we've seen dominic raab give a statement.ountry knows him reasonably well, they've seen him talk about brexit, it knows that he ran for leadership. what can you tell us about dominic raab that might help people to understand the might be —— that might be the person making decisions for a while? dominic raab is bright, incisive, he can be very decisive. i haven't always agreed with dominic over everything, but i think he's always impressed me as a colleague who knows what he wants to do and gets on and delivers. he'll be absolutely on top of the detail. and he's not alone. we have cabinet in government in this country, and he will be surrounded by senior figures, as well as ministers. michael gove coordinating the coronavirus response, matt hancock i think has done very well as health secretary. rishi sunak, who is shown his worth as the chancellor. i speak not just as a his worth as the chancellor. i speak notjust as a member of the conservative party, but we have a cabinet that is doing absolutely everything it can to get th

foreign secretary dominic raab... donald foreign secretary dominic raab. .. donald trump foreign secretary dominic raab... donald trump sent boris johnson his best wishes for a speedy recovery. the french president and many more on... 0ver president and many more on... over 5300 patients have died in the uk. that's an increase of it for under 39 on the previous day. —— 439. in the us... francis reported 833 deaths in the past when he four hours, its highest total since the outbreak began. the figure includes people who died in hospitals and nursing homes. more on those development across the world but first, our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from westminster on the latest about borisjohnson. less than a mile from downing street, borisjohnson is in intensive care tonight, in a personal fight against the virus that the government and the country is trying to beat. who would have known on thursday night that the health workers he applauded would be caring for him like this? brief glimpses of borisjohnson on social media made it clear he was strugglin

, which requires an instant decision, would dominic raab have the authority to ta ke dominic raab havedecision. the uk government is governed by the cabinets come in the per minister is technically first among equals within the cabinets. the cabinets would be taking those decisions. dominic raab is obviously the authority delegated by the prime minister, and the cabinets would have to come to a collective decision on that. he would have to persuade them. and it's really a matter for the cabinets of whether he could have his say over all of it. -- he could have his say over all of it. —— cabinet. nowi he could have his say over all of it. —— cabinet. now i think in some of the circumstances, the cabinet would pull together on these things. the he is not a president, the per minister is not a president. so it's not as if dominic raab can go in and unilaterally make all kinds of decisions of his own back. unilaterally make all kinds of decisions of his own backlj unilaterally make all kinds of decisions of his own back. i wonder if you can think back into british history, has there ever b

i think if you look at the relationship between borisjohnson and dominic raab, dominic raab is very trustedetary of state for brexit while brexit was the biggest thing on the news agenda, and those around borisjohnson on the news agenda, and those around boris johnson wants someone on the news agenda, and those around borisjohnson wants someone they can trust who would put forward his addenda if for example he would have to ta ke addenda if for example he would have to take some time out because that is what the first secretary of state is, it is the de facto deputy. so in terms of wondering why dominic raab could act for the prime minister, that would work fairly well, but in terms of the other ministers, it would be whether bale can work like that, but for now clearly the message in a form ten is that for the prime minister dominic raab is still making the final call so it has dominic raab dared to make other decisions involving that. depending on what goes on you might have to see dominic raab stepping in but again this is very early stages because at the moment as we understand this is

raab (inaudible) heis minister.re are some other politically senior people within the government playing a very key role in this response. matt hancock, michael gove, rishi sunak. he will need to work very closely with them as well.” sunak. he will need to work very closely with them as well. i just wa nt to closely with them as well. i just want to read you this tweet, gus o‘donnell, from former defence minister tobias ellwood, a conservative mp, it is important to have 100% clarity as to where responsibility for uk national security now lies. we must anticipate adversaries attempting to exploit any perceived weakness. do you agree? well, i think at this moment the world is concentrating on finding one particular enemy and that‘s this virus. so i would say, yes, of course, we always need to be careful about these things but, you know, the queen is, if you like, formerly commander—in—chief of the armed forces, she delegates that power to the prime minister and the secretary of state for defence, in the absence of st

dominic raab has been sharing beating so far. of structures that dominic raab will have to look into, and perhaps also some of the disputes that he might now have to arbitrate? so we knew that the cabinet was due to meet today in a very spring 2020 way, which had been postponed. that means it could be rescheduled earlier in the week —— later in the week. in the downing street flat. the gravity of the burdens placed upon him are unparalleled within our lifetimes. every occupant of every department in whitehall being asked to consider things, and attempts to do things that they had never been professionally asked to do before. that is the reality across whitehall. so you look at the department for transport and the strains on the aviation industry at the moment, the department for work and pensions and the vast escalation in the applications for universal credit. you look at the treasury and the unprecedented number of interventions to keep people in employment by paying the wages, up to 80% of the wages of many employees up to the

