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I will not be running for president in 2020 but i guarantee i will stay in the fight. Also on the programme. After hours of talks, the leaders of russia and turkey agree a ceasefire in northern syria. But can it last . Abduction, serious physical abuse and a campaign of intimidation. Allegations made against the ruler of dubai by his former wife and found to be proven by the high court here in britain. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in washington and James Reynolds is in london. In the past few hours, the uk has confirmed the countrys first death from the coronavirus. The patient who died at the Royal Berkshire hospital is said to have been elderly with existing health difficulties. Uk Health Officials are set to move to a new stage in their fight against the disease they will start work on delaying its spread, rather than containing it. Here is the Prime Minister borisjohnson. Boris johnson. Basically we are saying wash your hands, and in business there is usual. We are still in the contained phase, obviously we are looking at the preparations that we need to make now. Im joined now by our Health Reporter laura foster. What more do we know about britains situation in terms of coronavirus . We know and thats over an hour ago we had the first death of a patient within the uk who had coronavirus. We know they had Underlying Health conditions and are being described as older but note more detail yet. They have been in and out of hospital and yesterday presented at hospital and yesterday presented at hospital and yesterday presented at hospital and tested positive for coronavirus and have sadly now passed away. In terms of the governments way in which they were planning to tackle this, they were talking a lot about containment. The idea is finding cases and isolating them but now there is a slow move towards what is known as the way, to avoid a big peak and numbers of people with coronavirus, therefore putting less pressure on hospitals around the uk. Thank you very much. The first death here in the uk, and here in the United States. Another cruise ship, another coronavirus emergency. Thousands of people are stuck on the grand princess liner after being banned from entering the port of San Francisco. Two passengers who had travelled on the same boat last month contracted the coronavirus and one of them has died. Testing kits will now be flown out to the ship. California has now declared a state of emergency and a slew of tech giants are asking their workers to stay at home. There are still plenty of questions about how america has handled its outbreak. Even now, there arent enough testing kits. Theres a consierable about of confusion. Yesterday the president suggested it was okay for people with the virus to go to work. We have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better, just by sitting around and even going to wear, some of them go to work that they get better. So how accurate is that . Im joined by dr zeke emanuel, who formerly served as special advisor for Health Policy to the director of the white house. Of the obama white house. Thank you forjoining us. When the president says there are hundreds of thousands of people whose symptoms are so thousands of people whose symptoms are so mild they can carry on going to work and get better anyway, is that useful advice to the American Public . It is horrible advice to the American Public. It is really irresponsible. You can see that, the problem is not how they feel. The problem is not how they feel. The problem is not how they feel. The problem is they are spreading it to other people and other people could be and one of those high risk categories of either being elderly or co morbid conditions. Sometimes you do not know if one of your co workers has a lung problem are not. And it is very bad advice and one of the mistakes that have repeatedly been made, the idea of getting the virus out and just a few months, the idea that this is definitely going away in the spring. The idea that obama prevented the test kits from being distributed. All of these are falsehoods and not good advice for the public. The public increasingly does not trust listening to the president and it does not reflect confidence. There is also the issue of the testing kits. It is becoming increasingly pa rent kits. It is becoming increasingly parent from washington state, people we re parent from washington state, people were asking for tests, people were asking for tests who had symptoms, and not getting them and we lost time in the United States. What are the impacts of the weeks of delay and testing . We do not know the spread of the disease or the true epidemiology so we can make some educated predictions of the prevalence and seriousness of the spread. That is an enormous problem and by the way, people who want a test and are not able to get a pass, thatis test and are not able to get a pass, that is not restricted to seattle. There are many other people who have good reasons to want a test and simply cannot get a test and other parts of the country. This has been a major problem, really ac dc level problem, sort of having a high threshold for testing and not using a testing kit readily available and of making their own and making mistakes on the way. This is not a problem that the Obama Administration created. We had two months, january and february in which to get prepare and the administration thought this is not going to spread. We will not have to worry about it. That was a delay of two months. As the doctors, a Health Policy person, one of the things you have to do is prepare for the worse and hope for the best. Have to do is prepare for the worse and hope forthe best. Have to do is prepare for the worse and hope for the best. A really cdc problem. And a 2014 article, you wrote what lie i hope to die at 75, you said if there were to be a flu pandemic, a younger person who has yet to live a complete life ought to get the vaccine suggesting young people should be the priority