london. it has been an incredible 24 hours to redo it could have a bigger deal in terms of stimulus or support for each other for the nations of europe. but then you wonder what this lockdown means for how long, and interesting to see the two perspectives between what the residence as an what the governors say in the u.s., and a lockdown in india with 1.3 billion people. tom: it is nothing more than a states rights issue in the united states, the tension between the federal government and the 50 states. the size of the fiscal stimulus is extraordinary, way more than what we saw from president obama in 2009. just as importantly, the impulse of the fiscal stimulus over the short term is truly at a war-time level. francine: we are also getting some e flow figures. this is the month of march, german business confidence, and the index is 86.1 instead of the preliminary 87.7. march, i don't know whether -- it still seems quite strong. i know we will speak ahead of the if a in just a second. it is n

london is ahead of the rest of the uk with the coronavirus. they are warning other areas what might happen. so we have all of these people who are incredibly, critically unwell. and people are dying alone. people have no company, they have no comfort. and that's incredibly difficult for healthcare providers, to try to help people recover or, in some cases, pass away with dignity and kindness. we are stretched as it is, and that is incredibly hard. but they are ready for whatever comes next. there's a lot of training that is going on to prepare for this onslaught, that we are guaranteed to be seeing in the next few weeks and months. i think there is a positive, a tentative positive, that we are trying to prepare for that as best we can. in a hospital bed in durham, michelle had a plea to the public — be careful, and responsible. i'm begging you, please, please be careful. be responsible. some patients receiving care for different conditions, including cancer, are worried about what will happen as hospitals postpone some treatments to focus on

was but the hospitals in outer london seem to be under much more pressure than the ones in central london at the moment stop from hillingdon to greenwich, up to epsom, up to barnet, they seem to be struggling and two weeks and over the rest of the country is going to be. a sign of things to come, not just at northwick park. there are some talks of staff being retrained. can you tell us about how long some thing like that takes? normally, to train someone in critical care and anaesthesia takes years, but augustine this is an emergency situation and so they are having to do what they can within weeks and train staff that are normally doing nonurgent operations, surgery or medical treatments, to learn how to do critical care. and so i suppose it is all hands on deck, really, and doing what they can. lawrence, it second row been having with the doctors at the hospital and around northwick park, what have they been telling you? —— in conversations you have been having. i think there was some shock at this week because the feeling was that there was still, at the very start of this, they we

as london going to be in lockdown by the weekend? -- is london? i don't think it can be in total lockdown. we have heard about the public transport system, there will be closure of network ‘s —— stations across the network. there will be skeleton staff working to get key workers, as they are described, to places of work. that means that children will also have to get to school somehow if there are going to be these skeleton schools. i don't believe there can be total lockdown because we still need people to get around. i guess, as in many other countries, total lockdown might mean that actually food shops and chemists, pharmacists, are kept open, which is happening as other places. so people still have to get out and get physically to these places. in italy and france are supermarkets, pharmacies, they are well—stocked and open. it is important to point that out even during times of lockdown. what interests me as some people are saying we may go to that length, because people, especially in big cities, not heeding the advice from the gover

in london on bloomberg radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance" from london and new york. let's focus on fintech. a challenger high street land around new york told investors that it is pulling out of the u.k. bigger issues facing the economy is coronavirus and what is the berlin bank leading to do to grow the business? joining us is the n26 co-founder. i know it is very uncertain times. what does coronavirus mean for funding in fintech? will you struggle in the next round of funding? >> yes. we are seeing that the environment is getting more challenging so far. for us right now, keeping our employees safe is our top priority. francine: when you look at people only banks, staying at home is a positive in terms of business revenue because you cannot go to a branch. is it a negative because of the accounts you have to pay for? >> yes. i think there is definitely a shift in user behavior. spend for traveling, restaurants. we see more expand for a relative share of commerce increasing,

lockdown what does that look like in london. well here i am in central london normally at this time of day terry there would be a lot of commute is really the streets would be filled with people that are going to walk however there's hardly anyone there is still construction work so i do hear a lot of noise from around me and also from what we've seen again this morning is that people have filled in the underground say services for the underground and the trains as much reduced transport for london who's running it's all saying that a lot of their staff are in south isolation so they cannot provide for more trains however those people that do come in still today the day one off the lot down are really close together we've seen that on social media a lot of people and they just off who have to go into work into central london they have no other choice than taking public transport and they treated pictures of of really people being very crammed so no chance for them to go to the social distancing measures of keeping 2 meters away

