this is the briefing — i'm sally bundock. our top story: health experts warn the chances of containing the spread of the coronavirus are diminishing — as the number of global cases passes eighty thousand. president donald trump moves from warm welcomes and sightseeing, to tough trade talks with prime minister narendra modi on his 2—day trip to india. hollywood mogul harvey weinstein faces a lengthyjail term after being found guilty of sexual assault and rape — he's been taken to hospital with reports of chest pains.

global markets see their heaviest falls in years, as investors get jittery about the growing spread of the deadly coronavirus. a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme, yorkshire tea is calling on social media users to be kind after the popular brand became embroiled in a row involving the chancellor who posted a picture of him appearing to make a huge tea round for his treasury staff. does this prove how toxic social media is becoming? tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the world health organization has said the world should do more to prepare

for a possible coronavirus pandemic. the who said it was too early to call the outbreak a pandemic but countries should be prepared. south korea has reported sixty new cases of the virus — taking the total there to nearly 900. the us has advised its citizens against all non—essential travel to the country. in a moment, we'll hear from our correspondents in south korea and china. first, mark lowen reports from the italian town of codogno, south—east of milan. they try to halt a virus as they cannot see, scrambling to contain the invisible. behind the barriers, more than 50,000 people are quarantined as cases rise and so do the deaths. italy has europe's worst coronavirus outbreak, the third highest in the world after china and south korea. "we're following our

instructions," he says, "blocking roads and asking people not to leave their homes unless absolutely necessary. " this is the exclusion now on the road to codogno, the centre of the outbreak. you can see there, stopping all the cars trying to enter here and all those trying to leave. it depends whether they've got the authorisation as to whether they can pass through. and the carabinieri and military are deciding whether or not to widen the exclusion zone in an attempt to control the coronavirus spread. for some, old worldly methods of sending supplies to a cut—off town. tino delivering face masks to his sister stuck inside. she's grateful — they've run out there. we were sent pictures from a pharmacy in codogno, serving anxious queues. buongiorno, andrea. buongiorno, mark.

come stai? and the man who filmed them told of a growing sense of fear. translation: we feel a bit abandoned. the news we get comes through whatsapp or facebook. there is a lot of false rmours around. la gente, c‘e il panico? are people panicked? translatoion: yes, people are panicking. some convince themselves it will blow over. others are worried and can't sleep. in nearby milan, the cathedral that's withstood 500 years is closed. schools and universities are shut off and in supermarkets, panic is spreading quicker than the virus and it too is hard to stem. mark lowen, bbc news, northern italy. fear has driven thousands in daegu into a panic—buying frenzy. they queued for hours, even sprinting to the back of the line in the hope of getting a face mask. but some had to leave empty—handed. translation: this is the first

time we've been out of the house in three days and we couldn't buy more masks. elsewhere, it's eerily quiet. only a few stallholders had decided to open. translation: i've been working in this market for 40 years but i've never seen anything like this. most residents have decided to stay indoors as officials race to find those who've been infected. there are no travel restrictions in place for now as you drive through the worst affected areas, the local government sends alerts, detailing virus hotspots to avoid. that's the kind of thing we have been getting. we've got another one coming? each message has detailed notes of confirmed cases nearby. meanwhile, medics on the front line battle on. doctors sent us these images to show us the kind of caution

they're taking while treating hundreds of patients. in north korea, they claim to have no cases of coronavirus after they sealed their border with china injanuary. all 380 foreigners in the country have been quarantined. experts fear an outbreak in this secret state, where millions are malnourished, could be catastrophic. back in the south, there is a sense of urgency. officials say the next few days will be crucial if they're to prevent this outbreak becoming an epidemic. laura bicker, bbc news, daegu. china is going all—out to contain the virus. this is an infection control squad in training. but there are still questions over its early response, and the silencing of medics who tried to raise the alarm.

