i'm katty kay, live in new hampshire, where the polls have now closed in the democratic primary. the the democratic primary. polls in this state have now the polls in this state have now closed and the earliest returns suggest it is a 3—way race at the very top was not bernie sanders on the top and amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg vying for second place. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme, as the world health organization calls the coronavirus "a very grave threat", we hear about the businessman who'd been working in singapore now linked to 11 cases.

a rare royalfoursome, a united front as prince charles, camilla, william and kate all visit a military rehab centre. voiceover: this is bbc world news. it's newsday. welcome. jane andi jane and i are live from concord. the polls in this state have just closed. it is 8pm here in new hampshire and we are starting to get some early results courtesy of cbs news, oui’ partner early results courtesy of cbs news, our partner here, station, and they suggest bernie sanders is ahead in those poles and amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg are at the moment vying for second place. these are only early results. we can't give you the result yet that this is what the

picture looks like at eight p.m.. it isa picture looks like at eight p.m.. it is a very, very tight race, isn't it, katy. we didn't expect, but obviously supporters did, amy klobuchar seems to be surging. quite extraordinary. i spoke to some of her supporters outside a polling station earlier. they said it was that last—minute campaigning in the 24—hour is before polls opened that could have done it. they said that they were persuading people, they were persuading people, the undecideds who had yet to make up their mind. amy klobuchar from minnesota, make up their mind. amy klobucharfrom minnesota, it looks like we are likely to hear a lot of her this evening. she has positioned herself as a centrist, compared to bernie sanders, more to the left. he has handled the polls pretty consistently throughout, but as this is a game of expectations, it may not be bernie sanders who comes in second. this is why new hampshire is always such a volatile state. there

are so many such a volatile state. there are so many undecided voters, and particularly in this race there are so many candidates. they have a lot to choose from. but the problem for the moderates, those who are competing for the centre of the party, is that the vote is going to be split quite clearly between buttigieg, klobuchar and notjoe biden. between buttigieg, klobuchar and not joe biden. we have correspondence all around campaign headquarters this evening. jon sopel is that bernie sanders' headquarters. is it too early to say that he is one, but they are not going to be happy with these returns, are they? no, and we have already had the chants of bernie, bernie, bernie. it is clear that bernie is out in front and you are hearing some of it now. the cheering is

rising. they are looking at enacted pole which shows very favourable numbers for bernie sanders. i think what is really striking about this is it isn't the kind of steam roller runaway victory of four years ago when he was fighting hillary clinton. admittedly, it was only the two of them and this is a much wider field. was only the two of them and this is a much widerfield. as jane was saying, the poor showing of biden lying in fifth place at the moment and the very strong showing of the two centrists in this, self—declared, pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar was up and again the very poor showing of elizabeth warren. she is in massachusetts, neighbouring, but hasn't seen to bring that support with her across the border into new hampshire. 0k, john, thank you very much for that. we will come back to you ina that. we will come back to you in a second. we are, i confess, i having a couple of audio problems here in new hampshire.

i would like to think you can hear any of that. we will get back to you, john. for more on this i am joined from amy klobuchar rally by our north america correspondent, chris buckler. this could be the story of the there is a real buzz here. you get the sense that amy klobuchar‘s campaign really has something of a breakthrough here. she has been behind a little bit but all of a sudden they seem to think she could be a contender in this and the difference seems to have been friday's democratic debate when all of those candidates were on the stage and she was making a play that actually this shouldn't be extremes fighting it out for the presidential election in november but rather they needed a candidate who was going to try to bring people together. this argument coming from her time and time again that she could appeal to those people who went to jump in 2016, those moderates who perhaps gave him a chance —— went to trump in 2016. amy klobuchar is a moderate candidate who now believes she has a real chance. only this