speck of moss with the latest from london thank you. now in spain the government is to extend the state of emergency by 2 weeks the number of new coronavirus cases jumped by some 6600 overnight with more than 500 reported to have died pictures taken at a hospital in madrid show patients lying on attended in the forwarder the spanish capital has been particularly affected with nearly 10000 cases an ice rink inside a shopping mall in madrid has been turned into a makeshift morgue to cope with the surge in cases and soldiers helping to fight the virus and they have made shocking discoveries at nursing homes where elderly residents have been found abandoned some dead in their beds prosecutors have launched an investigation. while official figures from italy offer a glimmer of hope that lockdown measures introduced 2 weeks ago have slowed the spread of the virus now the registered death toll has dropped for a 2nd consecutive day as has the number of new confirmed infections the crisis has pushed northern italy's health system to the breaking

for more i'm joined by our correspondents a lot of parts she is reporting from the streets of london while she still can't get even to you. as we just heard johnson has announced further restrictions on social life in the country is a nationwide lockdown on the way well it just seemed quite an evitable now boris johnson has always insisted that he's doing the right measures at the right time and now the time has come to close all clubs and bars restaurants and theater as also schools and nurseries have closed door for the foreseeable future today so this comes at a time where london is becoming the new hot spot off corona infections in the u.k. and the death toll is rising at an incredible speed here in the u.k. also at a much faster rate than in italy and we don't know how many people are indeed infected in the u.k. at this point because testing is only being done in the hospital it's for very severe cases but as we know now the next step of measures have been taken and it will change life here in the streets of london quite a bit from tomorrow on where it's as you can see right now

but huge progress, building a hospital in london, nightingale london, in just less than two weeks. it is unbelievable. this is what the hospital could look like with a mortuary. it is in the heart of london's docklands with businesses all around. the fact they have transformed this conference centre into a giant hospital so quickly shows how serious they think the pressure on the nhs could be. birmingham's national exhibition centre will house a nightingale hospital, so too the central convention centre in manchester. the sec in glasgow will also become a temporary hospital in two weeks‘ time, with space for up to 1,000 patients. the principality stadium in cardiff is set to be used as an nhs field hospital. and in belfast, a coronavirus assessment centre will open this week. there may be plenty of new beds but staffing is a problem with an estimate a quarter of doctors are off with a virus or because a member off with a virus or because a member of their household is unwell. off with a virus or because a member of their household is unwelllj off with a virus or because a member

london breed: wait a minute. you look like you're a student at lowell high school. >> you know, not too long ago, i was at lincoln. >> the hon. london breed: lincoln? too nice. and not too long ago, you guys beat lincoln. >> not when i was playing. >> come on up, coach, and congratulations to everybody. [applause] >> good evening. my name is kelly sung, and i am the varsity coach at lowell high school. first, i'd like to thank mayor london breed and her staff for inviting us here tonight. it's so amazing to be recognized for all our hard work. growing up and attending lincoln high school, the aaa teams never made it far in the post season. in the beginning of this season, our goal was to win our section title and to get past the second round of nor-cal. we were able to accomplish that and so much more, but i will let marie go kind of speak to that. what i wanted to touch on is how proud i am of these girls. before practice or tournaments, you could find them studying for their tests or getting ahead of homework.

we can look at what is going on in london this morning. here is a helicopter shot over london. that is i think that might be vauxhall. what we can see so far, is it looks a bit quieter, there are obviously still people out and about, but it remains to be seen. i am not sure that is is two metres apart. they won't hear me. we are speaking to the mayor of london, and he was highlighting how important it is. to stay safe, to try and listen to what we have been told to stay at home if we can and maybe work for home, we heard michael gove saying that construction and manufacturing should continue. you do sense today this is going to have a huge impact on us in so many different ways that we can't even imagine. get in touch and if you watched the news last night. so many of you will have watched the prime minister at 8.30, what were your thoughts and how are you feeling about how it is going to change things. that has been a busy area of disagreement in the last few hours. we spoke to michael gove who said the work was fine. he said it shouldn't be... let us know what you think about

