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Millions around the world have lost theirjobs and many more are likely to. We assess the economic fallout from coronavirus. More than 11,000 people have died in care homes in britain since the start of march the goverments been criticised for not acting fast enough. And millions are evacuated from coastal areas in india and bangladesh, as cyclone amphan approaches the bay of bengal. Welcome. The head of the World Health Organisation has defended its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The who has been sharply criticised by the United States and will be the subject of an independent inquiry. Heres the who chief, dr tedros. I thank Member States for adapting the resolution which calls for a deep evaluation of the response. Including the performance of the who. As i said yesterday, i will initiate such an evaluation at the earliest appropriate moment. The us has been a harsh critic of the who. In the past 24 hours President Trump has escalated his attack on the World Health Body threatening to permanently cut off funding over its response to the pandemic. He tweeted this letter accusing the who of failing to share information and being too soft on china, where the virus originated. And he gave the who a deadline of 30 days to reform. And in the past hour donald trump has repeated that ultimatum. Have a listen. The letter is very detailed and long, but basically they have to clean up their act. They have to do a betterjob. They have to be much more fair to other countries including the United States. Or we will not be involved with them any more. We will do it a separate way. The who has responded saying its considering the contents of the letter. China though had much stronger words for the president. Have a listen. Translation the us tries to use china as an issue to shirk responsibility and bargain over its International Obligations to the who. This is a miscalculation and the us has picked the wrong target. Donald trumps four page letter laid out the results of a probe his administration carried out into the whos response to the pandemic. Weve heard some of the allegations from the president before. This one is a regular theme of his. Well unpacking that for us is chris morris from the bbcs reality check this is talking about the early phase of the outbreak, really. What the who says is it was informed by china of a pneumonia of unknown cause on the 31st of december last year. Within a few days they put out an official statement asking for more information from china and by the 20th and 21st of january, they sent a team to china to investigate. By the end of the month, they declared a Global Public health emergency. You could say they couldve done it quicker but you can make the argument against many governments around the world. Including that of the United States. And i think the key point of this, the Crucial Point is that the who does not have the power to force or compel any government to do anything, including handing over information. Rightly or wrongly that by praising china publicly, that would be the best way to get what is obviously still a secretive society to co operate. Last month donald trump suspended payments to the who for 60 days. His critics were quick to call it a distraction from his own handling of the pandemic. Whatever the motive it came as a big blow to the who. The us is the largest single donor, pledging 893 millon dollars to its budget. According to the Washington Post, about 400 Million Dollars of that money was halted when payments were suspended in april. The paper reports in the same month china committed an extra 30 Million Dollars to the who. So, is there any reason to doubt the whos independence . Heres chris morris on that. 0bviously obviously the us is one of the largest funders of the who but it provides 15 so another majority of the money. Substantial contributions from the uk and germany, and private organisation, the Gates Foundation which had a lot of money to push around. If the who pro chinese . Certainly china is very active in the organisation. And the who is aware of that. And sensitive to it. Perhaps it is critical to say oversensitive. I find it perhaps it is critical to say oversensitive. Ifind it difficult dealing with taiwan, taiwan is not a member of the debt because it is not a member of the united nations. They find it difficult. I think that isa they find it difficult. I think that is a focus of criticism as well. Some of the think that donald trump said in this recent letter to the letter yesterday to the debbie and joe are not correct, for example there is a tweet we have seen today from the editor of the lance saying dear President Trump, you cite the la ncet dear President Trump, you cite the lancet anger attack on the debbie h0, please let me correct the record. I think when you talk to all experts, the overwhelming majority of Scientists Say by all means criticise the debbie h0, they are should not be avoiding. Who. The idea of cutting off funding for the only truly Global Public health body we have in the middle of a global pandemic, any expert will tell you thatis pandemic, any expert will tell you that is dangerous. All of this comes as members of the who agree to adopt a resolution by the eu and australia for an investigation into the crisis. So what shape and form willan inquiry take . Heres Global Health correspondent tulip mazumdar. This was a resolution that was tabled by the eu and australia. It has been accepted by all of the Member States, at least that was the consensus at this meeting over the last few days at the World Health Assembly and we will see in the next few days whether certain countries might opt out of certain parts of it. But essentially it will investigate how this pandemic started, how it was able to spiral out of control so quickly. One of the key questions will be what was the animal source of this virus, we understand that it came from a fish market in china, we do not know what the animal source is and that is something that will be looked into as well. It was very carefully worded these resolutions have to be agreed by consensus by 194 Member