idea that she is competing against buttigieg was back in position here, that is something that is a big turnaround from ior where she came in fifth place. —— iowa. chris, i was always under the impression that nobody really watched those debates, but here it might have really helped?” think the debate matter. whenever a debate is in new hampshire, when it is in a state where you're going to have a primary or caucus, people do tend to pay attention. i think it matters a lot, not just because attention. i think it matters a lot, notjust because she did well and was widely regarded by all of the press afterwards as being somebody who came out on top, but also because the exit polls and some of the polling done today showed that people we re done today showed that people were making up their mind at the very last minute. indications that there are even people going into the polling booth and making their decision there. and she set out her argument ina there. and she set out her argument in a very articulate way on friday and it gives you that idea that amy klobuchar

perhaps has been somebody who has been floated about and not really making a big presence felt on the stage. all of a sudden they changed on friday. for those people who were perhaps looking for a candidate to support, because you know this is a wide field, there are a lot of people there. there is a lot of people there. there is a suggestion she may be able to steal some women from elizabeth warren, who was supporting a diverse candidate, someone who isa diverse candidate, someone who is a female candidate in this field dominated by men. also stealing from joe biden, the former us vice president who is a moderate candidate again who hasn't been speaking as well, who hasn't been making such a mark in debates and on that stage. and perhaps this is a moment by amy klobuchar, as we say, it is incredibly early in the race but you get the impression she is going to get heath younie front pages out of that —— get a few front pages out of that. we will be back to you later. one bit of breaking news, andrew yang, a candidate

who was polling at about 2% has dropped out of the presidential race. i spoke to him last week in iowa. he was full of energy, either as always, interested in getting young voters in his campaigns was that he was offering a precise policy of $1000 of fixed income to americans. he was talking about issues, interestingly, in a way that other candidates weren't about economic issues. a very concrete policy on that fixed income and popular with younger voters, but he has dropped out. new hampshire is doing itsjob. this is what the new hampshire primary is all about, not necessarily picking the winner, getting rid of other candidates. it may not be that way this time, having just one 01’ way this time, having just one or two candidates. let's go to nick bryant. for more on this i am joined from pete buttigieg's rally by nick bryant. it is pete buttigieg,

overshadowed in iowa going to be overshadowed in new hampshire by the fact amy klobuchar is doing well? if you said to the buttigieg candidate six months ago they would end up six months ago they would end up second in new hampshire, i think they would have been absolutely thrilled. that would have been beyond their expectations. coming out of iowa, where they claimed a victory last monday night, in the midst of all the tales they would have been hoping the momentum they got there would have translated into an upset here in new hampshire, that they could have surged past bernie sanders who came into new hampshire the clear favourite. and not just new hampshire the clear favourite. and notjust because he won, he trounced hillary clinton last time, he comes from vermont. but the story — 01’ one from vermont. but the story — or one big story as we say tonight is the unexpectedly strong showing of his rival, amy klobuchar. it's worth pointing out in new hampshire, independence can vote in the

democratic primary does make independent blue market —— independents. you often say i'm a democratic or republican voter, that is an open primary. independents can vote in the new hampshire primary. amy klobuchar has been making a pitch to them over the last few days. i saw a rotary club the other day, her addressing a luncheon there. she was in front of a very business crowd and she says i am a pro—business democrat. i am on the commerce committee, not only the justice committee. i understand small businesses. she has been making that pit that she is pragmatic moderate —— that pitch that she is a pragmatic, moderate, centrist democrat. going back to kennedy, centrists have done well. barack kennedy, centrists have done well. ba rack obama, kennedy, centrists have done

well. barack obama, jimmy carter, bill clinton, all moderates and so is amy klobuchar. but at the campaign rally tonight, they are looking at that screen and thinking this is great, second place at the moment. but they are looking at who is buried and who is really close. what they we re who is really close. what they were hoping for today was that meier pete buttigieg would become the clear front runner, the clear moderate front runner, it doesn't look like that will happen —— mayor pete buttigieg. when i spoke to pete buttigieg. when i spoke to pete buttigieg if you weeks ago, he still described himself as the underdog in this race. you think you may be changing his mind at this point? after two strong results in the caucus in iowa and new hampshire here, he has become the lead car in the middle lane, as it were. the moderate lane. and the big story of course is the collapse ofjoe biden. collectability was always his calling card. we

