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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the body of the late congressman john lewis makes a finaljourney in selma, alabama, crossing the famous bridge where he helped lead a march for voting rights in 1965. from beach to lockdown, british holiday—makers returning from spain must now quarantine for m days because of a spike in cases there. as infections continue to rise across india, a report on the desperate plight of coronavirus patients in the countryside. actually! and the two—time oscar winner dame olivia de havilland,
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who starred in gone with the wind, has died at the age of 104. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the body of the late american politicianjohn lewis has made a final crossing over the bridge in selma, alabama, where, more than four decades ago, he led a march to campaign for voting right of african—americans. it was part of a multi—day celebration of the life of the civil rights icon and congressman who died earlier this month at the age of 80. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the final crossing and a symbolic moment. draped in the american flag, john lewis's casket was taken by horse—drawn carriage over the edmund pettis bridge in selma. alabama state troopers saluted
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the civil rights campaigner while members of his family walked behind in silent tribute. a sombre journey back to montgomery, 55 years afterjohn lewis took part in a march led by martin luther king jr to challenge the state governor, george wallace, over voting rights for african—americans. but the day, later dubbed bloody sunday, ended in violence as the march was declared illegal. lewis suffered a fractured skull when he was hit in the head by a club wielded by a white police officer. his efforts and suffering were not in vain. congress would soon pass the voting rights act of 1965, which prohibited racial discrimination in voting. john lewis went on to a career spanning three decades in the house of representatives. he was known as the conscience of the us congress. john never gave up hope. his optimism is what he inspired in all of us.
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we're all infused with that optimism. can't you hear him? find a way to get in the way! good trouble! necessary trouble! john lewis made his final public appearance last month, at the height of the protests over racial inequality and police brutality. it'll be part of his legacy that he never stopped campaigning. john lewis lived to see the generation that i believe will lead this nation to our ideals and our full promise to all. like him, they're protesting peacefully, nonviolently. they love this nation just as much as john did. john lewis's finaljourney is moving onto washington, where he'll lie in state at the capitol for a two—day public viewing. peter bowes, bbc news.
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europe's biggest travel company, tui, says it has decided to cancel all holidays to mainland spain for the next two weeks after the uk imposed a quarantine on those returning from the country. it's feared spain could be experiencing a second wave of coronavirus. the british foreign secretary, dominic raab, said the government would "not apologise" for re—imposing strict quarantine rules at short notice. the british foreign office has advised against all nonessential travel to mainland spain. the canary and balearic islands are exempt, which means tourists can still go on holiday there. but all travellers returning from spain, including its islands, into the uk must enter a 14—day quarantine on their return. more than 18 million british tourists went there last year and the spanish government insists the country remains safe to visit. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. for thousands of british holiday—makers, relaxation suddenly turned to frustration here in barcelona.
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it's a bit crazy, considering the restrictions in place in spain already are really good, with the masks, with disinfecting everything, with hand wash in the shops. that's better than what we have in london. others think it is the right move. since the number of cases here in spain are rising, i think it's probably a sensible measure, and i was expecting it, to be honest. the decision has major implications for spain. britons make up nearly a quarter of all those who travel to the country. several parts of spain, like barcelona, are grappling with a resurgence of coronavirus, with a number of areas seeing a spike in cases. the spanish government insists that this is not a reason for tourists to stay away, and is calling for popular destinations to be excluded from being on the quarantine list. in particular, our dialogue efforts at the moment are focssed around in particular, our dialogue efforts at the moment are focused around excluding from the quarantine measures the balearic and the canary
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islands, for two reasons. number one, these are islands, very safe territories. number two, their epidemiological data is extremely positive, well below epidemiological data in the uk. despite the new restrictions, some in ibiza arejust happy to be on holiday. still going to ride it out. we're going to have a good time and deal with it when we're back. like you say, it's one of them, we need probably two weeks... recovery. but for now, spain is paying a high price for the virus's continued spread. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. how much do we know about the source of spain's new outbreaks and how does the world health organization compare spain's infection numbers with other countries? here's our science editor david shukman, who's been looking at the figures and the differing approaches to border control. a lockdown, strictly enforced, seemed to work well in spain earlier this year, because numbers came down dramatically. but since then, the coronavirus situation has changed.
