now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. fields flooding across parts of uk. news is better this week, that's one thing i can say, can't promise it this is bbc news. will be completely dry, but compared the headlines at 11pm. a patient in scotland tests to what we see, nowhere near as wet positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of uk 01’ to what we see, nowhere near as wet or windy, thejet to what we see, nowhere near as wet or windy, the jet stream to what we see, nowhere near as wet cases to 36. or windy, thejet stream has to what we see, nowhere near as wet or windy, the jet stream has taken a new subcontract, and that means for the prime minister has been visiting us, on the colder side, so it will bea public health england. us, on the colder side, so it will be a little bit chilly, particularly by night, you will notice that the coronavirus is a concern, tonight, but notice where the weather fronts are, tonight, but notice where the it is a novel illness, weatherfronts are, mainly tonight, but notice where the weather fronts are, mainly across france. 0ne weather fronts are, mainly across france. one is clipping across southern counties as we go through the night, and that is it here but it is something that this country really amply has the resources to deal with. pushing across the of england. the we have state of the art testing cotswolds, the chilterns to my few facilities and we have a fantastic full fla kes cotswolds, the chilterns to my few full flakes of snow mixed income east anglia, other parts of southeast first thing tomorrow nhs. morning, so temperatures not dropping as much, could turn ic, but we will have to get the main ice risk is across from mid wheels to the north midlands through this, but believe me, northwards, temperatures at if not below freezing to my future is continue through the night, mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow coming we are going to beat it. some british holidaymakers out to start tomorrow, early rain and snow, sunshine comes out,

showers and the west, and they will who were on lockdown at a tenerife become a bit more abundant through the afternoon, but i'm actually coming out as many as we have seen through this week and, more of you will spend the day if not largely dry, completely dry, and temperatures at levels of around 6-10d, temperatures at levels of around 6—10d, where we should be for the time of year. bris will pick up a class scotland, and we will see the showers become a bit more longer—lasting pushing across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, could drop a bit of snow here, still the main bearing weather hotel arrive at the airport to fly back to the uk this evening, after testing negative for coronavirus. borisjohnson says he has front across france, but may be "confidence" in his home secretary priti patel, who faces allegations from her departing civil service chief that she bullied staff. greek authorities have been using tear gas as clashes intensify with migrants on the border with turkey. they say they've already stopped almost ten thousand from entering. in the us, democratic presidential close enough to devon and cornwall, candidatejoe biden wins his first primary in south carolina — boosting his chances producing wet weather on tuesday. of being his party's candidate to take on donald trump elsewhere, more showers around compared to monday, most of this in november's election. will clear away still some and we'll be taking a look at the papers with our reviewers, continuing across the west through bonnie greer and mo hussein. the afternoon, but some longer spending —— sunny spells in the second half of the day, temperatures similarto second half of the day, temperatures similar to monday pulls through the middle part of the week, that sunshine and shower story really for many. may be a few more showers good evening. around here and there, particularly towards the south of the country on wednesday, and will stay cool with welcome to bbc news.

some morning frost. as we see the there's been a significant increase week out, greater chances for a in the number of people testing weather front pushing through, spell positive for the coronavirus, of heavy but brief rain across the with 12 new cases in england and one in scotland. country through thursday night into the health secretary has said the government could take emergency friday morning, then potentially the powers to close schools and cancel return to something wetter and large public events if the disease windier into next weekend. now, can't be contained. the total number of cases don't forget the withers —— rivers in the uk is now 36. will still be responding to rain the virus — a respiratory every sundays, and with more rain than forecasted towards the end of disease which causes the week, still worth keeping a pneumonia—like symptoms — close eye on the flood warnings, there for you on our website. bye for now. has infected more than 87,000 people in 60 countries. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. 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, 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. this is a serious situation. we have well established procedures in place and there is no need for the public

to be undually concerned. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — but we are in the containment phase of this infection. first the headlines. 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. a patient in scotland tests positive for coronavirus — bringing the total number of uk we don't take anything off cases to 36. of the table at this stage, because you have got to make sure 25 british tourists who were on lockdown at a tenerife that you have all of the tools available, hotel arrive at the airport to fly if that is what is necessary. back to the uk this but i want to minimise the social evening, after testing and economic disruption. negative for coronavirus. and at this stage, borisjohnson says he has we still have the hope, "confidence" in his home secretary priti patel — although the numbers elsewhere who faces allegations are rising fast, we still from her departing civil service have the hope that we might be able to avoid this outcome. chief that she bullied staff. possible measures being considered greek authorities have been by ministers include using tear gas as clashes intensify 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. hugh pym reporting. 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. 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. 0ur international correspondent 0rla 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.

