this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 3. a plane carrying britons who'd been trapped on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship injapan, has landed back in the uk. the 32 british and european passengers are now on their way, by coach, from wiltshire to arrowe park hospital in the wirral where they'll begin a m day quarantine. a 29—year—old man has been remanded in custody on charges of grievous bodily harm and possessing a bladed article in connection with a stabbing at a mosque in central london on thursday. the met office warns the uk to brace itself for more bad weather with warnings of snow in scotland, strong winds and more rain on the way. some of england's top rugby union clubs back a new scheme being rolled out to help young boys spot the signs of mental

health problems. the cast of friends is to reunite for a one—off special episode — more than 15 years since the show ended. a surprise visitor drops in on a community in a town near los angeles — causing quite a stir. 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 coronavirus, has touched down in wiltshire. the passengers, who have spent 2 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.

fiona trott reports. 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. our reporter corinne wheatley is at arrowe park hospital for us. corinne, what can these people expect when they arrive there later today?

well, there is going to be another two weeks of quarantine for these passengers here. we know they are en route. the left boscombe down around 1pm and they will be arriving here this afternoon. once they get here and as well as the clinical side of things they will be some effort to try and keep them comfortable. they have had a long and protracted journey. we know there are communal areas inside and outside the hospitalfor areas inside and outside the hospital for them. areas inside and outside the hospitalfor them. we areas inside and outside the hospital for them. we also areas inside and outside the hospitalfor them. we also know areas inside and outside the hospital for them. we also know that the hospital has hosted patients who have been in quarantine before now. this is where the british nationals who were flown back from china last month came to stay. the hospital said they will be using that experience as a guide and a basis for how to look after this new group. there was a lot of preparation went in for our guests from wuhan and if anyone was here

when they left, they left, the last group left on saturday. they had been really appreciative of the support and help we provided. again, that has given us a blueprint for building on that for the new arrival of the guest which should be at some point later today. the passengers who are heading here to arrowe park hospital today have acknowledge the necessity of theirs and they know why there needs to be a further period of quarantine. one speaking last night said they understand why this has to happen and they say of course we could be worse off and they understand that they need to get on with it essentially. meanwhile, elsewhere there are other plans to try and prevent the spread of coronavirus around the uk. we know that there is an nhs pilot happening in london at the moment which is looking at ways that we can test people in their own homes for the virus in that scheme could be extended outside of london if needed. that is if the virus begins to spread. thank you very much for

that. our correspondent, jenny hill is in yokohama where passengers disembarked from that ill—fated cruise ship hit by the coronavirus — before boarding a flight back to the uk. she gave us an update a short while ago. the vast majority of passengers have disembarked. the british cohort were among the last to leave but there are still crew on board and still people on board who shared cabins with passengers who became infected and they are gradually now being moved to a government quarantine facility here. it has been a day of alarming headlines. this virus has now spread to some 27 countries, it is in the middle east, there are 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 organization 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

that 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, the period of quarantine that people coming from the ship will experience is just 1a days. a man has appeared in court in central london, charged in connection with a stabbing at london central mosque, known locally as regent's park mosque, on thursday. daniel horton, who is 29 and homeless, was remanded in custody on charges of grievous bodily harm, and possessing a bladed article. our correspondent, jenny kumar has more. daniel horton appeared in court at around noon. he spoke to confirm his name, his age and that he has no fixed address. he is charged with grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article. he is accused of attacking a man, who was an official at the central mosque for over 25 years and he leads the call to prayer.

the court heard that the man, who was in his 70s, was taken to hospital and had treatment to a wound in his neck. he has since been discharged. daniel horton has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at southwark crown court on march the 20th. the uk is bracing itself for more bad weather today — as the recovery from storms ciara and dennis continue. there are still over 130 flood warnings in england, scotland and wales and the met office has also issued 3 yellow warnings for wind, rain and snow across the uk. earlier our correspondent robert hall, who is in knaresborough in north yorkshire, gave us the latest from there. knaresborough is a very good 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 so we are just below me, about 100 metres down. let us show you the amount of water coming over here which gives you just an indication of what is downstream of here and what they are facing. there is still an existing problem even though the rain has stopped, there is still a risk and that water is carrying debris which can getjammed into weirs and flood control measures against bridges and that can cause problems once again and of course, really what you're looking at is the river

