this briefing. out of story. israel and the palestinian authorities declare a state of emergency and placed bethlehem under quarantine following seven cases of coronavirus in the city. the us vice president promises to help authorities keep track of the virus as hundreds of holiday makers are prevented from docking. they are still counting the cost of after months of brutal conflict in idlib. in business, trouble in the pipeline. virus fears grow so can oil producers do anything to stop the slide?

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the israeli defence minister ordered the army to enforce the closure in co—ordination with the palestinian authority. the increased security measures come after violent demonstrations stop the patients being ta ken demonstrations stop the patients being taken to hospital. a middle east correspondent anna foster has this report. angry protests on the streets ofjericho. this is where the palestinian authority planned to treat its coronavirus patients, but they aren't wanted here. in bethlehem, there's real concern. the main checkpoint into israel was closed and people have been told they can only leave in an emergency. the infected workers are all from this hotel. they've been in contact with a group of greek tourists, who tested positive once they returned home. this place is now closed, as are all hotels in bethlehem. they've been told they cannot accept any new tourists

for the next 14 days. antoine has been quarantined inside, along with the seven people who tested positive. they're on a separate floor but without medical treatment, he says. official information is scarce. we've done tests and have not received information back and that's why we are struggling, we are not getting any information from the authorities. even the world's oldest church has been forced to close its doors. thousand of people have pass through the church of the nativity every day to touch the spot where christians believe jesus was born and, now, that is a problem. we have these icons and they have a place where they have to touch the columns and even the star whenjesus was born, so that's why if someone has this virus, they will easily transmit to others. all public places like this have been shut down to try and contain the spread the virus.

sad for closing, not even the church, bethlehem, they are closing all bethlehem, know what i mean? nothing to do now. and, as you know, bethlehem depends 100% on pilgrims and tourists. this city relies heavily on visitors from around the world. as a state of emergency is declared, it's now bracing for a double hit — to the health of its people and to its fragile economy. us vice president mike pence who is co—ordinating the american response honest measures to help authorities their teeth —— keep track of their teeth —— keep track of the virus. peter bowes is in los angeles with the latest on a cruise ship that hasn't been allowed to dock in san francisco. another cruise liner paralysed by the coronavirus was not the grand princess with 3.5 thousand passengers and crew on board has been barred from

docking in san francisco after cutting short a trip from riu. —— hawaii. officials say the man had underlying health conditions. another passenger was also infected. helicopters operated by the us coastguard dropped sampling kits onto the ship for a medical team on board to administer tests for the virus. less than 100 people with flulike symptoms have been identified as needing the test. passengers have been told to stay in their cabins. a state of emergency has been declared in california. around the us, there are now cases and at least 20 states. in maryland, officials said three people contracted the disease while travelling overseas. in

washington, the worst affected state were —— were 11 people have died. tech companies like amazon, facebook and ugle have told employees to work from home. us president mike pence —— us vice president mike pence who is was speaking. our m essa 9 es who is was speaking. our messages simply this, are with you. we are here to help and we are going to stay with you every step of the way until the state of washington and america sees oui’ state of washington and america sees our way through the coronavirus. officials say they expect the number of cases to continue rising. congress has passed an emergency $8.3 billion spending bill to try to combat the disease. but the financial markets continue to be nervous. on wall street, it was another rough day as fears grow other world economic slowdown linked to the virus.

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. japan has announced visitors from south korea and china will be quarantine for two weeks stop south korea is not happy and is tell —— threatening metallic tree measures. tell me more about these very draconian measures. increasingly fought —— fraught relations between south korea and japan, countries who have a history of animosity going back of course toa animosity going back of course to a period before the second world war but at the moment japan was the latest to add south korea to a list of countries from which travellers are required to do mandatory 1a days quarantine. that list is 110w days quarantine. that list is now 100 long. south koreans are very restricted in terms of their ability to travel

anywhere. the south korean government leaves that this is unnecessary. it believes that japan is being motivated by its inability to act quick enough domestically and it is promising some kind of retaliatory measures. what they are we do not know at the moment. prospective japanese wanting to go to south korea, and have a separate discussion about that. what you have is an increasingly emerging picture in this part of the world of countries cutting each other off, cutting themselves off from each other. and particularly with south korea with the largest number of cases outside of china, being isolated by its neighbours and beyond. a ceasefire in syria's idlib province has come under effect after months of heavy bombardment by syrian government forces and their russian allies. the truce was agreed by the president of turkey and russia. idlib is the last region of syria still controlled by the rebels. some