i don't think dominic raab when he accepted thejob he would be dominic raab when he accepted the jobbe effectively a potential stand in prime ministerfor effectively a potential stand in prime minister for an unknown period of time —— amount of time if borisjohnson was not able to fulfil the range of obligations and duties that normally fall his way. i thought it was quite striking, james, this evening, and the downing street statement, that mrjohnson had asked mr raab to deputise where necessary, so it wasn't a wholesale exporting of his duties to mr raab and the british constitutional system doesn't set out a clear path down which power is handed, if the prime ministerfinds themselves incapacitated. it's a cabinet system of government where cabinet investors to a greater or lesser extent i equal to the prime first among equals amongst them and a big pa rt equals amongst them and a big part of a general election campaign in the autumn was built around doris johnson campaign in the autumn was built around dorisjohnson and his personality, known in the uk pretty much by his first name

the prime minister has asked the foreign secretary, dominic raab, the first secretary, dominic raab,e necessary. so this is the statement that has been given to us from downing street, describing how the condition of the prime minister had worsened. he has been at st. thomas hospital since sunday evening, we were initially told he would be going in for routine tasks. this statement now says his condition has worsened and only on the advice of his medical team has he been moved to the intensive care unit at the hospital. let us speak to my colleague, james gallagher, who was with me now. a very difficult situation for the united kingdom, just hearing that the prime minister is now in intensive care. but we have sir ian duncan smith saying we don't know exactly the condition that he is in. talk us through what we know and what this means, having been moved into intensive care. we know he's had symptoms, a temperature that persisted longer than normal, usually a long a week do that symptoms last. he was taken to hospital over weekend, and today he has progressed into intensive care. we

there is not a clear chain of command, so dominic raab has been deputized to act for borisjohnson, raab act for boris johnson, and the raab has been deputized to act for borisjohnson, and the worst we are told, as necessary, borisjohnson is still remains prime minister and there are various district systems in place for a different cabinet ministers to take up different roles as well. and we have been told also that the queen has been informed. thank you very much for keeping us up—to—date. spain has registered its lowest number of deaths from coronavirus for two weeks, continuing a recent trend which suggests the spread of the virus is stabilising. with over 130,000 infections, spain has more cases than any other country in the world except for the united states. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. good news, as another patient is discharged from hospital, having recovered from covid—19. spain has reported just under 640 deaths from coronavirus over the last 2a hours, a marked improvement on just a few days ago, when over 900 deaths were being reported daily. the number of new infections

prime ministerial powers have been handed to mr rob —— dominic raab.inal decision? yeah, it will be the cabinet. we have a cabinet government where the prime ministers sitting around the table. it is the cabinet to make decisions in this country. the prime minister leads them and seeks to get support from the cabinet on the decisions that they want to make and that is the way it works so dominic raab is now sitting in that chair, and in the coming days we hope it is only a few days before boris comes back. dominic raab will have to get support from the cabinet for any decisions he wants to make. we are ona decisions he wants to make. we are on a strategy here, a trajectory to beat this virus by delaying the spread of the infection by everybody doing brilliantly on social distancing so that we can build up capacity in the nhs and we heard today that the medics are now confident that we have the capacity if the infection doesn't speed up and it looks like it is not, it looks like it might be slowing down. so we are on a trajectory that was set by the pri

but dominic raab did say there were some exa m ples dominic raab did say there were some examples intial shops that have been open which could be a guide for the way forward. i think it is inconceivable that they would come back without further measures, as are already being applied in those schools that are open for key workers, and looking at how that could be done. so the government is under pressure not only from its own conservative party members and the tory party grandees, but also the labour party and keir starmer, who has been saying the government needs to start treating the british people as adults rather than children. yeah, keir starmer of labour called for the government to do more to lead people out of the lockdown. he has used this phrase that the government has been too slow to go into lockdown, too slow on testing, too slow on getting the right protective equipment and now he's saying the government is being too slow in taking the public with them in publishing this exit strategy. we have from the shadow business secretary rachel reeves earlier. it is incredibly imp

and we understand the prime minister had asked dominic raab to deputize. a little bit about dominic raab. does he have the confidence of his cabinet colleagues? dominic raab was appointed foreign secretary by boris johnson when mrjohnson became prime minister. he was a prominent camping 01’ minister. he was a prominent camping or brexit during the referendum campaign and in the months and years that followed the referendum, leading up to the general election just before christmas. has been a minister in different departments around whitehall prior to his elevation to one of the great offices of state. appointed by boris johnson as first secretary of state, which in many ways is often an honourific title which means very little other than occasionally deputizing for the prime minister at prime minister's questions when the prime minister's questions when the prime minister's questions when the prime minister is that a european summit oran event prime minister is that a european summit or an event overseas that prevents him being here at westminster on a wed

