hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the coronavirus continues to spread in china — with 6,000 confirmed cases. china's neighbours tighten their borders. airlines suspend services. and governments bring their citizens home. the world health organization urges all countries to take action. we are at an importantjuncture in this event. we as who believe these chains of transmission can still be interrupted. it's official. the european parliament votes to approve the brexit withdrawal deal — before the uk leaves the eu on friday. the uk is bid farewell with this musical sendoff.

singing. a rendition of auld lang syne is sung by meps. with the future relationship still to be negotiated, the eu insists the hard work is still to come. we have a special report from antarctica — where doing science in one of the most extreme environments on earth — isn't easy. china's coronavirus continues to spread. authorities say the outbreak could peak in 10 days. there have now been 132 deaths, almost 6000 cases and 16 countries outside china with confirmed cases. and you can see how the number of cases has spiked over the past week. wuhan is the the centre of the outbreak. china's telling residents not

to travel elsewhere. this is the situation in wuhan — as well as not leaving the city, people are being told not to leave their homes. also in wuhan — two new hospitals are being built especially for coronavirus patients. the first has over 1000 beds — and will be finished within a week. this is an existing hospital in wuhan — dozens of patients having been queueing for checks. and new patients are arriving all the time. and this is hong kong where people have been queuing to buy face masks because of a city—wide shortage of them. and we've heard from the chinese authorities on their plans to manage the situation. translation: we are not in a critical period in the prevention of this epidemic. we need to control potential source of the virus. stephen mcdonell‘s just been to hubei province —

he's now back in beijing. this is his latest update. everybody who has been in the province is expected to stay away from there workplace for two weeks and so that's what i'm doing as others are. if 30s are taking more and more strict precautions when you go into buildings, i'm back in beijing now. going to buildings and have your temperature checked with her office building or a building where people live with flats. the streets are very quiet in the chinese capital, it is normally kind of quiet for the spring festival but it is very quiet. people are not walking around, they don't want to leave their homes if they don't have to. risk of being infected. an interesting comparison with sars, some people on social media are plotting the trajectory of this coronavirus with the sars outbreak in 2002. it seems that this is a much more infectious virus. we have

for the update of the chinese authorities. central to the response to this virus is the world health organisation. the whole world needs to be on alert now. the whole world needs to take action and be ready. for any cases that come. eitherfrom action and be ready. for any cases that come. either from the original epicentre orfrom other that come. either from the original epicentre or from other epicenters that become established. so the virus continues to spread — but there has been a breakthrough. scientists in australia have recreated the new coronavirus. that may help efforts to diagnose and treat it. here's the head of the team that did this. it makes it possible for a lot of things to move forward that have been delayed. we're just delighted to have been able fill that gap in this space between 2am saturday morning when the first case was diagnosed in australia, and monday we believe we have the virus growing in culture. hundreds of british citizens are being flown back to the uk

from wuhan on thursday. it's understood that british passengers will be it's believed they'll stay in a military facility. a number of other countries are also evacuating thier citizens. these are pictures of 206japanese citizens landed in tokyo. medics carried out checks on board and at the airport. but no mandatory quarantine is planned. some 201 americans, including diplomats and their families, were evacuated from wuhan and will be quarantined at california's march air reserve base. sophie long is in la. well, we don't exactly know how long it will stay there at the moment. i know there will be housed there for a period of time, they could be a couple of days or a couple of weeks. that charter plane left china just

before dawn local time and went flat anchorage, alaska and said they were screened twice before leaving china and underwent two more screenings in alaska before moving on again to southern california where they are 110w. southern california where they are now. obviously a pretty concerning time for all of those people on board. 201 us nationals and some diplomats and some business people as well. when the plane landed in alaska the crew said it will come to the united states. there were huge cheers throughout the plane. what's the advice to americans if they are considering travelling to china? people are considering travelling to china we are currently at a level three which means that people should not travel and advised not to travel u nless not travel and advised not to travel unless their travel is essential. as one level higher than that, at a level four which means just don't 90, level four which means just don't go, not at that stage at the moment. the message here from public health

officials is to not be alarmed, they have been very clear about what's happening in china is not what is happening in china is not what is happening in china is not what is happening in the united states. currently five confirmed cases, two in california and wanted arizona and illinois and one in washington state as well. the trajectory of the disease is not alarming and people should not be alarmed in the united states. that's not to say that rumours are there was an erroneous message on social media that had been a confirmed case at the university of southern california, a statement from the school saying that was not the case. the main message here at the moment is don't travel to china unless you have to 90, travel to china unless you have to go, don't be alarmed unless you come into prolonged contact and we mean more than ten minutes of direct contact more than ten minutes of direct co nta ct of more than ten minutes of direct contact of eight confirmed case. otherwise people should remain calm. and this has come in to the newsroom in the past hour "world athletics has announced the postponement of the world indoor championships in nanjing in march due to fears over the coronavirus. the sport's governing body said it would now look to stage the event

