welcome to bbc news — i'm mike embley. our top stories: 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. a warning from the palestinian prime minister, if israel annexes any occupied territory, under president trump's new plan. if you implement any of this, that is the end of us with you. as president trump's impeachment trial nears its close in the senate, a senior adviser to ukraine's president denies his administration felt pressured into opening an investigation linked to joe biden. and ch—ch—ch—changes — as the countdown to brexit

enters its last few hours we look at how britain evolved during its four decades in europe. is the coronavirus continues its spread outside china, the world health organization has declared the outbreak of a global health emergency. at least 212 people have now died and almost 8,000 have been infected. china has now effectively quarantined more than 50 million people in wuhan and the surrounding province — but the virus has spread to every chinese region, and cases have now been confirmed in 19 other countries including the united states, india, japan, australia, germany and france. from beijing, the bbc‘s john sudworth.

wuhan‘s medics are locked in a daily battle against this epidemic, with infections still rising steeply. but for trapped british residents, at last a way out. yeah, it's a massive relief. can't wait to get back now and just sort of get away from everything and de—stress, i think. from the rendezvous point at a motorway toll booth, those travelling face multiple health screenings, a bus ride to the airport, then a wait for the flight. but for some there's been serious confusion, especially mixed nationality families like adam bridgeman, his chinese wife, sue, and their newborn son, austin, with the uk authorities unable to say if they can get on the flight. they couldn't tell me whether or not my wife or my son would be allowed on the plane. they said that's a matter for the chinese authorities, and the chinese authorities would decide on a case—by—case basis. our so that leaves you still

stranded in wuhan. what does it mean for the baby? the main worry is medical care. if he gets sick, then we're in trouble. of we've heard from at least one otherfamily in a similar predicament, unable to board the plane. but the confusion seems odd. after we sent our own questions to the chinese foreign ministry, we received this fax saying that chinese nationals would be able to accompany their british family members on the flight. we've passed the information on to the uk authorities. in wuhan, two large brand—new hospitals are being built in little more than a week. but existing hospitals are publishing desperate appeals for medical supplies. and fear is spreading. this unverified video shows a family from wuhan, living elsewhere in china, having their door sealed shut. remarkably, some criticism of the authorities is being

allowed to go uncensored. this doctor lambasts what he calls communists who love to shout out slogans. i'm natalie, this is jamie. natalie francis is british but her son has a chinese passport. shortly after we received our fax, they got a call from uk officials. they called us about 20 minutes ago and said that there's a good guarantee that they will allowjamie on the plane. in a chaotic race to get out, relief for those who make it, further anguish and uncertainty for those who don't. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. i've been speaking to the bbc‘s mariko oi in hong kong and asked her how the situation was looking like there. i think it's fair to say that people here are worried

and that is because of memories of the sars outbreak of 2003 are still very fresh. you hear about schools running out of facemasks, people fighting over the last facemasks, who can buy it. as of midnight yesterday, the hong kong government has reduced the number of flights to heart, reduce the number of buses and ferries from mainland china would usually arrive behind me, they have all been suspended for now. the citizens have been asking for more drastic measures in order to stop the spread of the virus. now that the who is declared as a global emergency, it could be more countries could take further measures, notjust travel but also trade and that is a worry for beijing because that quite a significant impact on the chinese economy and why there is criticism for the who and why took so long to declare a global emergency, whether

there was pressure on the who not to do so because of this can expect particular concern about the impact on the economy and others would argue they have been assessing the situation carefully and they don't want to cause panic of course. it's worse remember worth remembering normalflu has killed more people than the coronavirus up rake. talking about worries for the who, not so much their announcement, criticism of china but concern about the virus spreading to other low or middle income countries which don't have the capacity to spotted or contain it. indeed, if you listen to the press conference by the head of the who, he was very extraordinary response in handling the coronavirus out break but by declaring this a global emergency, they're concerned about this spread, that means 18

countries now have confirmed cases and you are in hong kong, confirmed cases here, that's why people are quite concerned especially because of the sars outbreak, which killed nearly 300. i want to show the front page of the newspaper, it's on the front page of every newspaper here in hong kong. virus death toll climbs, and continues to climb. this newspaper has a picture of people queueing up outside a store to buy facemasks. global shortage. it's also attacking how the hong kong government is handline the situation. citizens causing chaos. and it shows the empty shelves at stores. so people are definitely concerned but thereare economic impacts on hong kong and the rest of the world. we heard from various economists that this

