this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines... a 50—year—old man is the first person in the capital, beijing, to die from coronavirus — travel bans remain in place as china battles to contain the outbreak. 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 9am in singapore, 1am in london and nine in the morning in beijing, where authorities have confirmed the first death from the new coronoavirus 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. 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. 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 about the claims. 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 ukraine. instead john bolton his former national security adviser 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 bidens and so 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, well, here there is 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 so the republicans are put in a position of whether to vote in favour of hearing his testimony or to come up with a different explanation, so it has put them in a very 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. as survivors of the auschwitz concentration camp marked the 75th anniversary of the camps liberation, many warned of the dangers of forgetting

the lessons of the nazi horrors. 0ne survivor said minorities felt vulnerable again, and urged people to stand up for human rights. over a million people, mostlyjews, were murdered at auschwitz—birkenau. us officials have confirmed that an aircraft that crashed in afghanistan's ghazni province on monday was a military plane. it's not known how many people were on board. this is a video published by a taliban—affiliated social media account — which claims to show the remains of the crashed aircraft. we can't independently verify them. the plane came down in a mountainous area controlled by the taliban. auliya atrafi has more on this story from kabul.

a us military official confirmed to the cbs news that an air force e—11 crashed in afghanistan. officials said the cause of the crash was being investigated but he would not discuss the fate of the crew so we therefore don't have concrete news of how many people were on that plane and what happened to them. we do know that air force e—11 was being operating from kandahar airbase in the south of the country, the taliban heartland. the mission of the e—11 according to the us army is to serve as battlefield airborne communication, a communication system that provides radio connectivity across the battlefield for airborne and surface operations,

so i kind of wi—fi in the sky. afghanistan army has also sent a convoy now to investigate the site, but the night caught up with them and the have been unable to report back to us so it will be another 10 hours before we hear from the afghan government about any latest details. meanwhile the taliban claimed responsibility, although the statements in english were a bit vague, but they did confirm to the bbc that it was their fighter that tactically brought down the us aeroplane, which they said was carrying out surveillance operations in the area. auliya atrafi from kabul. let's return to the struggle to contain the outbreak of a new coronavirus in china. professor sian griffiths is a public health expert who co—chaired the hong kong government's inquiry into the 2003 sars epidemic. she explained the similarities and

differences between the two viruses. it obviously is on a larger scale but there are many similarities with sars in that is a coronavirus thought to have come from wet market and the organism jumped from animal to man. it produces flu—like symptoms and then can go on to pneumonia. so far that is fairly similar. the differences are that when we did the inquiry in 2003 we found there had been very poor flow of information early on in the epidemic. in hong kong we had been unaware of the cases in china, so it was only when the cases of the disease spread to hong kong that the world was able to focus

on what was the organism, so there is much better sharing of information, you have seen that all the time. regular updating of the number of cases and the number of deaths. a fully formed picture, a global picture, the communication is much better. scientists are collaborating together effectively to test where the organism has been developed and that in itself is a major step because it was done much more quickly. there is also work on a vaccine although that won't come into play for this phase of the epidemic. there is a lot more information flow and the authorities have acted very authoritatively and trying to contain the disease in wuhan. there are all sorts of rough edges to that containment policy. it is very difficult when you're dealing with millions of people to actually stop all flow of peoples but we do know from the people who have had the disease outside

of china that there are a usually links to wuhan. the policy of trying to stop travel is working to some extent, but at the same time the other thing we found in sars was people weren't prepared to let both in terms of the facilities in hospitals and in terms of the knowledge of the general public and there is plenty of public information now, 2003 social media wasn't as active and we didn't all have funds and e—mail as much, but people now generally now that they need to take their own precautions. wash your hands if you have a cold and you put your hand, but the tissue across your mouth when you sneeze and then dispose of the tissue in a bin, don't just leave it lying around. all those things. the very simple hygiene measures will actually help protect

individuals and also decrease spread at the same time as the other larger steps that are being made. i think also we understand that what you don't want is patients turning up, they think they have got the disease and they have had contact with wuhan and to go and sit in a surgery or an accident and emergency department. in that case what should they do? contact in advance and then make sure you're put in isolation because the worst thing you can do is go el into an environment where you have people who are already compromised or feeling ill and then spread the disease there. we did learn those lessons from sars. they are being put into place but obviously this is a new virus and we don't know how the virus is going to develop over time

and it is very important that the science continues and the vigilance continues and we all take and play our role and try to contain the disease. that was professor sharon griffiths a public health expert. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... basketball fans around the world are still coming to terms with the death of nba legend kobe bryant. also on the programme... we meet the indian families protesting about the new citizenship law — which many see as anti—muslim and anti—constitutional. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift—off. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word ‘revolution‘.

