you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, tough talk aimed at beijing. why time once reelected president says--taiwan's reelected president says china's leaders must resct the will of herple. laura:e h the united states, fast food is everywhere, atom the road stop with the kids to the quick bithe airport. england's smallest county has been bucking thatburend, with no er king or mcdonald's inside. that is possibly until now. :report the last fortress against the expansion plans of multinational fast-food chains. mcdonald's wants to open on a p ark just outside the town, and the prospect of serving up happy meals here is not to everyone's taste. >> for me it is the only county without a mcdonald's, and that and special about what we do. one, you can dri 15 minutes out of county and then come back and enjoy our little gem and support what we have that is different and unue. reporter: but the drive-through is dividing opinion. >> is a small towns liken' ours 't move with the times, we don't end

you are watching bbc world news america.till to come on tonight's westward expansion.erica's how i 19th-century wer couple helped to change american history. ♪ laura: authoritiesn sg in are searchr at least four people missing since storm gloria brought widespread destruction. it has killed nineeople and is using flooding in southern france. >> storm gria arriv with great force, winds of up to 144 kilometers an hour with waves up to 14 meters high. in a small seaside town in catalonia, a thick foam flooded the streets. it wasaused by this, howling winds and a powerful surge from the ocean. local authorities say it is the it has claimed several lives, and therare still people ssing. one man is feared to have been swept in this canyonthe island of mallorca. rescuers are doing all they can to locate his body. >>rd the gf seville and the fire brigade are the only ones who can go intanthe cn because the water level is dangerous. laura: after four days of -- >> after four days of real limits rain and wind, a sense of calm has t co

you are watching "bbc world news america."still to come on tonight's prog rmer nissan boss carlos ghosn justifies that escape from japan where he was on trialnd for mist. australia's prime mcoister says hitry still open to tourists despite the deadly bushfires that have been parts of the country. scott morrison was speaking while on a visit to kangaroo island, a popular tourist attraction off of australia's southern coast. firefighters are getting ready for a new round of tin with temperatures expected to spike in the coming days. here is the bbc's katy watson with more. katy: the recovery effort continues on kangaroo island. already one third of the island, home to some of australia's ldst important life, has been ravaged by bushfires. the fear is the next few days to bring even more devastation. australia's prime minister livisited the community e today and called on tourist not to be put off by the bushfire devastation. prime min. morrison: australia is open. australia is still a wonderful place to come and bring your famil

you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's tprogram, facebook takes deepfakes. the social-media giant is banning misleading videos from its platform. jane: the film "joker" leads the way in thiyear's bafta film nominations, with "1917" on its heels. but the nominations have pted criticism, with no female directors in the lineup and only white actors nominated. will gompertz has this report. will: 14 phoenix and his bafta-nominated performance in "joker." if these away with 11 nominations in all. >> everyone lahed at me. no one is laughing now. will: they are not laughing at bafta, which has come in for heavy criticism after announcing an all-mail the startling of an acting categories and -- bnet director l and acting cateries made up of exclusively white performers. there hacrbeen plenty of ical acclaim for recent post with fema directors, not least greta gerw's "little women." no nomination for her. the same applies to nominations r the i campers. margot robbie received two nominations from 14 u "on

you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, theolcourge of a ce against indigenous women in alaska. hthe trump administrationas promised action, but those who suffered are skeptal. laura: a vegan man is bringing a landmark legal case in the u.k., calling for veganism to be protected by law. he wanted classified as a philosophical belief. reporter: he describes himself as an ethical vegan,nd campaigns to get his message to others. >> show you e whole life of e animal -- reporter: his beliefs affect muchf his everyday life. he will walk rather than take a bus. >>ga some people only eat a diet but they don't care about the environment or the animals because they only care about their health. i care about animals and the environment and my health and everything. that is why ise as a nicke -- i use ethical veganism because vegani affects every aspect of my life. reporter: he works with a believe against cruel sports and claims that when he drew his bosses' attenttion to the f that pension funds we

