welcome to bbc news, live from the iowa caucuses. i'm katty kay. the race begins in earnest, as democratic candidates compete for the right to be their party's nominee. and i'm mike embley in london, with the day's other stories: forced medical care, people held down to be sprayed with disinfectant, china takes extreme measures to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. a knife attack in london brings a promise from the government of fundamental changes to the way convicted terrorists are handled.

the polls here and iowa have been open for an hour now, we're getting some sense of what people are thinking when they went into the polls from what are called entry polls, this is us media reporting some of the things people are interested and. 41% of people going iowa caucuses tonight say that healthcare is the top priority. 21% say there top priority. 21% say there top priority is climate change. we know that more women are caucusing tonight. and we know that only a third of people made up their mind in the last week so they have been listening for the whole year at the candidates have been coming here, but they have onlyjust

met up their minds, which seems pretty remarkable. but it takes people a long time. some people will have gone on night not having made up their mind, there has also been a republican caucus going on as well. the list praising use of the night is that the republicans have said there caucus result is in and they have chosen donald trump which is not apprising because he wasn't running against anybody. he was actually running against two people, a former governor and a congressman, but not a serious one. iowa, why is it important? well, it's not first because it is important, it is important because it is first, that would give us a real idea of what is going to happen in the next few states coming up after, so some of the candidates that are lower down in the polls, a real springboard opportunity for them tonight, so we tend to get two tickets out of iowa. of course we are looking at who was the winner on the democratic side tonight, but it doesn't mean who was third or

second isn't important either, because if it is someone like pete buttigieg, he has done well in the polls then obviously that gives him, the money starts to come in. very important. and jon sopeljoins me now from bernie sanders' campaign rally. bernie sanders, one of the progressive liberal candidates who did very well in 2016 up against hillary clinton. we are at the early stage of the evening, what are they hearing from the caucuses up and down the state? we are at what they call the party, and it is like one of those parties you go to where you are the first to arrive and nobody has actually uncorked a bottle of wine yet. it is not much of a party yet but i think it will be later on, ithink but i think it will be later on, i think the bernie sanders people that i'd speak to are pretty confident. he had a very good game plan in place, and thatis good game plan in place, and that is critical for winning in the iowa caucus. the ground

work was good, and he had a lot of people in all the places and they were very well—organised. he also spent more time advertising than anyone else so my guess is he do very well. and remember this, four years ago he only lost by the tiniest squeak to hillary clinton, with all the money and formidable force that she had, and i think they are hoping to do better and if they do they could well when the iowa caucus, and that would be an enormous launchpad for him. you don't win the nomination by winning the iowa caucus, but you can sure as caucus, but you can sure as hell lose if you do really badly, and that is not going to happen to bernie sanders tonight. give us a sense of how much time bernie has spent invested in iowa ? much time bernie has spent invested in iowa? what has it been like for bernie sanders in iowa for the past year?” been like for bernie sanders in iowa for the past year? i was talking to someone as we came in and she said she had been working in this state for the past year, ever since the

announcement, and they have been outreach groups, traditionally they are very strong, bernie does very well among young people, so the student groups, or liberal areas of the state, will have been hit very hard by the bernie sanders campaign, and i think they have widened out their outreach, they have widened out the advertising, i rememberfouryears ago, coming toa rememberfouryears ago, coming to a bernie sanders rally and, ata to a bernie sanders rally and, at a promise you we're going to at a promise you we're going to a revolution, and it was more ofa a revolution, and it was more of a left—wing offering. that is still there but it is more about beating donald trump, so he is also talking about collectability. his big negative is that he is not electable in the wayjoe biden is, andl electable in the wayjoe biden is, and i think that is one of the things that bernie sanders has been conscious of trying to ove i’co iti e has been conscious of trying to overcome in his advertising and his leafleting and all the rest of it. bernie sanders did really well in the eastern part of the state back in 2016, and

