this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. the headlines: donald trump is acquitted at his impeachment trial — just one republican senator votes against him. it is therefore ordered and adjudged that the said donald john trump be and he is hereby acquitted of the charges in said articles. chinese authorities spray the streets, as the number of coronavirus deathsjumps by the biggest number in a single day so far. i'm kasia madera, in london. also in the programme: a plane breaks into three pieces after overshooting a runway in istanbul. one person is killed, many others are injured. i am spartacus!

and the hollywood actor, star of dozens of historical epics, kirk douglas has died at the age of 103. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 9 am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington where president trump has been acquitted by the senate on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. he's the third us president ever to be impeached by the house, and go on to face and survive a senate trial. only one republican senator — mitt romney — broke with his party, and voted to impeach the president. there's already been reaction from the white house,

which has described mr trump's acquittal "full vindication and exoneration". the bbc‘s north america editor, jon sopel, begins our coverage. senators, how say you? is the respondent, donald john trump, guilty or not guilty? a process that started last september came to an end today with senators voting one by one on the two articles of impeachment. mr alexander, not guilty. miss baldwin? guilty. miss baldwin, guilty. and then the verdict. it is therefore ordered and adjudged that the said donald john trump be and he is hereby acquitted of the charges in said articles. but the wall of republican unity was broken by mitt romney. the former presidential candidate with a bombshell speech, said he would vote to convict the president of abuse of office.

the grave question the constitution tasked senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanour. yes, he did. with the impeachment process now behind him, donald trump is seeing his approval ratings inching up. the republican party is standing right behind him and the democrats have had a shocking few days, after the shambles of the iowa caucus. it's all turning out to be a very good week for donald trump. cheering and applause. and last night he delivered a highly partisan state of the union address that could have been for a republican rally. but the shadow of impeachment couldn't be missed, as donald trump pointedly snubbed the democratic speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, who'd led moves to impeach the president. her outstretched arm ignored. and the speaker's disdain was etched on herface, as the president

made his remarks. and then, in an extraordinary act of defiance, or petulance — opinion is divided — nancy pelosi ripped up her copy of his speech. in his speech, the president focused on the strength of the economy, something he hoped would be his trump card in this election year. jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging, and our country is thriving and highly respected again. cheering and applause. but to look at the faces of those listening — loving from one side, loathing from the other. a microcosm of america, a foretaste of how bitterly contested this election will be. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. our washington correspondent,

chris buckler, says the vote was split along party lines. the result of this was never in doubt. donaldj was never in doubt. donald j trump was was never in doubt. donaldj trump was always going to be acquitted of these charges in this impeachment trial and now he can put it behind him. but not just that can put it behind him. but notjust that he can also use it. if you look at the statement from white house today, as far as they are concerned, he is not only vindicated but exonerated and he will use that into the next election, calling it a witch hunt. the point you made is an important one. yes, there was a senator who voted not with their party but other than that this was split along party lines and gives you a sense that the divisions in american politics has become deeper and deeper during this presidency andi this presidency and i think that is going to be very obvious as the election comes closer. and the white house coming out fighting. the white house press seemed scathing about mitt romney.

and president trump scathing as well. he has taken to his favourite way of communication, gone to twitter romney which is a damning video of him. nothing short of an attack on one of his republican senators. that will not come asa that will not come as a surprise and indeed the president's son donald trump jr has indeed the president's son donald trumer has also said that he should be expelled from the party. and the other thing that trump senior has posted is a picture ofa senior has posted is a picture of a mockup of a time magazine cover that shows mr trump going on to win not just the 2020 election but going on to win elections for decades and centuries to come. let's be clear. he can only serve two terms as president of the united states but it is clear that he believes this victory has helped him in the battle for the second term.

