hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. chinese cities are in lock down and new years‘ celebrations are cancelled as the coronavirus takes its toll. now whenever 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. 18 people have died from complications and more than 500 are infected, and the virus is spreading abroad. the world health organisation says it's not a global emergency, yet. day 3 of donald trump's impeachment trial, and the democrats have the floor again, trying to persuade senate republicans that the president should be removed from office. the articles of impeachment against president trump rank among the most serious charges ever brought against the president.

world leaders warn of a resurgence of anti—semitism, at events to mark seventy—five years since the liberation of auschwitz. beijing has cancelled all major public events for lunar new year, even closing the iconic tourist spot of the forbidden city as the authorities try to containg the spread of the new coronavirus. it comes as three chinese cities have now quarantined three cities. at least 18 people who were infected have died from complications, and there are more than 500 confirmed cases, and it's spreading abroad. china has confirmed its first death outside of hubei province where the outbreak began. the city of wuhan is already in lockdown and the authorities have suspended planes and trains in and out of city which is home

to 11 million people. now the cities of huanggang and ezhou, with a combined population of eight and a half million, have suspended all transport operations. here you can see the general layout of wuhan, the city where the virus originated in a market selling live animals for food. the world health organisation has been holding a second day of talks in geneva. here's its director general. this is though an emergency in china. but, it has not yet become a global health emergency. so what do we know about this virus? the virus is understood to be a new strain of coronavirus not previously identified in humans. it infects the lungs, and symptoms start with a fever and cough which can progress to shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. the sars virus or severe acute respiratory syndrome,

that killed nearly 800 people globally in the early 2000s was also a coronavirus, as is the common cold. understanding how the virus transmits between people is one of the outstanding questions in this outbreak. the new strain of coronavirus is believed to have originated at this market in wuhan through illegal transactions of wild animals. there are some suggestions it originated in snakes. wuhan is right in the centre of china's high—speed passenger train network which is one of the major reasons the virus has been able to spread so quickly. as you can see here the city is just few hours by train to most of the country's important cities. wuhan is also one of the largest intermediate port along china's yangtze river, with ships connecting the city to shanghai and chong—ching. the river is more than six

thousand kilometres long and is used to ship food, products and for public transport. for more on the situation in wuhan here's the bbc‘s kerry allen. instructions are obvious today in the city. they have been reporters that within wuhan who have been going to train stations and just chaos. people arriving they were hoping to travel to different areas and saying they weren't aware that trains network systems had been suspended. everywhere else as well and we had also seen the footage on social media of cars arriving hauling their boots and finding out they have to turn around. so yeah, they are absolutely stranded. and there is not a lot of choice for diverting. other regions are also affected by this said this quickly stepping up precautions. for more on the impact of the travel restrictions during chinese new year here's zhaoyin feng from the bbc chinese service in washington. it's like cancelling christmas in the west. as you know lunar new year

is the most important festival for the chinese. he let that lockdown can only three days before the end of year. it is approaching for saturday. as he mentioned we are not only facing the left but also cancelling major events and other chinese cities. at the same time many chinese families are actually considering cancelling their dinner on new year's eve which is also the most impedance —— important meal of the day —— year for millions of families. how dentists the situation is at the moment. are you getting reaction from people to these cancellations? welt from chinese official media, people are asking a lot of questions and having different arguments. some doubted that a lockdown of wuhan at the other cities became a little too late. many chinese people actually started to chattel for the lunar new

year way before the actual new year's day. the lockdown only came three days before that. a lot of people might have left wuhan already and we have no idea where they have been. it is a major transportation hub in china. it has a population of over 11 million. that isn't larger at that big country and austria. it also has a direct flights to new york, london, and tokyo. we did not know how exactly this lockdown it cannot work. how long it'll last? people are panicking, grocery markets are packed with shoppers. shelves are empty because people we re shelves are empty because people were able to new york, london, and tokyo. we did not know how exactly this lockdown cannot work. how long it will last? people are panicking, grocery markets are packed with shoppers. shelves are empty because people were ab supply to wuhan will not last for a long time. here's the view of some travellers who are unable to travel out of wuhan. translation: we were at the very epicentre of the virus. maybe it is best not to travel.

