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china has rolled out the most aggressive containment effort in history. china has rolled out probably the most ambitious, and i would say agile, welcome to bbc news — i'm mike embley. and aggressive disease our top stories: containment effort in history. hollywood producer to what extent do you think harvey weinstein is found cover—up and censorship played guilty of sexual assault a role in allowing this and rape — he now faces up virus to accelerate to 25 years in jail. at the rate it did? i don't know. frankly, i didn't look at that. i'm just being completely honest. but what worries me most is — has the rest of the world learned the lesson of speed? health experts warn the chances of containing the spread of the coronavirus once china had woken up are diminishing — global to the danger, that speed, financial markets fall the rapid quarantining of cities and the shutting down its economy. as the virus was allowed as the number of cases rise. to spiral out of control in the province of hubei, it spread in smaller president donald trump but significant pockets will move from warm welcomes and sightseeing, to tough trade talks on his two—day to every province in china. trip to india. and thousands of people attend this is the picture a memorial in los angeles of a disaste and it forced for basketball superstar the government to act, kobe bryant, who died and here's what happened. in a helicopter the official figures show that crash last month. in hubei, although the numbers are still high, they are stabilising. and for the rest of china, even better news. the numbers kept low by those containment measures, and if we have a closer look,
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for more than a week now they have been falling. china's been so effective the world health organization says it's now safe to get hello to you. the economy going again. yes, the movie producer harvey weinstein — once one of the most welcome news on this farm. powerful men in hollywood — is injail in new york, facing the possibility of 25 years in prison. "with the roads all blocked, in a case that sparked the #metoo movement, he was found guilty of rape "of course it's brought sales and a criminal sexual act. down", wei hongkun tells me. he was cleared of 2 counts if china's control of information helped start of predatory sexual assault, the crisis, its control and first—degree rape. over its people might help solve it. he'll be sentenced in 2 weeks, john sudworth, although his defence team have already lodged an appeal. nick bryant is in new york. bbc news, beijing. harvey weinstein entered court to face his legal reckoning. guilty already in the court of and some figures just in. global opinion and about to be health officials in south korea are reporting these are very serious 60 new coronavirus cases, convictions that do come raising the total to 893. with hefty custodial sentences. and there's been a further harvey weinstein convicted death — the ninth — on two counts, the first in the country. criminal sexual act in the first degree. well, the impact of that is the most serious coronavirus has weighed heavily on the global financial markets. wall street suffered of the two charges in terms its biggest loss in two years,
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and the ftse 100 here in london harvey weinstein entered court to face his legal reckoning. dropped more than 3%. guilty already in the court of markets are opening across asia global opinion and about to be and shara njit leyl found guilty under is monitoring the figures for us in singapore. us criminal law. reporter: how are you doing, harvey? what is the latest? that's reporter: good morning. weinstein: good morning. he has cut a feeble figure during the trial, shuffling right. markets here in asia into court to listen to the tearful and traumatic opening in a very similar vein testimony of his female victims. the one—time aspiring actress, jessica mann, described how to what wall street and he raped her in a manhattan european markets did in hotel room in 2013 and mimi haleyi recalled her reaction to the spread of the coronavirus. if you take a look at those markets and where they are trading, this is where they sexual assault in 2006. are. you've seen tokyo was down almost 3%. i should add that markets here in asia have weinstein was convicted actually been react into the of two of the five charges concerns around the coronavirus against him, of sexual assault for a number of weeks now. it and rape, although he was cleared of predatory sexual assault which could've sent him isn't new but what is really to prison for the rest worried global investors around of his life. it is not the top counts the world is the fact that in the indictment, but by no we've seen this increase in the means am i disappointed with the jury's statement that spread of countries outside harvey weinstein is guilty china and an increasing number of sexual assault and rape. of deaths as well and all of
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harvey weinstein showed little emotion as the verdicts thatis of deaths as well and all of that is impacting business, its were read out but then impacting economic growth, concerns around consumer demand kept muttering, "i'm innocent, i'm innocent" so little things like seeing to his lawyers, and then appeared dumbfounded apple shares plunging and that's due to the fact that as he was placed in handcuffs. on the steps of the courthouse, apple's iphone sales were down some of the women who dramatically in china by a now feel vindicated. third in january when dramatically in china by a third injanuary when the coronavirus first broke out so the laywer, gloria allred, who's been cammpaigning lots of concerns about that, oil prices as well falling and for decades on behalf lots of concerns about consumer of victims of sexual violence. demand falling also and the courage is contagious fa ct and i hope the courage demand falling also and the fact that obviously we've seen in my clients resonates a lot of factories in china stalling for a number of weeks, oil demand going down so the concern around that is really impacting the markets. thank around the world. you. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the pioneering mathematician katherinejohnson, whose calculations helped put so women know that the first astronaut change is possible. on the moon, has died change has come today. reporter: were you thinking about testifying? arthur aidala: he didn't have to. during the trial, harvey weinstein chose not to testify, but his defence team claimed at the age of 101. the sex was consensual, citing warm emails and other communications with his accusers months after the attacks. the cards were stacked so much against him, prince charles has before we even walked chosen his bride.
