tonight at ten... emergency legislation to be introduced to end the automatic early release from prison of those convicted of terror offences. it follows yesterday's events in south london, when a man was shot dead by police after stabbing two people. sudesh amman, who'd been sent to prison for terror offences, had been released at the end of january. ministers say they want to change the system. we face an unprecedented situation of severe gravity and, as such, it demands that the government responds immediately. but the government's critics say the new plans would merely defer the problem of what happens when a prisoner is released. also tonight... in china, the race to tackle the outbreak of coronavirus, as a 1,000 bed hospital is built in two weeks.

in the grandeur of greenwich, borisjohnson unveils his vision of trade after brexit, critics say his plans are unrealistic. a special report from yemen, as the first flight for critically—ill patients has taken off, five years after the conflict started. and in the heart of the american midwest, the battle is underway to find the democrat who'll face donald trump later this year. and coming up on sportsday, finn russell will be absent from the scotland team to face england in the six nations on saturday. it follows his breach of team protocol before the tournament. good evening. our main story is that emergency legislation is to be introduced to end the automatic early release

from prison of those convicted of terror offences. ministers said the change would apply to both current and future offenders and they'd only be considered for release once they had served two thirds of their sentence, and with the approval of the parole board. yesterday, sudesh amman was shot dead by police in south london after stabbing two people. he'd been released from prison at the end of january. critics say the new plans would merely defer the problem of what happens on release, as our home editor mark easton explains. counterterrorism police and security forces were so convinced sudesh amman wanted to kill innocent people that unarmed undercover team was monitoring his every move. after he grabbed a knife and started slashing passers—by in in south london yesterday afternoon... you need to start moving backwards, very quickly. ..they shot him within 60 seconds. three people were injured.

there was amazement no—one died. i saw a trail of blood that was leading to a middle—aged man who was on the floor bleeding and i knew that i'd got a blanket in my bag. i pulled that out and we used it to stem the bleeding. and all i could think was, he's going to die in the middle of the street. 20—year—old amman was jailed in december, 2018, for possessing and distributing terrorist documents. prosecutors said he posted this picture of weapons and a flag of the islamic state group with the message, "armed and ready." they knew he was extremely dangerous, but halfway through his sentence ofjust over three years, current laws said he had to be released. a surveillance team staked out this bail hostel where he was staying, following him on foot when he left, but still couldn't prevent blood being spilled. i would like to make a statement about the senseless and horrific terror attack in streatham.

this evening, the government announced controversial emergency legislation to keep new and existing terrorism offenders in prison for longer and with tougher controls on release. but dangerous extremists still cannot be locked up indefinitely. the earliest point at which these offenders will now be considered for release will be once they have served two—thirds of their sentence and, crucially, we will introduce a requirement that no terrorist offender will be released before the end of their full custodial term, unless the parole board agrees. only two months ago, another released terrorist offender, usman khan, stabbed five people, murdering two of them, at fishmongers‘ hall on london bridge. the prime minister immediately demanded a review of the conditions imposed on every convicted terrorist released from prison, including, presumably, sudesh amman. there are currently at least 7a people who were jailed for terror offences and subsequently freed on licence.

there are also 224 people convicted of terrorism offences in prison in britain, most of whom must be released at the end of their custodial sentence. the challenge is not a new one. back in 2005, the then labour government introduced imprisonment for public protection, ipps, indefinite sentences specifically designed to keep highly dangerous people like sudesh amman locked up. but then, in 2012, the conservative prime minister got rid of ipps after warnings that the prison system didn't have the resources to cope. judges haven't got the powers to give the right sentences for those convicted of terrorist offences. they're not being properly punished or reformed in prison. in fact, they've been radicalised and made worse. they're being released on the streets of london with under resourced and overstretched police service and probation service, that's been decimated. it's the worst of all worlds. the trouble is, we've been over this ground before. searching for a way to balance the rights of the public to be kept