that mockup of time magazine says trump for ever. the us political drama wasn't confined to washington. we've had more results from that democratic caucus in iowa, which was plagued by computing errors. with 85% of the results recorded so far, pete buttigieg has maintained his lead over nearest rival, bernie sanders. elizabeth warren comes in third, with former vice president running a surprising fourth place. rico we are still avaiting the full results. 1596 15% more and they move on to new hampshire. the chinese authorities are warning that they face a severe shortage of beds and equipment to treat the growing number of people with coronavirus as it spreads rapidly across the country and abroad. more than 560 people have now died and tens of thousands of others have been infected, and tens of millions more are now under some soi’t of travel restriction,

with many being told not to leave their homes. john sudworth reports from beijing. wuhan is a city at war, with an invisible enemy. and they're trying everything they can to defeat it. state media is now full of images of an heroic struggle. the brand—new hospitals held up as proof it's one they're winning. but xiao huang is not so sure. it took him days to find his grandad a bed in this hospital corridor. shortly after this video was taken, he was dead. he fears his grandmother, who also has the virus, is dying too. "if they'd been admitted earlier, of course, things would have been better", he tells me. wuhan is overwhelmed

by illness, with hundreds more cases than available beds, and these patients hooked up to makeshift drips. one woman, who doesn't want to be identified, tells me that her uncle's death won't even be counted in the official statistics. "there are so many cases like his", she says. this is the death certificate. he never made it to hospital. all of this might have been prevented. in mid—january, knowing the virus was already spreading fast, the authorities allowed this massive community banquet to go ahead, putting the economy and political stability ahead of public health. with the epidemic raging, travel records show five million people were able to leave wuhan before the city was finally locked down. with infections now taking hold across china, other cities have begun

imposing restrictions. in nanyang, hangzhou, wenzhou, harbin only one person per household is allowed out to buy food once every two days. the increasing disruption is why some countries, including the uk, are advising people to leave. others are getting out anyway. yeah, quite a bit disappointed but i think it's ok because they're trying to keep us safe. the cost of all this is immeasurable. this was the middle of beijing in what should be the middle of a working week. the ruling communist party knows that as well as economic, there are political risks in all of this. that deep public anger that officials didn't do enough to tell people what they knew soon enough, which is why we've seen the highly unusual step of the ruling politburo admitting this week that mistakes were made. the big question now, of course — can they fix this?

with the propaganda in overdrive, the remotest corners are getting the public health message, but china faces a long journey yet. i want to take you live to japan, a cruise ship, the diamond princess, with nearly a dozen passengers on board and at the moment it is docked in yokohama and passengers and crew quarantine because 20 cases of the coronavirus have been found. 20 people tested positive for this virus. we have been told that supplies are being brought onto the ship and that is what you are seeing now. this is a live image. across ship in hong kong with also another 2000 passengers in quarantine. this is from japan,

yokohama, 20 people tested positive for this virus. let's bring you up—to—date with other stories making the headlines. also making news today: more than 30 people have died in two avalanches in eastern turkey. many of those killed were rescue workers who were sent to find people missing, after the first avalanche on tuesday. it's feared dozens more remain trapped, as hundreds of rescuers try to reach them. the un security council is to hold an emergency session on syria on thursday as president assad's troops continue a major offensive in the province of idlib. eight major aid agencies have called for an immediate ceasefire in idlib, which in the past two months has seen pro—government forces bombard towns and villages still held by jihadist and rebel fighters. this is an image of finland's government which has announced plans to give all parents the same parental leave. the move is being billed

as a radical change to improve gender equality. and it's hoped that by better enabling men to share childcare duties it could also redress factors that damage women'sjob prospects. in turkey, three people have died after a passenger plane skidded off the runway at one of istanbul's airports, breaking into three pieces. the plane belonged to the turkish low—cost airline pegasus and had 177 people on board. rich preston reports. the landing that ended in tragedy. this is the moment a pegasus airlines boeing 737 arriving at speed and in wet weather lost control, skidded and overran the runway of istanbul's sabiha gokcen airport. seen from the roadside, the impact of the crash visibly split the plane's fuselage

into several sections. translation: unfortunately, the pegasus airlines plane could not hold onto the runway due to poor weather conditions and skidded for around 50—60 metres. it fell from about 30—a0 metres high. onboa rd were 183 passengers and crew who'd flown in, from the country's western province of izmir. for rescue teams, the scale of the task before them as they comb to the wreckage for survivors becomes apparent from the ground. there will now be an investigation into what happened, there will be many who highlight this could have been much, much worse. rich preston, bbc news. you are watching newsday. still to come on the programme: the

hollywood icon kirk douglas has died at the age of 103. 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 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, it's 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 newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: the senate has voted to acquit donald trump on all charges of impeachment. in a tweet, he has called it a victory for america. in china, the number of new coronavirus cases has seen its biggest single—day increase. in total more than 560 people have now died from the disease. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. coverage of the spread of the coronavirus continues in thejapan times, which is running a front—page

story on how at least ten people on a cruise ship have tested positive for the new virus. we're now getting reports that 10 more cases on board have been confirmed. but it's not all bad news as the straits times reports, one of thailand's first cases of the virus recovered. she is 73 years old, and is pictured giving a thumbs up after being in treatment for nine days. there you go. and finally, the gulf news is carrying a story lauding the strength of asian economies in the face of the coronavirus. it reports that regional markets from shanghai to seoul eked modest gains despite the dampening economic effect of the virus.