translation: i am confident that our government has the situation well in hand and that the situation will be quickly brought under control. hospitals in wuhan are completely overstretched with hundreds of patients waiting to see doctors. here's the view of one nurse at a hosptial in the city. translation: we are all still young ourselves, so honestly, we feel lost and afraid. our family members are worried too. but as long as we where at the protective clothing, we will be ok. millions of people especially across china have been wearing surgical masks, not only because of the current coronavirus outbreak but also to protect against high pollution levels. but some health experts are sceptical about their effectiveness against airborne viruses. dr nathalie macdermott was involved in fighting the outbreak of the ebola virus. here's her view on whether wearing a mask makes a difference in containing the spread of the virus. i think if someone is unwell and they wear a mask, that potentially protects the other people around them because when they cough or sneeze, they're not coughing or sneezing into their hand and it is limiting the spread. if you are not unwell, masks can be beneficial if you're

wearing the right type. but if you wear a very flimsy mask, it doesn't work very well because as you breathe in and out it becomes moist and essentially, if someone coughs, the virus might stick to the outside of the mask and potential exposure more. here in the uk, four people are being tested in hospital in scotland and another in northern ireland after showing symptoms of coronavirus. all the patients are said to have respiratory symptoms and had been in wuhan in the past 14 days. for more on that here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. there are some toddlers in scotland for people who have come back from wuhan who are under billings test in scotland. they can be isolated. tha nkfully scotland. they can be isolated. thankfully this my message is not as serious as it seems as sars which killed nearly 800 people. most people will get over it and have a

reasonably mild infection. other asian countries have also confirmed cases including japan, south korea, taiwan, singapore, thailand and vietnam. and in the united states the first case was confirmed in washington state on tuesday. for more on how this coronavirus outbreak has spread globally here's zhaoyin feng again from washington. if we draw comparisons between the current outbreak and a sars outbreak in 2003, a major difference is that global travel is now more common in china. i mentioned that wuhan has direct flights to other label series included loading. in case washington state case, the patient we understand that he just travelled from wuhan back to seattle a few days it. in this case cannot we see

the risk of this virus further spreading is very high. get that there lockdown came relatively late and we also have no idea where the virus can spread at the moment. we might be seeing travellers billing through health checkpoints and at major airports in the united states. if they are travelling from china thatis if they are travelling from china that is a very necessary precaution at the moment. israel has marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz—birkenau death camp in nazi—occupied poland. the event is being held at yad vashem, which is israel's memorial centre, to the millions of victims of the holocaust, most of whom werejewish. israel's president reuvin rivlin began the ceremony by saying ‘on the 27th of january 1945, the gates of hell were opened.‘ here's our correpsondent barbara plett usher on the signifiance of auschwitz in the holocaust.

auschwitz—birkenau was the most notorious of nazi germany's death camps. it's come to symbolise the holocaust, which killed 6 millionjews. british troops who liberated it 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 holocaust memorial centre. in its hall of remembrance, putting faces and names to the overwhelming numbers. auschwitz was liberated by soviet russia's red army in 1945. today in yad vashem, russia's president was invited to speak. we have to be vigilant not to miss it when they first of hatred are seen it when they first of hatred are seen a it when they first of hatred are seen a phobia and anti—semitism start to rear their ugly head. when

we see surreptitious attempts to have been phobia the phenomenon. it is worth point out that human rights watch has warned that russia's ‘gay propaganda law', which makes it illegal to give children access to information about lgbtq issues, is endangering young people in russia. human rights watch also illustrates russia's role in the syrian civil war contributing to over half a million civilian deaths in the country. and a doctor here in the uk has pointed out, @drilanbz "vladimir putin is sitting next to irael‘s prime minister benjamin neta nyahu, whilst simultaneously selling weapons to countries determined to destroy the jewish state. modern politics." what the doctor seems to be refering to here is this russia has refused to extend a un ban on selling weapons to iran that expires in october, as this bloomberg article explains.

iran was also brought up at the auschwitz memorial event by us vice president mike pence. we must be prepared to confront and expose the file tide of anti—semitism that is feeling hate and violence all across the world. we must stand together. in that same spirit, we must also stand strong against the meeting state purveyor of anti—semitism. against the one cove na nt in of anti—semitism. against the one covenant in the world at the holocaust as a matter of state policy and threatens to wipe off the map. the world must stand strong

against the islamic republic of iran. here's barbara plett usher again, on why the this holocaust memorial became so politicised. the president of israel set up the theme pretty early on saying that the holocaust needed to be a living memory whose lessons could be applied to today and particularly, he highlighted the scourge of anti—semitism and most of his speakers spoke about that with some force and some eloquence but i have to say, it was mostly a ceremony of politicians. perhaps because the organisers wanted to keep it focused on anti—semitism, but that meant that we did not really hear much from holocaust survivors. there were some films, one addressed from a survivor but you did get the feeling that this is very much an international leaders meeting in a dozen of the politics came into it. for example, president pruden of russian got quite a central role in the recent months he has been downplaying russia's pact with the nazis just before the war and tried to shift some of the blame for the war onto poland. you also had prime minister netanyahu and vice president pence of the united states talk about iran.

