hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. as the coronavirus continues to spread worldwide the who has this warning. no country should assume it want to get cases. that could be a fatal mistake. there are 80,000 cases now in 44 countries, with governments around the world implementing tougher restrictions. we have all the latest. plans for another runway at heathrow airport are in disarray, after a court says they are unlawful because expansion didn't take climate commitments into account. it's the latest episode of the brexit saga and the plot feels strangely familiar. the uk says it's prepared

to walk away this summer, so no deal is back on the table. and east africa is devastated by a giant swarm of locusts, we'll be in kenya to find out more. as the coronavirus continues to spread, governments around the world are implementing tougher restrictions to contain it. let's take a look at some of the ways different countries are dealing with the outbreak. first up is japan, where all schools are being closed from the start of next week. this is the scene in iran, which is banning chinese citizens from entering the country. over in saudi arabia,

the government is suspending visas for pilgrims who want to visit holy sites in mecca and medina. and just look at how quiet the streets are in venice. 11 nearby towns in northern italy are still in lockdown. so some countries are really stepping up their efforts to contain the virus. here's the director general of the world health organisation. epidemics in the islamic republic of iran, italy and the republic of korea demonstrates what this virus is capable of but this virus is not influenza. with the right measures it can be contained. but the who is concerned that some milder cases of the virus are not being detected. that's particuarly the case in iran. the authorites there say there have been 26

deaths out of 216 cases. that's a fatality rate of around 10 per cent. that's significantly worse than the death rate elsewhere, which varies from between one to three per cent. here's the w—h—o on that. this disease came on the scene and undetected into iran so the extent of infection may be broader than what we may be feeling as is the case in many epidemics when they start if you only see the severe end of the spectrum and then as you do more surveilance you find more mild cases. even so, some mild cases are being picked up. this woman is one of them. her case is worth noting because she's masoumeh ebtekar, a cabinet minister. just to stress that her case is mild, but it goes to show the virus doesn't discriminate. it follows positive tests for the country's deputy health minister and a member of parliament. here's the view from an expert on iranian public affairs.

i think the first thing to recognise is that the government's official statement probably do not reflect the extent of the outbreak inside of iran. i think iran is likely based on the death rate probably the second—biggest epicentre in the entire world when it comes to the coronavirus. that is due to two factors. a very governmental response failing to test for the coronavirus initially and failing to ta ke coronavirus initially and failing to take quarantine and other precautionary measures and then second, its public health sector has been dedicated by us sanctions for months and years and so they have not been able to get the medical devices and then medicine that only manufactured in the west. it has kind of created a perfect storm where the official rate of infection is in the hundreds but based on the death rate exactly in the thousands and you'd see government officials come out and notjust an ex—president that you mentioned but

also members of parliament and health ministers are supposed to be leading the response to this crisis. how much trust in the air —— is there is what the iranian authorities are tending to the public? i don't think there is a knot of trust and you see that because actors have come out and set that official government statements don't really reflect the extent of the crisis. it is much more widespread than they are letting on and back on february 18 they said nobody had been infected in the country and the government had to reverse themselves, that a next day because a couple of people had died asa because a couple of people had died as a result of the coronavirus. so, i think the public trust and the authorities and then baking back to the fact that they shut down a civilian aircraft just a the fact that they shut down a civilian aircraftjust a little over a month ago they might about it for three days, public trust is a very, very low when it comes to government announcements on this. our governments responding proportionately to the effect of the coronavirus? japan has recorded

more than 200 cases. in italy, that figure has risen to more than 650. but what about saudi arabia? it's also implementing tough restrictions. this is the number of recorded cases there. zero. so the saudis are being extremely cautious. other countries are implementing more targeted measures. for example, here in the uk there have been just 15 cases recorded so far. but the most recent cases have been traced back to italy. and eight schools thought to be at risk have closed as a result. here's one public health specialist on the choice governments must face. i think the judgement that governments of countries will be making at the moment is, if it's worth the social and economic cost of attempting large—scale quarantine measures, restrictions on movement, banning public gatherings, suspending public transport, is that going to be worth the social and economic cost for the benefits that are obtained? italy is also worried about causing unecessary concern. the prime minister, giuseppe conte,

says it is now time to "stop the panic". he's asked the national broadcaster to tone down its reporting on the rising number of cases. and it appears to have complied. coronavirus is no longer the top line in italian media. 0ur correspondent bethany bell is in milan. italy's foreign minister said that there was what he called an epidemic of misleading news about italy that was bad for its reputation and for its economy and he said that what it was important not to minimise the seriousness of what was going on in times of the virus, he said it wasn't something that was affecting a tiny percentage of italy's population. the italian government is trying to avoid a situation like this. this photo was taken by the journalist cristian gherasim in romania.

