welcome to newsday on the bbc. 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 six hundred thousand 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 over five months. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in wuhan in china, where public transport has been temporarily shut amid an outbreak of a newly discovered virus. buses, subways, ferry and long—distance travel networks will be suspended from thursday morning. so far the outbreak has killed 17 people, with more than 570 confirmed cases. on wednesday, the world health organisation decided not to declare a public health emergency. our 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's entire 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 of 11 million people. more than live in greater london. 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. "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. one 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 may 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 thai. 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 country every year are chinese 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 are putting information out, preparing hospitals, and trying to screen people at airports. that's pretty much just taking people's temperature. i think they know that there's a limited way in which you can really track this virus. i think what gives them encouragement is notjust 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 to apologise. this time, i think everyone feels they're getting all the information that they need, that this is being dealt with very, very quickly in wuhan. but of course, because of the number of people who travel now, particularly because far more chinese tourists travel than back then during the sars crisis, that this virus is certain to 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 now been cleared and released to go home.

so only one case so far. there is a lot of travel between japan and wuhan. asjonathan said, the same with thailand. but injapan — there are large japanese businesses, two large car plants owned byjapanese companies, in wuhan. so there are not 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 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. 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. also making news today: prosecutors opening

these are life pictures from the donald trump impeachment trial. adam schiff there speaking on his feet. this is the second day of the impeachment trial. the third in us history with the democrats, the prosecution there opening up. they got three days in which to make a point and this is adam schiff. we believe there was a bit of an interruption earlier on with a protester baking into the senate that's been cleared up. we will continue to monitor the events. much more on our website. 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's accused the military of deep—rooted intolerance. the army says she is unable to continue service. some extraordinary pictures from catalonia in spain. this isn't snow, it's sea foam flooding the town of tossa del mar. it's caused by storm gloria, which is hitting the mediterranean coast. sea foam is formed when organic matter in the seawater gets churned up. the foam isn't believed to cause an immediate threat. 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 a 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, and many of the individuals.

the president is now back in the us. 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're back at it again inside the chamber. and of course, president trump, who you saw speaking in davos, has just 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 heard 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 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. we will have more in the impeachment trial of president trump later on newsday. you're 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. also on the programme: you listen here! he's not the messiah — he's a very naughty boy! tributes have been paid to the monty python star terryjones who has died at the age of 77. he had been suffering from dementia. 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 upon 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's 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: susan block is someone let's look at what is happening live at the senate. this is the second day, the first day on which the democratic managers are presenting their case. they have three days in which to do it and after that it is up which to do it and after that it is up to donald trump ‘s legal team will also have 2a hours over three days for their opening arguments and then senators will be able to ask questions. many strict rules about how this goes on. there was an operation —— interruption earlier caused senators to turn their heads but the person was removed from that. so as it stands now, the

senate continues to listen to arguments from adam schiff. susan block is someone who has first hand experience of impeachment trials. she'sa constitutional expert at georgetown university law center, and she testified as an expert at the bill clinton impeachment hearings in 1998. she told me the two hearings don't compare. this is quite different in that the clinton impeachment the facts were not really in dispute and the question was simply whether they warranted impeachment. here, donald trump is not cooperating and the fa ct trump is not cooperating and the fact are somewhat in dispute. the trump administration will not be providing any help in the investigation. the other thing is that the senate seems a little more

partisan than it was in the clinton administration, at least in the clinton administration there was more agreement on the rules of proceedings and finally, it was clinton's second term so he was not going to face re— election. here, with trump is this first term and the concern that the democrats have is that he is misusing this office to corrupt the upcoming election. so things really are quite different. so the democratic managers now have three days, starting today, to present their case. what do they need to do to wind over those republican senators? —— win over. need to do to wind over those republican senators? —— win ovenm looks like it will be difficult but what they need to do is try and show that for some reason donald trump is not cooperating, donald trump is not helping provide documents or facts

andi helping provide documents or facts and i think the question that the democrats want to pretend —— present to the senate and the public‘s would an innocent person at 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. that is susan bloch who testified as an expert at the bill clinton impeachment hearings. 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 more violence.

