we're joined now by kendra gregson she's a south asia regional advisor with the u.n. children's fund unicef and joins us from the nepalese capital cap and you thanks for being with us what impact do you see the coronavirus lockdowns having on children in south asia i mean as you just heard the effects on children can be like life long lasting right now there are about 418000000 children locked in their homes or in their homes in lockdown with family practice 5 and discipline there are an increase in the number of children who are calling our help lines including for areas just child marriage which is continuing including calls for help suicide so the impact can be great in your opinion or lockdowns doing more harm than good for poor families in the region. i think they're facing a change in law. father she used to go well there were grandmothers who used to go to work are now at home they're not burning the income that they used to or they're not able to prepare their children in the same way that they were where in the past education is stopped schools have closed ac

to countries in south asia.countries in south asia. so i have been getting phone calls and messages, hundreds of them in the past month or so enquiring as to how i am doing, am i being careful? and things like that. because the impression is that matters are really serious in britain whereas it is much better in the asian region. so that really is something that people think. the results of this feeling in south asia that the hot summer, the humid weather over the summer, the humid weather over the summer will actually kill covid—19. it isa summer will actually kill covid—19. it is a hope and an expectation but of course there is no evidence to establish that. we can't rely on a hot summer in the uk to sort it. just before we leave the uk, a quick one on face coverings and masks. because there isa coverings and masks. because there is a division opening up between edinburgh and london on this. london possibly going to look like an international outlier again on the issue of covering one's face? the masks questio

some other countries in south asia as well.the uk following best practice to try and reduce the risk, having got apparently coronavirus under control in the uk, and not reintroducing it by the back door? yes, but chronology is an issue. as you just said, very early on in the game. it really should have been pa rt game. it really should have been part of the strategy right from the beginning. but now it is almost like cutting across a lot of the easing up cutting across a lot of the easing up of the lockdown measures that are coming into force, and also there are so many new measures coming into force, and also there are so many new measures being introduced anyway at airports and airlines like temperature checks, increased sanitation, airlines are doing deep cleaning, the cabin area is improving. it is very clean, the same quality error that will be used in operating theatres. actually, aviation is playing its part already. also, we do not know how this quarantine is going to work and feel like if it is done on a volu nta ry fe

one of the most powerful cyclones in south asia for decades, hits the bay of bengal — forcing three millioneople, to take cover. i have never seen something like this ever in my life. from inside my home, i could hear the roof lying around, i could hear trees getting uprooted. the aerospace firm rolls royce sheds 9,000 jobs — the latest industrial giant to count the economic cost of the pandemic. track and trace: the uk government says the system to identify people infected with the virus will be ready in england by the ist ofjune. and some european countries want to open to tourists — but will the crowds be coming back. 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. as many countries around the world begin to emerge from weeks of lockdown, the world health organisation says 106,000 new coronavirus cases have been reported in the last 2a hours — that's the most in a single day since the outbreak began. in other developments, brazil has overtaken the uk to become the third most infected nati

haslinda: south asia government editor. in new delhi there.ur interview with amphan moments ago. anwar saying the current malaysian government will not stay until the next election. he doubts it will. he says his opposition coalition has 107 lawmakers. he is confident he will have that majority in parliament. he also says his reform agenda is not at the expense of malay rights. remember, some have said that his reform agenda goes against what the malays stand for, especially the policy which favors the malays. rishaad: thank you. we got a big interview coming up on bloomberg television. the reserve bank of new is the lead governor. on daybreak asia, talking quantitative easing, negative rates and the coronavirus recovery. that is at seven colleague -- that is at 7:30 a.m. and half past 11:00 in auckland. ♪ staying connected your way is easier than ever. you're just a tap away from personalized support on xfinity.com. get faster internet speeds with a click. order xfi pods to your home in a snap. or change your xfinity services with just a touc

south asia is bracing for the biggest storm over the bay in 20 years. authorities are evacuating more than 5 million people. the cyclone is expected to have wind speeds of 200 kilometers per hour. bangladesh raised its warning to the highest levels. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. nejra. nejra: coming up, further stimulus may be needed but jay powell dodges the debate on specifics. more from his testimony to the senate banking committee, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ is is bloomberg. ♪ >> what congress has done today has been remarkably timely and forceful. >> there's scenarios in main street where we could lose all of our capital and we are prepared to do that. >> i want to call out the risk to longer-term damage to the economy. >> there is the risk of permanent damage. we are conscious of the health issues. >> it is all about the service sector, particularly those parts of the service sector where there are lots and lots of in person contact.

