more infections of coronavirus are reported around the world, as governments struggle to contain further outbreaks. road checks in italy, which has the largest number of cases in europe, are imposed in towns in the north east. huge queues in a town in south korea for facemasks for protection. experts say we are heading for a pandemic. the creation of sudden hotspots is telling us something. it's telling us that the infection has now spread from china to other countries. so it's only a matter of time before we call this a proper pandemic. the spread of the virus is affecting the markets, with the ftse 100 down more than 3%. also this lunchtime: a million homes short — that's the magnitude of the uk's housing shortage,

according to new analysis, with young adults suffering the most. i can't move out, i have to still be in a flat share. i also keep getting evicted through no fault of my own, and each time that's cost me over £1000. so every time i've saved money that i could put towards a deposit, it's gone. the trumps at the taj — the president starts a two—day visit to india, hoping for a trade deal. and how to protect young players from the risks of heading the ball — new rules are brought in england, soctland and northern ireland. coming up on bbc news... support intensifies for world champion tyson fury to be honoured with a homecoming parade and civic reception in manchester, following his victory over deontay wilder.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. fears of a possible coronavirus pandemic are growing, as it continues to spread globally. health experts warn that the chances of containing the virus are diminishing. most of the infections, around 77,000, are in china, but other countries, including italy, are battling to stop its spread. in china, nearly 2,600 people have died. there have been more than 1200 cases confirmed elsewhere, and there have been more than 20 deaths. in a moment, we'll be speaking to our correspondents in italy, south korea and china. but our first report is by richard galpin. so great is the fear of coronavirus spreading that here in the alps last night, italian troops and police stopped the strain from crossing into austria. two passengers were suspected of having the virus. hours

later, the train continued its journey — they'd tested negative. elsewhere, in northern italy, the police are now setting up roadblocks to stop people entering and leaving a series of towns like this one. in total, 50,000 people are in lockdown. italy the worst hit country in europe, so far with more than 160 cases of coronavirus, the number of dead has increased to five. this civil protection official said the army and air force were ready to make barracks with more than 5000 beds available for people needing to be in quarantine. here in milan, people are preparing for the worst, stocking up with food, emptying the shelves. already, iconic sights like the cathedral have closed, alongside schools and universities. but the spread of

coronavirus in europe is eclipsed by what is happening here in iran. 50 people are reported to have died from the virus in one city, but the government is giving much lower figures. 0fficials government is giving much lower figures. officials in neighbouring iraq, however, are taking proportions, checking people on the border with iran. —— precautions. proportions, checking people on the border with iran. -- precautions. we have these sporadic cases in other countries and sustained infection in these other hotspots, so the creation of sudden hotspots is telling us something. it is telling us telling us something. it is telling us that the infection has now spread from china to other countries, so it is only a matter of time before we call this a proper pandemic. another major hotspot in south korea. this is the queue for facemasks in the worst hit city of daegu. the government has raised the infections disease are lured for the country to its highest level. thousands of people have been told to put

themselves in quarantine. across the demilitarised zone in north korea, the authorities have announced that 380 foreigners have been put in quarantine to try to prevent an outbreak of the virus. and in china, where the outbreak began, the government has had to postpone the annual gathering of thousands of communist party delegates for the national people's congress. there is for the first time in decades. the official reason — so they can deal with the health crisis in their home provinces. while preventative measures in china seem to be decreasing the number of coronavirus cases, the list of other affected countries is growing, fuelling the fears of a pandemic. richard galpin, bbc news. in a moment, we'll talk to our correspondents laura bicker in the south korean city of gyeongju and stephen mcdonell in beijing. but first, let's speak to bethany bell, in the italian city of piacenza,

southeast of milan. iamjusta i am just a few short distance away from those exclusion zones, towns which have been cordoned off by the authorities to prevent anyone leaving or entering. we tried to go there this morning, we were told we had to leave very quickly. the italian government has still not managed to identify the individual that sparked this outbreak, and it is working very hard to try and do that. in the meantime here, though, fears are growing about possible contagion. people have been stockpiling food, if you go into supermarkets here, you see lots of empty shelves, schools are shut, universities are shut, and the italian prime minister, giuseppe co nte, italian prime minister, giuseppe conte, is urging people not to panic, but there is a big sense of insecurity as people wonder how long the situation is going to go on for.

