and welcome son twenty funded on a diss and rely from paris the headlines this hour. all eyes on high it was democrats take the first step to a nominatiting a candidate to unseat donald trump in november's election. hong kong announces border closures with mainland china this is the number of corona virus infection searches pa seventeen thousand. and the eeoc brexit negotiator warns that you won't strike any deal to avoid a no deal scenario once britain's transition period ends in twenty twenty. but first

democrats in the united statess are taking the first step toward nominating a candidate to unseat donald trump in november's presidential election this is the iowa caucus kicks off in the state now voters will gather at over sixteen hundred locations on choose. from eleven democratic contenders senator bernie sanders is leading in the polls taking the lead away from former vice president joe biden for more we can go across our correspondent canavan gorgeous sunny. saturday by in des moines iowa get them on all respecting any surprises tonight. i think that's the only sure thing tonight it's that their mom is very likelely going to be a surprise whether that's the official winner or at the- ranking of all those candidates and that's because- this race is one of those tight is that the democratic party

has seen in a long. time a you mentioned bernie sanders was now at the top but it's been a pretty much a two horse race at the top between. as sanders and- joe biden behind them there is a elizabeth warren and people to judge there also and sort of a tool as to for that a third is smart and they're all at these is smaller candidates including. amy clover shar who is a trying to get back come back up into that a top four in there the multiple reasons why at this rate is- so close there are at the polls of course. at but also because there are so many candidates they're still ten candidates on the ballot here in iowa if you have put aside and mike bloomberg was not yet on at ththe democratic add well at all it's- and there's also a- system. of at the- i mean that. it can. owners a itchy choose a second choice a candidate as a back so at. and she on i would be. at

the actual. inner so yes i bernice. is the head drawbar is very close still a the margin of error. and the kao t to. the votes are tallied in our our the *-*- mean. that if there are some. who are receive a smaller a percentage of the vote and a fall back on joe biden for example more moderate to fall back in july right in that could push. joe biden ahead of bernie sanders is still possible that people to judge was surge or that it was with the warren- will search so. there's really nothing is set in stone at the night the race is going to be extreme close is specially since. there will be three numbers reported at tonight the official delegate count which will be the official winner. but also the results from the first round and the results from the second one retreats we might have three candidates claiming that they have won tonight. so. this is i will caucus we- exactly what have. if you will.

well whehen the yeah was caucuss a kick o off in a just a few tht i ones will be gathering across that the state and across the world actually in the- gyms in schools and their churches they'll be going into and they'll be asked. to a go to the corner to one corner of at that room and at peak as site pick their candidate physically as stand in t their candidates are cornrnered the votes wilille tallied if the candidate makes its it 250% that memeans they ae viable they go into the second round if a candidate doesn't reach that threshold at the voters who at. that not viable candidate will get a second chance the second vote add to- vote for their second choice candidate to go that's one of is a viable or to stand out and vote in the second round which means that that let's say- bernie sanders- gets at the- most votes in the first round. as some voters voters for andrew yang people who might not be viable those voters

could go to joe biden and mean that in the second round joe biden over passes bernie sanders that's why it's extremely complicated and it's looking like the results will be taking a quite a lot of time at the get in as two add is. of a there are carga this of rust brown exact how you're not y. that's in because in the earth pored credit ray program every bring up the shin at the candidate who want to iowa has one many. in the this. could with a corona virus around the world a majority of them in mainland china the epicenter of the outbreak remains under travel lockdkdn now the semi autonomous region of hong kong has shot all but two land and

sea border crossings with the mainland their softer nearly two thousand hospital workers in the city. walked off the job on monday. this group is among the hundreds of healthcare workers who went on strike. dedemanding govovernment action. shut down the borderr from mainland china to the commission outbreak in hong kong. what happened. there is so like if don't buy and people with new coronavirus from getting into hong kong all medical wrote its meaning that. as well as a border closure striking medical workers are asking the government to step up efforts to effectively contain the spread of the new coronavirus. hospital workers ununion age eighty a is threatening to continue the accent until the demands of matt. uncle leader carrie lam has suspended high speed rail services to the main lines and cross border ferries. but has

stopped short of closing the entire border. life produce continues to come from china even though the source of the outbreak is still on the fence. about 90% of the city's food is imported with the bulk coming from the mainland. i don't agree with shutting down of. if we do da hong kong's economy will definitely sofa and we will end up with nije feats eight. the epidemic is expected to pile pressure on hong kong's economy which sunk into recession in the third quarter of last year as a democracy protests grips the city for months hitting its retail and tourism sectors hajj. n now the authorities in china hadad pledgeged to build two hospitals to d deal witith the corona virs outbreak in ten days time one not fully operational the facilities will soon start accepting the sick madhe francés father support with impressive speed chinese construction crews finished

