judith moritz, bbc news, york.n diplomats and business leaders on monday — in a speech on his plans for international trade after brexit. in what will be his first speech since the uk left the eu, borisjohnson will confirm that he wants to negotiate a free trade deal with brussels — whilst also seeking similar deals with other countries around the world. 0ur political correpondent chris mason reports. a winter's day like any other, and yet symbolically, legally, psychologically, everything has changed. for the first full day in 47 years, the uk isn't part of the club of our nearest neighbours, a triumph for those who partied here last night... we should celebrate the fact that, freed from the constraints of the european union, we once again will be able to find our place in the world! on monday, the prime minister will set out how he plans to do this. he wants a relatively loose arrangement with the eu, similar to the one canada has, and he wants to negotiate deals with countries such as the united states and japan

judith moritz, bbc news, york. of nurses, doctors and hospital staff in hong kong have voted in favour of strike action which could start as early as monday. there are currently 12 confirmed cases in the city but there are fears the number could rise as people return from the lunar new year holiday. mariko 0i reports from hong kong. tensions are high. this city feels on edge. almost every one is wearing a face mask. this new epidemic brings back memories of the sars outbreak of 2003, which killed nearly 300 people here. as coronavirus spreads, some medical staff want the government to stop mainlanders from entering the territory. this union says it represents 18,000 medical staff who work for public hospitals. that is more than a fifth of the total of public health workers. the hospital authority employees alliance is a new union that was formed late last year, during the pro—democracy protests. 60% of the members are young nurses, and it grew rapidly in the last few week, since the outbreak. they've just voted to

judith moritz, bbc news, york.y says the fighting in north—west syria is creating an unprecedented child protection crisis. unicef estimates that there have been more than 300,000 children among those forced to flee their homes in idlib province since early december. grant leaity, deputy director of emergency programmes for unicef told us more. in the course of the last week, we have had the syrian government taking an extremely strategic stronghold, and this was widely seen as one of the beginnings of the resistance in syria, and it's very close to idlib city. so what we've seen is, since the beginning of december, there have been increased aerial bombardment in this area. however, with this recent incursion, we have seen 260,000 people displaced over the course of the last few days. so, this is clearly a significant shift in the dynamic in the north—west. and, of course this, as you've said, is having a huge impact on children in particular. indeed. you mentioned, of course... we have got a civilian population ov

judith moritz, bbc news, york.nter — he's a professor in medicine at the university of east anglia, and joins me now from norwich. thank you very much forjoining us this evening on bbc news. my pleasure. what is your view on the inevitability and speed with which we have seen cases here in the uk?” think it was almost inevitable, certainly nothing like this is totally inevitable, but this was certain to happen. we were certainly not one of the first western countries to have cases. so it was going to happen, and it did. can you explain to us a little bit about what the public health england is doing, in terms of its approach with regards to containment? yes, as it stands at the moment, we havejust two cases. the important thing is to make sure that the current cases are nurse in an environment where there will not be any risk to others. in the unit that they are based in is very capable of dealing with patients with this sort of disease. certainly within the uk, we've dealt with cases of sars and middle eastern res

judith moritz, bbc news, york.spoke to paul hunter, a professor in medicine at the university of east anglia. he said cases of the virus were always likely to emerge in the uk. i think it was almost inevitable certainly, nothing in life is ever totally inevitable, but this was pretty much certain going to happen. you know, we were certainly not one of the first western countries to have cases, so, yeah, it was going to happen and it did. could you explain to us a little bit about what the public health england is doing, in terms of its approach with regard to containment? yes, as it stands at the moment, with just two cases, the important thing is to make sure that the current cases are nursed in the environment where they will not be any risk to others, and the unit they are based this is very capable of dealing with patients with this sort of disease. we've, certainly within the uk, we've dealt with cases of sars and middle eastern respiratory syndrome going back over 20 years, so the uk is very able to nurse the

judith moritz, bbc news, york.to date with latest developments on all our stories by visiting our website. just go to bbc.com/news. awards season is under way with the bafta's and oscars on successive sundays — and once again the announcement of nominees has fuelled criticism for its lack of diversity. the first black british feature film appeared in the 1970's and since then black film makers have been navigating their way through obstacles and initiatives to create work. arts correspondent brenda emmanus spoke to three generations of black filmmakers about their lived experience. for 15 years discrimination film and television awards has been celebrating lack creative talent from big names to rising stars. but the glitz and glamour of this annual award ceremony does not hide the fact that there is a cycle of frustration among these creatives. billed by the lack of acknowledgement from the uk film industry. hailed as one of the pioneers of black independent cinema, this director and writer is uninspired by the pro

judith moritz, bbc news, york. to date with latest developments on all our stories by visiting our website. just go to bbc.com/news. residents to the south of australia's capital, canberra, have been put on alert over fears that bushfires may spread. a state of emergency was declared on friday, the first in the area since deadly fires there in 2003. the territory's emergency services chief says she is keen to avoid panic, but said that evacuations may be necessary. here's our australia correspondent shaimaa khalil. the bushfire south of canberra in the namadgi national park behind me has been burning for more than a week now. today was meant to be the worst day. it's already ravaged through 115,000 hectares, about 15% or more of the australian capital territory, or the act. the head of the emergency services here has said there's no immediate danger to suburbs in canberra, but said the situation could change for areas south of the capital. so, in the suburb of banks, where i am right now, people have been told to k

our north of england correspondent, judith moritz reports.at york university has carried on as normal today, but among the 18,000 students here, some are worried that one of their peers has tested positive for coronavirus. can you tell me why you are wearing a mask? are you worried to wear the mask? a little, a little nervous. because of this. when did you start wearing it here? today. i am not terribly bothered because i feel like, given that a number of students at university, i feel like it might not even spread. i don't think there's many students compared to bigger universities. the student was taken ill, along with one of their relatives, while staying at this hotel in york. the university says they didn't come into contact with anyone on campus while they had symptoms, but investigations are ongoing. we understand this will cause concern and anxiety, but i want to reassure our students, staff and the wider community, that we are working closely with the lead agency, public health england, and other agencies to manage this situation. th