today at 5pm — four suspected cases of coronavirus in scotland — all the victims are thought to have travelled there from china where the virus originated. —— five suspects. it comes as three chinese cities are in lockdown tonight with citizens being told not to leave — as the authorities it comes as three chinese cities are in lockdown tonight with citizens being told not to leave — as the authorities try to contain the outbreak. now, wherever you look, people are wearing masks. they are lining up to buy more masks. some people are cancelling their trips, and there is a lot of concern. we'll have the latest from scotland and from china. and talking to two medics in the chinese city of wuhan where the outbreak started. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. a bbc news investigation finds seven babies may have died unnecessarily at an nhs trust in kent.

a man has been found guilty of wounding with intent after he attacked a police officer with a machete in east london. world leaders gather injerusalem to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp in occupied poland. the holocaust was an appalling jewish tragedy, but it was also a universal human tragedy. and one which we compound if we do not heed its lessons. today at 5pm — four people in scotland are being tested for suspected coronavirus — after travelling to the uk from china where the virus first emerged.

three of the suspected cases are in edinburgh — the other is thought to be in glasgow. all the patients travelled to scotland from wuhan in china where the outbreak is believed to have originated.wuhan and two other chinese cities — huang—gang and err—jo now a fifth person is being treated in northern ireland with expected symptoms. he travelled from wuhan to belfast at the end of the weekend. those cities are in lockdown tonight, with their citizens being told not to leave as the chinese authorities are try to contain the spread of a respiratory virus which has so far killed 17 people. chinese new year celebrations have been cancelled. wuhan‘s position in the centre of china's high—speed passenger train network is one of the major reasons the virus has been able to spread so quickly. wuhan is also a key port on china's yangtze river, with ships connecting the city to shanghai and chong—ching. from china, our correspondent

stephen mcdonell has the latest. wuhan is in a virtual lockdown. in the city of 11 million people, you are not allowed to enter any public space without a mask. all public transport has been closed. the last flights in were already half empty. the final train services are also eerily quiet. normally, the lunar new year rush would mean you can't get the tickets. translation: here, we are at the very epicentre of the virus. maybe it's best not to travel. translation: i'm confident our government has the situation well in hand, that the situation will be quickly brought under control. the wuhan shutdown has made this emergency suddenly very real for people right across china. triggering memories of the 2002 sars outbreak, which led to more than 600 deaths. neighbouring cities are also

stopping train services, as well as closing bars and restaurants. these drastic measures have been welcomed by the world health organisation. the sequencing was done quickly, but more importantly, it was shared immediately, and that's why korea, japan, thailand will be able to diagnose the new coronavirus quickly. in all chinese cities, medical teams are preparing for an influx of patients with the coronavirus, which causes pneumonia. staff at this wuhan hospital isolation ward are worried. translation: we are still all young ourselves, so, honestly, we feel lost and afraid. our family members are worried too. but as long as we where the protective clothing, will be ok. travellers had already left wuhan before the transport shutdown was in place. with a five day incubation period, many may have carried the virus to other cities and countries, not knowing they had already been infected.

and, inside a metropolis, quarantined from the outside world, medical teams are bracing for this emergency to get much worse before it gets any better. steven mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing. in a moment we'll speak to yasim gaardo and deeq omar they're medics working and studying in wuhan. first of all, want to show you some footage that they have taken, which is life in and around wuhan. firstly, this is the foyer of a hospital there which is extremely busy and shows dozens of people rushing around wearing face masks. these are empty shelves in a supermarket. we've also seen shots of people queuing up to buy food and of car parks at supermarkets full of cars.

people obviously stocking up for a quarantine at the moment. this would usually be a very busy street in wuhan, but it's now, as you can see, much emptier than normal. a few cards to their cars there, but normally that would be packed with people and traffic. so, just giving you a quick snapshot of what life looks like they are in the city of wuhan. let's speak to yasim and deeq now. let's talk about the atmosphere, how worried are people? let's talk about the atmosphere, how worried are people ?|j let's talk about the atmosphere, how worried are people? i can see the streets of wu ha n worried are people? i can see the streets of wuhan are empty. it's new year's time now, so normally, chinese people, they go back home with theirfamilies, chinese people, they go back home with their families, or, chinese people, they go back home with theirfamilies, or, you know, oi’ with theirfamilies, or, you know, or they stay home, but this thing, this virus, the situation, so, like

today, it was basically chinese new year. so, everyone went out today, the streets were almost empty. the situation now is calm. it is calm, but the city is effectively in lockdown. people are not able to leave, what do you think of the way the chinese authorities are handling this? i think chinese authorities are handling it to the best of their ability. not to affect other people. that's why they locked up the city like this right now. but it's an inconvenience for us, because for us, we inconvenience for us, because for us, we are inconvenience for us, because for us, we are supposed to leave here because it's a holiday, but other than this, we are not... chinese people, they are kind of understanding the thing now, i can say that. we were showing some of

