Sorted International Problems were sorted out, yet in the biggest world crisis for 75 years, the un has scarcely featured. We need to rethink our world. The savage downturn is already starting. World trade could drop bya already starting. World trade could drop by a third this year. Some economists say it is the worst recession in britain since 1720. At first, after the lockdown is over, there will probably be a bounce in sales as shops offer their goods cheaply. But tens of thousands of businesses will go bust, and the International Labour 0rganisation says gloomily that half of the worlds workers, 1. 6 billion, could lose theirjobs. In the past, this brought real trouble. The spanish flu epidemic of 1918, coming on top of the huge upheavals of the first world war, led directly to the rise of the nazis in germany. In theUnited States, some angry, armed right wingers showed their frustration by gathering to demand an end to lockdown. For the last 20 yea rs an end to lockdown. For the last 20 years we an end to lockdown. For the last 20 yea rs we have an end to lockdown. For the last 20 years we have seen globalisation ta ke years we have seen globalisation take over our world. Maybe that will come to an end now. Globalisation was helped by the huge growth of air travel, but look at the skies, they are empty. Maybe like britton woods in19 44, are empty. Maybe like britton woods 1191111, we are empty. Maybe like britton woods in 19 44, we need that mac may be 110w in 19 44, we need that mac may be now it will be easier to get International Action on climate change. We have seen that human beings can behave sensibly. If you watch hollywood disaster movies, usually about Human Society collapsing, mountains of rubbish in the streets and law and order disappears. Yet, take a look around. Civilisation is still here. Maybe human beings arent quite as bad as we thought they were. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren. Hello, there. It is another cool day for many parts of the country, some rain around. There is some unusually windy weather for the time of year. Those gusty winds will drive rain down into southern parts of england and wales this afternoon. Sunshine does return to the north of many areas, some blustery showers too. Cool, wet and windy, though, across Northern Ireland and north west scotland, where we have seen a lot of rain already. Southern and eastern scotland the place to be, with lighter winds and some sunshine giving those temperatures a boost. 0vernight, we will see the back of those heavy showers as they run away south eastwards, and then some rain moves down across scotland into Northern England, down towards the west by the end of the night, temperatures slipping away to around eight or nine celsius. During sunday, we will see that rain turning to move southwards across Northern England down towards the midlands. At the same time, it does tend to ease off. We will see the showers reducing in scotland, and for many places it will become
drier, a bit brighter, more in the way of sunshine across southern parts of england. It will give those temperatures a boost here to around 19 or 20 celsius. Still a northerly wind, but not as windy as today. Hello this is bbc news with carrie gracie. The headlines the uk government is urging people to avoid gatherings of more than six people, including anti racism protests, this weekend. Rallies are planned in support of the black lives matter campaign. The National Football league in the United States has reversed its stance against players speaking out against police violence. The leagues boss said it had been wrong to stop players from peacefully protesting during the national anthem. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of sydney, australia, to demonstrate against racism and police violence. The protest had been banned by a state court order, but was overturned just before
the rally was due to start. The World Health Organization now says face masks should be worn in public, as nhs trusts in england say they werent consulted on a decision to make all hospital staff wear them. Now on bbc news, we take a look at how peoples lives are changing across the globe in coronavirus your stories. Welcome to coronavirus, your stories, a problem about how covid 19 is changing the lives of people around the world. Im Philippa Thomas and this week will bring you stories of those stranded
at sea because of the global lockdown. Later, the round the world see others who stopped on an uninhabited island in the bahamas 113 days ago. First, spare a thought for those whose jobs it is to go to sea. There are more than 200,000 seafarers out there are many of them expected to disembark weeks or even months ago. These are key workers who help to transport more than 90 of the world was mike goodes, the stuff that we buy and sell everyday, but quite often for the rest of us they are out of sight and out of mind. It is quite hard to establish a television link with those who are at sea, but we have two stories for you, one german and one indian. At first, an apprentice to was on her way from the persian gulf to malaysia. The second, as my captain whose oil tanker is currently a port in saudi arabia. This is one of the
biggest oil tankers in the world. When ijoined the ship i stay on board for four when ijoined the ship i stay on board forfour months. When ijoined the ship i stay on board for four months. I have when ijoined the ship i stay on board forfour months. I have not been aboard for over five months. The ship generally sales between the far east, loads in the middle east, the red sea or the persian gulf, and it discards its load summer in japan, south korea. Which ports are you sailing between, how long have you sailing between, how long have you been on board . I am on board a container vessel. I have been on board now for eight months in 12 days. We are sailing between the persian gulf and asia, saudi arabia, qatar, oman, and asia, china, hong kong, singapore and malaysia and korea. Captain singh, yu and hannah are among thousands of seafarers who
