i'm lewis vaughanjones in london.lso in the programme: authorities in china are scrambling to stop the spread of a new pneumonia—like virus as millions of people prepare to travel for the lunar new year. and a crucial test for elon musk‘s spacex crew capsule appears to go to plan. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore and midnight in london where prince harry has given a dramatic response to events culminating with saturday's agreement for him and his wife, meghan, to give up royal duties. he said it brings him great sadness it has come to this and went on to explain why he felt there was no other option. let's hear more from his speech at an event for his charity, sentebale. i wanted to hear the truth from me. as much as i can share. not as a prince or duke but as harry, the same person that many of you have watched grow up over the last 35 yea rs watched grow up over the last 35 years but now in a clearer perspective. the uk is my hom

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london.o in the programme: in front and behind the lens. prince harry posts his own footage of his first public engagement since stepping back from royal duties. and seeking sanctuary from the bushfires. the rescue centre caring for australia's koalas. hello. it's 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 8:00pm in washington, where donald trump's impeachment trial has formally begun with the charges being read out in the us senate and the presiding judge being sworn in. the lead prosecutor, adam schiff, said no president had ever sought to impede an impeachment investigation so thoroughly. the president, meanwhile, predicted his trial wouldn't take long and dismissed the abuse of powers charges against him as a hoax. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has more. across the marbled floors of congress, the statues from a bygone age looking down on the team that will lead the prosecution of donald] trump. they carry under their arms the files contain the articles of impeachment. the sergeant at

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: the government of myanmar dismisses a ruling by the un's top court ordering measures to prevent the genocide of rohingya muslims. and out of the devastation of the australian bushfires comes inspiration for a major work of art. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 9am in singapore, 1o‘clock in london and 9am in china where the city of wuhan is in lockdown due to the outbreak of a coronavirus. the chinese government has just said the death toll there has risen to 25 with 830 people infected. it's still too early to knowjust how dangerous the outbreak will turn out to be. and the world health organization has again said it is not a global health emergency, though it is an emergency in china. from beijing, john sudworth reports. this is the moment a city of 11 million people was effectively shut off. pa ramilita ry police guarding the station, as all departing trains are cancelled. in the hospitals, medical staff in full bodysuits are treating hundreds of inf

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london.o in the programme: bushfires are still burning in australia with temperatures forecast to get higher in some places. i'm lucy hockings live in kangaroo valley and i will be speaking to the owners of the kangaroo valley bush retreat about how you rebuild when fire has taken everything. and the bbc speaks to carlos ghosn, the fugitive businessman now banned from leaving the country he fled to. it's 8:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:00pm in ottawa where the prime minister justin trudeau has said there's evidence from multiple sources that the ukrainian passengerjet that crashed near tehran was shot down by an iranian missile. all 176 people on board were killed, including dozens of canadians. iran's civil aviation chief has dismissed reports that a missile had hit the aircraft as "scientifically impossible". nick bryant has the latest from washington. american media say these images appear to show the moment the ukrainian airliner was hit by an iranian missile shortly after t

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london.o in the programme: what really happened when students at one of delhi's top universities were attacked. we have a special report. queen elizabeth prepares to hold talks with prince harry and meghan over the royal couple's future. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 3:30am in tehran, where there's a strong police presence on the streets of the iranian capital. it follows a second day of protests after the government admitted shooting down a ukrainian airliner, killing more than 170 people on board. protests that begun at universities in the city have since spilt out onto the streets where people have been seen tearing down posters of qasem soleimani, the commander whose death in a us drone strike sparked the current tensions with the west. in canada a memorial service has been for the 57 canadians on board the passenger plane when it was shot down. prime ministerj

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones and welcome to bbc world news.6 people. tehran has again rejected suggestions the ukrainian jet was brought down by one of its missiles. 57 of the victims were canadian. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports from toronto. so this is about two weeks ago when they got to iran... the siddiqi family travelled to iran from canada to plan a wedding.

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i'm lewis vaughanjones in london.o in the programme: china reveals the coronavirus, which has claims more than 50 lives, is infectious before symptoms show, making it harder to contend with. after more clashes in iraq, the shia cleric muqtada al—sadr tells his supporters to clear the streets to avoid an escalation. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 9:00 in the morning here in singapore, it's 1:00am in london and it is 5:00 in the afternoon in california, where one of the all—time greats of basketball, kobe bryant, has been killed in a helicopter crash. reports say his helicopter went down into a hillside in calabasas in fog, killing nine people in all, including kobe's teenage daughter. this report from our correspondent chris buckler, in washington. whether they cheered him orfeared him, all basketball fans recognised kobe bryant as one of the sport's greatest players. his entire 20—year career was spent in an la lakersjersey. his death

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i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: chanting.hat really happened when students at one of delhi's top universities were attacked. we have a special report. queen elizabeth prepares to hold talks with prince harry and meghan over the royal couple's future. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1:00 in london and 4.30am in tehran where there's a strong police presence on the streets of the iranian capital. it follows a second day of protests after the government admitted shooting down a ukrainian airliner, killing more than 170 people on board. many of the dead were from canada and there, prime ministerjustin trudeau has promised that justice will be served. rich preston has this report. in the capital tehran, people filled the streets, chanting against the supreme the streets, chanting against the supreme leader, ayatollahs, namely. —— ayatollah khamenei. dozens turned out to a memorial event and wings we re out to a memorial event and wings were torn down. in an apparent show of defiance against the government, stu d e nts of defia