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what's happening now is that there are spikes in different parts of the country. in catalonia, for example, home to barcelona and costa brava, there have been more than 8,500 cases in the past fortnight. but other areas are doing much better. the balearic islands, including majorca, have had just 92 cases over the same period. so how does spain compare with italy and other countries that are popular with tourists? well, after a big rise, italy is now down to a few hundred cases every day. there's a similar pattern in france, though its infections are running at about 1,000 a day. by contrast, spain, with the recent rise, is now running at about 2,000 infections every day. so the risks of a resurgence are very real. so would it help to do more tests for coronavirus at airports as people arrive? in france, there's mandatory testing at airports for anyone arriving from a high—risk country,
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including the united states and brazil. in germany, there is voluntary testing at airports, though it may become compulsory because there are doubts about people sticking to the 1a days needed for self—isolation. in the netherlands, they are trying a more targeted approach. anyone arriving from a very specific high risk area, including the city of leicester and several regions of spain, will be asked to self—isolate. so, as the virus keeps circulating, there are bound to be more spikes and changes in the way we respond to them. david shukman. crowds have gathered outside the us consulate in the chinese city of chengdu as american diplomats prepare to close the mission following orders from beijing. china's decision to shut the site was in response to washington's order to beijing to close its consulate in the city of houston. police in france have re—arrested a man in connection with a major fire that damaged a 15th—century cathedral in nantes last weekend.
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the man, originally from rwanda, worked as a volunteer warden and was responsible for locking up the building the night before. prosecutors are treating the fire as arson. the russian president has been showing off his country's naval power, announcing that a0 ships are entering service this year. vladimir putin told an annual parade in st petersburg that hypersonic weapons and underwater drones would give the russian navy a unique advantage. olivia de havilland, one of the last remaining stars from the golden age of hollywood, has died at the age of 104. during a career spanning several decades, she appeared in films including gone with the wind, the adventures of robin hood and the heiress, which led to one of her two oscars. our correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at her life. despite its controversial depiction of race and slavery, gone with the wind is seen as a hollywood classic. as the virtuous melanie, opposite vivien leigh's wayward scarlett,
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olivia de havilland won an oscar nomination. what a lovely dress, scarlett, darling. india wasn't able to come tonight. will you be an angel? i do need you to help me receive my guests. yet she'd taken the part against the advice of her boss at warner brothers. jack warner himself said to me, "oh, you don't want to be in gone with the wind!" he said, "that's going to be the biggest bust in town!" i said i'm not hungry. so you did. i'd forgotten. her career at warner's had blossomed with a series of adventure films, in many of which she starred opposite errol flynn. but later she won a legal battle against the company which helped break the stranglehold hollywood studios had over their contract stars. he came back with the same lies. once free of warner brothers, her career flourished. she won two oscars, the second in 19119... he has grown greedier with the years. ..for the heiress. olivia de havilland herself stood back from hollywood in the 19505,
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but not before her talent had made an indelible mark. olivia de havilland, who has died at the age of 104. i've been looking back at dame olivia de havilland's life and career with tim gray, senior vice president and awards editor at variety magazine. she was amazing on so many levels. i mean, when you list the films that she was in, pretty much everybody has seen those. but also, again, as you said, her suit against warner brothers really helped put an end to the studio system because those studios ran people's lives, not just their careers, for years — and she dared to challenge them. and it's interesting because it helped end the studio system, but also her career kind of blossomed after that. she got much more interesting roles when she was a free agent. and you realise, "my god, they had been overlooking a real talent."