and with the coronavirus, it is only natural people turn to the internet to stay informed. u nfortu nately, internet to stay informed. unfortunately, misinformation and simplyfake unfortunately, misinformation and simply fake news is rife online. one of those fact checkers, rachel lundy, she is a fa ct checkers, rachel lundy, she is a fact check editor in hong kong. i asked a fact check editor in hong kong. iasked her what a fact check editor in hong kong. i asked her what can people do to avoid being misled online? unfortunately there's a huge amount of misinformation out there if you are looking on social media. but i would say on the flipside if you have some adjusted media sources that you follow, some adjusted health organisations, you know international bodies, then you can easily avoid being misled by misinformation that is out there. but let's take a look at a sample of a fake news story. this came from a fake book does make facebook post, and doctors

according to this post projected ii according to this post projected 11 million people quarantine, and wuhan will die from the coronavirus. this caused a lot of anxiety among through lincoln facebook users. yeah, this was really sad to see. this was the kind of scaremongering style report that was out on sri lankan social media. there was really no basis for the claim and they actually attributed this to genuine doctors and tried to suggest that everyone in wuhan right now will die of the virus. in reality, that isjust com pletely virus. in reality, that isjust completely inflating what is going on. you know there has been more than 2a,000 cases of the virus diagnosed, which you know is definitely tragic and are certainly a cause for concern, but in terms of the figures, it is a lot lower than what was being suggested by this particular facebook post. and it was so tragic because as the number of coronavirus cases continues to grow, so do

concerns about racism and stereotyping against people of asian descent. yes. for sure. u nfortu nately we have asian descent. yes. for sure. unfortunately we have seen this throughout the coronavirus outbreak, we have seen posts that are very xenophobic in tone, basically attributing this virus to chinese people on their own. basically suggesting that it their own. basically suggesting thatitis their own. basically suggesting that it is something to do with their culture and this is why their culture and this is why the virus has spread, which is just completely not true. rachel bluntly, and afp fact checker in hong kong. the hollywood actor, kirk douglas has died, he was 103. famous for roles in spartacus, paths of glory and many other historical epics, he was the last of a generation of screen idols. lizo mzimba looks back on his life. for the first time in my life,

people cheering for me! he made his name as a washed—up boxer, champion earned him the first of three oscar nominations. he played a ruthless, selfish, fiercely—driven upstart, a bit like kirk douglas himself. ican i can beat him! the ruthlessness and drive of his childhood. he was born issur danielovitch, the son of illiterate russian immigrants and brought up in extreme poverty. what other way could we have donein what other way could we have done in the first place? the easy way. and why should we do that? he enjoys playing villains more than heroes — like a journalist covering a mining disaster who wouldn't let anything get in the way of a good story. you have a big human interest story, you've got to give it a big human interest ending. sir, would you like me to suggest what you can do with that promotion? critics applauded his roles in paths of glory and lust for life, in which he

played vincent van gogh. but his own lust for power earned him many enemies, he hired and fired at whim and defied the anti—communist witch—hunt in hollywood, crediting a blacklisted writer for spartacus. i am spartacus! i'm spartacus! spartacus defied the roman emperor, much like how kirk douglas often defied hollywood. ididn't want to become a tycoon. it gave me a chance to do movies i wanted to do. i wanted to do spartacus, about vikings, paths of glory, even though they were successful, it wasn't easy to get the financing for them and all that but that's why i had my company. his son became as big a star as his father.

