Showers in makes it feel cool but first up on this weeks travel show, simon platts heads to europes most High Pressure building in from the active volcano on the italian west and that means for most it is set to turn dry from tuesday onwards. A few showers in northern and eastern parts of the Country Island of sicily. Through Tuesday Morning and they will ease away. Long sunny spells with temperatures down and windchill good morning. To go with it. Still at levels above welcome to breakfast with Nina Warhurst where they should before this time and rogerjohnson. Of year and we stick with that much theres been an earthquake our headlines today on the south side of etna. More than 300 people have now died of year and we stick with that much of the working week. E la sirena, ecco from the coronavirus outbreak ho detto che sarebbe tornato. As more britons fly home from wuhan. In one of the most volcanic the first Death Outside china has regions in europe, an earthquake is detected. Been rep
This is bbc news, the headlines more countries have imposed travel bans on china because of the new coronavirus. Over 300 people have now been killed, with 45 new deaths confirmed in the last few hours. Health workers in hong kong are to go on strike until the border with the mainland is closed. Britains Prime Minister is to address foreign diplomats and Business Leaders to set out his plans for International Trade after brexit. The french president said the level of access to the eus Single Market would depend on how many of its rules britain accepts. President trump is a step closer to being acquitted in his impeachment trial, after the us senate voted against calling witnesses. He has been accused of abusing his power and obstructing congress. One senior democrat accused republicans of being accomplices to a president ial cover up. 2019 brought another year of record breaking temperatures, rising sea levels and melting ice caps. To know the true extent of the climate crisis, scienti
This is bbc news, imjane hill. The headlines. A growing political row as the government comes under increasing pressure to do more coronavirus testing. We want to see more people tested, very rapidly. We do now have enough tests to be testing those people in Critical Conditions in hospitals. We need that national plan, but for the test which tests whether you have got it now and the new test which will be coming on stream soon, which tests whether youve had it. 16,000 staff may be needed when the newly converted Nightingale Hospital in east london reaches capacity. President trump warns the us to expect a rough two weeks and to stick to social distancing saying its a matter of life and death. Italy mourns the thousands of victims of its coronavirus outbreak as some question whether doctors have been given the necessary equipment. The prince of wales, who has himself recovered from coronavirus, sends a message of support particularly to older people. None of us can say when this will en
Now a choir of young iraqi women have used music to come to terms with the suffering in their community, years of persecution at the hands of the Islamic State group. The group choir and arrived in the uk to perform. If you pass ministries, you would not give them a second thought. A group of beautiful and glamourous women doing sightseeing. But you dont see the horse they have endured. Translation my name, iwas endured. Translation my name, i was nine yea rs old translation my name, i was nine years old at the time when isis attacked my home. I dont know anything about where my father and mother are nor about my brother or his five children. The choir was only formed a couple of months ago. The women are from the mountains in northern iraq. A religious minority that suffered appalling persecution. Many of their songs are their own stories of kidnap, torture and rape. That at the hands of vices. It is almost impossible to comprehend what some of these women have gone through. This musi
Plans for social distancing for the elderly and the vulnerable will be discussed at the governments emergency meeting on coronavirus this afternoon. Downing street is to hold the first Daily Press Conference on the crisis in which the next steps in the uks plan will be outlined. As the pressure grows on the nhs, there are concerns about the health of front line workers. The immediate priority, from my end, representing the nations doctors is to keep them protected, keep them free from infection. Because if they fall sick and they arent able to work, we wont have a workforce. Well bring you all the latest from developments at home and abroad, where markets are plunging and borders closing. British airways, virgin and easyjet all say they are grounding the vast majority of their flights, as customer demand plummets. Germany becomes the latest country to close borders, as europe tightens up its response. Global markets dipped dramatically amid continued concern about the economic impact.