elderly populations, not so, at the moment, in portugal's case.m a professor of biology called carl bergstrom. he says... he goes on... which is why, while governments, scientists, journalists — all of us — are understandably trying to establish what's working against this virus, no one knows for sure. they certainly don't. ros, thanks so much for that. there's much more information on our website, and you can get updated figures from the day's daily briefing. let's take a breakfrom let's take a break from the coronavirus. nasa has released the most detailed survey yet of polar ice melting. this animation shows the north of greenland. the red areas show ice loss. the blue, snowfall that's adding to the ice. the pattern changes over the years as warmer air and sea water melts increasing amounts of ice. the same is happening in antarctica too. 0ur science correspondent jonathan amos is in cambridge. we have had a number of reports like this in recent months looking at the trends in the antarctic and in greenland. the difference here is that we are t

eldery populations, not so, at the moment, in portugal's case. advice from a professor of biology called carl bergstrom. he says... he goes on... which is why, while governments, scientists, journalists — indeed all of us — are understandably trying to establish what's working against this virus, no one knows for sure. and if you want more information on those three countries we focused on, you can get that through the bbc news website. ros, as always, thank you. it's fair to say we will be pouring over the data for years to come. turning away from coronavirus twos, sadly about another sad story. india is mourning the loss of a second major bollywood star in as many days with the death of rishi kapoor at the age of 67. he had been suffering from leukaemia. he played the romantic lead in dozens of pictures for more than two decades, and then made a successful transition to character roles. his death follows that of irrfan khan a day earlier. yogita limaye look backs at his life and career. rishi kapoor in the movie that launched him as a romantic

he singled out two nurses, jenny mcgee from new zealand and luis pitarma from portugal, for caring for him at his bedside at the most critical time. china reports the highest daily rise in coronavirus cases in more than five weeks, most of them imported from overseas. the two worst hit european countries, italy and spain, start to ease some of their lockdown restrictions. some construction and factory staff are returning to work in spain. and nearly 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. good morning and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i'm victoria derbyshire. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. as the uk enters its fourth week in lockdown, the government is reviewing the measures imposed to try to curb the spread of coronavirus. it comes as the two european countries worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, italy and spain, are easing some of the restrictions announced last month. but with the number of hospital deaths in the uk now standing at more than

so, back towards that low pressure i mentioned close to spain and portugal.y in our direction towards the end of the week and through the weekend, so that thinking is, with also a change in wind direction, temperatures may rise a little bit, but also the clouds will be increasing as well and that could bring some rain come the weekend. i think this is pretty good news for some of the gardeners, we have not had rain for quite some time. it does look as though this weekend there is at least a bit of rain on the way. this is mostly across southern and central parts of the uk. so we will see that low pressure drifting in from the south and just about bringing some rainfall, mainly to southern parts of the uk and that rain kind of fizzles away by the time it reaches northern areas. and also at the same time, this is the following sunday, we will see some milder air drifting in from the south. it will not be quite so cold. as what we were experiencing on easter monday. that is it for me. goodbye. tonight at ten, the number of people who have died in the uk diagnose

he singled out two nurses, jenny mcgee from new zealand and luis pitarma from portugal, for caring for him at his bedside at the most critical time. nearly 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. good morning and welcome to bbc news. as the uk enters its fourth week in lockdown, the government is reviewing the measures imposed to try to curb the spread of coronavirus. the two european countries worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, italy and spain, are easing some of the restrictions imposed last month. but with the number of hospital deaths in the uk now standing at more than 10,000 restrictions here are likely to remain in place for some time yet. 0ur correspondent leigh milner reports. the faces of those who have died from coronavirus, described by the health secretary as the "invisible killer," which has now taken more than 10,000 lives in the uk. among them, health care workers like dr edmond adedeji, who was based in swindon. questions are now being asked just how many on the front line have lost their lives to save

