this is the briefing — i'm ben bland. our top story: the coronavirus spreads across the globe — as countries from south korea, iran, to italy battle to contain it. and the first case in latin america has been reported in brazil. head to head — democratic presidential candidates clash in the last televised debate ahead of super tuesday. vladimir putin thinks that donald trump should be president of the united states and that's why russia is helping you get elected so you lose to him. outdoor heaters could soon be banned on the streets of paris but cafe owners warn this could harm their business.

and in the business briefing, the global sell—off continues for a second day, as the coronavirus continues to cause headaches for investors. a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. countries around the world have been warned to prepare immediately for the further spread of the coronavirus. that warning was given by the world health organisation — which fears some nations are simply not ready. several european countries, including austria, croatia and switzerland, have announced their first coronavirus cases.

and the first one in latin america has also emerged. freya cole reports. italy, the epicentre of europe osma coronavirus outbreak. the highly contagious disease has spread from the northern regions to tuscany and sicily, to its neighbours, austria and switzerland and across the adriatic sea to croatia. its rapid movement is cause for alarm or europe osma kelp ministers. translation: closing the border would be in inappropriate, disproportionate and wrong measure. it is therefore a commitment on the parts of all countries bordering italy to keep borders open. translation: information is very important. we want to give more information on the borders. all countries in the region want that the most important thing is that each

region should put restriction in place where infection occui’s. in place where infection occurs. the number of new cases in china may be on the decline but around the world, new victims are on the up and the world health organization says there needs to be a change in ta ct. there needs to be a change in tact. this is going to come soon, potentially. you got to be shifting to readiness rapid response thinking. the second big conclusion for the world is, it's simply not ready but it could get ready very fast but the big shift has got to be in the mindset of how we're going to the disease. in the middle east, iran is a major hotspot. neighbouring countries like pakistan have increased ethical checks at the border. but it's south korea which remains the country worst hit outside of china. within a week, confirmed cases dropped from a few dozen to more than 900. the sudden spike has been linked to a religious sect with a secretive nature causing a

mad rush forfacemasks a secretive nature causing a mad rush for facemasks and medical supplies in a country of more than 51 million people. complacency could be a killer, according to health experts. in the united states, they are saying it's now inevitable that they will see an increase the disease which is moving fast into every corner of the globe. freya cole, bbc news. jenny hill is in the japanese capital, tokyo. jenny, what's the situation regarding the olympics? there was some talk about whether they will actually go ahead this summer. the authorities here are particularly concerned because the number of cases are rising, many of them linked to the diamond princess, down the coast in the port of yokohama but separately to that, around 150, 160 cases among the general population. the japanese authorities are keen to contain the outbreak. in just five months‘ time, tokyo

is going to host the 2020 olympics. the health minister said it‘s far too early to consider the cancellation. they will be thrilled that overnight, a senior member of the committee, dick pound, said it is far too early to be talking about cancellation. he said 2— three months‘ time is really when that kind of monumental decision would have to be made because that is a court when athletes start arriving and people start building their studios and so on. it‘s a scenario that no—one here wants to see happen. we walked down the street and see signs, banners up already. the modern olympics hasn‘t been cancelled since 19a0 when it should have been held here in tokyo expect tokyo but was prevented by world war ii and the outbreak of facility —— hostilities between japan the outbreak of facility —— hostilities betweenjapan and

china. it‘s something the japanese authorities are keen to prevent. the number of cases here is rising, the authorities are worried because it‘s quite difficult to work out how and where these new pieces have come from an are sending teams of experts into various provinces which have been affected, talking about clusters of infection. seven democratic presidential candidates have held another heated televised debate before saturday‘s south carolina primary. the left—wing senator — and current front runner — bernie sanders, came under attack. he was repeatedly criticised over his plan for universal health care and his stance on gun control. barbara plett usher reports from charleston in south carolina. live from charleston, south carolina, this is the cbs news democratic debate. bernie sanders took centre stage is a

clear front—runner with a target on his back and pretty soon, they were slugging it out. i think that donald trump thinks it would be better if he is president stop i do not ink so is president stop i do not ink so stop donald —— vladimir putin thinks donald trump should be president of the united states and that is why russia is helping you get elected so you will lose to him. michael bloomberg led the charge on charges that russia is trying to get bernie sanders elect. joe biden tried to get some punches on the front—runner. he went straight to his record on gun control. let‘s talk about being progressive. walking distance here is mother emmanuel church. nine people shot dead by a white supremacist. bernie voted five times against the brady bill and wanted a waiting period... let me finish. on a waiting period of 12 hours. i‘m not saying he‘s responsible for the nine deaths, but that man would not have been able to get