dominic raab did not go as faras minister'sjob.ollowing the plans and instructions that the prime minister has set. and one of those key decisions could well be coming up next week, three weeks into the lockdown we were told there would be a review. potentially it's up to dominic raab to decide whether or not the lockdown continues or it comes to an end. it sounded a bit like the government is backing off from making any significant changes or decisions at that three—week point. dominic raab and the chief scientific adviser said repeatedly that they needed the data and information to show what effect the restrictions were having and they weren't at that point yet in terms of having a clear picture of how the restrictions that have been put in place have affected the number of cases and the number of hospital admissions. so it seems we are not at this point really in for a dramatic change or any easing or lifting of those restrictions in the next week or so. it is also interesting to hear what the chief scientific adviser had to say

the foreign secretary dominic raab has been designated to act in boris johnson's dominic raab has beenrisjohnson's place, and just a short time ago he spoke to the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg. since sunday, the prime minister has been under the medical ca re minister has been under the medical care at st. thomas is hospital after he was admitted with a persistent coronavirus symptoms. this afternoon the prime minister's condition worsened, and all the advice of the medical team who is moved into a critical care unit, in light of those circumstances, the prime minister asked me as first secretary to deputize for him when necessary and driving forward the government's plans to defeat coronavirus. and as you will know, he has been receiving excellent ca re you will know, he has been receiving excellent care at st. thomas hospital. we would like to take this opportunity as a government to thank nhs staff up and down the country for all their dedication, hard work, and commitment in treating everyone who's been affected by this awful virus. with the prime minister now in intens

i know dominic raab well enough to know dominic raab well enough to know that they would be expectedower is the prime minister is. there are powerful members around the cabinet who wish to meet collective decisions and that is what he will want as well. rishi sunak, the chancellor, michael gove and other members of the cabinet, all have a part to play. 0k. finally, i'm really interested to know what you think about the military language being used by some politicians, some parts of the media, somejournalists politicians, some parts of the media, some journalists when discussing this virus? they say it isa war, discussing this virus? they say it is a war, a battle, medics are on the front line, boris johnson is a war, a battle, medics are on the front line, borisjohnson will pull through because he is a fighter, as dominic raab puts it. you are a former defence and foreign secretary and you were during an actual conflict of the bosnian war. how do you feel about that warrior type language we know exactly what people are saying. it is not a word like the second world war. we are not fi

foreign secretary, dominic raab, now deputizing for him.ust hours before, boris johnson tweeting that his spirits were up. when it comes to what we know, it is very limited in terms of his conditi. he was not lking fantastic during the trsday night clap for the nhs, and, well, some were saying he was not looking great, was looking a little bit tired, but he did com and clap they care workers, the nhs workers, verypauch doing his to keep morale up. laura: yes, being seen publicly in a sense. but it was clear he had been struggling to shake this illness off, that he was working from self-isolation in the flat in downing street. but now staying at home in after was clearly not enough asd the illness has progressed in the last few days. kasia: ourolitical, thank you so much. just to remind viewers joining a the moment, the british prime minister, boris johnson, has been taken into intensive care with coronavirus. the foreign secretary, minic raab, will be deputizing for the prime minister. i can bring you a statement from number 10, from 10 dow

dominic raab obviously tried to a nswer dominic raab obviously tried to answer those as best as he coulding there is a mismatch in the promise and the delivery of those promises on those key areas. and joe, i think you have a number of guests to talk to about this session this afternoon? well, yes following parliament in terms of virtual proceedings we can talk to three mps who of course would normally have been inside the chamber. iain duncan smith, the conservative mp and former leader of the conservative party, rachel reeves who is a member of the shadow cabinet and drew hendry for the snp. i would like to start for iain duncan smith, picking up start for iain duncan smith, picking up on that question of a mismatch between promise and delivery, do you think that the government could have done a lot more to make the testing for care workers and nhs medical staff easier in terms of access? well, i think the point that was made and it is the point is that really stands in all of this is that for the uk to ramp up the scale of testing has been a monumental effort and it is important that.

and i can see why the government and dominic raab might be reluctant to ta ke dominic raab might be reluctant minister onboard secular do you think he is being reluctant? we don't know how long it is before the prime minister is going to be fit and well, and decisions must be made. it's delayed for 2—3 weeks because the government was in some kind of limbo. so we do need to have decisions made and propositions put oi'i decisions made and propositions put on the table. but this business of saying we won't say anything about what happens next is not helpful. and i don't see why the british public are in the position to not judge by the government are saying. does it feel as you expected? i don't mean in terms of how to handle the coronavirus, but in terms of the challenges ahead of you and getting the labour party i had of what has been a very trying time? for me personally, i hated selling myself into the membership. i much prefer having to take leadership decisions... you hated the campaign? i'm much more comfortable in this thani i'm much more comfortable in this than i was in the campaign.

