this is bbc world news today. i'm karin giannone. our top stories... italy sees a huge rise in coronavirus deaths — 100 and 30 more are reported injust21i hours. it comes as the worst hit regions in the north try and restrict the movements of 16 million people. you can see just how empty it is. the coronavirus measures and fear have hit every part of society. and in sport, united win the manchester derby — beating city for the third time this season. hello and welcome

to world news today. italy has announced a large increase in the number of people who have died from of coronavirus. the toll has risen to 366 from 233 in the past 2a hours. it's by far the biggest daily rise since the outbreak reached italy. many of those who have died are in the northern region of lombardy where severe restrictions on movements are now in place. some 16 million people are affected as the government tries to limit the spread of coronavirus. the restriction applies to the entire lombardy region, italy's wealthiest, and 1a other provinces. the bbc‘s mark lowen reports. italy's second city — bare. milan, the financial capital, now under the most drastic restrictions italy has seen since the second world war, virtually locked down along with 1a provinces — a quarter of the country's population quarantined in a scramble to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

this city, usually teeming with life, is hushed as residents are told to stay put and access in or out is severely limited. schools and universities are shut until april, cinemas, pools and nightclubs too. the prime minister talked of a crisis. translation: we are facing an emergency, a national emergency, taking exceptional precautionary measures, and we are facing it with great awareness. venice is part of the restricted area, one of italy's tourism jewels deserted by a mixture of quarantine and fear. as we drove north from rome, we expected tighter controls. but there are none. we're coming into the start of modena now, part of the new exclusion zone. and you can see there's no total lockdown. there are no police roadblocks, for example — it's too big an area to control in that way — but people are being asked not to leave or enter. and we're going to turn around

now because, otherwise, there's a risk of entering the new quarantine zone. and this is the urgency — cases are still soaring here. this nurse talks of exhaustion in dealing with the numbers, doctors themselves at risk. other medics say corridors are being used for intensive care units. one of europe's top health systems is at breaking point. at the vatican, decades of tradition were broken as the pope made his sunday blessing by video stream rather than at the window to a st peter's square is usually filled with thousands. faith that this will pass is sorely lacking. mark lowen, bbc news, northern italy. i spoke to one of italy's mps, lia quartapelle, about the measures they have announced in italy's red zones. we knew it was coming and that's why the government last night took the measures that are unprecedented for a democratic country like we've seen last night.

what is the thinking about why italy is being hit so hard by the coronavirus, and why we are seeing such a jump in the depths, do we know? ——a jump in the deaths, do we know? it is difficult to say yet. the idea that we have is that in italy, itjust came first in the beginning, patients were coming in hospitals, and were reporting a cough or symptoms connected to coronavirus. but since they were not in contact with somebody, directly with somebody from china, the doctors and the hospitals thought it was not coronavirus. so the virus got undetected for a few days, and in these few days, it spread. i wonder what you think that the measures that the italian government announced in the middle of the night, what you think those measures will do to help, and if that announcement, in the fact that it was given in the middle of the night,

perhaps did not create more anxiety, a sense of crisis, of panic? well, we need people to be really aware that this is a serious issue. people need to stay at home. we are not used to that and a democratic country, we've never been constrained in our homes. we do need to stay indoors, because the virus propagates. that's why it's important to have the measures that the government has decided last night, and it is also important that they were decided overnight, because otherwise we would have a rush to airports and to trains, of course, some people went to the station, but it was a few hundred. i mean, we are speaking about lombardi, which is 10 million i mean, we are speaking about lombardy, which is 10 million people, speaking over all of about 60 million people under such duress, so the fact that a few hundred of them went to the station

is normal, but they woke up this morning with a new behaviour, and they have to stick to this new behaviour, and people need to be aware. you represent milan in parliament, but you are currently in rome, and you are intending to stay there, are you, because of the situation? it's the first time, i've been elected seven years ago, it's the first time that i'm not back to my constituency. for at least one day. because my husband, here in rome, is a person at risk. so i didn't want to put him under strain, and i understand how difficult it can be. my sister is in the area where the decree is concentrated, and she's pregnant, she was due four days ago, so i will not get to know my new nephew until may be the beginning of april. so i do understand the difficulty of the people, but, i mean, we do need to change our habits. it's not business as usual. this is not business as usual, we can stop the contagion

if we stay at home. iran national airline — iran air — has announced that flights to european destinations are to be suspended until further notice. the number of coronavirus cases has climbed to more than six thousand 500. ——than 6,500. the authorities are reporting the virus has claimed nearly 200 lives — though the real number if thought to be much higher. 45 cases of the virus have been detected in egypt on board a nile river cruise ship, which remains docked in the southern city of luxor. the country has seen hundreds of egyptian gather in a crowd outside the country's ministry of health in cairo to receive tests. egpyt has also recorded its first virus fatality — a german national. tesco, the uk's largest supermarket, has introduced a temporary limit on some essential food and household items as a result of

