i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore, the headlines: the world health organisation declares a global health emergency as china's coronavirus spreads, at least 200 people have now died and there are cases in 18 other countries. the main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in china, but because of what is happening in other countries. the race is now on to develop a vaccine before the virus takes hold. we'll be at a laboratory in san diego, which is spearheading the research. i'm lewis vaughan jones in london. also in the programme:

with less than 2a hours until brexit, we look at britain's chances of striking quick trade deals with the rest of the world, including china. and the high tech trainers said to feel like running on trampolines, are they giving professional athletes an unfair advantage? hello. it's midnight in london, 8:00am in the morning here in singapore, and midnight in geneva, where the coronavirus has been declared a global public emergency by the world health organization. the illness, which has killed 212 people in china, has spread to almost 20 other countries, with more than 8,000 people infected.

the who said the declaration sent an important signal to the international community. iam i am declaring a public health emergency of international concern. over the global outbreak of novel coronavirus. the main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in china, but because of what is happening in other countries. our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems and which are ill—prepared to deal systems and which are ill—prepa red to deal with systems and which are ill—prepared to deal with it. that the head of the who speaking there. lets cross over to hong kong and speak with the bbc‘s mariko oi. what is the sense you are

getting on the ground there? we know hong kong has restricted cross—border access to china, russia is another country that has done the same. is there a rising sense of panic?” has done the same. is there a rising sense of panic? i think it is definitely fair to say that people are worried. memories of the sars outbreak are still very fresh where the city lost nearly 300 people, and that is why people have been asking for drastic measures. as of yesterday midnight the city has reduced the number of flights from the mainland as well as buses and also they shut down all the high—speed rail as well as ferries which would usually be arriving from the mainland just behind me stopping this declaration by the who mean that countries can take further measures to restrict notjust travel but also trade, and that isa

travel but also trade, and that is a big concern for beijing, because it could have a significant impact on the country's economy. we have already heard from various economists that this outbreak could knock off i%—2% of china's gdp growth. the who has also praised china's efforts and warned against the spread of the virus to other countries with weaker health systems. is there a sense that you are getting the chinese government is doing all it can? i think if you look at the reaction, not just here in hong kong but around the world, there have been quite a bit of criticism of why it took so long for the who to declare this as a global emergency and there was speculation as to whether there was any pressure from beijing on the who not to do so, because of the concerns that this could have an impact on china's economy and if you listened carefully to the press conference of the who boss, he

really praised china's in his words extraordinary response. he said this declaration of global emergency is nothing to do with how china has been with honda, but it is more about how it is spreading around the world. we have just been getting word that the number of cases has jumped to 9600 now globally, so there is a fair that it globally, so there is a fair thatitis globally, so there is a fair that it is spreading incredibly quickly. what is being said there in terms of the local media? as you can imagine, it is across all the newspapers front pages. this is the south china morning post, virus death toll climbs, as you mentioned, the number continues to climb rather rapidly. i want to show you this newspaper, oriental daily news. you can see a lot of people queueing up outside

the store to buy facial masks and many of them, as you can see in the picture, wearing it. it says the shortage around the world, it is also attacking how the hong kong government is handling the situation. citizens causing chaos, the headline also reads. there have been reports of people fighting over who gets to buy the last facial mask. it is a bit of an irony that this city only a few months ago experienced months after months of pro—democracy protests a nd after months of pro—democracy protests and they weren't allowed to wear facemask because that would hide their identity. now practically eve i’yo ne identity. now practically everyone is wearing it and the city is definitely having a shortage of it. all right, and of course we have been getting word that the number of cases have risen dramatically. want to ta ke have risen dramatically. want to take you now to south korea and look at the international airport, there is live pictures and we are told that hundreds

of south koreans have landed there in a charterflight, south koreans are directly taken from wuhan, 367 people and this is apparently the first of up to four flight planned to evacuate south koreans from the region and crucially, the government will now isolate all those people on those flights stopping there will be taken to buildings just outside seoul and be kept there and isolation for at least two weeks and south korea has now reported fifth and next cases of the virus, as we look at those pictures just to reinforce those figures that we we re reinforce those figures that we were hearing. another jump reinforce those figures that we were hearing. anotherjump in the number of cases worldwide now, over 9000 and the number of deaths has risen to 213. also making news today, senators in the impeachment trial of president donald trump are set to vote on whether or not to call any witnesses

on friday evening. at least four republicans would need to side with democrats to allow witnesses to be called, including former national security adviserjohn bolton, who democrats believe could directly link mr trump with the decision to freeze military aid to ukraine in return for political favour. the uk's press regulator has rejected a complaint by prince harry about a newspaper's use of photographs from his instagram account, of wild animals in africa. the duke of sussex accused the mail on sunday of misleading readers by suggesting he'd deliberately failed to reveal that the animals had been tranquillized and tethered with rope. the press watchdog said the newspaper article wasn't significantly misleading. archaeologists in egypt have displayed the contents of 16 ancient egyptian tombs discovered at a site in the minya region south of cairo. the tombs were the burial place of high priests and senior officials who lived around 3,000 years ago. 20 stone coffins were found, along with some 10,000 figurines, jars and jewelry.