sing to the group that we needed to unite against iran because it was the main threat. so they brought their iran policy to this form of the holocaust memorial. stay with us on outside source, still to come: we'll bring you the latest on the impeachment trial of president trump in the united states. the un's highest court has ruled that a genocide case against myanmar for its treatment of rohingya muslims will go ahead and emergency measures will be taken to try to prevent further violence. anna holligan reports from the hague. 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. this is an outside source light from the bbc. then a new year celebrations has been cancelled in beijing as china tries to stop the spread of the new city.|j beijing as china tries to stop the spread of the new city. i a look at

some of the other stories from the bbc world service. nine and p rates after power. and hits spain's coast. they are looking storm gloria had a lens and even snow causing widespread destruction. india's space agency has unveiled a robot that will travel to space. scientists hope it will then go to assist astronauts. the robot is designed to answer astronauts questions and for a life support operations. it is believed the ancient irruption of the city as it was so ancient irruption of the city as it was so intense, he returned one of its victim's brains into class. scientists uncovered a human skull ina scientists uncovered a human skull in a town of herculaneum which contained a solid, glossy, black material. it's day 3 of president trump's impeachment trial in washington. democrats are continuing to lay out their case,

focusing on evidence, they say, proves donald trump abused his power and obstructed congress. this is the scene live inside the us senate. this is taken place in the us senate. i want to remind you of what is and patient trial. president trump is accused of inappropriately pressuring ukraine to investigate his democrat rival, joe biden. his son hunter biden took a senior job at a ukrainian energy company called burisma at the same time as his father, who was then vice president in the obama administration, was overseeing american policy toward ukraine and investigating corruption. in july last year president trump called ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky to congratulate him on his election win, and raised the issue of investigating the bidens. then in august, politico reported that us military aid was being withheld from ukraine. then in september this formal

complaint from a whistleblower about that july phone call was released. the complaint said that president trump's conduct was a "serious or flagrant problem, abuse, or violation of law". that was the trigger for democrats to begin impeachment proceedings. the president says he's done nothing wrong. the democrats are arguing today that ukraine was under intense pressure to do donald trump's political bidding. here's adam schiff on that. they are at war. they are at war and they are being told you i'm not getting 400 million you need unless you deal with the president wants and what the president wants is these investigations. if you don't believe that as pressure, that's $400 million with the pressure. here'sjerry nadler on what that all means. he put his personal interest in

retaining power, above free and fair elections. above the principle that americans must govern themselves without interference from abroad. article one charges hi and misdemeanors that blends abuse of power, betrayal of the nation, and corruption in elections into a single and forgettable scheme. quad anthony zurcher is in washington. must be 15 or 16 hours now spelled to go with these opening arguments. iam to go with these opening arguments. i am wondering about a lot yesterday was about there was more evidence or witnesses might be admitted. there isa witnesses might be admitted. there is a tweet about a potential i shouldn't say potential, speculation about what it a night traded witnesses. talk us through how you see the process right now. the way the democrats are strategy here, is

working out this way, on the first day on tuesday it was a fight over the process. bringing new businesses and new evidence into this trial. their attempts were rebuffed at least for the movement. yesterday, the framework of the presentation it wasn't linear. they were trying to walk every one step, by step of what donald trump did from the very beginning of his uk policy all the way up to the investigation began. today with a focus sitting on is why donald trump should be reason removed from office. the abuse of power case. instead of going literally up and trying from bits and pieces to explain why it is simply abuse of power should be an impeachable offence. biggest television comments from the 1990s. he is one of the lawyers i getting for donald trump saying abuse of power should be impeachable at every movable offensive. quoting another

senator back in the 90s he was a public republic member of congress. they are focusing on pat they are trying to make the case that this is a significant offence that merits of removing donald trump from office. briefly, as the american engaged in every twist and turn up this process 7 every twist and turn up this process? i don't think so but i think that is one of the reasons why this seems a very repetitive of the past few days. speak in every twist and turn this process? i don't think so and turn this process? i don't think so but i think that is one of the reasons why this seems a very repetitive of the past few days. —— democrats think they are going to make the case as often as possible and it may be repetitive as possible in order to drive bathroom and get americans to pay attention. 11 million americans have been watching so million americans have been watching so far, not a huge number but maybe they are learning something out of it. we are learning from you thank you so much. let us turn to business and is now. bringing back to our main story. bringing back to our main story.