have seen the complete collapse of the rationale that was central to his candidacy. he has headed south, south carolina, he believes he can do well with african—american supporters but he has been found out in iowa and new hampshire. people who have watched joe biden, they see a man who has done his doubts. i don't think south carolina will save him in the way he hopes it will. —— done his dash. save him in the way he hopes it will. -- done his dash. joe biden there, we expect to hear from him fairly soon in south carolina. the big questions for the moderates in second and third place now, amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg is however going to perform in a more diverse state like south carolina? —— how are they going to perform? their ground game in that state, the way they are pulling a monster african americans —— polling along,

they are around the bottom. and you cannot win without african—americans and hispanics. we have been speaking about the democrats an awful lot but there is a republican primary going on here in new hampshire as well. donald trump has won that. you could have guessed ? donald trump has won that. you could have guessed? will bring you more results through the course the evening. the 3—way race of pete buttigieg amy klobuchar —— amy klobuchar, amy klobuchar —— amy klobuchar, amy klobuchar and bernie sanders. we will have more on bbc news about the democratic primary in new hampshire. for more on the new hampshire primary, go to the bbc news website. that's at bbc.com/news or you can download the bbc news app. let's move onto the other news. and the number of deaths

from the new coronavirus has now passed the 1,000 mark. the world health organization says the disease will now be called covid—19, 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's just 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. 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.

the world health organization hopes that by naming the virus covid—19 it will help the situation. some families of student who have written about the hostility towards east asian communities have told me what they have experienced. with the coronavirus, i think it created a panic in britain as with all across the world and it has kind of made british — east asians feel uncomfortable because they see it as uncomfortable because they see itasa uncomfortable because they see it as a chinese virus and in my experience, people look at me and assume that maybe he has the virus or he carries the virus. i wrote an article in the guardian trying to shed light on that and the experience of what it has been

like in the past few weeks being a british asian in the uk. tell us something that has happened to you that may not have happened to you pre— coronavirus? people have started acting in different ways. i was on a bus, sitting down and the man immediately getting up to avoid sitting next to me. i have heard conversations about people being terrified of being infected after been in contact with chinese people. there have been many examples, notjust for myself, but people who have written to me and their experiences in the past few weeks. where does this come from? this is a virus, it does not understand. is it a com plete not understand. is it a complete lack of understanding of what is happening here? —— it does not discriminate. there

was a video of a woman eating a bat, we found out it was from three years ago. it was not evenin three years ago. it was not even in china. but because the virus came from china, and also ido virus came from china, and also i do not think it helps that chinese people are seen as a monolithic group. i feel very british. there is not that distinction between british asian people and one person. the diaspora. you wrote the article towards the end of january. we have had more information and people who have not been in china have contracted it. is your experience changing in any way? has it become less racist?”

think the coverage of it has helped. they have been a lot of people, asian people who have written out about this. it is a virus that happened in spain and france as well and with this conversation people are beginning to realise that anyone can carry the virus. in my personal experience, i have come back to manchester, i have been at university and felt it less about social media i would still say the joke and banter continue. that was a student who has been writing about his experience a sense coronavirus. he was talking about how he has been treated and he says he has been treated and he says he has been treated and he says he has been treated differently and his article is really worth reading. let's go back to what is happening in new hampshire. we seem to have three holes race. the exit polls suggest it

is bernie sanders, pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar. one who has acknowledged he will be standing down is andrew yang. let's have a listen to what he has to say. senators, governors and members of congress, to become the most exciting force in this entire race. we have fundamentally shifted the direction of this country and transformed our politics and we are only continuing to grow. i would like to thank my incredible staff and the hundreds of people who left their lives and jobs to help build this campaign. i know what a risk that was. very few people joined this campaign because they thought it was going to be

a good career move. so thank you, thank you to my team. my goal, when i first started running, was to solve the problems that got donald trump elected. in order to do that, i will support whoever is the democratic nominee. that said, i hope this campaign can be a message and word of caution to my democratic colleagues that donald trump is not the cause of all of our problems. he is a symptom of a disease that has been building up in our communities for years. we must cure the disease that got him elected and in order to do that we must address the real problems that affect our people and offer solutions to actually solve them. i stand before you

