Welcome to bbc news. Im maryam moshiri. In a few minutes, well be taking a look at some of the front pages from around the world, and were expecting to hear from donald trump at the white house to give his latest response to the coronavirus pandemic. First, a few of todays other developments. Lets turn to europe, where italy has become the second country to register more than 20,000 coronavirus deaths, after the United States. Another 566 deaths were recorded in the most recent 24 hour period. This figure is just over half as many as two weeks ago. Italy is now gradually lifting its lockdown restrictions, and will allow a few companies to resume operations on tuesday. In spain, the Spanish HealthMinistry Says 517 people have died in the past 2a hours, which is 100 less than the day before. The total number of people
to have died from covid i9 in spain is 17,500. Some restrictions have started to be relaxed there too. Damien mcguinness has more on the situation across europe. Numbers here are still incredibly high because in italy and spain, which are the two countries worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic here in europe, we have confirmed cases of more than 100,000 in each country. And in italy, 20,000 deaths more or less, and spain, were talking about 17,000 deaths. These are really high numbers. What is causing the beginning of hope, though, is that the daily death toll is starting to go down. So what that means is that the total numbers are still increasing, but that increase is less than it was just a week or two ago. So when you look at the daily death toll, now we are talking about numbers at some point less than 500 per day. Just a week ago, we were over 900 deaths a day. So although the situation
is still very severe in both italy and spain, it is starting to improve. That is the hope anyway and that is why governments in both countries are really trying to get the economy going again because on the one hand, you have this health emergency. 0n the other, you have an economic emergency brewing because both countries are in a state of economic lockdown. So what were seeing in spain today, as you said earlier, manufacturing and construction workers are going back to work. This is really to get the economy going. At the same time, the lockdown itself for most people is still in place so for most ordinary people, they will not see much of a difference because you are still not allowed to go out unless it is strictly necessary, and most shops will still be closed. And i think any return to normal is going to take a long time. It is about getting that balance between getting the economy going while not sparking another outbreak of the pandemic. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are christopher hope, chief Political Correspondent at the Daily Telegraph and dawn foster, the writer and broadcaster. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. The New York Times looks at the plight of farmers in america who are being forced to throw away millions of pounds worth of fresh food they can no longer sell, as well as president ial hopeful joe bidens plan to re open america. The Financial Times reports on how, in spain, some restrictions are being eased. The paper also leads on how a co ordinated global effort to support the oil market fell apart amidst concerns from traders that it would not be enough to counter the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The french newspaper le figaro leads
with the president Emmanuel Macrons announcement that the country will stay in lockdown until 11 may. The i leads says the uks current lockdown will continue as the country has not yet reached the virus peak. The daily mirrors front page leads with a campaign for more protective equipment for front line nhs workers. The daily mail calls the situation in british care homes as a catastrophe with 92 new recorded outbreaks of the virus in 2a hours. The telegraph says the British Government is planning a gentle path back to normal life once the decision is taken to lift the current restrictions. And the times reports that the uk will stay in lockdown until at least 7 may with the announcement being officially made on thursday. So lets begin. Lets turn to our guest christopher with the front page of the times, the front page thats a story being carried by most from pages that the lockdown will carry on. Weve not had the official announcement, have we . The official date is thursday, and the governments scientific advisers are meeting. It is all eyes on what happened on thursday. Theyre trying to get ahead of the game by saying that britain will stay in lockdown for another three weeks, they say here, with another cabinet debate on whether to encourage some people to return to work, meaning many will manage to stay at home. It says here that there will be a cobra meeting on thursday, so it looks forward into thursday, so it looks forward into thursday and what the decision will be by the government. But as other countries as weve seen from these
papers, other countries are starting to talk about lifting their lockdown, and all the pressure will come back on borisjohnson when he is fit enough and dominic raab in his place about when they left. The big question while we were at home today was, when can we get back to work . It says here in the paper, it talks about the split amongst senior members about how to go about this. The question is how do they lift that cosmic will they get people to stay at home and dont come to work, 01 stay at home and dont come to work, or should they come to work . Because it has been forced on a lot of people to work at home if you have a deskjob. Even cynics like myself have found it ok to work from home, and it seems there will be a concern about whether they are required at work, and if they can keep working from home to limit the spread and limit may be the return of the virus later on. That is the concern. The easy thing would be to lift sooner rather than later, because that is
