to 2000 this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. the headlines at eight. thirty two british and irish tourists arrive at a quarantine centre in the wirral — after being evacuated from a coronavirus—hit cruise ship. fears about the spread of the virus — as the number of new cases in south korea more than doubles in one day. a 29—year—old man appears in court in connection with a stabbing inside london's central mosque during afternoon prayers. 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. harry and meghan will stop using their "sussexroyal" brand from spring following their decision to step back from royal duties. and in half an hour, the parents of a soldier who died during a gruelling sas selection exercise break their silence and talk to bbc wales.

good evening and welcome to bbc news. thirty british and two irish holidaymakers — who've been on a cruise ship which became one of the hot spots in the coronavirus outbreak — have arrived at a hospital in the wirral where they will spend the next fourteen days in quarantine. the passengers, who spent two weeks in isolation on the diamond princess injapan, arrived at arrowe park hospital in four coaches after having earlier flown back to the uk. our correspondent, fiona trott has the story of theirjourney from japan back to the uk. finally back in britain. they've waited a long

time for this and their patientence has been tested. after more than two weeks of quarantine on board the diamond princess, this 12 hour repatriation flight was delayed and then they started a four hour coach journey to the north west of england. this will be their new home for the next two weeks. a nursing accommodation block at arrowe park hospital. they will have clinical supplies and a few home comforts. staff here have already looked after travellers from china and know what to expect. the group of people is slightly different. obviously they have come from a cruise ship rather than from their own homes over in china. but we are working exactly the same as we did before with their health care professionals, public health england, to make sure that they are safe and well managed and comfortable while they are with us. the passengers left the diamond princess on friday night. it was carrying 78 britons. some have 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 are still in japan. they contracted the virus on the ship. two of them are sally and david abel who also have pneumonia. at first they were relieved at the hospital care they received. today their family are anxious and angry. my dad is like saying, i can't do any more of this, son. you need to get me out of here. it is like a prison here. we have got no washing facilities, we've got one toilet to share. we have a small window in our hotel room which overlooks a brick wall which is six inches away. we've got no natural daylight coming into the room. it's awful, no treatment. these travellers are preparing themselves for yet another two weeks of quarantine. they may be back on uk soil, but they are still far from home. in the past hour, those passengers have arrived on the wirral. corinne wheatley is there.

the 32 passengers from the diamond princess cruise ship have arrived here at arrow park hospital on the wirral. with a heavy police escort and an ambulance escort as well. they are here for another two weeks to spend in quarantine. they have already spent 16 days in quarantine on board the cruise ship and what a long and difficult journey it has been back to the uk for them. we know that 30 of them are british, two of them are irish. in terms of what happens now, they will be moved straight into the nursing accommodation at arrowe park hospital, which will be their home now for the next two weeks. and arrowe park hospital have got some experience in dealing with passengers who have been caught up in the coronavirus outbreak and managing their quarantine, because this is where the british people who returned from china last month came to. the hospital say they will be using that as a blueprint for how to look after these people. and it will be another two weeks before they will be allowed

to return home to their families. the end not quite in for them, but we do understand that at the moment there are no further repatriation flights to the uk planned. meanwhile, the world health organisation has warned that africa would struggle to contain the spread of the coronavirus if there was an outbreak on the continent. that concern comes as clusters of the virus continue to grow outside china. in south korea, the number of infections has more than doubled in the last 2a hours. 229 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed on saturday, bringing the number of confirmed infections in the country to 433. the prime minister of south korea has described the situation as i. most of the cases are in cheongdo and nearby daegu , in the south—east of the country. our correspondent laura bicker has more from the capital, seoul. the area of concern is around the city of daegu. it is south korea's fourth largest city, a city of 2.5 million people.