the public anger hasn't gone away. here, a man films as doctors attend to his mother. but they can't save her. china has rolled out probably the most ambitious, and i would say agile, and aggressive disease containment effort in history. china has rolled up probably the most ambitious and agile and aggressive disease containment effort in history. to what extent do you think cover—up and censorship played a role in allowing this virus to accelerate 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? once china had woken up to the danger, that speed, the rapid quarantining of cities and the shutting down its economy. as the virus was allowed to spiral out of control in the province of hubei, it spread in smaller but significant pockets to every province in china. this is the picture of a disaste and it forced the government to act, and here's what happened. the official figures show that 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, 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 the economy going again. welcome news on this farm. "with the roads all blocked,

of course it's brought sales down", wei hongkun tells me. if china's control of information helped start the crisis, its control over its people might help solve it. but how many other countries might really be able to replicate this? the financial markets have taken of big hit because of fears of coronavirus. we will be live to our asia business hub shortly. president trump is due to hold talks with the indian prime minister, narendra modi, in the capital, delhi — a day after he was given a grand welcome on his arrival. the two sides are expected to sign defence deals worth more than three billion dollars but a long awaited trade agreement is unlikely to be on the agenda. live now to our

correspondent, arunodie mukharji, in delhi. the us president a short while back called on the indian president. he is now on his way to mahatma gandhi's memorial. one of the frontal figures of the indian free movement, following which he will end those formal talks with the indian prime minister injust a few hours from now, also expecting a joint statement which will clarify exactly what the highlights were with station he saw a lot of optics yesterday, the hard facts that we re yesterday, the hard facts that were discussed. but having said that, what is overshadowed the p°mp that, what is overshadowed the pomp and ceremony we saw yesterday, the developments that took place just as donald trump arrived here in india was the violence that broke out here in the capital city of delhi ‘s 20 kilometres from here. there were protests that

took place against the recent citizenship law that was brought in by the indian government which grants amnesty to non— muslim minorities from neighbouring muslim countries. many argue this is a law which discriminates against muslims. there were protests that took place which left five people dead and over 30 injured. the situation is still tense. all this happening at a time when the prime minister will be meeting with the us president forformal meeting with the us president for formal talks. whether it figures in those conversations remains to be seen but it will be fairly uncomfortable for the indian prime minister. that is exactly what narendra modi didn't want, there has been so much preparation for the arrival of the us president and he is very keen for this trip to go well. how has this overshadowed the trip? to a great extent. we heard how the

us president had achieved greater heights of peace and tolerance to upholding democratic intervals but on the streets of delhi, the kind of visuals that have come in are going against all that was said in that massive speech in the stadium so all this not working out for the optics which had been planned by both countries. this is the story that has overta ken this is the story that has overtaken all of it. the first time that delhi has seen clashes on this scale. over the last ten years, delhi has not seen this kind of violence. five dead and one of them as a police official as well. the rest of them are civilians, and these have been very sensitive issues for prime minister narendra modi, when it comes to the law in kashmir which granted special status, that attracted international attention, the recent law brought in by the indian government also attracted controversy around the globe. they were hoping they could tied over this during the visit. there were rumours the president could raise some of

theseissues president could raise some of these issues with prime minister moody but looking at the kind of developments that have taken place in the last 2a hours, barely 20 kilometres away from where the president is staying, it would be very difficult for them to avoid making some sort of reference and for that, we still need to wait and watch. we will speak to you again soon and next time, it will be about trade. the movie producer harvey weinstein, once one of the most powerful men in hollywood, is injail in new york, facing the possibility of 25 years in prison. in a case that sparked the #metoo movement, he was found guilty of rape and a criminal sexual act. he was cleared of 2 counts of predatory sexual assault, and first—degree rape. he'll be sentenced in 2 weeks, although his defence team have already lodged an appeal. he's reportedly been taken to hospital with chest pains. this report from peter bowes contains some flashing images

breaking news tonight, harvey weinstein guilty of rape. harvey weinstein was taken from new city courtroom in handcuffs today. the verdict that means harvey weinstein could be heading to prison for up to 29 yea rs. heading to prison for up to 29 years. the film producer, who is 67, was put into handcuffs and led away to await his sentencing next month. it was found guilty of sexually assaulting mimi haleyi, former production assistant in and for raping jessica mann, an aspiring actress, in 2013. no longer business as usual in the united states. this is the age of empowerment of women. and you cannot intimidate them anymore. because women will not be silenced. prosecutors pay tribute to the women who came forward to help convicted the movie mogul. to those of us who are privileged when they

testified, you know what we mean. the survivors were just brave, they were heroic. leading figures in the #metoo movement applauded the jury's decision. the actress rose mcgowan, one of the early accusers, said the conviction was a huge step forward in our collective healing. this is a stunning downfall for one of hollywood's leading figures. his lawyers plan to launch an appeal but harvey weinstein also faces another trial in california, where he is accused of sexual assault. let's now discuss the huge sell—off on global stock markets, which over the past 2a hours have seen their heaviest losses in years, as investors become more nervous about the growing spread of the deadly coronavirus. in the uk, the ftse 100 fell by 3.3% on monday, which is its biggest daily drop since january 2016.

