this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: new results suggest the coronavirus could have been circulating in the us for weeks. up to 1,500 people may be infected. in the us election campaign, mayor pete buttigieg pulls out. it could be a boost forjoe biden‘s campaign. pawns in a geopolitical crisis: turkey sends thousands of migrants to the border. greece calls an urgent meeting of eu ministers. counting the cost of coronavirus — could the growing outbreak now lead to a global recession? we take a look.

a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and we'd like to hear from you. today we're asking have you changed your behaviour, routine or way you work due to coronavirus? do get in touch and tell us your story. just use the hashtag: bbcthebriefing we start with the latest on the coronavirus outbreak. scientists in the united states say the covid—19 strain of the coronavirus may have been spreading undetected in washington state for the last six weeks. the us has two confirmed deaths caused by the virus — both of them in washington state. the number of confirmed

cases around the world continues to rise. rich preston has this report. new cases are being confirmed ona new cases are being confirmed on a daily basis. countries that do not currently have the virus are preparing themselves for its almost inevitable arrival. officials in the us state of washington say up to 1500 people may have veered infected and the virus may have been present in the state for six weeks. on the east coast, the state of new york has reported its first case. the total number of confirmed cases nationwide is more than 80. the number of corona don't virus deaths worldwide has now exceeded 3000. —— coronavirus. the country outside of china with the most infections in south korea, with a76 cases on monday, bringing the total to more than a000. south korea has

urged people to stay at home and scientist are continuing to try and find a vaccine and some are being trialed on animals. that safety testing cannot be compromised. it is a very hard compressed highline so we have seen via text and mid—sized biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies promising we will have a vaccine in weeks. you can forget it. because of this phenomena, we are looking at least one year away before we may have a vaccine and i'm guessing longer. italy still has the highest number of coronavirus cases in europe. the head of the civil protection for says the number of infections had doubled in more than 1a8 hour period and a charity in rome was closed on monday after one of the priests tested positive. the british prime minister, boris johnson is to chaira prime minister, boris johnson is to chair a meeting of the emergency committee after a jump emergency committee after a jump in infection rates in the uk and it comes as around 150

awaiting repatriation from tenerife where they have been in repatriation for a week. they will only be allowed home if they have tested negative for the virus. covid—19 is not as deadly as other strange such as deadly as other strange such as sars, but what worries officials is the speed at which the virus spreads, often with such mild symptoms. robin brant is our asia correspondent. he's in hong kong for us. what is the latest from where you are? the latest is yet more horrific figures, really, on china ‘s economy revealed today a private survey today revealed that production and new orders at factories in china on the mainland, remember the world ‘s second biggest economy falling offa second biggest economy falling off a cliff in january second biggest economy falling off a cliff injanuary and this confirms what we saw from official government statistics

on saturday. the economy here is already slowing to growth at 6.1%, the slowest china has seen 6.1%, the slowest china has seenin 6.1%, the slowest china has seen in three decades with this revealed the extent to which the outbreak of coronavirus will have, a very, very significant effect on the economy. their work — their workers are still not back in factories and offices at the level the government wanted to see a few weeks ago and so what we're seeing now is the market is actually surging in certain sectors, real estate and infrastructure because they believe some sort of enhanced enhanced stimulus from the central bank on the mainland is all but certain but yet again, confirmation today in a second survey of purchasing managers that the economy here, particularly at the factory gates, is taking a significant knot from the whole thing. despite that, markets in asia seeing a little bit of upside, certainly in japan where seeing a little bit of upside, certainly injapan where as you say, the action on the part of central banks in japan say, the action on the part of central banks injapan and the central banks injapan and the central banks injapan and the central bank governor saying

they are ready to take action if necessary, and that has brought some relief? yes, that is certainly the case. shinzo abe, the prime minister of japan, also talking about new legislation being rushed through so they could, if need be, declare a national emergency, so what everyone is looking for, the normal person returning to work in hong kong, where civil servants have gone back to the office, if you are a much more significant investor with a lot of money, is reassurance that we are seeing a sense of that from central bankers, as you said, injapan but central bankers, as you said, in japan but also central bankers, as you said, injapan but also on the chinese mainland. it looks almost certain now that chinese central bankers beyond those rate cuts and efforts to help small if it to perhaps something — that will move on beyond the smaller efforts to something more substantial. we will have a lot more on that in business briefing and we want to hear from you as i already mentioned. many have been in

