about 400 american passengers have been taken off a quarantined cruise ship docked in japan, after a major outbreak of the new coronavirus. 355 people on the ship have now tested positive for covid—19. most americans have departed for the us on two government—chartered aircraft. but around a0 of them who have contracted the virus will remain injapan. in china, the numbers of new cases and deaths in hubei province, the centre of the outbreak, has risen compared to the previous day. 60 million residents have been ordered to stay indoors to help prevent the virus spreading. and trending on bbc.com: sir eltonjohn has been forced to cut short a concert in new zealand afterfalling ill with a form of pneumonia. he lost his voice mid—way through his set at auckland's mount smart stadium.

that's all. stay with bbc world news: more on our web site bbc.co.uk/news and our news app. now on bbc news, let's go live to singapore for asia business report. a public relations nightmare. the m5 a public relations nightmare. the $45 billion a public relations nightmare. the m5 billion cruise industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus. and as a china further tightens restrictions of movement in the hubei province, popular attractions around the world are unusually quiet. hello and welcome to asia business report. i am correct bus money. let us report. i am correct bus money. let us start with covid—19. some american passengers has left the cruise ship that had been karin tied

—— content in japanese cruise ship that had been karin tied —— content injapanese port of yokohama and a0 of them have tested positive. with more than 350 confirmed cases on board, it is the biggest cluster of cases outside china. countries are now attempting to get their citizens home so how has this been affecting the industry? i put that question to ingrid young who is the owner of the company who offers cruise packages hong kong and japan. will i see a negative impact on. —— looking at what they have been imposing, precautionary measures, not liking people from hong kong or anyone travelling from or two via hong kong, china, on board. buta travelling from or two via hong kong, china, on board. but a lot of your passengers are from hong kong and macau when do you see the

situation improving? they don't have a chat line yet or they haven't extended it yet. we are still closely monitoring this situation and hopefully in march but we never know. and the cruise industry recover from then called floating petrie dishes? as long as the stock market stays strong. we have a good team, people know about us. they still love cruising and hong kong people love travelling so we are going to survive and the entire industry is going to recover. meanwhile, china has tightens restrictions on the movement in hubei province as it continues to battle the coronavirus. 60 million people have been told to stay at home unless there is an emergency and the use of private cars has been

banned indefinitely. china's restrictions at home on its citizens is having an impact on the travel and hospitality industry across the world. our trade correspondence reports from 0xfordshire. the birthplace of so winston churchill and a stunning example of baroque architecture. this would normally attract 50,000 visitors in february but this time demand is down as travel restrictions in china hit. in the last two weeks, it was a significant was not this would have been a busy period for chinese new year tourism. we expect to leave —— lose about 5000 in february, that would be about 10% of our natural february audience. it is a similar story in the historic university town a few miles away. it is the blend of heritage, culture, access to luxury shopping, that makes this area so attractive to chinese tourists. 0ver a00,000 visited the uk last year. that is dropping

sharply. 0ne company he told us it typically sees 50 customers per week from china for its walking tours. now it is not seeing any. nearby, the plough in shot to global fame when the chinese president and former prime minister david cameron stopped by for a pint of ipa in 2015. as the coach parties followed, the pub was bought by a chinese investor, earning him a slice of the £10 billion tourists spent in the uk every year. the draw here sitting at the same bar with a plate of fish and chips as their leader. that is what it is, actually want to the leader. and they take all the selfies and it isjust so leader. and they take all the selfies and it is just so they can go back home and say look, we have done it, we have been there. in re ce nt done it, we have been there. in recent weeks, well, the last three weeks is zero, no chinese tourists at all. no, it isjust one of those things. hopefully this virus then

gets sorted out and we can get back to seeing more visitors. even vista village, a popular shopping spot for tourists looking to avoid high import taxes at home, feels unusually quiet was while its owners refused to comment, retailers here confided that sales are down sharply with poor weather not helping. 2 million people across the uk rely on tourism for our living. the virus thatis tourism for our living. the virus that is exerting a huge human cost thousands of milers away is having a considerable financial side—effect here. —— miles. let us catch up with our team here. —— miles. let us catch up with ourteam in india here. —— miles. let us catch up with our team in india because the country's supreme court has refused to grant telecoms companies further time to pay billions of dollars in additional revenues to the government. many may need to pay $13 billion by the 17th of march. nick, can you tell us what the situation

is for the likes of vodafone india? well, good morning. for one, ithink it means that vodafone will at least be reluctantly part of the $7 billion it owes to the government of india. how much we don't know because what vodafone has said in a filing to the stock exchanges on saturday is it will pay a partial due but whether it continues to do business in india will hinge on the decision by the supreme court of india which means it is looking for a pre—on the timeline. the next date for the hearing is the 17th of march so we will have at least one more month of uncertainty to essentially see whether vodafone india can remain in business. a lot of a nalysts remain in business. a lot of analysts and banks have in fact been raising concerns about its ability to continue to do business given that it has posted six consecutive quarters of losses and vodafone, its