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into the court. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. since october 2017 when she accepted, she says, the magazine articles came out. it is ridiculous that there has without hesitation. as revolutions go, this been such a cross hairs had its fair share of bullets. on his back. a climax in the night outside this is a dramatic fall for the one—time king of hollywood. the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malaca nang, a mogul who acted like the name itself symbolising one he owned the red carpet. but above all it is a milestone of the cruellest moment for the #metoo movement, regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone which has found an ally has been produced of in the us courts. an adult mammal. the women have been heard. scientists in scotland have he said one thing, but it was produced a sheep called dolly using a cell what she said that mattered. from another sheep. the people versus harvey warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world weinstein — history that the winner of best film was la la land. as her story. the only trouble was, nick bryant, it wasn't. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing speeches by the team behind the modern musical. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers bbc news, new york. in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. although harvey weinstein faced very soon, for the sake of charges related to 2 the credibility and authority women, at least 80 have of the next pope, benedict xvi accused him of sexual will, in his own words, misconduct, stretching back decades, and he faces further "be hidden from the world criminal charges in los angeles, and civil claims. the allegations are at the centre of the #metoo movement, which has inspired for the rest of his life." many women to go public with allegations against powerful men. we've been speaking to one of its founders, the civil rights campaigner tarana burke.
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this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: all day i've been hearing this narrative that the jurors must not have believed some the hollywood producer of the survivors who came harvey weinstein has been found forward because he was guilty of sexual acquitted on the two more assault and rape. serious charges, but we have he now faces up to 25 years injail when he's sentenced next month. to keep in perspective that our laws are too narrow. our laws — there's not enough on his first official visit law to adjudicate the wholeness to india, president trump has addressed tens of thousands of people at a rally in gujarat, home state of prime of what sexual violence minister narendra modi. is and what it does, the two nations have agreed that this is not about a defence deal worth $3 the fact, less about the fact that the jurors may not have billion, but there is no sign of a long—sought trade deal. believed that women and more the bbc‘s rajini vaidynathan about we need different kinds of laws so that things sent this report. like coming forward, for the billionaire president, even after 20—something years, a humble introduction to india — spinning cotton where can be effectively dealt with so i mean, i'm glad mahatma ghandi once sat. this wheel became a symbol he was convicted on some of the accounts, the fact of gandhi's movement to make he wasn't convicted on all five more goods in india. of them, we can pass that out a message echoed by today's and go over why and what laws protectionist president, need to be changed from now until eternity, but i'm and indian prime
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just grateful for where minister narendra modi. we are right now. despite months of negotiations, in the past hour, the pair are unlikely to sign the white house has announced it's sending congress a budget a trade deal, for now. request for $2.5 billion for now, the visitors' to fight coronavirus. book will have to do. more than i billion would go but one thing mr trump toward developing a vaccine. will take home is goodwill. meanwhile health experts have here in india, he's popular. warned that the chances of containing the global spread of the virus are diminishing — hi. as cases appear in more countries. namaste, trump! most infections are still in china but there are a number namaste, namaste! of significant clusters elsewhere. around 77,000 people have been infected yeah, he's a nice man, in china where the virus he's a friend of india. emerged last year. their bond is strong. there have been these are the images nearly 2,600 deaths. prime minister modi wants the world to see. south korea — india—usa relations are no which has the largest number of confirmed cases outside china — has more than 830 cases. longer just another fantasy. eight people have died. america loves india, america respects india and america will always be faithful and loyal friends. iran says it has 61 and with his family watching on, the president praised cases of the virus — india's cultural heritage. and that 12 of those infected except it didn't have died. all go to plan. and in europe — italy is the worst affected. as the great religious teacher more than 220 people have tested positive for coronavirus
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and there are 6 swami vive—kumun—nund once reported deaths. said... and for the property 11 towns have been put developer turned president, into quarantine to try to contain the virus. who once built a taj mahal in a moment, we'll bring casino in atlantic city, you the latest from our a visit to the real taj mahal correspondents in china and south korea, but first, with the first lady. mark lowen reports from italy, from the town of but away from the beauty, codogno, south—east of milan. ugly scenes in delhi. they try to halt a virus deadly clashes and as they cannot see, scrambling demonstrations over to contain the invisible. behind the barriers, more than 50,000 people are quarantined as cases rise the government's citizenship and so do the deaths. law, which critics say marginalises muslims. italy has europe's worst coronavirus outbreak, the third highest in the world after china and south korea. "we're following our as the violence continued, president trump arrived in instructions," he says, delhi. tomorrow, he will meet "blocking roads and asking prime minister modi for talks. the issue of religious people not to leave their homes freedom, now expected to be on the agenda. unless absolutely necessary. " rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, india. this is the exclusion now police in germany are trying on the road to codogno, to work out what motivated the centre of the outbreak. a man who rammed a car into a crowd of people at a carnival parade. you can see there, stopping all the cars trying to enter here and all those trying to leave. it happened in a small town it depends whether they've got the authorisation called volkmarsen — in the same as to whether they can region where nine people pass through. were killed last week by a far—right gunman.