good morning from bbc london. i'm tarah welsh. the mayor has told bbc london that tube services are likely to run to a saturday timetable due to the coronavirus. transport for london said it had seen big reduction in people using services compared to the same period last year. buses and stations like euston and waterloo have also seen a drop in passengers. while most schools are open in london, a small number have taken the decision to close. the lycee international winston churchill school will be teaching children online only. that's despite no cases reported of the virus at the school. uk government advice remains that in most cases closures aren't necessary. we felt it was a good idea, and a safe option for us, as an international school, at this point in time. if we are doing all the stuff that we would usually do, so not much is changing. just the physical place of where we are. not much is changing. just the physical place of where we arem might be fun the first few days of the first week or so, but then you might geta the

in london, many streets are nearly empty. the capital is dealing with more coronavirus cases than any other part of the country. the stay—at—home message is getting through, but will it be enough to stop the nhs being overwhelmed? andy moore, bbc news. our political correspondent helen catt. is there a sort of degree of embarrassment at all in downing street that the three top figures in this fight back all appear to have been at least suffering from the symptoms, and chris what a's been at least suffering from the symptoms, and chris what as case, and that both matt hancock and boris johnson were seen earlier in the week clearly not observing the rules about physical distancing. yet they have been the main face is telling us have been the main face is telling us to obey this. mac the rules about washing our hands. this was put to michael gove who stood in for boris johnson at his daily press briefing yesterday and what he said was, what this goes to show is that the virus doesn't discriminate. he said that government doe

be packed with londoners and tourists —— reeta. these are not normal times so, of course, it is deserted here. there are about 20 people in the square. a lot of the bars and people in the square. a lot of the bars a nd restau ra nts people in the square. a lot of the bars and restaurants are already shut here, the cinema behind us being one of them. there are still some venues that are open, still people drinking in some of those venues as well, but the owners of these cafe is in pubs and restau ra nts tonight these cafe is in pubs and restaurants tonight are digesting the news that, from tonight, they are being told by the government that they are going to have to shot for the foreseeable future. the restrictions announced by the government tonight, another sign of the extraordinary impact that this virus is having on all of our lives. harrogate is an illustration of the disparity over this issue in the la st disparity over this issue in the last few days. behind me is betty's tea rooms, that restaurant has been closed for a few d

and jen has been looking at one close to home in west london. around the world, companies and increasingly individuals, are racing to find ways to accurately test people for the coronavirus. the situation is changing daily, if not hourly. we simply don't have mass testing available for the population now and there's a big effort going on to try and get that in place as quickly as possible to be able to manage this. we're in negotiations today to buy a so—called antibody test, as simple as a pregnancy test, which can tell whether you have had the disease. there are two types of test being worked on. diagnostic tests, which identify people who currently have coronavirus, and antibody tests — these look for antibodies in the blood to see if a person ever had the virus in their system and if they did, when. the diagnostic tests are primarily based on a technology called pcr — polymerase chain reaction. this is a standard molecular technique that identifies the genetic material of the virus from a throat or nose swab. the responsibility is goin

that you can duchess of cambridge made a morale boosting visit to london call center paying tribute to the health care workers battling the crisis meanwhile the queen in the duke of edinburgh herself isolating at windsor castle. despite the new restrictions and rising death toll people are maintaining a pragmatic perspective it's a pretty scary because i drive buses. carrying on mobility are going to affect me soon after surprise surprise for me. for now the country is grinding to a halt likely for many months to come. but now joined by indeed every correspondent charlotte parts in london charlotte scientists believe the outbreak in london is weeks weeks ahead of the rest of the country why didn't all start his act sooner to shut down the capital. well scientists have been urging prime minister boris johnson to react sooner as london has become the hot spot off in sections we just don't really know how many infections because testing is only done for severe cases at the hospital at this point but the death toll is rising at a faster rate than in italy at the moment there approximately

the impact will be significant on london. it will be very severe. london is a big chunk of the u.k. economy and it is a very service-based economy. but i think companies are ready for it. nejra: you say companies are ready for it, jasmine, but over the weekend, i who live in london saw restaurants and cafes still open for take away. presumably a lot of them will have to shut down completely along with perhaps other businesses like bookshops or anything nonessential. how many defaults do you expect out of this? how many companies do you expect not to be able to recover? i think the government and the bank of england is throwing everything it has at this. believe they are willing to do more. writing support for the wages, supporting companies to be able to retain their people and to support their supply chains. deferment. there are a lot of other sectors though that we have not heard so much about including construction, higher education and these are all areas that the government is now looking at. it is totally open to suggestions about what would make a difference. clearly, time is

