bbc--2020-05-20--Amphan: Millions hunker down in India and Bangladesh as cyclone arrives

Ferocious wind and rain is lashing parts of eastern India and Bangladesh as Cyclone Amphan makes landfall .
Millions of people were evacuated in anticipation of the storm , which originated in the Bay of Bengal .
The storm , the first super cyclone in the area since 1999 , is forecast to cause deadly storm surges , severe flooding and mudslides .
The coronavirus and social-distancing measures have made mass evacuations more difficult for authorities .
India 's weather department said in an afternoon update that Amphan was making landfall in a process that would take several hours .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mangrove area around the India-Bangladesh border , and will later move north and north-eastwards near the major city of Kolkata in India 's West Bengal state , meteorological officials said .
Amphan is then expected to move further into Bangladesh on Thursday , and later Bhutan .
The storm was the first super cyclone in the Bay of Bengal since one in 1999 that killed thousands of people but its winds have since weakened , according to BBC Weather .
Indian officials said the current wind speed in the Sundarbans was 160-170 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 190km/h - equal to a Category Three hurricane .
A Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteer helping villagers to evacuate became the first fatality after the boat he was in capsized in strong winds , the organisation said .
`` At least 50 people took shelter in my concrete-built house , '' Bangladeshi prawn farmer Abdur Rahim , who lives on on the edge of the Sundarbans , told the AFP news agency .
`` There is panic .
The women are worried ... A few months ago Cyclone Bulbul smashed our village , destroying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Allah will save us this time . ''
• Why Bay of Bengal is a hotbed of tropical cyclones India and Bangladesh have asked for schools and other buildings to be turned into temporary shelters - but they need more space than usual in order to house people while maintaining social distancing .
Police in West Bengal , which along with the state of Orissa ( also known as Odisha ) is expected to be the worst-hit part of India , told the BBC that people were unwilling to go to the shelters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Officials in Bangladesh fear it will be the most powerful storm since Cyclone Sidr killed about 3,500 people in 2007 .
Most died as a result of sea water surging in .
India 's weather department is predicting storm surges as high as 10-16 feet ( 3-5 metres ) .
The rising of sea levels in this way can send deadly walls of water barrelling far inland , devastating communities .
The cyclone comes as tens of thousands of migrant workers continue to flee cities for their villages during India 's lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ West Bengal and Orissa are among the Indian states seeing large numbers return .
Orissa has cancelled trains that were due to arrive with thousands of migrants between 18 and 20 May .
Some district officials have barred entry and asked the state government to accommodate the migrants - many of whom are walking home - elsewhere until the storm passes .
Both states have halted air traffic as well .
• How cyclones get their names Bangladesh 's disaster management minister earlier told the BBC that authorities were evacuating at least two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prepared to allow for social distancing , while masks are also being distributed .
However , there are fears for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar and live in crowded camps in Bangladesh .
The main camps are not in the direct path of the storm but Bangladeshi officials said they had moved hundreds of Rohingya living on an island in the Bay of Bengal into shelters .
The UN and human rights groups are also gravely worried for hundreds of Rohingya refugees who they believe could be on boats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possibly in the storm 's path , after trying to flee to Malaysia and Thailand but being blocked by authorities in those countries from landing .
Meanwhile , state officials in India are struggling to find shelters for evacuees .
In Orissa , for instance , 250 of the more than 800 existing shelters are being used as coronavirus quarantine centres .
The governments of West Bengal and Orissa have evacuated nearly half a million people .
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My building has lost electricity. The telephone network is gone so I'm here with a candle. The mobile network is running. But the situation just outside my window is terrifying - I went outside to try to record something and was nearly blown away.


bbc--2020-05-20--Coronavirus: World Bank warns 60m at risk of 'extreme poverty'

Up to 60m people will be pushed into `` extreme poverty '' by the coronavirus warns the president of the World Bank .
David Malpass said the bank expects global economic growth to shrink by 5 % this year as nations deal with the pandemic .
This has already led to millions losing their jobs and businesses failing , with poorer countries feeling the brunt .
`` Millions of livelihoods have been destroyed and healthcare systems are under strain worldwide , '' he said .
`` Our estimate is that up to 60 million people will be pushed into extreme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made in poverty alleviation in the past three years , '' Mr Malpass warned on Tuesday .
• 'Virus means millions will be left in poverty' • Global economy will suffer for 'years to come' The World Bank defines `` extreme poverty '' as living on less than $ 1.90 ( £1.55 ) per person per day .
The Washington-based lender is offering $ 160bn in grants and low-interest loans to help poor countries tackle the crisis .
Mr Malpass said that 100 countries , home to 70 % of the world 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finance .
`` While the World Bank is providing sizeable resources , it wo n't be enough , '' he added.Mr Malpass said he was also frustrated with commercial lenders dragging their heels on offering debt relief to poor nations .
`` I have been somewhat frustrated by the slow pace .
Commercial creditors are still , by and large , taking payments from even the poorest countries and there needs to be faster movement . ''
The World Bank worked with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) on a scheme to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on repayments of loans owed to G20 members until the end of this year .
At the same time , Jamie Dimon , chief executive of JP Morgan bank , said that the coronavirus pandemic must serve as a `` wake-up call '' to build a fairer society .
`` It is my fervent hope that we use this crisis as a catalyst to rebuild an economy that creates and sustains opportunity for dramatically more people , especially those who have been left behind for too long , '' he wrote ahead of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tuesday .

"While the World Bank is providing sizeable resources, it won't be enough," he added.Mr Malpass said he was also frustrated with commercial lenders dragging their heels on offering debt relief to poor nations. "I have been somewhat frustrated by the slow pace. Commercial creditors are still, by and large, taking payments from even the poorest countries and there needs to be faster movement."


bbc--2020-05-20--Coronavirus: Rolls-Royce to cut 9,000 jobs amid virus crisis

Rolls-Royce has said it will cut 9,000 jobs and warned it will take `` several years '' for the airline industry to recover from the coronavirus pandemic .
The Derby-based firm , which makes plane engines , said the reduction of nearly a fifth of its workforce would mainly affect its civil aerospace division .
`` This is not a crisis of our making .
But it is the crisis that we face and must deal with , '' boss Warren East said .
The bulk of the job cuts are expected to be in the UK at its site @ @ @ @ @ @ @ globally and Mr East told the BBC 's Today programme that the company had not yet concluded on `` exactly '' where the job losses would be , due to having to consult with unions .
But he said : `` It 's fair to say that of our civil aerospace business approximately two-thirds of the total employees are in the UK at the moment and that 's probably a good first proxy . ''
Roll-Royce 's civil aerospace business has a number of sites in the UK , but the largest plant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said the decision was `` shameful opportunism '' .
`` This company has accepted public money to furlough thousands of workers , '' said Unite 's assistant general secretary for manufacturing , Steve Turner .
`` Unite and Britain 's taxpayers deserve a more responsible approach to a national emergency .
We call upon Rolls-Royce to step back from the brink and work with us on a better way through this crisis . ''
• How will airlines get flying again ?
Rolls-Royce initially furloughed 4,000 workers in the UK last month .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Job Retention Scheme though which the government pays 80 % of a worker 's wage up to £2,500 a month .
But Mr East said : `` No government can extend things like furlough schemes for years into the future .
We have to look after ourselves and make sure we meet medium term demand . ''
This morning 's job losses are hardly unexpected - airlines have cut their flying hours by 90 % or more , and Airbus and Boeing have slashed their production numbers for the next few years - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to one of the UK 's few world-class manufacturing companies .
While the details of where the cuts will fall have not been finalised , it is likely that two-thirds will go in the UK .
The company has already used the government 's furlough scheme to help pay the wages of about 4,000 staff , but Warren East , Rolls-Royce 's chief executive , said companies could not expect the government to continue such a scheme for several years .
There was also a clear hint this morning that some factories may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ review its future manufacturing footprint .
Some questions remain for Roll-Royce .
Investors are scratching their head about when the company 's revenues - much of which rely on aircraft to be flying for money to flow - will return .
The company has not yet tapped its shareholders for more money - some expect that may eventually come .
Air travel has ground to a virtual standstill since the coronavirus began spreading across the world and many airlines have announced steep job cuts .
Global air traffic is expected to decline by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investment bank Baird .
It also forecasts that airlines are expected to lose $ 310bn ( £253bn ) in revenue in 2020 .
Rolls-Royce said the impact of the pandemic on the company and the whole of the aviation industry `` is unprecedented '' .
It added that it is `` increasingly clear that activity in the commercial aerospace market will take several years to return to the levels seen just a few months ago '' .
As well as the job losses , the company said it would cut costs in areas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It expects to make cost savings of £1.3bn .
Paul Everitt , chief executive of ADS , the aerospace industry association , said : `` The crisis is having a major impact on aerospace companies who provide high value , long-term jobs in all regions and nations of the UK , putting thousands more jobs at risk now and in the months ahead . ''
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This morning's job losses are hardly unexpected - airlines have cut their flying hours by 90% or more, and Airbus and Boeing have slashed their production numbers for the next few years - but they are still a heavy blow to one of the UK's few world-class manufacturing companies.


bbc--2020-05-19--Johnson & Johnson to stop selling baby powder in US

Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is to stop selling its talc-based Johnson 's Baby Powder in the US and Canada .
The firm faces many thousands of lawsuits from consumers who claim that its talc products caused their cancer .
The move comes after years of litigation where Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay out billions of dollars in compensation .
The company has consistently defended the safety of its talc products .
Johnson & Johnson said it would wind down sales of the product , which makes up about 0.5 % of its US consumer health business @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that retailers would continue to sell existing inventory .
The firm faces more than 16,000 consumer lawsuits alleging that the company 's talc products were contaminated with asbestos , a known carcinogen .
The firm said that demand for Johnson 's Baby Powder had been declining in North America `` due in large part to changes in consumer habits and fuelled by misinformation around the safety of the product '' .
It said it had faced `` a constant barrage '' of lawyers advertising for clients to sue the firm .
`` We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talc-based Johnson 's Baby Powder .
Decades of independent scientific studies by medical experts around the world support the safety of our product , '' it said .
The firm added that the move was part of a reassessment of its consumer products prompted by the coronavirus pandemic .
It said in October that its testing had found no asbestos in its Baby Powder after tests conducted by the US Food and Drug Administration discovered trace amounts .
The firm is appealing against a 2018 order to pay $ 4.7bn ( £3.6bn ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that its talc products caused them to develop ovarian cancer .