in one year's time." in another development, british airways has announced it was suspending all direct flights to and from mainland china. that follows united airlines already saying it would be reducing its schedule. meanwhile, uk government officials have held what's called a cobra meeting to discuss the virus. here are the attendees arriving. this is an emergency meeting that is called when a national crisis arises — often it's for terrorist incidents or extreme flooding. this time, the meeting follows the uk foreign office telling britons to cancel all but essential travel to china. australia plans to quarantine its evacuees on christmas island — which is 2,000 kilometres from the mainland. they will stay at a recently re—opened immigration detention centre. as many as 600 australians — including around a hundred children — have registered as being in wuhan

or the wider hubei province. here's prime minister scott morrison. we cannot give a guarantee that the separation is able to succeed, and i also want to stress very clearly that we may not be in a position if we are able to do this on one occasion, to do it on another occasion. the decision to use christmas island has raised a few eyebrows. the detention centre has been a controversial part of australia's border protection policies — which sees some asylum seekers housed at the facility. abc's china correspondent bill birtles. another abc journalist.

and the abc is reporting that the 11100 people who live on the island were not told ahead of the announcement. their community leader told the abc, "saw pm's announcement via sbs" — that's another public broadcaster. he goes on "regressive colonial era ideas since 2001. create convict settlement for innocent people, now we'll be a leper colony". it's worth noting that more broadly he's a vocal critic of the federal government's decisions about the island. shaimaa khalil has more on this from sydney. this detention centre will be quarantine zone if you will and upon hearing that many have raised the question why is it that 600 australians including 100 children that travel with their families instead of being brought to hospitals, why are they being

brought to christmas island about 2000 km from the mainland? it ashley closer to indonesia than it is to australia mainland. with the crisis, it's also taken issue with this. it was published in a danish newspaper — the chinese flag has virus germs in place the stars. china is demanding an apology. i have a little help here with the danish translation but i was going to show you what. they say china wa nts to to show you what. they say china wants to control danish media. and has shown no inclination to take on the picture or indeed apologise for it. more stuff on the bbc news website and the health section. momentum is gathering for witnesses to be called in president trump's impeachment trial. and republican leaders, despite holding a majority in the senate, admitted they currently don't have the numbers to stop

that from happening. if four republican senators join the democrats, witnesses will be allowed. mitt romney says he'll be one of them. i can't begin to predict whether senators will do, and i think each individual make their own decision. i don't think they're all settled at the group or as individuals as to exactly how they‘ re the group or as individuals as to exactly how they're going to vote. i would like to hearfrom exactly how they're going to vote. i would like to hear from john exactly how they're going to vote. i would like to hearfrom john bolton. john bolton is the man at the centre of this issue. he was president trump's national security advisor. and on monday the new york times quoted from a book of his that's out next month. in it mr bolton says president trump told him directly that he wanted to hold back military aid for ukraine until the ukrainians had announced an investigation into his political rivaljoe biden. the president denies this — and has been now attacking john bolton on twitter.

the president's personal lawyer has also been on the attack. he never said to me, i've got a problem with what you are doing in ukraine. never once, never winked problem with what you are doing in ukraine. never once, neverwinked or set me a note, that's classic backstabber. so i feel i've got a slump character here. i find his testimony about the president pretty close to incredible. remember, many people have accused rudy giuliani of being at the centre of the plan that's got the president in trouble. he sastohn bolton never came to him with any complaints. but it appears mr bolton did say something to the national security council. here's a former white house aide testifying back in november at start of the impeachment hearings. specific instruction was that i had to go to the lawyers, to a john eisenberg, a senior counsel for the national security council to basically say can you tell eisenberg

that i am not parts of this, whatever drug deal that mulvaney and sunderland are cooking up. "drug deal" in this context means withholding aid from ukraine to pressure the bidens. in that testimony fiona hill also said thatjohn bolton told her. "that rudy giuliani is a hand grenade who will blow us all up." this was rudy giuliani on that today. if he came up to me and said, you are a grenade that will blow up in their face, are a grenade that will blow up in theirface, i are a grenade that will blow up in their face, i would say i would never have the opportunity because i'm an atomic bomb. interesting that donald trump keeps alluding to the fa ct donald trump keeps alluding to the fact thatjohn bolton will be breaking confidentiality if he talks about this into much detail, is that about this into much detail, is that a hint of one of the strategies will pursue? yeah, they have always said if he did go and testify and exert what they call executive privilege

