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this is bbc in years, i am rachel, the headlines at eight p:m.. the first case is of the coronavirus are found in europe with two people infected in france, officials here wa nt to infected in france, officials here want to trace 2000 people that have thrown into the uk from china in the last fortnight. the number of people who have died in china to virus rises to 26, with more than 800 people infected. the parents of a week old baby who died in a hospital trust intent call for an inquiry after coroner ruled his death wholly unavoidable. words can't do it justice, we have suffered a lot over the last couple of years and we hope that today is the start of a new beginning for us. harry's family
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said he will continue their fight after the us refuses to extradite the woman accused of causing his death. she will come backi don't ca re death. she will come backi don't care how long it takes, our fight forjustice for harry will not waiver you know, our determination as to be if stronger now than it was before if that's even possible. more than 200 private patients of the suspended surgeon who worked for spier health care have been recalled. dev patel and he will re * ina reimagining recalled. dev patel and he will re * in a reimagining of a classic picking stair, find out what mark thinks of the present history of david copperfield and the rest of the top 10am my release is aimed at them with you.
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good evening. tonight, the first case is of the coronavirus are found in europe, two people infected in france. the health minister there warns that there are likely to be my people with the disease. meanwhile, here the authorities are trying to trace 2000 people who have flown from china into the uk in the past fortnight. in china, travel restrictions have been writing, after the death toll climbed to 26, and hundreds more were revealed to have been infected. people have been stopped from leaving the city am i the centre of the outbreak and they area the centre of the outbreak and they are a severe travel restrictions in several other cities. but cases of the virus have already been reported in neighbouring countries. shown here you can seejapan, in neighbouring countries. shown here you can see japan, south korea, hong kong, vietnam, thailand, as well as the united states. this report now from our medical
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correspondence. the prefabricated building will have a thousand beds. it's urgently needed because hospitals are overwhelmed with potential cases. the symptoms include cough, fever, and breathing problems. and a dozen cities have not been clear indeed, affecting more than 30 million people. as you see, nobody is here, it's absolutely empty. this should be debate —— busiest time of year for travel and for hotels, but this one is deserted. in downing street, borisjohnson one is deserted. in downing street, boris johnson hosted one is deserted. in downing street, borisjohnson hosted a reception to mark chinese new year. the government's emergency cobra committee also admitted to discuss
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the risks to the uk which is considered low. we think that there's a fair chance we may get some cases over time. of course, this depends on whether this continues for a long time, but i think we should definitely see this as a marathon, not a sprint. there are still some key unknowns about this virus. how contagious is it? early case reports from china suggest people with no symptoms may be able to spread the virus. how deadly is it? so far, around one in four confirmed cases is severe, and most of those recover. it seems less deadly than sars, which killed nearly 800 people worldwide. and what is the source? we're confident the virus jumped from animals to humans, but until the source is pinpointed — perhaps bats or snakes — there is a risk of completely new infections. this is the first image of the coronavirus. work is already under way
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to develop a vaccine. we can, potentially, move from years to up to 16 weeks to get a vaccine developed and for very early clinical testing, as long as all goes well. for now, the world can only wait and see what impact china's control measures will have on the spread of this virus. fergus walsh, bbc news. not speak now it to a student at the university of manchester who grew up in the city where his parents and grandparents experience, he joins in the city where his parents and grandparents experience, hejoins me from edinboro. thank you for being with us. i say your parents and grandparents are based in wuhan but i think they are not there at the moment, is that right? yes. that is correct, they have left and... they laughed when they started to hear reports about the virus, is that right? yes. that's correct. what
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made them take that decision? well, they like to travel anyway and they we re they like to travel anyway and they were greatly concerned and they got anxious so they thought why not, it's an opportunity to travel. now, for people who are studying the city, there is no choice any more about staying or leaving. the city has been blocked down. that's what i heard, but i'm not sure if you can't eat at all but, yes, kind of like that. are you still in touch with people in the city? some of my friends. what have they been thinking about the situation? they told me that transport and public transport systems have been shut down and it's quite inconvenient. yes, i wonder how people are managing day—to—day to get to school oi’ managing day—to—day to get to school or to work. i think for now because