and not those over 75. Would you stay with that in this crisis . Well this crisis is very different than what we had seen. The article you are citing, there was a Previous Article in Science Magazine where i wrote about, in particular, pandemic flu is. And those crises, young people we re particularly is. And those crises, young people were particularly targeted, if you rememberthe were particularly targeted, if you remember the 1918, 1919 flu pandemic, there was a big spike of deaths around teenagers and young adults. People in the army who are healthy one day and literally two days later dad. And that is the focus in that article. I believe the following, first of all, that we ought to consider giving priority to young people when it is appropriate. In this Health Crisis one of the things we do know is it seems to bypass young people, it seems they have a proclivity for old people and old people with serious co morbid conditions. It is an important contrast, the flu at the moment in the United States, we had 105 deaths among young kids. Sol the United States, we had 105 deaths among young kids. So i think there are other principles that need to come into effect, save the most lives and save those whose prognosis is going to be good, youngest first ido is going to be good, youngest first i do not think will necessarily be the top priority in this pandemic. You need to look at all the ethical considerations and adopt them to the actual case at hand. Can you clarify one thing for me, do you know whether you can catch this virus twice or once you have it once you are immune to it . We do not have definitive information on that. There are some reports that some people can be reinfected, we are not 100 sure which is one of the reasons why we would like testing kits widely distributed. It may be like influence the way you can catch it one year but it has genetic drift and change is enough that the vaccine and immune system are not geared for the subsequent year. Beats are some of the unknowns about this particular virus that are really serious and we have to try to get the answers to. We just do not know, if you get it, are you onion for a year . It does seem that would be probable, that is the way many coronaviruses go. There are things we need to be humble about that we do not quite know yet. Thank you very much forjoining us from philadelphia. Very interesting, clearly getting the testing done is important. We will go to the San Francisco where a press c0 nfe re nce will go to the San Francisco where a press conference is being held about the cruise ship. In fact we operated immediately, our emergency operating sedentary in order to maintain clear information from around the country and around the world to understand what was happening and tried to make sure that we were providing the public with the best information we have to be fully transparent but also using the data and science to ensure what was being communicated was entirely accurate. As a result of that work, since january, and february, february 25, we declared public state of emergency here in San Francisco so public state of emergency here in San Francisco so we public state of emergency here in San Francisco so we can further prepare for the possible arrival of the coronavirus here in San Francisco. As i said through this process , francisco. As i said through this process, and has been all about protecting Public Health and making sure that we were doing everything we can to communicate Accurate Information with what we know, sometimes a lot of information gets out there and not entirely true but it is important that everything we know is communicated directly to the public so that we have Accurate Information every step of the way. Today we are announcing the first two cases of coronavirus and our city. They have been detected here in San Francisco and these individuals are contained and i will let doctor colfax talk a little bit more about the details and i want to be clear that we have been planning this for weeks so we are prepared as a city. We want people to continue to do exactly what we have asked people to do and that is make sure you are washing your hands and that you are washing your hands and that you are washing your hands and that you are doing the things that are going to help to protect yourselves in the midst of what we know could continue to be a virus that spreads. So at this time i would like to ask doctor grant colfax to come up and provide details of the two cases that were just diagnosed. Good morning, grant colfax director of health, and thank you mayor. He San Francisco health lab conducted tests for two patients and found that two patients are infected and these results were given to me this morning. They are unrelated and being cared for at separate hospitals in San Francisco. The patients did not have a history of travel to a location with confirmed covid 19 cases and have no known contact with a person who is a confirmed covid 19 case. These cases are like similar cases we are seeing in the region. They are indicative of Community Transmission of covid 19. That patients are in fair and serious condition and being treated in isolation. That is medical officials and San Francisco talking about the two cases that have been confirmed in San Francisco and judging by what the medical official there is saying, it does look Like Community spreads not history of travel to china and i suspect we will see more at these press co nfe re nces suspect we will see more at these press conferences because every city. Every city and every state. More tests and we will get more of them. Lets move on to politics now. It seems this is not the year that america will finally elect a woman president. Senator, Elizabeth Warren is out of the race for the Democratic Party nomination. At one point the frontrunner in the contest, she bowed to the inevitable after failing to win her own state of massachusetts on super tuesday. She became known as the candidate with a plan for everything but those plans failed to win