". >> this is bbc world news america reporting from washington to how the link script from the -- management has new calls for impeachment -- trial.eachment bryanssing of kobe his life off the court was not without conoversy, but his gacy is undaunted. ♪ >> plus, turning a place of death io a place of remembrance. a ceremony marking 75 years since its liberation. ♪ >> for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to rld news america. democrats have gotten an unexpected boost on a driver witness in the impeachment trial of president trump. media reports republicans were caught off guard after the release of a managent for a book by john bolton. in a leaked copy of his manuscript, the new york times reports that he, referng to continue freezingnted to in security assistance to ukraine until officials helped with investigations into democrats, including the biden spirit that led republican senator mitt romney and someuef his collemay want to hear from ambassador bolton. >> i thinkt is ilyreasingly li that other republicans will join. i think j

. ♪ nada: this is "bbc world news america." tting out thacroadmap for hment. each side will get 24 hours to make their case for e dispute over new evidence andss wit remains unresolved. >> nobody, nobody will dictate senate procedure to the united states senators. >> is mcconnell -- the mcconnell rules seem to be designed by president trump, for president trump. nada: for his part b president was far away from the fray,ng addressi environmental issues at the world economic forum in davos. he lashed out. >> we musreject the polenta perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apalypse. nada plus, the u.s. repts the first case of the coronovirus. the number of those effected in china continues climb. ♪ for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. a befo battle, the rules of engagement must be welles blished to ensure fair play. that is what democrats and donald trump's defense team havi been a about on the floor of the u.s. senate today. >> the yeas are 53, the nayare the amendment is t

i am laura trevelyan thanks for watching "bbc world news america."narrator: fu pnding for thisresentation is made possible by... babbel, an online program designed by language specialts teaching spanish, french and more. narrator: fundvig was also pd by... the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation. ng solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from u.viewers like you, thank narrator: be more, pbs. ♪ captioning sponsored by wshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good ening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight...ar >> iran apto be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned, and a veryood thing for the world. >> woodruff: ...president trump vows to impose new sanctions and calls for european countries to abandon the nuclear deal after iran's missile attacks on u.s. forces in iraq. then, australia burning. the devastating toll of the historic wildfires that have darkened the skies of a continent. >> all the side of the highway was on fire. we just knew then didn't we t

you're watching bbc world news america.ll to come on tonight's program, fleeing the fires in australia. we look at t struggles of those on the ground and the officials trying to contain the disaster. ♪[music] >> several high temperature records have broken in the u.k., between 2010nd 2019, making the last decade the second hottest in 100 years. british weather experts say last year alone, fouror new r were set, including the highest winter and summer temperatures ever recorded in the united kingdom. here's our analyst. >> the u.k.'s hottest day on record came in cambridge last july. the heat there felt punhing, like the tropics, 38.7 degrees celsius. transports struggled to cope with fires b train lines. it was one o eight temperature becords set in the past decade, a record n of record temperatures. take the scottish highlands. it looksikely to have set a u.k. maximum record for december. by contrast, there was just one low temperature record, the in marchm the east, last year. >> our climate changes naturally. we see fluc

you're watching "bb wor news america." ill to come on tonight's program -- the death toll continu to rise iraq's ptests. three more were killed as young iraqis called for new elections. the bbc believes that prince harry isn route to canada. he's understood to be joining his wife, meghan, who is already there with theirnft son. this comes after harry said the pair had no other option but to pull back from their royal duties. the very latest on this story e'r us now. reporter: still on official duty. this morning harry was the royal presence at a british government summit on africa. a continente cares deeply about. he had a meeting with the british prime minister and several afric leaders. it seemed likeus biness as usual. but of course itasn't. last night at a private dinner for the h.i.v. charity he-f nded in southern africa, he relaxed with friends and explained the decisions he's made about his future. it was very personal, it was very harry. >> i want to you hear the truth from me. as much as i can share, not as a princ