and greece wants to keep it that way. just a trickle here, not a flood. 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. 0 rla 0rla guerin reporting. the executive director of human right‘s watch — kenneth roth — explained why president erdogan has stopped preventing migrants from crossing the turkish—greek border. this is turkish president erdogan‘s act of desperation to try to get european union leaders to focus on what is happening in syria's idlib province in north—western syria.

what is going on there is that 3—4,000,000 civilians there are at risk from indiscriminate russian and syrian bombardment, so the issue is not the 3.6 million syrian refugees that turkey is already housing, it is the potential of 3—4 million who would be forced to flee into turkey to avoid a bloodbath in idlib. so what erdogan is basically is that "i do not want this masscare to happen in idlib, i do not have the capacity to stop vladimir putin. vladimir putin can turn this on and off at will. russian bombs are the key to what is going on. european governments have to put pressure on vladimir putin to stop or you will share in the refugee crisis that a massacre in idlib would engender." it is four years since the eu struck a deal with the turkish president. he said, "i will help you but you have got

to support me, too." what sign is there that the european union is prepared to do more than they have done so far? this is a wake—up call on the part of erdogan. the european union does have the capacity to pressure vladimir putin. for example, it could start to impose targeted economic sanctions on the senior russian officials who are responsible for this large—scale indiscriminate bombardment syria's idlib province. it could cut off arms sales by the principal russian arms exporter. there are things europeans could do which are not about military action, but could put targeted, tough pressure on putin to get him to stop this indiscriminate bombardment and the potential large—scale bloodshed that would create a new refugee crisis. you've used the word "could" repeatedly. why isn't it happening? so far, the fighting in idlib has been basically in the southern part of the province.

syrian forces are trying to retake two highways, one linking aleppo with damascus, one linking aleppo and latakia. there has been large—scale displacement within idlib, roughly a million people moving closer to the turkish border, but the fear is that russian and syrian forces are not going to simply stop with the highways but will continue further north. president assad wants to retake all of idlib — and, frankly, the people in idlib fled there from the rest of the country. they do not trust president assad. they know that his prisons are filled with torture and execution chambers. many people have disappeared in them, thousands upon thousands. if push comes to shove and the choice is being bombarded by russian bombers, captured by syrian troops or fleeing into turkey, they're going to flee into turkey. kenneth roth from human rights watch.

the headlines on bbc news: a patient in scotland tests positive for coronavirus — bringing the total number of uk cases to 36. borisjohnson says he has "confidence" in his home secretary priti patel — who faces allegations from her departing civil service ifiieiifielei—‘ieeelleee eee‘qj” " ' " ' ' greek authorities have been using tear gas as clashes intensify with migrants on the border with turkey — they say they've already stopped almost 10,000 from entering. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. how though. good evening. we start with another piece of silverware for manchester city — they beat aston villa 2—1 to win the league cup title for the third year in a row.