anna holligan reports. rohingya refugees cheering for a state that's standing up for their right to exist. in fact, it was the gambian justice minister aboubakar, or ba tambadou's, unexpected detour to a displacement camp in bangladesh that led to an epiphany that resulted in this historic court appearance. the agent of the gambia, his excellency mr abouba kar. .. inside the great hall ofjustice, the former prosecutor in the rwanda genocide trials told judges there was no time to waste. every day of inaction means that more people are killed, more women are being ravaged and more children are being burnt alive. for what crime? only because they were born different. so far, an estimated 211,000 rohingya have been killed

since myanmar‘s army launched "clearance" operations three 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, a threat of destruction or elimination or killings of the rohingya in myanmar unless something is done about it that is real, it's imminent, it can occurany time. aung san suu kyi, a once—oppressed nobel peace laureate, now defending her country against the indefensible. a fall from grace a few would have seen. aung san suu kyi isn't expected to return to court for the decision. myanmar has described the mass killings as a haphazard response by the military to attacks

by muslim militants. the gambia has asked the un's highest court to take immediate steps to stop any rapes, killings or the destruction of homes and villages. it's also asked the judges here to demand the preservation of any evidence of 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 that 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's going to affect a lot of developing countries. and you brought this up with president trump? yes, idid. the fact we will all suffer, the developing world will suffer because of the oil prices. but in any case, it makes no sense. i mean, it's 19 years the us has been stuck in afghanistan. can this region afford another conflict? do you feel he was listening? well, i gave my point of view. i don't know, i guess president donald trump will have his own advisers. you've spoken in recent months about events in indian—administered kashmir, and it's something you brought up with president trump, he said he's willing to help he thinks the united

states 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 watched hitler at munich?" did you mean to make that comparison? absolutely. india at the moment is run by an extremist ideology which is called rss. rss got its inspiration in 1925 when it was formed by the nazi party. this is the organisation that is the precursor, if you like, to the bjp party of prime minister modi. and prime minister modi is a life member of this party. that's not what we're seeing in india right now. there are nationwide protests and muslims feel their identity is at stake to many the comparison with the nazis will seem not only far—fetched but offensive. all you have to do is read what the founding fathers

of rss said. what is happening in kashmir is shocking. 8 million people are in an open prison for over five months. so what is the way forward? are you hoping that president trump gets involved, that he takes on some kind of role? india obviously 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 either the un gets involved or a power like the us gets involved? how else is this going to get anywhere? did president trump tell you he was willing to do that? president trump said he would basically try, meaning he will try and speak to the indian government. the problem is the way i see it, it 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, i just feel that as well just go from bad to worse. the monty python star terryjones 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. 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". you have been watching newsday. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. returning to one of our top stories,

the impeachment of donald trump. these are some of the live images from the senate with the documentation and evidence being put forward by the democrats stop hello there. the democrats stop wednesday was a rather grey and gloomy day for most of us — misty and murky with some spots of drizzle. there were a few brighter spells, particularly eastern scotland and north—east england, and i think today's looking pretty similar — most places cloudy with limited spells of brightness. we've still got our area of high pressure, it's getting squeezed out as lower pressure's pushing in from the north and from the south. this weather front will be pushing to the north—west of scotland to bring outbreaks of rain. but it's going to be another very grey day. there could be 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 or drizzle. much like wednesday, it's probably eastern scotland and north—east england where we'll see the best of any brightness. we could see a little bit as well

across the south—west of england. for most of us, the winds will be winds but stronger in north—west scotland as that weather front moves in. there will be a stronger easterly blowing through the english channel. those temperatures, hovering around eight or nine for most, could see 10 or 11 in the brighter spots of north—east scotland. this weather front pushes further south with rain heavy on it as it continues to go south, but it tends to weaken and elsewhere a rather cloudy night with spots of drizzle and a bit of mist and murk and again a largely frost—free one because of the cloud cover. a few sheltered spots in north—east england and north—east scotland could turn chilly. friday will be similar sort of day. with our low of high pressure with us, it's going to be a rather grey and gloomy one with those temperatures around eight or nine degrees. that is how we are looking on friday but out of friday and into the weekend, we start to see some changes. low pressure starts to push into the north—west of the country. for england and wales, you'll still notice not many isobars around so another day of light winds here and quite a bit of cloud. further north—west, for scotland and northern ireland, it will be a breezier day and we'll start to that weather front pushing into the north—west of scotland. could be as well because of the breeze mixing up the air,

we could see some brightness for scotland and northern ireland but a rather cloudy day for most. those temperatures, 7—10. as you move through saturday night into sunday, that weather front begins to push eastwards, slowly sliding across the country and you'll notice more isobars on the chart for sunday. so it's going to be a breezeier day, or windier day, for us all, particularly in the north—west. this weather front moving eastwards 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 there will have blustery showers and they will be wintry and quite cool over high ground, nine or 11 in the south—east. then as we head into following week could be unsettled. we could see 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's 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 del mar in spain. it's caused by storm gloria, which is hitting the mediterranean coast. and the top story in the uk: