rajini vaidyanathan, its eyes to their plight. rajini vaidya nathan, bbc its eyes to their plight.a with coronavius. it comes as one of the world's biggest manufacturers of disinfectants warned people not to follow president trump's suggestion that injecting themselves with it could treat coronavirus. 0ne leading company said "under no circumstance" should its products be put into human bodies. the president today said his remarks had been sarcastic. 0ur north american editor, jon sopel, has more. controversially, some of florida's beaches reopened last week. but maybe it was a smart thing to do. according to new research conducted by us government scientists, sunlight, heat and humidity dramatically reduce the life of coronavirus in the air and on hard surfaces. the scientists said it acted as a powerful disinfectant. and that led the president to muse on whether disinfectant could be used inside the human body to kill the virus. and then i see the disinfectant, that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. and it is there a way we can do something like that? by injection inside, or

daughter, anoushka shankar, also a renowned musician, spoke to bbc south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathantrument, i knew that we were connected. most people across cultures and generations seem to know the name shankar. there were definitely were decades where he was the household name that was putting india on the map, culturally, artistically. singing. he's my father, so i think people might be inclined to take this with a pinch of salt, but i really do think that he was one of the greatest musicians that ever lived. pa—pa pa—pa. like this. you know, one of those sort of iconic friendships, relationships he had, be it with, you know, george harrison, philip glass, john coltrane, he — people were drawn to this new music that they'd never heard before and he was the right kind of person to want to teach it and share it. not so long. da—da—da. my father was known for being unbelievably deeply well—versed in the ragas. like his knowledge of the ragas and their details, their permutations, and melody forms was unmatched. and his ability to also balance that with interplay of rhythm was unmat

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. residents of mexico city are struggling with a lack of fresh water.rts of the mexican capital, but the problem's been exacerbated by government efforts to tackle the spread of coronavirus, and reminders for people to wash their hands. it's raised concerns that efforts to tackle the spread of the virus will be hampered by the inability of so many to wash their hands. rich preston has this report. in mexico city, around a quarter of all houses don't have a daily water supply. 0ne in ten and get water once or twice a week. delivered by trucks and stored in communal tanks. the poor communities in this city of 8.5 million share one of life's essential commodities. they can't even be sure that the water that is available is clean. a lack of running water is bad enough, but at the same time mexican authorities, like so many, are telling people to "wash your hands" and "stay at home". easier said than done for some. translation: we recycle the water for the bathroom to clean the dishes, water the plants. try to save some until the truck comes every eight days

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. so far, but concerns about the virus have not prevented a major political scandal. the country's justice minister resigned on friday after the populist president, jair bolsonaro, fired the federal police chief. as bill hayton reports, it's left the government in crisis at a crucial time. in the cities of brazil, millions around a lot down. the country has 50,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and over 3000 people have died. but in the capital, attention is focused on a political drama. on friday, the government's popular justice on friday, the government's popularjustice and security minister resigned, accusing president bolsonaro of interfering in the federal police by trying to put one of his friends in charge, potentially a criminal offence. translation: the president told me more than once expressly that he wanted to have a personal contact in the job, someone personal contact in the job, someone he could gather information from that he could collect intelligence reports from, whe

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news.e been packed. but with lockdown measures in place, some have been forced to adapt to the times. they‘ re providing takeaway meals and home deliveries. but others have had to pour out their precious pints, as our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. there are thousands of gallons of lovingly—brewed beer right now going to waste. the landlord of the gardener's arms in norwich disposed of his ten real ales to the hymn played as the titanic sank. we have a cellar full of beer, which is probably all going to be out of date within the next two or three weeks. a lot of the brewers who brew with the products, they love what they do. it's really sad to think that all that beer and all that hard work is being wasted and thrown away. i drank a little bit, but i can't drink loads of it, so i think, all in all, we're up to nearly 6,000 gallons of beer that we're due to throw away. in cool rooms and cellars across the uk, it's estimated there are some 50 million pints that will suffer the same

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news.h workers about the challenges they face. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns is keeping in touch with a range of staff — and has asked them to keep video diaries. one of them is physiotherapist tom meredith who gave us this look at his daily work. physiotherapy might not seem an obvious part of the front—line fight against coronavirus, but tom meredith says his work is crucial. it's 7:45am. bye. ijust dropped off my daughter to nursery, and now i'm heading in to start my shift. we have five wards up here with about 70 patients, all with coronavirus, age ranging from 90s down into their 30s. some are too frail for intensive care. their bodies would just not cope with being on a ventilator. tom and his team try to help clear their chests so they can breathe. sometimes that won't work, and they can only make them comfortable. 0thers, though, are at the start of the long road to recovery. so we're just off to see a patient now for some rehabilitation, with myself and taylor and charl

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news.ollowing the advice that she is giving to others during the coronavirus pandemic. catherine calderwood has been urging people to stay at home but has been photographed at her second home in fife, having travelled there with her family from edinburgh. she said she knew how important the advice was and didn't want her mistake to distract from that. just a reminder that the queen will be making a special address to the uk, and indeed to the whole commonwealth on the coronavirus crisis, that is at eight o'clock uk time this evening. she is going to urge people to prove that this generation is as strong as any. so that will be the queen's message a little bit later on. for now, you are watching bbc news. as the coronavirus pandemic continues, it's those on the front line that face the biggest challenges. doctors and nurses across the country are tackling unprecendeted levels of demand and a disease that, untiljust weeks ago, was unknown. one doctor has written in the telegraph that "fear is

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news.numbers of deaths, have both reported progress in tackling the coronavirus outbreak. spain has released its latest figures, which show that the coronavirus death toll has risen to 12,418. that's an increase overnight of 674 deaths but is actually part of a trend which shows that the number of people dying each day continues to go down. scotland's chief medical officer has said she is truly sorry for not following the advice that she is giving to others during the coronavirus pandemic. catherine calderwood has been urging people to stay at home but has been photographed at her second home in fife, having reportedly travelled with her family from edinburgh. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello there. there's a lot of fine weather across the uk at the moment. high pressure is to thank for that. and it's been bringing a lot of sunshine to many gardens on sunday. this was cambridgeshire a little earlier. not to all, though — lanarkshire

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. this is it from the news special.eral because we have got a frontal system that is draping its way around the north—west of the high. notice how that cloud is kind of streaming its way northwards out of spain. a strong southerly air stream — that is what has been pulling in such warm air. that is what has been and that strong southerly wind will continue through this evening and overnight. it will, perhaps, ease back a little through the small hours. wet weather, though, courtesy of a weather front finally pushing its way into the west through the evening. some quite heavy bursts of rain for a while, the rain extends further east across scotland into northern england through the small hours, becomes patchier further south, but we keep that southerly airstream. so these are our overnight lows. they are figures more typical of our daytime highs at this point in april. so a very mild start to monday. to start the day. the wind is lighter than today. gusty towards the north—west. thanks to the change in wind i should ment