this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 2pm: the death toll from the coronavirus rises to 41, with authorities in china struggling to contain the outbreak, as millions travel for the lunar new year. there are now known cases of the virus in france and australia — and a state of emergency has been declared in hong kong. we have a command centre so that we can get the views from experts and they can come up with strategies and initiatives. a royal marine recruit has died following a training exercise on a beach in cornwall earlier this week. a charity offering mental health support to military veterans, says it can't take on new cases because of a funding crisis. at least 21 people have been killed,

and more than 1000 injured, in a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey. and coming up in half an hour, witness history. stay tuned for that. at least 41 people are now known to have died from the coronavirus in china. the number of confirmed cases has risen to around 1,300. the virus has spread to europe for the first time, with three cases confirmed in france. there've also been three more people identified as having the virus in australia, bringing the total to four. 0ur correspondent,

stephen mcdonnell, has gone to the chinese province of hubei, where the outbreak began. the authorities are starting to lock down this entire province of nearly 60 million people, where the coronavirus emergency began. hospitals in wuhan have been overwhelmed with the sick. state media has reported that one doctor treating people with the virus has died. military medics have been flown in to help with the crisis, as have specialist doctors from shanghai. but the challenge remains considerable, with the infection rate ever on the increase. this is hubei province, where this virus emergency started. as you can see, it is pretty quiet, on the first day of the year of the rat. all these shops are closed. there's pretty much nobody on the street here. those who are out on the streets are wearing masks. and you can understand why.

people are very worried, and people just don't know for how long it's going to be like this, for how long they have to stay indoors or risk being infected with this potentially deadly coronavirus, which causes pneumonia. the leader of hong kong, carrie lam, has declared the virus an emergency there. she held a news conference earlier this morning. translation: the level has been raised too serious. today i would like to announce that we are going to escalate it to the topmost level, emergency. when our response level is pitched at the emergency level, into department we have a command centre so that we can get the views

from the experts and we can come up with strategies and initiatives. when we deal with this health event i think you will understand, sometimes we need to be quick in making decisions. therefore, coming under the chief executive, we can then make the decisions for the society of hong kong. let's talk now to simon carter, a university geophysisist, who lives and works in wuhan. a university geophysisist, who lives thank a university geophysisist, who lives you for speakir first thank you for speaking to us here. first off, how is life under this lock—out? first off, how is life under this lock-out? it is more of a nuisance than anything else. i listened to all those stories and it sounds doom and gloom and like a zombie apocalypse. it's not like that here. the supermarkets are open, you can get all the food you need. what about getting to work? they have

been complaints on social media about travelling. they have shut down the subway, and even some of the car networks have been limited, so the car networks have been limited, so it feels more like a nuisance for most of us, i think, than the end of the world, which is kind of what i am reading when i pick up the bbc. ok, i am reading when i pick up the bbc. 0k, idon‘t am reading when i pick up the bbc. ok, i don't know if you experienced the sars outbreak in early 2000, is there a difference in how it is managed because there have been complaints, they have had all this time but no preventative measures have been put in place? look, one of the biggest differences with sars, i wasn't in china then, but the people here are generally quite well informed. we get text messages about the latest state of things. i have

got a vpn so i tend to know what is going on through the bbc, but my wife who is chinese has certainly known about it for two or three weeks. reacting to this restriction on their travel, this is a big time for the chinese. it is, it is like cancelling christmas. we were supposed to go to my wife ‘s family, she was distressed about missing out on that because a family event like thatis on that because a family event like that is so important in china. so i can understand. the streets are very quiet. what i was looking forward to being able to say to you is it is not panic on the streets, or anything like that. it is a massive inconvenience, but most people are taking it well. when i went shopping at the supermarket, people seem to be knuckling down, understanding it

isa be knuckling down, understanding it is a difficult situation for everyone. so when you do leave your house, what precautions do you take? the mask is the main one. wejust avoid seeing people. it is not easy to travel out, there is no subway. but for the last three days we have gone out to the park, so yes, face masks on. we have got a six—year—old daughter, so understandably i am concerned about her. but not especially alarmed. for me, it feels more like a bad case of the flu. i'm not quite sure, i guess i am not a medical doctor. there have been concerns about access to medical kits, to basic medical gowns, for example. what concerns do residents of wuhan have about receiving the correct treatment? there is a new hospital being built, you know, in 5-10 hospital being built, you know, in 5—10 days. are you getting

clay—macro confident about getting treatment if you fall ill? just as a word of explanation, when you do see those hospitals in china, or in wuhan, they are quite packed. it is important to understand that the chinese medical system is very different to the west. if i was sick, i would go to a general practitioner in australia, but every hip problem you have here, you go to a hospital. even for earache. it is clearly a big problem, iam not suggesting it is not. but it is a different system, how they deal with these kinds of issues. you line up for the hospital, there are always queues. i have got no doubt that people are getting well looked after, but perhaps it needs to be understood, it is a very different system here, how they deal with people. simon carter, thank you. a pleasure. a royal marine who was injured

