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Completely caked in ash. Hello to you. The coronavirus outbreak has reached a Decisive Point and has pandemic potential thats the latest assessment from the world health organization, which is urging governments around the globe to act swiftly and aggressively against the virus. Coronavirus has now spread to 50 countries and reached every continent except antarctica. Worldwide, there have been more than 82,000 cases and 2,800 deaths. Almost all of those are in china, but for a second day, more c...

A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We wa nt we want to know if you have changed any of your travel plans a work plans because of the coronavirus. Is it affecting how you commute . We start with the coronavirus. Several new countries have confirmed their first cases of coronavirus as governments around the world continue to tr...

Syrian government forces. And in the philippines we return to the volcanic island devastated by last months eruption. The roof has collapsed in on itself under the weight, and here, a sign of its former life, a caged satellite this in ash this satellite this is caked in ash. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and around the world, countries are battling to deal with the spread of cor...

Last months eruption. The roof has collapsed in on itself under the weight, and here, a sign of its former life, this satellite dish is caked in ash. Good morning. Its 9 00am in singapore and 1 00am in london, and around the world, countries are battling to deal with the spread of coronavirus. The World Health Organization has warned that no country should assume it will be spared. In the united states, markets have plunged sharply, and japan has said it will close all Public Schools from monday...

The roof has collapsed in on itself under the weight, and here, another sign of everyday life before the eruption a satellite dish completely caked in ash. The coronavirus outbreak has reached a Decisive Point and has pandemic potential. That is the latest assessment from the world health organization, which is urging governments around the globe to act swiftly and aggressively against the virus. Coronavirus has now spread to 50 countries. Worldwide, there have been more than 82,000 cases and 2,...

Fears the number of infections could rise. As one of the strictest coronavirus restrictions begins to ease, people in italy will be able to travel both internally and in and out of the country from the beginning ofjune. Top flight football is back in germany, the budesliga is the first major European Football League to restart with matches taking place in empty stadiums. And good sniffer dogs be trained to detect coronavirus question mark a new government backed trial begins in the uk. You are w...

Of the San Francisco bay area. Fleet week for many years in San Francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great coming together by the military and the first responders, the great coming together of our uniformed personnel and a great [speaker not understood] of San Francisco. This amazing transformation in the last few years was due primarily to the vision and the dedication of three people, george and Charlotte Schultz and mike myers. Id like to pause to...

Oclock along with general charlie. The previous day general hughes had briefed us that the Chinese Military were to begin extensive military maneuvers in the taiwan strait. This morning we were stunned to learn that they had fired two missiles that landed just 10 miles off the coast of taiwan. The taiwanese had a president ial election underway, and the chinese were using a not too subtle way of explaining to them what they wanted the outcome of that election to be. Thises was an unacceptable fo...

Today we recognize people like my parents who surmount their disabilities and achieve success in a world of work. These are people who have worked harder than most. They had to. They are people with determination and courage and i am honored when i am among them. We also honor their employers who know that the most valuable workers is one that is loyal, dependable, and gives an honest dayss work for an honest a. s pay. These people know that hiring people with disabilities is good business. Adve...

Preventive defense project. Please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. applause what a pleasure it is to be aboard this symbol of americas millery power, the uss macon island. What a pleasure it is to be among the men and women of our armed forces and the men and women of the First Responders of the San Francisco bay area. Fleet week for many years in San Francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great comin...