spreading out into a flood plane which will affect roads and riverside properties. that is the picture and i think it is safe to say that we were up in the pennines yesterday and that area had suffered badly in the last bout of flooding and things are dry there, but there is still an awful lot to do and every time we get rain into water courses like this, there is another potential problem and it slows down efforts to try and get to properties and assess damage and to work out where people go next. it is still an uncertain time and we have got some respite across the country today, clearerskies, heavy showers, occasionally heavy, and a strong wind right across the north of england and up into scotland and northern ireland, that is another problem, another yellow warning. the overall picture i think is improving, the river here should drop later today, once all that

floodwater from overnight has come down and just maybe, we are out of the woods for the time being but that will not mean anything to all those thousands of people who have seen properties and businesses damaged and in some cases ruined. 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. some of england's top rugby union clubs are backing a new scheme being rolled out to help young boys to spot the signs of mental health problems. just yesterday, former international danny cipriani, spoke about his own struggles with depression in a video he posted following the death of his former girlfriend, caroline flack. this report from frankie mccamley. a man who is used to hard tackles, but yesterday, danny cipriani tackled a very hard subject — the death of his former girlfriend caroline flack. i was so vulnerable with her in my

moment, when we first met, and i told her everything about me, because i felt safe with her. so i told her all the things that i was embarrassed and shameful about. she made me feel ok. and, ultimately, it was embarrassment and shame that killed her. his emotional video was praised by the men's health charity movember, who are encouraging young rugby players all over the country to talk. i have seen a couple of players look quite down, and i go over to them and try and pick them back up. you make a mistake, you think, i've messed it all up, and everyone's going to get angry with me. sometimes our match is posted online, and sometimes there can be mean comments coming towards you. the initiative has the support of top rugby clubs and stars including harlequins danny care, who is encouraging young players to open up in what is often seen as a macho sport.

here on the rugby pitch, it is physical, it is tough, every mistake these young lads make in a match can be right in front of hundreds of people. not always good for the mental health. so that's why, here at this rugby club, they are taking time to talk. off the pitch, away from scrutiny, where there is a place to reflect. for me, i think the mental side of the game is just as important as the physical side of the game. the movember charity is teaming up with rugby clubs across england to deliver mental health workshops to more than 8,000 boys aged between 12 and 18. in a setting they feel comfortable in, the programme aims to help boys spot signs of depression and anxiety in team—mates, and where to go if anybody needs help. how do you deal with the game mentally, if you feel quite bad, or the press is treating you badly after it? one week you play really well, your team wins, you maybe score a try, everyone thinks you're the best player in the world. a week after, you throw

and intercept in twickenham in front of 80,000 people, like i did. it's onlyjust a game. there's more important things in life. i've got great family, great friends around me, that can take my mind off rugby, and itjust gave me more motivation and determination to come back stronger, fitter, faster. the sports psychologists who developed the programme believe it can help prevent male suicide. if itjust affects one of them, if one of them maybe thinks maybe i'm struggling a little bit, i'll speak to one of my mates, i'll pull him aside and tell him i'm struggling, or go to a coach or a teacher or a parent. suicide remains one of the biggest killers of men under 50 in the uk. the programme has been welcomed by players on this pitch, but there is much more to do for those who don't have a team around them. and, for men in particular, mental health remains an uncomfortable subject to talk about.

the headlines on bbc news... a plane carrying britons who had been trapped on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship injapan have 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 where they'll begin a 1k day quarantine. that is the coach making its way to the warily escorted by police car. a 29—year—old man has been remanded in custody on charges of grievous bodily harm and possessing a bladed article in connection with a stabbing at a mosque in central london on thursday. in china, nearly 400 more infections of the coronavirus and over 100 deaths have been reported — mostly in hubei province, where the crisis began.

but if official figures are any indication — in many parts of the country restrictions on people travelling, working and gathering in large groups, appear to be slowing the spread of the disease. steve mcdonell has the latest. china's coronavirus infections and deaths continue to increase. the vast majority of cases are in hubei province, where the outbreak started. in wuhan, the worst hit city, even those who have recovered now have to spend another two weeks in quarantine to make sure they are not contagious. and those leaving hospital seem pretty happy. translation: i'm very grateful to the authorities and medical staff. they work very hard. when i was in hospital i saw that people were demonising us patience, but we are also victims. none of us wanted this