i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: south korea reports fewer than 100 new coronavirus cases for the first time in 3 weeks. we look at how it's managed to slow the spread. and we talk to a doctor about all the sensible things you can do to avoid getting infected. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am here in singapore, midnight in london, and 8pm in washington, dc where the us central bank has cut interest rates to almost zero in a bid to protect the economy from the impact of coronavirus. it's the federal reserve‘s second emergency cut in a fortnight and it took the action in co—ordination with central banks in canada, europe, britain, switzerland and japan. here's president trump's response. the federal reserve is going to be purchasing $500 billion of treasuries and $200 billion of mortgage—backed securities and that number can increase, but they are going to start with that and that is really good news, it's really gre

that's why she came to london to take part in the 2 week protest. she came to organize discussion panels bring activists together and give speeches. we want to move the government to meet. i don't we're not being on these noble midway saying feast trust peace listen to the scientists the academics the resurgence this civilization is in danger of collapsing. and. what are we going to do about it together. skin around thor's activism is motivated by very personal reasons. i have 3 children and i feel a deep sense of responsibility for. this well being something a place where they can have a meaningful life where they can enjoy the abundance of nature and live in harmony with their fellow kindred human souls is happening now and the projection for the next 5 years. is that the middle of the earth will likely become barren and we are looking at that to mean $660000000.00 to $1000000000.00 refugees and displaced people and we are looking at food systems collapsing we are looking at climate shocks in our bread basket. full of those who support extinction

rianna croxford, bbc news, london. a man who'd been due to take part in the london marathon next month has run the 26.2 miles in his back garden. the event has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn't put off 36—year—old james page. he completed 873 laps of his lawn in sidcup in kent, before crossing a finish line made by his son from toilet roll. that commodity. congratulations, james. the royal mint is to manufacture up to 4,000 medical visors per day to help protect nhs staff from coronavirus. engineers who are used to working on coins and related machinery developed a successful prototype in 48 hours and the first visors are already in use at a hospital in wales. production is now moving to 2a hours a day, seven days a week at the royal mint‘s south wales site and the team is aiming to increase this to 4,000 per day from tuesday. this is bbc news in russia, a partial shutdown has come into effect today with bars, restaurants, parks and entertainment venues shut across the country in

american environmental historian dylan d'arcy wood from the university of illinois is in london tracking the global consequences of the temple or eruption and how it shaped the 19th century world. london's tate gallery houses the largest collection of british art works from that period including works by the famous romantic landscape painter john constable. constable's depictions of clouds make him an important quantock aware of the global weather catastrophe following 10 boars eruption. constable sees himself as a kind of scientist of the skies as a painterly meter all of just the history of european landscape a to go up until this time the background of the horizon in the sky is being moralistic ready for a med school with generic to. pictures of clouds the way in which cost of stock converge is with the story of tim bora is that owing to $10.00 boars eruption the 18 teens ah the cloudy assist and which it's a decade of the millennium. but people in europe still didn't suspect that their misery had been caused by a natural disaster on the other side of the world on the indonesian islan

this is the embankment central london this is rush hour in central london i can see a bus on the bridge. they take 87 people, normally. you'll be lucky if you see two or three people. you'll see one or two joggers. that is it this is rush hour. i can see one car, a second car and a police motor cycle they are out monitoring the situation but yes, it is quiet on the streets >> how about supplies. does everyone have what they need to stay in this lockdown for essentials >> there are suppliers there has been some horrible behavior pasta, toilet paper, hand sanitizer. if you shop sensibly, there is lots of goods. i have a parent within the area of london, i've been supplying him with food and have been absolutely fine. if people are sensible, there are plenty of supplies no talk just yet of rationing. >> thank you steve stay safe. >>> back in washington, the senate failing again to advance the $2 trillion virus stimulus package for the second time. this as china starts to transition away from their own lockdown rahel is here with more. >> perhaps some good news. they plan to lift the month-

for the most part, london is empty. but not everyone is listening. if i need to go somewhere, i am going to go somewhere. what about other people, you might affect other people? well then they should stay inside. it is hard to change your habits and routines. the instagram generation wants to show the world they were there. and the threat is invisible on deserted streets. just wanted to see how busy it was.|j invisible on deserted streets. just wanted to see how busy it was. i am doing the same, just taking a look at london and then heading back before totalisation isolation, which i think is coming next. the plea is not to go out to bars and cafes and restau ra nts not to go out to bars and cafes and restaurants but some people are clinging on to their normal lives, in an increasingly abnormal situation. i live on my own, i got no family or anything, it is just me there. you can have too much of tv or too much of anything. so, to get over the road and buy a paper and come in here and have a couple of points. at the regency cafe, the full english wil

