this is the briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. our top story: bernie's big night. senator sanders wins the new hampshire primary, but pete buttigieg isn't that far behind. there was another poor performance forjoe biden, as some call for him to withdraw from the race. the results in new hampshire have emphasised the divide in the democratic party between the democratic party between the liberal candidates and the more moderate, but we're still no clearer to knowing will challenge donald trump. china reports another 97 deaths in the coronavirus outbreak, as the death toll climbs above1,100. oil companies going green. sounds like an impossibility,

but that's the buzzword for the oil—majors nowdays, and today bp will outline its strategy. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think, just use #bbcthebriefing. left—wing senator bernie sanders is on course for victory in the us democratic party primary in the state of new hampshire, the second stage in the contest to determine who will challenge donald trump for the white house. close behind are the more centrist contenders,

senator amy klobuchar and the former mayor, pete buttigieg. north america correspondent chris buckler sent this report. bernie sanders is the political polar opposite of donald trump, but he inspires the same sort of demotion among his supporters and in new hampshire, that helped him when the bigger share of the vote, in the second stage of the contest, to find a challenger to the president. and let me say tonight that this victory here is the beginning of the end for donald trump. cheering but this primary turned out to bea but this primary turned out to be a 3—way fight, with the former mayor of south bend, indiana pete buttigieg cementing his reputation as a frontrunner. and amy klobuchar, surging up the field, is to stand out from the packed. amy

klobuchar‘s campaign seems to have caught fire. after an impressive performance on the debate stage last week, all of a sudden the minnesota senator looks and sounds like a contender. we are going to south carolina! cheering and we are taking this message of unity to the country. hello, new hampshire! to take third place, senator clover amy klobuchar leapfrogged senator warren, and she said that her critics were wrong to count her out. i want to thank my friend and colleague klobuchar for showing how wrong the pundits can be when they count a woman out. we just heard from the first two of 50 states... and she also beat go biden, the former us vice president who left the state rather than stay

to see the results. that appears an obvious acknowledgement that mr biden‘s campaign is flagging despite his fame and experience. the vote in new hampshire has helped to whittle down the field. the entrepreneur andrew yang and colorado senator michael bennett as both dropped out. but there are many states to go and despite their individual successes, there are several candidates still in with a chance of challenging mr trump. chris buckler, bbc news, new hampshire. i will be speaking to chris later in the programme. 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. china's national health commission has reported another 97 deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the total to more than 1,100. there are now more than 42,000 confirmed cases across china, and there are continued concerns about the virus‘s

international spread. rich preston reports. it's been just over a it's beenjust over a month since the discovery of the virus, now officially known as covid-i9. virus, now officially known as covid—i9. since then it's killed over covid—19. since then it's killed over 1100 people. surpassing the number killed by the sars virus in the early 20005. that the sars virus in the early 2000s. that virus, of the same family as this latest strain, killed 774 people. tens of thousands of cases have been reported around the world. in china, streets remained deserted and buildings closed. elsewhere in the region, travel bans have been implemented and injapan, over170 bans have been implemented and in japan, over 170 people bans have been implemented and injapan, over 170 people on board a cruise ship docked in yokohama have tested positive for the virus. more than 3500 are on board, unable to leave. in wuhan, where the virus started, the first of several coronavirus patients have been released from hospital. the concern is now for those countries without the infrastructure and control of wealthier nations.

i have a great concern that if this virus makes it into a wea ker this virus makes it into a weaker health system, it will create havoc. chinese authorities have been criticised for their handling of the outbreak. the first report of covid—19 was made to the who on the 31st of december, 2019, the source identified as this fish market. health officials at the time said the situation was in hand, but since then the virus has spread rapidly and the fatality rate has risen steadily. rich preston, bbc news. our correspondent nick beake is in hong kong. nick, welcome. we can see people walking behind you with masks on, very strict regulations as to who can come into the territory. what's the latest? absolutely right, samantha. people here are really concerned about what they're hearing from the mainland, one person has died from coronavirus here but people are

very aware of what the authorities in china are saying. for example, when the powers that be in beijing say the overall number of new cases is falling, there's some optimism but also people are deeply sceptical about whether they're getting the full picture. we heard from a senior medical adviser in beijing saying the way things are going, the new coronavirus could be eradicated by april. a few things to say about that, those of all he made an earlier addiction about a peak that turned out to be incorrect and if you look at the australian chief medical officer, he was saying it is too soon to be making that sort of an announcement. as we heard in the report from rich, there's concern from the who about the impact this could have, especially if it spreads to other countries that don't have the infrastructure and expertise to deal with a major outbreak. tell us more about the cruise ship ofjapan and the people quarantined their, because there is a large number of cases on board, isn't there?