today and tomorrow should have been the climax of venice's carnival, but there celebrations have been stopped, football matches have been stopped, football matches have been stopped, people here are very much on edge. some people have told me that they think the government is overreacting to this, others say that it has been too slow in responding. well, we are here in gyeongju, in one of the worst affected areas in south korea. many people are just staying indoors, we saw them earlier queueing for masks, many of them left empty—handed. that is beginning to be fear spreading here as over 700 people have contracted the virus and eight others have died. we are told by health officials that several others are now in a critical condition in hospital. the main area of concern is a psychiatric ward in a hospital which is a little bit south of here, where over 100

patients have contracted the virus. these are already vulnerable patients. meanwhile, the race is on to trace those who have been infected, including the members of a religious sect. police have been given special powers to track them using a mobile phone. health officials here tell us that the race is on, because they believe that the next few days in south korea is critical if they are to prevent this outbreak becoming an epidemic. here, the chinese government has postponed the chinese government has postponed the most important annual political meeting, the national people's congress was due to start next week with nearly 3000 communist party delegates descending on this, the chinese capital, and you can imagine they are also coming from hubei province, the worst hit area in the country, and amongst those delegates somebody could have carried a coronavirus into the great hall of the people, where this country's

most senior leadership are, where the leadership of the military are also gathering. we don't know when this will be held, that decision will be taken at some other time. however, a very different picture is emerging inside hubei province and in the rest of the country. inside hubei, we are hearing that the mortality rate is as high as 4%, but if you just take the city of wuhan out of the equation, across the country, that mortality rate goes down to 0.7%, so you can see what a different picture we are getting across the country. 0utside different picture we are getting across the country. outside of hubei, it does seem to, well, these figures do seem to be showing that it is working when the government imposed these restrictions on people's movements, the disease is spreading much less quickly and is, well, in a much better situation than in hubei, where it is still pretty dire. 0k, many thanks, stephen mcdonell,

laura bicker and bethany bell, thank you to thank you. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh is with me. fergus, a bit alarming listening to that, how serious is this globally? i think we are on the verge, if we are not already, have a global outbreak, a pandemic of the novel coronavirus, but let's just put this in context, because for four out of five people who get this virus, the symptoms are mild, they will get better, they will get a mild respiratory illness, they may not even have symptoms, and they will get better without medical treatment. the older you are, the greater the risk, especially if you have underlying health problems, heart disease, lung disease or diabetes, and indeed some younger people have died, especially health ca re people have died, especially health care workers. so this virus is a threat, but in the uk at the moment, the biggest threat is seasonal flu.

if there were an outbreak here, as in italy, what would happen?“ if there were an outbreak here, as in italy, what would happen? if we have isolated outbreaks, then you could see the sort of quarantine restrictions that they are trying in italy, and you could see schools being closed, universities being close, museums and any public events where large numbers of people congregate, sporting events postpone. but if we get outbreaks p°ppin9 postpone. but if we get outbreaks p°pping up postpone. but if we get outbreaks popping up all over the place, then that sort of quarantine won't work, and then it will simply be down to people self isolating if they have symptoms and seeking prompt medical treatment. write 0k, fergus, thank you very much. well, stock markets around the world have dropped sharply over fears about the economic impact of the virus. markets in europe have traded more than 3% lower, afterfalls in asia overnight. oil prices have also tumbled. the uk needs over a million more homes to give everyone

somewhere decent to live in, that's the finding of analysis by the bbc, and it underlines the scale of the housing shortage. it's thought that at the current rate, it could take 15 years to make up the shortfall. a survey by the independent affordable housing commission also found a high number of young people in their 30s still living with family. simon gompertz reports. so i've lived here for a year and a half... keeping a roof over your head — for many, it's a stress and worry. zoe spends more than a third of her pay on rent in london. she dreams of the keys to a home of her own, but that's a distant prospect. i can't do things like buying a car, which i would really like to. i can't move out, i have to still be in a flat share. i also keep getting evicted through no fault of my own, and each time that's cost me over £1000. so every time i have saved money that i could put towards a deposit, it's gone. in a poll of more than 2000 for the affordable housing commission,

