we are not advising a ban on travel to the canary islands or to tenerife. do know is that although the risk of getting severe complications from this virus are much lower for children and healthy adults, for older people and people with serious underlying illnesses, they are more at risk of those complications. so people will need to make their own individual decisions about whether to travel or not. a professor from public a professorfrom public health england. doctor margaret harris is from the who and explains why it is not described as a pandemic. we talk about a pandemic to describe what is going on. and we talk about a pandemic what it means we have outbreaks in all parts of the globe but also sustained community transmission first up as you are effectively reporting, there have been cases reported in many countries around the world but remember, these are cases that have been identified as people arriving in the country and they have not shown onwards transmission. this is what we are seeing in the uk at the moment. there has been very good work from

quarantined in a tenerife hotel where cases of the virus were detected have been cleared to leave the canary islands. coronavirus has spread to 50 countries and reached every continent except antarctica. worldwide, there have been more than 82,000 cases and 2,800 deaths. injapan, all state schools are to close for a month in a bid to stop the further spread of the virus. in china, the vast majority of the deaths have been

let's talk about the canary islands. dozens of tourists are on lockdown in a luxury hotel on the spanish island of tenerife as a part of italian guests tested positive for coronavirus. the place is surrounded by police. people are not allowed to leave. they are being asked to stay in their rooms. just last week, the public health researcher at the council on foreign relations had insisted that the only way to contain the coronavirus is doing exactly what that hotel is doing. it's the age-old silver bullet, quarantine. he joins us now and we appreciate you being here, sir. with new cases in afghanistan, bahrain, the canary islands, off the coast of morocco, we are wondering if quarantine is the silver bullet, isn't that silver bullet already out of the gun? >> well, actually, the public health experts are still debating whether strict quarantine measures will indeed be effective in terms of stopping the threat of the virus. the past records suggested it's not conclusive. in fact, if you look at the outbreak, the strict qua

they were impacted by the incident in the canary islands but there is a concern about how long this isn over the last 12 months, airline stock prices we re months, airline stock prices were performing quite well. we've gone back to where we we re we've gone back to where we were about two years ago. but the industry is extremely resilient. we'll be talking about and standing airline performances. the airline share prices will benefit from bargain hunters who think was the storm of this virus has been weathered, people will start travelling again. for the airlines, it's a double hit. notjust airlines, it's a double hit. not just not flying airlines, it's a double hit. notjust not flying to china but load factors are falling quite significantly when that happens, as you say, the prices come down. if you're brave enough, there are some great bargains to be had out there but you take about, does the flight but you take about, does the flight operate at the end of the day? how do airlines balance the competing considerations of, on the one hand, looking after their customers allowing people

airlines have been forced to cancel almost all flights in and out of the canary islands.ting school holiday fun. hundreds of people are stranded, some have settled in for the long haul. translation: why be better? we can't do anything. when it comes to the weather, there is nothing anyone can do. it is near impossible to see more than a few metres ahead, making it far too dangerous to take to the skies. this weather phenomenon is when hot and strong winds collect sand and dust from the sa ha ra collect sand and dust from the sahara desert and send them across the atlantic ocean. it happens every couple of years, but locals say this feels like one of the worst in decades. adding to the stress, a wildfire is reading close to homes in the west of gran canaria. the homes in the west of gran ca naria. the flames homes in the west of gran canaria. the flames are being exacerbated by the strong winds, which authorities say could lingerfor another 24—hour is. it is a forecast which will only cause more headaches at the airport. a long and tiring weight for the skies to clear. ind

airports in the canary islands are re—opening after sa ha ra n sandstorms swept in.tranded, with flights cancelled. sylvia lennan—spence reports. 0utside outside the terminal at tenerife, an ominous orange sky signals a warning. inside, it is causing chaos. translation: we have been here since yesterday. we are exhausted. airlines have been forced to cancel nearly all flights in and out of the canary islands. the schedule is interrupting school holiday fun. hundreds of people are stranded. some have settled in for the long haul. why be better? we can't do anything. when it comes to the weather, there is nothing anyone can do. it is near impossible to see more than a few metres ahead, making it far too dangerous to take to the skies. this weather phenomenon is called a colima, when hot and strong winds collect dust from the sahara desert and send them across the atlantic ocean. it happens every couple of yea rs, it happens every couple of years, but locals say this feels like one of the worst insta nces. feels like one of the worst instances. adding to the stress of w

