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At Heathrow Airport are in disarray, after a court says they are unlawful because expansion didnt take climate commitments into account. Finish the lyrics tell me something, girl. Are you happy in this modern world . Or do you need more . Wow keep going. Plus, from the london tube all the way to hollywood how one viral clip changed the life of a singer from essex overnight. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay at the whitehouse with Christian Fraser. The who says the world must act now to stop the coronavirus. A new case has emerged in california with no apparent links to china. There are two new cases in the uk. Financial markets are tumbling, again. And around the world, everyone is asking, how worried should we really be . According to donald trump, not very. He says america is ready and is downplaying the threat. That, by the way, was a similar to the position taken by president moon of south korea when he said, just two weeks ago, that the virus would soon disappear. His country now has the most serious outbreak outside china. Trying to get a reliable assesment of this threat isnt made any easier when leaders either arent on top of or perhaps transparent about what is going on. Heres what we do know from our correspondents around the world lets start injapan where the Prime Minister has called for all Public Schools to close from monday. The number of cases injapan is now well over 900. Now, most of those originated on the diamond princess cruise ship, which is still moored up down the coast of yokohama, some 700 or so cases originating there. What is worrying the japanese government are the separate cases which are springing up and growing all over japan, but mainly in the Northern Region of hokkaido, nearly 200 people have tested positive. Countries like kuwait, oman, bahrain and iraq have also reported a number of coronavirus cases in the last week have all placed those cases to iran. Traced those cases to iran. The citizens or the residents that were based in these countries have travelled to iran for religious travels, and that is the reason why they are seeing a sudden spike. Saudi arabia clearly does not want to take any chances, that is why they decided to suspend the religious travel at least for the time being. The 11 towns affected by this outbreak are still in quarantine. But places like milan, which are not in quarantine at all, are suffering. Hotels, cafes and restaurants are not doing big business, and the authorities here have issued a video saying that the city is open for business. Schools, universities and museums, however, remain closed. This is a time that is uncertain for everyone, and there are fears that italys economy could be tipped into recession because of this. So thats where we are today. Compared to other recent epidemics, the fatality rate of coronavirus Infectious Disease 19, is significantly lower than other global epidemics. The 2012 mers epidemic killed 34 of people who caught it. The 2002 sars outbreak killed 10 . The 1918 flu had a fatality rate of only 2. 5 . And theres covid 19 down atjust 2. 3 . Which sounds reassuring except the 1918 flu was the most dangerous it killed 50 million people. And thats because it spread further and faster than the others. Which is the big fear about todays epidemic because its spreading at the same as the 1918 flu strain. Joining us now for more is the former director of the us centers for Disease Control and prevention, tom frieden. Thanks very much forjoining us. Can you outline for us, because i think theres a lot of confusion everywhere around the world what you see as the best Case Scenario with this coronavirus, and what you see as the worst Case Scenario . Well we dont yet know how infectious it is and how dangerous it is. At the best Case Scenario, it is not that infectious and not that deadly. In that scenario, we would see clusters or outbreaks that could be stopped after weeks or months, then it would go away. We dont think that is likely any more, because we are seeing this continue to spread in many places, spreading explosively in many different situations, in a church, a shop, or health care settings. This looks pretty infectious. How far and wide it will spread . Only time can tell. But unfortunately we seem to be in the calm before the storm in most places of the world. In terms of how fatal or deadly it is, as you said, it is less deadly than sars, but we dont know how much less deadly. We are seeing case fatality rates, the portion of people who die from it, of less than 1 in parts of china, outside of hubei province. But even 196 outside of hubei province. But even 1 is quite high, if you have something that spreads to hundreds of millions of people. So it is too sooii of millions of people. So it is too soon to say how bad it will be. It is not too soon to prepare for the worst Case Scenarios, because by doing that we can reduce the impact it will have. So theres been some hope that this virus, flute type virus, by the spring when the weather gets warmer would proceed or disappear. At the 1918 flu, the spring outbreak, then it died away in the summer, then it re emerged just as deadly in the autumn of 1918 and into the winter. When will we know whether this is a virus that will go away when the warmer weather kicks in . We will know when it happens or doesnt happen. There is iio happens or doesnt happen. There is no way he predict with confidence what will happen in terms of the weather with this virus. There are other coronavirus strains that have a