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this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines: the first death from coronavirus outside china is reported, in the philippines. in china, the number of cases continues to rise. meanwhile, 11 more british nationals are on their way back from wuhan, the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. the prime minister reveals his demands for a post—brexit trade deal. we'll be looking ahead to tonight's bafta awards. joker leads the way with 11 nominations, but it's the first world war epic 1917 which is tipped to take the top prize of best film. england hope to kick off their six nations campaign with a win against france in paris this afternoon. and coming up in half an hour, inside out looks at the links between heading the ball in football and the risks of developing dementia.
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good morning. more british nationals are being flown back to the uk from wuhan, the centre of the outbreak of the new strain of coronavirus. they are travelling on a french flight which will arrive at lunchtime. the bbc understands there are 11 britons on the plane. it comes as the first confirmed death from the new coronavirus has been reported outside china, in the phillipines. the victim was a 44—year—old chinese man from wuhan who was visiting the philippines. the disease has now killed more than 300 people. simonjones reports. the checks that have become part of daily life in areas of china continue
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to try to stop the rapid spread of the virus. but now, for the first time, a death outside of the country, in the philippines. people there had already started queueing to buy facemasks even before the news of the fatality emerged. the world health organization say he was a 44—year—old man from wuhan, who was visiting the philippines. he appears to have been infected before arriving there. over the course of the patient‘s admission he developed severe pneumonia. in his last few days the patient was able and showed signs of improvement. however, the condition of the patient deteriorated within the past 2a hours, resulting in his demise. an increasing number of countries have started imposing travel restrictions on chinese citizens. the us and australia among those to deny entry to all foreign visitors who had recently been to china. though there is a warning that that
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may have limited effect. whenever people want to travel they will. and if the official paths are not open they will find unofficial paths. the only way to control and check, to identify travel history, to try to monitor who's coming across your border and to see whether they any signs of infection is through official border crossing points. other countries are continuing to repatriate their own citizens. france transported a group from the embassy to wuhan airport. they will spend 14 days in quarantine at home. it is thought there are 11 british nationals on board the flight. in wuhan, the construction of a new hospital to deal with the sick continues, with the rapid spread of the virus, for the authorities, can't come soon enough. simon jones, bbc news. olivia richwald is outside the
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university of york. she told me the latest. here, there are more than 1500 struck chinese students. yoga isa 1500 struck chinese students. yoga is a populous place for chinese tourists. there was some anxiety when it was revealed that one of the two patients in the uk who had tested positive for a coronavirus was a student here in york. but the university has quickly moved to reassure people that the risk of anyone else catching it is very low. that is because the student and their relative, we don't know how old they are, we don't know if they are male orfemale, but they old they are, we don't know if they are male or female, but they were staying in a hotel in york and its not believed that they came into contact with anyone on the campus or in student accommodation before they started displaying symptoms, or after. they are being treated at a hospital in newcastle, a specialist infectious diseases centre. at the university of york they have launched a hotline for any students with questions or concerns. they are also advising hand washing and more
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use of hand sanitiser, that kind of thing. there are still ongoing investigations to trace anyone who might have come into contact with that student and their relative. here in the uk, we are awaiting the arrival of a plane from, we believe it, via france, it will arrive in two raf brize norton later with 11 more evacuees from wuhan. we understand they will be transported to the world and what park hospital, where they willjoin 83 other people who were evacuated from wuhan. they will spend two weeks in isolation as they wait to see if they display any symptoms of coronavirus. olivia richwald. our correspondent robin brant is in shanghaifor us, and he told me china is facing increasing global isolation, because of this coronavirus. we have seen border is increasingly being closed around china. vietnam is the latest to do that, the russians and mongolians have already
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done that. these are measures partly that the world health organization and the authorities in beijing a week ago believed were not necessary , week ago believed were not necessary, but things are changing very rapidly. in terms of what the chinese government is trying to do to contain the spread, yet again today we are seeing further measures today we are seeing further measures to extend china's lunar new year festival. the prime minister urging provincial governments to stagger the return of people. the big concern is that today should be the day when up to half a billion people get back on trains, planes, in buses, their holiday over command of the head back to their places of work or where they live. that presents a big opportunity for this virus to continue in its contamination, continue its spread. the garment is trying to postpone it for now. or at least stagger people's return. —— the government. what sort of damage is this doing to the chinese economy? that is the