fiona cincotta, who's a senior market analyst at city indexjoins me now. nice to see you. looking at asia, this has continued today in asian trading time, japan down over 3%. your thoughts? this has been a massive hit, and what we have seen here on monday, with the spread of the virus, particularly outside of china and particularly in italy, is the idea that this isn't just for isn't solely an asia issue, this really is on the doorstep, and they really could have a much bigger impact on the global economy than was first thought, and those fears that really sell—off yesterday stopping is risky assets being dropped all over and some safe havens like gold hit a seven—year high. also oil was down around 4%, as investors try to price in the reduction in future demand. but looking

ahead, for example in the us, the stock market features imply we're going to see a little bit ofa we're going to see a little bit of a creeperfor we're going to see a little bit of a creeper for the we're going to see a little bit of a creeperfor the main markets and we had to remind ourselves, these markets have been hitting record highs recently. that right, so obviously these were at record highs so there was that opportunity to put profits as well in there which was or thought of mixed in. it isn't unusual to see a little bounce following such a huge sale of. that doesn't mean that we necessarily going on as if nothing has happened, but there is definitely some thoughts that, has this been overdone? let's just see how this plays out or what happens next. fiona is back later for out or what happens next. fiona is back laterfor a out or what happens next. fiona is back later for a news briefing. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: thousands of people attend a memorial in los angeles for basketball superstar kobe bryant, who died in a helicopter crash last month. prince charles has

chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malaca nang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was la la land. the only trouble was, 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 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. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, "be hidden from the world for the rest of his life."

you're watching the briefing. our headlines: president donald trump moves from warm welcomes and sightseeing, to tough trade talks with prime minister narendra modi on his two—day trip to india. health experts warn the chances of containing the spread of the coronavirus are diminishing as the number of global cases goes past the eighty thousand mark. lets stay with that now. jenny hill is in the japanese capital, tokyo. give us the latest news out of japan, of course it has been dealing with many cases, not least on the boat in yokohama. there is concern here because the number of cases is on the rise and a bit later today the japanese authorities plan to

announce their guidelines, their measures for dealing with their measures for dealing with the outbreak. you are quite right, the picture so far in japan has been focused on that cruise ship, the diamond princess which is still moored just down the coastline here in yokohama, although the vast majority of passengers have now disembarked after more than two weeks in quarantine. almost 700 cases have been linked to that cruise ship, but attention now is turning to other cases, because separately here in japan, the number of infected people has now risen to 150. that is of concern for two reasons. first of all, the japanese authorities are worried because they don't really understand the pathways of those infections. they don't know how or where those people have caught the virus, and secondly, and this is a much greater headache for the japanese government, in just five months, this country is due to host the 2020 olympics, and this morning the health ministry said it is too early

to even start talking about cancellation, but that will be uppermost in the minds of many people here and indeed across the world, with one expert telling reporters that the coming weeks, when it comes to looking at the spread of the virus here will be crucial. and just talk us through what practical measures are in place, in hong kong, schools are closed, that kind of thing, what is happening where you are? yes, you are right, not long ago hong kong announced it was going to extend school for i think another month. we don't anticipate at this stage the measures here and japan to be anywhere as stringent as we are seeing in places like italy or self career where entire towns are in enforced lockdown. rather, what is expected here is that people and infected areas will be asked, rather than order, to stay at home stopping this morning the japanese prime minister shinzo abe has appealed people to try to work from home or stagger their working hours to avoid

too much contact in offices. that is the situation at the moment but the authorities will be keeping a close side because the number of cases is starting to rise and the japanese authorities are very conscious that they have had an embarrassing few days. bear in mind it wasjust embarrassing few days. bear in mind it was just a couple of days that they had to admit that 23 passengers were allowed to disembark that cruise ship and took public transport home without being tested for the coronavirus. there are concerns about the situation has that we will have to see whether those measures, once they are in place, will be strengthened. all right, for now, thank you. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is your tuesday sport briefing. liverpool have eqaulled manchester city's top flight record — with their 18th win in a row. they beat west ham 3—2. mo salah and sadio mane restoring their lead, after the hammers went ahead in the second half. livepool are now 22 points