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and the carabinieri freya cole reports. and military are deciding whether or not to widen the exclusion zone in an attempt to control what should have been a the coronavirus spread. peaceful and fun celebration quickly turned into chaos. the driver of this car, a for some, old worldly 29—year—old man, here vehicle methods of sending supplies into a street with crowds of to a cut—off town. tino delivering face masks people in his sights. to his sister stuck inside. she's grateful — translation: he drove with full speed into the crowd. my they've run out there. feeling was he even accelerated. people fell down we were sent pictures from a pharmacy in codogno, like paper. there was a few serving anxious queues. seconds of silence and then everybody screamed. balloons buongiorno, andrea. and carnival decorations scatter the ground, a chilling reminder that many of the victims were young children. buongiorno, mark. translation: my classmate was come stai? and the man who filmed driven into. has foot is them told of a growing injured and he had concussion. sense of fear. translation: we feel a bit abandoned. the news we get comes ina injured and he had concussion. through whatsapp or facebook. in a town ofjust 7000 people, there is a lot of this type of attack is unprecedented. it triggered a false rmours around. full—scale emergency response, but police have urged everyone la gente, c‘e il panico? are people panicked? to remain calm. translation: we translatoion: yes, people are panicking. some convince themselves it will blow over. don't think this is a terrorist others are worried
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attack, but it can be assumed and cannot sleep. that it was intentional. the in nearby milan, the cathedral that's withstood 500 investigations are ongoing and years is closed. until then becomes company anything about the motive. schools and universities are shut off and in supermarkets, panic is spreading quicker there are growing concerns than the virus and it too about a rise in hate crime in is hard to stem. germany. last week, in a town less tha n germany. last week, in a town less than three hours' drive away, a far—right extremist mark lowen, bbc news, northern italy. unleased terror at a bar shooting and killing nine fear has driven thousands in daegu people. police don't think into a panic—buying frenzy. there is a link between the two incidents but it dominic admit they queued for hours, even sprinting to the back of the line in the hope it is another sad day for of getting a face mask. germany. but some had to leave the widow of the late us empty—handed. basketball star kobe bryant is suing the owner of translation: this is the first the helicopter which crashed last month, killing her husband time we've been out and 13—year—old daughter. the news came as fans of the house in three days, of the former la lakers star and we couldn't buy more masks. attended a memorial service held at the staples arena. # i love you like x0 elsewhere, it is eerily quiet — # you love me like x0 only a few stallholders have decided to open. the singer beyonce translation: i've been working performed with a choir, in this market for a0 years and wore a gold suit, but i've never seen the colour of the los angeles la kers, brya nt‘s team anything like this. for two decades. among the speakers was kobe's
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most residents have decided wife vanessa who spoke to stay indoors of losing two of the people as officials raced most dear to her. to find those god knew they couldn't be who've been infected. on this earth there are no travel restrictions in place for now as you drive through the worst without each other. affected areas, the local he had to bring them home government sends alerts, detailing virus hotspots to avoid. to have them together. babe, you take care that's the kind of thing we have been getting. we've got another one coming? each message has detailed notes of ourgigi. of confirmed cases nearby. meanwhile, medics on the front line battle on. seven other people, of course, doctors sent us these images to show us the kind of caution died in the crash. they're taking while treating the mathematician katherine johnson, whose calculations helped put the first astronaut on the moon, hundreds of patients. has died at the age of 101. she worked for decades on the american space programme, but her work in north korea, they claim was overlooked for some time. to have no cases of coronavirus after they sealed off their her story was told in the film, border with china in january. hidden figures, about the pioneering team of black all 380 foreigners in the women working at nasa. nina nanji looks country have been quarantined. back on her life. so graced was katherine experts fear an outbreak johnson's mathematical genius, her colleagues called in this secret state, her a human computer. during her 33 years at nasa, where millions are malnourished, could be catastrophic. her calculations played
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back in the south, there a pivotal role in putting is a sense of urgency. officials say the next few days the first americans to space and then sending will be crucial if they're humans to the moon. neil armstrong: it's to prevent this outbreak one small step for man, becoming an epidemic. one giant leap for mankind. laura bicker, bbc news, daegu. i had no idea they hired... there are quite a few women working in the space programme. but for many decades she was little—known china is going all—out to the public until her portrayal in a 2016 to contain the virus. oscar—nominated film, hidden figures. the film tells the story this is an infection of three black women at nasa whose maths skills helped put control squad in training. us astronautjohn glenn into orbit around the earth in 1962. it's because we wear glasses. but there are still questions over its early response, don't embarrass me... and the silencing of medics who tried to raise the alarm. the public anger it also touches on the issues of racial and gender discrimination at work. hasn't gone away. speaking in september 2017, she described her approach here, a man films as doctors to her work. attend to his mother. 00:11:43,161 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 but they can't save her. my problem was to answer questions. and i did that to the best of my ability at all times, correct or incorrect. but that's my theory. do your best all the time.
