hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. the spread of the coronavirus hits a new milestone — tonight at ten — coronavirus with more new cases recorded outside is now spreading faster of china than within it. outside china than within, pakistan and norway says the world health organization. are the latest to confirm cases. and as the disease spreads further in europe, experts call for calm. among those affected, over 160 britons in lockdown in a hotel in tenerife. the government here says this is a situation of concern. but we must not give in to panic. it‘s doing all it can. and the virus isn'tjust we have a clear, four—part plan to respond to the impacting on health — outbreak of this disease. we'll look at how containment contain, delay, measures are threatening major research and mitigate. sporting events around the world, we are taking all necessary measures including the olympics. to minimise the risk to the public. but two six nations matches, another day of violence the men‘s and women‘s ireland on the streets of delhi — versus italy games, are postponed where clashes between hindus and muslims in recent days have because of coronavirus. killed at least 27 people. with the virus spreading in europe, there were mobs and in different places. we‘ll be asking how worried there were mobs in different places. we should be in the uk. there were multiple mobs holding

also tonight. sticks and they were calling, openly calling for the extermination of muslims. flood water threatens to overwhelm defences in shropshire, we'll have the latest from zambia where mobs seeking revenge for chemical attacks have killd dozens of people. for the first time more cases in the new coronavirus outbreak are being reported outside of china than inside. there were four—hundred and eleven recorded new cases in china, where the outbreak began in the city of wuhan. four—hundred and twenty—seven have been recorded elsewhere, two—thirds of them in neighbouring south korea, the worst hit city being daegu. japan has also recorded it's third death from the virus, move in iran, where even the country's health minister has contracted the virus, 15 people have died 95 cases have been reported, but the actual number

is thought to be higher. and in the last few hours pakistan has confirmed it's first 2 cases of coronavirus. in europe, italy has emerged as a serious hotspot, 12 people have died from the virus, and 374 cases have been registered. we've been speaking to a pharmacist in northern italy about what measures have been put in place there. for the first time, more new cases have been reported outside china than inside, world health organization chief we are in lock down. we cannot leave the town. and we cannot leave, but there is a red zone and we are and we cannot leave, there is a red zone and we are inside the red zone and so we cannot leave the red zone. schools are closed, all of the factories and commercial activities are closed. the only stores that are open is pharmacies and supermarkets. since the outbreak in italy, coronavirus cases have been reported in austria, croatia, greece and switzerland that all lead back to northern italy.

france has had a second death from coronavirus, and officials there say the latest person to die had not traveled to any zones where the outbreak was known. the uk has had 13 cases of coronavirus confirmed. and norway has just confirmed its first case of the virus. so far no borders have been closed in the european union. here's the european commissioner for health. this is a situation of concern, but we must not give in to panic. let me turn to norway. they are one of the countries they just announced turn to norway. they are one of the countries theyjust announced that public health agency, one person is tested positive for the virus. isolated at home and this key to not panicking is understanding this disease. this is a diagram

outlinging the symptoms of coronavirus. it seems to start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. after a week, it leads to shortness of breath and some patients require hospital treatment. the incubation period — between infection and showing any symptoms — lasts up to 1a days, according to the who, but some researchers say it may be as long as 2a days. and chinese scientists say some people may be infectious even before their symptoms appear. here's an expert on disease control to explain what you can do to avoid catching it. for travellers and residents in areas of transmission, it is important to protect yourself the best protection is hygiene. and that is the recommendation that we are giving during the normalflu is the recommendation that we are giving during the normal flu season, be careful with your hands, wash your hands often, use alcohol or

disinfectant if you have access to it and avoid putting your fingers in your nose, in your eyes while you are out and touching surfaces in a public setting. the coronavirus is having severe impacts on tourism. a hotel in tenerife, in spain's canary islands, has been locked down after a visiting italian doctor tested positive for coronavirus there. our correspondent dan johnson is there for us. there are 700 guests in that hotel from 25 different countries is a huge challenge for officials and there are lots of questions about exactly why people are being locked down here when less than a handful of tourists have been confirmed with the virus. and what are the axis must be protecting against? or the keeping people safe from the outside world and keeping people outside of the hotel safe? they trying to keep hotel guests see from each other by

keeping them in their hotel rooms? people seem unclear about that because some of been spending time down at the pool have been eating their meals, shared areas while others have been locked away in a been told to stay in rooms? but the biggest frustration of all the people is that there simply is not enough information and that the information that has been coming out is inconsistent. the new coronavirus has also spread across the atlantic as far as brazil, where the first case of coronavirus in latin america has been found. they are also tracking a number of suspected cases. i've been speaking to camilla mota in sao paaulo to find out more. the first case of coronavirus confirmed was imported from italy as local authorities have been saying. it isa local authorities have been saying. it is a 61—year—old man who was in a trip, he returned on friday and to test confirmed that he was infected with the new virus, sue was put in the house squinting with his wife.

