BBCNEWS BBC World News April 16, 2020
A very warm welcome to those of watching here in the uk and to viewers across the globe. We begin in the us, where President Trump has claimed the country has passed the peak of new coronavirus infections. At his Daily Briefing he said that states across the country were in a strong position to re open the economy and that he would announce guidelines for that in a News Conference later on thursday. President trump has been at loggerheads with state governors about the timing of easing restrictions and reopening businesses and his upbeat assessment comes as the number of deaths is shown to hav...