simon? simon: thank you, michael. 00 coronavirus2 patients are in hospital across england. those numbers are bound to rise in the coming days. that's why, as michael says, it is so important that everybody follows the medical advice to stay-at-home and in so doing, save lives. makinglso why the nhs is an extraordinary effort run across this country to ensure that we have care for those patients who need the looking after from coronavirus. that's why nhs staff are pulling out all the stops in an unprecedented response to this emergency. across and would, with test england, we hit -- across england, we have made sure 3000 beds are able to treat coronavirus patients. it's also why we are taking the action to build new hospitals in very short order, starting with the nhs nightingale hospital in east london. and today, because this is a problem not confined to london but the whole country, i have given the go-ahead to the building of two further of these hospitals, beginning with the birmingham c

i'm joined today by the chief executive of the nhs simon stephen and deputy chief medical officer jenny harris area i'd like to update you all on the facts of the spread of covid-19 and the steps that we are taking in the battle against the coronavirus. 130,777 people have now been tested for the virus. of those, 14,543 have tested positive. increase in the last day of 2885. that scientific analysis now is at the rate of infection has been doubling every 3 to 4 days. of those who have contracted the virus , 759 have sadly died. our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have passed away. these figures are a powerful reminder of the need for all of us to. we need to slow the spread of the virus and strengthen the nhs's ability to protect us all. social distancing measures have been put in place to restrict the spread of covid-19. so fewer people should need hospital treatment at any one time. the measures that we put in place our scientific and medical advice and are designed to reduce the rate of infection.and as well as acting to slowthe spread of the virus, we are als

simon: good question.are looking at search engine based data to try to get a handle on where we have not got the hard economic data for survey based data to quantify this. once you start to get traditional measures coming today,, you get the pmi but the read across the gdp will be highly erotic. i don't think -- erratic. i don't think i will draw any long-term correlations over that. are probably just over a month away in hard economic turns. -- terms. francine: simon french, thank you so much. conversationer with the imf chief economist who will give us her forecasts. interview at 3:30 p.m. in new york, 8:30 p.m. london. her forecast on what regions will recover and which will be hurt the most. ♪ ♪ viviana: this is bloomberg "surveillance." amazon is cracking down on price gouging during the coronavirus outbreak. days suspended almost 4000 seller accounts for violating the fair pricing accounts. -- policies. talking with is lenders about filing for bankruptcy. bloomberg learned no formal decisions have be

simon, anything to add?n people who are having trouble with the mortgage because of their situation to do with the virus. rbs, natwest, have said they will give people three months without having to pay. you would still have to pay later, though. tsb have said people can have a two month mortgage holiday. if you have a mortgage, it is important to speak to your lender if you are in financial difficulty. they are likely to view those cases in the same way that they view other cases of people who are in some form of hardship and they show forbearance but an important question to ask them is that if you do ask for help in that way, what you don't want is for their to be some entry on your credit reference saying that you have somehow defaulted on your payment. you need to weigh the things up quite carefully and check in detail what kind of help they can get. but gareth is a private renter, simon, so it is unclear what support there will be for him, simon? there isn't really any support for people renting and th

thank you forjoining us, simon.which means that the travel show will be looking a little different for the time being at least. however, fingers crossed we will be you on the road again doing what we love doing, making programmes that hopefully you enjoy. from me and the rest of the travel show team, wherever they are in the world right now, it is goodbye. hello there. there is a lot of fine and settled weather in the forecast right across the country. but we will see subtle changes in the north—west. as high pressure hold on for most of us, this weather front will encroach in to bring more cloud, outbreaks of rain to the north—west and also fairly strong winds. the rainfall amounts really could mount up here as we move into next week. but for most of us it's going to be settled, thanks to that area of high pressure. so dry for most with a good deal of sunshine around. we'll continue to have a chilly wind, certainly over the next few days and nights will be cold, with some frost around. now, as we head into the earl