—— dominic raab to run the government.of his storing room and remain in charge with other people fronting up —— drawing room. ithink with other people fronting up —— drawing room. i think the consistency of having a prime minister in the health centre does help try things on a consistent and effective way. i think a change of someone as it were pulling the levers is a little bit of an impediment into the smooth running of what is a complicated day—to—day operation. i think that boris has established massive authority and confidence in the way he has done this so i think only handover, indeed we hope then only temporarily, should it really be necessary but from what i can see at the moment, going on overnight, have tests coming in overnight i hope to downing street soon should allow him to maintain continuity of control. that was alan duncan. i would just like to remind you of the statement released by downing street which explains what is going on. the statement says that on the advice of his doctor the prime minister has

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has been asked to deputise for mrjohnson.ngham palace said the queen had been informed about the situation. leaders around the world have been sending their best wishes to the prime minister. president trump sent america's well wishes to borisjohnson for a speedy recovery. the french president, emmanuel macron, said he hoped mrjohnson would overcome this ordeal quickly. the latest official figures showed almost 5,400 patients have now died in the uk — an increase of a39 on the previous day. in the united states, a senior new york city council member has now reversed his earlier warning that a massive increase in virus related deaths could see people being buried in parks — saying they would be buried on hart island, near the bronx. france has reported 833 deaths in the past 2a hours — its highest since the outbreak began. the figure includes people who died in hospitals and nursing homes. we'll have more on those developments across the world. but first, our our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from westminster with

dominic raab said that borisjohnson is coronavirus.ic raab said that boris johnson is making coronavirus. dominic raab said that borisjohnson is making a positive steps forward since being admitted to hospital on sunday evening and remains in good spirits. around the world, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has now passed 1.5 million, that is according to a tally by the johns million, that is according to a tally by thejohns hopkins university and that is having a knock—on effect. the us has seen the sharpest ever rising unemployment, the northern 6.5 million new claims made in the past week. that takes the number of jobs lost made in the past week. that takes the number ofjobs lost in the last three weeks to more than 50 million. italy's prime minister has warned that the european union it needs to rise to the challenge of what he calls the biggest test since the second world war. 0ur calls the biggest test since the second world war. our first report comes from our health editor, hugh pym. it was just so dreadful that no one

the foreign secretary dominic raab has been asked to deputise for him.emerged that michael gove is also now south isolating, as a member of his family isolating, as a member of his family is displaying symptoms of the virus. our first report is by our political correspondent nick eardley. westminster and the country wait. across the thames from the houses of parliament, the prime minister remains in intensive care, struggling to overcome coronavirus. borisjohnson has shown persistent symptoms since testing positive 12 days ago. alas, i still have one at the symptoms, a minor symptom, alas, i still have one at the symptoms, a minorsymptom, i alas, i still have one at the symptoms, a minor symptom, istill had a temperature... these are pictures from friday were the last time we saw him, from self isolation in downing street but his condition has got worse. he was taken into intensive care at 7pm last night when his condition worsened during the day and as we speak, the prime minister is in intensive care, being looked after by his medical team, receiving t

there was this cross party call with opposition leaders with dominic raab.owning street saying iwas is constructivession, involving the chief medicalffer, the party leaders sending theo best wishese prime minister. this was just before the news at he was taken out of intensive care. they said we worked across the spectrum to ensure a national response. speaking to other sources to know about this meeting, concerns were raised by the opposition party leaders, lots of different people on that call. nsamong the conc raised,iv personal prote equipment for social care workers across the u.k. that has been a reputed ncern. as well, when this peay of the virus reached, whether there is a variance in different parts of the u.k., whether that is fixed into the modeling as well, the job retention scheme, whether that is working on to ensureon workers are capy the companies, or load and pay a n amount of their salary concerns whether that is working well. clearly, opposition leaders stressing, and while i want to rk constructively with the government, raising their con

but, look, dominic raab has been deputising. lockdown restrictions have to be, by law, reviewed every three weeks. that first three—week period, the lockdown measures were just continued, rolled over, effectively. the next point comes injust under fortnight‘s time, so ten days, a fortnight‘s time. that is where the government will be looking. clearly, it will be a boost, as dominic raab has said this morning, to have boris johnson back there. but he will be weighing up the same dilemmas now. that will be, ultimately, his decision, what to do with the lockdown when the time comes. it's now been two weeks since north korean state media has reported any public activities by the national leader, kim jong—un. his absence from public view in the secretive communist state has fuelled rumour and speculation. earlier this week, south korea dismissed a report that kim jong—un was seriously ill after heart surgery. alistair coleman from bbc monitoring joins us now. you have been monitoring very carefully directed carefully, the reports and