States. It did not specify investigating any particular country. It did specify investigating the who but it also said that it will also look at the international response, so it will look at Different Countries response and im sure china will come will come up in that as well. You and i have been talking about scrutiny and which countries are going to be leveled at. Im wondering how much scrutiny those countries will be open to when they move forward with this. I think it probably does although again china was not specifically mentioned in this resolution. If you are looking at how these pandemic started and what happened in the early days and there has been criticism notjust from the us, and australia also said they were too close to china and china was not transparent at the beginning and the who did continue to praise it. I think there will be some investigation into that as well and certainly the us will be lobbying behind the scenes very hard for that to be part of this investigation. But broadly speaking, all the countries speaking at the assembly over the last few days have talked about the importance of solidarity. It has been again and again that one country alone cannot beat this. Countries have to come together and Work Together to beat this otherwise it is simply not going to go away. That is something that will be reinforced as part of this investigation, that blaming and pointing fingers does not actually help the pandemic now. But clearly what needs to happen is to look at how this pandemic was that with at the beginning to make sure lessons can be learned so it doesnt happen again when a virus like this hits again. Lets move onto another big story thats been developing out of the us. Last night donald trump shocked Health Experts when he said hed been taking an unproven drug hydroxychloroquine to protect himself against coronavirus even though officials warned it may be unsafe and cause harmful side effects. Despite the dangers, the president has again been defending his use of the drug. If you look at some of the reports that came out from italy, and from france, and others, a lot of our front line workers take it because it possibly, and i thank it does but people will have to make up their own minds, it doesnt hurt people. It is been out on the market for 65 years from malaria and lupus and other things. I think it gives you an additional level of safety. But you can ask many doctors who are in favour of it. Many front line workers will not go there unless they have the medicine and so again this is an individual decision to make but it has had a great reputation and if there was somebody else other than me people would say that is smart. President trump revealed he was taking the anti malaria drug as he was hosting a business event on monday. Katty kay is in washington with the details. The stock market rose 900 points and the event in which he was speaking was meant to be an event celebrating the reopening of the American Economy and talking about the good news and the president , revealed with some delight, saying that he cannot wait to see the look of the reporters eyes, that he had been taking the drug for week and a half and that blew all of the other news out of the water and all people talked about on Cable Television and Television Networks was that. If it was meant to be a deliberate strategy to distract from the fact that america now has 90,000 deaths, it was also distracting from what was meant to be a moment of good news about the American Economy. So it is hard to determine whether or not there was a deliberate political strategy surrounding this and also to determine when the president says many doctors are taking it, many front line workers are taking it and many people have told him, this president has a tendency to say many people have told me or many people are doing this without actually naming specifics and all of the doctors that i have heard across television here in the United States today have said that this is a bad idea and not a good idea. Not one that they would recommend to their patients. Stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come india and bangladesh evacuate millions of people from coastal areas, as cyclone amphan approaches the bay of bengal. Scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, has announced a Government Fund for helping the young, disabled and lone parents get back into work. Today, we are taking further action to tackle the employment challenge created by covid. 0ur enterprise and skill strategic board, first established two and a half years ago, will now coordinate rapid action across enterprise and skilled agencies. In doing so, it will ensure that our actions now are helping to equip people with the skills they need for the future. It will report back to us injune on what additional measures we need to take. However, we confirm today that we will be investing a further £33 million to support people back to work as we gradually get the economy opened up again. This initialfunding, most of which will be allocated to fairsta rt scotland, will have a particular focus on helping those most adversely affected in times of economic downturn, which are young people, disabled people and lone parents. This is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. World Health Organisation Member States have agreed to set up an independent inquiry into the Global Response to the coronavirus pandemic. Further attention today on care homes in the uk and whether the government is adequately supporting them. Ros atkins has the latest. More than 11,000 people have died in uk carehomes during this pandemic and the government continues to face questions about whether its decisions exacerbated the situation. The head of the organisation which represents the industry in england gave evidence at a parliamentary committed today. Despite what has been said, there were cases, i think, of people that either didnt have a covid 19 status or werent symptomatic who were then discharged into care homes. Now, given that the care homes are full of people with Underlying Health conditions, i think we should have looked at focusing on where the people at