ireland. —— a third of the village is in the republic of ireland and 230 northern ireland. e a re really parts of england and scotland. these are really important issues, which, as we will say, we will be approaching any joined up as we will say, we will be approaching anyjoined up way and the relationship we have as chief medical officers is long established and respect to public health bodies in providing advice to ministers will be helpful in providing advice to that respect. thank you. if we can answer short as possible so we can answer short as possible so we can get lots of questions. sleeping? thank you, chair. i would like to direct doctor atherton and start by saying thank you for everything you're doing at this time for the people of wales, but i would like to you about the importance of testing and tracing any welsh context and how that fits in with the wider uk approach to tackling coronavirus because, i have to say, it is not clear to me that there is a very clear to me that there is a very clear plan protesting that has been enrolled in wales. today, welsh gove

northern 'd ireland exactly death with the unionist parties favoring following the united kingdom approach where as a nationalist parties a certain wanting to follow the approach of the republic of ireland. our health minister and part of the health are somewhat stuck in the middle of the us and it's a political tensions getting in the way there but going forward should the restrictions be lifted in line with london or dublin do you think. my feeling is that we need to be in discussions very closely with the republic of our because we are an actual island we share a lot on board 'd with the republic of ireland and that makes sense that policies are developed on all sides for the betterment of our patients of both sides of the or state and they view that dr john r. kelly thank you very much indeed for talking to us. still to come this hour. muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of ramadan in isolation and we hear from a mom. in the coronavirus lowdown could send universities into financial ruin. i mean any friend of his son was that once you got infected then you'd get a nice one for any response and so that could go softly protects you against reinfection or not w

of the virus on these communities we hear from an equality campaign a. stark difference in virus that's between northern ireland and the republic leads to questions about the u.k.'s approach i'll be talking to an irish doctor. and the e.u. accuses the u.k. of dragging its heels on post breaks it talks saying it can't refuse an extension if it doesn't keep moving forward we'll hear from my europe correspondent. the u.k. government's coronavirus testing site shuts down within a few hours of opening as the chief medical officer warns of a 2nd or even 3rd peak that's as the welsh minister fall of scotland by proposing a long down exit strategy despite westminster still refusing to reveal nationwide planning well to you casey serai joins me now with all the latest hi there isa so what is the current situation regarding testing and p.p.a. well we know that throughout this crisis to have been calls on the government to increase the supply of the front line and it just starts now of course as the death toll continues to rise we look at. the latest figures of people who have sadly died 684 in hospitals across the u.k. after testing positive for coded 19 there are s

but northern ireland's approach to the virus has been more in step with the rest of the u.k. dumping introducing measures more quickly the republic closed its schools and mass gatherings on march the 12th while northern ireland waited until march the 18th dublin also in force to shut down on march the 15th but the u.k. didn't begin its lockdown until almost a week later the north testing for the virus has also been more strained unlike the republic which has engaged in community testing and contract tracing. well doubling based optimality were told told me he wasn't surprised by the findings the moment the republic of ireland we have several powder bacon but about at the moment we never saw the ferry with even the north particularly london and we had a comedian approach so if you look at what we're doing here in our land it would completely be out that what was being done in the u.k. and open the door we saw very very early on that we had here in our human care where we were doing paid in the pair or week here we were doing active contact tracing and we very quickly brought the country into a locker and we started clothing or we

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace., pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news — the latest headlines: the world health organisation says the number of coronavirus cases around the world is set to hit a million within the next few days. in the united states, big cities have been worst hit by the virus. but rural areas are affected as well — particularly by the economic fallout. new hampshire has told people to stay at home until may. and that has crippled the state's tourism industry, as jane 0'brien reports. off—season in the mount washington valley is generally quiet, but not this quiet. 0nly valley is generally quiet, but not this quiet. on

of those claiming to represent the mainly protestant unionists. broadly speed. the nationalists more so-called republicans want northern ireland to be unified with the republic of ireland while the unionists wanted to remain part of the united kingdom along with england wales and scotland. i think this conflict was probably brought here to. the people of my community and i think of taking the problems to the theatre and you can achieve nothing ever said by people civil rights and human rights people are dying marched on the streets i'm a big an awful straits and then the british army come in. there catholics and i says here actually had no basic human rights the had no full rights the had all those traits taken away from them. but in 1998 northern ireland political parties signed up to the good friday agreement breaking 3 decades of deadlock it established a power sharing assembly and paved the way for the withdrawal of british troops on the disbanding of our military groups. after many false starts the assembly assumed its full power in may 2007 the sworn enemies of yesterday unionist leader ian paisley and the republican leader martin mcguinness became 1st min