streets of london ending that report by fergal keane. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello, thanks very much forjoining us. hello, thanks very much forjoining us. thomas bach has indicated that the postponed tokyo 0lympics could be held in the spring of 2021 as a special task force looks at all options. some ministers took the opportunity to watch a small ceremony in the northeast of tokyo with plenty of precautions. an 0lympic cauldron was lit. yesterday's decision to postpone the game was a tough one. it was very ha rd to game was a tough one. it was very hard to take because first of all, we had to consider the dreams of the 0lympic we had to consider the dreams of the olympic athletes, which we wanted to make come true. given the latest worldwide dramatic developments in the spreading of the virus, we did not see the opportunity any more to organise 0lympic not see the opportunity any more to organise olympic games which safeguard the help of everybody. with that postponement in mind, amir believes the boxer profess

what's going on with london's tube services? the british government and london's mayor don't appear to be on the same page with this. >> no, they certainly don't. and those scenes from the london tube yesterday morning were fairly shocking. they were absolutely packed. no social distance in there. last week when i was still heading to the cnn london studios, i can tell you it was empty. so many people were working from home, but the tubes were running normal service. the essential issue is still need to get to work and the tubes are only running 55% of tubes. yesterday the health minister in a press conference said there is no reason for that. tubes should be running a normal service. the london mayor said actually, we cannot run a full service. this is the maximum we can safely run due to a third of our workers being off work due to coronavirus either directly or indirectly. i have to say on a more positive note, around london, all the report is we have had in the field and around the neighborhoods it does seem to be quieter. b

londoners and tourists. these are not normal times though, of course, it is deserted here. there's about 20 people in the square. a lot of the bars and restaurants are already shut here, the cinema behind as being one of them. there are still some venues still open, still people drinking in some of those venues as well, but the owners of these cafes, pubs and restaurants tonight are digesting the news that from tonight, they are being told by the government that they are going to have to shut for the foreseeable future. the restrictions announced by the government tonight, another sign of the extraordinary impact this virus is having on all of our lives. among the changes to everyday life are all experiencing where he learned this evening that driving tests are another of the activities being suspended in response to the outbreak. suspended in response 0ur correspondentjohn mcmanus is here and can tell us more. we still had a few questions. just give us a bit of clarity in the details of this decision. to su

i mean the economic impact on the city on london on the all of the u.k. is just tremendous just to give you an example of the 6 big airports here in london have said in a joint statement that they might close their doors indefinitely in the next couple of weeks of the government can't help out with more money but lots of work because of course tonight concerns about where this salary is coming from the government though insists that on a huge economic package extraordinary measures s. and the and the rest of europe and they will pay up to 80 percent of those salaries it says all right you know use for a lot of parts joining us tonight from london to thank you for fears are growing in spain that the health care system there will not be able to cope much longer it's the worst affected european country after italy and doctors and nurses say they are approaching their limits correspondent john philip schultz has this report. doctors and other health care workers sprains new heroes their work has never been as crucial as it is now over time emergency measures

in london it's important that londoners now pay special attention to what we're saying about avoiding non essential contact and to take particularly seriously the advice about working from home and avoiding confined spaces such as pubs and restaurants. lastly it remains true as we said in the last few weeks that risks of transmission of the disease at mass gatherings such as sporting events are relatively low but obviously logic it was as we advise against unnecessary social contact of all kinds it's right that we should extend that advice to mass gatherings as well and so we've also got to ensure that we have the critical workers we need that might otherwise be deployed at those gatherings to deal with this emergency so so from tomorrow we will no longer be supporting mass gatherings with emergency workers in the way that we normally do so mass gatherings we're now moving in phatic lee away from and i know that many people including 1000000 millions of fit and active people over 70 may feel listening to what i've just said that there is something excessive about these measures but i