most risk were rather than thinking about typical organisations. The former Prime Minister gordon brown has some fierce criticism for the government. Hes contributed to a think tank report on the issue and has been speaking to the bbc. Well, ive come to this not because i want to involve myself in political arguments but because ive seen two friends die. Ive seen people who are workers at care homes risking their lives to save homes. And ive seen the figures which show that half the deaths in scotland, where weve done the report, are in care homes. And its tragic that, even today, not all care home residents or not all care home workers have been tested. The government for its part says most care homes more than 60 , in fact remain free from covid 19. The Health Secretary matt hancock says the industry is being given unprecedented support. From the start, weve worked hard to protect those in social care. In early march, we put {3. 2 billion into social care half through the nhs and half through local authorities and weve repeatedly set out and strengthened guidance for Infection Control and support. Once the uk is past the first wave of this disease, there will be plenty of lessons to be learnt. Vicki young has been following events in westminster. It is about, of course, what went wrong and who might be to blame. But it is as well about learning lessons and making sure it doesnt happen again, particularly, i think, with whats happened in care homes. Now, listening to some of those who work in the sector, you could really hear their anger and frustration. Theyve said for a long time that they think that the Health Service and the care sector, they do need to be much more integrated. Now, weve heard that from various governments for years and years and years and it simply hasnt happened, and i think this epidemic really has exposed some of the flaws in the system. Three things to bear in mind. March was the month when the virus started to spread rapidly in the uk. And we know that in march the government abandoned efforts to test, track and trace because of a lack of testing capacity, it chose to lockdown later than its european neighbours despite the threat of the virus being known and as the head of care england said just now it allowed patients to be discharged from hospitals to care homes without a test. All three decisions are believed to have impacted on the uks ability to contain the virus though the government has defended its actions throughout. Better news is that the number of new deaths in care homes has fallen for a second week in a row in the uk. And while this political row continues in the uk we should say this is an issue thats affecting many countries. The World Health Organisation has called the impact of covid 19 on care homes an unimaginable human tragedy and it estimates that half of europes fatalities have been in care homes. Which in part is directly connected to the fact that the virus is a far greater threat to people over the age of 70. But its not that simple. British mps today heard evidence from hong kong. Despite being close to the source of the outbreak in mainland china, its had zero deaths in care homes there. We do a very good job in isolation. So once we have any person infected, we isolate that person in hospital for three months. But at the same time, we isolate all the close Contact People into a separate isolation centre, quarantine centre, for 14 days for observation. And they do the test regularly, to make sure they dont have the virus. Questions are already being asked as to whether strategies like that should be have been used in countries which have seen far higher deaths in care homes. One of them is canada. This article from the Washington Post highlights how 81 of its 6,000 coronavirus fatalities have been in Long Term Care facilities. The statistic demonstrates how some governments misread the threat of the virus. While they, understandably, focused on the capacity of their hospitals. Less attention was paid to the vulnerability of care homes and the People Living in them. This was canadas Prime Minister last month. If youre angry, frustrated, scared, youre right to feel this way. We can do better. We need to do better. Because we are failing our parents, our grandparents, our elders, the greatest generation who built this country. Lets hearfrom georgie smyth, a cbc reporter in vancouver, british columbia. The countrys first outbreak and death occurred here in bc at a care home in North Vancouver in march. But by far, the hardest hit parts of the country are in the east. Provinces like ontario and quebec last month requested the assistance of the Canadian Military in an effort to contain the virus in seniors and Long Term Care homes. More than 1,600 soldiers were deployed and in a sign of just how difficult it is to contain this virus, a dozen of the soldiers that were sent are now infected. Federal guidelines were put in place to restrict access to the care homes and staff were prevented from working between facilities. There are working between facilities. There a re calls working between facilities. There are calls for a Public Inquiry into the management of this crisis and a general acknowledgement that Canada Network of Long Term Care homes is left exposed by critical staff shortages, lack of investment, and cramped living conditions. For more on the care home situation in the uk, id recommend this excellent article by bbc Health Correspondent nick triggle. In it, nick notes there are already calls for a Public Inquiry. And certainly that would appear an inevitability at some point in the future. Ros atkins there. India and bangladesh are evacuating milions of people in the bay of bengal as one of the biggest cyclones in 20 years, powers towards them. Cyclone amphan is expected to make landfall later on wednesday. Bbc weathers louise lear has this update. Cyclone amphan, which was the first supercyclonic storm to form in the bay of bengal since 1999. Now it has been downgraded slightly, but nevertheless its still an extremely severe cyclonic storm. And it has the potential to cause devastating impacts across parts of northeastern states of india and also