flights from china into the uk will be monitored amid concerns about the spread of a new virus. the corona virus has killed nine people and infected hundreds more in china. experts will decide whether to declare it a global health emergency. we'll assess the outbreak based on three conditions. is it unusual, is it spreading internationally? and does it risk causing interruption of travel and trade? we will have the latest advice to travellers. the other main stories. the chancellor and the us finance secretary have clashed in davos over a new tax on american tech giants like google. claims that the mobile phone of amazon founderjeff bezos was hacked by the saudi arabian

crown print is using a whatsapp message. “— crown print is using a whatsapp message. —— crown print. the monty python star terryjones has died at the age of 77. he had been suffering from dementia. stress at work, the toll it takes on our bodies and minds has increased dramatically, according to a new study. the boss of lloyds bank speeds of his own expense. “— of lloyds bank speeds of his own expense. —— speaks of his experience. it was a problem that was going around my mind constantly, which led me to sleep less and less, and the less and less sleep eventually led me to exhaustion and not sleeping at all. the duchess of cambridge launches a childhood survey to spark a national conversation she hopes will better the lives of the under fives. and coming up on the sport on bbc news. british number two heather watson is through to the second round of the australian open, but dan evans is knocked out.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. flights into the uk from china are now being monitored amid concern that a new virus the coronavirus could spread to britain. chinese authorities say they've entered the most critical phase in their efforts to contain it. the coronavirus has killed nine people and infected more than 400. the first cases have now been identified outside china in thailand, south korea, japan, taiwan and the us. the world health organisation is meeting to decide whether the infection poses an international public health emergency. there have been no cases in the uk so far and ministers say the risk to the public is low. tulip mazumdar reports. this is the epicentre of a new

outbreak. hospital staff are dealing with hundreds of patients. more than a dozen health workers have been infected. this virus, which can cause severe lung problems, appears to be spread through close contact with infected people. there are particular concerns ahead of the lunar new year as millions get ready to travel for the holidays. china says the situation is under control, with many more cases are expected. translation: that we were in government advice is if there is no urgent need outsiders should not visit wuhan. wuhan residents should not leave unless there are special circumstances. this is where we can reduce the flow of people, reduced the possibility of contagion and prevention and control can be successful. the outbreak has already hit several areas of china, including the capital beijing and shanghai. a

handful of cases have also been identified in other countries in the region. two in thailand, one in japan and one in south korea. the us has also confirmed its first case, a traveller from china who became sick in seattle. heathrow is the latest international airport to start monitoring flights from wuhan. there are three every week. passengers will be checked over, given information about the virus and asked to contact health authorities if they become ill. the government says the risk to the uk is still low. the last time a new coronavirus emerged was when itjumped from camels to humans in saudi arabia backin camels to humans in saudi arabia back in 2012. more than 800 people have died of what is called middle east respiratory syndrome since then. that virus does not spread very easily between people. the new coronavirus in china has been linked

to this seafood market in wuhan. scientists are working on the theory that it also jumped to humans from an animal being kept here. an emergency meeting is being held by the world health organization to decide whether this outbreak constitutes a global health emergency. only five have been declared before. epidemics including a bowl of micro and swine flu. we will be looking at what measures might be necessary in order to better deal with the outbreak. so they will assess the outbreak based on three conditions. is it unusual? is it spreading internationally? and does it risk causing interruption of travel and trade. in wuhan authorities take to the streets disinfecting roads and shopping areas. it is unclear how this outbreak is going to unfold but china says it is at a critical stage of trying to contain it. our health editor,

hugh pym, is here. how worried should people in the uk be? officials are making it clear that in practical terms there is no real cause for concern. measures being taken here are entirely precautionary, they say. flights from wuhan into heathrow, there are only three per week, will be monitored closely. that means aircrew will keep an eye out for passengers who appear to be unwell, communicate that to heathrow as they come in to the airport. when passengers disembark there will be met by public health officials who will give them leaflets, take details and urge them to get in contact details and urge them to get in co nta ct if details and urge them to get in contact if they go elsewhere in the uk, and start feeling unwell. a bit of heathrow terminal four is going to be where this is based. they describe it as a slightly more isolated part of the airport but there is no suggestion there is anything more than just information exercise at the moment. that being