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next big question. this is the world's second biggest economy, an economy already dealing with the slowdown in its growth, growth here in china is at a level that has not been seen for 30 years. for the past year the government have been trying to stuff than that below, protect people from a change that many people from a change that many people have not seen for a generation. factories, offices, everywhere essentially certainly here in shanghai, the country's commercial capital, is shut down, it's not business as normal. the economy is kind of grinding to a halt. the question is, what can the government do in the weeks and months afterwards to try and negate the impact of that on an economy thatis the impact of that on an economy that is already, as i said, dealing with a slowdown in growth it has not seen with a slowdown in growth it has not seen for a long time. for instance, the stock markets will open in shanghai and down south tomorrow,
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they will resume trading for the first time since the new year break. the central bank will inject up to $175 billion, meant to send a message of stability. it will be interesting to see what investors do tomorrow as a gauge of their sentiment about how they think the chinese government has dealt with it and where they think this is going as well. robin brant reporting from shanghai. the prime minister is expected to say he is not afraid of border checks between the uk and eu, and that there'll be "no concessions" when negotiating a trade deal with brussels. borisjohnson will make the statement tomorrow, and will also rule out falling in line with eu rules. the two sides have until the end of the year to agree to a deal. one option the prime minister could support is a canada—style free trade deal. canada's free trade deal with the eu is known as the comprehensive economic and trade agreement, and it took seven years to negotiate. most, but not all,
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of the agreement is in force. but what does it do? the deal eliminates 98% of all tariffs on goods traded between canada and the eu. most were removed when the agreement came into force in 2017, and all will disappear after seven years. the eu and canada have opened up public contracts to each other‘s contractors, which means canadian companies can pitch to build french railways while spanish builders can bid to construct schools in canada. but the agreement does not fully remove regulatory barriers, as canada is not a member of the single market, which means canadian products are still subject to border checks. as the agreement is not a customs union or a single market, canada and the eu are both free to do trade deals with any other country. our political correspondent tom barton is here.
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we have had some tough talking from borisjohnson. as we have had some tough talking from boris johnson. as i we have had some tough talking from borisjohnson. as i suppose you might expect ahead of these trade negotiations. they don't actually start in earnest until march, is that right? that is absolutely right. the eu, after announcing on monday what his proposals for how the negotiations will proceed, are going to look like, they need to get them signed off by the 27 remaining eu countries, which means negotiations will not begin until march. but if you thought that you had heard everything that you were going to hear about the relationship between the uk and europe by brexit day, think again. it is still going on. it will be going on at least until the end of this year. a speech on monday from boris johnson until the end of this year. a speech on monday from borisjohnson setting out what he has as his admission for the trade negotiations. aiming for a deal similar to the one of the uk has with canada. but making clear that actually he is willing to go
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for a looser arrangement even than that if necessary, if terms can't be agreed. in particular, he is going to make it clear that on one issue that you have been talking about recently, regulatory alignment, but the eu call a level playing field essentially, making sure notjust the way things are made conformed to their standards, but things like employment laws, environmental regulations, are also at the same level, boris johnson regulations, are also at the same level, borisjohnson is going to make it clear that britain will not swallow that. his foreign secretary saying something very similar this morning. we need to be very clear that the canada we need to be very clear that the ca na da style we need to be very clear that the canada style agreement doesn't involve regulatory alignment. it is not what the political declaration says. it defeats the point of brexit. we would expect to be treated first of all in the same way third countries with the rest of the eu... but also the undertakings the eu... but also the undertakings the eu have. it is more a question of
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getting clarity at the outset. we are not going to be aligning with eu rules. that is not on the negotiating table. it is not even an issue of red lines. it is not even in the negotiating meeting. so he is essentially saying you gave this deal to canada without asking for regulatory alignment and a level playing field. you should be able to give the same deal to the uk. the eu that are keen to stress that there are big differences between britain and canada when it comes to the european union. primarily locations. they can't be expected to be treated the same. this was leo varadker. canada isn't the uk. you are geographically part of the eu continent. we share sea and airspace and airspace and our economies are integrated. one thing we feel very strongly in the european union is that if we are going to have terra fee —— terra free trade with the uk, which is essentially what we have with canada on almost everything,