dominic raab today was urging caution.eard this message repeatedly from the government, saying it was too soon to think about lifting the lockdown measures, and certainly anything that does happen in the coming weeks will be incremental. we need to make sure that we can proceed in a sure—footed way, which is why i know the temptation is to start announcing proposals now, but actually until you have the evidence, that is not responsible. it risks you ending up misleading. we need to take a sure—footed step forward which protects life, but also preserves our way of life. so we're very focused on doing the homework that can allow us to do that. but you're absolutely right. for example, the social distancing measures, applying them in a different context is going to be with us for some time. so the government is under pressure from some within their own conservative party, but also from the labour leader, said keir starmer. he is saying to treat the british people like adults, explain to them how the lockdown will be eased? ye

dominic raab far less well-known than boris johnson. after a few months at secretary with theresa may, then came back as foreign secretary under boris johnson. he ran boris johnson for leadership. he became the foreign secretary. he is now stepping out into that will. -- role. boris johnson a real colossus in british politics. talking one has been television just now. he said we are making decisions as a cabinet altogether. how long that can help, we know now that mr. johnson is in intensive care, it is going to be a long time. not a matter of days before he is able to return to work. yes, the added sense of uncertainty is really building here when we don't really know how the government is going to be run over the coming weeks. anna: thank you very much. you wonder to what extent the organization is run autonomously, but big decisions need to be made. minutes away from the open. up next, more on the companies pulling their financial guidance. a number of business is not able to see the. but wall street has been hesitant to give up its

that is not available to dominic raab. he is not available to dominic raab.have to work extra hard to reach that consensus with his colleagues. he won't have the same political authority that boris johnson has, having won a big election victory only months ago. and isn't that because there isn't actually... there isn't a codified rule for him, that is not his fault, thatis rule for him, that is not his fault, that is the nature we're in right now, but i wonder whether this throws questions to the future that, like the united states has a vice president, do we need to have something like that here? president, do we need to have something like that here7m president, do we need to have something like that here? it raises an interesting question. you are quite right to see in the united states they have a statutory vice president position. we have no deputy prime minister and it is very much in the gift of the prime minister how they delegate and most prime ministers are quite resistant to deputise, even when they are on holiday. i think it will be an issue when

. —— dominic raab.hat the prime minister has been moved out of intensive care and is backin moved out of intensive care and is back in the ward, a spokesperson said that he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. we've had some reaction to that. president trump has tweeted that great news that borisjohnson is has tweeted that great news that boris johnson is out has tweeted that great news that borisjohnson is out of intensive care. he ends his tax by saying, his tweet saying get well, boris. it's really good, positive to hear that the premises and extremely good spirits, just a few moments ago we had the collapse of the key workers for the nhs, these are pictures —— we had the clap. the prime minister took part in this last week when this happened. this is becoming a bit of a ritual every thursday evening at eight to 8pm uk time. this time, he was in the hands of the nhs, the government always very keen to stress that he is receiving excellent ca re keen to stress that he

foreign secretary dominic raab will deputize.sian stocks moved to their first back-to-back gain in three weeks. oil pushes higher ahead of thursday. euro area finance ministers look for agreement on a corrective response to the crisis in a crucial call today. shinzo abe says he wants cash handouts as quickly as possible. ."lcome to "daybreak: europe a powerful rally in the u.s. session yesterday. investors seem to be looking for the virus peak. cameron crise says, if you are looking for the bottom, it may not come for more than a year. manus: diamond warns that a recession could be similar to 2008. a trillion dollar stimulus from japan. the ministry of singapore going with liquidity requirements. good morning. nejra: if we wonder whether the rally will continue into the u.s. session, u.s. futures lower earlier. on these, seeing green screen and asia and also in terms of european futures. the big move yesterday, taking the futures above the moving average and pushing through the end of march high. do we get to a 70 handle? we are

uk foreign secretary dominic raab rejects calls for an early easing of the coronavirus lockdown, urging "caution" and the need for "ca reful ste ps". we will need to make sure we can proceed in a sure—footed way, which is why i know the temptation is to start announcing proposals now, but until you have the evidence, that is not responsible. he was speaking as uk prime minister boris johnson prepares to return to work tomorrow, two weeks since he left hospital after falling ill with coronavirus. children in spain are allowed out for the first time in six weeks, as one of europe's strictest lockdowns is relaxed. dozens are arrested in central berlin, after demonstrating against germany's lockdown measures. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first, britain's foreign secretary, dominic raab, has rejected calls to ease the coronavirus lockdown, stressing that the outbreak is still at a "delicate and dangerous" stage. the government is coming under pressure to relax the social—dis