30 of his family members who were with him on sunday on a launch party are now under observation but have not been considered suspected cases so not been considered suspected cases so far. there tracking 20 cases, is that the immediate family are there other people? do we know? we have 11 suspected cases in the state of sao paulo with the first one was confirmed, but these are not members of these families and we have nine of these families and we have nine of these families and we have nine of the cases in other states in brazil? —— brazil. brazil had pushed the alert level from two to three to public health emergencies, even before the first case was confirmed as congress approved a piece of legislation that allows the government to take extraordinary measures in a case of an outbreak. the government for example could put whole cities in lockdown, i people come

whole cities in lockdown, i people co m e tests whole cities in lockdown, i people come tests stop health authority say this is not the case just yet because we are talking about an important case, the man that came from italy, we have urged people to use common sense not to go to those places and try to avoid trips to those places. how much of people talking about this? it is definitely a number one topic over here but what about in brazil? cure brazil as well, people been following the news since it was confirmed the outbreak and brazilians especially are really worried because we just held our yearly carnival for the past four days, brazilians are out in the streets celebrating and so they're concerned that that might help spread the virus in the country. despite the continuing spread of the virus, the world health organisation has stopped short of raising despite the continuing spread of the virus, the world health organisation has stopped short of raising its classification to that of a pandemic. here's more on what they had to say from our global health correspondent,

tulip mazundar. they met with chinese scientists have been working on this pharmacy for a long time they came back with this assessment and actually since the end of january, this assessment and actually since the end ofjanuary, about this assessment and actually since the end of january, about the 26th, the end of january, about the 26th, the number of cases plateaued not been coming down from the beginning of february. and what the who is saying is that this gives us hope. this gives us confidence that this isn't something they can become necessarily a global pandemic. at the right measures in place and they're the right measures in place and they‘ re pretty the right measures in place and they're pretty draconian intense measures the result tens of million people being too much prom lockdown in areas, especially in the province, and that looks like it is word. but they have been saying is that countries, with weaker health systems, need to start preparing on what that can mean practically is ok what that can mean practically is ok what happens if hospitals are overrun with people coming in with symptoms for coronavirus, but he

went to do with all the other cases? routine surgeries and appointments? what happens for that? and also make sure you have enough ventilators, the people to help people free from they become very ill, it is a respiratory virus so it makes people as breathing go indian prime minister, narenda modi, is calling for calm following days of sectarian violence between hindus and muslims that has killed at least 27 people. the unrest has been centred around muslim—majority neighbourhoods, in north—east delhi and there are reports that muslim homes and shops are being deliberately targetted. the bbc‘s rajini vaidiyanathan sent this report. fear. as tensions remain high. the national capital a battle ground. violent clashes between hindus and muslims have rocked the city for

days. entire neighbourhoods ripped apart as mobs run the streets. the knights of been centred in the northeast of the city, and largely muslim neighbourhoods. this mosque was set on fire, the charge remained lay scattered. both muslims and hindus casualties of these classes. there are some truly harrowing stories coming out of the violence like this one about an 85—year—old woman who was burnt to death in her home on tuesday. remember, this all started over a controversial citizenship law that grants amnesty to non—muslim immigrants from neighbouring countries — but not to muslims. mr modi, whose hindu nationalist party has been accused of fueling the violence, something it denies, has broken his three—day silence on the issue, tweeting

amid critcism about the government's lack of response, officials have on wednesday been making extra efforts to show they are taking the issue seriously. here's india's national security advisor, who has been visiting the worst affected areas to try and reassure people. here's what he had to say about how the situation is being handled. translation: all of the communities are cooperating we have deployed enough security forces and we have been doing a job with complete diligence. questions are being asked about why it has taken the police so long to begin restoring peace to the city. among them is one journalist who has been describing to the bbc what she faced in one of the neighbourhoods at the centre of the violence. there were no police in that video, there were mobs in different places, there were mobs in different places, there were mobs in different places, there were multiple mobs holding sticks and the responding pandemic people were

calling for the extermination of muslims and i was really scared because the first of all, they were not receptive to the end the thing isi not receptive to the end the thing is i was muslim myself. comparisons are being drawn between the violent scenes we've been seeing on delhi's streets and the country's worst ever instances of sectarian violence. to get more of a sense of how muslims and hindus are feeling, here's the bbc‘s yogita limaye. we have spoken to people from both communities. the muslims have told us that they feel extremely scared they choose the police of bedding with the hindus to be them and vandalize their homes and with that said is that they were being shot at and throwing stones at them. we've also been to a small hospital in the area of her doctors said they could not cope. but even the ambulances could make it through from here to ta ke could make it through from here to take patients who were previously injured to bigger and better hospitals. in this area, even today,