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace.ffices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the number of people around the world who have been diagnosed with coronavirus has passed 1 million. over 50,000 of them have died. more than 10 million american workers have lost theirjobs in the last two weeks alone, as the economy shuts down to slow the spread of coronavirus. the latest figures suggest that more than a million people around the world have tested positive for coronavirus. more than 50,000 have died, over half of them in europe. but the united states, where there are more than 220,000 confirmed cases and mor

and stephen kenny is to succeed mick mccarthy, as republic of ireland manager with immediate effect. fter euro 2020, but the postponement of the tournament until next year has accelerated the fai plan. the former dundalk manager's first match in charge will be a european championships play—off semi—final against slovakia. that's all the sport for now. speaking at the uk government's briefing earlier, the medical director of nhs england said that there was still capacity in the health service. posting on social media earlier today, one nurse who works in basildon in essex, said that staff there were doing all they can. people are appreciating what we're doing, that we are staying away from ourfamilies doing, that we are staying away from our families and putting doing, that we are staying away from ourfamilies and putting ourselves in danger. it's to try and save other people's love ones. it feels like a losing battle, but it's not because we've all got hope and we're all trying to do what we can. we are a lwa ys all trying to do what we can. we are always ‘s sticking together. i'm ver

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace.ghting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president trump has warned americans to be prepared for a hard fortnight ahead as the country's death toll surpasses china's. the british government admits it has to do more to facilitate testing for covid—i9, with only a fraction if its daily target currently being met. las vegas is usually thought of as the place of neon lights, slot machines, and huge music events. but the nevada city has been hit hard by the affects of the coronavirus. kyle rahn, ceo and president of united way of southern nevada told us abo

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace.businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. welcome back. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the trump administration issues a stark warning about the spread of coronavirus, saying it could get as bad as italy. the daily death toll in the uk passes 500 for the first time. now, where people have been living in lockdown, more people have been going online to shop for groceries and goods, which can be delivered. some of the big online retailers have seen sales spike astronomically. according to a report in the wall streetjournal, visits to the amazon website are up 32% compared to a year earlier, and amazon, which

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace.sses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the number of people around the world who have been diagnosed with coronavirus has passed 1 million — over 50,000 of them have died. more than ten million american workers have lost theirjobs in the last two weeks alone, as the economy shuts down to slow the spread of coronavirus. mexico seems to be faring better than its northern neighbour, the united states, when it comes to coronavirus cases. so far, only about 1,400 infections have been reported there, compared to more than 230,000 in the us. but those numbers are on the rise, and ther

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace.ting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the trump administration issues a stark warning about the spread of coronavirus, saying it could get as bad as italy. more than 200,000 people across the united states have been infected by the coronavirus and the outbreak is costing millions of people theirjobs and has devastated the stock market. despite this, president trump's approval ratings have jumped in the most recent polls. allan lichtman is a presidential historian and professor at american university. how much should we be reading into this, the fact t

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace.nesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president trump has warned americans to be prepared for a hard fortnight ahead as the country's death toll surpasses china's. the british government admits it has to do more to facilitate testing for covid—19 — with only a fraction if its daily target currently being met. in russia, the number of coronavirus cases has jumped by 500 in 24 hours — according to official government figures. the russian parliament approved a series laws aiming to slow the spread of the outbreak— including jail terms for breaking quarantine rules. and as steve