winter peak and a summer peak. With influenza, we know that in tropical climates, it continues all year long. It is notjust a winter virus. But this is unprecedented, we have never had a newly emerging respiratory virus spreading around the world. We continue to learn more every day and sometimes every hour. The more we learn and the more we know, the more we can do to protect people by encouraging people to wash their hands, covertheir people by encouraging people to wash their hands, cover their costs, people by encouraging people to wash their hands, covertheir costs, not go out if theyre sick, by preparing the Health Care System to search safely, to care for people, and by getting governments to invest. We will either pay out or pay a lot more later in lives and in money. When i listened to the British Health secretary, you get a sense of how difficult every government is finding it. In how to advise people in their own countries, overreaction has its costs. It costs on livelihood and the economy, but you look at the example of china where these extreme measures appear to be working . They are working so far, but what happens when china releases its clamp down on people staying at home . There are hundreds of millions of people who have stayed at home for the last month. You cannot continue that forever. That still has value because it buys time. It buys time to prepare Health Care Systems to invest in new programmes, to train people and educate the public. But that is only useful if you use the time youre buying to prepare more. That is why i think it is so important that we invest in preparedness now not only in things we can do today, but also the us, there is a supplemental budget appropriation. That is very close to important to watch. Globally, we need to think about why we are so underprepared. It is inevitable that this will be a pandemic and that there will be future epidemics and pandemics. What is not inevitable is that we continue to be so underprepared. Thank you so much for joining us. To that question you are just asking tom about what happens in the summer, what will be interesting to watch is that case that they have in brazil. Because it is summer, it is hot, and the Brazilian Health secretary was saying yesterday that we will see how it copes with these temperatures, because we not seen that in many other countries where it is taking hold. And also to the point about whether people are prepared, are people mental dust mentally prepared to be stuck in quarantine . We dont know what it means for families and cant do macro quarantine, will the kids have to be in one room . Who looks after them for two weeks . They are not aware of what it means for them. The other thing i was reading on my way over here, i had lots of time to read, is there is a cube shaped to this disease. Usually it is the vulnerable that pay the price. Young people who dont have a very good immune system and older people who are frailand immune system and older people who are frail and elderly. With this, you dont have that because kids are recovering. It is sort of like not a u shape, why do you think that is . We dont know, there is some speculation in china that older people, particularly older men who smoke a lot, have compromised lungs already by the age of 50, and that might be why you are seeing that higher mortality rate related to china. In china, women smoke less which is why they are getting killed less by it as well. We will have more on the coronavirus later in the programme. For decades, uk industries could sell their products to countries within the eu with no restrictions. In return they accepted eu standards and laws as well as Free Movement of people. Once brexit takes effect at the end of this year, that will change. But by how much will depend on trade negotations that start next week between both sides. Today, the uk published its strategy following the eus earlier this week. There is some broad agreement. Both the eu and uk want to do a deal which would continue trade without tariffs. But there are significant disagreements, too the uk says it wont continue abiding by eu rules on support for industry. The eu meanwhile has rejected the uks demand to have the same kind of access as canada does to european markets. Lets speak now tojoe owen, Brexit Programme director at the institute for government. He joins us from westminster. Ive had a quick look at what is in this publication today, and the Prime Minister is pretty explicit that if it doesnt go in the right direction or he doesnt get what he wa nts, direction or he doesnt get what he wants, hes ready to walk . There wasnt a lot in the content of the mandate that was new, it had been direct fared over the last few weeks, via his europe adviser, david frost. But it was saying if we havent made progress byjune, the uk would be prepared to walk. I think it is slightly over blowing to say the uk is therefore really dialling up the pressure on the eu for that meeting because the reality is they would need a deal done by september just to finish is they would need a deal done by septemberjust to finish the ratification before the end of the year. So it is kind of a statement of fa ct year. So it is kind of a statement of fact to say that if they havent progressed through the noncontroversial issues by that point, it looks like we are probably heading towards that direction. Sol think theres a lot of posturing here because the uk governments reveal preference has been to say they are prepared to walk away. But a lot of it actually is probably just stating the