said, they have raised the risk level for coronavirus from very low to low. they say that because of the possibility that there could be somebody coming back from china into the uk with the virus. but it's very much no cause for concern at the moment. measures in placejust in case the epidemic spreads. thank you. the chancellor, sajid javid, says the government will press ahead with a new tax on technology giants such as google, despite calls for a global agreement to be reached first. the levy is due to come into effect in april. speaking at the world economic forum in davos, the us treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, indicated that washington could respond with taxes on british carfirms. sally bundock is in davos. it is causing quite a fracas? absolutely. it is what everyone is talking about here at the world economic forum in davos. an extraordinary moment earlier today when there was a war

of words between the us treasury secretary and the chancellor. during a public a panel discussion at the two were in a verbal crossfire about digital services tax. when sajid javid was asked if the uk still plans to go ahead with such a tax in april of this year, he said yes, absolutely, we plan to introduce the 296 absolutely, we plan to introduce the 2% levy on tech giants. of course, most of those are american, the likes of amazon, apple, facebook and google. the idea is that the uk government charges and taxes to these companies that make a lot of money out of uk consumers, but at the moment pay very little in tax in the moment pay very little in tax in the country. anyway, steven mnuchin was straight in there with his response. and threats of tariffs on various goods. he basically said if people just want to arbitrarily put

taxes on our digital companies, we will consider arbitrarily putting taxes on car companies. well, you could hear everyone in the room with a sharp intake of breath. it was quite a moment here earlier today at the world economic forum. sally, thank you. the saudi authorities have dismissed reports that the mobile phone of the amazon founder, jeff bezos, was hacked by the kingdom's crown prince. it's claimed that data was taken from the phone in 2018, after mr bezos received a whatsapp message allegedly from prince mohammed bin salman's account. our security correspondent, frank gardner, is with me. extraordinary story of this. explain what is claimed to have happened?m isa what is claimed to have happened?m is a story that seems to have everything. the world's richest man hacking, an extramarital affair and alleged surveillance by saudi arabia. what is being alleged is that a phone belonging to the saudi crown prince, mohamed bin salman, sent a video by whatsapp tojeff

bezos soon after they met in los angeles in 2018. that video allegedly contained malware, which infected his phone and allowed what is called the ex filtration of gigabytes of data, large amounts of data, to come out of his personal phone. there has been a very forensic analysis commissioned by the amazon boss, jeff bezos, which they believe with a high degree of probability has proved it has been hacked. the saudis are denying this. the reason is there was surveillance by the saudi authorities on those they considered hostile to the crown prince, jamal khashoggi, who was murdered in istanbul, for example. this was carried out by a man who made several approaches to hacking firms in italy and israel to buy intrusive surveillance that could actually hack into your phone or anybody else's, and download what

was in there. that is the allegation. the saudis have said it is absolutely absurd and they deny it. frank, thank you. the regulator of health and care services in england has been criticised for failing to publish an inspection report raising concerns about a hospital where a bbc panorama investigation later uncovered patients being taunted and intimidated. walton hall hospital in cou nty intimidated. walton hall hospital in county durham cared for patients with autism and learning difficulties. the hospital is now closed. the regulator says it is determined to use the findings of the report to get better... president trump has insisted he would love to appear at his impeachment trial to defend himself orfor other impeachment trial to defend himself or for other witnesses to be called, but would leave such decisions to the senate. his comments at davos, after democrats accused the republicans of orchestrating a cover—up for refusing to allow any new evidence to be considered. mr trump said his critics had no case.