that weapon with a waiting period i suggest. i'm hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight. it was challenged in particular, especially about the government healthcare plan. let‘s talk about it. the government healthcare plan. let's talk about it. joe biden putting his strongest debate performance yet and the loudest. we did a lot of shouting. there is a lot of talk. here is the deal. foreign policy got an unusual amount of attention. the coronavirus, middle east peace, and praise the cuba's late leader fidel castro. i've condemned authoritarianism whether it‘s the people in the saudi arabia which the united states government, cuba, nicaragua. authoritarianism of any stripe is bad. but that is different from saying that governments occasionally do things that are good. with super tuesday looming, every candidate you had to come out fighting and

they did. united against bernie sanders for the first time, warning they would cost in the white house. how this raucous, messy debate would transfer into crucial votes over the next week. well global stocks markets have seen a huge sell—off over the past two days and one industry being hit hard financially by the coronavirus outbreak is aviation. only a few days ago, the industry body iata predicted the outbreak could cost carriers as much as $30bn. i‘m nowjoined in the studio by independent analyst, stephanie hare. stephanie, this would be the obvious sector that would suffer if travel is restricted. travel and tourism are going to be the ones that will be on the front line of any economic blowback. lots of people pulling out, we‘re wondering if it could be injeopardy later this year. what we are looking

to see, how does this illness ma nifest to see, how does this illness manifest over the coming days in different regions. we‘re looking at the middle east, looking at the middle east, looking to north america to see if it can be contained widespread ‘s father. if it can be contained widespread 's father. the airline industry said, that has airline industry said, that has a knock—on effect on the oil price and stocks that are connected to it. what we're looking to see as is is this different with previous sorts of outbreaks like science. there is precedent there and you can model for it economically but we need to understand, are we dealing with something new? in terms of the cancellation of big sporting events, we‘ve seen already, some rugby games in the six nations, there is talk about postponing them. and in italy, some sporting games of being held behind closed doors. if the limbic spur of the good, that takes things onto a whole new scale. there is an abundance of caution that has to be exercised here because they are not entirely sure

other symptoms are or whether 01’ other symptoms are or whether or not some people can have symptoms but not show them, can be carriers but not show symptoms. we don‘t exactly know how to plan for it. it‘s not like a normal virus with seen before in some ways. that is what is making some of these judgement calls difficult. we are judgement calls difficult. we a re really judgement calls difficult. we are really in some new territory. delhi has seen its worst violence in decades as rioting between opponents and supporters of the controversial citizenship law spreads to new parts of india‘s capital. at least 13 people have been killed and hundreds injured — many of them police. the bbc‘s pratiksha ghildial is in delhi. why the spike in violence now — is it because there‘s a lot of media attention around president trump‘s visit or is thatjust a coincidence? well, we‘re just getting reports that the death toll has

110w reports that the death toll has now gone up reports that the death toll has now gone up to 18 in the violence that has been happening in delhi. since sunday. by many accounts, another night of unrest continued. calls for help, sos m essa 9 es continued. calls for help, sos messages being sent out, particularly from muslim neighbourhoods. many more ping being —— people being rushed to hospitals. schools in the area remain closed. the curfew is in place. it has come as a huge embarrassment for indian authorities. it coincided with the visit of us president boris trump —— donald trump. a lot of criticism that the police did not do enough to stop it, that authorities did not quell the u nrest authorities did not quell the unrest in time. is peace being

restored ? unrest in time. is peace being restored? very little according to the reports we are getting. hundreds of security forces remain in the area. there is a ban on gatherings of more than four people. schools remain shut, as i said. according to reports that are emerging from local neighbourhoods, there are many people still trapped there. they‘re asking for help and many accuse the police have not doing enough to quell this violence. and politically, any sign of the government relenting? at the moment, there are very confusing signals coming from the government. on one hand, there are ministers who say this law will remain in place and there is another citizenship register. there is some ambiguity on whether the citizenship register will go ahead which is meant for people to prove their indian citizenship. a lot of criticism

of how the highest levels of authorities have not done enough to assure, no words of comfort or consolation coming from the highest levels of authorities who were very busy with the state visit of president trump. india is not any stranger to sectarian violence. hindus and muslims have clashed over the past decades. ever since the current nationalist government came to power about five years ago, these relations have been particularly under strain. the government denies that, the critics say they are undermining the secular nature of this country. many thanks. stay with us on bbc news, still to come:how to save a sinking city — the indonesian plan to move a capital.