obvious. Just to clarify, do we know if a no deal at the end of 2020 would be the same as ano the end of 2020 would be the same as a no deal in the autumn of last year . Would they look the same and impact the same . The short answer is probably yes, there will be similar. There will be areas covered by the Withdrawal Agreement that will be the exception. The rights of brits in europe and eu citizens in the uk would be protected, the uk would continue to pay their outstanding budget constitutions and their debts that was agreed in the financial settlement. The big difference really is what happens on the island of ireland where no deal wouldve been felt most acutely. That shifts the checks that wouldve sat on ireland undera no the checks that wouldve sat on ireland under a no deal last year which now exist in the irish sea. What happens to dover and calais, law firms, Financial Service firms, all those implications would be the same in december largely as they we re same in december largely as they were for october last year. The difference being theyve had a little bit more time to prepare. The 1. I little bit more time to prepare. The 1. 1 would make is that actually, a lot of what is proposed in this deal is not much more of an advantage on no deal the one point. Areas where the uk say they are happy to pay for this on wto rules in this area. For businesses, the big change that will happen at the end of next year could look very similar deal or no deal secular theres been lots of sparring on both sides already, which you would expect at the beginning at the beginning of an negotiation. But i am curious about Michel Barnier says about the uk sticking to the declaration. We were telling viewers all last year that this was the non legally binding pa rt this was the non legally binding part of the agreement. The Withdrawal Agreement is legally binding, we signed up for that, but the political declaration was more ofan the political declaration was more of an aspiration . Thats right. I think the political declaration was always seen more in the eu as a tool to help the uk sell the Withdrawal Agreement domestically. If you rememberat the agreement domestically. If you remember at the beginning there was this big argument about sequencing and the uk paying its money, but what would he get in terms of the trade agreement . Thats what the political declaration was before, sketching out the future, it was never meant to be a solid framework. And if you go back and look at it, it really is quite vague and i think the uk government would have a case evenif the uk government would have a case even if they were pushed to say how does this really reflect the political declaration to say the political declaration to say the political declaration to say the political declaration was broad enough that we are in the same sort of territory here anyway. Thank you very much for that. This International Trade secretary was meeting with the us trade envoy, what do you make of that . White i thought we were supposed to be at the back of the queue . Plans for an expansion of one of the worlds busiest airports, londons heathrow, have hit some turbulanceafter a uk court ruled the proposal doesnt take into account britains commitment to cut Greenhouse Gasses. The uk government has approved the building of a third runway at heathrow. But the court decided the plans arent in line with the countrys commitment to the paris climate agreement. You might remember the paris climate pact commits most of the world to limiting Global Temperatures from going higher than two degrees above preindustrial times. Environment groups say Heathrow Airport is already the uks largest Single Source of Carbon Emissions even without the expansion. But the uk government wants the new runway, saying it will boost the wider economy by up to 78 billion. So what are the Global Implications for this Court Decision . Dr margaretha wave rinka sing is an International Public law expert at leiden university, shejoins us now from the hague. Thank you so much forjoining us. Are there lessons that you can draw from other cases that are ongoing around the world from this uk court ruling . While there are lots of climate case is going on at the moment. Right now there are about 1400 44 cases that have been decided that are pending, including some that are pending, including some that rely on the paris agreement. And in those cases, the judges will certainly look very closely at this newjudgement certainly look very closely at this new judgement from the certainly look very closely at this newjudgement from the uk court of appeal. So it is a case modelled. By appeal. So it is a case modelled. By environmental groups and citizens in belgium. We got your back, we will persevere with the line. Its not great, but well keep going. How do you think this will affect Public Policy making in European Countries in particular . The paris claimant agreement, some of them said they these were aspirational targets. Now a court says you have to stick to these targets. So governments will have to sit up and take notice, wont they . The implications are huge, simply because there is such an enormous gap between what the science tells us to do, which is reflected in the goals of the paris agreement, on the one hand, and what they are doing on the other hand. We know we need to travel less. 0k, doctor, thank you so much for joining us, although heathrow plans to appeal this decision, rival airports might be quietly happy with it all because of cake. So grateful has the ceo of the dutch airport been over