bangladesh. Notjust due to the strength of the wind and the huge storm surge across low lying areas of four to five metres high, but its the flooding rain. Now, if we take a look at the latest on the satellite picture, this storm has been forming and growing across the bay of bengal for nearly a week now. It looks likely to make landfall sometime during the latter stages of wednesday across northeastern states of india and into bangladesh. And then, it is going to grind to a halt as it comes up to those huge mountainous himalayas in bhutan and that could have devastating impacts here because the volume of the rain is going to cause significant flooding. Now, the brighter yellows and greens denoting the intensity of that rainfall, and this storm is going to be with us for the next few days. Aid agencies say they fear for hundreds of Rohingya Refugees living in the coxs bazar camp in bangladesh, where around a million of them have previously fled persecution in myanmar. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini Vaidya Nathan reports. The bay of bengal one of the most vulnerable coastlines in the world now bracing itself for a powerful storm. 0fficials fear it could be the worst to hit the region since cyclone sidr in 2007, which claimed at least 3,000 lives. Now, in the middle of a pandemic, theyre moving thousands to safer ground. Fears, too, for hundreds of Rohingya Refugees stranded at sea. Theyd escaped hardship in the camps in bangladesh for a new life in malaysia. Beaten and starved by the smugglers theyd paid, theyre now adrift after malaysian authorities turned them away for fear of covid 19. Last month, hundreds of rohingyas were rescued and returned to bangladesh. But the country said it wont accept any more on the mainland. It sent more than 300 to a silt island in the bay of bengal. Aid agencies fear its flood prone and are calling for the refugees to be moved as the storm approaches. 17 year old zu bairs one of those on the island. We talked to his mother, fatima, before the cyclone warning. I just want my son alive, on any shore in any country, she says. But for fatima and other rohingyas living in the Worlds Largest refugee camp, the risks are many. If the cyclone hits, these settlements dont stand a chance. And last week, coronavirus finally reached the camps. One of the most densely populated places on the planet, where socially distancing is tough, cases are already rising rapidly. Health care facilities are basic. Isolation wards have been set up for coronavirus patients but in a camp of close to a Million People, there isnt a single ventilator. Rohingya refugees fled genocide in myanmar. They live in poverty in bangladesh. Now, with coronavirus and a cyclone to contend with, their resilience is once again being tested. Rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. Easyjet has apologised to nine million customers after their email addresses and travel details were accessed during a cyberattack. The airline said about 2000 200 customers also had their credit card details accessed but there wasnt evidence anyone had fallen victim to fraud. 2,220. Easyjet first became aware of the attack in january. It told the bbc that it was only able to notify customers whose credit card details were stolen in early april because it took time to understand the scope of the attack and to identify who had been impacted. It said that it would notify everyone affected by 26 may. Dont forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter im babitatv hello. Tuesday was a warm day across southern britain and temperatures reaching the mid 20s celsius. That warmth is expected to increase as we head into wednesday and thursday, pushing northwards to an increasing chance of showers later on thursday and then we close the week out on a very different note with low pressure bringing windier and cooler conditions warm areas. Heading to the course of tonight, most central and southern areas will be dry and let the clear skies, they tend to stay quite cloudy across scotland and the north of scotland with a weather front that will be wet. Further south it will be milder and temperatures for many in double figures. Into wednesday, we will see the peak of the heat for this warm spell, High Pressure, establishing itself in pushing the with front northwards and drawing up this warmer air from spain and france. We start off a little bit of cloud across scotland and Northern Ireland, wet weather for the Northern Isles and that should clear away and clouds melt away for the south that will be a warm and sunny day for most. Temperatures in england and wales, the mid 20s celsius, 27 and 28 in the southeast, below 20 celsius across scotland so a warmer day in scotland. Cold front starts to push in. Outbreaks of rain to Northern Ireland and into thursday morning, rain across the western parts of britain and as it pushes a sports of britain and as it pushes east and bumps into the warm air, we could see if you hit and ms heavy we could see if you hit and mist heavy showers or thunderstorms develop strong thursday afternoon. As temperatures reaching the upper 20 celsius here and a warm day for many but a notch down across scotland and Northern Ireland and that is because we have this feature moving and to close the week in a deep area of low pressure which will bring some windy weather and gales in the northwest and also a ban of cloud and some rain early on friday which will clear eastern areas and then it is a sunny day, blustery afternoon with plenty of showers and some of them heavy across scotland and Northern Ireland driven in on gale force winds. It will feel cooler across the northwest, the mid teens celsius here and we could see highs of 21 or 22 degrees. Not much rain in the forecast. Most of the showers on saturday will be across the northwest. This is 0utside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Countries agree to an independent inquiry into the world health 0rganisations response to the coronavirus pandemic. Millions around the world have lost theirjobs and many more are likely to. We assess the economic fallout from coronavirus. Millions are evacuated from coastal areas in india and