0urs corrrespondent natalie pirks was watching at wembley. wembley is manchester city's second home these days. in the winter sun, aston villa fans, both young, older and royal were hoping their side would not freeze but it had been 2a years since they last won this trophy and city were going for the hat—trick of consecutive victories. 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. so yet another title for guardiola — but still a bitter sweet moment he says with the domestic trophy he most wanted likely heading to liverpool. the... the thing is. we always have believed the domestic league is the most important to win because it means. . . most important to win because it means... i think we are enough consistence... two games in the premier league today and a contraversial draw at goodison park between everton and manchester united. it had been an entertaining game from the off after a david de gea blunder gifted everton an early lead. united equalized but everton thought they'd won it in injury time only

to have it ruled out for offside by var, a decision not appreciated by the everton manager carlo ancelotti who was sent off for remonstrating with the referee. rauljimenez struck the winner for wolves as they twice came from behind to beat tottenham 3—2 in north london. the win sends wolves sixth in the table and three points behind fourth—placed chelsea. celtic have moved a step closer to successfully defending their scottish cup title. they're through to the semi finals after beating stjohnstone1—0 — ryan christie's free kick nine minutes from time enough to secure the win. christopherjullien claiming a touch. they'll face aberdeen in the last four at hampden park. the opening race of the moto gp season in qatar has been cancelled because of travel restrictions imposed on passengers from italy due to the coronavirus. moto gp issued a statement this evening referring to italy's crucial role in the competition both on the track and off. the moto2 and moto3 categories

will still race due to those teams and riders already being in qatar since testing there last week. judd trump has won a record—equalling fifth ranking title of the season with victory over yan bingtao at the players championship. the englishman produced two century breaks as he beat the 20—year—old from china by 10 frames to four in southport. stephen hendry, ding junhui, mark selby and ronnie 0'sullivan are the only other players to win five in a season. that's all the sport for now. thank you. the prime minister has defended the home secretary, priti patel, after claims made by her departing permanent secretary that she bullied staff. ms patel has reissued denials in response to newspaper reports — but has not publicly commented on allegations made by sir philip rutnam. labour has asked the home secretary to come to parliament to address the matter. and today, the bbc has learned another formal complaint was made against her.

0ur political correspondent iain watson has the latest. labour are trying to ratch up the pressure on priti patel. the labour leadership candidate kier starmer has called for her to make a statement to mps in parliament tomorrow about these allegations of bullying made by the former most senior official in her department, sir philip rutnam. in addition to that, the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said there should be an enquiry into priti patel‘s behaviour and during that enquiry she should be suspended from the home office. and the bbc has been told that there was a formal complaint about priti patel‘s behaviour, not at the home office, but when she was an employment ministerfour years ago. her spokesman says he has no knowledge, indeed she has no knowledge of that complaint, and we do not know if it was pursued, but clearly there are people willing to pile on the pressure on the home secretary, so she will be relieved that some of the pressure appears to now be coming off her position

because borisjohnson has given her his full backing this evening and made it very clear that she still has a big job to do as home secretary. i absolutely do have confidence in priti patel, i think she's a fantastic home secretary. it is never an easyjob, anybody who has been home secretary will testify that that is one of the toughest jobs in government and there is a big task ahead of us now, we are delivering at last a new immigration system for this country, a points—based immigration system, that will take a lot of work by the home office, a fantastic department and by the way, i want to make one thing absolutely clear, i am full of admiration for our civil service and the job that they do. we politicians could not begin to accomplish things without fantastic, absolutely brilliant alpha minds in the civil service, and we depend on them. so, i think an interesting contribution from the prime minister on two fronts, not simply that full confidence in priti patel,

but also making it very clear, in effect, the home office has the responsibility for carrying out key parts of the manifesto that he stood on, 20,000 more police officers, that new points—based immigration system, so if the home office fails, then the government as a whole may find it far more difficult to hold on to its promises, the promises it made during that election campaign, and i think for that reason, the prime minister is not keen to see any further disturbance at the top of that department. he would be very reluctant to move the home secretary, but also interesting that he took time to praise the civil service and civil servants who he recognises are absolutely essential in delivering that agenda so he is making it very clear he does not want a continuing war of words in whitehall, he does not want this battle to continue even though the former permanent secretary, the most senior official at the home office, has departed.

so to some extent, some conciliatory language towards the civil service but also making it clear to priti patel that despite opposition pressure for her to go, he is in no rush to see her leave office at this stage. iain watson reporting. 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. 0ur 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 and flame retardant. his first victory tasted sweet. now, thanks to all of you, the heart of the democratic party, wejust 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 1a 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. following on from the results in 00:25:42,540 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 south carolina, the former