i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: as the world health organisation calls the coronavirus a very grave threat — we hear about the businessman who'd been working in singapore — now linked to eleven cases. will it be second time lucky for the democrats? after the chaos of iowa — the candidates await the results of the new hampshire primary. i live in new hampshire where poles are closing we look at which democrats are doing well and which less so. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme:

it's the biggest exodus in syria's nine—year war — hundreds of thousands of civilians are fleeing idlib province. and, putting a price on climate change — a new report shows which economies may be the hardest hit. good morning. it's midnight in london and 9am in singapore and in china, where the number of deaths from the new coronavirus has now passed the 1,000 mark. the world health organisation says the disease will now be called covid—i9, and warned it could be 18 months before the first vaccine becomes available. in the british seaside resort

of brighton, a businessman who's thought to have infected 11 people is recovering. catherine burns reports. steve walsh is still in hospital — he says it'sjust a precaution now. but brighton is dealing with the after—effects of his infection, with two gp surgeries being closed to patients. today, mr walsh has been named and has explained that he did everything by the book. he says: but in the roughly two weeks between being infected and diagnosed, it was life as normal, including a trip to the pub. it's still open — five staff have gone into isolation. but the pub says it's worked with public health england and that there's a minimal ongoing risk of infection. mr walsh picked up the coronavirus at a conference in singapore. on his way back to the uk, he stopped off for several days

at a ski chalet in france, where he passed the virus on to 11 other people. five of those infected remain in france, and one man returned to majorca. mr walsh and the other five british people came back to the uk. two of them are gps, and two surgeries have been temporarily closed. mr walsh's neighbours are baffled by all the attention. his wife's told me on the phone that really he's not that ill. she thinks it's a complete, basically a load of rubbish, and that it's no worse than flu, probably not as bad. it's just five days now since steve walsh was officially diagnosed, and he says he's well recovered. that is generally true for this virus. most people tend to only get mild symptoms. catherine burns, bbc news. voters in the us state of new hampshire have less than an hour left to decide who they think should be the democratic candidate to take on president trump. recent polls suggest bernie sanders and pete buttigieg are leading the field —

with former vice presidentjoe biden trailing. katty kay and jane 0'brien are in concord, the state capital of new hampshire. 0ne one thing is for sure, wanting we can say, it shouldn't be as chaotic as the iowa caucus i hope? the night is young. let's see what we can rustle up here in new hampshire. they are very proud of themselves for the fa ct proud of themselves for the fact that they have a traditional ballot. utica box and it goes behind a little curtain and that is the way you cast your ballot here in new hampshire. ideally, no drama. two ideally, no drama but of course, this is a very volatile race because the number of undecided, who we know, because of the exit polls already, were probably making up their minds at the very last minute, i'm more than 50%. you spent the last six months travelling around new hampshire, what are people telling you? democrats telling you other priorities in

this campaign? it is very interesting because i think the priorities have shifted as was seen at the campaign progress. it is gone from very much issue —based campaigning, talking about healthcare, —based campaigning, talking about healthca re, to —based campaigning, talking about healthcare, to really wa nt about healthcare, to really want a central question and thatis want a central question and that is who can beat donald trump? and that is where were seeing the numberof trump? and that is where were seeing the number of undecideds because all the campaigns i go to, they look at the candidate, they look at what they like about the candidate but then they start talking about electability and that is the problem. looking at the pictures there from polling stations, i popped into an earlier today. it works very many people. it was one polling station, the middle of the day stopped getting reports of a late evening to the polling stations before they shut. we should say, most have shut in new hampshire but some are still open for another half hour or even another hour. have you heard anything on turnout? idid ask you heard anything on turnout? i did ask about turnout at the wonder that isjust i did ask about turnout at the wonder that is just behind i did ask about turnout at the wonder that isjust behind us up wonder that isjust behind us up the road. and the organisers there say that it is pretty