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, "hidden from the world for the rest of his life." you‘re watching the briefing. our headlines: a senior officialfrom the world health organization has warned countries around the globe to prepare immediately for the further spread of the coronavirus. the us democrats running for president have held a bad—tempered tv debate, with the frontrunner, bernie sanders and the billionaire, michael bloomberg both coming under attack. the cafe terraces of paris are very much a part of the city‘s image. but since the smoking ban, there‘s a lot more outdoor heating. the gas and electricity—fired radiators pollute the atmosphere and use huge amounts of energy. with local elections coming up next month, there‘s a campaign to ban them — causing an outcry from the cafe—owners themselves. hugh schofield reports from paris. it is reckoned that

there are some 2500 heated terraces in paris. it is calculated that heating and average terrace overwinter uses the same energy is driving a car three times around the world. for environmentalists, campaigning for the paris city election, it is an outrage. here in the city we heat outside in winter because you need more comfort. it is totally a bsu rd. need more comfort. it is totally absurd. it is a folly of rich men and we need to stop that because there is an emergency for the climate. they feel like they have been there for ever but they have only in and around the last ten or 12 yea rs, and around the last ten or 12 years, basically since the ban came in effect to prevent smoking inside. today the smokers arejoined by —— the heaters are joined by smokers and non—smokers alike but people accept the idea that their days may be numbered. translation: selfishly it would bea pain

translation: selfishly it would be a pain if they took away the heated terraces. it is nice to smoke outside and stay warm. of course we need to think about what it means for the environment. translation: i think they are going to be banned. they are in contradiction with everything doing to fight climate change. it is just doing to fight climate change. it isjust idiotic. doing to fight climate change. it is just idiotic. we are heating up the outside! one city in france has now banned heated terraces but it is not an easy decision. folkers don‘t know where to go for a cigarette and cafe owners are worried about the impact on them. translation: if, tomorrow, they said we could no longer heat our terraces we would not need so many staff in the winter months. we would become part—time, seasonal employers and it would not be good forjobs. sitting outside snugin good forjobs. sitting outside snug in winter is a very pleasa nt snug in winter is a very pleasant thing to do. but if fighting climate change means making adjustments to our way

of life, this looks like one luxury that we may well soon have to forgo. the indonesian capital, jakarta, is the world‘s fastest sinking city. that is one of many reasons presidentjoko widodo wants to move it, and build a new capital on the once jungle—covered island of borneo. he‘s promising a sustainable, smart city, the likes of which indonesia has never seen. but as rebecca henschke reports, there‘s concern about the environmental impact of the move. jakarta is sinking at alarming rate. it‘s predicted that almost all the land here in north jakarta will be underwater injust 30 years. this was built in an attempt to hold back the tide, a giant seawall that goes for hundreds of metres. but what is on the other side has become an iconic image of a city that is living on borrowed time. this mosque went under years ago, and the predictions for this area are bleak.

faced with this future, the president wants to move the capital to a new site, 1,000 km away, to the island of borneo. nearly 2,000 hectares of land has been designated. the estimate cost — $33 billion, and the deadline within just four years. this is what it could look like. the winning urban design, selected through a government—run competition, is of a sustainable forest city. we have a very good opportunity to start from scratch, where we have all the model of the city that is compact, that is walkable. but the indigenous people of this area are fearful about what it will mean for them.

translation: we strongly reject the move. we are disappointed and scared. we are worried that our land and forest will be filled with tall buildings, and we will lose our way of life. due to rapid deforestation here, orangutans who call these forests home are now critically endangered. at this sanctuary near the new capital site, orphaned baby orangutans are having to be looked after by humans. the government is vowing to protect and restore forests around the capital, but environmentalists are worried. translation: this is a key habitat for many animals and plants. if this is swallowed up by the new capital, where will the animals go? the promise is that the mistakes of the past injakarta will not be repeated in borneo. but can that dream be realised, and at what cost to one of the most biodiverse places on earth?

