good afternoon. a flight carrying 32 britons and europeans who've been on a cruise ship which became one of the hot spots in the outbreak of corona virus has touched down in wiltshire. the passengers, who have spent two weeks in quarantine on the diamond princess injapan, are now on their way to a hospital in the wirral where they'll spend another fortnight in isolation. our correspondent fiona trott

is at arrowe park hospital. well they are expected here late this afternoon and from what we know from other travellers who have been quarantined here before those britons would have signed a form agreeing to be in confinement and then they will be shown to their quarters. what a journey it has been for them already in the past 2a hours, they are amongst the last to leave the diamond princess and some have been critical about the way that the government has handled their repatriation. finally, back in britain. they have waited a long time for this, and their patience has been tested. after more than two weeks of quarantine on board the diamond princess, this 12 hour repatriation flight was delayed. after disembarking at boscombe down, next is a four hour coach journey to the north—west and to another quarantine facility at arrowe park hospital. this will be their new home

for the next two weeks, a nursing accommodation block. they will have clinical supplies and things to keep them occupied, like a television and games console. this is when theirjourney to the uk began on friday night. they left the diamond princess in yokohama and were loaded onto buses for the airport in tokyo. the diamond princess was carrying 78 britons. over the past week, some were evacuated to hong kong. it is understood that other british nationals are members of the crew who could be staying on board. at least four british passengers contracted the virus on the ship. two of them are david and sally abel who also have pneumonia. at first they were relieved at the hospital care they received injapan. today their family are anxious and angry. my dad is saying, i can't do any more of this, son, you need to get me out of here. it is like prison in here. we have got no washing facilities, we have one toilet to

share, we have a small window in a hotel room which overlooks a brick wall which is six inches away. we have no natural daylight coming into the room, it is awful, no treatment. the journey for these passengers is not over yet and although they are back on uk soil, they are still farfrom home. it will be strange for them to be back here and not seeing their friends and family yet. we know from before there are communal areas inside and outside and they can chat to other travellers of course taking precautions such as face masks for that they will also be visited twice a day by nhs staff at the other passengers we spoke to who frequented before spoke of the level of understanding, there's a reason for this and that is perhaps why one passenger we spoke to on his we hear today told us we just have to get on with it. -- today told us we just have to get on with it. —— on his way here. our correspondentjenny hill is in yokohama injapan, where the cruise ship passengers

had been berthed. what is the latest? well the majority of passengers have now been disembarked. the british cohort among the last to leave but there are still crew on board and there is are still crew on board and there is a shared cabins with passengers who became infected. then i gradually been moved to a govern —— a government quarantine facility for the this virus has now spread to some 27 countries, it is in the middle east, new cases in italy and the south korean authorities are expressing grave concern about a sharp rise in the number of cases they are seeing. the world health organisation is now saying that the window in which to contain this virus is beginning to shut. in addition to that the chinese authorities have also said they now have a case, a man who they believe was infected with the virus 27 days before he began to show symptoms. that is worrying because the standard quarantine period that that

people coming off the ship will experience is just 14 days. jenny hill, thank you very much. there are new hopes of a peace deal in afghanistan, with the start of a seven days of what's being called a period of "reduced violence" between us—led forces and taliban fighters. it could lead to the withdrawal of foreign troops, after nearly two decades of war. from kabul, our correspondent secunder kermani reports. celebrations late last night as the "reduction in violence" came into effect. for the next seven days, the taliban, afghan government and us forces have promised not to carry out major attacks, helping pave the way, it's hoped, for an eventual peace deal. afghanistan is a country that is being torn apart by war. this was a taliban bomb in kabul last september. thousands of afghans die every year, whilst hundreds of british and american troops have lost their lives fighting the taliban.

for more than a year, though, the united states has been trying to negotiate an exit to its longest ever war. the taliban wants to make a deal... we will see if they want to make a deal, it has got to be a real deal, but we will see. that meant talking to the taliban. the two sides have drawn up a deal that would see a timetable established for the withdrawal of american troops in exchange for the taliban breaking links with groups like al-anda. if this week passes peacefully, they will sign an agreement next weekend. translation: it depends how honest the taliban are. if they do what they say, we will have peace. if they don't, they are just playing with us. but even if the us—taliban agreement is signed, that will not be the end of this conflict. instead, it will signal the start of a new set of discussions, this time between the taliban and other afghan political leaders about a broader ceasefire and about how the country should be run in the future.

for many afghans, the immediate priority is peace. more than 3,000 civilians lost their lives here last year. now there is a chance at least of an end to the violence. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. a man has appeared in court charged with carrying out a knife attack at a mosque in central london on thursday. daniel horton is accused of stabbing raafat maglad, who's in his 70s. the police have said the attack was not terror related. with all the sport now, here's john watson at the bbc sport centre. let's begin with the six nations which returns today. in the early kick off scotland face italy in rome, and then all eyes on cardiff as wales face france, one of two undefeated teams. olly foster is there, olly. few hours to go until kick off, but the atmosphere must be building already?

