A tough act to follow. And while the build up was far from ideal, with political scandals, a financial crisis and worries about the zika virus, brazil was always going to offer a spectacular setting for south americas first ever olympic and Paralympic Games. Thered be plenty of time for selfies after the success, and team gb had big ambitions hoping for their best ever foreign olympics. Paralympics gb hoping to better their medal haulfrom london 2012. More on their Success Stories later, but first to athletics. And Super Saturday, part two the stadium erupts three gold medals for gb what a night sydney 2000 heptathlon champion denise lewis was there in rio as mo farah, Jessica Ennis hill and Greg Rutherford bid to defend their respective olympic titles. We were all looking forward of Super Saturday from london 2012. We had mo farah going in the 10,000 metres. Not without its drama. Falls. Fallen, clip there. Bumps, barges. But mo still came through. The atmosphere in the stadium was el
This is bbc news. The headlines at 11 003m. The first death from coronavirus outside china is reported, in the philippines. In china, the number of cases continues to rise. Meanwhile, 11 more british nationals are on their way back from wuhan, the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. The Prime Minister reveals his demands for a post brexit trade deal. Well be looking ahead to tonights bafta awards. Joker leads the way with 11 nominations but its the First World War epic 1917 which is tipped to take the top prize of best film. England hope to kick off their Six Nations Campaign with a win against france in paris this afternoon. And coming up, Carrie Gracie and her guests will ponder the uks post brexit future thats in dateline london at 11 30. More british nationals are being flown back to the uk from wuhan, the centre of the outbreak of the new strain of coronavirus. The centre of the outbreak they are travelling on a french flight which will arrive at lunchtime. The bbc underst
This is bbc world news. These are the headlines. In Record Number of deaths in the uk from coronavirus, 938 reported over a 2k hour period. The british Prime Minister is facing a fourth night in the hospital. Downing street says mrjohnson is making steady progress, though he is still in intensive care. The wto says global trade could fall by as much as a third because of restrictions to contain covid i9. The wto chief says the pandemic could provoke the deepest recession of our lifetimes. The Saudi Led Coalition has announced it is halting military operations nationwide in order to and the five year war. Senator Bernie Sanders has announced he is ending his campaign for the democratic credential nomination, making way forjoe biden to challenge donald trump. Hello everyone, welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me our broadcaster and authorjohn cavender and kate andrews, economic correspondent at the spectator. Looking at tomorrows front pages,
Of garment factory workers. More british nationals are being flown back to the uk from wuhan, the centre of the outbreak of the new strain of coronavirus. They are travelling on a french flight which will arrive at lunchtime. The bbc understands there are 11 britons on the plane, it comes as the first confirmed death from the new coronavirus has been reported outside china in the phillipines. The victim was a 44 year old chinese man from wuhan who was visiting the philippines. The disease has now killed more than 300 people. Simonjones reports. The checks that have become part of daily life in areas of china continue to try to stop the rapid spread of the virus. But now, for the first time, a Death Outside of the country, in the philippines. People there had already started queueing to buy facemasks even before news of the fatality emerged. The World Health Organization says he was a 44 year old man from wuhan, who was visiting the philippines. He appears to have been infected before a
Outbreak more people are making a move trying to outrun the virus. A plane carrying 11 british citizens and french nationals is due to land shortly near marseilles. Then they will continue on to the uk arriving later this afternoon. We have just received a letter saying that there are one or two people who didnt make the original fly to actually on their way here today. In quarantine on the the wirral the original group of 83 are expecting new arrivals but they will be monitored separately. It doesnt affect the period we will be in isolation, theyve consulted with Clinical Experts to get the best advice on that. They will be given the same support as us. And they are having the same initial screening checks as well. The government rolled out these adverts this morning offering advice on what to look out for and how to stop the virus spreading. And the foreign secretary says more flights could follow bringing back some of the estimated 30,000 brits across china. The challenge weve got i