nada: this is "bbc world news america." reportinfrom washington, i am nada tawfik. tpresidentmp as ken starr to his high-profile defense team, the prosecutor whose work led to bill clinton's impeachment. canchants of "death to america"s iran's supreme leadelidefends the ry over the acdental shooting of a plane. plusinvoicbeyond theea hines--a .icbeyond the headlines nada: for those watchinndon pbs and arhe globe, welcome to "world news america." president trump's impeachment triawill probably get underway on--properly get underway on tuday, butou will not have wait until then to witness the drama. mr. trump's defense team will include the prosecutor from bill clinton's impeachment, ken starr. d alan dershowitz, who represented o.j. simpson in the trial of the century, will be joining the ranks. aleem maqbool looks at the key hirings ahead of next week's blockbuster trial. aleem: it is what we have come to expect from donald trump, the hiney revealed members o legal team are made-for-tv. it was ken starr's investigatiot an finding tt bill relationship with an intern t

you are watching "bbc world news america." stilto come on tonight's program, ise a seasoned sexual predator or an innocent opening arguments begin in the seal-assault case against harvey weinstein. laura: writer and filmmaker terry jones, who helped create the tv comedy monty python, has died. he was 77. he went on to direct films incling the controversial "life of brian." vid sillito looks back at his career. >> they cannot get the fire for great, or boys brigade. 'ello, mrs. rogers. ooh, it must be the wrong house! david: terry jones fizzedth with iasm and with python was often best in a frock. >> you listen here! he is not the messiah! he ia very nauty boy! agricultural subsidies and their effect on commonwealth relationships. david:ou the of python owed much to terry jones. he cared a lot. terry: mike, terry gilliam, and myself tended to be on one side, and eric, john, annwe graha on the other side. mainly it was in method that john and locked horns, because i think john does like to dominate. david: on the python films, h

you are watching "bbc world news america." htstill to come on to's program, election day is set to don in taiwan. voters will go to the polls in a race that will be closely watched by china's leaders in beijing. nada: parents are always wanting their children to be careful about who they speak to online. but ved hisr may have fending a life a 17-year-old was chatting with a woman in texas more than 5000 miles away and he suddenly felt ill. judith ortiz has the story. opdi: hspent hours playing video games againsnents around the world. online getting can be a test of fast reflexes. luckily for him, it was one of his gamer friends from texas who did quick thinking and called for help when he started to feel unwell. [phone rings] >> good evening. >> hi. i'm calling from the u.s. i'm on a call with my friend. he had a seizure and he is not responding anymore. i do have his address. he lives in westchester -- sorry, i'm shaking. judith: that caller this 5000 miles away from aiden in cheshire. we spoke to her online. >> i could hear

you are watching "world news america." l to come on tonight's program, facing a new future, carlosohen talks to the bbc about his dramatic escape from japan and his new life in lebanon. ♪ >> the australian primeinter said his country as a long way from the end of the bushfire cris. 27 have died, fresh warnings in soutaustralia. he is our correspondent. >> in the fire-bleached bush along the coast, gary simpson's backyard has taken a beating. some of his tallest trees badly adcharred haveo be filled and -- felled and dragged a safe distance from his house. heas been cleaning up and preparing for more fires once the weather heats up again. hiwhen t happens, do you have second thoughts of living in a place like this surrounded by bush? >>, sometim but it is such a great place to live. you are self-sufficient. it's fine. fine. we won't be going anywhere. we will stay. >> this is what was happening here last weekend, the wd le forest aros house was ablaze >> at onege s good, but this wholerea is awash with flames. it is a scary

you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonig's program, in russia, a new prime minister is in place onla day after the entire cabinet resign. comes after president pin changes, bueeping what is the grand plan? laura: tumbleweed, that is what the of an antique secondhand bookshop in southern tweeted in desperation this week. he had not sold about l day, so he needed help and he got it as his tweet when a viable orders came in from all over the world. duncan kennedy explains the al about that tweet about tumbleweed. duncan: once upon a time there was an old bookshop, but thiss it a fairytale. it really exists. last tuesday there were no customers,. not one which led the shop to put out this forlorn tweet. it read, "tumbleweed. not a zero book sold today. ze pounds. this may be the first time ever." the message was spotted by best selling author neilamgaimain, retreated it. the orders came flooding in. >> on distant -- spend 10 a guy from california wants to donate $50 to it is just the ve of books they become