It said "decades" of study by medical and legal experts around the world supported its view, and all verdicts against the company that had gone against it had been overturned on appeal.


bbc--2020-05-20--Burundi election: Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp blocked

Burundi has blocked social media platforms on election day as voters choose a leader to replace long-serving president Pierre Nkurunziza .
The BBC has confirmed that Facebook , WhatsApp and Twitter are not accessible .
Only those using Virtual Private Networks ( VPN ) , which mask a user 's identity , can access the social media sites .
The authorities have not responded to requests for comment .
Polling stations for the election opened early on Wednesday morning .
A local journalist has tweeted a photo of the turnout at one voting station : The build-up to the poll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to replace President Nkurunziza - has been marred by violence and accusations that the vote will not be free and fair .
The electoral commission has approved representatives from 53 foreign embassies , including some from the African Union , as poll observers .
• Africa Live : Updates on this and other stories President Nkurunziza will be stepping down after 15 years but he will transition to a newly created position , `` supreme guide to patriotism '' .
Of the seven candidates contesting the presidency , Evariste Ndayishimiye , candidate for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposition leader Agathon Rwasa , are seen as the favourites .
Whoever wins will be required by law to consult Mr Nkurunziza on matters of national security and national unity .
But the election has been criticised for taking place during the coronavirus pandemic .
Burundi has recorded more than 40 cases of coronavirus , with one death , but it has been criticised for holding mass rallies .
A government spokesman said in March , when no cases had been recorded , that the country had been protected by God .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only advising people to stick to strict hygiene rules and avoiding crowds wherever possible - except of course in campaign rallies .

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bbc--2020-05-20--Nasa: Doug Loverro steps down days before crewed launch

The head of Nasa 's human spaceflight programme has stepped down just days before a `` historic '' launch .
Doug Loverro resigned on Monday , Nasa announced , less than a year after his appointment .
Next week , astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will travel to the International Space Station ( ISS ) .
The launch , which involves a rocket and spacecraft made by private firm SpaceX , will be the first crewed mission to depart from US soil in almost a decade .
• Nasa to launch first crewed mission from US in decade No @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been announced , but a leaked copy of an email sent to Nasa employees mentioned a risk taken earlier in the year `` because I judged it necessary to fulfil our mission '' .
`` Now , over the balance of time , it is clear that I made a mistake in that choice for which I alone must bear the consequences , '' the message continued .
While Mr Loverro offered no further explanation , he told the Axios news website that his decision to leave the agency was unrelated to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100 % faith in the success of that mission , '' he said .
Mr Loverro was appointed in October last year .
His deputy , Ken Bowersox , will become the acting head of human spaceflight .
Next week 's launch , which is set for 27 May , will mark the first time that Nasa has launched a shuttle carrying people from US soil since 2011 .
The rocket and spacecraft were both designed by SpaceX , the private company owned by billionaire Elon Musk .
Loverro had been expected to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Thursday , which will check on preparations and clear Behnken and Hurley for the mission .
A replacement will now have to step in .
Nasa has been using Russian rockets for crewed flights since its space shuttle was retired in 2011 .
In 2017 , US President Donald Trump ordered Nasa to plan a crewed mission to the Moon for the first time since 1972 .
The Artemis mission will see the first woman and the next man step on the lunar surface and is due to take place by 2024 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ :

Next week's launch, which is set for 27 May, will mark the first time that Nasa has launched people from its own territory since the retirement of the shuttles almost a decade ago. The rocket and spacecraft for next Wednesday's flight were both designed and built by SpaceX, the private company owned by billionaire Elon Musk.


bbc--2020-05-20--Auschwitz: Hidden objects found at concentration camp

A number of objects have been found hidden beneath a chimney at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex .
Knives , forks , scissors and tools were among the objects discovered in Block 17 , which is thought to have housed prisoners with handicraft skills .
It is unclear why prisoners would have hidden the items at the site .
Auschwitz , a Nazi death camp in occupied southern Poland during World War Two , was the epicentre of the genocide against Europe 's Jews .
In just over four-and-a-half years , Nazi Germany systematically murdered at least 1.1 million people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were Jewish .
Most were murdered at Auschwitz II-Birkenau , the site of the huge gas chambers .
Polish civilians , Soviet prisoners of war , Roma , Sinti , Jehovah 's Witnesses , homosexuals and political prisoners were also killed at the complex .
• How Auschwitz became centre of Nazi Holocaust • The families who were n't meant to live • Searching for traces of my grandfather at Auschwitz Austria 's National Fund for Victims of National Socialism has been renovating Block 17 , situated on the main camp , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chimney flue in April and found the objects inside .
They recovered and documented each one before handing them over to the Auschwitz Museum .
Why the prisoners would hide the items remains uncertain .
But a press release from Austria 's National Fund says that possible reasons could include `` making and repairing clothes , locksmithing or to prepare for an escape '' - or even for use to barter with other prisoners .
Holocaust survivors and international leaders gathered at Auschwitz in January to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the war in 1945 , it had more than 40 camps and subcamps .

Why the prisoners would hide the items remains uncertain. But a press release from Austria's National Fund says that possible reasons could include "making and repairing clothes, locksmithing or to prepare for an escape" - or even for use to barter with other prisoners.


bbc--2020-05-20--Joe Rogan signs with Spotify in major and exclusive podcast deal

Joe Rogan has signed an exclusive deal with Spotify , which will see his podcast , The Joe Rogan Experience , disappear from all other platforms .
The multi-year deal is believed to be worth $ 100m ( £82 million ) , according to the Wall Street Journal .
Rogan 's podcast , which is one of the most popular in the world , will arrive on the streaming giant on 1 September .
It will then be housed there exclusively by the end of the year , and removed from all other platforms .
`` It will remain free @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same show , '' said Rogan .
`` It 's just a licensing deal , so Spotify wo n't have any creative control over the show .
`` They want me to just continue doing it the way I 'm doing it right now .
`` I 'm excited to have the support of the largest audio platform in the world and I hope you folks are there when we make the switch ! ''
Joe Rogan is a US stand-up comedian and TV host-turned-provocateur , who launched his podcast in 2009 - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He invites a wide range of guests , including actors , musicians , comedians , politicians and conspiracy theorists on to the show , which has garnered a huge audience .
Last year the podcast was downloaded 190 million times per month .
Rogan has previously advocated for `` long-form media '' - and his own podcast episodes regularly run to two or three hours .
The controversial entertainer also has 8.42 million subscribers to his YouTube channel , which has up until now shown the interviews in video form ( this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kicks in ) .
But he has also attracted criticism - Rogan has been accused of making sexist , racist and transphobic comments in his podcasts .
`` The Joe Rogan Experience has become one of the internet 's foremost vectors for anti-wokeness , '' wrote Justin Peters in Slate .
In 2018 , Rogan 's show hit the headlines when the host shared a cannabis joint with Tesla boss Elon Musk , after which the company 's stocks fell by 9 % .
Rogan has been credited as being an `` unlikely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times , due to his reach .
In January , he informed his legions of followers that he would `` probably vote for Bernie '' , referring to the then Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders , who received increased press coverage as a result .
However , since Joe Biden became the party 's presumptive nominee , Rogan has said he is more likely to vote for President Trump .
Why is this deal significant ?
The kind of figures involved in the deal are incredibly rare in the podcast world - and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than most musicians on Spotify .
`` Joe Rogan just got paid the equivalent value of over 26 billion streams for a podcast licence , '' wrote Tom Gray , director of the royalties , music copyright and licensing society , PRS for Music .
`` A musician would need to generate 23 billion streams on Spotify to earn what they 're paying Joe Rogan for his podcast rights . ''
added music writer Ted Gioia .
Gioia suggested this means `` Spotify values Rogan more than any musician in the history of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ broadcaster Scott Bryan predicted the deal could `` lead the way to others '' , but noted that the exclusivity clause would leave many fans locked out .
`` It might do what Sky did for a lot of shows , '' he tweeted .
`` Lift them up , but put them behind a wall that the culture mostly then ignores . ''
Although Rogan has said the podcast will still be free to access , Spotify will be hoping the increased traffic to its service will lead to a significant increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ difficult to make large amounts of money in the crowded world of podcasts .
As most podcasts are free to download , many presenters and producers attempt to make money from endorsements and advertising .
A platform-exclusive deal such as this is very rare .
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The controversial entertainer also has 8.42 million subscribers to his YouTube channel, which has up until now shown the interviews in video form (this will stop when the new Spotify deal kicks in).


bbc--2020-05-18--Potato mountains and rotten cheese in Europe

Across Europe , much of the food and agriculture industry has been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic .
Half @ @ @ @ @ Netherlands have stopped going out to sea .
That 's because the price of fresh @ @ @ @ @ a lack of demand .
In France , 1,500 tonnes of high quality cheese went @ @ @ @ @ farmers can ’ t sell it .
And many of the warehouses that store fresh @ @ @ @ @ reaching capacity .
BBC Europe correspondent Gavin Lee takes a look at the impact .