remains tense. stay with us on outside source — still to come. coronavirus is continuing to have enormous economic impact — and shipping companies are among businesses counting the cost. we'll bring you the latest. prince harry has appeared at one of his last official engagements before stepping back from the royal family. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. back in the public eye, for now. the duke of sussex in edinburgh, at a meeting on sustainable tourism. as the duke was introduced, there was a nod to the more informal life ahead. he's made it clear that we are all just to call him "harry", so, ladies and gentlemen, please give a big, warm scottish welcome...to harry! and from harry, there was a warning on the rapid growth of global travel. if we do not act and, in large part, get ahead of this inevitable surge, this massive increase will mean we see more of the world's most

beautiful destinations closed or destroyed. the duke and duchess of sussex were last seen together at an engagement in earlyjanuary. but, next week, meghan is back. harry's separation from the life into which he was born hasn't been this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead is... the coronavirus outbreak has entered a new phase, with more new cases outside china than those inside the country for the first time. other stories across the bbc. pope francis has called on roman catholics around the world to make a resolution for lent — to stop insulting people online. christians often give up something for lent — the pope said it would be a good time to consider abandoning what he called ‘useless chatter, rumours and gossip.‘

five—time grand slam champion, maria sharapova, is retiring from professional tennis. the thirty—two—year—old announced her decision in an article in vanity fair magazine. the russian former world number one became a global star after winning wimbledon in 2004, at the age of seventeen. in 2016, she served a 15—month ban after testing positive for meldonium. police in zambia say mobs seeking revenge for a series it is all about the mobs the police they are seeking revenge for his series of chemical attacks series of chemical of chemical attacks have killed at least fifty people. the lynchings are the latest gruseome turn in an extraordinary that‘s been playing out in the country over the past few months — since a string of reports emerged of people being targetted by assailants who sprayed them with an unknown chemical leaving them unconscious. people are angry — there have been riots — and the is front page

news in the country. this is the times of zambia — it says rioters have been denied bail after allegedly damaging public property. others are trying to calm things down — zambia‘s founding president, kenneth kaunda, said kennedy gondwe is a freelance journalist based in the capital, lusaka. the killings started sometime in december and have been going on for long time. until now. what has been happening is that people up and targeting private homes and been attacking people using gases and these incidents, people going to

schools and colleges, just yesterday, there is this facility thatis yesterday, there is this facility that is been targeted. and through the usage of this gas, you pass out and we pass out, these people are not stealing anything from you, but one of the suspects caught on camera three weeks ago, stating that their drawing blood from using syringes. no one knows what they‘re using the blood for. but the general public have taken matters in their own hands by attacking any suspect because they are accusing the police of not being helpful. it‘s as a result of that, mob justice has of not being helpful. it‘s as a result of that, mobjustice has been unleashed on suspects and a lot of people have died in the process stop by to renew at the gas is? it is not exactly known but police said that they were investigating a type of gas it is exactly. there have been saying for the note gas, but he

cannot disclose the content to the public because they are afraid that once they do that, and a lot of people that are abusing the syngas to attack others. so it is only the police they can it not that they know exactly the gas that is being used. but the members of the public do not. this is been going on for a number weeks and the people that have been extracting pledges and syringes, has that allegation been verified by anyone? that allegation is not been verified, the governing party is accusing the opposition of working with people that want to allegedly paint the government black and say that there sponsoring these gas attacks, but they‘ve also been accusing the governing parties saying that it is linked to the next yea rs saying that it is linked to the next years election so their idea may be is to have the letter on so that

the, all of this speculating the accusations and counter accusations. they have also... the global shipping industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. after all — nine out of ten goods traded around the world are transported by sea. and nearly a third start off from china. disruption to trade routes has cost merchant shipping and nearly a third start off from china. disruption to trade routes has cost merchant shipping 350 million dollars a week. on wednesday, the head of the industry‘s body met with the who to discuss the situation we are seeing it across all the different sectors. and china accou nts different sectors. and china accounts for huge percentage of the imports of those raw materials and of course on the export side, 40% of the export goods from china and so if the factories are not working, goods are not being manufactured they‘re not being shipped out and so

we have a perfect storm or rates are down on all sides. the ports have been having additional measures in place and a lot of empty containers which are filling up the ports there and on the other side of it, there‘s and on the other side of it, there‘s a shortage of containers in america and it is just with the supply chain is off balance. a big backlog which will be addressed in the coming months, but at least we hear now the factories are starting to get back to work again. our primary concern is the safety and welfare of our crews ships and we actually haven‘t had any sailors affected by the coronavirus, which is good news. we do offer advice and precautions, but is displayed basic stuff like washing your hands are using a handkerchief. this will help control the spread of any sort of virus and so we constantly have advice and work carefully with the world health organisation also to make sure that we keep the most up—to—date