a huge swathe of the state out there, but a lot of those counties which had voted for barack 0bama in 2008 and 2012, those counties then flipped for donald trump, and they know that has been a real issue for democrats. we have spoken to democrats. we have spoken to democrats over the last few days and they really felt that, is that an issue, do you think, for the democratic leadership? that is a great question because i heard you going through some of the polling data that we have got so far from people going what they have said their concerns are and their interest are. butjoe biden's big pitch was that he could reach out to the blue—collar, maybe kind of non—college educated people that donald trump did extremely well within iowa but of course in michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania, and those people

thatjoe biden pennsylvania, and those people that joe biden could pennsylvania, and those people thatjoe biden could win back. it seems, from early indications, that those may be the people thatjoe biden is doing well with tonight, rather reinforcing joe biden's point that i and trump voters, but he seems, early stages, not doing very well at all with young people and young people are flocking to bernie sanders. the only problem with that is, if you look at, it is like a pyramid. you have got vast numbers of young people who are supporting bernie sanders and as you go up through the age groups at narrows, but what we have seen an election in the pastis have seen an election in the past is that it is older people who turn out in the biggest numbers, and that is something thatis numbers, and that is something that is still a problem for the bernie sanders campaign, if he is going to convince democrats he is electable. 0k, very interesting there. it is so interesting there. it is so interesting there. it is so interesting the different groups that people are winning because there you have got bernie sanders doing well with young people, doing well with people who call themselves very

liberal, nonwhite voters, doing well with gay voters interestingly, compared to pete buttigieg, and elizabath warren doing well with women, college graduates, people with incomes over $100,000, and those who are somewhat liberal and live in the suburbs. joe biden doing better out in the east of the state, white men without couege state, white men without college education, and lower incomes, and case the democrats are going to have build is, what group of supporters would only go to that candidate? because they democratic candidate who was a nominee can rely on the party machine really kicking and. they will get a lot of democrats just by virtue of being the democratic candidate, but are there key people they might lose if it is notjoe biden, if it is not bernie sanders and if it is not elizabath bernie sanders and if it is not eliza bath warren? bernie sanders and if it is not elizabath warren? will the democratic leadership look at what happened in the midterms in 2018? what we saw as there

we re in 2018? what we saw as there were a lot of progressives that ran in trump districts who didn't when stopping people who we re didn't when stopping people who were winning were moderates, andi were winning were moderates, and i know democrats, one of the concerns they have, if it is bernie sanders at the top of the ticket that is going to affect the races further down the ballot. let's go to chris butler. —— chris buckler, who's at senator elizabeth warren's campaign rally. these other things people are telling pollsters as they go in that they are concerned about, and the person they might be voting for, and there is elizabath warren, voting for, and there is eliza bath warren, perhaps voting for, and there is elizabath warren, perhaps not surprising, doing well with women. those college graduates, wealthier, moderate, more moderate, more suburban, is elizabath warren going to take some heart from that and say look, these are exactly the people the democrats need to haveif people the democrats need to have if they are going to win the election in 2020?”

have if they are going to win the election in 2020? i think it's a step they can use, particularly the one you've just mentioned that she is doing well with people who turnover $100,000, because that isa turnover $100,000, because that is a big deal for elizabath warren's campaign, because at some stage she has to differentiate herself from bernie sanders and that has been one of the big fights during this because they are both appealing to those progressive voters, both slightly left—wing voters, who wa nt slightly left—wing voters, who want to see a big change in america, and really they know that they are fighting for those boats, and certainly elizabath warren's team have been looking towards women and perhaps the slightly wealthier individuals who don't necessarily trust bernie sanders, who feel that he is appealing to a younger crowd and not necessarily them, but at the same time it still feels, and you probably get a sense of that as well, very much a 4—way fight, and even though we are waiting for the results, you still get a sense that each of the different

