For which he was impeached. Votes were cast along party lines, with the exception of one republican senator. The president said it was a victory for america, and tweeted this mock up of a Time Magazine cover. Chinese authorities are reporting the biggest single day increase in the number of new coronavirus cases. It total, nearly 25,000 people have been infected so far. There have been 560 deaths, the vast majority in china. And some breaking news the hollywood icon, kirk douglas, has died. Star of spartacus, and many other hollywood epics, he earned several 0scar nominations in the 1950s for both his acting and producing. His son, the actor michael douglas, described him as a movie legend and a great humanitarian. Much more on our website. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. As the coronavirus spreads and of the death toll rises a Global Economic forecast is announced. Trading on all relationship. The uk foreign minister is in australia as britain begins its search for post brexit trade agreements. Good morning, asia, hello, well, it isa good morning, asia, hello, well, it is a thursday and glad you could join us. I am rico hizon. The coronavirus and the world bank says
it will downturn its outlook. The forecast rebounded last month due to easing of trade tensions between china and the us. The who asked for 700 billion to help for the possible arrival of the virus. We arejust 36 possible arrival of the virus. We are just 36 days into the new year and many investment banks and the world bank are downgrading forecasts 7 world bank are downgrading forecasts . But interestingly with an outbreak like this, as much as 90 of the economic damage actually comes from peoples fear of associating with each other. Were talking office and store closures but there is also a growing list of Companies Closing their stores and and it is has become the latest. Adidas. 0ther and it is has become the latest. Adidas. Other companies asking staff to go on unpaid leave in order to cope. Also under pressure from pro democracy protests in hong kong. Let me show you a graph that shows a huge fall in the number of people travelling during the Lunar New Year holiday within china. Basically the number of people had been growing each year but as you can see, this really sharp fall, especially in an and rail travel. Really sharp fall, especially in an and railtravel. Air. Really sharp fall, especially in an and rail travel. Air. The second chart shows how other countries rely on mainland Chinese Tourists. The red shows the Chinese Tourists stop if the number of Chinese Tourists falls, their Tourism Industries will
be affected. Nevertheless, as countries ban chinese passport holders hoping to stop the spread of the virus. In this final chart, the green bit shows how chinese imports amount to. A lack of products from china will be felt. These countries will be affected also from china not buying things. Many investment banks are forecasting growth to fall to as low as 4 in the First Quarter of this year. The uk foreign secretary, dominic rab, is in australia today
making his first trip after the country making his first trip after the cou ntry left making his first trip after the country left the European Union last week. He is on a tour that will also ta ke week. He is on a tour that will also take intojapan, week. He is on a tour that will also take into japan, singapore and malaysia. Speaking to me earlier, oui malaysia. Speaking to me earlier, our correspondent in canberra told us our correspondent in canberra told us about the importance of his visit. In the optics, the messaging its sense. This is a first ministerial trip abroad after the uk has left the eu and it is our first look at Global Britain in action, if you well. The uk sending this message it is out into the world engaging with former big Business Partners on its own now. It is looking for business and looking to make trade agreements. Canberra is the first stop. Boris johnson make trade agreements. Canberra is the first stop. Borisjohnson said reaching a Free Trade Agreement with australia is one of his top four priorities so it is big news for australia as well a chance to get into the uk market when they lost a big chunk when the uk joined the
into the uk market when they lost a big chunk when the ukjoined the eu. Australias b farmers have been constrained about what they can export into the uk because of eu rules. Now they will have a chance to engage. Crucially, diversifying from the asian market. You are speaking about the coronavirus and there are huge concerns about the coronavirus and the Economic Impact and what that will mean about doing business with china so having the uk as an option, a potential option, is quite big news here. Us lawmakers are called for tougher rules for e Cigarette Companies at a hearing on wednesday. They blame for introducing a new generation to nicotine. They had been a ban on fruit and other flavoured
e cigarette linked to health problems. We explain what the band had been in practice. They are not happy about it lawmakers and some in the industry say does not go far enough. This only blocks e cigarette that use pods and Big Companies who are known for having these pod based cigarette they were very popular with teenagers, they have already stopped selling a lot of their flavours back in already stopped selling a lot of theirflavours back in november so some estate, it is kind of too little too late and it does not go far enough. All of these complaints going towards it. Meanwhile, the industry is sang, look, we helped people quit smoking cigarettes and thatis people quit smoking cigarettes and that is important because of all the chemicals that are in cigarettes to begin with so you should not ban us but we need other rules in place. Tesla, one of the best performing stocks so far this year, but