here's dominic raab again. more damage to the economy over the longer period. and i want to be really clear about this. the advice from sage is that relaxing any of the measures currently in place would risk damage to both public health and our economy. here's political correspondent jessica parker on when the lockdown might be lifted. i think ithink mrwas i think mr was very reluctant to put exec timelines on things saying that actually the situation is very dynamic and the committee mentioned that sage was constantly looking at the data, constantly looking at the date is modelling to advise ministers what they think the next steps should be in that is why it is the a three week cycle, so it is backin the a three week cycle, so it is back in the 23rd of march the boris johnson, the prime minister announced these radical locked on mr saying that they will be reviewed after three weeks and that is what we hit this week and of course today, dominic raab was outlined in the prime minister's deputy. the prime minis

it was the second outing, if you like, for both keir starmer and dominic raab.ite. in fact, i got exchanges were very polite. in fact, igota exchanges were very polite. in fact, i got a slight sense that keir starmer was a little more tentative in his questions to the foreign secretary learnt last week. he was very keen to stress the fact i was really wanting to focus on the evidence rather than giving his own opinion, obviously, not wanted to go down the little party line in any obvious sense. he focus on what he calls the truly dreadful figures in terms of the death toll and talked about a rising death toll in care homes. interestingly, latertoday at the downing street briefing, we will get alongside eds in hospitals over the last 2a hours, a daily update to those who have lost their lives to coronavirus in care homes and in that the community. dominic raab disputing the fact that there is a sort of rising death toll in care homes. it is very difficult to actually get an accurate figure at the same time as those who have lost their lives in hospitals because t

but ultimately, the buck stops now with dominic raab.r is present, he is still in the old phrase, first among equals. we have cabinet government in this country so the cabinet takes responsibility. it is not a presidential system, that phrase, the buck stops here, was invented by and for american presidents. the british system is different. of course the prime minister is the focus of everything. of course the prime minister is the driver of strategy. but in the end, we have a parliamentary system where the cabinet is responsible for taking decisions and is responsible for getting them through the house of commons and parliament, that is a su btle commons and parliament, that is a subtle difference, it is an important difference. an important difference indeed but clearly, the prime list is not able to make those decisions, he has put his deputy out front. if there is a dispute in the cabinet, dominic raab has to make that final decision, right?|j cabinet, dominic raab has to make that final decision, right? ithink breaking any cabinets

dominic raab has been asked to deputize for the prime minister wherever that is necessary.epeatedly asked by journalists the press conference today, he was repeatedly asked byjournalists if he had the ultimate decision—making powers. because we know that a review of the lockdown measures will come up review of the lockdown measures will come up as review of the lockdown measures will come up as early as monday, because we will have done the three weeks that was initially set out by boris johnson. and really big, political decisions and political judgements will need to be made, but it is not entirely clear if dominic raab had actually been given that mandate. and there are a number of various people in the cabinet who we've all been told are responsible in some way, and dominic raab kept trying to emphasise this point of collective cabinet responsibility, which exists in normal times. but the phenomenal point here is we still don't actually know if he is in charge in the way that the prime minister would actually be in charge, and when these big decisions have to be made, i

the foreign secretary, domninic raab, is now standing in for him.ical correspondent chris mason reports. the man tasked with steering the country and the government through a crisis without parallel is this morning still here in intensive care at st thomas‘s hospital in central london. the prime minister has been attempting to shield us from the very worst consequences of a virus that has now left him stricken. the main thing that comes across with boris all the time is this irrepressible optimism that we will get through and that's what he projects and what he believes, what he tells himself co nsta ntly. and that's what he was like about a week ago when he knew he had the virus. he thought he'd get through it and britain would get through it and we would all be fine. this clearly shows just how serious it is. this was the prime minister last thursday joining the applause for healthcare staff. thanks, nhs, thank you! it's now doctors and nurses less than a mile from downing street in hospital helping the prime minister beat the coronavirus. and so

and in terms of what happens after that, dominic raab, who is standing in for the prime minister at theriefing, explained his five tests for how do we judge what comes next. we want to be as upfront with the british people as we possibly can. so, let me set out five specific things which the government will need to be satisfied of before we will consider it safe to adjust any of the current measures. first, we must protect the nhs's ability to cope. we must be confident we are able to provide sufficient critical care and specialist treatment right across the uk. the nhs staff have been incredible, and we must continue to support them as much as we can. second, we must see a sustained and consistent fall in the daily death rates from coronavirus, so we are confident we have moved beyond the peak. third, we need to have reliable data from sage showing the rate of infection is decreasing to manageable levels across the board. fourth, we must be confident that the range of operational challenges, including testing capacity and ppe, are in hand with supply able to meet future demand. fifth,