machines that are behind the candidates know that they have a real battle ahead of them. iowa isjust the start. they have to continue but they know a vote is very important here, and perhaps one of the things that elizabath and perhaps one of the things that eliza bath warren and perhaps one of the things that elizabath warren will feel is in herfavour that elizabath warren will feel is in her favour is that other stat you mention, that one third of people have only made up third of people have only made up their minds in the last few days. elizabath up their minds in the last few days. eliza bath warren up their minds in the last few days. elizabath warren has spent a lot of time in iowa, something like 60 days, she has been to double that number of events, really doing her very best to try to appeal to people and it is that weird mix of what feels like a very local election with these big national figures, and she has tried to present herself as full of energy and someone who really appeals to the grassroots, gets out there and isn't afraid to be doing campaign aftercampaign, isn't afraid to be doing campaign after campaign, taking selfie after selfie, if it is going to make a difference. we have just been talking about bernie sanders, and he did reasonably well in the polls in the last few weeks and the reason they think he did so well is because, first of all,

he was pulling back his base that he won in 2016, those who voted for him were coming back, but he was starting to pole with elizabath warren as well, and is there room for the two of them? is there room for two progressive liberal candidates within these primary races?|j within these primary races?” don't think there is any doubt, andl don't think there is any doubt, and i think privately some of those involved in both campaigns would tell you that they are going to be feeding off each other, and a victory for one might well be a defeat for one might well be a defeat for another, but they are both doing relatively well at this stage. but you are right, and certainly if you take a look at bernie sanders base, over the weekend over that a concert where there were over 3000 people there, most of them very young. they are a very active base and make themselves very visible. elizabath warren's team has been different, but it has been very much on the grind, perhaps really trying to appeal to people on the one by

one basis, but that can make a difference because as i say, these are national figures but it does feel like an local election. you are going to school halls and sports halls and cafeterias and libraries, doing your best to appeal to people one by one and she is pretty good at that. that is certainly the argument from her campaign team, but if you talk to any of these teams there is a certain amount of nervousness and that is because it is very clearly a 4—way fight at this stage. 0k, thank you very much there. elizabath warren's headquarters. right now this is what is happening. they are all in their caucus locations, they are getting into their first groups. we might get initial results from those first groups from us media, then they all have this horsetrading, process goes on, and then at some point in the next couple of hours we should get a final result and it may be a mixed result. it may be that we get more than one person being able to claim... we told you! it's

complicated, the iowa caucus. for more on the iowa caucuses go to the bbc news website. there's a live page devoted to the results, and what it'll mean in the race for the white house. go to bbc.com/news, and follow the links. lots to watch here in iowa. but for all the rest of the day's news, i'll hand you over to my colleague mike embley in london. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the life and times of ‘mad mike,‘ the famous mercenary, who has died at the age of 100. this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, is to be set free unconditionally. ..four, three, two, one...

a countdown to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once. and apart from its power, its this recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of a launch, that makes this a breakthrough in the business of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it a piece of cake. thousands of people have given the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non—stop. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the race for the white house begins in earnest, as democratic candidates compete in iowa for the right to be their party's nominee. 0n the republican side, donald trump faces no serious competition and is expected to walk to his party's nomination.

there are now over 20,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide, and 425 people have died from the illness, the vast majority in china. the authorities there are struggling with the scale of the outbreak, despite a huge push to build new hospitals in record time. from hong kong, rupert wingfield—hayes sent this report. 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 1,000—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. the uk government has promised fundamental changes to the way convicted terrorists are handled following yesterday's knife attack in south london. sudesh amman was shot dead by police after he stabbed two people in streatham. he had recently been freed from prison after serving half his sentence for terrorism offences. here is our special correspondent lucy manning. this unfortunately is not the first time a high—street, forensic teams, police investigating an attack, a former resident using his freedom to try and kill. yesterday it was a stratum.

