Hello to you. We start in china, where casualty figures from the coronavirus are still climbing. Authorities now say at least 630 people have lost their lives and the number of people infected has spiked more than 30,000. Its now been confirmed that a doctor from wuhan, who was among the first to warn publicly of the emergence of the new virus, has died from it in hospital. He was 3a and is being hailed as a hero on chinese social media. As authorities across the region scramble to contain the virus, the bbcs Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. This is what happens when fear takes hold. Shops in hong kong today were being cleared of rice and toilet paper as rumours swirled of a complete shutdown of the border with Mainland China. Out in hong kong harbour, a huge cruise ship, the virus possibly loose on board. Several passengers have tested positive and no one is being allowed off. From his balcony, hinsley lee can look out at his home town but cannot go there. Translation i am nervous but the only thing we can do is stay in our cabins and be careful. Hong kong has now at least five cases of people with the coronavirus who have not been to Mainland China and have not had any apparent contact with people from Mainland China. Also, three of them live in the same place, that is this building behind me here, and that may be the first indication of what is called community transmission. That is the virus passing from one person to another here in hong kong. Experts here say they are now not optimistic that the virus can be contained and that a full pandemic may be on the way. Not so, according to the Chinese Ambassador to london, insisting china has the situation under control. It is our hope that the governments of all countries, including the uk, should understand and support chinese efforts. Respect the professional advice of who, avoid overreaction, avoid creating panic. But at the same time, from wuhan, pictures the like of which we havent seen in generations stadiums, gymnasiums and conference centres all being turned into fever centres, so desperate is the shortage of beds for the sick. By phone, i managed to talk to a young woman in wuhan who described to me the stress of not knowing what is really going on and what to believe. Translation we dont feel safe. We dont know how the virus is passed from one person to another. But we cant stay at home all the time, and we dont know when this will end. We dont know when we will be able to return to normal life. Thats very stressful. There is some good news. These are patients who have recovered leaving hospital. Tonight we learned the virus killed this man, dr li wenliang. In early december, this brave wuhan doctor had attempted to warn authorities about the spread of a dangerous new virus. His warnings were ignored. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. There are many countries around the world which would find it difficult to tackle this virus if it reached them, with extreme poverty, and limited access to quality healthcare. Doctor chris alliance, is president of the Global Development divions of the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. He explained why. Its important to recognise when there is emerging infections like this, every country in the world needs to prepare and as we learned in 2014 15 with the Ebola Outbreak, that the countries with weak Health Systems suffer the most and the places where people are in extreme poverty and 85 of the worlds People Living in extreme poverty live in sub Saharan Africa and south asia and while we havent seen cases there yet, we need to be prepared and so the bill and Melinda Gates foundation, we are working closely with the africa centres for Disease Control to prepare, to help strengthen the ability to detect, isolate and treat patients should this infection arrive in those very vulnerable countries. And of course, Chinese Workers have such a huge presence. Is there concern people who travelled back home for the Lunar New Year are coming back to places they worked across the continent, perhaps bringing the virus with them . Well, i think if you look at the global patterns of trade and travel, people travel everywhere, from many, many places and so right now, the efforts are to isolate and contain this infection. China is making some heroic efforts to do that. Weve already seen infections however and 25 other countries so the countries in sub Saharan Africa and south asia need to be prepared for this infection so having the ability to detect and identify and isolate and treat those patients, should they have this infection, is quite important. One of the things weve seen is when there is an emerging infection, it puts tremendous stress on the Health System. Back at the Ebola Outbreak five years ago, we saw the Health Systems not only were stressed by ebola but that many children died from measles, many women died in childbirth because of the disruption of the Health System so investing now in preparedness and the resiliency of those Health Systems is quite important. Lets round up quickly some of the days other news for you. A german state premier of elected on wednesday with the help of votes from the far right party afd has resigned to allow fresh elections. The election of Thomas Kemmerich in the state of thuringia prompted national outrage. Chancellor Angela Merkel called it unforgiveable and said it must be reversed. During gear course criticism. Syrian Government Troops have retaken the strategic town of saraqeb in idlib, the last rebel held province. According to state media, armour units have started clearing the town of mines. Its forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes. Four days after the chaos of results from the Democratic Caucus in iowa, finalfigures are in. The party has confirmed that former mayor of south bend, indiana, Pete Buttigieg has defeated Bernie Sanders at the start of the fight to defeat donald trump for the presidency. Tom perez, head of the democratic party, has asked for the caucus to be rerun. President trump has been celebrating his acquittal by the us senate, saying he went through hell during his impeachment. During a long statement full of vitriol and resentment, he