the right moment, then, to talk to the italian prime minister, giuseppe conte, the man leading italyst crisis in peacetime. it's his first interview with a british broadcaster since the outbreak began. prime minister conte, thank you very much for talking to us. we are now almost seven weeks since the first cases were discovered in northern italy. in your opinion, at what stage is italy at in this crisis? you speak of a phase two. you have spoken before about the italian model. italy was the first country, of course, in europe to be hit in this way, the first country to impose this lockdown. in terms of the italian model, what is italy's model for easing the lockdown now? when will the easing of restrictions begin? i would like to analyse with you a little bit about what italy has done right and wrong, partly because it would help guide other countries. do you regret being too slow to have implemented a full lockdown, despite the fact that politicians in lombardy, chinese officials, were advising it? your critics would say you didn't listen to them. but you talk about the need for gr

italy's prime minister, giuseppe conte, has announced an easing of his country's coronavirus lockdownt month. he says takeaway food outlets can reopen, and visits to relatives in small numbers can resume. but schools will remain shut, and social distancing will be in force for months. here's our correspondent in rome, mark lowen. it's almost seven weeks to the day, tomorrow will be seven weeks since italy became the first country to impose a national lockdown since the coronavirus pandemic began and now giuseppe conte has laid out a roadmap for unlocking italy. 0n the fourth of may, there will be various things allowed — parks will reopen, funerals will be allowed to resume, albeit with a maximum of 15 people. bars and restaurants will be allowed to offer takeaways again. manufacturing, construction and wholesale business will be able to restart. people will be able to move around again within their own regions, but not beyond, and they will be allowed to visit family members but will have wear face masks and no large social gatherings will be allowed. and individual sport will be all

the prime minister, giuseppe conte, said restaurants and bars will be allowed to serve takeaway food from may the fourth. parks will also reopen that schools are to remain closed until september. the british prime minister borisjohnson september. the british prime minister boris johnson has september. the british prime minister borisjohnson has returned to downing street two weeks after being discharged from hospital to he has officially resumed control of the uk response to the pandemic including the task ofjudging how and when the lockdown should be eased. more than £45 million has been raised by uk charities for people completing various challenges in place of the postponed london marathon. it is the biggest one—day fundraising event in the world, attracting 40,000 runners every year. but this weekend, the capital's iconic sights looked rather different. iam going i am going to do the 2.6 challenge for women's aid. to fill the void, organisers came up with the 2.6 challenge, where people have to do something with the numbers two and six, like sophie, who swam 2.6 km in her back ga

italy's prime minister, giuseppe conte, has announced an easing of his country's coronavirus lockdownnth. he says takeaway food outlets can reopen, and visits to relatives in small numbers can resume. but schools will remain shut, and social distancing will be in force for months. italy has been under strict lockdown, for seven weeks. here's our correspondent in rome, mark lowen it is almost seven weeks to the day since italy became the first country to impose a lockdown since the coronavirus pandemic began and now giuseppe conte has laid out a roadmap for unlocking italy. on may four there will be various things allowed to reopen — parks, funerals will be allowed to resume with a maximum of 15 people. bars and restaurants can offer takeaway again. manufacturing, construction and wholesale business will restart. people will be able to move around again within their own region, but not beyond, and they will be allowed to visit family members but will have wear face masks and no large social gatherings will be allowed. and individual sport will be allowed people will be able to go out r

giuseppe conti was an unusual choice for prime minister. academic and not intended to be prime minister. but he has absolutely soared in popularity during this coronavirus outbreak and he leads a fractious coalition government the poles consistently show that the vast majority of italians think he is doing a good job and that is the case with other leaders around the democratic world where they have also got a boost from their handling of the outbreak thatis from their handling of the outbreak that is certainly the case here in italy. spain, which has had one of the strictest lockdowns in europe, is now allowing children to leave their homes if they are with an adult for the first time in six weeks, and the government is hoping to extend the relaxation further so that everyone can exercise outside. there have been more than 23,000 confirmed deaths in the country, with 288 reported today, the lowest number in well over a month. damian grammaticas has more from madrid. released... ..after 42 days cooped up inside. all six members of this fami