♪[music] >> thi is bbc rld news america. reporting from washington, i'm laura trevelyan.n audacious attack in baghdad reverberates around the world. top commander is kille by a u.s. air strike. general soleimani was planning imminent aacks against.s. diplomats, says the white house, as the president claims this action saved lives. >> we took action last night to stop a war. we did not take action to start a war. >> plus, safe from the flames, australia's navy rcues a thousand people who had been trapped by the country's deadly bushfires. ♪[music] >> for those watching on p and around the globe, welcome to world news america. an has vowed severe revenge on the united states after thell g of mility commander qasem soleimani, blown up tside baghdad airport, on the orders of president trump. u.s. officials say the general had been plotting to kill americans in the region. heanian leaders have called killing an act of international terrorism. the pentagon is sending on extra three and a halfhousand troops to the middle east in response. here's jeremy bowen. >> this was the mom

u e watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program -- >> when you bring me out, can you introduce me as joker? laura: "joker" leads the pack for oscar gold, but once again there is drama on screen as female directors areassed over-- off screen as female directors are passedr ovefor the nominations. officials in the philippines are warning that a hazardous eruption of toxic gas may be minent from the country's volcano which has been spewing columns of ash into the sky. more than 8000 people have been evacuated from the area surrounding the volcano,d aro 70 kilometers south of the capital, manila. one province has declared a state of calamity. howard johnson reports. howard: organic lightning, a-- all caps lightning -- volcanic lightning, a spectacular event. the warning means a has a disrupti could occur within hours or days. today, thick black ash billowed out of volcano as scientists confmed it had begun to spew lava. a steady flow of local residents left a 14-kilometer exclusion zone. at a petrol s

jane: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, the glitz and glamour of the golden globes. this year's ceremony combined the usual lf adulation with a hefty dose of politics and tivism. ne: police in a delhi are scanning pictures from social media and security cameras to find out who was behind a brutal attack on students at the prestigious j and you university. on sunday, someen 20 st were injured when masked men armed with sticks attacked teachers and students. reporter: this is delhi's prestigious showalter nehru -- jawarhal nehru university. according to students here, a right-wing group entered this campus and startedg assault the students and staff my only.--violently. however, the group, which is seen as close to the ruling internationalist cabinet, saiwi it was left-ng student groups that started the assault. however, the police have not answered because students allege that police were late in a response and did not act adequately. as you can s, protests are still going on. students are

nada: you are watching "bbc rld news america." still to come on tonight's program, british authorities have given huawei the thumbs up to supply parts of their high-speedtw 5g neork. u.s. authorities have cited security ccerns. u.s. health officials are expanding the screening process for theoronavirus to 20 amican airports in an effort to stop the spread of the disease. such measurewere already in ace in five airports. ho kong has announced plans to cut travel links with mainland china. more than 100 people have died and 4500 are confirme bto affected. rupert wingfield hayes reports. rupert: if carrie lam was aiming to calmears in hong kong about the coronavirus, her face mask set a different message. mrs. lam is under huge pressure to shut the border with china. today she partially capitulated. intercity services to china will be suspended, she said. flights will be cut by half. ferries will also be stopped. by thursday morning, the number of people crossi into hong ko from mainland china behind me should be dramatically reduced

you're watching bbc1 news america. still to come, day is finally upon user aft one of the uglier little divorces in history. in the u.k., a man has in found guilty of trying to steal the the bbc's duncan can if he has the details. >> the document that helped create modern justice. bon who try to thwart it. watch thom. he arrives wearing proctive gloves and then looks at the camera, revealing his identity and then tries to disable the camera, but fails. he walks towards the ancient docume and attacks it. this is what he did with the camera. he puts three holes in the cabinet, but cannot break through. he then take off what is believed to be the hammer. staff and citizens make his citizens arrest. he is taken into custody. it was such a striking evet, they have the damage cabinet also. after his arrest, he suggested that the document was fake. as you can see, the glass has been replaced. >> just as it intended, he was treated like one else in the land with his legal rights. >> the united kingdom will add a ne hpage to it

woman: this is "bbc world news america." made possible by... the freeman foundation; by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs; and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. laura: we want to welcome our pbs viewers here in the unit states to this special edition of "world news america." you're watching ongoing coverage of the formalization of the articles of impeachment against presidendonald j. trump. nancy pelosi is just to send the articles t themselves in capitol. it is a pivotastep in what is this the third impeachment of a u.s. pre in history. this is going to be quite a dramatic moment as the articles themselves go through the capitol rotunda from the house decided to the senate side. fo' more on the day's events i'm joined by elizabeth wydra, a legal expert who is president of the constitutional accountability center, a ron christie, former advisor to george w. bush, who joins us from capitol hill where it is all happening tonight. ron, h pivotal a moment is

