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A very warm welcome. We begin the Programme Today in australia. Australias second most populous city is heading back into lockdown. We will be covering all the latest, of course, when it comes to coronavirus. After a record spike in cases, five Million People in melbourne and an area just north will be required to stay at home for the next six weeks other than for necessities including going to work, shopping for essentials, or care giving. The new measures come into effect later today and will be strictly enforced by police with the help of the Australian Defence force. Heres the premier of victoria, daniel andrews. If we all Work Together over these next six weeks, as painful and frustrating and difficult as that will be, we will be able to get to the other side of this stay at home period. Well able to then recommence our opening up in a cautious way, we will be able to repair the damage to the economy that this virus is doing and along the way, well be able to support those who need that support, whether it be businesses, families, individuals or indeed communities. This is, as i said, not the situation that anybody wanted to be in, but it is the reality that we must confront. To do otherwise is to pretend that this isnt real, to pretend that we have other options. The best Public Health advice is to take these steps. Thats very well considered advice, the decision to take these steps is not an easy one, its not taken lightly, but it is the most appropriate response to, again, take control of the virus, drive down case numbers and get to the point where we can recommence that opening up. Our australia correspondent, shaimaa khalil, joins me now from albury on the New South Wales victoria border. So we are hearing their house seriously the authorities are taking this. Talk us through todays new measures. Well, up until last night, sally, the border between New South Wales and victoria was open. Now, for the first time in 100 years, it has been closed. And as a border, i am on the New South Wales side, this is the murray river, and just over here gcioss river, and just over here across victoria, essentially, this is the twin city of wodonga. Up until last night people were able, thousands of people were able, thousands of people were able to cross from one side of a bridge or a highway across the river into here in albury New South Wales for work or to visit family or doctors appointments. That is the proximity we are talking. People give you the two towns in the two different states as one Different Community with two cities. So today things are looking very different. Hundreds of police and military personnel have been manning checkpoints, examining peoples permits, which has been quite an issue for people to issue permanent permits overnight, turning people back if they dont have them, allowing people in. There has been a rush hour, long queues of cars for people to get in. We have been speaking to some local Business Owners here for example, who are quite worried about what that will mean for them. They have staff who live on the other side of the border and would normally travel here inafew and would normally travel here in a few minutes. It has taken them hours this morning. So there is anxiety and confusion about what the Border Closure between the two states will mean for people either side. As you say, extraordinary times and a mammoth operation which is causing a lot of uncertainty for people, just remind us, shaimaa, compared to the rest of the world where australia is in terms of infection numbers. Well, look, think compared to rest of the world, australia, in general, is still in a good position. The rest of the state, other states in australia have managed to keep the number of new cases, infections, to very low numbers. But i think in terms of the way this is going, the trajectory and the speed by which we have seen that spike in victoria, thats whats worrying health officials. Thats whats worrying people across the state as well. Remember about exactly a month ago, sally, we had days in victoria with no new covid 19 cases. Now we are at a stage where victoria has over 800 cases, 134 new cases today alone. 192b one yesterday, the highest spike. So i think this peter vervoort, the trajectory, the fact that this is happening ona the fact that this is happening on a community level, not from overseas travel but from Community Transmission, they say if they dont do this right, if they dont clamp down it could spiral out of control i think it could spiral out of control i think speed of it. It could spiral out of control i think speed of it. Ok, thank you shaimaa. We will talk to you soon. And a little later in the programme i will be speaking to a professor of Infectious Diseases and bio security expert based in australia as we unpack that story a little further. To Eastern Europe next, where there have been angry protests in serbia against the re introduction of lockdown measures. There were clashes with riot police as thousands gathered outside the countrys parliament. Thats despite serbia recording its highest single day of covid related deaths. Paul hawkins reports. Anger outside the Serbian Parliament in the capital, belgrade. Thousands of storms of the building, charging for the president to resign after announcing the reintroduction of lockdown measures this weekend charging. Translation the situation in belgrade is critical, therefore we will take the following measures, after consulting with the doctor and the whole team, we decided to ban all gatherings of more than five people in Public Places and to impose a long curfew from friday to monday. Then we will see what to do next. Pet owners, mothers with children, and pensioners will be allowed out of their homes at certain times. On tuesday night, so announced 13 covid related deaths in the past 44 hours. Its highest daily death toll, bringing the total number of deaths to 330 with over 16,000 cases. It went from having one of yours strictest lockdowns at the start of the pandemic and easter to a near complete reopening at the beginning of may. No face reopening