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there's growing concern the world is now facing a pandemic, with italy announcing what it's describing as "urgent" and "extraordinary" measures, to tackle the biggest outbreak in europe. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. this is the first time anyone on a repressed duration flight to the uk has later tested positive this is bbc news. for the new coronavirus. the headlines at 11:00: after arrival in wiltshire four of the cruise ship passengers yesterday, the 32 passengers taken to the wirral, were driven more than 200 miles to arrowe park hospital test positive for coronavirus, on the world. and are transferred the four who tested positive to specialist infection centres. are now in specialist nhs infection purposes. it's no surprise because this is where they'd previously been, the cruise ship diamond princess injapan, where the total number infected now stands at more than 600. some two dozen american and australian passengers also tested positive the virus has spread after being repatriated. to 21 countries — six people have now died by contrast, in milton keynes today, in south korea more than 200 uk citizens and a third death has been confirmed in italy. ended their two—week quarantine we report from inside syria's idlib province — the country's last rebel stronghold after being given the all clear. — which is under ferocious attack, by forces loyal to president assad. how long have you been inside? it is now the biggest exodus of the two weeks. how was it? it was really good. conflict. they have fled time and everything was excellent. the nhs have done a brilliantjob. time again and now they can go no further so they asked, now that there are so many of them, can the number2, world continue to ignore their fate? wuhan was quarantined
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politicians in south wales and since we have been write to the chancellor — here we have been treated brilliantly. to demand more help for those affected by the country's recent floods. china remains the main centre of the coronavirus outbreak in las vegas, tyson fury produces the best performance of his boxing career to become the new wbc with most of the cases and nearly 2,500 deaths, but if the infections elsewhere heavyweight world champion. in the world are now threatening a pandemic, a global outbreak and we'll be taking of the covid—i9 virus spreading an in—depth look at the papers widely in several with our reviewers henry mance parts of the world. and john rentoul — 28 countries apart from china have had cases, most worrying stay with us for that. are those in south korea, iran and italy, where there appears to be significant spread within the community, with no apparent links to china. this is northern italy which has seen a surge in coronavirus infections in the past two days. more than 150 confirmed cases and three deaths. four more cases of the coronavirus have been as a result, several towns confirmed in the uk, bringing the total to 13. and villages in two macro regions those taken ill were among a group of 32 people, near milan and venice have who returned to britain yesterday, after being held in quarantine 00:01:56,116 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 on a cruise ship injapan. been put in quarantine, 50,000 people have been affected. many schools, universities and museums are closing
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and the mayor of milan says it is just a precaution. translation: we don't want to create panic. queues formed at supermarkets in the affected areas. no one seems certain how long the isolation period will last. this virus is mild for most of those infected, but the chances of averting a pandemic now hang in the balance. fergus walsh, bbc news. in south korea, the president has put the country on the highest possible alert, as the number of confirmed cases of the corona—virus surges past 600. a sixth person has now died. 0ur correspondent, laura bicker, is one of the few western journalists to visit the worst hit city, day—goo, in the south of the country. this hospital should have been a safe haven from the deadly infection, but nearly 100 of its already vulnerable patients are now
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battling coronavirus. some are being transferred to specialist clinics, two have died on the way. nearby in daegu, the worst affected area, they've created several crisis centres. outside, the ambulances are lined up, each with a patient waiting to be admitted. the spread of this virus may be relentless, but so are the efforts to stop it. how are you coping? ah, yeah, we have to overcome this situation. do you think you can do it? yeah, but i pray. half of south korea's cases are linked to a secretive religious sect, which is accused of failing to cooperate with medical staff. it's church in daegu became a target, prompting the movement's leaders to speak out. he said his congregation were the biggest victims of the virus and urged people to stop spreading groundless rumours.