overnight investors slammed the bra kes overnight investors slammed the brakes on its stock price because of potential production he comes in its factory in china. Remember when we we re factory in china. Remember when we were talking about their earnings last week, there was a Success Story about tesla and china. Investors we re about tesla and china. Investors were really excited to see what was happening there. They are starting to worry because the coronavirus because of fears tesla may pull back on some of its production and today, one of his executives said it may have to do that, that orders were expected to come out earlier are going to have to be delayed because of production slowdowns and that has some investors worried. It is worth noting that with tesla, it is having still a meteoric rise. Today was an anomaly. It is not such a sad story for tesla but investors are showing little sign of concern as they are concerned about Many Companies globally with coronavirus. In other
business news apple is exploring plans for another version of the iphone according to a patent filed in the us. It includes a mechanism that would prevent creasing issues, similarto that would prevent creasing issues, similar to devices that have suffered. Foldable devices have had varying levels of success. Facebook to strongly encrypt messages will give offenders a place to hide according to some. More than 100 organisations across the globe have signed an open letter warning the plans will undermine efforts to catch abusers. Have you ever wondered what gluten looks like . You heard about it inbred and often as something that is taken out of bread
to make it gluten free. Some collea g u es to make it gluten free. Some colleagues have been putting this sticky substance to the test by loving it up like a party balloon. Lets watch this. Gluten is a type of protein which is stretchy and traps the gas in the dough and makes it rise. Oh, my gosh. Extensibility, and ability to stretch out and extend and the other
isa stretch out and extend and the other is a necessity which is the ability to spring back and hold its form. It makes your bread he rated so you get bubbles so it is nice and light and it also gives that a true windows. If you did not have gluten in your bread you would end up with something very dense and potentially very flat, more like a pancake. Looking at asian markets. Thank you so much for investing your time with us. I am rico hizon, bye for 110w. This is bbc news. The top stories this hour the us senate has voted to acquit donald trump on all charges of impeachment. In a tweet he has called it a victory for america. In china, the number of new coronavirus cases has seen its biggest single day increase. A conservative mp who was operated on by the disgraced surgeon ian paterson says there needs to be a total recall of all the patients he treated. Rachel maclean has been left with doubts about her health years after surgery. Paterson is serving a twenty Year Prison Sentence for wounding patients, by performing unnecessary mastectomies and other surgeries. Hugh pym reports. Ian paterson manipulated and lied to patients, he broke the rules to carry out inappropriate and unsafe operations, and left a terrible legacy the words of the independent review. But patients, it said, were let down as well by a Healthcare System dysfunctional at every level. Some of his former patients whod suffered from his treatment gathered to hear the review findings yesterday. They were told there could be more than 1000 whod been harmed in some way by paterson. Today, a conservative mp, rachel maclean, revealed on twitter
she had breast surgery for suspected cancer by ian paterson more than a decade ago and still had doubts about it. She told me to review findings had prompted her to discuss it for the first time. Its very concerning, and the reason im speaking out now is because i know there will be so many other people who are left with that doubt in their minds are they 0k, do they need to go back and get checked again to make sure its ok . And i think we do need to make sure that the system is safe for people. Even since i put that tweet out on social media, so many people have been contacting me. Have you had any form of recall by the hospital . Nothing, nothing. At the very least, it would have been nice to know that someone has looked at your case and reviewed it and just offered me that reassurance. I think thats the key for people. The former health secretary, now chair of the commons select committee, said he wanted
the committee to look at improving patient safety. The select committee will certainly look at that, because when you look at the scale of the tragedies in this whole incident, then there is nothing more important for the nhs to address. More than 200 patients and relatives gave evidence to the review, but whats clear is there are potentially thousands still worried about their treatment by the rogue surgeon. Hugh pym, bbc news. Much more on all of our stories on oui much more on all of our stories on our website, including much more on all of our stories on ourwebsite, including more much more on all of our stories on our website, including more on the death of kirk douglas, who has died at the age of 103. I am on social media. Mike embley is here at two. Now on bbc news sport today. Hello, sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. Coming up on this programme Christian Eriksen is officially an inter milan player and he tells the bbc why he wanted
out of tottenham. And talking of tottenham they left it late but did come from behind scoring twice in the final 15 minutes to send mourinhos men into the fifth round of the fa cup. And the Kansas City Chiefs are welcomed home by thousands of fans after sundays super bowl win. Hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start in italy and new inter milan signing, Christian Eriksen, says he was the black sheep at tottenham but insists he had to be honest about wanting a new challenge. The danish midfielder admitted to the bbc that he was looking to leave the premier league side following their Champions League final defeat to liverpool in june last year. If you have a short contract you will be the black sheep, you will be the guy who and of course they did the guy who and of course they did the interview. I was very honest. I thought i had to be honest. I didnt wa nt to thought i had to be honest. I didnt want to hide stuff like a lot of players do stop and of course they
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