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Of garment factory workers. More british nationals are being flown back to the uk from wuhan, the centre of the outbreak of the new strain of coronavirus. They are travelling on a french flight which will arrive at lunchtime. The bbc understands there are 11 britons on the plane, it comes as the first confirmed death from the new coronavirus has been reported outside china in the phillipines. The victim was a 44 year old chinese man from wuhan who was visiting the philippines. The disease has now killed more than 300 people. Simonjones reports. The checks that have become part of daily life in areas of china continue to try to stop the rapid spread of the virus. But now, for the first time, a Death Outside of the country, in the philippines. People there had already started queueing to buy facemasks even before news of the fatality emerged. The World Health Organization says he was a 44 year old man from wuhan, who was visiting the philippines. He appears to have been infected before arriving there. Over the course of the patients admission he developed severe pneumonia. In his last few days the patient was able and showed signs of improvement. However, the condition of the patient deteriorated within the last 2a hours, resulting in his demise. An increasing number of countries have started imposing travel restrictions on chinese citizens. The us and australia among those to deny entry to all foreign visitors who had recently been to china. Though there is a warning that that may have limited effect. Whenever people want to travel they will. And if the official paths are not open they will find unofficial paths. The only way to control and check, to identify travel history, to try to monitor whos coming across your border and to see whether they have any signs of infection is through official Border Crossing points. Other countries are continuing to repatriate their own citizens. France transported a group from their embassy to wuhan airport. They will spend 1a days in quarantine at home. Its thought there are 11 british nationals on board the flight. In wuhan, the construction of a new hospital to deal with the sick continues. With the rapid spread of the virus, for the authorities, it cant come soon enough. Simon jones, bbc news. Lets bring you some live pictures now from Aix En Provence in the south of france, where a second group of evacuated citizens from wuhan have landed. A number of british nationals also on board that plane. This facility ish on board that plane. This facility is h fire brigade Training Facility. This is where those people will be held in a m day quarantine, rather like the arrowe park facility at the wirral where the first britons to be evacuated from wuhan are being held in quarantine there. This is the french equivalent at a fire brigade Training Facility in Aix En Provence. Meanwhile, a uk wide Advertising Campaign has been launched by the government to advise the public on how to slow the spread of coronavirus. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. Public Health Officials have to tread a delicate path between informing people on the best way to avoid infection by the coronavirus and spreading panic. So a uk wide Advertising Campaign now aims to offer measured, straightforward advice. For example, use and then dispose of tissues when you cough or sneeze, wash your hands properly using soap and water, and those whove returned from china in the past 1a days are asked to stay at home if they start to feel ill, rather than rushing to hospital where more people could be infected. Its likely that those most at risk from the virus are the same groups vulnerable to winter flu and other seasonal bugs the frail and elderly or those with compromised immune systems, like People Living with diabetes. Meanwhile, efforts to trace those who may have come into close contact with the two chinese nationals who fell ill in york are continuing. Officials at the university of york, where one of them is studying, say the risk to staff and other students is low. Dominic hughes, bbc news. We will have more on that story a little later in the programme. We will be live to york and also shanghai. The Prime Minister is expected to say that he will not accept alignment with eu rules when post brexit trade negotiations get under way next month. Borisjohnson and the eus chief negotiator, michel barnier, are due to set out what they hope to achieve from talks tomorrow. The two sides have until the end of the year to agree to a deal. Well, the Prime Minister is thought to be prepared to accept a ca nada style arrangement. Canadas free trade deal with the eu is known as the comprehensive economic and trade agreement and it took seven years to negotiate. Most, but not all, of the agreement is in force. But what does it do . The deal eliminates ninety eight percent of all tariffs on goods the deal eliminates 98 of all tariffs on goods traded between canada and the eu. Most were removed when the agreement came into force in 2017 and all tariffs will disappear after seven yea rs. The eu and canada have opened up public contracts to one another which means Canadian Companies can pitch to build french railways while spanish builders can bid to construct schools in canada. But the agreement does not fully remove regulatory barriers as canada is not a member of the Single Market which means its products are still subject to border checks. As the agreement is not a Customs Union or a Single Market, canada and the eu are both free to do trade deals with any other country. Well, a