claimed hed been vindicated. Laura trevelyan reports. Hail to the chief plays at the National Prayer breakfast, the newly acquitted donald trump was in no mood for brotherly love or turning the other cheek. As everybody knows, my family, our great country, and your president have been put through a terrible ordeal by some very dishonest and corrupt people. The president set about the business of score settling, reserving particular scorn for senator mitt romney, the lone republican who voted to convict him, citing faith as a factor. I dont like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong. House speaker nancy pelosi, who tops the president s list of enemies, fired back. I thought what he said about senator romney was particularly without class. Hail to the chief plays later, at the white house, the music was the same and the president used his victory lap to drive home the message. We went through hell, unfairly did nothing wrong, did nothing wrong but this is what the end result is. Cheering and applause and mr trump listed his grievances, portraying his impeachment as a continuation of the scrutiny he has endured for three years. It was evil, it was corrupt, it was dirty cops, it was leakers and liars and this should never, ever happen to another president ever. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you very much. No contrition from President Trump today but he faces re election election in november and sees his acquittal as a powerful tool President Trumps administration has claimed that Qassim Al Rimi has died. He said he died in an counterterrorist operation in yemen. He says the killing brings the us closer to eliminating the threats posed to National Security by alqaeda and other groups despite several attempts by special forces, Qassim Al Rimi had alluded capture by five yea rs. We had a relatively short statement from the white house that does not contain details. There had been reports for the past week or so about this counterterrorism operation in yemen but the statement does not really clarify when it happened other than to say that it was carried out under the orders of President Trump three was eliminated, to use the words of the statement. He is a significant figure and has been involved with al qaeda for several decades, initially in afghanistan and for the past five years in yemen leading this particular group that is considered by the United States as one of the most deadly groups within al qaedas global network. As far as we can tell this is a confirmation, this is absolute fact. In these situations it is always difficult to get well, the statement is categoric, it is clearly not introducing doubt. The only doubt is the fact that it is rather short of detail as to exactly where and when this happened. Perhaps those details will come out in the coming days and weeks, perhaps there has been a verification process going on between the time we had initial reports about this and the statement coming out from the white house now. The final few lines indicate the thinking of the president and clearly this is the message to the American People, the political message if you like. He says we will continue to protect the American People by tracking down and eliminating terrorist who seek to do us harm. Somejust some just published Scientific Research says that bumblebees are being killed off in europe and north america. By comparing data from last century with this one, scientists estimate almost a third of the population has died off in about 25 years. Bumblebees are seen as critically important for ecosystems pollinating huge numbers of plants in many different parts of the world. Lets get more now from the lead researcher on this project paper, a phd student at the university of ottawa. Thank you very much for your time. This is an astonishing rate of change, isnt it . Thank you for having the first of all and it really is quite drastic. When we first got the numbers, i couldnt believe them. I probably had to run them. I probably had to run them seven times to make sure they were right because they we re they were right because they were really quite terrifying when we first looked at them. And just a bit of really basic information if you could. There are many different kinds of bees in different kinds of umbel bees. Actually across the world, there are almost 300 kinds of bumblebees that fly around in different spots. They each have a different function but each of critical pieces in their own way for ecosystems. Is there anything to be done here about this . So one of the things that our Study Suggests actually is what is causing these bumblebees to disappear, these bumblebees to disappear, these extremes in climate. When we get these heatwaves that umbel bees cant take that heat and someone the things we can do, its as simple as going into your garden and putting a little structure in or a refuge for bumblebees. This can be Something Like leaving a log on the ground a piece of litter or a tree, somewhere them to keep some shade. What is it that makes bumblebees in particular so makes bumblebees in particular so subside the book . That is a really great question. Susceptible. They are adapted to colder environments, they come out early in the springtime, they stay out really late into the fall because they are so big and fuzzy, they can create a lot of heat and this helps them kind of move around and do what they need to do in these colder temperatures but it means when these really hot extremes and heat come, they are pretty poorly suited for dealing with that heat. Its great to hear about things that individual people can do but it sounds as if that kind of help will be pretty small scale. Are there bigger things that can be done to avoid what looks like a mass extinction . Yeah, i mean definitely, the first thing is, these are Climate Change related extinctions in a lot of places so the first thing we need to do is starting to get a handle on initials emissions and taking serious action against Climate Change. How optimistic are you . Well, i think to be doing this kind of work, you have to be optimistic. There is a lot of things we can do at every different scale, whether its tackling Climate Change or kind of designing