13% of adults say their mental health was affected. of those in unaffordable housing, costing more than a third of income, like zoe's, a quarter said they were affected. and she's one of them. it makes me feel really anxious, it made me very depressed. it made it really difficult to look for work, because i had so much of my mental time worrying about where i was going to live. you can't really present yourself best in an interview if you're sleeping on a friend's sofa and you're really worried you're going to be homeless. what's behind the worry is a shortage. we've built more than a million fewer houses than we should have done in recent years, and with the population growing as well, it'll take at least 15 years to fill that gap. and what's adding to the stress is that too few of the houses we're building are affordable. i do like drawing people... hannah in 0xfordshire, who's 32, has lived with different family members rent—free while saving to buy something affordable — earning extra by selling her illustrations. but it still means sacrifices.

i started saving when i was 14. ivery, very rarely, even now, spend anything on myself. there's a sense of guilt that i cannot spend anything on myself, because i have to save for a roof over my head, i have to have security for my future. the affordable housing commission found that more than half of 18 to 2a—year—olds live with family, and 18% — nearly one fifth — are still doing it as 25 to 34—year—olds. it's an increasing number. if you're living under someone else's roof, you're constantly under their rules, and therefore you can't have a relationship, really, with anyone. you can't invite them back. it's quite lonely. there's a lot of pressure. hannah's homeowning dream may soon be more than just something on paper, because she has saved enough for a deposit on a flat, but the housing challenge, she says, has been constant stress. simon gompertz, bbc news.

and you can get more information by downloading the new bbc briefing on housing, by going to bbc.co.uk/news. a jury has seen footage of the manchester arena bomber looking around the area where he detonated his device, days before the attack. salman abedi killed 22 people and injured hundreds more at the end of an ariana grande concert in may 2017. his younger brother hashem is on trial, accused of helping him plan and prepare the attack. 0ur correspondent, dan johnson, is at the old bailey. turn, tell us more about what happened in court this morning. the jury happened in court this morning. the jury has seen cctv images from the 18th of may 2017, four days before the bombing. the footage shows salman abedi heading across town to victoria station and to the

manchester arena. he spent some time 110w manchester arena. he spent some time now wandering around, looking at different bits and pieces, different places and going up to the city room, an area just outside the arena connecting it to manchester victoria station. that evening there was a ta ke station. that evening there was a take that concert on at the arena. it was busy. footage showed people queueing to get into the arena, waiting to get tickets and meeting friends. salman abedi walked right through there, spent a few minutes carrying out a reconnaissance mission, working out where he would detonate his bomb four days later, where the best place to do that was to affect most people. after that he went to the arndale centre and bought batteries. and a suitcase. he was seen bought batteries. and a suitcase. he was seen taking a taxi across the city to a car park where he had left a car city to a car park where he had left acara city to a car park where he had left a carafew city to a car park where he had left a car a few weeks before. the prosecution says that car was packed with the other necessary ingredients he needed to put together to

assemble his bomb. he was seen returning to the flat with a suitcase and struggling with it because it was so heavy. the trial is all about hashem abedi. it is said he knew what was in the car because he had assisted and helped his brother to plan and prepare in the months before the attack. he denies all the charges. thank you very much. downing street has said it has full confidence in the home secretary, priti patel, after a series of newspaper reports claiming she is distrusted by intelligence officials in m15, and that she has bullied staff. a home office spokesman has said the allegations are false, and deeply concerning. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. tensions are clearly running high in priti patel‘s department. how damaging are these? 0n the face of it, these are explosive allegations. the suggestion that priti patel is not