people stockpiling. rationed products will include items such as anti—bacterial gels and wipes, dried pasta and long—life milk. in the united states 0regon, on the us west coast, has become the latest state to make a coronavirus emergency declaration. and neighbouring washington state is considering what it calls "mandatory measures". let go live to our north america correspondent peter boews is in los angeles. correspondent peter boews peter correspondent peter boews tell us more about wi‘k‘ been peter tell us more about what we've been hearing from these west coast states about the virus? well, yes, we have heard of an increase in the number of people who died across the united states, it's currently standing at 21, but the vast majority of those are in the state of washington, and the focus remains ona of washington, and the focus remains on a nursing home that we have heard a lot about over the last few days. where most of those people have been for some time, and have died. but,

clearly, the state is nervous, and other measures are being brought in. we are hearing about possible school closures and other restrictions on the movement of people to try to contain this virus, the same applies to oregon come as you say, also in california, there is a state of emergency, and the thing that makes people perhaps the most scared is this possibility of spreading the virus within the community, amongst people who have had no known contact with anybody who's been infected or indeed people who have not travelled to the countries most affected. peter, what is the fate of the cruise ship, the grand princess, we have been hearing so much about, capped out at sea off the coast of california with the guests kept to their cabins. yes, it's been stranded off san francisco now since wednesday of last week. we now know that the ship is heading to the port of oakland, which is also in the bay of oakland, which is also in the bay of san francisco, its container ship facility, it's hazy to make secure,

and that's why it's been chosen. so it's heading there now, it's due to arrive on monday, and all the passengers will be taken off of those that live in california will then be taken to military bases in then be taken to military bases in the state. those passengers from other states around the country will go to other states around the country will gotoa other states around the country will go to a couple of different places in texas and in georgia, and the us state department says it's been talking to the home countries of those foreign nationals who are on the ship, and that includes more than 114 british nationals as well. so the end is in sight for these people who have been, in many cases, talking in social media about the pretty rough conditions they've been tolerating over the fact last few days. although they are going to get to land, it certainly isn't the end of their ordeal because they will be facing up to two weeks now in quarantine. peter, briefly, looking at the national situation in the us, do we sense that there's been a change in tone from the trump

administration? well, the trump administration? well, the trump administration has been criticised widely for its slow response to this, the availability for —— test kits, they will now be made available across the country. the president has been somewhat defensive in the last 24 hours, defending the actions of his administration, and blaming, as he puts it, the fake media for attempting to make the administration in its efforts look bad. peter in los angeles, thank you very much. there's better news on coronavirus from china. the country has reported its lowest number of new infections since january — an indication the virus‘s spread is slowing. the national health commission said there were 84 new cases on saturday. and there were a further 27 deaths — all of them concentrated in wuhan where the outbreak began. 0ur correspondent danny

vincent is in hong kong. this is only the second day since january when the number of infected people with the coronavirus inside china was less than 100. the latest figures indicate that 44 people were infected with the illness and 27 people died. now we know that those people died. now we know that those people are mostly from the city of wuhan, which is of course the provincial capital of who they are, where we know that this virus originated from. elsewhere in china, there has been tragedy. a hotel which was only two years old, it was being used as a quarantine facility, a type of makeshift medical isolation unit for people that had beenin isolation unit for people that had been in touch are in contact with others that had contracted this virus. it was being used as a way to separate these people from the rest of society, while they are checked and monitored. there are reports that that building collapsed. we know that there were 71 people thought to have been inside. there are at least six people that have

died, and there are a number of people that are now in hospital, but the rescue workers are still continuing to work into the early evening now, trying to rescue people that are still thought to be underneath the rubble. danny vincent in hong kong. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: celebrating women in sport. we'll bring you the winner of the first bbc indian sportswoman of the year award.

this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. as millions of people in italy adapt to new travel restrictions, the country has recorded a big jump in the number of deaths from the covid— 19 disease. china has reported its lowest number of new virus infections in a single day since january —

with just 84 new cases on saturday. more now on the rise in coronavirus deaths in italy. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is in bologna, about 40 kilometres south of the worst affected region, and told me more about why we're seeing this spike. well, until now, karin, the biggest daily rise in deaths here from coronavirus have been 49, but in the past day, 133 people have died. that takes the total number of deaths for coronavirus in italy to 366. it's the second—highest hole in the world. ——it‘s the second—highest toll in the world. it's a very dramatic escalation, and a clear sign, i think, that the containment measures up until this point haven't worked, and that is why the italian government has moved into stage two, in a very dramatic way imposing the most restrictive measures that italy has seen since the second world war, effectively quarantining