partner, has said it will not influence any further liquidity into thejoint concern. influence any further liquidity into the joint concern. and just quickly, what does it mean for the wider telecoms sector if it goes out of business? simply, india will turn into a duopoly between air tell and the company which is owned by asia's richest billionaire. what this also would essentially mean is that ta riffs would essentially mean is that tariffs could go up for consumers because competition is going down and finally, what it also means is that vodafone idea owes about money to banks... so tough times ahead. moving on to other stories. have you ever had as —— situation at work with someone younger than you has been put in charge of you? it is the kind of situation that is being more

common as younger people with more social media skills are coming into the workplace. we went to visit a company where a company —— where they have worked out their differences. what you feel if your boss was much younger than you? he is younger than my youngest son. i was working before he was born.|j think it is important for me to recognise that i am a young person ina senior recognise that i am a young person in a senior role. however i think it is important not to go out with a big ego. keeping a watchful eye over the office, this is operations manager theo mendelsohn. he is newly promoted, fresh from his a—levels and an apprenticeship. he chairs meetings and is the first point of contact meetings and is the first point of co nta ct for meetings and is the first point of contact for clients at this marketing agency in bournemouth. theo was brought into a business purely upon the fact that he had digital skills that i didn't presently have. i still use a notebook and pen. it is like my

comfort blanket. lots of companies are hiring young people for their social media skills though not many get promoted as quickly as theo. he was young and enthusiastic but also mature. but it was a little bit different when i then knew that not only was i going to be working alongside him but eventually he was actually going to be in a management position over me. that took some real adjusting on my behalf. one of theo's jobs was to bring charlie up to speed on her social media skills which are needed for modern digital marketing. he has skills that i don't have. it is really learning to accept that. the pair have built a strong working relationship and they say the keys to crossing the age divide at work is mutual respect and a willingness to learn from one another. charlie has got lots of experience in many things so i am learning about tips and tricks from

her, especially her work in the charity sector. you can be ageist because someone is too young or a just because someone is too old. —— ageist. now into markets. japan's nike is down by 1% and authorities are saying it is because of the growth figures. contracting by 1.2%. —— nikkei. compared to the previous quarter of 1.6 last year. that is because the sales hike came in on 0ctober. that is it from me, karishma vaswani. thanks for watching. this is bbc news the top stories this hour: a00 americans who were quarantined on the diamond princess cruise ship have left japan on two charter planes bound for the us. within the past hour, officials in china say the number of new cases and deaths has risen,

with over 2,000 new cases and 105 deaths. itv cancelled its latest edition of the reality tv show love island following the death of its former host caroline flack. tributes continued to pour in to the a0—year—old, who was found dead in her london flat. this report from helena wilkinson has flash photography. a hugely popular and successful television presenter, caroline flack was a natural. she made presenting look easy. it appeared to be a glamorous life, but one that was very much in the public eye, and under constant scrutiny. today her friend, laura whitmore, who replaced her as a presenter of love island, didn't hold back. there was grief, as well as anger. anyone who knew caroline knew she was vivacious, loving and had a passion for life. to the press, the newspapers, who create click bait, who demonise and tear down success, we've had enough.

you don't have to tear down someone to feel good about yourself. it was december when she was charged with assaulting her boyfriend, lewis burton. there was a media scrum at her first court appearance where she denied the charge. she wasn't allowed any contact with mr burton. he denied being a victim and he didn't want the prosecution to go ahead. today he posted this message. he appeared to criticise the way the case was handled, saying, "i was not allowed to be there this time. questions, too, from her management, who labelled it a show trial. the crown prosecution service says it won't comment on this case. this is itv headquarters. the broadcaster earlier decided not to show tonight's episode

of love island out of respect for caroline's family but itv said the programme would return tomorrow night, and include a tribute to the television presenter who they say will forever be in their hearts. as tributes continue, there are questions about why this has happened, and calls, too, for more compassion. weeks before her death she wrote of the weight of media intrusion, saying, "in a world where you can be anything, be kind." helena wilkinson reporting there. and if you're affected by any of the issues in our report, information and support is available from bbc action line, and there's the number for you on the screen now. hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: shocking scenes in portugal — as porto's moussa marega is racially abused by some opposition fans and then tries to leave the pitch.

the italian title race hots up — as lazio beat inter milan to go second in serie a. and england's cricketers pull off a stunning chase to win their t20 series in south africa. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. we start in potugal‘s premeira liga, where porto's 2—1win at vitoria guimaraes on sunday was marred by racist abuse from the crowd directed at the matchwinner moussa marega. the mali international scored on the hour and celebrated by pointing to his skin in response to a section of the home fans who had been targetting him before the goal. chairs were then thrown, marega clearly incensed but the referee chose to book him for his reaction and after the abuse continued he tried to leave the pitch but was stopped by his teammmates.