it isa trump said his critics had no case. it is a total hoax, it is a disgrace. they talk about their tremendous case, it's all done, their tremendous case. they had no case. it is a hoax. he is a corrupt politician. i will leave that to the senate. the senate will have to a nswer senate. the senate will have to answer that. i have great respect for the senate as a body and many of the individuals. we can talk now to our correspondence, gary o'donoghue, in washington. what happens now? sophie, senators were here until 2am this morning discussing the process for the impeachment trial. 11 separate votes put by democrats to try and get the process changed. all of those failed. and then just before 2am the chiefjustice of the supreme court overseeing the trial had to admonish both sides for their language, saying there wasn't enough civil discourse going on. not

surprising, perhaps, after almost about 13 hours of discussion. they will all return today in the early hours of the afternoon, 1pm or and the defence, in other words, sorry, the defence, in other words, sorry, the prosecution, i beg your pardon, in the shape of democrats will begin at three days of setting out their case my eight hours per day, going through all the evidence over the president's alleged tying of military aid to ukraine to an investigation into one of his political opponents. this trial could last a week, it looks —— it could last a week, it looks —— it could last a week, it looks —— it could last six. gary, thank you. the monty python star terryjones has died at the age of 77. the actor and comedian, who had dementia, appeared in some of the best loved sketches and went on to direct films, including life of brian. david sillitoe looks at his career. they can't get the fire brigade or the boys' brigade —— will be boys' brigade do? hello? mrs rogers? hello. i must be in the wrong house.

terryjones faced with enthusiasm and in monty python results —— often it is best in a frock. now you listen here, he is not the messiah, he isa listen here, he is not the messiah, he is a very naughty boy. now go away. i'm his mother, that's who. born in colwyn bay, this was a film about amorous deckchairs he made with his father. he met his friend and writing partner michael taylor and writing partner michael taylor and at oxford, and on leaving university got a job in the bbc. —— michael paling. twice a fortnight was a hint of things to come. silly, inventive and with some history thrown in. but it was a children's programme. do not adjust your set, in which you could see the template for monty python. all the teams are divided, the guests, are divided into two teams a and b. and b are the winners. you can make it more complicated if you want to. i would

like to restate opposition on agricultural subsidies. surrealism, the lack of punch lines, the soul of monty python owed much to terry jones. he cared, a lot. mike, terry gilliam and myself always tended to be on one side and eric, john and graham are on the other. if there was a split. i think mainly it was in method thatjohn and i locked horns, because i thinkjohn does like to dominate. on the monty python films he directed and injected some of his medieval knowledge. have a guess. and he carried on writing. those two release sketches of the parties? that was jones and michael release sketches of the parties? that wasjones and michael paling. edward heath? then came a ripping yarns. and after that tv history

programmes. not only bad but mad. is brain brimmed with ideas. the words came in torrents. there was then something of a special cruelty when all of it was robbed from him by dementia. reunited with his old friend, it was all too visible at this bafta ceremony. if i'd have known... we just like to say thank you. i know it's a great honour for dad to win this award. the struggles we are having at the moment have been heard. so unfair. thank you. 50 years on then, a final moment of thanks for then, a final moment of thanks for the weight and creativity of terry jones. terryjones who has died at the age of 77. our top story this lunchtime.

flights from china to the uk will be monitored amidst concerns about the spread of a new virus which has killed nine people and infected hundreds more. and how climate change is threatening the lake district. and in the sport on bbc news. the big names progress at the australian open. novak djokovic and roger federer through to round three, as is serena williams, chasing a 24th grand slam title. a new study for the bbc suggests the cost of poor mental health in the workplace has soared to more than £40 billion a year. research by deloitte found companies lose an average of nine working days per employee every year, due to mental health problems. lloyds ba n k lloyds bank is one organisation that changed its approach to mental

health after the chief executive took time off work for stress and exhaustion back in 2011. he has been speaking to simon jack. i became ceo of the bank in march 2011, just before the eurozone crisis. i was very mindful that the bank was in a very weak position to face adversity. and of course i couldn't speak about it! because if i did, obviously that would not generate confidence in the bank. so it was a problem that was going around in my mind constantly, which led me to sleep less and less. and the less and less sleep progressively led me to exhaustion and not sleeping at all. which led me to like a kind of torture when you don't sleep at all. and i had to address that, which i did decisively. how tough was it in the position of being the boss of a bank, to actually put your hand up and say, do you know what, actually, i'm having a bit of a problem here? it was obviously very tough. i had a lot of support from my board, from regulators, from friends, which was very helpful. my family, obviously. i came back after eight weeks,