bangladesh, as cyclone amphan approaches the bay of bengal. And opposition to lockdown restrictions in chile as protesters clash with police over Food Shortages. Welcome. Millions of people around the world have lost theirjobs and many more are likely to because of the economic fallout from coronavirus. Weve had some stark numbers out from the uk today. Well come to those in a minute but first, have a listen to this from the International Labour 0rganisation. The figures are truly grim right around the world, notjust in the us or the uk which you mentioned. The global figure that we estimate for the Second Quarter of the year points to a loss of 305 million full time job equivalents around the world compared to the end of last year. We have never seen this before. We have never seen this scale ofjob loss. It absolutely blasts away what happened in 2008 to 2010. I think the question is looking forward how soon is this going to bottom out and how quickly will they come back. That of course depends on a large number of factors and a great deal of uncertainty. Next, lets hear from the worlds biggest employment agency, ranstad, on which sectors are faring the worst. Most of the people we see losing theirjobs claiming unemployment at the moment is in hospitality, retail, entertainment, travel, those sectors, airlines of course, but also automotive. This is a sector that was already in decline in europe. So with covid, it has decreased. There are also other sectors which are growing. Anything online logistics, food suppliers, supermarkets big boom in the beginning of the crisis but now stabilising. Governmental support handling all those claims. A pretty stable sector is it, where people can work from home and continue to work from home. Lets talk in more detail now about the latest unemployment figures for the uk. These are the first set of figures that have been directly affected by the coronavirus lockdown. 2. 1 Million People claimed Unemployment Benefits in april thats an increase of 850,000. And the number ofjob vacancies fell by nearly a quarter to 637,000 in the three months to april. The chancellor, rishi sunak, has warned that theres no guarantee the economy will bounce back immediately, and there could be long term scarring. I certainly wont be able to protect everyjob and every business. Were seeing that in the data. And no doubt there will be more hardship to come. This lockdown is having a very significant effect on our economy. We are likely to face a severe recession, the likes of which we havent seen, and of course that will have an impact on employment. 0ur economics editor faisal islam was listening to the chancellor today. Heres his analysis. Just how far unemployment will shoot up is for now being limited by the governments paying the wages of one in three workers. That is a bridge for the livelihoods of ten Million People will not last. And now the chancellor whose schemes are built around the idea of a rapid bounce back in the economy says it is not obvious that that will occur. Thats bad news for young people about to enter the workforce. Maja gustafsson is from the thinktank the resolution foundation. The problem is that, for young people especially, hospitality and retail are sectors that typically are the first kind ofjobs when people take on when they go into the Labour Market and its where people work in the first two years, a lot of young people. Even if it does bounce back eventually, these sectors, its a huge problem now. In the here and now, people are losing theirjobs and their being furloughed, and people who are leaving education now will not benefit from the Job Retention scheme because they havent had a job yet. So for as long as these sectors are down, this will increase the risk of long term pay scarring and long Term Employment scarring effects for the 18 to 2li Year Old Group especially. In the United States, more than 36 Million People have lost theirjobs in just seven weeks. Thats a quarter of the entire us workforce. Samira hussain is in brooklyn. America, a land of inequality and extremes. Never has it been more apparent than during a pandemic. As job losses mount, the lines at food banks get longer. At this one in brooklyn, everyone has a story of a life upended. Before the virus hit, denise worked in Food Services at a local university. Now, shes found herself waiting in line just to feed herself. Like so many, her claim for Unemployment Insurance is in limbo. I apply. Iclaim. Every week they said my claim has been entered for processing. But at the bank, there is nothing on my card. Inside, volunteers cannot fill bags fast enough. More than a Million People have filed for an employment insurance in new york city alone. One of the most damaging effects of these record job losses is the sudden rise in the number of people struggling to be themselves and their family. I was at this food pantry just six weeks ago and this room was empty, and its now become the main staging area. Thats just how much the need has exploded. What they used to give out in a week, they go through in just one day. It is notjust new york city, across the country from hawaii to virginia and many places in between, long lines of people waiting for food. The countrys youngest residents are not being spared. Last month, one in five households with kids under the age of 12 in addition to dealing with potential illness, millions of americans will have to contend with months maybe years of Financial Hardship and hunger. Samira hussain, bbc news, new york. Last year, indias Unemployment Rate was at 6 a its year high. Now, the coronavirus outbreak has made a bad situation much, much worse, with indias Unemployment Rate rising to 24 . One in four people lost theirjobs in the country between march and april. Arunoday mukharji is in delhi. As india fights covid 19, the fate of millions hangs in the balance, and its notjust about saving lives, but also livelihoods. 122 million workers have lost theirjobs since march and the International Labour organisation has warned that nearly 400 million workers are at risk of being pushed deeper into poverty during this crisis. 