i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines... china reports the first virus death in the capital as the country struggles to contain the outbreak. with the new year holiday extended, travel restrictions remain in place. even getting on a beijing subway train has become a surreal experience. workers in full hazmat suits checking every passenger. how a leaked manuscript from john bolton — the former us national security advisor — has renewed calls for witnesses in president trump's impeachment trial. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme... us officials confirm that one of their planes came down in a taliban held province in afghanistan, but they've not

said how it crashed. and remembering a legend. the world marks the passing of nba superstar kobe bryant. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in beijing, where authorities have confirmed the first death from the new coronavirus in the chinese capital. meanwhile the bavarian health ministry has confirmed the first case in germany. so far, the virus has killed 82 people in china, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill. travel restrictions remain in place after authorities extended the national new year holiday by three days to sunday,

in an attempt to contain the spread. 0ur china correspondent john sudworth has the latest. shouts echo. the eerie sound of a city in lockdown. wu han‘s residents, trapped in their homes, shouting encouragement to each other. ok, here we are, day five of the lockdown. bored. kharn lambert is stuck here with his gran. nan, hello! she was only meant to be visiting for a short break, and although there is enough food, her medication is running dangerously low and there is no help in sight. china's priority is to show it's getting a grip. alongside teams of army medics, the premier li keqiang was flown into wuhan, urging an all—out national effort to contain the virus. even getting on a beijing subway train has become a surreal experience.

workers in full hazmat suits, checking every passenger. anybody with a temperature of 37.3 or above is instantly isolated. but there are troubling signs. a man films a doctor telling him his mother probably has the virus, but there are no testing kits to confirm it. the man tells me that the hospitals that do have the tests have no spare beds. "there are so many cases like ours," he says, "wandering the city in search of treatment". and on state tv, the mayor of wuhan has admitted information was not released on time because he was waiting for higher approval. we don't know how this virus would affect a pregnant woman, or... canadian lauren williams and her british husband, tom,

are also trapped in wuhan. with their new baby due in a months time, they, too, want more information from the uk government. just advice would be great and very clear direction about, you know, what's going to be happening, so we can make plans. the uk government says it is working on a plan, amid warnings that this national emergency is likely to become much more serious yet. more on this particular bar is a bit lighter so stay with us for that. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump's lawyers have for a second day been presenting the defence case in his impeachment trial. pressure continues to build on republicans, after reports that his former national security advisorjohn bolton directly linked mr trump to a plan to freeze aid to ukraine in exchange for a political favour. the claims have prompted some

republicans to say that mr bolton should be heard from. i think it's increasingly likely that other republicans willjoin those of us who think we should hear from john bolton. and whether there are other witnesses and documents, that's another matter. but i thinkjohn bolton's relevance to our decision has become increasingly clear. nada tawfik is in washington and gave me more details. republicans were apparently blindsided by the release of this copy of the manuscript. the new york times got a hold of it and what it essentially does is directly contradict the president's main defence, that there was no quid pro quo with the ukraine, instead john bolton his former

national security advisers says there was, that the president told him he wanted to withhold those hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to ukraine until they announced an investigation into democrats including the bite in play markets of this has put republicans in a very uncomfortable position because they have said all along there is no first—hand evidence that there is a quid pro quo, will hear there razor, a very close adviser to the president, who is a staunch conservative who can't be just dismissed as a partisan hack, here he is willing to testify saying he would testify if subpoenaed and the republicans are put in a position that they would vote if or until they have heard an explosion so it has put them in a odd position. also making news today... prosecutors in the united states say they have have received no response to their request to interview prince andrew, as part of their investigation into convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. they said the duke of york had provided "zero cooperation" so far, despite his assurance during a bbc interview last year that he would be

prepared, if necessary, to help with any investigation. members of the muslim uighur community from xinjiang in north—western china have told the bbc of widespread labour abuses suffered by their community. two individuals have described routine beatings, poor food and hygiene standards, as well as an expectation of working without pay. china has denied all reports of slave labour and detainment camps in xinjiang. the angolan billionaire isabel dos santos says she's launching legal action against the international consortium of investigativejournalists over the publication of thousands of files exposing her alleged mis—management of more than a billion dollars‘ worth of state funds. ms dos santos, who is the richest woman in africa, called allegations made against her unfounded. let's go live now to

calabasas in los angeles where county sheriff alex villanueva is giving an update on sunday's let's go live anderson in for any updates. the ntsb is an independent federal agency charged with congress investing every civil aviation accident in the united states and other modes of transportation. we are here to conduct a safety investigation and our mission is not to just determine what happened but why it happened and how it happened to prevent this accident, a similar accident from ever happening again. before i go any further

i want to once again extend our deepest sympathies to those who lost loved ones in this tragic event. i can't imagine what the families and friends of those who perished in this accident are going through, but now that our hearts go out to you and you will be on our minds over the next days and months and years ahead. this morning we began with an organisational meeting where we established parties to the investigation, part as to the investigation are entities that provide technical expertise that will help us in gathering factual information to help us conduct the investigation. the parties to the investigation or the federal aviation

administration, sikorsky, pratt & whitney canada, the national air traffic controllers association. we also established investigative groups. we take our investigators and the parties to the investigations and we established smaller groups to drill down to get the factual information that we need. the investigative groups we formed our operations and human performance. they will look at the pilot, the organisational structure, the company, how the company is regulated. air traffic control which will look at the history of the flight. air worthiness which will look at the airframe, instruments, wreckage, see configuration and flight controls. power plants which will look at the engines, that were to pratt & whitney, turbo—charged engines and the power plants groups will focus on that.

