tumbled sharply as a surge of coronavirus cases outside china rattled investors and dashed hopes the outbreak had been contained. the guardian leads with disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein who is facing up to 29 years in prison after he was found guilty yesterday of raping one woman and sexually assaulting another. in the times, uk prime minister borisjohnson has said that he is prepared to sacrifice the interests of british business and walk away from trade talks with the eu if brussels insists on a deal that compromises the uk's "political independence". and finally in the evening standard, yorkshire tea has urged social media users

to "try to be kind" after a twitter row broke out after uk chancellor rishi sunak posted a picture of him using yorkshire teabags to make cuppas for other treasury staff. the image led to calls by some twitter users to boycott the brand. the company said it had been "pretty shocked" by the outcry, reminding people that labour leaderjeremy corbyn had also posed with its products in 2017. so let's begin with fiona cincotta who's senior market analyst at city index. welcome back. we pick bbc news online because this is a story that has not made the physical papers today, that being the who's papers today, that being the who's conclusion about whether this is a pandemic or not. they are hedging their bets, aren't they? that's right, at the moment they are saying it is not a pandemic, they looking at the number of countries with an

outbreak, the severity and impact on society is not at pandemic level, and just to clarify, pandemic here is when it is infectious disease that spreads easily from person—to—person in many parts of the world, so basically what they are saying is that using pandemic doesn't the facts, but it could cause fair but also we could be on the cusp of a pandemic, so be prepared and ta ke pandemic, so be prepared and take precautions because it still could be coming. and one of the interesting elements of this article is, what does it mean if they do decide it is a pandemic, in terms of, what does this trigger? and for the world health organization and balfour doesn't mean they get extra funding or extra resources to try to combat this. from that perspective, it doesn't really mean much, it is more about how it is labelled. that right, and also the pharaoh that is attached to that word, i think it is a very heavy meaning behind it which

could really create a lot of panic as well. and do you think, it is this whole discussion of whether we are at that level or not that perhaps caused this? that sell—off in 24 caused this? that sell—off in 2a hours, because prior to yesterday, we didn't really see a massive reaction from markets in europe and in the us, although in asia they been grappling that four weeks, and it has stayed in asia but now it has stayed in asia but now it has stayed in asia but now it has spread across global markets. i think perhaps the big trigger point yesterday was the number of cases in italy, that in europe it is notjust an asia issue, that it is suddenly on our doorstep here in the uk or markets in europe, the potential for spread from

italy, it is not for land borders and it is the third largest economy in europe, so there is a lot of potential for that to spread and that put fear into the market. it is that free and easy movement of people across 26 countries across europe, and the financial times points out that eu authorities point out there are no plans at the moment to suspend travel or restrict or have checks or anything from that perspective across europe at this point is yellow that's right, and i think that is offering a little support for the market this morning we see the market this morning we see the future is looking a bit more positive and that is because there hasn't been a sharp reaction from european authorities yet. there is a cause of concern here, the incubation period is two weeks, so incubation period is two weeks, so if you do nothing for two weeks and the spread is already in progress, perhaps it is a little bit too late. and this article points out as well the financial times, the fall on the price of oil because they didn't think about the

practical side of things and demand for oil going down with many factories not going at full pelt in mainland china and consumer behaviour is massively curtailed as well, people aren't travelling in many parts of asia where they would be using lots of fuel. that has been on the mind of traders for the past few weeks, and again what we saw yesterday is, suddenly, this isn'tjust about china, although china is a huge use of oil, suddenly we do need to think that this could actually be global, we could see the demand for oil globally ta ke see the demand for oil globally take a hit and that has really pushed that sell—off yesterday. let's then look at the guardian's front page, harvey weinstein guardian's front page, harvey wei nstei n faces guardian's front page, harvey weinstein faces jail after being convict it of rape. he is on all the front pages, certainly in the uk and i'm sure that's the case in countries around the world as well. after five days of deliberation thejury in well. after five days of deliberation the jury in new york came to the conclusion.

and interestingly here as well they say how many men and how many women were on the jury, which i've found quite interesting because that is not something that you often read, so something that you often read, so it said thejury something that you often read, so it said the jury of seven men and five women found him guilty of two of the five charges, and there are going to bea charges, and there are going to be a lot of people who are very pleased to see these headlines this morning. and many, and actually the supreme court talked about the bravery of the two women who came forward, the production assistant being one thatis production assistant being one that is named in this particular article, it took a heck of a lot for those who first came forward in this story, that provoked the whole hashtag to movement led to a host of other people being highlighted as other sexual predators. —— #metoo movement.

there was a lot, and we also know that in court they did suffer hard questioning, so it wouldn't have been easy at any stage. he is in hospital with reports of chest pains, he was very much portrayed as the victim in the run—up to this trial, we saw him climbing out ofa car trial, we saw him climbing out of a car with his walking frame, some would argue very well—managed on the part of his very high profile legal team who say they are going to fight, they are going to continue the fight, the appeal is going forward. right until the end you could see there was a lot of management behind this, a lot of power trying to stage, trying to set it up. meryl streep describing him as god at one of the ceremony, what a huge change. let's move the times, johnson defined over eu trade rules as both

russell's and the uk government set out their stall for trade talks that start officially in march. you can see this is not going to be a straightforward process by any means. nothing with it has been that straightforward, has it? talks due to start next week, march, you have got the two sides toughening their stances here, britain is very much saying that it doesn't want anything that it doesn't want anything that will put in doubt its political independence, and it is prepared to put that ahead of the needs of businesses, where we have got france saying that they don't want to be blackmailed on the timeline because britain doesn't want to extend the transition period. before we even start we can see that it before we even start we can see thatitis before we even start we can see that it is quite a hostile environment growing here. speaking of hostile environments, the online abuse at yorkshire tea and the

chancellor following his friday tweet where he had put a photo of him making a cup of tea for his team, they are getting ready for the budget, he says, and they are under pressure. incidentally, yorkshire tea say they are not endorsing our products, it is his decision, nothing to do with them trying to push their products via the chancellor. what do you make of this? we seem to have gone crazy! we have had photos of jeremy corbyn with this tea and now we got over here with the conservatives, but they do make a really interesting point here, and that is that there is a brand behind this, there is an emotional distance, but when there are people, that is not such a distance, so be kind. thank you very much fiona, good to see you.

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 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. 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. 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.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and dan walker. our headlines today: harvey weinstein is taken to hospital with chest pains after being convicted of sexual assault and rape. the disgraced movie mogulfaces up to 29 years in prison. prepare for a pandemic. the world health organization's warning as coronavirus soars in south korea. stock markets have had their biggest fall for four years as businesses start to see the effect of the virus. i'm at a uk tv manufacturer which has had to cut production as it awaits parts from china. they have gone down to a four—day

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