there is a huge french presence in cardiff, they have been sightseeing and enjoying fairly decent weather. they are very excited about their young team because they are unbeaten. they have not been in cardiff for ten years and that was the last time that they took the title at a grand slam. but the welsh are defending their grand slam title under a vastly more experienced team. over 850 caps, under a vastly more experienced team. over850 caps, a under a vastly more experienced team. over 850 caps, a record in the six nations. over 600 more caps than this french side and you just feel that could be the difference between the two. there is a huge amount riding on the first match this afternoon. that is when scotland face italy. and scotland you would think would win but there is pressure on their head coach gregor townsend, they will want to win well

in rome this afternoon. the first of six premier league games today is already under way, chelsea hosting tottenham. and it's chelsea who have the lead, olivier giroud with the goal for frank lampard's side against a spurs team who are managed by his old bossjose mourinho. it's just coming up to half—time at stamford bridge. and in the early hours of tomorrow morning, tyson fury and deontay wilder meet in their hugely anticpated world title rematch. their last bout 18 months ago ended in a draw, a fight many felt the british boxer deserved to win. ade adedoyin reports from las vegas. when wilder and fury met at wednesday's press conference, this happened. that resulted in the nevada state athletic commission banning a face—off at last night's weigh—in. both looked confident on the scales. the chiselled champion taunted

by fury‘s supporters throughout. no face—off, but they did square off again, albeit at a distance. deontay wilder said the other day that this is his home country but i told him that las vegas is mine. the fans have turned out to see the gypsy king. all my fans are here! the next time that wilder and fury come face—to—face will be here in this ring later this evening. a dramatic draw last time. this rematch has divided opinion even among some of the greats of the sport. one name, wilder or fury wins? uh... i can't say, i don't know. one name, you've got to give me one name. you know, last time i went with the boxer, the puncher won. this time, if i go with the boxer, or the puncher, the boxer might win. so will it be another highlight reel knockout for the american, or will the self—proclaimed gypsy king become the heavyweight king? we will find out in the next few hours. ade adedoyin, bbc news, las vegas. and the rugby community has reached

out to help a young boy who's been badly bullied. quaden byles who has dwarfism led out the indigineous all stars team in the nrl in australia. a social media video went viral, in which the nine year old said he wanted to kill himself because of the bullying. there's been a huge wave of support, with crowdfunding page started to raise money to send quaden to disneyland. that's all the sport for now. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 20 to four, bye for now. hello, you're watching the bbc news channel — with shaun ley. the duke and duchess

of sussex will no longer use the word "royal" when they begin their new life outside of the monarchy. the couple had been in discussions with aides and senior royals about using the brand "sussex royal." applications to trademark that name have been withdrawn. i've been speaking to royal commentator, victoria murphy, about the couple's announcement. when they announced they were stepping back as senior royals as a result of those negotiations with the rest of the royal family, they said they would not use the title of his or her royal highness to promote themselves. they would retain them but not use them. but when the question was asked, "what about sussex royal?", they didn't have a clear answer at that stage, so now there have been these negotiations about what happens to sussex royal. when they said they would not use the royal highness titles, it's hard to see how sussex royal could have been viewed any differently because they are no longer working members of the royal

family, and no longer working within the system and institution so using the term "royal" is just not appropriate. i was very struck when i looked at the statement issued today on their behalf. it said, "while there is not any jurisdiction by the monarchy or cabinet office over the use of the word royal overseas, the duke and duchess do not intend to use sussex royal." the implication to me is that it is not a very relaxed statement. it's saying, "there's a line, we have not crossed it, but we are choosing not to do that." does that reflect the tone of the negotiations? i think that is an interesting point, and if you look at the update on their website yesterday evening, there were sseveral sections where there were several sections where you could make the same comment, sections where they point out that there was precedent for members of the royal family working separately and representing the queen. i'm not sure what they mean

because i cannot think of a direct example. clearly they feel perhaps they have given up more than originally hoped to, and they have been very honest about that, they said they had hoped to have more of a halfway house, but that it wasn't possible. but it is clear what they value the most is their ability to operate autonomously, so giving up things perhaps they had not initially intended to. they are still willing to do that as long as they can achieve the end goal of being free to make decisions about their future. with sussex royal, in some ways it is frustrating for them because they have to go back to the drawing board and re—establish themselves under a new name, but in doing so, they will be more free from the constant potential criticism of, "should they use royal, are they cashing in by doing so?" in a way, for them, this is a better outcome in the long—term. i suppose there was always the danger of the moment they reached some commercial deal, they would be attacked in the media for doing so.