in a training incident, earlier this week, has died. the marine was part of a group that had been practising an assault from a landing craft on tregantle beach in cornwall. the recruit had been wearing full kit — and had "gone under water" — during the exercise on tuesday evening. the royal navy said its "thoughts and sympathies" were with the recruit‘s family and friends. the uk's leading mental health charity for military veterans, combat stress, has said it is unable to deal with new cases, because of cuts in funding. from monday, former service personnel in england and wales will be re—directed to the nhs for treatment. the charity helps treat servicemen and women suffering from complex mental health problems. 0ur correspondent, chi chi izundu reports. they're known as tough and resilient, but being in the military can be

an incredibly stressful job. reports after reports have shown the impact it can have on the mental health of personnel, but now one of the leading charities for veterans‘ mental health is warning, from monday, thanks to funding cuts, it will now have to stop taking on new referrals. combat stress says it receives around 2,000 referrals for treatment every year, but its income has fallen from £16 million to £10 million in this current financial year. very, very reluctantly — i think this is the only time the organisation has ever considered doing this — we have decided that we need to make sure we can meet the needs of everyone who is currently in our system and we are not going to take referrals in england and wales where we have the greatest risks of safety, if you like, for the near future. the charity says it still receives more than £1 million from nhs scotland, so can still take referrals from there,

but 90% of its income comes from public donations, and with nhs england and nhs wales cutting their funding, they've had to make tough decisions. all new referrals will now be redirected to the nhs, but a number of groups and charities have warned of a spike in the number of veterans taking their own lives. rescue workers in eastern turkey are continuing to search for survivors, after an earthquake killed at least 21 people and left more than 900 injured. the 6.8 magnitude quake, which centred on the town of sivrice in elazig province, caused buildings to collapse and was felt in neighbouring countries. gareth barlow reports. rescuers carry sui’vivoi’s out from the rubble. the 6.8 magnitude quake sent buildings crashing to the ground and residents rushing into the streets.

the exact moment the earthquake struck, captured live on turkish tv. amid the inky darkness, among ruined buildings, screams rang out as more than 400 rescue teams rushed to help survivors. dozens of aftershocks followed the main tremor, which was also felt in neighbouring syria, lebanon and iran. the region, 550 kilometres east of the capital ankara, is remote and sparsely populated so the true extent of the damage and fatalities could be slow to emerge. turkey lies on major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes — around 17,000 people died in a massive quake in 1999. gareth barlow, bbc news. iraqi security forces have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the centre of baghdad. police moved against the main anti—government protest site, near the capital's tahrir square,

removing concrete barriers. several people are reported to have been injured. the violence comes just a day after huge crowds took to the streets of baghdad, to demand the expulsion of us troops from iraq. two people have died in a house fire in hull, including an 8—year—old girl. humberside fire and rescue were called to wensley avenue this morning. a man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the 8—year—old girl died in hospital. the cause of the fire is unknown. lawyers representing president donald trump, are due to begin their defence of the us leader, in his impeachment trial in around an hour's time. the defence begins after democrats wrapped up their presentation in the case for his removal on friday. president trump denies any wrongdoing, and describes the impeachment as a hoax. his legal team will open defence arguments later today. chris buckler reports from washington.

after three days inside the senate, the democrats concluded their long and detailed argument that donald trump abused the power of his position with a plea. they told the senators, who act as jurors in this deeply political trial, that it wasn't about allegiances or their personal view of the president, it was about his actions in office. i implore you, give america a fair trial, give america a fair trial. she is worth it. thank you. every minute of this trial has been covered on america's news networks, although president trump is said to be concerned that his defence is beginning on a saturday, what he calls a death valley for tv ratings. his lawyers will also have three days to rebut the democrats' claims that mr trump tried to force the ukrainian president

to launch investigations into his political opponents, and they will begin their arguments amid claims of new recordings that could be damaging to their client. we are going to put on, i believe, without question, a compelling case. as i said, we have two goals. we are going to refute the allegations that they have made and we are going to put on an affirmative case as well. mr trump's lawyers will make their case in congress but, with a presidential election approaching, they will be talking to the american public as much as the senators inside the chamber. members of the president's legal team clearly believe that the best form of defence is attack, and the democrats are in their sights. let's return to our story now about cuts in

