a very warm welcome to bbc news. our top stories. the world is now in uncharted territories they help achieve this as the number of deaths from a coronavirus passes 3000. benjamin netanyahu claims victory in israel's third election in a year but can he finally form a government? a boost forjoe biden‘s presidential bid as pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar dorsey may have super tuesday. the bbc has uncovered evidence that police stood by as religious fervour spread the indian capital last week. and we talk to the british author hilary mantel in the final book

in her blockbuster trilogy in a court of king henry viii. hello to you, coronavirus up berwick has taken the world into uncharted territory according to the world health organization. globally, does have surpassed 3000. most are in china where the outbreak began over the past day, there we re began over the past day, there were nine times more new infections outside china than inside china. italy, want other countries worst affected, sorry jump countries worst affected, sorry jump in its death toll on monday from 3a to 52. a symbol of how far and wide the coronavirus has spread, the most visited museum in the world, the louvre in paris, has been forced to close its doors to the public. there are four main hotspots for the virus across the globe. china has seen nearly half of all deaths, they have more than 80,000 infected people. south korea has 4,300 cases.

and both italy and iran have both over 1,500 cases each. in the last 2a hours, there were almost nine times more cases reported outside of china than inside china. in the us, three more deaths were reported on monday at a nursing home in washington state. we are now starting to find more covid—i9 cases in washington. they appear to be acquired locally here in washington. and we now know that the virus is actively spreading in some communities here in washington. the majority of confirmed infections in the us so far are people who were passengers on the cruise ship diamond princess. a couple who were quarantined on board and are now at an air force base in texas just learned they cannot leave as somebody in the group has tested positive for coronavirus. ourfeelings and emotions have been a roller coaster. we are feeling frustrated, we are feeling shocked that we were supposed to go home and now we are not.

we are disappointed. we miss our family. we miss ourfriends. we miss our life. as tensions rise, president trump faces criticism that his administration has been slow to respond to the outbreak. we are talking about a vaccine, may be a cure is possible. we will see about that. but we are talking about a vaccine. the president has tied his economic fortunes to the stock market. wall street rallied on monday after huge losses last week. amid hope the federal reserve will cut interest rates this month. but as testing for the coronavirus expands here in the us, it is likely more cases will be detected and it is unclear how far the virus is spread already. let's get more now live from the professor of history of medicine at the university of michigan. i know you've also been an advisor to the centres

for disease control and prevention. when the who says wearing uncharted territory, what do you understand by the? wearing uncharted territory because we've never had a coronavirus outbreak of this magnitude all of this spread nor do we understand precisely all the ramifications of that. the biology, the virology, the population, genetics, mutations, as well as the sociology of what can happen with a coronavirus pandemic. we are in uncharted territory. we never had a coronavirus epidemic of this magnitude. do you believe it's a spread and the number of fatalities can be contained in any meaningful sense? well, yes but that depends on where you. for example, in china, it is quite widespread. there are still a great deal of things that can be done in italy under iran in terms of community mitigation strategies. you're in the

united states, there are travel bans per se but travel advisories of where to go and when not to go. the are also lots of good advice, commonsense advice, about how to avoid coronavirus infections in your community. not to be, not to stay near people who are coughing and sneezing. if you are sick, you should stay home. if your children are sick, they should stay home. good hand washing and things like that. so, you know, we have to take things into consideration that there are only about 90,000 cases. but a lot of cases but thatis cases. but a lot of cases but that is not nearly the account of i nflu e nza that is not nearly the account of influenza cases in the united states today let alone at the death rate of influenza around the world today. we need to ta ke around the world today. we need to take these risks as they are but also compare them to much greater risks of both infectious and chronic that pervades us every day. professor, what more would you like to see authorities doing about this? well, i'd like to see a much greater global

cooperative effort in china as well as in iran and italy and everywhere else in the world and here in the united states. we live in a global community and coronavirus, covid—i9, has proven that an outbreak anywhere can quickly go everywhere. that means sharing of data, surveillance, of technology and other medications or vaccines which are actually a year off, contrary to what president trump said today. we have to work together to use the connectivity not to amplify fear but to amplify good public health commonsense care that we know works and we know how to do. thank you for talking to us. this story just do. thank you for talking to us. this storyjust moving it became hour, benjamin netanyahu's became hour, benjamin neta nyahu's likud became hour, benjamin netanyahu's likud party appears to have won the most seats in his recollection was of the results from the election committee put his party on 37