work on a one thousand bed hospital located near the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak in the city of wuhan this time lapse video shows what took ten days to build. a pre fabricated facility of twenty five thousand square meters.. until the whole scenes the hospitital was in the dover all of us have been busy with the preparation and moritz the pharmacy and inspection office. making all the preparations before the patients arrive. fourteen hundred medical personnel from china's armed forces are staffing the hospital the chinese government said much of that staff had experience dealing with sars patients in two thousand and three. china has struggled to deal with the outbreak thehe's been a shortage of masks and prprotective gear for doctors ad nurses and hospitals in wuhan have already turned away many with flu like symptoms. the spokesman for china's national health commission said once a second new hospitals completed sometime this week there should

be enonough beds city wide to accommodate all of- hunts confirmed and suspected cases of the virus. until you. know turkey hit targets in northeastern syria today this in response a shelling by a syrian government forces on a turkish convoy the exchange of fire between on current damascus me like de increased tensions between the two countries. as s such direct clashes have been rare until now nicholas west was father supports. ankaras he will continue to o face. after severl turkishh soldiers were killed in syrian government shelling in italy province. the violence in the region i is fueling tensions between turkey and rusussia the two main foreign protagonists in syria. turkey's president richard type and the one worn moscow to respect of course aimed at stopping the fighting in the country. 7-8 didn't you. us done of it as such we hope

that each party will fulfill its obligations under the estado and sochi agreements. and that we will be able to work within these obligations. sort of the- turkish and syrian forces traded fire a few hours after turkish military convoy entered it lit province to step up his presence that. moscow says ankara failed to notify the russian ararmy about troop movevements and the turkish forces that come on the syrian fifinance t tgeting m militants linked to al qaeda. ankara says russian and local authorities had been infnformed. syrian government forces backed by russian app power have been trying to regainin control o of. turkey which supports several rebel groroups that oncnce thats offensive to stop fearing a mass influx of refugees. i justt dadays after britain left the e. u. the two s sides said they'd e willing to walk away without reaching an agreement on free trade.e. t the uk remains in ths customs union until the end of

twenty twenty and the blocks a chief brexit negotiator warned that the e. you wouldn't strike any deal to avoid a no deal scenario. this rating. all you see. us we are all seeking sustain cooperation on foreign policy sececurity and defense. it's full flow. so bizarre to me can resist winning mechanisms for dialogue. consultation full motion with the court. info exchange and cooperation. these are my which should risk the economy and sovereignty of the union. and as for the united kingdom do you or your means at the outset i just want to say to our friends i want to i want to reassure. you about one thing i want to lay one myth. to rest. we will not engage in some cop fruit race to the bottom. we are not leaving the e. u. to undermine european standards.

now the french president emmanuel michael match with his coat polish account apart i in warsaw today nicole for closer ties with the country in shaping the e. u. post brexit polish president ondrej duda said the bloc needs to work on becoming efficient unattractive here's what nakon to say little earlier. it's not the latest security the study did all the sea the security and stability of europe and its partners are france's main priority. i would like this visit to be a turning point so we can play a role together for the sake of europe's future. especially regarding climate challenges we need to help poland tackling them i'm not underestimating that challenge and would like to stress my great respect to the polish a store could she admits. was able to be face. for more on the story has kind of a crime reporting for more so. environmental protection is something on which- will soar in paris tend to disagree potentes refused to sign up to the european grereen deals objective of carbon neutrality

by twenty fifty. paris is hopeful that it might be able to get the polls to change their minds and is offering both technical assistance and to lobby for opponents quarter in the european you need to make sure that poland's. get as much financial support foror the an environmentntal transitionn s possible and emmanuel macron that was very muchch using the langua of ununderstandingg we understand that poland is dependent on coal h he was sayig and this is not. something that's the fault of the current government the reality is frontu very much like to help poland with the transition because- from would like tell nuclear technology to the- and the reality. isis that the polls of rather more inclined to buy it. can they will see how the- popositive. thing wordrd that pn out in. the other really big thorn of disagree. . between fronts poland and butut ponen a the europenii and check of course. is the- jududicial refom in polandd whihich the european commission consideders to be- potentially a threats to democracy to the separation of powers so far over more than