those pictures of empty shelves, has there been panic buying? are people going to the shops to stock up on food and so on? you know, like in chinese new year, chinese people, they like to go to supermarkets like metro, or markets like this to shop, you know? but now... yesterday night, so like the people, they went to the supermarkets or it's like crowded. i can see. couldn't find where we were supposed to find them, my friend here. how worried are you personally about being in the city? we see people in masks almost everybody is going around wearing masks at the moment. honestly, we are not really worried at all. it's not something new or something we need to be worrying about, because as doctors, we are

the ones who are supposed to be calm first and foremost. as well as trying to contain this type of situation. do you think everybody else in the city is like you? reasonably calm at the moment?” else in the city is like you? reasonably calm at the moment? i can say that for sure. how surprised have you been then at the spread of this? because we are hearing now that three cities are in lockdown, may be more cities as well, it does seem to have spread very rapidly. yeah, yeah, yeah. but the authorities here, they have been trying the very best, which i think they have been doing a very good job. in containing and authorising temporary lockdown on all transportations. i feel that is a very good job, because the sooner the better in containing this virus. it's going to help on a global

scale. all right, well, thank you so much for to us. as we were saying, they were medics working and studying in wuhan. you're welcome. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson is here. we have heard this evening of a number of suspected cases here in the united kingdom, people who had beenin the united kingdom, people who had been in wuhan who have travelled here. that's absolutely right. we know for a start that in scotland, four people are being tested, those tests have yet to run, we don't know for sure whether they have the virus are not, there are three people in edinburgh, when glascow, but there is certainly no confirmation that they have a virus. to be clear. they travelled from wuhan to scotland. all four of them are chinese nationals. but this evening, just a few minutes ago, we heard that there isa few minutes ago, we heard that there is a suspected case in northern ireland as well. a man who has been put in an isolation word. he

travelled from china to belfast at the weekend, developed a very high temperature, and doctors, as a precautionary measure, put him into this isolation unit and have had him tested and are waiting for those results to come back. now, there may be other cases like this around the uk, doctors clinicians taking precautions, just to make sure, and the symptoms of this virus, particularly at an early stage, and also for most people, a very common toa also for most people, a very common to a bad cold, if you like. a high fever, dry cough. so, it's hard for them to know what might be the virus and what might not be. all right, sophie, thank you very much indeed, sophie, thank you very much indeed, sophie hutchinson there, our health correspondent. a bbc news investigation has uncovered significant concerns about maternity services at one of england's largest hospital trusts — with mistakes continuing, even after criticisms of its performance. at least seven babies have died at east kent nhs foundation trust since 2016 — and some of the deaths were found to be preventable.

a year earlier, a review found majorfailings, including consultants refusing to come in when on call. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. if we didn't have beverly, we would be in if we didn't have beverly, we would beina if we didn't have beverly, we would be in a very dark place. that's a lwa ys be in a very dark place. that's always in the back of your mind. what would he be like. archie powell was born last february, a twin brother to everly. he fell ill within hours, but the medics failed to realise that it was suffering through group b strep, potentially serious infection. temperature control, low blood sugar, irritability, blotchy skin. these were all symptoms, and they we re these were all symptoms, and they were all aware of these symptoms, but no one put it together. archie

was improperly treated for 13 hours and died after four days, was improperly treated for 13 hours and died afterfour days, leaving was improperly treated for 13 hours and died after four days, leaving a family of girls without their only brother. i get really angry thinking about that group of professionals that we re that group of professionals that were in that room. they were with us. were in that room. they were with us. no one spotted what was going on, and they could've saved him. archie was born here at the queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital in margate, it's run by the east kent hospital nhs trust, and it has struggled for years to provide good paternity care. in 2015, an independent review found significant concerns about the failure of co nsulta nts concerns about the failure of consultants to conduct ward rounds, review women come and attend out of hours. at the mistakes continued. why? the medical director has told the inquest that that what they were trying to overcome was a cultural problem, and that can take years to

sort out. national data indicates mortality rates in east kent for stillbirths and newborns are higher than in other similar units. the trust have apologised, saying they recognise that not all was provided the right standard of care for every woman and baby. you are convinced that your daughter's death was preventable? yes, 100%. this that your daughter's death was preventable? yes, 10096. this 3d scan shows a thyroid, but shelley became anxious at 36 weeks after noticing her daughter's movements had slowed, and went to a local hospital in dover to be monitored. the doctor said to me, yup, everything looks 0k. are you happy? she said to me. and i said to her, if you are happy, i'm happy. but it wasn't 0k. her earlier health monitoring, continuous reading with a second when full of gaps, assured the midwife the baby was fine, just