this year in addition to the covert pandemic the new challenges facing the people of the south asia and southwest asia region that's of desert locusts india has adjusted to pakistan the both countries coordinate locals control operate ins along the border and that india can facilitate supply of the post to sign mollifying on to pakistan also an act is done this year there is breeding in the indus valley which is very unusual and in the punjab plains up near the capital islamabad and normally breeding doesn't happen in these areas but this year it did because last summer there was such a large breeding on both sides in india pakistan border some of it was quite late and so the locusts it was too cold for them to move to to the coastal plains of iran so that they only made it to the indus valley and that that's why they stayed there so all of this means that more locusts will be coming into the desert areas along both sides of the india pakistan border on they've already started in fact i'm india's already received some swarms earlier this month and this will continue for this month or ne

. >>> switching gears now, residents of many regions across south asia have seen a deadly it is stormreak havoc overnight. how's the outlook into friday? >> we are expecting the system to continue weak ping. it has weakened from its really severe cyclonic status and is expected to continue weakening as we go into friday. nevertheless it has really caused major issues as the system has moved to the north and east, and it's not just area between india and bangladesh, take a look at this video coming out from there where we saw amphan causing the stormy weather. a 9-year-old child was killed due to a landslide and a woman died having been hit by a falling tree many the natural disaster came as the country is battling the covid-19 outbreak. nine people have lost their leitc lives due to the situation. now we're talking about the impact to india and bangladesh. 236 millimeters fell. the system will continue to w k weaken we're watchingg a very unstable pattern in the balkan peninsula. and this will continue to weaken. in the meantime, we've been watching that particular pattern taking plac

one of the most powerful cyclones in south asia for decades, hits the bay of bengal — forcing three million i have never seen something like this ever in my life. from inside my home, i could hear the roof lying around, i could hear trees getting uprooted. the aerospace firm rolls royce sheds 9,000 jobs — the latest industrial giant to count the economic cost of the pandemic. track and trace: the uk government says the system to identify people

only in the developed world, but also in developing countries, in south america, in africa, in south asiadon't get a kind of global safety net, or a global plan, the economic and political consequences could be really catastrophic and could poison international relations for years to come. so as an historian, as a guy who has looked at the nature of leadership over many centuries, why, right now, at this moment of great need for global leadership, is it so very lacking — why? partly it's because we are paying the price for recent developments in the international system. over the past few years, before the epidemic, we saw the rise of extreme nationalism and isolationism, and most notably, maybe in the previous leaders of the international community, like the united states, in previous crises like the ebola epidemic of 2014 and the global economic crisis of 2008, the united states played the role of global leader and was quite effective. now, the current us administration has basically abdicated the job of global leader, saying, telling the world that it no longer cares about the world, a

and our meteorologist jonathan oh has been tracking that cyclone impacting south asia. what's the latest? >> raja, we are talking about a storm that has a lot of power with it with winds estimated in terms of gusts up to 185 kilometers per hour moving to the north and east. and it's packing not only the strong winds but an incredible amount of water with it with heavy rainfall already associated with this particular system. this is the radar from the afternoon hours, local time there. we are talking about this massive area of rain that is continuing to move its way over portions of land. it will only get worse as we go toward the nighttime and overnight hours. we're also concerned about those winds that are associated with this storm. when you have the winds, the momentum will push this water especially because it's along the coastline, it's particularly a low lying area. that is where we're going to see the potential for up to 5 meters in storm surge on top of the tide. so that is the reason why we are concerned about this storm. we've been talking about this for the p

hezbollah or the jem in south asia, you have this similar dynamic. i would say that's -- you get die n denying through an intermediary that you have some degree of control over. i think that does travel over. i think i will do an event which will do some of that experimentation of transporting it to that context. question about allies, so, yeah, one small thing i wanted to figure out was which our allies in the korean war knew about soviet participation. for practical reasons, i had to not allow myself to not get bogged into. coalition warfare raises security issues because if you allow that information to reach more actors, there's more chances of leaks. you get more input on whether you should do something about it. i think that would be an interesting spinoff of the project to look at differences in the degree to which coalition or non-coalition warfare is taking place and the feasibility of doing these things covertly or keeping secrets about other's covert intervention. i think it's a great idea. >> right here. [ inaudible ] >> your comments abo

slowdowns, not to mention spats with everyone from the u.s., australia, and we continue to see the south asiauth china dispute. help relative is relative when it comes to chinese markets? china we stillt see a positive growth for this year, although there are major risks on the downside. there are concerns of the second wave happening right now which to think a u shape recovery might happen. for asia, they are dependent on china's stimulus. we are much more optimistic about some of the asian countries such as korea and taiwan. they are outperforming because of their virus containment abilities and the less psychological damage on proximity tod the china. shery: what is the chance of outperformance when you still have the global economy on decline? lale: it is true they are very much dependent on external demand. as i said, they have a very high -- with chinese growth as well. china has so many options in their toolbox to fight this hit to the coronavirus. we think they will benefit from a consumer rebound and benefit from the recovery we will see in the country. amanda: you would have people