epidemic has had a major impact on the country's tourism dependent kaname the hotel association of portugal says the vast majority of its members have applied to suspend stuff contracts authorities and baddest have imposed limits on outdoor exercise most notably jogging the measure aims to reduce the number of people on the streets during busy daytime hours france has now been under lockdown for more than 3 weeks . much of europe remains under lockdown but there are exceptions denmark is one of just a few countries that have decided the time has come to start lifting restrictions for about 4 weeks it's been quiet on the streets of denmark now the restrictions on public life are to be dial down people in copenhagen have mixed feelings. i think it's too early. this is the person my opinion it's the right thing to do and i'm not worried that it's too soon or what it can with of course there is discussion where the infections will rise but i think it's a good move. the biggest step is the reopening of kindergartens in schools after easter but only certain classes an age groups will be allowed b

it also was that we see that one nurses by new zealand and the other from portugal and it reinforceshow much the nhs in particular but maybe our nation as a whole has benefited from migration and the people that come here to work and work really, really hard, it is not about people coming here to sponge from the state, it is a reminderthata here to sponge from the state, it is a reminder that a lot of people have come here to improve their lives and in doing so, they have improved our lives immeasurably. i thought it was a really beautiful touch in the address. yasmin, it is not in the papers but i found someone online who talked about this point and said a prime minister who nearly died, nothing will be the same after this crisis, our national debate about the contribution of migrant workers will change utterly. what you make of that? ijust will change utterly. what you make of that? i just want to thank lucy for saying what she said, because i feel it all very personally that all these years there has been this absolutely demeaning and insulting and sometimes quite frightening rhet

in sardinia,fires portugal, spain, france, greece. these fires are strong and vast.hink bringing together european country's firefighting forces could make us more effective. last year in cororsica, we did t have enough firefighting planes. can be effective if he -- if we act quickly. once the fire has grown we are well-placed to combat it. >> thank you very much for your expertise. we all know that prevention is better than cure. when it comes to forest fires, that could be in a four-legged variety. >> summer has arrived in corsica, with it the fire season. charge ofn is in clearing brush, they patrol and show the reasons why the fire risk is so high. >> this is a very wooded area. the forests, the scribes, the houses, they are close together. toldr 10 years he has others about legal obligations to prevent fires. multiple wilildfires have been seen ravaging this area in recent years. crowed -- code is strict. trees over two meters in heigigt need to o be pruned. you can see that's very respected. >> we know what is needed, we have been fighting for years for the bru

i wish i could say the same for spain and portugal.s area of low pressure is going to continue bringing wet weather through thursday and into friday. warm generally dry, sunshine around paris. 20 degrees celsius in london. still seeing showers around the western side of russia on thursday. these will move further east friday. to the southeast, it brightens up. sunshine coming through. wet weather coming into england and wales. staying unsettled across a good part of spain and portugal. some wet weather also affecting the far northwest of africa. one or two showers in northern libya. ♪ ♪ >> a reminder of the top stories . the head of the world health organization says he regrets donald trump's decision to suspend u.s. funding for the agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. this as the death toll in the u.s. is reported to have passed 30,000. in sweden, the country has resisted lockdown restrictions with a further 170 deaths. health care officials have warned using restrictions too quickly could have devastating effects. a

by thursday, heavy rain pushing and across western areas of the iberian peninsula, heavy into portugalch of europe, dry. chalmers to the north and an area of rain rushing into western russia. seeing and algeria showers wednesday but into egypt, warm in cairo. ♪ >> top stories on al-jazeera, the military fund says -- the international monetary fund says the pandemic could cost the world economy $9 trillion. the economic shock may be the worst since the great depression of the 1930's. indian police armed with batons charged at a crowd of migrant workers in mumbai. hundreds gathered at a train station, demanding to be allowed to travel home after the prime minister extended the lockdown until may 3. new york's governor accused the u.s. president of spoiling for a hast after saying he only the authority to reopen the country. andrew cuomo says he won't engaged with donald trump. barack obama endorsed his two-term vice president joe biden in his bid for the white house. in a video message, obama said he believes buying is a candidate america needs during the coronavirus crisis. he praised j