and thatis canary islands and spain.hat is what is confusing about some of the health messaging. on one hand we are told it is like flu but on the other hand we are getting dramatic quarantines in ten cities in northern italy and then something like this here in tenerife. first reported case brazil today as well. so there are many things we are still learning about this. because of the nature of how much we travel and how easy travel is, it adds to the difficulty in tracing and containing the spread of it. and also the fact that we are not exactly sure if people can carry the disease without showing symptoms, how long they may have it before the symptoms start to manifest. so the cdc in the united states yesterday warned that it is coming to the united states and we should be prepared for dramatic changes. that said, for most people, the prevailing thinking at the moment is that this will be a flulike, ammonia —like symptoms in most people will get it and carry on and survive but there is the dramatic headlines we have s

these sandstorms do occui’ every canary islands. density of the dust. it has been very intense, when gas in excess of 70 miles an hour, the dust has travelled from the western sahara, bringing hot and i condition is, temperatures around 30 degrees which has also led to wildfires. this pressure across the sahara, this low pressure has been pushing up against a high pressure, squeezing the isobars together so we see quite a strong south—easterly wind which has driven the sand and dust out of mauritania and western sa ha ra dust out of mauritania and western sahara and southern morocco in the direction of the canary islands. this sand has travelled for hundreds of miles. the good news is as we move out of money into tuesday, we will see a wind changed direction, getting more from the north or north—east which means it will be fresher and cooler and offers the means it will be dust and sand three, saw improvement there. on two australian, this is a cyclone which made landfall on monday across the gulf of carpinteria bringing damaging wh

let's get more now on the one of the worst sandstorms to hit the canary islands in decades. have caused travel disruption for holiday—makers. all of the islands‘ airports were forced to close yesterday, due to low visability with residents warned to stay indoors. grace hopkins and her boyfriend, lee sharp, were due to fly home from gran canaria yesterday, but are still at their hotel. they told the bbc it was unclear when they would get home. yesterday was definitely the worst. the day before was our last day, which was sunday. the saturday was when it first came in, we went down to the beach for our last day and quickly regretted that. i think we hopped in the taxi back. because it went orange and we couldn't see the sun. we woke up the next morning and it seemed to have cleared. we thought it will be fine, we can get our flight. but as we were getting our transport to the airport it became very dusty and very sandy and we thought there's no way we were getting on this flight. we saw the flight coming from the uk had been delayed, and that was the plane we were meant to get

this, ago of a german holidaymaker on the canary islands. tioned, is on the balearic islands, in majorca. this british man had felt some symptoms of what he thought might be the coronavirus a few days ago so he checked himself into this hospital in the capital of majorca, parma. he and members of his family were tested yesterday and the tests were sent off to madrid and this morning, we heard that he has tested positive for coronavirus, but the three other members of his family, his wife and two daughters, tested negative. how much concern is there in spain about the coronavirus? 0bviously, there in spain about the coronavirus? obviously, as people travel internationally, the concern is that it will spread to many, many countries? yes, i think there is a certain amount of concern, partly because as you say there is a lot of travel, a lot of people come on holiday to spain, it is one of the biggest holiday destinations in the world. and there is a big chinese community here as well, so, people travelling to and from china. having said that, th

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hundreds of guests are unable to leave a hotel in the canary islands after one person tested positive for coronavirus. the person infected is believed to be from a region of italy which is dealing with a serious outbreak, and all guests are having to stay put. we've just got to stay in the hotel. we can't leave the hotel. we can walk around the grounds, sit on the sun loungers, but there's a cordon around the hotel, with police. in iran, the deputy health minister who complained of a high temperature has now tested positive for the virus, as the country deals with a major outbreak. and in the uk, children returning from holidays in northern italy are being sent home from school following new government advice. we'll have all the latest developments, as concerns grow about the speed and scale of the spread of the virus. also tonight... the former liberal leader lord steel leaves the lib dems, after a report says he did not act on claims of sexual misconduct made against the former mp cyril smith. the city of delhi sees its worst violence in decades, sparked by deep divisions over a new