absolutely, the number of cases on that ship has exceeded 170 and that make it... the japanese case, the biggest number outside of mainland china and people on that ship are going into a second week of quarantine and being told to stay in their rooms. obviously there is great concern about there is great concern about the way it may be able to travel among passengers in a pretty confined space. there was concern in hong kong and there was also a ship docked with 3600 people on board, they did various tests on the crew but it was found no—one had it. in contrast, people were able to leave but as you say, on that ship off the coast of japan, a real problem for people there as they buy day it seems more people are testing positive for the virus. as i say, more than 170 people confirmed to have the new coronavirus. nick beake in hong kong, for now, thank you. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: nato defence ministers will meet in brussels later,

where they're expected to agree an expansion of the training mission in iraq. the move could see some international troops switch from the us—led coalition to a nato—badged mission, following calls from president trump for the alliance to do more in the middle east. the usjustice department has intervened to override its own prosecutors and seek a lower prison sentence for donald trump's former adviser roger stone. the intervention came just hours after the president complained on twitter that stone's recommened sentence of 7—9 years was a miscarriage of justice. all four prosecutors on the case have since resigned. stone is convicted of lying to congress and witness tampering. in india's capital, delhi, one volunteer from the aam aadmi party, or common man's party, has been killed and another injured after gunshots were fired at the group's workers on tuesday evening. the attack took place hours after the party won the delhi regional election with a big majority, defeating india's ruling bjp party. the attacker has not been identified yet.

the transitional government in sudan has agreed to hand over ousted president omar al—bashir to the international criminal court. bashir is wanted for crimes against humanity and genocide in the darfur region of the country. the conflict there began in 2003, when rebels took up arms against al bashir‘s government. he responded by arming local militias, who burnt villages and killed thousands. the un estimates that 300,000 died and millions were displaced. the bbc‘s mohanad hashim is one of the first journalists to travel freely in the region for ten years. he sent this report from the refugee camp of kalma in western darfur. this is kalma refugee camp, home to nearly 200,000 arteries. after 20 years of conflict, the cam has become a city and 2 million people across the region have been

displaced stop you we are one of the first international journalists to travel freely here ina journalists to travel freely here in a decade. are well‘s attention may have shifted but the memories of the conflict are still fresh here. ilyas was 19 when he fled his burning home. in the morning he teaches, and in the afternoon he cuts hair two and a bit of extra cash. translation: one of the government soldiers saw i was from a different area, he called me a slave. another soldier pushed me and ifell face first into the fire. the next generation of staff ariza are growing up in these camps. the government of sudan wants these people to go back to their areas stop it is safe enough. there's a peace process ongoing. people here have told me more than once that it's very difficult for them to move

back to their homes when there's no security. peacekeepers patrol the lanes of kalma, but not for long. in november, the un withdrew most of its troops from south darfur for, leaving just 200 to patrol an area the size of england. for those still living as refugees in their own country, the government plans to try bashir may give them home, but until peace is achieved, these camps remain. mohanad hashim, bbc news. let's go back to our main story now and the results of the democratic primary in new hampshire, where voters are chosing which of the pa rty‘s candidates they want to take on donald trump in november's presidential elections in the us. bernie sanders has declared victory, with votes from 85% of precints in the state counted. he's on almost 26%. pete buttigieg not far behind with more than 24% of the vote, and amy klobuchar really gaining momentum in third place there with almost 20%. joining me now is our north america correspondent, chris buckler.

and interesting night to say the least. what is your take on it? it is still incredibly tight and there is no doubt this has been a good evening for bernie sanders and it's been a good evening for pete dredge and amy klobuchar. you have a divide about how to take on donald trump, the progressive candidates on the one side, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, they want those out... on the other hand you have these moderate candidates who argue in the case of amy klobuchar, pete buttigieg and, perhaps, joe biden as well, there's this chance to get the moderates out, those democrats who are fired up but also moderate republicans who might have lost faith in donald trump and if you take a look at, yes we have

a few winners today and a couple of losers, but it gives you an idea there's five people in the race and it's going to remain quite difficult to who's going to get ahead in this very tight contest. how significant is this primary in the overall race? it's pretty significant. it's not absolutely essential. looking back to 2016, bernie sanders won that and he was still beaten out when it went to the other states by hillary clinton, but it does give people momentum and it's not good for the likes ofjoe biden andi good for the likes ofjoe biden and i don't think there's any doubt the former us vice president is probably the big loser in the contest today because he had hoped to do well here and there's no doubt he's done very badly. he is even left the state before the results came out, he went to south carolina where a primary is taking place in a couple of weeks and started to campaign. that's the argument, because it's a very different place,

south carolina, and nevada, which is next, and some of the other states, it has a more diverse voter base. in new hampshire and iowa, it is very white, and joe biden can potentially do well with black and latino voters and that's where he believes his strength is. it is still early but you are getting the sense at this stage there is no runaway winner and it is all still to play for. for the moment, chris buckler, thank you. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: something to chew on. the british artist making mini masterpieces out of discarded gum. 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. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: the veteran left—wing senator bernie sanders has won the new hampshire primary — the latest stage in the contest to choose a democratic party candidate for the white house.