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace.ng up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the number of people who died from covid—19 in the us has exceeded 5,000. the trump administration has issued a stark warning about the spread of the virus, saying it could get as bad as italy. italy's stringent lockdown measures have been extended, although families are now allowed to take their children for a walk outside if needed. the officially recorded death toll in the country climbed by a further 727 on wednesday — a huge number but slightly lower than the previous day. it takes the country's total num

the republic of ireland is to extend its covid—19 restrictions for a further three weeks until 5 may.oon following a meeting of the national public health emergency team. irish police have set up more than 1,000 checkpoints in recent days to stop people breaking restrictions. a reminder of our main news. the number of confirmed deaths from coronavirus around the world has now passed 100,000. the united states has become the first country to report more than 2,000 deaths from coronavirus in one day. figures from johns hopkins university say 2,108 people have died in the past 2a hours. the us is now the country with the second highest number of deaths, only just behind italy. meanwhile, the world health organization has warned governments to be cautious about lifting restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the virus. economies have been crippled by lockdowns, but the head of the who says a premature relaxation could be dangerous. meanwhile, healthcare workers at mount sinai hospital in new york city have held a vigil for their colleagues who died from coronavirus. the world health or

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace.lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the trump administration issues a stark warning about the spread of coronavirus, saying it could get as bad as italy. the daily death toll in the uk passes 500 for the first time. italy's stringent lockdown measures have been extended, although families are now allowed to take their children for a walk outside if needed. it comes as the death toll in the country climbs by 727 in the past 2a hours. that's slightly down on yesterday's increase. it takes the country's total number of deaths to more than 13,000. o

given the republic of ireland announced their lockdown will continue until their lockdown will continueockdown? the prime minister is recovering and i'm sure the whole nation is delighted to see the news that he is getting better. the fact that he was so ill demonstrates once again just how serious this disease is. i'm delighted about that. the good news is that the government in his absence has been functioning very efficiently, very effectively. the foreign secretary yesterday made clear that we don't have enough information yet to be able to make any changes to the social distancing arrangements and that sage will meet next week and they will look at the data then and there way that we make that decision has been set out very clearly a nd that decision has been set out very clearly and is functioning very well. i think the foreign secretary is doing an excellentjob in sharing the committee that makes these decisions in the prime minister's absence. but that is within the context of a strategy that the prime minister very clearly set out and that we are working through and we are able

there are as yet no services in the country as a result women were forced to travel to the republic of ireland or britain for terminations but lockdown measures have rendered this impossible the new scheme launched by informing choices n.i. means that women will not be able to get the 1st abortion pill from a local clinic and later ones can be taken at home for groups such as alliance for choice of one that the lockdown creates more complex issues they say that has women have to leave the house to access the service will be difficult for those who are vulnerable for example those in abusive relationships may no longer have a reason to leave home or to discuss this further i'll be joined in the next hour by emma campbell from alliance for choice. the u.n. children's fund is one of a possible resurgence of measles due to the pandemic according to unicef millions of children are at risk of missing their vaccines that follows world health organization guidelines issued in late march saying immunization should be perspire and measles is easily preventable according to w h o targets at least 95 perc

i refer to the trilateral agreement that we have reached with the french and the republic of irelandference to 26 different freight routes from britain, france, belgium, many other countries, i won't read the list, which had been secured as well. that is in addition to those freight services and transport services, which have been secured to places like the isle of wight, and also the links from great britain to northern ireland. so all of those things are included in the package, and we will ensure that a minimum level of service is provided so that people can be confident that the goods are back on the shelves of shops and remain there, as they are now, throughout the rest of this crisis. look, with regards to flights, it is the case that, of course, people have been able to fly here, the numbers are down massively, probably only about 4—5% of the flights that were taking place before the crisis, and the load factors are very low. quite a lot of the people returning, 1.3 million of them so far, have been british nationals abroad who have been able to come back thanks to those fligh

i refer to the trilateral agreement that we have reached with the french and the republic of ireland my remarks i also made reference to 26 different freight routes from britain, france, belgium, many other countries, i won't read the list, which had been secured as well. that is in addition to those freight services and transport services, which have been secured to places like the isle of wight, and also the links from great britain to northern ireland. so all of those things are included in the package, and we will ensure that a minimum level of service is provided so that people can be confident that the goods are back on the shelves of shops and remain there, as they are now, throughout the rest of this crisis. look, with regards to flights, it is the case that, of course, people have been able to fly here, the numbers are down massively, probably only about 4—5% of the flights that we re only about 4—5% of the flights that were taking place before the crisis, and the load factors are very low. quite a lot of the people returning, 1.3 million of them so far, have been british na

