Hello,yo welcome. Are watching outside source. As the coronavirus continues to spread worldwide, the who has no country should assume it will not get cases. That could be a fatal mistake. He are 80,000 cases now in 44 cou around the world implementing tougher restrictions. We will have the verlatest. Heathrow airport are in disarray after a court says they are unlawful because expansion didnt take climate commitments into account. It is the latest episode of the brexit saga and the plot feels strangely familiar. The u. K. Says it is for her to walk away this summer so that no deal is back on the table. East africa is devastated by a giant swarm of locusts. We are live in kenya. Hello welcome. He asoronavirus continues to spread, governments around the world are implementing tougher restrictions to contain. Some of the look at fferent ways various countries are dealing with this particular outbreak. First, lets go to japan. As of next week, all schools will be closed. Now lets turn to iran. This is the scene there. Iran is banning chinese citizens from entering the country. In saudi arabia, more measures to prevent the spread. The government is suspending these us to pilgrims who want to visit holy sites in aga and medina. Ke a look at how quiet the streets are in venice. Normally throbtsng with tour 11 nearby towns in northern aly are still in lockdow hence those quiet scenes. Some countries api really st up eir efforts to contain the virus. Here is the director generhe of the worlth organization. The epidemics in the Islamic Republic of iran, italy, and the republic of korea demonstratesis what this viruapable of. But this virus is noinfluenza. With the right measures, it can contained. The who isonrned some milder cases of the virus are simply not being the tech did. That is partularly the case in iran. Authorities say there have been th26 dout of 245 cases. That is a fatality rate about 10 , and that is significantly worse than the death rate elsewhere, which is the 1 and 3 . Here is the who on that aspect. This disease came unseen and undetected into iran, so the infection may be broader than me are seeing, as may be the case in many epidemics, you see the most severe part of the spectrum, and then you nd more mild cases. This woman is one of them. Her case is worth noting. She is a cabinet minister. Her case is mild, but it shows a virus does not disiminate. Lets bring in ride castillo from the council which represents iranians in the united states. We have another iranian politician with this virus. Own what can you tell us about what is happening in iran . I think the first thing to recognize is the government, in official statements, probably do not reflect the extent of the outbreak inside iran. Based on the death rate, ihen is probablyecond guest at the center in the worlds when it co the coronavirus. That is due to two factors. One, slow government response, failing to test for the coronavirus itially, failing take quarantine and other precautionary measures. Second, its Public Health sector has been devastated by u. S. Sanctions. They have not been able to get key medical devices and medicine that is only manufsttured in the this has created a perfect storm. The official rate of infection is in the hundreds, but based on the death rate, it is likely in the thousands. You have seen officials come out, not just the Vice President , butf memberse parliament and the Deputy Health minister who is supposed to be leading the response to this crisis. How much trust is there in with the iranian authorities are telling the public . I dont think a lot of trust. You see doctors come out and say official government statements do not really reflect the crisis, that this is more widespread than they are letting on. N backbruary 18, they said nobody had been infected. The government had to reverse themselves the very next day because a couple people have died as a result of the conavirus. The public trust in the authorities, dating back to the fact that they shot down a civilian aircraft just ove a month ago, and then lied about it or thre days, public trust is very low when itanomes to the n governments pronouncements on this. Ride castillo, we believe it there. Thin. Lets turn to japan and italy. More than 200 cases wer recoed in japan alone come in italy, however, that figure has risen to more tn 650. Saudi arabia is also implementing various tough restrictions. This is the number of cases recorded there, zero. So why are the saudis being so cautious other countries are implementins more targeted es. For example, here in the u k, st 15 cases recorded so far, but the most recent havk been traced b italy. Eight schools ought to be at risk have closed as a result. Here is the Public Health specialist. Governments of countries at the moment will be looking at omether it is worth the ec cost of attempting largescale quarantine miosures, restri on movement, banning public gatherings, suspending public transport. Is that going to be woe social and Economic Cost for the benefits that are obtained . Italy is also worried about causing unnecessary concern, with the Prime Minister saying that in fact, it is now time to stop the panic. He is asking the National Broadcasters to tone down their reporting on the rising number cases. In fact, it appears to have complied. Coronavirus is no longer the top line in italian media. Our corr italys foreign minister said that there was what he called an infodemic about misleading news that is bad for italy, his reputation and economy. While he said it was important not to minimize the seriousness of the virus, he said it was affecting a tiny percentage of italys population. It the Italian Government is trying to avoid our situations like this. Ishoto was taken by the journalist in romania. It shows super market shelves completely empty bought up by panicked shoppers. Romania is just reporting his first case today. There are also continuing