And youll never guess what has upset ursula von der leyen, the president of the European Commission shes not particularly happy. Why people were forbidden from flying eu flags at eurovision. Yes, eurovision was more stringent on this stuff than the last night at the proms. Shes kicking off over eurovision, shes kicking off so her representative, one of the spokespeople at the European Commission, has accused eurovision bosses of handing a gift to their enemies of europe with this flag band. So were no European Union flags were allowed to be flown. And theyre saying this is handing, this is handing a gift to the enemies of europe , to the eurosceptics. Europe, to the eurosceptics. I love this quote. The quote from her official spokesman is it is certainly regrettable to ban the flag. That is the flag of all eu members and other council of union members. I cannot find why the logical explanation for why the ebu is doing this and what does this serve . Well, of course, the explanation is
Kate forbes has confirmed that she will not run to be the next leader of the snp, as john swinney announced his intention to stand as the next snp in the leadership race. Well get the latest from the scotland , and latest from the scotland, and predictions state that britain will be the slowest growing economy in the g7 next year, as we suffer economic downgrade. All of that coming up and course, one more story and after 100 years of talks , a tunnel 100 years of talks, a tunnel that could link europe to africa may be built by 2030, costing a whopping £6 billion. A tunnel linking europe to africa. What could possibly go wrong . Thats all coming up in your next hour. Welcome to the show. I want to hear from you. Please get in touch. Gbnews. Com yoursay your your topics today. I want you to get firing on. Weve seen woke protesters blockading a bus , protesters blockading a bus, leaving with Asylum Seekers allegedly bound for the bibby stockholm and a sit down protest. Is it time to send
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Im george howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Thank you, again, for joining us. Our top story, another day with more instances of coronavirus. At least six more cases have been confirmed aboard that quarantined cruise ship in japan. Well know live to that for more on that. A second ship in hong kong has been cleared. Those passengers will be allowed to leave the ship on sunday with no further monitoring. The overall death toll has risen to 813. Thats more than the entire sars outbreak of 2003. The World Health Organization is sending experts to china to study this new disease. Around the world, the virus has insfekted more than 37,000 people. Most of them in china. 362 cases have now been reported worldwide. Lets cross live to yokohama, japan, where matt rivers is on the story. We now know what people feared on that cruise ship, the more they stay there, the more people that are getting sick. Yeah, i mean the numbers continue to go up, george. What the Health Officials are saying th
5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. We start with the coronavirus and six more cases have been confirmed aboard a quarantined cruise ship in japan. This brings the total number of people taken off the diamond princess for treatment that brings it to a higher number. A second cruise ship quarantined in hong kong has been given the all clear. Very good news for the people you see dissembarking right there. All the passengers tested negative for the virus and were finally able to get off the ship sunday. No further monitoring will be required for them. Good news for them. Again, the diamond princess, 70 people who were taken off the total number there. This, again, this third ship in negotiations with two different ports for its passengers to get off. That ship has been stranded at sea after being turned away from several asian ports. The overall death toll has risen to 813. That is more than the entire sars outbreak of 2003. Theyre sending experts to china to study this new disease. Cnn