to happen. instead of running around, we were in quarantine at the first chance we got. seven cruise ships have been brought into wuhan to help house thousands of extra medical staff who have poured into the city. given the infections on board a ship quarantined injapan, this is attracting a level of ridicule on social media. most people are staying indoors. a notable exception has been the army of delivery drivers risking infection to keep everyone fed. translation: because we had contact with people, those we meet possibly meet we are not safe to be around. if you get too close to others, like to ask for directions, they will keep away from you. some people are still terrified of this illness. gradually, there does seem to be more optimism here. china ‘s official coronavirus figures are not catching all the cases. how could

they? but if we look at the numbers being in trend terms, they do seem to be showing that outside of hubei, measures being ta ken to be showing that outside of hubei, measures being taken by the authorities are slowing the spread of the disease. so in places like this, the chinese capital, businesses will be coming back and filling up these towers again. but it will be happening in a staged process and the hope is that that will result in another explosion in cases and the sickness kicking off grow all over again. this is a country which cannot wait to return to normal. steve mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing. 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 2 —— 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 nobel peace prize in 1989. his office said, there would be no commemoration of the anniversary. fans of the tv series ‘friends' are celebrating, after news of the reunion they've been waiting more than 15 years for — is finally happening. all six of the cast posted this picture last night, with the caption ‘it‘s happening' — confirming their return for a one—off unscripted special. let's speak to the tv critic emma bullimore. just how exciting is this? it is exciting but if it was another episode, that would be amazing, off

the charge. this will be more like a documentary, an interview. they are rumoured to be getting just about £2 million for doing that. people are so invested in this television show. it was the biggest television show in the world. friends is a biggest show ever. why now? is this all about the money? this is a pr stunt for hbo max, a streaming service. they have got the rights for friends in the us and this will be a showcase. they will show people what the channel is and to get people involved and we are not sure how that will affect the uk and how we will see it, but that is the deal. it isa will see it, but that is the deal. it is a thing to say come and watch things on hbo max because we have the cast of friends together for the first time, all six of them on screen for the first time since 2004 and that is a big deal. the show is just as big as it ever was. even though it was on television such a

long time ago, millennials are rediscovering it, via netflix, the rewatch ability of the show is huge. you can easily go back and watch it. those characters are so important to people. whatever these actors do, whatever happens, people will turn up whatever happens, people will turn up in their droves. emma, the thing about friends was those one—liners. the scripting team were amazing in what they produced. if they really are to go unscripted, is going to work? us productions are heavily produced. yeah. i think this will be quite relaxed, not anything like an episode. it will be an interview, perhaps, we don't know the exact details, but i assume they will show us details, but i assume they will show us around the set and look this was my dressing room, do you remember this funny thing? it will be more like a big interview, that is what i'm expecting. because it is so rare to get them all together, the

anticipation is really high. don't worry that they are doing some unscripted version of their main character, it will be them as actors talking about the show. that bring some clarity. how have the stars fared over the years? amazingly, especiallyjennifer aniston but all six of them have done well. jennifer aniston joining six of them have done well. jennifer anistonjoining instagram six of them have done well. jennifer aniston joining instagram was a worldwide headline and that is how big these people are. yes, nothing as big as the programme itself, but any of them can walk into anyjob, thatis any of them can walk into anyjob, that is the power of this television show. it is lovely for them, they are actually genuinely friends. sometimes people act out friendships ina sometimes people act out friendships in a television show and everyone wa nts in a television show and everyone wants them to be friends, but they genuinely got on, courteney cox and jennifer aniston are genuinely best friends. i think this special, it will be lovely to see them back together and sharing that nostalgia and enjoyed it. my kids watch friends and they are young. remind

us friends and they are young. remind us where we left off. well, she got off the plane. they are all still living this life, this aspirational life of romances, friendships, apartments that no one could really afford in new york. it isjust apartments that no one could really afford in new york. it is just that kind of show that you want to be theirfriend and kind of show that you want to be their friend and in that gang. all their friend and in that gang. all the highs and lows on things that happen in their personal lives, it got round it off. we left them in a good place and i think that is where to leave it. take the example of fa u lty to leave it. take the example of faulty towers and the office, the show is where to leave it. take the example of faulty towers and the office, the shows that go down in brilliant —— in history has been read. if you stop something when it is still good, no one can say it went off the boy and you ruined it. i think it would be a mistake to do a proper episode of friends again andi a proper episode of friends again and i am relieved they resisted that temptation. yes, by all means celebrate the show and talk about it and do an interview and have some nostalgia, but i think leave well alone with another episode. social

