another 13 cases of coronavirus. there are now 36 confirmed in the uk. a teacher at an infants school is among those affected — the school has been shut and the government says many more closures may be necessary. we don't take anything off the table at this stage, because you have got

to make sure that you have all the tools available, if that is what is necessary. we'll have the latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world. also tonight: greece uses rubber bullets and tear gas, as it closes its border to thousands of refugees trying to escape from syria into europe. pressure grows on priti patel to explain bullying allegations, after the resignation of her top civil servant at the home office. a league cup hatrick for manchester city, as they triumph over aston villa. good evening. there's been a significant increase in the number of people testing

positive for the coronavirus, with 12 new cases in england and one in scotland. the health secretary has said the government could take emergency powers to close schools and cancel large public events if the disease can't be contained. the total number of cases in the uk is now 36. the virus — a respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia—like symptoms — has infected more than 87,000 people in 60 countries. our first report is from our health editor hugh pym. one of two schools that will be closed tomorrow, because members of staff have tested positive for the coronavirus. at this infant school in berkshire parents have been told it won't open until health officials are certain it is safe. the task now is checking up on those who were in close contact with the individual who is now in hospital. we know exactly who this member of staff has been in contact with and public

health england now are in the process of getting hold of all of these people and making sure that their health is looked after properly. today, the prime minister visited one of the main public health laboratories. the coronavirus is of concern. it is a novel illness, but it is something that this country really amply has the resources to deal with. we have state of the art testing facilities and we have a fantastic nhs. we will have to get through this, but believe me, we are going to beat it. three of the latest cases are thought to be linked to a man who went into a gp‘s surgery in surrey and tested positive last week. the rest of the 36 so far diagnosed in the uk are in different areas, including the first in scotland, in tayside announced tonight. we have well established procedures in place and there is no need for

the public to be undually concerned. but we are in the containment phase of this infection. the government is considering plans to bring retired doctors and nurses back into the nhs if cases spread. the health secretary said he had not ruled out significant restrictions on everyday life. we don't take anything off of the table at this stage, because you have got to make sure that you have all of the tools available, if that is what is necessary. but i want to minimise the social and economic disruption. and at this stage, we still have the hope, although the numbers elsewhere are rising fast, we still have the hope that we might be able to avoid this outcome. possible measures being considered by ministers include some school closures, cancelling large public events, perhaps including sport and encouraging people to work at home. for now people are urged to call the nhs111 helpline if they have symptoms, having returned from any of the worst affected countries.

there was a 50% jump in call volume last week. in other developments around the world today, iran reported 385 new cases, bringing its total to more than 900. the foreign office has announced that some british embassy staff are being withdrawn from the country. in france, where there have been 130 confirmed cases, the louvre in paris closed for the day, because staff were worried that the museum's thousands of visitors posed a coronavirus risk. spain has 45 cases — five of them on the island of tenerife. some british holidaymakers quarantined in a hotel there are flying back to the uk this evening, after testing negative for the virus. and, in south korea, where there are more than 3,700 confirmed cases — the largest outbreak outside of china — the leader of a religious sect is under investigation for failing to co—operate with efforts to contain the virus.

0ur seoul correspondent laura bicker reports. the army has been deployed to deal with south korea's latest threat. they're battling this virus with disinfectant, but as more cases are confirmed, it appears this is a war they're not winning. a lot of public anger has been aimed at this secretive religious sect. the infection has spread rapidly among the followers of shincheonji church ofjesus. and as officials raced to trace the outbreak, it's claimed leaders hid the names of members. now they're being accused of murder. in a rare interview, the church denied all charges. translation: we feel very sorry for causing concern and worry to the people of korea and the world. i understand if people criticise us.

but rather than point fingers, we think what's more important is to end this situation and to make sure no more confirmed cases come out. meanwhile, hospitals in daegu have been overwhelmed. at least three people have died while waiting for a bed. doctors believe it's time to free up space for the most serious patients. translation: we can't quarantine and treat all patients. those who have mild symptoms should stay at home and get treated. we should change our end goal strategy to lower death rates. thousands fear they have the virus and are lining up to be tested. these drive—through clinics speed up the process. south korea is using every resource it has and still this infection continues to spread. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. our health editor hugh pym joins me now. some stark images in that piece,