previous years to the repeated holdups, that he took to sending Heathrow Airports ceo a cake every time there was another delay to its expansion just to say thank you. How many k because he sent . Its been delayed and delayed we got a ca ke been delayed and delayed we got a cake every time you relate to the studio . I would be very fat. Heres the cake schiphol sent to heathrow back in 2015. There have apparently been seven of them all equally large and ornate. We did contact the dutch airport to ask if theyd be sending an eighth cake after todays news. They responded via email to say theyd noted the courts decision and would be leaving it at that. At some point it is rubbing it in. We were told the european. When it comes to airport, we can have lots of cake. You just cant eat it. We just cant eat it. Lets look at some of todays other news. In india, the first funerals took place in delhi today for some of the 37 People Killed in three days of violence amid protests over in india, the first funerals took place in delhi today for some new citizenship laws in india. The un human rights chief has expressed concern about accusations that the police failed to protect muslims and their homes and businesses from hindu mobs. From delhi, our correspondent rajini Vaidya Nathan reports. Open your eyes one last time, a mother screams to her son. The panic of riots has turned into the misery of grief. The last rites for this man a muslim, just 27, a father of two. Today, mourners thronged outside his home. Earlier in the week, there were mobs. Witnesses say he was shot in broad daylight as he went to buy food for his children. Translation we dont know where the bullet hit him. There was a lot of firing. The police were not helping us. They were with the mob. The death toll is rising, after days of riots between hindus and muslims. And the pain is all around. It began with protests over the governments citizenship act escalated. The law which offers amnesty to Illegal Immigrants from nearby countries excludes muslims. For the families of those who lost their lives, the horror continues. As relatives gather here at the mortuary, they say they still dont know when the bodies of their loved ones will be released. 85 year old akbaris family are still waiting to bury her. A mob torched her home herfamily were trapped on the rooftop. She couldnt escape. Translation they have burned the entire house. Ive got nothing left. I dont know what to do any more. Her house still smolders. And while theres an uneasy calm across the city, the fear of more violence lingers. Rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. That situation doesnt look like its getting better. Something to watch. The uk government has pledged an extra £236 million to tackle rough sleeping, alongside an urgent review into the issue by a former homelessness tsar. The new funding will go towards accommodation for up to 6,000 rough sleepers. It comes after bbc Research Revealed rough sleeping was five times higher than the official figures suggested. China could deploy 100,000 ducks to neighbouring pakistan to help tackle swarms of crop eating locusts, according to reports. Pakistan declared an emergency earlier this month saying locust numbers were the worst in more than two decades. An agricultural expert behind the scheme says a single duck can eat more than 200 locusts a day and can be more effective than pesticides. I bet you didnt know that. Who knew . Last week, a man with a camera stopped a complete stranger on the london tube, stuck a microphone in herface, and asked her finish to sing a lady gaga song. Instead of avoiding all eye contact and walking straight past as londoners usually do in such situations charlotte awbury went along with his request. Finish the lyrics tell me something, girl. Are you happy in this modern world . Or do you need more . Wow keep going. Wow, youre really good, keep going. I love it, i love it social media loved it too, and did what it does best. Turned her into a overnight sensation. She went from 10,000 followers on instagram to half a million in a week. Last night, she even showed up in america on the ellen de generes show. Im off the deep end, watch as i dive in ill never meet the ground. Crash through the surface, where they cant hurt us were far from the shallow now. So if so if i had come to you with a microphone and told you to belted out, what happens . Shes Pitch Perfect i thought it was a stunt but its not. Apparently he spent two weeks, the guy who filmed it, went round London Underground and tried to do this to hundreds of people was up i dont know what you wouldve done, but i would not of belted out a lady gaga song. You mightve song because there that kind of person. I dont think it wouldve gotten me to the ellen show. So it was not a stunt apparently, they had never met and he tried it with lots of people. Most of them said no, because she sings at weddings, shes a cover artist. Not be more her dad a lwa ys artist. Not be more her dad always said to her, take every opportunity that you have to sing, and so she did there on the london tube. The rest is history, thank you very much. Good on her. It is kind ofa very much. Good on her. It is kind of a sliding doors moment. |j very much. Good on her. It is kind of a sliding doors moment. I am horribly tone deaf, i would not have song, i dont pretend that i can sing. Ill sing to you later. Please dont. This is beyond 100 days from the bbc. Coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news philadelphia becomes the first city in the us to provide opioid users with