c e that scene provide protection from holland i think when i look at the numbers and has chosen portugal and. ireland and there are definitely much less than well whatever realities you are america and in terms of mortality that there are much less nasty interests. so yeah i think we have to be careful when we in turn. those data are 1st of all the testing is not the same in every country globally and that can influence the results plus if you just simply look at the number of quoted $1000.00 cases with the end in countries with b.c.g. vaccination there may be other factors that are making a difference that we don't know about so in any event the numbers are very small the difference caused by b.c.g. is little and i'm not sure that that would be a useful approach for the entire world to take. kali 98 south windows that mutates into other flu like seasonal thanked me or like many of them are just 3 days out is there any point in this is that seeing what celebrities. so we look at all the coronavirus that we know about the poor seasonal coronaviruses that in fact the severino year sars one

epidemic has had a major impact on the country's tourism dependent economy the hotel association in portugal as a vast majority of its members of applied to suspend its staff contracts. the german government wants to make it harder for foreign companies to buy german firms it's looking to change existing rules to give it the power of veto over any buyout of what he considers strategically important companies the plans pre date the current crisis but come as badly in 6 to protect its industry from foreign takeovers. well they got sun and sand and the risk of coronavirus that's the rationale behind the recent closure of rio de janeiro's famous speeches but it stood up debate about how far lower should go in the missing outdoor sports and subsurface are finding it hard to resist the lure of the waves. rios copacabana beach is almost empty give them a funny concert to surf despite the state stay at home to us but his defiance of recently got him in trouble with the police. beat me to it unfortunately i was caught surfing surfing is a crime no you don't end up with a criminal record or something

for friday, an area of low pressure that's been affecting spain and portugal wobbles a little bit closegly likely that we'll see some rain arriving. although the amount of rain you see from place to place across parts of england and wales is going to vary significantly. still mild, but those temperatures are falling back a little bit. highs of 17 in london, the cold air in scotland tending to seep down some of these eastern areas of england, knocking the temperatures back in norwich to just 12 degrees. now, the weekend, scotland stays fine and dry throughout, but it looks like we could see a little bit of patchy rain still left over across parts of england, wales and maybe northern ireland on saturday. sunday, for all of us, looks like the driest day of the weekend. that's your latest weather. welcome to bbc news. my name's mike embley. our top stories: president trump says the us is passing the peak of new coronavirus infections despite the number of deaths doubling in a week. the emerging crisis of the hidden pandemic deaths in care homes. the uk government pledges a new coronavirus t

praising nhs staff he singled out two nurses — jenny mcgee from new zealand and luis pitarma from portugal for caring for him at his bedside at the most critical time. china reports the highest daily rise in coronavirus cases in more than five weeks — most of them imported from overseas. some construction workers in spain return to work — as two of the worst hit european countries — italy and spain — start easing some lockdown restrictions and nearly 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. now on bbc news it's time for click. this week: following phones to track the coronavirus. how to come together whilst staying apart. and now that's what ai calls music. hello. we are still here. and so are you — so welcome. i hope you are well. we are, and we have been working hard on a new—look click that will work when we can't get out and about as much. so my living room is now also my studio, and welcome to my sofa. the good news is, though, you don'tjust get to look inside my house. we get to look inside lara's as well, so let's go to c

not just some wet weather on the other side of the med the into those western areas of spite and portugal we got a system just pushing in from the atlantic but it temperatures suppressed at around 18 degrees celsius on choose days we go on and see where wed to stay and be 16 celsius that cloud and right still very much in evidence where the weather on the other side if you're that's going to sink its way down across the black sea to see some rather heavy right clear skies to come back in behind it temperatures some people showed started to bounce back were captured on 16 celsius there in london 20 in paris so that's not a possible africa that weather weather that we do have affecting spain and portugal could bring a few showers into northern iraq and. the latest news as it breaks with no treatment for a vaccine for her and a virus volunteers here say they'll continue to provide the service began to fight the disease with details coverage along down without any planning for india's millions of miles and quickest. and fearless journalism from around the world for many coming to this place o

rain pushing in across these western areas of the barren peninsula particularly heavy across into portugal much of europe fine and dry few more shots to the north and also an area of rain pushing into western areas of russia morricone algeria continue to see more rain showers on wednesday but meanwhile across into egypt warming carro. i easily test trades and trace frank assessments why is it it's only struggling to cope with the number coronavirus pushed failure to take really aggressive action we put them behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there's one ventilator 3000000 people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines as india doubling up to nip the spread of a lot of r.'s in the inside story on al-jazeera. but it is to developments in the coronavirus pandemic now and donald trump is suspending u.s. funding for the world health organization he says it botched the initial response to the pandemic critics though to say he's deflect blame from his own fate it's voting has begun in south korea's parliamentary elections the wo

