this afternoon, next month's london marathon is postponed.n suspended until may, with four races cancer. golf, the prestigious masters tournament due to start in april was called off. on a chaotic day, tomorrow's six nations between england and wales was off and then on. we thought from the point i made from other sporting events, for us to be the only sporting event to be going on when other people were mindful of the seriousness of the situation. i think we just took into account supporters, players, our staff. was it really essential to maybe subject them to that risk? and what of the biggest event of total? today the symbolic greek leg of the 0lympic today the symbolic greek leg of the olympic torch relay cancelled over mounting concern over tokyo 2020. despite questions over whether it should have taken place, as photo as - photo retain the gold cup. this last action major sport could see for quite some time. dan roan, bbc news. the government has announced it is bringing forward legislation to postpone may's local and mayoral elections

london marathon has been postponed until the fourth 0ctober.e 4th of october. rugby is affected as well. and wales' six nations match against scotland in cardiff tomorrow has been postponed. in the united states, president trump is due to declate a national emergency over the spread of the virus. 0ur correspondent in washington is gary 0'donoghue. bring us up to date with what is happening where you are. in terms of the numbers, we have 42 deaths here as far as we can tell up until now. more than 1700 people have contracted the virus. that is a figure that i think a lot of people are sceptical about in the sense there has been so little testing here. it is very difficult to tell what the real scale of it is. we have only had around 11,000 tests conducted altogether in the united states. when you think some countries are doing that in a day. we, like the rest of the world, have had a number of sporting events cancelled. the masters at augusta, the first major of the season, that has been postponed. i think called march madness which is only know

this afternoon, next month's london marathon was postponed until october. i season will not be until may, with four races now cancelled. in golf, the prestigious masters tournament was postponed, and on a chaotic day, tomorrow's six nations rugby between wales and scotland was first declared on, and then off. it was supposed to be the only sporting event going on, for us to be the only sporting event going on, when other people were mindful of the obviously seriousness of the situation, and i think we just took into account supporters, players, staff, was it really essential to maybe subject them to that risk? and what of the biggest show of all? today, the symbolic greek leg of the olympic torch relay cancelled over mounting concern over tokyo 2020. despite controversy over the government's support of such events, the cheltenham festival did conclude today. 69,000 fans were present as al boum photo retained the gold cup. this, the last action major sport could see for quite some time. dan roan, bbc news. the government has announced that local and mayoral

liftoff for the london marathon 2016... is fast becoming a threat to the very existence of some organisations, while others are scaling back on their core activities. cancer research uk says the fall in donations means they will have to cut back on research, which they say could well delay new breakthrough treatments against the disease. each charity is affected in a different way. but all of them are saying they need government help. during a virtual meeting, mps examined the problems. we're estimating, based on a mix of survey data and data we collect on charity accounts, that you would expect in the next quarter charities to generate income of about £12.5 billion, and we are expecting the loss in the next quarter to be in the region of £4 billion. charities want ministers to either provide emergency grants or speed up payments from the gift aid scheme. discussions are said to be ongoing. emma cantrell currently runs an emergency food bank, having been forced to virtually mothball her charity first days, founded to help p

we have seen, for instance, yesterday, the london marathon has been postponed and the london marathon that if you cannot make the new date, which is now in october, then don't worry, you will get your entry fee refunded. so i think most people, most companies will do the right thing, will give real refunds. the slightly more tricky thing is all the subsidiary things that go around that event, so the train tickets to go somewhere or the hotel room and there, you are far less likely to get your money back unless it was booked specifically as part ofa it was booked specifically as part of a package, you know, as part of oui’ of a package, you know, as part of our london magnet kick marathon package or a glass to be package, you are package or a glass to be package, you a re less package or a glass to be package, you are less likely to get your money back due to the small print. what about flights or hotels abroad because of the government has not issued a travel advisory not to go and if the airline does not pull the flight, and if the airline does not pull the flight, again, what are you

