i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: a city in lockdown. chinese officials say the people of wuhan cannot travel, as they try to contain the spread of a deadly virus. at the trump impeachment trial, the us senate hears the opening arguments, as the prosecution makes the case against the president. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: judges at the international court are to rule on whether 600,000 rohingya muslims living in myanmar still face the threat of genocide. and the pakistani prime minister defends comparing the indian government to the nazis in a wide—ranging interview.

what is happening in kashmir is shocking. 8 million people in an open prison for overfive months. it is 8:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 8:00am in wuhan, in china, where public transport has been temporarily shut amid an outbreak of a newly discovered virus. bus, subway, ferry and long—distance travel networks will be suspended from thursday morning. so far the outbreak has killed 17 people, with over 400 confirmed cases. on wednesday, the world health organization decided not to declare

a public health emergency. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this is the epicentre of the outbreak. hospitals in wuhan are overwhelmed. more than a dozen health workers have been infected, so medical staff have started wearing full protective suits. now, in a dramatic attempt to slow the virus spreading, the city was mcintyre public transport system will be shut down. within hours, all flights will be grounded, all trains and bus stations closed. residents are being urged to stay put. wuhan has a population 11 million people. wuhan international airport handles over 2a million passengers a year, with direct flights to london, paris, dubai, and other cities around the world. the last flight out of wuhan for the uk landed

at heathrow this evening. passengers were met by health officials after they left the plane. so there was no screening at wuhan, and there was no screening as i've landed. and we were given a leaflet in english saying, "if you experience symptoms, call nhs direct." that was from public health england. it was quite sparse, the leaflet, but i've not had my temperature checked. i was allowed through passport control. but further spread of the virus is inevitable. thousands of wuhan residents have already left the city for the lunar new year holiday, and 400 million people across china will travel this week. 0ne positive — the virus appears less aggressive than the 2002 sars outbreak which killed nearly 800 people. this virus, it appears that a significant proportion of cases actually have milder disease. they do have symptoms. they have fever, they feel poorly. but the symptoms are quite nonspecific, like flu, for instance. so that may pose a challenge in terms of rapidly

identifying cases, though it's good news from the point of view of this might not be quite as lethal as sars was. but there are still so many unknowns. the world health organisation has delayed a decision until tomorrow about whether to declare a global health emergency. the decision about whether or not to declare a public health emergency of international concern is one i take extremely seriously, and one i am only prepared to make with appropriate consideration of all the evidence. china has been widely praised for its swift and open response to the new virus. the world's most populous country is taking no chances. fergus walsh, bbc news. i spoke to our correspondents rupert wingfield—hayes in tokyo and jonathan head in bangkok, and firstjonathan told me how many people had caught the virus in thailand, and what authorities there were doing to

prevent its spread. well, rico, they've had four confirmed cases in thailand, three of them chinese, one tie. all of them, it is thought, have been in wuhan. there are eight daily flights from wuhan into thailand, more than one third of the 30 million tourists who come to this country every year are chinese. they are the dominant group. so the thais are extremely wary, particularly because huge numbers will come here during the chinese new year holiday this weekend. they say they are bracing themselves and taking all measures. of course, realistically, the only measures they can take up putting information out, preparing hospitals, and trying to screen people at airports. that's pretty muchjust taking people at airports. that's pretty much just taking people's temperature. i think they know that thatis temperature. i think they know that that is a limited way in which you can really track this virus. i think what gives them encouragement is not just what they have heard from world health organization about how dangerous this virus is, but also that in contrast to the sars crisis

of 2002, 2003, where the chinese authorities basically failed to disclose the problem for three months, this time the chinese authorities have been very, very fast. back then, the chinese had apologise. this time, i think eve ryo ne apologise. this time, i think everyone feels they are getting all the information that that you need, that this is being dealt with very, very quickly in wuhan. but of course, because of the number of people who travel now, because far more chinese tourists travel back then that during the sars crisis, that this virus is a certainty spread, and thailand will certainly see some more cases. and rupert, in japan, how many have already been infected, and what initiatives is the government taking as we expect a deluge of chinese tourists during the lunar new year holidays? that's right, rico. well, we've had one