of them jihadists. who have been trying with support from turkey to try to overthrow president assad. un officials estimate the fighting in syria has forced almost 1 estimate the fighting in syria has forced almost1 million people from their homes since december. russia lacks the assad regime and in the early hours of thursday morning, russian airstrikes killed 16 civilians sheltering in a farm. our international correspondent o rla our international correspondent orla guerin was there. and the report contains some accepting images. —— upsetting. working by flashlight, to reclaim the living from the rubble. the target here inexplicably a poultry farm which became a refuge for some of idlib's displaced. by day, a refuge no more. just hours before ceasefire talks began in moscow, this devastation was russia's handiwork.

last night while i slept, i slept here, here. this is my home. here. when the russian aircraft bombed... this is from the bomb? yes. civilians, civilians, we are civilians. and they were killed as they slept, though the syrian regime and its russian backers say they are targeting terrorists. when you take a look around here amongst the scattered belongings you can see that this was a home, a place where parents were trying to keep their children safe. some of the toys are still here and the dishes are smashed at my feet. what possible justification could there be for bombing a place like this full of civilians? but in idlib this has been happening day in and day out, and as the sound now of more explosions, we have been hearing bombings in the distance since we arrived.

ahmed tells me it's fine if he dies but he's worried for his children who by chance were not here last night. where do you think you and the children will sleep tonight? "i don't know", he says, wondering if any where in his broken homeland is safe. not the local hospital — it's a target, like all medical facilities. here, we found victims of the air strikes, like this boy, who is nine, as old as syria's war. "i want to be a doctor", he says, "to treat patients so they get better and no—one dies in syria or the rest of the world". willa ceasefire bring an end to the agony here? or will this merciless multilayered war keep doing its very worst? orla guerin, bbc news, idlib.

the end of a manhunt. turning to business and the sell—off on global stock markets has resumed. asian shares are falling after another slump on wall street. the price of oil is also down sharply, it has lost one third of its value since the first reports of coronavirus began to emerge injanuary. oil producing countries will try to stop the slide today by agreeing a big part in production. lawrence gosling, editor—in—chief of water investment 2020 masters now. let us talk about this key opec meeting. there is expectation ofa meeting. there is expectation of a big part. however, russia may not be in agreement and what would that mean? it is interesting because clearly, as

you said, the oil prices dropped considerably and we now know as a result of the coronavirus the general expectation for economic growth this year is coming down and down. what that number will be, 0.5 -1% is down. what that number will be, 0.5—1%isa down. what that number will be, 0.5 — 1% is a balanced view of it. clearly the price of oil is often driven about the —— by the expectations of global growth. you have too much production in a world economy thatis production in a world economy that is shrinking the top opec would like to cut that production back. i am not sure, evenif production back. i am not sure, even if it is successful and russia is the one who looks it is going to be the most resista nt to is going to be the most resistant to a production cut, whether that cat really comes through in any meaningful way will actually support the price of oil above the level it is at. if it falls below $50 a barrel, it is at the cut—off point. it needs to be about that level. do you think russia is eyeing that? absolutely. there is little bit of oil politics between the us and

russia to a certain extent and more broadly, saudi arabia. if russia gives up too much control of production, shale gas comes in so the us shale becomes more important to the global market and it is currently. clearly russia doesn't want to lose the bargaining power. it is said, in the last couple of days in the russian newspapers, it is quite happy of where the prices at moment and it can actually going to be lower. it doesn't look like it is going to play ball on this one. we will have to watch that meeting very closely. thank you very much for coming in. stay with us on bbc news. still to come. after herjagged little pill album, alana morisset tells us how one iconic track didn't really make the final cut.