now, brave volunteers are needed to help this saltwater crocodile in indonesia. it managed to get a tyre stuck around its neck, which no—one can seem to budge. local authorities are now offering a cash reward for the brave person who can free it. conservation officials have stressed they're looking for people with a background in wildlife conservation to help. the palestinian prime mininster, mohammad shtayyeh, has warned israel that if it annexes any occupied palestinian territory all agreements between the two sides would be terminated, including co—operation on security. under president trump's plan unveiled on tuesday, israel would be free to annex all of its settlements in the occupied west bank.

speaking to our correspondent, orla guerin, in ramallah, the prime minister denied that the palestinians had, once again, missed an opportunity by unequivocally rejecting the plan. if we accepted the deal we could have been good guys. simply because we stick to our national interests, we are not good guys any more. if that is the criteria for who was good and who is bad, we prefer to be very bad sticking to aspirations of our people and oui’ aspirations of our people and our legitimate right, let them call us whatever they want. did you make a strategic mistake in boycotting the american administration since december 2017? that basically meant you had no voice at the table, you are not part of the negotiations. it was not we who did negotiations. it was not we who d id boycott negotiations. it was not we who did boycott the united states. in the united states has taken every measure to really push us away from the negotiating table.

it's now less that 2a hours to go until britain leaves the european union. one of the immediate changes will be in trade arrangements — the uk will be able to start talking to countries around the world about setting new rules for buying and selling goods and services. one of the obvious targets for a deal will be with the second biggest economy in the world, china. rana mitter is the director of the university of oxford china centre. i began by asking him what would a trade deal with china look like. i think it would look like something that has taken quite a while to negotiate. the fact is, at the moment, something like 3% of britons trade takes place with china so it is a far smaller partner than the united states or the european union and that means that there will have to be a lot of attention paid to working out precisely what it is that uk wants to get from china and what china wants ta ke from china and what china wants take from the uk. does the uk have anything particularly to

offer? obviously china is a much bigger economy. what does the uk bring to the table here? it rings and some very high quality products. the chinese healthcare quality products. the chinese healthca re system quality products. the chinese healthcare system is changing rapidly, china is becoming an older country. in ten years' time its population will start to drop and become older because of the effects of the one child policy, so lots of pharmaceutical products, medical technology, this is something that china will need in the uk has a lot of it is m, in the uk has a lot of it is in, but above all, its services. britain is an 80% services. britain is an 80% service economy, and things that we often don't think of as services like higher education, they are very interesting to they are very interesting to the chinese. even now there are 100,000 or more chinese stu d e nts 100,000 or more chinese students studying in the uk so expanding the market for those sorts of services are really what the uk would like to bring and where there is interest in china. would you envisage a huge comprehensive deal or a slightly smaller one? huge comprehensive deal or a slightly smaller one ?|j huge comprehensive deal or a slightly smaller one? i think a more limited one. if you look

at switzerland, which is much smaller than the uk in terms of population but has a lot of specialist knowledge in areas like machine technology, the deal that has been done as we china gets very specific precision goods that they want, but the swiss have had to sign a deal where they get much less access immediately to china's markets then china does to switzerland, so china is not afraid to use its very large, very powerful role as the biggest economy in the world to carve out a deal that suits beijing first and foremost, just as washington or brussels do as well. that's interesting. and lastly, give us a timescale for all of the. how long do you think it will take? i think we are talking 5— seven years to a minimum but there are other things that could be done in between that don't involve a full deal. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the race to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus. we report from a laboratory in the us which is at the forefront of research.

also on the programme: the science behind the speed — the controversial running shoes helping athletes go for gold. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift—off. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman schoolteacher. 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 singled out buildings and brought them down 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 the auschwitz concentration camp have been commemorating the 40th anniversary of their liberation. they toured the huts, gas chambers and crematoria, and relived their horrifying experiences. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm lewis vaughan jones in london. our top stories: the coronavirus outbreak which began in china has been declared a global health emergency. the number of those who've died has now risen to 213. with less than 2a hours until britain officially leaves the european union, pro—eu protestors have gathered outside the houses of parliament in london. it's expected there'll be a pro—brexit rally on friday. let's take a look at some front

pages from around the world. we start with the japan times, which leads with chinese tourists being shunned amid coronavirus fears. it reports that along with flights from china being suspended, schools in europe have uninvited exchange students, and restaurants in south korea have turned away chinese customers. the straits times reports that singaporean households will receive four free surgical masks to help contain the spread of the virus. authorities are responding to a recent wave of panic buying, the paper quotes a minister saying you only need to wear a mask if you're unwell and need to see a doctor. and the philippine star reports on the first case of coronavirus in the country. the person infected is a 38—year—old female chinese tourist from wuhan city, the epicentre of the virus, and is now confined in a government hospital.