case confirmed so far, someone coming back to japan from wuhan on the 10th of this month, was hospitalised for five days and has i'iow hospitalised for five days and has now been cleared and released to go home. so only one case so far. there isa home. so only one case so far. there is a lot of travel between japan and wuhan. as jonathan said, is a lot of travel between japan and wuhan. asjonathan said, the same with thailand. but injapan wuhan. asjonathan said, the same with thailand. but in japan there are large japanese businesses, two large car plants owned byjapanese colonies, in wuhan. so there are not just chinese people coming but also a lot of japanese just chinese people coming but also a lot ofjapanese people travelling backwards and forwards between wuhan and japanese cities. the government has, like thailand, put in place measures at airports. there are screening measures at airports. there are screening processes measures at airports. there are screening processes people will have to go through as they arrive in japan, and hospitals around the country have been alerted to look out for people with these symptoms. just like jonathan said, there is going to be a massive deluge. as you said in your introduction, japan is the number one destination for chinese travellers during the lunar new year holiday, and so there will be literally tens, hundreds of thousands of chinese arriving in japan over the next few days. rupert wingfield—hayes on the coronavirus alert. president trump's impeachment

trial in just a moment. the senators at the moment i having a dinner break, but once they are back we will bring you an update on what is happening there. but first, a quick look at some of the day's other news: un experts say they have information to suggest the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, hacked the phone of amazon boss jeff bezos, and they are demanding that the crown prince is investigated for continuous, direct and personal efforts to target perceived opponents. saudi arabian authorities have dismissed the claims as absurd. also making news today: prosecutors opening the trial of harvey weinstein have described him as a seasoned sexual predator who abused his power in hollywood to prey on vulnerable and aspiring actresses. the former movie mogul denies five charges, including rape and sexual assault. a transgender soldier in south korea says she will sue the army after it dismissed her following

her sex change. byun hui—soo joined the army as a man but had gender reassignment surgery last year. she has accused the military of deep—rooted intolerance. the army says she is unable to continue service. hundreds of schools were closed on wednesday in the thai capital, bangkok, because of the high level of air pollution. the burning of undergrowth in surrounding rural areas is believed to contribute to poor air quality in the city. on day two of donald trump's impeachment trial in washington, the us senate is hearing the opening arguments as the prosecution is making its case against president trump. donald trump was called the key player in the scheme to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival. lead impeachment manager democrat adam schiff said this sent a dangerous message to america's allies.

if we allow the president of the united states to pursue his political and personal interests, rather than the national interest, we send a message to our european allies that our commitment to europe free and whole is for sale to the highest bidder. the president has been in europe attending the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. here is how he sees the impeachment trial. it's a total hoax. it's a disgrace. they talked about their tremendous case, and it's all done, their tremendous case. they had no case. it's all a hoax. it's a conjob, like schiff, a corrupt politician. now, i'll leave that to the senate. the senate's going to have to answer that. i have great respect for the senate as a body, many of the individuals. donald trump is now back in the united states. at the moment the senators are still taking a dinner break, so no debate at the moment on what is day two of that trial. earlier i spoke to our washington

correspondent chris buckler and asked him what we could expect after tuesday's mammoth session. yes, right into the small hours they debated last night, and now they are back at it again inside the chamber. and of course, president trump, who use or speaking in davos, hasjust flown into washington, and he is coming back to watch this extremely closely indeed. because this is the prosecution. this is the democrats putting out their argument that essentially he used his position to try to benefit him from a personal, political point of view, by trying to force ukraine into launching investigations into his political opponents, with the 2020 election very firmly on his mind. and i have to say, you know, watching the debate today and watching the arguments being set out, it was very professional, it was very articulate. they used slides of documents and they used clips. but ultimately there wasn't an awful lot new in it. we have hurtled off a lot

of this during impeachment hearings, and democrats have of course been frustrated by republicans from introducing new evidence, new documents, new material, because during yesterday's debate they had asked specifically if they could try to get subpoenas for documents from the white house, the state department and elsewhere, and subpoenas to force people to testify from inside the administration. and because republicans hold the majority inside the senate, they we re majority inside the senate, they were able to vote those down. and to some extent, today president trump has been boasting about that in davos, speaking to reporters at one stage, he said he thought that his team, his defence team, had done a very good job. but he said, honestly, we have all the material, they don't have the material. and many will see that as an indication that he has got documents that the democrats would like to see. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the pakistani prime minister defends comparing the indian government to the nazis, in a wide—ranging interview.

donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set up on by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him ‘the butcher of lyon'. klaus altmann is being held on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo

chief klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot. a tide of humanity that is believed by officials to have broken all records. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: a city in lockdown — chinese officials say the people of wuhan cannot travel, as they try to contain the spread of a deadly virus. at the trump impeachment trial, the us senate hears the opening arguments as the prosecution makes the case against the president. let's stay with that story now. while the senators are taking a dinner break... susan block is someone who has first hand experience of impeachment trials. she'sa constitutional expert at georgetown university law centre, and she testified as an expert at the bill clinton impeachment