her sustained support. There is still one woman officially in the race congresswoman tulsi gabba rd, but she isnt picking up significant support. Senator warren her voice breaking a little pointed to the fact history would not now be made. I say this with a deep sense of gratitude for every Single Person who got in this fight, every Single Person who tried on a new idea. Every Single Person who just moved a little in their notion of what a president of the United States should look like. One of the hardest parts of this is all those promises and all those little girls are going to have to wait for more years. Were joined now by Maggie Severns who covers the 2020 democratic race for politico. Thank you forjoining us. Rare to see Elizabeth Warren that emotional, her voice breaking as she spoke about what this would mean for little girls and her female supporters. It is not going to happen, is that in america, no women president this time around . |j happen, is that in america, no women president this time around . I inc. We have seen a lot of emotion today from one end. We started to race several different women and after 2018 after the success of several women running for congress i think people hope that this time it would be different but over the course of the year we saw one by one and dropped out of the race. So it is not going to be that year and now we are down tojoe biden not going to be that year and now we are down to joe biden and not going to be that year and now we are down tojoe biden and Bernie Sanders you are not only to white men but to quite old white men. Running against another elderly white man of course. I want to play something that Elizabeth Warren said during the blind women are and when they ran for Political Office here. Gender in this race, you know that is the trap question for everyone. If you say yes, there was sexism in this race than everyone says weiner and if you say no, there was no sexism, a bazillion when i think what planet do you live on . I promise you this, i will bring up the subject later on. We know a lot of women got elected into congress and the 2018 midterm elections and in the president ial campaign race, you have been following it, have you seen evidence of sexism in this race . I think we call at the highest Glass Ceiling and they call it that for a reason because it has been hard to break and one thing we had seen this year is that people are really focused on the idea of electability and i think one thing you are saying voter is really trying to gain out to other people would want for president. Bad really and some ways played against Elizabeth Warrens failure because i did not think america is ready to elect a woman president. There was polling, all other conditions if you wait to get rid of every factor and the race and take who i would like to see in the oval office, a number of people said Elizabeth Warren but if people said you are going to vote for, the number of voters who said they would vote for her dropped because they try to put in the idea of electability and who would make it through so you see people trying to gauge what they think america is ready for, not who they would like to see in the oval and i think for Elizabeth Warren that was probably painful thing to see that work against herand in painful thing to see that work against her and in some ways a hangover from the 2016 election when Hillary Clinton felt there was a lot of sexism against her going against donald trump. Thank you very much forjoining us. It seems that electability might be called for being a white man and the 70s. Could be, i saw a gendered social norm index and almost half the people in a number of countries feel that men are superior political leaders and that they would make Better Business executives and almost a third of men or women thought it was acceptable for a man to beat his wife. That is what the survey out behind. 50 present belief man might make better politicians and leaders as well and you wonder if anyone could and admit there is a bias in these campaigns but interestingly in the survey, the situations are getting worse and there are more biases against women than they used to be. After six hours of talks in moscow, russia and turkey have agreed a ceasefire in the syrian province of idlib. It comes into force at midnight local time. President putin and his turkish counterpart president erdogan also agreed to create a safety corridor for civilians trapped in the warzone and to ensure aid reaches all syrians in need. They support different sides in the war in syria but dont want a full on conflict with each other. President putin is torn between his opposing desires, on the one hand to shore up the assad regime and, on the other, to make an ally of the turkish president. Today mr putin seemed to lead towards the latter instinct. Steve rosenberg joins us now from moscow. And paul adams is on the turkish side of the turkey syria border. There is a deal, will at last, steve . There is a deal, will at last, steve . There is a deal and we have seen deals in the past which have proved temporary and unraveled and there is no guarantee this deal will last. The two president s when they emerge from their talks, they were talking it up and saying that russia and turkey have their differences on syria and always manage to find some points in agreement but as i say there is no guarantee that this will la st there is no guarantee that this will last and will prove to be a lasting solution to the problems in the north of syria. Paul, there is news coming out that two turkish soldiers, i am coming out that two turkish soldiers, iam reading it now, it died and three other were winded when Syrian Forces opened fire, if this comes out after the cease fire has been announced it does not suggest that has very long legs, does it . The ceasefire is due to come into force in about an hour and 40 minutes from now so give the parties a little leeway perhaps but you are right to be sceptical and an awful lot of people are and it is perhaps telling that the