that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. thanks, sharanjit. no surprise that coronavirus is dominating the newspaper front pages, with the number of cases, we were telling you, jumping above 9000 and u nfortu nately jumping above 9000 and unfortunately the number of deaths to 213. let's get more on our top story. italy is the latest country to confirm it has diagnosed patients with the virus, bringing the total to almost 20 countries now effected by the cronavirus. let's take a look at what other countries are doing to combat this outbreak. in singapore, which has 13 confirmed cases, residents who've been to hubei province are legally obliged to go into quarantine, with severe penalties for those who don't comply. and it's barring entry altogether for new visitors who have been to hubei

in the last two weeks. the australian government, which reports nine cases, is planning to evacuate hundreds of citizens from wuhan, and then quarantine them on christmas island. that's been a contentious decision. the island is home to a controversial immigration detention centre. it's also quarantined china's national women's soccer team which is in australia for an olympic qualifying tournament. with more cases detected around asia, many countries in the region are warning citizens to avoid travelling to china, and screening travellers at airports and borders. so, with global cases rising, our global health correspondent, tulip mazumdar, is in san diego in the united states and visited the labs of one pharmaceutical company which is working on developing a vaccine. imap inovio's main labs and this is one of the labs working on developing a vaccine for this new coronavirus. the scientist behind me have been working day and night since the outbreak began and this is one ofa number of outbreak began and this is one of a number of international

research facilities that are desperately racing to find a potential vaccine that could help people in this outbreak in china. joining me to tell me a bit more about this is doctor jackie shay, chief operating officer at inovio. you managed to come up with a design at least for a vaccine very quickly, within a day or two of the outbreak being announced, how did you manage to do that? that's right, and that's really down to the really rapid response nature of our platform. first of all it was incredibly helpful that the chinese scientists but the sequence chinese scientists but the sequence out online as quickly as they did, and we were able to then take sequence and put it through our algorithms on the computer and design a new construct really within a matter of hours. the next day we had it being synthesised, being generated. and this is the genetic code the chinese government put up, and you're

using what's called a dna platform to come up with this vaccine. you're planning to work with a chinese biotech company, i believe, to get this vaccine into human trials in the next few months, by the summer? that's right. we're going to be working with professor bin w of... and we wa nt professor bin w of... and we want trials in the us and china by early summer. how concerned are you form what you have seen unfold in china and the 15 countries around the world ? and the 15 countries around the world? as a scientist i'm very concerned and the who decision today has also underlined the gravity of the situation and the need for all to work extremely quickly. and the world health organization has declared an international public health emergency and one of the things the who said was there needed to be a priority on finding a vaccine and also tube is for this virus quickly.

does that change what you're doing here, will you be able to doing here, will you be able to do anything quicker? we are working as quickly as we can and we will continue to do that, but hopefully it will help smooth the path and help co—ordination and also it will help create more funding and resources available to fund the research. do you think you can get a vaccine out in time for this outbreak? we're very confident taste on the work we've been doing for a mers vaccine, a related coronavirus, that we can generate a vaccine rapidly that can hope lee be safe and efficacious. -- hopefully. it depends on what happens with this outbreak, it is still rapidly developing. doctorjacquie shea, thank you. the who did announce the public health emergency earlier today, mainly because they're worried about the international spread and what will happen if this virus gets into more developing countries with weaker health

systems. the vaccine, of course, is extremely important. it is still very early days both at this facility an number of other research facilities around the world, but the race is on to find a new vaccine and the hope is it can potentially get out during this outbreak. but as we heard, it depends on what's what happens over the next coming weeks and months in china and beyond. for years, nike has branded its shoes as giving athletes that little something extra. whether it's driving to the hoop in basketball, returning a forehand in tennis, or running that extra mile. but now their technology is under scrutiny by the governing body of world athletics. there've been complaints that wearing nike's vaporfly range is equivalent to technological doping. new rules will be announced on friday. our sports editor, dan roan, has the story. this is history unfolding... a weekend that changed distance running forever. eliud kipchoge becoming the first athlete to complete a marathon in less than two hours last year. and then brigid kosgei also

