this is the covid—i9 icu centre at mumbai's heart. with coronavirus and they need emergency beds heremortal. these are the 15% with serious symptoms. the ward is calm and quiet. with relatives and quarantined patients in the unit are alone. the doctors here are their only link to the outside world. the family of the patients cannot be here. they don't even know what the exact condition of their family member inside the icu is. this has increased mental stress for both patients and us. because we meet the patients every day and we have become the only contact. but it's notjust patients who have the virus. this doctor and herfamily of nine, including her one—year—old twins, have all had it too. she got infected in april. i came to know during the screening i was positive and then what the contact tracing was done we found that my entire family had got infected. by god's grace we all have mild symptoms and recovered. many doctors have struggled to cope. in another part of the same hospital feeling overwhelmed and understaffed doctors have been filming the wards and posting videos on soci

headed towards heritage of mumbai and we don't see the other side of mumbai that's i don't know me is beautiful if you see this or this item in the ground i was very interested i never said it is very vibrant and this river has a bigger. name in terms of this. is the most festive of your favorites of a lip service. to this walk is called the river walk it has degraded in recent years causing mumbai to become extremely vulnerable to flooding and water borne disease but the wally community of now part out that has lived along these banks for generations has a different approach to the river and forest many aspects of their traditional ways of life remain intact and in the guy's house is an embodiment of their philosophy a decades old star mined mound is safely in close. within the protective boundary of her brick wall she has no means of income and it is the community around her participants on the heritage walk that supports her in a frightening trend the government has now categorized her community as illegal settlers. they want to now demolish our homes we don't want a trace of the i

mumbai urban rush might seem. but the city hall is the 2nd largest population of flamingoes in india after the salt plains of the vest. flamingos are one of the few species whose numbers have actually increased on a taller just call this phenomenon. the human interference in an ecosystem can occasionally actually benefit my life. and the interference in tiny creek is enormous as it acts as a dumping ground for untreated domestic and industrial be used for a large part of the city the sea which in turn promotes the growth of on which the flamingos tribe. are mythologists son jim has been following these birds since they 1st arrived he believes that by and they are doing well at the moment the balance is a delicate one. so one of the reasons for that the expansion of the flamingo in the memory region along the tiny creek may have been the refineries themselves in our long my will. which really is warm water so creeks may have been just polluted as i say you know just sort of the effect of warmth is there in the wate

this is the covid—19 icu centre at mumbai's heart. 15—20% of doctors who are infected with coronavirus and they need emergency beds here and out of them 3% is the mortality rate. these are the ones with serious symptoms. with relatives in quarantine patients in the unit are alone. the doctors here are their only link to the outside world. the family of the patients cannot be here. they don't even know what the exact condition of their family member inside the icu is. this has increased mental stress for both patients and us. because we meet the patients every day and we have become their only contact. but it's notjust patients who have the virus. this doctor and herfamily of nine, including her one—year—old twins, have all had it too. she got infected in april. i came to know during the screening i was positive and then while the contact tracing was done we found that my entire family had got infected. by god's grace we all had mild symptoms and recovered. many doctors have struggled to cope. in another part of the same hospital, feel

the city of mumbai has nearly 70,000 coronavirus cases, some are being treated here at the king edwardanted exclusive access to the intensive care unit. this woman shows us around. the doctor has worked here for ten years but the last three months have been the most difficult. we have to think and act on critical patients critically so you can imagine is a very big challenge, mentally, physically, it's very tiring and takes a big toll on the body.