four years now despite very stern criticism. and the threat of sanctions from the european union the polls have shown themselves to be completely intransigent on this if pushed ahead with. reforms emmanuel macron's didn't want to talk about it too m much today he sad is n not a bilateral issue it'sa european issue. but he did say once again that his position on this matter hasn't changed any fully supports the european commission's endeavors to try to persuade poland.d. to o chane it so. changnges policy. now ths offer of france is x. wreck breaking. that are ten degrees above average it was twenty two degrees celsius and to lose on sunday as hot air blew up. from morocco kathy clifford explains. it's barely february what shorts are back in seasonon here in the basque region. as temperatures rise to was twenty six degrees celsius points of south western france. on the- we are in mid july right. hey there is on bravin t the sea just yet but be sport so back

in action. of course we making the most of it yesterday we were here all day and again this morning send gets us on the court the sands hot it's great. here in to lose on the banks of the river gallon residents are enjoying the unseasonal warmth. but not without concern. deliver mutual the feels like the start of spring it's empresa. it's a bit frightening in terms of climate chanange and the summers insect. experts say the wave of spring weather is due to an anti cyclone which blew in from morocco. bringing with it exceptionally warm air a an unusual phenomenon but not without precedent has been before. in early february nineteen seventy seven we sort twenty one degrees celsius recorded into and was. this record breaking yesterday with the twenty twtwo degrees and wil probably be broken again today po$alji. a welcome midwinter reminder of summer. but it's not time to pack away wininter coats just yet. temperatures in the region i set to tumble by

ten degrees by tuesday. it's time for the business with a cake movie goodd evening kate how to honor lots of reaction on the tooling trade proposals a by boris johnson and michelle about me not least on the currency markets yeah absolutely so the pound sterling dropped fairly sharply. as those speeches raised the prospect of trade barriers or the very least rather lengthy and more complicated negotiations. british prime minister said he would not fall in line with european rules and regulations and ease top negotiator- laying a firm line ahead of negotiations number mister johnson said he would seek trade ties that are modeled on those with. those that the e. u. has with canada so what might that entails s monte francis repoports.ishing foror a deal i in troubled waters with britain now out of the year the u. k. is set to regagain control of its fishing's on by the end of the year. but it is also set to lose millions of euros in

subsidies that received under the common fisheries policy the set of rules such as fishing quotas put forth for the european fishing industry. mr boris johnson is pushing for annual negotiations with the new. boss reflect the fact that the u. k. will be an independent coastal state. at the end. of this year. twenty twenty. controlling our in waters insuring. the british fishing grounds off first and foremost for british bites. 40% of fish caught in u. k. waters are real then by british fishermen prior to brexit the uk's fishing area was considered part of the fishing's on accessible by all e. u. countries. without coming to an end in twenty twenty one the uk wants to deal with the e. u. similar to norway. and which norway contributes to the use budget and exchange for access to the european markrk. and e european fishermen who rey heavily on access to british waters are strongly against any such agreement. the use brexit negotiator michelle bernier

said any large trade agreement would be tied to access for european ships. to the uk's fishing's out. senior but usually i con manage a deal by the end of the year. we may fall of a cliff in a sense. there will be some areas where there is no other solution then falling off a cliff. i'm thinking of. fisheries official commencement. there are two eleven months to reach a- with such a tie time. . leadeders have repeatedly warned a deal on fisheries could be the one that g got away. the currency exchange platform travelex says that some of its services remain offline more than a month after major cyber attack. well you can consumers have been able to regagain access to international money transfer and wires banks that depend on that provider have not. the royal bank of scotland barclays and lloyds among those unable to offer online exchanges. travelex says it has not paid any money to the hacrs who had demanded a six million dollar ransom in order too

regain control over their site. it's taken on the day's trading action now wall street closed higher rebounding from friday's very sharp selloff at night he led the dow with it sure is rising over three percent. the nasdaq up one point 3% by the closing bell there. earlier we saw the major european indices also closing higher gains of about half a percentage point across the board there shares the french payments sets a company he jenny kohë jumping seventeen percent. as it announced a takeover by competitor world line. well earlier we saw the chinese stock market open for business for the first tradiding dayay- since that extended lunar new year's holiday. concerns about the coronona v virus had an immediate impact there shanghai composite plunged nearly 8% that wiped out abobout four hundred billion dollars in market value that's its biggest a single day drop since twenty

