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This is bbc news, the headlines six million children in spain have been allowed out for an hour for the first time in six weeks. It comes after the daily number of coronavirus deaths in the country fell to fewer than 300 for the first time in more than a month. Italy, which has recorded more coronavirus deaths than any other european country, is to begin easing lockdown measures. The Prime Minister, giuseppe conte, said restaurants and bars will be allowed to serve takeaway food from may the fourth. Parks will also reopen that schools are to remain closed until september. The british Prime Minister borisjohnson september. The british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has september. The british Prime Minister borisjohnson has returned to downing street two weeks after being discharged from hospital to he has officially resumed control of the uk response to the pandemic including the task ofjudging how and when the lockdown should be eased. More than £45 million has been raised by uk chariti
After recovering from coronavirus. He says there are real signs that the country is passing through the peak of the pandemic. He warned that lifting the restrictions too soon could lead to a new wave of deaths. Donald trump has held a coronavirus News Conference after having earlier cancelled it. He said his strategy to combat the virus with more tests was working and that all parts of the country were getting better. More than 50,000 americans have died during the outbreak. Nearly 56,000 americans have died during the outbreak. And seven weeks since italy announced a lockdown, the country will lift some restritions from next monday. Parks, manufacturing, and construction businesses will be the first to reopen. People will also be allowed to exercise outdoors. Those are the headlines. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Italy is the european country hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. It took a virulent hold in northern italy in february and now
Is rejecting calls to relax its lockdown, saying the outbreak remains at a delicate and dangerous stage. The total number of uk dead now stands at 20,732, not including deaths in care homes or the community in england and northern ireland. It comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to downing street after two weeks of convalescence. 0ur Political Correspondent iain watson is at westminster. Hes going to be chairing some of the meetings, which he couldnt do during this convalescence, his time in hospital, crucial meetings that discuss where britain may be going next in terms of the lockdown and how it may in future ease restrictions. So straightaway, around 9 00 tomorrow morning he is going to meeting senior cabinet ministers and the chief medical officer, the chief scientific advisor. This is whats sometimes called the war cabinet, others call it the covid i9 meetings, the official name. They will be undoubtedly talking about some of the issues that dominic raab, his defacto depu
After all those negotiations. Reporter well, this is the reason he gave in his blog and the statement we got out of the finance Ministry Following the resignation seems to suggest that the Prime Minister, tsiprasAlexis Tsipras felt to go more comfortable going into negotiations without him there. This is the suggestion that the euro group. We know there is a lot of tension between he and a number of the ministers there. And he has taken this route as a way to facilitate to make things easier between greece and its creditors to reach a deal. This comes after the no vote which has really strengthens in some respects or in some peoples eyes the position of the government. It has been hailed in mr. Varoufakis campaign. They will be sad to see him go. Its a complicated one. Varoufakis is someone who is outspoken and popular with a part of the public and unpopular with another part of the greek public. He is a controversial figure. We have seen him getting into all kinds of debates, strong r