90 of the workforce is employed in the informal sector. With 18 million entrepreneurs shutting down their operations, daily wage labourers have no certainty on whether there will be jobs to go back to. Translation were helpless. We cant send money home. By taking ourjobs away, theyre snatching away food from our mouths. And its notjust those already in the job market. With millionsjoining indias workforce every month, the pandemics Economic Cost on indias youth may be irreversible. Arunoday mukharji reporting there. Just over 4,000 people have died in turkey during the coronavirus pandemic. Istanbul turkeys biggest city has been the epicentre. Life is slowly getting back to normal with some of the lockdown restrictions eased but one place remains busy the cemetery. Neyran elden from bbc turkish reports. On a hillside above istanbul, new graves are being dug. Its peaceful here as the fight against coronavirus continues below. There has been a huge focus on hospitals, but this is also the front line. Translation people who work in the Cemetery Service during this time are at risk. They may not face the same exposure as Health Workers, but theres a higher risk. We take the same precautions as Health Workers in intensive care units. They wear full protective clothing in case coronavirus can be caught from a dead body. Their role is vital to ensure a proper islamic burial. The body is carefully washed before being placed in a coffin. Official figures show dozens of extra people have been buried in istanbul per day since the start of the pandemic. The staff have also found time to pray for the dead when no family can attend. Translation we had a sad experience where a family of three to five people, they all had coronavirus. They are either in quarantine or in hospital. One person dies and nobody can come to the funeral. In this case, this person becomes one of us and we act as if this funeral is our funeral. Its a reassurance for family members that their loved one isnt alone. The death toll is falling and some of the lockdown restrictions have been eased, but still, its too soon to assume life can go back to normal. Translation when a boxer says hes the best, thats the moment he loses the match because he has lowered his guard. We definitely shouldnt lower our guard against this virus. A mothers cry for her son who has died from coronavirus. He was only 27 years old. A sound familiar across the world. Neyran elden, bbc news, istanbul. Australias barley farmers have found themselves in the middle of a globalfeud, as china pushes ahead with an 80 tariff on australian barley effectively blocking australian farmers from selling their crops to their most lucrative market. Abc journalist Kath Sullivan explains. This is the result of an 18 month investigation and was always expected at this time, but it comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two nations after australia called for an independent International Inquiry into the origins of covid 19. That prompted chinas ambassador to australia to threaten a consumer boycott of australian exports. And as ed johnson from bloomberg in australia points out. But australias government has been quick to play down any suggestion of a trade war. Heres the agriculture minister. There is no trade war. Everyone needs to take a deep breath, take a cold shower and understand that we produce the best food and fibre in the world and we have marketplaces that wed be able to send our barley and other produce into other markets, if our producers wish to do so. Stay with us on 0utside source. Still to come 0ne positive effect of lockdown Global Carbon emissions have plummeted. But theres a warning theyll shoot back up as economies return to normal. We will have more. Turning away from the coronavirus for a moment now to bring you an update on a tragic story from the north of england. A teenager who was shot dead in blackburn has been described as the perfect 19 year old and a role model for other students. Aya hachem was walking to a supermarket on sunday afternoon when shots were fired from a passing car. Three men have been arrested. 0ur correspondent Judith Moritz has this report. Aya hachem came to blackburn as a child seeking asylum. Her family saw it as a place of promise and safety, but she was killed on its streets. The teenager was walking to the shops on sunday afternoon when a gun was fired from a car driving past. Aya was not the intended target, but she was in the bullets path and she stood no chance. She died soon afterwards. In herfew years in blackburn, aya made a big impact, giving back to the community which had helped her. She volunteered for charities which support children and those working with Asylum Seekers and refugees, and every part of this town took her to its heart. Shes been praised by the catholic, methodist and muslim communities, and described as a role model. Aya made her most remarkable progress at school, starting with nothing and working her way up to study law at university. We were really, really proud of her, because, arriving with little english, she in her year group made the most progress in the whole year, and we celebrated that, not only within our school community, but within blackburn with darwen, and we used her as an example of what was possible. She was kind, she was caring, she was compassionate. She was a friend to everybody. Three men in their 30s have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Ayas parents say theyre devastated and determined to bring those responsible to justice. Judith moritz, bbc news, blackburn. This is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. World Health Organisation Member States have agreed to set up an independent inquiry into the Global Response to the coronavirus pandemic. Lets turn our attention to the americas now. Ros atkins has been looking at some of the major developments across that region. Hi, ros. Hi, babita. Yes, were going to look at a number of Different Countries in the next few minutes. Lets begin in brazil. Its now has the third highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections. There are over 260,000 registered cases. Only the us and russia have more. But not the whole story experts are