little earlier i spoke to our Political Correspondent tom barton for some analysis of the next brexit phase. If you thought you had heard everything you were going to hear about the relationship between the uk and europe by brexit day, well, think again. Its still going on. It will be going on at least until the end of this year. A speech on monday from borisjohnson setting out what he has as his ambitions for the trade negotiations. Aiming, as you say, for a deal similar to the one the uk has with canada. But make it clear, actually hes willing to go for a looser arrangement even than that if necessary, if terms cant be agreed. And in particular, hes going to make it clear that on one issue that the eu have been talking about recently, regulatory alignment, what the eu call a level playing field, essentially making sure notjust the ways in which things are made conform to certain standards, but things like employment laws and environmental regulations, are also set at the same level. Borisjohnson is going to make it clear that britain wont swallow that and the foreign secretary saying something very similar on the andrew marr showjust now. We just need to be very clear that the canada style agreement doesnt involve regulatory alignment. Its not what the political declaration says. It obviously defeats, as you said in your earlier interviews, the point of brexit, so we would expect to be treated, first of all, in the same way third countries are with the rest of the eu, like japan, like south korea, like canada, but also for the undertakings that the eu have made to be lived up to. So i think its more of a question of getting clarity at the outset, so we are not going to be aligning with eu rules. Thats not on the negotiating table. Its not even an issue of red lines. Its not even in the negotiating room. So, dominic raab essentially saying they gave this deal to canada without asking for regulatory alignment, a level playing field, so you should be able to give the same deal to the uk. The eu, though, are keen to stress that there are big differences between britain and canada when it comes to the European Union. Primarily, location, and we cant be expected to be treated the same. This was the irish politician leo va radkar also speaking to andrew marr. Canada isnt the uk. You know, you are geographically part of the european continent, we share seas, we share air space, and our economies are very integrated. And one thing we feel very strongly in the European Union is that if we are going to have tariff free, quota free trade with the uk, which is essentially what we have with canada on almost everything, then that needs to come with a level playing field. So thats leo varadkar. Time is short, theres only a few months to negotiate this trade deal, whatever sort of trade deal that turns out to be. Yeah, absolutely. So, we are in a transition period at the moment, rules stay the same, everything about the relationship stays the same until the end of this year. But after that, nobody knows what it looks like. They have 11. Or, given negotiations wont start until march, ten months to try to sort this out. The canada deal took seven years to negotiate. We are starting, of course, from a very different position. We are very closely aligned at the moment, but there will be tough talk from both sides over the next few weeks and months. Its going to be a tough, tough battle and itll be very interesting to see how it plays out. Tom barton, Political Correspondent. We can go back to our top story on coronavirus. 11 britons are flying back on a french flight from wuhan, the epicentre of the corona Virus Outbreak in china. They willjoin the 83 british nationals who have already flown back on another flight who are now in quarantine in Arrowe Park Hospital on the wirral. In a moment we will talk to our china correspondent robin brant, whos in shanghai for us. First to Olivia Richwald who is outside the university of york, where its been confirmed one of the uk patients studies. What is the latest there . Its very much business as usual at the university of york. Its a sunday, it is cold, and there are not many people milling about. There was some anxiety people milling about. There was some a nxiety after people milling about. There was some anxiety after it was confirmed yesterday that a student studying here has the coronavirus. Students we re here has the coronavirus. Students were wearing face masks and some we re were wearing face masks and some were a little bit worried. But there are 1500 chinese nationals are studying here and york is very popular with Chinese Tourists as well. We know one student who was studying here and a relative have the and they are being treated in newcastle at the rvi hospital. We dont know anything about them, whether they are male or female, dont know anything about them, whether they are male orfemale, or how old they are and what condition they are in. Yesterday the vice chancellor at the university of york moved to assure staff and students that investigations have shown the risk to other people is very low. The student had not come onto campus 01 the student had not come onto campus or been in Student Accommodation before or after showing symptoms. It hasnt stopped some students being worried and the university has set up worried and the university has set upa worried and the university has set up a helpline in case people want to ask questions or share concerns. Meanwhile investigations continue into who else those people with coronavirus might have come into contact with in york and across