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my name is sharon burke i'm the director of resource security here at new america and senior advisor including the future of low project will for me to this very special event. new america is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization i'd also like to think of it as house of independent thought and thinkers. we are here today to talk to one of the Ãbpeter bergen a long time expert here at new america and top executive now helping to design the organization itself. it is not an exaggeration to say sheesh that peter has done more in the last year than most of possibly a lifetime as a researcher, reporter filmmaker and best-selling author. the book we are going to talk about today and decorated it almost as much of the christmas tree is "trump and his generals" i think this book is a great example or of what new america is. as far as a place where we not only think it is also this book is scary fearless. we will give you a chance to ask questions. at the end we will give you a little time to get books signed if you're so inclined. peter has a hard cap is off to other places. we will be ending

you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, the scourge of a violence against indigenous women in alaska. the trump administration has promised action, but those who suffered are skeptal. laura: a vegan man is bringing adm lk legal case in the u.k., calling for veganism to be protected by law. he wanted classified as a philosophical belief. reporter: he describes himself as an ethical vegan, and campaigns to get his message to others. >> show you the whole life of the animal -- reporter: his beliefs affect much of his everyday life. he will walk rather than take a bus. >> some people only eat a vegan diet but they don't care about the environment or the animals because they only care about their health. re about animals and the environment and my health and everything. that is why i use as a nickel -- i use ethical veganism because veganism is a believe that affects every aspect of my life. reporter: he works with a believe against cruel sports and claims that when he drew his bosses' attenti

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while black america was continuing its fight racism the entanglement was still brand-new. nobody could predict the drive-through was a window that worked out to a new possibility on the same old street. but it captures what the book wrestles with. so we open the book talking about ferguson misery. and how the mcdonald's there serves as a reprieve from the chaos happening. protesters are coming in with pepper spray and military gear looking for water or air conditioning. so mcdonald's is the place that was just an escape from the chaos. so the first question so ferguson is supposed to home and you talk about this. so why focus on the economic model? that i thought when i pick this up the mcdonald's is the place in the community. but through the lens of franchising. >> so what is happening in the story of why mcdonald's is one of the few places to open and it goes back to my curiosity to write a book about mcdonald's. remember the uprising in los angeles. after things had calmed down there is a press release that said with our stores in southern of them were harmed in that i

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hosted by new america in washington, d.c. live coverage starts at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. first we are going to live now to the pentagon for a briefing with defense secretary mark esper. started just a moment ago. secretary esper: and assure you that the perpetrators of this tack will be brought to justice. the united states conducted over 60 air strikes against al-shabaab's safe havens and assets last year and our forces continue to provide training and counterterrorism support to our east african partners at the airfield to help them in the fight. moving to iran, at this time our top priorities remain first the safety and security of american personnel and our partners. and second, our readiness to conduct operations to respond to iranian aggression. since the strike i have spoken to commanders on the ground to ensure they have the resources they need to protect their people and prepare for any contingencies. as a result we have increased our force protection postures across the region and will continue to reposition and bolster our forces as necessary to protect our peo

♪ >> this is "bbc world news america."eporting from washington, i am not aciraffic. offials in chinaaid the number of people infected has top 6000, is the impact of the virus spreads. >> with airlines canceling flig cutting themselves off from the outside world, the economic cost is likely to be severe. of president trumps impeachmente trial s impeachment trial gets underway. but all "bbc world news america." the.h.o. says the whole world and is to be alert as the coronavis continues to spread. officials will meet on thursday to dcuss whether it nstitutes a global health emergency. the number of cases in china has top t 6000, which is mon the sars outbreak. it has spread from china to 15 other countries, including the u.s.. our china correspondent starts or covere. john: safely out of wuhan a wane ou arriving at a california airbah over 200 americans on board. earlier, japan got its citizens out, touching down in tyo. but the brits are still only preparing to leave. his grandmother vera, stuck here on holiday, is running l