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yeah, gutsy to take them on. and she'd been warned that, even if she won, she'd never work again, but she managed to prove them wrong. yeah, well, she not only sued the studio... she was under a seven—year contract. the studio wanted her to adhere to that and make up for time that she'd had off, so she sued them, said no, and then she sued them again to say, "i don't want you to interfere with me getting jobs at other studios," which, again, was pretty cheeky. and she won. i mean, she continued her ways. she sued the tv miniseries feud for a depiction of herjust a few years ago. and she said, "just because i'm a public figure, you don't have a right to make up things and put words into my mouth that i wouldn't say." she lost the case, but, again, it was an interesting challenge to an established system.
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tell us about what you really think was going on between olivia de havilland and her sister, joan fontaine, because it certainly was... there's a lot of speculation about whether there was a feud that was really going on between them for many years. well, yeah. it started when they were both up for best actress in, i think, 19111. and joan fontaine won over her sister, so, of course, the press had fun with that. and it's not quite clear how much of this was invented by the press and how much was genuine, but if it was drummed up, they both kept at it untiljoan fontaine died in 2013. and olivia de havilland was very classy. she never bad—mouthed her sister, but the press just loved that idea of a sibling rivalry. so, yeah, i'm not 100% sure what did happen,
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but it was certainly the longest—running family feud in hollywood. tim grey from variety magazine. tim gray from variety magazine. the headlines on bbc news... the body of the late congressmanjohn lewis has made a finaljourney in selma, alabama, crossing the famous bridge where he helped lead a march for voting rights in 1965. british holiday—makers returning from spain must now quarantine for 1h days because of a spike in cases there. the two—time oscar winner dame olivia de havilland, who starred in gone with the wind, has died at the age of 104. while much of the world is focused on battling covid—19, there's another virus making the rounds in southeast asia and that's dengue, spread by a particular species of mosquito. if you go back 50 years, only nine countries experienced severe dengue outbreaks. but the world health organization says dengue is now endemic
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in more than 100 countries. last week, singapore recorded its highest number of weekly dengue cases ever. so what is causing this rapid growth? assistant professor ashley st john is an emerging infectious diseases expert at singapore's duke nus medical school. she joins us from singapore. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. why is singapore suffering like this? that are many reasons why the increase in dengue prevalence is occurred over the past few years. prevalence is occurred over the past few yea rs. first prevalence is occurred over the past few years. first of all, we have seen few years. first of all, we have seen a few years. first of all, we have seen a large growth in the urban centres in these tropical regions of the world, and that creates love habitats for the mosquito that spreads the virus, but particular in singapore now, what we are seeing has to do with likely argued system. dengue is caused by four different viruses, even though it results in a single disease, which is called dengue fever, so that we have seen in singapore is that you have a huge
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surge in the number of tim —— dengue three cases, so we think that the herd immunity to dengue is a little bit lower than it has allowed this particular virus to expand. who is more at risk of contracting it? dengue itself is something that everyone who lives in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world early can be at risk of contracting it, as well as travellers who journey to those regions, but i think when we talk about severe dengue, which is a more severe manifestation of the disease, often, it's people who have had dengue previously, a different serotype of dengue previously, more at risk of having a severe disease. this is someone who can affect anyone whether you have had dengue we re anyone whether you have had dengue were not. how can you prevent
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yourself contracting it?|j were not. how can you prevent yourself contracting it? i think personally, we have to remain... standing water in other places mosquitoes like to live and wearing mosquitoes like to live and wearing mosquito repellent to protect ourselves, but in the long run, a vaccine is good and will be able to protect a larger proportion of the population for dengue. right now, there is a vaccine available but it is only recommended for people who have experienced dengue, so we need better vaccines. and know the world health organization is obviously concerned, we health organization is obviously concerned , we are health organization is obviously concerned, we are talking about it now, but how many countries around the root of focusing on dengue when they are already battling against they are already battling against the covid—19 pandemic?” they are already battling against the covid-19 pandemic? i would not give you an exact number, but i think in those areas where dengue has remained prevalent, it remains a concern. despite the expansion of
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covid—19, we need to continue to guard against dengue and give resources to fight against dengue. professor ashley stjohn, from duke nus medical school, thank you. the indian prime minister narendra modi says his country has proved the doubters wrong when it comes to handling the coronavirus pandemic. but while things are improving in big cities like mumbai and delhi, rural areas are struggling to cope. the overall trend is worrying. almost 350,000 new cases have been reported across the country over the past week. this graph from johns hopkins university shows the growth in daily cases since the start of the year. many health experts in india are concerned about how steep that curve is becoming. the total number of cases now stands at almost 1.4 million. more than 32,000 people are known to have died. and in the countryside, they don't have enough resources or the right facilities to treat infected patients. our correspondent yogita limaye sent this report.