airlines have been forced to cancel almost all flights in and out of the canary islands.hedule is interrupting school holiday fun. hundreds of people are stranded. some have settled in for the long haul. it is near impossible to see more than a few metres ahead, making it far too dangerous to take to the skies. this weather phenomenon is called a calima. it's when hot and strong winds collect sand and dust from the sahara desert and send them across the atlantic ocean. it happens every couple of years, but locals say this feels like one of the worst in decades. a long and tiring wait for the skies to clear. freya cole, bbc news. well, let's talk to will. he runs a building company in leeds, but is currently stranded in lanzarote. what is the latest on when you will get home? the airline have said we should hear something this afternoon but there are no flights out today. we are hoping for a flight tomorrow afternoon. we heard in that report about some of the difficulties people are facing. tell us what happened to you yesterday. we got to the airport around 1pm yesterday.

airports in the canary islands are reopening.aran dust storm grounded all planes, turned the sky orange and reduced visibility. at least 12,000 passengers were affected by the cancellations. president trump is starting a two—day visit to india, where a lavish welcome is being planned. but it's looking unlikely that mr trump and the indian prime minister, narendra modi, will finalise a long—awaited trade deal. he'll attend a rally alongside mr modi in his home city. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan looks ahead to what we can expect from the trip. as india gets ready for the arrival of president trump, no expense is being spared. his first stop, the city of ahmedabad in prime minister modi's home state, gujarat. preparations include building a wall along his planned route to conceal some of the slums in the area. residents aren't pleased. translation: when you are spending so much money for the wall, then come and have a look inside the shanties of us poor people. you can spend 800,000 to a million rupees for the wa

a massive saharan sandstorm has engulfed the canary islands, causing widespread chaos and frustrationation. hundreds of people have been trapped at airports. freya cole reports. outside the terminal at tenerife, an ominous orange sky signals a warning. inside, it is causing chaos. translation: we've been here since yesterday. we're exhausted. airlines have been forced to cancel almost all flights in and out of the ca nary islands. the interrupted flight schedule is interrupting school holiday fun. hundreds of people are stranded. some have settled in for the long haul. translation: why be bitter? we can't do anything. when it comes to the weather, there is nothing anyone can do. it is near impossible to see more than a few metres ahead, making it far too dangerous to take to the skies. this weather phenomenon is called a calima. it is when hot and strong winds collect sand and dust from the sahara desert and send them across the atlantic ocean. it happens every couple of years, but locals say this feels like one of the worst in decades. adding to the stress, a wildfire is getting clos

airports in the canary islands are reopening.storm grounded all planes, turned the sky orange and reduced visibility. at least 12,000 passengers were affected by the cancellations. hospitals and laboratories around the world have been working around the clock to develop a test kit for the deadly coronavirus. the un health agency has urged global leaders to boost diagnostic capabilities to fight the virus. here in singapore, a test kit has been rolled out at some public hospitals. it was developed by the government's agency for science, technology and research, known as a*star. one of the scientists behind this new test kit, dr timothy barkham, told us about the genesis of the kit. well i had a message, i think it was new year's day from one of three people i work with and have been since 2003 asking me whether i thought this was something important and should we do anything about it. at the time, we had heard of cases but we didn't know how severe it was going to be. you mentioned 2003, that is when the region had to deal with th

june the latest from milan in northern italy mohammed thank you a hotel in spain's canary islands is on lockdown after a visiting talian doctor tested positive for the corona virus hundreds of guests at the hotel in tenerife being told to stay in their rooms as medical tests are carried out the doctor is reportedly from the lumbered intervention larry telling authorities as we've been hearing are battling the outbreak this is the 3rd case identified in spain after a german tourist in legal matter which is another canary island and a british man in majorca both tested positive. well as the number of cases continues to rise in iraq and the so does concern over the government's handling of the outbreak the country's deputy health minister the man leading the fight against the ill it illness has been diagnosed with the virus and self because somebody to love him but if a man can run on coronary for them i just wanted to tell you that i carries a coronavirus as well yesterday i had a fever and late last night the results of my preliminary test was positive since last night i've isolated m