and the two areas of concern in there involve a hospital and a church. within the hospital, where there are 300 elderly and vulnerable patients, a third of them now have the coronavirus. two people there have died and nine staff have the coronavirus. outside of that, there is a church, the shincheonji church, it is a fringe religious movement, but it has a half a million members throughout south korea. 9000 of whom are in this area. they have all been told to stay at home. told to go into quarantine and they are being interviewed to see if they have any symptoms. a thousand of them say that they have coronavirus symptoms. now it doesn't necessarily mean that they have the virus, or they need to have tested positive for the virus, but it is concerning for health authorities. now it appears that the members of this church were all at the hospital for a funeral a few weeks before. and that seems to be the connection. but right now the race is on to find

out how many people they have been in contact with within the last few weeks, as they battle to try and prevent the spread of this virus. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster and psychotherapist, lucy beresford and the sun's chief sports reporter, martin lipton. 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 gave us this update from westminster magistrates court... daniel horton appeared in court this afternoon. he sat for most of the hearing with his head down. he spoke to confirm his name, age and described his nationality as british. he is charged with grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article. he is accused of attacking a 70—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 prayers the following day. now, the prosecutor says that mr maglad and the defendant would have known of each other, the defendant had attended the mosque for a number of years. the court heard that daniel horton had no fixed address, he has been remanded in custody and he will appear at southwark crown court on march the 20th. i should just say that the police have said that they do not believe that this incident is terror —related. 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. the former rebel leader of south sudan — riek machar — has been sworn in as first vice—president sealing a peace deal aimed at ending 6 years of civil war. president salva kiir — seen here in the hat — and embracing mr machar —— witnessed the ceremony in the capitaljuba. it is hoped the new unity government will end the conflict that has killed 400,000 people

and displaced millions. heavy rain is continuing to cause flooding across the uk — with more than a hundred flood warnings still in place. a week ago, storm dennis brought flooding to large areas of the midlands, including the town of tenbury wells, where the clean up continues. olivia hutchinson reports. enough is enough for chris walter, who has gone to the extreme of shutting his business down, following the latest catastrophic floods. ijust can't cope with it any more. i was flooded in 2007, that was pretty traumatic. but this time, it's like three foot of water in the place, and it came in through the back of the shop. a week after the banks overflowed, the damage last on, and for many, it has come at a cost. my wife employs three other girls, so they are all local people, they are sat at home, they aren't earning. likewise for the rest of the town that employ people, if they aren't earning, they aren't spending in town. because half the shops

are shut, people aren't coming into town as much. as you can see, local residents here have been really affected. the watermark levels on this row of cottages show that at its height, levels were waist deep. local businesses in the area say many of them have not got insurance to cover the damage because premiums are just too high. here at the local library, drop—in sessions have been held by worcestershire county council to offer support and advice. i think we are doing absolutely everything we can, working with our emergency services, working with our district council and the community, as well, to help people get back on theirfeet as quickly as possible. residents are also being provided with special access permits for tips to help with the clear—up. it's one which for many will go on for some time yet. the duke and duchess of sussex have confirmed they'll stop using the word ‘royal‘ as a brand name, after giving up their official roles.

the decision means the couple's application to trademark ‘sussex royal‘ has been withdrawn. here's our royal correspondentjonny dymond. royal no more. this was not what they wanted. harry and meghan thought they could create a new role, half in, half out. but now that idea is finished. their website, sussex royal, will go, their social media id will have to change, their foundation will have to find another name. in the uk and around the world, the word "royal" will no longer be attached to harry and meghan or to their activities. earlier this week, it was announced that their office in buckingham palace would close, that harry's honorary military commands would be suspended, that their last royal duties would come in march. but no—one knew if they would still be able to use the word, "royal".

now we know. come april, their public royal life is finished. the choice is independence or royalty. they chose royal no more. jonny dymond, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. 32 british and irish tourists arrive at a quarantine centre in the wirral — after being evacuated from a coronavirus—hit cruise ship. fears about the spread of the virus — as the number of new cases in south korea more than doubles in one day. a 29—year—old man appears in court in connection with a stabbing inside london's central mosque during afternoon prayers. sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening....