making history a day later. she's going to obliterate the world record. but how much were their feats down to the footwear? both kenyans wore modified versions of nike's controversial vaporfly. the sport's rules say shoes mustn't provide an unfair advantage, but have they been overtaken? some critics like british olympian mara yamauchi, who was sponsored by a rival shoe firm, now want the governing body to step in and issue a ban. if they say, right, doping is not allowed because it's performance enhancing but we're ok with these shoes which are also performance enhancing, there's a bit of inconsistency there. what we're getting into now is not who is the best athlete, it's who has got the best shoes on. it's hard to see how anybody not wearing vaporflys in the tokyo olympics is going to win medals. remarkably, the five fastest marathons ever have all been achieved by runners wearing types of vaporfly in the last two years. so what's the secret? we asked experts at manchester metropolitan university to reveal the science hidden inside the shoe. what makes it special?

so, one of the key features of this shoe is the foam. it's particularly light and particularly thick, as you can see here. that thick foam can deform and store lots of energy and then return lots of energy as well. the other key feature is this full—length carbon plate, which you can see here. that adds stiffness to the length of the shoe. it allows the athlete to have greater leverage and also stiffens the front of the shoe and allows them to run more efficiently. the claim is that your running economy can increase by around 4%. these shoes are now a common sight at running clubs and in parks up and down the country, and these mass—produced ones will escape any kind of blanket ban. but modified versions may well struggle to meet new temporary restrictions that are set to be announced as world athletics tries to provide some clarity ahead of the tokyo olympics. nike says it respects the rules and their shoes don't return more energy than the runner uses. their athletes

embrace the advances. if we ban this and this, actually we discourage innovation, we discourage technology. evolution in sport is nothing new but some fear running is being distorted, and in the pursuit of fairness athletics rules must now catch up and fast. dan roan, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm lewis vaughan jones in london. our breaking news this hour, the update with the number infected by the coronavirus. the new detail is the total number of people affected worldwide is over 9000, and the death toll has risen to 230. before we go i want to show you these pictures. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. you may

remember president trump promising what he described as an big, impenetrable, beautiful wall on america's southern border. well high winds have blown over this section near a californian town. that's all for now, stay with bbc world news. hello there. thursday was a very windy day across the north of the uk into parts of scotland. it stays breezy through the course of today as well, even windy in some areas, but what you will notice is it's going to feel very mild. the reason for the low pressure a lwa ys the reason for the low pressure always nearby, this front will bring spells of rain which will spread south—east across the country. quite a few isobars on the chart and we are drawing ourair infrom the chart and we are drawing our air in from the south—west. this air source from the azores, as you can see, the oranges and yellows indicate it's going to feel very mild for the time of year. there will be quite a bit of around through the morning. that weather front i showed you, a band of rain spreading southwards and eastwards across england and wales through the

day. behind it, skies will tend to brighten commerce so some glimmers of sunshine and plenty of blustery showers across the north and west of scotland, heavy with spells of rain. a blustery day wherever you are, these are average wind speeds, could gust to 40—50 mph in some of the windiest spots. look at the temps, for the time of year, extremely mild. the mid—teens and celsius, we could be looking at 15 in one or two spots in eastern england. it stays breezy as well, rather cloudy as we had through friday night with further outbreaks of rain or longer spells of rain across the north—west corner of the country. further south, across the north—west corner of the country. furthersouth, if you dryer interludes, one or two showers around and again, it should be a frost free one with temps remaining in double figures across the south to start the weekend. low pressure again nearby on saturday, we'll have this weather front bringing rain to the north and this front bringing rain to the south. in between a mixture of cloud, one or two showers but

also a bit of brightness. one front across the south will allow outbreaks of showery rain to move across southern britain, tending to clear away from the south—east. further north, outbreaks of rain here, northern ireland, scotland, northern england, colder air pushing into the north, single figures, further south, a cooler day but still mild for the time of year, 10—13. on sunday we will see another blustery day, especially in the south, a weather front working north taking its rain with it, turning to snow over high ground in the north as it encounters colder air but further south, another bright day with a few shower and once again those temperatures in double figures. into next week, looks like it turns colder. a cold snap for a while before it sta rts cold snap for a while before it starts to her milder for the end of the week, with a return to stronger winds and outbreaks of rain.

i'm lewis vaughan jones with bbc world news. our top story: the outbreak of coronavirus which began in china has been officially declared a global health emergency. latest figures released within the past hour suggest a big jump in the number of confirmed cases, to more than 9000. the death toll is 213. with less than 2a hours until britain officially leaves the european union, pro—eu protestors have gathered outside the houses of parliament in london. it's expected there'll be a pro—brexit rally in london on friday. and this video is trending on bbc.com. remember president trump promising what he described as a "big, impenetrable, beautiful" wall on america's southern border? well, high winds have blown over this section near the californian town of calexico. that's all. stay with bbc world news.