cease fire agreement was written and turkish, and russian and in english but not an array deck and perhaps that tells you really as much as you need to know about this. But much as you need to know about this. But not much as you need to know about this. But not arabic. They seem to be going to war with each other and create a semblance of a deal that will bring this current round of fighting to an end. Essentially what it does is it breaks this new corridor, this buffer zone along what is known as the motorway, which cutsit what is known as the motorway, which cuts it into and this gives Bashar Al Assad control of the territory south of there and sol al assad control of the territory south of there and so i think he emerges slightly stronger from this deal. President erdogan on his part has expressed and a very forceful way in the past week turkeys military commitments to the region and has given him a bit of a blade is in the process but he has had to get quite a bit of ground. President hooton would like to sew divisions within nato and is trying to make an ally of president erdogan and to shore up assad and the Syrian Regime and which of those two and strengths are stronger . I think he would like to do both to be quite honest and up till now he has been successfully doing both. We talk about turkey and nato and this is one reason why i think Vladimir Putin is keen to maintain relations, a Good Relationship with turkey and russia sees political benefits and this. By cozying up to ankara, moscow has been able to drive a wedge between turkey and turkeys other nato allies. Russians have a dream, a long term dream that they could somehow ween turkey away from the western Alliance Towards russia. They did not really want to throw all of that away over syria. In moscow for us, thank you and paul adams on the border with syria, thank you as well. Complicating all the diplomatic efforts and moscow is the growing tension between turkey and greece. Thousands of migrants are once again massed on the border between the two countries putting pressure on europes southern frontier. Some are fleeing the fighting in syria others have travelled from afghanistan and even africa. After turkey abandoned its policy of not letting migrants move to the border, these people hope they will be able to cross into the eu. One of the hotspots for those arriving by sea is the greek island of lesbos. Jean mackenzie has been there for the last few days and shejoins us now. Hello, a deal which stops fighting and ad lib presumably stopped migration where you are and lesbos, is that how it might be seen . And idlib. If only it were that simple. Turkey has the chance to close the borders again but will not necessarily stop things . What we have been seeing and lesbos years now is migraine still making their way from turkey across the sea desperate to make it to europe and in the past years we have seen boats arriving here almost every day so yes it has been an influx in recent days and had 750 arrive here since turkey opened its borders with greece but even before people were trying to get to this island and some of them were making it and they have never been able to successfully turn everyone away. About a third of the boats making the journey have always been able to make it across 0k. When you speak to migraines, did they get what is going on with the geopolitical or isnt a question of survival . It is that, they are desperate to get to europe and they get to lesbos which is not where they want to be and it is massively overstretched and has 20,000 migrants and a camp here to get some indication of how overcrowded it is and only has space for 3000 and many of them live in appalling conditions under trees and intense and have nowhere really properly to sleep but they are stuck on the island because of the way and has played out. This is not where they want to be. Thank you very much. Thursday has turned out to be a pretty decent day for much of Northern Britain but what a contrast further south, really wet, Northern Britain but what a contrast furthersouth, really wet, miserable and pretty chilly fair. Pretty strong winds around this area of low pressure which has spread the rain across southern counties of england and wales and at some point during the course of the day lingering longest and to the southeastern quarter, as a low pressure really ta kes quarter, as a low pressure really takes its time for the and overnight in drag the cloud and wind and rain off towards the the off towards the heart of the continent. The shield of cloud associated with that will help keep temperatures up but elsewhere quite a widespread frost and moderate frost, 4 and 5, something in that order and there is another friend following on behind but thankfully this is a much weaker at their in the front that some of you got tangled up with during the course of thursday. A bright and frosty, sunny start for central and eastern parts of the British Isles and the weather friend producing the odd shower he burst of rain across the southwest and wells from the word go so it works its way Northern Island for the Western Isles but generally speaking further east, a dry, fine and sunny day and really struggling in the southeastern quarter for thursday and get up to ten or ii, the weekend, some wind or rain to speak of but sunny spells as well. A new set of leather friends eventually dragging quite a bit of wind and rain into Northern Ireland where it will be a cold afternoon. But not a right to offer england and wales, did not get to see until late on north and west of wales episode southern and east you are, the drier you will be. You lose early sunshine but if you need dry weather and who doesnt, saturday is not a right off. You get to see the course of the weather front saturday evening but the last of the rain is still there to start of the day but at least it clears away and then sunday itself is very much a mixture of some sunny spells and some blustar really showers. Blustery showers. The temperature at about 11. This is beyond one