a quarter of the population, and yet, i have to say, that we went up to the edge of the restrictions on today, and there were no police blocks, there is no hard border around that area. cars were going in and out, even though in the prime ministeriel decree, it says they have to have special permission to do so. so, it begs the question, how tightly will this be policed? and will it feel people with confidence that the containment measure is actually containing... is actually a foolproof measure to contain this virus in the north once and for all? mark, the figures that we are hearing from the authorities, are they predominantly in those regions in the north, or is there a spread further into other parts of italy? they are predominantly in the north. in lombardy, the richest region, the capital milan, the economic, the financial capital of italy, the second city, whose streets were really very deserted today when you see pictures there, it's rather pretty extraordinary

to see know people are actually outside the stunning 18th—century cathedral will stop venice also, the tourism heart of italy, very very empty. gondolas silent on the famous canals there, but also, the cases have spread now to all 22 regions of italy. so that is a huge concern, notjust in terms of the number of cases, but also just how will the health care system cope in less—developed parts of the country? italy has notoriously has that north—south divide, there is a real concern that if cases spread or if indeed people infected have managed to get through this quarantine zone down to the south, we start seeing the hospitals down in the south having the same kind of pressures as those in the north, they may not cope. i mean one health care official, one doctor up in lombardy around milan said that the intensive care units are having to be set up set up corridors there,

that one of the worlds best health care systems in lombardi is now one step away from breaking point. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. as greece fortifies its border, president erdogan of turkey has called on athens to let migrants travel to other european countries. he's to visit brussels on monday to discuss the migrant situation with eu officials. at least six people have died in two avalanches in the austrian alps. police say five people were swept away in the country's dachstein mountain range. the victims are believed to be czech nationals. a sixth victim, a police officer, was struck in the country's south while on a training exercise. joe biden has received another boost to his campaign to be the democratic party candidate against president trump in november's us presidential election. senator kamala harris, a former rival for the nomination, tweeted that she would do everything in her power to help him get elected. bernie sanders has received the backing of prominent civil rights activist jesse jackson.

badminton player pv sindhu has been named the first bbc indian sportswoman of the year. the award celebrates the contribution of india's finest sportswomen globally this was her message after she won the award. firstly, i would like to thank bbc and their sports women of the year, i mean, i've been really happy for getting the sword. ——i mean, i've been really happy for getting theis award. i would also like to thank bbc india for such a great initiative, and also reaching out to the people. and to all my fans and to everyone out there, i think everyone for voting for me and giving me this award. the bbc‘s divya arya has been at the event and she told us more about the winner. she's one of five women won an 0lympic she's one of five women won an olympic medal she's one of five women won an 0lympic medalfor she's one of five women won an olympic medal for india she's one of five women won an 0lympic medalfor india in the she's one of five women won an olympic medal for india in the last five years, she won a silver in the real 0lympics, five years, she won a silver in the real olympics, and she's also the first indian to win the world

badminton championship, she's also an icon in her own right as a fashion icon, a really young player, and a lot of people follow her not just for her game, but also for her style. the other person who was the highlight of even today is the lifetime achievement award winner, she is known as india's springs queen, because she has been india's most successful track and field athletes come into joins most successful track and field athletes come intojoins me now. congratulations for taking the honour from congratulations for taking the honourfrom bbc, congratulations for taking the honour from bbc, and congratulations for taking the honourfrom bbc, and we also know that you come from a really difficult and humble background, you know, a lot of odds facing you when you are the star in the 1980s. tell us you are the star in the 1980s. tell us how difficult yourjourney has been. i used to do training at the seashore, there aren't very many facilities during my time, there is 110... facilities during my time, there is no... whenl facilities during my time, there is no... when i went to the olympics,

i1 no... when i went to the olympics, ii many international metals for our country. close to the olympic medal. i missed it by when one —— 100 of the second. i want to do good for youngsters, so i have started and i failed to school after my retirement, so that others can achieve the olympic medal for our country. that academy she runs is also for sports women, and that was the focus of the event here, to bring the spotlight on sports women. it's been an uphill battle for women in our country, because boarding is neither a part of our culture, nor is it encouraged by pa rents of our culture, nor is it encouraged by parents who put more emphasis on more traditional education. more support now. katie shanahan has all the sport. hello and thanks forjoining us. manchester united have completed the premier league double over derby rivals city for the first time in a decade. two cracking goals from anthony martial and scott mctominay move ole gunnar solskjear‘s side up

to fifth, leaving jurgen klopp‘s liverpool knowing that they only need two more wins to clinch their first league title in 30 years. it's fantastic you know, for the fans, players, the team, the whole clu b to fans, players, the team, the whole club to be able to beat manchester city at home is important. we've not done it for a while, so it was a big game for us. in the day's early kick off chelsea boosted their hopes of finishing in the top four after thrashing everton four nil. a day to forget though for everton manager, carlo ancelotti on his first return to chelsea in nine years, after being sacked by the club. pedro and olivier giroud were among the goal—scorers with 18—year—old, billy gilmour once again in the headlines after impressing on his first premier league start. coronavirus is continuing to impact sport all across the world. all matches have been played behind closed doors in italy's serie a with the big game

