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 8am in wuhan, china, which is in lockdown due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. An 18th person has died and 650 people have been infected. However, its still to early to knowjust how dangerous the outbreak will turn out to be. And the World Health Organization has again said it is not a Global Health emergency, though it is an emergency in china. From beijing, John Sudworth reports. This is the moment a city of 11 Million People was effectively shut off. Aaron military police guarding the station, as all departing trains are cancelled. In the hospitals, medical staff in full body suits patients. While images on social media appear to show a system struggling to cope. Empty shelves in the shops and scuffles over food. We spoke to one british man now stuck inside wuhan. Its a very surreal feeling. Knowing especially that if you go outside, there
Stressed, they offer condolences, met the health team, they offered condolences. That Means Nothing to me, and it will never mean anything to me, because you failed him. We speak to the widow of an army veteran with ptsd who says her husbands death could have been prevented. More than a month since a volcano erupted in the philippines which saw thousands evacuated, our cameras follow residents as they return to see the damage. Heathrow grounded. With a third runway blocked for now, what next for the countrys crowded airports, and future big projects . Arsenal and celtic are both stunned by late goals in the Europa League. Fc copenhagen score twice in the final five minutes to dump celtic out in glasgow, while arsenal suffer extra time heartbreak. And then weather, another weekend, another name storm. More rain to come. I will have your full crucial forecast here on breakfast. It is friday 28 february. Our top story jet2 says it will not fly any customers back who have been quarantined
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 cases have been reported outside china, than inside. Injapan, where theyre preparing for this summers 0lympics, all state schools are to close for a month to try to limit the spread of the virus. The vast majority of the deaths in china have been in hubei, the province where the outbreak began. 0ur china correspondent John Sudworth has been speaking to one doctor in wuhan. At the end of a tough shift fighting the virus, a doctor steps out onto the streets of a deserted city. Wuhan is still in tot
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 try to deal with the problem. The netherlands, denmark, estonia and lithuania are amongst those to reveal they do have patients suffering. The authorities in the south korean city of daegu are set to charge a leader of a religious sect over the biggest outbreak of the coronavirus outside of china, while the impact on business remains huge. Rich preston reports concerned about the Economic Impact of the coronavirus outbreak, has sent International Markets tumbling, rippling sellers across asia and
Since the Global Financial crisis of 2008 as fears over the impact of the coronavirus continues to worry investors. As concern mounts over violent escalations on the turkey syria border, turkish Officials Say the country is lifting border controls to allow refugees to try to travel to the eu. The competition and markets authority says its found troubling evidence of home owners potentially being mis sold Leasehold Properties. Coming up. Scientists have detected evidence of a colossal explosion in space five times bigger than anything observed before. Well be taking a closer look. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im carrie gracie. The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in wales, and a further two in england, bringing the total number of uk cases to 19. The patient in wales had recently been in nothern italy. The chief medical officer there has warned its only a matter of time before the infection spreads. It has been confirmed in the last half hour that the Prime Mi