thank you forjoining us, simon.any of our travel plans which means that the travel show will be looking a little different for the time being at least. however, fingers crossed we will be you on the road again doing what we love doing, making programmes that hopefully you enjoy. from me and the rest of the travel show team, wherever they are in the world right now, it is goodbye. some sunshine on the cards today, very springlike out there, we have pictures showing blossoms and daffodils, and the sunshine will continue throughout the rest of today and this evening, even the cloud we had, particularly from northern ireland and mainland scotland, is drifting away in that low pressure is continuing its hold on the uk's weather so dry weather for another three orfour on the uk's weather so dry weather for another three or four days. more sunshine in northern ireland compared with yesterday. all cloud in the highlands and islands, the wind is generally not as brisk as yesterday but they are easterly and not as strong as y

thank you forjoining us, simon.lans which means that the travel show will be looking a little different for the time being at least. however, fingers crossed we will send you on the road again we will be you on the road again doing what we love doing, making programmes that hopefully you enjoy. from me and the rest of the travel show team, wherever they are in the world right now, it is goodbye. good evening. if you have been following the weather forecast for the last few days you would know we have been talking about a lot of dry weather over the weekend. and that certainly is true and has been true today and it will continue tomorrow with high pressure around. in fact, for many this week but for the northwest in particular some very wet and windy weather. the gales is due in for the start of the new week and we could have as much as three to four inches of rain. but elsewhere, for most of us, this should be dry weather with plenty of sunshine but we will pay with some frosty nights and hopefully however we will l

thank you forjoining us, simon.y of our travel plans which means that the travel show will be looking a little different for the time being at least. however, fingers crossed we will send you on the road again doing what we love doing, making programmes that hopefully you enjoy. from me and the rest of the travel show team, wherever they are in the world right now, it is goodbye. hello, there. there's a lot of fine weather out there this weekend with high pressure in control. so, most places are looking dry, settled, though there is a brisk and chilly wind. so, this is what is in store as that weekend goes on. also, gardeners, take note. there are some frosty nights for the next several nights. it is high pressure in control. to centred towards scandinavia. the flow of air around is coming in from the east. the isobars are quite close together so that indicates that there is quite a brisk wind out there of course coming in from the east, that is quite a cold wind out their. temperatures are close to average and feel

simon, thank you. all the latest on the coronavirus including information about what to do if you think that you might be infected, you can visit our website, dw.com. here's a brief look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. india's government has placed strong action against the perpetrators of hindu-muslim violence that left 50 people dead. opposition lawmakers demand and an inquiry and the resignation of the country's interior minister over police failures. in late february rival muslim and hindu mobs clashed. israeli forces have shot dead a palestinian teenager during clashes in the west bank. the 15 died after being shot in the head -- the 15-year-old died. the army said it was responding to a violent ride in a palestinian town. japan has been paying tribute to the victims of the 2011 fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. a powerful earthquake and then tsunami killeded 18,000 people. this year's ceremony was relatively small because of the coronavirus. outbreak. he is g

thank you forjoining us, simon. travel plans which means that the travel show will be looking a little different for the time being at least. however, fingers crossed we will be you on the road again doing what we love doing, making programmes that hopefully you enjoy. from me and the rest of the travel show team, wherever they are in the world right now, it is goodbye. good evening it has felt chilly in the breeze over the weekend that will chill, and change the wind direction for the start of the week. however we will still have frost by night even though it will remain a lot of dry weather and high pressure hanging on. in the north and west we will see the rainfall and a net office warning of a from 100 mm of rainfor office warning of a from 100 mm of rain for monday, tuesday, wednesday. particularly the highlands and islands of scotland. it will be moving and as we go to the night time as well stop the temperatures will become a widespread frost, colder than last night for some and quite a sharp frost. even some

i'm simon pusey.ople can only leave their homes for very limited reasons. without a huge national effort to halt the growth of this virus, there will come a moment when no health service in the world could possibly cope. because there won't be enough ventilators, enough intensive care beds, enough doctors and nurses. president trump says he's working with both republicans and democrats to get a huge economic stimulus package agreed. meanwhile, the virus death toll in spain rises above 2,000 and the health system appears close to breaking. and we'll have the lastest from australia, where the premier of new south wales says the state is at a critical