the corona virus outbreak has plunged the global travel and tourism industry into crisis. cancelled journeys, hotel bookings and travel bans could cost firms billions of dollars. samira hussainjoins me now from new york. what does it look like numbers and for the economy? if you look at some of the airline stocks, you can see they were just under a lot of pressure on tuesday and training. if you look at how hawaiian airlines that was down in 5%, united airlines dropped 4.4% and a lot of airlines and that do any travel to china were barely facing a lot of pressure. not just airlines, hotels as well. they we re just airlines, hotels as well. they were also feeling a lot of pressure because of the impact this can happen in terms of tourism both unethically in china, but also living abroad. i'm wondering the who

said it's not a global emergency yet, briefly sending out will that help those businesses? it certainly helped the investor fears surrounding what is happening with the coronavirus. the fact that we heard the who saying it is not a big public health emergency just heard the who saying it is not a big public health emergencyjust yet, it really sort of calmed 50 of investors. we saw stocks pulled up some of the losses they had made earlier in the day. to be sure of course, people are going to be quite concerned as what's happening. people are going to be watching closely. thank you for turning us upset. thank you for turning us upset. dating app tinder has announced a range of new tools to help keep its five million users safe. have you ever felt unsafe or in need of help while out dating someone you just met. tender things that may have a way to address this issue.

the popular dating is introducing a new photo verification assist on will place a blue checkmark unpaid isa will place a blue checkmark unpaid is a profile. no more catfish and hopefully. it's also rolling out new features that detect offensive comments. they like to share details about upcoming dates. to deliver this, it tenders a parent group is partnered with new light a safety app that tracks peoples at locations and can send that information to emergency services when an alarm is triggered. answer privacy concerns, the company says it won't have access to the location, on the midnight well. it all goes according to plan they will extend the feature to plan they will extend the feature to its other popular dating apps. ok cupid, match, and hinge laterand hinge later in the year. this will help protect users and from harassers and help protect users and from ha rassers and abuse help protect users and from harassers and abuse both on and off the platform. at that at the

challenge is balancing privacy with safety needs. thanks saint much to michelle. statement is here on the bbc. good evening let's set this up at the world whether it with glorious dorm. it has brought extraordinary rainfall to the southwest of europe. four to five times the january average has fallen in the last few days combined with snowmelt it his camp led to severely swollen rivers. there are red warnings top level, a risk of major flooding. we have had more rain falling to the day and night that mediterranean more more rain overnight tonight. more pain and similar areas into friday before it finally stops to ease its way eastwards. that said we have more rain headwinds across southern and central iberia as we go into the

weekend. contrast the high pressure is evidently pushing its grip on that scale funky but at the low bands in the balkans. it is a drier picture for barcelona and four at marseille. with states he ate a few showers heading towards geneva. hopefully we'll see the worst evening off but that major flood risk. a lot of a dust eased away by the rain on this cold weather front which stops the temperatures to 42 parts of sydney. at that rate moves away at least a shower is about behind a high—pressure belt so that temperatures again nothing exceptional, but with high—pressure sunshine and the heat again, it will u nfortu nately sunshine and the heat again, it will unfortunately pledge that fire risk. the showers you can see for sidney peck elsewhere temperatures at least no higher than the low 30s for the most part. as we had to help how they frames develop vacancies and ferrying a range across the sky. and through beat bring flooding. of your

concerns and so to the rain for easter parts of brazil, and has been addressed so long that last week has brought flooding rains already, and as you can see, more rain through this week. continue through friday and the weekend. we could see some special amounts of rain. a chilli for the chilli for parts authority —— florida and georgia. picking two pictures up as the rain it its way north and eastwards. because we had that cold air but actually it's not as cold as it should be defined if the air. pacific northwest will continue to see low pressures stormy weather moving in for the weekend. more snow for rocky mountains, cascades and sierra nevada. you can see that mild weather down because level and thank you for continuing sunshine is around for los angeles and showers in new york. temperatures to rectify the answer here it's dry on friday that we see that transition to more wet and

windy weather as we go through the weekend. more later bye—bye. now it is time for brexit.

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