Safe Injection Sites, where they can be medically supervised. We speak to the philadelphia mayor. And David Beckham returns to the pitch this sunday but this time as a club owner. His inter miami will be playing in los angeles. Thats still to come. Good afternoon. Whilst some of us saw the first snowfall of the season earlier on today, the emphasis now on terms of the Weather Forecast will be in more rain and strengthening winds into the weekend. We have a ridge of High Pressure with us now, so it quite into the day certainly compared to how we started the day. Quite a lot of blue sky and sunshine out there, someone wintry showers out across northwest england, 6 9dc so it feels fairly chilly out there. Things turned quite cold once the sun sets into this evening and overnight, we keep the clear skies in the east so this is where temperatures will fall to the lowest. Some i see this in the east, further west we have a cloud and rain moving in. Travel may well be disrupted once again through friday and into the weekend. We have accommodation of more heavy rain on the way and some stormy conditions. Storm jorge, named by the spanish meant service, approaching into saturday. This area of low pressure is associated with storm jorge. It will bring some heavy rain through the course of friday, we see the rainfall pushing its way west to east across much of the uk. Turning to snow for the Higher Ground of Northern England and scotland, so temperatures here for five celsius. A further south, the contrast is much milder up to 12 celsius. Not good news for the areas already impacted by those floods. We have more rain on the way, there could be about 40 60 mm, it may be even more across wales in Northern England. Through the weekend, storm jorge, this area of low pressure to the north of the uk is bringing some very strong winds across all areas through the course of the weekend. The main band of rain clears away quite quickly on saturday, left with heavy showers and thunder. Temperatures 6 9dc but feeling colder, and i think the strength of the wind will be really noticeable over night into sunday, as well. Through sunday, therell be some dry weather with wintry showers across parts of scotland, slowly through the day the winds will start to ease away. But it will feel chilly. 10 celsius, feeling colder in the strong winds. Storm horror high on the way this weekend, bringing wind gusts up to 65 70 mph, particularly around the hills and the coast. Bye bye. This is beyond 100 days. Im katty kay and Christian Fraser is with me in washington. Our top stories. Governments in asia, europe, and the middle east all announce new measures to contain coronavirus. The World Health Organization says the fight has entered a decisive phase. The uk uses a new way of testing for coronavirus as italy has three more deaths. Coming up in the next half hour, philadelphia becomes the first us city to allow safe drug sites. Well speak to the citys mayor to find out if this decision is enough to get Illegal Drugs off the streets. How many Vladimir Putins does it take to run russia . The answer is one, but the president does say the idea of double was on offer. The World Health Organization today had a stark warning for countries battling coronavirus. If they act aggressively now, they can still contain this outbreak. They can stop people getting sick and save lives. If they dont, it could be too late. In fact, just as we came on air, the first case was confirmed in northern ireland, taking the total number of uk cases to 16. Worldwide, there have been more than 82 thousand cases and more than 2800 deaths. In japan, all state schools are to close for a month in a bid to stop the further spread of the virus. In china, the vast majority of the deaths have been in hubei, the province where the outbreak began. Our china correspondent, john sudworth, has been speaking to one doctor who was 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, doctor. Hey. In a rare officially approved interview with this doctor, as well as videos provided to us, the bbc has been given unique access to a man on the front line of a war. One he says is being won. The patients were pouring to the hospital. We do not have enough beds that are 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, its too high, for patients with severe symptoms, the mortality is even higher than sars virus. That is what we should address right now. This is dr xiejiang dealing with one of those cases. With the virus attacking the lungs, no city in the world he says would have enough specialist ventilators to keep thousands of such patients alive. Even doctors have died, including this man, 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 . 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 xiejiang sings a patriotic song. He believes china will win this fight but it is when the rest of the world may have only just begun. John sudworth, bbc news, beijing. Now for the first time, a patient in california has contracted coronavirus with no clue as to where it came from. The patient didnt travel anywhere known to have the virus and the patient wasnt exposed to anyone known to be infected. The governor of california, gavin newsom was just speaking about the situation. We have been in Constant Contact with federal agencies. We have history and expertise in this space. We are not overreacting, nor are we under reacting. To the understandable anxiety many people have as it relates to this novel virus. Lets cross now to capitol hill and speak to democratic congressman from california, raul ruiz, who