the earthquake brought down buildings in seconds. tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours passed. the new government is firmly in control of the entire republic of uganda. survivors of auschwitz have been commemorating the 40th anniversary of their liberation. they toured the crematoria, and the gas chambers and relived the horrifying experiences. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories... beijing reports the capital's first death from coronavirus — as global concerns grow over its spread.

republican senators say president trump's impeachment trial may need to hear from witnesses. it follows bombshell lea ks from the former national security advisor‘s upcoming book. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times explores the legacy of basketball star kobe bryant — and his links to the country. he was a friendship ambassador for the city of kobe — and supported the reconstruction efforts following the hanshin earthquake in 1995. the gulf news says the united arab emirates is about to get all musical. the ninth edition of abu dhabi classics kicks off on tuesday — and will pay homage to the works of music legends from bach to brahms. and the new york times wonders what if king tut could text?

as a new exhibit brings emojis and hieroglyphics together. i'm sure it's producing lots of smiley faces with visitors. those was the papers. over to you. on tuesday, boris johnson will announce whether he'll let the chinese tech firm huawei build parts of the uk's future 5g network. the us considers the company a threat to national security, and it's warning that any deal with huawei could jeapordise a future trade agreement between the us and uk. here's republican congressman mark gallagher. regardless of who wins the white house in 2020, i think it would make it very difficult if not impossible for us to achieve that gold standard trade agreement, which we all want. and i think the conservative mp that you have tom tugendhat said it best when he said at a time when you've gone through this brutal effort in order to claw back some sovereignty in brussels, why then surrender it to beijing? and so, we want nothing more

than to work ever closer with our british counterparts, whether it's on intelligence sharing or our economic relationship. and so hopefully we can avoid that and hopefully the decision will be made not to go with allowing huawei onto your networks in britain. there have been tributes from around the world for the retired basketball star kobe bryant, who died on sunday in a helicopter crash. the five—time nba champion was with his 13—year—old daughter, gianna, and seven others when the accident happened. all those on board died. the nba has announced that the game between the lakers and their la rivals, the clippers — due to have been played at the staples center on tuesday — has been postponed. a short time ago the national transportation safety board gave a brief update on the latest from the crash site. the question was did we recover a black box? there wasn't a black box. and there isn't a requirement

to have a black box on this, so there was no cvr, no fdr. there was an ipad where for flight, which is essentially a flight plan, weather briefings, and the pilot uses that in—flight. we will be looking at other avionics on the aircraft to see what information we can gather and then we are going to be looking for other electronics. i spoke earlier to the chinese singaporean professional basketball player wong wei long. i asked him what did he feel when he heard the news of kobe bryant's death. 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, they put up the information

about kobe's 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 ten 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, you've been playing for ten 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 when he played

against the philadelphia sixers. it was an incredible 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 shaq 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 players in asia. notjust basketball players, butjust everyone in asia. for me particularlyjust the mentality he would show on court. professional basketball player wong wei long, since early december, india has seen widespread protests against a new citizenship law, one which many believe is anti—muslim and

anti—constitutional. the muslim suburb of shaheen bagh in delhi has become a hub for those voicing their opposition. the bbc‘s shalu yadav met three generations of one family who've been attending the protests regularly. shaheen bagh! lam indian.

she also has a right to express.

you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up — how has china managed the coronavirus? is one political system better at solving some problems than others? we'll see how effective the chinese government has been in containing the outbreak.

thanks for watching, bye—bye. 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 there 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 winteriness confined to higher ground. eastern areas not seeing as many 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 wind, 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 we 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 isobars 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 outbreaks of rain into scotland. the cloud and rain gathering out 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 largely dry with sunshine. 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.

a 50 year old man becomes the first person to die in the chinese capital beijing from coronavirus. the infection has killed 82 people so far, with a further three thousand cases confirmed in more than a dozen countries. several republican senators have said that witnesses may need to be admitted to donald trump;s impeachment trial. the calls follow lea ks from a book by the former national security advisor, john bolton. and the investigation into the crash that killed kobe bryant and eight others had formally launched. this comes as fans have been expressing their sadness at the death of the player. bryant and his teenage daughter were amoung nine people killed in the crash in california on sunday. that's all.