by panic buyers stocking up. that's despite the country only recording its first many romanians work in italy and move back and forth across the border. and there are continuining reports of people of chinese descent, or of asian appearance more generally, facing prejudice in western countries from people fearing, without any reason to back it up, that they could have the virus. the un has been speaking about it today. the coronavirus epidemic has set off a disturbing wave of prejudice against people of chinese and east asian ethnicity. i call on members to combat this and other forms of discrimination. there are some particularly concerning reports coming out of russia. here's vitaliy shev—chenko from the bbc‘s russian service. chinese embassy in moscow has complained that chinese nationals are being targeted by police and transport workers that

for coronavirus cases in the russian capital. the embassy sent a letter to the moscow safety administration saying that no other country, not even the us does anything like this special monitoring of chinese nationals on public transport. this follows reports that bus driver in moscow have been told to report passing that look chinese. russia has banned chinese citizens from entering its territory made coronavirus theories. the moscow mayor has said at face recognition systems would be used to enforce a two—week quarantine of all arrivals from china. responding to the chinese embassy, moscow mayor said that measures were necessary and non—discriminatory. they said that the the united states

says it's prepared. there have been 60 cases there so far, although most of those stem from the diamond princess cruise ship. president trump has appointed vice president mike pence to lead america's response. this was mr pence arriving at the department of health and human services in washington. he's chairing a meeting of the coronavirus task force. here's some of his opening remarks. in the days ahead we are going to make sure their resources at the federal government continued to be brought in confronting the coronavirus here at home and i look forward to your recommendations and to your counsel and we will carry those recommendations to the president as we continue to deal with this issue. so are governments getting the balance right between caution and conservatism ? here's our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. the world health organization would make the point that it's pleased that many countries,

most countries have been following his advice and that containment is going on at a particularly high level in countries where there are the highest number of cases. that's what you'd expect in the belief that most governments are striking the right balance between concern and something which the who obviously wants to avoid which is panic. plans for an expansion of london's heathrow airport have hit some turbulance. a uk court ruled the proposal doesn't take into account britain's commitment to cut greenhouse gasses. here's thejudge. the secretary of state acted unlawfully and failed to take into account the paris agreement on climate change. when deciding to designate the airport's national policy statement in support of the expansion of heathrow airport. these were the scenes outside the court when the decision was announced.

the ruling is a major victory for environmental campaigners. let's hear from a lawyer representing them. the government has been told it's going to go away and think again and if they want to resurrect the project they will have to do a full appraisal against all the climate change impacts of the full lifetime on both project and that pretty , that is a pretty demanding assessment to do and i think it's pretty unlikely that heathrow would scrape through that evaluation but that's a matter for the government. last year the uk government pledged to make the country carbon neutral by 2050. and although currently international aviation doesn't count towards those targets, plans to build a new runway accomodating an additional 50 million air passengers a year don't fit with global efforts to fight climate change. this wwf carbon footprint calculator is instructive in this regard. even a serious environmentalist who eats vegan, heats using solar power and rides a bike to work, but who still takes the occasional flight, wouldn't look very green at all.

the government says it won't appeal the court's ruling, here's the transport minister. how are manifest made it clear that any solution to heathrow would need to be an mystery so we had set we do want to see airport expansion but of course critically it has to match with our ambition and commitment to be zero carbon by 2050 so those two things have to absolutely fit together. but heathrow is going to try to appeal. here's its chief executive. we are probably going to see a delay of six months to go through the supreme court process and i don't know how long the review will take we will work with the government on that but what is clear that this is urgent that we get on the face. we started negotiations with the european union and we are pitching ourfuture on the coming a global trading nation but without heathrow expansion they will be no global group. this graphic shows the passenger numbers coming through the world's

major global airports, you can see heathrow is one of the busiest, serving around 80 million passengers per year. currently the airport has two runways and it wants a third. the department for transport says it will boost the economy by up to $78 billion a year. this is where it would run, building it would involve diverting rivers, moving roads and building a tunnel to direct the m25 motorway underneath it. the ruling shows that from now on, every major infrastructure project in the uk could face legal challenge if it doesn't comply with the uk's climate change act. for more on just how significant the runway is, here's dharshini david, the bbc‘s global trade correspondent. if you ask heathrow's boss he says no heathrow