trusted by security officials because they do not think she is up to thejob because they do not think she is up to the job and are therefore withholding information from her. that is almost unprecedented and, if true, it would make it pretty much impossible for the politician in charge of counter security to do her job and would raise queries about the integrity, the independence of the integrity, the independence of the security services, which is why the security services, which is why the claims are being vehemently denied to make notjust of course by priti patel but by downing street and security officials. it comes with a bat, the fact the claims are being made suggests all is not well within her department. —— but. there is acrimony and feuding between priti patel and officials. she says it is misogyny directed towards a female politician trying to push through change. her critics say she is out of place and not up to the

job. either way, you get a bit of a senseit job. either way, you get a bit of a sense it is a tinderbox at the moment in the home office. our top story this lunchtime. fears are growing that the coronavirus outbreak could become a pandemic, as more cases emerge around the world. and coming up... a second megan heads west. megan the sheepdog goes to the us after being sold at a record price at auction. coming up on bbc news: hosts and tournament favourites australia survived a scare to beat sri lanka by five wickets and claim their first win of the women's t20 world cup in perth. president trump has thanked india for what he called ‘a spectacular welcome' at the start of a two—day visit to the country. mr trump addressed more than 100,000 people in a packed stadium in gujarat, before visiting the taj mahal in agra. the two countries are trying to reach agreement

on a new trade deals. rajini vaidya nathan reports. the first lady and president trump begun their world wind trip to india in gujarat. home town of new injury modi, who welcomed them with his trademark bear hug. traditional dances you do not normally see on the tarmac. for the president, who is often greeted by protest, a procession through the city streets. no sign of the 7 million people who posted would turner but lot of love for posted would turner but lot of love foertrumpfor posted would turner but lot of love for mr trump for those who did. -- turn he is a nice man, a friend of india. the atmosphere here is a electric mat for what is the hottest ticket in town. two leader considered political rock stars, deeply polarising but also hugely popular. the main event, a rally to

inaugurate the worlds largest cricket stadium. in the worlds largest democracy. india - usa relations are no longerjust another fa ntasy. relations are no longerjust another fantasy. it is a far greater and closer relationship. america loves india, america respects india and america will always be faithful and loyal friends to the indian people. america still cannot agree a trade deal with india after months of tough talks. when his daughter and son—in—law watching on, the president praised the cultural heritage of india but it did not all go to plan. as the great religious

teacher once said... there were no awkward moments when the first couple paid a visit to the famous taj mahal, a monument built by an emperorfor his taj mahal, a monument built by an emperor for his wife, dedicated to love. the partnership between india and the us remains strong but while there have been plenty of photo moments, it is unclear what major policy agreements this visit may achieve. sir mo farah repeatedly denied to us anti—doping investigators that he received injections of a controversial legal supplement to try to boost his performance ahead of the 2014 london marathon. but interview transcripts obtained by the bbc‘s panorama programme reveal that farah later changed his account to investigators, saying he'd forgotten. the programme also reveals new allegations about mo farah's former coach, alberto salazar, who is now banned from the sport for doping violations. mark daly has this exclusive report.

three, two, one... mo farah's first—ever marathon in 2014. two days earlier, he'd been given injections of a supplement called l—carnitine, which wasn't recorded on his medical notes. injections like this weren't banned as long as they were under the legal limit of 50 millilitres. a year later, mo farah's coach, alberto salazar, was under investigation for doping violations. farah was interviewed by us anti—doping investigators at this hotel for five hours, and he repeatedly denied having had l—carnitine injections before the marathon. if someone said that you were taking l—carnitine injections, are they not telling the truth? definitely not telling the truth, 100%. i've never taken l—carnitine injections at all. after the interview,

mo farah met uk athletics official barry fudge, who had also spoken to usada. mo farah then rushed back in, just as the investigators were packing up. he then changed his account and told them that he had in fact received an l—carnitine injection ahead of the london marathon. no records are kept, and you would ask the question, well, why? clearly, if he's taking medicines to enhance performance, there is ethical questions that that raises. i think this is something that should be looked at in some seriousness. uk athletics and lawyers for mo farah said his injections were well within the allowable limit. mo farah's lawyers added: before the injections were given, e—mails show uk athletics officials were worried whether it would be safe and within the spirit of the sport. despite this, barry fudge flew