saying the true number could be almost 15 times higher. However, the number of fatalities is lower than several european countries. This shows the trajectory of the daily total of recorded deaths. Unlike in those european countries, that daily rate hasnt started to significantly decrease. Heres the analysis of the bbcs camilla mota in sao paulo. Ina in a country with continental proportions like brazil, huge inequality, the disease manifests in different ways. In sao paulo, for example, mortality and infection rates are higher in the outskirts of the city, in poor neighbourhoods. In those parts of the city, people say it is hard to comply with social distancing measures because people need to work and there is no way for them to do home office. In the richest city in the country, about 35 of the labour force is in the informal economy. In a state where the Health Care System has now collapsed, we are seeing the disease hit the indigenous community. In the meantime, brazils president Jair Bolsonaro clashes because he thinks the economy cant stop. When asked about the surging number of cases byjournalists, he replied merely, so what . What do you want me to do . His rhetoric resonates with pa rt of to do . His rhetoric resonates with part of the population, a small but loud group that despite the Current Situation organises demonstrations against social distancing measures, and its very mobile on social media. Thats camilla in brazil. Next, we turn to chile, because theres opposition to the lockdown there too. Were going to hear from the capital santiago. Chile has had more than 46,000 cases of covid 19 so far, with close to 500 deaths. And a recent surge in cases prompted a Strict Lockdown in the capital over the weekend. That lead to these scenes from just outside the city. Protesters objecting to Food Shortages clashed with police using tear gas and water cannon. Here are some of the protestors. Translation im a taxi driver. I cant make a living because which passengers can i pick up . And what does the government give us . Translation help, food. Its not quarantine we want. We need help and food. Its food that people are asking for right now. After those protests, the president promised to get food to those in need. And this tweet is from the mayor of santiago. It says that the government will deliver 2. 5 million boxes of food the tweet emphasises that this was an unprecedented effort and goes on to say food will reach those who need it in the coming week. Please, stay home. Chile is not the only place where people are struggling with Food Shortages. Lets also look at the situation in mexico. Drug cartels have exploited the absence of a coordinated state presence and have started delivering food and essential goods themselves. This is a report in the mexican news website sin embargo. It contains a video put out by the Cartel Advertising what they call their food brigade. Bbc monitorings luis fajardo has been looking into this for us. Mexican drug cartels have traditionally operated through intimidation, but now they want to appearas intimidation, but now they want to appear as allies of the people, allies of these committees or suffering a great economic terms because of the pandemic. They dont ask beck a lot from their government. One of the ways this is working out is through so called food brigades. This very elaborate logistics operation set up by the cartel feeds entire communities in isolated or impoverished areas of the country. For example, one of the biggest Drug Trafficking cartels in mexico has been spotted in veracruz state feeding more than 400 people in one of these locations. This is not the only group. Nor is it the first time that they had employed these tactics. Even the 1980s, in columbia with the medellin cartel, apollo pablo s comer was involved. What is change now is the sophistication of the efforts. These videos on social media, some apparent with drone shots, showing the cartel disturbing this food and other types ofaid in these communities. They are engaging in branding. The similar cartel is. The famous drug traffickers iiow is. The famous drug traffickers now injail in the us. Other drug organisations are involved in this type of struggle, to capture the hearts and minds of the mexican people in the continued fight between drug cartels and the government, which literally continues throughout this time of pandemic. Clearly continues. Just before i wrap up, its worth mentioning that bbc brasil, bbc mundo and bbc monitoring are all invaluable sources of information on the pandemic. And in particular if you have the particular legalistic skills. Thank you for that, ros. This pandemic has had a positive effect on the environment. The biggest ever fall in the amount of carbon released into the worlds atmosphere has been recorded over the past few months. At the height of the coronavirus lockdown, scientists discovered that daily emissions around the world dropped by more than 17 the biggest fall was in china, which saw a drop in emissions of 24 . Here in the uk, the reduction was 13 , but scientists are warning that this extreme reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions could be temporary. Heres our science editor david shukman. All over the world, some stunning transformations, from choked streets in india becoming calmer and easier to breathe in, to the most famous landmark in china suddenly looking clearer, to the centre of paris often polluted now quieter and cleaner. The fight against the virus has slowed down many economies at huge cost. But its also done wonders for the air and for the Carbon Emissions that are heating up the planet. The drop in traffic was a major part of that. Here in the uk and globally. Lower demand for electricity has also made a difference. Along with the grounding of planes, fewer flights means less carbon released into the air. Its a pattern seen around the world. The lighter the shade here, the bigger the decline in emissions in some countries, up again, but still a huge change. The fall in emissions, we are seeing 17 per day, is enormous. We have not experienced Something Like this before as far as we can tell. It is driven by changes