different ways we can use land or different agricultural practices to be more be friendly so theres a lot of things we can do and a lot of things we can do and a lot of things we can do and a lot of things we are interested in helping bees and other animals so im pretty helpful. Hopeful. Ithink animals so im pretty helpful. Hopeful. I think this paper gives us a lot of tools to help us gives us a lot of tools to help us be hopeful for the gives us a lot of tools to help us be hopefulfor the future. Do stay with us. Much more to come including this, automation nation. How the bartenders in japan this, automation nation. How the bartenders injapan are being replaced with robot. This is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. After his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of Ayatollah Khomeini on iranian soil. South africas white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. And the anc leader, nelson mandela, is to be set free unconditionally. Four, three, two, one. A countdown to a critical moment. The worlds most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once. And apart from its power, its this recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of a launch, that makes this a breakthrough in the business of space travel. Two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. One of them called it a piece of cake. Thousands of people have given the yachtswoman Ellen Macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non stop. Welcome back, good to have you with us on bbc news. The latest headlines for you its been confirmed that li wenliang, the chinese doctor who first confirmed the coronavirus in wuhan and tried to alert authorities, has died. Donald trump has accused the democrats who brought the impeachment charges against him of being corrupt and dishonest. Christina cook is back on earth after a record 328 days in space. Before leaving the iss she tweeted how she would miss the exquisite duty of our planet. She had a particular perspective on it, of course to she orbited more than 5000 times. Here is a science correspondent. You are a record holder, you are so pleased to be back on earth. After nearly a year on the iss she is glad to be home. Sliding off the space capsule that brought her back she is getting used to the earth gravity after being in space for so long. Earlier, there were hugs with the crew as they said there good eyes. She returned on the sawyers with two other crewmembers. Her stay is just 12 days short of the all time us record set by scott kelly in 2016. Before setting off, during a live link up setting off, during a live link up with the iss, she had this to say about her historic achievement. For me it isjust all about the honour i feel to follow in the footsteps of my heroes and hopefully i can make it about paying homage to them. They are the ones who pay the way for us to be where we are today. I also look at it as an opportunity to inspire the next generation of future explorers. Among those heroes was valentina, the first female cosmonaut in 1963 full early in the soviet space programme. She did not get a second mission. Five years ago at an event to unveil her space capital at the Science Museum in london she told me it was because of sexism by her superiors. Translation we had been preparing for a female flight but it was a decision not to risk the life of women because one of the women in this peace corps had already had a family. We were against that decision. We were against that decision. We were against that decision. We were talking about it and indeed we were writing to the Central Party committee disagreeing with that decision. Even now, 90 of all those who have been in space have been men. Men and women are just as capable of being astronauts. All astronauts should be chosen for their Mission Based on the skills and qualities that they have an gender is not one of them. Late last year, christina soyuz was involved in another piece of history as she took pa rt piece of history as she took part in the first all female spacewalk in more than 50 years of space travel. Nasa plans to send astronauts back to the moon within the next three yea rs. Moon within the next three years. Christina koch is among the favourites to be the first woman to set foot on the moon. Live now to washington, dc to speak to a planetary scientist. She works with planet labs. Great to talk to you. This should not be unusual, should it but it is. It is a big deal. It is. We have sent almost 600 people into space at this point and only 10 of those have been women. But those numbers are changing and we can see it in things like the current nasa astronaut class which has gender parity for the first time. It does look like things are Getting Better in terms of women in space. And there was nonsense at one point about there not being enough space suits for women and she spoke movingly for what an amazing thing it was to have two womens voices on the channel at the same time and how unusual that was. It was also powerful that she got to do it with one of her closest friends which i think helped that moment resonate with many people. Before that moment it was completely palpable. Her enthusiasm is infectious. Definitely. Her speciality and special interest is in mars and thatis special interest is in mars and that is the next big challenge. It is. That is the next big step beyond trying to send people back to the moon and the next decade. We have been there before so our next big exciting thing will be sending people to mars. How realistic is that . How soon is that like to become a reality . Elon musk hopes to send people by the middle of the 20 20s which i think is overly ambitious. But nasa plans to send people in the early 20 30s and that is a more realistic timeline. We have a lot of the technology we need to get there but there are human fact is we do not yet fully understand. We have had help with research on the International Space station having people level continuously for 20 years but we never send anyone beyond that other than brief trips to the moon. So we need to do a few more studies on that before we can be sure we can send humans to mars and return them safely. It seems to some