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it's chinese new year so it's a massive holiday so that's not a concern for now. when you talk to your friends, what about the concern about the dangers of the virus itself? i think people do get quite anxious but they have a lot of faith in the government and they think there's not much they can do so they are being quite relaxed i think. when you say they are quite confident in the government, do you think people feel it enough is being done? i think they believe that what can be done has been done and sent any more could be done but they don't really know. thank you for taking time to speak to us, thank you. we will find out how the story
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of coronavirus and other stories of course are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:1i0pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guests joining this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me this evening in the papers. 0ur guests joining me tonight this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight i this evening in the papers. 0ur guests joining me tonight i write and broadcast there, ruth lee, economic adviser. thank you. a current has ruled that the death of a baby boy a week after he was delivered at a hospital in kent was wholly avoidable. harry rich fred died at the queen elizabeth hospital in margate in 2017. the trust says they wholeheartedly apologised for their feelings and harry's care. when it comes after the bbc revealed yesterday that they have been at least seven preventable baby death at the east came to nhs trusts, here is our social affairs correspondent with more, just a warning, his report contains flashing images. we didn't get to hold harry until the day that he died. i'm so glad we got to spend those seven days with him and see him. it means he was a real, living human
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being for those seven days, and that means everything to us. tom and sarah should have their toddler son buzzing around them on their see sidewalk, but a catalogue of maternity failures robbed the young couple of harry within days of his birth. if harry had brain damage similar to what he had when he died, and he was under my care during those seven days, i would be held accountable for that, but nobody has at the hospital. it all went wrong in this maternity unit, over a two hour period one november night. first, a locum doctor, described as "out of his depth", delayed delivering the baby. the coroner said he should have never been in charge that evening. he never had his cv checked by a consultant, as was the process. it doesn't feel like a very safe culture or a safe environment, if that's the case. harry was born pale and floppy, but he would've survived and been healthy if a paediatrician hadn't failed for 28 minutes
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to properly resuscitate him. everyone in theatre was panicking. the anaesthetist came up to me and said to me "i'm going to put you under general anaesthetic", and i was glad that he was going to do that, because i didn't want to be in that room any more. i've had to live without for a long time, because it meant that tom had to the room, having seen harry be resuscitated, because it was not a nice atmosphere to be in, and it was panicked. it didn't feel like anybody was really in control. gravely ill, harry was transferred to a nearby intensive care unit, but he never recovered, and his parents were advised to turn off his life support system. it is the worst week in our life, in some respect, because you don't want to make that decision for your baby, but at the same time, you don't want your baby to grow up not having a good quality of life. east kent hospital's trust today apologised for the care that was provided. they didn't address, however, why they initially recorded
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harry's death as expected, and had refused for months to tell the coroner of his case. both decisions would have meant they faced less scrutiny over the care they had provided, but they didn't account for the determination of harry's family to get to the truth. now personally vindicated, their focus today was to ensure otherfamilies don't suffer as they have. we don't want this to be like all other prior cases, which we heard about yesterday when the news broke, there were a number of cases which the bbc investigated and they found out all of those cases, had they learned from those cases, we wouldn't be stood here today, because harry would still be alive and well. michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. 0ver over 200 private patients have been asked to return to hospital over concerns of the operation he performed, spier health care suspended him injanuary of last year and withdrew his operating permissions in may once the review was carried out. that patients
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identified red ones who had show their operations committee had been invited to see an independent specialist to ensure their care has been as expected. none of his nhs patients have been recalled. we have this update from birmingham. this has come to light because of the 52—year—old woman who was operated on in 2017. she had a frozen shoulder and carpal tunnel syndrome and she went to him and he performed and she went to him and he performed a shoulder operation under general anaesthetic. when that did not work, he performed a second operation. in december she was called back to the hospital i'm just eight days ago she was told and would not have he works in the nhs as well at the queen elizabeth his hip and knee surgery. the hospital here began an investigation and was recalled his
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first restricting his practice back in september 2018. in january, first restricting his practice back in september2018. injanuary, he was suspended pending a full investigation and in may, he was they want all 217 patients to come forward. unite general secretary announced it would endorse this database announced it would endorse this data base and secretary announced it would endorse this database and secretary as well as richard berrigan for a deputy leader. 0ur political correspondent is at westminster for us. this is quite important, the backing of unions is more important than it's ever been in this particular leadership race. that's because there is a requirement to be able to get onto the final ballot that goes out to members to register as each candidate needs to get backing from enough unions or enough constituency labour parties to get them on that ballot. so, rebecca long baby getting the backing of unite is