of the seats, well ahead of the prime minister's chief rival benny dance of the blue—and—white party who is on 34. let's speak to the assistant professor of israel studies at northwestern university in chicago. thank you very much for your time. body making of the results? you very much for your time. body making of the result57m is another huge victory for benjamin netanyahu, is another huge victory for benjamin neta nyahu, somewhat unexpected that he would do as well as he has done. but the proof will be in the putting of whether he gets... the peripheral be in the putting of whether he can actually assemble a coalition in the end. i think you may be getting some other voices in your headphones what we are hearing you loud and clear. 0k, very good. the peripheral be on the putting of whether he can form a coalition or not and the exit polls are still quite inaccurate and we are waiting

to get the final tally tomorrow morning to know how the mathematics will add up to that magic number of 61 seats in the majority of the israeli parliament. what is your betting on how things will turn out and how you're seeing things at the moment? if netanyahu things at the moment? if neta nyahu can form things at the moment? if netanyahu can form a right—wing block, he will need to, at this point in time, probably pinch off at least to more seats from a rival party in order to form that 61 seats majority. because his right wing locks, at the moment, only stands at 59 seats. i don't think that will be terribly difficult but we will see how the numbers change overnight as to who his partners may be and who the kingmakers will be who have thus far stayed out of the coalition may decide to join mr

netanyahu. a standstill still possible at least another election still possible. of course we must limit —— mr netanyahu, course we must limit —— mr neta nyahu, it is course we must limit —— mr netanyahu, it is important for him to stay in office because he is facing corruption trials? absolutely, he goes on trial in march 17 for three counts of primer that pretty much would land him in prison in a short period of time. although voters do not seem to have taken this into calculation, it appears that he is likud party has emerged victorious in the election. it will remain to be seen whether his coalition partners will give way to the left—wing block because of their fears left—wing block because of theirfears for left—wing block because of their fears for what a netanyahu government their fears for what a neta nyahu government may portend in the future. thank you very much for talking to us. the former us vice president

joe biden seeking to come the presidential nominee has been endorsed by pete buttigieg who withdrew from the race on monday. and on monday amy klobuchar quit the race also expected to endorse mr biden. the front runner for the democratic party nomination is still the left—wing senator bernie sanders. let's get more now from washington, dc from the democratic pulse. brad bannon, democratic strategist. what are you seeing as you see all of this —— thinking? what are you seeing as you see all of this -- thinking? it's been a big boy at hours forjoe biden. three days ago, he was hanging this race by barely a fingernail but he won a big victory in south carolina, saturday night and since then, three of his former rivals have endorsed him. senator klobuchar from minnesota and former may oui’

from minnesota and former may our peeps buttigieg. also today, one of his other former rivals, former texas congressman beto o'rourke endorsed him and all of these candidates were centrist candidates were centrist candidates like joe biden. candidates were centrist candidates likejoe biden. now with him out of the way, biden has a much clearer path to challenge bernie sanders one—on—one. challenge bernie sanders one-on-one. it still feels pretty early though to make clearjudgements. as i that people are still being built up to be knocked down. it still seems likely that super tuesday was a things out forjoe biden. michael bloomberg on the 1—handed bernie sanders on the other? tomorrow will be a day. there are 14 states having primary is. wonder territory and americans abroad and altogether they're going to select about a third of all the delegates to the national convention just tomorrow. the biggest state is california where 447 delegates will be selected and if bernie sanders

wins a big victory in california, that could add hundreds of delegates to his total and that would make it more difficult for him to be stopped. i think biden is in a better position today that he was three days ago. just briefly, brad, what are you making of the warnings of the us secretary of state and us attorney general but malign actors appear to be interfering the selection? well, i think it isa the selection? well, i think it is a valid warning because it's pretty clear now that during the 20 presidential election, russia interfered and —— 2016 presidential election, interfered and manipulated the election. obviously, the trump administration has done nothing to prevent further interference in this presidential election. i think sadly there is a good chance there are malign forces at all and somebody has to take action before november, otherwise, we could bejust going for a otherwise, we could bejust going fora re— otherwise, we could bejust going for a re— performance of

the tragedy that happened in november of 2016. brad bannon, thank you. thank you. the taliban are to resume attacks on government forces in afghanistan, just days after signing an agreement with the us, build than as a big step towards peace. adele included a commitment to peace talks with the afghan government but the taliban spokesman has said this won't happen. unless five 2000 2000 taliban prisoners are released. the us has told columbia it will need to resume aerial spraying to destroy coco. fumigation was suspended in 2015 when the supreme court ruled that the herbicide use could cause cancer and poison the land. jack welch, who transformed general electric into america's my stable company, has died at the age of 84. he ran ge for 20 years,