are among thousands of seafarers who are now not able to go on shore at all. No, because of the covert lockdown, we are locked up here and cannot leave. Whenever the immigration comes on board, if they do, they do not issue us a permit to go out. It is that we are carrying coronavirus, but in this current situation, we stayed locked up on the ship, we are the safest people in the world. He feels lockdown, we feel pressurised, but the way things are moving, the way we are being told to stay on ship, there is no place for us to go, so we feel that it is not justified. Place for us to go, so we feel that it is notjustified. It should be standard procedure where people can do things normally. I understand that coronavirus, its effects are scary, but there should be some
standards, approaches where our issue should be addressed. What do you think World Leaders could do to help seafarers like you . Should there be special flights, help seafarers like you . Should there be specialflights, for example . That is something that i have in mind. We are making things moved. We are keeping the supply chain moving. Logistics, the food chain, we are the ones at the front who are fighting corona. We are making things move. It is really puzzling that all the boarders have not come together. Keeping us on board for a long period of time is not correct. It will be more dangerous for the ship and for the movement of cargo. There are issues of depression that can be dangerous for society, for the economy. Hannah, r apprentice ships mechanic. You are a key worker helping to keep goods moving around the world. What do you think should be done to help people like you who are on board vessels . be done to help people like you who are on board vessels . I have the same opinion. The lockdown in general is the right decision. Of course they dont want to spread the virus and they want to keep the country safe, but there should be exemptions for seafarers or key workers in general. The problem is a lot of people dont really know that seafarers exist. There should be special regulations and have the opportunity to fly home and enter their countries. You are an apprentice on your second sea
voyage. You are 19, starting a career at sea, 110w voyage. You are 19, starting a career at sea, now you have voyage. You are 19, starting a career at sea, now you have been aboard for so long, what do you miss most . I can definitely say that i am happy here, but even though i am happy here, but even though i am happy here, but even though i am happy here, of course i miss my family the most. Captain singh, i know that your connection with family is very important. You are able to talk to your wife quite often. That is correct. I get to talk to my family any time of the day i want and i stayed connected to her all the time and that is what keeps me moving. As a captain you are responsible for the morale and good health of your crew. What activities are you organising to help keep them going . Generally, it isa help keep them going . Generally, it is a big team out here, it is a
floating ship but we operate as a team. Iam floating ship but we operate as a team. I am in charge so i need to make sure morale stays high and everybody is in good health and they operate, work, do their thing is in a safe and proper manner so that nobody was injured. There are people on board who have completed the contract and are sailing much beyond the stipulated contract time, so physically and mentally they are tired. In these times, keeping their morale high is very important. I can talk lot of meetings, a lot of games, sometimes parties, sometimes we just chat, play ludo were small games here and there. We meet in the evenings, have a small stool, just to gauge how they are doing and see they are emotionally signed. We need to stay motivated and working conditions, so they dont end up in
an accident or be a casualty because they are tired mentally. I keep the morale very high. I feel myself as the father of the ship, they are my children. Hannah, you have said to me that you think you have a great captain on yourship, me that you think you have a great captain on your ship, as well. You are one woman in the company of men. How is life . Do you feel relaxed . definitely feel relaxed. Everything is quite perfect on the ship and we have a great captain. With all this responsibility, what keeps you motivated . It is a good question. My wife comes into play, my family comes into play. My wife is always
with me. I share everything with her and she is the one who is keeping me alive and living on the ship. The other day she said to me, dont get lonely, dont get disturbed, this too will pass. This is what keeps me motivated. She is the one who makes me breathe and makes me work, that is my way of working on ships. I know one day i will certainly go back to her and stay with her. Thank you both for sharing your stories about what it is like to be working at sea under lockdown. Im Philippa Thomas. Next, a sailing family who find shelter on an uninhabited island in the bahamas 113 days ago. What is it like to be surviving in isolation, and what do they do next . I have been talking to them, plus
their baby, sierra, he was determined to be heard. The island is completely uninhabited. No people, no city, just ask of the ocean and a few other boats. And you are managing with a baby who i think is going to be ten months old this week. How are you surviving . Yes, she is going to be ten months old and three days. I feel like we are doing quite well. We are feeling very fortu nate doing quite well. We are feeling very fortunate to be it. It is a beautiful place and we are normally set up on the boat to be self sufficient for months at a time, so we are able to make your own electricity with the sun and the wind, we can make your own water with a Desalination Plant, we can make your own alcohol with this still that we have on board. We are well set out to be it. We are just taking it day by day and by month. How long has it been, and i have to ask, how do you get food and water . I think today is 113 days. Yes, 113 days. We make water from salt water with the Desalination Plant on board. You can be quite a lot, 200 litres an hour. Water is no problem. Third, we capture own food a lot here, so brian is able to go spear fishing. When the lobster season was in full swing we did that. That stopped about a month ago. We havent caught any lobster since then. Other than that, havent caught any lobster since then. Otherthan that, we havent caught any lobster since then. Other than that, we have havent caught any lobster since then. Otherthan that, we have been able to order some food through a mail boat. It is a full day trip for a grocery run. Sometimes it comes,