there is a lot of debate about whether they are able to do that at this sort of doctorate that says the president should be able to get confidential advice and not have it splashed all over the place. now, richard nixon tried that with the watergate tapes in the supreme court told them to hand them over. it's not foolproof by any means, but what it could do is that if bolton is willing to go and testify and donald trump wants to try and stop him i could end up in the courts and that presses paws on the trial. just another question, like pictures coming in from the floor of the senate. proceedings are continuing and this is part of the defence team i think. just before we talk help me understand where we are in the process of the trial. well, we are at the stage where senators get to ask written questions of each side. they gets i think this started about three and a half hours ago. they've

asked about 30 questions so far, roughly 30 questions. to get five minutes to answer the question and republican senators are quite interestingly coming up and saying that i ask the president's council to address the points that the democrats just made, to address the points that the democratsjust made, for to address the points that the democrats just made, for example. using their questions as a way of facilitating the president counsel to some degree. this could go on for 16 hours, eight today and possibly another eight tomorrow unless they run out of questions. we will leave it there, thank you very much indeed. if trial continues in washington and of course keeping across that all of the time. we will stay with us on outside source — still to come. we have a special report from antarctica — the front lines of extreme climate science and where scientists fear the thwaites glacier could be starting to collapse.

companies involved in the refurbishment of grenfell tower have asked for immunity from prosecution before appearing at the new phase of the inquiry. they want a legal guarantee that they will be protected when they give evidence. 72 people died in the disaster in 2017. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, was at the inquiry in central london. everybody gives evidence in the public inquiry has the right to not incriminate themselves. the public inquiry is not a court of law and what they're asking for is for the chairman of the inquiry to request if you like, a note from the attorney general, the senior government lawyers saying that if they were to say something or give some evidence that gave them a problem criminally then it could not be used in any prosecution and remember the police are carrying out a major mental investigation into g re nfell tower.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead is: chinese authorities are warning the coronavirus outbreak could peak in ten days — as the number of cases climbs to 6,000. in the past few hours the world athletics has announced its postponing the world indoor champs in nanjing in march because of fears over the virus. some of the main story is from bbc world service. local authorities in australia say a bushfire which has been burning since november — and claimed the lives of two firefighters — has finally been contained. the fire in new south wales destroyed nearly three thousand hectares. efforts to contain it have been helped by rainfall over the past few weeks. more on the bbc world service the crisis at boeing continues to deepen. further delays in getting its 737

max fleet back in service following two fatal crashes last year resulted in the company making its first annual loss in more than 20 years. samira hussain is in new york. and i guess this is not too much of a surprise. it is not a surprise, but when you see these kinds of numbers from one of the biggest companies in america it is pretty heart stopping. we are seeing that the company is estimating costs associated with the whole 737 crisis will be upwards of $18 billion, and as he rightly pointed out for the first time in more than 20 years we have seen that bowling is reporting a yearly loss. now, we have heard from the ceo with a newly appointed ceo of boeings who said it's his commitment to the plants back up and running safely as possible and

quickly as possible in every intention to returning the company to where it once was. we will speak to where it once was. we will speak to both of them this evening because donald trump has signed off the new agreement with mexico and canada; it replaces the previous nafta agreement that he dismissed as the worst trade deal ever. in truth much of it looks very familiar but there are some key changes, which both sides in congress are supporting. michelle fleury‘s in washington for us. so what has changed? who says that the republicans and democrats can't work together because this was a rare bipartisan agreement. you saw that reflected in the revamped deal that reflected in the revamped deal that ended up on the president's desk to be signed today here on the south lawn. surrounded by business leaders from american farmers to manufacturers and other workers, and basically taking something of a victory lap and as you point out this was a deal that he wanted done

even before he was elected president complaining about nafta. today he said that the nafta nightmare had ended, and that this was a brand—new motor frayer —— modern fair trade deal. this is not a brand—new trade deal. this is not a brand—new trade deal. it's a revamp, an update if you like. perhaps one of the key areas has to do with they were protections, this was something that democrats had fought to get included. tougher protections for american workers so that for example if wages are much cheaper in mexico, what can be done to protect american workers? one of the areas that have been a bone of contention with the original 1994 agreement and something for their snout tougher rules to address those concerns. and

a bit more certainty than the auto industry, now know the rules of the world and it had to use that but a higher percentage of american car parts have to be included. even if the car is assembled across the borderfor there is a huge manufacturing centre. thank you very much indeed. go to the business section of the bbc news you get more detailed on that trade deal between the us, mexico and canada. yesterday we brought you a report about a glacier which scientists fear could collapse. the thwaites glacier is in western antarctica, it's about the size of of the uk. and its melting would cause a dramatic rise in sea levels, threatening to swamp many of the world's major cities. it was the biggest and most complex field survey in antarctic history, not least because it's incredibly remote even by antarctic standards.