make days after this reading, to rate was found to have died. she would be coming up for one next week, it would've been her birthday oi'i week, it would've been her birthday on the 28th. how are you? trying to get through each day. build a life, trying to. to make some days do i wa nt trying to. to make some days do i want to go outside and face the big wide world? no. i don't. michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. let's speak now to james titcombe. he became involved in patient safety following death of his baby son joshua due to failures in his care at morecambe bay trust in 2008. in 2013 he began work as the national adviser on safety for the care quality commission and he's now an ambassador for baby a lifeline. thank you very much indeed for being with us, what are your concerns than about what has been discovered at east kent nhs foundation trust, and how alarmed are you about that? well, it'sjust

deeply sad. listening to the story there, listening about baby archie, that reminded me so much of what happened to my son, joshua, all the way back in 2008. it was an infection that wasn't acted on, and joshua sadly died. it's tragic from his that so many of these themes that we've heard about in these stories, not working as a team with doctors, which is so important to safety, not learning from things that go wrong these are all things that go wrong these are all things that we have heard time and time again, yet here we are in a scandal with those same themes occurring. are these themes occurring, as you put it, across the country? across nhs trusts right around the country, 01’ nhs trusts right around the country, or is this specific to various individual trusts? i think there are some common themes that are absolutely all over the country. i think with east kent, there's a particular issue it sounds like with co nsulta nts particular issue it sounds like with consultants not coming and when they we re consultants not coming and when they were required, some big dysfunctional relationships, but,

absolutely, the central themes of midwives and doctors not responding well, not working well as a team, and this crucial point, not learning from things that go wrong, not taking those opportunities to learn. that is absolutely widespread across the system. we really need to address that. those issues you are highlighting don't sound like a question of resources or money or finance. is that right? what do you think really needs to change than, as an organisational change rather than a financial change? as an organisational change rather than a financial change ?|j as an organisational change rather than a financial change? i think we have heard culture mentioned there, and it's hard to change, but it's absolutely so crucial, the culture and health care, the moment, we have and health care, the moment, we have a punitive culture, a culture where when things go wrong, people are very frightened. they are frightened to raise concerns, that's not the same in other high risk industries, we need a culture where speaking about concerns is normal, and you know, the automatic response to human error isn't punishment. priority is learning. so we absolutely need all of those things. we also need to support staff, one of the key changes, jeremy actually

introduced an e8 of the key changes, jeremy actually introduced an £8 million fund for maternity training, and that was incredibly effective. the current government, and if matt hancock is listening, they have discontinued that, and when you think about spending £2 billion a year on maternity litigation, yet we can't fund the training to support midwives and doctors to provide the best care they can? that's crazy, and that's certainly one thing that i would urge the government to think about. you know, why are we investing in the funds to train midwives and doctors properly? james, thank you very much for talking to us. james there, thank you for your time. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... five suspected cases of coronavirus in the united kingdom — all the victims are thought to have travelled there from china where the virus originated. a bbc news investigation finds seven babies may have died unnecessarily at an nhs trust in kent.

a man has been found guilty of wounding with intent after he attacked a police officer with a machete in east london. and in sport: the six nations starts next saturday, but scotland will be without their star fly—half, fin russell, following "a breach of team protocol". there are no more brits left in the singles of the australian open. it was after harriet dart was beaten in straight sets by the wimbledon champion simona halep. heather watson is also out. and england captainjoe root has dismissed criticism from kevin pietersen about the way jofra archer is treated within the squad. i'll be back with more on those stories after 5:30pm. the bill implementing brexit becomes law today, as royal assent was signified in the commons, the final stage in the parliamentary process. britain is due to leave the eu next week, on january 31st. (read

britain is due to leave the eu next week, on january 31st. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at westminster. after a ll after all the drama and knife edge votes it's all over, vicky. in the end, majority of 80 for the government. it was pretty easy. sailing through the house of commons, house of lords, they did try to make some changes, particularly about the rates of child refugees to come to this country if they have relatives here. but they were all then reversed by the house of commons. so, the queen has approved this, it is the deal of course that borisjohnson did with the eu, it now goes into law. it should be announced and probably the next ten minutes in the house of lords, that is the moment than that it is given a royal assent, and becomes law, so it clears the way, of course, for the uk to leave the eu at the end of january. of course, for the uk to leave the eu at the end ofjanuary. remember, if this deal, this law now is really the divorce settlement, the money that the uk will pay to the eu. it's also about the irish protocol, what

goes on there as well. it also puts into law the idea that the transition period which we will go into at the end of january, when nothing really much changes for 11 months, that cannot be deferred or extended any more. —— beyond the end of the year. vicki, of course, one of the year. vicki, of course, one of the year. vicki, of course, one of the pivotal figures of the year. vicki, of course, one of the pivotalfigures in of the year. vicki, of course, one of the pivotal figures in all of those dramatic parliamentary debates wasjohn bercow, those dramatic parliamentary debates was john bercow, the those dramatic parliamentary debates wasjohn bercow, the former commons speaker, and he's in the news again today, isn't he? new allegations against him of bullying. yeah, that's right, lord liz bain, who was the most senior official clerk in the house of commons working alongside john bercow for a long time, he has made allegations of bullying. john bercow has put a statement out denying that he's ever bullied anyone anywhere at any time. he's also questioning the timing of all of us. now, rememberthere also questioning the timing of all of us. now, remember there were reports thatjeremy corbyn, the labour leader has nominated john bercow for a peerage. that hasn't been confirmed, but also suggestions

