1857: 5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Monday 27th April 2020

The chief executive of Airbus has reportedly issued a stark assessment of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the plane maker. In a letter to workers, Guillaume Faury is said to have warned the company was "bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed" and also told Airbus' 135,000 staff to brace for potentially deep job cuts and warned that its survival was at stake.