sometimes it doesnt, but it does allow us to get some fresh vegeta bles allow us to get some fresh vegetables and fruits, which is really the only thing we need. Before we left on this trip we had plenty of provisions like salt and sugar and flour, rice, all the basics, and we have freezers on board so we can freeze some stuff from the last city we were in. If you add that to the fish, the things we can spear, we are you add that to the fish, the things we can spear, we are actually eating quite good and feeling pretty healthy. Ive got to put it to you, for some stranded travellers, that looks like paradise, a pretty nice existence. But i have also told our viewers is that Hurricane Season is on the way, or its just here . Yeah, that is correct. And, look, you can feel the change in the weather. Its palpable. You know, we have been having these sudden squalls that come up, big lightning storms, you know, the wind will go from zero to 30 or 35 knots in the blink of an eye, and when you live in a normal house
thats not such a big idea or deal, but when your house is basically hooked to the earth with a small piece of chain, dangerous weather can be a real problem for us. And itjust endangers us and our home. So we really have to stay on top of the weather, constantly looking at the forecast bulletins that have been coming out. And we actually move the boat quite often to make sure that we stay protected as the winds and the storms change. And i guess youre thinking, if it was the two of you, perhaps you could take a little more rough and ready weather, but you now have sierra to think about as well . Yeah, weve definitely some changes about having a baby onboard. You think about things differently, right . But yeah, for sure, it has changed the way we feel, like, we want to be a bit extra safe and we will probably move further north fairly soon, knowing this may be a fairly bad year for hurricanes. So we will see how it goes, but i think we will start thinking about it pretty soon. Yeah, and one of the issues is that delos is a fairly large boat a sailboat, shes 53 feet, and if theres two of us on board, just karen and myself, and one of us needs to mind sierra, a lot of the time it effectively means one person is sailing the boat, which is a lot of trouble. We were supposed to have crew from austria fly in to assist us to sail, but because of the virus and all the airport closures, nobody is flying to help us. You know, when we do set sail, its probably going to be a 7 10 day sail, and wherever we arrive, we are anticipating a 14 day quarantine. So when we leave, we need to be self sufficient for 3 3. 5 weeks, or Something Like that, which is quite a bit of time to be at sea, but thats what were planning for. And i know youre hoping to be able to go to maine, on the north east coast of the United States, because one of the problems is what harbour are you allowed to go to . But, yeah, what do you think that voyage is going to be like . How do you feel about that prospect . Im definitely nervous we have been sitting here now for, yeah, quite a few months and we havent done a lot of sailing because we havent been allowed to. And yeah, it definitely feels scary to think about all of the males we have to go, but delos is a really good boat, we are a really good team, and were just going to take it slow and sail by the weather and just hope for the best, i guess. Yeah. We really because part of the problem is we need to cross the gulf stream to get up north, and, you know, if you have any weather out of the north, it creates big waves in the gulf stream. So we need southerly component breeze, southerly, south easterly, Something Like that, put the wind behind us,
and then wed be able to make some tracks further north. But maine is looking like a pretty good option. Its out of the hurricane zone, the Tropical Storm zone, up there it looks like there will be some isolated and protected anchorages, its a very low population density and therefore it has had less of an impact from the virus. And so when we were thinking about places to go, we obviously want to skip large centres of population, which is a shame, because there are some places up the east coast i really, really, really, wanted can you imagine being able to sail past the statue of liberty . And now thatjust does not seem like a good idea. So our plans are completely, completely changed in that regard. You seem pretty calm, even though you talk about some nerves, karen. Let us explain to our view is you are pretty hardy sailors. You are on an around the world voyage and for brian, you have been sailing
for nearly ten years now . Yeah, this trip started in seattle in 2009, and so far we have sailed almost 80,000 nautical miles, which if you measure the earth at the equator, we would have sailed around the earth three times, given that number of miles. So, we have sailed in all of the oceans of the world, the pacific, the indian, the atlantic, crossed them multiple times. Um, but i think the thing about sailing in the ocean is you should never let your guard down, because the second you become complacent, no matter how many miles youve sailed, that is when something is going to happen. So we try and stay on our toes, we try and stay alert, i still get butterflies in my stomach, i think you do as well. Yes. Every time we sail. Yeah. And i think thats a good thing. That keeps it real and it keeps it exciting. And i think sierra is doing really well. If you need to walk, walk away, i quite understand, karen. As weve seen, you are very isolated
and very safe from coronavirus. How does it feel to be heading for your next harbour, to the United States, where theyve now passed 100,000, the coronavirus is still very much active . Yeah, i think thats