the it's here in la in the canary islands that the $35.00 teams begin the crossing to and in the caribbean in december 29th teen. the atlantic challenge is the hardest rowing race in the world the fastest teams will need one month the slowest 2 months. it's the moment of truth for my cash to feed him and cut something out. to get your thoughts are on hand for emergencies otherwise the rug was out on their own. there are risks and yes it is a risk of bad weather and capsize. injury and illness but things that actually have the greatest effect on crew how they get on with each other personal dynamic that's really most important then she dangerous thing in the way. their team spirit is tested early on the wind is unusually strong and the boat can hardly make any headway. the sun. comes up it's pretty high waves and we all got seasick the height of the worst. fortunately mike is a doctor with the help of an i.v. infusion she gets the situation under control. of the body as after the 1st 48 hours i was so seasick i couldn't move the girls had to throw one person down while i was comatose in the

. severely apologise to customers in the canary islands.works night and day for his country and a man i am proud to call my true friend, prime minister modi. cheering the first lady and i have just travelled 8000 miles around the globe to deliver a message to every citizen across this nation. america loves india. america respects india and america will always be faithful and america will always be faithful and loyal friends to the indian people. 100,000 people estimated to be in that stadium in gujarat, the home state of prime minister modi. donald trump would be there for two daysin donald trump would be there for two days in total, and trying to sign a trade deal while he is there. a little fact. as he arrived at the stadium they were playing macho man by the village people.” stadium they were playing macho man by the village people. i wonder if that was a request. a great little detail. a lovely thought. i wish we had some music ready to go here. and it started to play on my phone. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you a

has been severely affected after a storm carrying clouds of red sand from the sahara hit the canary islands even hundreds of holidaymakers stranded the regional government has declared a state of alert and people have been advised to say inside and keep windows closed the u.k. government's breck's it negotiating team has been ordered by prime minister boris johnson to come up with plans to avoid checks on goods passing from britain to northern ireland according to the sunday times newspaper officials seeking to evade checks on goods crossing the irish sea which are due to come into effect as of next year because of brics it the u.k. formally left the e.u. last month and is in a transition period the withdrawal agreement leaves northern ireland inside the u.k. customs area but all e.u. procedures are expected to apply to goods arriving there after december 31st travelers in india can now receive free platform tickets at one of the nation's largest railway stations with one condition they have to prove their fitness 1st athletic commuters who can complete 30 squats in just 3 minutes at delhi'

sandstorm blowing off the sahara has caused major disruption to flights in and out of spain's canary islands thousands of tourists were stranded after all flights were suspended to and from gran canaria due to poor visibility flights for also stopped the regional government has declared a state of alert and people have been advised to stay inside and keep windows closed. a major topic of conversation is the whereabouts of the prime minister tom de bonnie failed to attend court to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife the 8 year old says he went to south africa or a doctor's appointment that was shuttled well in advance so he did miller because more from the capital was sort of. prime minister tom to body of boy did being charged with the murder of his 2nd wife to palermo when he failed to show up in court on friday 2 weeks ago his 3rd wife my c.e.o. was charged with ordering the shooting of a pita sister as well as the attempted murder of another woman wounded in the attack in 2017 the prime minister's no show in cotton the scandal surrounding the murder is a hot topic in the capi

he has been reinforcing that message saying that the canary islands is open for business.are braced for further downpours this weekend with more than 90 flood warnings now in place across england and wales. storm jorge is set to bring up to 80 millimetres of rain. many of those affected are still counting the cost of damage caused by storm ciara and storm dennis. residents in snaith and cowick in yorkshire have been told to leave their homes. in afghanistan efforts are being made to bring about an historic peace deal after america's longest running war looks like it could be about to come to an end. these intensive negotiations have been going on with the taliban over many months recently and there is a meeting today. let's talk to our correspondent there. can you take us through what will happen next in terms of these discussions and possibility for some kind of peace plan? there is a cautious sense of optimism that has been building in afghanistan over the last week with the partial truths in place. people here see today as an historic opportunity and they want to see yo