simon jack, bbc news.ada: heartbreaking to see in an instant.oods taken away you are watching "bbc world news america." still to ce on tonight's program, how we got here. from an initial case to a nationwide crisis, we look at how the coronaderus outbreak loped in the united states. in iran, the death toll from the coronavirus is well above 1400. the country has the third highest number of fatalities after italy and china. behind all the statistics are countless individuals o desperately tryingld back the disease's spread. the bbc has been trying to get an idea of what life is like for the medical professionals. >> hey, guys, ael you all unfortunately, i am not well. i still have the viewer. i'm taking multiple medications. god willing, they will work. reporter: two days after posting this video online, the doctor was dead. this doctor also passed away. she had continued to work even whilst attached to a drip. dozens of doctors, nurses, and clinical staff have ltlt her life bg covid-19 in iran. the governm

simon hello my friend roger. well hello from our studios in new york city where you know we've made lots of adjustments to to get this done so so so tell me as you sit there and i sit here. and you know we're seeing how this is affecting the media in so many ways and i guess that 1st started most notably with the sea pack in the day notification to some journalists that someone had tested positive and jeffrey lord who we've had on the show self quarantine blah blah blah but now it's like you know social distancing on all the new shows it's commonplace. everybody's on sky that's who or. whatever this would. be. you know would even she's each other anymore i mean i just don't get people on the phone or i. do little or something like that i see my wife occasionally going to her office. mostly mostly we text each other. you lose you know if you do species we're going to evolve into something very weird . but let me ask you this. yeah i'll let me ask you this week. well when it's all over roger and this is skipping ah

thank you forjoining us, simon. many of our travel plans which means that the travel show will be looking a little different for the time being at least. however, fingers crossed we will be you on the road again doing what we love doing, making programmes that hopefully you enjoy. from me and the rest of the travel show team, wherever they are in the world right now, it is goodbye. hello there. for this upcoming week, it looks like much of the country will be fine and settled with some sunshine thanks to high pressure over the baltic states, but we will have this weather front affecting the north—west corner of the country, bringing strong winds and some persistent and at times heavy rain to the north—west of scotland. eventually weakening and sinking southwards across the country on thursday and then introducing colder northerly winds to all areas by the end of the week but for much of this week, it will be dry thanks to that area of high pressure, certainly across england and wales and we will have that rain in th

& schuster and simon & schuster audio.e is also the host of the podcast. we are excited to have him as our host this evening, so without further ado, mo rocca. [applause] thank you, thank you. i'm mo rocca, and this is kind of a dream for me i i have to . here i am in this fabulous venue in front oful his glittering crowd, and stephen king is here. [cheers and applause] i mean, i feel like kerry wenches asked to the prom. [laughing] -- when she was asked to the prom. and given the royal treatment. they sent a car for me. how nice is that? christine, i'll be out and about two hours. christine answered back, nice, okay. it is a 20th anniversary of the audio awards and things have never been better for this sector of the publishing industry. it is growing by leaps and bounds. seven years of double-digit growth, 45,000 titles last year alone with revenues of over $1 billion. [applause] and a high school cafeteria that is the publishing world, the audiobook people are sitting at the cool kids table. [laughing] and the e-books p

simon, ourairline changing the spread of this virus. simon, our airline changing their policy?ey are 20 stimulate booking. in the past few days, we have seen a rush of airline saying that your flight and if you need to change it, we will allow you to do it without the usual change fee. that doesn't apply regrettably to previous trips that you might have organised, and a lot of people are feeling very bitter about that. again, just go, travel is good for the body, it is good for the soul and it is very good for the house committee as well for stop it enriches everybody. absolutely. the economic emittance i've not travelling —— the economic consequences of not travelling are quite big. now the big question: will science come to the rescue with a vaccine and a treatment? six to 12 months before anything becomes available, there is a lot of research going on, treatment for those who do become unwell. what is your big message to people who are nervous or worried? i think they nervous and worried is completely natural and normal. prepare yourself and inform yourself. it is great we a