looks like spain and portugal are not going to enjoy the weekend again they say a spinning area of low pressure around which all the clarity is going those front strips through spain or into from that particular area will be where there could be significant some thunderstorms to create fronts but rain seems like in portugal and spain. and there's something in britain now ahead of utah where you can imagine you drawing up what it was for the south and that's generally speaking so whilst this is a gradual change to cloudy or cooler weather maybe for example madrid at 19 you go easily in the twenty's in this part of europe in central europe if you like with the hot maybe and hungry slovenia that sort of area as an example of pianos 10 for 24 on saturday is 8 degrees above average and not far off the record actually for late april. now in north africa the same is true with the winds has been true for a while not on shore breeze for libya and egypt means it's not as warm as it might be but the sun strong so it's a run by 13 swung the breeze is quite strong so it's dusty ran through chad for

half of the weekend still some showers into central southern parts of france down into spain and portugal that the showers just popping up a touch at this stage and some of those showers they will cause run across northern parts of morocco say spent to see some wet weather here as you go on through sas day it will be heavy at times but it's a fine dry and sunny across egypt. 67 words that spelled promise for one people. but disaster for another. the bled to the establishment of a jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians. the story of the british declaration that changed the middle east for seeds of discord on al-jazeera. the the the owner. of the back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera leaders from around the world have united to launch an initiative to accelerate work on drugs tests and a vaccine for covert $98.00 the campaign aims to ensure any new vaccines and treatments are available to all the u.s. has now recorded more than 50000 coronavirus that's despite this new milestone the state of georgia has pushed ahead with opening summit nonessential business and u.s

in particular, two nurses, jenny mcgee from new zealand and luis pitarma from portugal.ed by his bedside for 48 hours. and the reason, in the end, my body did start to get enough oxygen was because for every second of the night, they were watching and they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions i needed. miss mcgee's parents speaking to television new zealand said they were exceptionally proud. she has told us these things over the years and it doesn't matter what patient she's looking after, this is what she does. and ijust find it incredible. for otherfamilies, it is a different story. the virus has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people in the uk. wendy's dad, 77—year—old barry parker, has been on a ventilator with covid—19 for a fortnight. she and her family have been told to expect the worst. i can't express how good they are, how compassionate they are and the doctors, they are alljust so kind. as i have said, we can't be there to hold his hand so they are doing that for us. the government priority has been to protect capacity within

rain pushing in across these western areas of the barren peninsula particularly heavy across into portugal much of europe fine and dry few more shots to the north and also an area of rain pushing into western areas of russia moral could algeria continue to see more rain showers on wednesday but meanwhile across into egypt warming carro. an extrajudicial killing in a north african capital. i heard someone breaking into our house. that i heard people shouting i saw 4 masked men and only their eyes and hair was showing. al-jazeera world hears rare eyewitness accounts of the dramatic story of the assassination of major p.l.o. figure was here in a secret israeli operation assassination in tunis on al-jazeera. you're going to run to the top stories here now jazeera the international monetary fund says the coronavirus pandemic could cost the world economy $9.00 trillion dollars over the next 2 years it's one of economic shock maybe the worst seen since the great depression of the 1930 s. . indian police are under battens have charged a crowd of migrant workers in mumbai hundreds of cabotage the t

8 degrees above the average london at 19 that's a good 5 or 6 and then there is the rain across portugal pushing in the last apos of the weekend and it will be fairly heavy at times still quite a bit of cloud across northern sections of africa a few more coastal showers into the bulk of the weather this will slide by northern coastal areas of libya pushing into egypt some pretty strong winds all coming from the system really impacting greece a little change on sunday feeling cooler in aaa at 18. joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channels. and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public the state media reflects a sense that. climate change uphold their editorial shows they don't believe they have anything to apologize for listening post on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap headlines the u.s. centers for disease control is recommending americans wear masks in public to protect against the coronavirus the president of france says it's vol

