half of all eastern orthodox christians live easter was celebrated in practically empty churches patrie kirill head of the russian branch of the religion had called on people to stay home. if the funeral but sheesh president vladimir putin greeted the faithful from his home and said he had no doubt they would overcome the challenges of the pandemic now but when i do earth you will often see god helps those who help themselves for the liberation and that is who we are acting but on this radiant holiday of christ's resurrection i would still like to see all will be well with god's help. in moscow as in most other parts of the orthodox world this easter is the quietest in the history of the religion. or the number of virus cases in russia has soared this month the country reported far fewer infections than many western european nations in the early stages but on sunday the russian crisis response center reported a record rise of $6060.00 new cases from a day earlier that brings its nationwide total to nearly $43000.00. well earlier we talked to our correspondent in the show one in moscow a

half of all eastern orthodox christians live easter was celebrated in practically empty churches patrie after carol head of the russian branch of the religion had called on people to stay home. if the theme will ashish president vladimir putin greeted the faithful from his home and said he had no doubt they would overcome the challenges of the pandemic now but when i do both evil often see what back of your god helps those who help themselves really personally and that is how we are acting but on this radiant holiday of christ's resurrection i would still like to see all will be well with god's help. in moscow as in most other parts of the orthodox world this easter is the quietest in the history of the religion. time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. migrants rescued in the mediterranean sea have been taken to a porn change ship off the italian coast nearly $180.00 by france are now on board the vessel which is to remain off the coast of sicily for 2 weeks italy has blocked all rescue bargains. disembarking on its shores because of the corona

half of all eastern orthodox christians live easter was celebrated in practically empty churches patrie after carol head of the russian branch of the religion had called on people to stay home. if the theme will actually shredded and lighted me a puton greeted the faithful from his home and said he had no doubt they would overcome the challenges of the pandemic now but when i do earth people often say with god helps those who help themselves liberate me and that is who we are acting but on this radiant holiday of christ's resurrection i would still like to say sure all will be well with god's help. in moscow as in most other parts of the orthodox world this easter is the quietest in the history of the religion. and don't forget you can get the latest news and features around the clock on our website at d.f.w. dot com i british manage and i'll be back at the top of the after that. it's a deadly sin. and the whim of nature. motivates us. and threatens to muslims.

well you foreign ministers have held a video conference to discuss their a patry ation of e.u. citizens stranded overseas 600000 citizens got stuck around the world when the pandemic hit of those at least 350000 have already been flown back home on private and e.u. facilitated flights the rest are still waiting the e.u. has been helping to coordinate and pay for the fights. well as teri schultz has been following this story for us in brussels she said there is still much work to be done to ensure you citizens make it back home. what we heard after the foreign ministers video conference today is that there really hasn't been a lot of progress in bringing home the 250000 or so e.u. citizens who remain stranded all over the globe foreign policy chief joseph breaux pointed out to that commercial flights are canceled that transfer hubs are shut down and so people can't even take off because they might get stuck on the way so there have been about 10000 citizens brought back by special military flights but he emphasized that no one should be thinking this is the way they're going to

patry our people to stay at home and pray he led an overnight vigil at the cathedral of christ the savior in moscow attended by a small group of clergy traditionally thousands to gather there to light candles from the holy fire flown in from jerusalem meanwhile the russian orthodox church has given some recommendations on how to bless the traditional easter cake at home and president vladimir putin to send tanked this easter message. we're going to present what it was these east celebrations are happening at a time of restrictions they're necessary to battle the disease known around the world we are closely analyzing the experience of other countries to understand the situation see the risks and assess what to do in any scenario we will do all that is necessary to stop the pandemic there is no doubt that rush will make it through these challenges with dignity happy easter stay happy and healthy. well in russia at the moment there are 361 cases of people losing their lives due to the corona virus and there are almost 43000 infections the majority of those are here in moscow and this week t

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remain there in port kembla for at least 10 days and then all thorough teams will be looking at great patri 800 some of those workers to the 50 different countries that they are from but at this stage we don't exactly know what that will look like and how that will play out how these workers will be repatriated but at the same time as this health situation seems to be escalating there is also a criminal investigation underway a strategy in homicide detectives looking at whether the operators of this ship deliberately misled or thirty's in a stroller and downplayed the number of people who would seek on this cruise ship it was last month that $2700.00 passengers disembarked some flew to other areas of the country and since then nearly one 3rd of coronavirus deaths in a strike have been linked to the ruby princess cruise ship as well as hundreds of other cases of coronavirus and if you look at the full picture in australia this is very significant as of monday morning 37 people have died in australia of coronavirus and just over 5600 positive cases have been recorded across the country there

clear skies for much of the rest of the country, so another cold night with patry mist and fog and lowy. many around freezing or not to far from it, except from the north—west under the cloud where we have got the breeze. that will be with us tomorrow, thicker cloud, giving the odd spot here and there, quite breezy. where we lose the mist and fog in the south, dry and sunny for most and that's reflected in the temperatures, 17 or 18 the top temperatures, 17 or 18 the top temperatures, 11 under the cloud in the north—west. 0n temperatures, 11 under the cloud in the north—west. on thursday, this cold front slipping south, cooler air behind it, anotherfront from the south—west. for most, quite a warm day on thursday. this front from the south—west bringing heavy showers, south—west england, south wales potentially too across the midlands. these are the temperatures, 20 or possibly 22. quite a change in the last few days in. thank you. you're watching brea kfast in. thank you. you're watching breakfast with dan and louise. in a moment we will bring you up to some of the main stories but al