Says no one took full account of the risks and complexity of the high speed rail project, which could now cost £106 billion. Huge crowds in the iraqi capital call for us forces to be expelled from the country. Boris Johnsons Brexit Withdrawal Agreement is signed by eu leaders a week before the uk leaves the bloc. One of the uks biggest supermarkets, tesco, says itll no longer sell items bundled together using plastic. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im Carrie Gracie china is taking drastic action to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. The World Health Organization say they dont currently believe the outbreak presents a Global Health emergency, but they think it may yet become one. Public transport has been suspended in ten cities in Hubei Province, and temples are being shut over the lunar new year. The restrictions affect at least 20 Million People across the region where the virus emerged. So far 26 people in china have died as a result of coronavirus. There have been
And, 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz, we hearfrom germans who helped to save their fellowjewish citizens. One of the all time greats of basketball, kobe bryant, has been killed in a Helicopter Crash. Reports say his helicopter went down into a hillside in calabasas in fog, killing nine people, including kobes teenage daughter, gianna. We begin with this report from our correspondent chris buckler, in washington. Whether they cheered him orfeared him, all basketball fans recognised kobe bryant as one of the sports greatest players. His entire 20 year career was spent in an la lakersjersey, and his death on the outskirts of the city has left people across the United States grieving. Nine people died when the helicopter he was only crashed in calabasas. The la Sheriffs Office says that no one survived the accident. His list of achievements is long an all star, an nba champion and an olympic gold medallist. He was unashamedly competitive, and he was deeply frustrated when his pl
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello. Welcome to dateline london, im carrie gracie. This week, coronavirus makes it an unhappy Lunar New Yearfor tens of millions in china. Indias controversial new citizenship law, government and protesters again. Government and protesters dig in. Signed, sealed and delivered within days, britain is finally about to brexit. My guess this week, Agnes Perrier of a french weekly, suzanne b irish times, steve richards, ashleigh raper. Thank you also much forjoining us. A week ago it was mostly business as usual in china. Now, tens of millions are under virtual lockdown and many Lunar New Year celebrations have been cancelled. Is china handling coronavirus well . And if this turns out to be the rehearsal for a lethal virus pandemic, is the world ready . Agnes, why dont you start us off with an assessment of how china is doing . It should be 2019 novel coronavirus. Yes, because there are a lot of them. I remember the sars epidemic and i notice a real diffe
Hello and welcome to world news today. Day four of Donald Trumps impeachment trial in the us senate has begun. Democrat prosecutors argue that the president should be removed from office for abuse of power and for obstructing congress. They say hes used Foreign Policy for his own personal, political gain. Mr trump has dismissed the trial as boring. In the past few hours, us media has reported a recording has emerged of the president apparently saying he wanted the ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, fired. One of the houses impeachment managers, adam schiff was asked his thoughts before todays session got underway. I dont have enough background to give you a response to it at this time but, plainly, if the president , at the urging of giuliani or parnas or fruman, if this is additional evidence of his involvement in that effort to smear her, it would certainly corroborate much of what we have heard, but im not in a position yet to analyse that, not having looked at it. The Senate
Indiana is very important, because if i win, thats the end of it. Reporter senior trump invisers expect him to win at least 51 of indianas 57 delegates and say trump could win them all in a cruzcrushing sweep. I have a great relationship with indiana and the people. Reporter cruz scheduled five stops around the state today. God bless you. Thank you very much. Maam, thank you for being here. Reporter the frantic pace matched the sense of anxiety about the Campaign Standing in the polls. The latest survey shows him down by 15 points. The entire country is depending on the state of indiana to pull us back from this cliff. Reporter this exchange with a trump supporter illustrated iat cruz is up against. Indiana dont want you. Well, sir, you are entitled to your opinion. Reporter cruz was mathematically eliminated from winning the nomination outright last week and is now hoping for a contested convention. Today he said trump was campaigning on hate and division. Do we get behind a campaign