stephen kenny is to succeed mick mccarthy as republic of ireland manager with immediate effect. ent of that tournament until next year has accelerated the fai plan. his first match will be against slovakia. 0ne be against slovakia. one last little bit of actual sport news for you. we haven't had much of it recently, haven't had much of it recently, have we? i amjust haven't had much of it recently, have we? i am just going through the back pages this morning, i know you will have done exactly the same thing. really interesting reactions to the liverpool decision to furlough their nonplaying staff. liverpool had such a real sense of goodwill about them coming into this crisis afterjurgen klopp spoke so passionately about how everyone should stick together, and in the papers, the reaction you are talking about, attitudes changing after that decision yesterday. and we talk about this growing sense of resentment towards these footballers. they have had a lot of criticism, but you have to remember they have been — individually, some of them have been doing a lot of charity work, setti

many will be dry, the bulk of the rain for the republic of ireland. onday, wednesday night to take it into easter monday with gales for the south—east corner, and for easter monday itself, cloudy with added wind—chill in the east. some are in the west and temperatures are down on what we are used to. that is how the weather is looking. we have the headlines next. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today... as temperatures rise, an easter message from the government: stay at home to combat coronavirus. let's not undo the gains we've made, let's not waste the sacrifices so many people have made. we mustn't give the coronavirus a second chance to kill more people and to hurt our country. boris johnson's partner carrie symonds pays tribute to the nhs after the prime minister is moved out of intensive care, as the country again comes together to clap for our carers. good morning. bore da. celebrating the heroes who are keeping britain moving. we'll meet the lifeguard who's swapped the beaches of south wal

copies of the declaration reached ireland, austria, the dutch republic, and spain by the end of augustnd then copenhagen, basal, and florence in early september. ironically, given the delegates' focus on france, the declaration turned up there quite belatedly. the dunlap broadsides that congress had sent to silas dean, its representative in paris, they'd been lost in transit. they'd been lost in transit. and replacements didn't arrive until early november. by then, two french translations had appeared in the paris newspapers, but it's not certain if senior members of the french court had yet read them or acknowledged them. what is certain is that when they did, the french were unimpressed. silas dean was under instructions to obtain, as early as possible, a public acknowledgment of the independentsy of these states from the french king, but no such acknowledgment was forthcoming. weeks passed. then months. the french court said nothing. john dickinson, the lawyer from pennsylvania, had predicted this would happen. in his speech against independence, back on july 1st, dickinson had stoo

republic after another regained its independence. now in 2019 the majority of the countries on this planet have their own declarations of independence. among them bangladesh, belgium, finland, ireland israel, korea, liberia, malaysia, new zealand, the philippines, singapore, syria and taiwan. some of these declarations like the republic of vietnam's 1945 declaration, quote our declaration word-for-word as you can see on your handout which i've included that one. others simply express their debt to our declaration with a bit more subtlety. in june of 1826, two weeks before he died, thomas jefferson wrote a letter to a friend in which he called america's 1776 declaration an instrument pregnant with the fate of the world. how right he turned out to be. over the past two and a half centuries people's around the world have used jefferson's declaration, our declaration, as one of their weapons of choice to try to extinguish and obliterate empires. our declaration's pithy pointed assertion of sovereignty and statehood is its most important global legacy and its significance can hardly be overstated. in our lifetimes, ladies and gentlemen, decolonization movements empowered by the original

concern our highest level of ireland at the time there were 98 cases outside china and no day is in february an international team of experts from canada china germany japan the republic of korea nigeria the russian federation single pour and the united states of america visited affleck to provinces in china to learn more about the virus the outbreak and the response and to glean lessons for the rest of the world in early february the united nations crisis management team was activated after we discussed with secretary general antonio would tell us to coordinate the entire machinery of the un to support countries as effectively as possible. since then we have been working day and night in 5 key areas 1st we have world to support countries in building their capacity to prepare and respond suitably chose a network of 6 regional offices and 150 country offices we have worked closely with governments around the world to prepare their health systems for covered 19 and to respond when cases are ripe we should a strategy of preparedness and response plan which identified the major actions countries need to take and the resources needed to carry them out government said and p