outbreak would knock off about 1—2% of china's gdp and that will have a ripple—on effect elsewhere. and we understand that plane transporting chinese citizens is left city of wuhan in china. the palestinian prime minister has warned israel that if it annexes any occupied palestinian territory all agreements between the two sides will be terminated, including co—operation on security. under president trump's middle east plan, unveiled on tuesday, israel would be free to annex all its settlements on occupied land in the west bank. in ramallah, our correspondent orla guerin asked mohammad shtayyeh if the palestinians had missed an opportunity by immediately rejecting the trump plan, outright. 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 is good and who is bad, we prefer to be very bad, sticking to aspirations of our people and our legitimate right, in an indefinite palestinian state with jerusalem as its capital, 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 boycott the united states. the united states has taken every measure to really push us away from the negotiating table. surely you must have expected the arab world to come out clearly on your side, which it has not done, it has rejected this plan. we can understand the political sensitivity to some arab countries. really, we think it is the moment of being decisive. people who are not with us, they will find themselves with the other side and i think that's unusual for arab countries. but doesn't it already look like arab countries have picked a side, and it's not yours. we have saudi arabia, egypt, qatar and uae, and bahrain and oman, who were present in the white

house when this document was launched. we received phone calls frankly from arab countries who called us, "having our ambassador present at the press conference does not mean we support the plan," but doesn't it already look like arab countries have picked a side, and it's not yours. we have saudi arabia, egypt, qatar and uae, and bahrain and oman, who were present in the white house when this document was launched. you see, we received phone calls, frankly, from arab countries who told us, "having our ambassador present at the press conference does not mean we support the plan," so it's maybe a courtesy visit, people were listening. we have to really differentiate between when it comes to the moment of truth. i don't really think that arab countries will sell out palestinians. is the palestinian authority going to survive this? we did survive many things before and i'm pretty sure that this is not a death of our political dream. i will tell you frankly, yesterday our president sent a letter to mr neta nyahu telling

him, if you implement any measure that has to do with annexation of any part of the palestinian territory, that is the end of all agreements we have signed with you including security agreement, economic agreement, politicalagreement. but we have heard these threats to insecurity cooperation so many times in the past and it has never happened. that's true but now the palestinian leadership has decided that it is on the desk of the president for implementation. he decides when and how to do it. so if the israelis make a move, you will end security cooperation? for sure. do you honestly still have any hope for a viable palestinian state? in the same way that i'm sure that you are standing in front of me today, i am for sure that there will be a solution for the palestinian conflict. maybe not this year, maybe not next year but for sure, our kids will see a dignified palestinian state. mexican authorities have released security video showing the escape, from high—security

prison, of a man alleged to be a senior member of the powerful sinaloa drug cartel. footage shows what's thought to be victor felix beltran and two other inmates, getting into a prison vehicle and driving out of the jail in mexico city. they managed to get through five locked doors to make their escape. ten prison staff are being investigated. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: judi dench. shakespeare in love. ewan macgregor, velvet goldmine. joe pesci, the irishman. and she's won the same number of oscars as meryl streep — we speak to the award winnng costume designer, sandy powell. 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 bbc news. the latest headlines: 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. the palestinian prime minister has told the bbc that if israel annexes any part of the occupied west bank, all agreements between the two sides will end. at president trump's impeachment trial in the us senate, republicans hope to achieve a quick end, despite pressure from democrats — and from the latest opinion polls — for witnesses to be called, including former national security advisorjohn bolton. in an exclusive interview with the bbc‘sjonah fisher in kyiv, andriy yermak, a senior advisor to ukraine's president, has denied they ever felt pressure from mr trump to open an investigation linked to joe biden. i know president zelensky for a long time. it's impossible to press this guy. and it's impossible to make and manage him to make some decisions. he's absolutely independent

and a very strong leader. you will have, i'm sure, have been following the trial in the senate very closely and you will have noticed that the discussion that has moved on from the question as to whether there was pressure put on ukraine. pretty much everyone seems to accept that now. the question is rather more whether that was right or wrong and whether it was something that should lead to a president losing theirjob. is it not now time to level with people and explain what pressure ukraine was under, because it's pretty clear you were under some? our position and our principal position of the president zelensky and all our team, we're always very honest, five, six months ago, and today it's absolutely, we keep the same position. your position is still... crosstalk. if you want to ask about... i'm sorry, your assistant is trying to interfere here. what you're still saying is no

pressure was put on ukraine. i think, it seems to me, i've answered to your question. you decided about this interview, you said to my assistant that in focus of your interest it's our... tomorrow's meeting with mr pompeo. .. crosstalk. we said relationship. we said the relationship with the united states. i prefer if it's possible to discuss and to talk about this issue, because i'm sorry i have limitation of the time. if you have some question about this i will, with pleasure, answer it. i'm a journalist. myjob is to ask the questions. yeah, please. the biggest story in the news in the world at this time is about the possible removal from his job of the american president and yet you are still not being very clear about what ukraine's position is here, even after trump administration officials have said there was pressure on ukraine... excuse me. i think that i answer already to your questions.