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and a warning, some parts of it are distressing. covid—19 has reached rural india, where hospitals are often just buildings with no staff or equipment. "bring oxygen", a woman pleaded, searching for doctors at a medicalfacility in the eastern state of bihar. herfamily struggled to revive her father—in—law, who was unable to breathe. he died before a doctor could see him. many are asked to take loved ones to the nearest big city, patna, but here, too, conditions are grim. mani bhushan's uncle was treated in an icu, where there were dead bodies lying in the beds right next to him for nearly 36 hours. his family claims doctors rarely did the rounds. avdesh singh died a few days after the video was made.
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translation: the situation in bihar is so pitiful. the government says there are facilities, but you realise when you go to a hospital that only god can save your life. more than a thousand miles away, the scene is starkly different now in a part of india that was the first to be badly hit by the virus. this is one of many field hospitals built in mumbai to treat covid patients. now that they've opened, people aren't struggling to find beds like they were a month ago. because of facilities like these, even with the highest number of cases in the country, mumbai, for now, is being able to cope with covid—19, as is the national capital, delhi. but given its size and population, india is almost like a small continent and there's been a variety of responses to the pandemic. the eastern state of bengal has decided it will shut down for two days every week. madhya pradesh in central india has
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reimposed stringent restrictions. while the southern state of karnataka lifted a planned lockdown because of economic compulsions. india will never reach simultaneously a peak. each area will have its own peak. the higher the density, the higher the peak. as coronavirus spreads rapidly, floods have killed scores in the country. the threat of disease even higher during india's rainy season. yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. the microbiologist who diagnosed early coronavirus cases in china has told the bbc he believes local officials covered up the scale of the initial outbreak. professor kwok yung yuen was part of an investigation team in wuhan injanuary. he says there were gaps in the action taken there and a reluctance to acknowledge the number of cases. carrie gracie reports now on whether china's response to the virus contributed
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to the global crisis. last december, people started turning up in hospitals in wuhan with a mystery pneumonia. for three weeks, from the end of december, chinese state media played down the risks. they said there was no reason to suspect the virus was transmitted through humans, and no medical personnel had been infected. on the 12th of january, hong kong doctor kwok—yung yuen diagnosed a family with coronavirus in shenzhen. the eminent microbiologist knew family clusters signalled human transmission. i have the experience of diagnosing cases in shenzhen. and i know how efficiently the virus was spreading. and i know that it is acquired from hospitals. and i know that it can move with people, by flights from one city to thousands of miles away. professor yuen immediately alerted officials in beijing. but china didn't tell its public,
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or the rest of the world, for a critical week, in which the virus was free to spread inside the country and beyond. on the 18th of january, professor yuen joined a team of experts in wuhan. he learned the market initially blamed for the outbreak had been disinfected before samples could be taken from all the animals. when we went to the wuhan seafood market, of course there is nothing to see. because the market was clean already. so you may say that the crime scene is already disturbed. because the seafood market was cleared, we cannot identify any of the hosts which is giving the virus to humans. professor yuen helped to identify the sars virus 17 years ago. back then, beijing withheld information for four months. the response was faster this time. but he says wuhan officials were slow to admit rising patient numbers and infections
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among medical staff. i do suspect that they have been doing some cover—up, locally at wuhan. the local officials who are supposed to immediately relate the information has not allowed this to be done as rapidly as they should. for three weeks, beijing had silenced front line doctors. but onjanuary 20, it cited the evidence from shenzhen and wuhan to acknowledge what many had warned from the start. three days later, wuhan was locked down. china says it has been open, transparent and responsible, and its firm measures bought the world time. but researchers now say if lockdown had happened sooner, the vast majority of infections could have been prevented. carrie gracie. st bernard dogs were originally
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bred to rescue people in the italian and swiss alps. but in cumbria, a st bernard called daisy needed to be rescued herself. the four—year—old collapsed while walking down scarfell pike, which is england's highest mountain. richard boren helps to rescue her. the dog had been feeling very tired. pain in its back legs, the owners dialled 999, cumbria police, and when we heard it was a st bernard, we sort of thought, that sums like a large dog, and a 55 kilograms dog is quite a challenge for the team, not just to carry it but to actually get it to lie on the stretcher. well, she did take... we like to have her catch of these lying down because if there's too much weight high up, it becomes unsteady, so he managed to get her laid down, her owners coaxed her down, and restructure very, very gently but tightly, and that was it. and she was happy and that helped.