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johnson was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 2015 by the then—us president barack obama. in 2017, she had a nasa building named in her honour in hampton, virginia. among those paying tributes to johnson following her death were libby jackson from the uk space agency. really, her legacy wasn't celebrated until the movie was made. i'm glad she got some admiration for her work because she really deserved it as a trailblazer and inspired so many people. nasa said she was among the most inspirational figures helping to break down racial and social barriers. and actress taraji henson, who playjohnson in the film said that because of her hard work, little girls everywhere can dream as big as the moon. katherinejohnson, who's died at the age of 101.
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children in parts of the united kingdom will no longer be allowed to hit the ball. heading will be banned at all under 12 sessions and limited four and 18 stopping there will be allowed in matches copy research has shown that former footballers are three more times likely to die of brain disease. just a reminder of that main news, harvey weinstein once one of the most powerful men in hollywood has been found guilty of sexual assault and rape. he is injail and he faces 25 years in prison, he will be sentenced in just about two years' time stopping his defence team have already launched an appeal, he still faces more criminal charges in los angeles and several claims. that's it for now, thank you so much for watching. hello there. we're moving into colder air more widely across the uk at the moment. yesterday, of course, we had quite a snowy scene
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across the northern half of the uk, notjust in scotland but also for northern england and the hills of northern ireland. further south there is still flooding, a major concern particularly on the river severn, and there is a lot of rain from this area of cloud here in the hills of wales that will be feeding into the river systems. that cloud brought the snow more recently in the north—east of scotland, that's pushing away, and instead we are drawing down colder air. this is proper polar maritime air, the air coming all the way from iceland and greenland, and it will feel colder. there could well be some icy patches around overnight and into the morning, especially across the northern half of the uk. and tuesday will be a day of sunshine and showers. those winds blowing in some showers almost anywhere really. the more frequent ones will be across the western side of the uk, with some snow over the hills, but there'll be some heavy showers, there'll be some hail and thunder. it will be quite windy for a while in the far south—west of england.
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and those temperatures will be noticeably lower for england and wales. and a chilly start to wednesday as well. a bit more blue on the chart — almost anywhere could have a pinch of frost, particularly in rural areas. it depends where the showers are and the strength of the wind, there will be some showers around first thing. once those fade away, many parts of england and wales, eastern scotland, may well be dry with a fair bit of sunshine around. the showers continuing into the west and the north—west in particular. again, wintry over the hills. those temperatures aren't really changing much on wednesday. now, during wednesday night, we've got to keep an eye on this system here. that threatens to bring some rain, with a bit of snow to more southern parts of england. that then moves away, we've got a brief ridge of high pressure coming in, and that means fewer showers following that wetter weather as it clears the south—east of england. some showers coming into the north—west, but the winds won't be as strong on thursday — noticeably lighter in the south—west of england and wales. there'll be some decent spells of sunshine, but again it's still quite cold air, so temperatures 6—8 degrees. by the end of the week, things may look a little different.
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instead of the cold air coming in on that west—to—north—westerly, the wind direction should change to more of a south—westerly wind. that's milder air, of course, but as we've seen right the way through the winter, it means cloud and outbreaks of rain. quite a messy picture by friday and perhaps into the weekend as well, with some further rain at times that's likely to lead to some more flooding. bit of snow over the northern hills, but once again we'll find the winds picking up.
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harvey weinstein has been in a case that me to movement. he was sentenced next month. his defence tea m sentenced next month. his defence team has already lodged an appeal.
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health experts are warning the chances of containing the spread of the coronavirus are diminishing as the coronavirus are diminishing as the number of global cases passes the number of global cases passes the 80,000 mark. a night person has now died after contracting the virus in south korea. president trumbull moved from warm welcome is to tough trade talks on his 2— day trip to india. the two nations have agreed a defence deal with $3 billion but there is no sign of a long—sought trade
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