this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11. tyson fury produces the best performance of his boxing life against deontay wilder to become the new wbc heavyweight world champion. when i came here, they said that i can't punch. deontay wilder said himself that i've got two pillow fists. but, you know, not bad for an old, fat guy who can't punch. italy imposes strict quarantine restrictions in two regions declared as hotspots, in the biggest coronavirus outbreak in europe. the government defends its response to the flooding across the country, as the prime minister defies calls to visit affected areas. bernie sanders cements his status as the democratic frontrunner to take on donald trump in november's us presidential election. and in half an hour, dateline london discusses britain's new immigration system,

the violence in syria, and how russia is back at the heart of the us presidential campaign. the british boxer, tyson fury, has won the wbc world heavyweight title in las vegas, producing a devastating display to beat the american, deontay wilder, in their highly anticipated rematch. fury twice knocked his opponent to the floor, before the fight was stopped in the seventh round. after the fight, fury thanked his team and all of the fans who travelled to america to support him. a big shout to andy lee and sugarhill and the kronk boys, my brothers and my family who came to support me. and everybody from around the world who came and supported me tonight.

i just looked at the ring walk there. what a ring walk, patsy cline, who would have thought it? crazy, man. tonight looked like a night when you were so at home here and you knew this was going to be a special night in your career. this was written in the stars, a million miles away. before i was ever born, i was destined to do what i did. i have had the highs and lows and everybody knows about it. tonight was the icing on the cake. i have completed everything in boxing and there is nothing more to complete. but if he wants a rematch, i will give it to him again. and then i have got another old fella across the pond who might want a little tickle with the gypsy king, and that is it, i've completed it. done. that ovation was almost moving, the passion behind you. we broke all records here tonight with capacity and i just want to say a big shout out and much, much love to all the fans who supported me from around the world. it really did show tonight

and they spurred me on. it spurred me on to get the knock out for sure. you told us all about how you were going to get on the front foot this time. i knew it! when that bell sounded, what was in your head? i was straight on him and i wanted to put him on the back foot, as i did. i got caught right there with his right hand, but i answered him right back. where you buzzed? i wasn't buzzed, but ifelt it for sure. they way you hid that i think might well have demoralised him, in that he landed a really good shot and then... the thing is, deontay wilder was really demoralised already coming into this fight. he hit me, he cherry picked me last time when i was not ready, and that was a dare to be great by me. it worked out for me and he couldn't beat me tonight. it wasn't written in the stars for him. good luck to deontay in his career. when you knocked him down in the third round, was there a temptation then to try to get it done even earlier?

you know what? i was hurting him every time i was hitting him with my right hand hook. my corner was saying keep it calm, keep it long. i didn't want to rush my work, but i buried him with a left hook to the body. how did it feel when the referee came in and said it was all over? to be honest i was a little bit disappointed because i wanted to go on longer so i could punish him even more. last time we fought, he put me down twice. i paid him back with three knock—downs in a fight. thank you and good night. i heard earlierfrom bbc radio 5 live‘s boxing correspondent mike costello, who sees a big change in the fury team as a reason behind his incredible win. he has a new trainer now, an american called sugar hill steward, who comes from detroit, the kronk gym, which in boxing history is known as a gym

that produces explosive, aggressive punches, rather than the defensive type of fighter that tyson fury used to be. and even though he only had eight weeks or so with this new trainer, he has managed to transform the way that he fights into producing that kind of performance tonight. but he said all along, from the moment this fight announced, in between christmas and new year, that that's the kind of performance he would produce. i spoke to him at length earlier in fight week, monday. and he said that when you push bullies back, they can't respond. he pushed the bully back tonight and the bully couldn't respond. and he is such a showman, as you have been saying, but what makes him such a specialfighter? how much is physical and how much psychological? i think both of those are major assets for tyson fury. he came to the ring tonight weighing north of 19 stone, and yet was so nimble on his feet

and he has terrific reflexes physically, but he has this great ability to read his opponents, to see what they are about to do, almost before they know themselves what they are about to do. but another key factor at the highest level in boxing, and in particular in the heavyweight division, is he has got a very strong chin. he took two very solid right hands in the opening round tonight, and he took them and virtually didn't budge. that would have been seriously demoralising for deontay wilder, who has the highest percentage of knockouts in the 120 year history of the heavyweight division. so he hits tyson fury hard, and twice, and fury doesn't budge. that was a significant factor in fury winning tonight. the resiliene both in terms of fury‘s mind and his body as well. there is every chance that he will go on and do even more.