reports of people of descent or asian appearance ingenerally fprejudice in western countries from people fearing, without any reason to back it up it has to be stressed that they uld have the the coronavirus epidemicstas set off a bing wave of prejudice against eviof inese and east asian ethnicity. I call on Member States to do their most to combat this and other forms of discrimination. There are some particularly concerning reports coming out of russia. The Chinese Embassy in moscow hasse complained that chi nationals are being targeted by police and transport workers looking for coronavirus cases in the russian capital. The embassy sent a letter to the moscow city administration, saying that no other country, not even the u. S. , does anything like the special monitoringf chinese nationals on public transport. Sis follows reports that drivers in moscow have been told to report passengers that look chinese. Russia has banned chinese citizens from entering its country over coronavirus ears, d ficials say facial recognition would be used to enforce a twoweek quarantin fof all arrivam china. Responding to the letter from the Chinese Embassy, a moscow mayor said that measures were necessary one country which is saying it is definitely prepared is the united states. So far, there haveeen 60 cases there, but most stem from the diamond rinses cruise ship docked in japan. President trump has appointed Vice President pence to lead americas response. The Vice President arriving at the department of health and Human Services in wasngton. He is chairing a meeting of the so areer gents getting the balance right between cautiousness and conservatism . The World Health Organization would make the point that it is eased that most countries have been following its advice, and that containment is going on at particularly high levels in countries where there are the highest cases. Whthat i youd expect. They believe most governments r are striking tht balance between concern, something who nts to avoid, panic. The u. K. Government has outlined its negotiating position forrade talks with e eu. Here is the document itself outlining details of the u. K. Starts. Tathoss are due to start on monday. The four they had even begun, Boris Johnson says he could walk away if there is not an outline of the deal by june. Here is our realy check correspondent to explain the u. K. s negotiating position. 30 pages, which essentially puts the flesh on the bones of the things that the government has been talking about. Lots of references to other free trade deals the e has done with canada, japan, south korea. It isle that the model the u. K. Would like to see. There is a lot that the two sides can agree on. The problem is, on the big things, they are far apart. One of those key issues they are negotiating is which rules an regulations business in the u. K. Will follow. Pethe eu union says it wants the u. K. To stay closely to its regulations as they are now, and that any changes made to them Going Forward the u. K. Has rejected that out of hand. Geography is no reason to undermine democracy. To be clear, we will not be eking to dynamically align with eu rules on eu terms govern by eu laws and eu institutions. The british people voted to take back control, to bring power home, to have thethules governin country made by those directly accountable to the people of this country. And that is what we are delivering. T t not it. Other issuesbe need troned out by the end of the year. Fishing and legal jurisdictions among them. The European Union published its stance on the negotiations nday. Its chief negotiator has been reiteratg its position that they would take note of the u. K. s mandate published today but they are sticking to their prior commitments in the political declaration. They want an ambitious and Fair Partnership with the u. K. In the future. U, as the old sayin goes, is hoping for the best, the commission maintains its capacity to prepare for no deal following the result of those negotiations. Of course, we continue to prepare for a positose result of negotiations. The big question is what happens in june if not enough has been achieved . The u. K. Outline is that the u. K. Will rely on the World Trade Organization rules under an agreement with the euth, whih describe as being similar to australias, if progress on a comprehensive deal cannot be made. Enthere has lot of talk about the canada model, who has a traddeal with the eu. The australian model is actually no model. Australia is a country 50,000 kilometers away, does not have a tree do with the eu. To explain this, it is worth catching up with chris morrisons article on our website. Ts bring chris in for more on whether the two sides ha any way to find coon ground. It is possible, it could be a barebones freetrade, agreeme but its possible, if you can get through these initial obstacles. It wouldnt surprise me if over the next few weeks the whole thing feels like it is breaking down. But when you step back, you would think both sides actually want to do a deal. Y yes, t, but not at any price. There a way that both sides can find language they can live with . Article on o webte. Ding that lots more still to come. Parts of east africa are being devastated by this giant swarm of locusts. Kenya. Live in more than 30 people have died in over 200 have been injured in ndianious riots in the capita the violence initially begans new citizenship laws that critics say are antimuslim. After days of riots between hindus and muslims. The pain is all around. It began as protests over the governments citizenship act x related. The law, which offers amnestyo immigrants from nearby countries, excludes muslims. The families of those who lost their lives, the horror continues. As relatives gather here at the hemortuary,say they still dont know when the bodies of their loved ones will be released. This 85yearold family is still waiting to bury her. A mob torched her home, her family trapped on the rooftop. You are watching outside source. 