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pretty much guaranteeing she will get onto that ballot along with lisa who was already reached the required level. rebecca getting this endorsement is not exactly a surprise, she was the widely expected to win it, you mentioned —— general secretary has been one of jeremy corbyn‘s most vocal supporters and rebecca long baby is seen as supporters and rebecca long baby is seen as the person who has perhaps the politics closest to mr gordon. she has rejected this idea that she is just she has rejected this idea that she isjust a she has rejected this idea that she is just a continuity coordinator and that something they addressed earlier. rebecca long baby is not jeremy corbyn, of question is different, she is a different type of individual. she has her own visions, she has been incredibly good and i have to say by the way, the contributions of all the candidates, both in terms of the leadership and the deputy leadership was of the highest quality. it makes
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me very proud to know that we have such talent in the labour party but that the's was very insightful, she gave a detailed account of how she would try to bring back the trust of the british people and it certainly ca ptu red the british people and it certainly captured the views of my executives. it was overwhelming that we should support rebecca. clearly as you are explaining in terms of numbers to even get yourself on the ballot, it's important to have union backing, how significant is it going forward in the contest? union members of course do get a vote in the final ballots as well and of christ that you have got unite which is one of the largest unions in the country will be recommending rebecca to their members. it's worth mentioning the other candidates in this race, and many thornberry, she has not got any union backing so far so has not got any union backing so far so she's going to have to rely on a different route as you can make it onto that final ballot. she will need to get the formal support of 33
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constituency labour parties instead. that's a tall order, she only has three formally backing her so she's got to pick up a lot more of those, not impossible, but definitely a big ask. they have got until early february to get the requirements to make it onto that next ballot and we won't know when the final choice of either is made until early april. just after a quarter past eight, here are our headlines. chinese authorities confirmed the coronavirus death toll has client that 26 people. tonight, france has confirmed two cases fair. meanwhile here officials are trying to trace 2000 visitors who have flown to the uk from 2000 visitors who have flown to the ukfrom wuhan 2000 visitors who have flown to the uk from wuhan in the last fortnight. a current or has said the death of a baby at a hospital in kent in 2017 was wholly avoidable. and harry dunn family said they will continue their fight forjustice family said they will continue their fight for justice after the us rejected an extradition request by the woman accused of causing his
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death. time for sport. he can get a full round up from the support centre. that evening. thank you and that evening, england cricketer ben stokes is apologising after verbally abusing a spectator giving ingram's final match at their testing meeting in south africa. stokes had been caught on two before the game was stopped for a bad light, with england 192—4, but as he walked off the pitch, in johannesburg, england 192—4, but as he walked off the pitch, injohannesburg, he was clearly heard reacting to some heckling from the crowd. appearing to use obscene language to a spectator. under the icc code of conduct, the use of an audible obscenity during an international event level one offence which carries a fine. the icc has 2a hours to decide if they are taking disciplinary action. he
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let us move onto tennis, it's been a bit of shocks in the winning single that the australian open. 15—year—old coco has knocked out the defending champion naomi 0saka in her third round match in melbourne. the american teenager tookjust 57 minutes to beat 0saka in straight sets. the other big name to be knocked out today was serena williams, the seven—time lost her china, the earliest exit in melbourne since 2006, the defeats means williams awaits tilling a record equalling 2a grand slam title continues. the defending champion in their main story, know djokovic, breezed into round four with a
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straight settling in on the 90 minutes and roger federer survived a scare to beat the undefeated john melbourne in a five set tie—break. ingram's netball is qualified for the final of the munitions cup tournament with a win against jamaica and london tomorrow. four of the world top five teams are in the competition which is replacing the quad series and stuff i am going have ten to new zealand and beaten south africa and around and on that i could to say we can speak to one of their players now. stay the joins to live in life, safety, first of what do you think of in your competition? i think it's fantastic. you could take it easy in the first year of a brand—new cycle but instead we are putting down some of the top teams in the wild and it's great to have everybody here in the same country paying to have everybody here in the same country praying together. let's talk about the coach now because taking a bullet in charge of the england team for so long and took so much success , for so long and took so much success, what has it been like? i know you thing on tour and they pay