simon: to discuss the situation we cross overher, to a ceoeo who joinsns us.hank you very much for joining us live on "france 24." this is of course a very difficult period for french people economically. with no money or less money coming in, can we expect, for example, a a delay or suspspensn onhehe payments ofof rent? in the terms and conditions of your loan contract, you have an article t that plans t the possibility to either suspend or delay the payments of your monthly loan, if you own a credit loan, ususually one to sx months. we are all confined in our house. take the time to read again the terms s and condititions. find this article. most of the time, you will have this article that is supposed to help you have the possibility to suspend or delay the pavement. -- the payment. write an email to the banker, and asking to put this article into institution. if you are a tenant and you rent your apartment and you are unable to pay the true rent, but for not paying the rent, have a call to your landlord. call the owner of f the apartment and talk to him. i

and audiobook narrator of the new york times bestseller great lives were three living published by simon & schuster and also the host of the podcast we are excited to have him as our host this evening so without further ad ado, mo rocca. [applause] >> thank you. this is a dream for me i have to say. here i am in this fabulous then you and stephen king is here. [cheers and applause] i feel like carrie when she was asked to the prom. [laughter] and given the royal treatment they sent a car for me. how nice is that? i will be out and about two hours. it is the 25th anniversary of the audie awards and nothing has been better for the sector of the industry it is growing by leaps and bounds. seven years of double-digit growth, 45000 titles last year alone with revenues of over $1 billion. [applause] in the high school cafeteria that is the publishing world audio book people are sitting at the cool kids table and e-books money are begging them for lunch money. [laughter] but they don't need your pity they just need something to eat. to's show how hot audiobooks have become tonight's nominees in

simon, what will the ecb be able to do here? simon: that remains to be seen.their decision on thursday and there is pressure already to take a multifaceted approach to this crisis. we saw something for the bank of england today. the bank of england might serve as a model. there was quite a debate about whether they could cut rates. in the city seems behind a rate cut tomorrow. they could possibly raise quantitative easing or take steps in an attempt to make sure the companies that are potentially taking a financial hit can access funding and continue to be supported. so there are a range of tools the ecb can put into action tomorrow. they are for policymakers to decide and announce. anna: that could be a template are not just reducing monetary policy but the other suite of policies. it's interesting. detail is available for 12 months. this being talked about. our other banks going to take this offer, that will be the real test, i suppose. simon: absolutely. that leaves the burden on the banks to do this, like the bank of england. cut comingarge rate out of the

simon calder is here. simon. sean from newjersey asks... we're in uncharted territory.u could well be driving in twisting mountain roads in terrible conditions. you're going to be going down a mountain very swiftly on skis. this is real risk. the tiny possibility that you might be in proximity to someone with the coronavirus, i think, is not really worth worrying about. but given that it is a possibility that you will be kept in some lovely alpine village, the evidence we've seen and there aren't that many examples, you will be fed and watered and your airline at the end of this unfortunate incarceration will be flexible and get you home to newjersey without too much fuss. so, how often are you saying to people, "no, i don't think you should travel now?" if your government says country x, region y is too dangerous, don't go there. it would generally invalidate your travel insurance. it is a wonderful time to be a traveller anywhere else, top of the risk list is road accidents, which claim nearly 4000 victims a day worldwide, it's still the case that travel has never bee

simon: one of east london's popular social hotspots on saturday.this is whwill look like ois weekend. the government hered the closure of venues like this. it has already been catastrophic for the hospility industry. >> the primes minister' announcement on monday evening that everybody should avoid bars and restaurants and public spaces, we decided tuesday morning for 85% of our people. a million jobs have been lost in hospitality since that announcement. we are focused on trying to save the jobs of the nmot million. si the government promised rebate where 80% of their staff's wages. despite that, businesses are still affected to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs to cut costs as income dries up on wl center tonight, 2,500 people would come tohe food haltedt is shut for the foreseeable future. the government has promised hundreds of billions of potential support. it is not the size that matters, it is this thenet which busies can have the support. for many it is too late. like workers at this hotel in scotland who were told to leave eir job and the