from the bbc sport centre. france remain on course for a first grand slam in 10 years after winning in cardiff for the first time since 2010 in the six nations. wales were on the back foot early on in the game , leigh halfpenny spilled an up and under and the french full—back anthony bouthier raced over — france added another before half—time but wales reponded after the break through dillon lewis. then there was another welsh mistake as nick tompkins pass was intercepted by man—of the—match romain ntamack who had a clear run to the line to score. wales got one more through dan biggar but it wasn't enough as france win by 23—27. obviously it is disappointing, the result did not go our way but i thought after half it pretty much went to plan in terms of the momentum shift. we got back into the game at 17—16 and that killed the

momentum. we felt we had done enough to come back into the game. scotland got their first win of this year's six nations. they scored three tries against a poor italy side in rome. gregor townsend's side had failed to score a try in their opening two six nations games. so captain stuart hogg's effort from his own half was a big moment for his team. chris harris scored the second after the break, and adam hastings strolled his way to a third, to seal the 17—0 win. in the premier league, manchester city have tightened their grip on second place — after beating third placed leicester — but onlyjust. city had a chance to go ahead from the penalty spot — but sergio aguero saw his effort saved by kasper schmeichel. but they did manage to score late on — gabrieljesus snatching the win. the victory moves them seven points clear of their opponents, but they remain 19 points behind leaders liverpool, who play on monday. chelsea remain fourth, six points behind leicester,

after beating tottenham 2—1. frank lampard's side ensured jose mourinho's return to his former club ended in defeat, with goals from olivier giroud and marcos alonso. the game's controversial moment came when giovani lo celso escaped a red card, for second—half tackle on cesar azpilicueta. the video assistant referee decided against punishment, although officials in stockley park later admitted a mistake had been made, and the player should have been sent off. this one didn't need to go to the monitor, it needed to be decided it was a red card and it was clear. it is the tackle that seriously endangers azpilicueta and everyone who knows the can see that straightaway. it is not good enough andi straightaway. it is not good enough and i am disappointed because we have had to anyway, it did not affect the game today but it would have affected the game on monday. i am disappointed, i am an advocate of var, i wanted to work and get those decisions right and that is what we

all want and it was so clear was a red card incident. another? for us. there was also var controversy in the game between burnley and bournemouth at turf moor. burnley won 3—0 — their second goal coming via a jay rodriguez penalty — awarded by the video assistant for a handball, which came in the build up to what bournemouth thought was an equaliser to make it1—1. that goal was ruled out, play was brought back and rodriguez made it 2—0. elsewhere, southampton and crystal palace also won, while it finished 1—1 between sheffield united and brighton. motherwell have moved up to third in the scottish premiership despite a goaless draw with second bottom hamilton. that's because aberdeen lost 2—1 against ross county. hibernian and livingston drew 1—1. celtic and rangers both play tomorrow. and we're just a few hours away from tyson fury‘s world heavyweight rematch with deontay wilder. the pair go head to head in vegas in the early hours of tomorrow morning. the pair weighed in overnight and were made to stay apart after clashing at the press conference.

that's all the sport for now. 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. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. earlier i spoke to daniel lippman — the washington and white house reporter for politico. you know, we do not know for sure, but what intelligence agencies think it might be happening is that they view sanders as the weakest democratic general election candidate and so they can and so if they can help him in the primary to beat back his other democratic rivals and he can be the nominee to face trump, and he would have a better chance of actually winning in november. and, one other idea is that sanders and his first wife,

dozens of years ago, so he might have an affinity for russia, but with his comments that you played, it does not sound like he likes russia any more. and why would russia be so keen to see donald trump win a second term? with all of the chaos that trump has created in the last few years in washington and around the country and the world even, that plays to russia's advantage and vladimir putin ‘s hand, because he can try to take advantage of the us disruption that trump has unleashed, to gain favour for his country and, you know, that is true for china and iran as well. if the us is just fighting amongst each other, then it is much harder to focus on longer—term threats like and china. like russia and china. and if indeed there are attempts at interference from russia in the election this time around,

what form do you think those are likely to take? one form they might be taking already is social media accounts on twitter and instagram, facebook, that appear to be sanders supporters, but maybe russian bots and people who are not actually americans, and true sanders supporters. you know, who are other democratic rivals in the race and trying to help bernie win his campaign here. there is a lot of vitriol from these supporters and sanders supporters, but some of them could be russian bots and notjust genuine people in america. and so, that is one form that it