he has asked the foreign secretary dominic raab to detize for him. moments ago, mr.b gave this update on the prime minister's health. >> he is recving the best care from the excellent medical team at st. thomas's hospital. blhe remains sovernight, is receiving standardtr oxygen tment and is breathing without assistance. he has not required any mechanical ventilati or respiratory support. in keeping with usual clinical practice, his progress continues to be monitored in critical care. >> good to hear that he is in good spirits. during his daily briefing, we were also given the latest u.k. figures. in the lt day, 786 hospital patients with coronavirus have sadly died. this is the highest reported figure so far for a 24-hour period, but experts say the growth in numbers is actually number of -- lower than the predicted long-term trend, so a little positivity. this brings the total number of people that have died in u.k. hospitals more than 6000. let's get more from our antical correspondent jona blake, who joins us now. dominic ab, who is deputizing fordu the prime mini

that is exactly what dominic raab will be doing.ship, being the person who answers the questions is a lonely place to be, but don't forget, as your previous guests but don't forget, as your previous gu ests have but don't forget, as your previous guests have said, a lot of the big strategic decisions have already been set. the cabinet itself is incomplete simpatico with the prime minister. we have some of the best experts anywhere in the world giving the advice on how to get there, too. in somebody like chris whitty, to have one of the top epidemiologists anywhere on the planet to happen to be the guy holding the reins of chief medical officer at the time is only get a pandemic like this, it is so only get a pandemic like this, it is so reassuring. we have one of the best people anywhere and one of the most experienced anywhere think the decision—makers throughout. most experienced anywhere think the decision-makers throughout. we have heard some of the opposition leaders talking about back into government, hoping the government suc

it will be dominic raab.abinet particular between health and an economy where we need to get people working again, what that cabinet suddenly all turn to the seat in the middle to dominic raab? the cabinet secretary will try to assure that doesn't happen and i think departments and cabinet ministers will be straining to avoid anything that puts him in an invidious position because he doesn't have the power for insists to hire and fire or have his own reshuffle. and suddenly assume the role of a prime minister in that respect. i think that the cabinet which i do make it as easy for him as possible and keep him away from having to adjudicate those difficult decisions. every day at the moment the government is having to make huge potential life or death positions but how it handles is pandemic. been right, thank you so much. we will find out how that story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 11:30pm it this evening. join me tonight are the political commentatorjo philips and nigel nelson, po

dominic raab isa decision—making process. dominic raab is a very able deputy.hority to his deputy. we need to give dominic the time and space to make those crucial decisions with cabinet, with government command the support of colleagues. i think it will do very fine. interested in your conversation with him last week. there has been some suggestion he should have taken more of a back step and may not have been in the position where he was in the worsening healthy was in now. do you think he understood the seriousness of what he was last week? of course. he knew he had coronavirus. he is in charge of britain's response to this pandemic. he knows that in certain cases this disease can be fatal and is killing many people around the country. of course he takes that seriously. he isolated and he rested. i understand his workload was cut back. i don't think it's fairto point was cut back. i don't think it's fair to point the finger that he has further contributed to that. he has got a very stressfuljob. i don't think that helps matters. he did all he can delimit its

for now, dominic raab, the foreign secretary, will continue to deputise for him.ere that there were times last week that were very dark indeed, perhaps giving us a clue as to how seriously ill the prime minister was. we were getting some indication from downing street that had gone through boris johnson‘s medical team, but the fact she said it felt like a very dark time indeed, at a certain point in the last week, possibly a clue that the last week, possibly a clue that the prime minister was very seriously ill. we knew he was on oxygen treatment, but was never put ona oxygen treatment, but was never put on a ventilator. she has also thanked the nhs and tweeted a picture of a rainbow, the symbol of thanks for front line workers. you walk around and see those pictures and images in peoples windows, that kids have drawn stop during the clap for carers at 8pm every thursday, it‘s that symbol of thanks that people across the country have for those people who are putting themselves at risk and working in very difficult conditions to take on this unprecedented challenge

dominic raab 's minister remains the prime minister.rning for example was to chair at the daily work cabinet it's become known as, the meeting which talks about the response to coronavirus. there are also several other committees made up also several other committees made up of ministers, each working on their separate area and of course their separate area and of course the role of the cabinet secretary, the role of the cabinet secretary, the most senior civil servant in whitehall, will be incredibly important but they are having to make certain decisions, for example, the weekly audience between the queen and the prime minister, they've decided they are not going to hold that while the prime minster is in hospital but officials will keep in touch with each other. there is no doubt these are not normal times. the prime minister remaining of course in intensive care. thank you vicki young and charlotte gallagher. many people have publicly expressed their concern for the prime minister, and sent their best wishes. speaking from the white