is here, with shops, restaurants, bars, and hairdressers opening up simultaneously. Thousands of serbian football fans packed out stadiums while the rest of europe played in front of empty stands. There was even a parliamentary election, one by the president s party, who campaigned on the way it has handled the pandemic. Now, however, the president feels the lockdown measures were relaxed to mark and many serbians disagree. Paul hawkins, bbc news. Lets get some of the days other news. The uk will resume selling arms to saudi arabia. Ministers have decided the country isnt deliberately violating International Law with strikes in neighbouring yemen. Campaigners have criticised the move. They managed to get the trade blocked in the High Court Last year. The war in yemen has killed thousands of civilians in the past five years. It is often described as the worlds worst humanitarian crisis. America has officially begun the process to leave the World Health Organization. President trump has often criticised the who over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and suspended funding some weeks ago. The us will leave nextjuly providing donald trump is re elected this november because his rival, joe biden, has already said he will rejoin if he is successful in the president ial election. Chinas new office for National Security in hong kong has been inaugurated in a small ceremony behind barricades in the centre of the city. The opening was attended by dignitaries including chief executive carrie lam and zheng yanxiong, the hardliner chosen by beijing to head up the new office. Under the new security law, the office has the power to investigate and prosecute acts considered subversive. The uk chancellor, rishi sunak, is to set out a package of measures later to help the economic recovery following the coronavirus lockdown. It includes a £2 billion scheme to subsidise work placements for under 25s facing long term unemployment. Much more on this to come in Business Briefing in around 20 minutes time. The World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence which suggests covid 19 is being spread through airborne transmission. Thats a process where someone exhales microdroplets that are so small they remain suspended in the air, making it possible for other people to then breathe them in. Up until now, the who has played down the risk of airborne transmission, instead focusing on the dangers caused by droplets that fall on to surfaces. But the whos infection and Prevention Department has updated its position. We acknowledge that there is emerging evidence in this field, as in all otherfields, regarding the covid 19 virus and pandemic. And, therefore, we believe that we have to be open to this evidence and understand its implications regarding the modes of transmission and also regarding the precautions that need to be taken. The who was responding to an open letter signed by more than 200 scientists calling for the medical community to take the risk of airborne transmission more seriously. They say microdroplets can put people at risk of exposure, even if they are more than one to two metres away from an infected person. The Scientists Say studies have demonstrated this beyond any reasonable doubt. Im joined now by the letters lead author, professor lidia morawska, from the Queensland University of technology. Shes an expert in atmospheric sciences, and advises the who on air quality and health. Thank you so much for being available to us this morning. So tell us more. You obviously have been leading the way on the open letter to the who about airborne transmission. What evidence do you have . Well, this is an evidence not coming, collected just during this pandemic will just recently, we have known, the scientist, we have known for a long time that aerosols from human exploration, when we breathe, we talk, we speak, are in the airand breathe, we talk, we speak, are in the air and can be inhaled by others and cause infections. So, ina by others and cause infections. So, in a way, this is nothing new. It is however extremely important that this was accepted, that this was acknowledged, because now we can move on and we can control this to minimise the infections. Why then, if you say its so obvious the evidence is there, has it taken the who this long to acknowledge this . I will put a broader. Is notjust the who, in general the medical community or some fraction of the medical community, this is probably related to the old dogma which states that if you are at arms length from an infected person you are safe, based on studies conducted in the 1930s, based on studies conducted in the 19305, 19405, based on studies conducted in the 1930s, 1940s, this was a long time ago, since then we have better evidence, it is difficult sometimes to go against old dogma is. What does this mean in terms of tackling this mean in terms of tackling this pandemic Going Forward . Well, if the virus is in the air, because that is where it gets from our mouth or nose, it has to be removed from the air. How do we move has to be removed from the air. How do we move remove has to be removed from the air. How do we move remove it from the air . Improved ventilation. Sometimes a simple as opening a window. Sometimes its more complicated in ventilating buildings. In any case, ventilation is the principal which we understand and if we know this is to be done we can manage this. What about facemasks, doesnt mean we should all be wearing them all the time no matter where we are . No, wouldnt go that far. Facemasks are not the first line of defence. First we should try to manage the virus and make sure that its not in the air. However, if we cant do this or if we are in places where we are at a close distance, then facemasks should be worn by everybody, like in public transport and any situation where we are both and there are too many of us. And when it comes to social distancing, the who and many others believe one metre is enough. If you are right when it comes to our transmission, surely that isnt enough. Well, the point is that there is a continuum of what we exhale. There is no Sharp Division between