the next couple of days tended to peter out as we go on into cheese day but whether there is to portugal at least as we go on into the middle part of the week is how the wet weather affecting the fall northwest of africa so we got a fair bit of cloud there just streaming across america northern parts of algeria see some bits and pieces of rain here squeezing their way into that western side of the mediterranean cold enough in real bad with a top temperature of around 18 celsius but warm enough in karachi with a high here of around 26 degrees largely dry across much of north africa as we would expect a few showers just around the ethiopian highlands into the heart of africa into the gulf of guinea and we got a little bit of wet weather there towards sierra leone. but . in a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk our own lives and taking these very explicit saving lives is a dangerous job a vaccine so it's only good when you go for hours there are patients waiting for his mother's house who must be in pain lives earth risk is a real could go one of the gang

wales southern parts of in the wells and staying on settle there across a good part of spain and portugal some of that wet weather also affecting the far northwest of africa also some showers here with one of 2 showers not in libya. join the global conversation to ask the bubble to the people to expand their brains maybe have a difference here this is a dialogue women in cambodia are in fact selling their hair we don't know how much they're getting paid for it it's hard to track it's hard to trace everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be a law right here in this case we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progression not perfection on al-jazeera. reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera the head of the world health organization says he regrets donald trump's decision to suspend u.s. funding for the agency over its handling of the corona virus pandemic this is the death toll in the u.s. is reported past 30000. meanwhile the country has resisted lock down restrictions has risen again sharply with a

portugal's biggest airline tap purrs laid off 90 percent of its staff to to the global pandemic from now until the beginning of may the carriers fleet will only be used to repatriate portuguese citizens and to transport medical supplies portugal has reported more than 7400 cases and 160 deaths so far much lower than its neighbor spain and other hard hit southern european nations. well lebanon's cabinet has approved financial aid following 2 families of those who've lost their jobs but the pandemic is deepening what was already the country's worst economic crisis in decades as more from beirut. it's a desperate time for a growing number of lebanese those willing and able to help are stepping in by providing food to the poor and nationwide stay at home order to contain the coronavirus is putting further hardship on an already struggling population we have so many calls we wouldn't imagine people starving there were no we were starving only food people are. asking for milk for their children. i wish that we. were are so limited with raising money is hard in a country where according to

satellite picture you can see where the weather fronts are coming from, to the west of spain and portugal you can see a low pressure brewing and then these weather fronts will drift in our direction in the next 2a hours. but let's get the forecast for the rest of this afternoon and for many of us it's mostly sunny, 20 degrees in the heart of the uk but much cooler in the north and north—east, newcastle at 12, the lowlands of scotland around 13 and today there could be one 01’ around 13 and today there could be one or two light showers across the south. this evening we could see one 01’ south. this evening we could see one or two showers south. this evening we could see one 01’ two showers gci’oss south. this evening we could see one or two showers across southern south. this evening we could see one or two showers across southern areas or two showers across southern areas but the or two showers across southern areas but the main bulk of the rain or whatever that will come our way is way to the south, just approaching the channel islands. through the course of the day we will see that weat

to impact these northern areas and also wroth an unsettled picture still across much of spain and portugal but have a look at this festival what a beautiful size it is this is in western switzerland this is actually the 50th chill it festival over 190000 chilliest for joy and over 380 varieties and doesn't look loris on the sunny skies and very nice sunny skies as well into the southeast of england this is cannes and of course not many people out on the beach with the last kiss guys even so sunday should be the last day really of some pretty good weather and good temperatures across much of the west 25 in paris 24 in london you can see this rain there sitting out tools the west the showers again through portugal and spain really elsewhere across central west you know quite a bit of cloud but mostly dry but very unsettled cross much of a scandinavia that rain and even some snow staying in the full cost on monday and you'll see this rain beginning to really push in the thames is also coming down but still very warm in eastern europe that cold air is coming down from the north really fairly s

and luis from portugal, near porto.use for every second of the night they were watching and they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions i needed. downing street's other inhabitants wait for borisjohnson to get back, but his full return to work could still be weeks away. ben wright, bbc news. behind every death is a life cut short by a virus unknown to the world is just a few weeks ago. our special correspondent, allan little, looks at the stories of the lives of some of those who have died. they are a cross—section of modern britain in all its diversity. they remind us none of us is beyond the reach of the worst the virus can do. health care workers have begun treating and mourning their own colleagues. this doctor worked in emergency medicine in swindon for he was 62. his family said he died doing thejob he loved, serving others before himself. not all the key workers we depend on are in the nhs. this 36—year—old drove a number for london bus and was asthmatic. he was an absolute charming, char