our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt travelled with the scientists. here, he looks at the challenges they faced. antarctica is the stormiest continent on earth, and west antarctica is the most remote and stormy part of it all, which makes it an exceptionally tough place to do scientific research. so we've been filming out here for, like, i don't know, an hour and a half, and this is the result, and it gives you an idea of why it's so hard to operate here. all the planes are grounded. they're saying we won't fly anywhere for three days. it has taken years of preparation to get the scientists out here. ships brought hundreds of tonnes of fuel and cargo to a remote ice shelf. then specialist snow vehicles dragged it 1000 miles over land, across some of the toughest terrain and toughest weather imaginable. six people can do a huge amount, but we just truck along day from day.

nobody really knows where we are, and then we just suddenly turn up! delivering bounty! the us provided air muscle, flying in the scientists and their equipment and ferrying everything down to the camps at the front of the glacier. then, the really hard work began. digging snow, and lots of it. the scientists need ten tonnes of the stuff to fill what they call the "flubber" — a water container the size of a small swimming pool. this will be the most southerly jacuzzi in the world, i think! a bank of boilers heats the water to just below boiling and then it's sprayed down onto the ice, to melt a hole almost half a mile down to where the ocean water meets the glacier. only now can the scientists deploy their instruments. only by taking measurements here can we hope to get accurate predictions of how sea—level is going to rise in the future. even if it means arousing the curiosity of some of the creatures that live here.

in terms of the answers that we can produce over the next six years, and the savings that that represents to people who are trying to predict the level and build sea defences, this is a drop in the ocean and a really good investment. this year's work has confirmed that warm sea water is melting the ice here increasingly rapidly, raising sea levels worldwide. the challenge now is for the rest of us, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for the rising oceans we will face in the decades to come. justin rowlatt, bbc news, west antarctica. you can find all of the material up from under tarter got online on bbc news. —— antarctica. it was really important, earlier, the european parliament approved the withdrawal deal but in the uk and the eu. the

last for hurdle that had to be cleared and that means the uk will definitely leave the eu on friday. we will get you the details. hello. welcome to a nightly look at some of the big weather stories. on the go around to the moment and like many recent weeks we start once again in australia where the summer heat is building once more towards the south and east. wildfires raging at the moment so not great news but temperatures here again close to record—breaking for january. getting above 40 degrees notjust on friday but saturday. similar temperatures in melbourne. temperatures will peak and adelaide and i will push its way eastwards and melbourne synced drastic drop in temperature in the low 40s to end of the week into just the high to mid teens as we start next week. a similar drop will come through sunday. at that same time

that same weather system will be filing moisture and across parts of new zealand. remember it is summer of course in new zealand but parts of course in new zealand but parts of the south island around the west end could see half a metre of rain fall in the mountains. that's enough to cause the widespread flooding and adding to that severe gales bouncing across the southern alps which could affect the likes of christ church. strong winds returned to parts of western canada and the northwest. a succession of yet more weather systems work their way in and could drop two metres of fresh snow over the next few days and across the rockies in british columbia temperatures on the rise in vancouver that turns to rain lower levels here and across vancouver the risk of flooding as you can see in portland and seattle. the warmer air will be pushing its way eastwards across much of the us and canada and an usually warm spell for this stage of the year as we go through the

weekend and into next week. a similar story closer to home across europe. back to these pictures for last week huge amounts of snow fell but to show you this chart from the shows you where temperatures relate to average and notice how the warmer orange with pushing in from the west. with above average temperatures through the rest of this week in many parts of europe as much as ten or maybe 12 centigrade above normal. with that because the wins come off the atlantic come up the atlantic, weather fronts bringing cloud around with a bit of a breeze and operates of rain. big stories post as we finish friday and just those temperatures. to instill in the depth of winter it's late january and temperatures in the mid to high teens and for some across spain and portugal we can see them approach the mid 20s as we hit this weekend. that milder story also be with us here in the uk, so after a bit of a chill and sunshine over the past few days the cloud is back and

with that milder weather but also for some weather as well. all of the details coming up in half an hour.

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. the coronavirus continues to spread in china with 6,000 confirmed cases. china's neighbours tighten their borders. airlines suspend services. and governments bring their citizens home. the world health organisation urges all countries to take action. we are at an important juncture in this event. we, as who, believe that these chains of transmission can still be interrupted. it's official. the european parliament votes to approve the brexit withdrawal deal — before the uk leaves the eu on friday. the uk is bid farewell with this musical sendoff. # for auld lang syne, myjo # for auld lang syne...#

and we are being reminded by the european union that the future relationship between the eu and uk is to come and that will be harder than what was to come before. the washington post reinstates a reporter who tweeted about an historical rape allegation against basketball legend, kobe bryant. i know it has been all but inevitable but for the first time i can send you that brexit is definitely happening. that is because the european parliament has voted to approve the eu's brexit deal with the uk. they voted 621—49 in favour.