ski resorts to the alps, canary islands easyjet. ot go there. lots of cancellations at gatwick with hebrew and british airways. we had the first two diversions into gatwick. if you have friends coming in from barcelona on the share is, they are going to heathrow. if you have friends coming in from rome into gatwick, they are in paris. what about the fairies? they have had a bumpy old day in every sense. in dover to calais, they have been... the fts has focused on dunkirk and across the irish sea it has been all over the place. lots of cancellations into ways and we have seen pretty much all of the fairies on the western isles either cancel or run it with severe delays. —— all the ferries on the i'll. you wouldn't want to be on both of these conditions. chris you are worried about aspects of the system overnight for some tell us what is like it to happen tomorrow stop at a slow moving parts of the weather system going across wales, south wales in south—west bedminster night... connect that will bring pulses of heavy rain. you have 45

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of the hotel into a reef with a 1000 guests and spain's canary islands has been in lockdown after a person tested positive for the corona virus as cases emerge and tourist regions like croatia and austria some experts say the economic impact. the virus on the travel industry will be felt in every corner of the world. now wall street was on quite a bullish run to begin the year but that's all been erased by 2 straight days of losses so who are the biggest losers well for one some of the world's biggest technology companies like apple and microsoft both rely heavily on china for sourcing their components reuters reporting last year that apple has only been increasing the number of its of assembly lines in china in recent years the cruise companies are also among the biggest loser losers norwegian has already canceled cruises in the asian area carnival cruise lines has warned that it will be hit by customer cancellations now there have also been some winners alpha pro tech a company that makes masks and other protective clothing up big time so is moderna a biotech company which is working on

a huge sandstorm has forced the closure of all airports on the spanish canary islands hundreds of flights have been canceled sand and dust have blown in from the sahara desert the canaries are about 100 kilometers from the african coast. has been killed in a failed bid to prove the world is flat with a steam powered rocket built by michael mad mike hughes crash landed shortly after takeoff in california. it's meant to control the descent were ripped off during the launch. germany's social democrats have won sunday state election in hamburg with 39 percent of the vote the victory marks a turnaround for the centralized central party it support fell sharply in other recent state elections voters also punish chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats who received just 11 percent of the ballots. a result for germany's ailing social democrats. the s.p.d. were the clear winners in homburg on sunday night and welcome to. this case the s.p.d. and i think it's the right kind of politics and i think it's the kind of politics that suits the whole the speedy speedy past. but for chancellor angela

the hotel and turned a reef with a 1000 guests in spain's canary islands has been in lockdown after a person tested positive for the corona virus as cases emerge in taurus regions like croatia and austria some experts say the economic impact of the virus on the travel industry will be felt in every corner of the world. and wall street had been in quite a bullish mood to begin this year but that's all been erased by these 2 straight days of losses among the biggest losers tuesday were technology companies like apple which rely heavily on china to source components it fell 3 and a half percent the region cruise line holdings dropped by a whopping 7.7 percent days after canceling all its asian voyages among the winners biotech company data which is working on a vaccine and who shares surged nearly 28 percent. now earlier i asked i asked her for a financial correspondent in new york yes korda what we should make of the today sell off on wall street. well this was. really a sea of red and that was unexpected that after the drop on monday we saw another almost $900.00 point drop in the dow

the hotel in turn a reef with a 1000 guests and spain's canary islands has been in lockdown after a person tested positive for the corona virus as cases emerge and tourist regions like croatia and austria some experts say the economic impact of the virus on the travel industry will be felt in every corner of the world. in uganda the outbreak from china is forcing businesses to look elsewhere for imports despite appeals from chinese leaders that the situation is not as bad as betrayed by the media many ugandans are considering alternative trade markets like india or the united arab emirates therefore thank you for your support and you're in the heart of. this 14. market this mine is assuring foreigners that china is safe for business. this is your actual service i never related feature shows or the shops in china which could imply that business is normal. but this ugandan trade does don't seem convinced right now it's very hard to believe. that everything is safe because in the video as you see in no money is wearing a must or marker you raise counseling it's group planned trip to china. an