[applause] >> i would also like to thank london mayor breed -- mayor london breed. i know that she was a galileo lion, but now that she is the mayor of this great city, someday she has to be a mission bear or a washington great eagle, but today, i would like to have her as a lowell cardinal. [applause] >> this was an incredibly exciting season. every week, we would advance a little bit. i would come back to the office, and they would say, they won again, they won again. and i was there at that burlingame game. that was a very exciting game. there were moments when the opposing team looked like they were set up to get some wonderful spike, and no, didn't happen. so what i could really see was our young women here had the most incredible focus, and they were looking at each other like this; you get it. and that's what won the championship: team work. i couldn't be prouder of these young women who brought home a championship and on top of that maintained the highest g.p.a., continued to do so well in their academics. we will say good-bye to the ones who graduate this h

dan garin's london with me. let me talk about -- leigh-ann gerrans is in london with me. we will be speaking to the spanish government and get a voice, the spanish economy mr.. -- the spanish economy minister. we will speak to her. coming down narrowing, in response to what we have seen from the ecb, we have heard words of welcome from the italian prime minister, from the french finance minister. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to bloomberg markets. this is the european open. 30 minutes into the -- 37 minutes into the session, we have gains a little over 1% across the major indexes, although in paris we are looking at a 4% gain, paris and milan. in the indexes, we go to annmarie hordern. annmarie: i want to kick it off with telecom, more than 2% -- up more than 2.5%. with more people working from home, data usage is going to be needed, and that will help the telecom. grabbing 600, 700, 700 of-- grounding 600, their fleet. 6%,a fresh up more than this is one of these trends with stay-at-home. these are online delivery services. more people are going to have to us

londoners and tourists. these are not normal times though, of course, it is deserted here. there's about 20 people in the square. a lot of the bars and restaurants are already shut here, the cinema behind as being one of them. there are still some venues still open, still people drinking in some of those venues as well, but the owners of these cafes, pubs and restaurants tonight are digesting the news that from tonight, they are being told by the government that they are going to have to shut for the foreseeable future. the restrictions announced by the government tonight, another sign of the extraordinary impact this virus is having on all of our lives. helena wilkinson in central london there. and now danny savage, who's been in harrogate tonight. behind me is betty's tea rooms. that restaurant has been closed for a few days now. next door, the ivy restaurant, closed yesterday. but go along the main drag here in harrogate and there are at least four bars tonight which are still open and have always been op

he says it is a decision for transport for london and the mayor of london. we spoke to sadiq khan yesterday. lots coming out of that interview with robertjenrick this morning. and i know that many of you have questions as well. if you want to find out more about the coronavirus outbreak, and how the latest measures affect you, there's a bbc news special, coronavirus: your essential update on bbc one tonight at 7:30pm. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. do you think it is going to be nice out there? should we find out? yesterday we had the warmest day of the year so far. 19.4 degrees was recorded in north wales. today, england and having another fine, settled and sunny day. but for scotla nd settled and sunny day. but for scotland and northern ireland, you still have this weather front. it has been with you all week and it will be with us all really right the way into the weekend. but it is weakening. this morning there is a fair bit of cloud across scotland and northern ireland, some patchy rain. that will move slightly southwards, allowing

london buses will operate fewer services but will still run at night. everyone will be urged not to use public transport for anything other than essentialjourneys. public transport for anything other than essential journeys. so, restrictions or limitations to transport for london, some services off, some services restrict that. now, welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. i'm joined by ros altmann, the former pensions minister, and the writer and journalist mihir bose. i'm joined virtually because we are all doing social distancing. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. they lead on the announcement made by government today that schools across england are to close from friday as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. on the front page of the times, picture of workers arriving to clean a primary school in hertforshire. their headline reads ‘exams cancelled after virus forces schools to shut down'. it's the first nationwide closure in the country's history. the daily mirror calls it a ‘scho

[applause] >> i would also like to thank london mayor breed -- mayor london breed. i know that she was a galileo lion, but now that she is the mayor of this great city, someday she has to be a mission bear or a washington great eagle, but today, i would like to have her as a lowell cardinal. [applause] >> this was an incredibly exciting season. every week, we would advance a little bit. i would come back to the office, and they would say, they won again, they won again. and i was there at that burlingame game. that was a very exciting game. there were moments when the opposing team looked like they were set up to get some wonderful spike, and no, didn't happen. so what i could really see was our young women here had the most incredible focus, and they were looking at each other like this; you get it. and that's what won the championship: team work. i couldn't be prouder of these young women who brought home a championship and on top of that maintained the highest g.p.a., continued to do so well in their academics. we will say good-bye to the ones who graduate this h