plainclothes officers, guns drawn, have shot a man after he steals a knife and start stabbing others —— streatham. they've sudesh amman under surveillance, so more officers quickly arrived, one on a motorbike. 0ne quickly arrived, one on a motorbike. one of the armed officers approaches him as he lies on the ground, wearing a fa ke lies on the ground, wearing a fake suicide vest. get back, they shout. a surveillance officer uses his armed collea g u es officer uses his armed colleagues for cover. they start to clear the street. people rushed to help the injured, blood on the pavement. you need to start moving backwards, very quickly, please. a man and a woman were stabbed. both are recovering. sudesh amman had only been released from prison ten days

ago, automatically let out halfway through his three—year sentence for terrorism offences. he pledged allegiance to islamic state, and had manuals about knife attacks. sudesh amman lived in this hostel around a mile from the attack. because he was under active counterterrorist surveillance, it seems the authorities thought he was possibly one of the most dangerous people in the country. so why was he leaving behind these gates, rather than behind these gates, rather than behind bars? 0fficers searched the hostel, removing evidence. the police stopped this attack, but how will the politicians prevent it? new emergency laws. d radicalise in people is a very, very difficult thing to do. itjust seems to be a psychological... there's a big psychological... there's a big psychological barrier. people find it hard get back over. and that's why i stress the importance of a custodial option, and that's why i am... i have come to the end of my patients with the idea of

automatic early release. they are automatic early release. they a re let automatic early release. they are let out of prison, but the public is not out of danger. let's get some of the day's other news: researchers say they'll redouble their efforts to find a vaccine against hiv, after a potential new strain was shown to be ineffective. the three—year trial in south africa was abandoned when there were more infections among people who received the vaccine than among those given a placebo. two people have been killed and another wounded at a shooting at a university campus in texas. it happened in a residence hall at the a&m university—commerce, about 60 miles north of dallas. police say the shooting was in accommodation for freshmen. an air canada plane with 128 passengers on board has made a successful emergency landing in madrid. the aircraft had to circle in spanish airspace to burn fuel after engine trouble just after ta ke—off. the flight was en route from madrid to toronto in canada.

michael ‘mad mike' hoare, widely considered the world's best known mercenary, has died at the age of 100. he fought a series of campaigns in the congo and was later jailed for an unsuccessful coup in the seychelles. the bbc‘s tim allman looks back at his life and colourful career. the early 1960s, and a country that was tearing itself apart. following independence, the republic of the congo descended into a period of upheaval, u nrest into a period of upheaval, unrest and violence. playing no small part, this man, michael hoare. a former major in the british army, he was hired as a mercenary to take on a communist act of rebellion in the country. his methods were often extreme, earning him the nickname ‘mad mike', and he ended up being the inspiration for the film the wild geese, richard burton playing a character based on michael hoare. then, in the early 19805, hoare. then, in the early

1980s, he set his sights on the seychelles. he and a group of fellow mercenaries entered the country with ak—47s in their luggage. dubbed the package holiday coup, it ended in failure, and although hoare was later jailed, he failure, and although hoare was laterjailed, he remained philosophical. we were interested , philosophical. we were interested, we were put together in a single cell, and no problems. the guards were very nice. 0ur doors were not even locks. born in india to irish parents in 1919, michael hoare fought in the second world war. his son said his father lived by the philosophy that you get more out of life by living dangerously, so it is all the more remarkable that he lived more than 100 years. the mercenary michael ‘mad mike' hoare, who has died at the age of 100. before we go, let's check back in with katty, who is in iowa tonight. mike, thank you. we are 1.5