you can see trump and his generals of what new america is. so not only to think independently, it's almost for the country right now that's how it struck me. so right now and give you a chance to ask questions and then give you a little time for a book signing so with that with the unconventional questions so you say in the beginning that i am a former government official and with the assistant secretary so looking from the other side and to have their own agenda so can you walk us through particularly the situation you are writing about is unfolding in real time. >> thank you for hosting this event. so you make mistakes all the time. and previously i want to know everything. then you'll never miss the book. and at that turn point if i'm dealing with the trump administration in some way. so to give you an idea what it's like to be an author. sometimes you can spend two days preparing for an interview and talking to somebody and to hang out with them. it is one sentence in the book. so it is a book about isys as a former editor of mine said ra

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but all"bbc world news america.he w.h.o says the whole world and is to be alert as thein coronavirus cos to spread. officials will meet on thursday to discuss whether it constitutes a global health emergency. the numb of cases in china has top 6000, which is more than the sars outbreak. prit hasd from china to 15 other countries, including the u.s.. our china correspondent starts or coverage. john: safely outf wuhan a plane ou arriving at a california airbase with over 200 americs on board. earlier, japan got its citizens out, touching down in tokyo. but the brits are still only preparing to leave. his grandmother vera, stuck here on holiday, is running low on medications. how do you fl about going home? >> delightful. >> there is frustration with the u.k.er gent. >> that has been an absolute challenge to be honest. i don't think the government really know what they have been doing. i don't think they havead as much contact with the chinese authorities as they say because if they had come i would assumeh th been giv

laura: you are watching bbc world news on america.ll to come, anger on the streets of baghdad protesters call for american forces to leave iraq. ♪ >> tenter adding a panic button and a number of safety features to the dating app. th move follows accusations that dating platforms have not been doing enough to protect users. mo for us now on the story. reporter: race was backpacking in new zealand in 2018 when she was murdered by a man she met on tinder. she went to his hotel room where she was strangled to death her body dumped in bush land. it is one of a growi number of crimes that have resulted from people reading on psline dating tinder, the original dating app, ncs ann new safety features that will launch this week. the technology transmits location data, users can hit a panic button, which sends data to emeency services. there will also b a photo verification feature two aboard fake identity.hen someone uses a the company's ceo says iwill be first dating company to invest in emergency response servicend a safe experience is cruci

>> this is "bbc world news america" reporting from washington. a show of force in support of gun rights. thousands rallyon in ricd, virginia,rotesting against new gun control laws. the case for the defense. president trump's lyers call impeachment a charade as the senate trial iabout to get under way. tethe psts in iraq turn eeadly. three more peore killed as authorities clash with demonstrators. >> the security forces a now coming down the off-ramps it. looks like they're u justng tear gas for now. laura: plus, finding the keyo happiness in a london pub. how a single glass o well-being could improve your life. who knew? ♪ laura: those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news americ . thousands of gun rightrs suppor rallied in richmond, virginia, on monday. they were opposing newun . control laws in the state. the governor orderedf a state emergency and banned guns from the capitol square after threats from armed militia groups. many marchers came from outside the state. our correspondent was on the scene andas this report. >>.!

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for those watching on pbs and around t globe, welcome to world news america. the world health organization has declared the spread of the coronavirus a publiy health emerge international can learn. the numbers continue to rise in china. >> officials have confirmed the firstof human to human transmission of the disease in the state of illinois and governments in the u.k. are working to get citizens out of harms way. >> a daily battle against the epidfeic with ions rising, but for trapped british residentsthway out. >> can't wait to get back from ever >> those traveling-based multiple health screenings, a bus ride to the airport and away om the fight, but for some, there has been serious confusion, especiallyitixed national families. the u.k. authorities unable to say if they can get on the flight. >> they cannot tell me if my wife or son would be aowed on the plane. say it is a matter for chinese authorities to decide on a case-by-case >> that leaves you still stranded during what is it me -- what is it mean for thera -- stl ed. what is it mean for the baby? >>