the prime minister, giuseppe conte, said restaurants and bars will be allowed to serve takeaway food from may 4. parks will also reopen, but schools are to remain closed until september. the saudi—led coalition in yemen has rejected a declaration by separatists of self—rule in the south. a statement on the official saudi news agency said all parties needed to return to the previous status quo. here, the government is rejecting calls to relax its lockdown, saying the outbreak remains at a "delicate and dangerous" stage. the total number of uk dead now stands at 20,732, not including deaths in care homes or the community in england and northern ireland. it comes as prime minister boris johnson returns to downing street after two weeks of convalescence. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. he's going to be chairing some of the meetings, which he couldn't do during this convalescence, his time in hospital, crucial meetings that discuss where britain may be going next in terms of the lockdown and how it may in future ease restrictions. so straightaway, around 9:00 to

that he didn't want to see any kuroda bonds that those were off the questions off the table but giuseppe conti the italian prime minister left some ambiguity in his statement so we're really trying to get that kind of work out exactly if everyone was on the same page coming out of this meeting or if everyone kind of was in that meeting came out said it was great it has their version of it that they're telling their public that could be a lot of pages here to read richard walker in brussels tonight richard thank you were germany's chancellor angela merkel she has voiced her support for a joint rescue fund for the european union even if that means that germany will have to dig deeper into its own pockets today she stressed that solidarity with europe will benefit germans as well. the figure for germany it means we have to expect high a country view sions for the e.u.'s next budget with guns it's clear we need some kind of financial instrument recovery plan put on where we carry fund recovery fund and i want to be very clear here a collective response is also in germany's interest. are ther

qhutchinse minister giuseppe conte, and michael lewis.s, what hans when covid-19 hits ruralr doctors, beds, and ventilators? finally, scenes like this. the moments of love,q selflessness and heroism keepin( our spirits up in the face of a once in a century challenge. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt, former republican governor of north carolina, pat mccrory, and helene cooper, pentagon correspondent for "the new york times." welcomexd to sunday. and a special edition of "meet the press.">x@&h(lc% >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in televisionxd history. this is a special edition of "meet the press" withe/qó[ chu todd. >> good sunday morning. the week began with two national reckonings on the coronavirus. the first is where we're xdhead. as of this morning, there are more than 300,000 confirmed cases in the united states, and well over 8,0006m deaths. the federal government is now acknowledging that in a best-casexd xdscenario, somewhe between 100,000 and

giuseppe co nte i want to banish it. giuseppe conte there talking to our correspondent.thi rebels in yemen has announced a two—week halt in its military operations. ina in a statement, it was stated that the move was also in part to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. the ceasefire will apply across the country from midday on thursday. sources have told the bbc the coalition wanted to create space for the start of un—brokered peacetalks. the houthis have yet to respond directly to the saudi—led initiative. the un special envoy for yemen has welcomed the initiative and has called for comprehensive and sustainable peace. this initiative marks the most important move by saudi arabia to end the war it unleashed against neighbouring yemen five years ago. it's blistering campaign against houthi forces aligned to iran has cost many civilian lives and left yemen on the brink of collapse. there have been un—brokered peace talks before, as well a secret talks in recent months between senior saudi and houthi officials, but this will be the first time the saudi—led coalition has

joining me now is italy's prime minister, giuseppe conte. mr. prime minister, welcome to "meet the press." let me simply start by asking how you and your citizens and your own loved ones are handling all this? this has been a very trying time. i know you just lost a bodyguard to this deadly virus. >> unfortunately, unfortunately, it was terrible news. but let me say one thing first. we are suffering very much. more than 15,000 italian lives lost to their dear loved ones, to our society, to our nation. it's a pain, and in these difficult times i can only say america, president trump wants more proven to be italy's loyal friends. i want to thank president trump who made us feel his support and presence. and i'm grateful to american people for this. about what is known today, i can say first of all, since the very beginning of the pandemic, italy has put public health first, and for this reason, we have adopted very strict measures that you mentioned. and adjusted them to the evolution of the infection. second, the political choices must be based o