great lives worth reliving published l by simon & schuster and simon & schuster audio printed he's also the host of a podcast. we are excited to have him miss our host this evening. so without further ado, areas. >> thank you thank you. this is kind of a dream for me i have to say. hearing him in this fabulous venue. and in front of the splintering crowded. stephen king is here. [applause]. audie awards. i feel like carrie she was asked to the prom. [laughter]. anyway have been given the royal treatment. they sent a card for me. how nice is that. i will be out and about two hours. and christine answered back nice. it is the 25th anniversary of the awards and things have never been better for this sector of the publishing industry and is growing by leaps and bounds and it's been seven years of double digit growth, 5000 titles last year alone with revenues of over $1 billion. b in the high school cafeteria, that is the s publishing world, the audiobook people are sitting at the cool kids table. in the e-books people are thanking them for lunch money. [laughter]. the big people don't need

thank you, simon. ifi on the numbers who have died? thank you, simon.ny. no you, simon. if i can begin before handing over tojenny. no one is pretending this will be over in a few weeks but what the prime minister said in the past and i will reiterate today is that if we all play our part, if we all follow the very clear medical advice, then we can turn the tide of this virus. and at the heart of that is a very simple message, which is to stay at home. by doing so, protect the nhs, and then save lives. if we follow that advice, we can turn the tide and the more we adhere to that advice, the more lives will be saved and the faster we will begin to do that. jenny. thank you. picking up the point about the tide and the turning, i think this is an important message to get across to the public. as i said previously on a numberof the public. as i said previously on a number of these interviews, this isa a number of these interviews, this is a moving feast which is dependent on the actions we take as individuals and collectively as a population. if we practice

welcome simon what else did the chancellor have to say today. well the chancellor i think was making an appeal for solidarity and common sense she was saying that germany was well placed to deal with this with this corona virus and she said the economy is in good shape that's good because it means i can give assistance to businesses but they can also take the emergency measures that are needed for instance making sure that hospitals have all the protective equipment that the medical personnel need and that kind of thing she was also giving practical tips a ng you know when she's dealing with photography she takes a step back make sure she's observing that meter to a meter and a half distance that has been recommended by the expert she was also saying sometimes a friendly smile is a good replacement for a handshake in these times so she was sending out that message that germany is going to get through this and is ready to deal with the problem there has been talk of a europe wide response what do the chancellor say about italy which is suffering

as linda simone us told me in tears earlier this week, we've never been unemployed. our son is unemployed. our friends who have worked with us this diner for years are unemployed. mister president, the agreement and only reached today includes a $377 billion small business economic relief plan that senator rubio, senator cardin, senator shaheen and i authored as members of the small business task force. it is intended to help workers send small business just like the one owned by the simone's family and in lewiston. and our group worked day and night to get this bipartisan package included in the broader legislation. dand i wanted to shout out to our staff because i don't think they've been to bed before 4 am in the morning in any day in the last week. that's how hard they work too. under our bipartisan approach, small businesses would be eligible for a 100 percent federally guaranteed emergency loan to cover eight weeks of payroll as well as certain expenses like rent or mortgage payments and utilities. if these businesses keep their employees on the payroll, in oth

simon.rtunity with their patients to decide whether it is more risky for somebody to embark on treatment at this particular time given that you are more vulnerable to infection if you begin a course of treatment, like chemotherapy, so those are clinical decisions that will need to be taken. we have also agreed a landmark deal with the independent hospitals across the country which has given us the ability to look after patients away from the busy hospitals that are treating coronavirus. in london for example the royal marsden is coordinating cancer care across the capital so that even if patients are not being looked after at their local hospital they will be getting the care they need, but these are very difficult and sensitive judgments that need to be made with the involvement of cancer clinicians as well as patients. jenny. i'm going to be a bit repetitive, the same question was asked yesterday from a different media colleague, and it would be foolish of me to predict precisely when we e

meeting between the chancellor and the state premiers let's talk now with our political correspondent simon young good evening to you saw events we just heard merkel promising to do whatever it takes to save guard german companies we know that the german state has a budget surplus so how far is the government going to go to keep its word. yeah bring that to really isn't clear yet the chancellor said in that press conference that she believes that this crisis will leave a deep market she put it on the german economy but in recent days and weeks she has stressed the fact that germany's economy of rule is in pretty good shape so it should be able to respond we've already heard from the german parliament which has said that it will back you know packages and bailouts amounting to billions of euros but what was announced a saving was really just another commitment to help businesses fritz's with those measures to help companies that need to reduce operations and have short working hours for their workers and so on so that could be important but they say the finance minister the economy minister