how the weather in europe the stuff that comes out of the sky really is to around the edges so portugal and spain covered in cloud that frontal system across the british isles and through scandinavia in actual fact been quite warm recently it norway and sweden the amount of snow that forward so a couple of weeks ago is almost all melted so there's been a flood risk here but the temperatures around about lived in oslo with the heart of europe now seeing temps in the middle twenty's that's rather woman than you might expect on those early april nevertheless unfortunately in spain and portugal clouds and rain has kept things on the cold side but reads only 14 degrees but by contrast if you take paris as an example the temperature here is in the middle twenty's or in the high twenty's for the next 3 days something like 10 degrees above the average certainly very warm feels a shame it can be enjoyed and in contrast the breezes coming to the east and that has kept libya and egypt cool the amount like 60 long the north coast but that breeze comes all the way down into sudan and we've had temps

while in portugal where the death toll is lower than 700 parliament has approved the president's request to extend the national state of emergency for another fortnight but will he has a can present extension of the state of emergency set in such a way to give time and room for the government to decide on criteria to study and prepare for the gradual opening of society and the economy after the end of april. over in belgium they've also extended restrictive measures for 2 weeks in the capital brussels as part of a europe wide initiative the head chef an up market restaurant conscious work has been cooking meals to give to hundreds of homeless people not the regular dishes that cost up to $300.00 but they're welcome a small sign of how people are trying to make a difference and trying to cope with life under lockdown but al-jazeera so that's the situation in europe let's now bring in our white house correspondent kimberly halkett for an update from the united states 1st can really give us a sense of the scale of the coronavirus problems and care homes over at the u.s. . it continues to be

amid a dispute between italy and the netherlands over how to apply the coronavirus recovery fund portugal's marial centeno head of the euro group of euro zone finance ministers tweeted after 16 hours of discussion we came close to a deal but we're not there yet i suspended the euro group and continue tomorrow thursday my goal remains a strong e.u. safety net against fall out of coverage 19 to shield workers firms and countries and commit to a sizable recovery plan france is now demanding the e.u. use the existing mechanism set up during the eurozone crisis with no strings attached as well as some promote the need you know most to me i would just like to point out something obvious the european stability mechanism was created to deal with a crisis what are we facing now a crisis which is serious and profound the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has warned that e.u. itself could quote fall apart if it fails to agree a plan to help member states deal with debts incurred fighting the pandemic. italy and spain have accused northern nations led by germany and the netherlands of not doing enou

plenty of warm spring sunshine across a good parts of europe now still plaguing parts of spain and portugal and down towards the southeast as well so we've got some showers still in place just around greece but they're in the process of moving away the grassy pushing ivory into turkey still a positive in particular because still see want to shop showers as we go on through the next couple days of the central part of the sunshine here 21 celsius there we can get to 22024 in paris and rising could even get up to 25 as we go on through thursday i just want to rush out but essentially it is lossy fine and dry those showers will continue on the side of the mediterranean though just around sign for southern parts of turkey we'll see some weather will say gradually making its way back in across the portugal i also into spain as we go on through the next day or 2 dozen we will see a little more cloud just coming into the northwest of africa much of northern africa germany fine and dry the strong winds that we've had recently around more than possibly be enrolled in areas of egypt there in the proce

is also having a devastating effect on the 22000000 in the citizens who work in agriculture and portugal where farmers are deeply reliant on exports to elsewhere in europe and return to normal business called come soon enough these cabbages on a farm near lisbon are ready for harvest and good weather means it will be a good yield but cost doro from the cooperative aren't sure that they'll find any buyers. no nothing just says there's a so i see the beginning of the week a customer can say they want 3 or 4 pallets sent to them by the end of the week but by mid-week they change their mind because they don't have any transport and then i'm just stuck here with this produce i can't sell you some 30 new conceive ended up with. rising transport costs and declining demand are $2.00 major problems and at a crucial time 80 percent of the vegetables are usually exported between april and may which i think i'm sick on the scene when you work in agriculture you always have to factor in weather but now we also have this situation it's creating a lot of uncertainty and we don't know what we're going t