what is emitted or what is below one metre or what is past one metre. We exhale aerosols which are below one micrometre to one millimetre is something we see. So there is no strict boundary. Of course, the further away we are the safer we are against those big ones, but, as i said, there is no sharp boundaries. All right. We appreciate you talking to us at this time early in the morning in the uk. Thank you very much indeed, professor lidia morawska, from the Queensland University of technology. Stay with us on bbc world news. Still to come as brazils president , jair bolsonaro, tests positive for covid 19, we take a look at the other World Leaders whove had a brush with the deadly virus. Central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. Police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that alqaeda was responsible. Germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. Theyve pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. In south africa, the possibility of losing hadnt even been contemplated, and celebration parties were cancelled. A man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queens private bedroom. Then he asked herfor a cigarette, and on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. Applause this is bbc news. The latest headlines millions in melbourne are ordered back into lockdown. There are Police Checks at the state border between victoria and New South Wales. More on that story now. Professor Raina Macintyre is an Infectious Diseases and biosecurity expert at the university of New South Wales. She joins us live now from her home in sydneys north shore. Thank you for being on the programme, professor. Tell us from your perspective how dangerous this new outbreak is on the border between victoria and New South Wales . It is deeply concerning because we have got Community Transmission. We did have a peak of cases in late march, but they were mainly travel imported cases, and it is much easier to have a handle on travel related cases because it is. You know who the people coming into the country are and you can quarantining them. But when it is spreading in the community, it is much harder to track and know how far it has spread. So what started out as quite a localised outbreak that was linked to a breach in quarantine in melbourne then spread to a much wider area in victoria, including near the border town of albury and wodonga, which are on either side of the New South Wales and victorian border. We have also since her that i case has been confirmed in New South Wales who had been in victoria. So the concern is there has also been a lot of movement of people between melbourne and other cities in australia that we may yet see outbreaks occurring in other states. And would this be described as a second wave or not . In some peoples terminology, yes. I prefer to use the word resurgence, but i think this is the pathway we face until you have a vaccine, as we are going to have intermittent epidemics to have intermittent epidemics to deal with. So in terms of how it is being dealt with, of course this board has been shut for the first time in a very long time, and that is a huge change and shift for those living on the border in that community. We are going to see this happening more and more, arent we, as you say until you have a vaccine, not just you say until you have a vaccine, notjust in australia but in other countries around the world . Yes, australia is in a unique position because we are an island, and even the 1918 pandemic, we managed to hold it off for a year pandemic, we managed to hold it offfora yearand pandemic, we managed to hold it off for a year and we didnt get affected until 1919 and we saw internal Border Closures then. Unlike the european union, we dont need to worry about land borders with other countries, but for the first time in100 years, countries, but for the first time in 100 years, we are now dealing with the issue of Border Control internally because some state have zero Community Transmission still at this stage. All right. Professor, thank you for joining all right. Professor, thank you forjoining us. We appreciate your time forjoining us. We appreciate yourtime and forjoining us. We appreciate your time and expertise. It just goes to show we cannot be complacent. Hes been tested before, and its come back negative, but now on the fourth procedure, brazils president has tested positive for coronavirus. Jair bolsonaro has spent months downplaying the severity of the virus. He is not the only high profile leader with first hand experience of covid 19. Alanna petroff gives us an overview of other leading politicians whove found themselves up close and personal with the virus. British Prime Minister borisjohnson paying tribute to the countrys healthcare workers back in early april, clapping from his doorstep. Just days later, he was in hospital and fighting for his life in intensive care. The countrys National Health service stepped in to save him, even as it faced a chronic shortage of protective equipment. After his release, he recovered here in his country home, and published a heartfelt message of thanks to the workers who saved his life. The reason, in the end, my body did start to get enough oxygen was because for every second of the night, they were watching. And they were thinking, and they were caring, and making the interventions i needed. Across the atlantic, he received well wishes from his counterpart. And i want to express our nations well wishes to Prime Minister borisjohnson as he wages his own personal fight with the virus. President trump himself has not tested positive for covid 19, but many around him have, most recently, kimberly guilfoyle. She is the girlfriend of the president s son, donald trump jr. What do you think, kimberly . I think it looks fantastic and, god, we love michigan up north, canada has received praise for early moves to fight the virus. Even so, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had to govern the country in self isolation after his wife sophie was diagnosed. Across the vast continent of africa, the true spread of the pandemic remains unknown, but