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones and welcome to bbc world news. ukraine says it's getting full co—operation from iran in the investigation into wednesday's plane crash which killed 176 people. tehran has again rejected suggestions the ukrainian jet was brought down by one of its missiles. 57 of the victims were canadian. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports from toronto. so this is about two weeks ago when they got to iran... the siddiqi family travelled to iran from canada to plan a wedding. they never came back. alvar and his wife negar, his sister sohand and her five—year—old daughter sufi all died in the crash. it's left close friend utterly dazed. first, it was shock and denial because, you know, you can't fathom it, itjust doesn't make sense, you never hear of such a story but then as you keep reading and looking at the, you know, news and videos and there is this anger, like, why did it happen to these people? they are the nicest people. why them? the us, canada and britain say there is evidence of an iranian missile hittin

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london.ering measures to prevent the genocide of rohingya muslims. and out of the devastation of the australian bushfires comes inspiration for a major work of art.

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i'm lewis vaughanjones in london.o in the programme: iran says it's taking another step back from the constraints of the international nuclear deal following the american assassination of general soleimani. masked attackers roam the campus of one of india's most prestigious universities targeting students opposing the government's new citizenship law. this is bbc world news. it is newsday. good morning. it's 1am in london and midday here in new south wales. i'm in the town of nowra, the nerve centre for the regional response to the bushfire crisis here. australians are witnessing another day of devastation and loss, and emotions are really running higher right across the country. there are fires burning in many different parts of australia, but new south wales, which is the most populous state, is the place that has been most affected. there is real devastation across the state and there is still 150 fires burning. 2a people have now died in this bushfire disaster, thousands of homes have been destroyed and it's been

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: authorities in china are scrambling to stop the spread of a new pneumonia—like virus as millions of people prepare to travel for the lunar new year. and — a crucial test for elon musk‘s spacex crew capsule appears to go to plan. good morning. it's 9am in singapore and 1:00 in the morning in london where prince harry has given a dramatic response to events culminating with saturday's agreement for him and his wife, meghan, to give up royal duties. he said that whilst it brought him great sadness, he felt there was no other option. and he made it very clear that he had wished to continue in a royal role. the bbc‘s royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. the words the queen used yesterday about harry and meghan were warm and supportive. there royal role has been all but removed and harry is clearly disappointed. at a private dinner in london, his hiv charity in southern africa, he said he wanted his audience to hear the truth. he recalled the aftermath of hi

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme... iran says it's taking another step back from the constraints of international nuclear deal following the american assassination of general soleimani. taiwan chooses a new president and parliament on saturday. which is more important to voters — economics or identity? good morning. welcome to nowra in new south wales. it's midnight in london and ham here in new south wales. i'm in the town of nowra the nerve centre for the regional response to the bushfire crisis here. the fires are right around the country, but among the worst are here in australia's most populated state, new south wales. there are still 150 fires burning gci’oss there are still 150 fires burning across the state. 2a people have now died in this bushfire disaster, thousands of homes have been destroyed and it's been estimated that half a billion animals in this state alone, have perished. australians are waking up to another day of devastation and emotions are running high. there is some reprieve for firefighters here

break for a little minute and look at some of the stories making headlines in the company of lewis vaughanjonesertain. senators have indicated that vote will take place on wednesday next week. this was the chiefjustice announcing the result. are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change his or her vote? if not the u.k.'s macro are 49, the maze are 51. -- u.k.'s macro are 49, the maze are 51. —— yeas. u.k.'s macro are 49, the maze are 51. -- yeas. the world health organization has worn countries against closing borders with china to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. set a better way to contain the virus was effective screening at open border points. but mongolia earlier announced it would seal its border with china. singapore is banning entry to all chinese citizens. the total number of confirmed cases globally has reached almost 10,000, with 213 deaths. the us has announced a ban on any foreign national who has spent time in china over the past 14 days from entering the country and us citizens who visited two bay province in that time will be subject to mandatory two—week quarant

let's just get a quick round up of some of the day's other main stories with lewis vaughanjones.creening at open border points. but mongolia earlier announced it would seal its border with china. singapore is banning entry to all chinese citizens. the total number of confirmed cases globally has reached almost 10,000. our correspondent in china, robin brant, says the chinese authorities are taking further measures to prevent the virus spreading. look at what the authorities in beijing and hong kong have announced today. beijing, they are extending the chinese lunar new year festival here by another week, so no schools, no business until the 10th of february. in hong kong, they are closing the schools for all of february. the big thing about the lunar new year festival is half a billion people are expected to get back on trains and planes and on buses in the coming few days. that's being extended in beijing, maybe across the rest of the country, because the big fear is of course that could lead to another further chapter of spreading this virus across this country. robin brant. in

lewis and hannah vaughanjones — who are both tv presenters — decided to have one last embryo implantedk due to a broken down train. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it will be feeling very mild indeed for the second of january today, temperatures well above average for this time of year but there's an awful a lot of cloud around so it is very, very grey. and quite bit murky, too. there's a bit of mist over the tops of the hills and the south—westerly wind is set to pick up through the day as well. so it might not feel as mild as these temperatures would suggest. we're looking at highs today between 10—12 celsius but we're set to keep that low cloud all day. very little in the way of brightness. and it won't be completely dry because there'll be some outbreaks of drizzle at times. overnight tonight there's a weather front gradually drifting its way down towards the south—east. though we will see some outbreaks of rain through the early hours and a bit of light, patchy rain, too into tomorrow morning, but it's a frost—free start of the day. in fact, temperatur