china reports another 97 deaths in the coronavirus outbreak — as the death toll climbs above1,100. singapore has one of the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases outside china. it's also here that at least three business travellers caught the disease while attending a sales conference, leading to several countries slapping travel advisories on the city state. our correspondent karishma vaswani asked lawrence wong, the co—chair of singapore's coronavirus task force, how much of a worry this is. we are vulnerable but we have to do everything we can to contain that spread of the virus even within singapore. we've stepped up extra precautions, raised our alert levels. within singapore, we have been stepping up our surveillance so our doctors, are proactively doing more testing of cases even for cases

without any prior links to china. and that is one of the reasons why we china. and that is one of the reasons why we are china. and that is one of the reasons why we are starting to pick up more cases now. is singapore potentially a gateway to the international spread of this virus? well, we are very mindful that we are indeed an open economy. we are an international travel harbour. we are doing everything we can to contain at that spread stop where putting out information ina very where putting out information in a very transparent manner and we continue to work with all health authorities overseas in order to contain a further spread of the virus. i think thatis spread of the virus. i think that is vital. international cooperation will be vital in tackling this international public health emergency. but there are other countries that are beginning to put travel advisories in place on singapore. what is your message to other nations that are getting worried? each country will have to look at the situation as it evolves globally. and i'm sure each

country will look at appropriate measures in order to protect themselves, in order to protect themselves, in order to make sure that they are safe. other citizens are safe. within singapore, if there is widespread community transmission, we will do everything we can do to contain it and certainly, if you talk about outbound travellers. we will also be screening them and checking them to make sure that they are in good health before they are in good health before they leave singapore. what is your assessment of china's response to this public health crisis? i think they are going all out to try and defeat the virus. they have taken very stringent measures, including restricting outbound travel and that has helped in many ways to contain the spread of the virus to other countries. it is spreading but imagine if they had not on some of the very drastic and stringent measures that they had imposed earlier. i think the spread would have been and not more than what we are seeing today.

here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. we begin at the vatican who will issue pope francis‘ document on the future of the church in the amazon. the highly anticipated decree may allow married men to be priests to address a shortage of clergy in the amazon. nearby in rome, italy's senate will decide whether populist leader matteo salvini should face trial for allegedly illegally detaining migrants at sea. and over in america, facebook will find itself in a san francisco court over claims by the irs the company owe's $9 billon dollars in tax. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is your wednesday sport briefing. let's start with the asian champions league, with more first group game results on tuesday. the shock being 2003 champions al—ain, in a heavy home defeat. the uae side were trounced 4—0 at home, in abu dhabi, by iranian side sepahan. souroush rafiei and mohammed tayebi making the game safe, with the final two goals.

an emphatic start for the persian gulf league side, who top group d after al—sadd and al—nassr played out a 2—2 draw in riyadh. he's used to starring in european competitions, but now mario mandzukic, formerly ofjuventus, atletico madrid and bayern munich scored on his asian champions league debut for new club al—duhail of qatar. they beat iranian outfit persopolis 2—0 in group c, the former croatia striker heading in to get his new side on the scoresheet after just five minutes. onto tennis and the number two seed, stefanos tsitsipas, is through to the second round of the rotterdam open. the greek, playing at the tournament where it all began for him back in 2017 on the main atp tour, had to come back from losing the first set on a tie—break to hubert hurkacz. no trouble in the second and the decider, though, winning those 6—3 6—1, which sets up a last 16 tie with aljaz bedene. among games to look out for on wednesday in rotterdam, the top seed daniil medvedev up

against canadian vasek pospisil. the russian is almost 100 places above his opponent in the world rankings, but isn't taking anything for granted. i was wanted to win more tournaments, in the future as a challenger before but now it is a peer to pairs of grand slams, ijust a peer to pairs of grand slams, i just know that a peer to pairs of grand slams, ijust know that if i permit myself, some of the days when i'm going to text my coach and say, i don't want to just today, let's postpone the practice tomorrow. which i can do because tennis is an individual sport. i know it's not going to make a good impact on my result and that is why i'm here, time if! on my result and that is why i'm here, time if i know it was myself. there's a big match up in the nba on wednesday with the denver nuggets playing host to the los angeles lakers at pepsi center. the la kers beat the phoenix suns on monday, giving them a 16—5 record over their last 21 games. little wonder they're top of the western conference. but second—place denver are unlikely to be a pushover. they come into this matchup having won 14