information to all of our members and it is affecting every facet of the business of the business at the moment. after two days of steep falls on stock markets because of coronavirus, today was a little less dramatic. michelle fleury has been monitoring a rollercoaster week for the markets. what is it look like now at this time in new york? yeah, i'm not sure the neural the roller coaster ride, and it gave up the roller coaster ride, and it gave up some of its advantages this basically suggests that there still trying to assess the effect of the coronavirus. if you look at what happened at the s&p 500, it ended the session while the nasdaq down to tiny gain. if investors are hoping for the market to recover in the old adage which is, that has not

materialised in the comes of after the dow fell. are they trying to do anything to rid the market uncertainty? i know it is a difficult thing to do something a virus. jeff donald trump who is facing reelection later this year and one of the key strong parts of his record has been economy and this could be the black swan of an unpredictable event that changes that. it could have an impact on the economy here we are waiting to hear from the white house in about two hours now, they‘re expected to hold a press co nfe re nce hours now, they‘re expected to hold a press conference to talk about preparations they are making to address and deal with the coronavirus and as it spreads around the globe, what measures or authorities you‘re taking, whether

or not the investors the market will have to wait and see, and they are reacting, perhaps in a kneejerk fashion to what is still unknown, which is ultimately the final cost, if you like, the financial cost of this on the global economy and in truth, we do not yet know the answer to that question. and will keep an eye and a couple of hours‘ time for that press conference. mickey mouse has a new boss. bob iger started out as a runner on abc and worked his way up to the top job at disney. he stands down after 15 years and will be replaced by another bob — bob chapek. samira hussain reports. bob iger served as the disney bus for nearly 50 years it was a the sixth ceo in the entertainment giant‘s history during his time in charge, he oversaw huge changes to disney‘s business. including a number of big takeovers of pixar, marvel and 21st century fox just to

name three. i am proud of our effo rts name three. i am proud of our efforts for our employees and cast members around the world. which are about 230,000. i am proud of their compensation, i am about 230,000. i am proud of their compensation, iam proud about 230,000. i am proud of their compensation, i am proud of the benefits that we have bestowed upon them and i am proud of the opportunities we have created for them because there have been huge u pwa rd them because there have been huge upward mobility in our company by the very people that it started at the very people that it started at the bottom and i am one of them and have enabled themselves to not only worked their way up, but to work their way up worked their way up, but to work theirway up and worked their way up, but to work their way up and earn more. most recently, he saw the launch of disney plus, which has exceeded expectations so far. he will continue to be executive chairman through next year, but he will be replaced by a different ceo who was in charge of the amusement parks business. let us see what the next

bob does and how it affects disney. you‘re watching outside source from the bbc. hello there. taking a look at some of the world whether stories were heading eastwards to indonesia‘s capitaljakarta. not for the first time in this rainy season, some of the streets have been turned to rivers and parts of the city had been submerged as the torrential falls of rain. the minister and particularly heavy here over the past it is because he had strong conversions, the winds coming down from the northern monsoon, bashing together with winds from the south which is been collating over the island bringing in these massive thunderstorms and weather conditions are not thunderstorms and weather conditions a re not really thunderstorms and weather conditions are not really going to change of the next three to four hours, it‘s a big thundershowers are likely in the area. he could see 50 to 75 mm of rainfor area. he could see 50 to 75 mm of rain for some these heavy showers. it across the united states over the last 2a hours, we have been seeing

some snow develop across parts of the midwest and that is pushing its way northwards into increasingly cold air. there will be some snow working into parts of the us from kansas working into parts of the us from ka nsas to working into parts of the us from kansas to michigan, further north into canada, and southern parts of ontario and quebec, were looking at heavier falls of snow the wednesday night into thursday. here, run 20 to 30 cm of snow with some fairly strong winds and a high chance of disruption in the snow fall into the co re disruption in the snow fall into the core they‘re working across the great lakes and on the satellite picture as we head over to australia, this blob is a ferdinand. it is going no too far too fast but in the east coming to see a much bigger weather system and that is all that remains from tropical cyclone esther. esther does not exist any more, but the upper area is high up above the surface and thatis is high up above the surface and that is allowing them to develop the next few days, day by day because

the accumulations of 50 to 100 mm of rain so are likely to see some further flooding issues rain so are likely to see some furtherflooding issues here. winter weather fancy in the uk, furtherflooding issues here. winter weatherfancy in the uk, and in europe, this weather system is worth watching, an area of cloud working across low pressure. that low pressure bring in some ran across parts of the united kingdom as a ru ns to parts of the united kingdom as a runs to the cold air and some of it across england and wales turns to snow and the snow works into europe. let us deal with the european weather first of all. snowfall across parts of belgium into eastern areas of france luxembourg, across of the western parts of germany and the snow can be disruptive snow, looking at around five to ten cm of snow, movie 20 and some behaviour areas in east belgium, luxembourg and parts of germany and there are a lot of motorways ago across europe and there‘s a risk of transport disruption. but here in the uk, overnight and first into the morning, there‘s a risk that we see some snow across parts of wales, the midlands and east anglia and local

areas and across in the hilly parts of southern england too.