we do know that in guinea bissau, Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam announced in april he tested positive. In burundi, the strongman leader died in june, and many believe covid 19 contributed to his death. In russia, president Vladimir Putin had avoided the virus, but his newly installed Prime Minister caught it. In honduras, the president was just recently released from hospital treatment after testing positive for covid 19. Around the world, its clear political power doesnt guarantee immunity. Alanna petroff, bbc news. Football, and juventus have maintained their 7 point lead at the top of serie a despite a heavy defeat to milan. Their nearest rivals lazio also lost, meaning juve are still heavy favourites to win the title. The bbcs tim allman watched the action. Juventus had pretty much it the ground running since serie a had resumed. There seem to be no reason to doubt their good form would continue. Especially after radio gave them the lead early in the second half against milan. A few minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo made it 20 later, Cristiano Ronaldo made it 2 0 and that seems to be that. But then milan were awarded a penalty. The latin abramovich and suddenly the momentum had shifted. Within a few minutes, goals had made it 32. Few minutes, goals had made it 3 2. Milan then got a fourth in the comeback was complete. But it could have been a lot worse forjuventus. Especially when they got nearest title rivals 10 they got nearest title rivals 1 0 up. On the half hour mark, they made it 1 1. Early in the second half, luciano made it to 1. They were not the only ones celebrating. Tim allman, bbc news. In the english premier league, chelsea are up to third after beating Crystal Palace 3 2 at selhurst park. They leapfrog Leicester City who could only draw against arsenal. Jamie vardy giving them a late equaliser in a 1 1 draw. 2 time World Champion Fernando Alonso is set to return to formula 1 with renault next year. Sources have told bbc sport the spanish drivers move will be confirmed soon. He left f1 in 2018, and is due to make a third attempt to win the indianapolis 500 with mclaren in august. Tennis, and rafael nadal has cast more doubt on whether he will defend his us open title. The spanish players confirmed he wants to play in the madrid open, which starts a day after the grand slam concludes. Last month, the world number two said he had little desire to travel to flushing meadows. Now, coming up next, we have got all the latest business stories and of course it is the statement of the chancellor who will, you can see, here on bbc online, unveil a £2 billion scheme to kick startjobs for young people. We shall have analysis for you and all the other top business stories. That is all to come in the next few minutes. I will see you then. Hello. Well, weve got another dose of rain on the way for wednesday. Its more southern parts of the uk that will get the rain. Now, this is the satellite picture. Notice its actually a Conveyor Belt of cloud thats stretching from the north sea across the uk, ireland and out into the atlantic, and out here in the central north atlantic, not that its of any huge significance, but this is actually an old Tropical Storm thats just feeding in warmth and moisture into this band of cloud and rain thats gradually slipping across the country from west to east. There is also a lot of mild air to the south, in fact, 15 degrees, that is the Early Morning temperature on wednesday, whereas in the glens of scotland early on wednesday, it could be close to freezing in a few areas. So remember that cloud stretching out into the atlantic, it is kind of spreading across the uk, certainly some rain around at times for wales, the midlands, southern england, eventually into east anglia and the south east. But i think much of yorkshire, Northern Ireland and scotland in for a bright day with just a few showers. That trend continues into thursday. Its more southern parts of the country that get the cloud and the outbreaks of rain, so i think for some of us, once again, not a pretty picture, but its not going to be cold. 20 degrees in london, actually fresher in scotland with the sunshine, where temperatures will be between 14 and 18 degrees celsius. On friday, there is a weather front out in the north sea. Its actually a low pressure, with its weather fronts, and it will be close enough to drive our weather. So i think showers for the north east of england, certainly through yorkshire and into east anglia, and a bit of a breeze as well. The winds actually coming out of the north west on friday, so it could feel a little on the chilly side in some North Western areas. The best of the weather, i suspect, across western wales and the south, as well as the south west, on friday. Now, heres the good news. High pressure is expected to build towards the weekend. Not particularly hot weather heading our way with this high pressure. I think its just going to be pleasantly warm with some sunny spells. So heres the outlook for saturday and sunday. Temperatures mostly in the high teens across more northern parts of the country, whereas further south, it will probably get up to around the low or maybe the mid 20s. Thats it. Bye bye. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk finance minister, rishi sunak, will unveil a £2 billion kickstartjobs scheme for young people. Cut the cable and towers. Kenya starts distributing the internet from balloons. But is it a Scalable Technology . And a very warm welcome. If you have just joined us we and a very warm welcome. If you have justjoined us we are going to focus on the top business stories. And we begin here in the uk, where the chancellor of the exchequer will unveil a range of measures later to help the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Its thought many of the policies will be aimed at helping young people, who are often among those hardest hit at times of economic crisis. Our business correspondent, sarah corker reports. Before lockdown, eva was working in a coffee shop, now shes sewing facemasks, a temp job at a manchester clothing company. I lost my job in hospitality pretty much straightaway, because they fell through the gap with the scheme where i had just changed jobs. Soi where i had just changed jobs. So i wasnt eligible for any money whatsoever, any help for from government. Money whatsoever, any help for from government. So how long we re from government. So how long were you out of work . Two and a half months. And i had to move backin half months. And i had to move back in with my parents. It is still had rent you pay here. Those radically looking around for a way to pay rent. History shows that young people often the group whose income and prospects are harvested during recessions. I just prospects are harvested during recessions. Ijust dont prospects are harvested during recessions. I just dont feel like they can make any long term plans because they dont know whats happening. I feel really lost, to be lost. Olivia and lily have just graduated from Manchester University and are entering into one of the bleakestjob markets for decades. Ive just literally being a applying for everything. Why cant afford to be fussy. Ive gone in every day and applied for every single job i can fine. Ive been going around my local area with cvs and handing them out, just really desperate and not heard anything back. Noone is hiring. Quite really, imjust scared that nothing will come up scared that nothing will come up andl scared that nothing will come up and i wont be able to pay my rent. Im scared it will be a long term thing. My rent. Im scared it will be a longterm thing. What could the government to help graduates like yourselves . We need Real Investment in graduate schemes. We need not just an investment financially, but a commitment from the government the young people are going to start being a priority. And we need a government that starts putting young people first and sees us asa young people first and sees us as a long Term Investment for the economy in this country. And we havent seen that in a very long time. There will be more detail later on the governments kickstart scheme, a£2 governments kickstart scheme, a £2 billion fund designed to create new jobs a £2 billion fund designed to create newjobs for a £2 billion fund designed to create new jobs for unemployed young people. Youth unemployment is predicted to soar to over1 million by the end of the year and the hospitality sat down, the workforce of the young, has already shared tens of thousands of jobs and already shared tens of thousands ofjobs and the challenge for the government s reassuring businesses that they can hang on to staff. John runs a small chain of restaurants in manchester. If it wasnt for the furloughed scheme, there is no chance we will still be here. Our business would be closed. The big challenge for that, the furloughed scheme, is ita that, the furloughed scheme, is it a Job Retention scheme or is it a Job Retention scheme or is it delaying the inevitable job losses that are coming . The government is promising young jobs revolution, but the fear is this pandemic could scar the long term prospects of those whose careers are onlyjust getting started. Sarah corker, bbc news, and manchester. Joining me now is tej parikh, chief economist at the institute of directors. Nice to see you again. Sarahs report very much focused on the flight report very much focused on the flight for young people who havent gotjobs. Flight for young people who havent got jobs. Thats flight for young people who havent gotjobs. Thats just one element, isnt it, in the summer statement . Yes. Generally speaking, jobs over all are generally speaking, jobs over allarea generally speaking, jobs over all are a big priority for this statement. We know theJob Retention scheme is going to be winding down and that can put a lot of pressure on firms to retain staff. So providing some support in terms of lowering employment cost is going to be crucial for employment cost is going to be crucialfor a employment cost is going to be crucial for a lot of businesses. I think alongside that theres going to be potentially some move to try to stimulate some Consumer Confidence to get people spending again. And we are likely to see some measures for specific sectors that have also been badly affected by the crisis. Which sectors do you think may get Financial Aid . We have already heard about the art, for example, at the start of this week, what about hospitality, what about the Airline Industry . I imagine retail hospitality could be in for some additional support. We know that as businesses have been opening up in and around those sectors it has been challenging to really achieve any scale with very few customers. So there could be some support there. And as you mentioned, the transport aviation sector, still massively affected by travel restrictions on some concerns generally by travellers whether they should be using transport and going abroad and moving around at this time. What about the impact this will have on, you know, government finances in the future. This is a huge band thats been going on since lockdown and it will go on for some time, wont it, but whats long term impact in terms of our debt levels . Well, this has only been billed as just a statement. Dont forget there is the autumn budget coming up which is likely to see more spending and tax and various expenditure initiatives being put forward then. So this is likely to have a major impact on the deficit, it is likely to massively increase the debt. It seems that the government think that this is a Necessary Evil at this time, given the sheer drop in the size of our economy and is likely that this is going to linger with us for the coming years ahead, but i think the spending now and the boost now will be absolutely crucial to push us out into growth out of this crisis. Absolutely. As and when that will come. Tej, thank you very much your time. Good to see you. A fleet of balloons have taken to the skies over kenya providing a 4g Network Connection to a 31,000 square mile area. Its the first commercial use of the technology that has been previously used in disaster zones, where hurricanes have wiped out cell towers. The balloons have