touch already to say how it is impacting you. i now over to the united states. on tuesday 1a, american states will decide who they want to be the democratic candidate to take on donald trump in november's presidential candidate but that field will no longer include pete buttigieg. the 38—year—old former mayor from indiana has ended his bid for the white house. he'd enjoyed a meteoric rise from virtual unknown to a leading contender, winning the first caucus in iowa but a poor showing in south carolina at the weekend brought his campaign to an end. today is a moment of truth. after a year of going everywhere, meeting everyone, defying every expectation, seeking every vote, the truth is the path has narrowed to a close, for our candidacy if not for our cause. and another of those values is responsibility, and we have a responsibility to consider the effect

of remaining in this race any further. our goal has always been to help unify americans, to defeat donald trump and to win the era for our values. applause. little was known about the former indiana mayor before the start of the nomination process. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, looks now at the future for him and for his supporters. pete buttigieg had built up a tremendous amount of support since he started this campaign asa since he started this campaign as a virtual unknown, as a small town mayor, working in a small town mayor, working in a small office without a huge bank account behind him but he managed to garner all of that support by occupying largely the centre politically, similar tojoe biden, and of coursejoe biden now beginning to be one of the leading candidates, alongside bernie sanders and likely thatjoe biden will

actually benefit from pete buttigieg dropping out of the campaign, in terms of votes moving forward because the next big challenge is super tuesday, when four states around the country go to the polls, two of the biggest including california and texas. there is a lot at stake. pete buttigieg leaving at this stage acknowledging that perhaps it is the end of the role in terms of the mathematics, that he and his supporters could not see that road to victory, so he is stepping aside. interestingly, he did not, certainly at the meeting he had with his supporters, he did not support any of the other candidates but maybe that will come at some point soon. what he did indicate is that is certainly not getting out of politics. he said there is too much at stake to stick to the sidelines. this is clearly a man with a lot of support in the democratic party and many are saying he has a strong future ahead of him.

let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: several thousand people have rallied in central prague against the czech republic's billionaire prime minister and the way his government treats public institutions. prime minister andrej babis is facing police charges over an eu subsidy fraud. the eu has also launched a probe into his dual role as a politician distributing eu subsidies and entrepreneur receiving them. iraq's prime minister—designate, mohammed allawi, has withdrawn his nomination, hours after parliament again failed to approve his proposed cabinet. in a damning tweet, mr allawi accused iraqi politicalforces, without naming them, of not being serious about reform and protesters' demands. the eu's brexit negotiator michel barnier and the uk's negotiator, david frost, are due to meet in brussels for a first round of talks on future relations. the talks will be held again every two to three

weeks, alternating between brussels and london. eighteen days of talks have been scheduled until mid—may. today in asia we have seen some recovery in markets in asia, notably in japan recovery in markets in asia, notably injapan where early losses were reversed, and the central bank supporting markets and last week coronavirus wiped out $5 trillion from global stocks. we have the brief of speed group for a briefing. lovely to see you. many are bracing themselves with what will happen on stock markets. i know it is hard to predict but at least we have seen some sort of support today. yes, and the early markets have rallied a little bit after the sell—off last week which some would say was high time to have a

sell—off. we have had a very good bull run for a while but sentiment is everything. this isa sentiment is everything. this is a story not only of supply but demand challenges for markets, people are not buying things and that is disrupting those all—importa nt supply chains. now, step back, sentiment is everything in markets, everything for investors. and all of the predictions that people have made, including lots of business group, we're just about to produce survey results this week, all of those things we re this week, all of those things were done, all of those surveys we re were done, all of those surveys were done, all of those surveys were done before all the predictions were done before this. it shows you how fickle and sensitive markets are. and they always have been but last week was a significant drop, the west we have seen for financial markets since the gfc more than ten years ago and i think we will see volatility for some time now depending on headlines and from where. difficult to see that not being the case, absolutely, sally. when you look at the purchasing managers index in china,

notoriously difficult to read, in china, it is at 35, the lowest it has been and oil down to $50 a barrel and commodities are being hit. people are not buying and purchasing, buying is down. i am asking viewers whether they are changing behaviour, argue? i am not at the moment, no, buti behaviour, argue? i am not at the moment, no, but i am going to watch what the british government ‘s going to say and the countries i'm going to visit as well. that will be the case for many people but already people are not making essential travel plans. dare i say, people are not booking holidays yet. that will all have an impact and come back to the all—importa nt have an impact and come back to the all—important sentiment, sally. thank you for now. some strong coffee in the green room and a lot to take in between now and then news briefing. going live now tojerusalem because polls have just opened there. want to take you live to tel aviv briefly because polls have just opened there in the third election in 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. you can see that polling has now opened and we will keep you across that it develops. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: all the sport, including a setback for leipzig in the bundesliga — losing ground in the race for the title. won't come out first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb

dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yes, but i hope everything will be all right in the end, as they say. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: the democratic party presidential contender, pete buttigieg, has pulled out of the white house race. it's expected to boost joe biden's chances. scientists in the united states

say the covid—19 virus may have been spreading undetected in washington state for the last six weeks, infecting up to fifteen hundred people. greece says it's stopped nearly 10,000 migrants crossing the border into the eu from turkey over the weekend. turkey says it cannot deal with the amount of people fleeing syria's war. now greek officials have announced they'll block any new asylum applications and turn illegal immigrants away. from kastanies on the greek side of the border here is our correspondent jonah fisher. the route overland to europe is being given new life by tu rkey‘s being given new life by turkey's president. this road ru ns very turkey's president. this road runs very close to the border between greece and turkey. there are a couple of official crossing points which are now closed and heavily protected

but there are, we have been told, plenty of other places along this stretch where people can get through. as the icy rain falls, we come across a family group from afghanistan. pawns in a geopolitical crisis and now shivering and alone. they tell us they have been bust to the border by turkish authorities and then crossed into greece by cutting the barbed wire on the border fence. further down the road we find a group of west africans. they say they walk along a dirt track to get here. evading teargas and border guns. we wa nt to teargas and border guns. we want to go to germany, we don't wa nt to want to go to germany, we don't want to stay here in greece. we wa nt want to stay here in greece. we want a better life for us and ourfamilies. want a better life for us and our families. then, as the clock approached midnight we came across four young migrants from the middle east. you've come from iraq and syria... as

we started to talk, men with their faces covered and no insignia arrived. the migrants we re insignia arrived. the migrants were put in the back of a van that had no numberplates. excuse me, where are they being taken? to the police station. what will happen? i am not in officer, ok, i am what will happen? i am not in officer, ok, iam nota sergeant. greece says fewer than 200 migrants have managed to get through since friday and they have all been detained. at one of the closed border crossings we caught up with the defence minister. we saw people being taken away in a vehicle yesterday with no numberplates and men with their faces covered. is that normal procedure here? in my mind, normal procedure for one country, that is all i have to say. but they are getting through the fence. a med is one

of the few migrants we have met who comes from syria. of the few migrants we have met who comes from syrialj of the few migrants we have met who comes from syria. i don't have money water or food. who comes from syria. i don't have money water orfood. i don't have anything. number migrants crossing is still small but the daughter europe is farfrom small but the daughter europe is far from closed. it is no good. very tiring. we will be discussing that story and more detail later on in our news briefing. but let's head over now to the bbc sports centre. hello i'm chetan pathak with monday's sport briefing. real madrid are a point clear at the top of la liga after a 2—0 win over barcelona at the bernabeu. viniciusjunior got the opener twenty minutes from the end, becoming the youngst el clasico goalscorer this century at 19. mariano then got the second in stoppage time with his first touch of the season in la liga. it's the first time barcelona failed to score away at real

in the league since october 2006. in germany rb leipzig are three points behind the leaders bayern munich after a 1—1 draw at home to bayer leverkusen. leon bailey gave leverkusen the lead. their advantage lasted only three minutes though, with patrik shick heading in from a free kick. world number two rafa nadal won his third mexican open title with a straight sets win over 22—year—old taylor fritz. the spaniard — at the bottom of the screen — didn't drop a set all week in acapulco and took the first 6—3 against the unseeded american. and he sealed his first title of the season by taking the next 6—2. it's the 85th singles title of his career — and a rather unique one — a pear shapped trophy to go along with the sombrero. nadal all smiles at the end.

winning a title is always special and here in latin america and acapulco, it has been the first big title i want in my career so i am able to stay here, after 15 years, it is amazing. i can't think enough all the people here. it makes me feel at home every single time. arsenal will look to bounce back from their defeat to olympiakos when they travel to portsmouth in the fifth round of the fa cup on monday. arsenal have won the cup a record 13 times — and it's the only trophy mikel arteta can possibly win this season following their exit from the europa league. but after a little over two months in thejob, he admits it's a work in progress: we are still farfrom we are still far from the debt to —— dejected. and we have to