the uk. Yorks Chinese Community are trying to trace their movements. We know they were staying at a hotel in york and one member of staff has been given some advice because they came into reasonably close contact with them. They have managed to determine that they travelled here ina determine that they travelled here in a small family group and probably did not use the train. However the incubation period for the disease is between two and 1a days so it could between two and 1a days so it could be quite some time before york is given the all clear. Olivia richwald in york. Our correspondent robin brant is in shanghai for us. The death toll from coronavirus now inexorably rising to more than 300. It now stands at 30a in terms of the number of people have died in mainland china. The one of the death, and it is of some significance today, is in the philippines. Taking the overall total to 305, a 44 year old men, so relatively young, and he died in manila hospital on saturday. The Authorities Say he entered the country on january 21 and Authorities Say he entered the country onjanuary 21 and sought treatment on january 25 and country onjanuary 21 and sought treatment onjanuary 25 and died on saturday. The overall number of cases in china stands at some 14,380. Thats cases in china stands at some 111,380. Thats around about a 20 rise on the figure we saw yesterday. The death toll has increased by about 15 on yesterdays Chinese Government official numbers. The double digit percentage rise every day continues at a very similar trend. What we are seeing from the Chinese Government here is yet further restated efforts to try and postpone the end of the Chinese Lunar new year festival. The reason for that is because today was supposed to be the day that hundreds of millions of Chinese People ended the holiday, got back on planes, trains and buses and return to places where they work, many down the east coast spine of the country, shanghai with a population of 2a million, half of its population almost on Migrant Workers so this would be one place where millions of people are returning to. The government very worried that could be the onset of a fresh wave of contamination so is trying to stagger the end of the holiday and tell businesses, provincial governments and schools to effectively stay shut until they get further progress on containment. And what is the Economic Impact of all this on china and in fact then on other global economies, because china is such a key part of the World Economy . Thats kind of a thesis answer question. How long have we got . There is real concern about the impact on chinas economy, the worlds number two biggest economy. The government is dealing first with the medical emergency but there are indications that it is very worried about the impact on the economy. The context is that china is already dealing with a slowdown in its rate of growth, growth of around 6 and it has not seen that in around 30 years. When markets open tomorrow for the First Time Since the holiday in shanghai, and further in xinjiang, the central bank has already indicated it will inject around 175 billion worth of capital and thats about sending a message of stability, to cut off any anxieties investors might have when the markets open tomorrow to stop no doubt there will be some negative sentiment about what the government has done to try to deal with it. Also concerns about what the government will do going forward. As for the long term impact, factories and businesses are shut and this is and businesses are shut and this is an economy already dealing with the slowdown in growth the like of which it has not seen in a considerable amount of time. But the government is constrained, it is already doing a lot to try deal with credit to liquidity in the system to try to cushion the blow. You wonder how much more it can do to try and negate the impact on the economy of a very unexpected event like this. Robin brant, thank you. Discussing more of the economic implications in china with our business correspondence katie prescott. As robin wasjust business correspondence katie prescott. As robin was just saying, china is such a huge economy and this is bound to slow it down considerably. There is a real danger of that. I was speaking to an economist yesterday who said if this continues into the middle of february, it could knock two Percentage Points off the chinese economic growth, and that is a third, which is really quite significant. Its not surprising, when you think about it with factories closed down, as robin was saying, tens of millions of people quarantined, Migrant Workers who staff the factories unable to travel. We have just had the Chinese New Year when people would be spending money on leisure and entertainment and that just spending money on leisure and entertainment and thatjust has not been happening. There is a dampening of Economic Activity and the potential for that to continue and i think thats really worrying. In terms of british companies, so many deal with china. They get their Raw Materials from china and sell goods to china, so this kind of isolation china has been put into must be having a huge impact. |j china has been put into must be having a huge impact. I think it is really worrying for businesses here. We are so interconnected with china, which makes up a fifth of Global Economic growth. Its really the factory of the world in many ways. Its very difficult to know for uk companies if they might not deal with china, but they will probably have someone in their supply chain who does, so there is a worry they cannot