Across Europe, much of the food and agriculture industry has been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Half of the fishermen in the Netherlands have stopped going out to sea. That's because the price of fresh fish has plummeted due to a lack of demand.
In France, 1,500 tonnes of high quality cheese went off last week, because farmers can’t sell it.
And many of the warehouses that store fresh food across Europe are now reaching capacity.
BBC Europe correspondent Gavin Lee takes a look at the impact.
Producers: Kostas Kallergis, Sira Thierij
Researcher: Eve Webster
Filming: Maarten Lernout, Pol Reygaerts


bbc--2020-05-20--Climate change: Top 10 tips to reduce carbon footprint revealed

Climate change can still be tackled – but only if people are willing to embrace major shifts in the way we live , a report says .
The authors have put together a list of the best ways for people to reduce their carbon footprints .
The response to the Covid-19 crisis has shown that the public is willing to accept radical change if they consider it necessary , they explain .
And the report adds that government priorities must be re-ordered .
Protecting the planet must become the first duty of all decision-makers , the researchers argue .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adopting the carbon-cutting measures in the report , which is based on an analysis of 7,000 other studies .
Top of the list is living car-free , which saves an average of 2.04 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person annually .
This is followed by driving a battery electric car - 1.95 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person annually - and taking one less long-haul flight each year - 1.68 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person .
Switching to a vegan diet will help - but less than tackling transport , the research @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as recycling are worthwhile , but don ’ t cut emissions by as much .
• Coronavirus : Five charts about the biggest carbon crash The lead author , Dr Diana Ivanova from Leeds University , told BBC News : “ We need a complete change of mindset .
“ We have to agree how much carbon we can each emit within the limits of what the planet can bear – then make good lives within those boundaries .
“ The top 10 options are available to us now , without the need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr Ivanova said the coronavirus lockdown has shown that many people could live without cars if public transport , walking and cycling were improved .
Her research highlights rich people who typically take more flights , drive bigger cars and consume the most .
She said : “ All the world suffers from climate change , but it ’ s not the average person who flies regularly – it ’ s a small group , yet aviation is under-taxed .
It ’ s a moral issue.
” • How much warmer is your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's carbon footprint ?
• Where we are in seven charts In her league table , buying renewable power and using public transport rank fourth and fifth .
Sixth is insulating your home well , which saves 0.895 tonnes of CO2 equivalent .
Seventh is switching to a vegan diet , which saves 0.8 tonnes .
Other top actions are using heat pumps ; switching from polluting cookstoves ( in developing countries ) to better methods of cooking , and heating buildings with renewable energy .
Dr Ivanova said that if people implemented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nine tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent ( CO2e ) per person per year .
Current annual household emissions are around 10 tonnes in the UK , and 17 in the US .
The study , out soon in the journal Environmental Research Letters , says the following are worthwhile , but of lesser benefit to the climate : green roofs ; using less paper ; buying more durable items ; turning down the thermostat - and recycling , which saves 0.01 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year , according to Dr Ivanova .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Polls suggest some people think climate is as important as the virus , for instance , but some don ’ t .
Professor Tommy Wiedmann from the University of New South Wales in Australia , said : “ This is a valuable study .
But it only looks at the carbon footprint and not at other impacts like water scarcity because of lithium mining for electric car batteries .
Libby Peake , from the Green Alliance think tank , told BBC News : “ People shouldn ’ t stop good habits like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preventing waste and conserving resources.
” “ Better design allows people to buy fewer but higher-quality things and to live in buildings with lower carbon footprints .
These savings aren ’ t necessarily covered by this study .
”

The study, out soon in the journal Environmental Research Letters, says the following are worthwhile, but of lesser benefit to the climate: green roofs; using less paper; buying more durable items; turning down the thermostat - and recycling, which saves 0.01 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, according to Dr Ivanova.


bbc--2020-05-20--Social distancing: When extreme weather and coronavirus collide

People being displaced by extreme weather events around the world are being forced to break Covid-19 social distancing safety guidelines , according to the International Federation of Red Cross and other humanitarian agencies .
“ Social distancing is no longer possible when displaced people are in evacuation centres , ” Marshal Makavure , emergency operations co-ordinator of IFRC in Eastern Africa told the BBC .
“ People have been forced to break the Covid-19 protocol and guidelines under such circumstances.
” The BBC has spoken with people living in areas affected by extreme weather events .
Subrat Kumar Padhihary , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ India ’ s east coast , is worried .
Indian officials are on alert as Cyclone Amphan , due to hit West Bengal and Odisha on Wednesday , looks likely to intensify into a `` very severe '' storm .
Subrat ’ s village is nearly 40 kilometres from the sea .
The house that he shares with his wife , three daughters and mother was badly damaged by Cyclone Fani last year , so he isn ’ t convinced it can withstand Cyclone Amphan .
But even if his house survives , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leave his village if the authorities say people must evacuate .
Subrat feels that might be even more dangerous .
“ My fear is that we will be taken to nearby schools that have already been turned into Covid-19 quarantine shelters .
“ There are not many centres in our village , and that means we will have to share the space with people [ who may have Covid-19 ] which will be full of risks.
” “ West Bengal state has been struggling with Covid-19 cases and that is a cause of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” according to Siddarth Srinivas , food and climate policy lead for Oxfam in Asia .
“ In the past , some states in India have rescued people by sheltering them in schools and public buildings , but this time doing that is not ideal because of the pandemic.
” The Kasese district in western Uganda has been one of the worst hit by recent floods , with hundreds of people displaced .
Joseline Kabugho is six months pregnant .
The 23 year old has been forced to shelter with her two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the district .
She ’ s staying at the shelter , even though her pregnancy means she is in a high-risk group when it comes to Covid-19 infection .
There are nearly 200 displaced people with her at the shelter .
“ We are so vulnerable now , ” she said from a class shared with three other families , which is now her family ’ s temporary home .
“ I can ’ t stay away from other people because of the limited space .
“ I am worried that I may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worried about my kids , and my unborn baby , ” she told the BBC .
Joseline was sleeping next to her two children on the night of 7 May , when she heard other people in her village screaming .
“ I realised later on that my neighbours were actually telling me to run for my life .
The entire village had been hit by a massive flood .
“ I grabbed my two kids and ran away , I had no time to take anything else . ''
She had bought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the floods .
“ I could not even save those clothes .
The floods took them all .
“ Whatever we had was swept away . ''
Her husband works in another district and he has been unable to travel due to Covid-19 restrictions .
“ I have nowhere to go and I don ’ t know what to do next.
” Relief workers with the Red Cross say thousands of people are now sheltering in churches and schools in flood-hit East Africa with limited access to water and soap .
Hundreds have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ displaced because of the floods in more than a half a dozen countries .
More than 2,700 Covid-19 deaths and nearly 82,000 confirmed cases have been recorded in Africa , according to John Hopkins University .
Among the flood affected countries in East Africa , Somalia has the highest death figure of 55 , followed by 50 in Kenya and 21 in Tanzania .
Some affected countries had to lift Covid-19 restrictions to allow people to take refuge in evacuation centres .
Some people are still in evacuation centres now because the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country , Vanuatu , has extended the state of emergency as more than 92,000 people have been affected , according to Unicef .
In Fiji , about 10 evacuation centres are operating because recovery has been very slow and many houses are yet to be rebuilt .
“ Access to water is still a big challenge as the cyclone has destroyed water supply infrastructures , ” said Vani Catanasiga , director of Fiji Council of Social Services .
“ Without adequate water supply , following Covid-19 hygiene guidelines is very difficult , although @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flattening the Covid-19 infection curve.
” Humanitarian agencies say relief operations can help in enforcing Covid-19 guidelines .
Red Cross relief worker Irene Nakasiits is distributing water and soap as essentials to the flood-displaced communities in western Uganda .
“ Although it is challenging to do so , we can still remind affected communities to follow the guidelines , ” according to Marshal Mukuvare of the IFRC .
“ We can have messages written on food and other relief materials , which we distribute in affected places .
“ This helps people do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adverse conditions.
” It ’ s uncharted territory , according to Siddarth Srinivas , Food and Climate policy lead for Oxfam in Asia .
“ When it comes to how to deal with extreme weather and a pandemic like Covid-19 , the debate has just started .
“ It needs much more thinking before we come up with solid measures .
”

“There are not many centres in our village, and that means we will have to share the space with people [who may have Covid-19] which will be full of risks.”


bbc--2020-05-20--Zelensky's Ukraine: Why comic's dream of transformation may be over

