Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Im glad you could join us. Its 1am in london, 9am here in singapore and also in beijing, where chinas leader has made a rare public appearance to highlight the governments efforts to fight the coronavirus. Speaking to medical workers, xi jinping called for more decisive measures to combat the outbreak. The latest figures released in the past hour by chinese authorities put the total number of deaths from the virus to more than 1,000, with some 40,000 cases confirmed. Celia hatton has our first report. Chinas president , the man at the pinnacle of the communist party making his first public appearance in days amid a national crisis. Xi jinping told workers at this beijing Health Facility that he had confidence china would overcome the epidemic. But in a sign of the times, he took all the necessary precautions. Its a special period, he said, so id like not to shake hands. Appearing on Chinese St
Republic and sweden. Defences flood once more, this time sinn fein says early results from irelands general election are a revolution in the ballot box in the wake of storm ciara. Solar after it topped the poll ahead of the two parties which have orbiter which aims to unlock the dominated the countrys politics for decades. Secrets of the sun is on its way to a spacecraft built in britain has the stars. And the oscar goes to begun its mission to explore the secrets of the sun. Stopped up parasite. And the oscar goes to. Parasite. The stars. And the oscar goes to stopped up parasite. The first non english language film to take the top five in oscar awards. Also coming up the south korean film, pa rasite makes history at the oscars becoming the first non english language film to take the top prize. We will be debating why here on bbc news. Well, china where the coronavirus outbreak originated, has been counting the cost of the disease. Chinas leader xi jinping and if you justjoined us goo
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its midnight in london, 8am here in singapore and also in beijing, where chinas leader has made a rare public appearance to highlight the governments efforts to combat the coronavirus. Speaking to medical workers, xijinping called for more decisive measures to combat the outbreak. The latest figures released in the past hour by chinese authorities put the total number of deaths from the virus to more than 1,000 with some 40,000 cases confirmed. Celia hatton has our first report. Chinas resident, the man at the pinnacle of the communist party making his first public appearance in days amid a national crisis. Xi jinping told workers are debating Health Facility that he had confidence china would overcome the epidemic. But in a sign of the epidemic. But in a sign of the times, he took all the necessary precautions. It is a special period, he said, so id like not to shake hands. Appearing on C
Translation when i heard it one four 0scars i thought this is the most historic moment in korea. Aid agencies and the United Nations are warning that up to six Million People in yemen a fifth of the entire population are being denied desperately needed aid because Houthi Rebels are stopping it getting through. The houthis, backed by iran, control much of the north and west of the country. Theyve been fighting the government backed by saudi arabia, the us and the uk for the past five years. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been given rare access to yemen, and reports now from hajjah. A frontline of hunger. This is hajjah, yemens north west, lives broken by war and want, of everything. At a un food hand out, anger explodes. Hungry, hungry, this man shouts. And his friend says, we dont have houses, we dont have anything. Now, even this aid may be at risk. Theres talk of a suspension or scaling back in response to unprecedented houthi obstruction. There are literally
How a teen with terminal cancer inspired so many people to give back. Hello, everyone. You are watching cnn newsroom. Im rosemary church. Im john vause. Wed like to welcome our viewers around the United States and the world. Right now in the United States, nearly 75 Million People are facing the threat of severe storms. Violent weather, sometimes spawning tornadoes, is tearing through the deep south right now. As a result, georgia and alabama are both under states of emergency. Lets get you up to date. The areas seeing the worst of it are in northern mississippi and alabama and southern tennessee. At least 29 people have died in these storms since sunday. And much of the deep south will remain under threat for the next two days. The region is also facing the possibility of flooding because of heavy rain. This twister is called a wedge. You see it crossing a river outside tupelo, mississippi. Some buildings are not just damaged but are completely wiped away. Storms began sunday in the m