source who does, so there is a worry they cannot source codes. Who does, so there is a worry they cannot source codes. The other way round, demand from chinese consumers is so important to the Global Economy there is a concern they might not be able to sell their products. For example, apple has shut down all 42 of its shops in china and that has affected its share price this week and there are concerns that will continue. In terms of the chinese authorities and how they play this, clearly they have acted quite quickly and trying to control the outbreak and limiting travel and so on. Economically, what can they do to try and mitigate the effects of all of this . They have said today they are putting liquidity into the system so Financial Markets will open tomorrow morning for the First Time Since the Chinese New Year holiday and there we re Chinese New Year holiday and there were concerns of a real crash. The Chinese Government say they will put money behind chinese businesses to make sure they are protected from the effects of the virus and they also say they will support businesses that are trying to face up businesses that are trying to face up to the virus, things like medical suppliers. So its a real sign that the bank is there and they will do things. They have said it is a temporary blip and they dont see it having too much impact on comic stability. Katie prescott, our business correspondence, thank you. Sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres jane dougall. Good afternoon. Starting with tennis because it looked like there was going to be an upset in the final of the Australian Open with Dominic Thiem two sets to one up against the favourite novak djokovic. But djokovic has gone up a gear and has fought back to level the match at 2 2. Djokovic is leading in the fifth. Currently leading 3 1. There is also some british success to tell you about in melbourne because in the last few hours joe salisbury has won his first grand slam title alongside partner american rajeev ram in the mens doubles. He joins jamie murray as one of only two british winners of the mens doubles title at the Australian Open in the open era. Its unbelievable. I think ive dreamed of this moment many times. And now its finally happened, it feels a bit strange, a bit surreal. I dont think its really sunk in quite yet. It still feels a bit like a dream, but, yeah, we arejust so, so thrilled that weve finally done it. To the six nations and its not long until england take on france in paris, in what will be englands first game since losing the World Cup Final three months ago. 23 year old George Furbank will make his england debut at fullback and eddie jones believes the northampton player is made for international rugby. Hes one of the first players i noticed when i came back from the world cup. Very composed, good core skills, got good positional sense. When we got him into the camp he showed all those things under pressure and he thoroughly deserves the opportunity. There are two matches in the premier league later today. Burnley take on arsenal at 2 00pm both those teams are level on points. After that, spurs welcome manchester city. Pep guardiolas side begin the game in second place, but 22 points adrift of League Leaders liverpool. That will focus attentions on the Champions League even more for city, with guardiola admitting hell be seen as a failure if he doesnt win it. Last season was an extraordinary season for us. People talking about winning the Champions League and thats how i will be judged, if i dont win the Champions League i will bejudged a dont win the Champions League i will be judged a failure dont win the Champions League i will bejudged a failure in my period here at manchester. I know that. But my players still win a lot of games. And thats only what i wa nt to of games. And thats only what i want to do. Great britians hockey goalkeeper maddie hinch has criticised rules which saw australia awarded a win for todays pro league game, despite gb leading 1 0. Anna toman had scored from a penalty corner to put gb ahead, but then at half time thunder and lightning in sydney meant the game had to be called off. According to the rules, because australia won yesterdays game, they get Double Points and so were awarded the overall win. Reacting to the decision on twitter, maddie hinch wrote. Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Winning 1 0 at half time only for some obscene t cs to determine the outcome be left with absolutely nothing another sporting event has been called off as a result of the coronaVirus Outbreak in china. The formula e race due to take place in sanya next month has been postponed. Sanya is around 1,000 miles from centre of the outbreak in wuhan. Organisers say they hope the sixth race of the season could still be held at a later date, but had to act after the World Health Organisation declared the virus a global emergency. The world indoor athletics championships and snookers chinese open have also been postponed, while olympics qualifying skiing and boxing events have been cancelled. The nfl season comes to its usual glitzy end tonight with super bowl liv. The San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in miami. The chiefs havent been to a super bowl for 50 years, but they have the best quarterback in the league, patrick mahomes. Could he be the difference . This is so tough to call. Both these teams are dynamic in their own right. They have stars on every side of the field. Im just excited to be part of it and witness this greatness go down. The 49ers have a great running