please, if you have some question concerning to tomorrow's visited mr pompeo, i will it with big pleasure. if mr pompeo asks you to start an investigation into burisma all the bidens, what will you say to him? i think mr pompeo will not ask about this. and if he does? you ask me about some potential possibility. it's difficult to me to make a comment to this. senior advisor andriy yermak, and jonah fisher and some noises off there. live now to washington, dc and the bbc‘s chris buckler. chris, what is the latest from there cluzel oh yeah, plenty of noises here as well as we get to the edge of the 16 hour time limit set for these questions

and answers posed by senators and answers posed by senators and answered by president trump's defence team and also the democrats‘ prosecution trump‘s defence team and also the democrats‘ prosecution team in this impeachment trial. the democrats‘ prosecution team in this impeachment triallj have to say, having watched it over the last couple of hours, a feeling we‘re going over and over the same ground time and time again. but once this time is up it gets to a new section. we have closing arguments from both sides and then potentially a vote which will take place in less tha n a vote which will take place in less than 2a hours‘ time on whether or not witnesses should be called and that has become the big issue here. as you can hear from the big issue here. as you can hearfrom jonah the big issue here. as you can hear from jonah fisher‘s interview there, there are many people who still feel they haven‘t got to the bottom of this whole question of whether 01’ this whole question of whether or not president trump was trying to put pressure on ukraine and exactly how much pressure was there. but somebody who might have some of those answers is a former national security advisor, john bolton, and of course he has already come in the details of his book, given some suggestions that he has very clear details of president trump‘s intentions and all of this. whether or not winters is

will be called will depend on if the democrats persuade something like four republicans to vote for it. what seeing in this question and answer session is a real attempt to appeal to those republicans who are moderates, who are in the middle. whether or not they vote with the democrats we won‘t know for about 2k hours. chris, many thanks for that. on friday night, the united kingdom leaves the european union, 47 years after itjoined what was then the european economic community onjanuary 1st 1973. the country that leaves is very different from the one thatjoined. our special correspondent allan little reports on how almost half a century in europe‘s embrace has changed a nation — now seeking a new role in the world. when i have to choose between europe and the wide open seas, said winston churchill, i will always choose the wide open seas. britain is looking to the wide open seas again to redefine its place in the world.

archive: from the men of the clyde came our greatest ships. there is a folk memory of the commercial and industrial greatness that those seas once bestowed, of the river clyde as a superhighway of global trade. raw materials shipped from the empire came in, manufactured goods went out to the empire in return. but the empire was dying, its trade dwindling, so britain turned its face to europe. there is not much traffic on the clyde these days. the long transition from the age of empire to the age of europe changed the shape and character of the country. apartment blocks and retail parks now stand where shipyards and docks once dominated. a service and consumer economy rose to replace industrial giants that fell into dereliction with bewildering speed.

when britain turned away from the wide open seas to embrace a european future, places like this, the great empire—facing trading and industrial powerhouses of the country, were already in decline, and that process now accelerated. the centre of gravity and the british economy began to migrate south and east. the manufacturing that thrives in the european age is nimble, lighter, precision—engineered. the modern british car industry has been shaped by its european context. it has adapted to a europe without borders. it has chains of supply and demand across multiple national frontiers. that is its economic habitat. it, like the rest of the economy, will have to adapt now to whatever new trading habitat emerges this year. but this is perhaps the most graphic symbol of britain‘s transformation in the age of europe. the warehouses of the london docklands in 1972, abandoned by global trade, had fallen into ruin. what rose in their place would reshape the character of the british economy. where coal and steel and empire trade had once defined british

trade, finance emerged as the country‘s economic colossus. how much of this dizzying expansion does the city of london owe to european markets, and what new barriers to those markets will now arise? i have talked a lot about trade. it is also about values, about how a country carries itself in the world, the friendships it seeks beyond its shores. in this, too, britain has chosen to steer a new course, still undefined. and there‘ll be special programme on bbc news. leaving the eu with katty kay and christian fraser in london and ros atkins in brussels,

from 1900 gmt until 0030 on friday 31 january. shakespeare in love, gangs of new york, the favourite — some of the biggest films of the past 30 years, and british costume designer sandy powell worked on them all. she‘s now been nominated for a bafta and an oscar for martin scorsese‘s mob movie, the irishman. on thursday she was honoured, by uk film critics, with the top award for excellence in film. our arts editor, will gompertz, went to meet her. the oscar nominees‘ class photo, 2020. packed with famous faces and a few not so familiar, like the acclaimed british costume designer sandy powell, a multiple nominee over the years who has won as many oscars as meryl streep, and could add a fourth in little over a week for her work on martin scorsese‘s the irishman. this was worn by stephen graham in the irishman, and funnily enough is the most talked about costume in the film. people really like it. i mean, it‘s because it comes from such a great scene, where tony pro, the character,