hundred days with me katty kay in washington, James Reynolds is in london. Our top stories. The who urges countries to act with speed and determination to deal with coronavirus, as the uk confirms its first death and california declares a state of emergency after announcing its first death. The last woman, with a real shot, is standing no more. The progressive senator from massachussetts, Elizabeth Warren, has ended her 2020 campaign for president. Also on the programme. A uk court finds the leader of dubai responsible for the kidnapping and detainment of his daughters. And only 11 women have graced the cover of Time Magazine as its person of the year but ahead of International Womens day theyve decided to step back in time and rewrite their own history. To me when he could try to give warning about the outbreak in wuhan but was reprimanded. The disease has since killed more than 3000 people in china and doctor lee is one of them. That province went into lockdown january 23 it is cut off from the outside world. If you are out, you are out, but if you and you had stayed in for the last 40 days. He now lives in wuhan he is the first britain to cut the virus. Hello conor. What do you do all day . That is the question. The first few weeks it was movies and games, and even now that is boring. You had a cat to keep you company . even now that is boring. You had a cat to keep you company . I did yes. I actually had to at the moment. Many of the people that were locked out of the city, were gone for a few days to see their families. And they got locked out for a long time. Sol am looking out for a few franks cats. And helping than i do would starve to death. Connor as far as i know you are the only brit who has had the coronavirus, the first and halfhearted, and is managing to talk to us. You look ok. How are you feeling . And what was it like having this problem is . Will but your symptoms what did you go to . My health at the moment is fine. I have re cove red, health at the moment is fine. I have recovered, and healthy. During that time which i had it, it really was not fun. It wasnt an experience that i would want to thats real again. A problem with this virus, with this disease, it comes in stages. You first have just a common cold, gary smedley, coughing that sort of thing. From there, it gets better before it gets worse. From the cold cannot you get better and then you get the flu. During that stage itsjust like a bad flu. You are in bad, they are feeling terrible about yourself. From that you get better i can, and that is where if you are unlucky, that is where if you are unlucky, that is where it will progress to pneumonia. That is the point where i went to hospital. I had never experienced before. Connor, you voted diary about that. It was on day 36 on things getting sick and having the lapses, but you gotten is a base new virus in wuhan. Give us some sense of the timing. It sounds to me like you were sick for quite a long time before you had heard at this virus. Yes, i was ill for about a month. From the start to finish, obviously during that time at progressed worse and that got better. When i went to the hospital, there wasnt many people coming and symptoms. Pain. Would like a Mental Hospital . The 5th of december. During that time going into the hospital, it really wasnt so widespread. The doctors did not know what was happening. I did not know what was happening. I did not know what was happening. I did not have an idea of how big this is going to be. What do you think the rest of the world can learn from china about what china might have done right, and what time i had done wrong . I think the measures that they have ta ken wrong . I think the measures that they have taken over the past month, and a half has been very good. Although harsh, that there is something that they needed to do. As opposed to the stars outbreak 20 years ago, when they were covering up years ago, when they were covering up the numbers, they were trying to play it down, they are very open with information now. They have been very forthcoming with everything thatis very forthcoming with everything that is happening. It is something that is happening. It is something that not many of the western countries would be willing to do. They wouldnt take a harsh and strict measures that has none. What has happened to your classes that you teach . The hr manager of the school. So basically everything was done online. All paperwork was online, the lessons were taught the video applications much like this. Said lessons were not merely affected by smart a case, it was affecting everybodys methodology. People were i can use to it. Just any clear, connor, you could not believe will even if you wanted to. The event that you have to have recovered, you the event that you have to have recovered , you are the event that you have to have recovered, you are still not allowed to leave, that is right . Yes that is correct. Even if i wanted to date i cannot. There is no way of eating. Can you travel around the city now freely . Now, one person can believe in apartment every three days just to get supplies. And thats it . in apartment every three days just to get supplies. And thats it . i guess. Are you starting to feel stir crazy . Yes. I did not understand the word cabin fever until tomorrow. It is getting to the point where you exhaust everything that you can do. You draw pictures, right, watch movies, and even pat starts getting tedious. It is getting to the point where i want to go out, i have to go out. Even if it isjust for an hour to get groceries. What are you doing for exercise and trying to keep yourself healthy . You are recuperating from a very serious. Yourself healthy . You are recuperating from a very seriousm regards to keeping healthy, exercise and not very bothered about. It is mostly eating the right type a sentence. There are no takeaways any more. All of that has stopped. I cannot order fasted. I am cooking a lot more that would be. January the cooking is healthy for soon. It is getting time in these 40 days