hello, i‘m nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. the spread of the coronavirus hits a new milestone — with more new cases recorded outside of china than within it. pakistan, brazil and norway are the latest to confirm cases. as the disease spreads further in europe, experts call for calm. this is a situation of concern. but we must not give in to panic. and the virus isn‘tjust impacting on health — we‘ll look at how containment measures are threatening major sporting events around the world, including the olympics. another day of violence on the streets of delhi — where clashes between hindus and muslims in recent days have killed at least 27 people. there were mobs in different places. there were multiple mobs holding sticks and they were calling, openly calling for the extermination

of muslims. and we‘ll have the latest onjoe biden and his chances of stopping bernie sanders win the democratic presidential nomination. amid all the talk about coronavirus — it‘s important not to lose sight of one of the biggest stories of our time — the syrian conflict. after nine years — the fighting for control of the country is coming down one last battle — for idlib, the last major territory still held by rebels and jihadists. since december there‘s been a huge escalation of violence, as forces allied to the government, advance north into strongholds held by the opposition. in the past twenty—four hours syrian government forces have struck schools, nurseries and a hopsital. these are the latest

pictures coming in. latest air strikes pound front line idlib towns. at least 21 people are thought to have died. rescuers desperately search the rubble for survivors. several children were killed in the latest raids. there are fears of a humanitarian catastrophe. three million people in idlib are living in desperate conditions, with no where to go. these huge sprawling camps on the border with turkey are now full. for those in the camps — the situation is bleak. this camp was shelled by government forces last week. fierce fighting has been centred in these areas. the union of medical care and relief organisations says ten schools in total — including two nurseries — and the idlib central hospital were hit by air strikes and ground attacks.

it‘s posted this picture as evidence. and we‘ve had this update from the white helmets. "our teams documented the targeting of eight schools and kindergartens in #idlib yesterday by regime forces. the humanitarian crisis in idlib has been described as the worst in the nine year long war. here‘s the international red cross. width of the ongoing fighting and shifting front lines, access for humanitarian workers and volunteers is risky and challenging. however if the situation allows the rcr seat together with the red crescent reiterate their readiness to increase the humanitarian response. we urge all parties to provide us

with access and security guarantees so that we can adequately respond to the needs of the people on both sides of the front line. it‘s a complicated battlefield. russia and iran are the syrian president bashar al assad‘s most powerful allies. while turkey‘s president is backing opposition groups — who are fighting against assad‘s forces. any serious escalation between ankara and damascus could put russia in conflict with turkey. a clear message from the turkish president today. we will post a resume outside of the board is redesignated in return the people to their homes. —— push the regime. turkey and russia had been trying to find a way out of the war. in 2017 russia and turkey — with iran, signed an agreement to set up de—escalation zones in idlib province. under the deal, turkey established military posts around idlib.

earlier this month syrian forces surrounded those posts...so turkey moved in. here are turkish military vehicles rolling across the border into syria‘s northwestern idlib province earlier this month. turkey‘s president has threatened to take action if syrian forces don‘t withdraw from the turkish posts in the next few days. so is a confrontation likely? here‘s seb usher. with the last two or three weeks we have seen a number of turkish soldiers who have been killed and the claim they've struck back and killed a lot of government forces, we don't know those figures. and the response the turks have brought more reinforcements in, thousands more is what we hear and hundreds more military vehicles, so they have already built up their forces there

and they seem to be supporting much more openly the rebel forces there as they try to carry out counterattacks. so i suppose the be wondering where it is to leave the civilians caught up in the middle of this? of course we have the civilians come figures say at a million have fled to, many of them, many people watching had seen them come from other areas and this is maybe the second or third time they have had to flee. the thing about idlib that if we go back to 2018 which is when russia and turkey made an agreement and set up the observation posts, the whole thing was to avoid what we are seeing now. essentially that was seen as too horrific a possibility to be allowed which is that the 3 million or so people in idlib will be forced out of their homes with nowhere to go and that's what we are seeing. hundreds of thousands of people who are basically having to take refuge

in the open, they are unable to get across the turkish border, they turks have closed up and already have three and a half million and they say they can't have any more, one of the main reasons turks are involved in getting more heavily involved in getting more heavily involved in getting more heavily involved in what is going on there. their play at the moment shows no sign of abating, it shows no easy way out really. because the un has called a humanitarian crisis, but is there any international player that might in any way try and mediate? turkey and russia have been the mediators, they‘ve been backed into different forces. russia has backed the government side. so for much of the government side. so for much of the conflict they were essentially opposing each other but in the past two or three years their interests have come closer together, so they worked as mediators on the ground and the deal that they set up back in 2018 the buffer zone for day one that never really held. talks are continuing between turkey and russia and are going to be talks which pull