media, that is where it all is. emma, thank you very much indeed. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller today may have brought sunshine and showers but there is another spell of rain heading our way tonight and it looks like it will turn wet in places, some of the higher totals look to be on to the welsh hills and it is not good news we saw recent flooding. some hill snow in parts of northern ireland and scotland, the north of scotland i see with wintry showers, windy again, particularly towards the southern flank of this area. at least tomorrow is going to clear away after a wet start. into the afternoon, perhaps some cloud, south wales, southern england, elsewhere it is brightening up and it will be a few showers around, but deeper into the day, fewer showers compared with today. the wind is not going to be quite as strong, but it is blustery out there. those are

average speeds. gus will be higher. in the afternoon will have a bit more sunshine, but it may not quite feel as chilly. then again, it is wet and windy as we start off on monday morning. goodbye. a short version of click. over the next few decades the stress on that most essential of resources, water, is likely to become one of the biggest that many people around the biggest that many people around the will face. already 2 billion

don't have access to clean drinking water. and for half of them it will ta ke water. and for half of them it will take at least 13 minutes to reach any. so nick has been finding out how that safe water could be created out of thin air literally. access to clea n water out of thin air literally. access to clean water is a human right. according to the world health organization, in only five years time, half of us will live in a water stressed area. thirsty for a nswe rs , water stressed area. thirsty for answers, i have come to south yorkshire to see a start—up with a novel solution. hogan systems is harvesting water from thin air. water is extracted from the bathroom of the evaporator —— bottom of the evaporator. that is water in the tray air. the game changer here is

that artificial intelligence devices adaptability. sensors all over the process that will detect what is the real temperature, pressure, humidity. the control system will further refine its control to make that the best way to operate. keeping gusts down is crucial so using the least amount of energy possible is key. the way this works is air comes down here, get sucked in through the evaporator which pulls moisture out of the air. the water drips into this water tray and the by—product which is cold air gets sucked through their which could be used for air conditioning in the summerand could be used for air conditioning in the summer and another by—product is heat generated through the condenser, which could be used to heat homes in the winter or whether it might be used. shall we give it a taste of? why not. there we are. water from taste of? why not. there we are. waterfrom thin air. taste of? why not. there we are. water from thin air. it does have a essence of machine about it. it does

have a somewhat metallic... if i we re have a somewhat metallic... if i were to lick that machine, i kind of feel like that is what that taste like. but i'm assured after a few gallons, it tastes much better and makes a banging brew. as well as large scale units, hogan has also developed a mobile version. this version has two systems built in for redundancy so if one goes there is a back—up option. redundancy so if one goes there is a back-up option. we know of some customers in the middle east who are shipping drinking water by helicopter. the cost of shipping drinking water by helicopter is $35 per litre. but derek's unit comes with a price tag. $5,000 up to $100,000 depending on the size and type of machine. they can recoup it within two years.

for over 30 years london fashion week has brought the latest trends in streetwear and couture to the capital. whether spring or fall collections it follows the same format, catwalk shows from designers p°ppin9 format, catwalk shows from designers p°pping up format, catwalk shows from designers popping up all over the city. but in the near future the cat work will look completely different. the idea of gathering together to look at trends could be obsolete. like many other industries artificial intelligence in shaping the future of fashion. the designs, models and even the location of fashion we could one day be created by a computer programme. it is possible to generate this kind of captions by ai algorithm... a new course at the london college of fashion is looking in detail at these issues, preparing future designers and merchandisers with the tools needed to work in this new world, influencing everything from pattern cutting to design. if you have this type of

algorithm you can mine all of your database. these images were dreamt up database. these images were dreamt up by database. these images were dreamt up by an algorithm fed by tens of thousands of photos. this is a computer that is designing these dresses ? computer that is designing these dresses? yes, this is a generative adversarial network fed many thousands of images so it begins to learn what a dress looks like and then designs its own. every single one of these is computer—generated. similarly, this is taking thousands of cat work images from men's fashion week and beginning to understand what a catwalk looks like, a model looks like, what the clothes they are wearing looks like and generating its own catwalk images. are these real models? computer—generated. this person doesn't exist. it begins to question what we even think a catwalk show

