This is bbc news im shaun ley. The headlines at 3pm more than 100 people evacuated from china because of coronavirus, are released from isolation in Milton Keynes. The virus has spread to 21 countries six people have now died in south korea. In italy, where more than 100 cases have been confirmed, this years venice carnival has been cut short. Tyson fury produces the best performance of his boxing career against Deontay Wilder, to become the new wbc heavyweight world champion. When i came here they said i cant punch. Deontay wilder said himself ive got two pillow fists. But, you know, not bad for an old, fat guy who cant punch, hey . The house of lords defends itself as busy and effective after reports that peers were paid almost a third more last year. Bernie sanders cements his status as the Democratic Front runner to take on donald trump in novembers us president ial election. And coming up at 3. 30 a look back at some of the highlights of this weeks Victoria Derbyshire programme. G
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Who cant punch, eh . India prepares to welcome President Trump for his First Official visit to the country. And in the six nations, tries from ford and daly help england to beat ireland by 2a points to 12 at twickenham. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. In the last hour, four further cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the uk, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 13. The latest cases are among the 32 british and irish tourists flown back from japan yesterday after being on board the virus struck cruise ship the diamond princess. Those four people will now be transferred to specialist nhs infection centres. The remaining people who have not tested positive will continue to spend 14 days in isolation at Arrowe Park Hospital on the wirral. Our correspondent katharine da costa is with me now. Tell us about the new cases. The information we are getting from the government is from englands chief medical officer who says the virus was passed on on board the diamo
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Impasse. President trumps unwillingness to compromise caused the trump shutdown and brought us to this moment. The facts are well known. Since our meeting in the oval office on friday the president and i have not spoken. The white house refused to engage in negotiations over the weekend. The great dealmaking president sat on the sidelines. Lets go to cnn Congressional Correspondent liz rafati live on the hill. How did they find a solution and what did the democrats get out of this . Reporter thats the big question, brooke. A contingent of democrats are asking that question today even though, yes, this is a good thing they are pushing towards keeping reopening the government and keeping it funded for at least another three weeks. There is a sect of the Democratic Party thats saying what did we get for all this . The agreement here essentially gives them more time. Today, a lot of democrats had to come out in the senate side and vote to keep the governent funded for the next three weeks.