On Global Markets amid fears about the Economic Impact the virus could have. Also tonight. Plans for another runway at Heathrow Airport are in disarray after a court says they are unlawful. Reports that at least 3a turkish soldiers have been killed by syrian airstirkes as Government Forces close in on the rebel held province of idlib. Another storm on its way this weekend flood hit communitites on the river severn are told to brace for ten more days of disruption. The pull of having a great team in a great city, i mean, thats tempting for most people. And we talk to David Beckham about owning his first Football Club in america ahead of his teams first match this weekend. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Four british sides were in action in the Europa League tonight, and wolves made it through to the last 16 despite this miss. Good evening. Three more people have tested positive in the uk for coronavirus with Northern Ireland confirming its first case tonight. All of them were infected after travelling to italy or tenerife. Theyre now being treated at specialist nhs infection centres. To date, more than 7,500 people in the uk have been tested for the virus 16 were positive. Eight of them have now been discharged from hospital. But with more cases expected to emerge, the government is set to launch a new Public Health campaign. Fears about the impact the virus could have on the Global Economy has caused markets to plunge today more on that in a moment but first heres our health editor, hugh pym. Another frustrating day for british tourists confined in quarantine at this tenerife hotel. An italian visitor tested positive for the coronavirus on monday. There was confusion when the local Health Minister said 50 britons who had arrived since monday were free to leave. They seemed to have decided not to, as advice from their travel agent and the Foreign Office was to stay put. Meanwhile, a parent at this school in derbyshire who had returned from tenerife tested positive. The school was closed for a deep clean. A local gp practice also asked patients to stay away because of the case, one of two diagnosed in england today. Tonight, confirmation by Northern Ireland Health Chiefs of the first case there. The patient had travelled from northern italy. Public health staff here are now working rapidly to identify any contacts the patient has had, with the aim of preventing further spread. All of that has further fuelled Public Interest in the virus and getting tested. The nhs is expanding the options, including this drive through facility. We were given the first look at how it works. Laura here is a member of nhs staff. Shes going to demonstrate what actually happens. So, she stays in the car, she winds down the window, then two members of the nursing team will come out to meet her. One of them has got the full protective equipment on. Her colleague stands back at a safe distance. Erica, the senior nurse, shows information about the procedure. And then carries out nasal and throat swabs. They are sent off for testing. People are referred here by nhs111 if they dont have symptoms but need to self isolate. They get through 12 tests a day. The aim is to roll out facilities like this across the country. One key question how to protect yourself . The message from Health Leaders is that masks dont necessarily help much. They say that careful hand hygiene is the best way to slow any spread of the virus. A new Public Information Campaign Like this is set to be launched soon. It is washing your hands with soap and hot water or using alcohol and sanitising gels. If you want to sneeze or cough, use a tissue and then bin it. All of these things will keep you and your family safe. So, how prepared is the nhs . Coronavirus pods have been created at leading hospitals to allow safe testing. The nhs111 helpline will be expanded. And, if there are a lot more cases, nhs leaders say hospitals will be able to cope. I know the nhs is busy and we are coming out of winter, but we are well prepared to manage this sort of circumstance. We do it every winter when we know we will see high rates of influenza, for instance. So we have a blueprint to work on. But Health Experts are concerned by the global spread of the virus. One said tonight it was an unprecedented challenge to health systems, economies and societies. Hugh pym, bbc news. Well stock markets around the world have plunged as investors get seriously worried about the coronavirus and the impact it could have on global economies. Its been the worst week on the markets since the financial crisis in 2008. Michelle fleury is in new york. Today has been particularly bad . Yes, this was not a day for the faint hearted, certainly if you ask any trader. From the city of london to wall street, we have seen sharp drops in the prices of stocks. All this being driven by investors who are, basically, pretty worried about what is happening with the coronavirus. Over £150 billion has been wiped off the value of the ftse 100 in the last few days and on wall street we have seen the dowjones industrials of its biggest point loss in history. It alsojoined other markets dropping more than 10 over a period of