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This is bbc news. Welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. Im james reynolds. Our top stories more cases of coronavirus outside china the World Health Organization warns of a closing window of opportunity to stop it spreading. Us intelligence agencies say russia is attempting to interfere in this years president ial election. A seven day reduction in hostilities begins in afghanistan, paving the way for further talks between the us and the taliban. And has...

Personal messages to a16 year old boy on social media. Derek mackay was due to present the scottish governments budget this afternoon. The first minister said his conduct was unacceptable. Derek mackays conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister, and indeed he offered his resignation to me and i accepted. It was not an option for him to remain in government. Well be asking our scotland editor how serious this is for the snp. Also this lunchtime. The government says it wants to chan...

Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2 a third case of coronavirus is confirmed in the uk the patient is being transferred to an Infectious Disease centre. Meanwhile, chinas ambassador to britain urges countries not to panic about the virus. Hours before hes due to deliver scotlands budget finance secretary derek mckay steps down after sending personal messages to a 16 year old boy on social media. Derek mckays conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister. In...

Hello. The authorities in the chinese capital, beijing, are asking people returning to the city to quarantine themselves for m days to prevent the spread of the covid 19 virus. State media says those who refuse will be punished. The order was issued to coincide with the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, extended this year to help contain the outbreak. Speaking in munich, the Chinese Foreign minister defended beijings management of the epidemic and criticised what he called the overreaction of s...

Documents seen by the bbc appear to provide some of the most Detailed Insights yet into how china has handled hundreds of thousands of muslims held in a network of internment camps. They include personal details of members of the uighur community, placed in detention for reasons such as wearing a veil, applying for a passport or accidentally clicking on foreign internet sites. Researchers whove studied chinas policies in the Western Region of xinjiang believe the documents are further evidence o...

And northern europe. Health officials in china have reported the total number of deaths from the coronavirus epidemic has now passed 1,600, with 142 new deaths and more than 2,000 new cases confirmed. In france, an 80 year old chinese tourist has died from the virus after visiting hubei province. Its the first fatality from the disease in europe. It comes as the head of the World Health Organisation said that its too early to know if the outbreak will become a global pandemic. Nick bea ke report...

Tens of thousands of germans have attended vigils for the 9 people murdered by a far right extremist on wednesday. Authorities are treating the shootings in the western town of hanau as a terror attack. Many of those who died were members of the pix many of those who died were members of the citys turkish community, who were at two local smoking cafes. One was romanian. Its believed the gunman then killed his mother, before taking his own life. Our europe correspondent gavin lee is in hanau. The...

Hello and welcome to bbc news. The authorities in the chinese capital, beijing, are asking people returning to the city to quarantine themselves for 14 days to prevent the spread of the covid i9 virus. State media says those who refuse will be punished. The order was issued to coincide with the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, extended this year to help contain the outbreak. Speaking in munich, the Chinese Foreign minister defended beijings management of the epidemic and criticised what he cal...

The authorities in the Chinese Capital beijing are asking people returning to the city to quarantine themselves for m days to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. State media says those who refuse will be punished. The order was issued to coincide with the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, which was extended to help contain the outbreak. Speaking in munich, the Chinese Foreign minister defended beijings management of the epidemic and criticised what he called the overreaction of some other co...

Hello and welcome to world news today. An 80 year old chinese tourist has died in france from the new coronavirus after he travelled there from hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak. Its the first fatality from the disease in europe. It comes as the head of the World Health Organization has said that the outbreak is still an emergency for china and it is impossible to tell where the epidemic will spread. More than 66,000 people are known to be infected and more than 1500 have now died in...