been launched by a unit of googles Parent Company called loon, in collaboration with telkom kenya. Balloons does away with expensive cables or cell towers. So is it a realistic long Term Solution to getting more of africa online . Joining me now is priya lakhani, ceo, century tech. So nice to see you, priya. Good to know youre still with us during this crazy lockdown period. So tell us about this idea of balloons in the air providing and connecting parts of africa that would struggle otherwise. Yes, so i think people have long thought can we use the stratosphere, right, which is miles above commercial aeroplanes, so it is, our atmosphere before we go to space, and can we use that to ta ke space, and can we use that to take advantage of technology and, essentially, expand our sectors, the mobile sector is worth over 4 trillion, Satellite Services over 3 billion stop is a huge area for commercial companies. And so loon, a spin off from google lens, anai was fortunate to see google x working on this a couple of years ago in the lab in silicon valley, they have produced this huge balloon about the size of a tennis court and what it does is using solar panels and technology, Machine Learning algorithms that help navigate the wind in the stratosphere, these balloons will essentially form a network, like a mesh network and they will be hovering in the stratosphere above africa and then they will be able to connect to Ground Technology and, essentially, been connectivity to many, many africans, thousands of africans who previously have not been able to be mobile connected. So this is a really significant lea p forward this is a really significant leap forward in terms of technology and innovation and mobiles in africa. And what are the benefits in terms of environment and that kind of thing . There all sorts of benefits. Think the biggest benefits. Think the biggest benefit is to remember that sub Saharan Africa benefit is to remember that sub sa ha ran africa has benefit is to remember that sub Saharan Africa has the Fastest Growing mobile economy in the world. But despite it being hugely growing, most of the population is still off line and of the ones who have mobile connectivity they are not necessarily connected to the internet. So there is a huge benefit here in terms of financial inclusion, health, education, but in terms of environment and other areas there is potential technology. This technology could take advantage of, for example, weather systems, predictive modelling, there are many factors that could benefit from Technology Using the stratosphere and using the loa ns. Stratosphere and using the loans. Were running out of time, im afraid, but it is lovely to see you, priya, and hopefully we will see you in the again soon. We never know, that may come back, our good Old Fashioned look at what is in the newspapers that we used to do at this time. Lets get some of the days other news. Deutsche bank has been slapped with a 150 million fine forfailing to properly monitor its relationship with convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. New york state regulators said the bank had suffered significa nt compliance failures for processing hundreds of transactions for the late financier. Those included payments to russian models and 800,000 in quote suspicious cash withdrawals. The bank says it deeply regrets its relationship with epstein. Levi strauss saw its sales plunged more than 60 in its last quarter. Online sales werent enough to make up for stores being temporarily shut due to the pandemic. The denim apparel maker said it will have to cut about 15 of its Global Corporate workforce impacting about 700 jobs. Zoom and microsoft have joined a host of other Technology Giants to stand up against beijings security law in hong kong. Twitter, google, and facebook have already said they will pause the sharing of user information with police in the city. Tiktok has said it will withdraw from hong kong entirely. So what does this mean for these companies and for hong kongs Internet Users . Sharanjit leyl has been following the story and joins me now from our Asia Business hub. Sharanjit, what more can you tell us . Yes, sally, it is a reflection of the widespread unease over the new security law in hong kong, which has essentially led to these tech giants to withdraw and, as you mentioned, its a growing list of essentially the whos who of us internet companies, the likes of facebook, microsoft, google, twitter, zoom all announcing the suspended the processing of requests for user data from the hong kong authorities. Bear in mind, though, among them of facebook, google, who do not operate in mainland china. They are blocked by the great firewall, so perhaps not losing too much. Certainly we know theyre having to rethink their operations in hong kong and thatis operations in hong kong and that is after datings imposition of the law which has raised concerns over the handling of data in the city beijings it is notjust the us tech giants, it also includes rather surprisingly but one chinese firm you mentioned, tiktok, the video app that is owned by a Chinese Company and it has chosen to exit the city entirely saying it has decided to stop operations in light of recent events. The only struggle at the moment appears to be apple, which generated over 40 billion of revenue in Greater China last year, that includes the likes of china, hong kong, taiwan, it says it was assessing the impact of the new law. Thanks, sharanjit for an update on that. You are now across the latest business stories. 