extent that men and women are differently affected by space travel. There. There are some effects that have been shown to be more extreme for mail astronauts and for female. Some of that may also be a sample bias because we just have so many more men than women in space. That is Something Else that we will really need to understand to see if they are actual differences or if we just have not sent up enough women to see those biological changes. Thank you very much for your time. The decades now we have been warned about the potential perils of automation and rapid technological advances leading to people being replaced by robots in the workforce. If you think this is a phenomenon devoted only to manufacturing or heavy industry, think again. Injapan, robots are getting everywhere. When it comes to bartenders, this is probably the sort of thing you have in mind. Smartly dressed, skilful and attention to detail. Experts in libation and lubrication. But this is a bartender of the 21st century. A repurposed industrial robot ready to take your order. Translation there is a Labour Shortage problem in the restaurant sector and we installed this to solve the issue. In addition to that, we hope to create a system where humans and robots can work together. This particular robot is nothing if not versatile. It can pour you a beer in a0 seconds, makes you a cocktail inside one minute and can also chat about the weather, reading its customers expressions using Artificial Intelligence software. For some, it is even better than the real thing. Translation dealing with people can be a hassle. With this you can just come, get drunk and go home. Each robot costs around 80,000, roughly equivalent to the annual salary of three human bartenders. So come in, take a seat. Let mr robot pour you one for your baby and one more for the road. Talking of technological advances, lets leave you with these pictures. This is the titanium tabby. Found on the streets of a siberian city in blistering cold, his paws were frozen. He would have been the latest victim of the unforgiving winter had he not been found by volunteers brought to a pioneering russian vet who fitted him with prosthetic paws made of titanium. Clearly still adding used to his new pins. They were fitted using a similar technique to dental implants for people. There is much more on all the news for you at any time on the bbc website. You can reach me and the team on twitter. Hello there. We have got some very windy weather on the way, and the wind will ramp up day by day. On friday afternoon we could get gusts reaching 50 or 60 mph in western scotland toward the end of the wind becomes much more extensive on saturday affecting all of scotla nd saturday affecting all of scotland and Northern Ireland and the wind will be stronger as well, potentially reaching 70 mph, damaging disruptive gusts of wind. Voices become. Sunday sees the arrival of dorm ciara. And the peak gust could reach 70 or 80 miles an hour, damaging and disruptive gusts of wind around the corner. We have some patches of frost around at the moment but increasingly as the breeze picks up across Western Areas that will tend to lift the temperatures and that is how we start the day on friday. Youll notice sunshine on the charts but for Northern Ireland through the afternoon clouds over with some patches of rain getting in here and that the same time we will see the wind strength and in western scotla nd strength and in western scotland and eventually reaching 50 or 60 mph in gust as we head through the letter pa rt as we head through the letter part of the afternoon towards the evening. Through friday night this band of rain will be pushing its way eastwards across the uk, quite a windy night across the whole of the country, honestly did the rain eases to showers later on. Given the strength of the wind, relatively mild night with temperatures no lower than around 10 degrees in norwich and london. Onto the weekends fun and games, saturday, a bright start to the day with some sunshine but the wind sta rts some sunshine but the wind starts to pick up as this band of rain blows into Northern Ireland and scotland. Gust reaching 6070 mile an hour snow on the hills scotland and some disruption to transport for these areas. With those winds it will start to feel a bit colder. The worst is to come. On sunday as store ciara arrives of the atlantic, here is ciara and it is bringing notable zones of strong wind across the country. The first, across the country. The first, a band of rain, a cold front had on and ahead of the front we will see the wind peak, quite squally indeed and then another zone of strong wind on the southern flank of low pressure. The wind will be nationwide, potentially disruptive and just about anywhere but the wind could peak in excess of 80 miles an hour and that is what we are worried about because that will bring some transport disruption, particularly on sunday and we could also have some power cuts sunday and we could also have some power cuts as sunday and we could also have some power cuts as well as trees are blown over on a few power lines. That is your weather. The latest headlines from bbc news its been confirmed the chinese doctor who was one of the first to raise concerns about the coronavirus outbreak has died of the illness. Li wenliang has become a hero in china for his early warnings. He was summoned by police at first and told to stop spreading rumours. President trump has lashed out as the senate rejected moves to impeach him. He described impeachment is a terrible ordeal claiming democrats were corrupt people who are trying to hurt the nation. The white house is claimed that us forces have killed the leader of alqaeda in the arabian peninsula. In a written statement, mr trump said Qassim Al Rimi, who has led to the group since 2015, now on bbc, its time for panorama. Tonight on panorama, with homelessness on the rise, growing numbers of people are being housed in converted office blocks. Owned by private companies, rooms are rented out, notjust by councils. Youll have ex offenders, Charities Housing tenants there who have just come out of prison. We go undercover to investigate the reality of life in one office block conversion. Yeah