that that may be a problem if there are these allegations of bullying, all payments to the house of lords have to go through a committee, where they look and judge whether someone where they look and judge whether someone is suitable for that. on that, john bercow, as well as dismissing these allegations of bullying has said that it has become increasingly obvious, he says, that the government has no intention of honouring the centuries—old convention that a former speaker is prom ptly convention that a former speaker is promptly elevated to the house of lords. now, at downing street, a source has said that while actually john bercow was never really won four convention, reference of course to the fact that at times, he was willing to change precedent in the house of commons to help those who we re house of commons to help those who were trying to stop a no—deal brexit. so, we will have to see whether he does eventually get to the house of lords are not. thank you vicki, or chief political correspondent. the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman being held in prison in iran, has met borisjohnson in downing street, for the first time since he became

prime minister. richard accompanied by his daughter, gabriella, last met mr. johnson in 2017 when he was foreign secretary and came under fire for wrongly suggesting nazanin was training journalists at the time of her arrest. in truth, no, no breakthrough. good meeting, half an hour, warm. prime minister was there, the foreign secretary was there, talked quite openly about, you know, having tried a number of different things to get nazanin home. we pressed him to be brave, much less out in public. we want him to push forward on improving relations, so some of the underlying issues to be solved, talked about there are complexities there. and to also say, listen, you know, you need to be imposing a cost on iran for holding innocent people as leverage. you've got to be brave there as well. and i talked about, listen to my had conversations where the government is quite reluctant to put iran in a corner, but i thank you need to in this case. it's just unacceptable to hold innocent people. please look at ways of doing that.

so, we talked through, generally, i don't think i come away thinking nazanin is coming out tomorrow, or even next week, and i will think carefully what i tell her on the phone on saturday about where the hope is to come. and i think there remains that gap between my sense that the government needs to be tougher with iran, alongside improving relations generally and the foreign office's instinct to, you know, not have things escalate, you know, in an administration that is very keen to see the uk as an enemy, and it doesn't want to be. but we will see, the other thing, we gave the prime minister a little wallet that nazanin had made in prison. so, he took that, he was touched. -- lorraine was touched. and, yeah, it was, i mean, it was a gracious visit, so i am deeply appreciative him giving up the time and for all

the staff that were there. richard ratcliff there in downing street after many the prime minister. the royal marine recruit is in critical condition, following an incident during training, he was among a number of marine recruits taking... when he and several others in the group got into difficulties in the water. the ministry of defence says the incident is now under investigation. effo rts incident is now under investigation. efforts were made to resuscitate him before he was flown by helicopter to hospital in plymouth, where he remains ina critical condition. a 56—year—old man has been found guilty of wounding with intent after attacking a police officer with a machete last august. muhammad rodwan injured pc stuart 0utten‘s head and hand after officers stopped his van in leyton, east london. this report from katharine carpenter contains some distressing scenes. it should have been a routine traffic stop. cameras worn by pc‘s stuart alton and his partner show their attempts to pull over a man driving his white van without insurance on late highroad.

no, he is going. you are not driving away, sir. you don't have insurance! you are not driving away, sir. but then this happens. 56—year—old mohammed refuses to get out. there's a struggle. and he starts chomping at the officer's head with a rusty two foot long machete. machete, machete! i'm trying to grab his trousers, grabbed his legs, start to drag him out the van, and he starts hitting me in the head with something. because i'm concentrating on grabbing him, i can't really focus on what it is until i realised that my head is getting wet, quickly. that's when i finally focused on his hand, and it's almost like when it's in the movies, when it slowly comes into focus, that he's got a two foot machete in his hand. so i'm like, well, this has escalated. as he raises his machete again, pc alton fires his taser, but the first shot fails.

so my thought process than is, "well, i've got one more shot, "and if this one doesn't work, he's going to end up killing me." passersby film him incapacitated on the ground, as pc alton calls for help. this is not uncommon for london police officers and staff to be assaulted, but this level, the severity of it was shocking. what the jury here wasn't told was that mohammed had carried out on machete attack before. back in 1996, he stabbed two acquaintances at a house in east london. they needed surgery, and mohammed, who was using a different name at the time, was sentenced to nine years in prison. pc alton says he still recovering from injuries to his head and hand. them thoughts and that memory will be with me for the rest of my life, but i can't let it affect me. i don't believe he was attacking me personally, i believe he was attacking a police officer in uniform. there is no hatred, there's no time for hatred. he says this incident was a one—off, and he's looking forward