is also a doctor. Thank you very much forjoining us. Lets talk about that case because its getting a lot of attention here in the states today. Why are people looking at this as something new . Well, were looking at this as something important because most of the cases that have been diagnosed here in the United States are from travellers from outside of the country. The fact that this is to an unknown transition which very well may have been a person to Person Transition where we have no clue where they got it from is a new episode of the virus spreading within the United States. So thats why its important that they do the Contact Tracing as rapidly and thoroughly as possible. Contact tracing as rapidly and thoroughly as possiblelj Contact Tracing as rapidly and thoroughly as possible. I guess this is why the who said they are in this decisive phase of the virus and government have to act swiftly. Do you think the Us Government is acting swiftly enough to try to contain the outbreak here in the states . Contain the outbreak here in the states . Well, heres the good news. The good news is weve only had 16 cases. Theres been no death and theres possibly three person to person transmissions, so right now, the damage is very, very low. However, what concerning is that its not a matter of if, its a matter of when this virus spreads. When you hear makes messages and discrepancies within the administration from the leaders were supposed to be in charge, it doesnt bring much confidence in their ability to efficiently prepare for this. Mixed messages. If we dont explain to the American People what to do in case this get out of control, then were not really preparing the American People. So what we want to do is to ensure that people understand that this virus, we can prevent this virus from spreading if you wash your hands repeatedly. Dont sneeze or cough on people and make sure you keep an eye on the most vulnerable, which are those with illnesses, those that are the elderly, and start making local plans within your homes, within your schools, within your counties, preparing for the worst but working for the best. Thats the motto, thats what we should be aiming for, and lets get it done. This is becoming intensely political now. We have Mike Bloomberg out with a new attack ad. Hes criticising the president. The president in turn, he said democrats were trying to use this to attack him. At some point in the next few weeks, theyre gonna have to agree a budget in congress. Can they do that . Can they get the president to sign it was green yes, i believe he will sign it. This my prayer was to help them get their act together for the health and safety for the American People. Whats important is the health and safety of the American People. However, it is important to point out the facts that president trumps proposed budget cuts 700 million in the cdc. Hes fired experts in this realm, hes left very important pandemic experts within the National Security Council Positions a very vacant, and he expanded the office of pandemic response. These are decisions that have not helped in this case. What we need to do is we need to be straightforward, we need to provide a robust funding package, but you cant just find this function. You need to find a functional system thats coordinated, thats efficient, that educates the American People, is honest, consistent, that is not alarming but at the same time as smart in preparation, because when you try to figure it out during an epidemic, youre too late. Right now, we havent reached that threshold, but we very well could, so lets take the time to prepare in our homes, our schools, our governments, our states, to make sure that were prepared to minimise or innovate the amount of harm this will do to the American People. You area will do to the American People. You are a doctor and a politician. You are a doctor and a politician. You are ina are a doctor and a politician. You are in a perfect position to tell us whether we should be nervous. How worried are you . Listen. I am making the preparation. The best thing to do about anxiety is to feel empowered and in control. I learn and im studying about the virus. Im educating people, im having discussions with my wife. If this spreads and we need to do voluntary quarantine with our children, i have 25 year old girls, 25 year old. What we do if a parent needs to stay with the children. Its good to have these conversations so that we are prepared. Thats where i am at right now. Looking around to see the vulnerable individuals in the communities that will need special attention. Its time to talk to the Health Care Systems in the community to determine if they have a plan for quarantine, for identification, isolation and containment within your location. Also to have enough support improvement within a community. Thank you very much for joining us from california. Im not having those conversations, but maybe we all should be. With what about mike thence . They have a big Health Care System in indiana so they have worked in this capacity. Its not unusual. He didnt accept that smoking killed. I think his main role was to make sure. Philadelphia has become the first us city to offer opioid users a safehouse where they can inject drugs. The idea of the Safe Injection Sites is to get heroin, fentanyl and other drugs off public streets and into medically supervised facilities. There are more than 100 sites in operation around the world but this is the first in america. Philadelphia follows vancouver which has a safe site that has administered more than three and