clear of second place and coming off the back of their champions league defeat last week — jurgen klopp says it was important to get the win.. to different competition, and you want to go back on a winning streak, but imagine we would have lost tonight. everybody would say, two and a row, rightly so, and now we could stop that immediately and can carry on and prepare. inter milan will now play their second leg europa league tie, against ludogorets, behind closed doors at the san siro due to the outbreak of coronavirus in northern italy. four serie a games were postponed in the country on sunday, including inter‘s game against sampdoria. 600 bulgarian fans were expected to travel to the game on thursday. australia survived another scare at the womens‘ t20 world cup, the hosts lost to india, in their opener last week, but though sri lanka pushed them close, they won by five wickets in perth. after chamari ata pattu top scored with 50 for sri lanka. australia's reply got off to a terrible start, 3 down forjust 10 runs,

alyssa healy fell to the second ball of the innings. but a partnership of 95 between rachael haynes and captain meg lanning saw the defending champions home with three balls to spare. meanwhile, india now have two wins from two, after they beat bangladesh by 18 runs in perth. india made 142—6 from their 20 overs, but bangladesh could only manage 124—8 in reply. thanks to gavin and the team for that sports update. kobe bryant's widow is suing the owner of the helicopter which crashed last month, killing her husband and 13—year—old daughter, along with 7 other people. that news broke as fans of the nba star attended a memorial service at the staples arena, home to the la lakers.

# you love me like x0 # i love you like x0. beyonce performed one of kobe bryant's favourite songs, with a choir, and wore a gold suit, colour of the la lakers — he played for them for 2 decades. among the speakers, vanessa bryant told of losing two of the people most dear to her. god knew they couldn't be on this earth without each other. he had to bring them home to have them together. babe, you take care of ourgigi. a very moving memorial, attended by,000. more details on that on our website. do stay with us, we have got business

briefing, and we will be like to attend based in singapore for the latest on the stock market fallout. hello there, monday brought some significant snowfall, the cloud brought that has moved away stopping this band of cloud earlier brought heavy rain to the welsh hills, that is feeding into the river systems and behind that band of cloud we are now drawing down cold air across the whole of the uk, the polar maritime air comes from greenland, iceland, it will make it feel colder and we are blowing in some showers, and the threat of some icy conditions stopping notjust across scotland after that snow but also northern ireland, northern england with temperatures near or below freezing. almost anywhere could catch a shower, there will be more frequent out towards the west, no mainly over the west,

and windy for a while toward the south—west of england. a colder feeling day for england and wales, the temperature is quite a bit lower on tuesday afternoon, and it will start cold on wednesday morning as well, with a frost perhaps more widely, in rural areas and some icy patches as those showers keep going. there will be some sleet and snow in those early ones moving away from the midlands, eastern england, and may well be drying quite sunny here through much of the day with showers toward the west and north—west in particular stopping those changing much on wednesday so again it will feel cold in the wind. wednesday night, we need to keep ai cold in the wind. wednesday night, we need to keep al on the low pressure area here, threatens some rain and perhaps even a bit of snow across southern parts of england, and ona southern parts of england, and on a ridge of high pressure follows behind. while that winter weather follows, the winds will be lighter and there won't be as many showers, more

places will have a dry day with some sunshine, the showers more towards scotland, northern ireland for a while and the north—west of england copy not a cold day, though, 6—8d. towards the end of the week, instead of a cold north—westerly airflow, we attending turning their winds or of the south—westerly, that milder weather and as we are seeing right the way through the winter, milder weather comes with stronger winds, more cloud and some bricks of rain. and a lot of weather fronts on the scene on friday and into saturday. so some more outbreaks of rain coming in, threatening some more flooding, but of no over the northern hills and the winds will be picking up once again.

this is is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. global markets see their biggest sell—off in years, as the financial fallout from the coronavirus continues to spread. and day two of president trump's visit to india — despite the show of friendship, both sides appear no closer to a trade deal. and this is how the financial markets are trading now in asia. japan seeing a more than 3% fall.