to getting back to work, and the job he loves. katharine carpenter, bbc news. the international court ofjustice has ordered myanmar to take emergency measures to protect its rohingya community from genocide. the un's highest court has allowed a case — which was brought by the gambia — to go ahead. a panel of 17 judges unanimously supported imposing the measures to protect any evidence of crimes that could be used in later court hearings. anna holligan was at the hague and brings us this report. the judges ruled that the rohingya who remain in myanmar‘s rakhine state face a real risk of genocide. in order to ensure their right to exist, the un's top court issued four emergency measures for myanmar to prevent killings, destruction or any acts designed to stop the rohingya from giving birth — in other words, any actions that violate the genocide convention, to ensure its military doesn't commit acts of genocide,

preserve and prevent the destruction of evidence of genocide and report on the measures implemented within four months, and then again every six months, until the icj reaches a decision on the bigger question of whether myanmar is guilty of deliberately trying to destroy the rohingya people. and that may not be for years. while the court doesn't have the power to enforce its rulings, human rights group have urged governments and un bodies to weigh in, to ensure that the emergency measures are enforced. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. time for a look at the weather. here's darren. evening, then we had sunshine across the country today, but on the whole, we are stuck underneath the cloud, and that could probably turn to the neck tending to lower this evening and overnight, so we will see a bit more mist and fog around, especially

over the hills. also a bit of rain running southwards across western scotla nd running southwards across western scotland towards northern ireland. breezy in the far north of ireland, elsewhere, generally dry, little bit of drizzle with the clock is ticking up of drizzle with the clock is ticking up and low enough temperatures for the most part above freezing. the risk of a touch of frost at the cloud breaks to the east of the pennines. we make it a bit of sunshine here, like buy some sunshine here, like buy some sunshine in the northeast of scotland. may cheer up a little bit across northern ireland and north wales. elsewhere, pretty cloudy. we have got that rain back across western scotland, not quite as mild as today, it was across scotland, temperatures generally around 8—9d. heading into the beacon, we see changes, not so much on saturday, but more on sunday. this band of rain will take the ring eastwards across the uk, then it gets colder from the west with some sunshine and the weekend. but there is probably much more unsettled weather to come as we head into next week. i then come it will be much windier, and we will get some wet weather as well.

this is bbc news. the headlines: five suspected cases of coronavirus in the united kingdom — all the victims are thought to have travelled there from china where the virus originated. a bbc news investigation finds seven babies may have died unnecessarily at an nhs trust in kent. a man has been found guilty of wounding with intent after he attacked a police officer with a machete in east london. world leaders gather injerusalem to mark the 75th

anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp in occupied poland. the holocaust was an appalling jewish tragedy, but it was also a universal human tragedy and one which we compound if we do not heed its lessons. sport now with katie. evening, ben. scotland fly—half finn russell will not face ireland next saturday after being sent home from scotland's training camp. it follows what's being called "a breach of team protocol." it's understood the racing 92 player left the team's training camp in edinburgh of his own accord. scotland face ireland on the 1st of february and it's not clear if he will even be involved in the remainder of the tournament. russell has 46 caps for scotland.

0n just day four of the tournament, defeats for both heather watson and harriet dart means that there are no more brits in the australian open. it was a tough ask for both players, though, as dart was taking on the wimbledon champion simona halep and ended up losing 6—2, 6—4, while watson was defeated in under an hour by 16th seed elise mertens. john watson was watching in melbourne. for the second year in a row, no british players remain in the third round of the singles here at the australian open. it was always going to be difficult for harriet dart against the wimbledom champion simona halep. she made a real fight of it, trying to come back into it in the second set. as for heather watson, she was the second remaining briton left in the second round. and difficult matchup

for her against elise mertens, a player she had beaten a week earlier in hobart, in one of the tournaments in the lead up to this year's australia 0pen. afterward, she said she did not feel herself out there on court today, a little bit slow, and that was the cause of that defeat. a frustrating day for the british players, but what a day we have in store tomorrow, with novak djokovic and roger federer, serena williams and ash barty back in action. no brits, but if you're looking for a grand slam champion and someone who will win it this year, take your pick from those players. elsewhere in melbourne, top seed rafa nadal is through to the third round. take a look at this. he was playing argentina's federico delbonis when one of his returns flew off his racquet and hit a ball girl in the head. well, the world number one immediately went over to see how she was. she seemed to be ok — if a little embarrassed. nadal won the match 3 sets to one. the former chairman and owner

of saracens, nigel wray, has apologised for the "ill—considered approach" to salary cap compliance which led to saracens' relegation. wray said he took "full responsibility" for saracens being described as reckless by the panel, but said he didn't deliberately breach the cap. he also made reference to property investments and image rights. premiership rugby announced saracens would be relegated at the end of the season. it comes after they were docked 35 points and fined over £5 million for breaching salary cap regulations. and england captainjoe root has dismissed criticism from kevin pietersen about the way pace bowlerjofra archer is treated within the camp. the former england batsman appeared to suggest that archer had been the victim of leaks in the squad, which reminded him of his own treatment in international set—up. there's been a number of learnings for him so far on this tour.