rebecca henschke, bbc news, kalimantan. now it‘s time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i‘m gavin ramjaun — and this is your wednesday sport briefing. the european champions league resumed on tuesday with chelsea on the end of a hammering, by the in—form bundesliga leaders bayern munich. frank lampard‘s side held on, until the second half — when serge gnabry scored two in quick succession to put bayern in the driving seat, with over half an hour to go, in theirfirst leg tie of the last 16. robert lewandowski, then got his 11th champions league goal, to seal a 3—0 win. there's no point in looking back on anything else other than the fact of where we are. we are now fighting to try and come in the top four this year, because we want to then improve in the summer. we also have to go to munich and play with a lot of pride in a few weeks' time, to see what we can do there,

and today was just a clear show that there is a lot of work to be done. barcelona struggled to get going, in their champions league last 16 tie in napoli. dries mertens put the home side 1—0 up at half time, with a stunning strike. antoine griezmann with barca‘s equaliser, his first away goal in the competition for 3 years. barca had arturo vidal sent off late in the match. the second leg at the camp nou, is on march 18th. and adam yates is the man to catch — heading into the fourth stage of cycling‘s tour of the uae. the mitchelton—scott rider won the third stage from al qudra to jebel hafeet. he made his decisive break with around 5 kilometres left to go and managed to hold on to the finish. he now has a 1 minute and 7 second lead in the general classification. the final two ties in the last 16 take place later on wednesday. lyon hostjuventus, but one of the biggest matches of the round takes place at the bernabeu.

as manchester city travel to face real madrid. this will be city‘s first champions league match since the club found out they were going to be banned from the tournament for the next two seasons, due to breaking uefa‘s financial fair play rules. and with their premier league title defence as good as over, pep guardiola will be desperate for his side to lift the trophy this season. we play the king of this competition so we know the challenge in front of us that we have to face but at the same time it is not the last one. so in life you are in this business you want to train you wa nt to business you want to train you want to play and you never know what will happen. and novak djokovic is back in action on wednesday at the dubai tennis championships. it‘s his first tournament since winning the australian open. he takes on germany‘s phillip kohlschreiber, in the last 16 after thrashing malikjaziri

in the first round. finally — plenty of sports fans have posters or models of their favourite players. but one portugese chocolatier, has gone much further than that. he‘s created a life—size sculpture of cristiano ronaldo, entirely out of chocolate. it weighs 120 kilograms, and is almost two metres high. it‘s being exhibited in ovar, in the north of the country, before moving to ronaldo‘s own museum in madeira. let‘s hope they have the air conditioning on there. would hate to see it melt. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that‘s bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, that‘s your wednesday sport briefing. a chocolate statue of a foot taller. of course. -- footballer. stay with me on bbc news, i‘ll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. in the meantime you can reach

us on in the meantime you can reach us on social media. stay with us here on bbc news — so much more to come. hello there. wednesday is going to start with a frost in many places and icy conditions as well especially in the north and west as those showers keep going. they will be of a wintry flavour with some snow falling to low levels. it will be mainly over the hills that we see snow during the day on wednesday and for the most part they will not be as many showers. a few will come across wales and england towards the midlands and eastern england and a couple into eastern scotla nd and a couple into eastern scotland in the afternoon most of the showers will be for northern ireland in western scotland. some of them will be heavy and it will feel cold and the wind, 5—9d full of not as windy in the south—west. here in the evening the cloud is thickening and we get rain moving in. that moves into the cold air so there is the threat

of some snow over the brecon beacons and perhaps a centimetre or two of wet snow over the cotswolds and into the chilterns by the end of the night. the most part it is rain. further noise —— further north it is colder and wintry showers mainly in the western parts of scotland. that low pressure brings wetter weather for southern parts of england and wales and the threat of some snow. that then moves out of the way but it will be a cold and wet start for the south—east of england and it may take all morning for that to finally clear away. and then we are all into this cold and showery north—westerly airflow. sunshine around away from those showers are northern ireland, northern and western scotland and a few coming over the irish sea. the temperature is still 6-7d sea. the temperature is still 6—7d and another frost on thursday night before we look at changes coming in from the atlantic. weather fronts this time are getting further north across the uk. a cold start with cloud increasing and rain coming in from the south—west. you can see how the wind

direction changes to a mild south—westerly but there is still the chance of some snow over the tops of the pennines and the southern upland later in the day. 6—7d for many places but double figures for many places in england and wales without mild south—westerly. the rain could become more steady and heavy on friday night into saturday morning before eventually clearing away and then we can see where the air is coming from again we are back into the cold showery airstream with wintry showers over the hill. staying unsettled over the weekend, rain and then some showers and a bit more rain on sunday and some chilly wind at times.

january this is the business briefing. i‘m ben bland. billions wiped off global financial markets for a second day, as the coronavirus continues to cause headaches for investors. the outbreak is also causing turbulence for the aviation industry — we‘ll be crunching the numbers to find out how much it‘s costing airlines. and on the markets: