With Italy in lockdown, Peter Beaumont charts the spread of Covid-19 in the country while Lorenzo Tondo describes its impact. And: Christina Figueres on tackling the climate crisis

On Monday night Italy’s prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, announced that the entire country would be covered by restrictions that “can be summarised as follows: I stay at home”. All travel was banned unless justified on professional or health grounds.

The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont talks to Anushka Asthana about the origins of the virus in Italy and how it spread so quickly, while colleague Lorenzo Tondo, who is based in Palermo, describes the impact the virus is having on Italy’s health service and economy.

And: Before this year’s crucial climate conference, Cop26, in Glasgow, a leading former UN climate

chief, Christiana Figueres, explains how she managed to secure cooperation between very different countries.