the uk will now leave the eu with a deal at 11pm uk time, and midnight in brussels this friday. as soon as the result was announced many members broke out in song. # for auld lang syne, myjo # for auld lang syne # we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet # for auld lang syne...# in case you didn't recognise it, that was auld lang syne, the scottish folk song which recalls happy days gone by. most of you will. it recalls happy days gone by. for some, it was a happier day than others. ere's brexit party leader nigel farage. the same cannot be said for the price of party leader nigel farage. i know you're going to miss us. i know you want to ban our national flags, but we're going to wave you goodbye and we'll look forward, in the future, to working with you as sovereign... inaudible. if you disobey the rules, you get cut off.

can we please remove the flags? that was the parliament's vice—president cutting off nigel farage's microphone. she explained why he would've afterwards. the rule in this house is no flags. i'm irish. i know i'm irish, i don't need to wave my flag to prove it. and in fact what was rather sad was he did what i asked him to do. i asked him to leave the chamber with his flags, and they went outside. i wish they'd listen to the debate, the sadness of many not just british colleagues. because nigel farage has worked for this for 20—odd years i think he said. he's done nothing else in this house. he has not worked as a european mep. he's worked to destroy europe. and he's succeeded, but we're not going to let him win. he may have won the war, but we've got a bigger battle to fight. the president of the european commission tried to strike a friendly tone. here's some of her speech. we will miss you, but we will always keep up our friendship with you, and you can count on us as we know that we can count on you. it's worth remembering,

the deal that passed today only deals with the uk's withdrawal from the eu. the future relationship between the two sides still needs to be negotiated. there is a long way to go. here's our brussels correspondent adam fleming. on some of the hurdles that both sides will have to clear. the eu at the moment is getting their mandate ready, which is the detailed blueprint that would give to michel barnier to start the negotiations with the uk. i hear they are thinking about 12 negotiating streams that will cover things like trade, security cooperation within the eu, security cooperation in the wider world, scientific research, the mobility of people, a whole load of areas. at the first thing they will have to agree with the uk and i think they will probably start talking about in the next couple of weeks is just how the talks are going to work. here the cost modalities. they will have to discuss what areas to prioritise because the eu is not convinced that all the areas that need to be covered can be addressed in the

short time available in the transition period. i think there might bea transition period. i think there might be a bit of an argument over what areas are prioritised. there will be a discussion about how intense negotiations should be, how many rounds there should be, where the should take place, who will be who's opposite number either side of the table, and the eu i think will assist putting in a lot of milestones in the negotiations. for example getting the uk to sign up to these commitments about fair economic competition which is badged as the level playing field and also getting a deal on british waters being open to european fishing boats. getting those things in place to unlock the negotiations on all the other stuff. and as we learned from the first phrase of the divorce negotiations, all those building blocks for the process and decisions made at the start can have huge ramifications further down the line. that is coming down the track, adam. what took at the immediate term, friday is anything going to happen

at midnight? very little is going to happen here in brussels. they want it to be an incredibly low—key thing that sort of happens in the illegal ether with no cheers or tears. and thatis ether with no cheers or tears. and that is why today the european parliament, those scenes you saw, the meps linking arms to sing auto anxiety, that is such a big deal because i felt like the goodbye party for the uk. because all that is going to happen on friday is we will get a joint statement from the three institutions, charles michelle from the european council which represents the member states and the president of the european parliament and then at some point, just after midnight, the one solitary british flag will be lowered outside the european parliament and taken to be put ina european parliament and taken to be put in a museum. and i will be there to see that fire coming down because this time tomorrow, we will be life in brussels as we build up to brexit happening and we will also be involved in special coverage on the

bbc news channel and bbc world news through friday evening with the help of kathy k and christian fraser in london. now, i know as you know, senate brexit is also putting scottish independence senate independence back on the agenda. mps in the scottish parliament voted 64—54 in favour of holding a new referendum. the independence movement lost a referendum back in 2014. but the scottish government say brexit means circumstances have changed since then. here's the first minister nicola sturgeon. we stand just two days away from losing our eu membership and all of the rights that go with it. in my view, it is beyond doubt now that the only realistic way for scotland to return to the heart of europe and assure that we get the governments we vote for is to become an independent country. but the only people with the power to call a new referendum are the british government in westminster. and the prime minister borisjohnson has very strongly ruled out granting a new one.

here's our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. it is nonetheless a symbolic debate, it is a significant debate in this ongoing constitutional standoff, and that relationship with the eu is key. of course, a majority of people who voted here in scotland voted to remain as part of the eu, and nicola sturgeon referenced that relationship with the eu in her opening remarks. her political opponents have called this a political stunt and a distraction but it is, as i said earlier, symbolic. it is not likely to be to anything at this point, but it is another step in this constitutional argument and nicola sturgeon says she will make a speech on friday setting out the next steps in her campaign to secure another referendum on scotland's future. now for a special report from bbc minute, and it's all about this russian symbol.