hearings in 1998. she told me the two hearings don't compare. trumpism not cooperating. —— trump is. the facts are somewhat in dispute. the trump administration will not be providing any help in the investigation. the other thing is the senate seems more partisan than it was in the claimant, clinton administration. at least in the clinton administration there was more agreement on the proceedings stop finally, in the clinton administration, at the time it was his second term, so he wasn't facing

re—election. here trump it is his first administration, so the concerned democrats have is he is reusing his office to corrupt the coming election. so things really are quite different. the democratic managers now have three days and starting from today to present their case, what do they need to win over those republican senators? well, it looks like it would be quite difficult. but i think what they need to do is try and show that for sundry trump is not cooperating, trump is not helping give documents or give the fa cts helping give documents or give the facts and i guess the question democrats want to present to the senators and to the public, would an innocent person act this way? why is the trump administration not helping

with the investigation? why are they hiding facts and documents? that is the goal i think of the democrats, to convince the senators that there is something wrong here. when you watch this across the world, many viewers will see that this is incredibly partisan. we saw on the first day the votes were going down very much on partisan lines. briefly, is that something that can be unlocked ? briefly, is that something that can be unlocked? i don't know. what most people are wondering is why aren't more senators concerned with how they will look when history reveals the facts? and if they, the senators, have not fully explored this, well, history... they will look bad in the eyes of history. i don't know why they're not afraid of that. susan locke, who testified as an

expert in the bill clinton impeachment trial —— susan block. judges at the international court ofjustice are going to rule on whether the 600,000 rohingyas still living in myanmar face an ongoing threat of genocide. in 2017, thousands of rohingya muslims were killed and hundreds of thousands fled to neighbouring bangladesh during an army crackdown in the buddhist—majority country. if the court decides they do still face a threat it will impose emergency measures in an attempt to prevent any further acts of violence. anna holligan has more. rohingya refugees cheering for a state that's standing up for their right to exist. in fact, it was the gambian justice minister aboubakar‘s unexpectedly taught to a displacement camp in bangladesh that led to an epiphany that resulted in this historic court appearance. the agent of the gambia, his

excellently... inside the great hall ofjustice, the former prosecutor in the rwanda genocide trials told judges there was no time to waste. everyday of inaction means more people are killed, more women are being ravaged and more children are being ravaged and more children are being burnt alive. for what crime? 0nly because they were born different. so far, an estimated 24,000 rohingya have been killed since myanmar‘s army launched "clea ra nce" since myanmar‘s army launched "clearance" operations four years ago. there's a high risk of the recurrence of these crimes given the situation in myanmar. there's still a sizeable number of rohingya in rakhine state. they are at the mercy of the myanmar authorities. there is a continuing existential threat of

the rohingya, threat of destruction or elimination with the killings of the rohingya in myanmar unless something is done about it that is real, and can occur any time. aung san suu kyi, a once nobel awarded peace laureate, can't defend her country from the indefensible. a full from grace a few would have seen. full from grace a few would have seen. aung san suu kyi isn't expected to return to court for the decision. myanmar has called the mass killings as a haphazard response by the military to attacks from muslim militants. the gambia has asked the un's highest rorts to ta ke has asked the un's highest rorts to take immediate steps to stop any rapes, killings or the destruction of homes and killings. it has asked thejudges to preserve of homes and killings. it has asked the judges to preserve the evidence of any actions designed to destroy an entire ethnic group. this case has given the rohingya a voice and

the authorities in myanmar are warning the world's eyes are now on them. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. the prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, has warned that a conflict with neigbouring iran would be a disaster for his own country and the developing world. in a wide ranging interview he also defended comparing the indian government to the nazis. mr khan was speaking to the bbc‘s mishal husain at the world economic forum in davos. the thing that worries us the most is we've just stabilised our economy. we went through a really difficult patch. we've stabilised our economy, and if there's a conflict oil prices will go up, and not just pakistan, it conflict oil prices will go up, and notjust pakistan, it will hurt a lot of developing countries. you brought this up with president trump? yes, i did. the fact we will all suffer, the developing world will suffer because of the oil prices. but in any case it makes no sense. it is 19 years the us has

been stuck in afghanistan. again, this region affording another conflict? do you think he was listening? i gave my own point of view and i guess president donald trump would have his own advisers. you spoken in recent months about events in indian—administered kashmir and it is something you brought up with president trump, he said he's willing to help he thinks the us can help. when all of this began, when india revoked the special status of kashmir back in august, you compared the indian government to the nazis. you said, "will the world stand by and watch like they watch hitler at munich?" did you mean to make that comparison? absolutely. india at the moment is run by an extremist ideology called rss. rss got its