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it was a really good stretcher slide and carry all the way down the mountain. and on the facebook page, there is a video that shows the whole rescue. timeframe look at the weather forecast with sarah. good evening. it's been a bit of a mixed weekend weather—wise. we had some heavy rain around, particularly on saturday. sunshine and showers on sunday. but the unsettled theme continues as we start the new week. we've got some wet and some windy weather on the way for monday. things turn drier through the middle of the week, and then quite a lot hotter as we end this coming week. but back to the here and now, one area of low pressure clearing towards the north—east. another one hot on its heels, moving in from the atlantic, bringing quite a lot rain through tonight and into monday as well. so, that rain arriving across northern ireland, wales, north west england, southern scotland as well. quite heavy bursts of rain for some overnight. the winds picking up towards the south west as well. for most of us, it's reasonably mild, between about 9—15 degrees.
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not too much rain for parts of southern england and for northern scotland overnight. and through the day, this area of rain pushes gradually northwards and eastwards, quite heavy at times over the higher ground of wales, northern england and scotland as well. mostly dry towards the north west of scotland, one or two showers around. also mostly dry for parts of southern and southeastern england, with some sunny spells. fresher conditions later on in the afternoon, but the winds will be a real feature, gusting to 30, possibly 40 mph at times. so, all that wet weather gradually clears away towards the east as we move through monday night and into tuesday, but there are still quite a few isobars on the map, showing us it's going to be quite a breezy spell of weather through tuesday. that breeze coming in from the north—west, so quite a fresh wind. there'll be a few showers around, especially for northern and western scotland, parts of north west england, down into wales. one or two further south as well. but quite a bit of dry weather in between any of these showers, the south east of england for instance, northern ireland too. just 15—20 degrees, not great for the time of year, particularly when you add on that breeze. heading into wednesday, a ridge of high pressure builds,
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so that's going to squeeze away the showers. a drier day and less windy through wednesday as well. there'll be some sunshine, particularly through the morning. by the afternoon, a bit more cloud building, and there'll be some cloud pushing in from the west. perhaps one or two showers for northern ireland by the end of the day. temperatures probably a degree or two warmer than tuesday, about 17—22 degrees on wednesday. and then later in the week for thursday into friday, that's when we're going to start to draw in this much warmer air, a southerly breeze too. so, we could see those temperatures as we head through thursday and particularly into friday reaching around about 30 degrees in the south east, warming up for many of us. bye— bye.
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hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment.
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first, the headlines — the government has defended its decision to reimpose quarantine restrictions on arrivals from spain, saying that the latest data on infections across the spanish mainland meant it had to act. we must take these measures to avoid the risk of reinfection into the uk given the very serious spike in cases in spain. but spain's foreign minister insists the country is safe to visit and is talking to the uk about excluding the canary and balearic islands from the quarantine. the two—time oscar—winner dame olivia de havilland, who starred in gone with the wind, has died at the age of 104. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe twyman, director of the polling company deltapoll, and the property and personal finance commentator anne ashworth. welcome to you both. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. ..

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