appears to be taking and of course there are other forms as well. this is not new. in 2016 they supported sanders a little bit as well. they said that sanders and trump wear their friends. how easy would it be to counter those attempts. it means the us intelligence community has to work with tech companies in silicon valley to try and stop the spread of these bots and they are already doing that, but it is such an overwhelming number. facebook and twitter are shutting down millions of accounts every year and it is hard to get rid of them all, but i thinkjust ramping up those efforts and trying to harden the other campaigns in terms of cyber security, that is also very important. you don't want to have a repeat of a dnc hack. well, democrats in the us state of nevada have now begun voting in presidential caucuses. one poll has the left—wing senator bernie sanders leading in the first preference, based on early voting. some of the moderate candidates needing a good showing to keep their campaigns alive. sophi long has more from nevada. this is just this isjust one this is just one of around 2000

venues where people will start caucusing across nevada shortly. it has been quite a week in this democratic presidential nomination process in las vegas. we had that first appearance of michael bloomberg on a debate stage on wednesday which led to some pretty feisty exchanges between him and five other candidates on stage. bernie sanders is expected to do very well here, he is leading in the polls nationally and in nevada and he has a strong support base among the latina community which make up may be 30% of the population. people will be watching equally closely to see who comes in second place. it is crucial thatjoe biden does well here if he is going to regain the momentum needed to carry him through to super tuesday when more than 1a states vote in just over one week's time. he's the man whose smalls are making a big impression. the man dubbed speedo mick has finished his 1,000

mile charity challenge. 55 year old mick cullen set out from john o'groats 70 days ago injust his swimming trunks, and walked into lands end this afternoon — having raised 300 thousand pounds for charity. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes we have a weather front coming our way, under the cloud, to areas of low pressure, way, under the cloud, to areas of low pressure, one on way, under the cloud, to areas of low pressure, one on sunday, one on monday, both of these have the potential to cause further problems. first of all, tonight's area of low pressure, cloud quickly increasing, outbreaks of rain forecast to spread in and some of the wettest weather heading wales and northern england, areas that have already completely

saturated ground. another 20—40 millimetres of rain, perhaps more over the high ground, we are likely to see further flooding issues across these areas, and perhaps also into parts of the midlands. through sunday, the rain does eventually pull away southwards, the sky is bright, so it is an improving picture. for scotland the showers continue to be wintry and over the high ground there will be snow. windy but not as windy as it has been over recent days. the cool air in the north, milder conditions in the south. as we head into sunday night and monday, the next area of low pressure is set to steam in, this one also likely to cause problems but for different reasons. it's going to be cold before that area of low pressure arrives and the rain likely to turn to snow, perhaps for a time rain likely to turn to snow, perhaps fora time in rain likely to turn to snow, perhaps for a time in northern ireland and northern england before turning back to rain but in scotland the snow may well stay with us longer and potentially push down to lower levels for a time, as well as the risk of snow as we head into monday. there will also be some strong winds across the northern half of the country that could also bring some

transport disruption. it looks like the worst of the conditions on monday will be targeting scotland, and perhaps more particularly the monday morning's rush hour with heavy snow causing problems here. there will be more heavy rain for northern england also leading to further flooding northern england also leading to furtherflooding issues. elsewhere, the weather does slowly improve through monday but it's going to be bluster even into the afternoon when there will be further showers flowing in on the strong and gusty wind. beyond that for the rest of the week, low pressure firmly in charge is often going to be very windy with rain or showers coming along, some heavy rain particularly on thursday and at times cold enough for some of the rain to fall as snow. hello, this is bbc news with ben bland, the headlines. 32 british and irish tourists arrive at a quarantine centre in the wirral

— after being evacuated from a coronavirus—hit cruise ship. fears about the spread of the virus — as the number of new cases in south korea more than doubles in one day. a 29—year—old man appears in court in connection with a stabbing inside london's central mosque during afternoon prayers. 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. harry and meghan will stop using their sussexroyal brand from the spring following their decision to step back from royal duties. next, the parents of a soldier who died during a gruelling sas selection exercise in the brecon beacons on one of the hottest days of the year break their silence and talk to bbc wales.

"hope this postcard finds you well. i am in a monastry at the moment, in a place called taize, and i have met many interesting people and have been taught to sing badly in many different languages. it has been fascinating talking to people about their different views and opinions on god and life in general. looking forward to seeing you again and telling you all about it. love, craig." it was getting late but i was waiting for him to ring because i knew it was his first day of selection. and then at 11:30pm there was a knock on the door. and as soon as he said mod, i knew craig was dead. he came in and explained how craig was going up a hill