to switzerland to collect the supplement from a contact of salazar‘s. i'm shocked, because you kind of go, what is that all about? and you're an employee of uk athletics, so uk athletics, why would you one of your staff to do that? —— you allow. uk athletics said: mo farah split from salazar in 2017, but questions about his influence persist. mark daly, bbc news. and you can see more of panorama's investigation, "mo farah and the salazar scandal" on bbc one tonight at 8.30pm. the wikileaks founderjulian assange has appeared in court in london, at the start of an extradition hearing on whether to send him to the us to face prosecution. he's wanted on charges of conspiring to hack into us military databases. naomi grimley reports.

unwavering in their support, fans of julian assange gathering outside woolwich crown court to campaign against his extradition to the us. their noisy protests could be heard inside court, much to the irritation of the judge. it was 2010 whenjulian assange hit the headlines after releasing a classified video, showing a us helicopter shooting at iraqi civilians. hundreds of sensitive, diplomatic cables were also released. in 2012, julian assange sought refuge inside the ecuadorian embassy after sweden said it wanted to question him over sexual assault allegations, which he always denied. that pace was dropped but not before julian assange spent seven years

inside the embassy. he finally emerged last year, dragged off the premises by the metropolitan police. he has been kept injail ever since because the us produced their extradition request, which a judge must decide whether to allow. today the wikileaks must decide whether to allow. today the wikilea ks founder sat listening to proceedings, dressed in a suit and ajumper, to proceedings, dressed in a suit and a jumper, with a sheaf of papers in his hands. the lawyers argued julian assange had put the lives of informants at risk when he produced unredacted material about the iraq and afghan wars. it was said there was a grave and imminent threat to life. later this week, was a grave and imminent threat to life. laterthis week, lawyers was a grave and imminent threat to life. later this week, lawyers for julian assange will claim that extraditing him will be a blow to freedom of speech for journalists and that it is politically motivated by the trump administration. witnesses in this hearing are not due to appear until may, so there will be no ruling before then.

young footballers will now be protected from risks linked to heading the ball, with new rules brought in by the football associations in england, scotland and northern ireland. coaches of primary school children will be told to ban the practice during training sessions and to limit its use among all under—18s. andy swiss reports. it isa it is a skill that has given football some of its most famous moments. but, does heading carry a potential health risk? concerns over a link between football and dementia have now led to action. at primary schools like this one in manchester, heading is now banned in training sessions. it is still allowed in matches because authorities say it is relatively rare. for those affected, there is a mixed response.

i don't really like to do it because it hurts my head sometimes.” i don't really like to do it because it hurts my head sometimes. i love heading the ball while training. if a cross is going over your head, you can't do anything but had the ball. for budding players like these, learning to head the ball has been a key skill. the sport is facing growing questions over the long—term impact of heading. in 2002, a coroner ruled the former west brom striker died from a brain condition particles by heading footballs. a recent study in scotland showed former players are more likely to die from dementia. we don't know exactly the reasons for the data. we can assume it is hard impact. this isa can assume it is hard impact. this is a sensible and pragmatic approach to try to reduce the overall burden while continuing to improve head injury management. steve walsh runs

a youth academy and said the sport had to change its approach. a youth academy and said the sport had to change its approachm a youth academy and said the sport had to change its approach. it is all had a set scored the goals. you think back to the days of heading but what could it do? we had to look back at the fact in the early years it is vital. we need to have a duty of care for the kids that we look after. authorities say there will be after. authorities say there will be a phased introduction of heading training for children between 12 and 16. a working sheepdog from a remote farm in northumberland has been sold at auction for a world record price. two—and—half—year—old megan — owned by emma gray — went for £18,900. the sheepdog went to a telephone bidderfrom the united states. its thought that megan's new life will be herding beef cattle. time for a look at the weather. here's alina jenkins.