to engineer giuseppe shante wants to spark a food revolution with plant based protein and a 3 d. printer. to start up nova me his working on technology to replicate the sensory properties of meat. and in this process create special micro filaments and this microfilm is try to mimic henri sam but what is actually in moscow in story for the chickens. the tissue of a name is very complex is created in a year's very organized way and. is now working with a model a simplification so we found that. but theirs was able to order these micro fibers as if they were muscular fibers and when the technologies radio and when the scale is rated we will provide a proper food that has that back sure that period's that taste itself and is better for about. writes the code for the program and has just designed his 1st steak well designed it is quite easy enough then we have to make it real which is the hard part to created sure the structure. is quite easy but that's really one it's it's perhaps. so why go to all the trouble when we think about the way we are to. it that's it's quite know how we ha

giuseppe conte speaking to the bbc‘s mark lowen.ver whether eu countries should jointly issue bonds, which would see them agreeing to share debts over the coronavirus. the idea has been suported by france, italy and spain, but opposed by countries including germany, the netherlands and austria. italy has also been angered by comments made in the german newspaper dee velt. it said the countries of the european union should certainly help each other in the coronavirus crisis, but they asked with no limit and without any control. they go on to add, in italy, the mafia isjust waiting for a new rain of money from brussels. here is michael lowen. the italian government is up in arms, and has called on german government to distance itself from the headline. there's a feeling that the eu has got its messaging wrong during this crisis. a survey that came out last month showed that scepticism towards the european union has risen from 47 to 67% here in a space ofa month. there's a feeling this kind of wrangling that is going on is not doing an

it wasn't until thousands of people had been infected that prime minister giuseppe conte announced aide lockdown on march 9. vibrant, noisy italy was plunged into fearful silence. except in the hospitals, which were filled to overflowing with the victims of this cruel virus. mostly the elderly and the vulnerable. the death toll exceeded 10,000 before march was out. with intensive care units full, doctors had to make desperate decisions about who to prioritise for treatment. all the while, the healthcare workers themselves were in grave danger. in one of the worst—hit towns, bergamo, staff at the papa giovanni hospital warned the authorities theirfacility had become highly contaminated and was now a major source of new infection. one of its intensive care doctors is lorenzo grazioli who spoke to me from the hospital. i tell you that the hospital, nurses, doctors, technicians, whoever, answer like a concert opera house, 0k. nobody, itell you — nobody stepped down from it. did you ever come close to despair, to losing a sense of hope and maybe even motivation? well, motivation is one of

we've just received these pictures of the italian prime minister giuseppe conte, who's been visiting health workers and doctors — 150 of which have died of coronavirus since february. 0ur rome correspondent, mark lowen, has been speaking to businesses about their plans for the weeks ahead. for 30 years, they've been cooking up italian classics in family—run ripa i2. for seven weeks, it's been delivery only. but from next monday, they can offer takeaway too, as the world's first national lockdown of the pandemic starts to ease. phone rings ripa dodici. there'll be strict rules on hygiene and numbers. but for the owner's daughter, it's welcome. translation: on one hand, it's a relief because we're overcoming the emergency stage of the outbreak and can see a glimmer of hope. but on the other, we're full of sorrow because it won't be a simple return to normality. the lockdown has had a catastrophic impact. it's been the sacrifice of a lifetime to build our restaurant. we can reopen, but many won't. as italy starts to unlock, parks too will open up and outdoor exercise will be allowed. a

it's a blend of cotton and linen try to grind it down into a smaller finer grunt research engineer giuseppe look tony has showed me how it's done well it's crime some wanting to use a crime grinder there's a shuttle that goes inside and using magnets it turns the magnets on and off and it will move the shuttle back and forth between the 2 metal and smash the money using liquid nitrogen around liquid nitrogen the liquid nitrogen will just cool the money down to a brittle so it's easy to smash and turn on the machine. is on yeah that. powder morning then it's melted in with plastic and formed into pellets you melt them down and then you formed them into things like this right and this is a coin trick that is a coin to your money money back into your vehicle what is this tomato favors these are actual skin sleeves and stems from the tomato plants from hines's ketchup production they process millions of pounds of tomatoes every year and they have a lot of leftover why is this a good product for you guys to use we can use this to reinforce our plastics to make them stiffer but then at the same t