this afternoon, next month's london marathon was postponed until october.season won't start until may, with four races now cancelled. in golf, the prestigious masters tournament was postponed. and on a chaotic day, tomorrow's six nations rugby between wales and scotland was first declared on and then off. for us to be the only sporting event to be going on when other people were mindful of the seriousness of the situation. i think we just took into account supporters, players, our staff. was it really essential to maybe subject them to that risk? and what of the biggest show of all? today the symbolic greek leg of the olympic torch relay cancelled over mounting concern over tokyo 2020. despite controversy over the government's support of such events, the cheltenham festival did conclude today. 69,000 fans present as al boum photo retained the gold cup. this last action major sport could see for quite some time. dan roan, bbc news. the education secretary for england, gavin williamson, has told teachers the government is clear that schools should remain open

in rugby, all six nations matches have been cancelled this weekend, and next month's london marathoneen postponed. in the uk, 798 people have now been infected, up by 208 since yesterday, but it's thought the actual number may be much higher. 11 people have now died here, and the government says it expects more deaths in the weeks and months to come. the advice now is that if you have a high temperature, or a new persistant dry cough, then you should self—isolate for seven days. we'll have more on all that in a moment, but first, on an extraordinary day for sport and the virus, here's our sports editor, dan roan. whether it's football, rugby, golf, or formula one, world sport has come to a stand—still. this morning, the premier league finally confirming an unprecedented shut down. after an emergency meeting, saying it was unanimously decided to suspend the premier league with the intention of returning on 4th april, subject to medical advice and conditions at the time. the decision followed the news that arsenal manager mikel arteta positively tested for coronavirus. hudson—odoi then

in rugby, all six nations matches have been cancelled this weekend, and next month's london marathon been postponed. in the uk, 798 people have now been infected, up by 208 since yesterday, but it's thought the actual number, may be much higher. 11 people have now died here, and the government says it expects more deaths in the weeks and months to come. the advice now is that if you have a high temperature or a new persistant dry cough, then you should self—isolate for seven days. here's our sports editor, dan roan. whether it's football, rugby, golf, or formula one, world sport has come to a stand—still. this morning, the premier league finally confirming an unprecedented shut down. after an emergency meeting, saying it was unanimously decided to suspend the premier league with the intention of returning the decision followed the news that arsenal manager mikel arteta positively tested for coronavirus. hudson—odoi then the first player to confirm he had the disease. as you may be aware, i've had the virus the last couple of days, which i have recovered from. i followed the guideline

it's looking unlikely we're going through unprecedented times really the london marathon for example was meant to serve as few catholics it for u.k. athletes at least as a as a trial time trial ahead of the the olympics and i really think at this stage it's more interesting to look at the outliers rather than what what is actually being called off 2 events one that's going on just finished in the u.k. at the moment the cheltenham horseracing festival which within the u.k. is one of the biggest sporting events there is around a quarter of a 1000000 fans will go there over 4 days and at a time when we're being told to be aware about social distancing keeping our movements outside of our house too to a bare minimum it's somewhat in congress to see a gathering like this and make sort of almost like the last days of wrong before. we do head into this period now where there's going to be next to no sports and in terms of the olympics that is the other thing that at the moment the international olympic committee appears to be singing a very different tune to everyone else saying that as far

lift off for the london marathon. is fast becoming a threat to the very existence of some organisations. while others are scaling back on their core activities. cancer research uk says the fall in donations means they will have to cut back on research, which they say could well delay new breakthrough treatments against the disease. each charity is affected in a different way. but all of them are saying that they need government help. during a virtual meeting, mps examine the problems. we are estimating based on a mix of survey data and data we collect on charity accounts that you would expect in the next quarter charities to generate income of about 12 and a half billion pounds, and we are expecting the loss in the next quarter to be in the region of £4 billion. charities want ministers to either divide emergency grants or speed up payments from the gift aid scheme. discussions are said to be ongoing. emma cantrell currently runs an emergency food bank, having been forced to virtually mothball her charity. we are back

lift off for the london marathon.london marathon either postponed or cancelled, the pandemic is fast becoming a threat to the very existence of some organisations. while others are scaling back on their core activities. cancer research uk says the fall in donations means they will have to cut back on research, which they say could well delay new breakthrough treatments against the disease. each charity is affected in a different way. but all of them are saying that they need government help. during a virtual meeting, mps examine the problems. we are estimating based on a mix of survey data and data we collect on charity accounts that you would expect in the next quarter charity to income generate about 12 and a half billion pounds, and we are expecting the loss in the next quarter to be in the region of ea billion. charities want ministers to eva divide emergency grants or speed up eva divide emergency grants or speed up payments from the gift aid scheme. discussions are said to be ongoing. emma cantrell currently ru