it's made up of words that say "we are all", and it's uniting russians. students and celebrities are using it to rally against the government, or to support causes including domestic abuse and climate change. it's even helped release some people from police custody. marianna spring has the story. in russia, this symbol could save you from prison. it's found its way from the front pages of newspapers, to placards at protests. and onto social media. people are using the symbol to rally behind protesters who've been arrested for taking part in antigovernment demonstrations to support victims of domestic abuse, and also to support climate activist greta thunberg. using the symbol has been so successful and so powerful, that its meant some people have been released from police custody. they have been arrested by the russian government who we often refer to as the kremlin... the phrase is pronounced in russian as... speaks russian. and it literally means... but the actual meaning of the phrase is... in a country where media is largely

controlled by the state, it is very interesting to see that a symbol like that of solidarity and unity really could unite people. and it is a very rare thing because we all heard about the #metoo movement and the #jesuischarlie but in russia although there are loads of hashtags, you don't really get that kind of solidarity that often. it was first used to rally behind russian journalist ivan golunov. he was arrested on drug dealing charges back injune of 2019. however, he ended up being released after mass and very unusual public outcry. translation: they violate our rights, the freedom of expression, the freedom to demonstrate. his lawyers said that the drugs had been planted to silence the investigative reporter. some russian newspapers that would usually support the state came out fighting for the journalist. they created this symbol and plastered it all

over theirfront pages. and then protesters with placards and celebrities on instagram started using the symbol too. "we are all ivan golunov." that includes 24—year—old russian journalist anna luganskaya. she wore a t—shirt with the symbol on it and award ceremony at the kremlin a mystic crackdown on protesters supporting ivan golunov. i didn't want to just sit around the people who were responsible for it. the symbol for me is about people's solidarity. like fighting for people, for the freedom, for innocent people thrown in jails. people, for the freedom, for innocent people thrown injails.m response, russia on—site inter—minister launched an internal inquiry. now number of officers who have arrested the germans have been charged with abuse of power. the release of the journalists was just the start. the symbol was then used to campaignfor the start. the symbol was then used to campaign for protesters arrested in these antigovernment demonstrations in the summer and some protesters successfully avoided going to jail. it is also been used

to fight for victims of domestic abuse because activists want the water change in russia. at the moment some messick abuse is considered... that means abusers are fine read the being sent to prison but the symbol has also been used by government supporters who want to mock the movement. it looks like there'll be lots going on in russia in the yearahead. there'll be lots going on in russia in the year ahead. president putin who remains very popular has shaken up who remains very popular has shaken up the government and he has got an increasingly vocal group of people in his hands who are more willing than ever when to speak out about issues they care about. it looks like this catchphrase is found its way into the lives of russians and won't be going anywhere in 2020. thanks very much from marianna, we will have more for reports later. we will have more for reports later. we will bring up to date in the middle east situation. more purchase in the west ba n k east situation. more purchase in the west bank about donald trump's peace plan that he announced yesterday. —— more protests. the franchise to run rail services

across much of the north of england has been stripped from the operator, arriva rail north and nationalised. for years, passengers on northern suffered delays, cancellations and overcrowding on out of date trains. tom burridge has been listening to commuters tales of woe. i have had to move house because of unity and because of the trains have cancelled or wait and really struggle to get in time for lectures and so it has been really hard. you moved up because of an unreliable train service? i moved towns completely. a lot of people could myself will spend an extra 100, £200 weight because the train has not, to work. i am a head chef. if i don't come in... nationalising this vast network which runs from the humber in the east to places like blackburn further west linking communities to cities like it leads one change things overnight. —— like weeds.

northern pots i pick up and he said it did what it could stop you but we try to put more services on the network and the network has not kept up. that means the service has become fortune revival and a new plan is needed. the government wants performance—based contracts instead. rather than disenfranchise system which has run its course, have a syste m which has run its course, have a system of service contracts for passengers and over a long period of time but most important of all, they get paid when they should do their job and trains turned up on time. that is not the system on our network at the moment. whatever the system, whoever is in charge passengers want basic things. system, whoever is in charge passengers want basic thingslj system, whoever is in charge passengers want basic things. i am late for everything i do. one time i cried because my train was cancelled! but it is horrible because it just affects cancelled! but it is horrible because itjust affects our plans and when you just want to get home from work, it is just the little things like that when you just want to go home and spend time with your family, i can't even do that, it is a massive impact.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? chinese authorities are warning the coronavirus outbreak could peak in 10 days — as the number of cases climbs to 6,000. in the past few hours, the world athletics has announced its postponing the world indoor champs in nanjing in march because of fears over the virus. in the past hour — palestinians have announced the president, mahmoud abbas, will be going to the un security council in the next two weeks — to dispute donald trump's peace plan. here's the palestinian un envoy speaking in new york. he will put before the entire international community the reaction of the palestinian people in the palestinian leadership against this onslaught against the national