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 are watching the briefing. our headlines. israel in an does make a list indian authorities placed before him under 19 after seven cases of coronavirus in the city was that a ceasefire agreed between the russian and turkish presidents has begun in syria's in -- idlib presidents has begun in syria's in —— idlib province. turkey opened its border to greece, accusing the european union of inaction on refugees. turkey has nearly 4 million syrian refugees and is —— as partner to the eu is supposed to prevent them from travelling legally. our reporter sent this

report. these 1a children are stuck on the greek— turkey border. neither country wants them. this child is one. what's your name? he is the oldest, he's 12. his father died in the syrian conflict and he has been working in a tailor‘s to support his three sisters. all of this group fled syria to turkey three years ago and they came to the border with greece when they heard rumours that it was open. in fact, it is only the turkish side. this river is the turkish side. this river is the border and the greek military has been aggressively pushing back people who try to ci’oss. pushing back people who try to cross. video, filmed by the

markets themselves, show them repeatedly trying and usually failing to make it across by boat. that night, our big group of syrians sent us video that shows the bedding down in the open, a couple of hundred metres the river. they say they turned down the chance to cross by boat because they felt it was too dangerous. the next morning, we go to see them but the turkish police, who are effectively directing the movement of migrants and crossings, force us to leave. so we meet one of the mothers outside the village. she tells us outside the village. she tells us that they saw five migrants returned in just their underpants, having been caught by the greeks and they are worried about crossing the river. what would you say to people in europe who say you are safe here in turkey, you

should stay here? translation: of course, someone who sits in comfort doesn't realise how big our crisis is, she says. turkey is a safe place, but we are living like the dead. we return them to the village with some food for the kids. then, last night, they sent us more videos. they say this boat was brought to them by mouth illies to encourage them to make the crossing to greece —— masked. but they declined for a second time and the syrians were moved away from the river and the village and dumped back on the streets. bargaining chips in a deepening i’ow bargaining chips in a deepening row between turkey, greece in europe.

—— and europe. this winter has been the warmest winter on record right across europe. data from the copernicus satellite shows the tempter1.4 degrees satellite shows the tempter 1.4 degrees —— temperature satellite shows the tempter1.4 degrees —— temperature 1.4 degrees —— temperature 1.4 degrees above last year. it has led to the complete failure for the first time of germany's ice wine harvest. now it's time for the letters from the bbc sports centre. hello, iam from the bbc sports centre. hello, i am mike edwards and here is your photo sport briefing. manchester united are the last team through to the quarterfinals of the fa cup in england. they ca ntered quarterfinals of the fa cup in england. they cantered into the last eight after meeting champion shipside darby 3—0. it was their new striker from shanghai who helped himself to two goals, now with three in his last three matches. it means united will be a to norwich in the last eight. it was a rainy day in sydney but we have our two finals for the women's g20 world cup stuff

more on india qualifying without building a ball in a second, but hosted australia remain on course over a win over south africa. the australians made 124, with captain meg lanning top scoring with an unbeaten 49. they fell short of the targetjust with an unbeaten 49. they fell short of the target just as with an unbeaten 49. they fell short of the targetjust as the rain arrived at the end of the innings. as we mentioned, australia will face india with the main protagonists in their semifinal being the weather. that match was abandoned due to heavy rain in sydney and with no days in reserve and place, india qualified for their first everfinal by virtue india qualified for their first ever final by virtue of a better record in the group phase. they finished top of their group while england were second in theirs. to golf, the world number one rory mcilroy is lying in second place ahead of friday's second round at the arnold palmer invitational in

florida. the man who leads the way is that every of the usa who is two wins on the pga tour so who is two wins on the pga tour so far. both have been in this eventin so far. both have been in this event in 2014 and 2015. he opened up with a seven under par round of 65. every is once clear of michael rose who is at 66 including this eagle at the fourth. the number one is looking for his first world tour title the 2020. in the milwaukee bucks began a 3—game road trip against the lakers. los angeles and the brianjames sit top of the conference, same place since the start of november. one of lebron's on the sides, miami heat work also inaction on friday. they were close when his last time out, a record—setting night from 3—point range to beat magic, 20 23—pointers in their hundred and16— 23—pointers in their hundred and 16— hundred and 13 victory.