but the health secretary said it was far too early to cancel big events like the london marathon.nd at 9:15 we'll be talking to a professor of child health about children and the coronavirus. democrat presidential candidate joe biden gets the backing of three former rivals ahead of super tuesday. 1a states will pick their preferred candidate today. a warning over smart cameras and baby monitors suggests they can be watched by criminals if their default settings aren't changed. six nations organisers say ireland v italy remains the only postponed fixture this weekend after a meeting to address the coronavirus outbreak. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the government is to outline its plans to contain coronavirus — spelling out action it might have to take to deal with the disease if it becomes more widespread. that will happen this morning. unnecessary travel could be curbed and people urged to work from home. some retired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to work to help deal with patients. unnecessary travel could be curbed and people urged to work from ho

the london marathon has been moved from april until the 11th of october.. -- 4th —— 11th of october.een postponed since its launch in 1981. organisers say the world is in an unprecedented situation, grappling with a global pandemic and public health is everyone's priority. there has been some sport today — with over 68,000 people at cheltenham for the final day. and there was a popular winner in the gold cup, our reporter lizzie greenwood—hughes was there. he won it last year after a long time waiting and he has done it again, al boum photo has become the first horse since best mate since 2014 when successive gold cups. the most persistent shot —— present jumpers. he has had seven wins here in total before today and it was that early success that because the ides on al boum photo supplement. he went off at 100 to 30 as the favourites of a lot of people thought he was going to win. people pile on to trainers that they think that they will do well... but it was not an easy race for him to win. santini nearly caught him on the line, and his jockey santini nearly caught him on the line,

. >> aoki had planned to run this year's london marathon to rubber stamp her ticket to the games but its postponement to october means she and thousands of other athletes will have to wait and see what happens next. >>> here in tokyo the sight of cherry blossoms is a comfort for many. to see what weather is awaiting the delicate petals, here's meteorologist jonathan oh. >> this week was on the warmer side. and then a bit on the chilly side for monday. but when it comes to the cherry blossoms in terms of the weather, we are looking at warmer temperatures as we go throughout this week. and we are already seeing that full bloom taking place in tokyo. other areasas you see the blosss popping up throughout the next few days. we did see that rain rolling through with the cold front pushing through. temperatures making up into the low teens opposed to mid to upper teens. this weekend was definitely on the much warmer side, but you needed to bundle up today. now, as we go into tuesday, we will see temperatures starting to moderate. and by the time we go into the end of this week, highs aroun

too. and the london half marathon too.ight relief later this afternoon, ben. services on the northern rail network have been taken under government control. the operator, arriva rail north, has been stripped of its franchise after years of poor performance. the transport secretary, grant shapps, has set up a panel of local politicians, industry experts and passenger representatives to try to improve services. simonjones reports. long—suffering passengers branded the service "northern fail". delays, cancellation, overcrowding, strikes, and the introduction of a botched new timetable. they wanted change and trains that run on time. it's really unreliable. um, it's late every day. er, half of them don't turn up. ijust find that i tend to work from home quite a bit, just to avoid the commute. northern is a huge commuter network, from the midlands to northumberland, from lancashire to east yorkshire. but figures from the office of rail and road found only 55% of northern trains arrived at stations within a minute of the stated

for next week to ban large gatherings bed but basically pain catch up to the organizers of the london marathon who put spoken vats event to the premier league and football and so on they are now 'd starting to say people should not be getting together in such large numbers they're also talking about what can be done in the short term to make sure the national health service can cope talking about getting in volunteers there are lots of other european countries that are taking similar steps to stop travel a number of e.u. nations have totally or partially shut their borders to known to foreign nationals including poland and the czech republic there's been a big jump in spain in the number of cases and now there's a state of emergency there for the next 2 weeks to try to get on top of the numbers the w.h.o. is clearly saying that the that europe is the epicenter now of the outbreak it's also warning countries guarded code to delete like the u.k. that they need to take all measures possible and not just. rely on this immunity idea and i think that's now starting to be taken on board by the your f