inspiration in 1925 when it was formed by the nazi party. this is the organisation that was the precursor if you like to the bjp party of prime minister modi. and prime minister modi is a lifelong member of this party. that's not what we're seeing in india, there are nationwide protests and muslims feel their identity is at stake too many the comparison with the nazis will see not only far—fetched but offensive. all you have to do is read what the founding fathers of rss and said. what is happening in kashmir is shocking. 8 million people are in an open prison for over five months. what is the way forward ? over five months. what is the way forward? are you hoping president trump gets involved and takes on some kind of role? india rejects to any kind of what it would see as international interference in its affairs. how is this going to be

resolved unless and until the un gets involved or a power like the us gets involved or a power like the us gets involved ? how gets involved or a power like the us gets involved? how is this going to gets involved? how is this going to get anywhere? did president trump say he was willing to do that? president trump said he would basically try, meaning he will try to speak to the indian government. the problem is, the way i see it, it can get worse. where we stand today u nfortu nately i can get worse. where we stand today unfortunately i feel that unless there is some intervention by the european union, the united nations, by the united states, ijust feel that as well just go from by the united states, ijust feel that as welljust go from bad to worse. some sad news now. monty python star terry jones has died aged 77. here's one of his best known moments. now, you listen here! he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy! now go away! the welsh actor and

writer played a variety of characters in the iconic comedy group's flying circus tv series, and directed several of their films. fellow python star sir michael palin described jones as one of the funniest writer—performers of his generation. sad news indeed. you've been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. he will be missed, kasia. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up: food for thought. the world economic forum at davos is the biggest gathering of movers and shakers in business and politics, but what does it take to feed them all? the senators in the us senate are back from their dinner break and this is the live shot with adam schiff, the lead impeachment manager, on his feet. this is a day that has democrats with their opening arguments in president trump's impeachment trial with adam schiff earlier saying republican senators... they want them to join

them in voting to remove the president from office to protect their democracy. this is the second day of the impeachment trial. live images there from l0. wednesday was a rather grey and gloomy day for most, misty and murky with a new sponsor drizzle and there we re with a new sponsor drizzle and there were some brighter spells, scotland and north—east england, and today is similar with cloudy and limited brightness. 0ur area of high pressure is getting squeezed out as lower pressure is pushing in from the north and the south and this weather front will be pushing to the north—west of scotland to bring outbreaks of rain. another very grey day with some dense fog patches in places, particularly england and wales and some of the cloud might be thick enough for the odd spot of light rain and drizzle. much like wednesday, eastern scotland and north—east england will see the best of any brightness and we could see a little bit across the south—west of england. most will see light winds

but stronger in north—west scotland as the weather front moved in and there will be a stronger easterly blowing through the initial channel. those temperatures, eight or nine for most, could see ten or 11 in the brighter spots of north—east scotland. this weather front pushes further south with rain heavy on it may be as it continues to go south but it temperatures to weaken and elsewhere a rather cloudy night with spots of drizzle and a bit of mist and back and again a largely frost free one because of the cloud cover. a few sheltered spots in north—east england and north—west scotland could turn chilly. friday will be similar with our low of high pressure with us and a rather grey and gloomy one with temperatures eight or nine. that is how we are looking on friday but out of friday and into the weekend, we stuck to changes with low pressure pushing into the north—west of the country. for england and wales, not many isobars around so another day of light winds and quite a bit of cloud. further north—west for scotla nd cloud. further north—west for scotland and northern ireland, a breezy day and we'll start to the

weather front pushing into the north—west of scotland. could be because of the breeze mixing up the air, we could see brightness for scotla nd air, we could see brightness for scotland and northern ireland but a rather cloudy day for most with temperatures 7—10. through saturday night into sunday, that weather front begins to push east, slowly sliding across the country and you'll notice more isobars on the chart for sunday. a breeze ea or windy day for us all, particularly in the north—west. this weather front moving east will bring outbreaks of patchy rain, the odd heavier burst on it, as it moves across england and wales. brighter skies in scotland and northern ireland but here we will have blustery showers and they will be wintry and quite cool over high ground, nine or 11 in the south—east. the following week could be unsettled, a deep low bringing gales and a spell of wet weather earlier in the week.

i'm kasia madera

with bbc world news. our top story: china is to suspend public transport in the city of wuhan, as it tries to control a new virus that has killed 17 people and infected 500. the who welcomed what it called china's very strong measure, but said the outbreak didn't amount to an international public health emergency yet. the democrats have begun presenting their arguments at the trump impeachment trial. their team leader said the president had clearly abused his powers and obstructed justice in his dealings with ukraine. and this video is trending on bbc.com. this isn't snow. this is sea foam flooding the streets of the town of tossa de mar in spain. it is caused by storm gloria, which is hitting the mediterranean coast. that's all, stay with bbc world news.