It 's a year since Ukraine 's best known comedian was sworn in as president .
Volodymyr Zelensky won by a landslide on the back of bold promises to reform the country and end the war of attrition in eastern Ukraine .
Neither of those has happened yet .
But his first 12 months in the job have been eventful and , according to the latest polls , he remains remarkably popular .
Internationally , President Zelensky had a year to remember .
He found himself at the centre of a scandal that led to the impeachment of President Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that followed Iran 's shooting down of a Ukrainian plane .
At home he 's won praise for prisoner swaps that have brought home high-profile Ukrainians who were being held in Russian jails .
Covid-19 has so far been kept under control , perhaps due to a very early decision to lock down .
But in the past few months there 's been a very definite shift in emphasis .
The reformers that accompanied him into power have been pushed out , amid claims that the idea of really shaking things up is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' ?
The picture above came at the peak of Zelensky-mania .
Taken in Paris in April 2019 between the first and second round of Ukraine 's election it shows the soon-to-be president on his way to the Elysée Palace to meet President Emmanuel Macron .
• What does a comic president mean for Ukraine ?
• Why Ukraine 's new president needs second election win The caption on Zelensky 's Facebook page is `` Dreamteam '' .
It was a statement that reassured those who wondered how a TV entertainer could possibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if he did n't have a clue , he would be surrounded by others who did .
On the far left of the picture is Alex Danylyuk .
A former finance minister , he 's credited with helping clean up Ukraine 's banking sector .
Mr Danylyuk was at Mr Zelensky 's side throughout the later stages of the election campaign and after the vote given a powerful job in charge of national security .
The next man across - the man with the stubble - is Rouslan Riaboshapka .
His background is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was handed the job of prosecutor general , perhaps the most important of all the roles beneath the president .
Ukrainian presidents have consistently used the prosecutor general and his office as a tool to pursue their enemies and to reward their friends : cutting corrupt deals with oligarchs in return for favourable TV coverage or a share of ill-gotten gains .
It was the rotten heart of a rotten political system .
• Why Ukraine 's new president needs second election win Mr Riaboshapka promised to be independent and different .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clean up the prosecutor 's office .
The appointment of Mr Riaboshapka , Mr Danylyuk and several other well-respected reformers was seen by Ukraine observers , both at home and abroad , as a clear sign that President Zelensky intended to try to deliver of his ambitious promises .
You 've probably guessed it by now , but the Dreamteam did n't last long .
Alex Danylyuk stayed four months ; Rouslan Riaboshapka seven .
I met up with Alex Danylyuk in Kyiv this week .
He resigned from Mr Zelensky 's team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the president 's chief of staff ( also now departed ) .
Mr Danylyuk told me he had no regrets about backing the former comedian and does n't doubt his good intentions or desire to change things .
So what went wrong ?
`` He ( Zelensky ) surrounded himself with very weak , opportunistic people , '' Mr Danylyuk says .
`` The comedian brought with him incompetent people who now run major government institutions . ''
A reshuffle at the start of March saw almost all recognised reformers purged from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fellow `` Dreamteamer '' , Rouslan Riaboshapka .
He 's now in France so I caught up with him via Skype and his assessment of what 's taken place is bleak .
Mr Riaboshapka tells me he had `` big fish '' in his prosecutorial sight , meaning Ukraine 's rich oligarchs , but that after initially backing far reaching reforms and de-oligarchisation President Zelensky dramatically lost his nerve .
`` Instead of choosing to fight the oligarchs , '' Mr Riaboshapka tells me with a sigh , `` he chose peace and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right of the photo in Paris is Ivan Bakanov .
He 's rather different from the other `` Dreamteamers '' .
No-one describes him as a reformer .
Mr Bakanov is from the same southern Ukrainian town as Mr Zelensky and a childhood friend .
He used to run Mr Zelensky 's TV production company .
Eyebrows were raised when Mr Bakanov was given the plum job of head of Ukraine 's state security agency the SBU .
A year on and he 's one of the few members of the Zelensky administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Zelensky has packed a lot into the first year and there are four to go .
Plenty of people , particularly in Kyiv , will tell you that it 's heading towards inevitable disaster ; that history will repeat itself and it will all end with street demonstrations .
But for now the wider public still appear to back their unlikely leader .
Despite the setbacks , many still see President Zelensky as Ukraine 's best chance for change .
More from Jonah in Kyiv :

The picture above came at the peak of Zelensky-mania. Taken in Paris in April 2019 between the first and second round of Ukraine's election it shows the soon-to-be president on his way to the Elysée Palace to meet President Emmanuel Macron.


bbc--2020-05-20--Watford and Burnley confirm positive coronavirus tests

One player and two staff at Watford and Burnley assistant manager Ian Woan are among six positive Premier League tests for coronavirus .
The other two are at a third club , the details of which have not been revealed .
Players and staff who have tested positive will now self-isolate for seven days .
It comes as squads started non-contact training on Tuesday , as the Premier League steps up plans for a restart .
A total of 748 players and staff from 19 clubs were tested .
Norwich City did their tests on Tuesday .
Burnley said Woan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safe and well at home '' .
`` He will remain in close communication with club personnel regarding his re-engagement in training once he is clear of the virus , '' the club added .
Watford confirmed a player and two members of staff had tested positive but they would not be naming those involved as they had asked for medical confidentiality .
Before the news about Watford 's positive tests emerged , captain Troy Deeney said he would not return to training because he feared for his family 's health .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's stance in not training and they will follow individual programmes at home .
They want reassurances to questions they have around the return to training protocols and the specifics around the spread of the virus .
`` We 're due back in this week .
I 've said I 'm not going in , '' Deeney , 31 , told Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew on the Talk the Talk YouTube show .
`` It only takes one person to get infected within the group and I do n't want to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is only five months old .
He had breathing difficulties , so I do n't want to come home to put him in more danger . ''
In an interview with the Sunday Times , manager Nigel Pearson expressed his own concerns about the situation and said he would not insist on players reporting for training .
The Premier League has been suspended since 13 March because of the Covid-19 pandemic , with 92 fixtures remaining .
The league had previously identified 12 June for matches to possibly start again , but there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be pushed back .
`` The Premier League is providing this aggregated information for the purposes of competition integrity and transparency , '' it said in a statement .
`` No specific details as to clubs or individuals will be provided by the league and results will be made public in this way after each round of testing . ''
Clubs were permitted to test up to 40 personnel and some did not use their full allocation , while some samples are still to be processed .
At Monday 's `` Project @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreed to stage one of the return-to-training protocols .
As well as training in small groups of no more than five , sessions must last no longer than 75 minutes for each player .
Social distancing must be adhered to .
Official protocols sent to players and managers last week , and obtained by the BBC , revealed corner flags , balls , cones , goalposts and even playing surfaces will be disinfected after each training session .
Ongoing measures in further guidance include twice-weekly testing as well as a daily pre-training questionnaire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' chief Mike Riley has told match officials it will be their personal decision whether they wish to return to officiate matches .
While every case of coronavirus is , of course , a cause for concern , the Premier League will no doubt draw confidence from the fact that the number of positive tests revealed on Tuesday was as low as six .
In one sense , this is six too many .
But , had it been significantly higher , it would have raised more serious questions over clubs ' return @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a boost to those hoping for a resumption of the season next month .
Having said that , the fact that Watford - one of the clubs most vocal in their reticence about resuming action currently - account for half the positive tests will cause concern at the Premier League .
If this makes more players join Troy Deeney in refusing to train , one wonders how long it may be before the club starts to argue that they are being put at too great a disadvantage .
Last weekend , the Office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 400 people had coronavirus outside hospitals and care homes , a rate of 0.25 % .
Why the rate among the players and/or staff of the 19 Premier League clubs tested is higher at about 0.8 % ( so far ) is unclear .
By comparison , the Bundesliga recently recorded 10 positive results from 1,742 tests .
But one should be wary of drawing too many conclusions from this first batch of tests .
With some players and managers having voiced their worries , and half of club medics feeling insufficiently consulted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it comes to getting agreement over the protocols for full-contact training .
However , this is at least another small but important step for 'Project Restart ' .
• I 'm not going into training to protect my family 's health - Watford captain Deeney • Football Daily podcast : Six out of 748 test positive for coronavirus The German Bundesliga became the first major European football league to restart after the coronavirus shutdown when it resumed behind closed doors over the weekend .
It took the Bundesliga nearly five weeks from starting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monday 's announcement by the Premier League , that timeframe would mean either 19 or 26 June for a potential restart in England .
Every team in Germany 's top flight has been in quarantine , going from a hotel to their training ground for the week leading up to the restart .
On Monday , the Premier League 's medical adviser Mark Gillett said discussions will take place in the coming weeks over whether clubs would have to isolate in a hotel for 14 days before play resumes .
• 'Bizarre , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was like inside one of Germany 's 'ghost games' Testing 'does not impinge ' on NHS For the Premier League to complete the season , it could require about 40,000 privately conducted tests .
The tests are being carried out by digital health company Prenetics .
Avi Lasarow , chief executive of Prenetics EMEA ( Europe Middle East Africa ) , told BBC Sport that `` categorically '' none of the tests the company will carry out for the Premier League could have been used by the NHS .
`` We of course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any testing the NHS is doing , '' he said .
`` All the tests are privately sourced , as well as the other areas of the supply chains , so they are definitely not taking away from the NHS .
`` The government has an infrastructure capability which has been developed to scale up to mass testing volume .
It is very clear that we can now see that happening and as an organisation if we were asked to provide additional services we would prioritise that . ''
Lasarow added that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will improve with repeated testing of Premier League personnel , and that the company is able to turn around results in 48 hours .

Some Premier League players return to training
One player and two staff at Watford and Burnley assistant manager Ian Woan are among six positive Premier League tests for coronavirus.
The other two are at a third club, the details of which have not been revealed.
Players and staff who have tested positive will now self-isolate for seven days.
It comes as squads started non-contact training on Tuesday, as the Premier League steps up plans for a restart.
A total of 748 players and staff from 19 clubs were tested. Norwich City did their tests on Tuesday.
Burnley said Woan was "asymptomatic" and "currently safe and well at home".
"He will remain in close communication with club personnel regarding his re-engagement in training once he is clear of the virus," the club added.
Watford confirmed a player and two members of staff had tested positive but they would not be naming those involved as they had asked for medical confidentiality.
Before the news about Watford's positive tests emerged, captain Troy Deeney said he would not return to training because he feared for his family's health.
A number of other team-mates have joined Deeney's stance in not training and they will follow individual programmes at home. They want reassurances to questions they have around the return to training protocols and the specifics around the spread of the virus.
"We're due back in this week. I've said I'm not going in," Deeney, 31, told Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew on the Talk the Talk YouTube show.
"It only takes one person to get infected within the group and I don't want to be bringing that home.
"My son is only five months old. He had breathing difficulties, so I don't want to come home to put him in more danger."
In an interview with the Sunday Times, manager Nigel Pearson expressed his own concerns external-link about the situation and said he would not insist on players reporting for training.
The Premier League has been suspended since 13 March because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 92 fixtures remaining.
The league had previously identified 12 June for matches to possibly start again, but there is now an expectation this will need to be pushed back.
"The Premier League is providing this aggregated information for the purposes of competition integrity and transparency," it said in a statement.
"No specific details as to clubs or individuals will be provided by the league and results will be made public in this way after each round of testing."
Clubs were permitted to test up to 40 personnel and some did not use their full allocation, while some samples are still to be processed.
At Monday's "Project Restart" meeting, English top-flight clubs agreed to stage one of the return-to-training protocols.
As well as training in small groups of no more than five, sessions must last no longer than 75 minutes for each player. Social distancing must be adhered to.
Official protocols sent to players and managers last week, and obtained by the BBC, revealed corner flags, balls, cones, goalposts and even playing surfaces will be disinfected after each training session.
Ongoing measures in further guidance include twice-weekly testing as well as a daily pre-training questionnaire and temperature check.
Meanwhile, referees' chief Mike Riley has told match officials it will be their personal decision whether they wish to return to officiate matches.
Analysis
Dan Roan, BBC sports editor
While every case of coronavirus is, of course, a cause for concern, the Premier League will no doubt draw confidence from the fact that the number of positive tests revealed on Tuesday was as low as six.
In one sense, this is six too many. But, had it been significantly higher, it would have raised more serious questions over clubs' return to training. So, this is a boost to those hoping for a resumption of the season next month.
Having said that, the fact that Watford - one of the clubs most vocal in their reticence about resuming action currently - account for half the positive tests will cause concern at the Premier League. If this makes more players join Troy Deeney in refusing to train, one wonders how long it may be before the club starts to argue that they are being put at too great a disadvantage.
Last weekend, the Office for National Statistics suggested that one in 400 people had coronavirus outside hospitals and care homes, a rate of 0.25%.
Why the rate among the players and/or staff of the 19 Premier League clubs tested is higher at about 0.8% (so far) is unclear. By comparison, the Bundesliga recently recorded 10 positive results from 1,742 tests. But one should be wary of drawing too many conclusions from this first batch of tests.
With some players and managers having voiced their worries, and half of club medics feeling insufficiently consulted, further hurdles remain, especially when it comes to getting agreement over the protocols for full-contact training.
However, this is at least another small but important step for 'Project Restart'.
Germany setting the precedent
The German Bundesliga became the first major European football league to restart after the coronavirus shutdown when it resumed behind closed doors over the weekend.
It took the Bundesliga nearly five weeks from starting non-contact training to playing matches. After Monday's announcement by the Premier League, that timeframe would mean either 19 or 26 June for a potential restart in England.
Every team in Germany's top flight has been in quarantine, going from a hotel to their training ground for the week leading up to the restart.
On Monday, the Premier League's medical adviser Mark Gillett said discussions will take place in the coming weeks over whether clubs would have to isolate in a hotel for 14 days before play resumes.
Testing 'does not impinge' on NHS
For the Premier League to complete the season, it could require about 40,000 privately conducted tests.
The tests are being carried out by digital health company Prenetics.
Avi Lasarow, chief executive of Prenetics EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa), told BBC Sport that "categorically" none of the tests the company will carry out for the Premier League could have been used by the NHS.
"We of course do not impinge or take away from any testing the NHS is doing," he said.
"All the tests are privately sourced, as well as the other areas of the supply chains, so they are definitely not taking away from the NHS.
"The government has an infrastructure capability which has been developed to scale up to mass testing volume. It is very clear that we can now see that happening and as an organisation if we were asked to provide additional services we would prioritise that."
Lasarow added that the tests are 98.8% accurate, which will improve with repeated testing of Premier League personnel, and that the company is able to turn around results in 48 hours.


bbc--2020-05-20--Drama, record and rants - what we would have lost if previous seasons had ended early

Sergio Aguero 's last-gasp title-deciding goal , the miracle of Leicester City , Kevin Keegan 's rant and Steven Gerrard 's ill-timed slip .
They are some of the Premier League 's most iconic and enthralling moments , but ones we would have been denied had the seasons in which they occurred been halted with nine games to go .
The Premier League still intends to complete this campaign , but with leagues cancelled around Europe because of coronavirus , an aborted season in England 's top flight remains a possibility .
As we await a safe conclusion to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look back at some of the late-season highs and lows to see what football loses when the business end is stripped away .
'Agueroooooooo ! '
- defining moments that might never have been The closing strait - when trophies are up for grabs , stakes and emotions high , nerves fraught and actions loaded with consequence .
On a simple , surface level , stripping Premier League seasons of their final nine games inevitably leads to the loss of many of the division 's defining moments .
The most obvious example being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's `` greatest '' list - Sergio Aguero 's winner against QPR from practically the final kick of the 2011-12 season .
As well as losing perhaps the most dramatic single moment in the league 's history , ending that season with nine games left would also likely have denied City their maiden Premier League title , handed the trophy to Sir Alex Ferguson 's side and altered the course of history .
Other clubs , too , would be denied one of their defining moments .
Blackburn would still have won the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never have experienced that dizzying , dazzling rollercoaster afternoon at Anfield , where they would lose to Liverpool but West Ham would do them the ultimate favour by holding rivals Manchester United to a draw .
Arsenal fans would have at least one less piece of iconic commentary to savour , as Tony Adams ( `` put through by Steve Bould ... would you believe it ?
! ''
) would n't have been given the opportunity to cap Arsenal 's 1997-98 title win with a goal against Everton .
Speaking of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stomach the asterisk that would attach itself to their remarkable , iconic Invincibles season .
Yes , technically unbeaten , but they did n't play the last nine games .
Other such iconic incidents would also be lost , some with culture-changing consequences .
Mentioning `` Fergie Time '' to someone would prompt only blank stares in return as the two Steve Bruce headers against Sheffield Wednesday that contributed so heavily to the term being coined would never have happened .
In addition , we 'd also probably never have seen Brian Kidd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dropping to the Old Trafford turf on his knees and brandishing his fists wildly to the sky .
For Steven Gerrard , an earlier finish would have led to fewer sleepless nights .
Liverpool would still miss out on the 2013-14 Premier League title if the season were ended after matchweek 29 ( although the trophy would have gone to Chelsea as opposed to Manchester City ) , but the Reds skipper would have been spared his ill-timed slip that allowed Demba Ba to score Chelsea 's opener in the Blues ' win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the season .
In fact , Gerrard 's final lasting contribution to that campaign would have been the kiss he planted on that TV camera after scoring two penalties in a famous 3-0 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford .
And then there are the great escapology acts that take place when the heat is really on .
Using the unweighted points-per-game-played system adopted by League Two and the Scottish Premiership following the decision to end their seasons , we can get a sense of which clubs could have gone down had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ West Brom , who would have been relegated in 2005 , when in reality they escaped on the final day having started it bottom .
Fulham would have gone in 2008 , unable to play a final five games from which they earned four wins to survive .
While in 2007 , Carlos Tevez would be denied the chance to save West Ham , who would go down while Sheffield United survived . '
I 'd love it if we beat them , love it ' - a lost iconic outburst ?
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roundabouts for football fans had the 1995-96 season ended after matchweek 29 .
Were that the case we would never have witnessed arguably the greatest Premier League game , when a title-chasing Newcastle - led by the eternal entertainer Kevin Keegan - traded haymakers with Liverpool before losing 4-3 to a last-minute goal .
Without this game , we would also lose that indelible image of Keegan slumped over the advertising boards while Anfield erupts around him following Stan Collymore 's winner - a testimony to the emotional impact of sport .
Even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of English football would be Keegan 's infamous rant after the 1-0 win at Leeds , when he pointed down the camera and declared in the general direction of Manchester United boss Ferguson : `` We 're still fighting for this title , and he 's got to go to Middlesbrough and get something , and ... and ...
I 'll tell you , honestly , I will love it if we beat them , love it ! ''
However , if that season had ended after matchweek 29 and the title awarded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have done just that .
Their once 12-point lead over the Red Devils had been whittled down , but they were still a point ahead of Ferguson 's side with a game in hand in late March .
A Newcastle title win , but one that would have been claimed in sterile , underwhelming circumstances .
Is this worth more than two instinctive outbursts of raw emotion , even if these are in response to glorious failure ?
Changing the course of history It is , of course , possible to go beyond @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nine games of a season and hypothesise alternate histories that further deprive the game of its glorious facets .
Take Leicester City for example .
A curtailment of the 2014-15 season with nine games to go would have left the Foxes stranded at the bottom of the table and consigned them to playing Championship football .
In reality , though , they clawed their way to safety courtesy of a remarkable seven wins from nine games before going on to produce one of sport 's great fairytale stories the following season by defying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And you can go further .
Chelsea 's qualification for the Champions League in 2002-03 was reportedly crucial to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich taking over the club and embarking on an unprecedented spending spree that has brought them 16 major trophies in 17 years .
But if the season had ended after 29 games , meaning the Blues had finished fifth instead and missed out on Europe 's top club competition , would Abramovich have looked elsewhere to invest his billions ?
In 1989-90 , it is a widely accepted story that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Manchester United midway through the season but saved himself , initially with an FA Cup third-round win over Nottingham Forest .
They would go on to win the Cup that year - the first of 25 major trophies under the Scot in an unrivalled 27-year period of dominance .
But what if the 1989-90 season had been halted with United yet to play their FA Cup sixth-round tie and only just starting to show signs of life following a run of 11 league games without a win ?
Would the United board @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make a managerial change and thus alter the whole history of the Premier League ?
And then there are the individual achievements - smaller personal glories , woven into the fabric of the game that would be torn from the grasp of deserving players .
Every forward would be a bit worse off but Alan Shearer 's all-time Premier League goals record would be closer to 200 than its current tally of 260 .
Gareth Barry 's all-time appearance record would potentially be 180 games lighter than its current number of 653 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who would no longer be the only Englishman to win the European golden shoe , having only scored a still admittedly healthy 25 goals in 1999-00 .
And James Vaughan would no longer be the answer to a long-standing quiz question , his strike against Crystal Palace on 10 April 2005 obliterated from history , making the evergreen James Milner the Premier League 's youngest ever goalscorer .