kirk douglas had craved affection from his own father but never received it. in the end he became the founder of a hollywood dynasty and one of hollywood's greatest stars. remembering kirk douglas who has died at the age of 103. let's discuss his work further. peter bowes joins us from los angeles. i've been watching some of the films he starred m, some of the films he starred in, erected by stanley kubrick. just an incredible actor. you think of paths of glory, spartacus, where do you start? you have named some of the big ones. he may dozens and dozens of films. i think the big significance of this is he really was the last of a generation of course, in the early days, spartacus, those diesel good looks of his stood him in very good stead. but he was a tremendous actor. and a tremendously highly thought of figure in hollywood. and quite a political figure as we have

been hearing as well, especially in the 1960s during those days of the hollywood blacklist. let me tell you what his son, michael douglas has said today, issuing a statement announcing his death at the age of 103. he said "it is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and i announce that kirk douglas left us today the age of 103. to the world he was age of 103. to the world he was a legend and actor from the golden age of movies to live well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice only causes he believed in set a standard for us believed in set a standard for us all to aspire to." an absolutely beautiful tribute. very fitting. when it came to many of the characters he took on, they were often underdogs, fighters, he would night — absolutely fighting every moment with his characters and also in his private life as well, taking on so many different causes. yes. and i think that is the beauty of the

man. he was compassionate, especially in his private life and in his later years. he and his wife donated quite literally millions of dollars to deserving causes, to charitable causes, he worked a lot with children. and with many cases, troubled youth, helping organisations to raise money, schools, here in los angeles. i met him in 2008, he was a man with a demented sense of humourand we was a man with a demented sense of humour and we talked about the fact he'd had a stroke a few years earlier, he lost his voice. he said what does an actor do who has lost his voice? he said they wait for southern pictures to come back, he was chuckling all the way. —— silent pictures. he was chuckling all the way. -- silent pictures. thank you for sharing that meeting with kirk douglas. remembering his extraordinary life. he died at the age of 103. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london.

the hollywood icon will be missed. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up in business news — we'll be looking at the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global growth forecast. hello there. we have high pressure to bring us we have high pressure to bring us fine and settled weather. you could call the next few days become before the storm. here is our area of high pressure, slowly retreating back towards the continent as we had to thursday and friday. but it is still going to be strong enough to influence our weather. light winds across central and southern areas means we could start this morning with the mist and fog patches, some of which could be quite dense and stubborn sickly. areas might hold onto it all day but for most it should centre—left. and we should centre—left. and we should see variable amounts of cloud but also some sunny spells, most of the cloud because western scotland and northern ireland. these

temperatures generally peaking around 7— eight degrees, colder aware fog lingers. as we had to thursday night it is going to stay dry again. more of a breeze picking up in the west, generally more of a breeze, so it looks like it shouldn't be quite as going to start friday as we have seen in the last few mornings. we start friday off with a bit more breeze but also some sunshine and that means you are probably less likely to see mist and fog. some good business sense and through the day davies will be picking up from the south, particularly across the western areas where we will see the first series of weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. images lifting to 10 degrees. that first weather front spread through on friday night, it will be quite a breezy night, went in the north—west. the rain clears away from the east early on saturday morning and then we have a window of fine weather. this sunny weather could be the best weather of the weekend for most of us. but it will be turning wetter in the west, gales starting to develop later in the day with this next to the front moving in with some heavy rain and

snow on the hills. temperatures reaching highs of 8— nine degrees. it's much windier on saturday night for old, but particularly across western areas, widespread goes here and outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain. now for sunday's named storm, we will have to go back to the united states where this low pressure has already developed. it has brought trouble to the south and the east of the united states and will be picked up by a very strong jet stream as it hu rtles a very strong jet stream as it hurtles towards our shores. it is likely to bring some damaging winds. look at all the isobars on the chart associated with the storm. the models are agreeing with this, which is why the met office have named this storm very early. some concerns about the storm that will arrive saturday night through sunday to bring some damaging winds, likely to have disruptions, stay tuned to the weather forecast.

i'm kasia madera, with bbc world news.

our top story: the us senate has voted to acquit donald trump of both charges for which he was impeached. votes were cast along party lines, with the exception of one republican senator. the president said it was a victory for america, and tweeted this mock up of a time magazine cover. chinese authorities are reporting the biggest single—day increase in the number of new coronavirus cases. it total, nearly 25,000 people have been infected so far. there have been 560 deaths, the vast majority in china. and some breaking news — the hollywood icon, kirk douglas, has died. star of spartacus, and many other hollywood epics, he earned several oscar nominations in the 1950s for both his acting and producing. his son, the actor michael douglas, described him as a movie legend and a great humanitarian.