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Applause now its time for coronavirus life after lockdown where we take an in depth look at how the world might change because of the pandemic. Heres my colleague yalda hakim. Today, we are looking at how green the recovery from the pandemic will be. When the world first lockdown, there we re world first lockdown, there were many claims that nature and the environment was given time to heal. We saw clear waters and what had been polluted harbours as well as a drop in road and air traffic. But will this continue as the world and the economy begins to recover . And just how green are those stimulus packages . A study examined hundreds of packages and policies around the world. It found thatjust 496 the world. It found thatjust 4 of policies are considered green with the potential to reduce greenhouse in the long term. While 92 would simply maintain the pre pandemic status quo. Germany agreed a £130 billion stimulus package with incentives for electric and hybrid vehicles. While the eu unveil what it called a green stimulus with 750 billion euros pledged to aid a green recovery. But billions has been spent around the world to rescue the flat industry. And there are fears that as the recession starts, investment in Traditional Industries will lead to a rise in carbon emissions. Let ring in brine at oxford, one of the co authors of the study. Also joining us from boston is dean of the Fletcher School at university, rachel kite. She is a former special reserve representative of the un secretary general and the world bank group, Vice President and special envoy for climate change, and the director of our environment programmes at the Asia Foundation in bangkok. Thank you all forjoining us here on the programme. Brian, i will begin with you, because you have been looking at this particular study as well as stimulus packages. The uk today announced a £3 billion Green Package as part of its coronavirus stimulus. Do you think these packages go far enough . Yes, great to be with you. Look, it is a good start, but it is still lacking. Lets compare 3 billion in the uk on greenridge retrofits to 36 billion in germany or 13. 5 billion in germany or 13. 5 billion in germany or 13. 5 billion in france. What germany is spending on hydrogen alone, 9 billion, is three times what has come out this morning in the uk. Of course we probably should take it a little bit easy on the uk, we know this isnt the extent of the full stimulus packages and there is more to come, and so if doris, Prime Ministerjohnson is serious about comparing himself to Franklin Roosevelt and developing a real new deal, there is a lot still to come. Lets look forward to that. What is extraordinary is that there has been all of this talk about resetting, restarting the way in which we function, but according to this study, 92 of countries and governments and companies will maintain the status quo. That figure was referring to the rescue spending that we have seen so far. Generally when it comes to the recessionary spending on the recessionary spending on the part of the government, we divided into rescue and recovery. Rescue type spending is necessarily for keeping people and businesses alive. It is completely unsurprising that that type of spending goes towards healthcare, unemployment benefits, etc, and asa unemployment benefits, etc, and as a result, we wouldnt really expect it to even be green or dirty in nature. What we are really focused on is this recovery type spending, and thatis recovery type spending, and that is where the opportunity lies. Governments at this point in time, as many of them look forward to this recovery type spending, have a binary choice ahead, really. They can either choose to support the dirty, in some ways of Failing Industries of the past, ones that have served us well but whose time has come up, or they can look to the future. Invest in Green Technologies that both provide short Term Economic stimulus and provide long term Job Opportunities and really long term prosperity. Opportunities and really long term prosperitylj opportunities and really longterm prosperity. I amjust going to bring in rachel. Lets look at the view from the united states. Do you have concerns that President Trump will try and maintain the status quo as far as green energy is concerned . Status quo as far as green energy is concerned . Because he has backpedalled a lot of the Obama Policies and may use this pandemic as an excuse to do that. Yes, just picking up where breyer left off, brian. We have had the relief stage and i think the relief stage and i think the relief stage is continuing has come in many countries, as the depth and length of the viruss impact is being properly understood, and so now the preparation for recovery is that there is an opportunity in the united states, particularly by governors at the state level, to stimulate sort of shovel readyjobs in clean infrastructure, that be renewable, Energy Infrastructure may be, the kind of things you have started to see in the uk in terms of land restoration, coastal defences, etc, so opportunities do exist. That is not the message coming out of washington. And i think it is also interesting to look at the Energy Economy here. Obviously there is always a focus on the 50,000 jobs that remain in the coal economy, but we have been losing jobs in the Renewable Energy sector in the la st Renewable Energy sector in the last few months, and that is where you could see an important stimulus, get those jobs back for what will be a very important part of the Energy Economy Going Forward, and that is essential for us competitiveness. He said the opportunities are there, but in many instances, in a crisis like this, in the past, when you look at history, people revert to what they know and what they feel comfortable with. Is it likely that in this case these governors and, on a federal level, these opportunities will be taken . |j think we are looking at a congressional debate about what an infrastructure part of the recovery would be. I think it is very clear that there are more jobs in the renewable industry, more jobs in retrofitting buildings and making them Energy Efficient than there are in the sort of heavy carbon old Energy Economy, and what is interesting is that all of the advice, the smith School Report was very important, but the advice on International Energy agency, which the us does listen to, and the imf, is very clear that there are things you can do now which will be job rich which will get businesses, Small Businesses up and running again and would you want a path toa again and would you want a path to a cleaner recovery, and those include Energy Efficiency in buildings, they include investing in new