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holidaymakers to the canary islands are facing ad travel disruptions after huge power and some storm engulfed the spanish tourist destination on sunday low visibility has caused hundreds of lives to be grounded or diverted to other airports easyjet ryan air and judge 2 are among the airlines affected. the coronavirus epidemic could put an already fragile global economic recovery address the international monetary fund has warned at a meeting of the g 20 finance ministers in reality economic affairs commissioner paulo gentil only said the g 20 was ready to react with pro growth policies meaning more government spending on infrastructure and aid for ailing businesses affected by the outbreak many ministers also said they wanted to keep their monetary policies moves. in prime minister narendra modi has welcomed u.s. presidents donald trump on his 1st official visit to the south asian subcontinent the trip comes amid simmering trade tensions with delhi and last year's tit for tat to terrorists the united states is india's 2nd largest trade partner after china but in $29000.00 the u.s. en

holidaymakers to the canary islands are facing air travel disruptions after a huge sahara and some storm engulfed the spanish tourist destination on sunday low visibility has forced hundreds of lives to be grounded or diverted to other airports is a judge ryan and jets 2 are among the airlines affect it. u.s. president donald trump is in india this week on his 1st official visit the trip comes amid trade tensions with daily and tit for tat tariffs last year but now both sides are eager to negotiation to get india to partially open up dairy markets move however is unlikely to go down well in the world's largest milk producing nation which has traditionally restricted to dairy imports of correspondence on your family car traveled to the northern state of pradesh to find out more she sent us this report. this is how denise kumar begins his day he's to pickle of millions of small dairy producers across india his family doesn't own a palm beach. in their backyard it's hard work there's never a day off he makes about $60000.00 rupees selling his milk that's around $775.00 euros a month but buy

on the canary islands off the eastern coast of africa, more than 1,000 tourists are trapped in a hotelalian guest came down with the virus. in italy, more than 322 confirmed cases with ten people dead. they haven't even found the source of the outbreak. in iran, at least 15 people were killed by the virus and nearly 100 are sick, including this health minister who yesterday was on camera downplaying the danger as he's seen coughing and wiping his brow. today he learned he too has the coronavirus. a vaccine is still at least several months away, and in response to the outbreak in italy, syracuse university in new york is suspending its study abroad program. that affects some 342 students who now have to be brought back home. there is currently no travel restriction from the united states on travel to italy because of the coronavirus. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> all right, thank you, steve. >>> fears about the virus' effect on the global economy have stocks plunging around the world. overnight asian markets lost ground again following a second devastating day in a row on wall s

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has tested positive for coronavirus in the ca nary islands and positive for coronavirus in the canary islandsuld face a further ten days of what the police are calling "difficult conditions". homes across shropshire and worcestershire were evacuated yesterday after barriers holding back the river severn began to give way. our reporterjohn maguire is in ironbridge, in shropshire, where a severe flood warning remains in place. john, how are things looking this morning? you can see the river levels are still very high. they are, rachel. the 24 hours or longer the people of ironbridge have had this on the bridge dominates the gorge, built almost 250 years ago, world—famous and the centre of the industrial revolution. it has seen flooding over the years but this has to be one of the worst, not the worst, but one of the worst, not the worst, but one of the worst. as you see this footpath closed off quite sensibly and a safe distance from the river severn but just and a safe distance from the river severn butjust the weight of water and the force of the water, something like 500 tonnes per second an

. >> particularly with the canary islands.s a very popular holiday .estination for europe and now there are some issues. so if you are thinking of taking a holiday there, or you booked a holiday there, you will probably be thinking twice about it. serious, it's not just the center estar the canary islands, it's also northern italy and other countries. cruise liners and tour operators are very dependent on people not just booking, but not canceling. and many people are beginning to cancel. the peak right, booking period is just behind us . that was boxing day two about the third week of january. but they will be thinking about canceling, don't forget that there are a lot of people to book. if this is contained quickly it should not have much of an impact. goes on until around may, we could see some diligent -- decisions. guy: which companies are the most exposed? they have a big business in spain, a rio hotel business has been building up with cruise operations and they've been hit today. vonnie: so when can we expect a rebound