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quite a few internationals but how has the team being fitting in, it must be a new era for you? yes, it is it's the start of a new cycle and new coach and i knew back into the tea m new coach and i knew back into the team as well although i've worked with just before. i think that with a setting in really well. just as been able to impart her style on the tea m been able to impart her style on the team and everybody has been the open and i'm england environment is a lwa ys and i'm england environment is always a fun one and jeff is a fun kind of coach as well. finally, if you do reach the final which lets hope you do if you be jamaica tomorrow, i guess you'll be paying new zealand, the world cup winners, you've already exhausted and in the tournament although it was not a huge victory for them, you guys played well but what would you have to do to go on better if you pay them in the final? i think that head will remain as jamaica tomorrow night they are ranging athletic team that always turn up against england but we definitely want to get through that and if we can beat new
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zealand to right the wrongs that the first team from respeaking. best of luck to you, it's five p:m., you can follow it on bbc sport website as well as the fa cup results. that is the sport. thank you very much indeed. defour of donald trump us by the impeachment trial in the us senate have begun. plus id the president should be removed from office for abuse of power and obstructing congress. they say he has used foreign policy for his own personal political gain. trump meanwhile has dismissed the trial as boring. a little early i spoke to oui’ boring. a little early i spoke to our washington correspondent who gave an update on what has been going on in the senate today. it's about an hour going on in the senate today. it's aboutan hourand going on in the senate today. it's about an hour and a quarter into their third day of the prosecution case. they're focusing today particularly on the second article of impeachment, that is the abuse of congress. they are going over a lot of detail they have already done in
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terms of the actual accusations around what was done to ukraine. but they are putting it in the light if you like of that second article and saying look, there's also start —— all sorts of issues and are not getting documents and witnesses that prevent us from telling you more of the story. so, that's really the democrat focus today and then tomorrow, the president's defence tea m tomorrow, the president's defence team will get their chance to begin their 2a hours of putting their case at 10am tomorrow morning, not entirely sure they will use all their time if i was a betting man. 0n their time if i was a betting man. on that point of them taking tomorrow, that's unusual, for senators to be called in on a saturday and of course the conditions in mind all of these are unusual and a suggestion as some of the senators are breaking the rules? yes. some seem to be getting bored and there is a bit of checking going on which if you remember they're not allowed to talk on pain of imprisonment but some of them not taking that one too seriously. they
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are meant to sit still, a lot of them aren't sitting still very much and they are not made to get up and walk around at some of them are doing, one was even seen reading a book yesterday, or access by that is that she's a mother and she can multitask. that was her response when she was asked about that. so, all sorts of fidgeting going on and i think all sorts of fidgeting going on and ithinka all sorts of fidgeting going on and i think a lot of that is designed to say that, we have heard all this before, you are being repetitive, you're wasting our time, let's get on with it. so, fidgeting centres, donald trump describing it as boring, what did the general public make of this debriefing? how much interest is there i'm telling you that minutiae of the trial itself? well, they're getting it shoved down their throat, that's for sure in this and on tv, it's all over social media. of course, skill there is about half an eye just over half people who believe the president should be removed from office and the result of this and that i have are very interested in this trial
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and a question about that and we are in an election year. the both sides have a heightened awareness of what's happening on the political stage, democrats believing this could help them come november and it being a bit of a rallying cry by the president supported saying look, they're out to get him again, they have been out to get him everything he declared his candidacy for the republican nomination, we have got to rally around and use it as a motivation no pitch if you like and make sure he still turns out come november. so something here both sides. a reminder that you can follow president trump ‘s impeachment trial live on the bbc news website, go to bbc dot code that you can forward so means. the president addressed america's biggest anti—abortion rally where he was held by campaigners as the most pro—life president in history. standing just blocks from congress where senators are of course sitting
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injudgement if he's impeachment trial, the us president said every child is a precious and sacred gift from god. the planned parenthood action fund which supports abortion rights described trump administration as carrying out a full out assault on our health and our rights. from the first day in office i have taken historic action to support america's families and to protect the unborn. and during my first week in office, i reinstated and expanded the mexico city policy and expanded the mexico city policy and he issued a landmark pro—life will to govern the use of title ten taxpayer funding. president trump fair. a man has shot dead six members of his own family including his parents in the germantown, at a press c0 nfe re nce , his parents in the germantown, at a press conference, but he said that 26—year—olds called the emergency services at lunchtime to say that he had shot several people in the