safe against the human rights of those dealt with by the courts. the government may well find even today's proposals come under legal challenge. almost certainly get its emergency legislation through the commons but will it get through the courts? for ministers to retrospectively basically increase prison terms of the people already convicted by court and change the terms about release is certainly open to legal challenge i think but perhaps the bigger problem with the government approach is that it will not necessarily stop extremely dangerous terrorist offenders being released from prison without anything in their way. it just delays from prison without anything in their way. itjust delays that the process. the government could have gone for indeterminate sentences but as we know, that idea is expensive and difficult to manage and some would argue it goes against the principles of fairjustice. would argue it goes against the principles of fair justice. i would argue it goes against the principles of fairjustice. i think many people would challenge that idea and it goes to show that governments, whenever they deal with

this problem of radical extremism, discover there really are no easy a nswe i’s. market, many thanks. there are now nearly 17,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the world and more than 360 people have died from the illness — the vast majority in china. the pattern of the outbreak in china shows the biggest number of cases in wuhan, where the virus originated. 0utside china, the world health 0rganisation says coronavirus has spread to 2a countries, the majority of states registering just a handful of confirmed infections so far. the chinese government has hit out at the united states, accusing it of causing panic by banning all travellers from china entering the us. with more, here's our china correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes. in a wuhan virus ward, a group of nurses and patients are singing a famous patriotic anthem. "my motherland and i," they sing, "are never apart."

the propaganda message is not difficult to understand. in china's state media, the focus is now on uniting the country to fight the virus. hundreds of military doctors and nurses have been arriving in wuhan to join the battle. "when our country is in difficulty," this female soldier says, "it is our duty to be on the front line." china's logistical capabilities are beyond dispute. which other country could complete a 1000 bed hospital in less than two weeks? today, that is exactly what happened as the first patients arrived. but there is an ugly side to this all—out fight against the virus. in this unverified footage, the man pinned on the ground was caught without a face mask. "spray him with disinfectant," the official shouts. in much of china, wearing a mask is now compulsory, despite doubts about their effectiveness.

in this video, a whole family is being forcibly removed from their home to a waiting ambulance. lots of videos like these are being shared to foreign websites. they show police locking an old man suspected of having the virus in his home. "do you have enough rice," the policeman says. "0k, we're chaining the door." here the policemen are warning a resident who has posted something about the virus on social media. "sharing any information about the virus is illegal," he tells her. scenes like those now can be found right across social media and they are really fuelling the sense of anxiety and fear about the coronavirus that is spreading right around the world, but nowhere more so than here in hong kong. people here simply do not believe they are getting a realistic picture of what is happening in wuhan and central china, and that is why there is now a crescendo of demands that hong kong close its border with the mainland completely.

hong kong's chief executive today ordered more border crossings closed but said some must remain open. there were indeed more hong kong people crossing the border almost on a daily basis and then they have to come back. that was not good enough for these hospital workers who have now voted to strike until the border is shut. fear is even more contagious than the virus. this is the centre of shanghai — china's biggest city and economic heart. when the bill comes in for all of this, it is going to be huge. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes is at arrowe park hospital on the wirral where british nationals who have returned from wuhan in china and are being taken and kept in quarantine. what are officials telling you about the kind of numbers they might

expect? i think most health experts agree that we will be extremely lucky if there are no further outbreaks of this virus across the uk. public health officials have a to tread. they have to keep us informed about what is going on but equally they do not want to spread panic. but i think they could with some justification point to the measures they have already taken as having been quite effective. we have had 326 tests for this virus carried out in the uk, only two of which have turned out to be positive and those are the two chinese nationals being treated in newcastle. they could point to the actions of the british man who was being evacuated back to raf brize norton yesterday who reported feeling unwell on the flight who reported feeling unwell on the flight and did exactly what he was meant to do, self isolating himself, moving himself away from other passengers. he talked to the medics on board and is being treated locally but as the health secretary said, this is going to be a marathon