thank you for joining us, simon.r travel plans which means that the travel show will be looking a little different for the time being at least. however, fingers crossed we will send you on the road again doing what we love doing, making programmes that hopefully you enjoy. from me and the rest of the travel show team, wherever they are in the world right now, it is good buy. hello there. there was a little bit more in the way of sunshine to go around on friday and it really turned out to be quite a glorious day across many areas. this was the scene in cockermouth in cumbria. thanks to trevor for sending that beautiful weather watch picture in. you can see the extent of the sunshine we had. further south, we had this weather front with us again and it continued to bring some dull and damp weather into the very far south of england and even into the early afternoon, there was some light rain reported in hastings in east sussex. now, overnight tonight, many of us will have dry conditions. the breeze keeping the frost at

ok, back to simon. this is an interesting one, simon. this is an interesting one, simon.llowes asks, are smokers more at risk from the virus? italy has a higher rate of adult smoking than this country. it is a lung disease, which is why you're hearing about ventilators. anyone who has a poor lung function because of smoking will be more susceptible. people with lung disease are high risk. we need to take a step back and say, smoking is the main cause of heart disease and cancer, which killed more people than covid—19 will in a year, so in terms of not smoking, it isa year, so in terms of not smoking, it is a great health thing for you, thinking about stopping smoking irreleva nt thinking about stopping smoking irrelevant of coronavirus in the long term. even if you stop tomorrow, you might already have done the damage that makes you more vulnerable. i think there is a lot of evidence that the minute you start smoking you start to get benefits very quickly, and today is the best day to stop, if not, tomorrow is the next best day. if you want to give up smoking you will get

simone doesn't take her responsibility as a role model lightly.mpaign is about. it's why we talks about her life, even the tough parts she focuses on what's positive and has her eye on making history in tokyo >> how many moves are named after her? >> four. >> nice. >> not the yurchenko double pike that existed before her, but no one has done it in competition she landed in a sea of cushions there, landing it on a hard surface is different >> i like how you asked, how has she changed since rio. well, i was a rookie then. watch out, world look how well she did in rio >> and it's partly because of her age, but few gymnasts make it to two olympics because she was young in rio, now she's one of the veterans going into tokyo watch out. >> the expectations are high thank you, miss gosk >> thank you, steph. >>> how about we check in with mr. roker again. get a check of the forecast. al, what are we looking at >> it's been so wet out in the eastern half of the country. out west, different story. normally, february is the peak of the rainy season. reading,

all right, thank you for coming and simon, appreciate you getting s0 simon, appreciate you getting soirman of wells fargo resigned, along with a board memberjust days before they were due to testify ata us before they were due to testify at a us congressional hearing on the aftermath of the bank's 2016 fake account scandal. the bank opened millions of fake bank opened millions of fake bank accounts in order to meet their sales targets. an enquiry by ethiopia's government found that boeing did not provide enough training for the 737 crash ahead of the ethiopian airlines crash one year ago. they also singled out faulty systems stopping this crash, along with the one in 2018 and indonesia, led the fleet to be grounded worldwide. 0ne unexpected casualty of the massive of bushfires in australia is the beekeeping industry, as many as 10,000 hives were destroyed in the fires. many other agricultural sectors could be affected because they use beehives for pollination, but most beekeepers are worried about the longer term impact. this here is the remains of the burnt honey. it's just... like,

so that's a big tour of the situation here in berlin simon we know the world health organization today declared the corona virus outbreak a pandemic is that going to affect the german government's response in any way. well i think it just underlines how serious this corona virus is and how seriously it's being taken but the german government's response as i say remains to take measures appropriately and to watch and watch the situation the health minister today was saying it's not a good idea to close the borders as some countries have talked about doing there's no need to test everybody arriving at airports that doesn't really have much of an effect and as we saw in that report just declaring your closing schools across the country health minister said that's also not a good idea that it could put more pressure on emergency workers who rely on schools to look after their children so the message at the moment he's just that simple advice of void large gatherings and keep washing your hands keep washing your hands so i mean you know. so i mean thank you. and the break is making itself f