fifteen. manufacturing and consumer goods companies saw the biggest drops thehe healthcare s shares rose. losses coming despite moves by chinese authorities to limit the damage to the broader economy. china's central bank injecting the equivalent of some a hundred and fifty four billion euros in to money markets there. meanwhile oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels in a year prompting producers to re evaluate their output. the e price of us wti briefly dropped below fifty dollars per barrel international brent crude around fifty four forty there. officials from opec and its allies including russia will be meeting to discscuss tht impact on n tuesday and wednesdy they're considering moving forward a higher level ministerial meeting took. from march to just later this month reports suggested they could further cut their already scaled back exports by a further half million barrels. chinese demand for crude has dropped some 20% in recent weeks as the cororona virus

outbreak intensifies. chinana is the wororld's largest oil imimporterer it's the sececond largrgest consumer. demand continues to slow it could have a really major impact on global prices a tamaño all eyes gonna be on vienna at what's supposed to just be an informal chat between some officials but reports suggesting that is going to be in fact a much bigger deal. of most economies that depend on oil out or made part of their economy i need oil to be trading above fifty four dollars per barrel dangerously close to this threshold to quite a lot at stake in what otherwise informal talks tomorrow. let's see what happens more thank you very much for that que que that was look at p phase and. ten except for me to watch james. good evening allow agenda in down street will out of a press be earlier. this offer eight off course john tried to. so members the press. that's right so we before here the que andnd early kanë is senior kuna. a octatonic. and he basically. plot selectively journalists

who were comining in for this press briefing which was to do with- britain's negotiations with thehe e. u. on trtrade post brings us. i'm sorry a journanalist from media s such s the e independent and the huffington posost uk edition and others were simp excxcluded from this collective even now it settled. at a massive amount of criticism online. from germany this number ten. coast in terms of their excuse we are welcome brief whoever we- whenever we want. i many saying is just beginning of the- just stay for over. a suppose a britons in you. situaoie is going to be a new attitude to. relations with the press at at in this set new age. some people are a little bit nervous about her. and pointing i was as i said that it's only day for also- somee saying it you know if you don't calm at healthy approach to at. and to press freedom at it's a very bad sign for a a democracy is. this is one of the germans who was excluded from the daily mirror newspaper pepper crerar. and she said i feel deeply

uncomfortable being left stand on one side of the room- well colleagues names were read out by one and they joined the group were deemed acceptable a number ten. finish chipset. this the most seven twenty two years political he's never experienced. like today i'm- something very noticeable at solano- lists from the media that were not excluded. under solidarity. to the press. along with the others and so and many many fat and- sadly que hostile costs all about approach. this color to between. street i'm not latency illiberal politics. i am something it's a wake up call for those who believe in the- i. government account. trump's names mentioned as well. because is it time to. scrushy

i so. there you go. in other news horror novelist stephen king has deleted facebook because of false infnformation and political adverse. that's right it's got a got a lot off attention todayy he quit facebook at- de tweeted his reasons far so doing security less fewer problems with. twitter at not confirmed with a flood of false information to live in its political advertising nor my confidence in its ability to protect users privacy. now this comes on the heels of a george soros at raising an opinion piece. for the new york times in which at he he said that's basically. the law at the moment the could communications decency act in the u. s. protects social media platforms from legal liability. for defamation in other words facebook can post at deliberately misleading or false statements by kind for pop. some of the take response for the he's it has all an on written. which donald to know. to and face. that at the sort

of a rain so. suit are a lot at it suits them with the presence president in because help them win elections. soccer in may money the problem here is political ads i've listened. in the. because decision policy decision made by. those od creation disrupt out of all. and they create a of i just comments motor because of so much nor around. misleading advertisements the eldlder actually make these odds more visible and others to been pointing out as well but this. at role there. yeah i'd stayed for. house they just about some on that's he's but she he's been to about it i talking it at. two of this to. that he plucked a two hundred thousand has lots facebook with life and hate. and then those get seen by one of one point three billion times of some also it is a lofty can sway the way an election does indeed. simply there was one. case executive. and andrew about worth it's a thank. an intern memo of his earlier in january at sort of

this public at least. also i'd say. i need he said that. was a bit. i'm with facebook you could are with. forget it complex. sixteen i am. not just because of where the- calls. it on the still best up that he had ever but that campaign included an awful lot of fromm and where the of if on facebook sort of actually and plug into that and from a of missing that's where the problem lies nothing much of is that more and more like getting the new trump platforms like twitter and facebook thank you very much for that is one of james couldn't that with media watch when to take a quick break more coming up stay with us but i from pacs

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