Reporter another part of the lastminute Push Campaign ads. By super tuesday the candidates will have spent more than 1bii. Thats a record so early in the race. Bloomberg alone accounts for half that spending. You may soon see more ads for elizabeth warren, thanks to a new superpac spending 12 million on her behalf across the country. Shes long distanced herself from such groups, but now admits she needs to level the Playing Field and is calling on all superpacs to release the names of their secret donors. Norah. Odonnell all right, ed, thank you. Late today, President Trump said he will nominate texas congressman John Ratcliffe to be the new director of national intelligence. Well, ratcliffe withdrew his name from consideration for that job last year after questions were raised about his resume and his qualifications. Ratcliffe was a staunch defender of the president during the impeachment process. Its still unclear whether the wenate will vote to confirm him. Him. E fire broke out tod
hello and welcome. japan says north korea s latest missile test is outrageous and unacceptable, after it fired a suspected medium or long range ballistic missile into the sea of japan. it prompted the japanese government to tell residents on the island of hokkaido to seek shelter, but the missile splashed down outside its territorial waters. jean makenzie has more from seoul. north korea has launched a suspected long range missile this morning, potentially an intercontinental ballistic missile. so these are the missiles that can, in theory, reach all the way to the us mainland. it appeared for one moment this morning that it was going to touch down very close to japanese territory. or at least that s what the japanese government thought when they issued that warning to the residents on hokkaido. but, actually, north korea has done what it normally does when it fires these long range missiles it s fired it right up into space. but what this false alarm shows is that this reg
This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The headlines at seven. A british man who was on the diamond princess cruise ship has died from coronavirus. Three new cases have been confirmed in the uk. 20 20 cases. The issue of coronavirus is something that is now the governments top priority. Alarm over coronavirus has sent Global Stock Markets into a steep dive, with the ftse 100 dropping nearly 13 this week fears of a Major International military confrontation, after an attack by Government Forces in syria leaves 33 turkish soldiers dead. The flooding misery continues for some. Residents in parts of east yorkshire are evacuated as water levels rise. And on newswatch, as storms are followed by floods and part of the uk, how is bbc news handling the logistics of covering extreme weather events . Join us tonight at 7 45pm on bbc and news. Bbc news. Good evening. A british man who was quarantined on the diamond princess cruise ship injapan has died from coronavirus. He is one of six people who we
And in the uk, teenage activist Greta Thunberg marches with thousands of young people against Climate Change hello and welcome to world news today. Thereve been sharp falls in stock markets around the world as the coronaVirus Outbreak sparks fears of a worldwide recession. More than five trillion dollars have been wiped off global share values this week. The markets have had their worst 7 days since the Global Financial crisis more than a decade ago. Our global trade correspondent Dharshini David reports. Dont be deceived by the cheers. Thats just the traditional way to mark the opening of stock markets on wall street. The truth is that american shares are on track for their worst week since the financial crisis in 2008. Around the world, billions have been wiped off the value of investments such as pension funds. Reality has hit. Coronavirus isnt just a problem for chinas economy but all our fortunes. We would expect that world growth would be lower than it otherwise would be. We are
The World Health Organization has raised the global threat level from coronavirus to very high the highest possible level of alert. Theyre planning to send a mission to iran next week. Officials there say 3a people have died, but Health Sources have told the bbc the actual figure is more than 200. In south korea, where 16 people have died, there have been 1000 new cases in the past 48 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 2,300. Rich preston has this update. The number of countries reporting new incidents of covid 19 continues to rise. New zealand, lithuania, and belarus are among the latest to confirm their first cases. The World Health Organization has upgraded the global risk of the virus. It calls for all countries to educate their populations, to expand surveillance, to find, isolate, and care for every case, to trace every contact, and to take an all of government and all of society approach. Iran is now the biggest cause for concern, with more than 200 people reporte