we also have a weather investigator, and speaking of weather we have a request for the public. we are looking for photos of the weather in the area of the crash. if you have photos that can help us again in the area of the crash, if you could send those photos to witness at ntsb dot gulp, that is witness at ntsb.gov. we are notjust focusing on whether, we take a broad look at everything around an investigation and accident and man, machine, environment and weather is just a small portion of that so we would appreciate the public assistance. if you have that police send that in two witness@ntsb.gov. we also went unseen today.

investigators began documenting the scene, collecting evidence, correcting pictures and we had drowns in the air to begin —— drones to begin mapping the wreckage. there are questions why the fbi is here. the ntsb has a memorandum of understanding with the fbi to help us collect evidence. they are essentially a force multiplierfor the ntsb. there is no criminal portion of this investigation, so with that i really want to thank the fbi evidence response team for their assistance with our investigation.

i also want to take a moment to thank the los angeles county fire department, the los angeles county sheriff's office, the los angeles police department, a variety of search and rescue groups many of which i saw hard at work today on scene, and the bus for genus water district. this is our first full day. we are continuing together information. i do have some factual information on the flight path. with that i want to read it. because i want to make sure it is recorded accurately. so, if you will bear with me as i read it, it is initial information shows the helicopter was flying under visual flight rules, from john wayne airport to just south—east of burbank airport. around burbank the pilot requested to transit controlled airspace, under special visual flight rules.

special vf r is an air traffic control authorisation that allows an aircraft to proceed through controlled airspace less than the basic vf r minimums of 1000 foot ceiling and three miles visibility. atc advised the pilot there was a delay due to traffic, while awaiting approval of the aircraft circled for 12 minutes or until the special vfr was approved by air traffic control. the helicopter transited the burbank airspace at moo feet and proceeded south, then west. the pilot requested flight following to continuing to camarillo, but southern california trike on advised the pilot they were too low for flight following. approximately four minutes later the pilot advised they were climbing to avoid a cloud layer.

when atc asked what the pilot plant to do there was no reply. radar data indicate the helicopter climbed to 2300 feet and then began a left descending turn. last radar contact was around 9:45am and is consistent with the accident location. i anticipate we will have more factual information to share tomorrow. i believe we will have a press briefing at some point tomorrow. please monitor our twitter feed at ntsb—newsroom where we will put out the time of the press conference. i do anticipate we will be here about five days on scene to collect perishable evidence. we will continue to document the scene. we are not here to determine the cause of the accident. we will not determine that on scene. 0n scene we are here to get

the perishable evidence. so with that i will take some questions, and again monitor our twitter feed for tomorrow at ntsb—newsroom. we are still needing to verify, the question was, was the helicopter going too fast? that is still something we have to analyse as part of our investigation. the question is what is flight following and i do think that is important. flight following is radar assistance for the flight. it helps the pilot avoid traffic. it is communication between in this situation air traffic control and the pilot.

it is when traffic control said they were too low it wasn't that they were too low, it was too low to provide flight following assistance. it can be. the question is did anyone else to report similar issues in this weather, that is part of our interview process, and they will be looking into that. i said before focuses because milk... the question is should the pilot have been flying in the fog at that time. it is part of our investigation. we look at weather and we will have to determine that at some point. hold on.

the question is to describe the wreckage seen and whether i had been to the scene. i did go to the scene for several hours this morning and departed around 1230, 12, 1230. the scene itself and you ask for a description on the scene, there is a impact area on one of the hills, and the peace of the tile is down the hill on the left side of the hill.

the fuselage is over on the other side of that hill and then the main rotor is about 100 yards beyond that. the debris field is about 500 to 600 feet. the question is what is the debris field tell us about the force of the impact. we are continuing to look at that. 0ur investigators are still on the scene. it is just the first day that that will help us. you had a question about the black box. but will it tell you? the question is did we recover a black box, there wasn't a black box. there isn't a requirement to have a black box on this so there is no cdr, no fdr.

there was an ipad, where for flight, which is essentially a flight plan, weather briefings and the pilot users that in—flight. we will be looking at other avionics on the aircraft to see what information we can gather and then we will be looking for other electronics. is there any chance for survival? that is part of the investigation. it was a pretty devastating accident scene. the question is whether it is a normal time to wait 12 minutes for permission to proceed. there are times whether flights are held out. that will be part of the investigation as we look into this. go ahead.