video is trending on bbc.com: strong winds carrying sand from the sahara affected airports in the canary islandsspain. more than 100 flights were cancelled, suspended or diverted. winds of up to 120 kilometres per hour could hit the canaries until monday. that's all. stay with bbc world news. more on our web site bbc.co.uk/news and the news app. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report trump in india. us president arrives in ahmedabad today as he starts a two—day visit to the world's biggest democracy. and australia under pressure. how the country is facing the challenges of people and lack of water in 2020. hello and welcome to this monday's asia business report. iam sharanjit this monday's asia business report. i am sharanjit leyl. donald trump arrives in india injust a few hours for his first official trip to the country as us president. indian prime minister narendra modi will be welcome him today in his home state of gujarat. we are joined now from a meta— bard with all the latest. tell us meta— bard with all the latest. tell us what is expected. —— ahmedabad. lot of pomp

we are not advising a ban on travel to the canary islands or to tenerife.n from you about the radius of risk, if you like. we had that lady talking about her hotel being 1000 metres away. if you are in a common space, her hotel being 1000 metres away. if you are in a common space, like a hotel reception, in this particular hotel reception, in this particular hotel in tenerife, what is the risk and how close do you need to be to somebody for the risks to be increased? we have been clear in the contact tracing on people who have returned to the uk with coronavirus, the groups who are interested in are those who have been in close face to face those who have been in close face to fa ce co nta ct those who have been in close face to face contact with somebody who has the infection for 15 minutes, or 15 minutes or longer. so it suggest close contact puts you at risk, not just being somewhere within the same environment as somebody. i hope that helps to answer the question. it is close contact with somebody with the infection that puts you at risk, not just being

the sun storm blowing off the hearse cause transport chaos in spades canary islands thousands of tourists were stranded after all flights were suspended to and from ground canaria due to poor visibility flights leaving 10 reef also stops the regional government has declared a state of alert and people have been advised to stay inside and keep windows closed those were the headlines i'll be back with the al-jazeera news hour in half an hour but we continue here our knowledge is there with al-jazeera world do stay with us. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for reasons others it's the only way to get a job despite the risks. an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends winded while working on mines i wasn't scared to listen to sacrifice we have to like

airports in the canary islands are reopening after a dramatic saharan dust storm stopped all air trafficnations for much of the day. parts of gran canaria and tenerife were blanketed with the dust, which blocked out the sun. winds of up to 75 miles an hour buffeted the islands during the day. the warm winds have also fuelled wildfires. it's also fuelled wildfires. just to hit 16 minutes past 11 the headlines on bbc news: also fuelled wildfires. four of the cruise ship passengers taken to the wirral test positive for coronavirus and are transferred to specialist infection centres. the virus has spread to 21 countries — 6 people have now died in south korea — and a third death has been confirmed in italy. we report from inside syria's idlib province — the country's last rebel stronghold — which is under ferocious attack by forces loyal to president assad. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ra mjuan. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, tyson and this is sport today, theory says the king has returned tyson theory says the king has returned to

isolating over 1000 guests and workers on the canary island.s wife staying there tested positive for the coronavirus. they may have been infected during a recent trip to italy. they will later confirm the diagnosis on whether they need to be formally quarantined. organizers saying they are more than likely to postpone the coronavirus outbreak. organizers have two to three months to decide, adding that the scale of the event means that it cannot be delayed or moved. and former egyptian president has died. office byced out of the arab uprising in 2011. end, he was only found guilty of fraud. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. the global selloff continues across asia as we get more news on the coronavirus out make. banning foreigners. battle of the largest outbreak with nearly 1000 infections. let's get to a market check. after a 3% down day. equities changing near record lows. down more than 1%. up korean kospi has given al

from iran to spain's canary islands.tive. hundreds of tourists being confined to the hotel grounds. and we've heard from one of them. we just have to stay in the hotel. we cannot leave the hotel. we can walk around the grounds, sit on the sun loungers, but there is a cordon around the hotel and the police. there's also been a confirmed case in barcelona. this is the latest from spain's health minister. translation: there are three reported cases, there is no confirmed community transmission so far in our country, in spain, and therefore we continue to think that we are in a scenario of containment of coronavirus in spain and that the most effective is to strengthen all these measures for early detection. to austria and a hotel in the city of innsbruck in the alps has been locked down. you can see police streaming into the building and people being blocked from going in or out — that's because an italian receptionist working there has the virus. in italy — the death toll has risen to 11 and there have been more than 300 c