mark easton, bbc news, london. interest rates are now at their lowest level in history — the bank of england slashed them to just 0.1% today. economics editor faisal islam explained what that meant. that lowers the cost of borrowing across the economy for those businesses that want to invest. probably the bigger mood is the £200 billion they've announced of government borrowing that the bank of england will now purchase. how does that help? it low those interest rates over two, five and ten yea rs interest rates over two, five and ten years as well but it also provides space for the government to borrow a bit more in order to tax a bit less and spend more. that's the key difference here. it also means we have some pretty hairy moments in the markets yesterday in terms of styling falling, in terms of the cost of borrowing going up, but that space for the government is important. i understand there is negotiations going on into the night with unions and businesses about the details of a wage sub that the package t

i think that is what londoners are most worried about. at this point, their food supply, even though the government is insisting there will be enough for everybody the other big worry of londoners is the national health system. can it cope or not when infections are on the rise? brent: are people worried about losing their jobs, worried about the economic impact of all of this? charlotte: the economic impact on the city, on london, on all of the u.k., is just tremendous. to give you an example, the six big airports here in london have said in a joint statement that they might close their doors indefinitely in the next couple of weeks, if the government can't help out with more money. lots of workers tonight, concerned about where their salary is coming from. the government though insists on a huge economic package, extraordinary measures, as he and the rest of the europe -- the rest of europe, and they will pay up to 80% of those workers' salaries. brent: dw's charlotte potts joining us from london. thank you. fears are growing in spain t

in that region made there this conflict probably for the high representative in london and the kurds aligned themselves according to us and according to putin according to rouhani. you guys allied with the cia i know that's not true statement. presenting couldn't some region of iraq not represented in that. the kurds in syria or could see in turkey and or could in iran. we maintain a very good relationship with the united states of america and other countries as well they were there for us at the time of need united states helped could have some region throughout that. conflict and. without the support of international community we wouldn't be able to model these victories and specially juden the isis war to you fine with the united states'. support for kurdish groups in new of the syria and elsewhere and your final donald trump's announcement that oversee was rejoining financial support for kurdish groups in northern syria we were disappointed by that decision to withdraw all of the sudden from syria and leave. the kurdish group who do you think president assad things of that result

and in london, the whole transport system is integrated. that's not the case on my next stop — manchester. even when there are plenty of buses, the system can be messy. like most of the uk, manchester has several different bus companies. then there's trams and a rail network, and all are charging separate fares. which is not great for people like tom. he teaches music at schools across manchester and salford. every day, he has to put his faith in the bus system. so it's 8.10 and you've got be in for 10. are we going to make it? um, yeah, yeah we should, should be ok, yeah, as long as everything kind of, you know, goes to plan. he has to navigate his way by bus, metro tram and train, with separate tickets for each one. we'll have to get the bus ticket, which is about six quid, um, yeah, yeah we should, should be ok, yeah, as long as everything kind of, you know, goes to plan. he has to navigate his way by bus, metro tram and train, with separate tickets for each one. we'll have to get the bus ticket, which is about six quid, got to get the

how much of that capacity is there in london critical care beds today? how do you expect that to change and do you anticipate you will be overcapacity by next week and just on the testing and nhs staff, great news that you're going to roll out testing but how many nhs staff are currently unable to work because they're either unwell or self isolating? >> thank you beth. the fact that the virus is no respecter of individuals, whoever they are is one of the reasons why we do need to have social distancing measures so that we can reduce the rate of infection and reduce the pressure on the nhs area there are various estimates about the number of people in any country may become infected over time. the aim to as a prime minister himself has mentioned flatten the curve. reduce the rate of reinfection in order to ensure the nhs can be protected. and i think that many people were affected by the fact of the prime minister support succumbing to the virus is how we all need to take the advice that the nhs has been giving us . >> thank you, on the question of london

we in london. all the finalists came with theirfamilies. we had two categories, one called my world, where entrance told stories about their communities. the second my life where entrance told stories about a personal struggle or issue that they experience. so for each category there were two age groups and each category were presented with a gold, silver, and bronze award. now the vibe was incredible. high energy, the room filled with regional representation, diversity. it was presented by a radio one presenter, and each category you had a presenter give out the award. so we had read james from radio one, jamal edwards, the founder of an online platform, we had ellie flynn from bbc three. i've presented an award. we had alexjones from the one show. a pretty cool group to be associated with. it was an amazing awards ceremony. what was most significant was seeing some of the best talent of the bbc turn out to support these young people and fill them with confidence in terms of their voices and their stories and representing their communities