we're very keen on making sure that we try to get the best out ofjofra. we keep making an environment where he can learn, can develop, not stand still as a player, and keep growing in test cricket. and it hasn't been a good day for england's future generation of cricketers. the under 19 side has been knocked out of the world cup, which is happening in south africa. england's group stage match against australia went down to the final ball of the match. the scores were level, but connor sully‘s shot made sure australia's under 19s got some revenge for their senior side's semifinal world cup defeat at edgbaston back injuly. england have lost both their opening matches so can't go through to the knockouts. their final match is against nigeria on saturday. that's all the sport. will have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. thank you, katie. world leaders gathered injerusalem

today to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp in poland. more than a million people, most of them jewish, were murdered by the nazis at the camp during world war ii. 0ur correspondent barbara plett—usher is injerusalem and sent us this report. presidents and princes, dozens of dignitaries, answering the call to remember — the largest international gathering of israel has ever hosted. translation: we remember not because we have a sense of supremacy and not in order tojust think about those atrocities the whole time and the injustice. no, but we remember because we understand that if we do not remember, then history can be repeated. auschwitz birkenau was the most notorious of nazi germany's death camps. it's come to symbolise the holocaust, which killed 6 million jews. british troops who liberated bergen—belsen were shocked by the industrial scale of death,

the trauma of those who survived, horrifying revelations that led to the worldwide pledge "never again." those memories are preserved by israel's yad vashem memorial centre, in its hall of remembrance, putting faces and names to the overwhelming numbers. 0rganisers and speakers are highlighting a message about the threat of anti—semitism and the need to combat it, looking to the past but also the present. the holocaust was an appalling jewish tragedy, but it was also a universal human tragedy and one which we compound if we do not heed its lessons. on this day, in this place, and in memory of the millions who perished in the shoah, let us re—commemorate ourselves to tolerance and respect.

many holocaust survivors found refuge in israel. some come together here for a class to sharpen their ageing memories. they want their experience to be a living one, even after they're gone — not a page in a history book — and so they tell their stories to the young. my grandchildren, they are always asking more and more, how did we get by and what did we have to eat? and what happened now and what happened later? i survived, but my parents didn't. the legacy of the war remains politically charged, but the aim is to keep learning lessons from its unspeakable tragedies. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, jerusalem. let's talk a bit more about this

75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. holocaust survivor joan salter is with me. joan's mother managed to get her and her sister on a boat to the us during the nazi occupation of france “11943, where they were both put in foster care. i'm also joined by 0livia marks—woldman, chief executive of the holocaust memorial day trust. thank you very much, both of you, for being with us. joan, let's talk to you first of all about your remarkable life story. you were born in brussels in 19110 to polishjewish pa rents. in brussels in 19110 to polishjewish parents. you are just three months old i think wendy not these invaded belgium. yes. and my parents being polish dues, it —— polish jews, —— polishjews, my father was taken and he was actually deported, probably to auschwitz, and he did

escape. however, we did parallel journeys. i mother was able to return with us to paris, where my pa rents return with us to paris, where my pa re nts ha d return with us to paris, where my parents had actually lived most of their adult life, and she had to go every week to the french police, not the nazis, the french police. we had to go every week to register and it wasjuly1942 to go every week to register and it wasjuly 1942 when we to go every week to register and it wasjuly1942 when we went to register and the policeman warned my mother. up until then, they had not been deporting women and children, and the policeman actually warned my mother that we were due to be rounded up. my mother returned to where we were being hosted by people who were involved with what became

known as the french underground, and they managed to smuggle us out, and we we re they managed to smuggle us out, and we were taken down into vichy, which was not occupied. and my father had escaped. he had managed to also get down there. for a little while, we we re down there. for a little while, we were together, and then even though she was not occupied, they began rounding up the men and my father was put into an internment camp. and, again, he escaped and he managed to get across the u nfortu nately, managed to get across the unfortunately, because my mother had no snack young children and there we re no snack young children and there were a lot of gestapo in the mountains and it was dangerous, they

waited until they had some airmen which would have been repatriated to over the mountains —— my mother had two young children. and we were ca ptu red two young children. and we were captured at the border but we were ca ptu red captured at the border but we were captured by the spanish police and we we re captured by the spanish police and we were allowed in. my sister was put ina we were allowed in. my sister was put in a convent, my mother and i we re put in a convent, my mother and i were in prison, and the expectation was that spain would be occupied and by that time there was no place left to run. any quakers were the relief organisation. when the children were rounded up in paris injuly, the vichy government actually offered free safe passage to any of the children that any country would take, and nobody would. however, the americans, by november 1942, sent a ship and my mother did give us up inking that was the only way to save us. inking that was the only way to save us. and i was barely three and a

half by the time, june 1943. i sister was actually my half—sister. she had a different surname. so in america, we were separated. i was fostered. my name was changed to joan. my language was changed in my past was wiped out and i was seven yea rs of past was wiped out and i was seven years of when i came home from school one day to be told that i was pa rt school one day to be told that i was part of this thing that had happened, although nobody spoke about the holocaust then. 1947, i was put on a plane. came to england, to my family. my parents were com plete to my family. my parents were complete lee destroyed by everything that had happened. i mother was one of eight adult children and all my aunts and uncles and cousins had died in the holocaust, and you know, people say we were lucky but the