a man who'd been due to take part in the london marathon next month has run the 26.2 miles in his back coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn't put off 36—year—old james page. he completed 873 laps of his lawn in sidcup in kent, before crossing a finish line made by his son from toilet roll. that commodity. congratulations, james. the royal mint is to manufacture up to 4,000 medical visors per day to help protect nhs staff from coronavirus. engineers who are used to working on coins and related machinery developed a successful prototype in 48 hours and the first visors are already in use at a hospital in wales. production is now moving to 2a hours a day, seven days a week at the royal mint‘s south wales site and the team is aiming to increase this to 4,000 per day from tuesday. this is bbc news in russia, a partial shutdown has come into effect today with bars, restaurants, parks and entertainment venues shut across the country in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. according to government statistics, russia has a relatively low number of infections so far, although many b

a man who'd been due to take part in the london marathon next month has run the 26.2 miles in his backirus pandemic, but that hasn't put off 36—year—old james page. he completed 873 laps of his lawn in sidcup in kent, before crossing a finish line made by his son from toilet roll. football and live music are two essential parts of life in spain and the coronavirus has put them both on hold. to lift spirits — the country's football league la liga — has held a live virtual music festival which has so far raised more than 700—thousand us—dollars for hospitals. freya cole takes a look at some of the highlights. speaks spanish. streamed into homes in spain and around the world, some of the country's biggest stars in music... sings. ..and on the football field. it included barcelona star gerard pique and espagnol player wu lei, who tested positive for coronavirus last week. but the goal of the show was to escape the pandemic, just for a short while. translation: i'm here at home, like everyone else, fighting against the virus. those days, we can enjoy a real bit more about the family. sings.

a man who'd been due to take part in the london marathon next month has run the 26.2 miles in his backemic, but that hasn't put off 36—year—old james page. he completed 873 laps of his lawn in sidcup in kent, before crossing a finish line made by his son from toilet roll. you do not want to be wasting that. this looking at how a cruise ship in panama is trying to tra nsfer cruise ship in panama is trying to transfer healthy passengers to transfer healthy passengers to another cruise ship. thank you for watching, i will see you for watching, i will see you soon. hello there. as far as the clocks are concerned, sunday is the first day of british summertime. not so for the weather. in fact, it's going to feel more like winter. it'll be cold, particularly when we factor in the strength of the wind, and there will be a few wintry showers around as well. having said that, high pressure is not too far away, sitting just to the north—west of the british isles. quite strong high pressure actually. so there will be a lot of dry weather around. but the flow of the air of high pressure in a clockw

but the health secretary said it was far too early to cancel big events like the london marathon.emocrat presidential candidate joe biden gets the backing of three former rivals ahead of super tuesday. 1a states will pick their preferred candidate today. a warning over smart cameras and baby monitors suggests they can be watched by criminals if their default settings

taken their own a unilateral action like football's premier league suspending matches like the london marathon postponing the event until october and around the country now doctors surgeries that actually telling people not to come in and actually giving them advice and consultations over the telephone in the 1st instance there is a live debate about the government's approach of trying to build up what they call herd immunity in the population to stop the virus coming back a 2nd time people are worried about the effect on the national health service the government is now talking about trying to draft in volunteers in some sectors so i think there is a realisation that the public is still quite worried but also some that people are looking for further measures and there's talk as well that there might actually be some school closures coming in the near future here and one of the latest developments in the rest of europe again. well the w.h.o. of course is saying that europe is now the epicenter of the outbreak we are hearing that cambodia has banned flights now from italy germany spain france a

a man who'd been due to take part in the london marathon next month has run the 26.2 miles in his backar old james page. he completed 873 laps of his lawn in sidcup in kent, before crossing a finish line made by his son from toilet roll. much more on our website. including this look at how a cruise ship near panama is trying to transfer healthy passengers to another vessel — after an outbreak on board. now the weather with matt taylor. a lot more cloud compute in recent days. this afternoon, certainly for england and wales. cloud picking up are one or two showers. strength breeds to go with it. that gets colder across scotland. showers and a mixture of rain, sleet and snow was between. large amounts of cloud, northern ireland much sunnier compared to the rest of the country and for england and wales, temperatures dropping throughout. if you rangers here and there but a lot more cloud, best of the centring to the southern and eastern coast —— rain showers. they whence came to strengthen, cloud amounts will come and go through the nights, it's a temperatures will be up a chance with the