solid. they're not seeing re cord solid. they're not seeing record numbers at the moment but what they are seeing are an u pta ke of but what they are seeing are an uptake of new registrations and i think that is quite interesting. we have correspondence with campaigns around the state. for more on this i am joined from bernie sanders' campaign rally by our reporter, anthony zurcher. it's early, two early for celebrations and parties but is there a sense of the mood there yet at the bernie sanders camp given his head in the polls there? i think people are starting to line up outside already. they haven't opened the doors to the general public here yet but i think the bernie sanders people, when looking at the recent surveys, are pretty confident that they're going to be able to post a good result here. you have to remember, four years ago, bernie sanders run in this new hampshire primary against hillary clinton and he wondered two won 60 was another vote. that and expect this kind of result this time around but they do have a battle tested organisation, a

campaign on the ground here. sanders represents nearby vermont and they been preparing for this primary, this moment, essentially since bernie sanders gave up his campaign in 2016. an see this as a springboard to all of the states that are to come. anthony, what about this question of electability because a lot of bernie sanders‘s supporters i speak to so sanders‘s supporters i speak to so they won't vote for anybody else if bernie sanders does not win. how was he going to unite the party? i've spoken to bernie sanders supporters about that and yes, even four years ago, and a lot of them had reservations about hillary clinton. there are fewer spoke to her so they ended up party instead of voting for hillary clinton but they believe bernie sanders can unite the party. that the president presence of donald trump as opponent will be sufficient to bring all the democrats home in the end. this survey sharply divided country and are going to be two main

choices and donald trump versus bernie sanders, they feel like the answer is obvious. they also say that they can drum up support, the bernie sanders, that big, bold visionary policies in their view of what is going to motivate the base and bring new voters in in a way that moderate politics of the past won't be able to do. 0k, we will be checking with you during the course of the night. bernie sanders hoping for a good night but there have been some surprises haven't their chain over the course of their chain over the course of the last day also? that has indeed and i think pete buttigieg is the real ones we have been watching search for the polls because these poles are very difficult to make sense of. the trends that they show are interesting and that we have seen consistently bernie sanders hovering at 30,000 feet looking pretty good, a bit of turbulence for joe biden, he's been sinking rapidly and then pete buttigieg, like a rocket, coming up through the air. joe biden getting out of dodge fairly quickly tonight. he won't even be there for the victory party.

for more on this, i am joined from amy klobuchar‘s rally by our north america correspondent, chris buckler. another surprise there because another person who has been surging, just literally, over the course of the last two or three days is amy klobuchar, the senator from minnesota. yes and that is very much because of the democratic debates that took place on friday which the candidates took to the stage. it was not afterwards that klobuchar was really in a position where she came out of it as may be the winner of that debate. of course, it is subjective but it does feel like she all of a sudden has momentum stop there is a certain amount of optimism here at the headquarters whether they are two they are preparing for the party after the results and they may have something to celebrate. there is a suggestion that perhaps she has been a little more aggressive. you watch the debate was she took on buttigieg in particular, really tried to make the case for being a moderate candidate and i know you mentioned, for example, the idea that has to be somebody who can beat donald trump. the house to appeal to the

democratic leader of the state. it is something she's pushing. even on the press badges, you can see it is very clearly that klobuchar will beat trump. that is the message coming forward that she can capture those moderate voters, those republicans who could maybe sway towards the democrats and those democrats who went to donald trump in 2016 and gave him their vote. she believes she is going to do much better in at this vote than she did in the iowa caucus. it's worth remembering that she came in fifth place that, just wondered delicate. perhaps in new hampshire, she can do a little better. who is she gaining ground... who is she taking votes from ? ground... who is she taking votes from? who are the victims in this is really the question because let's be honest, this isa because let's be honest, this is a fight and it is very clear that the candidates are trying to ta ke that the candidates are trying to take from each other. she is not going to take from bernie sanders, that is pretty clear but certainly, joe biden is somebody who she believes she can win vote bombs. i think we