Take away the final quarter of a season and you strip it of some of the sport's defining moments, like Leicester's title win in 2016
Sergio Aguero's last-gasp title-deciding goal, the miracle of Leicester City, Kevin Keegan's rant and Steven Gerrard's ill-timed slip.
They are some of the Premier League's most iconic and enthralling moments, but ones we would have been denied had the seasons in which they occurred been halted with nine games to go.
The Premier League still intends to complete this campaign, but with leagues cancelled around Europe because of coronavirus, an aborted season in England's top flight remains a possibility.
As we await a safe conclusion to the 2019-20 campaign, BBC Sport takes a look back at some of the late-season highs and lows to see what football loses when the business end is stripped away.
'Agueroooooooo!' - defining moments that might never have been
The closing strait - when trophies are up for grabs, stakes and emotions high, nerves fraught and actions loaded with consequence.
On a simple, surface level, stripping Premier League seasons of their final nine games inevitably leads to the loss of many of the division's defining moments.
The most obvious example being the one that usually tops most people's "greatest" list - Sergio Aguero's winner against QPR from practically the final kick of the 2011-12 season.
As well as losing perhaps the most dramatic single moment in the league's history, ending that season with nine games left would also likely have denied City their maiden Premier League title, handed the trophy to Sir Alex Ferguson's side and altered the course of history.
Other clubs, too, would be denied one of their defining moments. Blackburn would still have won the title in 1994-95, but they would never have experienced that dizzying, dazzling rollercoaster afternoon at Anfield, where they would lose to Liverpool but West Ham would do them the ultimate favour by holding rivals Manchester United to a draw.
Arsenal fans would have at least one less piece of iconic commentary to savour, as Tony Adams ("put through by Steve Bould... would you believe it?!") wouldn't have been given the opportunity to cap Arsenal's 1997-98 title win with a goal against Everton.
Speaking of the Gunners, they would forever have to stomach the asterisk that would attach itself to their remarkable, iconic Invincibles season. Yes, technically unbeaten, but they didn't play the last nine games.
Other such iconic incidents would also be lost, some with culture-changing consequences.
Mentioning "Fergie Time" to someone would prompt only blank stares in return as the two Steve Bruce headers against Sheffield Wednesday external-link that contributed so heavily to the term being coined would never have happened.
In addition, we'd also probably never have seen Brian Kidd lost in a whirlwind of emotion, dropping to the Old Trafford turf on his knees and brandishing his fists wildly to the sky.
For Steven Gerrard, an earlier finish would have led to fewer sleepless nights.
Liverpool would still miss out on the 2013-14 Premier League title if the season were ended after matchweek 29 (although the trophy would have gone to Chelsea as opposed to Manchester City), but the Reds skipper would have been spared his ill-timed slip that allowed Demba Ba to score Chelsea's opener in the Blues' win at Anfield in the 36th game of the season.
In fact, Gerrard's final lasting contribution to that campaign would have been the kiss he planted on that TV camera after scoring two penalties in a famous 3-0 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
And then there are the great escapology acts that take place when the heat is really on.
Using the unweighted points-per-game-played system adopted by League Two and the Scottish Premiership following the decision to end their seasons, we can get a sense of which clubs could have gone down had previous campaigns been curtailed.
These include West Brom, who would have been relegated in 2005, when in reality they escaped on the final day having started it bottom. Fulham would have gone in 2008, unable to play a final five games from which they earned four wins to survive. While in 2007, Carlos Tevez would be denied the chance to save West Ham, who would go down while Sheffield United survived.
'I'd love it if we beat them, love it' - a lost iconic outburst?
"Collymore closing in...!" Keegan (towards the bottom right) was slumped in the dugout after Liverpool grabbed a dramatic late winner against Newcastle at Anfield in 1996
There would be an element of swings and roundabouts for football fans had the 1995-96 season ended after matchweek 29.
Were that the case we would never have witnessed arguably the greatest Premier League game, when a title-chasing Newcastle - led by the eternal entertainer Kevin Keegan - traded haymakers with Liverpool before losing 4-3 to a last-minute goal.
Without this game, we would also lose that indelible image of Keegan slumped over the advertising boards while Anfield erupts around him following Stan Collymore's winner - a testimony to the emotional impact of sport.
Even more of a loss to the folklore of English football would be Keegan's infamous rant after the 1-0 win at Leeds, when he pointed down the camera and declared in the general direction of Manchester United boss Ferguson: "We're still fighting for this title, and he's got to go to Middlesbrough and get something, and... and... I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them, love it!"
However, if that season had ended after matchweek 29 and the title awarded by points per game, Newcastle would have done just that.
Their once 12-point lead over the Red Devils had been whittled down, but they were still a point ahead of Ferguson's side with a game in hand in late March.
A Newcastle title win, but one that would have been claimed in sterile, underwhelming circumstances. Is this worth more than two instinctive outbursts of raw emotion, even if these are in response to glorious failure?
Changing the course of history
Leicester 3-1 Everton: Foxes lift the Premier League trophy
It is, of course, possible to go beyond the immediate impact of losing the final nine games of a season and hypothesise alternate histories that further deprive the game of its glorious facets.
Take Leicester City for example.
A curtailment of the 2014-15 season with nine games to go would have left the Foxes stranded at the bottom of the table and consigned them to playing Championship football.
In reality, though, they clawed their way to safety courtesy of a remarkable seven wins from nine games before going on to produce one of sport's great fairytale stories the following season by defying 5,000-1 odds to win the top-flight title.
And you can go further.
Chelsea's qualification for the Champions League in 2002-03 was reportedly crucial to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich taking over the club and embarking on an unprecedented spending spree that has brought them 16 major trophies in 17 years.
But if the season had ended after 29 games, meaning the Blues had finished fifth instead and missed out on Europe's top club competition, would Abramovich have looked elsewhere to invest his billions?
In 1989-90, it is a widely accepted story that Ferguson was perilously close to being sacked by Manchester United midway through the season but saved himself, initially with an FA Cup third-round win over Nottingham Forest.
They would go on to win the Cup that year - the first of 25 major trophies under the Scot in an unrivalled 27-year period of dominance.
Ferguson's Manchester United won the FA Cup in 1990 via a 1-0 replay win over Crystal Palace
But what if the 1989-90 season had been halted with United yet to play their FA Cup sixth-round tie and only just starting to show signs of life following a run of 11 league games without a win? Would the United board have seen it as a fitting time to make a managerial change and thus alter the whole history of the Premier League?
The lost individual achievements
And then there are the individual achievements - smaller personal glories, woven into the fabric of the game that would be torn from the grasp of deserving players.
Every forward would be a bit worse off but Alan Shearer's all-time Premier League goals record would be closer to 200 than its current tally of 260.
Gareth Barry's all-time appearance record would potentially be 180 games lighter than its current number of 653.
Spare a thought for Kevin Phillips, who would no longer be the only Englishman to win the European golden shoe, having only scored a still admittedly healthy 25 goals in 1999-00.
And James Vaughan would no longer be the answer to a long-standing quiz question, his strike against Crystal Palace on 10 April 2005 obliterated from history, making the evergreen James Milner the Premier League's youngest ever goalscorer.


bbc--2020-05-20--Kubrat Pulev warns Anthony Joshua he will not step aside for Tyson Fury bout

Last updated on .From the section Boxing Kubrat Pulev says he will not step away from his shot at the world heavyweight belts and warned Anthony Joshua `` you either fight or vacate the title '' .
It led to talk of Pulev being paid to step aside so Joshua could face Tyson Fury for all four heavyweight belts .
`` I ca n't understand why we are still postponing instead of fixing a date and venue and getting to work ? ''
said Pulev .
`` Enough is enough .
I ca n't wait to win this fight .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of me and are trying to face someone else before me .
That 's not how a real world champion should act . ''
Pulev was due to face Briton Joshua in 2017 but withdrew because of injury and was also in mandatory position when Joshua lost to Andy Ruiz Jr in June 2019 .
Joshua holds the IBF , WBA and WBO belts and has talked of his desire to face WBC champion Fury , who is due to face Deontay Wilder for a third time when boxing returns following its shutdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would appear the two British heavyweights will need to wait and win their respective fights with neither Wilder nor Pulev appearing likely to accept 'step-aside ' money .
`` I did it once when I did n't have to do it for Joshua to have his second match against Ruiz Jr. Everything was against IBF 's rules , but I compromised , '' said Pulev .
`` A year has passed and they always have a reason to postpone , not to fight against me .
There are two options .
You either @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When and where a contest between Joshua and Pulev can take place is unknown because of the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus outbreak .
Pulev 's manager has said venues - including a Roman amphitheatre in Croatia - were being discussed .
Pulev , one of Bulgaria 's most popular sportsmen , suffered his only career defeat when he challenged for the IBF heavyweight title in 2014 , losing to Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg on a fifth-round knockout .
His record stands at 28 wins from 29 bouts , while Joshua has 23 @ @ @ @

