Youre watching bbc news at nine with me, Carrie Gracie the headlines chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus deathtoll has climbed to 26 people and there are more than 800 confirmed infections worldwide. In the uk, m people have been tested for the virus with five testing negative and an Incident Team has been set up in scotland to deal with the threat. The us has rejected an extradition request for Anne Sacoolas but the dunn family says they will continue to fight. This extradition request hangs there forever, it is never going to go away. This administration will go away. This administration will go away and we will wait if we need to, for the next five, ten, 15 years. The Government Spending watchdog says no one took full account of the risks and complexity of the High Speed Rail which could now cost 106 billion pounds. 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 bef
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Our headlines today iran fires missiles at two us military bases in iraq in revenge for the killing of its top commander. The uk puts in place urgent measures with the royal navy on standby in the middle east. A ukrainian passenger plane crashes in iran with 180 people on board. Did sainsburys feel the festive spirit . The supermarket giant is the latest to update the city on how it fared over the crucial Christmas Period. Ill speak to the boss this morning. The worst weve played this season thats ole Gunnar Solskjaers assessment, as Manchester United are totally outplayed by man city
in their League Cup Semi final. Britains most successful ever gymnast, max whitlock, will be here on the sofa. Good morning. For many today, its going to be dry with some sunshine. However, we still have strong winds gcioss however, we still have strong winds across the north of scotland, here too some showers and later some rain comin
Even the professionals saying, no, its too early to do that, we were very, very early with respect to china. We would have a whole different situation in this country if we didnt do that. I would rate it very, very i would rate ourselves and the professionals, i think the professionals have done a fantastic job. As far as the testing, you heard the admiral. I think the testing that weve done, we really took over an obsolete system or put it maybe in a different way a system that wasnt meant to do anything like this, we took it over and were doing something thats never been done in this country. I think that we are doing very well. We took the system, we worked with the system we had and we broke down the system purposely, we broke it down in order to do what were doing now. And within a short period of time and even now were testing tremendous numbers of people and ultimately youre saying it will be, what, it will be up to how many people will we be able to test . We certainly expect w
Sport, and for a full round up, we go over to the bbc sport centre. Good afternoon. Britains tyson fury has promised theres more to come after becoming heavyweight World Champion for a second time following a seventh round stoppage of Deontay Wilder in their hugely anticipated rematch in las vegas this morning. Tyson fury was carried to the ring on a throne, having promised to knock wilder out early, who himself was adding to the occason in an equally extravagant outfit. Fury made a blistering start, knocking him down in the the third and the fifth before the fight was stopped in the seventh, wilders camp throwing in the towel, as fury underlined his status as the leading heavyweight in the division to cap a remarkable comeback from drink, drugs and depression following a two year period away from the sport. I am my own worst critic and even though it was a fantastic performance and i got a great win, i know i can do better. I have only just started with the style. We have had seven we
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Tributes are paid to chadwick boseman, the star of the groundbreaking super hero movie black panther, who has died of colon cancer he was a3. The fact that he chose those iconic, historical black characters and icons in history, its testament to the kind of roles he wanted to take and what path he was creating, or leaving behind, for people in his wake. New advice for schools in england on what to do if theres a covid outbreak in their local area. Teachers say it should have been published much earlier. Several European Countries are re imposing travel restrictions and increasing Safety Measures as they try to tackle a surge in new Coronavirus Infections. Top flight football gets underway with a Community Shield double header at wembley. Womens Super League Champions chelsea are currently playing against fa cup holders Manchester City later on liverpool face arsenal. And coming up at 13 30 weather wo