reason again why is it that we're seeing this easing longer set seeing in major urban areas like mumbai there is an op spike in infections mostly basically the government is going to death but you must be low on health for live the coup now 5 years that the economic impact of the lockdown is still massive and that i also see that this not only not don has been used to help ok structure but as you point out there are serious concerns do with the quantity of this that are fresh reports coming out of the regularly from mumbai of bodies like the always the possibility of more dead smell of being available and be shown sleeping on the floor or even in delhi the public wants that we shouldn't look from nakul that hospital is going to find that when we do close in hospitals now boats delhi and mumbai say they are trying their best that a new exploits and measure has been rolled out but this is much more of firefighting a blitz and not one sentence but expect to see from governments that are carrying out such massive easing what about rural areas how are they coping with the pandemic. that'll b

now it actually made landfall about 95 kilometers to the southeast of mumbai but when it came on shore that was a local time hoppus one local time but the winds are sustained about 100 kilometers now gusting higher than that and it has been moving very quickly up to the northeast at about 20 kilometers an hour it is expected to continue to move at a fairly good race over the next couple days this is always good news as it comes onshore it will lose a lot of its power a lot of the energy of course interacts with dry conditions and it doesn't have the fuel coming from the warm water now the quicker it moves as well the less time it has to actually produce these heavy amounts of rain however it is moving as you can see through much of pradesh and then as we go on into friday or last you push it further to the north the northeast heading up into utah pradesh all the while taking those really heavy rains with it and eventually pushing up into areas of the pool as well as the amount of rain that will accumulate in the next 23 days it is quite substantial areas in some areas you see where the

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai.ign rally since the start of america's coronavirus lockdown. earlier in the week he'd said almost a million people wanted to attend the event in oklahoma — but large sections of the 19,000 seat venue remained empty. our north america editor jon sopel reports. look at donald trump's face as the door on air force one opens. is he happy to be back on the road again? he's delighted. but he'd have been less than thrilled by what he saw at the venue. he'd said in the week that a million had signed up for tickets, but the overflow was empty, and inside, acres of empty seats. the arena has a capacity of 19,000. the fire marshal today confirmed there were only 6,200 present. i stand before you today to declare the silent majority is stronger than ever before. cheering more like the absent majority. despite speaking for over 1.5 hours, not once did he mention george floyd or the police brutality that led to his death. instead, he focused on the protesters, and how his 2020 rival, joe biden, woul

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai.uld have been a golden summer for britain's school—leavers, but in many parts of the country the virus has taken awayjobs and freedom. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim in certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner." cheering as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: police in britain have said they're treating the fatal stabbing of three people in a p

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai.ency, which means that from sunday, it has been welcoming back visitors from a number of countries. arrivals are no longer required to self—isolate for two weeks on arrival, as guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. after three months of lockdown, spain has opened up to the world again. for many, it's a huge relief. as it lifts its border restrictions, foreign visitors from most of the eu, schengen and the uk no longer have to undergo a two—week quarantine on arrival. many of those arriving at madrid airport today were foreigners who live or work in the city, returning after three months of having to stay away. oh, i feel very special. i'm wondering whether i'm allowed to give a big hug to my family, or not. ifeel great, because i'm going to be back working like normal. i'm going to get to see my people. i haven't met anybody for three months, only by video, and i'm tired of these video calls. spain has onlyjust lifted its travel restrictions forforeigners, so the number of people arriving

welcome this is equal india and i'm sunk that i'm coming to you from my makeshift home studio here in mumbai. show me other pride of. this year with reduced human activity due to the lockdown exploits of the bombay natural history society that their numbers increased by 25 percent year on year the society has been conducting an important. find out how and why for me. by too late or to at least pick. my witness is one of the greatest natural spectacles on earth when reading flamingos descend on its creeks and. their numbers were some of the highest ever recorded since they began arriving in the 1980s. this is the birds were given an extra treat india impose its own coronavirus logged on and most humans disappeared from the breeding grounds. and served up a feast for the birds. plants and blue green algae attract them annually from southern europe and the middle east. works with the bomb in natural history society and is heading a 10 year long monitoring project. actually going. from all these outer bands. march 2000. to 4005. 100 from. urban rush might seem. but the city holds the 2nd largest

