For children who experience or witness Domestic Violence or abuse. I was getting to the point where i didnt like myself very much, because i wasnt being honest with myself. After almost 27 years of marriage, the tv presenter Phillip Schofield goes on live tv to reveal hes gay. And, as the film world prepares for the oscars, one female director tells us hollywood is unconsciously racist. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news rugbys oldest trophy is upforgrabs. Scotland defend the calcutta cup, but can england snatch it from them . Good evening. In china, theres been a huge outpouring of grief and anger at the treatment of a doctor who tried to warn the world of the dangers of the coronavirus. Hundreds of millions of people have viewed social media posts on dr li wenliang, whos died after contracting the illness while treating infected patients. He was censored by the authorities in the city of wuhan, after raising the alarm back in december about the potential dangers of the new virus.
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week, coronavirus or credibility shock. Which is more dangerous to chinas communist leaders . And was president trumps perfect week the starting gun to a perfect year . My guests today american journalist and author jef mcallister, David Aaronovitch of the london times, Maria Margaronis of us news weekly the nation irish broadcaster brian 0 7 connell. Its been another grim week in the battle against coronavirus, ever more infections, deaths, lockdowns and economic damage. But for chinas political leaders possibly the worst headline of the week was the loss of one wuhan doctor. In late december, li wenliang had tried to warn about the virus but police accused him of disturbing social order. As usual, the chinese political system censored bad news. Now mr lis death now draws attention to an uncomfortable question. Should china have acted sooner . Maria, start us off. I think it is clear china
Us astronaut Christina Cook is back on earth after setting records in space. She spent 328 days on the International Space station the longest ever single space flight by a woman. Dr li wenliang has died this is the man who became a hero in china after trying to warn the medical community about the coronavirus. He was told to be quiet by the authorites before weeks later being diagnosed with the virus himself. Bbc chinese reports that dr li was declared dead on thursday evening. But theres this too. The news of his death triggered a huge wave of popular reaction on weibo chinas equivalent of twitter. Journalists and doctors at the scene who do not want their names used, told the bbc that officials then decided to control the flow of information by ordering the doctor to be put back on life support and to change all official media reports from death to in critical condition. That attempt to shut down the story, looks to have failed and official Chinese Media are now again reporting the
Police officers say that theyll actually need to take on more than 50,000, as many are set to leave. The met Office Issues Severe Weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. Preparations are under way for the england scotland and ireland wales matches in the six nations this afternoon. And, in half an hour, click is in los angeles for the oscars, looking at technology and the movies. Five britons have tested positive for coronavirus in france. The four adults and a child were diagnosed with the virus in the french alps. The newly infected people were among a group of 11 people who had been staying in the same chalet in the Les Contamines montjoie ski resort in the region of savoie in eastern france. The news of the infections was announced by a French Health minister. Translation the initial case was reported to us last night. It was a British National returning from singapore, where he had stayed from the 20th to the 23rd of january. He arrived in fra
The chinese authorities are struggling to control an outpouring of public grief and anger at the way they treated a doctor who tried to warn the world about the dangers of coronavirus. Dr li wenliang died after contracting the illness while treating infected patients in the city of wuhan. Controls and restrictions are increasing across china where almost 720 people have now died. Our correspondent, jon sudworth, reports from beijing. Shouting. In some cities, those suspected of being sick are being rounded up, with multiple unverified videos showing the quarantine squads at work. Its all adding to a growing sense of disbelief and dread. I dont want to be taken away like that, a child can be heard saying. Woman screaming but now the fear is turning to anger. Doctor li wenliang was one of the first to report signs of the new strange virus, but his online posts were censored and the police made him sign this confession, along with seven others, for spreading rumours. His death from the vi