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the main shopping district of south korea's fourth largest city is almost abandoned. the few who do venture out can use technology to help them stay away from infected areas. alarm sounds. they're using your phone to locate where you are, and then they will send you an emergency alert if you are anywhere near where a confirmed coronavirus patient has been. south korea is now facing a race against time to trace the potentially thousands who have been infected and prevent this epidemic from getting out of control. laura bicker, bbc news, daegu. following a ferocious military campaign by forces loyal to president bashar al assad, the united nations says the greatest exodus of civilians in the civil war is taking place in north western syria. the fighting is in the province of idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in the country,
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where about a million people are trapped. government forces backed by russian warplanes, have been pummelling the area, since last december and while more than 900,000 people have already fled seeking refuge in turkey, they've now become trapped at the border. but the un warns the numbers will grow, because there's no safe shelter inside idlib. well, our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville and cameraman fred scott, have been to the province, and sent us this special report. a darkness is closing in around idlib. the regime is creeping closer and those who oppose it take shelter where they can.
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26 families are living in this empty shell. the tarpaulin walls put up by ismail yusuf aren't enough to keep out the cold. or the sound of regime shelling. bashar al—assad's forces are less than six miles from here. translation: if the regime comes here, we will head to turkey, but they aren't letting anyone in. in the end, we will have to go to the border, because the alternative is death. towns and villages have been emptied out. a million people have fled in the last three months. the border camps are full. abu douma has already tried to leave once. the shelling is close enough now to make the children flinch. translation: it was like judgment day, there were columns upon columns of vehicles leaving. there was nowhere to go.
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there were no houses left to rent, not even tents. rebel—held idlib is shrinking fast. these turkish—backed forces and armed jihadists have lost village after town. they took us closer to the front lines. turkey has given them new weapons and vehicles. but they are outmatched by the regime in russia. and powerless to stop the advance. war has been these children's lives. here at idlib orphanage number one, they try to shut it out. but it's getting harder. war came knocking again earlier this week when regime shells landed close by.
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translation: the girls were terrified. they held one another and started crying. they said this was the last safe place after fleeing so many times. where would they go? would this be the place where they would all die? the situation here has never been more bleak. and they can already feel the regime's grasp. it has bombed people in hospitals and in markets and earlier this week, it shelled this camp, too. a ceasefire may be the only hope, but they are keeping their cards and belongings packed, just in case. it's a squalid end to syria's war, but still, people here tell us, they would much rather endure this than suffer under bashar al—assad's. —— bashar al—assad's rule. it is now the biggest
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exodus of the conflict. they have fled time and time again and now they can go no further so they asked, now that there are so many of them, can the world continue to ignore their fate? for young and old, there is now almost no safe place in idlib. after enduring nine years of misery, the last place they want to be is left at the mercy of bashar al—assad. the environment secretary has defended boris johnson's decision not to visit communities affected by flooding, in the wake of storm dennis. the prime minister has faced criticism, including from some conservative mps. however speaking to the bbc, george eustace, whojoined the cabinet earlier this month, said the government is not "a one—man show", and added that a ‘national response centre is dealing with the situation. you have to recognise that the flood infrastructure we've invested in and put in place in the last decade is working and is actually delivering benefits. in the last week we would have had 25,000 homes flooded were it not for that.
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when i worked for david cameron in 2007, you can remember the controversy over the floods in his constituency. it was a weather event far less severe than we've seen recently but 17,000 homes were flooded. it's important to recognise the work we've done is delivering results. but absolutely, the challenge and risks are greater and we must do even more besides and that's why we're putting our money where our mouth is and spending an extra 4 billion in the five years. meanwhile in wales, politicians representing rhondda cynon taff have written to the uk government asking for money to help people and businesses affected by the recent floods. the welsh government's previously said, 10 million pounds will be provided across wales — but the politicians behind the letter, say tens of millions more is needed. rhiannon wilkins reports. pontypridd high street this time last week. businesses and homes, flooded with water. in nantgarw, the flooding just as devastating. and a landslide in tylorstown.
