Youre watching bbc newsroom live. Its ham and these are the main stories this morning. Health officials have traced patients of two doctors whove tested positive with coronavirus. Between them, the healthworkers worked at four different places. Worthing hospital is operating as normal today, but there is growing concern in the local community about the latest developments. Policing the internet the media regulator ofcom is being given new powers to protect people from harmful online content. The road to the us election Bernie Sanders narrowly pips Pete Buttigeig to win the new hamsphire primary. And a bad night forformer frontrunnerjoe biden he came fifth. A human rights body threatens the government with legal action for what it says is the repeated failure to place people with learning difficulties and autism in appropriate accommodation. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. All 12 patients treated by two british gps with coronavirus have been traced. One worked in a e at Wort
Iranian violations of the International Nuclear accord. The Iranian Foreign minister described the move as legally baseless and a strategic mistake. The europeans say they hope the agreement can still be saved. The impeachment trial of donald trump has moved a step closer. The house speaker, nancy pelosi, says a vote on sending articles of impeachment to the senate will take place on wednesday. Senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, says the trial is likely to begin next tuesday. Taiwans president , tsai ing wen, has told the bbc that the island has no need to declare formal independence because it already is an independent country. Ms tsai said last weeks president ial election, in which she won a second term in office, showed taiwanese people did not like being threatened by china. Now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. Hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament, as the foreign secretary warns iran it faces a stark choice. The regime can take the steps to de escalate tensions and
This is bbc news, the headlines the us senate has acquitted President Trump at the end of his impeachment trial. Senators voted along party lines with mitt romney being the only republican to vote in favour of convicting the president. Democrats said the acquittal meant little because republicans had refused to allow witnesses at the trial. The number of people in Mainland China known to have died as a result of coronavirus has risen to 563. 73 people died on wednesday most of them in the province of hubei. The total number of cases across china has reached 28,000. Hollywood actor kirk douglas has died at the age of 103. Star of spartacus and many other hollywood epics, he earned several 0scar nominations in the 1950s for both his acting and producing. His son, the actor michael douglas, described him as a movie legend and a great humanitarian. Now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. Hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament. On this programme Jeremy Corbyn attacks Boris Johnsons
Now lets go over to westminster and join that bbc special on the budget with andrew neil. It is budget day, thejohnson government unveils its new plans, with special emphasis on its new voters in the midlands and the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in the job, the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in thejob, the biggest challenge is the growing Economic Impact of the coronavirus, and what he can do to vaccinate the economy from it. With me for this politics live budget special Political Editor laura kuennssberg, Business Editor simonjack, and economics editor faisal islam. It was meant to be the levelling up budget, to the regions and people that have not done well in the past decade but looks set to be the coronavirus budget. This morning he bank of england has already announced an emergency cut in Interest Rates. The bank of englands role is to help uk businesses and households manage through an economic shock that could prove large and sharp. Meanwhil
Of testing for coronavirus has been described as inadequate by the countrys leading Public Health official. Dr Anthony Faucis comments contrast with president trumps earlier assertion that the us had what he called a tremendous testing set up. The outbreak has pushed Global Stock Markets into spectacular falls it was the worst day on wall street since 1987, and in the last couple of hours japans nikkei index fell more than 10 , while the hang seng in hong kong opened 7 down. A in hong kong opened 7 down. Judge in the us har immediate ajudge in the us has ordered the Immediate Release from prison of the former Intelligence Analyst Chelsea Manning who has been detained since last may. According to her lawyer she is recovering in hospitalfrom an attempt to commit suicide. Now on bbc news,
thursday in parliament. Hello and welcome to thursday in parliament. As the Prime Minister announces the next stage of the governments coronavirus plan, a Health Minister warns against closing down every