Hello and welcome to world news today. Around 400 people from the us have been evacuated from the quarantined cruise ship, the diamond princess, near tokyo, which has been hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus. A us Health Official says a0 americans have tested positive for the virus and will stay in hospital in japan. But its not clear if they are newly detected cases. The evacuated americans and their families left the yokohama port on buses, headed for the airport where two Us Government chartered planes were waiting for them. Earlier, the japanese authorities said a total of 355 people who were on the ship have tested positive for the virus. From yokohama, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. Now calling only those american guests from emerald deck. For the americans, at least this is the moment that for many could not come soon enough. On the dockside, the buses lining up, ready to take them to tokyo airport and an evacuation flight home. In the last two days, there has been a steady stream of ambulances removing infected passengers from the diamond princess. 70 new cases were confirmed aboard the ship today alone. When i got through to americans gaye and phil courter in their cabin, they were frantically packing, more than eager to get off the ship. Saying from day one, i do not feel safe on this ship. I dont know how more of us who have been sitting here for 12 days arent getting contaminated, but something is going wrong. This is a failed quarantine. It is very clear from the statement that the Us Government has made that it is worried the quarantine on board the ship is not working and that its citizens are in danger. And thats why it has decided to take them off. Several other governments have now followed, including canada, hong kong and taiwan. So the pressure is really now on the British Government to make a response. United kingdom. From his cabin, britain david abel has been using social media to express his feelings at the British Governments perceived lack of action. It feels that we have been forgotten, that you dont really care about us and that youre actually not wanting us to come home. At tokyos Haneda Airport tonight, the us chartered planes touched down. The american evacuees now face a grueling flight and another quarantine. But those we spoke to say they prefer that to spending another day on a ship where they do not feel safe. The american plan for bringing us nationals home from the diamond princess cruise liner was outlined by dr anthony fauci, director of the Us National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases well, 40 of them have gotten infected. They are not going to go anywhere, theyre infected. They are not going to go anywhere, they re going infected. They are not going to go anywhere, theyre going to be in hospitals in japan. People anywhere, theyre going to be in hospitals injapan. People who have symptoms will not be able to get on the evacuation plane. Others are going to be evacuated starting eminently to air force bases in the United States. If people on the planes start to develop symptoms they will be segregated within the plane chemist is a very firm plan this 747 thats going to take these passengers now who have been there, if you want to stay in japan passengers now who have been there, if you want to stay injapan for a last chance would be to get on the plane and leave. Or if you come back to the United States are still subjected to a 14 day quarantine. Not every american on board the princess diamond accepted the offer to be evacuated. Matthew smith is one who decided to stay behind. American medical personnel came through the ship, they knocked on our door, and started to ask us questions, and my wife told them we are not leaving. And the officer asking the question was a bit surprised. But there is no attempts to convince us to leave, theyjust asked us why and we explained it, we we re asked us why and we explained it, we were concerned about the conditions of the evacuation with the Us Government believing apparently that the quarantine we have been in so far was ineffective, they decided nonetheless to put all of the americans being evacuated together onto ten coaches at onto two aeroplanes back to the United States in clearly non quarantine conditions, so in fact if people have acquired the virus whether before or after the quarantine they are now put in a very bad position of communicating that to others. And we we re of communicating that to others. And we were frustrated that the quarantine we have done so far here according to the requirements of the japanese officials were not going to mean anything because theyre putting the americans into 14 more days of quarantine. Turning now to china where the government has further tightened controls on movement in Hubei Province. 60 Million People have been told to stay at home unless theres an emergency. And the use of private cars has been banned indefinitely. Hubei and the city of wuhan have been hardest hit by the outbreak, which has now claimed 1,665 lives in mainland china. However, the government has announced a drop in new cases for a third consecutive day and says it is controlling the spread. Lets speak to professor Robin Shattock from imperial colleage london who is leading a Research Project to develop a vaccine against covid i9. Thank you very much forjoining us. First of all, what do you make of what china is saying about it having this under control and saying that it has seen a drop of the last three daysin it has seen a drop of the last three days in new cases . I think we need to be cautious about the numbers that are coming out. Obviously a continuous drop that would be a good thing, but you have to remember that the whole system is probably overwhelmed with trying to identify these cases and trying to confirm this infection. And we still dont know whether this is just possibly taking off in the province, or whether they may be an upswing in other areas of china. So i think any protection right now would be u nsafe. Protection right now would be unsafe. Are you satisfied with what china is doing at the moment, are you happy with what theyre trying to do to contain this . I think they are