how likely is it that the uk could ever face something like that? well, ministers have warned there will be more cases here and it was put to matt hancock was it ever conceivable that the government might go down the route of isolating whole cities. he didn't totally rule it out. though he said it would have immense economic and social cost. we understand this is a long way from current thinking in london and they're focussing on school closures and large scale events. tomorrow, the prime minister will chair a meeting of emergency committee cobra with officials and ministers focussing on the virus threat. he said he was impress bed i ed by the professionalism of the nhs and was confident it could cope. but he said and it has been, the point has been

made, that some people can be seriously ill, but four out of five patients experience only mild symptoms. thank you. and you can find out more about the symptoms of coronavirus, and how to protect yourself against it, on the bbc news app and on our website bbc.co.uk/news. greece says it has stopped nearly 10,000 migrants crossing the land border from turkey, which is struggling to deal with millions of people fleeing syria's civil war. the surge came after turkey opened its western border on friday, following an airstrike in syria's idlib province, which killed at least 33 turkish soldiers recently deployed to support the syrian opposition. turkey's president has repeatedly said that unless he receives greater support for his intervention in syria, he will break his country's deal with brussels to prevent migrants entering the eu. our international correspondent orla guerin

reports on the border between turkey and greece. at first light, they joined the migrant trail from turkey. heading for the river meric, all that separates them from europe. this group manages to cross, leaping onto greek soil. just a trickle here, not a flood. and greece wants to keep it that way. so this is the picture of the land border with turkey. refugees, young and old, running for cover. caught up in the chaos this afternoon, reza, an iranian we met who hopes to reach london. they're pushing us by water. dear god, it's not fair.

and the young have been in the firing line, like one—year—old yashar, whose family is from afghanistan. the greeks shot at us and threw tear gas at him, says his father. he could have died. but, for turkey, which has been sheltering four million syrians, the refugees are now human bargaining chips, being used to put pressure on europe. well, families are still arriving here and they are not coming by accident, they are being encouraged to travel by the turkish authorities, led to believe that they can enter europe. instead, they are stuck here with no way to cross into greece and they and their children are having to camp out in the cold. this young man tells us they rushed here because turkish tv stations say the border is open.

his elderly relative cannot stand, let alone walk. so he is carried, a backbreaking labour of love, by an afghan family who fled war at home and hope europe will be their refuge. but they don't get far and there is no help in sight. so, by the side of the road, they wait. and this is what lies ahead. a battle ground. greece says it won't allow a free for all and that many of those massing at the border are not fleeing syria. turkey says it is overwhelmed by refugees. it is now battling the assad regime and it is determined that europe will share the fallout. well, tonight there are fears that

turkey could spark a new refugee crisis. there are bus loads of refugees still moving towards the border. turkey wanted to get the attention of the world and it has. now the greek prime minister says he will visit the area on tuesday and greece has now accused turkey of acting like a people—trafficker. thank you. the prime minister has given his backing to the home secretary priti patel, as she faces mounting pressure to respond to bullying allegations made by the former top civil servant in her department. sir philip rutnam resigned yesterday, saying there had been an orchestrated camapign of briefing against him. our political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. so iain how much pressure is priti patel under? well, she is under considerable pressure from the opposition. the leader leadership account, keir starmer, called her to come to

westminster to give a statement on the allegations that she was bullying staff. the shadow chancellor said she should be suspended while an inquiry is carried out. but explicit backing from the prime minister tonight. he said she has been a fantastic home secretary. but he says he is full of admiration for the civil service. i think is that a he wants the war of words to end. unless he gets civil serva nts words to end. unless he gets civil servants on side, his pledges on policing and other things will be harder. thank you. the former us vice president, joe biden, has dramatically revived his bid to become the democratic party's nominee to take on donald trump in november's presidential election. mr biden won a resounding victory in the primary in south carolina, after performing poorly in three previous state ballots. our north america editor jon sopel reports.

so it would seem reports ofjoe biden‘s imminent demise were much exaggerated. the former vice president's southern firewall proved to be rock solid his first victory tasted sweet. now, thanks to all of you, the heart of the democratic party, we just won, and we won big because of you. cheering and applause. and we are very much alive. what made the difference was that this was the first state to vote with a significant african—american population. their support for him was almost as enormous as the food portions in this spartanburg diner. joe biden. biden. you're biden? yeah, i like biden. because he's an honest man. biden is probably my top choice.