lockdown took place in italy and they will be able to back to that let's have a listen to what else giuseppe cultivate their italian prime minister had to say. beyond all this plan which i will present to you now starts from the 4th of may so we're telling you many days in advance because it's well structured well articulated well for through and it must also be accepted by you so that we can put it to work in the best way possible in addition to the decree that we are preparing for economic measures we're also preparing a parallel measure to unlock the country here it is not enough anymore to unlock individual yards we must unlock this country block. well in spain major saw if our leases underscore teens are allowed to leave their homes the 1st time in 6 weeks that happened of the last few days that petra scientists the prime minister has said that while restrictions on exercise in general are about to be lifted when it comes to ending the lockdowns full he says it's going to be a salt wait and see. a movie alice i would like to announce that if the evolution of the pandemic continues in a

giuseppe conte warned that the bloc could fail if it didn't take decisive action to help member statesbc‘s mark lowen. this is a big appointment with history and we cannot miss it. myself and other european leaders need to rise to the challenge and there is no doubt that if our response is in strong and unified, if europe fails to come up with a monetary and financial policy adequate for the biggest challenge since the second world war, they shall not only italians but european citizens will be deeply disappointed. mr conte also told the bbc that italy may start relaxing its virus lockdown at the end of april. italy has been under a nationwide lockdown for a month. italy is pushing for a coordinated economic response from europe. but there have been disagreements across europe over whether eu countries should jointly issue bonds, which would see them agreeing to share debts over the coronavirus. the idea has been suported by france, italy and spain, but opposed by countries including germany, the netherlands and austria. italy has also been angered by comments made in the german newspa

giuseppe casciello was enjoying life in his care home and loved joining the shared activities there. his 95th birthday. he'd had a career as a head chef at some of london's most prestigious restaurants. friends said he was proud, private and charming. a cherished father, a wonderful husband and a really funny great—grandad and great—grandad. he won't ever be forgotten in our hearts — ever. love you, dad. it is not only the elderly. danny sharma, a dj from london, was 38. he didn't expect to die. he'd been documenting his time in hospital on facebook. hilda churchill was 108 and died of covid—19 in her nursing home. she lost a younger sister to the spanish flu pandemic more than a century ago and lived through two world wars. she remembered seeing the soldiers off to the first world war, which very few came back. she'd only be a young girl then. she was tremendous. she remembered all of those things, and didn't half tell us about them as well! we weren't even able to say goodbye to her, which is very upsetting. dave roland was 65 and planning to retire this year. three decades ago, he

the prime minister, giuseppe conte, said restaurants and bars will be allowed to serve takeaway food from may the fourth. parks will also reopen, but schools are to remain closed until september. the british prime minister, borisjohnson has returned to downing street two weeks after being discharged from hospital. he has officially resumed control of the uk's response to the coronavirus pandemic — including the task ofjudging how and when the lockdown should be eased. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week... the first covid—19 infections in a lebanese refugee camp. the who 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, but it too is reeling from human tragedy and economic misery. my guests on socially distanced screens — mina al—0raibi, editor of the national, a news service fo

giuseppe was enjoying life in his care home and loved joining in the shared activities there.r as a head chef at some of london's most prestigious restaurants. friends said he was proud, private and charming. a cherished father, a wonderful husband and a really funny great grandad. he won't ever be forgotten in our hearts, ever. love you, dad. it is not only the elderly. danny sharma, a dj from london, was 38. he didn't expect to die. he'd been documenting his time in hospital on facebook. hilda churchill was 108 and died of covid—19 in her nursing home. she lost a younger sister to the spanish flu pandemic more than a century ago and lived through two world wars. she remembered seeing the soldiers after the first world war. very few came back. she'd only be a young girl then. she was tremendous. she remembered all those things and told tales about them as well! with at least three more weeks of the lockdown ahead of us, the duke and duchess of cambridge are urging people to look after their mental health. prince william said ‘the stress and isolation is building' and said the

