to reach the tournament. they re one of those playing for the final three qualifying spots after missing out on an automatic one this week. if they beat finland in cardiff, they ll take on either poland or estonia. what s important to us, as you ll be aware of, is the home draw on the second leg is in the final. so that s important for us. we ve got to get the job done first and foremost, of course we have, but we are probably wanting to avoid ukraine, as well. so i think it s gone to plan for us. the form we are in at the minute, and with the red wall at home, we ll take anybody on at cardiff. elsewhere, 2004 champions greece will need to beat kazakhstan and then either georgia or luxembourg, while bosnia will play ukraine and israel will face iceland. the forward has her presented his country for 15 years, he was part of the world cup winning squad, and his goal in the final was one of the 29 he scored for argentina in 136 appearances so far. he 35 now, currently in his sec
three times the pre brexit average of 200 250,000 a year. let s speak to mikejones, who is executive director at migration watch, a british think tank which argues for lower immigration in the uk. the first thing we should say when we talk about those pre brexit figures, there s an awful lot of stuff that s happened since then. indeed. public opinion is strongly in favour of stricter immigration controls, and there is a widespread belief that this is the government s objective too. there is this sort of common belief that if there s a spike in immigration, it s to government lapses, possibly involving illegal entry or exploitation of the asylum system. but in reality, the spike in immigration results in deliberate policy, not its failure. so the figures have leapt from 606,000 to a staggering 745,000. and this reveals a betrayal of the government s policy to take back control, causing inflation numbers to go into the tens of thousands, and the numbers at 670,000 - tens of tho
Well be analysing the bank of englands grim forecast. Also this lunchtime the cabinet meets to discuss easing the lockdown but well have to wait until sunday to find out how the Prime Minister intends to do it. No easing of the lockdown in scotland the first minister says to do so would be very, very risky indeed. I will not be pressured into lifting restrictions prematurely, before i can be as certain as i can be that we will not be risking a resurgence of infection rates. At least eight people die, and thousands hospitalised, after a gas leak at a Chemical Plant in southern india. Protecting nothing the shipment of 400,000 ppe gowns from turkey, which was flown here by the raf, is impounded in a warehouse after failing uk standards. Not the celebration theyd planned but, under lockdown, britain prepares to mark tomorrows 75th anniversary of ve day. And in the sport, there will be Live Football to watch again from as early as next friday, as the German Bundesliga has given the go ahea
Lockdown on monday, but paris will stay in a so called red zone. In the us, 33 Million People have lost their jobs since the middle of march, another 3 million in the last week alone. Music. The ve Day Anniversary celebrating europes formal acceptance of nazi germanys surrender. No big parades this year. Well mark it in homes and backyards instead. Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. And we start in the uk, where theres been a Major Economic warning today from the bank of england. The governor says the country is heading towards its sharpest recession on record. Andrew bailey says it will take time for the economy to recover once restrictions are relaxed. Heres our economics editor faisal islam. At east midlands airport, there may be no passenger planes right now, but cargo carries on. The pandemic means new patterns in the goods being traded back and forth as the worlds Majo