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then that needs to come with a level playing field. that is leo varadker. time is short. only a few months to negotiate these trade deal. whatever deal it turns out to be? absolutely. we are in a transition period at the moment. the rules will stay the same until the end of this year. but after that nobody knows what it looks like. negotiations will not start until march. they have ten months to sort this out. the canada deal took seven yea rs this out. the canada deal took seven years to negotiate. starting, of course, from a very different position. we are very closely aligned at the moment. tough talk from both sides in the next few weeks and months. it will be a tough battle and it will be interesting to see how it plays out. tom, thank you. tom barton. residents in wakefield have been allowed to return to their homes following a huge fire at an industrial bakery. more than a hundred firefighters were at the scene of the blaze at westgate retail park yesterday. it was feared the building may have contained asbestos however the fire service confirmed that none
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was released into the air. clarence house has defended the prince of wales, after he travelled in a private helicopter to make a speech about reducing aircraft emissions. prince charles flew from highgrove to cambridge for the talk. it's estimated the journey, which cost at least £12,000, caused 2.5 tonnes of carbon emissions, which is considerably more than the 0.2 tonnes that would have been released had he travelled by car. clarence house said the prince offsets his carbon footprint every year. the headlines on bbc news... more than 300 people have now died from the coronavirus outbreak as the first death outside china is reported in the philippines more britons fly home from wuhan, the chinese city at the center of the outbreak. they be taken to arrowe park hospital on the wirral. and the prime minister reveals his demands for a post—brexit trade deal.
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sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here is jane dougall. hello. we will have all the latest on the six nations in a moment. but we start with tennis. novak djokovic has taken the first set in the final of the australian open against dominic thiem. it brings him closer to winning a 17th grand slam title. his opponent has fought back and as ahead in the second set. there was also some british success in melbourne. in the last few hoursjoe salisbury has won his first grand slam title alongside partner, american rajeev ram, in the men's doubles. hejoins american rajeev ram, in the men's doubles. he joins jamie murray american rajeev ram, in the men's doubles. hejoins jamie murray is one of only two british winners of the men's doubles title at the australian open in the open era. it's unbelievable. i have dreamt of this moment many times and now it's finally happened. it feels a bit
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strange. it's a bit surreal. i don't think it's really sunk in quite yet. still feels a bit like a dream. but yeah, we are just still feels a bit like a dream. but yeah, we arejust so, so still feels a bit like a dream. but yeah, we are just so, so thrilled that we have finally done it. now onto the rugby. and england have their opening match of the six nations against france later in paris. more on that in a moment. first, yesterday saw a huge win for reigning champions over italy. m ista kes reigning champions over italy. mistakes were scotland gave ireland the edge. andy swiss rounds up the action. please welcome scotland and ireland! two old rivals with two new captains. they would have two very different days. ireland hadn't lost to scotland in the decade. confident? well, they were confident after this, skipperjohnny sexton putting the hosts ahead. but scotland stayed in touch and after the break, it was their captain's chance. surely stuart hogg had scored? but just watch this. replays showed he dropped it on the line and as the ball agonisingly slipped from his grasp,
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had his team's chances. sexton certainly didn't help, as he booted ireland's19—12 ahead, but still scotland weren't done. in the closing minutes, within inches of the line, but ireland's defence clung on to claim a hard—fought victory. everything was about the result. everything was about the result. i am happy with how we stuck in and fought back. we just couldn't get that lead. we could have really opened up, but we couldn't get it and scotland put it up to us. earlier, wales began their title defence amid passion and an awful lot of points, 42, to be precise, as italy were left chasing shadows. two early tries forjosh adams, the second courtesy of some outrageous skill. how often do you see this? through the legs from dan biggar and wales were out of sight by the break. there was no way back for italy, especially after nick tompkins went charging through for a dazzling debut try. not a bad start for him or for wales' new coach wayne pivac,