Last updated on .From the section Boxing
Joshua was due to fight Pulev in 2017 before the Bulgarian withdrew with injury
Kubrat Pulev says he will not step away from his shot at the world heavyweight belts and warned Anthony Joshua "you either fight or vacate the title".
The Bulgarian is mandatory challenger for Joshua's IBF title but their planned bout on 20 June was postponed.
It led to talk of Pulev being paid to step aside so Joshua could face Tyson Fury for all four heavyweight belts.
"I can't understand why we are still postponing instead of fixing a date and venue and getting to work?" said Pulev.
"Enough is enough. I can't wait to win this fight.
"I see how people are afraid of me and are trying to face someone else before me. That's not how a real world champion should act."
Pulev was due to face Briton Joshua in 2017 but withdrew because of injury and was also in mandatory position when Joshua lost to Andy Ruiz Jr in June 2019.
Joshua holds the IBF, WBA and WBO belts and has talked of his desire to face WBC champion Fury, who is due to face Deontay Wilder for a third time when boxing returns following its shutdown because of the coronavrius pandemic.
It would appear the two British heavyweights will need to wait and win their respective fights with neither Wilder nor Pulev appearing likely to accept 'step-aside' money.
"I did it once when I didn't have to do it for Joshua to have his second match against Ruiz Jr. Everything was against IBF's rules, but I compromised," said Pulev.
"A year has passed and they always have a reason to postpone, not to fight against me. There are two options. You either fight or vacate the title."
When and where a contest between Joshua and Pulev can take place is unknown because of the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Pulev's manager has said venues - including a Roman amphitheatre in Croatia - were being discussed.
Pulev, one of Bulgaria's most popular sportsmen, suffered his only career defeat when he challenged for the IBF heavyweight title in 2014, losing to Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg on a fifth-round knockout.
His record stands at 28 wins from 29 bouts, while Joshua has 23 wins from 24.


bbc--2020-05-20--Wednesday's gossip: Sane not interested in Liverpool move

Manchester City forward Leroy Sane is not interested in a move to Premier League rivals Liverpool .
The 24-year-old Germany international remains set on a move to Bayern Munich .
( Bild - in German ) Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland , 19 , turned down a move to Juventus in January because the Italian champions planned to put the Norway international into their under-23 squad .
( La Repubblica , via Star ) Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain will try to sign Haaland this summer .
( Marca ) Manchester United are among the favourites to sign Wolverhampton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Manchester City in considering a move for the 22-year-old Spaniard .
( Birmingham Mail ) Arsenal are hoping to sign Bayer Leverkusen 's France Under-21 winger Moussa Diaby .
The 20-year-old former Paris St-Germain player provided two assists in Leverkusen 's win over Bundesliga rivals Werder Bremen on Monday .
( Le10Sport - in French ) Neymar , 28 , will not leave Paris St-Germain to rejoin Barcelona this summer because of the impact of coronavirus on football finances , says the Brazil forward 's agent .
( Star ) Chelsea are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Xavier Mbuyamba from Spanish giants Barcelona , according to the 18-year-old 's agent .
( Voetbal International , via Mail ) Newcastle United 's on-loan England defender Danny Rose , 29 , believes Mauricio Pochettino - his former manager at Tottenham Hotspur - will `` eventually '' end up managing Manchester United .
( The Lockdown Tactics , via TeamTalk ) Several European clubs are interested in Spurs defender Jan Vertonghen , who is out of contract this summer .
The 33-year-old Belgian has been offered a deal by Spanish side Real Betis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , plus Italian clubs Inter Milan and Roma also considering a move .
( Star ) Arsenal are set to beat Chelsea to the signing of Turkish Feyenoord midfielder Orkun Kokcu , 19 , as a replacement for Mesut Ozil , 31 .
( Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish ) Former Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho , 27 , is yet to decide his future , despite the Brazil international 's loan deal at Bayern Munich from Barcelona nearing an end .
( Sport1 , via Goal ) Manchester United midfielder James Garner , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on loan next season , with Championship sides Cardiff City , Swansea City and Sheffield Wednesday interested in the Englishman .
( Mail ) Arsenal could sign Netherlands winger Justin Kluivert , 21 , from Roma as part of a deal to make 31-year-old Armenia midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan 's loan move at the Italian club permanent .
( Corriere dello Sport , via Mirror ) Ghana midfielder Daniel Amartey 's agent says the 25-year-old wants to leave Leicester , having not played for the Foxes first team since sustaining an ankle injury in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ via Goal )

Last updated on .From the section Gossip
Manchester City forward Leroy Sane is not interested in a move to Premier League rivals Liverpool. The 24-year-old Germany international remains set on a move to Bayern Munich.(Bild - in German) external-link
Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland, 19, turned down a move to Juventus in January because the Italian champions planned to put the Norway international into their under-23 squad. (La Repubblica, via Star) external-link
Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain will try to sign Haaland this summer. (Marca) external-link
Manchester United are among the favourites to sign Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Adama Traore, joining Liverpool and Manchester City in considering a move for the 22-year-old Spaniard. (Birmingham Mail) external-link
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Arsenal are hoping to sign Bayer Leverkusen's France Under-21 winger Moussa Diaby. The 20-year-old former Paris St-Germain player provided two assists in Leverkusen's win over Bundesliga rivals Werder Bremen on Monday. (Le10Sport - in French) external-link
Neymar, 28, will not leave Paris St-Germain to rejoin Barcelona this summer because of the impact of coronavirus on football finances, says the Brazil forward's agent. (Star) external-link
Chelsea are leading the race to sign Dutch centre-back Xavier Mbuyamba from Spanish giants Barcelona, according to the 18-year-old's agent. (Voetbal International, via Mail) external-link
Newcastle United's on-loan England defender Danny Rose, 29, believes Mauricio Pochettino - his former manager at Tottenham Hotspur - will "eventually" end up managing Manchester United. (The Lockdown Tactics, via TeamTalk) external-link
Several European clubs are interested in Spurs defender Jan Vertonghen, who is out of contract this summer. The 33-year-old Belgian has been offered a deal by Spanish side Real Betis, with fellow La Liga outfit Valencia, plus Italian clubs Inter Milan and Roma also considering a move. (Star) external-link
Arsenal are set to beat Chelsea to the signing of Turkish Feyenoord midfielder Orkun Kokcu, 19, as a replacement for Mesut Ozil, 31. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish) external-link
Manchester City are tracking English 18-year-old Fulham right-back Cody Drameh. (Mirror) external-link
Former Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho, 27, is yet to decide his future, despite the Brazil international's loan deal at Bayern Munich from Barcelona nearing an end. (Sport1, via Goal) external-link
Manchester United midfielder James Garner, 19, will be allowed to leave on loan next season, with Championship sides Cardiff City, Swansea City and Sheffield Wednesday interested in the Englishman. (Mail) external-link
Arsenal could sign Netherlands winger Justin Kluivert, 21, from Roma as part of a deal to make 31-year-old Armenia midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan's loan move at the Italian club permanent. (Corriere dello Sport, via Mirror) external-link
Ghana midfielder Daniel Amartey's agent says the 25-year-old wants to leave Leicester, having not played for the Foxes first team since sustaining an ankle injury in October 2018. (Starr FM, via Goal) external-link


bbc--2020-05-20--‘Inexplicable and irrational’  - Anger as some French courses told to close again

Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing French horse racing is set for more disruption just a week after its resumption , with some courses banned from staging events .
Longchamp , Saint-Cloud and Auteuil are among the courses in affected regions .
The decision was called `` inexplicable and irrational '' by Edouard de Rothschild , president of France Galop , French racing 's governing body .
`` I will not give up .
I am proud of the exemplary behaviour behind closed doors since 11 May and the colossal work provided by our teams for more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we will be .
Long live our races , '' he said .
• None Inside the world of racing behind closed doors June 's French 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas could switch from Longchamp to Deauville - in the north-west of France - as a result .
`` France Galop is working on reorganisation plans for the May and June calendar and will announce as soon as possible where the meetings that were scheduled in the red zone will take place , '' the governing body said .
`` This calendar is likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ department turns green . ''

Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing
Longchamp hosts the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October
French horse racing is set for more disruption just a week after its resumption, with some courses banned from staging events.
Government approval for racing has been withdrawn from areas still affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
Longchamp, Saint-Cloud and Auteuil are among the courses in affected regions.
The decision was called "inexplicable and irrational" by Edouard de Rothschild, president of France Galop, French racing's governing body.
"I will not give up. I am proud of the exemplary behaviour behind closed doors since 11 May and the colossal work provided by our teams for more than two months. Responsive we are and we will be. Long live our races," he said.
June's French 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas could switch from Longchamp to Deauville - in the north-west of France - as a result.
"France Galop is working on reorganisation plans for the May and June calendar and will announce as soon as possible where the meetings that were scheduled in the red zone will take place," the governing body said.
"This calendar is likely to change as soon as a red department turns green."


bbc--2020-05-18--What is the R number and how is it calculated?