trying to do something that no other country could possibly do anyway. In terms of shutting down cities, reducing travel, whether that ultimately is enough to stop the virus from spreading or whether its just buying the world extra time to be prepared should the virus spread to other parts of the world. Lets turn to japan, talking a lot about the ship and the quarantine situation there. What do you make of what passengers are saying about how they dont trust the quarantine system there, they dont feel safe and the americans now flying their citizens home, and people are talking about the virus potentially spreading through the air conditioning, what you make of those claims . I think its difficult to make a firm judgement on that, its unlikely its being spread through the air conditioning system because we know that this virus appears to be spread by droplets rather than by an aerosol. And droplets usually are not spread a great distance, i will say thats probably unlikely. But i can imagine its unsettling for the passengers on the cruise ship and given the americans move im sure that there may well be plans being drawn up by the uk, im not privy to that but i would anticipate at least there will be more information for all of the passengers on board that ship. Just before i let you go we have to talk to about the search tea m have to talk to about the search team developing a vaccine, and how is that going and when can we expect to see it . We are working as fast as we possibly can, we are one of the number of groups around the world and to groups in the uk, the other group is an oxford trying to race against the virus to get one available, but vaccines are a slow process , eve n available, but vaccines are a slow process, even though we are doing it faster than before one thing that one has to be really careful about is to make sure that these are safe and that they really work well before they are introduced on a widespread use. I think the earliest that anyone is going to get there will be the beginning of next year. That seems a long time off, but this virus may potentially still be an important threat and its important to have the insurance policy should this become something that becomes a perennial problem to the world that we have something that we can then put into action. Very good luck with your work, thank you very much for talking to us. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. Hundreds of people in lebanon have been rushing to buy plane tickets after several Major Airlines said they would only accept payment in us dollars. The change will be imposed from monday and includes the state owned Carrier Middle East airlines. Lebanon is in the throes of a financial crisis. The French Health minister agnes buzyn has replaced president emmanuel macrons original candidate for mayor of paris, who was brought down by a sex tape. Ms boo zun said she was out to win next months election. Parts of south wales and england have endured flooded homes and streets and landslides, after storm dennis brought heavy rain and strong winds to much of the uk. Hundreds of Flood Warnings and alerts are in place across the country. The adverse weather has affected scotland and parts of Northern Ireland too. But south wales has borne the brunt of the storm with a Major Incident declared by police. Hundreds of people were moved from their homes in the village of nantgarw near cardiff from where tomos morgan sent this report. A consequence of it denniss wrath. A consequence of it denniss wrath. A landslide like the rest of the south wales bearing the brunt of the latest storm to hit the uk. Just north of cardiff many of the residents here will never have witnessed anything quite like this. Their road has been turned into a river, cars submerged in a storm dennis. Just north of cardiff over a hundred homes have been ruined by the rain. Rescue services have been here since 5am to a residence from their home to safety after storm dennis wreaks havoc across south wales. Several other communities in wales. Several other communities in wales have also needed Emergency Services to help to safety. 40 residents here were evacuated in the early hours, this exact same street was hit in 2018 after another storm. It was clear after the met Office Issued its highest red warning for rain this morning that the welsh valleys would be suffering, and around lunch time a Major Incident was declared across south wales. Around a third of the flood alerts across the uk are in wales as for the warnings for the rain and wind many in place until this evening. Last week it was keira, this week its te na nts last week it was keira, this week its tenants and the effects of undoubtedly been worse here in south wales. Its also been very windy across the uk. Have a look at these pictures of an airbus 380 plane landing at heathrow airport. The pilot does a sideways manoeuvre because of the strong crosswind but manages to bring it in safely. Storm dennis has also been wreaking havoc in the western french region of brittany. Thick sea foam was seen flying around while some brave surfers were spotted enjoying the waves. Storm dennis also hit ireland on saturday night, with winds of up to 120 kilometres. And the west coast of sweden has seen heavy rain and extremly harsh winds. Syrian state media have reported that Government Forces backed by russia have seized most of the rebel held province of aleppo. In another major gain for the assad regime, russian warplanes mounted heavy air strikes in the area bombing towns some of which were later seized by iranian backed troops, according to activists. Earlier on sunday, turkeys foreign minister said he warned his russian counterpart that attacks on syrias now last remaining rebel stronghold of idlib must end. Mevlut cavusoglu met Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on saturday, as the Syrian Government has been intensifying its military campaign in the northwestern province. Tensions have recently been on the rise between the two countries, which support rival sides in syrias bloody civil war. Mr cavusolgu said i have met with Sergei Lavrov and said the aggression in idlib should stop. And, we should establish a permanent ceasefire. A