in france and germany as well supposedly soon. the only countries that really matter in us at the moment are turkey and russia. they are the ones exposed on the ground. bernie sanders is leading the race to be democratic presidential nominee — butjoe biden, the former frontrunner whose campaign lost momentum earlier in the contest — is still in the game. both men were on stage for the debate last night in charleston, south carolina map. joe biden badly needs a win in the primary there on saturday, to keep his hopes alive. so he went on the attack over senator sanders‘ record on gun control. 150 million people have been killed since 2007 when bernie voted to exempt the gun manufacturers from liability. more than all the wars including vietnam from that point

on. i want to tell you from elected i‘m coming for you and gun manufacturers i‘m going to take you out and manufacturers i‘m going to take you outand i‘m manufacturers i‘m going to take you out and i‘m going to beat you, and i‘m the only one that‘s going to do it. given that the population of the us is 300 million it seems an odd claim that 150 million people have been killed by guns since 2007. the bbc‘s reality check team have looked in to the claim and found it was false — only 413,308 people died in the us from a gun related injury between 2007 and 2018. anyway — the latest polling in south carolina has biden holding his lead against sanders — you can see support for biden has actually been rising in the past few days after sanders nearly caught up with him a few days ago. and today biden secured an important endorsement — fromjim clyburn, a south carolinan who‘s the highest—ranking

african american in congress. i knowjoe biden. i know his character. his heart and his record. joe biden has said for the hard—working people joe biden has said for the ha rd—working people of joe biden has said for the hard—working people of south carolina. we know joe. hard—working people of south carolina. we knowjoe. but more importantly he knows us. joe will build on president obama‘s legacy and protect and expand the affordable care act and take on the nra. i‘ve been speaking to barbara plett usher about how much of a game changer this endorsement will be forjoe biden‘s campaign. well, i don't think we can say game changer at this point you will find out when the vote takes place but it's an important endorsement because, as you mentioned, it heats the most senior african—american politician in congress and a real powerhouse in south carolina, the godfather of south carolina, his endorsement is not just godfather of south carolina, his endorsement is notjust symbolic, should also have practical political effect that he made that in public officially today come up with quite an emotional rust marks. he talked

about how his wife loved and respected joe biden rachel joe about how his wife loved and respected joe biden racheljoe but it was a man that the contrast and how he was worried about the direction of the country in that joe biden could turn it around, and we we re biden could turn it around, and we were speaking with biden supporters just after that on our way to columbia and they had similar remarks. he said we trust him and has moral authority and has experience, and so that kind of view is something they felt had been givena is something they felt had been given a boost. filby has passion and angerand given a boost. filby has passion and anger and this endorsement, as you saw comes after that endorsement to a campaign add in there hoping that it will help to give mr bite in the booths that he needs to win here because he does need to win and win big. and if you take a look at bernie sanders or perhaps mike bloomberg because they have been the targets, shall we say of their rivals at various debates, where doesjoe biden stack up between them? welll

doesjoe biden stack up between them? well i think that mr bloomberg has shown up to be a contender still after the debate. because he has such a disastrous debate last week it was a pretty low bar of terms of how he would be seen. he came across 0k and we don't know yet where he states because he's not on the ballot yet, that will happen next week. mr sanders is the clear front runnerand been surging week. mr sanders is the clear front runner and been surging ahead and is expected to do well when the debate widens out to 14 states next week. also hoping to do really well here in south carolina, nipping at mr biden's heels, he's been dropping quite significant in the polls comport performances in the previous contest, his public appearances have been bit shaky and so some people we re been bit shaky and so some people were saying maybe we should write him out of the equation but this week he seized to put himself firmly back on and i think we will know on saturday whether he has a chance of staying there for at least a while. can people expect the results of south carolina that evening or it would it be sunday? they should be

coming in saturday evening and overnight and whoever the candidates are hoping it will give the momentum as they headed to super tuesday which is when the contest widens out to 14 states, a third of the delegates up for grabs a quite decisive with the stragglers being eliminated. stay with us on outside source — still to come. drastic measures to contain the coronavirus are threatening major sporting events — including the olympics. the former chancellor, sajid javid, has used his resignation statement to the commons to attack the way the government is run. mrjavid told mps his resignation was necessary to uphold the "national interest" and sensible "checks and balances" in government. vicki young reports. sajid javid did all the things you‘d expect a chancellor to do. but he only lasted eight months in the job and never got to deliver a budget. good afternoon. he resigned after the prime minister told him to sack his own advisers

and rely on a joint team based in number ten. i call sajid javid... today, with borisjohnson listening, he told mps why he had refused. a chancellor, like all cabinet ministers, has to be able to give candid advice to a prime minister, so he is speaking truth to power. i believe that the arrangements proposed would significantly inhibit that, and it would not have been in the national interest. and there is little doubt who he blames for what happened. now, i don‘t intend to dwell further on all the details and the personalities... the cummings and goings, if you will. that was a dig at dominic cummings. he‘s the prime minister‘s most senior and controversial adviser, who‘s keen to change the way government operates and is making some enemies along the way. there were tensions between these two. a prime minister wanting to spend and a chancellor trying to balance the books.