is late for a meeting with jimmy hoffa, played by al pacino. and there ensues a row, and then an actual fight on the floor. but what it does, of course, and what you have done with it, is it communicates so much of the character‘s personality. yeah, it‘s a kind of arrogance of the character — sort of not bothering to dress properly for a business meeting. for her deep wisdom in knowing where to draw the line in holding our country together. last year, she won a bafta for her work on the favourite, dressing the actors of the late stuart court of queen anne. all in a day‘s work for a designer with an impressive range. judi dench, shakespeare in love. ewan mcgregor, velvet goldmine. joe pesci, the irishman. stephen graham, the irishman. emily blunt, young victoria. joseph fiennes, shakespeare in love. i have not said all. by malign fate, the message goes astray which would tell romeo of the friar's plan. generally i‘ve got their measurements in advance, so i‘ll go armed with various things to try on, just as a trial.

you know, prototypes, shapes. let‘s see what works and what doesn‘t work. so, you start by trying a bunch of things on. and then you get a feel very quickly, really, of what they‘re responding to, what i respond to. you know, what works and what doesn‘t. it‘s not about making somebody look fabulous. that character has got to work. and maybe the character is the kind of character that looks fabulous. maybe they‘re a character that actually looks terrible, and sometimes you have to make people look terrible deliberately. you‘ve got quite a lot of experience at the awards, going up on stage at the baftas and the oscars. what is the whole thing like? terrifying. it‘s absolutely terrifying. you sit there terrified, and hope your name doesn‘t get called. well, hers does frequently. she might well hear it again at this year‘s awards, starting with the baftas on sunday. will gompertz, bbc news. that is it for now. thank you

very much for watching. 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 — it‘s going to feel very mild. and the reason for it, 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‘re drawing ourair in from the south—west. this air source from the azores. as you can see, the oranges and the yellows indicates that it‘s going to feel mild, very mild in fact, for the time of year. but 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 up, so there‘ll be some glimmers of sunshine. well, there‘ll be plenty of blustery showers across the north and west of scotland, heavy with spells of rain. it will be a blustery day wherever you are.

these are average wind speeds, could be gusting to 40mph or maybe 50mph in some of the windiest spots. but look at these temperatures. for the time of year, extremely mild indeed. the mid—teens celsius, we could be looking at 15 degrees in one or two spots across eastern england. it stays breezy, as well, rather cloudy as we head through friday night. further outbreaks of rain or longer spells of rain across the north—west corner of the country. further south, a few drier interludes, one or two showers around, and again, it should be another frost—free one. those temperatures remaining in double figures across the south to start the weekend. low pressure again nearby on saturday. we‘ll have this weather front bringing some rain to the north, and this front bringing some rain to the south. in between, a mixture of cloud, one or two showers, but also a little bit of brightness. so 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, with some colder air beginning to push into the north of the country. so single—figure values here, but further south, a cooler day, but still fairly mild for the time of year —10—13 degrees. on sunday we will see another blustery day, particularly in the south. a weather front working its way northwards, taking its rain

with it, tending to turn to snow over high ground in the north as it encounters colder air. but further south, another bright day, with a few showers, and once again those temperatures in double figures. now, as we head on into next week, looks like it turns colder. a cold snap for a while, before it starts turn milder again towards the end of the week, with a return to stronger winds and outbreaks of rain.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the coronavirus outbreak, which started in wuhan in china, has been classified as a global health emergency by the world health organization. more than 200 people have died and almost 8,000 have been infected. it has spread to 18 other countries. the palestinian leadership has warned israel that, if it annexes any part of the occupied west bank, all agreements between the two sides will be terminated. the palestinian prime minister told the bbc this includes economic and political deals struck in the past, and agreements on security cooperation. the uk will officially leave the eu at 11pm on friday — midnight on mainland europe. prime minister, boris johnson

is to address the nation around an hour beforehand. he‘ll hail the "dawn of a new era". britain has been in the eu since 1973. it voted to leave injune 2016. now it‘s time for panorama. tonight on panorama: danger on the motorways... i‘m stuck in the middle of the m6 — my car has broken down... oh, shit! operator: hello, hello? taking away the hard shoulder was meant to ease congestion, but dozens of people have been killed. it‘s destroyed me in every way. it‘s destroyed my family. the minister who approved smart motorways says they‘re dangerous... there are people that are being killed and seriously