could be

britain now has europe's highest death toll from. more than 32000 people more than italy the british government says it's too soon to pass judgment but scientists say it's clear testing began to link also coming up germany issues. russian national believed to have hacked into the german parliament 5 years ago but the suspect is also a wanted man in washington and it. wasn't enough to contend with the united states facing a new threat and invasion of giant killer hornets. it's good to have you with us tonight new numbers are making plain the terrible toll of the pandemic in the u.k. the country's national statistics office now says more than 32000 people have died of covert 19 britain now has the highest death toll in europe surpassing hard hit italy globally only the united states has seen more people succumb to the virus. during the government's daily coronavirus briefing britain's new death toll joy one official lost phone difficult guys. and what you see is that deaths in the u.k. is still continuing to climb and is. higher than w

we've had one manufacturing group that say it's isolationist because britain is going against the trends in europe where countries are pinning up and now britain is imposing this measure which many experts have actually said the government should have had much earlier in the crisis and many experts here are questioning whether is this really the right moment in time to do this now however it also has to be said that the british public has been quite cautious they've been very supportive of the lockdown so it might be that there is some disconnect between business groups and the public at large is there any indication as to whether the public supports this new quarantine measure to really say. i think it's too early to say whether they are supportive of this particular measure it has to be said that the public has been supportive of the british government very much so in the early days of the crisis very supportive and understanding off the lockdown however in the last weeks there have been a lot of criticism of the government's handling by commentators in the media particularly that boris johnson

britain has the high death toll in europe, surpassing italy. ly the united states has seen more people succumb to the virus. >> britain's new death toll left one official at a >> loss for words. >>what you see is -- >> what you see is deaths still continue to climb and is um, higher than we could wish, is all i could say. >> the prime minister's deputy was seeker to point out figures could not be compared >> at this stage. >>there are different ways of counting deaths, as we know. we now publish data that includes all deaths in all settings, and all countries do that, so i'm not sure the international comparison works. you will know that all countries are reliably measuring the same way. >> the government's latest hope why was here, the inland southern coast, the testing ground for a new contact tracing app, to be rolled out across the country. >> it let you know quickly if you come into contact someone with symptoms. >> is it too little, too late? even the government's chief scientntific advisor has now admitted failings. >> i have been amazed,

has the highest coronavirus death toll in europe and within britain people from ethnic minorities face a much higher risk from the disease. and food inflation is surging in germany as the lockdown measures make it harder and more expensive to farm and tarvaris produce we take a closer look at the growing problem. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program after weeks of lock down borders are starting to reopen across europe the european commission has unveiled a plan to revive the battered tourism industry and make it possible for people to take a summer vacation at the same time the german government has announced that it will begin relaxing border controls with other e.u. member states starting this coming weekend. border checks were supposed to be a thing of the past in europe change in zone germans were used to freedom of movement but the coronavirus put a stop to that cross border travel to neighboring austria switzerland and france was limited to those with an urgent reason to move now the interior minister has announced a road map to get the roads open again. that is simply that if p

britain now has europe's highest death toll from the corona virus more than 32000 people have died in the u.k. that is more than in italy the british government says it's too soon to pass judgment scientists say it is clear testing began to link also coming up the mixed pandemic picture in india the country is ramping up its coronavirus testing and reporting the biggest jump in confirmed cases so far at the same time on walk across the country are being lifted and crunch talks to help germany's struggling car industry sales are going nowhere fast and the big names they're asking the government for big face. off it's good to have you with us we start on what is a dark day in the u.k. the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic today hit the 32000 mark that is the highest number in europe and 2nd only to the united states globally while doctors say a lack of testing is still hurting the country a trial of a mobile phone app has just begun enough shorty's hope that will help contain the outbreak. the isle of wight the new testing ground for a contact tracing app that could be rolled out

crew who were making the film about the contaminated blood scandal which affected america and britain and europe and. it was a worldwide scandal but it was a very big problem in britain with. new medication being made from blood that had been contaminated it had come from american prisoners for example and it was contaminated with hiv and with we have a tight ease and one of the people we interviewed as part of that film was a guy called jason evans whose father died when when he was just a boy and i spoke to him again last week since the since since the lock down and we had a little talk about how all. the campaign the inquiry and his situation has been affected by things so i guess everything. coronavirus has brought the. inquiry to an end for the moment it's on pause. provisionally until september he told me if it closes for another few months there's only a couple of 100 left so there will be even fewer people who will actually directly benefit from the inquiry finding anything round the core of the karen tumulty. a lot of. the scene for us. will be already. just put a lot of life into persp

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major victory day parade at a later date 75 years since the end of world war 2 in europe to mark the anniversary britain's queen of elizabeth spoke to the british people on television at the exact time her father king george the 6 gave a radio address in 945 let's have a listen to some of what she had to say today at the start i took seemed pretty quick the end just didn't. come uncertain but we kept faith that the cause was right and this belief as my father knew did in his broadcast carried us through. never give up never just bad that was the message of the day. let's cross over to london where did obvious teleports has been following events emotional words there from the queen 75 years after britain was told the war was over tell us more. well queen elizabeth paying tribute to those who have lost their lives fighting for freedom and of course those veterans that survived the war we must say her fellow veterans because the queen herself in the british military in world war 2 she had backed her father to join and when she just turned 18 she joined and trained as a military truck driver just as world war

has the highest coronavirus staff sold in europe and within britain people from ethnic minorities face a much higher risk from the dizziness. and food inflation is surging in germany.