expand when you're talking about expanding trade, we know it's up to capacity. when you ask 15 scripts what does this mean if you don't see the expansion going ahead, they are saying, it could hurt the uk's competitive position and it could mean this goes elsewhere and companies don't get access to overseas markets. that they are hoping for in this era and it could hurtjob creation as hoping for in this era and it could hurt job creation as well. of course the things i never clear cut, when you look at the wider economic studies on the benefits to the uk, it isa studies on the benefits to the uk, it is a big hit and may spend what they actually say. usually contentious by the british

government. it was that time on your way there. boris johnson government. it was that time on your way there. borisjohnson said he would lay down before the bulldozers. i know many women can say that they spent the night with boris but i spent the night with them and he with the mp for the constituency in 2015 when boris made that statement saying i am happy to lie down in front of the bulldozers. of course, since then those words have come back to haunt him because the government has had other ideas when it comes to airport expansion but when you look at what the government has done today, but that they are saying they are not going to appeal this decision, does this play nicely into their hands? don't forget when you look at what the department for a chance but the impact of regions elsewhere in the country if you see the expansion going i they themselves are at pay for it flights so if you are the uk government and you are saying we wa nt government and you are saying we want to be balanced investment and what my money to go into the north but was still at areas and great to meet a best play into your hands in that they are staying quiet in this

one. heathrow airport is not staying quiet, they are coming out fighting. they have. it's not about the financial implications, the economic benefits of dedication to have an extra runway, this is about the environment impact and what they're actually thinking as we are playing actually thinking as we are playing a part, we are leading the industry when it comes to aviation and net zero by 2050, they say they have got to put into my work but they think they can convince the supreme court they can convince the supreme court they do have a case and win based on appeal. it is much more to be done and what this really underlines is that when you are talking about investment and infrastructure in 2020 it's notjust about proving it there can be a financial return, you have got to bear in mind the environmental and social impact of any investments, public or private. it's a real game changer. we what happens next? i'm assuming they would be more lawyers and court cases. yes. that's one thing we can say with certainty. the third runway, where we are right now, it's

not looking as likely as it was 24 hours ago, there are hurdles tojump and you can see without the government's backing, heathrow might find it harder but there's a huge commercial and thank you for it to get this place. it's not going to give upjust get this place. it's not going to give up just yet. stay with us on 0utside source, still to come. we will be arrived in new york for all the markets reaction. —— the night in new york. let's return to coronavirus now, because the health secretary matt hancock has been speaking earlier, here's what he said about the way in which the government is responding to the coronavirus outbreak. he gave us an explanation. i am updating the cabinet, i obviously speak to the prime minister regularly on this question and then i am chairing

a weekly cobra which brings together the cross government response, because many of the responses are outside of the department, and i chair that weekly, cross government, that cobra meeting. so, we have the government in place, we have a drumbeat of cobra meetings and meetings with the prime minister and reporting to cabinet, which is how a government should function in order to deliver the best decisions based on the science to keep people safe. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is: there are 80,000 cases of coronavirus now in 44 countries, the world health organization says every country needs to prepare for it.

the united states has called on all sides in india to refrain from violence as the number of people killed in sectarian clashes in the capital delhi rose to 38. india has seen mass protests since the hindu nationalist bjp government passed a new citizenship law, which critics say is anti—muslim. the african union says it plans to send 3000 troops to the sahel, where international and regional forces are struggling to contain islamist militants. the deployment will last for six months. bbc afrique. president putin has denied the common rumour in russia that he has a body double, insisting that he rejected a secret plan to use one. he said the idea was mooted at the begining of his presidency at the height of russia's war against separatists in chechnya. the suggestion was that an impersonator be used to visit russian troops there.

let us bring you up—to—date. the international monetary fund says it it likely to downgrade its forecast for global growth — due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus. the news sparked fresh falls in the price of shares and commodities around the world. samira hussainjoins us from new york. 0nce once again, coronavirus during damage to the markets. yes, us financial markets have just closed and we are seeing the industrial average followed by almost 1200 points. that is bringing the total for this week alone to 3200 points. so, and are clearly, very scared about the coronavirus and that kind of impact it's going to have on the global economy. but now that's expected to focus on the united states. as you pointed out the international monetary fund has suggested that it might have to cut