days and the price of Oil Continues to fall sharply. What is happening is investors are trying to do what everyone else is, and that is to try to predict what will happen next. How far and how fast will this virus spread. The impact on corporate profits could be severe if you start to see offices close. People stop travelling and people stop shopping. We have had a warning from one of the big wall street banks, goldman sachs, saying it could tip the us into recession. Michelle, in new york, thank you. Coronavirus has 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 them in china. Injapan, where theyre preparing for this summers olympics, all state schools are to close for a month in a bid to stop the further spread of the virus. The vast majority of the deaths in china have been in hubei, the province where the outbreak began. Our china correspondent, john sudworth, has been speaking to one doctor has been on the front line 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 total lockdown. Ringing. Hello, dr xie. Hey. In an officially approved interview with drxiejiang. As well as videos provided to us, the bbc has been given rare access to a man on the front line of a war. Which, he says is being won. I came to wuhan one month ago. Patients were pouring to the hospital like a tide. We do not have enough beds available for everyone. I think things are holding up better right now. Wuhan shows what the virus can do to a health system. The thousands of extra beds have begun to make a difference, but there are still major challenges. Im not satisfied with the mortality, i still thing the mortality is really too high. For patients with severe symptoms, the mortality is even higher than sars. Thats the thing we should address right now. This is dr xie dealing with one of those severe cases among thousands in wuhan. No city in the world, he says, would have enough specialist equipment to cope. Even doctors have died, including li wenliang, one of the first to try to warn about the dangers of the virus, only to be silenced by the police. I was very sad when i heard this kind of news. It was really a big blow for us, for the whole medical staff. Do you think china should learn lessons as a result of his death . Absolutely. Information disclosure is really important. I lost five patients in one night, can you imagine that . In one night i lost five lives. I should warn the rest of the world that you guys should take care. Dont neglect this disease. At the end of another night shift, this time dr xie sing a patriotic song. He believes china will win this fight but its one the rest of the world may have onlyjust begun. John sudworth, bbc news, beijing. And you can find out more about the symptoms and how to guard against coronavirus on the bbc news app and on our website. Plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt, after the court of appeal ruled that they were unlawful. In a decision thats delighted environmental campaigners, the court said ministers had failed to take the uks Climate Change commitments into account. The government says it wont appeal the ruling but heathrow says it will take the case to the Supreme Court. Our science editor David Shukman is at heathrow now. David . There have been so many ups and downs in the battle for heathrow and downs in the battle for heathrow and tonight it is not totally clear if the plan for a new runway is com pletely if the plan for a new runway is completely dead, but whatever happens, it is clear this ruling is a very significant moment. For the first time Climate Change becomes a key factor in very big decisions. Not some vague, just in question to be studied for the future, but a real issue that the country is legally bound to address right now. The struggle over a new runway at heathrow has dragged on for more than a decade. Would it cause extra pollution or benefit the economy . The government had supported expanding the airport. But now, the courts have intervened because of Climate Change. In a landmark decision, the appeal court has ruled that because the uk is signed up to the Paris Agreement, a plan to tackle global warming, ministers shouldve considered that when deciding on heathrow. The secretary of state acted unlawfully in failing to take into account the Paris Agreement on Climate Change when deciding to designate the Airports National policy statement in support of the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Cheering. This led to jubilant scenes outside the Court Campaigners delighted that thejudges had recognised the legal obligations of Climate Change. This is game changing, not just for aviation, not just for the uk, but for everybody. The Paris Agreement has teeth. Not everybody believed it, but today they know thats true. What next for heathrow . The judges didnt say that the airport could never expand, but the government has signalled that it will not appeal. That may suit the prime minister, borisjohnson hes long opposed the third runway. I will lie down with you in front of those bulldozers and stop the building stop the construction of that third runway. And his ministers are now saying its not up to them. We do, as a government, want