sajid javid was clear, today, what he thought the approach should be. to keep spending under control. to keep taxes low. to root out waste. and to pass that litmus test that was rightly set in stone, in our manifesto, of debt being lower at the end of the parliament. in two weeks, the new chancellor‘s first budget will tell as how much cash he is willing to spend and who will pay for it. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead is? the world health organisation says that, for the first time, the highest number of new coronavirus cases are occuring outside of china. hong kong residents are being given cash handouts of around 1,200 us dollars each by the government, to help them deal with the economic

downturn in the territory. hong kong‘s economy has been battered by months of anti government protests and then more recently by the impact of the coronavirus. that‘s on bbc world service. pope francis has called on roman catholics around the world to make a resolution for lent — to stop insulting people online. christians often give up something for lent — the pope said it would be a good time to consider abandoning what he called ‘useless chatter, rumours and gossip.‘ the best—selling american author and adventurer, clive cussler, has died at the age of 88. he wrote more than 80 books — and had them published in dozens of different languages. he amassed a fortune estimated at 80 million dollars — and invested lots of his earnings into exploring for shipwrecks. (stab) coronavirus is impacting the health of thousands of people around the world. but the measures taken by authorities to combat its spread are also taking their toll on professional sport. events are under threat across the globe with japan the worst—hit. today its prime minister

issued this plea. translation: the next one to two weeks will be extremely important in stopping the spread of infection. there is a large risk of transmission at nationwide sporting and cultural events with large gatherings of people. taking this into account the organisations to either cancel, postpone or scale down these events. most sporting bodies are already heeding that call. japan‘s professional football league has called off all domestic games until mid—march. the baseball league will keep playing matches during that time, but they will be in front of empty stadiums. and this sport is still deciding what to do. the national sumo association says it will make a decision this friday on whether a tournament in osaka goes ahead. but the biggest concern is over this event the olympic games. they are due to take place in tokyo in five months‘ time. this was a media event held this week to promote

the olympic torch relay. it‘s due to start in greece next month before moving on to japan. organisers say they may have to change some of their plans. we are not thinking of cancelling the torch relay at all. we are thinking of scaling it down so that we can prevent the virus from spreading and hold the event. this is the route map for the japanese leg of the relay. it‘s due to pass through all 47 prefectures. and millions of people are expected to turn out to watch the torch go by. so it looks like some of those prefectures might end up missing out. the organisers say the olympics themselves will go ahead as planned. the international olympic committee is being a little more cautious. senior ioc official dick pound said this "...folks are going to have to ask: "‘is this under sufficient control that we can be confident

he said the ioc could put off making a decision until as late as may. jane dougall has more on dick pound‘s comments. now he has been a member of the ioc for 42 years, it is the first time that anyone associated with the games has openly said that cancelling is an option that's not being considered. the word cancel has the edge of the vocabulary of anybody involved in the games. not a response to that tokyo organising committee chief executive called a news conference after those comments and was fairly defensive stating that the pair the games would go ahead as scheduled and said that the time being situation of the coronavirus infection is admittedly difficult to predict. but we will tape managers such that we will have a safe olympic and paralympic games. the other thing that he had mentioned was that there could be a

time limit as to when a decision had to be made over whether the games we re to be made over whether the games were going ahead or not he put a time limit as may come the end of may were in response to that he said that the end of may is the time limit we have never thought of this or heard of such a comment. but if disparity there in members of the ioc and the organising committee in tokyo. japan isn‘t the only country dealing with this problem. this is one of the football stadiums in italy where matches were cancelled last weekend. serie a matches will go ahead this weekend, but five of them will take place in empty stadiums. this is the spanish football magazine mar—kuh‘s take. in case you‘ve missed it that‘s a face mask on the ball. and the headline reads "you don‘t play with the coronavirus". that‘s also the case in the world of rugby. italy was due to play ireland in a six nations match in dublin next saturday. that match has now been cancelled. here‘s ireland‘s health