rights of the palestinian people by the trump administration. yesterday, the president unveiled his proposals — which map give israel sovereignty over its settlements in the west bank while promising statehood in the future to palestinians — if certain conditions are met. they were swiftly rejected by the palestinians. we have seen in the west bank earlier and more protests and clashes with security forces like in bethlehem. palestinians are calling it a day of rage. israeli military has deployed reinforcements across the west bank. this is the peace plan in terms of the map the president has release. part of 181 pages that the americans have release. the president is selling this as a win—win for both sides. it got the full endorsement from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. the palestinians have called it a "conspiracy". there's been regional reaction too.

turkey's foreign ministry said the plan aimed at "killing a two—state solution and extorting the palestinian territory." neighbouring jordan warned against the "dangerous consequences of unilateral israeli measures". unsurprisingly, iran's foreign minister called it a nightmare. he tweeted out this map and said instead of the vision for peace sleep walking into catastrophe. protests have been taking place across the west bank and gaza. here's barbara plett usher in bethlehem. there is a small place in the town of bethlehem going on where they usually happen. you have young men burning stones, burning tyres and at the top of the street, the israeli soldiers are gathered and occasionally fire tear gas already to disperse even the small number protesters and it has not been a very big turnout even though you had

that big announcement yesterday about president trump's plan. it raises a big question, the whole notion of a viable palestinian state had been less and less over the one time considering settlement constructed by the israelis and the west bank. what did they do not? it feels like the pretence of it has been stripped away. the palestinians have been going on the international community to call you back or help them but they been doing ever for time and no real help has come. donald trump is going the surrealistic two state solution and argues more than doubles palestinian territory. but experts believe it kills palestinian aspirations for a sovereign state — withjerusalem as its capital. under donald trump's planjerusalem remains israel's "undivided" capital while the palestinian capital would "include areas of east jerusalem". that wording is crucial.

we don't know where in east jerusalem the capital would be. and if we believe benjamin netanyhau then the palestinian capital would be here in abu dis — a suburb on the outskirts ofjerusalem — divided by an israeli security barrier. according to the financial times, the palestinians would have to place their capital outside the boundaries of present—day jerusalem in an area landlocked byjewish settlements. the plan also recognises israeli sovereignty overjewish settlements in the west bank, considered illegal under international law. 400,000 israelis live in them. this is the biggest on the west bank. rows about settlements have caused the collapse of numerous rounds of peace talks. so with all this in mind, what are the chances of peace? orla guerin has more from ramallah. bethlehem before sunrise.

palestinians rushing to a day's work in israel. those lucky enough to have permits. movement is tightly controlled. that's life under israeli occupation. do you have any hope for the peace plan from donald trump? "no, no, no" says e brahim, a father of seven. "they don't want to get the palestinians their rights". a few echoed over coffee in ramallah. that's an hour away or triple that if there are delays that israeli checkpoints. here, we met some of the oslo generation. palestinians who grew up with the peace accords signed in 1993. they say the trump deal ends that era and it's time for a new strategy. it finally spells the death of the peace process that many assumed would lead to a palestinian state

and instead opens the doorfor us would lead to a palestinian state and instead opens the door for us as and instead opens the door for us as a new generation to begin building a type of resistance movement based on what nelson mandela did it. so this is the end of the peace process as we know it? this is the end of what i would call it the illusion of a peace process. we will finish my talk about the washington post. the washington post has reinstated a reporter who tweeted about historic rape allegations against kobe bryant. the basketball legend was killed in a helicopter crash last sunday. soon after felicia sonmez posted a link to this factually correct daily beast article from 2016 with a detailed account of a rape allegation made against kobe bryant in 2003. felicia sonmez received death threats online after tweeting the story. the washington post's chief editor marty baron also wrote her an email saying she'd shown a real lack of judgement and she was "hurting this institution by doing this". she was then suspended. that prompted more than 300

washington post employees to sign this letter in support of ms sonmez — signaturies included pulitzer prize winners david fahrenthold and beth reinhard, and white house bureau chief philip rucker. well, felicia sonmez has now been reinstated. the post's managing editor tracy grant said the posts were ill—timed, but did not break the paper's policies. she added, "we consistently urge restraint, which is particularly important when there are tragic deaths." we've still heard nothing from marty baron, and felicia sonmez would like that to change. i believe that washington post readers and employees, including myself, deserve to hear directly from @postbaron on the newspaper's handling of this matter. she attached a statement that read among other things, "i hope washington post newsroom leaders will not only prioritize their employees' safety in face of threats of physical harm