could be. we could get to a point where a computer—generated catwalk becomes as popular or as interesting asa becomes as popular or as interesting as a physical catwalk. what do you think? it is not beyond the realms of impossibility. indeed the ideas and projects the students are working on may have once seemed impossible but they are certain the whole industry will soon change. and having a background in al whole industry will soon change. and having a background in ai will be essential to their success. in all of the industries it is important to cross collaborate, to be interdisciplinary and this is important to have a knowledge of everything else coming up and how we can use that in fashion. with ai we will have much more ways and options, instead of sketching down ideas we can have thousands of them and can select quickly what we find beneficial for our project. but

others worry about losing originality in this process.|j others worry about losing originality in this process. i think there is a danger of it stripping out creativity because there is a lwa ys out creativity because there is always that argument that designers create something from their brain, something that hasn't been done before whereas ai looks at something done before and then create something new. there is this paradox, it doesn't mean we will end up paradox, it doesn't mean we will end up repeating the same things over and over or will it mean we will be given new ways to create. in fact the ai may end up being more creative than humorists because it processes so many more images than we are capable of seeing. the course is also preparing students forjob losses in the industry to ai in specially in areas like pattern cutting and other repetitive work. this is something we cannot deny. it is coming and we need to be prepared by it. maybe these people can be educated in some sort of position

where they will be using these ais to do thisjob where they will be using these ais to do this job but if it is something repetitive, if it can be optimised it will be. the next experiment will be feeding this algorithm photos from architecture as well as clothing to see what designs it comes up with. an exacting time for those able to adapt but with implications for workers around the world, perhaps a need to think quickly about the direction of this important industry. people love playing video games. but making them is a different matter. the art of creation used to require quite a few skills not least the ability to code but over the past few years, ability to code but over the past few yea rs, content ability to code but over the past few years, content creation tools have become a lot easier for those who are creatively minded to be able to make their own games. guildford —based developer media molecule

enjoyed huge success with its user generated little big planet games. the titles allowed the player to create their own mini games and levels. it is an idea we have seen revisited most recently by nintendo with mario maker two. for the past few years, media molecule has been working on something which it hopes can take that user generated effort up can take that user generated effort upa can take that user generated effort up a level. we have been finding out more. you can make a lot of different stuff in dreams. stuff like this. and this. and even this. all that stuff is made using the same software. it's an ambitious idea. give everybody the tools to make a video game, more a film or even a 3d sculpture, all made using a games console. dreams is a playstation game which allows anyone to create whether it's a game or a movie. i

think of it like the wild interactive sketchbook. folks at home have been able to tinker with a version of dreams for some time so the online catalogue of content created using the kit is packed with stuff made by the public. jamie was one of those early access content creators. his work impressed the tea m creators. his work impressed the team so much they gave him a job. creators. his work impressed the team so much they gave him a joblj pinch myself almost daily. it is the most incredible thing ever. i used to teach which is a lot of hard work and coming here, it feels like i can do my hobby for a living now which is the best thing ever. i love it so much. but dreams main event is making stuff and could these tools ultimately end up being a source of inspiration for a new generation of games of designers, film—makers and artists? have you thought about collaborating with educational establishments, schools,

universities? education outreach to different groups is huge because dreams is a tool for educating people about storytelling, game making, programming, it is brilliant. i saw a kid at a show playing dreams and his mother said to me, i don't understand what he's doing andi to me, i don't understand what he's doing and i said, he is basically doing and i said, he is basically doing and i said, he is basically doing a level electronics and he was a young this is a great mechanism and if he can do that now, he will sail through whatever he wants to do later. at the same time, the penny dropped in my head that this is teaching staff, that kids don't know they are learning, they are just enjoying it and that's wonderful. that is it for the short version of the show. the full—length version can be found on the bbc iplayer. throughout the week you can keep track of what we are up to a new chief, facebook, instagram and twitter. thank you for watching.

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 corona virus outbreak 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. that's right they are expected to

arrive in just over an that's right they are expected to arrive injust over an hour and the staff are ready to receive them. they have looked after passengers from china here before but what a journey there has been for them in the past 24 hours. they were amongst the past 24 hours. they were amongst the last to leave the diamond princess and some have been critical about how the uk government organised the 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. they then started a four hour coach journey to the north of england. this will be their new home for the next two weeks, a nursing accommodation block. it is at arrowe park hospital. they will have clinical supplies. and some home comforts. the staff