not a sprint at these levels of vigilance will have to be maintained for some to come. dominic, many thanks, hughes at park hospital in the wirral. after leaving the european union on last friday, the united kingdom is now in a transition period until the end of the year, as the long—term future relationship with the eu is negotiated. today, the prime minister made his first major speech on brexit since the general election and, at the same time, michel barnier, the lead negotiator for the eu, outlined his position. as our political editor, laura kuenssberg, explains, borisjohnson insisted there was no need to follow eu rules, but critics say his plans are unrealistic. this site stood watch over our fortunes for more than 300 years — triumphs of the 18th century ca ptu red fla m boya ntly on the ceiling of the royal naval college by the thames... this is it. this is the newly forged united kingdom. ..looking down on the prime minister

hoping for his own glory. we've made a choice. we want a comprehensive free trade agreement similar to canada's. but, in the unlikely event that we do not succeed, then our trade will have to be based on our existing withdrawal agreement with the eu. that could mean taxes on imports and customs checks. more autonomy for the uk, though, and a clear "no" to being bound by eu rules. i dispel the absurd caricature of britain as a nation bent on the slash and burn of workers' rights and environmental protection, as if we are saved from dickensian squalor only by enlightened eu regulation, as if it was only thanks to brussels that we are not preparing to send children back up chimneys. on a rival platform on the other side of the channel... we are ready to offer a highly

ambitious trade deal. the more we have common standards, the higher quality access the eu will be able to offer to its markets. but this will be up to the uk to decide. in other words, the eu's message to borisjohnson: the more you want to tack away, the harder it will be to do business. if it is a choice between no comprehensive deal or sticking to eu rules, you've suggested that you would rather have no comprehensive deal. but do you accept that that might have significant costs forjobs, businesses and people's prosperity, as well as the benefits you claim there might be? when i hear prophecies of doom — i've heard them before — i don't believe them. this is a fantastic, robust and dynamic economy and will continue to be so. it will be not easy, but obviously it's good for everybody if there is a good deal at the end. he's got the team to put it together.

i'm optimistic he can do it. this is about how we do business with the eu and the rest of the world in years to come. the prime minister believes, for brexit to be worth it, we have to be able to do things differently. but the eu reckons, for access to their markets, we ought to stick closely to their rules, and that's the clash. in truth, this is the beginning of what will be 11 months of hard bargaining. and as you might expect, at this stage, there's an awful lot of chest beating going on. the prime minister didn't even want to mention the word brexit today, but you can't avoid the fact — just a few days on, there is plenty of argument over our place in the world that's yet to come. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, is with me. let's talk about trade. where are we right now? we have left but how far we depart depends on this negotiation. right now the uk and eu

regulations are perfectly aligned, but broadly speaking as they diverged we have more room to change oui’ diverged we have more room to change our rules, regulations and trade deals. the flip side of that is it makes more complicated our current sea mless makes more complicated our current seamless trade with the eu so that is the parameter of the choice. when people talk about a canada style deal, her —— how realistic is that and what they mean by it? the deal they have with canada has checks on they have with canada has checks on the border but in broad terms it means you do away with taxes on trade, tariffs for goods. it has a wea k trade, tariffs for goods. it has a weak set of common standards, a level playing field. that is what the uk thought it had negotiated in the uk thought it had negotiated in the renegotiation of borisjohnson. the eu said today that what goes for canada cannot go for the uk, it is too close, too big, shared economy, and it would have to have a strong set of level playing field, particularly on support for

industry. for those people who talk about i suppose the ideal of an australia model, what do you make of that? it sounds very sunny. it doesn't exist because there is no deal between australia and the eu, so that means a serious tariffs on serious industries such as the car and food industry that would have an impact. this is a method through which the government can sugar—coat the idea of being no trade deal, something they pretty much said wouldn't happen but it is possible if we reject the idea of alignment for canada style deal. faisal and, once again, thank you. a bbc documentary has discovered that the full implementation of universal credit — the major welfare reform introduced by the conservatives — will be delayed again, at an additional cost of £500 million. the new benefit was meant to be fully implemented in april 2017 but the new delay means it won't be fully in place until september 202a. 0ur social affairs correspondent