and now, we have a situation where after anthonyjoshua just before christmas won back three versions of the heavyweight world title, the fourth and other version of the title is now held by tyson fury, so the world heavyweight division, for so long described as the richest prize in sport, is now in british hands and that leads to the question of when will anthonyjoshua fight tyson fury? there are various impediments in the way because they have titles belonging to different governing bodies, but that is building towards very close to the biggest single day's sporting event ever staged in britain. it will be a monster event if and when that happens, and i'm pretty sure it will do. and what about a rematch with deontay wilder? or is there not really there much point in that, or even much demand for that now? there is a third fight in the contract, and the option for the third fight, it was always said, would be exercised by the loser.

it would be up to the loser to decide whether he wanted to go ahead with that third fight. now, i can understand why the promoters here this evening are still talking about that possibility because i think they are looking to build more of tyson fury here in the united states, to build him into a much bigger star. this is the third fight in a row that he has had in las vegas and i have just got the sense over the week here, yes, a lot of the crowd in there tonight was british, but even the americans were applauding and in the end laughing and shouting with him. he is becoming a monster star over here and i think they might be able to sell that third fight if that happens, on the basis of another tyson fury showcase. parts of italy are in lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. the country has seen the largest outbreak in europe, with 79 cases and two deaths. meanwhile, 32 british and irish cruise passengers have spent their first night in quarantine in the uk,

after arriving back from japan yesterday. sean dilley reports. italy has seen more confirmed cases of the coronavirus than any other country in europe. in response, they've postponed several sporting fixtures, including inter milan's game against sampdoria. a number of towns in the north of the country have been placed on lockdown. erica lives in the town of codogno in the lombardy region. translation: we are trying to remain calm, because in those situations it's easy to panic. we go and buy food supplies because we don't know if the supermarkets will stay open. we hope everything will be fine. this is where 30 british and two irish citizens are waking up this morning, quarantined for the next two weeks following their evacuation from the diamond princess cruise ship. inside this nursing accommodation block in arrowe park hospital, clinicians have previously treated coronavirus patients who have travelled from china.

the group of people is slightly different. obviously, they've come from a cruise ship rather than from their own homes over in china. but we're working exactly the same as we did before with the health care professionals public health england to make sure that they are safe, managed and comfortable whilst well— managed and comfortable whilst they are with us. meanwhile, around 150 patients who were evacuated from china two weeks ago will be allowed to leave this training centre in milton keynes today, after finishing their quarantine. a specialist team of experts from the world health organization have landed in wuhan in china. they say their mission is to stop the spread of the disease at a time when the number of deaths and diagnosis is on the rise. sean dilley, bbc news. let's go back to our top story, the news that tyson fury has

one right against deontay wilder in las vegas. let's speak to the former world lightweight champion, anthony crolla. thank you for being with us. an amazing performance, was it when you expected? i don't think anyone expected? i don't think anyone expected him, other than his team, to go about the job in such a fashion that he did. a lot of main games before, he told everyone he would put deontay wilder on the back foot and get him out of i think tyson when you have someone with a great boxing io tyson when you have someone with a great boxing iq of tyson, great movement for such a big guy, against one of the biggest puncher is the heavyweight division has ever seen, for him to go out there and take the fate to deontay wilder and be very aggressive, it was a shock to eve ryo ne aggressive, it was a shock to everyone but what a performance. he has got that amazing physical power but also a sort of psychological power, he is such a showman and he talks so confidently, doesn't he? he