overseeing growth from market value of $12 billion to 410 billion. mr trump tweeted that was a business legend. to stay with us if you can on bbc news. there is much more to come. we will hear from the british author hilary mantel on her long—awaited book in her the final trilogy. 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. welcome back, but you have with us on welcome back, but you have with us on bbc news. the latest headlines for you, the head of the world health organization says the new outbreak of coronavirus has entered uncharted territory but can still be contained. with official results yet to be announced, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has claimed victory in the country's bird election in a year. bbc has uncovered evidence that

police in the indian capital delhi acted alongside the hindus in the wave of the attacks against muslims. the death toll has now risen to 46, the deadliest in more than three decades was india's internationalists government has become under increasing pressure as more allegations emerge of complete ad police complicity. our report, you may find some of it disturbing. they are meant to protect all of india's people but here the police are seen with hindus, throwing stones towards muslims. videos like these have been emerging since the violence last week. we went to the street where the footage was filmed — a predominantly hindu one. this man described how the police helped them. "we didn't have enough stones here so the police brought us some and told us to throw them."

across the road, we find the burn out house of a muslim man. "i saw the police come in with the rioters, who set the shops on fire in front of them," he told me. we've been able to investigate how events unfolded at this one location, but on several instances now we have been told by people that the police were either complicit with or turned a blind eye to hindu mobs and used excessive force against muslims. this muslim man was beaten to death by the police. he was 23. in another video, he is seen lying unconscious with four other men. some of them are asked to sing india's national anthem to prove their patriotism.

at the man's home, preparations for his funeral were being made when we went. "he couldn't stand up or sit down. my brother was in so much pain. his whole body had turned black and blue. he was beaten in such places that i can't even express it," his brother told me. rafik was one of those beaten with him. there is barely any part of his body that has not been wounded. "i'm too scared to go and get myself treated. the situation outside is so bad. the government has ruined india," he says. the delhi police did not respond to the allegations. the violence has torn apart a neighbourhood in delhi but its ripples have been felt around the country.

among muslims, there is a deep sense of insecurity in an india under hindu nationalist rule. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. members of the greek coastguard have been seen shooting people and push away people trying to reach greece from turkey. thousands had gathered at tu rkey‘s thousands had gathered at turkey's border with greece after turkey announced it would no longer prevent migrants and refugees leaving for the european union. turkey is trying to increase pressure on the west to help with the syrian conflict. i correspond sent this near the greek border with turkey. in the eastern aegean, human lives are bargaining chips and cheap. this was filmed by the turkish coast guard and shows greek boats trying to stop a packed dinghy of migrants reaching europe. imagine the fear on board, unwanted by turkey and greece.

those are warning shots being fired at a flimsy inflatable dinghy. not everyone makes it. just this morning, a young boy drowned when his dinghy — a different 1— capsized. he is one of a rising number who have, with turkey's encouragement, tried to reach the greek islands over the last few days. the direct human consequence of ankara's demand that europe come to its aid in syria. on land, things are no better. there have been riots at greece's border with turkey after thousands of migrants were mobilised to march right up to the fence. and some have got through. greece has changed the rules so that if migrants get caught now, they don't get processed here, they get sent straight back.

it means that some of them are hiding so we have just seen what looks like a couple of migrants over here. they run off and we eventually find them hiding in some bushes. police? i'm not the police, ok? they‘ re syrians, from aleppo, hassan and ahmed. tear gas? gas, gas. tired and still shell—shocked from crossing the border. they ask us for help and for a ride in our car. you can't come with me. it's illegal under greek law. i think someone's coming. moments later, we are disturbed. and they move off once again. on the run in a country that is increasingly hostile to their presence. jonah fisher, bbc news, in northern greece. the eu and the uk have officially started talks on their future relationship after brexit. the scope of the talks,

huge. over the next few months, the two sides will thresh up deals on everything from fishing to financial services to how drug drivers will be able to cross borders after brexit —— truck drivers. shall barnier and david frost. negotiations will negotiate —— go—between brussels. the head ofa go—between brussels. the head of a key summit injune. years ago, you might not have thought many people were interested in the historical detail of the life of thomas cromwell. he was one of the most powerful men in england five centuries ago. it novels about his life from dame hilary mantell have now sold more than 5 million copies around the world and after an eight year wait, the third instalment is out. the author has been speaking with our correspondent. 480 yea rs 480 years ago, thomas cromwell was here at the tower of london awaiting execution. what better place than to discuss the final novel in hilary mantell‘s