the easier thing to do in political terms. But the risk is massive in case this virus comes back. Don, in the times, it says nearly three quarters of people in the uk prioritise limiting the spread of the disease, even if it means damaging the economy. That compares to 61 in the us and only 54 in germany. So that tells us according to this paul that more of us are thinking they will be willing to keep us lockdown going if it means we limit the spread of the disease and protect the nhs. Absolutely, those stats are really interesting. So even though it has been very tough for a lot of people in the uk, even those people who are having to go back to work and come home are still observing lockdown outside of working hours, and most of us are finding it quite hard to stay home and really miss our family and friends, we are still in favour of staying at home and prioritising the
economy. This cabinet split that christopher mentioned, there are some in the cabinet who want to get going again to try and protect the economy, but matt hancock has said that the stay at home message is very clear and it needs to go ahead. We saw dominic raab today saying that we should expect the death figures to get slightly worse before we can consider lifting any of these restrictions at the moment. So a lot of figures in government want to keep this going even though it is hard, and the vast majority of the public are completely behind them. Its going to get harder as we see other countries slowly relaxing their measures, lifting their restrictions. Itll get harder for those in this country to look at other countries and wonder whats happening there, and maybe it should happening there, and maybe it should happen here. I think psychologically it will become a lot more difficult. The first few weeks are hard, but
now people are getting into the lockdown fatigue and i think the only thing that will actually keep the public adhering to these rules is seeing the daily death stats, and also causally being remembered by the government that the uk are several weeks behind italy and spain. Italy still have not talked about lifting the lockdown compared to spain, but spain again had a higher numberof to spain, but spain again had a higher number of deaths a lot earlier than we higher number of deaths a lot earlierthan we did, higher number of deaths a lot earlier than we did, and they saw the spread very quickly. So it is to stop this from becoming as severe as other places, so we need follow these rules. Speaking of other european countries, this evening Emmanuel Macron has announced that those restrictions in france, which i must say are stricter than those in this country, will carry on until 11 may. The headline there. Very
nice french accent. I do my best, Google Translate tells me it means hope is reborn but nothing is required. I think what that means is theres a chance but nothing is taken for granted. The extension, Emmanuel Macron announcing it until 11 may. 0nly nurseries and College Schools can open, so it is a partial reopening. But as a father of three teenagers, two of whom are still in school, they are quite keen to get backin school, they are quite keen to get back in school. 0ne school, they are quite keen to get back in school. One of them is certainly worried about their gcses next year. Any idea of going back to school will be a good idea for them. Also on that same page, it talks about Boris Johnson. What also on that same page, it talks about borisjohnson. What it means is out of hospital, borisjohnson wa nts to is out of hospital, borisjohnson wants to believe in a state of grace. Thats the thing i never thought Boris Johnson grace. Thats the thing i never thought borisjohnson would ever be
accused of believing in, it talks about that love of the nhs that borisjohnson spoke about that love of the nhs that Boris Johnson spoke about about that love of the nhs that borisjohnson spoke about so movingly in that statement yesterday. Lets talk about france, because the interesting thing here is that Emmanuel Macron actually did come out with a few ideas about what might happen after 11 may, it wont be about getting to that deadline and see what happens, he talks about getting to that date and seeing possibly nurseries and schools reopening. There seems to be a plan coming out of france . Absolutely. It seems clear that france has thought very deeply about how they get back to normality very slowly. They want to normality very slowly. They want to do in very slow stages with some things, especially schools in nurseries where people, attendees and small children are less likely to be impacted severely. So france has a very clear idea to work through on the government on how
they can slowly get back to normality, whereas dominic raab and the conservative party so far have not answered questions about that. It is not clear whether that is because there isnt a plan, or whether they dont want to actually preempt it and tried to the public think they can do something in two weeks, then a couple of them doing it now does not make a difference. So it is a very different form of government and communication in france and in the uk. What do you think, is it because they worry about what brits will think . 0r they worry about what brits will think . Or is there not a planned . This country with dominic raab we are more critical of our government than others. Theyve dealt with it so strictly in a way, showing papers to these buildings and maybe even banning exercise during daylight hours. And it doesnt seem to be very british, if i can say that, about the two countries. I think the way theyre going about it, they show that there is some hope there because we currently have no date or idea, the times is giving us three weeks, the telegraph are saying a review next week, not this week. What he will want to look forward to isa what he will want to look forward to is a line in the sand after which we can lift the gloom off of this country and get the economy going again. The concern is we havent got that from our government at all. How much is the fact that borisjohnson is still recuperating got to do with this . Certainly a power vacuum. Ive been writing when i was at work last week about this, about the concern