back to you, simon.om the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. i'm katie shanahan, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. overnight, the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe has admitted for the first time that this summer's olympic and paralympic games could be postponed. canada have also become the first major country to withdraw from tokyo 2020. while the australian olympic committee says it's "clear" that the games can't go ahead and they've told their athletes to prepare for a 2021 games. i think, what is most important is to give certainty. it give certainty to give certainty. it give certainty to the athletes, our sports and that is the most important thing. that is what they need because at the feedback we have received over the weekend, particularly after the new decisions by the government, plus also what is happening around the world, potentially outbreaks in africa and other places, we need that certain

and for more on the story we can bring in our political correspondent simon young hi simon so germany wants a coordinated european solution here but what that look like. well that's right as you say germany said it will take up to 1500 children from these great camps in particular 6 children or unaccompanied ones under 14 years of age but the problem ase to find other european nations who are willing to join in that the german government says that france it believes will join in and we hear today the european commission in brussels saying luxembourg finland and portugal are also on board so there is some momentum behind this plan now but germany is talking about getting a coalition of the willing behind this humanitarian effort really to take the most needy and take them out of the appalling conditions that many of them face in these camps but they're not doing it by means of a sort of coordinated european action is more or less going round persuading each individual government to take a share of the responsibility and that shows how hard it is to get a unified response on the refugee

simon young reports. simon: there is a curious calm in the normally pulsating heart of berlin. on tuesday morning, far fewer people than usual were out and about in the german capital. the foreign minister announced another unprecedented measure, a travel warning for the entire planet. he said no unnecessary trips should be made. in addition, the government will provide 50 million euros so german citizens currently brought can,-- abroad can come home. >> the ministry of foreign affairs has agreed on a unique program with commercial airlines which will bring back german travelers from particularly affected areas within the next few days. we are talking above all about morocco, the dominican republic, the philippines, egypt, and the maldives. the airlines will make flights available. simon: on monday, drastic steps were announced to beat the virus -- shutting many shops aside from essential is this is such as food stores and pharmacies. civic life is shutting down. schools, theaters, and museums are being closed nationwide, as even children's playgrounds are deserted, many parent

joining us now is simon harvey, fx market analyst, monex europe.teresting signals we have been watching is the u.s. dollar. we have seen such incredible strength over the last two days. today is down, the first day in nine. what does it mean to you, and where do you see the dollar headed? simon: yes, this is a sigh of relief for markets, but i would not read too much into it because so many different factors are in play. that japan isact having a bank holiday for the spring equinox is taking this pressure off of markets. liquidity,of dollar a surge of u.s. dollars is getting markets a day off to recoup and look back. --thed not pein this california shutdown, there is an automation of factors. you have to take every day as it comes. -- is it are saying still difficult around the world to get greenbacks that everybody wants? are there liquidity issues in the market? simon: definitely, you are seeing it from multiple central banks over the last 24 hours. they are going to defend their currency. nordisk bank cut rates. the bank of england intervened ye

yes, simon.lman abedi, during that attack. he was in libya when the attack. he was in libya when the attack was carried out and was arrested shortly afterwards. it did ta ke arrested shortly afterwards. it did take until lastjuly to getting back to the uk to face justice. justice was done to in less than five hours. thisjury found was done to in less than five hours. this jury found him guilty of 22 cou nts this jury found him guilty of 22 counts of murder, that is a record in english criminal court history. from john atkinson, 28, a special need support worker, who fought on through the night and lost his life shortly after midnight through to jayne torvill, 51—year—old school receptionist, 22 counts of murder. hashem abedi did not attend court in the final days, to face the music and face the families who had to sit through this awful evidence. the evidence was clear to the jury he was there with his brother, help to buy the bomb parts, help the construction of the bomb, try to persuade and ta

travel expert simon calderjoins me live.is the first thing they should do having heard this? that if you register with which ever uk mission is closest to them, that is generally the embassy or the them, that is generally the embassy orthe high them, that is generally the embassy or the high commission in the country they are in. and then wait for instruction. but my goodness me, during the course of today i have had to increasingly strident concerns had to increasingly strident concerns from a whole range of people saying now we are over 24 hours since the flights were announced and i am not identifying anything that has actually been set up anything that has actually been set up for people to return home. there is particular problems in india where there is a large number of holiday— makers trying to get brack ina holiday— makers trying to get brack in a particular people who have been visiting family in india who were announced stranded all over the place in a country which is now in lockdown. there was one rescue flight l