he's asked foreign secretary dominic raab to deputise for him.rt time agao mr raab gave this update on the prime minister's health. i can tell you he is receiving the very best care from the excellent medical team from st thomas' hospital and remain stable overnight. standard oxygen treatment. has not required any respiratory support. he remains in good spirits and in keeping with usual clinical practice, he is monitored closely and critical care. that was the daily briefing a little earlier on today. during that briefing we were also given the latest figures for the united kingdom. in the last day 786 hospital patients with coronavirus have died. this is the highest reported figure so far for a 24—hour period, but experts say the growth in numbers is actually lower than the predicted long—term trend. it brings the total number of people who have died in uk hospitals hospitals to more than 6,000. let's get more from our political correspondent jonathan blake. hejoins us live he joins us live now. hejoins us live now. we had an update about the pr

dominic raab said to biggest challenge was the ebb and flow of people into care homes.udes residents. it includes care home workers which sometimes work in different care homes. it also includes nhs workers and of course friends and family. that is the single biggest challenge in terms of reducing transmission. and i will not shy away from saying in front of the right honourable gentleman that this is a challenge and is a challenge we must grip and we can grip to make sure that those in care can get the numbers down in care homes as we have seen in hospitals and as we have seen in the country at large. sir keir moved on to reported shortages of personal protective equipment for nhs staff. what is going on and how soon can it be fixed? there is no minimising or sugar—coating any of those that he mentioned. i feel animated and inspired to do even better, but he needs to recognise on ppe that there is a global supply shortage and we are doing everything we can to make sure that those in the front line get the equipment they need. finally, on a strategy to end the lockdown,

dominic raab is the deputy, but he is overseeing the prime minister's plans.ffectively do you think those structures a re effectively do you think those structures are work something there? there was questions about how dominic raab was deputy prime minister, do you think it has worked reasonably smoothly in boris johnson's absence? yes, there have been reports of sniping among some cabinet ministers throughout the course of pandemic, but i think the prime minister entering hospital was enough to make everyone stop in their tracks. dominic raab is someone who some in the conservative party have reservations about. but he has impressed as the deputy, because he is not saying he is boris johnson, but saying it its collective cabinet responsibility and he is not trying to overstep hissed role. 0verstep his role. in the longer term there are big decisions that it will be difficult for raab to make, such as on the exit strategy. the hope is by the time they get there, the prime minister can at least play some role remotely, if he is not fully back at work by then.

. >> reporter: we have seen dominic raab enter the building behind me. he'll be chairing a covid-19 meeting 14 minutes from now. we heard from michael gove, as you say, a cabinet minister, very close to boris johnson. a little more updates about his physical condition. we have to point out that it isn't clear when mr. gove was last briefed. he not only said that boris johnson has received oxygen support, being very carefully used by the government to suggest what level of intervention that has involved, although he was clear mr. johnson is not on a ventilator. that would be an exceptionally drastic step that would portray possibly a deadly situation but at the same time, too, we are also waiting to hear further updates later on today from the normal briefing that normally occurs inside downing street to try to piece together a little more as to what's happening inside that intensive care ward. it's been a mixed series of messages over the last 36 hours. johnson was admitted to the hospital for tests as a precautionary measure, then his situation lessened

nhs up raab thanks the and down the country. there are good spirits among epidemic knowledge just -- germany, spain, even the most beleaguered new york and new jersey offer the hope of less deaths. japan and saudi arabia begin the fight against the virus. in the markets, the shorts are crushed. three days running, equities reprice higher. even em currencies find a fragile bid. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." we begin on tuesday in new york. i'm tom keene. in london, guy johnson in for francine lacqua. francine is doing fine, taking a much needed rest. guy johnson helping out, and we are thrilled by that. guy, it is so exceptional to see a leader ill and certainly within this crisis. give us the mood among the government, among dominic raab and others, the emotion right now around 10 downing street. guy: clearly everybody is hoping that the prime minister gets well and soon. this could not come at a worse time for britain as the country continues to fight the outbreak of the virus. i drove past this mor

foreign secretary dominic raab is acting in the job as required. french government announces physical exercise will now be banned in paris between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.. this as the country reports a record number of fatalities as they coronavirus death toll nears 9000. jaile pal is freed from after australia's high court conviction.s welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. we begin in the u.k. where boris johnson is now in inintensive ce as a centrtral -- at a central london hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened since sunday evening. foreign secretary dominic raab has been asasked it too deputize where necessary. world leaders have expressed to their support for the u.k. leader. to st. thomas hospital where the prime minister is currently being treated. benedict, do you have any updates in regards to the prime minister's condition? >> i wish i could give you the latest update but we are all waiting with baited breath as the country is very much for that latest health bulletin. what we have learned is that he is not on a v