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people living in rhondda cynon taff for the brunt of storm dennis. now, eight leading mps, ams and councillors representing the people who live here want the uk treasury to provide more money to help. a quarter of all the properties across the whole of the united kingdom that have been hit by the flooding are in rhondda cynon taff. we've got bridges that have got to be mended. we've got culverts that have got to be made good and tips that have to be made safe. the letter asks for a one—off infrastructure grant of £30 million to recover necessary repair, restore and resilience work across rhondda cynon taff. it goes on to say: some of the things you're asking for in this letter are devolved. shouldn't the welsh government be filling that gap, not the not the uk government? the welsh government is filling the gap, it's putting £10 million forward and it will put forward undoubtedly further money when there's been further assessment of the damage.
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but of course there are areas of the uk responsibility where funding would normally kick in. for example, there used to be emergency funding available for these situations from the european union. we've left the european union. the uk government has picked up that responsibility, but also the uk government is making special money available to parts of england and they should be doing the same with wales. the letter also asks for a direct fund to the welsh government to cover the cost of one year of council tax and business rate exemption for all affected properties, which has been offered in england. and concludes by saying... the uk treasury has been asked to comment. a severe flood warning has been issued for the river severn at shrewsbury. the environment agency is warning of a danger to life as river levels continue to rise following recent heavy rain. the agency predicts the severn
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will reach levels not seen for two decades. further downpours are forecast for the area overnight. airports in the canary islands are reopening after a dramatic saharan dust storm stopped all air traffic to one of europe's most popular holiday destinations for much of the day. parts of gran canaria and tenerife were blanketed with the dust, which blocked out the sun. winds of up to 75 miles an hour buffeted the islands during the day. the warm winds have also fuelled wildfires. it's also fuelled wildfires. just to hit 16 minutes past 11 the headlines on bbc news: also fuelled wildfires. four of the cruise ship passengers taken to the wirral test positive for coronavirus and are transferred to specialist infection centres. the virus has spread to 21 countries — 6 people have now died
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in south korea — and a third death has been confirmed in italy. we report from inside syria's idlib province — the country's last rebel stronghold — which is under ferocious attack by forces loyal to president assad. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ra mjuan. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, tyson and this is sport today, theory says the king has returned tyson theory says the king has returned to the top 15 months after his first fight which was a drop, has taken the world heavy weight title from a wild. american has the option for another rematch but the boxing will now be clamouring for a unification fight with anthony joshua. tyson ferry was carried to the ring ona tyson ferry was carried to the ring on a phone and would tonight give his career crowning moment. clad in
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oui’ his career crowning moment. clad in our mind his trademark mask, rather with a menacing presence. but performance, it was the british fighter who seized the initiative, purely knocking down his american opponent in the third round connecticut in the first. wanted for his punching power, a bewildered and battered wilder had no response, his co ntroversially battered wilder had no response, his controversially following in detail in the seventh round of this one—sided rematch. his first defeat he's tasted. in the biggest heavyweight five regeneration, fury had delivered on a british court ‘s most memorable performances. still unbeaten in the prestigious wbc title he was. it is amazing. you become a true british score two spotting grateful about matter that fell because i probably got lucky tonight. not bad when i probably got lucky tonight. not bad for an old fellow. get me back to step. wilder was absent from the post fight press conference after being taken to hospital as a precaution and must 110w hospital as a precaution and must now decide whether to trigger a clause in his contract for a third
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fight. he's got 30 days and was and after that. i can't say what is going to do. i know what i would advise him to do. i would rising up today because it'll be the same outcome. what would it take for tyson if he doesn't take it?|j outcome. what would it take for tyson if he doesn't take it? i would like to see him fightjoshua. it is the best performers i've ever seen from a british boxer. british fans who travelled here to see the most eagerly anticipated heavyweight rematch for more than 20 years left knowing they'd witnessed a piece of boxing history. blackout he was going to boxing out after 12 rounds but the fact he got the stoppage was unbelievable. is made everybody in great britain very proud to. to's michael commentator: from his mother commented issues of drinks, commentator: from his mother
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