here is our south asia correspondent reporting. >> the bay of bangor, one of the most vulnerable coastlinesworld. now bracing itself for a powerful storm. officials fear it could be the worst to hit the region since the cyclone in 2007, which claimed at least 3000 lives. now, in the middle of a pandemic, they are moving thousands to safer ground. >> laura: announcer: -- >> [speaking foreign language] >> fears for hundreds of refugees stranded at sea. they escaped hardship from the camps and bangladesh for a new life in malaysia. beaten and starved, they now drift after malaysian authorities turned them away for fears of covid-19. last month, hundreds were rescued and returned to bangladesh. but the country said it won't accept any more on the mainland. it sent more than 300 to the silt island in the day. eight agencies fear its flood prone and are calling for the refugees to be moved as the storm approaches. 17-year-old -- this 17-year-old is one on the island. we spoke to his mother before thcyclone warning. i just want my son alive, on any shore, in any country, she says. but for them and

. >> prime minister, at the end of march, thousands of our people stranded abroad in south asia and grudgingly much slower than other countries, the foreign office organized flights but many are still stranded. now washing his hands of those who remain even though they may have worked here for years, husbands, wives, parents and grandparents of british citizens. indeed, some have described this as another rush wanting to happen. >> the right honorable gentleman behind the speaker's chair, we estimate 1.3 million british nationals have been returned, i can tell him we put in 75 million pounds, what do we do to bring people back as fast as we can. >> the arrogant and confident and vindictive electoral commission suffered its final humiliation. for four long years has investigated and hounded four people from four different organizations making their lives and family lives hell. last week the police said they were totally innocent and had done nothing wrong. for the sake of democracy will you ensure that that politically corrupt, totally biased and morally bankrupt -- is abolished? >> the elector

count and for more than 90 percent of all report they called it 900 deaths whereas countries in south asia in africa with far poorer health infrastructure and very dense populations they have witnessed so far lower my talents and despite being pretty advanced in terms of testing maybe it's not so much about how good your health infrastructure is maybe it's indeed the creek's this thing they don't know about like how with differences about age is tribulation. very simple if you're straight in outside of europe and united states in other developed countries it is a is. a well known a well known demographic fact that you know you have many many younger people this disease is not as dangerous for younger people. but age is not the only variable maybe of the complications are seen in middle aged people why they have chronic conditions like diabetes type 2 like cardiovascular diseases cancer etc maybe mad a ball of diseases metabolic diseases per se is a major risk factor regardless of age and we know that in western countries the proportion of people with metabolic conditions is much higher do

intense cycles ever measured in the bay of bengal one crisis is not and because of another one and in south asia this week because 19 crisis will collide with the climate crisis many of the solutions of the climate crisis such as stopping. and ramp in agriculture are essential to mitigating the risk of the next pandemic we must pass transformed a policy that any burning fossil fuels and restore the stability of our ecosystems are unprecedented times the manifold thinking and in this moment of profound disruption we must fill our moral responsibility to the safety of our children by investing in the health of our planet. christiana gary i salute personal interest. and well very well reply that. i have ever a simplistic and perhaps irresponsible. summary and that is human how are evils global how we have been so who is just thinking that human how can be completely independent from and not factor by god's help and we are saying no that is not true so we have to understand how it is fullest interpretation and that those all away from individual humans still the entire planet and every one of the ec

the back is being passed so they're defending country star countries in south asia where a lot of the workers in the gulf and they own it has been put on their states to bring these records back home so we really say that they're they're falling through the cracks and it's important to remember that they fell through the cracks before this pandemic kept and this is just really exacerbated the conditions for these records i promise you we will talk about those many of those issues that we raise the program goes on. in lebanon you or you have a banking crisis at the moment as well as you can even get dollars out of the bank there how reliant is lebanon's economy on foreign remittances actually thankful hospital needed all of that and only has always filled a desk or. 11 as they ask for and that evidence is there for us 11 population is only 4500000 living. alone who have maybe more don't one new year 11 used indeed in the east in australia and the us and many other places with the least startling applause that an economic conditions 11. and this is dented now even before the 2nd case on

this destructive cycle of violence across the greater middle east and of course the security of south asia is connected from what's happening in afghanistan and there's great concern of this deal with the taliban and with the strange phenomenon which now we seem to be partnering with the tele band in pursuit of peace against the afghan government. so i think it's the inverse of what we are already doing and the reason why i'm concerned is we created these false assumptions for what we would like to be the reality there too dry on - - trouble buying but that doesn't exist so what is at stake? if there is a collapse or a severe weakening of the afghan government you will have the tele band regime back in place with the islamic emirates of afghanistan once you have that it is a physical victory for and organization that continues to provide safe haven for terrorist and continues to have a relationship with al qaeda that it has from the very beginning and a psychological victory as well. so then it leads over so that is an area of grave concern. we may not solve the problems but it's worth the