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai.his week the government in the uk is to bring forward proposals on how to safely reduce the two metre social distancing rule in england. the health secretary matt hancock says any change would come alongside other safety measures. here's our political correspondent chris mason. the signs, they are a changing. in the next few days, the government's expected to announce that from early next month, people in england won't have to keep two metres apart was not the health secretary says a plan will be published allowing the distance to shrink alongside new measures to cut the risk of getting the virus. we have seen in lots of the retail that has opened, lots of shops, perspex screens. obviously, you can be closer to two metres with a perspex screen and the risk of transmission is very, very low. masks also make an impact, hence the rule that masks must be worn on public transport and in hospitals. some unlikely ta keaway in hospitals. some unlikely takeaway venues have popped up under the e

a mumbai family lost two members beforer they could get pro care. many stories of dpair and helplessness. and even as a situation is grimmer than ever, india isck lifting its lown. economic components have dreno the government open up the country again, and for many people, even in hotspots like mumbai, there is no option now to t avoid publicnsport or to stay indoors. and everye they steppedut, it is with the knowledge and fear that if you get sick, y could ll be on your own. front-line workers say noton enough isto contain the virus. >> people were expecting from the lockdown is that the first thing we will try to break the oaininfection. we will try to break the spread, and for that, what was nded isex nsive testing, but now we see it was unplanned. reporter: there could be half a the end of july, the government has said, and a shortage of 80,000 hospital beds. the moment that many have feared since the virus reached the country is here. s,bbc nndia. katty: so that is the situation in india. meanwhile, here in the united states, 21 states out of

he has warned that hospital b would nable to deal with such an outbreak, and the numbec es in mumbai surpassed even wuhan in china, where, of course, the virus first. appear reourter has more. reporter:am a fily that was preparing for a celebration is now in mourning. forwe hours, the from hospital to hospital. eight weeks p wn she started getting breathless, some hospitals saidhe were too full because of covid-19. others were too scared of it. she died in an ambulance. >> i feel so alone. i have no words. my son asks me where his mother is. i do not know what to say to him. she was such a good person. we are devastated. reporter: this man is waiting for his wife to be treated. he says hospitals are turning them away. after many hours, she was admitted. social media is flooded with people calling for help. a woman in delhi made a desperate appeal for her father. a former mp struggle to save his knees. a mumbai family lost two members before they could get proper too many stories of despair and lplessness. and even as a situation is grimmer than ever, india is lifting its lockdown. ec

we've mentioned delhi — but mumbai is the worst affected city in india.ing immense strain on its hospitals. the bbc‘s mayuresh konnur has been given access to an intensive care unit in the king edward memorial hospital — one of mumbai's best known hospitals. here's what he saw. beeps. these are the 15 persons with serious symptoms. the ward is calm and quiet. with relatives in quarantine, patients in the units are alone. the doctors here are their only link to the outside world. translation: the family of the patients cannot be here. they don't even know what the exact condition of the family member in the icu. this has increased mental stress for both patients and us. because we meet the patients every day. we become their only immediate contact. it's notjust the patients who have the virus. this doctor and her family of nine including her one—year—old twins have all had it too. she got infected in april. many doctors have struggled to cope. in another part of the same hospital feeling overwhelmed and understaffed, resident doctors have been filming the

asia's largest slum, dharavi, mumbai.of native american volunteers who have banded together to help some of the tribal nations hit hardest by covid—i9 in some of the remotest areas of the united states, without running water or electricity or internet access. jo overton in utah started by helping to source a0 masks. now she helps co—ordinate the distribution of thousands of pieces of life—saving equipment. she's working across tribal lines, monitoring the rise in covid cases every day. navajo was the very first to get covid back in april, maybe the end of march, and it happened at a large gathering and then people went home and they were in fact did and it infected hundreds of families initially. if you're native american, you're at least ten times more likely to get covid, and you're at least four times more likely to die from it. in different areas, there are higher numbers, but that's about the average, and that's on or off the reservation. jo, tell us about some of the particular challenges that are faced in trying to