holocaust still affected us all our lives, yes toppling -- joan, thank you for your story. 75 years on, tell us, the holocaust shattered so many, left so many dead of course but shattered families likejoan‘s. of course but shattered families like joan's. shattered families, communities, and its left loss on unimaginable scared. of course loss for individuals and families but loss to universal culture, and it threatened what we think of as civilized society. we are all left with a shaken belief in what we think of as civilized society. how important is it that we remember? we heard in that report their a culture

member on the seven of its anniversary. how important is it —— anniversary. how important is it —— a call to remember. it's inevitable ina way a call to remember. it's inevitable in a way that people start to forget, perhaps, some of the details, the horror of what happened? as we heard in that clip there now, his royal highness spoke so there now, his royal highness spoke so movingly this afternoon in israel of how the holocaust is not only a jewish tragedy but a tragedy for all of us. it has a universal meeting and invocation for everybody. the loss of 6 million people, notjust a loss, a deliberate murder should cause us loss, a deliberate murder should cause us all to pause and warned that loss and never be thought less about that scale of loss. but we also know that after the holocaust, genocides have happened since then, and continue to stop there were situations currently such as the regular muslims in myanmar, with a

case currently being her —— the rohingya muslims in myanmar. we have seen rohingya muslims in myanmar. we have seen an increase rohingya muslims in myanmar. we have seen an increase in anti—semitism and other forms of identity based prejudice. that is prejudice and fear and hostility purely based on someone's faith, anti—muslim prejudice, sexuality. we note homophobia exists on the street of the uk, sadly, so we all left to understand what can happen if that kind of hostility continues unchecked and becomes normalised. and joan, you've told us your incredible story. what are your feelings on the 75th anniversary of the auschwitz liberation? do you feel anger about what happened to yourfamily and feel anger about what happened to your family and how your family was shattered, as we have heard?” your family and how your family was shattered, as we have heard? i feel very much as 0livia does, that the lessons a re very much as 0livia does, that the lessons are so important, and some of the holocaust has become almost

sanitized. and obviously education has to be age—appropriate, but i know some people are very shocked and horrified by the images they are seeing emma but that was what the holocaust was. —— seeing, but that was. which shows the depth of deprivation that prejudice can create and how humanity was lost, and so this is why it is important for me, all the intention that is given. because i've seen similar photos of what is happening with the rohingya. same thing, the dehumanization, men having their beards torn off... do you think in some ways, the world has not learned the lesson of the holocaust was —— the holocaust? -- the holocaust? no. unfortunately,

prejudice is a very dangerous virus. there is always something in human beings that "the other" is different. but how quickly we can dehumanize the other. and it's so important we not allow this prejudice, loose words. it is so important. and i am very much in favour of seeing the holocaust for what it was, not a sanitized version of it. really good to talk to both of it. really good to talk to both of you and thank you for that message. i think it's an important one. joan salter, good to talk to you, and olivia. the welsh health minister has announced an extra £10 million will be given to welsh nhs to help deal with winter pressures. new figures show the performance in a&e departments in wales deteriorated to their lowest recorded level for the fourth month a row in december. just over 72% of patients in a&e

were seen within the four—hour window set by government. that's down from december 2018, whenjust under 78% were seen in that time. the target its 95%. the target is 95%. over 6,500 people waited more than 12 hours for treatment in urgent care departments, a record high. the welsh ambulance service also missed its target for responding to the most serious calls for a second month. in december, the ambulance service responded to 62% of red calls within eight minutes — the target is 65%. knife crime in england and wales has hit a new record high, according to official figures released this morning. knife offences recorded by police rose 7% in the year ending in september 2019. there was also a surge in robberies, which rose by 12%.

hundreds of thousands of people have been left without power and at least ten people killed in spain, as storm gloria brought with it high winds, heavy rain and even snow. the weather has now moved north, causing flooding in southern france. freya cole reports. storm gloria arrived with great force — winds of up to 144km/h with waves up to 14m high. in a small seaside town in catalonia, a thick foam flooded the streets. it was caused by this — howling winds and a powerful surge from the ocean. local authorities say it's the worst sea storm since 2003. it's claimed several lives, and there are still people missing. after four days of relentless rain and wind, a moment of calm has settled across the worst hit areas. it's only now locals

can start to assess the widespread destruction. translation: it was tremendous. it destroyed the seafront, and look at the result. the worst thing is the disaster it's caused. this was beautiful. forecasters have tracked seawater 3km inland. it swamped the ebro delta, a vital ecosystem full of rice paddies. the storm front headed north—east and landed in southern france. torrential rain there has also caused chaos, forcing many people to abandon their homes for safety. only when the water subsides will they know the true extent of gloria's damage. freya cole, bbc news. more trees need be planted and people need to eat less meat if the uk is to meet its commitments to cut emissions to almost zero by 2050 — that's according to the government's advisory committee on climate change. it says taxes on meat and dairy might be necessary if people don't cut consumption voluntarily, and is calling for fundamental changes to the way land is used. here's our environment