tonight and say that, while we did not win this election, just getting started! cheering and applause. this is the beginning! this movement is the future of american politics, this movement is the future of the democratic party! cheering and applause. crowd chants: 2024! studio: andrew yang, one of the democratic candidates for the presidential position has confirmed he is suspending his bed. the yang—gang. he is

suspending his bed for the nomination. let's cross back to new hampshire. we do not know the full result but we have one dropping out already. yes. andrew yang was an interesting candidate. he was bowling at around 2% in new hampshire so it is not surprising he is suspending his campaign. he is someone suspending his campaign. he is someone who is a very wealthy and often sell finance in the beginning and it did raise interesting issues about economics, particularly this idea of a universal income, $1000 a month to all americans. it was something that caught on but he never quite managed to get the numbers he needed of supporters. what is also

interesting, he's talking about a movement during this campaign we have been hearing a lot about movements stop bernie sanders has started a movement. and when you talk to voters, a lot of them say be able to be elected is not the most important thing but change. we started to hear about what was high on the list of concerns, things like was it more important to have a candidate to represent a change or a candidate who represented unity and could unite the country the country. let's listen to senator elizabeth warren. we win when we come together. cheering and applause. the reverend jesse jackson once that it takes two wings to fly andi

that it takes two wings to fly and i think he is right. our campaign is best positioned to beat donald trump in november because we can unite our party. cheering and applause. we can unite this party and this country by mobilising people behind ideas that are not only popular, with huge majorities of american people, but that also accomplish structural change for our broken government and our rigged economy. we can unite people around the wealth tax, on the very richest americans, so that we can invest in education forward. we can unite people around ending corruption in washington. ending the corruption that has meant stag na nt corruption that has meant stagnant wages, rising cost and a tighter and tighter squeeze on the middle—class. we can do that. cheering and applause.

ending corruption that leaves more and more working families with less and less hope for a better future and that has crushed people of colour even harder. ending the corruption that has shortchanged our kids, our schools and the very survival of the planet they will inherit. families in america today are running out of time. we have faced decades of time. we have faced decades of shrinking opportunity, decades of rising inequality, decades of rising inequality, decades of rising inequality, decades of a widening racial wealth gap. big business has ca ptu red wealth gap. big business has captured and use government to serve its own interest at the expense of smaller businesses and the expense of the american people. i believe in market but market without rules are left, market without rules are left, market without rules are left, market without rules

perpetuates racial discrimination and for too long the rules have been rigged against people who just want a level playing field. 2020 is ourtime to level playing field. 2020 is our time to change who makes the rules. cheering and applause. now, it was never my plan to run for office of any kind... we are glad you did! well, good. but not my plan and i have been in this fight, this fight for working families for decades. i thought credit card companies if as they tried to trick consumers. to hold people accountable during the financial crash, to build a new federal agency to protect consumers from predatory

financial institutions... applause . and applause .andi applause . and i got in this fight, i ran for office because i saw that families were being squeezed harder than ever and too many politicians were not getting enough done. i am here to get big things done. cheering and applause. because he was the thing about politicians, whether they are... elizabeth warren addressing her supporters. it is interesting that she is not waiting until the results are in. i wonderjust how many of those top tier candidates that have been too close to call a just moving on from new hampshire. joe biden has a ready left and elizabeth warren sounds like she will be moving on. it might be awhile before hear from pete buttigieg on. it might be awhile before hearfrom pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar who are vying for

second place at the moment. very surprising results coming out of the amy klobuchar camp. she seems to be doing very, very well, and unexpected surge towards the end and reflecting how many people made up their mind at the very. one candidate has a ready to opt out, andrew yang, and we will see where his supporters will throw their weight in this campaign. we started to get all the results coming in in new hampshire. an exciting night. we will bring you all of that as we get it but for the moment, that's it from us.

i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story: the polls have closed in the new hampshire primary with candidates fighting for the right to take on donald trump in november's presidential election. it all comes hot on the heels of the iowa caucus, which was beset with technical problems. president trump has already been declared the winner of the republican primary. 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. and video of ben, whose favourite hobby might seem a little peculiar to some people, is doing well on our website. he's spent 15 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.