technologies for the medium term as well. So what is really quite surprising about this discussion around recovery about this discussion around re cove ry a s about this discussion around recovery as opposed to previous economic disruptions is that there is a violent agreement about what can be done. The question will be can congrats follow that . Let bring in kim, and have a look at the situation in asia, because countries like south korea are really doing quite well when you look at them in comparison to other countries. Just give us to other countries. Just give usa to other countries. Just give us a sense to other countries. Just give us a sense of how it is doing. South korea, thank you very much for having me, south korea is one of the few post covid stimulus packages that is in place, and it is arguably the greenest in the region. It is even calling itself the green new deal. It aims to update much of Korea Parliament building and manufacturing infrastructure for renewables and Energy Efficiency over the next three years. The overall package is really quite large, it is 25 billion, which is significant for south korea. It is really interesting to contrast that with, say, japan, where they have put up 2. 1 trillion for their post covid stimulus package, where less than 1 is going to green initiatives, at least as far as we have seen. What about countries like india . We have done many pieces here on the bbc andi done many pieces here on the bbc and i have spoken to many collea g u es bbc and i have spoken to many colleagues who have said finally we can see the sky in delhi and things are really changed. If government theyre taking it seriously . India is ina very taking it seriously . India is in a very unique situation. They do have a very significant stimulus package that theyjust released, 264 billion, and we know that it is targeting seven sectors including education, health reform, banking, business development, but we have only seen the Broad Strokes of the plan, but it is ha rd strokes of the plan, but it is hard to know just strokes of the plan, but it is hard to knowjust how green the packages. We also know that india has relaxed Environmental Protection during this period to boost economic recovery, and india has almost alsojust privatised its coal Mining Sector in order to increase production and reduce imports. So that is not encouraging. Especially considering that indias coal is rather dirty compared with imported coal. But that said, india, as well as china, have strong proponents in government academia and Civil Society that are pushing to incorporate green growth elements into the stimulus plans, and sol green growth elements into the stimulus plans, and so i would say in both china and india, both are still a work in progress. That is part of our analysis here on bbc news on the coronavirus pandemic, how it is impacting everyone around the world. Thank you for your company today. You can join thank you for your company today. You canjoin the brea kfast tea m today. You canjoin the Breakfast Team in five minutes. I will return. See you soon. Goodbye. Hello. Well, weve got another dose of rain on the way for wednesday. Its more southern parts of the uk that will get the rain. Now, this is the satellite picture. Notice its actually a Conveyor Belt of cloud thats stretching from the north sea across the uk, ireland and out into the atlantic, and out here in the central north atlantic, not that its of any huge significance, but this is actually an old Tropical Storm thats just feeding in warmth and moisture into this band of cloud and rain thats kind of gradually slipping across the country from west in an easterly direction. There is also a lot of mild air to the south, in fact, 15 degrees, that is the Early Morning temperature on wednesday, whereas in the glens of scotland early on wednesday, it could be close to freezing in a few areas. So remember that cloud stretching out into the atlantic, its kind of spreading across the uk, certainly some rain around at times for wales, the midlands, southern england, eventually into east anglia and the south east. But i think much of yorkshire, Northern Ireland and scotland in for a bright day with just a few showers. That trend continues into thursday. Its more southern parts of the country that get the cloud and the outbreaks of rain, so i think for some of us, once again, not a pretty picture, but its not going to be cold. 20 degrees in london, actually fresher in scotland with the sunshine, where temperatures will be between 14 and 18 degrees celsius. On friday, there is a weather front out in the north sea. Its actually a low pressure with its weather fronts, and it will be close enough to drive our weather. So i think showers for the north east of england, certainly through yorkshire and into east anglia, and a bit of a breeze as well. The winds actually coming out of the north west on friday, so it could feel a little on the chilly side in some North Western areas. The best of the weather, i suspect, across western wales and the south, as well as the south west, on friday. Now, heres the good news. High pressure is expected to build towards the weekend. Not particularly hot weather heading our way with this high pressure. I think its just going to be pleasantly warm with some sunny spells. So heres the outlook for saturday and sunday. Temperatures mostly in the high teens across more northern parts of the country, whereas further south, it will probably get up to around the low or maybe the mid 20s. Thats it. Bye bye. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. Our headlines today a 2 billion fund to help young Unemployed People back to work, and a stamp duty holiday for home buyers. The latest measures aimed at boosting the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Were in downing street, as the chancellor rishi sunak prepares to make a statement to mps later today. And im on a construction site in central manchester, where they are building everything from hotels and offices to retail and leisure. They will all be under pressure at the moment and businesses will be keenly watching to see what the