given the fact that the team is still working on the site, how does this affect the initial stages of your on—site investigation? the question is given the corner is still on site how does this impact our investigation. it doesn't. we are working alongside. they are doing what they need to do for recovery and we are doing our part of the investigation for collecting evidence and drawing mapping. they are doing their part, we are doing ours and we are all on scene. studio: we are listening to a live press conference from the national transportation safety board, the ntsb, responsible for civil transportation, accident investigation.

they are looking into the crash of the helicopter in which nine people including kobe bryant were killed. some points tojust bear in mind from this. there was no black box is the spokesperson said, there was no need for a black box. a lot of concern about the weather. we heard the spokesperson say that they are looking at notjust the weather, also the man, the machine and the environment, the weather is a small part of that. a particularly poignant question, whether there was any chance of survival following this crash and the spokesperson said that this is all part of the investigation and that this crash scene was devastating. she described this crash scene is being devastating. also an appeal for the public for help.

anybody with photos to provide those photos, the area of the crash scene, the e—mail address witness@ntsb.gov. we will continue to monitor this press conference. basketball fans around the world are still coming to terms. with me now to talk about the impact in asia is a chinese singaporean professional basketball player. thank you so much forjoining us here. tell us, but did you feel when you received the news of the death of kobe bryant? i woke up yesterday at 10am and i was shocked when i heard the news. it wasn't from facebook or instagram, but just from my friends. 0n the group chat with all my friends and colleagues that put up this information about his death.

he just impacted everyone, notjust basketball players. everyone was shocked and devastated but did you ever get to meet kobe or even be near him? probably just 10 rows away from courtside. he was there at the game, the 30th of december and i went to watch the game that the lakers played against the dallas mavericks and he was there with his daughter. the power that he has for many basketball players here in asia has really been enormous, like yourself, been playing for 10 years now. what kind of influence did he have on your game as an amateur and as a professional player? since back in 2000 when he won the first championship against the pacers, that is when i started to watch him play. i actually watched the entire series

that he played against the sixers. it was an incredible is series and i saw him making incredible shots that no one would think he would make. i was there watching how he played and with the shock it was the best ever. what kind of impact has he had on asia and on players here in the region? definitely a big impact to other players in asia. notjust basketball players, butjust everyone in asia. for me particularly just the show on court. thank you for showing your feelings and thoughts about the legendary kobe bryant. wong wei long a chinese singaporean basketball player here in singapore. a big loss to the basketball world and to many people who have met him. kobe bryant. thank you for watching newsday.

the investigation very much under way as we showed you in that live press conference. that is still ongoing and we are continuing to monitor it for you and we will be back shortly. if you are travelling through the first part of the morning, wintry weather could cause one or two problems. a combination of snow and ice from wintry showers that have been falling over recent hours particularly across the north and west of the uk. your bbc local radio station will keep you up—to—date with travel updates where you are. more of those wintry showers to come through the first part of the day and some more persistent snowfall for some parts of southern and eastern scotland and not only over the highest hills. through the morning showers continue to pass across the south—west

of england, giving a covering of snow over some of the highest ground of dartmoor and bodmin moor and also for wales is now mixing in over the hills and mountains. a bit of snow over higher ground in northern ireland and maybe some icy stretches. similar for northern ireland and scotland, through the central belt could be a covering of snow at quite low levels. 0ver high ground we could see 10 centimetres of snow or more lying by this stage. could be a little bit tricky out there and some roads. sunshine and showers. most of the wintering is confined to higher ground. more like rain and the offering. eastern areas not seeing as my showers. some sunshine but it will be windy and it will feel cold. the thermometer will read between four and eight. when we factor in the strength of that when particularly brisk across southern areas, this is what it is going to be like. it will feel like it is barely above freezing. through the night it will continue to see some showers, especially across northern and western areas.

the snow will continue to pile up across higher ground in the north and west of scotland. not as many showers by the end of the night towards the south and east and your overnight lows between one and four. another rather chilly night. some icy stretches on wednesday morning. for wednesday this little bump in the ice about here is a ridge of high pressure trying to settle things down. it will be a drier day for many of us but this frontal system brings metrics of rain into scotland. the cloud and rain gathering at west. sliding in. some heavy and persistent rain for some of the hills in the west. inland over the mountains some further significant snowfall. further south much of northern ireland and england and wales it should be larger rival samsung. a little bit milder by this stage. that continues as we head towards the end of the week. with that we will see some outbreaks of rain at times. that's all from me for now.

this is bbc world news. the headlines. the coronavirus infection has killed 82 people in china with a dozen cases confirmed in more than a dozen cases confirmed in more than a dozen countries. calls have renewed for witnesses in president trump's impeachment trial, after a leaked manuscript from john bolton, an investigation into the crash that killed kobe bryant and eight others has formally launched. this comes as fa ns has formally launched. this comes as fans have been expressing sadness at the death of the player and his teenage daughter who were among those killed in this crash in california on sunday. that's the news this half are.