got the sense is what that on the democrats that, if she believes she takes on pete biddle church, than some that may come to her. i suspect as well we might see her take some boats from elizabeth warren if she has had this momentum over the last few days and that is because she is another female senator who was fighting and making this argument that the democrats, in order to have somebody who can beat donald trump, who represents diversity in the party, actually to have a woman could be a pretty good thing. i think she will be going after those three candidates in particular and givenjoe biden candidates in particular and given joe biden isn't candidates in particular and givenjoe biden isn't in it you have to tonight, there may be a sense that klobuchar feels a little bit more confidence than he does. thank you chris. they could be a lot of surprises here in new hampshire, people doing better than expected. going to be watching all of the top candidates and level of the results as they come in on the website. you can get all of the results as they come in and therefore new hampshire. we will see you later on that is

it. thank you so much. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. and new hampshire. still to come on the programme: the biggest exodus in syria's nine—year war, as hundreds of thousands of people flee idlib province. we'll have a special report. also on the programme: a rare royalfoursome. a united front as prince charles, camilla, william, and kate all visit a military rehab centre. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british

author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'ba by doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special, secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. welcome back, everyone. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. thanks for staying with us. and i'm kasia madera in london.

our top stories: the world health organisation calls the coronavirus a very grave threat. more than a thousand people have now died. the polls are beginning to close in the new hampshire primary, with democrats fighting for the right to challenge donald trump in november. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the arab news reports on the fresh violence in lebanon — nearly 400 people were hurt in clashes between protesters and riot police in the capital, beirut. demonstrators were trying to stop a confidence vote in the new government but it eventually went ahead. in thejapan times, the coronavirus outbreak highlights the disparity in healthcare around the world. this article looks at how lower income countries face serious challenges if the illness continues to spread. and in the south china morning post, a lesson in why you shouldn't post photos of yourself not working

while on company time. trainees at a bank in hong kong are in hot water after flouting the conditions allowing them to work from home as part of company measures against the coronavirus outbreak. and those are the papers. there isa and those are the papers. there is a lesson there, isn't there, rico? . thank you very much. in syria, rebel held idlib province hundreds of thousands of civilians are fleeing under fire from forces loyal to president bashar al—assad. his troops have huge advances into the province. turkish—backed rebels have responded by shooting down a helicopter they say was going to bomb civilians. this report by our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville contains some distressing images. the long and winding death of rebel—held idlib is quickening.

another 700,000 people fleeing. among them, in the traffic heading north, this family. this is the biggest exodus since syria's war began. they fear what's behind them more than what lies ahead. translation: we are fleeing from our village towards the turkish border because we are in fear for our children and women. they've packed up everything they can carry, knowing that they will likely never be back. translation: we're leaving our house because of the army. the army executes those who stay here. bashar al—assad's forces are tearing at their heels. air strikes and artillery are redrawing the landscape here as the regime captures more and more territory. the world has stopped counting syria's dead, but in idlib, they don't have that luxury. in the blanket, the charred corpse of another victim. here, they knew the regime warplanes were coming and ran for cover, but their homes gave them little protection.

"i can't recognise him. my father or my brother? i don't know", he says. the turkish—backed rebels and islamist extremists are losing idlib, but today they had a small victory, the downing of a helicopter. "the helicopter behind me belongs to the regime," he says in turkish. "it was dropping barrel bombs on innocent civilians, women and children." there is no peace here, even for the dead. returning regime soldiers film themselves desecrating the grave of a rebel commander. the living here are running out of breathing space. ahmed hasjust been dug out of the rubble after syrian jets attacked a market in idlib city. 17 people died around him. the pleas for a ceasefire, some respite, are ignored. girl cries.

in a nearby bed, an 11—year—old screams from shrapnel wounds. she and ahmed will recover, but then what? they will likely end up here, joining many of idlib's other children, clinging on in the sprawling camps at the country's edge with turkey, a place where people are corralled and forgotten. once again, idlib is asking for help, but the world has left it and syria behind. quentin somerville, bbc news. will we only value nature

when we see how much it costs not to? with this in mind the world wide fund for nature has calculated which economies will be hardest hit in the next 30 years if the world doesn't act urgently to reverse the environmental crises it faces. the united states, they suggest, will be taking a major blow, with an estimated $83 billion wiped off its economy over the next 30 years. margaret kuhlow leads the wwf‘s global finance practice. shejoins me now from washington. margaret, thank you so much for joining us. please share with us, margaret, how do you calculate, for example, the 83 billion dollars lost over 30 yea rs billion dollars lost over 30 years in the united states economy? and putting a monetary value on nature? thanks a lot for the question and thanks for the interest in the report. the report we launched today takes

a very novel look at modelling the economic impact of nature loss. we a re the economic impact of nature loss. we are facing a critical loss. we are facing a critical loss of nature. un reports suggest1 million loss of nature. un reports suggest 1 million plant loss of nature. un reports suggest1 million plant and animal species at risk of extinction, some in the next couple of decades. what we did as we took values for ecosystem services, these are services that nature provides to us but we don't pay for in a typical sense, for example forests and wetla nds sense, for example forests and wetlands provide water that irrigates for us. our mangroves and our coral reefs provide both a source of nursery for fisheries, they also provide critical coastal protection against flooding and erosion. lot of flak is have been taken into consideration, but do you think, margaret, the research, the monetary models you put together, plus all of the

staggering losses could convince stakeholders that nature is important? —— fact is. part of the reason we did this model the way we did is we are trying to talk to traditional economic actors who don't usually speak in ecosystem services language and we used a relatively standard economic model to demonstrate the economic losses. these are real values, real losses from lost pollinators, loss of coastal protection, which is the main impact in most of the wealthy countries that will be impacted. we are also looking at the significant hits to agricultural productivity, for example. this is for sure and underestimate of the economic value that nature provides to us, because there are a number of things that we are not yet able to put a number on. but this number should get people to pay attention. we think roughly half $1 trillion a year

lost in global gdp and if we invest in that nature to support those services we could see a turnaround roughly on that of equal about that. briefly, of course, the stakeholders, politicians and businesses have to understand that the services that nature provides are not infinite. that's exactly right. that's exactly right. and we are seeing significant losses already. we have lost half of oui’ already. we have lost half of our coral reefs, with global warming and climate change to two degrees we could lose all of our coral reefs. that is a significant provision of our fishery resources, which is a critical protein source for some of the poorest people in the world. so it is very important to act now. we estimate about three quarters of the infrastructure that will exist in 2050 doesn't exist today. where we put it on what kind of infrastructure we build will critically impact these nature services that provide

economic value to us now. thank you so much for sharing with us your study. margaret kuhlow leads the wwf‘s global finance practice. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall have carried out a rarejoint engagement with the duke and duchess of cambridge. the four royals all went on a visit to a military rehabilitation centre in leicestershire. it came on the day it was announced that the queen's grandson peter phillips and his wife autumn are to divorce. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. it was a show of family unity, on a rarejoint public engagement. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall and the duke and duchess of cambridge. with no meghan and no harry, this foursome is now the public, working face of the royal family alongside the queen. together, they toured the defence medical rehabilitation centre just outside loughborough. for william, the wheelchair basketball was a challenge. luckily, today, dad was on hand

to help improve his game. although the expert view was harsh. clearly hasn't played basketball for a while, and it's a bit nerve—racking in front of everyone but dad gave him moral support and he managed to get it in on the second attempt after a little push. there is no question these have been turbulent months for the royalfamily, but today's event here with two future kings front and centre shows the important the family places on stability and continuity. and there was no greater example of that than the queen, who came back to london this afternoon by train after her winter break at sandringham. and she returned to confirmation of the news that her grandson peter phillips and his canadian wife, autumn, are to divorce after 12 years of marriage. their spokesperson said the decision was sad but amicable. and responding to reports that autumn phillips wanted to return to canada he said, both autumn and peter will remain in gloucestershire to bring up their two children