analyst roger harrabin. meat and milk have become political. the cows and sheep that feed us also belch the planet—heating gas methane. the committee says we should all be eating a fifth less red meat and dairy produce by 2050. that's the date for getting britain's climate emissions to virtually zero. the changes we are advocating in this report are transformational to the way we use land overall. we're talking about freeing up a minimum of a fifth of agricultural land across the uk. that's a huge step. many livestock farmers strongly object to that idea. but other landowners see a potential opportunity. i think they absolutely recognise they need to be part of the solution and what we hearfrom our members is they are very much up for it. it's a huge transition and, actually, we are talking about making it over a quite short period of time, so i think they need careful and important guidance to enable them to do it. environmentalists, meanwhile,

say if high bakers can get rich on vegan sausage rolls, no one will notice a 20% drop in meat—eating by mid—century. —— high street bakers. it's a pathetic damp squib of report. if we think we can address this huge existential crisis that we face, climate breakdown, the breakdown of our life support systems, with tiny, incremental measures, we are deceiving ourselves. the report has implications for livestock. it says the number of sheep and cows on the fields should be cut by 10% by 2050. it says a fifth of farmland should be taken for forestry or other activities that actually capture greenhouse gases. and there's a strong recommendation on the peat bogs that trap carbon. we must stop digging them up to enrich our gardens, the report says. some will think this document could have been much more radical. others will consider it a careful piece of work designed

not to scare the horses, or the cows, or the sheep. roger harrabin, bbc news. a woman believed to be the oldest female veteran of the second world war has died at the age of 108. ann robson from duns in the scottish borders trained as a physiotherapist before becoming a teacher. she joined the auxiliary territorial service in 1942 and rose to the rank of major. the women's royal army corps association described her as a pioneer within the british army. let's see what the weather is doing. all change for next week. things are looking wet and windy more widely across the uk for we back into this weather that we are used to for much of the winter. at the moment, low— pressure of the winter. at the moment, low—pressure dominating. it's high—pressure in charge. —— instead of low— pressure high—pressure in charge. —— instead

of low—pressure dominating,. high—pressure in charge. —— instead of low—pressure dominating, . we high—pressure in charge. —— instead of low—pressure dominating,. we have a few bricks in the cloud. for much of yorkshire, we got some sunshine. it's quite... for many parts of the country, a grey and drab scene. a lot of cloud trapped underneath the area of high pressure. that cloud is going to be lowering overnight. maybe a bit more mist and fog more widely, especially over the hills. we will see that weather front bring some patchy rain down across western scotland, towards northern ireland, and some breaks in the cloud for northeastern scotland. risk of a touch of frost here as there was first thing this morning. for many, though, tomorrow it's going to be a cloudy sort of day. a lot of that mist and fog attending to lift. breezy in the north of the country. some sunshine in northeastern scotland, perhaps east. northern ireland perhaps brightening up at times. but really, we're clutching at straws. tibbett is around eight or9 at straws. tibbett is around eight or 9 degrees. we got the high—pressure around at the moments

—— temperatures around. the city for signs of change arriving over the weekend. saturday looks like it will be generally fine and dry. a little bit more of the seltzer south—westerly breeze, should shape fix upa south—westerly breeze, should shape fix up a bit, break up the cloud. sunshine coming to wales and southern england. and our weather front is they're looking in the northwest of scotland. again, temperatures seven to 9 degrees. not too bad for this time of the year. things change, though, particular for the second half of the weekend. we pick up colder airfrom the for the second half of the weekend. we pick up colder air from the west. and the weather starts to change evidently. this rain is going to hang around for a while, particularly across eastern part of england into the afternoon. elsewhere, further west, it does gradually open up. the air starts to get a bit colder, towards the southeast, still some rain in the afternoon, temperatures will be in double figures. let's look ahead to

next week of a strengthening jet strea m next week of a strengthening jet stream is going to pick up areas of low— pressure stream is going to pick up areas of low—pressure drive them close to the uk, threatening the winds, and also bring in somewhat spells. showers, also longer spells of rain. 0r whether next week is going to look different than what we've had this week. —— your weather next week is going to look different.

tonight at 6pm — chinese authorities impose a "shutdown" on several cities as they try to stop the spread of a new virus. there's a ban on public transport in wuhan — the epicentre of the potentially deadly outbreak — and several other cities. it isa it is a very surreal feeling knowing that if you go outside there is potential to catch such a deadly virus. ministers say there's an increased likelihood of the virus reaching the uk — four people are being tested in scotland. also tonight: a bbc news investigation uncovers several preventable baby deaths at an nhs trust in kent — anguish for the parents.