Youre watching bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. The headlines an a e doctor in worthing has tested positive for the coronavirus the Second Health care worker in the uk to contract the disease. Policing the internet the media regulator ofcom is expected to be given powers to punish Tech Companies if they dont protect their users from illegal material. Later, well be speaking to one of britains leading voices on social media regulation hes already said its not going to work. The road to the us election Bernie Sanders pips Pete Buttigeig to win the new hamsphire primary he calls it the beginning of the end for President Trump. The government is accused of repeatedly failing to put people with learning disabilities and autism into appropriate accomadation. The equality and Human Rights Commission say
targets are being missed. And three sporting heroes talk about life with motor neurone disease. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. A staff member in the a e department at
Other as action and against each other as well. Both wales and ireland have new coaches and after winning their opening games last weekend grand slam is still on for both sides, but ireland know they will have to improve on their performance last weekend when theyjust got over the line with scotland. It has been a trademark of the irish team over the la st trademark of the irish team over the last few years, to be physically dominant, and our thoughts were last week we had it in part but we were not as consistent as we usually are in that aspect of the game. We know we have to step that up a little bit this week, find that consistency, so we dont let teams off the hook and we dont let teams off the hook and we just keep putting pressure on in terms of dominance. Theyre a very, very physical team and if you let them get on the front foot, theyre very, very dangerous so weve got to be very careful about the areas we play in and make sure that we match that physicality thats obviously goi
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. Two us airbases in iraq are targeted in retaliation, the iranians say, for the death of general soleimani, killed last week in a us airstrike. As President Trump tweets that there were no casualties and that all is well, borisjohnson warns iran not to retaliate further. We of course condemn the attack on Iraqi Military bases hosting coalition forces. Iran should not repeat these reckless and dangerous attacks, but must instead pursue urgent de escalation. Wade mystery surrounds the crash of a ukranian passenger plane in tehran more than 170 people are killed including three from the uk. The number of homicides
in the uk fell in 2019, for the first time in five years though killings rose in the capital. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with olly foster. The Football Association is under pressure to review its broadcasting deals, thats after a betting company streamed fa cup matches live over the weekend. All th
This. Tonight at six a state of emergency in south east australia amid warnings of more bushfires. The largest forced evacuation New South Wales has seen thousands are fleeing the path of the flames. The fireball just came through at about 80kph, hit the house, and then we ran into the lake and then all the embers and everything were hitting us, burnt our hair a little bit. Theres anger over the governments handling of the emergency as the Prime Ministerfound out when he toured the area. How come we only had four trucks to defend our town . Because our town doesnt have a lot of money but we have hearts of gold, mr Prime Minister well be looking at australias changing climate and what thats got to do with the fires. Also tonight millions of rail commuters face more
expensive journeys many will pay an extra £100 a year. Could gabriel diya and his children have been saved from drowning on Christmas Eve . We talk to a british tourist who was poolside as the tragedy unfolded. Spotting Brea
Its not over yet after storm dennis, the flood waters are still rising. There are over 200 Flood Warnings, and river levels in some parts of the uk are expected to peak tonight. Im in total shock, disbelief. I just cant believe how my home. My home has been ravaged in the last couple of hours. Well be looking at the worst areas affected and whats still to come. Also tonight the last picture of Caroline Flack before she died. Itv prepares a tribute to her on love island tonight. The government says its considering flying home the british passengers quarantined on a cruise ship offjapan because of coronavirus. The bbc sees evidence of what appears to be mass state monitoring by the Chinese Government of the persecuted uighur muslim community. And how birds of prey are being
killed in increasing numbers and gamekeepers are being blamed. And coming up on bbc news. A legend of the game, harry gregg hero of the munich air disaster in 1958 has died, aged 87. Good evening and welcome to the bb