and i would not have normally gone. Connor thank you so much fantastic to hear from you. What an experience and that is the first timei experience and that is the first time i have heard what exactly does virus feels like. That was the start and it lasts a bit longerfor him. There has been enormous upheaval in the democratic race for the white house. With the departure of Elizabeth Warren, five candidates have now pulled out of the race in the past six days. Its a shake up that leaves supporters of those candidates with some sense of loss and decisions to make. Last weekend in North Carolina, christian and i interviewed state senator dan blue. Having initially backed joe biden, he had switched his endorsement to Mike Bloomberg who left the race yesterday. The message started phasing maybe i thought this guy might have gotten to do it. He has the resources, he is delivering a message that people who even needs to. And i think that once that senate race in meeting among the electorate, bluebird became much more popular as a viable alternative. So what does someone like mr blue do now . The state senatorjoins us from raleigh North Carolina. I dont know if i should offer commiseration, ie feeling the raft . Not really. We are focused on one primary thing. That is replacing donald trump as president of the United States. As democrats, we are trying to feel the best candidate the one who shares the best potential to defeat donald trump. While many of us were very strongly behind Vice President biden, his campaign was somewhat like sergeant. Ididnt seem campaign was somewhat like sergeant. I didnt seem to be moving. We need that something had to be done. Michael bloomberg, i thought, had a great message, and was determined to defeat donald trump. When he pulled out the race yesterday he threw their support behind joe biden. That means we are going to trot along the wayjill biden, means we are going to trot along the way jill biden, and means we are going to trot along the wayjill biden, and try to complete the mission. The mission when i was down we dont pass the offices of Mike Bloomberg nice offices. He has a large staff in the state. What will happen to the people he employed fairfor will happen to the people he employed fair for his campaigns . Numberat the end employed fair for his campaigns . Number at the end will be integrated into the biden campaign. In addition to that the resources should be available as we head into the following actions. Immediately, youre going to see many have been deployed to make sure that biden gets the nomination. That is still might have one half of the delegates have to be chosen. I believe, we can start campaigning for the following action, we dont have those resources had to play it back here in North Carolina. Specially since North Carolina is going to be five or six most important states. One of the ones most to slip one way or the other. It is a purple state. We dont have sufficient resources to battle. Talking about being a purple state. Donald trump one to 2016, how would you turn the clock back to 2008 with the democrats last one in North Carolina . I think ill champ is helping as a light impact. People bell at some point realise, as president is not i cant think because of the narrow pathway that we think it should be. Not addressing the issues that americans need to address. That is what helped, i know, delivering messages to the voters. That lets them know that government cares about them. A people that they are electing are going to washington to find the right policies, whether it has to do with climate change, health care being available, greater infrastructure. People who are determined to wanted to washington and make something happen. Senator dan blue i help it be long president ial use willjoin us again. He say it is key. Join us again later. Thank you so much. The ruler of dubai says he wont participate in the Fact Finding Mission of britains top court after a senior uk judge ruled that Sheikh Mohamed al maktoum abucted two of his daughters and subjected his wife to a campaign of intimidation. Judge Andrew Mcfarlane said he accepted, as proved, a series of allegations made against the sheikh by his former wife. The sheikh tried to keep the findings secret but the court also overruled that attempt. The princess fled to britain last year with her children, saying she was in fear of her life. Frank gardner reports. Happier days for dubais divorcing couple. She is Princess Haya ofjordan, he is Sheikh Mohammed al maktoum, ruler of dubai. Now, dark details are emerging about whats alleged to have been going on behind palace walls. Here at the royal courts ofjustice, Princess Haya seen here in white, is alleging intimidation by the sheikh after discovering the alleged fate of two of his daughters. She says he told her you will never be safe in england. This court case is lifting the lid on whats alleged to have been going on in one of the more secretive ruling families of the middle east. Allegations that include the forced return of two princesses, one of whom was allegedly siezed right here in britain. Dubai matters. Its a global destination, and, as part of the united arab emirates, a close western ally. Raf warplanes use its airbase, David Cameron visited as Prime Minister, and Sheikh Mohammed is a huge figure in the horseracing world. The queen paid a royal visit to the uae in 2010. Im making this video because it could be the last video i make. Sheikha latifa, one of Sheikh Mohammeds daughters, fled dubai and her family by boat two years ago. She was recaptured off the indian coast by armed commandos. An official statement said she was now safe with her family but, shes hardly been seen since. Princess haya, a former olympic equestrian, is said to have since discovered disturbing details about whats happened to her, and another princess, after both failed in their bid to leave dubais ruling family. Princess hayas accusations include that they were both subject to the continuing deprivation of liberty in dubai and serious physical