next, we go to dharavi, in the indian city of mumbai.fjust one square mile, so social distancing is pretty much impossible. kiran dighavkar has been overseeing the official response. so, in just 2.5 square kilometre area, you will find i million people in dharavi, and they are all staying in a small houses of ten feet by 15 feet, small houses and usually you will find structures of ground plus one storey or two storey, in which people are staying in ground storey. and on first and second floor, there are factories, small factories, where these people are working. so how is it possible to socially distance, let alone isolate, when you've got a virus among you? 80% of people depend on community toilets, public toilets and they do not have their own individual toilets. second important part in dharavi, all workers, labourers, migrants, they depend on outside food in dharavi. they do not cook food inside. maybe 30%—a0% of people, do not have kitchens inside their houses. theyjust depend on outside food. when the lockdown was declared, most o

it made landfall just south of mumbai.ens of thousands of people have been evacuated ahead of time to the eye of the cyclone narrowl missed the city, which has been grappling with the coronavirus. >> india's weather department has said that the cyclone has made landfall in the district sout of mumbai. the exact location anticipated to be about 100 kilometers south of the city. i have seen video people of film from there where you can see really heavy rain lashing ashore, big waves comingo the coast as well. and these tall coconut trees swaying wildly. over the last 24 hours, tens of thousands of people all along the coast of the state of which mumbai is the capital have been evacuad in the city. police are trying to move homeless people to shelters. they haven't told -- they have been told since yesterday not to go out. katty: this week in mexico, we saw two very different developments in the country's battle against the coronavirus. on the one hand, the country began opening of its economy and allowed construction sites a

as news of his death came, fans gathered outside his home in mumbai.ame to this house to pay my respects. it was my favourite. it was a good. he did lots of good movies. he grew from being a small actor to a big. police have reported that the actor might have taken his own life. the news has shocked the indian film industry and has once again put the spot light on the importance of mental health. sushant singh importance of mental health. susha nt singh rajput importance of mental health. sushant singh rajput was reportedly battling depression. deepika padukone is one of many bollywood celebrities are speaking about the need to seek help after the news broke. 0utside help after the news broke. outside the actors home, his uncle was one of those coming to terms with the news. translation: last night i was watching this programme on my mobile phone and today i got a call from my son saying there was news running about sushant, ask us where we were. i turned on the television and i broke down. i used to play with him when he was a kid. he was a brave boy

a vague question of a given that yes you had in one sense pressure points from cities like mumbai one of the highest order in india up that a body is lying in the hallways of hospital and now that i've beds under the beds i'm not a wee little and that patients are sleeping on the floor in delhi has that you heard what the patients don't know we have from non-chord hospital. and all is fine with hospitals on their own not as well as daley has set the building up assistance of his does not happen again. but discipline is needed firefighting and does not equal the kind of wanted ins you would expect from a country that has that such massive easing the measure thanks so much for that from delhi for a start. we have some football for you now in the german bund us league of brasil munson gladbach host and struggling in your own berlin sunday night labaki to win to stay among the top 4 in order to play among europe's best next season and it all went according to plan including the moment when one player gave his support to protesters in the u.s. . brasil munchkin bloodbath are determined to

what about places like mumbai, rio, jakarta? about places like mumbai, rio, jakarta ? world? just like richard and sully have mentioned, i don't think it is really about density or the scale of the cities. it is notjust the large densities that got pally hit. they we re densities that got pally hit. they were the ones where density is poorly managed and by that i mean neighbourhoods that have substandard housing, lack of public spaces, they have either poor infrastructure or absent infrastructure and these are the places where slums and poor settle m e nts the places where slums and poor settlements and the like have had exacerbated the inequalities and have become hotspots for the transmission of the virus. when we are rethinking or when we are thinking about how to reshape some of these cities, what do you think needs to fundamentally be done going forward ? to needs to fundamentally be done going forward? to protect health and reimagine cities? i think the first and most important thing is to tackle the inequalities that have been laid bare by covid—19. fixing the i

