This is bbc world news today. Our top stories. Millions prepare to return to work in virus hit china after the extended Lunar New Year break. But how long before a return to normality . Meals come with their own reminder of Chinas Health emergency. A note recording the temperature of the chef, the food packer, and the delivery driver. Chanting. Thousands attend a vigil for the 29 people now known to have died in a mass shooting in thailand. Irelands Political Landscape is transformed by a surge in support for the left wing Republican Party sinn fein in the countrys general election. Swiss voters back a new law banning discrimination on the basis of Sexual Orientation. Well get live reaction from geneva. And hollywood gears up for the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, the film industrys biggest night of the year. This is the scene live in los angeles. Hello and welcome to world news today. Infections and deaths from the coronavirus are still going up in china but the speed at which it sprea
Hello, youre watching afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Today at 2. Were out of time and World Leaders need to make life or death decisions on Climate Change now a warning from Sir David Attenborough. We have been putting things off year after year. Weve been raising targets and saying, oh well, if we do it within the next 20 years or if we do it. The moment of crisis has come. Prince harry makes his first public appearance since announcing he and meghan will be stepping back from front line royal duties. The nhs condemns what it calls shameful tactics by betting companies to fuel gambling addiction. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with katie. Englands cricketers wobble after an impressive morning on the first day of the third test in Port Elizabeth. England are now 167 for four
after tea, with south africa 168 168 for four after tea with south africa piling on the pressure. We have been so much to talk about today, the increasingly wet and windy weather and High Pressure, ext
The headlines senator Bernie Sanders has won the democratic primary in the state of New Hampshire. Close behind, Amy Klobuchar and former mayor Pete Buttigieg. Joe biden has already flown to campaign in the state of south carolina. Technology Entrepreneur Andrew Yang has dropped out. Senator Michael Bennet has also withdrawn from the president ial campaign. The director general of the World Health Organization has called on the International Community to fight the new coronavirus as aggressively as possible. He said there was still a realistic chance of containing the disease which has now been named covid 19. Now on bbc news hardtalk. Like many of europes long established parties of the left, the Uks Labour Party is in big trouble. And in last decembers election, labour was not just beaten, it was humiliated, losing its grip on the working class heartlands and north. Jeremy corbyn serving his notice as leader, the party is in the midst of picking a successor. Well, my guest today will
A scramble for university places after the governments u turn over a level and gcse grades. Pupils who were initially downgraded and missed out on their preferred university now face an anxious wait as they try to trade up. Im very pleased about the u turn the government has made, i feel more secure about my future, but its been a very stressful couple of days because i thought i hadnt got into university. As ministers say they will help universities who fear they dont have room for all potential students, well be asking whether the government has failed its own a level test. Also this evening. 7,000 jobs to go at marks and spencer, as the pandemic makes customers move from shopping in store to online. The widow of pc Andrew Harper tells the bbc of her heartbreak over the sentences handed out
to her husbands killers. Hes never coming back, were never going to have him back. But at the very least we wanted some kind ofjustice for him. How researchers have uncovered the unseen scale of p
This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 4pm. Tributes are paid to Chadwick Boseman, the star of the Ground Breaking 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 that he wanted to take and what path he was creating or leaving behind for people coming 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. A rescue boat in the mediterranean funded by the artist banksy has issued an urgent call for assistance. Its picked up more than 200 migrants. In sport, top flight football returns, with a Community Shield double header at wembley. And coming up at 4 30pm, the untold