of front seeing some sherry right and we got some shabby rain there just coming across spain and portugal lead to some wet weather too just sliding across the fall northwest of africa over towards the northern parts of libya because he wanted to show was coming in here as you make your way through the weekend. easily. and trace frank assessments why it's really struggling to cope with the number of grown viruses failure to take really aggressive action. behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there is one ventilator very relieved people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines as india doubling up to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera. her forward. to. hello again i'm the star and a reminder of our top stories this hour china's economy has suffered its sharpest fall in decades amid the fallout from the current virus pandemic g.d.p. is down by almost 7 percent in the 1st quarter of this year the government says 50 percent more people than previously reported have died and the place where the outbrea

cooler now after a recent he wave in scandinavia will see a few showers to lehr across spain and portugal but not as widespread as they have been recently i mean losing that live the weather across greece pushing across the east side of the mediterranean the central pa yes at the moment is staying warm plenty of spring sunshine there savannah getting up to around 20 celsius on saturday afternoon cola there in london at around 17 degrees but some places of cloud and rain rolling into central parts of france and we got a scattering of showers there across parts of the iberian peninsula one of that lot of cloud of right up into that western side of russia is colder there in moscow as well with a top temperature of around 7 degrees celsius a similar temperature on sunday that rain will become a little more intense as we go on into sunday bright skies coming behind but it is said to have a fresh a feel to things as we go on through the 2nd half of the weekend still some showers into central southern parts of france down into spain and portugal that the showers just popping up a touch at this s

suggest over a good part or if you're not around scandinavia the british isles jackley spain and portugal there are frontal systems there's by an important call they are slow moving in disappointing say 50 degrees at best in madrid with cloud and light rain all over the place less so maybe in portugal and it's moving through scotland and sweden scandinavia generally leaving this warming trend over the plain of year for most places in particular i think in france and if you pick out paris it's about 10 degrees above average throughout the weekend it cools down a bit by monday is the rain starts to show itself but nevertheless really is quite high so shame it can't be enjoyed that much of north africa isn't even as warm as that particular this cold breeze coming down through libya egypt sudan and all the dancer chad in fact temperatures will show a market decrease up to and and me are going down by a few degrees is that when probably carrying dust and sand runs through as the showers where they are for the southwest unsurprising to be where they are lagos is a case in point some storms do s

however we've got some quality weather pushing into spain and portugal live for the next couple of days to the fish i was in the forecast mind you down into the southeast of here we've had some rain has some snow away with the great mountains that so pushing further east with so we'll see the disturbed weather sliding across turkey cyprus seeing some of the cloud and rain as well china as well underway as well up into scandinavia we see temperatures stockholm recently getting up to 1718 degrees but have a hive around 11 celsius on friday northerly winds tucking in here so was turning a little cold and that cooler air will sink down across a good part of north eastern europe over the next couple days but lotty dry for the time being fish i was there it's a central parts of fraud some showers across northern parts of spain over towards portugal and the showers becoming more widespread as we go on into sas day by sas station i was there it's essential areas of france as well some wetter weather as a system makes its way down across ukraine 3 poland western parts of russia danceable central

part of france in some sherry right and we got some shabby rain there just coming across spain and portugal lead to some wet weather too just sliding across the far northwest of africa over towards the northern parts of libya because he wanted to show was coming in here as you make your way through the weekend. a policy imposed decades ago pregnant women parted. selectively goods and when he boards changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences you're creating a pool of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level will be get being given money money to agree distro zation or money to get other people to agree to services out there examines the politics of population control. the. the the. reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera another 5200000 americans have lost their jobs because of the krona virus pandemic is the 4th consecutive week that unemployment claims have surged at least 22000000 people have now lost their jobs in less than a month the europe director of the world health organization has cautioned countries not to rus