giuseppe conte has been speaking to the bbc‘s mark lowen.ber of infections is decreasing. we are confident if we continue this we will overcome the worst phase. but we cannot lower our guard. we cannot go from lockdown to liberalising economic activity. we have to do it right away. when will they even easing of restrictions began? translation: we might begin to relax some measures already by the end of this month. does italy feel let down by the eu? translation: it's a big challenge to the existence of europe and to the history of europe. we're notjust writing pages in the books of economics, we're writing pages in the history books. this is a big appointment with history and we cannot miss it. myself and other european leaders need to rise to the challenge. and there's no doubt that if our response isn't strong and unified, if europe fails to come up with a monetary and financial policy adequate for the biggest challenge since the second world war, for sure, not only italians but european citizens will be deeply disappointed. if europe does

italy's prime minister, giuseppe conte, has announced an easing of his country's coronavirus lockdownod outlets can reopen and visits to relatives in small numbers can resume. schools, however, will remain shut and social distancing will be in force for months. italy has been in strict lockdown for seven weeks. the pandemic is another public health challenge for drug users in scotland, who before coronavirus were dying at the highest rate in europe. now a gp in edinburgh has put together a package of support, including getting medical students to deliver methadone prescriptions to those who can't leave their homes. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchannan has the full story. in these strange times, drug workers have become vital couriers. delivering methadone to heroin users who have to isolate. can you confirm your date of birth, please? could you take a step back? we'll leave that for you. it is all part of a huge effort to protect some of edinburgh's most vulnerable residents from covid—19. with no tourists to accomodate, this hotel is housing around 80 rough sleepers, an

giuseppe casciello was enjoying life in his care home and loved joining the shared activities there.rthday. he'd had a career as a head chef at some of london's most prestigious restaurants. friends said he was proud, private and charming. a cherished father, a wonderful husband and a really funny great—grandad and great grandad. he won't ever be forgotten in our hearts — ever. love you, dad. it is not only the elderly. danny sharma, a dj from london, was 38. he didn't expect to die. he'd been documenting his time in hospital on facebook. hilda churchill was 108 and died of covid—19 in her nursing home. she lost a younger sister to the spanish flu pandemic more than a century ago and lived through two world wars. she remembered seeing the soldiers off to the first world war, which very few came back. she'd only be a young girl then. she was tremendous. she remembered all of those things, and didn't half tell us about them as well! we weren't even able to say goodbye to her, which is very upsetting. dave roland was 65 and planning to retire this year. three decades ago, he survived th

prime minister giuseppe conte is warning a second wave of infections would cause a damagence of death the economy. isernor cuomo in new york setting out a phased reopening that could start as soon as may 15 and probably will begin in new york before moving to the city. , says, as long as we act prudently, the worst should be over. --lling stockpiles making it the glut is taking tanks close to capacity around the world despite saudi arabia starting to curb output ahead of the start date for production. it is starting to cut from about 12 million barrels a day to the agreed level of 8.5 million. the bank of japan is removing the cap on the amount of sovereign debt you can buy. bank has not bought at anywhere near that level in recent years. the boj is also in the cap corporate debt, more than doubling the amount it can hold. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. icahn isinvestor carl not buying stocks right now. he is hoarding cash, shorting commercial real estate, and parent for the cor

the prime minister, giuseppe conte, said restaurants and bars will be allowed to serve takeaway food from may the fourth. parks will also reopen, but schools are to remain closed until september. the british prime minister, borisjohnson has returned to downing street two weeks after being discharged from hospital. he has officially resumed control of the uk's response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the task ofjudging how and when the lockdown should be eased. now on bbc news, it's click. this week: contact tracing. home schooling. finding love in quarantine. and, would you believe — remote weddings. welcome to click. the days are getting longer and so is the hair, but we are still here. hope you're 0k. look, lara's in the house — well, hers. hello, good to see you spencer, how are you? what have you been doing, apart from growing your hair? i have been quite busy watching a lot of tv, actually — we are big fans of doctor who here, so on social media thousands of people agree to hit play on the same episode at exactly the same time, like seven o'clock. and what then happens is

in a televised address, italy's prime minister, giuseppe conte, said takeaway food outlets could reopen as could some sporting activity, but not with spectators. driving alone or with children would be allowed, and visits to relatives in small numbers could resume, but not full family reunions. he did cofnirm, however, that social distancing would remain in force for months to come. spain, which has had one of the strictest lockdowns in europe, is now allowing children to leave their homes, if they're with an adult, for the first time in six weeks. and the government is hoping to extend the relaxation further, so that everyone can exercise outside. from madrid, here's damian grammaticas. released... after 42 days cooped up inside. all six members of this family, finally today able to get out of their apartment block. spain's lockdown rule banned children from going outside. so while the boys played cluedo, the six—year—old had the balcony as her playroom. today, spain relaxed those rules. 8 million children, freed from their confinement. "i was bored inside", she says. "i don't like it.