after having had an exhaustion. and the fact is that the bank recovered, together we put the bank back to normality. gave taxpayers' money back. and then i thought this is a great public example that can show people in the city and outside that physical health is like mental health. like you break a leg or you have a cold and you get treatment and you recover. if you have anxiety, if you have exhaustion or depression, you can get treatment and with the proper support and treatment, you will also recover. so there should be no stigma about it. and do you think things have genuinely changed in the last nine years? obviously you as an example, it has risen to the top of the agenda in many ways, it feels like things are a lot easier now, would you say that they've really penetrated into areas like the city? there is a lot still to do and i don't think that we are there at all. there is much more to do. but we have made very significant progress.

and in this type of very important societal issues, i think the most important thing is to start going in the right direction with lots of people understanding and supporting the cause. as well as being a good thing to do, a good pastoral thing to do in terms of care, do you think it makes for a better organisation, that you can improve results, make a company more efficient? there's a huge economic cost for society of mental health. so i think there is a huge business case. it will be better for companies, for their employees, for their customers. but i would like to emphasise that i really think that beyond that, the most important point is the impact on people's lives and on their families. because if not tackled appropriately and supported appropriately, mental health issues can degenerate into issues that break families and lives. and that is unacceptable, i would say.

the duchess of cambridge has launched a nationwide survey, to try to improve the happiness and wellbeing of young children. kensington palace says catherine hopes to ‘spark a national conversation' about the importance of a child's early years. as part of the project, she's been visiting organisations across the country, to hear how early intervention can help tackle problems faced by the young. here's our royal correspondent, sarah campbell. engaging with youngsters in a play cafe in birmingham, there is the first stop on a 24—hour tour of england and wales. the importance of the first five years of children's lives has become the priority for the duchess in her role as a working royal. and this is a most ambitious project to date.

in order to start a national conversation on the importance of early years, catherine to the royal foundation has backed an online poll asking for responses to five questions all to do with children's health and happiness. shining a light on the issue is important to the duchess and the nspcc to hear from people about what they think but also because that lets us know the kind of conversation we need to have to share the evidence with people and help people understand those early interactions come back and forth interactions between pa rents and forth interactions between parents and babies really matter. this morning a baby sensory class at a children centre in cardiff, chanced to meet with more youngsters and their parents and workers in the early years sector. this has been an area of interest for catherine since before even having her own three children and stakeholders are well aware of the value of her

involvement. the key thing is to use i think involvement. the key thing is to use ithink in involvement. the key thing is to use i think in this case the duchess and her amazing ability to get people talking and bring people together around an issue and make it something people really want to know more about and focus harder on. the online survey will run for a month and it is hoped the responses will aid in understanding how children can be given the very best start in life. sarah campbell, bbc news. the duchess of sussex has this morning taken to social media to post pictures of a visit she made to an animal shelter in north west london before leaving for canada earlier this month. the post on the sussexroyal instagram feed reads, ‘the duchess popped in to see the amazing people at mayhew to hear about the incredible progress made throughout the festive period'. meghan has been patron of the charity for the past 12 months. she and prince harry are currently starting their life new away from royal duties in canada. the government says it's making contingency plans in case it needs to take control of

another failing rail franchise. the department for transport says south western railway is "not sustainable in the long term". our transport correspondent, tom burridge, is here. why not? south railways has been losing money and failing its passengers effectively and you have to remember that northern already finds itself in this position so the fa ct finds itself in this position so the fact that the government is saying another franchise is not sustainable speaks of the pickle in which the ra i lwa ys speaks of the pickle in which the railways today find themselves. basically this is the starting gun on formal negotiations between the pa rent on formal negotiations between the parent companies of south—western railway and the department for transport. two options on the table, one is to bring in a short—term new performance —related contract, they already exist on mostly male and here in london on tfl and that will be the type of contract that we will see more of when the government brings in wider reform. the other option is effectively the government