clear up it'll brighten up over the next couple of days wish i could say the same for spain and portugal this area of low pressure here that's going to continue bringing some wet weather in as we go on through thursday and indeed into friday further north that is generally fine and dry some warm sunshine around paris 23 celsius or 20 in london that's not so bad central parts 23 celsius there for vienna still seeing those showers just around the western side of russia on thursday these will ease further east which is we go through friday and notice down to the southeast it brightens up more in the west sunshine coming through here we'll see some wet weather coming into all and pushing into england wales southern parts of in the wells and staying on settle there across a good part of spain and portugal some of that wet weather also affecting the far northwest of africa also some showers here with one or 2 showers not in libya. i usually just treat and trace frank assessments why it's really struggling to cope with the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action we get them

of it across the north and east and areas on a very unsettled picture across areas of spain and portugal but still some very nice sunshine in germany this is to the north some very nasty also of course as fell a table this time of day across many areas of europe but it's been pretty cold in here tonight how is it is an example of that into western hungry the frost of course developing and a bit of a problem for the crops this time of year but the temperatures are beginning to come up the overnight lows as we go through the weekend as sunshine again thursday across really the bulk of europe still quite breezy unsettled through scandinavia that rain pushing on into western areas of russia and some heavy rain at times into portugal and on into spade and then friday a bit of a change out tools much of the west is more rain pushing in it could be heavy at times pushing through the channel on into southern regions of the u.k. and certainly bit cooler in london just 14 degrees celsius but it won't again in paris with a high of 26 and then we go. fairly extensive across china zia on into areas o

as countries consider their options here in portugal a reminder of how virulent coronavirus is a total of $138.00 refugees out of $175.00 house at a hostel in lisbon tested positive there are concerns about infection spreading quickly in other hostels where social distancing is difficult. europe's shouted societies on very different paths relaxing things too soon too fast could risk a 2nd spike in cases governments are struggling to balance the health of their economies with the health of the people needs barkha al-jazeera. and let's go to our top story now and that is the price. in the u.s. crashing into negative territory for the 1st time in history while our economics editor i bitterly joins me live now with more analysis on this obviously heir historic moment there explain to us that i guess how we got to this point well barbara what happened was that some of the time of the coronavirus with it took a hold in the world saudi arabia and russia decided that was the time to have a crisis will. they could've come to an agreement as to how much of a production cuts the world really need

cyprus seeing some wet weather more in the way of cloud and rank rashly pushing across spain and portugal as i marry a tad of re will of course affect the fall north west of africa so we will see it being increasingly cloudy increasingly damp as well across northern parts of morocco gradually that wetter weather will push eastward to northern areas of algeria. but. russia has jeopardized the united states security interest we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. into the picture from the inside. i think russia's foreign policy is too soft. russian greens have retreated not peace and the view from russia on knowledge is in. the the and. hello again i missed i was your tender reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump has accused the world health organization of being china centric and threatened to cut funding the u.s. recorded nearly 2000 new deaths from the virus just in the past 24 hours that's its highest daily told so far. now we have the chinese city where this outbreak began has opened its doors after nearly 3

community standing in a smart convertible he provided a blessings and prayers from a distance during portugal's recent lockdown priests have had to look for alternatives to reach their congregations such as broadcasting sermons online or in this case going for a drive. you're watching news from berlin or remember you can get the latest headlines on r g w app for website d w dot com i'm claire richardson and by len i'll have more news for you at the top of the hour for now though thanks for watching. they were abducted by the nazis until you can to germany to be raised as citizens of the. doing gould who 2000 of polish children suffer.

majority of germans absolutely say germany must support those southern european countries spain italy portugal greece that have been especially hard hit both in terms of health and in terms of the economy by the coronavirus that said where germans are divided and undecided is the same place that the e.u. leaders themselves are divided and that is over the question of mutualization of debt so-called euro bonds or corona bonds what's clear as that the european union will have to borrow money it can't simply pay for recovery out of its cash reserves now by taking this step today the chancellor said germany must contribute more to the budget until now the plan was that germany would contribute about one percent of its g.d.p. it's now that number will be significantly higher she said reminding her listeners that germany and europe are an absolute community where all fates are bound together so in that way she is definitely saying yes we are prepared to put more money on the table and she certainly will have germans behind her ok thanks manda is kosovan chief international editor richard woolcott he