here have already left —— looked after pointing patients. we are working exactly the same as we did before with the health care professionals to make sure that they are safe and well managed and co mforta ble are safe and well managed and comfortable whilst they with us. the passengers left the diamond princess on friday night. it carried 78 britons, some had already been evacuated to hong kong. it is understood that the others include crew members who are thought to be staying on board. at least four of them are still injapan, they contracted the virus on the ship. two of them are david and sally abel who also had pneumonia. at first they were relieved at the care they received but today the family are anxious and angry. my father said i cannot do any more, it is like prison. we have one toilet to share

and no washing facilities. we have a small window overlooking a brick wall and no natural daylight. no treatment. as the coach makes it way to the well these travellers are preparing themselves for yet another two weeks of quarantine. they may be back on uk soil but there are still farfrom home. there were european and uk nationals on the flight we have not been told if europeans will be treated at arrowe park hospital as well but we do know that people arriving here would have signed a form agreeing to be placed in quarantine and they will be shown to their quarters. there will be communal areas where they can chat with other travellers, but they will have to wear things like face masks for the but it is going to be tough because by the time they leave arrowe park hospital they would have beenin arrowe park hospital they would have been in quarantine for more than a month. our correspondent jenny hill is injapan, where those passengers had been in quarantine on the diamond princess cruise ship.

and jenny — there are new questions about how the outbreak has been dealt with on board the ship? yes and today the japanese authorities admitted that they allowed 23 people to disembark that ship without a final mandatory test for the coronavirus. it will do nothing of course to allay concerns about the conditions and disease controls in place on board the ship. we now know that australians who are allowed to travel home having tested negative have subsequently tested positive back home in australia. all of this on a day of alarming headlines. the disease, the virus has been detected now in 27 countries and new cases are emerging in iran, italy, the authorities in south korea saying the number of new cases has all but doubled in the past 24 hours or so. the world

health organisation has said that the window in which to control the virus is starting to shut and they are particularly concerned about new cases in people who had neither travelled to china where the virus originated nor had contact with people who have already been infected. in addition to that the chinese authorities today said they are aware of the case, a man whom they believe wasn't impacted for 27 days before he showed any symptoms. thank you. there are new hopes of a peace deal in afghanistan — with the start of a seven day period of what's being called "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 has been torn apart by conflict. tens of thousands have been killed. 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'll see if they want to make a deal, it's got to be a real deal. but we'll see. that has 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. 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 won't 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 3000 civilians lost their lives here last year. now there's 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. our correspondentjenny kumah is at westminster magistrates court. daniel horton appeared in court this afternoon, he sat for most of the hearing with his head down and he spoke to confirm his name, age and described his nationality is

british. this with grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article, is accused attacking a seven—year—old mosque official on thursday afternoon. raafat maglad was taken to hospital and treated for a wound to his neck, he was back at press the following day. the prosecutor says that raafat maglad and the defendant would have known ofa and the defendant would have known of a chador, the defendant had attended the mask for a number of yea rs. attended the mask for a number of years. the court heard that daniel horton has no fixed address, he has been remanded in custody and he will appear at southwark crown court on march the 20th foot that i should say that the police have said they do not believe that this incident is terror —related. it's another big weekend in the rugby six nations championship. scotland are currently playing italy in rome and in the next hour wales take on france. olly foster is in cardiff for us..

we are at the halfway point in this championship. a really big dealfor the welsh. they are defending their grand slam title. you might be able to see some of the french players behind mejust warming up. very inexperienced french team but they are as yet unbeaten. they had a fantastic are as yet unbeaten. they had a fa ntastic start are as yet unbeaten. they had a fantastic start to the championship beating the english. the last time they were winners here in cardiff they were winners here in cardiff they took the grand slam so a lot of excitement about this french team but the welsh are vastly experienced, over 600 more caps than the french and that mightjust give them the edge. you mention the scots in rome, then scored two tries and they kindly leave the italians by ten mil but would like to get another two tries. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten o'clock.