michael buchanan has the story. universal credit is the biggest welfare reform in a generation. six benefits are becoming one monthly payment — there's more emphasis getting a job. how long do i need to be doing this job search thing? it's stressful, it is. we've got a little bit of a problem... this senior civil servant is responsible for ensuring the benefit works properly. a bbc film crew were there in september when the latest problem emerged. fewer people than expected have so far applied for universal credit. we've got a lot of anecdotal evidence about people being scared to come to universal credit. with around 5 million people still to be moved to universal credit from their old benefits, neil couling and his team are forced once more to delay the roll—out. so that we would now complete in september 24. i would say that three, six or nine months doesn't matter. gary is safe. put the glens first and we'll...|'ll take the beating!

universal credit is meant to simplify the benefits system but aspects of its design, such as people typically waiting five weeks for a first payment, have caused huge problems. a disabled woman going without food because you people... you won't let me have one quick word with her. this latest delay will add an additional half a billion pounds to the cost of the roll—out. universal credit has been blamed for the rise in the use of food banks and for leaving some people in debt. it is now seven years behind its original timetable and it's billions over budget. but in here, in government, there is no plan b. they are completely committed to the new benefit. because there's 2.6 million people and if we get something wrong we could disrupt their lives, and they've got no alternative. there's no alternative bank they can go to to get help. we are the payer of last resort. labour say the new delay is embarrassing for the government but ministers have insisted the new timetable won't affect

anyone on benefits, and remain committed to universal credit. michael buchanan, bbc news. and you can see the programme — universal credit: inside the welfare state — on bbc two at 9pm tomorrow, and then afterwards on the bbc iplayer. the first in a series of evacuation flights has left yemen, with seven critically—ill patients on board. organised by the un, the flights have taken years of painstaking negotiations. the plane's departure is being seen as a major breakthrough in the midst of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the conflict in yemen, which started nearly five years ago, involves houthi rebels backed by iran and the government of president hadi, backed by a coalition led by saudi arabia, and supported by the us and the uk. the war has shattered yemen's health system. civilian flights out of sana'a international airport were stopped more than three years ago. 0ur chief international

correspondent lyse doucet has been in sana'a with the patients and their families as they prepared for the flight. packed, ready to go. this hotel in sana'a their home for months, as they waited to leave. families growing up in war, now friends. halil is 13. small for his years, old beyond his years. "i'm in pain," he tells me. "i'm sick. i have a fever here. pain... and pain here." now he's off tojordan for a kidney transplant and a chance at a better future. little children excited beyond words, as any child would be, about to make their very first flight. but this is a journey with a big difference. it could mean the difference between life or death

in their little lives. the lives of little children caught in a big war. sana'a international airport is in the hands of the houthis, but the airspace controlled by the saudi—led coalition. today's flight, a rare concession from rival sides. it's taken us two years. the discussions have been very intense. we're so pleased that we found a way that everyone agrees that this is a priority. the people who will die if they don't receive assistance are going to get on that plane today with theirfamilies, and they're going to go to places where they're going to receive treatment — finally. it's a big day. how long did you stay in the hospitalfor? it's been such a long wait. so much uncertainty. in the departure lounge there's still talk of last—minute wrangling. even the littlest know flights like this were cancelled before.

there's nervousness, too, back at the hotel. 13—year—old raggett hopes to leave on another medical flight later this week. for her father, every day matters. this flight is very important for her because i think the solution will be with this flight. if we stay more ahead in yemen, it's very difficult. the alternative is really suffering more and more until she becomes worse and worse. yemen's only cancer hospital. these children aren't on any list to leave. not ali mohammed, who lost an eye. not six—year—old muthayya. the doctors lost hope there would ever be a flight, but they don't have what they need