in a televised address, prime minister giuseppe conte outlined the restrictions that were being liftedonfirm, however, that social distancing would remain in force for months to come. let's speak to the bbc‘s mark lowen in rome. mark, give us a sense of how life in italy might be about to change. mark, give us a sense of how life in italy might be about to changem is almost seven weeks to the day, tomorrow it will be seven weeks insta ntly tomorrow it will be seven weeks instantly became the first country to launch lockdown since the code of virus pandemic began here. now the prime minister has laid on a road for a look italy. from may before the various things will be allowed, parks will reopen, funerals will be allowed to resume with a maximum of 15 people. bars and restaurants will be allowed to offer take a ways again. manufacturing, construction and wholesale businesses will be able to restart and people will be able to restart and people will be able to restart and people will be able to move around again within their own regions, but not beyond and they will be allowed to visit

the prime minister, giuseppe conte, said restaurants and bars will be allowed to serve takeaway foodrom may the fourth. parks will also reopen, but schools are to remain closed until september. the british prime minister, borisjohnson has returned to downing street two weeks after being discharged from hospital. he has officially resumed control of the uk's response to the coronavirus pandemic — including the task ofjudging how and when the lockdown should be eased. now on bbc news, the week in parliament: hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament, as mps and peers return from their easter break and move into the virtual world. we have a twofold duty of leadership of members of this house. one is to show that we are following the rules that apply to everybody else, and the other is to lead by example in showing that we are getting on with our essential work. sir keir starmer debuts at a very different pmqs and accuses the government of dragging its feet on tackling coronavirus. and there's a pattern emerging here. we were slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow on protecti

we haven't heard yet from giuseppe conte the prime minister, and you get a sense a part of this, theis in the criticism that he has given to the eu and being very vocal about in the past few weeks and the government in turn as well, the underlying message was to aim it at the populists. that we have the courage to tell the truth and not to obfuscate, not to distort the facts and it is a big significant acknowledgement from what is the most powerful person in brussels who has said formally, we were not there at the time that italy needed us. spain's coronavirus death toll rose past 19,000 today after 551 people died of covid—i9. the numbers do reflect a slowdown after nearly five weeks of lockdown. but there are growing concerns that the toll may be far higher, with regional authorities in madrid and catalonia insisting they each had thousands more victims than the official count. even so, some workers in spain have returned to factory and constructionjobs, as the rate of infections has begun to slow. but unlike other nations, children are still not allowed out of the house. in france

damage that such a strict and lengthy lockdown has inflicted speaking to al-jazeera prime minister giuseppe conte called for solidarity. to think that the european union must show a swift and unified response to the replications of this pandemic we have to provide answers about politics finance and economic policy because it's in our interest and the interest of other countries the stuff in our early concern and so it also spain and all countries the face economic and social problems e.u. finance ministers have agreed a rescue package for member states damaged by the coronavirus but it may still not be enough for a country that had financial problems even before the pandemic we still where there are the wave of the all recession and now these eating especially you know the small and medium size italian companies a day dahlia manufacture sectaries steel number 2 in europe a number 6 in the world so pretty robust but it's made up over a network of small companies and they are going down fast there is cause for optimism infection rates suggest italy may have reached the peak of the crisis but

there is a road map to reopening that the prime minister giuseppe conte laid out.to action for that service. parks will reopen, people will be able to exercise again outdoors. they will be able to move within their own region, they will be able to visit family and relatives, but wearing masks and no large social gatherings will be allowed. athletes will be able to train again on their own. people will be able to attend funerals again, though there will be a maximum capacity of 15 people at funerals and they will have to wear masks. manufacturing and construction and wholesale companies will be allowed to restart activity, then two weeks after that, the 18th of may is the day that libraries and museums will be allowed to reopen. sports teams will be able to practice on their own again. smaller construction companies also will be allowed to restart and then from the 1st ofjune, well, that is the date planned at the moment for restau ra nts, planned at the moment for restaurants, bars, cafe is, hairdressers and beauty salons to reopen. schools, though, will remain shu