abuse, amounting to torture or inhuman and degrading treatment. And also, that their father is using his connections in the press to generate hostile stories aimed at destabilising and harming Princess Haya. These details have been emerging in court after Princess Haya fled to britain last year, telling friends she was in fear of her life. Frank gardner, bbc news, in central london. Joining us now in london is the bbcs security correspondent frank gardiner. Frank what is the shapes public reaction . Through his counsel he has has responded to thisjudgement, saying that he has wanted to keep it out of the Public Domain for the best interest at the children. He did think it was a bear interest for this to go public. On side of the story had come out and this judgement. He has the ruler of a sovereign state, that was not able to appear in court. He appealed to the media, the intrusive media, not too keen on the privacy of his children. When said to she took with her two children. Essentially this was her two children. Essentially this was about a custody battle but as a pa rt of was about a custody battle but as a part of that detail doesnt come out that she is in which the court has agreed with our substantiating. think is best to initiate. We see him often with the queen here. think he h. In this age is what we are drilling that is, the president ial elections, coronavirus, im going to be released for, i think it is a one or two day story. Because it detracts from the very serious nature of these allegations. This is all. That has been going on. The court has agreed the accounts are credible. A leading principle that the safety catch off that was placed twice on her pillow by agents Sheikh Mohammed al maktoum. A helicopter that landed right in front of the house, with instructions for the to take one person to a prison out in the desert. The problem is, of which said thanks mount i dont care whether you live or die. Really. Prince haya is living in fear of his life. She wanted this story to come out. He says he only getting one version is rather one sided. We have had the essentially it will drop out of the knees after this point. Frank is there no legal repercussion at four Sheikh Mohammed al maktoum even one of the daughters was abducted on british soil, how does britain or the uk guaranteed the safety of the princess . Fee case and made a way and just outside of london, and she recaptured by agents at the shape, and according to her, dried, disputed, put on a helicopter and northern france and the salon i plane to dubai and she has not been seen since. Please try to get back go to interview her in dubai, that request was refused. Britains Foreign Office, the state department, has not been particularly helpful in this nation. It is not an interest for there to be at the dispute between the uk and beat you. It is embarrassing for deb britton. I have keep their relationship sentebale is an ally and be strategic picture where iran is very messy both countries. I think the Foreign Office and uk two this is beyond one hundred days. Still to come 89 new covers of Time Magazine have been created by artists to celebrate influential women. Its after it became apparent the magazine only featured ii women as its person of the year since 1923. Europes largest regionalairline, flybe, has said falling demand for air travel, caused by the coronavirus, is partly to blame for its collapse into administration. The exeter based carrier went bust overnight, putting 2000 jobs at risk. The airline flies eight million passengers a year. Many of them setting off from the uks smaller airports such at southampton which had 95 of its flights last year. Our Business Editor simonjack reports there will be no onward journey for these planes grounded for good, europes Largest Regional Airline collapsed, leaving passengers frustrated and staff distressed. Yeah, i thought that wed be saved, but not this time. Sorry. Theres no other airlines from here that will fly to jersey, so, you know, we floated options like ferries or, essentially, a different airport. Our flight was meant to be at 6 45 this morning to paris, for disneyland, and then i got a text at 2 03 this morning, saying that all flights had been suspended, cancelled, and not to bother going to the airport. We came anyway. We promised to get them there, so were going to get them there. Last night, in southampton, flybe operates 40 of all uk domestic flights, but it leased too many planes at too high a cost, flying too many unprofitable routes, leaving the airline in financial distress, finished off by an industrywide slump in bookings thanks to coronavirus. The government insists that propping up failing businesses with £100 million of taxpayers money is not the way to deliver better regional connectivity, to the future of regional airports, but there was little detail. We are undertaking a review of regional connectivity to ensure the uk has a domestic transport connections local communities rely on, including regional airports. Other airlines, like loganair, have said theyre prepared to take on some routes, but at a time when bookings are slumping around the world, most airlines are focused on survival, not being saviours. Simonjack, bbc news, southampton. The us centre for Disease Control is working with state and local Public Health partners to implement after travel health precautions. Now its advising that anyone who has visited areas with widespread, ongoing transmission should stay home for a period of 14 days. One of those people is margaret croy, who is in self isolation after returning from a holiday in northern italy. Where they are stuck at home in washington. How are you spending your days . I am fortunate that my employer enables me to work from home. When i returned from italy i sent an e mail, asking what i should do whether i should have quarantine. I got do whether i should have quarantine. Igota do whether i should have quarantine. I got a response and then he asked appreciate that, there is a wider announcement across the organisation. For