where they have been settled for a number of years. every family has its own share of dramas to navigate. today's joint public appearance was a reminder that this is a royal family trying to work together and move forward after some very public difficulties. daniela relph, bbc news, loughborough. and finally, rico, if you had us$31 million, what would you spend it on? i know you like art. well, someone has spent it on a david hockney painting at an auction here in london. i have to see, it wasn't me. —— say. the splash is one of a series of three that the british artist created in the 1960s while living in california. it's not even his most expensive painting, that was portrait of an artist which went for just sold forjust over $90 million.

it is beautiful though. it mightjust be a good investment. from all of us in london and from rico in singapore, thanks for watching newsday. bye—bye. hello there. there really is an awful lot of whether being thrown our way over the next few days. eventually we will get into something milder and wetter from the atlantic. right now is cold air and a cold wind driving across the uk and that's putting in all these shower clouds answer more to come, mainly for the northern half of the uk where, earlier on, of course, it was particularly treacherous across parts of southern scotland. now the winds are easing down a little bit, allowing temperatures to fall away close to if not below freezing. as more likely across scotland, northern ireland, and north—west england. this is where we are seeing showers continuing overnight and into the morning. and again, snow, even to low levels for a while. gradually through the we will see the winds easing down a bit. we will also see the

showers become fewer, more places turning dry, particularly northern ireland and much of england and wales during the afternoon. some sungshan around here. temperature similar to what we had on tuesday, but because it won't be as windy it probably won't be as windy it probably won't feel as cold. now towards the south—west we will see some changes later on in the day as the cloud can and we start to see some showers coming in here. that's ahead of this main rainband that sweeps its way eastwards, heading northwards it then meets the cold air and slows down. so we will find a mixture of rain and some snow, even to lower levels for a while overnight before lifting onto the hills as that wet weather 's only peters out. to the south will have some showers, gales running through the english channel, temperatures may make double figures across the southernmost parts of england. but if you are stuck under that cold wet weather in the north—east of england and temperatures only four degrees at best. it should be drying off overnight and by the time we get too early friday may well be surmised, some frost, and if you box of mist and fog, too. it won't be

as cold though for northern ireland, because here winds will be picking up by the morning and we will have some rain, too. the stronger winds will push the rain eastward, so more likely of the mountains of scotla nd more likely of the mountains of scotland this time. the rain turning later as it runs across england and wales. but because it's a southerly windless temperatures will be higher. it will be turning milder everywhere. probably not much rainfor everywhere. probably not much rain for eastern england until the evening is that we weather front move through. and then we look out into the atlantic, deepening area of low pressure heading towards iceland. this is storm dennis. abily not quite as severe as tom carroll was last weekend, but this weekend we are expecting some widespread gales, here winds could be still gusting, 60—70 mph, the biggest impact is likely to be across england and wales from the strength of the wind and some more rain, which will be heavy at times, and that will lead to some more flooding.

i'm kasia madera with bbc news.

our top story: the world health organization has given the coronavirus a name — calling it covid—19 — and says it's a very grave threat. at least 1,000 people have died because of the outbreak in china so far. any vaccine is not expected to be ready for at least eighteen months. voting will end shortly in the american state of new hampshire — it's the second leg of the race to choose a democratic candidate to challenge donald trump in november's presidential election. and video of ben — whose favourite hobby might seem a little peculiar to some people — is doing well on our website. he's spent fifteen years sculpting and painting scraps of chewing gum discarded by passers—by here in london. ben sees it as a form of artwork and recycling that's all. stay with bbc news.