i'm joined now by paul smith, a former royal navy engineer who served in the falklands. he then became a police officer. he didn't get help for ptsd for 30 years, after the initial trauma which had devastating consequences on him and his family. hejoins me now. 30 years. what happened in those 30 yea rs ? 30 years. what happened in those 30 years? i became an alcoholic. i was verbally abusive to my wife, my children. i was never physically abusive. every night i would go to oui’ abusive. every night i would go to our bedroom, sit on the bed and cry my eyes out. i would have nightmares, flashbacks. life for me just wasn't worth living. why did you wait 30 years? tell me about the journey to your diagnosis.” you wait 30 years? tell me about the journey to your diagnosis. i think,

being a police officer, and having to combat violence, i thought i could deal with violence. violence wasn't anything different, so i could deal with that. when i retired, i had more time to think about what was going on, and i didn't know i was that ill. i didn't realise i was that ill, although my wife said she felt i needed help. it wasn't until i had actually retired that it came to a crescendo and my wife said i had to get help, and she actually took me to my own gp. my wife spoke for me most of the time because i was in the corner cry my eyes out, i was a mess. i was then referred by my gp to a local mental health authority, who then referred me to health authority, who then referred metoa health authority, who then referred me to a specialist for ptsd. 0ver health authority, who then referred me to a specialist for ptsd. over a ten week period, he diagnosed me

with severe post—traumatic stress disorderfrom serving in with severe post—traumatic stress disorder from serving in the falklands in 1982. i was a 17—year—old boy. i wanted to go to the falklands, i think every boy does. every boy wants to stand up and say, i fought for my country. but it is a whole different ball game when you actually get there. when the fear sets in, and the sites you see. i was then put forward to go to combat stress. combat stress saved my life. i would be drinking 110w. saved my life. i would be drinking now. i would be lying in a ditch, or i may have committed suicide. now, i am happy. i have got lots of friends. i help other veterans, and my family, i get a chance to show my family that that was not the real me, that i actually do care for them, and it wasn't me that was there. i can't turn the clock back.

ican there. i can't turn the clock back. i can say sorry, but i can't turn the clock back. but now i can affect the clock back. but now i can affect the future. combat stress have basically given me my life back. they have been there, they have understood me. the clinicians are specialists in dealing with military vetera ns. specialists in dealing with military veterans. the veterans language at times is not perfect, but the clinicians at combat stress are aware of that, they are also aware of the way that the military act and react. the clinicians are dealing with people who have been taught to fight, taught to kill, and they understand the way that a military vetera n understand the way that a military veteran likes to be spoken to, the way they like to be treated. but the whole ethos around combat stress is helping, but also having other vetera ns helping, but also having other veterans with you to go on that journey. when you are first diagnosed with ptsd, or any mental health disorder, for me i felt that

i was walking down the street with a big sign over my head saying i was mentally ill. i felt alone, big sign over my head saying i was mentally ill. ifelt alone, i didn't know what to do. my drinking was getting even worse, it was out of control. when i walked through the doors of combat stress someone was smiling and they offered help. they didn't ask for anything in return. the clinicians, everybody that works at combat stress is therefore the vetera ns, at combat stress is therefore the veterans, and everybody is so kind. you feel safe. you described their how they understand the language, they understand what you have been through. just to give us an idea of the treatment, what was the first step that you had to take, once you walk through their doors? the first step is actually going through the doors. it is a leap of faith because you don't know what is beyond those doors. i expected to go through the

doors. i expected to go through the doors and see some mental health nurses wearing a white coat, perhaps a straitjacket somewhere. from the moment you get there, you are met by people who explain to you what is going on. having post—traumatic stress disorder makes you hypervigilant of situations, so you are looking for escape routes. when you walk through the doors, you are looking for a way out, other than the door you came through. you are looking for any access point that someone looking for any access point that someone else could come through. you live with that fear. but as soon as you get to combat stress, there is someone you get to combat stress, there is someone smiling, welcoming you, explaining the therapy. everybody their smiles. everybody is there to help. as a veteran, you are not used to people giving you something for nothing. to receive that help and see that smiling face, everybody smiles. the lady behind the counter at the cantina smiles, but they know how to deal with veterans who are

scared, frightened, and a lot of people close to thinking they are going to end their lives. many members of the public were shocked that the military are not given that postal service care by the government and it is now a charity having to pick up the pieces, quite literally, for lives like your own. what is your message? i have two feelings. i am angry, and what is your message? i have two feelings. iam angry, and i what is your message? i have two feelings. i am angry, and i am disappointed. the military, both men and women, serve this country and they put their... they are willing to die for their country. all the governments are ignoring them. they are not giving them the help that they deserve. they don't ask for a lot. military suicide, for me, isn't ending lives, veterans commit suicide to stop the pain. they expect, and i think it is right that

they expect their government to support them. the military have supported the government of the country, and there is not enough done. i don't think the mps have actually met with veterans like myself, who have had to live with it. and i also speak to veterans and been at home crying their eyes out for what they have done, for what they have seen, and the way they are treating the people that they love. it does not only affect veterans, it affects everybody, from their family to theirfriends. affects everybody, from their family to their friends. the general public are absolutely amazing. the general public support veterans. the only people that don't seem to support the veterans is parliament. we will leave it there. thank you for sharing your story. you are watching bbc news. football is too reliant on