turkish delegation is set to visit moscow on monday for further talks. Meanwhile, on the ground in northwest syria, hundreds of internally displaced men, women and children are staying in makeshift camps hit by cold weather and heavy winds. Thousands of others have fled the russian backed offensive towards the turkish border, struggling to find shelter amid harsh winter conditions. Stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. South koreas inbee park wins the womens australian open. Thats her 20th lpga title. This is bbc world news today. The latest headlines the United States has evacuated several hundred of its citizens from the quarantined diamond princess cruise ship off japan, after a big rise in onboard infections. And china has imposed fresh travel restrictions in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Afghan security ministers are due to return to kabul from the Munich Security Conference to discuss the final arrangements for a partial truce agreed between the taliban and the United States. The taliban are also expected to make contact with their fighters in advance of an initial seven day reduction in violence. Our correspondet kasra naji has the details. They expected Peace Agreement between the United States and the taliban has been one of the issues raised in this hotel behind me during the Munich Security Conference that has just ended. A spokesman for the afghan president told me that the details of the Peace Agreement, the agreement between the United States and the tele band will be announced as soon a few days. The agreement envisages a few days. The agreement envisages a seven day reduction of violence by the tele band followed by a period of ten days before afghans various parties in afghanistan will begin peace talks. A comprehensive peace talks that will and 20 years of work within the tele band and central Government Forces. In agreements that will allow the United States to withdraw substantially as forces from afghanistan. The president says he and the United States are on the same page on this although he seems a bit sceptical, but he seems and says he and his government are willing to give the tele band the chance to prove that they are resolved or peace in afghanistan. With me to talk about the prospect of peace is former afghan deputy cultural minister zardasht shams. He has also served as the deputy ambassador to pakistan. Thank you very much for coming in to talk to us. As we were hearing that we dont have many details of this just yet but what is your assessment of these developments so far . Just yet but what is your assessment of these developments so far7m just yet but what is your assessment of these developments so far . It is significant as a development. In the past 40 or 50 years the soviet invasion of 1979 followed by the withdrawal and then followed by the play civil war and then the agreements, and now we have this possible thing. This will lay out the future of the afghan government, and the system that will govern afghanistan. So there is optimism among people and people are highly helpful all though at the same time theres huge skepticism and cautiousness of what will happen, still its in black and white and what exactly is going on between the us and the tele band, because now these problems will not be solved by these problems will not be solved by the us withdrawal and the tele band with what their demands are. As we understand were going to have a seven day reduction of violence but then thats our different groups within afghanistan and they have to get together and talk of these are groups of been fighting each other over the past 40 years. So its an incredibly difficult process to come even after these initial steps. Of course. It is the very clear viewpoints of agenda and its not very clear with the strategy is come up very clear with the strategy is come up with the us withdrawal and prisoner release and violence against the taliban, theres going to be some sort of arrangement with the us and the tele band, but what about the people . Like the significant political people of afghanistan, the Political Parties and the challenging part is that because of why the taliban is fighting against the afghan government. If we set aside the other forces they are still not going to have a cease fire with the government. If we even know that well talk directly to the afghan government. And they should. The ultimately should. Because theyre going to live in afghanistan. And what will be the system of government in afghanistan because the taliban stick to the sharia law, but the Afghan People and masses they have other forms of government. Its from before when the crisis started in afghanistan, a very popular set of government in afghanistan. Yes, its a hugely coveted situation and thank you so much for coming in. Ben has all the sport. Hello. England skipper eoin morgan feels there is no limit to what his side can achieve after producing a remarkable run chase to win the t20 series decider against south africa. England were set a mammoth 223 to win in centurion with Heinrich Klassen top scoring with 66 offjust 33 deliveries for the home side. England raced out of the blocks in their reply, jos buttler and Jonny Bairstow both passed 50 to keep england up with the huge run rate. Despite a mid innings wobble, eoin morgan equalled his england record with 50 offjust 21 balls as england reached the target with five balls to spare for a five wicket win. Morgan won player of the match and the series. There is a lot of cricket to be played and particularly a lot of tests a nd played and particularly a lot of tests and one day games, but again our main focus is going to be on the t20 our main focus is going to be on the t 20 world cup, getting experiences like this out of the guys and trying to get on top of teams and almost trying to replicate a little bit of what we are going to be exposed to in australia, so its good to be difficult to do at times but our minds are certainly fully focused on that. In the premier league, arsenal beat newcastle 4 nil to give mikel arteta only his second win as manager. All the goals came in the second half to lift arsenal into the top half of the premier league. Abaumeyang, lacazette, pepe and meszut ozil all found the scoresheet at the emirates stadium. Spurs snatched a late winner at aston villa to go fifth. 