half million drug injections and responded to more than 6,000 overdoses. No one has ever died there. Were joined by now by the mayor of philadelphia jim kenney. He isa he is a supporter of it. Tell us about the situation in your city. Why do you support it . We had 3500 people over the last three years die of Overdose Deaths of opioids or heroin and fiddle them. What we need to do is keep people alive so they have the opportunity to get better. We had a 31 year old yesterday who died ofa we had a 31 year old yesterday who died of a Drug Overdose apparently. We could have been inside that facility, being monitored intended to when he overdose. I know its not a pretty subject and i know its not something people like to talk about, but our major responsibility as a city is to do Harm Reduction and make sure people can survive so they can get the training and supervision and help they need to rid themselves of this disease. Thats the issue in america, its not looked at as a disease. It looked at as some type of human failure, and thats why people reject common sense ideas on how to address this problem. Is interesting because in my country scotland, theyve been talking about this. Drug consumption room, interestingly, the government doesnt support it, so we have the minister responsible for crimes saying these rooms are a distraction and what is needed is a more assertive approach to tackling drug use. What do you say to that . Well, we try to lock our way up out of the crack epidemic back in the late 905 and 2000. All they did was inca rce rate and 2000. All they did was incarcerate all generations of people, destroy families and never put a dent in the problem, sol dont think Law Enforcement alone is the answer to this problem. This is a disease that people have and they need to be treated as the patient5 that they are in order to come out the disease and make sure people get better. How much political opposition have you got from the administration over this . I know the Justice Department has caught your safe site in illegal activity . Weve gotten pu5hback from our attorneys andi gotten pu5hback from our attorneys and i understand their point of view. Im not necessarily arguing with them directly. The issue for me i5 with them directly. The issue for me is that the 500 de5k5 have taken place in philadelphia in the past three years, because of overdose mostly. Three years, because of overdose mostly. 500 three years, because of overdose mostly. 500 deaths. We have a re5pon5ibly a5 a government to say peoples lives while they tried to get them into the appropriate rehabilitation. If they shoot up in an alleyway or at home, like this young man yesterday, or they shoot up young man yesterday, or they shoot up someplace we cant see people, they die. Once theyre dead, recovery is on us. Im intrigued how it works. Does the drug control room supply the drug . The Staff Members administer it or are theyjust there in case the need for recovery . Just explain a little bit how it works inside the unit. What ive seen in toronto and vancouver is the person them5elve5 bring5 toronto and vancouver is the person them5elve5 brings the drug with them. They inject the drug them5elve5. There are clean needles and sanitary conditions, and if the person overdose is, there are medical people there to revive them with a drug that will bring them back. At the same time, the interface with profe55ional5 back. At the same time, the interface with professionals that give them counselling a5 interface with professionals that give them counselling as to what they can do to get off the drug and where they can get the help that they need. So it really is more of an interface with each other so that we can get people on the right path. Again, if youre in a dark alley somewhere and you inject and die, your life is over and we cant 5ave you. Mayor of philadelphia. Thank you. Mayor of philadelphia. Thank you very much forjoining us, mr mayor. Its a radical move, but when you have that many people dying under streets, you feel like you have to try and do something. This is beyond 100 days. Still to come, recycle, reduce and reuse. The ban on plastic bags is about to take effect in new york, but is the state ready to make the transition . Flood hit communities along the river severn in shropshire and worcestershire have been warned to expect another ten days of difficult conditions. Some people have been evacuated as flood defences were either breached or feared to be vulnerable. Heres our correspondent claire marshall, reporting from worcester. Almost two weeks after the waters rose, severn stoke is still an island village entirely cut off by road. This is the fettered, 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. Locals have been angry that no government minister had come to the region. This afternoon, the environment secretary visited shropshire. These events sadly are becoming more frequent. Were seeing more extreme weather events, and 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 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 2014, the water level5 literally filled the cellar. I was here in wader5, and it was up to my stomach. Its ridiculous, because its getting worse. The misery is mirrored in snaith in yorkshire. The river aire burst its banks on tuesday. Waters are still rising, and pets and their people were still being rescued today. Here in worcestershire, theres been a welcome window of calm. But a lot more rain is forecast for the weekend. New york starts banning plastic bags on the 1st of march, joining california and