to see overall airport expansion. But i have to say, we are also absolutely determined to live up to our commitments on behalf of this country and the future generations, to have net zero by 2050. And we can do that by having aircraft which fly much more sustainably in the future, and thats why we are investing in them. So, where does this leave the vision for a bigger heathrow . Airlines say theyre extremely disappointed, and it is a huge blow for the Company Running the airport. It will now appeal. Well, well probably see a delay of around six months to go through the Supreme Court process. I dont know how long the review will take, we will work with the government on that. But what is clear is that this is urgent that we get on with this. Weve just started negotiations with the European Union. We are pitching ourfuture on becoming a Global Trading nation, but without heathrow expansion, there will be no Global Britain. Heathrow does play a vital role in trade. The fifth of all uk exports by value are flown from the airport, and its at full capacity. But National Priorities may be shifting. This ruling has implications that reach far beyond heathrow, potentially affecting any major project that could make Climate Change worse. So, plans to build new roads or expand other airports will now all be scrutinised to check if theyre compatible with the countrys plans to go zero carbon. In theory, there is still a chance that the expansion could happen. This saga has had many surprising twists. But without the government fully behind the project, it looks a lot less likely. David shukman, bbc news, at heathrow. Lets get more from our chief Political Correspondent vicki young in westminster. What is the governments position on this . Do they actually wanted to go ahead . It wasnt exactly a ringing endorsement. Grant shapps asked time and time again, is the government still behind a third runway . He talked instead about an overall airport expansion. At least part of that reason is of course because of borisjohnson. He that reason is of course because of boris johnson. He campaigned that reason is of course because of borisjohnson. He campaigned against it for years and opened himself up to the accusation of hypocrisy if he 110w to the accusation of hypocrisy if he now throws the might of the government behind a court case to pushit government behind a court case to push it will pray. I didnt get the impression today talking to senior ministers that they are about to can the project. To push it all through. There will be some very tricky decisions if heathrow were to lose that case, because there are dozens lose that case, because there are d oze ns of lose that case, because there are dozens of tory mps and businesses who think this is vital, especially when it comes to promoting Global Britain post brexit. Dozens of turkish soldiers are reported to have been killed in an air strike in syria, as syrian Government Forces close in on the rebel held area of idlib. Turkey had already been warning that it would take military action if Syrian Forces continued their massive offensive against the opposition stronghold in northern syria. In the past two months, almost a Million People have fled the assault on Idlib Province by Syrian Government troops backed by russian forces. Our International Correspondent orla guerin has sent this report. In the warscape of syria, rebel fighters may be making their last stand. They have retaken this wounded, empty town in Idlib Province, but the assad regime and its russian backers are determined to retake all of idlib. Not if turkey can help it. Its troops are supposed to be observing a ceasefire in idlib. Instead, its losses are growing. Turkeys defence minister told us his battle plans are ready if talks fail to stop the regime. Translation hospitals are being hit, schools and civilian areas. Its notjust the bodies of children under the rubble, its the conscience of the international community. You want a ceasefire and you want a negotiated settlement, but are you really saying sitting here today that turkey is ready for all out war with syria, which were dragged in russia . First of all, we want these negotiations to come to an end and reach a result. That is what we want, and what we are working. So the deadline is no longer this weekend . If this is not fulfilled starting at the weekend, you will see our actions. And as the clock counts down, this is the only refuge for some in idlib. They had to clear out the livestock and the cockroaches before bringing their children in. Nine families live here now. This woman says the only mercy they receive is from god. Like many in idlib, she feels forgotten by the world. Well, tonight we had confirmation of a serious escalation in idlib. The governor of the Turkish Border town of hatay confirmed 22 turkish troops have been killed in the past few hours, ina have been killed in the past few hours, in a strike blamed on the assad regime. Weve been seeing pictures of ambulances arriving at the hospital in hatay, bringing in some of the survivors. Here in ankara, president erdogan has been holding emergency talks with his advisors. So far there has been a comment from