more on the german response to this new political correspondent simon you know welcome simon so we've just heard it's really entirely under lockdown but the german response telling people to wash their hands and advising attend against attending a big government that seems much more restrained are they under-estimating this. well i don't think so phil i think they're watching it day by day and trying to take the response that's appropriate as you say we have 2 confirmed coronavirus deaths in germany more than a 1000 confirmed cases in the government says that it expects that number to rise coronavirus e's now in every german state and as you mentioned the real concentration is in the western states of north rhine-westphalia so the government says that it's real focus is on protecting the health care system protecting the ability of the health care system to continue to respond as the virus spreads its as it expects there's also been some focus on the economy we've heard from the economy minister peter out maia today saying that he is basically written off the possibility of economic g

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my thanks to doctorjake, catherine, dharshini and simon and ra nks catherine, dharshini and simon and there. well, the weather's been quite unsettled really, often quite windy with a number of showers around. we certainly have plenty of these on thursday and this was one of those shower clouds spotted on the sides around the wolverhampton area. the satellite picture shows showers swirling around an area of low pressure that is moving out to the north sea at the moment but that's not the last of the lows. we have another couple of swirls of cloud, another coming in late on friday and another one working injust in time for the weekend. if you're out and about for the next few hours, across northern areas, there will be showers and at times, those will be falling as snow over the hills of scotland. elsewhere, it's going to stay quite windy. temperatures of the most part keeping above freezing but with a nip of frost in scotland, perhaps northern england, where we could see if few icy stretches where we see those showers fall. the rest of friday morning, showers get driven down the north

tulip mazumdar and simon gompertz, thank you both very much. today's other news. the bbc has seen details of another complaint of bullying against the home secretary priti patel. it follows the resignation at the weekend of the top civil servant in the home office, who also accused her, amongst other things, of bullying. the documents show a settlement of £25,000 was paid to a former staff member four years ago, after ms patel was accused during her time as employment minister. the home secretary's spokesperson denied she knew anything about the complaint. rianna croxford has the story. are you a workplace bully, home secretary? she is one of the government's most senior ministers. no more allegations have emerged about her treatment of staff. —— no more. on saturday, the most senior civil servant in a home office resigned and announced he was suing the government for constructive dismissal. in an extraordinary statement, he said he was aware of a number of complaints against the home secretary. this afternoon, the minister for home secretary.

thank you very much, simon.warned that a coronavirus epidemic is now likely in the uk but not yet certain. professor chris whitty‘s warning was made as the latest figures showed the biggest 24—hour rise in the number of people infected 36 new cases across the uk, two of which are in scotland and two in northern ireland. it brings the total number of people with the virus in the uk to 87. of the new cases, three do not seem to have any connection to travel abroad that's called community transmission. that is called community transmission. boris johnson announced a change to the rule on sick pay for those who have to self—isolate. as a result of the coronavirus. first, here's our health editor hugh pym. the message the government wants us to see. a new campaign launched on a day when case numbers rose sharply and health chiefs warned of a wider spread. we're now getting quite a lot of cases coming into the uk. small numbers at this point in time but we anticipate they will continue to rise, and we do expect there

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good afternoon simon.t the state of the climate of 2019, report came out yesterday and we will look at that. helen, thank you. also coming up — we'll be answering more of your questions on the coronavirus outbreak, and how best to protect yourselves and your families. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. the government's emergency cobra committee is meeting right now — chaired by the prime minister. it's expected that ministers will decide that efforts to contain infections in the uk have run their course and a new phase will signalled in the uk's strategy to tackle coronavirus. they're expected to back moving into the second stage — delay — involving restrictions on movement, with the aim of pushing back the peak of the outbreak to the summer. in other developments this afternoon: president trump has banned all travel to the us from much of mainland europe. trading on the new york stock exchange was temporarily suspended after stocks fell again. italy has closed nearly all its shops;