but also ensure that no journalits will be punished for speaking the truth." anthony zurcher is in washington. anthony help me, did she do anything other than sharing an article that it's factor really —— factory correct? after she shared that article, she followed that up by posting the tweet about the outrage her tweet was generating, saying she had received tens of thousands of comments on that tweet, and e—mails. and then in the subsequent tweet, she took a screen copy of her e—mail inbox that show to some of the hateful messages that she was receiving and that screenshot did have the full names of some of the people who e—mailed her. one of the early explanations we heard from the washington post about why she had violated the company pots our policies was that particular screen

grab and sharing people's full names. weather for right or for wrong, she definitely seems to be in sync with her colleagues and out of sync with her colleagues and out of sync with her colleagues and out of sync with the management. and it is a tricky line. social media policies for new site with, reporters are expected to be on social media as a way to interact with their readers and pull back the curtain a bit on the journalistic process to show the work that goes into it and share additional information and promote the content of a media outlet. so on one hand, reporters are expected to use social media to promote their work, on the other hand it is a fine line that they have to walk when tweeting about topic areas that may not be directly in their coverage or even their own views on matters. and in this case, the post at least initially thought that she was doing things that were damaging the paper

but now they have since walked that back. anthony, think you very much indeed. we appreciate it. anthony ending this addition of outside source. tomorrow i will be heading to brussels, it doesn't seem so long ago that we were talking about the brexit referendum campaign and then the photo leave the european union. there had been twisted and turns since but on friday night, the uk will leave the european union and outside source will be in brussels to bring you the european side of the story. hello, we have had our coldest weather of the week, this elitist very brief for rotation with winter is coming to an end. we sought more so across highland scotland, minimal impacts across the southern parts of the uk. we had been in the blue, colder, frosty, isee in the uk. we had been in the blue, colder, frosty, i see in places but look at the change for the rest of the week, the warmer colours, much

of my other air back into the uk without complications. i left the weather fronts on here that there will be from the fronts, cloud, rena times, and it will be quite windy as well. already for thursday morning, a different feel to things out there. some rain and places, fog and poor physically with patchy rain in south wales in southern england, more substantial ring affecting northern scotland, close to low pressure here will be quite windy but further north, you could see gusts up to 60 mph or so. blustery day across the uk public at high temperatures have rebounded and back above average, 14 celsius in southeast england. low—pressure across cotton, another will pressure in the atlantic. more weather fronts coming our way, some of us on friday morning, a wet start towards the north and west of the uk. the rain pushing south across inman and wells tended to weaken as it doesn't sell. behind that bringing up, a few

showers, blustery again and anywhere could see wind gusts at average speeds, gusts up to 40—50 mph either which are as moving in or the band of rain moving south. not too much of rain moving south. not too much ofan impact of rain moving south. not too much of an impact on temperatures, 14 celsius showing up in the milder areas. this next area of low pressure as we start the weekend is close to scotland. weather fronts approaching southern england so you will have a brief spell of rain across southern most parts but scotland, the rain sinks further south across northern ireland and northern england. maybe something brighter between our two bands of wet weather. does turn a little bit colder behind a scotland behind this area of wet weather moving south. that takes us on to part two of the weekend, bit of a toll on a saturday night but not long before we see more weather fronts coming our way on sunday. at bit of uncertainty on sunday though this far out about how things are going to pan out and particularly how far north the rain is going to push on sunday. if you have outdoor plants on sunday, keep

checking back because it may not look checking back because it may not loo k exa ctly checking back because it may not look exactly like this. where the rain sits, north of it it will be colder, south of it you will be very mild. that takes us to the start of next week, hello more weather fronts coming in. more of a southerly track here. a bit of uncertainty about where the rain is going to be but it was to be affecting southern parts of the uk and the idea is that these weather systems and up edging ever further southwards, the colder air to the north of them further south limiting just how mild it is across southern areas. and then when they are gone, to onwards we open the door to colder air pushing down across the uk. windy with showers and then high—pressure will topple in as the week goes on turning things much quieter. a bit of uncertainty just about where that high—pressure was set but the idea for next week means it will turn colder, frosty nights returning, showery at first, wintry showers and then high—pressure moving into turn

things a bit drier. how cold it is and how long it is as high pressure moves in, that is what to watch. bye— bye.

tonight at ten, the latest on the virus crisis in china, as hundreds of british citizens are waiting to be flown home, to face a period in quarantine. as the last—minute packing and preparations took place, some of those affected complained of a chaotic process. i think it's been an absolute shambles, to be honest with you. i don't think the government have really known what they have been doing. the last direct ba flight from china, for the time being, has landed in london. the airline has now suspended all services to chinese cities. we'll have the latest on what awaits those coming home, and we'll be looking at the global spread of the coronavirus. also tonight... northern rail is to be nationalised from the 1st march, after years of major problems for passengers. # for auld lang syne, my dear