does. his self belief, i have known tyson since he was 17, has self belief has always been something else. from his boxing to his singing which we heard after the fight, he isa which we heard after the fight, he is a very confident fighter, human being andi is a very confident fighter, human being and i think that plays a huge pa rt being and i think that plays a huge part when he takes it into the ring. you said you have known him since he was a teenager, did you see it in him then, the qualities that have made him a world champion? yes, i certainly saw the qualities and hymn them, but whether i thought he would go on to achieve what he has, i'm not sure. he has properly surpassed that. he is one of the great british av rates after that performance in history and i think we without doubt you have got to put him as a number one heavyweight on the planet right now. interact speak of that, what happens next? will there be a rematch with deontay wilder, and what would a fight with anthony

joshua? i what would a fight with anthony joshua ? i know what would a fight with anthony joshua? i know there were contracts for a third fight with deontay wilder but i don't think there are many people who would be happy to see a fight fight now after the way tyson that the job last night. the fight everyone wants to see, not just the uk, is anthonyjoshua. hopefully, politics can be put aside, promoters can work together, tv stations can work together, because the demand now from the public will be bigger than ever and hopefully that plays a part in making that fight happen. and if that did happen, or do you think would win it? i think after last made, you have certainly got to make tyson fury the favourite for that so i would definitely lean towards him. notjust boxing i would definitely lean towards him. not just boxing but i would definitely lean towards him. notjust boxing but heavyweight boxing especially, we know how one punch can change it and post fighters have got that punch. hopefully we get to see the bigger state the uk has ever held and hopefully more than anything it happens here in the uk. that would be quite a prospect, thank you so much forjoining us.

the environment secretary has said the flood infrastructure the government has invested in over the last decade has shown results, but there is still more to do. communities across the country are struggling to deal with the effects of recent severe weather. i've been speaking to our political correspondent, tom barton. the government has faced some criticism. we have seen homes flooded, people asking why more hasn't been done, why building has been allowed on flood plains. today, the environment secretary, george eustice, has been speaking to andrew marr and was asked about that. he said that essentially, yes, there has been flooding, but that it would have been much worse if the government hadn't put in big investments over the last ten years or so. you have to recognise that the flood infrastructure that we have invested in and put in place over the last

decade is working and is actually delivering benefits and this last week we would have had 25,000 homes flooded were it not for that. i can remember when i worked for david cameron back in 2007, you will remember the controversy over the floods in his constituency. in that year, that was a weather event far less that they seen the last few weeks but 17,000 homes were affected. the last few weeks but 17,000 homes were flooded. it is important to recognise the work we have done delivered results. absolutely, the challenge and risk we face now is greater, but we are putting our money where our mouth is and spending an extra 4 billion in the next five years. so that was george eustice speaking to andrew marr. there has been criticism for the prime minister as well for being rather absent or invisible during the floods for not going to see what was going on around the country? absolutely. we have been in recess this week and the parliament has not been sitting. the prime minister has

been at chevening, the country house usually used by the foreign secretary. checkers is being renovated. where he hasn't been is out and about seeing some of the damage of the flooding and speaking to people affected by this. george eustice did speak about that and said that the prime minister is fully engaged in response to this flooding, but he does delegate. he said this is a cabinet government, it is not a one—man show. but said there are daily conference calls, there is a national flood response centre. he was also asked why, in november, during the election campaign, the cobra emergency committee was convened. why it hadn't been this time. he said now there is a national flood response centre, which has been put together to respond to these and that the government has essentially been on the front foot during this crisis and so hasn't needed a responsive programme like the cobra committee. the headlines on bbc news... tyson fury defeats deontay wilder

in las vegas to win the wbc world heavyweight boxing title. italy imposes strict quarantine restrictions in two regions declared as hotspots in the biggest coronavirus outbreak in europe. bernie sanders cements his status as the democratic frontrunner to take on donald trump in november's us presidential election. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. britain's tyson fury is world heavyweight champion for a second time after a seventh round stoppage of deontay wilder in their hugely anticipated rematch in las vegas. tyson fury was carried to the ring on a throne, and having promised to knock wilder out early, he made a blistering start, knocking him down in the the third and the fifth before the fight