the moment i am working seven to three are 84, from home. And i am trying to enjoy the extra time with my dogs and has been. Getting a little bit of cooking, trying new recipes that sort of thing. Can you go out at all . I really have not been out. I did go fora all . I really have not been out. I did go for a ride yesterday, and we nt did go for a ride yesterday, and went by myself. Whenever i spotted for anyone across the street to stay away from them. I did not touch anything as a brand. I am getting out and about, a little bit in that way. I did go to vote on tuesday because it was too late for absentee andl because it was too late for absentee and i wasnt going to miss that. Otherwise, i am trying to stay here and make sure they wider public still say. What is the first think you will do when youre self isolation and is . Probably go back to work it realistically. As my isolation, and on monday. After that i think isolation, and on monday. After that ithinkl isolation, and on monday. After that i think i love angela a nice dinner with some friends. How are you getting your groceries . For all of that cooking. I had ordered some nonperishable goods from amazon, google shopping express will deliver from cosco and target. Much most of my proudest him in perfect students. We had a couple of friends who have been nice enough to offer to drop plates at the front door for us. Perhaps in the next week or so when i get bored of my own cooking have tripod. Thank you so much. Im 20 or 90 you netflix like innovations. It is really fun. Thank you. Now, it is arguably the most prestigious cover in the world, the reveal of Time Magazine person of the year creates headlines around the globe, and a few less than polite tweets but, since 1923 when the magazine launched only 11 women have been chosen as that sacred person. Thats about to change. Ahead of next weeks International Womens day time has gone back in time and chosen 100 women, one for each year. Artist frida kahlo was once described as wife of diego rivera. Nowadays her husband is left in the shadows. And 1989 belongs to the queen of pop madonna. She rocked the charts with her multi million album like a prayer, delighting teenage girls and gay men while enraging the catholic church. Before hashtag me too, before times up, there was anita hill. In 1991 the attorney went to congress to accuse Clarence Thomas of sexual harrasment. He went on to become a justice on the Us Supreme Court she became a cause celebre for women being abused by men. Our very own person of the year. There she is. Ok that is a fake. Thinking is. Christie had not been depressed at the gare or even a one much to my shame. You dont want to find that chris and i keep it framed that. I could find that. Even better is when times person of the year is a lament better than just times woman being a woman. We dont get there james thank you so very nice. Iamon there james thank you so very nice. I am on holiday next week. By james wells be here. Goodbye. Thursday is a pretty decent pay for much of northern printed but further southin much of northern printed but further south in a very wet and miserable cherry day. Some pretty strong winds around this area of low pressure which is spread that right across the southern counties of england and wales. At some point and occurs at the day lingering at longest, and to the day lingering at longest, and to the southeastern quarter. At low pressure really take that sign evening and overnight to draw a lot of wind and rain towards the heart of wind and rain towards the heart of the continents. He cant associated with that willjust have to keep temperatures up through evening and the sappy. Elsewhere, ask how widespread france, moderate front was a Scottish Border by the sword, not inside of something in that order. Another front, sword, not inside of something in that order. Anotherfront, following the trade. Thankfully much we will be in the front that you get tangled up be in the front that you get tangled up with on thursday. A bright, frosty, sunny start for central and eastern parts of the British Isles. France produced a audit sham army burst of rain across the southwest and wales. Perhaps hell be more about it as it works its way past on the western side of scotland and Western Isles. Generally speaking, then there is a state as a dry fine sunny day. Then it is really struggling and used in court at the things that you could get up to ten. Still weekend, some rain to speak at weekend, some mayjust be a new france, and eventually dragging quite a bit of wind and rain into northern scotland through Northern Ireland while it was being a bank afternoon. It is not a right offering and wales, you dont get to see the afternoon until nothing less than france was not generally speaking the further south to dc why the drier you got a puppy. He believes the early sunshine, but if you need try brother and he doesnt. Saturday is not a right now. Yes you do get the cd right in front during the course of saturday evening, saturday night, i just the course of saturday evening, saturday night, ijust got the occasion. The is still there because hes angry at the start of the day. It clears away and then sending it south, is very much a mixture of sunny spells and some blustery showers. The concentration of showers. The concentration of showers to be found at the western side of the British Isles, top temperatures. This is bbc news. The headlines at eight. Confirmation of the first death from coronavirus here in the uk. Patient was being treated at the Royal Berkshire hospital and had an Underlying Health condition. It comes as the uks chief medical adviser once of the nhs could face intense pressure on its critical ca re intense pressure on its Critical Care service. Will get 5096 of all the cases of her three week period and 95 of the cases over a nine week period. If it follows a trajectory that it is likely to. Grounded. The collapse of flight b leaves passengers thousands of staff facing a bleak future. Quite a shock. Yes. We thought that we