because we have just seen recent pictures of the two of them continuing to perform public duties. after the end of march, anything that had a taint of commercialism, they were open for criticism. presumably now this protects them from that accusation of cashing in on the queen. in terms of that specific name, it does, the accusation of cashing in using the name royal. but the question of whether projects they take on reflect well on the royal family, i think, will still be a question, and they acknowledged that when they said they would only take on projects that uphold the integrity of the queen. it is not clear exactly what they mean by that. i am sure they will do things we have not seen the queen do, but clearly there's an intent to still acknowledge their behaviour reflects on the royal family as they are still members of the family. they will still be members of the family, but from april the ist, they will step back

as working royals. january the 31st is the last day of the current setup, they've got some royal duties until then which will be carried out and covered in the same way, but from the ist of april, there will be no office at buckingham palace, and they will be represented in the uk from representatives of their charitable organisations, not by the royal household. the headlines on bbc news: a plane carrying britons who had been trapped on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship injapan has landed back in the uk. the 32 british and european passengers are now being taken by coach from wiltshire to arrowe park hospital in the wirral to begin a 14—day quarantine. harry and meghan say they'll stop using their "sussex royal" brand from spring following their decision to step back from royal duties. the uk is bracing itself for more bad weather today —

as the recovery from storms ciara and dennis continue. there are more than 130 flood warnings in england, scotland the met office has also issued three yellow warnings for wind, rain and snow across the uk. earlier i spoke to our correspondent robert hall, who gave us the latest from knaresborough in north yorkshire. knaresborough is a very good place to some to show place to come to show you what's going on right across flood—affected areas. for those who know or have visited knaresborough, you'll know it is a very pretty town on a hillside with a river flowing through a gorge through the middle of the town. there is a huge volume of water coming through this morning, we do have blue skies and the occasional shower, the heavy rain has passed for the moment, but this water is coming down from the moors, the dales north of here, down the streams and then into the river. you can see that there is some localised flooding in the centre, some riverside properties flooded — a picture repeated across flood areas.

there is a weirjust below me, about 100 metres down, let's show you the amount of water coming down over that weir, giving you an indication of what downstream of here is facing. there really is still an existing problem, even though the rain has stopped, there is still a risk. of course, that water is carrying debris which can get jammed into weirs, flood control measures, bridges — causing problems once again. we are looking at a river spreading out into a flood plain, affecting roads and riverside properties. we were up in the pennines yesterday, in mytholmroyd and todmorden, which had suffered badly in the last bout of flooding from storm ciara and storm dennis. things are dry there, but there is still an awful lot to do. every time we get rain into water courses like this, there

is another potential problem, and it slows down efforts to get to properties to assess damage and to work out where people go next. it is still an uncertain time, we do have some respite across the country today, some clearer skies. there are some occasional heavy showers and a strong wind right across northern england and up into scotland and northern ireland — another yellow warning. overall picture improving, the river here should drop later today once all that flood water from overnight has come down. maybe — just maybe — we're out of the woods for the time being, but that will not mean anything to all those thousands of people that have seen properties and businesses damaged, in some cases, ruined. it's the final weekend of campaigning before voting begins in the labour leadership contest.

the three candidates left in the running are sir keir starmer, rebecca long bailey and lisa nandy. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, tom barton, who explained the voting process. labour party members, there is a lot of them, half a million or so, over the next days ballot papers will land on doormats to be filled in and sent off. more than a month of campaigning to go, the ballot is open until early april. those three candidates will be doing what they can to win people's votes. we have keir starmer, he's widely seen as the favourite, the bookies' favourite, they're giving him about an 88% chance of winning. you don't get good odds if you bet on him at the moment! the shadow brexit secretary, closely associated with

the labour's policy on brexit, rebecca long—bailey is seen as the candidate of the left endorsed by many people close tojeremy corbyn... jeremy corbyn. including jeremy corbyn himself and the unite's general secretary, len mccluskey. lisa nandy is seen as an outsider, only given a 4% chance of winning. she has impressed some people with performances, particularly in recent tv debates. labour members have a vote, there are a lot of them now, more than 100,000 new members have joined since the start of the leadership campaign. it is hard to know exactly what that will mean for individual candidates, but the campaign goes on. this weekend there will be more events, all three of them appearing at campaign hustings in peterborough and durham. to be fair to them and

the organisation of the campaign, they have been getting around the country. it is a busy, busy campaign. they are going to lots of parts the country, seeing lots of members in person at these hustings events. they are very much on the road. the democratic presidential hopeful, bernie sanders, has warned russia not to meddle in us elections. mr sanders confirmed a report in the washington post that us intelligence officials had told him moscow was trying to help his campaign. president trump has dismissed similar claims about his campaign as a hoax. chris buckler sent this report from washington. us intelligence officials have long believed that russia tried to interfere in america's 2016 election by spreading disinformation online. and, four years on, they've briefed members of congress that moscow is meddling again. this time, notjust to help donald trump, but also the democratic candidate who is his political polar opposite — bernie sanders. an apparent attempt to sow more division in a country already split