now trying to trace anyone who might have come into contact with those who have the virus. 0ur south asiaefugee camps been in lockdown. now, the news they been dreading — coronavirus has officially arrived. officials say two cases were identified in the camps — 0ne rohingya refugee and a local bangladeshi. both were taken to a nearby health facility. for the refugees who live in the cramped and congested dwellings where social distancing is tough, there's fear. translation: we are very afraid of coronavirus. the camps are crowded. i'm worried that many people could die from covid—19. health care facilities in the camps are basic, with no ventilators. charities are expecting the number of cases to skyrocket. it's very difficult to say but, given the cramped hygiene and the slow testing that we have, it could be anywhere in the thousands, hundreds, and it is very likely we will see an explosion in cases in the camps in the coming days. officials are currently trying to trace hundreds of others who may have come into contact with the two confirmed cases. the rohingya, who fled persecution in

or as we saw their children in south asia are particularly vulnerable in the face of abuse and violence during lockdowns but that is true in many parts of the world including right here in europe where countries like spain and italy have had a very strict lock down measures that speak about that with aaron greenberg she's a europe regional advisor for child protection with the u.n. children's fund unicef and he joins us from geneva aaron good to have you here on if we look at the situation here in europe during this current covered 1000 crisis what is the main threat facing children here. well i mean certainly the confinement is a big threat because most of the channels that children would usually rely on to be detected or to report them so. problems at home are not available. we have to remember i think how high the levels of overall violence and i'm talking about everything from from hair pulling it in and you're putting psychological violence all the way through to real severe forms of violence are in the general population pre-code it i mean anywhere between 40 to 60 percent of all

now trying to trace anyone who might have come into contact with those who have the virus. 0ur south asiaown. now, the news they been dreading — coronavirus has officially arrived. officials say two cases were identified in the camps — one rohingya refugee and a local bangladeshi. both were taken to a nearby health facility. for the refugees who live in the cramped and congested dwellings where social distancing is tough, there's fear. translation: we are very afraid of coronavirus. the camps are crowded. i'm worried that many people could die from covid—19. health care facilities in the camps are basic, with no ventilators. charities are expecting the number of cases to skyrocket. it's very difficult to say but, given the cramped hygiene and the slow testing that we have, it could be anywhere in the thousands, hundreds, and it is very likely we will see an explosion in cases in the camps in the coming days. officials are currently trying to trace hundreds of others who may have come into contact with the two confirmed cases. the rohingya, who fled persecution in myanmar, now face a new d

the coronavirus outbreak is making it harder to protect those in the line of the storm, as our south asiaay of bengal, one of the most vulnerable coastlines in the world. now bracing itself for a powerful storm. 0fficials fear it could be the worst to hit the region since cyclone sidr in 2007, which claimed at least 3,000 lives. now, in the middle of a pandemic, they're moving thousands to safer ground. fears too for hundreds of rohingya refugees stranded at sea. they'd escaped hardship from the camps in bangladesh for a new life in malaysia. beaten and starved by the smugglers they paid, they're now adrift after malaysian authorities turned them away for fears of covid—19. last month, hundreds of rohingyas were rescued and returned to bangladesh. but the country says it won't accept any more on the mainland. it sent more than 300 to a silt island in the bay of bengal. aid agencies fear it's flood prone and are calling for the refugees to be moved as the storm approaches. this 17—year—old is one of those on the island. we talked to his mother, fatima, before the cyclone warning. "i just w

one of the most powerful storms to hit south asia in decades has been tearing through parts of bangladeshance to see some of today's

our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports.mp's been in lockdown. now, the news they been dreading — coronavirus has officially arrived. officials say two cases were identified in the camps one rohingya refugee and a local bangladeshi. both were taken to a nearby health facility. for the refugees who live in the cramped and congested dwellings where social distancing is tough, there's fear. translation: we are very afraid of coronavirus. the camps are crowded. i'm worried that many people could die from covid—19. health care facilities in the camps are basic, with no ventilators. charities are expecting the number of cases to skyrocket. it's very difficult to say but, given the cramped hygiene and the slow testing that we have, it could be anywhere in the thousands, hundreds, and it is very likely we will see an explosion in cases in the camps in the coming days. officials are currently trying to trace hundreds of others who may have come into contact with the two confirmed cases. the rohingya, who fled persecution in myanmar,