of the day taking place right now betweenjuventus and inter. they are currently up 2—0. the match nearly didn't take place at all. both of the sides' players were getting ready to take to the pitch in palma, but they were then told the match was off after italy's sports minister and players‘ association president wanted all games in the division suspended. well it eventually kicked off 75 minutes late and it was spal who won one zero thanks to this penalty. that takes them off bottom spot in the table. there were no fans in the stands at the san siro as ac milan lost two one to gen oa. it's their first home defeat since november, but stilljust one win in six in all competitions for them. francesco ca ssata with the winner as genoa move out of the drop zone. it's been announced that the bahrain grand prix will be the first ever formula 1 race to be staged without spectators due to coronavirus. organisers issued a statement to say

it was halting ticket sales for the event later this month. and would only allow participants into the event. april's chinese grand prix has already been spotponed. the sport's governing body the fia has set up a crisis cell to monitor the situation. to melbourne, where over 86,000 people watched australia's women become the t20 cricket world cup champions, again. they thrashed india by 85 runs in the final. our reporterjo currie was at the mcg. an explosion of green and gold, australia lifting the trophy for a record for time, with a capacity of 100,000, organisers had wanted to feel the mcg to mark international women's day, and they came close, as fa ns women's day, and they came close, as fans prompt the stadium for the sports, as well as the pre—match entertainment from katy perry and her dancing cricket bouts. from the first ball, australia bought the fireworks, alyssa healy with a

rocket to kick proceedings. india made to rue this missed opportunity to get her out early on, she smashed her way to 75. a fellow opener, beth mooney, matched and then surpass that score, as australia strode to a massive 184 off overs. india needed a big response, which was a big responsibility for a 16—year—old opener, she immediately faulted. healy again at the heart of her team success , healy again at the heart of her team success, from their capitulation, as we get after wickett fell. india all out for less than a hundred, australia victors. a historic night for australian crickets, and international women's day, a great celebration of women in sports. jo currie, bbc news, melbourne. that's all of the sport. bye for now.

thank you. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter — i'm @ karinbbc hello. at its best, sunday was a pretty decent day, a bit of a sparkler in some areas, in fact. but, just around the corner, there were showers to be had, generating some magnificent rainbows, and our weather watchers have been all over that. but the forthcoming week is suitably springlike, so there is quite a variety of weather on offer, as you will see just over the next 2—3 days or so. many of the showers that we've seen through the day will die away overnight. the last of them just about hanging on, particularly, but not exclusively, across western areas. the skies will clear a wee bit. there won't be a particularly widespread frost, because we will keep something of a breeze going, but for one or two of you, you will be scraping, particularly across those eastern spots.

as we start the new day, bright, crisp sort of start to the day. don't be fooled by the fact that it's dry for many, because waiting in the wings, many of you in the west will lose your sunshine pretty rapidly. and certainly in northern ireland by lunchtime, many of you will have seen some moderate bursts of rain, and then, eventually, many western areas, come the middle of the afternoon, we will be seeing some quite heavy rain at times. further east and northeast, we will keep it dry, until probably getting on into the latter part of the afternoon — the first part of the evening. then, the weather fronts just keep on coming, because it's notjust one set of fronts, we've got another one they're coming in on tuesday, in that front dangling its way back into the atlantic. so, here we are for tuesday. it's a bit of a mishmash, if the truth be told, a lot of cloud around, showery bursts of rain across northern parts. for the south, particularly on the western facing coasts, it's a murky sort of day, and a blustery one at that. there will there will be enough cloud for there will be the odd bits of rain across wales, the midlands, southern england. but if that cloud should break, there will be a wee bit of sunshine anywhere from the humber down towards kent. 15—16, possibly 17 degrees.

extraordinarily mild. that weather front keeps on waving away as we get on into wednesday across the southern portions of the british isles. eventually curling away, and allowing some brightest guys to break out across the central and southern parts. further north, a blustery sort of day, again, plenty of showers and a wintry mix of hail, sleet, and snow. the snow confined largely to the higher ground, but there will be some sunshine, and it will still feel absolutely springlike across the south with a high of 13—14.

hello, i'm karin giannone. this is bbc world news. the headlines: italy has announced a large increase in the number of people who have died from coronavirus. the toll has risen to 366 from 233 in the past 24 hours. it's by far the biggest daily rise since the outbreak reached italy. china has reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in a single day since january. officials said there were only 84 new infections across the country on saturday. another former candidate for the democratic party's presidential nomination has given her support tojoe biden. kamala harris said she would do everything in her power to help him get elected. events have been held around the world to mark