and next month's london marathon has been rearranged for october. also due to be a marathon at the olympics and paralympics in tokyo this summer. japan's olympic minster said "there was no intention of cancelling or even postponing the games. " but all eyes will be on the olympics as the next possible event to fall. leeds could have gone top of super league this weekend after leaders wigan suffered a shock defeat last night. they led salford1li—2 at one stage, but the home side fought back to win18—1li. leeds match with catalans dragons has though been postponed because of concerns over coronavirus. that is all your support now. yet highlights of everything on the bbc sport website. that is all for us —— from us, now it is time for click. this week, keeping our devices coronavirus free. the mobile phone app hoping to help more survive snakebites. and this eagerly anticipated video game is here — but don't expect to see it on an actual screen in 1998, but don't expect to see it on an actual screen ——anytime soon. in 1998, the release of first—person

a man who'd been due to take part in the london marathon next month has run the 26.2 miles in his backrus pandemic, but that hasn't put off 36—year—old james page. he completed 873 laps of his lawn in sidcup in kent, before crossing a finish line made by his son from toilet roll! toilet roll? a precious commodity! i hope they gathered it up and used it for another purpose. congratulations, james. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello, good evening. it's certainly started to feel colder this weekend. we take that chilly feel with us into sunday. not only will it be cold, it will also be windy. quite a significant wind chill. one or two wintry showers around as well, but also a lot of dry weather thanks to this area of high pressure. quite a strong high pressure area, actually, that's going to stick with us throughout the next few days and with the winds around high pressure flowing in a clockwise direction, that's bringing cold air down from the north and the strength of that wind really accentuating that chilly feel. so, temperatures dipping away through this eve

next month's london marathon has been rearranged for the 11th of october because of the outbreak.ympics in tokyo this summer, japan's olympic minister said there was no intention of cancelling or even postponing the games but all eyes will be on the olympics as the next possible event to fall. despite all the cancellations, there is some spot to tell you about. over 60,000 people were cheltenham to watch the gold cup and they saw there when i beat the opposition by a neck to become a horse since 2004 to defend the cup. the last horse to win it more than once was best mate who won the race three times between 2002 and 2004. he isa 2002 and 2004. he is a laid—back course, very laid—back because, like hisjockey. paul had a lot of pressure by the abbe number one jockey for the first time in cheltenham for us. he stamped his name and stamped his authority here in cheltenham. i am really pleased for paul. leeds could have gone top of super league this weekend after leaders wiggins suffered a shock defeat last night. 14—2 at one stage, but the home side fought back to win18—14. and there

the london marathon we found out a short while ago, that is also gone.ries in sri lanka, that was scrapped. players were brought home. the devastation to the sporting calendar doesn't stop there either. we are yet to hear that all happen to the grand national or wimbledon, and of course earlier today, perhaps most importantly in terms of british sport and its effect, you had the entire season of professional football, both here effect, you had the entire season of professionalfootball, both here and england and across the united kingdom, suspended as well. but found itself in a difficult position cut between official government advice to carry on and mounting pressure to stop because of the fact that sport has being cancelled in so many places around the world. today you felt that pressure finally did turn. you just wonder. liverpool are going for a first league title in 30 yea rs. going for a first league title in 30 years. where does that leave them in the league as a whole? absolutely. i can tell you that the hope within football, the fa and the efl a

a man who had been due to take pa rt a man who had been due to take part in the london marathon next event has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic but that has not put off 36—year—old james page. he completed 873 laps of his lawn in sidcup, in kent, before crossing a finish line — wait for it, it's worth it, i promise — made by his son from toilet roll. the spanish football league, la liga, has hosted a virtual music festival to lift spirits and to raise much needed funds for the country's medical supplies. this # esperar, esperar...# big names in music, and also footballers like barcelona's gerard pique and real madrid captain sergio ramos, joined the show. many of the footballers shared their tips to get through the coronavirus lockdown, while artists performed songs from the comfort of their own homes. don't forget there is more on the coronavirus and how people are trying to tackle it on our website. this is bbc news. hello. as far as the clocks are concerned, sunday is the first day of british summertime. not so for the weather. in fact it is going to feel more li