in road transport. Now that china is out of lockdown, traffic there is building up so emissions are rising once again. The carbon cut is not permanent. On some key roads, the traffic is starting to come back a bit as the lockdown is eased, but the impact of the different restrictions on the environment has been really striking. Not only are those Carbon Emissions down, the quality of the air has gone a lot better. Different types of pollution have fallen dramatically. So as the economy recovers, will we see a return to the toxic haze hanging over our cities . Experts in air pollution hope the crisis has shown whats possible. A very unfortunate natural experiment but it does show us by changing the vehicles on our roads and reducing the vehicles and changing over to electric vehicles, we can immediately reduce air pollution, which sends an important message. Many cities are now trying to encourage more cycling and walking to help keep people safe from the disease and also to reduce pollution. Their hope is that amid the nightmare of the virus, a greener future can be created. Before we go, lets have a listen to the ukraine radio Symphony Orchestra holding its first concert since the coronavirus lockdown restrictions eased there. There was no Live Audience in the concert hall, and the conductor and players sat a safe distance apart. All were wearing face coverings. But producing beautiful music. Thanks very much forjoining us here on outside source. You can get in touch with me and the team on twitter. Im babitatv. See you soon. Bye bye. Hello there. The last couple of days, weve seen pretty big weather contrasts across the country, from sunnier skies further south like this glorious weather watcher picture in herefordshire, compared to further north, where weve had some lingering weather fronts that brought a lot of cloud to northern england, parts of scotland and Northern Ireland. Its been grey throughout monday and tuesday with some light rain and drizzle. This weather watcher picture just shows that in cumbria. As we head into wednesday, big changes. This High Pressure will push the weather fronts northwards and start to draw some very warm air up from spain and france so a change taking place. After a bit of a grey start in places, the sunshine will become abundant across all of the uk, including scotland and Northern Ireland, so the temperatures will respond. The low 20s celsius across parts of scotland, 17 or 18 in belfast, mid 20s england and wales. We could see 27 or 28 across the south east, so this will be the peak of the heat of this warm spell. As we head through wednesday night this cold front starts to move in from the west. That will bring thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain into Northern Ireland and western parts of britain and through thursday afternoon as it moves eastwards as a very weak feature but bumps into the very warm air across the south east, it could spark off a few heavy showers and thunderstorms here into the afternoon. Hit and miss showers and thunderstorms. Again its going to be a warm day in england and wales, 26, 27 in the south east, maybe a few degrees cooler for Northern Ireland and scotland. Big changes to close out the week, a deep area of low pressure moving in, lots of isobars on the chart. Its going to be windier, its going to bring cooler air to all areas. We could see a little bit of rain just spreading its way eastwards across the whole of the country not that much, though, across southern and eastern england, and then its brighter into the afternoon but a blustery day, windy with gales across scotland and Northern Ireland. Gusts 50, 60mph and plenty of heavy and frequent showers here. Temperature wise, the mid teens celsius in the north, a little bit fresher further south too but still highs of 21, maybe 22 degrees giving some afternoon sunshine. As we move out of friday into the weekend, it looks like High Pressure wants to start to build in again across the south of the country, low pressure stays to the north of the uk so again were going to have quite a north south divide. It will draw in fresher air off the atlantic but there will be plenty of sunshine across england and wales, lighter winds here, scotland and Northern Ireland, closer to that low pressure system, will be windier with showers or longer spells of rain, particularly across the north west, here low to mid teens celsius, could see 20, 21 across the south. Into sunday, that area of High Pressure really builds in. It could build in a little bit further northwards, in fact, so maybe Northern Ireland, southern scotland, much of england and wales look dry on sunday with widespread sunshine. Lighter winds in the south but windy again across northern and western scotland, where well see gales and outbreaks of persistent rain. 13 17 degrees across scotland, 18 22 degrees further south. Now, heres the jet stream as we move through sunday and into next week it tends to stay just to the north of the uk. That will steer weather systems to the north of the uk but further south, High Pressure will continue to dominate the scene, and as we move through monday, tuesday into wednesday, next week looks like it will be dry for most areas thanks to this area of High Pressure, so gardeners and farmers needing the rain across southern and eastern areas, doesnt look like theres going to be any significant rainfall in the near future. And if anything, it will turn sunnier and warmer across some southern and eastern areas as we move through into next week. Bye for now. Tonight at ten the chancellors sombre warning about the prospects for the economy, in the wake of the pandemic. The number of people claiming benefits for being out of work soared in april to its highest level for over 20 years. Theres no offices open, theres no interviews being taken at the moment. Its a struggle to try and find something. But theres no guarantee of a swift recovery after the lockdown is eased more fully, according to the chancellor. It is not obvious that there will be an immediate bounceback. It takes time for people to get back to the habits that they had. Well also be looking at the latest number of deaths over