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This is worklife from bbc news, with Samantha Simmonds and ben bland. Stocks suffer their worst week since the Global Financial crisis as businesses feels the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Live from london, thats our top story on friday the 28th of febuary. Asian shares fall sharply after the dow racks up its biggest points loss on record. So could coronavirus cause a global downturn . With stocks on the slide, a growing number of businesses are feeling the pinch, so how will all this affe...

Dozens of flood warnings are in place across the uk. Forecasters say a months worth of rain could fall in some places. The storm is scuppering travel plans for many. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled and trains services are disrupted. France has recorded the first death from coronavirus in europe, as beijing orders everyone returning to that city from holidays to go into quarantine for m days or risk punishment. From today, companies which provide phone, broadband and Pay Tv Services will ...

This is bbc world news. The headlines millions are preparing to return to work in virus hit china after the extended Lunar New Year break. But severe travel restrictions remain in place and many workplaces are still closed. Coronavirus has now killed more people than sars. Thousands of mourners have attended a vigil in thailand for 29 People Killed in a mass shooting. The gunman a rogue soldier was shot dead after a standoff lasting several hours. Irelands Political Landscape has been transforme...

President trump orders the assassination of one of the most powerful men in the middle east, irans top military commander. General Qasem Soleimani was killed in a us airstrike in iraq as he arrived at Baghdad Airport in the early hours of this morning. Iran said the air strike was americas biggest mistake in the region and threatened severe revenge but the white house said general soleimani had been plotting to kill hundreds of americans. We dont seek war with iran but, at the same time, we are ...

This is bbc news. The headlines at 7 00 bushfires have killed at least eight people in south eastern australia since monday and destroyed more than 200 homes. We have a very real challenge at the moment with a couple of isolated communities, where weve got reports of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public. We havent been able to get access via roads or via aircraft. The mother of the british teenager found guilty of lying about being raped in cyprus backs calls for tourists to boyco...

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Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2 a week long state of emergency in australia with a warning that a heatwave forecast for the weekend could make the bushfires worse. There are fears of fuel shortages thousands take to their cars to flee the areas under threat. Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison cuts short a visit to one devastated community as people there heckle him. How come we only have four trucks to defend our time . We dont have much money. Delays and ca...

Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The uk is to monitorflights. Chinese authorities have admitted the country is now at the most critical stage of the virus. New bbc Analysis Finds the cost of Poor Mental Health in the workplace has increased dramatically in the last two years. And the duchess of cambridge is in cardiff helping to launch what has been described as a landmark child survey which aims to improve the lives of under fives. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Chinese ...

This is bangkok, live at midnight. Spectacular scenes in the capital of thailand. There was a pause on the dot at midnight. Perhaps someone had lost the key moment. But in the end, it was worth waiting for. Those fireworks will no doubt continue for a number of minutes as people in thailand celebrate the arrival of 2020. Those images matching some of those we have shown you around the world in the previous hours in cities like auckland, sydney, where there was controversy over the rights and wro...

Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. A gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus. The number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. Storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain, with severe travel and power disruption one man has been killed by a falling tree. Id like to know where the Environment Agency is. We have seen nobody today at all. Nobodys been round. A bbc investigation uncovers fur...