announced later today. businesses and government deparments in australia are hit by what its prime minister calls a sophisticated, state based cyber attack . facebook removes ads by donald trump s campaign containing a symbol used by nazi germany the latest setback in a bad week for the us president. and coming up, we return to the northern italian region of lombardy, which became the global epicentre of coronavirus when it saw the first major outbreak in europe. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. i m annita mcveigh and you can in touch with me on twitter about any of our stories @annita mcveigh. our top story today primary and secondary schools in england are to get a £1 billion boost to help children catch up on months of lessons that were missed during lockdown. the uk government has pledged that a third of t