hello. this is bbc news. 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. my colleague shaun ley has 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 were not going to be using his and her royal highness titles to promote themselves. however when the question was asked, what about

sussex royal? they didn't have a clear a nswer sussex royal? they didn't have a clear answer on that so now there have been these negotiations about what happens, i do think when they said they were not going to be using her royal highness titles, it is ha rd to her royal highness titles, it is hard to see sussex well could have been viewed differently because we would have a situation where they are no longer working members of the royalfamily, working are no longer working members of the royal family, working within the institution, the system so using the term royal is not appropriate. institution, the system so using the term royal is not appropriatelj institution, the system so using the term royal is not appropriate. i was struck when i looked at the statement issued today and it said that while there is not any jurisdiction by the monarchy over the use of the word royal overseas, the use of the word royal overseas, the duke and duchess do not intend to use sussex royal. the implication is that there is not a very relaxed statement, there is a line, we have encrusted but we are choosing not to do that. does that reflect the tone of the negotiations, that there has been a bit of too and fro? yes. if

you look at the update, there were several sections where you could make the same comment sections where they had pointed out that they said at one stage there is 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 but clearly they feel that perhaps they have given up a little bit more than they originally hoped to and they have been honest about that. they said they hoped to have more of a halfway house but it wasn't possible but it is clear what they value the most is their ability to operate autonomously and given they are still willing to do that are still as they are willing to achieve this end goal to make their own decisions about their future. with sussex while it is frustrating for them in some ways because they have to go back to the drawing board in terms of the logistics, re—establish themselves under a new name but in doing so they are going to be much freerfrom this

name but in doing so they are going to be much freer from this constant potential criticism of should they be using royal, are they cashing in by doing so? in a way for them this isa by doing so? in a way for them this is a better outcome for the long term. i suppose there was always the danger that the moment they reached some sort of commercial deal they would be attacked in the media for doing so because we have seen some recent pictures of the two continuing to perform public duties at this stage, at the end of march, but after that anything that had the taint of commercialism, they were ripe for criticism but now this protects them from that accusation that they are cashing in on the queen. in terms of that specific name it does. however i think this question of whether or not the projects they are taking on reflect well on the royal family, projects they are taking on reflect well on the royalfamily, i think there will still be a question and they acknowledge that when they said they acknowledge that when they said they will 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 haven't seen the queen do but there is an intent debt to still acknowledge their behaviour reflects on the royal family. acknowledge their behaviour reflects on the royalfamily. they acknowledge their behaviour reflects on the royal family. they will still be members of the family but from the 1st of april they will be stepping back as working royals, january the 31st is the last day of the current setup, they have some royal duties carried out until then but from april the 1st there will be no office at buckingham palace, they will be represented in the uk by representatives from their charitable organisations and not from the royal household. after today sunshine and showers there is more rain on the way. we have a bit of blue sky out there today and not too many of the showers during the afternoon. though it has been very wintry with the showers in scotland and this is another spell of rain coming in overnight and into sunday morning. it does bring more rain at

times heavy into those areas that have seen the worst of the flooding recently, the welsh hills will see high rain totals. as it reaches its way northwards over night we will see health no towards parts of northern ireland, northern england. northern scotland keeping the wintry showers, i see in places. when do with this next system particularly through southern areas. see the extent of the rainbow on sunday morning. it is on the wane out so it is mainly overnight and first thing on sunday and then were into a run ofa on sunday and then were into a run of a chilly breeze but if you showers once again. they will tend to fade later in the day only because another system is about to move in on sunday night. after that waits diet, the rain clears. in the afternoon through parts of southern england, thick cloud at times, showery rain. elsewhere, showery wintry showers will fade. still quite blustery but not as windy as

today. wind gusts will be a bit higher but with the wind easy and, more in the way of afternoon sunshine. temperatures a degree or two high places. not quite as chilly but all eyes on the next system and thatis but all eyes on the next system and that is poised to move in on sunday night and monday morning. this will provide more heavy rain and some snow in places feeding into colder air, there could well be some snow. it tends to rain later and that snow will push further north across scotla nd will push further north across scotland during the day. another speu scotland during the day. another spell of rain will sink south across the uk, clearing in the afternoon. then it brightens up but it is not just rain and snow in places, it is very windy again. the risk of some disruption particularly across the northern half of the uk. winds here gusting up to 70 mph. turning colder once that rain has moved on and following that as the week goes on, sunshine but chilly, blustery wintry showers.

this is bbc news i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at four. a plane carrying britons who'd been trapped on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship injapan, has landed back in the uk. the 32 british and european passengers are now on their way, by coach, from wiltshire to arrowe park hospital in the wirral, where they'll begin a 14 day quarantine. a 29—year—old man has been remanded in custody on charges of grievous bodily harm and possessing a bladed article — in connection with a stabbing at a mosque in central london on thursday. the met office warns the uk to brace itself for more bad weather — with warnings of snow in scotland — and strong winds and yet more rain on the way. some of england's top rugby union clubs back a new scheme