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restau ra nt. had shot several people in the restaurant. when they arrived they found him waiting outside, to other relatives are in hospital, one is critically ill. hs2 is behind schedule and over budget, because its risk and complexity were underestimated from the start. that's according to the government spending watchdog. national audit 0ffice spending watchdog. national audit office says the department franchised —— transport nor hs2 limited allowed for a significant increases in the cost of the project which became clear when plans became more detailed an issue such as programme conditions emerged. elites review this week said it could be over £100 billion, tens of billions more than the original estimate. borisjohnson has added his signature to the britain's hysteric easy withdrawal agreement. he called the signing of the agreement a fantastic moment which finally deserves the results of the 2016 referendum. the document will not
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travel back to brussels this evening and the uk will get a copy of the original will be stored in a brussels archive along with other international agreements. the foreign secretary dominic raab has accused the us government of a denial ofjustice after it refused an extradition request for the woman accused of killing a teenage motorcyclist harry dunn. a 19—year—old died in august after a collision with a car driven by on, the wife of a us intelligence officer. after the accident she left britain for the united states, claiming diplomatic immunity. it was last august harry dunn died here, and today the scene was still framed by the caring tributes of those who loved him. anne sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day, is the american woman who's been charged with causing harry's death by dangerous driving. there was no sign of her today at this house in washington dc, where she was living.
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she flew to america after the accident, claiming diplomatic immunity. this afternoon, harry's family gathered to give their reaction to the news that the american government has now refused to extradite mrs sacoolas to britain — a decision harry's mum says is difficult to believe or accept. what does this do to your fight to get anne sacoolas back? just gives us more determination to carry on. it's just another hurdle. we've come across lots of them since the 11th of october and it's just another one that we will get over, eventually. this is just a setback, not the end? absolutely. it certainly is. it won't be the end, it never will be the end, we're not going anywhere. the decision to block the extradition was taken at the highest level, with mike pompeo, the secretary of state, formally telling the british government. the americans insist mrs sacoolas was covered by diplomatic immunity at the time of the accident. it is now nearly five months since harry died here, and his parents had been expecting
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that it would be for the american courts to decide whether to extradite anne sacoolas. now that the american government has stepped in, they do see that as a setback, but say their fight will go on. tonight, the dunns' local mp, business secretary andrea leadsom, met the family and said they had the full support of boris johnson in their fight. the prime minister is very much on the side of the family in their desire to see justice done for harry and all of us in government are working towards that end. harry dunn's family have already started a series of protests outside the raf croughton, the american base anne sacoolas left moments before the accident. the family say they have set aside their grieving in order to garner support for their cause — one, they say, that will not be silenced. duncan kennedy, bbc news, northamptonshire.
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here is the weather with lucy. hello. a gradual shift tomorrow, u nsettled hello. a gradual shift tomorrow, unsettled weather as we move to this weekend. 0vernight tonight we will hold onto plenty of crowd and some mixed angel fog as well and one or two spots of rain or drizzle where the clouds and up, perhaps a clue —— if few clear spells in the early hours that potentially here. elsewhere it looks like a frost night. demented tomorrow, not a great deal of change they will be plenty of crowd around, some mist and fog which could be slowed to clear and potential for showers for western areas. a breezy day than friday, more persistent rain pushing him farther northwest later. temperature is sitting at around nine, 10 celsius. that rain in the northwest pushes its way east as it brings wet and windy weather. brightening up behind it for a night in ireland and western parts of scotla nd in ireland and western parts of scotland with some sunshine and one way to showers but it will turn noticeably cooler here, temperature
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is sitting in their mid—single figures, in the southeast. though you're watching at bbc news. now your headlines. chinese authorities confirmed that they could death toll has climbed to 26 people. tonight france has confirmed that two cases they are. meanwhile here officials tried to trace 2000 visitors who have flown to the uk from wuhan in the last fortnight. the coroner has said the death of a baby at a hospital in kansas in 2017 it was wholly avoidable. harry dunn family said they will continue their fight forjustice family said they will continue their fight for justice after the us family said they will continue their fight forjustice after the us have rejected an extradition request of the woman accused of causing his staff. she will cam backi don't ca re staff. she will cam backi don't care how long it takes. 0urfight forjust as it care how long it takes. 0urfight for just as it will not waver.