bernie sanders is the standard bearer for the left in this gruelling contest. he came in second last night, but is expected to return to frontrunner status on super tuesday, in a couple of days' time, when 14 states vote. you cannot win them all. there's a lot of states out there, and tonight we did not win in south carolina. at this college, they are getting ready for the new baseball season. and among young people, bernie sanders is the runaway favourite. for all that, there is a clear majority supporting a centrist like joe biden. the trouble is, that vote is being split by another of other candidates who are also moderates. or to put it in baseball terms, there seems no—one capable of knocking it out of the park. jon sopel, bbc news, spa rtanburg, south carolina. a woman taking legal action against an nhs gender clinic says she should have faced more

challenges from medical staff when she told them, aged 16, that she wanted to transition from female to male. the high court has given the go—ahead for a full hearing of keira bell's case to be brought against the tavistock and portman nhs trust. the tavistock clinic says it welcomes this examination of the evidence, in what it describes as a contentious area, as our social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. keira bell is 23 years old and her adult life so far has been defined by the decision she made when she was much younger. at 16, she was prescribed drugs to delay the signs of female puberty. she later took male hormones, so her voice deepened and facial hair grew. initially, i felt very relieved and very happy about things, but i think, as the years go on, you start to feel less and less enthusiastic or even happy about it. keira was treated here at the uk's only gender identity clinic, run by the tavistock trust.

she's taking legal action against them because she believes, when she started taking puberty blockers and cross—sex hormones, she was too young to understand the implications. she says, as a child, she felt isolated and different and, as a teenager, she was desperate to change her gender. but she now believes she should have been challenged more and had more psychological support. i feel angry that i was allowed to run with this idea that i had, you know, almost like a fantasy, as a teenager, i was allowed to run with that and it has affected me in the long run. i've onlyjust kind of stepped into adulthood and i had to kind of, you know, deal with this burden. what would you tell your 16—year—old self now? that's kind of the point of this case, is that when you are that young, you don't really want to listen to anyone and a lot of things won't get through, so i think it is up to these, you know, institutions, like the tavistock, to step in and make children reconsider what they are saying, because it is, you know, a life—altering path that you are going down.

it's a difficult area and the head of the gender identity clinic says they are always cautious, working closely with children and families to help them make their decisions. so this is a really complex area with strong feelings on all sides, and, for young people, they come to us in often really great distress around their sense of themselves. we are talking about identity here, their identity and a feeling that their gender identity does not match that body. and what goes along with that is huge distress. the clinic says it welcomes keira's case, as it will allow a considered review of the evidence about the most appropriate way to support young people. alison holt, bbc news. israelis go to the polls tomorrow for the third election in less than a year, to try to break the country's political deadlock.

a key stumbling block to forming a governing coalition has been corruption charges against prime minister benjamin neta nyahu, israel's longest serving leader, who's due to stand trial later this month. but he's been buoyed by support from the us president donald trump and a recent controversial pledge to expand israeli settlements. our middle east editor jeremy bowen sent this report. on the sea of galilee, the bible says jewish fishermen who followed jesus used to debate the future. modern israeli fishermen at election time still do. on this boat, prime minister binyamin netanyahu's supporter is led by the skipper menachim lev. he values the bounty from the lake and the strength he sees in netanyahu. he thinks his father, who survived auschwitz, would have approved.

he has a number in his hand from the holocaust. and my father tell me one thing — don't trust nobody in your life, trust only yourself and do everything that is good for you. the crew unites around fish, not politics. this man is voting for the centre—left opposition, worried that the cost—of—living is pricing young israelis out of their future. a lot of young people want to move from israel. it is something that is happening. but hopefully something will be ebetter, i don't know. better, i don't know. amid the electoral pyrotechnics, retired general benny gantz, the opposition leader, has had to deny claims from the meta nyahu camp that he made sex videos. neta nyahu, he says, is trying to lie and cheat his way to victory. the prime minister is claiming credit for donald trump's so—called deal of century — an attempt to end the conflict on israel's terms.

it allows israel, in defiance of international law, to annex settlements on land palestinians want for a state. this is shilo, where they're building a new school. the settlers want two election victories this year — binyamin netanyahu and trump. it is very important for us, both elections, and we are engaged in all sorts of personalities and organisations and groups to assure both here and there that as much as possible, we get the people in office that we want. nearby, palestinians were on a hilltop they believe settlers might grab. the old issues don't go away. and, as ever, it's come down to control of the land — that's always been at the centre of the conflict, a century ago and today. by morning, israeli forces were driving pammians