of their last 19 games. they've also overcome numerous double—digit deficits. these teams have played twice this season, with the team on the road prevailing on both occasions. prior to that, denver have won 18 of their last 24 over the lakers. should be a cracker. as a footballer, you need energy to keep going, of course, but one player in argentina went the extra mile for his nutritional needs, and it proved the difference! marcelo diaz was handed a banana before a free kick for his side racing. they were up against rivals independiente on sunday and took the kick, while still eating the fruit. the clip has been shared widely across social media. the sustenance must have paid off, as diaz scored the only goal of the match four minutes from time! you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, that's your wednesday sport briefing.

it's considered by many to be a blight on urban living. i'm talking about discarded chewing gum on roads, pavements and walls. for many, it's an unpleasant sight, but for one man in london it is a potential canvas. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. you can find inspiration in the funniest of places. covered in paint, lying on cold concrete, this man is an artist. working with a somewhat unusual medium. iama ben with a somewhat unusual medium. i am a ben wilson and people call me be chewing gum man. for the last 15 years, i've been transforming discarded chewing gum which is on the streets of london and beyond into artworks. it is taking thoughtless action and trying to transform it hopefully into something positive. what the chewing gum man does is simple,

he finds that various dried up lo bs of he finds that various dried up lobs of the stuff and then turns them into tiny little masterpieces. it has to be careful to paint the gum and only become, otherwise he could be committing criminal damage. it's not just london be committing criminal damage. it's notjust london either, ben's has worked his magic in france, germany, belgium and portugal. he believes he is not just creating art but making a statement. it's sad really that the impact that humans have on their environments. the amount of rubbish that we create. it is nice to actually create something which evolves out of the environment rather than being imposed on the environment. bennis says he has done thousands and thousands of chewing gum paintings down the yea rs, chewing gum paintings down the years, so chewing gum paintings down the years, so many that he has lost count. this is street level arts, quite literally. tim allman, bbc news. the question is, does any of the art and up on the bottom of people's shoes. who knows? if you've got

some, please tell us. let us know your thoughts, use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. we are in the firing line for more bad weather over the next few days and into the weekend and will come to that a little bit later. eventually get into some milder, wetter weather from the atlantic but right now it is cold and we are in, cold wind still blowing in those showers as well. earlier on, of course, some particularly atrocious weather in southern parts of scotland. we got more smoke showers coming across scotland, northern ireland and the north of england so some icy conditions here in the morning. the snow showers tending to become fewer as the winds eased down a bit through the day and more places become dry with more in the way of sunshine. the richer wise, well, similar to what we had on tuesday but because it won't be

as windy, it shouldn't feel quite as cold. changes towards the south—west though as we had them into the afternoon as the cloud thickens and we start to see some showers moving on. that is ahead of the main arraigned bandit that's way eastwards and stumbles northwards, have the cold air and slows down. going to find some rain and snow. snow to low levels for a while, especially before lifting onto the hills. that wet weather slowly peters out on thursday. south of that, showers, gals likely through the english channel, savages may make double figures in this far south of england. but a really cold and raw day across the north—east of england and south—eastern scotland. it should turn via overnight. we start with some frost and some ice and maybe a few patches of mist and fog only friday. it won't be as cold in northern ireland because by the morning, there will be picking up here and we got some rain arriving as well. rain will stumble its way eastwards on friday, so my likely over the mountains of scotla nd likely over the mountains of scotland this time. probably a little or no rain for eastern parts of england. because they

picking up a southerly wind, it's going to be mild everywhere. temperatures will be rising, some of that snow melting as well. on a weather front melting as well. on a weather fro nt m oves melting as well. on a weather front moves through and that we look out into the atlantic. this is the next storm, deepening area of low pressure heading up to iceland, stormont dennis arrives this weekend. perhaps not quite as severe as storm akira was last weekend but however, we will see widespread jails, gusts 60, maybe 70 mph. biggest impact expected to be across england and wales because of the strength of the wind. also some heavy rain that is likely to lead to some flooding.

this is the business briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. oil companies going green. sounds like an impossibility, but that's the buzzword for the oil—majors nowdays and today bp will outline its strategy. samsung takes another stab at a foldable smartphone we get a closer look at the z flip. and on the markets, asia—pacific rose on wednesday following another positive lead from wall street the dowjones ending the day neutral, though.