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World leaders throw their weight behind a drive to develop new treatments for coronavirus and ensure that everyone gets access to them. And the Great British institution, the pub. One of the first forced to close could be one of the last places to reopen. Well look at how they are trying to reinvent. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, we start in the United States, where 50,000 people have now died after contracting the coronavirus according to figures byjohns hopkins universi...

Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Im james reynolds. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. There are now more than three quarters of a million confirmed cases of the covid 19 virus around the world. The us has now recorded more infections than any other country, with 153,000 people confirmed to have the disease. Some positive news from italy, where the number of newly diagnosed infections has fallen sharply in the past 2a hours to less than half the numbers recorded on sunday. Officials say it is an indication that, thr...

Bollywood actor irrfan khan, who starred in Slumdog Millionaire and life of pi, has died at the age of 53. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im victoria derbyshire. The Coronavirus Testing Programme is being expanded by the government. It will include all care home staff and residents, and anyone over 65. The government says the 100,000 target set by the Health Secretary is due to be met by tomorrow. Downing street is this morning still declining to say whether Boris Johnson will appear at Prime Ministers questions in the commons this lunchtime following his return to work. A recession on ...

Fall in patient referrals how lockdown could sound the death knoll of thousands of high street shops with independent, family run businesses hardest hit. This is bbc news and tributes are paid im reeta chakrabarti. To the bollywood actor irrfan khan, the headlines at 4. 30 the Prime Minister is back who starred in Slumdog Millionaire and life of pi, at work in number 10, who has died at the age of 53. After he and his fiancee Carrie Symonds announced the birth of their son this morning. Hell take a short paternity leave later in the year. Millions more people in england are eligible for covid ...

Good afternoon. Well have the latest government briefing from downing street on the coronavirus pandemic, led today by the Health Secretary, matt hancock. That is in about half an hour. But first, ministers say theyre confident of hitting their target for the number of daily coronavirus tests, after the Prime Minister said the uk is past the peak of the outbreak. The government had pledged 100,000 tests a day by the end of april, with more than 81,000 taking place on wednesday. The target was 100,000 tests a day by the end of april. Its just under a month since the Health Secretary announced t...