by morning, israeli forces were driving palestinians off the hill. the last real chance of a negotiated peace was collapsing when these young men were babies. the big changes — political and diplomatic and especially president trump's out and out support for the israeli government — is sharpening the conflict on the ground and you can see it in places like this. conflict is normal for yet another generation — the election won't change that. jeremy bowen, bbc news, on the west bank. in football, manchester city have won the league cup for the third consecutive season and the fourth time they've lifted the trophy in five years. they beat aston villa 2—1, in an entertaining clash at wembley. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was there. wembley is manchester city's second home these days. in the winter sun, villa fans both, older, younger and royal were hoping their

side wouldn't freeze. but it had been 2a years since they last won this trophy and city were going for the hat trick of consecutive wins. a defence—splitting cross was about to send them on their way. foden with the knock down to... who else? aguero! lose him at your peril! sergio aguero once again villa's nemesis. it was about to get worse. soft defending from a corner doubled their pain. put in by rodri. dean smith was furious that it should have been a goal kick. in truth, his team's defending was the bigger issue. but, just when a sense of inevitability crept in, it was city's turn to slip. stones with the stumble, samatta with the strength. samatta! game on! villa were hanging on in there and with time trickling away, bjorn engels came millimetres from achieving a legendary status. so, the final whistle brought heartbreak for plucky villa. business as usual for guardiola. such is city's dominance

at wembley, they might as well set up camp in the home dressing room. this was their ninth win in a row here. but villa can leave with their heads held high — premier league survival a more pressing matter. natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. that's it from me. now on bbc1, it's time for the news where you are. goodnight.

hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, mo hussein, the former conservative special adviser to amber rudd when she was home secretary, and bonnie greer, who's a columnist for the new european and byline times. that's coming up after the headlines. but first, it's time for a look at the weather with nick.

hello. i know the flooding goes on but i'm sure many of you are glad to see the back of february's relentless record rainfall. the met office confirming it was the uk's wettest february on record. the first few days of march are looking a bit quieter, less windy. more importantly, less wet than it has been and the reason for that, the jet stream has moved south and it will take with it the more substantial areas of low pressure, the wind and rain, allowing us to keep, well, overall pressure low, but really just showers feeding in from the atlantic as we go through the next few days, and we're on the cold side of the jet stream so we are in the blue, and as a result, we are going to find temperatures at or below average for the time of year. some of these showers coming in will be wintry in nature, particularly on hills. there may even be a bit of sleet and snow associated with this weather system pulling away from southern england as we start monday. icy elsewhere, where you have had showers overnight, and into the morning, and some will continue, particularly towards the north—west of the uk, ganging up on western scotland into the afternoon. rain, sleet and hill snow.

it will not be as windy. it will not feel quite as chilly. another weather system overnight and into tuesday. this weather front moving through could bring some snow to quite low levels in parts of north—east england, southern scotland to start off on tuesday morning before it clears away. a few showers follow on behind and a glancing blow for one of these low—pressure systems carried by the jet stream to the south of us may still bring a bit of rain towards parts of the far south of england, more especially the channel islands on tuesday. there that clears away. another one comes in for wednesday. it could turn things wetter again into the channel islands and there will be a few showers pushing towards the north—west of the uk, wintry on the hills, but actually, on wednesday, you can see the extent of dry weather and more significantly, dry weather where we are seeing some of the worst flooding at the moment. now beyond wednesday, the pattern starts to change again. we get a bit of a ridge of high pressure building in to start off on thursday but a weather system developing in the atlantic looks like it will head towards us later in the day. a cold start on thursday morning

but a fine day to come for many of us across england, wales, eastern scotland, but the rain clouds gathering again for northern ireland and western scotland later on thursday, and the breeze starts to pick up as well as that next weather system comes in. it dives south thursday night and into friday, so that does mean another spell of rain moving through and another area of low pressure is waiting in the wings. so we clear the rain on friday, it brightens up a bit, a few showers, not long before that next weather system brings some rain back into northern ireland, if it currently goes to this plan in terms of timing. for much of the week, though, before that happens, it is quieter. some sunshine, some of us staying dry, but there will be showers around. not as windy, not as wet, it will be quite chilly, though. there will be frosty, icy conditions. but as we have noticed, by the end of the week, and into next weekend, it is all change again. thejet stream is back, running towards us, within this dip in the jet stream we will be finding low pressure, that means it will be windier again, it will be wetter again, so this is how the weekend

is shaping up and even into the following week, further areas of low pressure look like coming our way from the atlantic. temperatures, though, will head up a bit. two years ago, it is hard to find temperatures any lower. tredegar in south wales, a high on the 1st of march 2018 ofjust minus 4.7 celsius. our coldest march day on record. the beast from the east. thankfully our beastly february is now behind us.