other areas of mumbai are showing increasing trend.y packed patches in the world. thank you forjoining me this week for coronavirus: your stories. well, it doesn't look like the weather is in any hurry to settle down over the next day or two. more rain—bearing clouds on the way. in fact, it has already been raining quite heavily across the south—west of england, western parts of wales, all thanks to this weather front that's been moving across the uk. quite sluggishly really. 0vercast skies across much of the country. for most of us it has just been patchy rain here and there, and the heaviest of the rain has indeed been across parts of cornwall, devon. it is now clearing away from wales. the little bits of pieces further north and actually scotland and northern ireland escaping most of that rain. 10 degrees will be morning temperature. so here are the occasional showers during the middle of the day. a lot of cloud across england and wales, with a few glimmers of brightness. and then we see another spell of rain heading towards eastern

our equities reporter in mumbai on what to expect a day in the mumbai session.ingapore and china. they agreed to a fast lane for essential and business travelers as they look to revive economic activity. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: singapore and china are creating a fast lane to allow business and essential travel in an effort to revive economic activity. let's get more to our reporter juliette saly. tell us how this will work, and whether quarantine restrictions will be eased. tte: this will of i between singapore and provinces. the fast lane will start from the eighth of june, with travelers requiring permission from their countries. the current quarantine restrictions are tough and they will be eased, but there will be safeguards that remain in place. all travelers have to undergoing within 19 -- covid-19 -- 48 hours and show that negative result, then another test at arrival at their own cause. they must remain in isolation for one or two days until that test result is known, then speak -- then stick to their .re-declared itinerary any inbound travelers m

at least 100000 residents of my russia and states have already fled their homes for safety and in mumbai dozens of facials recovering from the coronavirus those who have had to be moved it's the 1st time in more than 70 years a cycle has touched down in the area let's get the latest survey elizabeth warren i'm in new delhi is this cycle now heading to an area that's already affected by a corner virus and then make what has been the in fact impact so far. but so far we've seen pictures of many trees which are being operated in parts of maharashtra as india's west coast including the states all good but also go away hit by very strong winds heavy rains and high tide as cycloid in this saga made landfall around 1 pm local time carrying winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour 100000 people will move to shelters in maharashtra and good rock there are many things. lying areas which are structurally sound but there are also many slums in mumbai and we've seen pictures of people who live in very flimsy structures in the slums scrambling crowding to get. trucks. and its capital the station worst af

yogita limaye is in mumbai — here she is with the latest on the cyclone.t we seem to have escaped the worst of cyclone nisarga, it skirted the city. we have, of course, all through the day, had very strong winds, bouts of very heavy rainfall. there have been trees that have been uprooted in many parts of the city, and also i'm hearing from some areas that there has been some damage to slums, to shanties, to huts, to temporary structures. but largely, it appears that there has not been any massive damage in this city. it is a different picture, however, just about 100 km south of here in the district of raigad, where that cyclone made landfall. i've been seeing videos and photos from their that disaster management personnel have been sharing. there does seem to be damage to homes, lots of uprooted trees, damage to buildings, as well — i've seen some structures that were covered by tin sheets, and those sheets completely flying away. it is only now becoming safe enough for those people to go in and assess the extent of that damage. so far, though, no loss of

had to india this is tropical cycling it made landfall on wednesday about 95 kilometers to south of mumbai as we go through thursday will continue to work its way through much of pradesh and eventually pushing on into utah protests and very heavy amounts of rain accumulating with this storm system maybe 2300 millimeters of rain and it could of course they to flooding. you know 5 go yes drive to work day. is night you don't learn about august night something else happened on august night. just among 18 year old michael brown was gunned down 2.13 songs so pretty soon it's really me i saw my son in 15. years that i mentor and i plan and i felt like you know at this my time to stand. more ruthless. oh. oh. looking back i want you know deservedly so robbed a reminder of our top stories the u.s. defense secretary has split from the president over military involvement and he bases and protests donald trump has pressured governments to mobilize troops to control crowds but mark casper says he doesn't support invoking the insurrection act. and the killing of george floyd continues to spark i'm goin