game. I love kyle sha na han, their head coach, and i love the way he calls plays. But, man, this San Francisco 49ers defensive line is so dominant, the best unit in the game at that position and they are going to try to get after patrick mahomes. I tell you what, no matter how good he can throw, if hes on his back, those throws are not going anywhere. Well be building up to super bowl 5a on the bbc sport website and if youre up for a late night its live on bbc one with coverage starting at 11 25pm. Margot robbie, Renee Zellweger and al pacino are just some of the stars up for awards at tonights baftas ceremony in londons Royal Albert Hall. The nominations have been criticised for their lack of diversity, with all the acting nominees being white, and no female directors being recognised for the seventh year running. Our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson reports. The british world war i epic 1917 is the runaway favourite at tonights bafta film awards. And with your help id like to keep it that way. Its already triumphed at the Golden Globes and the Producers Guild awards, and it would be a major surprise if it was not now recognised in its home country. From the moment it was announced that Renee Zellweger had been cast as judy garland in judy, she was being tipped for award success. And her reneessance, as it has been dubbed, should result in a best actress win her first bafta for 16 years. Joker has the most nominations, with 11. Its the first ever comic book film to be nominated for best picture. Oh, my gosh one of the oddest situations tonight is that in best supporting actress, margot robbie. I dont want to be on tv, i want to be on fox . Finds herself up against margot robbie. Shes nominated for both her role in bombshell and in Quentin Tarantinos once upon a time. In hollywood. And much has been made about the lack of diversity in this years baftas. All 20 acting nominations are white and best director is all male for the seventh year in a row. The situation should provide plenty of material for graham norton, who is hosting for the first time. And the red carpet arrivals can be seen live on the bbc news channel in a special programme from 5 15 this afternoon. Colin paterson, bbc news. Well, as colin mentioned the baftas have been criticised for a lack of diversity. With no black actors nominated for the main acting awards theres frustration from black and ethnic minority film makers. Heres more now from our entertainment correspondent brenda emmanus. Music plays. For 15 years the Screen Nation Film Television awards has been celebrating black creative talent, from big names to rising stars. But the glitz and glamour of this annual awards ceremony doesnt hide the fact that a cycle of frustration exists amongst these creatives fuelled by the lack of acknowledgement from the uk Film Industry. Hailed as one of the pioneers of black independent cinema, director and writer menelik sha bazz is uninspired by the progress hes witnessed in a 30 year career. Im disappointed with the current situation, because i see a great deal of talent that has basically been wasted. And it seems now were in this situation where we have no writers that are present in tv, we have hardly any directors and talent or any expression of the black experience. Since the 70s, the Award Winning director has himself been documenting the black british experience. What do you believe needs to be done . The tv industry and the Film Industry regulate themselves, unlike other industries. And i think there needs to be a change in the way that the industry operates. 38, living at home, alone, with your mother chirps is a romantic comedy written and directed by kolton lee. From the generation of directors that followed menelik shabazz, he faced constant barriers to his ambition to bring alternative black voices to the screen. If i try to portray a story that didnt adhere to the kind of stereotypes that we normally see of black people in this country stories around crime, stories around drugs, stories around music if i stepped out of those stereotypes, i wasnt really going to get anywhere, nobody was interested in those kind of narratives. When we talk about lack of diversity, i think what were talking about actually is inequality and i think people should call it what it is. This debate has been going on for decades and it is kind of time it stops now. How about we make a film . It could be a big collaborative project. Dear babylon is one of several films directed by ayo akingbade, a promising second year student at the Royal Academy schools in london. I feel like my younger generation, we care but we dont care. We just need to make our stuff, even if the industry doesnt support. I feel like eventually theyll come around. But i dont want to wait until im 60 saying ive finally got recognition. From pioneers to promising future stars, it has been a long journey for these three generations of black film makers. But ayos optimism and the call for change may mark a turning point. Brenda emmanus, bbc news. And just to remind you, jane hill will be live from the Royal Albert Hall on the red carpet with some very special guests at 5 15. And then we have our results show at 9 30 all here on the bbc news channel. And finally, every year a Small Community in the United States gathers together with music and festivities to watch a small animal emerge from its home which locals believe predicts gathers together with music and festivities to watch a small animal emerge from its home which locals believe predicts the coming weather. Its known as groundhog day