Distancing or wearing a mask in public. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The global coronavirus pandemic has changed pretty much everything for almost everybody. It is of course a Public Health emergency, but it also is having massive economic social and cultural impacts. This very building usually houses our hardtalk studio. Now, that is currently out of commission. But thanks to the wonders of modern technology, the show can go on, and my guest today is the much acclaimed british actor brian cox who is currently in the smash hit hbo tv drama succession. Now, he is living in self isolation in upstate new york, but im happy to say he is able to talk to me. Brian cox in new york state, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome. Thank you, stephen. Well, thank you for inviting us into your home so to speak via your laptop. You have been living in brooklyn, now youre in a cabin in new york state. New york state of course is at the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic
We arejoined here in south london with the person who came up with the cla p with the person who came up with the clap for carers every thursday. How did you get this idea . Being inspired from what i saw back in the netherlands and it was happening in spain and italy if the dutch can do it than the brits can deftly do it to. When not we are as passionate as italy and spanish people are. You came up with this idea, you told a few friends and now its every thursday event. How proud arent you of the british for taking part in this . Yeah, very proud. It shows how much this nation can unite and be one. We are alljust together in this. Congratulations and thank you very, very much. Thank you. To the royal sorry hospital where medics, doctors and nurses have come out on the screen to say thank you to one another. For working during this incredibly challenging time. The building behind me is the intensive ca re building behind me is the intensive care unit. If you look inside the windows tha
Good afternoon, gardeners and growers have been kept busy guarding against the effect of frost. Last night, an unusually cold night for may across the uk but especially in Northern Ireland, where the temperature fell to 6. 1, a record, you have to go back nearly a0 years to find a cold may night in Northern Ireland. Temperatures are slowly going to be creeping up over the next several days. We will lose these blues with a north westerly breeze thats been bringing the cold air, more of a southerly flow and warm aircoming ourway. Air, more of a southerly flow and warm air coming our way. A bit of rain in the forecast for some in over the weekend, its needed at the moment. There are a few showers across the northern half of scotland this afternoon, one or two in Northern Ireland. Much of england and wales dry. A bit more cloud, so far today plenty of sunshine and temperatures after that chilly start topping out at around ii isdc. Its quite breezy with these showers into north west scotlan
Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First. The European Commission has issued new guidelines on tourism and travel, for eu Member States to follow, as they ease the coronavirus lockdown. A phased approach would begin with allowing in seasonal workers. Restrictions would then be relaxed between regions where the virus was under a similar level of control. Well hear from our correspondents in spain and italy injust a moment, but first to brussels and this report by our europe editor kayta adler. An overnight leap from lockdown to european beach party this certainly isnt. Eu countries are onlyjust beginning to lift their lockdown measures. Here in belgium they are opening the shops. Next week, the schools. But with strict social distancing measures in place. So what does that mean for our holidays . Well, ultimately, each eu country decides for itself when to open its beaches and borders to european visitors. Brussels can only advise. Today
Killed, both while doing their jobs trying to keep the public safe. Grim numbers and a stark warning as new projections show the months ahead could brianne alarming surge of coronavirus deaths in the United States. Still, dozens of states are pushing ahead with their gradual reopening. A key model often cited by the white house from the university of washington now estimates more than 134,000 deaths by august 4th. Thats nearly double its previous prediction. And even a Trump Administration model predicts a steep rise in deaths. An internal documents obtained by the New York Times projects about 3,000 daily deaths in the u. S. By june 1st. That as americas leading expert on Infectious Disease warns about easing social distancing too soon. One thing this virus has thats really different from so many other viruses that we have experience with, it has a phenomenal capability and efficiency in spreading from person to person. This is not a trivial issue. This virus has enormous capabilities