turbulent tudor history. but with a vast cast of characters, she acknowledges it is a challenging read. i can't deny it is demanding, that i make no apologies for asking a lot of commitment from a reader. the mirrorand commitment from a reader. the mirror and the light completes the story of thomas core morale. —— cromwell. both were private winning novels adapted successfully for stage and screen. and hilary mantel says our relentless brittany of the monarchs spans the ages. our relentless brittany of the monarchs spans the ageslj think there is still an intense concentration on the bodies of royal women. we only have to look at what happens when our royal ladies give birth, they

are perceived as public property in the same way that tudor women were perceived. it is simply turning the individual woman back into a breeder. i did wonder what you made of the treatment of the duchess of sussex. do you think she has been a victim of racism? it rings me back to this question of the body. it does include the skin so racism isa does include the skin so racism is a factor. i think it is more deeply embedded in people's consciousness than any of us are willing to admit. hilary mantel is already adapting her new book for the stage and she says she would now rather work in the theatre than at home writing novels. i spent enough time sitting in a room by myself and, you know, i'm not

sure i want to die at my desk. so we have got to be saying about this. a lot of people waiting for that book. before we go, we should leave you with these pictures. this is british designer stella mccartney's show at paris fashion week. she sent models in giant animal outfits down the catwalk to promote her animalfree clothing range was up her brand has worked without leather, animalfur, skins has worked without leather, animal fur, skins or feathers since it was launched back in 2001. a message she says was that the animals we usually see in fashion shows are dead. just a reminder of the main use. head of the world health organization has said the outbreak of the coronavirus has headed into uncharted territory but can still be contained, as he put it. the number of people worldwide who has died is now over 3000. italy has seen a jump over 3000. italy has seen a jump in its death toll from 34 to 52 with more than 2000

people now infected. that is it for now, thank you very much we re for now, thank you very much were watching. —— thank you very much for watching. i know there is still significant flooding around but isn't it nice to get away from february's relentless grey and of course something blue in the skies, many of us saw it during monday. they were still some big showers around and no—one is suggesting this week is dry but there is some texture in the sky for the time being. things are a bit quieter than they have been and will get a bit of sunshine again in the day ahead but they will also be some showers around. a big picture showing a few disturbances moving around the uk with showers on tuesday but we are eyeing up another area of low pressure in the atlantic and this looks like bringing another spell of rain to many of us during wednesday into thursday. as we will see in a

moment. tuesday's start, cold, frosty for some of us, icy patches where we have had a few showers. showers clearing away from north—east england, eastern scotland first thing and another pulling away from north ireland and wales during the morning but then this has to feed around scotland through england. a shower could be heavy and wintry on hills, some hail possible. behind it, the sun comes back and a lot of it for northern ireland in the afternoon and increasingly sober wales and western parts of england adopt some of us has temperatures in double figures and most of us will not stop is breezy, blustery out there but nowhere near as windy as it has been and actually, with mainly light winds and clear skies on tuesday night, that means they will be a widespread frost around but then look at these cloud and some rain heading into a south—west england, southwest wells. the temperature not going down to far actually recovering late stop —— south—west wales. the rain is from the area of low pressure and some uncertainty as to how far north it will get the new forecast unfortunately ta kes the new forecast unfortunately takes it further north so that means a spell of rain heading

towards northern ireland and perhaps even southern scotland as well stop not necessarily just rain. some hill so —— some hill snow into the pennines is overnight and into thursday the outbreaks of rain continue through parts of england and wales and then on thursday we will start to clear from the east and south—east of england. the hind that, yes, dryer on thursday and it will get a bit righter as well. —— behind. and then there is another area of wet weather aiming at us for friday. this weather front has to move through and then low pressure looks to be coming in for the weekend so what does that mean over the weekend? it means that they will be another speu means that they will be another spell of rain heading our way. u nfortu nately. spell of rain heading our way. unfortunately. and then the winds will start to become as well. although without, the temperatures will recover few degrees but it does mean not as much of that sunshine.

this is bbc news, i'm mike embley. the top stories: the head of the world health organization has said that the outbreak of the new coronavirus has entered uncharted territory but can still be contained because of the number of people killed worldwide is now more than 3000. italy has seen a dominance death toll from 34 to 52. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu israel's prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has declared israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared victory in the country's bird election in a year but exit polls suggest he could still fall short of forming a coalition government. he's been seeking re—election while facing a corruption trial which begins later this month. democratic presidential hopefuljoe biden has been endorsed by pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar just a day before the crucial super tuesday primary vote. 14 states will decide who they want as the democratic party ‘s nominee. bernie sanders is still the front runner in the race.