hawaii in cracking down on year. It estimates a 12 Million Barrels of oil used to make them. And endangered species, the plastic bags. Many americans started using them in the 1980s, but with the band starting in march, all new yorkers will have to bring their own Reusable Bags to the Grocery Store or else pay 5 cents. There is no recycling, theyre just taking or else pay 5 cents. There is no recycling, theyrejust taking up space in landfill. Have the stuff you buy is made out of plastic that holds the flute. It doesnt make sense. I see youre ahead of the van was green ive been using it for many reasons. This company is giving away Reusable Bags to any customers that spend over 25. He says some will find it inconvenient. How may people use those every day, people use them for trash bags and their bathrooms. Not all plastic bags are banned. Those used for prescription drugs, for takeout food, are exempt. That will limit the effectiveness of the van and reducing plastic waste. A new York Recycling plant, one of the aims of the laws to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. The Plastic Industry has fought the van and clean it wont address the problem of plastic weight. Claim. It will not have a Significant Impact because 90 of the pack sick going from the oceans comes from Southeast Asia and africa. As new yorkers prepare for the ban, this company has decided to turned their bad into collective items. Theyre good for other things. When you do your study on this, its not true. Theres a bigger Carbon Footprint for paper bags and plastic bags because you have to carbon mass, you have to put water into it, chemicals into it. Its expensive to transport, so its not the answer. One back for life thats the answer in my opinion. Its been seven tricky years in the making but this weekend a Football Team co owned by David Beckham will take to the pitch. Inter miami will play their opening match in Major League Soccer on sunday in los angeles, and they have big ambitions, as our Sports Correspondent Natalie Pirks reports. 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. The russian president putin has decided its time to put to bed once and for all rumours that he sometimes employs a body double to avoid having to make public appearances in person. Its one of various conspiracy theories that have circulated about the russian leader over recent years, others focusing on his changing appearance and his long gaps from public view. In an interview with the state run tass news agency, putin acknowledged that the idea of using a body double had been recommended to him by his advisers when he became president , but issued a flat out a denial that he had ever done so. Id love of the body double. Can you imagine two christian freighters. We will see you monday. Claimant the story is all about the rain in that transition takes place during the course of tonight and tomorrow. High pressure before of our before our next weather front. The we could see a smattering of snow on the hills as this next weather system to starts to arrive. I had of that, its cold. It will be cold and frosty, given that it has been slow down. More rain is due through friday and that will just keep rain is due through friday and that willjust keep coming into saturday, so some areas could have 24 hours of wet weather. There are warnings enforced, and facts its been named storm jorge. This is the first weather front on friday. Storm jorge. This is the first weatherfront on friday. As storm jorge. This is the first weather front on friday. As that low escalates, it wind itself up. Its a position tool for damaging winds. It looks like the transition, because there could be a smattering of snow over the hills. It might last longer for Northern England and scotland but primarily, it will turn miler. That will determine the fact its a wet day. Cloudy and grey. It will stay cold across scotland but eventually, we are getting into the milder air. More rain comes through friday night into saturday and then ta kes friday night into saturday and then takes its time to clear. Once that clears, it will turn colder again and then saturday night into sunday is then when we see the escalation in the wind. Back to saturday, a wet start for many areas right across the country than a brief spell of dry weather as that low pressure moves in. It will turn Cold Saturday afternoon and theres chance for wintering us. s. A windy evening and night to come as you can see. 6070 and night to come as you can see. 60 70 mile an hour winds as we go into sunday. The low is starting to pull away and we see that escalation in the wind strain. Question mark as to whether this comes in, but it looks like a drier day away from northern scotland. Still with some snow, but a drier day. We will be keeping an eye on the storm. This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 8pm. Three more cases of coronavirus are confirmed in the uk, including the first in northern ireland. They are all receiving specialist care. The governments decision to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport is ruled unlawful by the court of appeal. It is fantastic results for us and for that claim eight and defeat a great day for anybody who is concerned about climate change. We will be appealing to the Supreme Court and rethink the Appeals Court got it wrong, however at the same time we will work with government on their review. The uk threatens to walk away from post brexit trade talks with the eu, if theres no progress byjune. Ten more days of difficult conditions are predicted for parts