3 2 the final score with song heung min scoring in the fourth minute of injury time. He also scored a rebound from a first half penalty that was only awarded due to the video assistant referees involvement. It left villa boss dean smith distinctly unimpressed 42,000 fans here today and that anybody in the stadium thought it was a penalty. It goes to another sterol environment. It takes two minutes, the criteria i was told was quite clear and obvious. Obviously not. Let them walk across to the monitor and look at it and go yeah, i made a good decision, let us play on. Plenty of action in europe too. Juventus have gone top for the time being after being brescia 2 nil the late game sees inter milan looking to return there. A promising start for inter with ashley young finding the back of the net first the first time in rome, but lazio have turned it around in the last few minutes and now lead 2 1. Wins for fiorentina, parma and napoli elsewhere. A shock in spain perhaps. Real madrid went behind at home to celta vigo. Celta took the lead. Toni kroos has equalised for madrid. And ramos hasjust scored a penalty with real now leading 2 1. They were level on points with barcelona at the start of play. Sevilla missed the chance to climb into the top four, held at home by espanol. Three goals in the opening 12 minutes pushed Bayern Munich back to the top of the bundesliga. They were 4 1winners away at cologne. Captain manuel neuer says they should have scored more too. Mainz schalke ended goalless to basketball, as the nba commissioner, adam silver has revealed that the all star mvp trophy will be dedicated to the late, kobe bryant who died in a Helicopter Crash last month. The award will be presented to the most valuable player at the end of sundays nba all star game in chicago which tips off in around three and a half hours. Silver knows itll be a very special moment, for whoever wins the prize. There is one Additional Special honourfor kobe we there is one Additional Special honour for kobe we are now announcing, youre probably wondering what this object is next to me, that we are. We are renaming our all star mvp trophy to the kobe bryant mvp award. This trophy will be presented at the conclusion of tomorrow nights all star game and under will be especially meaningful to that player that wins the first kobe bryant mvp. Thats all the sport for now. Thanks very much. In case you missed the invite, the party is in venice. The annual carnival is under way in the italian city. It was a flying start for the festivities today as a young venetian performed the flight of the angel. Italian actor linda pani described the performance as extraordinary and said she felt the wind, the sea, and the earth as she glided her way to st marks square. Revellers also parade the citys streets in period costumes. The carnival season lasts about two weeks, culminating on the day of carnival or shrove tuesday. You can reach me on twitter im lucyegrey. Hello there, storm dennis had been bringing significant disruption to parts of the United Kingdom we have again had strong winds bringing large and bettering ways to the coast, but its the rain thats been causing the major problems, we have had 169 mm of the last couple of days of the parts of the beacons and all that rain, over a months worth as an falling off into the river valleys. No it got a severe Flood Warning in force on the river. For the east we have a severe Flood Warning and we got several severe Flood Warnings between ludlow and ernest and worcester. Severe Flood Warnings continue to be a problem. Aside from those major warnings we have over 300 and force elsewhere in the uk. And for some communities the flooding could continue to get worse before it gets better. Even as the rain becomes less intense. Storm dennis has brought all these problems in the final swansong as it passes the poster north of scotland isa passes the poster north of scotland is a swathe of powerful winds havent been on this way the powerful winds commitments conceit top cuts of around 75 mph and strong after being disruption as we head into monday morning across the north of scotland, but otherwise for the rest of the uk its a blustery day, day of sunshine and showers and some of the showers will have hail and thunder mixed in with them, and certainly the strong winds will continue to make it feel a little on the cool side, with temperatures between eight and 11 celsius and feeling cold in the wind. The week ahead, we are going to see an u nsettled ahead, we are going to see an unsettled week in mild days interspersed by cooler days, the milder weather and only quite changeable day by day. Now for tuesday looking at a trough moving its way eastwards across the uk and now we will bring some heavy showers on sub on tuesday. The showers could be the heaviest across england and wales. For the northwest is that trough moves through a transcoder in scotla nd trough moves through a transcoder in scotland and Northern Ireland and in the north of england. To purchase here around six or seven celsius. Hes quite out from the time of the night and looking at the next area of low pressure pressure from the west. This will bring the a band of rain that will into Northern Ireland and eventually much of scotland and wales and england, and as that with the front pushes through eventually the front pushes through eventually the weather will turn milder later in the day. Across western parts. Thats your brother. Weather. Hundreds of american citizens have been rescued from a ship injapan. 355 people have now been infected on the diamond princess. China has tightened restrictions on people in Hubei Province as it continues to battle the coronavirus. Many people have been told to stay at home u nless have been told to stay at home unless there is an emergency. Senior afg ha n unless there is an emergency. Senior afghan officials are due to return home from the conference to discuss a truce agreed by the taliban and the us. And hundreds of flood alerts remain in place in the uk as a flood
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