22 3—pointers. and what has been buzzing on social media, if you will. there has been an exchanging of mines and serves between two giants of sport. while their disciplines may be different, so are there heights, long and short of it. here is luke advantage of the dallas mavericks meeting real madrid at and hazzard, even bamboozle in the cameraman with those high differentials as the two swapped shirts. has it is going under the knife due to an ankle injury and took the time to watch an nba match was up that looks like a hugely successful meeting. you can get all the latest news from bbc .com/ sport. but for me and the rest of the swat team, that is your friday sport briefing. thank you very much, that certainly is a really interesting image. looks like one of the presenters, ben thompson, here. it has been 25 yea rs thompson, here. it has been 25

years since the singer alana morisset released her hugely successful record jagged little pill which began to become one of the biggest selling albums of the biggest selling albums of all time. now, to celebrate the anniversary, she is going on tour to play the whole album live. she made a gap in her hectic schedule to speak to our entertainment correspondence, colin pattison. alana morisset. sur. celebrating 25 years of jagged little pill. can you believe it? yeah i can't believe it? yeah i can't believe it, it feels like any five minutes and another lifetime, another person. #is lifetime, another person. # is like rain! ironic, rememberthat? # is like rain! ironic, remember that? isn't it ironic do not know, it's not. have you seen do not know, it's not. have you seen ed burns' comedy skit on ironic? what are all of these things that were supposed to be

ironic? none of them were. they we re ironic? none of them were. they were just unfortunate. he's not alone there, i think the entire planet has been kicking my ass for 25 years. i'm the grammar police. you had a baby in august, how does that feel? laughter. i'm trying not to say ironic, at this point. is it ironic? no, i've been through some losses and false starts along the way and then it was just a huge gift— surprise, but i always mean unconsciously desperately wanting three children. how are you finding it? i'm loving it, i'm so tired, ican it? i'm loving it, i'm so tired, i can barely remember my own name but very much worth it. will be cu back in five yea rs' it. will be cu back in five years' time for the 30th anniversary? —— will be cu ——

we cu? i'll be back with the business briefing injust a we cu? i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few minutes. stay with us. so much to talk about, see you then. good morning. parts of south—east england had over an inch and a half of rain on thursday. now, that area of low pressure is bringing heavy rain, gale force gusts of winds across the near continent. it's also bringing significant snowfall over the alps as well. but behind it, clearer skies, lighter winds. so it means for us a chilly start to our friday morning, with many places offering around orjust below freezing. the exception, the far south—east, clinging on to some cloud, and maybe into northern ireland. here we could see some showers from the word go. elsewhere there could be a little bit of early morning mist and fog, that will lift away to dry, sunny spells for many. some of those showers out to the west will merge together for longer spells of rain into the afternoon and some of the showers will lingerfor a time.

but elsewhere it stays dry, largely fine, with temperatures ranging from 7—11 degrees. now, as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, there's another area of low pressure starting to showers its hand from the atlantic. but it's really worth emphasising, for many of us this weekend, we will see some usable dry weather in the story. the winds, though, are going to become a feature once again, increasingly windy and there will be some rain around at times. but, hopefully, for most of us it arrives through the night. so you can see on saturday, despite it clouding over and being a windy day, a good deal of dry weather. the heaviest of the rain through the afternoon across western scotland, northern ireland, and eventually into north—west england as well. the winds will strengthen, too, with gusts in excess of 50 mph in the rain. highs ranging from 7—11 celsius again. now, as we move out of saturday into sunday, that wet and windy weather sweeps its way steadily south—east, driven along by those gale force gusts of winds at times. so there will be a spell of heavy rain as it moves

its way south—east, but hopefully it will clear south—east england first thing on sunday, and then leave another day of sunny spells and scattered showers. but with strong, blustery winds, some of these showers could be heavy, with some rumbles of thunder and some hail mixed in there as well. just with the nature of showers, some of you may escape them altogether and some of you, particularly the further west you are, could be quite frequent. and it looks as though this theme is set to continue into the early half of the new working week. sunny spells, scattered showers, and blustery winds to go with it. that's it. take care. closely. thank you very much for coming in.

hello. this is the business briefing. trouble in the pipeline. crude prices slumped further as virus phase grow. can oil producers do anything to stop the slide? last, the fight for 50—50. will india's women ever get equal access to the boardroom? women ever get equal access to the boardroom ? and women ever get equal access to the boardroom? and on the financial markets, the sell—off resumes as us shares tumble yet again. the dowjones of 3.5% as the coronavirus fears spread and asia follows.