minister on that. this will be a source of great disappointment to so many rugby fans in our country and beyond in relation to the impact of the six nations but it‘s the right decision andi nations but it‘s the right decision and i don‘t think any minister would ever regret following the advice of our public health experts. the irish rugby football union says it‘s working to reschedule the match. our sports editor dan roan is in dublin. they constitute too great a public health risks, italy is of course the european country that has been worst affected with multiplying cases. two and half thousand affected here and corresponding pictures which involve the two countries, women‘s and under 20s rugby teams as well. the irish rugby football union has set a trend to reschedule the fixture. there will be easy which is already out of by will be easy which is already out of rugby fixture and the fear is that

anglin public match against italy is due to take place in rome and the final can be effective when you‘re considered that there are football matches in italy being postponed or played behind closed doors. there really were through this term into some disarray. more than 20 sports have been affected so far. the chinese formula one grand prix, the world indoor athletics championships, and the world team table tennis championships are just some of the events that have been called off. all of this is costing money. here‘s dan roan again. huge amount at stake financially, the terms of insurance and the cost as well. every six nations match is estimated that island hose here it‘s worth between 40 and 58 million euros in terms of tourism, ticket sales and all the associated benefits that the influx of fans bring. i think if we go beyond rugby and talk about football in the first insta nce and talk about football in the first instance include hosts italy of course that wimbley and a friendly next month, i know the fa are taking

guidance when it comes to that fixture because of course thousands of fa ns fixture because of course thousands of fans will be expected from italy from that. you go further afield and he said to stage four games in the opening fixture. you have wanted to think about that as well. the big concern of course involves the tokyo olympics. there will have impact on athletes, organisers and spending billions of pounds to get these games ready and on broadcasters and fa ns games ready and on broadcasters and fans for example. also a precedented the peace time but i must stress as it stands organise exists but there is assuming it goes ahead as planned. of course the development are really fast so do go to our news app and go to our website if you want these latest developments on the coronavirus. and that is something that we continue to follow and of course so many countries at this point with so many developments for

the hour by hour. the two latest countries that people are watching now is pakistan and norway. those that are really at the centre of most of the outbreaks seem to be after china and south korea were taking a look at italy. for italy it seems to be the spread within europe which is austria, switzerland, croatia, greece and one in france but that does not seem to be connected to italy as the other ones are. if you take a look at the middle east instead we are looking at bahrain, kuwait, also lebanon and we can also keep up—to—date with the story our latest live page. thanks very much forjoining us an outside source.

hello. it‘s mentioned a couple of days, at some snow around as well but mostly across the hills and mountains. overnight though and into thursday morning is a risk more generally across england and wales, and it could be a nasty rush hour for some. this area of the pressure to thank for the core forecast the headache of the code from the south of the uk bumps into the cold air for that boundary line between snow and rain sets is our biggest headache currently. at the moment it looks like large the rain to the south of the m4, for the north snow across the mountains of wales perhaps into the children‘s and the downs before the system pulls away into the continent for thursday afternoon. we will continue with some winter showers across the northern half of the uk with

first—ever view a and most of those going out by the time of the evening. quite a chilly story and temperatures at six or 7 degrees. the windfall is light overnight thursday into friday come the skies stay clear next to this ridge of high pressure, frosty start to friday but then waiting in the wings to moving through the day our next set of weather fronts. our friday the story turns wet eventually for all parts of the uk chemists should start dry but chilly in the east with a risk of snowjust transient really before these fronts come in before it extends into northern britain. a lot of saturated ground of the moment, still a lot of wet weather to start the weekend in some spots to produce the space of 36 hours to 100 mm and four inches of rain. on go friday into saturday is the second band of rain tied in with the second band of rain tied in with the slow coming in. behind a sizeable clear and would be some

brightness but for most of the uk but story in saturday morning and from northern ireland the weather whether from saturday afternoon. parts of scott sunshine and dry conditions eventually for the south. sunday gives us another headache and sherry regime with this weather feature come from the south of the uk. the question marks the moment and could result in some more persistent rain across wales in the southern half of england and if those areas that you just get so badly affected by the flooding recently. the element of the forecast is subject to some change as we get closer. certainly looks rather unsettled on the chilly side. you not to the following week we stay in the chillier side of the jet strea m stay in the chillier side of the jet stream but diocese out for a while taking the low pressure awaken midweek up pickles north and turns

wet and windy once again and the chillier air with a shower eight northwesterly weather regime. for the following week so chilly, to pursue will be a couple of degrees below average. many of us should see some decent spells of sunshine but there will be showers around in the air would be cold enough again across the higher ground and through middle of the week quiet wendy spell of weather. not talking decent storm spells but certainly the windiest i think of the five days of the week ahead and probably the brightest as well. the short term is that wintry weather for us to bring well. the short term is that wintry weatherfor us to bring ourfocus well. the short term is that wintry weather for us to bring our focus to as it has originate that particularly thursday morning 00:58:41,090 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 rush—hour across england and wales.