80,000 cases of coronavirus now in 44 countries. The World Health Organization says every country needs to prepare for it. Nowyo lets brin uptodate with a big decision, big rolling in the u. K. Nsplans for the exn of Londons Heathrow airport have hit some turbulence. A u. K. Courl doesnt take into acunt britains commitment to cut greenhouse gases. The secretary of state acted unlawfully in t failing toe into account the Paris Agreement onlimate change when deciding to designate th airports natural policy statement in support the expansion of irport. W lets have a look outside the scenes of the court when the decision wasnnnced. The ruling is a major victory for environmental campaigners. Rolets heara lawyer representing them. The governmentth has tol to go away and think again. They had to do a full andsa pror appr over Climate Change impacts overhe life of the act. Ats a matter for the government. Last yearn the u. K. Gont pledged to make the country Carbon Neutral by 2050. Ercurreny, itional aviation doesnt count toward those targets. This website is from the wwf, a Carbon Footprint calculator. Its is instructive in t regard. Even a serious environmental ridest who vegan, bike to work, but still takes the occasional flight, with not look very green at all. Noe government says it wil appeal the ruling. Here is the transport minister. Any solutions to athrow would a to b industry led. We have said we want to see airport expansion, but of course, critically, it has to match our commitment to the zero carbon by 2050. Ose two things have to get together. They will try to appe l as per thmets from its chief executive. We willee a delay of six months to get through the Supreme Court process. I dont know how long the review wi take. We will work with the government on that. What is clear is it is urgently get along with this. We just startethnegotiations he European Union. We are pitching our future on becoming a Global Trading nation, butro without hea expansion, there will be none. This shows the worlds majo passengers coming through athrow airport. Serving just over 80 million passengers a year. Currently, the airport has to the airporhas two runways, it wants a third. The department of transport says it would boost the economy by 70 billion a year, and thairis where the runway would be. Building it would involve divertinrivers, moving roads, and also building a tunnel to direct the m25 motorway underneath it. From now on, every major Infrastructure Project in the u. K. Could face legal challenge if it does not comply with the u. K. s Climate Change act. For more on how significant this runway potentially could the, here correspondent. Al trade if you ask heathrows boss, he says no expansion, no global britain. It sounds pretty dramatic. Does he have a point . Heow says heats going ahead and that is extra money in the coffers. Towe hav remember,pr everything, ious metals of two turbines, up to a third of the u. K. s exports to countries outside of the eu go through heathrow every day. It is a crucial commercial hub. It has a huge importance, particularly talinng about expatrade. We know it is up to capacity. When you ask business groups, what does this mean if we dont see the expansion . Theyay it could hurt u. K. Competitiveness position, that ey dont get access to those overseas markets, and it could her job creation as well. Of course, these things are never quite clearc studies, on the benefits to the u. K. , its a bit hit and miss what they say. And hugely contentious for the government. Boris johnson said that he would lay down before the bulldozers. I spent the night with boris and John Mcdonald because he was the mp for theng neighbo constituency in 2015, when boris made that statement. I am happy to lie down in front of the bulldozers. Since then, those words would come back to haunt him because the governme has had other ideas when it comes to airport expansion. East africa s been fighting huge invasion of locusts in recent weeks. Experts say thisgeituation could even worse with a second wave of the insects do within weeks. The first generation of custs is now breeding. They are laying their eggs. Ithey will be hatchino nymphs and hoppers. This is the time when we need to control them. Experts say the number of june, due to the rate at whichy these things breed. That is a huge increase on an already massive number of sex swarming across insects swarming across the region. Kenya is suffering the worst locust invasion in 70 years. In uganda, they are in a differencountries altogethe they crossed the red sea from yemen at the end of last year. The program is not just in the middle east. They have spread to asia. Hi pakistan, and emergency was declared earliermonth. Those images we saw in pakistan, there were reports today that 100,000 ducks to pakir an to eat thy through that swarm of locusts. Great story but it is not actually true, as confirmed by a chinesefe por, who was cited in the original report. Rolets speak to seanthe ongovernmental humanitarian organization in can yet. Tell us how bad its in kenya. Hello, everybody. It really is quite. The Biggest Issue right now is these locust infestaons are in those arid lands in kenya where you alreadge have umbers of populations already invulnerable situations in terms of their Food Security. The real issue now is what happens post the infestation, how we think about ensuring the Food Security of many people in these arid lands of northern kenya. Is there any way to counter these locusts . We saw the story about the ducks not true but i sit anyway top them from swelling to such huge numbers . I dont know whether there is ally the opportunity to stop the situation right now. Really, the task at hand is how we work in partnership with the organizations, including the u. N. , to really think about providing suppt isd ance to these commu