italian prime minister giuseppe conte says we need more firepower. do you agree? casetypically is that europe is a little slower to roll massive stimulus measures than the u.s.. i think that is the case in this period as well. i wouldn't describe what the u.s. is doing really as stimulus. it is more trying to fill holes. a lot of people are losing income and trying to replace some of that with the fiscal measures. i do think europe has to do more in terms of going into this deep hole in the second quarter. there needs to be more action out of europe. alix: what is it specifically that you think they can do? it seems like the crisis is moving faster than a lot of policies. dean: the basic strategies have to be income replacement, trying to ease financial conditions in whatever way possible. there are many different ways to them. address every place has their own it is that has their own ideas. every place has their own ideas. the service sector is closing around the world, and that is not something we've seen before, this kind of coordinated, synchronized service s

exports into and out of china at this point as they try to address the lockdown here in europe, giuseppe says they have to maintain strict lockdown they have advised continuation of the strict measures urging the government to produce a road map for returning to work confirming the issue will be reviewed at a meeting today. multiple reports indicate the measures will be extended beyond next week. i see, steve, the new leader of the option has wasted no time weighing in how long we should expect to see this >> i saw that. he doesn't want an exact date but he wants an idea of what it looks like the option is holding the government's feet to the fire without getting in the way of running this crisis. i don't have a job with that you are right, just confirming what we saw think is going t happen that is that this cobra meeting today, i think it stands for cabinet office briefing room a the prime minister still remains unavailable there. despite the horrific death toll yesterday. 938 fatalities 7,000 in the united kingdom. the medical experts believe the curve is beginning to flatten. the inc

toxic and giuseppe conte could run into a lot of problem if he takes the esm credit line.ing if he does that he is selling out the country to brussels. , we don't are saying want corona bonds, let's go for a special-purpose vehicle. there could be a level of mutual risk taken on by anyone. ando not have the details countries do not want to see joint debt. toy will say you are trying get an undercover corona bond and we still do not like it. the narrative and tone has changed and they are aware i need to get something done quickly because this is not just for the european central bank. until now, christine lagarde was doing all the heavy lifting. are getting that we vis-a-vis spain and its outlook -- data that we are getting ,is-a-vis spain and its outlook cases rising to 146,000. the total number of deaths have 13,000, 757000 from deaths in the last 24 hours. spain gives hope that measures that have been taken slow the virus down, according to the world health organization, which has faced criticism from president trump. give us a summary of what is happening in europe, wh

prime minister giuseppe conte warns that a second wave of coronavirus infections could cause irreversiblee. greece will begin gradually easing its lockdown restrictions next week as well. the first phase will see the reopening of shops and hair salons. churches and some schools will start operating during a second phase. greece's prime minister will unveil more specifics tomorrow. the mystery over kim jong-un's health keeps growing. there's a report about a visit by a chinese medical team, and another says that the north korean leader's armored train has been spotted near a coastal compound. he has not appeared for two weeks. there are rumors -- south korea says that rumors that he may be dead or in poor health are untrue. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. let's turn now to the oil industry. crude falling below $13 a barrel as the biggest oil wtf will sell out of its futures positions. the industry is running out of places t

now this evening we heard prime minister giuseppe conte say that it would be extended until the third we are today, of course, is good friday. we are in the, it will be the beginning of a long easter weekend. it's spring. the weather is nice. people are getting impatient. i have a colleague who was in one part of town where she saw a police car going down the street shouting to people through a megaphone, "you on the corner, go home! you walking your dog, that's enough, go back home!" there really is a feeling that people are getting restless after all these weeks of confinement. but we heard the prime minister say, let's not waste the work that's gone into confining or slowing down the spread of this virus, just because people are getting a bit impatient. wolf? >> very impatient, indeed. ben wedeman in rome. >>> let's go to china now, where life is slowly returning to normal. david culver's joining us from shanghai. what are you seeing there, david? >> reporter: wolf, it's interesting hearing ben there talk about the impatience and then complacency, too, and that is a concern here as