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care how long it takes. 0urfight forjust as it will not waver. 0ur determination is probably if anything stronger now than it was before. if that's even possible. uk's second largest union has backed long—bailey as the leader of the labour party. let's get more now on our top story december the 1st cases the koran and boat virus are found in europe with two people infected in france. josephjansen two people infected in france. joseph jansen is the two people infected in france. josephjansen is the principal expert and emergency preparedness and response. the european centre for control. he expects there will be confirmed cases of the virus in europe over the coming days and weeks. it is quite likely especially from what has already been said. this is a particular time it began where lots of people, and millions of people are travelling back and
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forth to china. therefore the likelihood of some cases it being seen likelihood of some cases it being seenin likelihood of some cases it being seen in eu countries has to be considered high. in terms of what governments in europe should be dealing we have seen here in the uk, internet meetings talking about contingency plans. what is the right approach? i think there measures that have already been taken at what we put constant plans collectively ta ke to we put constant plans collectively take to try to contain as much as possible. the potential spread of the virus are hygienic measures, some screenings and be airports, and also avoiding some contacts with people who are coughing or have respiratory diseases. i think there isa respiratory diseases. i think there is a general measures make sense and as far as things moving forward, the measures that will be more specific also in parallel on imprisonment of
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the knowledge of the way of transmission and the likelihood that the high—risk to be transmitted from person to person. we still did not know the intensity and the exact mechanism of transition —— transmission. on getting greater knowledge, what is it that scientist will be trying with an urgency to do now? they are working against the clock. the potential beginning of the outbreak, they measures that holly has been transmitted and the first cases. the second generation of cases, there is a lot of groups of cases, there is a lot of groups of scientists investigating that. i think that very soon, we will start seeing the results as some papers had already been published. how
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important it is collaboration and communication between countries at this stage? this is an essential point. it is not only the communication by itself, but how we communicate, which kind of message we pass, and how we manage the balance between normal preoccupation and the alarm between the population and the alarm between the population and the alarm between the population and the politicians and the real threat itself. it has to be defined the right point to pass the message that can help. to prevent and to ta ke that can help. to prevent and to take the proper control and not to unnecessarily alarm while we still don't know exactly what the impact of the epidemic. thousands of people have marched on the streets of baghdad to demand all us troops to
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be expelled from iraq. the iranian assassination caffeine so the baghdad. the march was called for by the influential and received support support. martin patient is in baghdad. if you control the streets in iraq and you can rule the country. this was downtown baghdad today. many supporters were out in force. this movement is the political and spiritual backbone of the country. their message for the man in the white house was understandable. there is a kind like atmosphere here but this is a serious political advance. a man who could draw supporters out onto the street and that this march he
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shelling his political iron. he once all american forces to leave iraq. the us assassination of iran's top military commander change the dynamics here. iraq now finds itself centre stage, caught in the struggle between the us and iran. the americans killed many 5, all of the explosions are because i've been at the american no place here. they should both be expelled. translation: he will use all means available to him but if the us still doesn't withdraw troops the truth is the resistance will be there. today the resistance will be there. today the protest was peaceful. but it was a warning until america. the us
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troops must leave iraq. they may have another fight on their hands otherwise. martin patients, bbc news, baghdad. the prince of wales has begun his historic first visitor to the occupied palestinian territories with a symbolic gesture of unity. walking to bethlehem with muslim and christian leaders. speaking in his vicinity he has been heartbroken to see continually suffering and in the city. a palestinian welcome for the prince. this is his first time setting foot in the occupied palestinian territories. he did not travel far, but it is a different world from israel, where he spent yesterday. a diplomatically delicate day started at the only mosque in the old city. charles, he wrote — once in english,
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then again, in arabic. a short and somewhat chaotic walk through the old city. after the mosque will come the church of the nativity, and it's the proximity of the two that brings charles here — part of his decades—long effort to bring faiths together. inside one of christianity‘s holiest places, a chance to see the spot where christians believejesus was born, and to hear first—hand of the struggle of christians in the middle east. we are doing our best to survive, to fight against every difficulty at this situation. it is a struggle prince charles has spoken of many times. more meetings, more greetings, and a time to express his
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concern for the challenges palestinians face. no—one arriving in bethlehem today could miss the signs of continued hardship and the situation you face. and i can onlyjoin you, and all communities, in your prayers for a just and lasting peace. a short trip, but an opportunity to see for himself the lives of palestinians and the religious mosaic of this part of the middle east. jonny dymond, bbc news, bethlehem. a personal moment to his grandmothers grave. princess alice asked to be buried on the mount of olives overlooking the holy city. today prince charles had paid his respects. today prince charles had paid his respects.