was stopped in the seventh, wilder's camp throwing in the towel. as he underlined his status as the leading heavyweight in the division, capping a remarkable comeback from drink, drugs and depression i am my own worst critic and even though it was a fantastic performance and i got a great win, i know i can do better. i have only just started with the style. we have had seven weeks to perfect a style that takes years. but i am a quick learner and i aim to get back to work straightaway. work on my balance and work on my straight punches. we will be putting people to sleep left, right and centre. don't forget, when i came here, they said i can't punch. deontay wilder himself said i have two pillow fists. not bad for an old, fat guy who can't punch. did all right, didn't i? he isa he is a true british sporting great. he is a true british sporting great. he is a true british sporting great. he is there, he has done something thatis he is there, he has done something that isjust

he is there, he has done something that is just phenomenal. he is there, he has done something that isjust phenomenal. come to the other guy's backyard, did the same thing in germany, been here twice with deontay wilder and he absolutely took him apart. it was like fighting in manchester, the code where with them, everything he had to do he did and i told you he would stop him, i knew he would do it. it's raised the chances of a world unification bout with anthonyjoshua who holds the divisions three other belts. his promoter eddie hearn has quashed talk of a third fight with wilder and says fury versus joshua will happen later this year. and former heavyweight world champion lennox lewis offered his congratulations for bossing it. and said well done for showing up big. england's opening match of the women's twenty20 world cup is under way in perth. england are batting first in a tournament they previously won back in 2009.

at the moment, 26—2. amyjones the wicket to fall. and dani wyatt at the crease. they've been runners up three times since. they'll be hoping to avoid an upset having seen austrlia the holders and hosts lose their opening match. wales's hopes of successfully defending their title are all but over, after losing to france in cardiff for the first time in a decade, leaving the french on course for a first grand slam in 10 years. as wales struggled early on, an uncharacteristic mistake from leigh halfpenny let france in to score. wales responded through dillon lewis after the break but 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.

wales got one more through dan biggar but france held on, 27 points to 23. scotland had their first win of this year's tournament. they scored three tries against a poor italy side in rome. captain stuart hogg scored the first from his own half. chris harris and adam hastings went over the line to seal the i7—0 win. there's only one game today and it's a big one. england up against ireland at twickenham. as father and son go head to head, england captain owen farrell looking to end the grand slam hopes of his father andy, the ireland head coach. it will be the first time the pair have been in opposition to each other. it is quite a unique family. if you look at the tree of the farrell family, it is a unique family. their ability to be professional and play for their team and not get involved in that other stuff, is probably unique.

wonder a few will be smiling later. that's all the sport for now. there's plenty of live sport on the bbciplayer and sport website including the british indoor athletics championship from glasgow from midday, and the women's six nations match between italy and scotland. in the united states, the left—wing candidate bernie sanders appears to have won a resounding victory in the latest stage of the democrat's search for a candidate to take on donald trump in november's presidential election. he won around a0 percent of the vote in nevada, as sophie long reports. nevada's caucases were the first chance for democratic presidential hopefuls to show their appeal to a diverse group of voters in a state with a population representative of the country as a whole. the 78—year—old senator from vermont had already left nevada for campaign events in texas when he claimed victory.

i think all of you know we won the popular vote in iowa! we won the new hampshire primary! cheering. and according to three networks at the ap, we have now won the nevada caucus. cheering. his triumph cements his status as the democrats' national frontrunner, but it will deepen concern among moderates in a party who feel the self—described democratic socialist is too liberal to defeat donald trump. can we raise a couple of million bucks? let's go get it! former vice president, joe biden, claimed what his team described as a strong second place and success substantial enough to trigger a comeback after a poor start to this primary season. so it was a great night for bernie sanders, but there is no stopping to savour the taste of victory. most candidates have already