him but turkeys losses in idlib have doubled from around 20 to more than a0. There is a feeling with so many dead in a single day that for turkey, this could be a turning point. Thank you. Flood hit communities along the river severn in shropshire and worcestershire have been warned to expect another ten days of difficult conditions. Some have been evacuated as flood defences were either breached or feared to be vulnerable. Our environment correspondent Claire Marshall reports from worcester. Almost two weeks after the waters rose, severn stoke is still an island village entirely cut off by road. This is the fetid, persistent legacy of storms ciara and dennis. Further up the severn, the flood barriers protecting ironbridge warped by the force of the water are stilljust holding. We would like to speak to you before you go over the bridge, if thats ok. Many of those affected are angry that after all this time, borisjohnson hasnt made a visit. But this afternoon, the environment secretary came to the region. These events, sadly, are becoming more frequent. Were seeing more extreme weather events, that is why we need to invest even more in flood defences. Whats happening in the West Midlands is described as a once in 100 year event but its the fourth time its happened since the year 2000. Im standing on the balcony of a hotel in central worcester, and normally id be looking down at the footpath about eight feet below that then leads on down to the river. And now, this is all buried beneath a mass of water. This is what saved this hotel these pumps were put in after the last floods. For People Living beside this river, its now about taking the initiative to adapt. This is where, in 201a, the water levels literally filled the cellar. I was here in waders, and it was up to my stomach. Its ridiculous. Over the last seven months, weve lost the footpath, six, seven times. Its getting 100 worse. The misery is mirrored in sneath in yorkshire. The river aire burst its banks on tuesday. Waters are still rising, and pets and their people were still being rescued today. Tonight in central worcester and across the county, emergency traffic measures are still in place. Ive worked over 30 years in highways in worcestershire and weve seen some floods and some disruption, but i would say this is the worst one. Its testing our resources to get people to the right places at the right time. But we meet that challenge, and we continue to do so. But the challenge could get even harder. Another major storm is approaching and its carrying a lot more rain. So, all eyes are on those forecasts and its predicted now that storm jorge could dump around 30 millimetres of rain on the area where i am standing now in this region. Perhaps more importantly, 50 millimetres of rain in the mountains of wales, and that will take a couple of days to reach here. We hearing tonight of a developing situation in east cowick in yorkshire. A reporter has sent us some pictures. He says homes are at imminent risk of flooding and the fire service is deploying a boat to the area. Water is cascading over one of the raids and is now also reaching homes. Over one of the roads. River levels are rising and in certain parts of the country its looking even more serious than here. As weve been hearing with the heathrow expansion decision, Climate Change is much higher on the agenda and when you are looking at the weather as the climate heats, these kinds of events are likely to become more common, and the people here are going to have to adapt even more quickly than they were perhaps expecting. The government revealed its negotiating position today for trade talks with the eu, warning that its prepared to walk away from the process injune unless theres significant progress towards a deal. Ministers say they wont accept uk laws having to keep in step with eu ones. Our economics editor faisal islam reports. For decades, a car or anything made in the uk and all the parts in it have had full, unimpeded access to the European Union, and the same for a car from, say, germany coming into the uk. All of that underpinned by common standards, regulations and laws, and once brexit takes full effect at the end of the year, this is going to change. Just how much depends on the trade negotiations with the eu starting next week, and today the uk published its strategy. There is some broad agreement. Both the eu and the uk want to do a deal which would continue trade without taxes on their exports, known as tariffs, but detailed disagreement on some key areas. Todays document rejects the continuation of eu rules on support for industry. And it makes clear that the uk expects a decision on guaranteed Uk Financial Services access to the eu byjune. Something already rejected. The government is trying to play hardball with this document, saying to the eu if the citys access to the European Union is not guaranteed byjune one of the least controversial issues, it says then the uk could walk away from negotiations then, and focus solely on domestic preparations for leaving with no trade deal. We want to make sure that we get a good deal, in fact a series of agreements with the European Union. Were confident that