ro we talked aboutelhi, we turn to mumbai, the worst affected city in india with more th 60,000 infections is putting strain on hoitals. our bbc correspondent has been given access to an intensive care unit in the king eard memorial hospital, one of mumbai's bestta known hosls. here is what he saw. patients with seriymptoms. the ward is quiet. patients in the unit are alone. doctors are their only link to the outside world. >> the family of the patients can't be here. they eon'tven know the exact condition of the family member inside the icu. this has increased mental stress are both the patients and us, because we meet the patients every day. we become their only immediate contact. correspondent but it is not just patients who have the virus. this doctor and her family of nine, including her one-year-old twins, all have had it to. >> i came tou know durinr screening that was positive. >> many doctors have struggled. in another part of the state hospital -- of the se hospital, feeling overwhelmed, doctors have been filling the wards and posting videos on social media. extra staff have been

mumbai is already experiencing heavy rainfall, so, please be on the alert and make sure you evacuatento safer ground. temperature-wise, it is still going to be quite warm for the most part of india. solid 30s from the south and the northern parts. and across towards eastern side of asia, rainy conditions still persisting towards southeast china. expecting heavy rainfall to continue due to the stationary front and the stationary front extending all the way towards japan, where some of the rainy season has already begun. temperatures for taiwan, 35 degreece and 27 with showers expected towards shanghai. crossing into japan, we see the upper 20s for tokyo, although sunshine will be seen for much of the day. essenti the united states and much of north america a also reeling wi severe weather conditions. we'll look into central united states, t towards the gulf of mexico, where there is possibilitiess of a storm developing there. what you need to look out for the next couple of days is possibilities of heavy rain. strong winds and high waves. the storm might weaken as it moves in the nort

from nakul that hospital is going to find that when we do close in hospitals no bullets danny in mumbai so you've got trying their best that a new exploits and measure is being worked out but this is much more of firefighting a blitz and not want didn't you but expect to see from governments that are carrying out such massive easing what about rural areas and how are they coping with the pandemic. that'll be the focus all of these spikes and will be used as has been of consent does that mean by daily but excellency gives an order not to forget to leave us now there was a massive migrant crisis at the beginning. when lots of little migrants of trying to. book because they didn't have access to any more but they couldn't meet that they will. not help get. men see this has been deep be problematic because not all of these might end up a sending them on a hiatus they're finally meeting that the moment actually getting infections back. and be caught into the lead as for example in you we are all people who don't and just positive and hostile people who don't condone it just so this is going

too why is the government easing pandemic restrictions at a time when major urban areas especially mumbai are being overwhelmed by the violence. and that's why brand of government is coming out strong with game that look we have this this lockdown does and has been in touch just in the must not because we must not be defeated by the people who have what is the economy cannot suffer an extended lockdown and that we must learn to live the know what our artists but teams about increasing in our way of a question of a given that yes you had in one sense pressure points from cities like mumbai to one of the highest order in india up there that a body is lying in the hallway of the hospital and now that i've beds under the beds i'm not a wee little in the sense of people on the floor in delhi as well you heard reports that patients don't know we have a long cord hospital. and to want to find good hospitals and then who are not as well as daily has that and the building up assistance of this does not happen again because the people who since the disciplines does need firefighting and does not eq

sushant singh rajput, one of the biggest stars in hollywood, has been found dead in his apartment in mumbai. bell tolls bells london have rung 72 times this evening to honour the victims of the grenfell tower fire on the third anniversary of the disaster. hello. india's federal government has announced new plans to deal with a surge in coronavirus infections in delhi and a shortage of hospital beds as the country struggles to contain its covid—19 infection rate. india's total number of confirmed cases puts it fourth in the world in the pandemic with 12,000 new cases registered in a single day on saturday. reged ahmad reports. this is the coronavirus intensive care unit in delhi at one of india's top private hospitals. the beds and treatment like this is expensive and hard to come by as the number of covid—19 cases climb. the shortage of beds has become so acute, patients have told stories of going from hospital to hospital in search of treatment. now in an attempt to deal with the crisis, india's home minister says 500 railway coaches will be converted to create a thousand beds for covid—19

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