left nevada to campaign in super tuesday state, which will vote injust over a week's time. the next debate is in three days. the gloves came off here in las vegas. the fight will continue in south carolina. sophie long, bbc news, las vegas. the generation who helped the war effort are being urged to come forward to help mark the 75th anniversary of ve day. a series of events will be held to mark the end of the second world war in europe, on the 8th of may, as katharine da costa reports. archive: sardines had nothing on the crowds in trafalgar square and piccadilly. after six long years of fear, blackouts and war, suddenly the national mood shifted to celebration. for children, many of whom have known nothing else but war, this day must have seemed like an entry into never—never land. archive: sardines had nothing on the crowds

on may 8th1945, more than a million people in britain took to the streets after winston churchill announced the war in europe was over. hostilities will end officially at one minute after midnight tonight, tuesday the 8th of may. we may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing. to recreate that iconic moment 75 years on, an extract from that victory speech will be broadcast in public spaces across the uk. this was a service of thanksgiving at westminster abbey on the 70th anniversary. once again, tributes will be paid to the heroes of the second world war as we remember the sacrifices they made, securing peace across the continent. as a way of saying thank you, the royal british legion is holding

a ballot, offering vip treatment for 750 veterans, descendants, evacuees and those who served on the home front. it will include a procession down the mall, aerial displays from vintage aircraft, as well as a fly—past by the red arrows. throughout the bank holiday weekend, part of saintjames' park will be turned into victory park, with themed events based on life in britain during the second world war. away from london, there will be a service of remembrance and parade in cardiff. a veteran's parade and concert in edinburgh and hundreds of street parties in towns and villages across the country. it'll certainly have a party atmosphere. not only has the bank holiday been moved to coincide with the 75th anniversary, pubs will be staying open until 1am over the weekend, all helping to recreate that moment 75 years ago when the nation stopped to celebrate victory in europe. victory in europe. catherine da costa, bbc news.

tomasz schafernaker. the weather certainly looking mixed in the week ahead but, today, actually not bad for many of us. quite a wet night, quite windy in the south too but the weather will be improving in the coming hours and some sunshine on the way. also focusing on the snow, that is happening tonight and tomorrow morning across northern parts of the uk. a lot of cloud stretching out across the atlantic, almost from the bahamas all the way across the ocean to us here, low pressure developing along this area of cloud, kano and between weather systems, pushing away, here we have a gap and this next one is going to bring more wintry weather to northern areas overnight and into tomorrow. he a weather for today, many areas

getting sunshine, —— tomorrow. south of the country, different story, more more cloud and rain. through the course of tonight, we will see my old air pushing into southern areas of the uk but, in the north, it will stay and with this next area of low pressure, you can see the pattern in the went, this next area of low pressure moving and we anticipate snow to fall across parts of northern england, northern ireland and certainly scotland. some of that snow well coincide with the rush—hour so there could be some disruption. glasgow and edinburgh address go getting a wet covering of snow but most of the snow is expected to fall around to 300 metres. central scotland, it is a time of the year for some snow of course in the snow is following in areas where we are used to it. to the south, far too mild for snow,

certainly for most of northern england and certainly the south. temperatures will be around double figures, quite windy. that is monday. you can see that wintry weather lasting through the afternoon. giving a good covering across the hills in scotland. come tuesday, that should clear away and on tuesday we well noticed much fresher colder wind blowing out of the north—west. it will bring a frequent shower, especially to western areas, perhaps some hail and thunder too. a bit of a break from the weather systems earlier in —— later in the week and then back to wind and rain again later. in a word, unsettled. the headlines. tyson fury produces the best performance of his boxing life against deontay wilder to become the new wbc heavyweight world champion.

italy's government imposes strict quarantine restrictions in two northern regions close to milan and venice which have been declared hotspots of the coronavirus outbreak. the government defends its response to the flooding across the country as the prime minister defies calls to visit affected areas. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week, russia's back at the heart of a us presidential campaign, meddler or bogeyman depending on your politics. who's in, who's out in the british immigration game.