public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspire into october the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from all dover is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if you didn't call several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the consulate now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable but the barber al jazeera well a lockdown on manila has gone into effect that sealed almost 12000000 people into the philippines capital all domestic travel in and out of the city has been suspended residents have been asked not to leave the house except for work and emergencies night time curfews will also be imposed and shopping malls have been urged to close measures are some of the strictest taken in asia the city officials hope they will help stop the spread of the corona virus philippines has so far reported 8 deaths and

public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked off to fly. back from all dover is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if you didn't cross several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic it totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the continent now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable lady barbara al jazeera pope francis won't be leading any public easter celebrations at the vatican because of the coronavirus break worshippers will be able to follow the pontiff prayers through the internet and on t.v. the leader of the roman catholic church had already canceled some public audiences after catching a cold but there will now be a full shutdown until easter day that's april 12th lebanon's president and cabinet will meet in a few hours to discuss what restrictions they should be putting in place libya's u.n. recognize g

next month's london marathon has been rearranged for the 4th of october because of the outbreak.cs and paralympics in tokyo this summer. japan's olympic minster said "there was no intention of cancelling or even postponing the games. " but all eyes will be on the olympics as the next possible event to fall. despite all the cancellations there is some sport to tell you about — over 68,000 people were at cheltenham to watch the gold cup. and they saw the willie mullins trained al boum photo beat santini by a neck to become the first horse since 2004 to successfully defend the gold cup. jockey paul townend on board for the irish champion trainer. the last horse to win it more than once was best mate, who won the race three times between 2002 and 2004. leeds could have gone top of super league this weekend after leaders wigan suffered a shock defeat last night. they led salford14—2 at one stage, but the home side fought back to win18—14. leeds match with catalans dragons has though been postponed because of concerns over coronavirus. the world rally championship is another event stil

public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspire into the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if we do we will call several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the consulate now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable but the barber al jazeera. let's take a look at how other countries are tackling the pandemic levanon is due to declare a medical emergency in the coming hours libya's u.n. recognized government has already declared a state of emergency land air and sea crossings as well as schools have been ordered shut for 3 weeks but as one of this as all this moment rather libya does not have any reported cases are going out at a party or we are announcing a nationwide emergency to tackle this continuing threat at all and sure we are conforming t

and public pressure with ollie football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspire into the cabinet set to ban mask other rings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked off to flying back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures. across several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the consulate now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable but the barber al jazeera. and a viral video from italy is reminding the world of the human cost of the pandemic or not. due. to where it shows an italian man looking through obituaries into additions of a newspaper one is from february 9th when they were just a few deaths less said and the other is from friday when the man counts 10 pages of obituaries it highlights the dramatic increase in the number of deaths as a coroner virus takes its toll on italy more than 1400 people have died there now the number of new infections in china continues to slow acc

public pressure with all of the football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to october the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. and garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked off to flying back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if he did he cross several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with a consonant now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable at the barber al jazeera. and speaking of more measures let's bring in sunny go she's joining us here in the studio because we've just heard that the french authorities are announcing new measures over in france that's right basically now france will shot up most of its shops restaurants an entertainment benny's this follows. the latest total cases having doubled in 72 hours now the total amount of cases of coronavirus is now up to $4499.00 with the death toll now up to $91.00 the french prime minister filipe for said that pe

public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to october the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if you're cross several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the continent now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable lady barbara al jazeera police in the philippines a blocking major roads into manila as they saw sealing off the capital to stop the spread of coronavirus its 12000000 residents have been told they should only leave home for work and imagine seas for the next month travel in and out by land sea or air is suspended richard darrien is a professor at delhi university in manila he says restorations could last longer than a month. well i would admit that it feels almost surreal right as albert come with said the 1st thing that the plagu