keep fighting game by game. there is no point us making big plans. the most important thing is that we have to lift up now and we have to keep going and react. and finally — plenty of celebratory reaction on social media to manchester city's 2—1 win over aston villa in the league cup final. here's our favourite video from the dressing room — manchester city defender benjamin mendy decided to celebrate with one of city's most famous fans — noel gallagher from oasis. the rest of the city players were able to provide great backing vocals as a rendition of the song wonderwall broke out. noel no match for mendy‘s dance moves. managed to escape to the back in the end! you can get all the

latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport team, that's your monday sport briefing. a rare piano that's been described as ‘immortal‘ goes up that is a great song at karaoke, people always seem to know the words. a rare piano that's been described as ‘immortal‘ goes up for auction in israel next week. the piano of sienna — which is more than 220 years old — has spent its life at a world's fair, in a second world war battlefield, has travelled the world — and is expected to fetch more than a million dollars. stay tuned for this story, from gail maclellan. with an unusually ornate design, the instrument has had quite a life. it was made in 1799 according to the winner's auction house injerusalem by the turin—based harpsichord maker sebastian marchisio, and has been described as a visual masterpiece.

he died before he could finish it but his descendents finished for him and gave it to his granddaughter as a wedding gift. it appeared at the world's fair in paris in 1867 before being given to italy's then prince and future king, umberto the first before falling into nazi hands. the piano surfaced again after the 19a2 battle of el alamein in egypt in a crate with a mine detector. translation: when the british forces opened it, they were astonished to see a piano inside buried in the desert sand. from there, it ended up with an israeli piano merchant who fixed it up and took it to new york where it was displayed in steinway hall. translation: it was displayed as a kind of eighth wonder in the most well—known piano shop in new york and became a pilgrimage for pianists and enthusiasts. now, its owner says it's time to let go of this beautiful

creation and for the next chapter in its life to begin. it goes under the hammer on tuesday. stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. we have been asking you about our top story today. we do have the prime minister during a cobra meeting here in the uk todayis cobra meeting here in the uk today is the virus spreads in the uk and elsewhere outside china full so we have been asking you, are you changing your behaviour or your routine asa your behaviour or your routine as a consequence? tell us your story. many people have been in touch. eric says that in addition to washing hands he is postponing travel and restricting attending crowded events and observing personal space. he is doing a lot to try and prevent spread. another twitter user says they do not touch door handles with their bare hands anymore. haley, a

taxi driver says she disinfects her taxi after every passenger and provide free hand sanitiser. thank you for the comments, we will see you shortly. hello. with rivers running high and many a field still under water, we could do with a little bit of better weather news and to a certain degree, we'll get that this week. nowhere we'll get that this week. near as wet nor as windy. nowhere near as wet nor as windy. completely dry later in the week but the jetstream is ona the week but the jetstream is on a more southerly track at the moment taking wet weather to france and liberia but —— france and the iberian peninsula. and we start monday morning with a frosty and in place icy start. temperatures at or below sea —— freezing. here, wet snow mixed in, cooler from east anglia in the south—east first thing this morning so as the sunshine develops more widely. icy rain

across the north and the west to begin with, sleet and snow, more showers developing through the day but not as many as we saw through the weekend so more of you will spend the bulk, if not all day, dry on monday with temperatures where they should be, the wind later as well. the wind will pick up monday night through tuesday in gail's across the north, more in the way of rain and sleet and snow heading eastwards as we go through to tuesday morning. an icy start and for some there will be lying snow around in the north and west as we start the north and west as we start the day. nothing significant at this stage but it could be a wintry start to tuesday is this area of low pressure pushes weather fronts eastwards. as i said, the jetstream is southerly so the bulk of the rain will be over france. close enough to produce wet weather near devon and cornwall and across the channel islands through tuesday. elsewhere, more on the way of showers around on tuesday compared to monday, they were clear through the afternoon, looking dry and bright once again and we do see the showers and extra of hail

sleet and snow, the temperatures are similar to monday. as we go into wednesday and thursday looks like a showery mix across the country with more of you spending time dry. watching for rain close to the south of england and wales. and then as we see the weekend, thursday into friday, one with will push eastwards and then another one will start to push insult turn wet and windy again as we go into next weekend. overall, a promising scene but don't forget the river is still responding to recent wet weather and that rain later in the week. steak oscillators flood warnings, they are you on the bbc weather website. —— stay across the flood warnings.

this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. counting the cost of coronavirus — could the growing outbreak now lead to a global recession? we take a look. and china's efforts to contain the virus hit manufacturing in the workshop of the world. indian firms begin to run low on key imports. and, thanks to promises of support from japan's central bank, asian financial markets have seen some relief but more than $5 trillion was wiped off global stocks just last week.