i felt, week about this, about the concern ifelt, and week about this, about the concern i felt, and i week about this, about the concern ifelt, and i was week about this, about the concern i felt, and i was told week about this, about the concern ifelt, and i was told by week about this, about the concern i felt, and i was told by other people in the government, Boris Johnson was at least able to get backin johnson was at least able to get back in and think about whats going on, and be consulted on this decision. We are told it will be a dominic raab decision with the cabinet deciding on thursday. The question is, do they give a date . The problem is if it plateaus for a few weeks and theres no hope of leaving, there will be lots more people really upset, going a bit stir crazy. Borisjohnson gets that in this communication, and his concern is that until he can get back to a full fighting figure, we will not have the same way. What do you think, is don having dashboards johnson having an impact . |j you think, is don having dashboards johnson having an impact . I think not having borisjohnson there will have an impact on the decision. I think it is having a bigger psyche on the actual lockdown. As far as im aware, we are the only country that has a leader seriously ill with it, and that obviously made news for well it, and that obviously made news for we ll over it, and that obviously made news for well over week. He moved it, and that obviously made news for well overweek. He moved into intensive care which shocked lots of people in britain, and probably meant the government could no longer deal in abstracts, but they had to deal in abstracts, but they had to deal with the fact that there is a public figure who was seriously ill,
close it at and that means that politically they will have had to ta ke politically they will have had to take it seriously. Be a lot more cautious in the decisions they make, but i think it also meant that the British Public themselves were shocked into adhering to lockdown, realising even they thought they we re realising even they thought they were under70 and realising even they thought they were under 70 and relatively fit and healthy, they could also be extremely ill from this virus. Moving on to the Financial Times, because at the top of the ft, theres a picture of a woman buying a ticket for the spanish metro in madrid. The headline reads. In reality, i think what spain are doing are more like going back to the original lockdown that we saw implement it back on 13 march rather than easing measures so to speak, if that makes sense. What do you think was max payne obviously looked a bit ahead of us. Yes, somewhat, deaths are falling there. With the detail
on that story in the ft tomorrow talks about construction returning tojobs to work. Talks about construction returning to jobs to work. Weve not really stopped our construction work in this country, it is still ongoing as long as the workers can isolate two metres apart. So i did see on the bbc news tonight they are handing out ppe masks for commuters and helping people get onto the metro and the tube in madrid. We will watch other countries closely. In the final analysis, therell be lots of country by country analysis of who got this right, who got wrong, whether we were right not to lockdown for a bit longer than the continent, looking at the death rates of this dreadful disease. But green shoots are appearing across the continent, were just waiting for them to come here. You think it is right to be looking at what has happened in the past and criticising
it . Is now the time . I think now absolutely is the time. First of all, a lot of us are stuck at home with more time to do so, but i think that we are in a crisis that is moving. And i think lots of the critical decisions that have happened in the uk and across the world have come about often because of Public Opinion and public pressure. Sol of Public Opinion and public pressure. So i think that the public have a right to ask questions about what is happening. And i think that just pulling back and waiting until everything is over, and then answering massive questions is completely the wrong way to do it. I think there will need to be a Public Inquiry into how decisions were made, but i think the public have every right to ask questions of government and policy decisions right now. Lots of questions being asked in the daily mail tomorrow. The front page carrying the headline
ca re the front page carrying the headline care homes catastrophe, 92 operates in 2a hours, 2200 homes now stricken, 30 deaths over easter. This makes for very sobering reading, doesnt it . It really does. This is a dreadful incident over the weekend in luton, and before that scotland, 90 new outbreaks in 2a hours, 2200 homes stricken, 30 deaths over easter. The x minister saying the elderly are abandoned like a saying the elderly are abandoned likea lambs saying the elderly are abandoned like a lambs to the slaughter. Care homes are one where it is hard to get them visuals on. Weve seen people in the nhs in hospitals being cared for, but it is hard to get into a care home because you cant get across the door. If you are a reporter there, you wouldnt be able to film there because the risk you present to the people in their once the virus gets into one of these care homes, it can run straight through it. Then you have
theissue straight through it. Then you have the issue of the staff being at risk and their access to ppe, to masks and their access to ppe, to masks and gowns and protection is another concern. These people are the elderly who are really vulnerable to it, 1. 5 Million People who should be shielded from this disease. 0nce this dreadful virus gets into care homes, it can be awful and kill many people inside, which is what is so appalling about this. Lambs to the slaughter, very Strong Language there. The point here being made is that staff in these care homes also seem that staff in these care homes also seem to have very little access to ppe . Very little at all. My mum is a ca re ppe . Very little at all. My mum is a care worker right now, an