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and adams provided the perfect finale. a hat—trick and a huge win for wales, the champions off to a flying start. andy swiss, bbc news. england and france meet later today in paris in what will be england's first game since losing the world cup final three months ago. george furbank will make his england debut at full—back. and eddie jones believe the northampton player is made for international rugby. he is one of the first players i noticed when i came back from the world cup. very composed. good core skills, got a good positional sense. when we got him in the camp he showed all those sorts of things under pressure. he thoroughly deserves the opportunity. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says his team are not even close to being perfect. that is despite their 22 point lead at the top of the table. the biggest by any team at the end
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of the day in english top—flight history. they beat southampton 4—0 nil. liverpool were sloppy at times but alexander oxlade—chamberlain gave them the lead. jordan henderson was also on the scoresheet, with mo salah getting two goals. the nfl season comes to its usual glitzy and tonight, with super bowl liv. the san francisco 49ers take on the kansas city chiefs in miami. the chiefs have not been to a super bowl for 50 years. they have the best quarterback in the league, patrick and holmes. could he be the difference? this is so tough to call. both teams teams are dynamic in their own right. they have stars on every side of the field. i'm just excited to be a part of it and witness his greatness go down. the 49ers got a great running game. i love their head coach. i love the way he calls place. but man, this
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san francisco defensive line is so dominant, they are the best unit in the game in that position and they are going to try to get after patrick. no matter how good he can throw, if he is on his back, those throws are not going anywhere. we will be building up to super bowl liv on the bbc sport website. if you are upfora liv on the bbc sport website. if you are up for a late night tonight, it is live on bbc one starting at 25 past 11. that is all the sport for now. thank you. at least 20 people have died in a stampede during an outdoor religious service in tanzania. the pentecostal service was taking place last night at a stadium in the northern town of moshi. according to a local official, worshippers were rushing to be anointed with holy oil when the stampede occured. the un children's agency says the fighting in north—west syria is creating an unprecedented child protection crisis. unicef estimates that there've been more than 300,000 children among those forced to flee their homes in idlib province since early december.
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the israeli military says it's hit a number of targets in the gaza strip belonging to the palestinian group hamas. the military said it was responding to rockets fired from gaza, which it says were aimed at israeli civilians. there have been reports of rockets and shells being fired into southern israel on a daily basis since last tuesday, when us president donald trump announced his plan to resolve the israeli—palestinian conflict. the plan has been strongly rejected by palestinians who see it as heavily favouring israel. a scientific expedition to the galapagos islands has discovered two species of the galapagos tortoise, which were previously believed to be extinct. it's an exciting find for scientists, who say one of the young females could be related to a tortoise called lonesome george, a gentle giant who died almost eight years ago and was thought to be the last of his kind. gail maclellan explains.
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nestled into the crevices of wolf volcano, the highest peak of the galapagos islands, are 30 prehistoric giants. until now, scientists thought they had become extinct. translation: 29 have genetic ancestry of the extinct tortoise and one female juvenile tortiose has a genetic ancestry of the extinct pinta tortoise. the last known pinta tortoise died eight years ago. his name was lonesome george and he was 100 years old. he didn't produce any offspring, although scientists had encouraged him for years. but this new discovery could help track down the direct descendant. scientists also hope to facilitate breeding of both tortoises to help grow numbers of the fragile species.
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translation: hopefully, in the very near future, we can bring back two species that are extinct, and with captive breeding and scientific work we can recover them. it's an exciting opportunity to rebuild the ecosystem. but it might require a little patience. gail maclellan, bbc news. margot robbie, renee zellweger and al pacino are just some of the stars up for awards at tonight's baftas ceremony in london's royal albert hall. the nominations have been criticised for their lack of diversity, with all 20 acting nominees being white, and no female directors being recognised for the seventh year running. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, reports. the british world war i epic 1917 is the runaway favourite at tonight's bafta film awards. and with your help i'd like to keep it that way. it's already triumphed
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at the golden globes and the producers guild awards, and it would be a major surprise if it was not now recognised in its home country. from the moment it was announced that renee zellweger had been cast as judy garland in judy, she was being tipped for award success. and her ‘reneessance', as it has been dubbed, should result in a best actress win. her first bafta for 16 years. joker has the most nominations, with 11. the first—ever comic book film to be nominated for best picture. oh my gosh! one of the oddest situations tonight is in best supporting actress, margot robbie... i don't want to be on tv, i want to be on fox! ..finds herself up against margot robbie. she is nominated for both her role in bombshell and in quentin tarantino's once upon a time...in hollywood. and much has been made the lack of diversity in this year's baftas. all 20 acting nominations are white and best director is all—male for the seventh year in a row.