s biggest in london. now to some of the other coronavirus stories making news around the world today china's hu bay province is to lift travel restrictions on wednesday except for the city of hong people there will still be subject to limits on movement for another 2 weeks would haunt of course was where the chill were china's coronavirus epidemic began it's been under law down for 2 months now. u.s. president says he wants to reopen the country for business in weeks rather than months trump was speaking at a daily coronavirus briefing is washington state joint others imposing stay at home orders across the u.s. which is happening. at least. asian markets are rising higher in tuesday trading on the back of the u.s. federal reserve's commitment to buy an unlimited number of balls to lift the u.s. economy japan's nikkei had leapt by more than 5 percent by the middle of the trading day the south korean cost the index rose by 6 percent the fed's move to not impress u.s. investors though major markets there so

these construction workers in south london we re construction workers in south london were queueing to get on site this morning, crowding together to begin their shift. and building has been continuing all over the country. it's the self employed people who are worrying. in salford, we found gary delivering concrete. i've been ona gary delivering concrete. i've been on a few sites this morning and it's just the same, wherever you go. there are still people rubbing up against each other, they are working together, not taking any guidelines of what they have been told. we are trying our best, we carry gloves, masks and it's the people we have to keep educating all the time. but there has been huge inconsistency. builders on this site downed tools, but on a different side, others were continuing to work. the government has said it is fine for construction staff to work outside and at a safe distance. 0n staff to work outside and at a safe distance. on this site in salford they are sticking to the rules. over they are sticking to the rules. over the last couple of weeks we've increased a h

good we'll be in today's going underground but 1st i'm here of the contemporary gallery in mayfair in london with the high representatives of the united kingdom of the kurdistan region over iraq cohen jamal to here thank you so much for inviting us into the gallery can i just ask you 1st tell me about the exhibition here in london and how it is inspired by the journeys of a community that is what up to 35000000 people in the world yes well thank you so much for having me today and thanks for coming to this art exhibit should this art exhibit is part of the concept of cultural diplomacy of could have some original government representation here in london we initiated this project for one to promote the kurdish culture in britain 2nd to create a platform for our artists included some region so they can. get out from the local exhibit into international exhibition because they're from iraq and from syria and the whole different regions know this is particularly from current stump region of iraq so the artist came from can somebody general for iraq we have 5 artists who contributed to participat

more than half of them are being looked after by hospitals in london. most are aged over the age of 50 and the number of men falling seriously ill was well over twice the number of women. and in virus hot spots like london, the pressure is already building. how full are intensive care units in london and around the uk at the moment? work is going on all over the country, because as you are also aware, the infection has spread a bit quicker in london. so, we are not at capacity yet within london, but beds are being opened all the time to produce that extra surge capacity. and a reminder that in order to keep the death toll down, this is no time for complacency. if we do reduce the deaths to a level that is below what we initially thought, i want to be absolutely clear, that won't be because we are somehow lucky, it won't be because somehow the virus is acting in this country differently from any other country. it will be because every citizen in this country, the british public, have complied with the instructions that the government has given, based on

but huge progress, building a hospital in london, nightingale london, in just less than two weeks. it is unbelievable. it's in the heart of london's docklands, with business hotels all around. the fact that they've transformed this conference centre into a giant hospital so quickly shows how serious they think the pressure on the nhs could be. birmingham's national exhibition centre will house a nightingale hospital. so, too, the central convention centre in manchester. the sec in glasgow will also a become a temporary hospital in two weeks' time with space for up to 1000 patients. weeks' time with space for up to 1,000 patients. the principality stadium in cardiff is set to be used as an nhs field hospital. northern ireland, too, is creating dedicated facilities for coronavirus patients. it's notjust a matter of getting enough beds, but having the right equipment as well. a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in just a few days by engineers at university college london. they've been working with clinicians and the mercedes f

i'm lewis vaughan jones in london. the headlines: the british prime minister borisjohnson says the country world leaders prepare for the worst. boris johnson world leaders prepare for the worst. borisjohnson says many families will lose loved ones before their time due to coronavirus. spectacular falls on global stock markets — the dow has its worst day since 1987 — plunging 10%. i'm mariko oi in singapore. also in the programme: philippine president rodrigo duterte announces plans for a lockdown of the capital manila — one of the world's most densely—populated cities. one year on, new zealand remembers the victims of the country's deadliest mass shooting. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore and midnight here in london where borisjohnson has given a stark warning about the threat posed by the coronavirus — saying that it's the worst public health crisis for a generation. in france they've gone further, emmanual marcron calling it the worst