we will be able to make progress, but of course both sides will take stock in june and that will be an opportunity for both sides to see if appropriate progress has been made. This Chemicals Company in the West Midlands explained to us last year how it needed to continue testing everything to eu standards. The boss here now accepts that things will change, but is still concerned about not having a trade deal with the eu. Having read the document, i see some very positive sights in that document and there is certainly a degree of regulatory cooperation, as i would see it, which is excellent. However, the idea of not having a deal at the end of 2020 really does frighten me. A brief response from the eus chief negotiator, michel barnier, saying it would stick to all prior commitments. Both sides accusing each other of rowing back from last years deal. The government prioritising sovereignty and full control over demands of industry, which is being told to prepare for changes that will come to its business with the rest of europe. Faisal islam, bbc news. Canada has said it will stop providing protection for the duke and duchess of sussex in the coming weeks when they step down as working royals. The Royal Canadian mounted police have been providing assistance to the couple since their arrival in canada in november. Its not clear who will foot the bill for their security when prince harry and meghan formally step down as senior royals at the end of march. David beckham has a big weekend ahead the Football Club that he now co owns in america, called inter miami, plays its first match on sunday. At times, its felt like an impossible dream. But on sunday, David Beckhams 13 year vision will become a reality. After he surveyed his new kingdom, his mood was one of reflection. And relief. Its been such a long journey that i knew would be worth it in the end. I always knew miami was the city, you know . And the fact that we are now a few days away from starting the season is very exciting. Commentator its beckham, its a beauty back in 2007, when beckham joined la galaxy, his contract included the option to buy a club at a bargain price. It was a savvy move, one his whole family have lived with him. I think theyre just so emotional about the whole thing now. To see what weve gone through over the last seven years, and i think that victorias witnessed that with me and she is. I think shes so proud and also so excited for us. Theyre still putting the finishing touches to their stadium, around 30 miles north of miami, but this is only home for two years while they build freedom park a billion dollar complex. But the miami project has been beset by problems, not least locking down a permanent place to call home. This is the latest venue, a golf course near the airport, but the owners are still wrangling over the lease. They also have no shirt sponsor yet, and are fighting a legal battle with inter milan over their name. But what they do have already is fans. Miami is a cultural melting pot and largely hispanic. Football fans here have been desperate for a club. Nearly 20 years since weve had a team. So, i think people are hungry for it. This is our club. Like, when we go out, its like, oh, im notjust a football fan, im a miami football fan. But, as yet, their club is missing a big name signing. Theres a lot of names that have been thrown into the mix with us. But like i said, you know, if we have the opportunity to bring a big name player, then we would do that. You could just pick up the phone and call ronaldo, surely . Well, i dont know about that, but the pull of having a great team in a great city. I mean, thats tempting for most people. Yes, sun drenched miami sells itself, but beyond the showbiz and the selfies, its results that will ultimately decide whether this dream is successful. Natalie pirks, bbc news, miami. Thats it from us goodnight. Hello and welcome to sportsday im sarah mulkerrins. Your headlines tonight. Its lights out for celtic in the Europa League after a dramatic night at celtic park. Inter miami will finally play their first game this weekend. We sit down with their very excited co owner. Its been such a long journey but i knew it would be worth it in the end, and this is the reward now, this weekend. And great britains Womens Team Pursuit squad were going for gold at the track cycling world championships. Well tell you how they got on in berlin. Hello and welcome along to the programme where its not been a good night for celtic. They are out of the Europa League after a shock last 32 exit at the hands of copenhagen. They lost 3 1 on the night at celtic park, a 2 on aggregate. Elsewhere, Manchester United progressed. Odion ighalo scored his first goal for his new team as they cruised into last 16 at the expense of club bruges. Rob heath watched both games. Celtic had not won a postscript station knockout tie in europe since beating the mighty barcelona way backin beating the mighty barcelona way back in 200a. A win would see them joint archrivals rangers in the last 16 but in a waco gave them a slender advantage before this match. Alas the defending in glasgow put them
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