lego's chief executive, niels christiansen, told the bbc that he wanted people to get their hands ont of the brand. these are the financial markets, they are so volatile, up—and—down but generally speaking, they are all headed higher. the dowjones is up 4% on wednesday as the imf, the us federal government and others pledged money to help with coronavirus. that's it for the business briefing this hour. the duke of cambridge has called on the uk and ireland to work to maintain the bonds of friendship post—brexit, saying the royal family would play its part. speaking in dublin, prince william said the progress the two countries had made together should never be taken for granted. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond was there. we should warn you that this report contains flashing images: i dublin ‘s museum of literature, the jet came to reassurance about the future for britain and ireland. he gave thanks to the peacemakers of the past and said whatever happened with brexit, the two countries would work together. iam countries would work together. i am confident that friendship, underst

lego's chief executive, niels christiansen, told the bbc that he "wanted people to get their hands one brand". new figures show the demand for airline travel and for air cargo this dropped in january — despite that travel restrictions in china were not imposed until the end of that month. the numbers are a grim warning of the potenital size of the impact of the coronavirus on the airline industy. the pressure is on. yeah, absolutely. the figures released show that this is the lowest monthly increase in passenger demand since april 2010 and remember that was the time of the volcanic ash crisis in europe that led to airspace closures, flight cancellations, you name it. what officials are seeing is that january is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the impact that we are expecting to see on passenger traffic due to the coronavirus and those major travel restrictions in china did not begin until midway through the month, around the 23rd of january, but it has still been enough to cause the slowest traffic growth in nearly a decade, and this is something that the aviation industry is