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jonny dymond, bbc news, bethlehem. the metropolitan police is to start using facial recognition cameras on london's streets. they will be just for five to six hours at a time to identify suspects that wanted for serious and violent crimes. police say cam identified 70% suspects. privacy say they're afraid to civil liberties. the irish court has approved extradition of a man wanted out of the deaths and 13 —— 39 vietnamese people. harrison is charged with manslaughter and human trafficking in relation to the deaths of october last year. he is alleged to deliver a trailer to the belgian before it travelled by ferry to britain where the nationals were found dead inside. shane is now is has died at the age of 83. he was
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one of the most influential figures in the peace process and with a first person to hold the post of deputy first minister and the government set up after the good friday agreement. chris page it looks back at his life. i congratulate both of you and being elected, the first first minister and highland. 0n the first deputy minister of north island. his is assured as a first national analyst joined had started. he became deputy first minister weeks after he helped in the good friday peace agreement. along with his party leaderjohn hume. the teacher became involved in politics during a campaign for civil rights in the late 1960s. 1986 he won a seat in the house of commons which he held for almost two decades. it was his work back at home which he most valued. it consistent condemnation of violence and persistence in persuading people
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away from it and had my international respect. last year he was still speaking out to encourage reconciliation. if we have the courage, and the desire for two communities to live together in a palatable way, if we want that, we can get it. it is going to be tough. it is going to the client or a lot of goodwill and hop —— hope. if we haven't got hope we have nothing. tony blair describes him as one of the most important architects at peace. occasionally fears that a lwa ys peace. occasionally fears that always wise. tributes from to an ambulance massively influential. chris page bbc news, belfast. robots
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could simply keep taking care of more patients at the biggest hospital in west england. in bristol the hospital is already taught to use the most that robotics in the nhs. finish robotics university is a rty nhs. finish robotics university is arty tea m nhs. finish robotics university is arty team down. matthew hale went to see how they work. to establish should be taken on an empty stomach. need to pamper a robot unit designed in the university. she is designed to make sure patients take the right medication. the ageing population with the gap in the care is about that's available it's going to get wider and wider. i could are looking to intelligence robots like pepper working alongside smart sensors and peoples homes. even social robots to try to sell that care gap. it is taken from the hospital, how are you today. surgeons are working on a
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mobile too late that he is going to allow doctors to communicate with patients who had just been discharged. he could say son of the more mundane or menial task. which allows doctors and nurses associates to get on getting what they need to do. these prototypes cost nearly eight and it could take years before affordable technology like this can help patients live independent lives. a system like this means that if you want to get up and go to the bathroom and all you want to practice standing and sitting, four or five practice standing and sitting, four orfive times a practice standing and sitting, four or five times a day, you practice standing and sitting, four orfive times a day, you did not have to wait. has teamed up with the hospital to pioneer robotics to be and care setting. the hospital was already failed in this area it was designed robots in mind with a fleet of 12 guided vehicles. when it comes to surgery, it is a european
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