There is a simple but crucial number at the heart of understanding the threat posed by the coronavirus .
It is guiding governments around the world on the actions needed to save lives and to lift lockdown .
It is called the reproduction number , or simply the R value .
The reproduction number is a way of rating a disease 's ability to spread .
It 's the number of people that one infected person will pass the virus on to , on average Measles has one of the highest numbers in town with a reproduction number of 15 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause explosive outbreaks .
The new coronavirus , known officially as Sars-CoV-2 , has a reproduction number of about three , but estimates vary .
You can not capture the moment people are infected ; instead scientists work backwards .
Using data - such as the number of people dying , admitted to hospital or testing positive for the virus - allows you to estimate how easily the virus is spreading .
Generally this gives a picture of what the R number was two to three weeks ago .
Regular testing of households @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Why is a number above one dangerous ?
If the reproduction number is higher than one , then the number of cases increases exponentially - it snowballs like debt on an unpaid credit card .
But if the number is lower , the disease will eventually peter out , as not enough new people are being infected to sustain the outbreak .
Governments everywhere want to force the reproduction number down from about three ( the R number if we took no action ) to below one .
This is the reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had to work from home and the children have been off school - stopping people coming into contact with each other to cut the virus 's ability to spread .
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What is the R number in the UK ?
The reproduction number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changes as our behaviour changes , or as immunity develops .
Mathematical modellers at Imperial College London are attempting to track how the number has changed as isolation , social distancing and the full lockdown were introduced .
Before any measures came in , the number was well above one and the conditions were ripe for a large outbreak .
Successive restrictions brought it down , but it was not until full lockdown that it was driven below one .
The R value in the UK has crept up recently and is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Counter-intuitively , this increase is probably due to the success in slowing the virus in society as a whole .
As cases collapse in the community , the R value is largely reflecting what is happening in care homes .
Does R vary across the UK ?
The R number has come down across every part of the UK since the start of the epidemic .
But multiple research groups , including those at the University of Cambridge , show it has come down the most in London .
It is proving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ England .
Those figures are more optimistic than other groups ' calculations .
Similar work by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine puts the number for London at 0.6 , and the south-west at 0.9 .
It also showed the R-values were 0.8 in Wales , and 1 in both Scotland and Northern Ireland .
So how does this inform lifting lockdown ?
As any country thinks about how to lift lockdown , the aim will be to keep the reproduction number below one .
Dr Adam Kucharski , of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , told the BBC : `` It 's a big challenge making sure you 're not loosening too much and increasing transmission . ''
However it has taken a monumental effort , one that has caused damage to people 's lives , to get the number from three to 0.7 .
`` It does n't give you a lot of room to play with [ to keep the number below one ] '' , Dr Kucharski added .
Which measures could be lifted ?
Unfortunately , there is no confirmation of how much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , although there are estimates .
`` Opening schools versus workplaces versus other gatherings - understanding how much they increase the reproduction number , is going to be the challenge , '' said Dr Kucharski .
Another issue is that people 's behaviour changes over time , so the number can creep up even if lockdown policies remain unchanged .
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What is likely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus , such as more extensive testing and tracing or location-tracking apps .
These can suppress the reproduction number in a more targeted way , allowing some of the other measures to be lifted .
Is it the most important number ?
The reproduction number is one of the big three .
Another is severity - if you have a very mild disease that does not cause many problems , then you can relax a bit .
Coronavirus , and the disease it causes , Covid-19 , can be severe and deadly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of cases , which is important for deciding when to act .
If you have a high number , but ease restrictions so the reproduction number is about one , then you will continue to have a high number of cases .
Having a vaccine is another way to bring down the reproduction number .
A coronavirus patient would naturally infect three others on average , but if a vaccine could protect two of them from infection , then the reproduction number would fall from three to one .

Before any measures came in, the R number was well above one and the conditions were ripe for a large outbreak. Successive restrictions brought it down, but it was not until full lockdown that it was driven below one.


bbc--2020-05-20--Tracking the outbreak in maps and charts

Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world , with nearly five million confirmed cases in 188 countries .
More than 300,000 people have lost their lives .
This series of maps and charts tracks the global outbreak of the virus since it emerged in China in December last year .
How many cases and deaths have there been ?
The virus , which causes the respiratory infection Covid-19 , was first detected in the city of Wuhan , China , in late 2019 .
It then spread quickly across the globe in the first months of 2020 .
Note @ @ @ @ @ @ @ page use a different source for figures for France from that used by Johns Hopkins University , which results in a slightly lower overall total .
The US has by far the largest number of cases , around five times as many as any other country according to figures collated by Johns Hopkins University .
With more than 90,000 fatalities , it also has the world 's highest death toll .
The UK , Italy , France and Spain are the worst-hit European countries .
In China , the official death toll is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , although critics have questioned whether the country 's official numbers can be trusted .
The outbreak was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) on 11 March .
This is when an infectious disease is passing easily from person to person in many parts of the world at the same time .
The true number of cases is thought to be much higher than the reported figures , as many of those with milder symptoms have not been tested and counted .
Globally , more than 4.5 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population - have been living under social distancing measures , according to the AFP news agency 's estimates .
Those restrictions have had a big impact on the global economy , with the International Monetary Fund warning the world faces the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s .
The United Nations World Food Programme has also warned that the pandemic could almost double the number of people suffering acute hunger .
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Where are coronavirus cases still rising ?
While some countries are starting to see confirmed cases and deaths fall following the introduction of strict lockdown restrictions , others are only now seeing them rise .
A sharp increase in cases in Latin America has led the WHO to say the Americas are currently at the centre of the pandemic .
These charts show four countries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ - as shown by the red lines .
Brazil now has the third highest number of infections in the world - overtaking the UK , Spain and Italy .
However , the country 's health experts have warned that the real number of confirmed infections could be far higher , due to a lack of testing .
Bruno Covas , mayor of Brazil 's largest city , São Paulo , which is home to 12 million people , has warned its health system could collapse because of the growing demand for emergency beds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in new infections , while Ecuador saw its health system collapse in April .
Outside South America , Russia has seen infections rise rapidly and now has the second highest number worldwide , according to official data .
It has been reporting around 10,000 new cases a day since the beginning of May .
In Africa , Lesotho confirmed its first cases on 13 May , which means coronavirus is now present in all countries on the continent , mainly in urban populations .
Worst-hit are South Africa , Egypt and Algeria .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic `` by the WHO in March , Europe is now slowly beginning to ease restrictions brought in to slow the spread of the virus .
The UK , Italy , Spain and France , along with others , now appear to have passed the peak , with the number of new confirmed cases and deaths falling .
The UK and Italy have seen more than 30,000 deaths , while France and Spain have both recorded about 28,000 .
However , differences in population size and how countries report their figures , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or deaths of those suspected but not confirmed of having the virus , means international comparisons are complicated .
European countries have varied in their plans to ease lockdowns , but the WHO has urged all nations to adopt a `` slow , steady '' approach .
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New York the worst-hit in US outbreak With more than 1.5 million cases , the US has the highest number of confirmed infections in the world .
It has also recorded more than 90,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been particularly badly affected , with more than 28,000 deaths , but the number of new cases there has been on a downward trend in recent weeks .
At one point , more than 90 % of the US population was under mandatory lockdown orders , but many states have now begun to loosen their stay-at-home restrictions and allowed some businesses to reopen - a move health officials fear could further spread the virus .
Top US infectious diseases doctor Anthony Fauci has cautioned against opening up public life too soon , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which could become bigger outbreaks .
President Trump , who disagrees with Dr Fauci 's advice , has made it clear he is keen to reopen the US economy `` vaccine or no vaccine '' .
The latest figures show more than 36 million people have lost their jobs since the outbreak hit the US .
That 's nearly a quarter of the American workforce .
The rise means the jobless rate is now worse than at any time since the Great Depression of the 1930s .
• Are US states reopening too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ page comes from a variety of sources .
It includes figures collated by Johns Hopkins University , data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control , national governments and health agencies , as well as UN data on populations .
When comparing figures from different countries it is important to bear in mind that not all governments are recording coronavirus cases and deaths in the same way .
This makes like for like comparisons between countries difficult .
Other factors to consider include : different population sizes , the size of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether a particular country has a large amount of its people living in densely populated areas .
In addition , countries may be in different stages of the pandemic .

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This information is regularly updated but may not reflect the latest totals for each country.
** The past data for new cases is a three day rolling average. Due to revisions in the number of cases, an average cannot be calculated for this date.
Source: Johns Hopkins University and national public health agencies


bbc--2020-05-20--Carlos Ghosn: US ex-Green Beret and son arrested over escape from Japan

US authorities have arrested a former special forces soldier and his son for allegedly helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee Japan last December .
Former Green Beret Michael Taylor , 59 , and his son Peter , 26 , were detained in Massachusetts on Wednesday .
Japanese prosecutors issued warrants for their arrest in January .
Mr Ghosn , who was detained in Japan on charges of financial misconduct in 2018 , made a dramatic escape from house arrest last year .
He denies the charges against him .
Despite being monitored 24 hours a day , on 29 December @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lebanon , via Turkey .
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But Japanese prosecutors have said the two were in Japan at the time and helped Mr Ghosn evade security checks as he left .
Earlier this month prosecutors in Turkey charged seven people over the escape .
The suspects - four pilots , two flight attendants , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accused of helping Mr Ghosn flee .
Full details of the escape have never been fully explained .
Mr Ghosn , who holds Brazilian , French and Lebanese nationalities , ran Renault and Nissan as part of a three-way car alliance .
He is accused of misreporting his compensation package , but has insisted he can never get a fair hearing in Japan .
Since his arrival in Lebanon , he has told reporters he was a `` hostage '' in Japan , where he was left with a choice between dying there @ @ @

Details of the Taylors' alleged involvement in the escape are unclear. But Japanese prosecutors have said the two were in Japan at the time and helped Mr Ghosn evade security checks as he left.