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we are covering the latest coronavirus development here in britain and globally. europeeen marking the 75th anniversarof the defeat of na zi germany in the second world war. events are scaled down because of the pandemic. the president expressed gratitude for the country's liberation for the nazis. a moment of silence was led by prince charles and his wife camilla in scotland. nicholas witchell reports. nicholas: in streets largely deserted due to the lockdown, britain remembered and gave thanks for the day when the second world war in europe came to an end. the nation's tribute led by the prince of wales with the duchess of cornwall at the war memorial. a cannon marked the start of the two-minute silence and moments of remembrance across the nation. [silence] nicholas: as the silence ended, the prince of wales laid his wreath in tribute to the second world war generation, which overcame the tyranny of nazi germany. the coshad been high, nearly 400 members of britain's armed services lost their lives and a further 60,000 civilians. over the white cliffs near dover, two s

setting out a comprehensive plan next week to explain how we can get our economy moving britain now has europe's 2nd highest kovac 19 death toll. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world european central bank president christine lagarde has warned the eurozone economy is facing a dramatic contraction of between 5 and 12 percent this year she said the slump was on a scale never seen in peace time the e.c.b. has unveiled stimulus measures to protect the economy. amazon's profits fell 29 percent during the 1st 3 months of the year that's despite revenues rising by more than a quarter the company says it's being wiped out by costs associated with the corona virus outbreak including taking on new staff. russia's prime minister has tested positive for the coronavirus state media say the 54 year old will now solve isolation 1st deputy prime minister andrei billets or will be his temporary stand in. in libya's civil war rebel leader has announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan the statement follows international calls for a truce of the country's int

setting out a comprehensive plan next week to explain how we can get our economy moving britain now has europe's 2nd highest kovac 19 death toll now a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world russia's prime minister mikhail was just and has tested positive for the coronavirus state media say the 54 year old will now enter self isolation the 1st deputy prime minister and rebellious of will be his temporary stand it. in libya's civil war rebel leader has announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan the statement follows international calls for a truce but the country's internationally recognized government says its forces will can fight ing citing a lack of trust in upholding the proposal. to the u.s. now where more than a moment 2 dozen states are moving ahead with plans to relax coronavirus restrictions and reopen their economies federal social distancing guidelines to cub the spread of the virus expire at midnight local time on thursday and are not being extended speaking at the white house president again spoke of the need to restart the economy despite

new cases falling across europe, france, britain and spain all lifting restrictions by the beginningnext week. turkey and the philippines dozening the same. meanwhile in the u.s. death toll passed 101,000 and cdc projects more than 20,000 additional deaths by mid-june. new cases of the virus are still rising in 16 u.s. states, holding steady in 10, falling in 24 others. but in some of those states, particularly in the southeast of the country, things are getting worse. cnn reports. >> reporter: this morning in montgomery, alabama, there were just two icu beds unoccupied. covid-19 cases have more than quadrupled in this county since reopening began across the state. >> we can't fast forward to the end of this movie and are trying to do this the way we're approaching this process and i think that's why we're seeing spikes not only in montgomery but also throughout alabama. >> california today reporting it's biggest daily uptick in new cases, 2,617. in every other southern state except florida and tex new cases are climbing, nationally, ticking down slowly for now. >> as we reopen if we

europe. nowhere to go and nothing it to eat thousands have been left homeless in the kenyan capital nairobi after the government flattened their homes in the midst of a global pandemic. britain has the highest official coronavirus death toll in europe prime minister boris johnson tonight and feels a roadmap for exit ing britain's lockdown and a televised announcement he outlined a cautious relaxation of the measures but encouraged everyone to carry on observing social distancing. and it's thanks to your effort and sacrifice in stopping the spread of this disease that the death rate is coming down and hospital admissions are coming down and thanks to you we've protected our n.h.s. and saved many thousands of lives and so i know you know that it would be madness not to throw away that achievement by allowing a 2nd spike we must stay alert we must continue to control the virus and save lives. are finding a lot of parts in london shows that divorce johnson say anything groundbreaking or unexpected. well we're almost 2 months into the lockdown here in london and the rest of the country and the prime minister that became very clear has a slow cautious and conditional approach ther

news line from britain and europe tags further cautious steps towards reopening with corona virus infections on the decline in europe germany eases border controls with neighboring countries and italy announces it will allow travel to and from the country from early june also coming out india supposes china in the number of confirmed corona virus cases there are now nearly 87000 infections in the country face comes as the government is set to announce whether to extend lockdown measures .

and we're also going to go overseas where britain now has passed italy for the most coronavirus deaths in europewe're now approaching some 4 million confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide with a quarter of a million deaths. britain just surpassed italy for the most deaths in europe. let's get the latest from cnn's bianca nobilo in london. >> reporter: wolf, the uk has the highest coronavirus death toll in europe. over 32,000 deaths in britain of people with coronavirus. while the government cautions against making international comparisons, at this stage what's beyond any doubt is how hard hit britain has been by this virus, especially in comparison to other countries. the sobering numbers and the deepening grief here will likely inform what the government does next to make them more cautious in how they unwind the lockdown, especially as their decision is being made in the early stage of the virus outbreak under increasing scrutiny. like a lockdown too late, testing too late, and inadequate ppe. as these early decisions are being examined, the chief science officer has said that while all the fo