hours into the caucus process, and it is still, according to our colleagues at cbs news, a—way race between the top candidates. pretty close, it like, from their initial numbers. you get a lot of speculation on social media about what is happening up and down the state but it is important to remind people that this is the first round. people are making their first preferences. quite a complicated process. and if their candidate is not viable in these libraries and classrooms, wherever they are gathering around the state, they move to a candidate who is viable. so there will be an off a lot of horse trading over the course of the next hour as people try to lure their neighbours over to their candidate, to try and get their candidate, to try and get their candidate through in each of these caucuses. so a lot going on up and down the state. we are not on up and down the state. we a re not really on up and down the state. we are not really going to get a good feel, are we, until around 9am local time. good feel, are we, until around 9am localtime. what good feel, are we, until around 9am local time. what we are getting some sense of what people like the different candidates for. we have some

information from amy klobuchar, she is getting the support of white women over 45 years old, couege white women over 45 years old, college graduates over 65 years old, and here is an odd one, voters are somewhat opposed to legalising recreational pot. that is quite niche. stay with us on bbc news. hello. we've got some fairly chilly and windy conditions out there at the moment. with low pressure very much in charge of the weather at the moment, it is an unsettled story. quite lively weather, in fact. early tuesday, we're likely to see a bit of travel disruption, particularly for scotland and northern england, with a combination of some severe gales and also some icy stretches, and wintry showers around too. now, we've got an area of low pressure that's moving south through the north sea. quite a lot of isobars on the map, so it is going to be a windy picture first thing tuesday morning, and quite a chilly morning too. temperatures just about above freezing for most of us, but a little below freezing, i think, in the countryside first thing. and if we take a look at the wind gusts we're likely to see tuesday morning,

up to around about 40—50 mph quite widely across much of scotland, perhaps even 55 mph across the pennines. windy too for northern ireland, down towards the midlands, and even along the south coast we could see gusts of wind reaching around 45 mph. so tuesday, blustery showers really wherever you are, also a bit of sunshine on offer. but do watch out for those icy stretches first thing, particularly across the pennines, southern uplands, and highland scotland as well. most of the showers should gradually ease away, though, through the day on tuesday, so it will be a gradually improving picture. some sunshine developing, a bit of patchy cloud here and there, and those strong, gusty winds slowly starting to ease on into the afternoon. but temperatures only around about 8—10 degrees, and with the wind chill, with a brisk northerly wind, it will feel a bit colder than that. and then, as we move through tuesday night and then on into wednesday, eventually we'll start to see this area of high pressure building in from the west, so that will quieten things down. we're going to be seeing largely dry, clear conditions through tuesday evening and overnight into wednesday as well.

perhaps a little bit more cloud across the north and west of scotland, with a few showers here. elsewhere, clear spells, a few mist and fog patches, and a touch of frost. so first thing wednesday, temperatures quite widely down to around about freezing, perhaps a degree or two above in more rural spots, but a chilly wednesday. a little bit of mist and fog around, especially further south across england and wales. that should lift into low cloud, but more sunshine developing during the afternoon. a little bit cloudier across the north—west of scotland. fairly cool temperatures, somewhere between about 7—9 degrees for most of us. looking ahead towards the end of the working week, that area of high pressure stays with us, so not only dry on wednesday, but also for thursday and into friday too, with a bit of sunshine. but also look out for frost, mist and fog. and then, as we look towards the weekend, well, later on friday into saturday, the first weather front moves across the uk, bringing outbreaks of rain at times. so it's a bit of an unsettled story as we look towards the weekend. particularly by sunday, things turn wet and windy once again. bye for now.

this is bbc news, the headlines: in the american state of iowa, voters have gathered for caucus meetings to choose a democratic party contender to take on donald trump in november's presidential election. a good performance in iowa can provide important campaign momentum, and it often helps a candidate secure the party's nomination. the chinese health authorities say 64 people have died from the new strain of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of dead to 425. the latest reported fatalities were all in china's hubei province, which is at the centre of the outbreak. british ministers have announced emergency legislation to end the automatic early release of terror offenders from prison. an islamist extremist stabbed two people in london before being shot dead by police, ten days after being released from prison. two people were killed in a similar attack in december.