public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to october the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked off to fly. back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if you do you call several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with a consonant now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable at the barber al jazeera look at sanker a barren a is a journalist based in barcelona and he says these new restrictions were expected. well the scale of the crisis is very high as you also mentioned spain is the 2nd most hit country by the coronavirus in europe and the government has had pressure from inside and outside to. quickly decisions to try to limit the spread of the virus and the example of italy that has just seen a number of cases rise very sharply and very quickly was certainly in the head of the spanish politicians so

from traveling to international events which could start and it could churchgate defending his london marathon title in april and beyond that even broke him from competing at the tokyo olympics speaking of which the frame for take care 2020 was late on thursday in greece the home of the ancient olympics there were no spectators allowed because of coronavirus concerns today the olympic games are the only event that brings the end tire world to go over in peaceful competition the flame will now make its way to japan where officials remain adamant that the olympic plan is not changing as far as they're concerned the games are still going ahead in july and counseling is not an option david stokes al-jazeera. in the news ahead fear of the coronavirus springs wall street trading to a sudden temporary halt again the tries to stop the markets downward spiral and we'll have other news of the day as well as straight as high courts delaying a decision on cardinal pills in last ditch effort to drop his conviction in a child sex abuse case. some quasi weather for a time now pushing into japan is a clear sk

public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked off to fly. back for moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if you can we call several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the consulate now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable. al-jazeera police in the philippines a blocking major roads into manila as a star sealing off the capital to stop the spread of coronavirus as 12000000 residents have been told they should only leave home for work and emergencies for the next month travel in and out by land sea or air is suspended. still ahead on al-jazeera a new crisis for venezuelans now cut off from desperately needed food and medicine after columbia closes the border because of coronavirus and in other news we'll tell you what's behind kenya's blood shortage and the

the london marathon has been moved from april until the 4th of october.rld is in an unprecedented situation, grappling with a global pandemic and public health is everyone's priority. the first golf major of the year, the masters, has also been postponed. it is one of the biggest events of the golfing calender, and was due to begin on the 9th of april. there's no golf scheduled on the pga tour until the middle of april at the earliest. fred ridley, the chairman of augusta national where the masters is held, said that the health and wellbeing of everyone associated led to this decision. earlier the players championship in florida was cancelled afterjust one round. there has been some sport taking place today. over 68,000 people were at cheltenham to watch the gold cup. they saw 100—30 favourite al boum photo ridden by paul townened beat santini by a neck, to become the first horse since 2004 to successfully defend the gold cup. the last horse to win it more than once was best mate, who won the race three times between 2002 and 2004. al boum's trainer is wi

public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to october the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if you do you know call several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with a consonant now the. epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable debugger al-jazeera. so the u.s. has just confirmed that it will expand its 30 day european travel ban to include the u.k. an island because of the virus the number of cases that has risen to over 2000 with experts saying the outbreak has not yet reached its peak the president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the united kingdom and ireland perfective midnight monday night eastern standard time again americans in the u.k. are arlan can come home legal residents can come home but as the secretary of the detail they

pretty impressive. 0ne little fa ct but it is pretty impressive. 0ne little fact for you, the london marathonwe have hit british summertime or have we? we have as far as the name is concerned, not as far as the weather is concerned. good morning to you. dare i say, wintry showers around. some of your cross north—east england have woken up to a slight dusting of snow. showers further south, mainly rain, some heavy ones across parts of east anglia and the south—east during the next few hours. 0ne south—east during the next few hours. one or two showers will make their way westwards. chiefly across western districts. a wind is coming in from the north or north —— north—easterly direction, bringing airfrom the arctic north—easterly direction, bringing air from the arctic and greenland. it will bring cloud as well. still some sunny spells, breaks in the cloud, it won't be without the sunshine today. it is where you are out of it and in the breeze which will be touching gale force in places and england and wales, it will feel noticeably chilly. temperature is widely well below what they should be f