gambling contracts. for some fa cup games to be shown exclusively on betting websites. the last round of the fa cup was overshadowed by an outcry over a deal that meant some matches were only shown live on bookmakers websites. there has since been a climb—down, but the controversy has reignited concern about how much of it aggro betting companies use football to advertise, and the government has said it now wa nts to and the government has said it now wants to see change. there is way too much dependency within football on gambling, through sponsorship, thatis on gambling, through sponsorship, that is plain to see. we have to look at this very carefully because problem gambling, addictive gambling, lead to serious social problems. i am sure the football authorities are aware of that. we do need to look at different sources of income. meanwhile, the government has announced the paralympics have been added to the crown jewel is a list of protected sports events that

must be shown on free to air television coverage. it is essential that the paralympics have parity with the olympics, and if you look at the viewing figures over the yea rs of at the viewing figures over the years of successive games, and how interested people are in the paralympic games, it is absolutely worth ensuring we level up. sports like para table tennis have enjoyed free to air coverage of the paralympics on channel 4 since 2012, but terrestrial tv coverage is now guaranteed. my family are so supportive, family and friends, and a lot of them are coming out to tokyo. but in the future, if they can't, for example if someone can't afford it or something, it is really nice to know that they can still watch from back home. this is the first change to the listed events in 20 years, and there may be more to come. the government is also now considering adding women's events like the world cup and fa cup final

ina sign like the world cup and fa cup final in a sign of their growing popularity. breaking news that we are receiving here at bbc news. reports that police are extremely concerned for the mother of a newborn baby that was found dead in a street in portsmouth. the baby was found at the junction of victoria street and old commercial road. that was shortly after 6:15am. that was this morning, saturday morning. we have had a statement from portsmouth police. detective chief inspector simon barker says they are construing the concern for the welfare of the mother of this child. it was a newborn baby that was found dead. they are making a direct appealfor her to dead. they are making a direct appeal for her to get dead. they are making a direct appealfor her to get in dead. they are making a direct appeal for her to get in touch. dead. they are making a direct appealfor her to get in touch. "i know this must be a very distressing time for you, but i want to make sure you are getting the right help and care". sure you are getting the right help and ca re". that sure you are getting the right help and care". that is a direct appeal to the mother of a newborn baby that

was found dead in the street in portsmouth. the statement goes on to say, "i understand that you may be frightened, but it is important that you get in touch with us". a newborn baby found dead in the street in portsmouth at the junction of victoria street and old commercial road. a direct appeal being made by local police to the mother of a newborn baby. harry dunn's mother has urged the united states to show "humanity" and extradite the woman accused of causing his death. the teenager died after his motorbike collided with a car outside raf croughton in northamptonshire in august. the us government has rejected the uk's extradition request for anne sacoolas, who left the country under diplomatic immunity. the business secretary andrea leadsom is the family's local mp. she met the us ambassador yesterday. 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. that was andrea leadsom speaking earlier. last year, many of us used buy now pay later firms to delay payment, or split the cost over a number of months. but debt charities are warning that people are not being given enough information about hidden fees. millions of us are now opting to spread the pain of a purchase. some of the biggest online stores now give a choice to delay payment for an extra few weeks. no extra fees, and with next to no checks. unsurprisingly, it is a popular click with shoppers. let's get

shopping. it is great, you could get stuck for money you know you will get paid at the end of the month, you have got enough money to stretch. it makes us feel like we are getting more of a deal, and it is bringing them more money. are getting more of a deal, and it is bringing them more moneym are getting more of a deal, and it is bringing them more money. if you are sensible and responsible, then why not? we found out that payments through the biggest three companies have nearly doubled over the last year. one new zealand firm has seen a big demand from shops to get the option added to their online checkout. people are spending more then because they can spread the payment? the average order values are significantly higher as a result of pay —— by now, pay later. are significantly higher as a result of pay -- by now, pay later. the australian regulator has published a big review, and they have found that 60% of customers are under the age of 3a, and that some customers can

become financially overcommitted because of it. the financial conduct authority here have told me they don't regulate any firms not charging interest, but they are monitoring the markets. debt charities are already concerned customers are not being given enough information. we wa nt information. we want to ensure that the people using these products know the terms and conditions they are signing up to. if you don't know when the payment terms are going to kick in, or what charges and fees are associated, you can't be making a wise choice. not keeping up with payments can damage your credit rating, and it is a problem that could increase. let's catch up with the weather forecast. it was miserable this morning. it is miserable out there for most of usa it is miserable out there for most of us a few don't like the cloud in the drizzle. this is a picture