by mr trump's presidency. but although this information came from his own intelligence agencies, america's commander—in—chief has dismissed the claims as a hoax being spread by his political opponents. it's disinformation. that's the only thing they're good at. they are not good at anything else. they get nothing done — do—nothing democrats. senator sanders is the current front runner in the democratic party battle to challenge mr trump. and he's far from sceptical about the allegations of interference, even claiming that russia might be responsible for some online attacks that have been attributed to his campaign. mr putin is a thug. he is an autocrat. he may be a friend of donald trump's, he is not a friend of mine. let me tell mr putin, the american people — whether you are republicans, democrats, independents — are sick and tired of seeing russia and other countries interfering in our elections.

supporters of bernie sanders are at the opposite end of the political spectrum to president trump's. and the american authorities clearly fear that russia can take advantage of that kind of fight for the presidency in an attempt to disrupt democracy once again in the united states. people who switch from the biggest broadband providers may find they have to pay to keep their email address when they leave. the industry regulator ofcom says it can't see why customers should have to fork out. earlier i spoke to money box's dan whitworth, who told me how the story came to light. it's a little bit unusual. we were given a bit of a tip—off about the story from some of our money box listeners. we did some digging and found out that the four main broadband providers — bt, sky, talktalk and virgin media — the four main ones, the only ones that allow

people who set up an e—mail address with that provider to take the e—mail address with them for free if they switch, if they find a better deal, is sky. virgin media actually deletes your e—mail address after 90 days. more surprisingly, bt, if you want to use your your bt e—mail address as before what you have switch, bdo will charge switch, bt will charge you £7.50 per month, and talktalk will charge you £5 a month. or if you pay for a full year in you get a bit of a discount and charged £50. a lot of money going forward, these are not one—off payments. what about the role of the regulator? this is an industry privatised, regulation was established to ensure it did not turn into a free for all. what is there response to the story? we got in touch with ofcom, the watchdog for the communications industry.

essentially, they sent us back what is quite a strongly worded statement. first of all, they said it does not understand why people have to pay these amounts to keep hold of their e—mail addresses. it also said it will be writing to the main broadband providers, asking them why they are doing this, and if they feel that fits in with theirfair they feel that fits in with their fair and transparent policy that they should be having towards customers. also, ofcom also said that if they don't take action, and if ofcom decides not enough is being done, it will step in, meaning of course a regulation. do not expect the status quo to continue here. if you want to listen to samples mount programme, it is repeated tomorrow morning. you can also find on the bbc sounds app. the dalai lama is marking the 80th anniversary of his enthronement as the spiritual leader of tibetan buddhism — a position he's held almost entirely in exile.

identified as the incarnation of tibetan buddhism's supreme religious leader when he was two, he fled tibet in 1959, when the chinese army crushed a popular uprising. he made his base in northern india, but has travelled the world, meeting religious and political leaders. he won the the nobel peace prize in 1989. his office said there would be no commemoration of the anniversary. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. i hope it is not as rough as it is a looking in that out how! it is windy out there but not the worst of days. yes, strong winds across the uk, but also some sunshine. the next bill of what weather is not too far away. sunshine and showers this afternoon. the bulk in northern england, but especially in scotland. it is cold

in at that winds, gusting in western scotla nd in at that winds, gusting in western scotland at around 70 mph in places. strong winds right across the uk, the risk of disruption in most places. overnight, all eyes on at the next area of rain pushing on across much of the uk. some hills now ina across much of the uk. some hills now in a southern scotland with that, another dollop of rain into the welsh hills, all of these areas are seeing some flooding, that is not good news, may be some further problems. it is clear away tomorrow, fewer showers elsewhere, it will not feel as cold because it will not be as windy.

hello, this is bbc news with me shaun ley. the headlines: a plane carrying britons who had been trapped on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship injapan has landed back in the uk. the 32 british and european passengers are now being taken by coach from wiltshire to arrowe park hospital in the wirral to begin a 14—day quarantine. harry and meghan will stop using their "sussexroyal" brand from spring following their decision to step back from royal duties. bernie sanders warns president putin

to keep out of american politics after reports that russia was trying to help the democratic presidential hopeful‘s campaign. mr putin is a thug. he is an autocrat. he may be a friend of donald trump but he is not a friend of mine. thanks for being with me throughout the morning so far. now it's time for inside out east. hello and welcome to inside out. we talk to the women left debilitated by surgical mesh implants. i know that i'll never get my life back that i had before, never. the open university leading the way with space travel. we can support long—term space exploration missions and perhaps use