a man who'd been due to take part in the london marathon next month has run the 26.2 miles in his backcause of the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn't put off 36—year—old james page. he completed 873 laps of his lawn in sidcup in kent, before crossing a finish line made by his son from toilet roll. much more on our website, including this look at how a cruise ship near panama is trying to transfer healthy passengers to another vessel — after an outbreak on board. just log on to our bbc news website or download the bbc app. you're watching bbc news. time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. it certainly started to feel colder this weekend, we take that chilly feel with us into sunday. not only will it be cold, but also windy, a significant wind chill, one or two wintry showers around as well but also a lot of dry weather thanks to this area of high pressure, quite a strong high pressure, quite a strong high pressure area , pressure, quite a strong high pressure area, which will stick with us pressure area, which will stick with us through the next few days. with wind

she‘s ran the london marathon. she and pete have had a baby girl. you coming out? hello, pete, nice to meet you. and then you! hello. do you want to say hi? thanks, mate. thank you. no worries. come on. five people are diagnosed with hodgkin lymphoma every day, yet only 2% of people are on the register here in the uk. in germany, it‘s 9%. sharing this moment, they hope, will encourage many more. improvements in the afternoon, sunny spells developing here. still some showers, further south, southern england and staying cloudy, outbreaks of rain particularly in south wales. quite a costly one for many, potentially up to 55 mph over the welsh hills and the pennines. quite mild, if not worn down to the south—east. temperatures at 15—17 three celsius. quite mild further north at 8—10dc. tonight, further terror speeding into scotland and northern ireland, some ice as temperatures fall close to freezing here. further south, temperatures up at 8-9dc here. further south, temperatures up at 8—9dc with a blanket of cloud. that guy will tend to disappear, some

and will keep it under review. 43 days to go until the london marathon.will be made in due course but no change for the london marathon while while the customers and postponed. the wife of the candian prime minister, justin trudeau, has tested positive for coronavirus. officials say sophie gregoire trudeau has mild symptoms and is feeling well. mr trudeau will self—isolate with his wife for the next 1a days. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall have postponed their forthcoming trip to bosnia and herzegovina, cyprus and jordan, owing to the unfolding situation with the coronavirus pandemic. the couple had been due to leave on their spring tour next week. let's ta ke let's take a look of the weather forecast now with helen, but first not our forecast, what has been happening in egypt? we have had as often happens in this part of the world, we don't see that much rain, it is in cairo close to the sahara desert, but we have had two years worth of rain in the space of 2a hours. let me show you the footage because we have had some very dramatic effects cl

business and public pressure with football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspective the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if you do you call several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with a consonant now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable that the barber al-jazeera. and said come together to give a round of applause to their doctors nurses and other health workers. for film showing their appreciation from their balconies careful not to break a lockdown rules italy is the worst affected country in europe but almost 1500 deaths and 21000 cases are on a virus that's pushing the health system to its limits earlier we spoke to ron resident christiana separate o. about how people are coping. we are forswear compounds to say you told me in a small space for 4 poor people me may has

public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. and garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if the review process really use states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the continent now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable but the barber al jazeera. earlier we spoke to ron resident christiana separate about how people are coping. we are forswear compounds to say you told me in a small space for 4 poor people me my has been my 2 daughters and one and 6 years old and the 2nd i'm now 9 months so it's not very simple to face the situation to organize time because time is soul long it's a large it's so enormous huge 2 to 2 to face and we have to invent solution for all the date because we are not used to say oh my only day long we are used to go out and t

public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to october the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. and garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked off to flying back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if the new process. really you state including poland and the czech republic totally or partially restricted nutri to foreign nationals with the consulate now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable debugger al-jazeera. or sonic a go is following the story and joins me in the studio now sonia 1st of all these measures that are being taken in spain tell us more about what it means for people there and what the restrictions involve well really what they are designed to involve is to prevent the rates of infection that has taken place in italy if you look at both what's happened in italy and spain both countries actually fail to tackle those regional hotspots when they occur in italy it was lombardi in spain it was the basque co

public pressure with all of the football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to october the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if you do you draw several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with a consonant now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable but the barber al jazeera. spain's partial lockdown will be in place for 15 days the prime minister announced the details during a televised address just a short time ago the federal at. if you can. feel really strongly i would like to announce that during the period of the state of alert people will only be able to circulate on public roads for the organization of the following. firstly acquisition of food pharmaceutical products and basic necessities secondly refuse to health centers services understand with months trips to work