its global growth outlook for the year because of the impact that this virus is having on so many companies. we are seeing that a lot of companies are reacting and we are seeing that facebook, for example, has decided to cancel if they did that the biggest assembly for the company and he had decided to cancel it altogether because of the coronavirus. secondly, a lot of worry “— coronavirus. secondly, a lot of worry —— worried company. coronavirus. secondly, a lot of worry -- worried company. any advice from them? in terms of what to do for the coronavirus, a lot of companies right now are trying not to have mass assemblies of people coming from international areas and i think that's really what people are concerned about from a financial perspective, i think we are hearing from a lot of economists that are starting to sound alarm bells about what this could mean for the american economy and the global economy will stop in fact, the former chair of the us federal reserve, and erica's central bank

has said it is conceivable that the coronavirus pushes united states into a recession. remember, the us economy right now is enjoying as long as time of growth, that it's ever seen in history, so the fact that this could plunge it into a recession is very significant. thank you as always, we will catch up with her at that later. we've been hearing a lot about how shutdowns in factories are disrupting supplies to firms around the world. but experts now warn of surprising unforseen impacts from the outbreak on firms and workers. just for example if you are thinking about surgical masks, all tennis and pharmacies aren't setting out and beasts of what consumers do is basics to other products, similar products. so they will go to to do—it—yourself shops where people are buying things for dust protection and pain masks which are generically used for dust protection. that is fine but that day means people who need these for

our personal protective equipment for example builders, plasterers and people like that, they cannot buy the personal protection equipment they need and therefore they can't do theirjobs. in new york, a ban on single—use plastic bags starts this weekend. the aim, is to reduce the 23 billion plastic bags used each year by new yorkers. but is the big apple ready? we've been finding out. an endangered species, the plastic bag. many american supermarkets started using them in the 1980s, but with the ban starting march 1st, all new yorkers will have to bring their own reusable bags to the grocery store, or pay 5 cents for a paper one. so what do shoppers think? not all plastic bags are banned, for example, those used by prescription drugs and take—out food are exempt. that will limit the effectiveness of

the bomb in reducing plastic waste. —— band. 0ne the bomb in reducing plastic waste. —— band. one of the aims is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions tied to the disposing of plastic bags. plastics industry has fought the band and claims it won't even address the problem of plastic waste. a plastic bag and is not going to have a significant impact because at the 95% of plastic going into the ocean come from river assista nt into the ocean come from river assistant in southeast asia and africa. at the new yorkers prepare for the band, one chain has found a unique way to mark the occasion turning their plastic bags into collectors items. who knows, maybe they will be worth something in the future. if you are in new york let us know how you get on with that plastic band, let us know. you can get in touch badiashile #. lots more on all

of our stories on our website as well, do check all of that out. that's it for this edition of outside source. thank you for being with us. injust outside source. thank you for being with us. in just over half an hour we willjoin viewers on bbc one for the national news. before that we are with a newscast team in lessening there. and in brussels for their weekly get together to keep their weekly get together to keep the stories making their headlines. right from the cake that frames the reunion, it's a brexit class reunion, it's a brexit class reunion, you don't have to wait for it. like every friends conversation. what did you conclude mbe and?” it. like every friends conversation. what did you conclude mbe and? i am not remotely obsessive, i don't know what talking about and i'm completely calm. you are the rachel. idid try completely calm. you are the rachel. i did try to have her hair cut in

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conversation a few weeks back about how the government is nervous about judicial activism and the will of the courts meddling in politics yet here comes of this age and which they have ta ken here comes of this age and which they have taken on these environmental grounds about not extending heathrow to three runways but actually put it to be quite useful for a pet minister who has repeatedly said he does not want another family. can you explain to me what actually happened? so what happened today, the government lost a case, the government is a defendant here and the project of expanding heathrow and building a new runway was ruled to be unlawful because the government did not pay attention to what it would mean for climate change. that a significant because of heathrow and infrastructure and also be fascinating it shows that climate change is something that actually is an issue not just change is something that actually is an issue notjust people say oh we are worried about it, all politicians say something must be

done. but it actually is a consideration that can stop major things going ahead and have already been agreed. but the airport is going to appeal fascinating the government is not going to appeal we are not appealing it because our ma nifesto are not appealing it because our manifesto made it clear that heathrow is a private sector industry led project. we havejust said, heathrow cannot cost the taxpayer money, it must be in zero carbon by 2015 target —— 2050.|j still have a question, laura, you are saying this government is serious about the environment, obviously this is an environmental decision not to go ahead with this new runway, but what about the government plans for