The democratic president ial race it gives his backing to joe biden. Hello welcome to the program our top story italy is closing old schools universities and cinemas until march 15th in the battle to contain its corona Virus Outbreak the death toll there is jumped to 107 now this is the largest number of confirmed deaths outside of china Public Events have also been canceled across parts of europe asia and the middle east also the International Monetary fund has issued a warning that the outbreak is likely to slow Global Economic growth this year joan hull begins our coverage. Contagion is spreading quickly across europe and the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered 900. 00 virus itself staff at the worlds most Famous Museum the louvre in paris shut it down for 3 days this week demanding better protection against the virus tourists went to news to there isnt a place in the world thats not going to get to you and you cant just shut down the world you can though shut down p
Race to the white house winds of up to super tuesday. And a group of artists branching out into the world of nature to leave an important message. Welcome to the program italy has announced it will be closing all schools universities until mid march as it battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus officials have decided to still allow sporting events to continue but they will be held without spectators the number of dead across italy now sits at 107. 00 its the largest death toll outside china and in the United States the number killed has risen to 11 several are connected to an elderly care home in seattle new cases of also been reported around the 2 most populous cities new york and los angeles well in the past few hours the u. S. House of representatives approved an 8300000000 dollar bill that will fund the fight against the virus its expected to pass in the senate and be signed by President Trump later in the week. Begins our coverage. Contagion is spreading quickly across eu
But did you know he also has a big passion for little trains . Sir rod has spent the last 23 years building an epic model railway, which he unveiled for the first time this week. Hes been speaking to the bbcs david farrell. Action. Action sir rod stewart, it is a pleasure to chat to you. Were gonna talk about one of your passions, celtic and football, but if we talk about that now, were gonna use use up the full ten minutes, i believe, but one of your other passions has come to light this week the model railway. 23 years in the making. Where did this start . I built a house in Beverly Hills at the turn of the century, in the early 90s, and i dedicated i knew i was going to build this model railway. So at the top of the house, i built a special, huge room, like a big attic. I have always been into trains, always, since i was a kid. Does it help you switch off . It really does. Itis the finest hobby, its 3 dimensional, itis wonderful, you get to be a carpenter and everything. Now, thats
Others, she is an snp mp, were basically trying to do an action to force borisjohnson to basically trying to do an action to force Boris Johnson to abide by the benn act, which is supposed to block 110 benn act, which is supposed to block no deal. The Court Documents submitted by the government said if there is no deal by october 19, the Prime Minister will request an extension stop now, that seemed to fly in the face of everything he set up fly in the face of everything he set up until now. We thought it was a massive u turn. Then downing street, as the express says here, came out and said, no, we are still going to leave on october 31. And both of those things are obviously contradictory. You cant on the one hand so you are going to abide by the law, which is the benn act, while also saying deal or no deal, we will definitely leave on october 31, because the benn act is designed to stop that from happening. So something has to give. But the incredible hulk has a solution, and that mi
Wartime footing to solve the migrant crisis. Thats in my digest, next. And then my Superstar Panel weigh in tonight, im joined by Carole Malone. Benjamin butterworth and Dame Andrea Jenkins , plus fleet Dame Andrea Jenkins, plus fleet street icon Kelvin Mackenzie is uncancelled to call for a greek and aussie style turn back policy to stop the boats pouring across the channel. Coming across the channel. Also coming up after claims Meghan Markle advertised anti anxiety wristwear by flashing a unit to paparazzi, would she be more or less likely to buy a product if it was marketed by the duchess , it was marketed by the duchess, ingnd it was marketed by the duchess, Ingrid Seward . Kyra kennedy and Joanna Jarjue battle on the Joanna Jarjue do battle on the runaway fading allure runaway royals fading in allure in clash. And my royal in the clash. And my royal masterminds, Lady Colin Campbell and dampier, standing and phil dampier, are standing by to their exclusive by to give their exclusiv