to treat patients here. course this makes doctors angry when we can't give the best treatment. if the doctor loses his patient, this is so disturbing. it's not normal. sometimes i feel depressed. a rare glimpse of hope, but thousands more yemenis need urgent care. and a broken nation can only be fixed by ending a merciless war. lyse doucet, bbc news, sana'a. to the united states, where the first event is soon to take place to decide who the democratic candidate will be to face donald trump in the presidential election later this year. groups known as caucuses are gathering to pick their favoured candidate and the result in the midwestern state of iowa will be known overnight. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has the latest. just up the road from the state capital, des moines, is thejohn wayne museum,

celebrating iowa's most famous son. and, like a western, politics is always looking for the hero to ride into town to the rescue. the early favourite to win the democratic party nomination wasjoe biden, but he's not exactly fizzing with high energy. we can turn four years of donald trump into an aberration, historical aberration. but eight years, he'll change the country in a way we can't tolerate. we need you. we need you. we need you. much more than the republicans, democrats have tended to go for the bright new thing. jimmy carter, barack 0bama, bill clinton. john f kennedy. not this time round. joe biden is 77 years old. bernie sanders, 78. but that's where the similarities end. polls suggest the socialist firebrand bernie sanders is the other frontrunner. he's way to the left of anyone who's ever been the democratic standard bearer. it is absolutely imperative for the future of this country

that we defeat the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country. but he has momentum and passionate young supporters. he wants to take care of our planet and, if we don't do that, then there's not going to be a planet left for us to live on when i'm older. he's really passionate about the issues that we are passionate about and he's the one that's really going to fight for this stuff because he's been fighting for so long. but traditional democrats believe he's unelectable in a country where the centre of political gravity is much further to the right. do you think america would vote for someone as left—wing as bernie sanders? no. no, no way. he's not talking about things he's accomplished. he's got lots of great plans that i don't know are realistic. i just don't think he's going to have the appeal to be able to bring... to expand the base, to bring in moderates. train horn. next stop after iowa will be new hampshire. but whoever wins the democratic nomination, further down the tracks donald trump will be waiting.

and beating him will be a tough fight, and an ugly one. jon sopel, bbc news, des moines, iowa. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. good evening. thanks forjoining us on sports k. these are your headlines. —— sportsday. finn russell has been left out again. a familiarface has russell has been left out again. a

familiar face has returned to russell has been left out again. a familiarface has returned to rugby league. sean wayne is required to like him burned as england's head coach. —— returned. now it's one of the most eagerly anticipated clashes in the six nations. scotland versus england in the calcutta cup at murrayfield. two years ago — finn russell was instrumental to their triumph in edinburgh. but for the second week running, he's been left out of the scotland squad. it comes after he was disciplined for a late night drinking session before the tournament. dropped for saturday's defeat to ireland, and again, the talismanic figure is omitted.

no matter what sport environment, no matter what business environment, no matter what business environment, no matter what business environment, no matter what family environment you're in, if you set out rules and an understanding around how you behave, and those are breached, whether that is having a few beers or having a being unavailable, the but there are consequences in every walk of life. i'm sure that discussion is being had and ultimately, that's been and gone. we can continue to talk about it. there's a lot of good rugby over the weekend and naturally, finn's noninvolvement in scotland is something that will obviously continue to bubble away and none of us continue to bubble away and none of us have any idea what will happen moving forward, but i think if you detach from the public and media view of things, you take yourself into the squad, scotland have

improvements to make what they built a decent foundation to be able to go into that game. let's round up some of the other rugby stories of the day. there's a chance centre manu tuilagi could feature in that calcutta cup match on saturday. he hobbled off early in england's defeat to france yesterday but he's been retained in the squad with his groin problem being assessed. ireland centre garry ringrose will definitely be missing their next two games against wales and england. he's had a procedure on a hand injury picked up in the win over scotland. and soon to not be playing at all? former england skipper chris robshaw is leaving club side harlequins at the end of the year. he's not said if he's going to retire or not — but is believed to be looking at options abroad. shaun wane has spent the last year working for the scottish rugby union as a high performance coach. but he's coming back to his roots in league — replacing wayne bennett as england head coach. kevin sinfield, the head of england's high performance unit, wanted bennett to carry on, and he has stood down