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the situation should provide plenty of material for graham norton, who is hosting for the first time. and the red carpet arrivals can be seen live on the bbc news channel in a special programme from 5:15 this afternoon. colin paterson, bbc news. well, as colin mentioned, the baftas have been criticised for a lack of diversity. there are no black actors up for an award in any of the 20 acting categories, leading to frustration from black and ethnic minority film—makers. here's more now from our entertainment correspondent, brenda emmanus. music plays. for 15 years the screen nation film & television awards has been celebrating black creative talent, from big names to rising stars. but the glitz and glamour of this annual awards ceremony doesn't hide the fact that a cycle of frustration amongst these creatives — fuelled by the lack of acknowledgement from the uk film industry.
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hailed as one of the pioneers of black independent cinema, director and writer menelik sha bazz is uninspired by the progress he's witnessed in a 30—year career. i'm disappointed with the current situation, because i see a great deal of talent that has basically been wasted. and it seems now we're in this situation where we have no writers that are present in tv, we have hardly any directors and talent or any expression of the black experience. since the ‘70s, the award—winning director has himself been documenting the black british experience. what do you believe needs to be done? the tv industry and the film industry regulate themselves, unlike other industries. and i think there needs to be a change in the way that the industry operates.
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38, living at home, alone, with your mother! chirps is a romantic comedy written and directed by kolton lee. from the generation of directors that followed menelik shabazz, he faced constant barriers to his ambition to bring alternative black voices to the screen. if i try to portray a story that didn't adhere to the kind of stereotypes that we normally see of black people in this country, stories around crime, stories around drugs, stories around music, if i stepped out of those stereotypes, i wasn't really going to get anywhere, nobody was interested in those kind of narratives. when we talk about lack of diversity, i think what we're talking about is inequality and i think people call it what it is. this debate has been going on for decades and it is kind of time it stops now. how about we make a film? it could be a big collaborative project. dear babylon is one of several films directed by ayo akingbade, a promising second year student at
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the royal academy schools in london. i feel like my younger generation, we care but we don't care. we just need to make our stuff, even if the industry doesn't support. i feel like eventually they'll come around. but i don't want to wait until i'm 60 saying i've finally got recognition. from pioneers to promising future stars, it has been a long journey for these three generations of black film—makers. but ayo's optimism in the call for change may mark a turning point. brenda emmanus, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor how is it looking? it is looking better through the week. a few stormy bits to come on monday night into tuesday morning. miles across the south at the moment, called in between. an area of rain turning to snow on the higher ground in
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scotland. could cause an issue on the higher roots. to the south of it, while the breeze is picking up bringing in milderair, it, while the breeze is picking up bringing in milder air, scattering of showers. overall fairly cloudy. the temperature contrast in place as we finish the day. five to six in northern areas, 13 in the south. the milder pushes north overnight. snow will turn to rain. drierfurther south. as we go into monday morning's rush hour, temperatures well clear of frost for many. a day of sunshine across england and wales. only a few showers. most in the north. the channel islands cloudy with outbreaks of rain. scotla nd cloudy with outbreaks of rain. scotland and northern ireland the showers become frequent. the potential for damaging winds by rush hourin potential for damaging winds by rush hour in the evening. more than half an hour.
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hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: as the number of cases continues to rise — the first death from coronavirus outside china is reported — in the philippines. meanwhile 11 more british nationals are on their way back from wuhan — the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. they willjoin 83 british nationals who are already in quarantine. the prime minister reveals his demands for a post—brexit trade deal. we'll be looking ahead to tonight's bafta awards. joker leads the way with 11 nominations but it's the first world war epic "1917" which is tipped to take the top prize of best film. england hope to kick off their six nations campaign with a win against france in paris this afternoon.

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