taking control of the operation of the trains, effectively nationalising the railway the situation on movement must be resolved by the end of them to the government and worth remembering that yesterday at network rail the public company that run the infrastructure got a bit of a kicking from the railway regulator. so the train companies have got things wrong but there are systemic problems and that is why the government is promising broader reforms and i think a matter of weeks. there's a warning that the lake district is suffering from soil erosion at a ‘dramatic rate', which could leave its famous landscape looking very different in 50 years time. extreme weather caused by climate change is said to be stripping the fells of their soil. one expert has warned farmers might have to stop grazing their animals there, to allow the land to recover. alison freeman reports. breathtaking, but familiar. the unmistakable landscape of the lake district. but there are concerns that in the coming decades it could end up looking very different. it's taken 10,000 years to create

the soils that we see in the lake district and we are losing them at a much, much higher rate. really within a few decades we are going to start seeing the areas of bare rock that we see on the mountain summits stretching further and further down the slope. doctor carr says extremes of weather, droughts followed by the devastating storms seen in the county, are at the heart of the problem. and those conditions are absolutely perfect for causing degradation of the landscape. you dessicate the peats, they dry out, they become very sort of breakable, they then erode very quickly when you have a storm event. and that is driven by climate change. so how long have we got left, then? we're probably talking about maybe 50 years. could be less. stopping grazing would be the quickest way to restore the land, according to doctor carr. the scale that we need to do that on is really quite substantial. for an area that depends on upland farming, that's never going to be a very popular thing to do. at lowbridgend farm near keswick, they are no strangers to the calamity caused by climate change, having seen

their land ripped apart by storm desmond in 2015. they try to work in a green way, planting a forest in which they plan to graze their sheep, ultimately producing carbon neutral meat. we are absolutely passionate about it. i mean, we don't fertilise, we don't do this, we don't do that, because we are actually, you know, quite environmentally driven. but at the end of the day, we've all got to eat. if you take farming away, where is your food going to come from? i don't think you can have a blanket policy, a one size fits all doesn't work. further east in the north pennines, work is ongoing to repair the peat bogs. they too have been ravaged by extreme weather and differing trends in land management. it might look barren, but these are the lungs of the land. below the surface, carbon, which contributes to global warming, is being stored. all of that exposed peat is releasing carbon

into the atmosphere, as it erodes, as it washes down the hill and in the summer, blows away. so areas like this, per hectare, sort of a football pitch size, release as much carbon in a year as an average uk driver does in ten years. and so it's about restoring it now, or soon, and getting it done and nipping it in the bud, almost. vegetation cut from nearby moorland is dropped off and spread across the damaged areas, reintroducing indigenous species like sphagnum moss, which helps to hold moisture and keeps the bogs in good condition. the work is challenging, taking place during winter. but with around 8% of all uk carbon emissions being released from damaged peat bogs, it is also work that is vital. alison freeman, bbc news, cumbria. the opening match of the six nations championship this year is ten days away. reigning grand slam champions wales will welcome italy to cardiff.

the world multimedia have been gathering in east london for the official launch of the tournament for the andy swiss is there now. as you say the six nations championship gets under way next weekend, the coaches and captains have been gathering here today. the big talking point at the moment in by big talking point at the moment in rugby is still what has been happening at saracens, the english champions, european champions, but we re champions, european champions, but were relegated from the premiership for breaching the salary cap regulations. one of the key players at saracens is the key players at saracens as england captain alan farrell saw a lot of interest in what he had to say about the issue today. he was not keen to talk about it but did say he would be happy to clear the air with his england collea g u es clear the air with his england colleagues by having open and honest discussions and he said that he was saddened by what had happened. our job as players is to play the game at the weekend and to train hard and improve ourselves and that is what

we have been doing. it is disappointing for everyone involved obviously. and i do back the club to come back from this. the question for owen farrell is what he does now, does he stay at saracens and play in the second tier of english by play in the second tier of english rugby next season which would be remarkable for an england captain. he said that nothing is set in stone. in the short term he has the six nations to worry about and england are the favourites after reaching the world cup final last year but of course wales are the defending champions and they get the tournament under way against italy next weekend. andy swiss, thank you. time for a look at the weather. martin is here. some of us started the week with glorious winter sunshine. this was hastings yesterday. the settled weather is courtesy of this high pressure across the uk and it is with us in the next few days so