Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20200208 19:00:00 : compare

Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20200208 19:00:00

This is bbc news. The headlines at seven 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in northeast thailand. This is main suspect a junior army officer, who killed his Commanding Officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. He is still at large. Five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 56 network. Why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat . I dont know of anyone else anywhere else in the world that would do that. Gusts of 63 Miles Per Hour in stornoway as the met Office Issues Severe Weather warnings for tomorrow as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. England reignite their six nations title hopes after beating scotland. Full details in sportsday in half an hour. A soldier in thailand has gone on the rampage shooting dead at least 20 people. Reports are that 31 people have been injured with ten being treated in hospital. The gunman is believed to now be holed up in a Shopping Mall in the city of korat. The Sergeant Major began his attack by killing his Commanding Officer at an Army Barracks before stealing guns, ammunition and a military vehicle. He opened fire at a buddhist temple and later at the Shopping Centre where Police Continue to hunt him. The Thai Ministry of defence says, the attacker is this man a low ranking officer named jakraphanth thomma. These pictures were taken from his facebook page, on which he posted updates on the rampage as it happened. It has since been taken down. Jonathan head sent this report from bangkok. Panic in a provincial Shopping Mall as people realise theres a gunman inside and they have to run. From outside, the sound of multiple gunshots. At this stage, he had already killed a Senior Army Officer and shot several other soldiers before reaching the mall. At one point, one of his shots appeared to ignite a gas cylinder. The gunman has been identified as 32 year old Sergeant Majorjakraphanth thomma. He took selfies of himself outside the mall and live streamed parts of his attack on facebook before it was taken down, but his motives are not yet known. Gun crimes are not uncommon in thailand, but a shooting on this scale by one man is horribly new. Our Southeast Asia correspondent, jonathan head, says the death toll from the shooting is likely to increase. The extent of deaths and injuries is shocking. The Health Minister has said 20 bodies have been recovered. We think around 50 have been injured. Some of those are very serious conditions. At this stage it looks like the police and army units that had surrounded the mall, some of those have now gone inside. Theres been quite a lot more shooting in the last hour or two and weve seen lots of people who were trapped, shoppers trapped inside. Its a very, very large Shopping Mall so they would have been lots of people inside. Also a lot of places this gunman can hide. A lot of those people were pouring out as the Security Forces went in. The police are saying they have now actually taken control of most of the Shopping Mall. They say all of the floors above the ground level, which suggests that he is in the basement and thats where they will concentrate now. We dont know whether hes got any hostages or any other people hes keeping down there or how they are going to end this. Clearly they want to end it as quickly as possible. It started earlier in the afternoon when he killed a senior officer, possibly his Commanding Officer. That might have been some kind of personal dispute, we dont know, and the colonels mother in law before moving on to take weapons and ammunition from an army base and ending up in this Shopping Mall but from what people have seen on his social media pages, he was Live Streaming these attacks at one point and posting selfies before facebook took them down. Its not clear what his motives are, theres no sense of any ideological motive and i think until he is either caught or quite possibly killed and there is a full investigation, we wont know what caused this dreadful incident. There would have been a lot of people there when they went in. That will be on the minds of the Security Forces. We believe theyve sent units up from bangkok who may have specialisation in tackling this sort of situation, but its actually something thats quite unfamiliar in thailand, none of us can remember alone shooting like this happening before so its not something they would be used to handling. We dont know which units have gone in at this stage or how they are trying to do it, but, as you say, as a Sergeant Major in the army, its possible he is well trained. He has certainly been very ruthless in the use of his gunfire up until now. He doesnt appear to be particularly discriminating in who he shoots. Nothing more has come out except the most basic information that we are being given by police and what we have seen on his social media pages so i dont think of this, five british people including a child have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the french alps. They were all staying in the same chalet, in a ski resort in the savoie region and caught the virus from a british man whod recently returned from singapore. Elsewhere, a british family are in hospital in majorca, as a precaution, after they reportedly came into contact with a coronavirus patient. More than 700 people have died from the virus in china, since the outbreak started. Andy moore reports. A picturesque ski resort in the french alps the unlikely setting for this new cluster of coronavirus cases. French officials said a british man came to a chalet in Contamines Montjoie after visiting singapore. He then infected at least five other people, including a child. A total of 11 people are in hospital, but theyre not said to be in a serious condition. Some local schools will have to close. Translation we have been trying to trace where the 11 people from the chalet have been during their stay and who they have been in close contact with. The british man who was the original source of the infection is being treated in hospital in london. He fell ill after returning to brighton. A child at a school is in city is in self imposed quarantine. In a separate case in mallorca, a british family of four, including two girls, is in hospital as a precaution after one of them came in contact with a coronavirus case in france. Samples have been sent to madrid for testing. Translation we will have to wait between 24 and 48 hours for the results, but there will be announced as soon as possible. On a cruise liner quarantined off the coast of japan, 64 people have now tested positive for coronavirus. They have been taken off the ship to hospital. One of them is british. Alan steele from walsall was celebrating his honeymoon. Hes said to be doing well, according to his friends, who are still on board the cruise liner. He was taken off the ship yesterday, late afternoon. Hes in a hospital near tokyo. Wendy is missing him a great deal, obviously, but theyre in regular touch, and alan has been in touch with me a couple of times today. Meanwhile the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak has opened a second new hospital to deal with the health emergency. It was built from scratch in wuhan in just two weeks. There have now be a total of 722 deaths in china and two in other countries. More than 3a,000 people in china have been infected. Tomorrow, the last of 150 british citizens are expected to arrive back in the uk on the final Repatriation Flight from wuhan. They will be taken to a training and Conference Venue on the outskirts of milton keynes. The third uk patient andy moore mentioned in his piece caught the coronavirus at a business conference in singapore. The event was held over three days injanuary at the Grand Hyatt Hotel and was organised by the british firm servomex. In a statement, the company has told the bbc the chinese authorities have said that the rate of confirmed cases over the past four days appears to have eased. Our correspondent in geneva, imogen foulkes, says the World Health Organization is still urging caution. I think the who is also heartened a little bit by that apparent sign of stabilisation but they were talking, the director general an hour ago, he said you do have to be really kit cautious. Viruses can slow down and then really accelerate again. We dont know yet with this one. But i think more they see, the more they know and what we do see is that the cases outside china are very, very low. There are 288, i think, so far and i think one of the things that the who is really focusing on, and medical experts around the world, are these so called clusters. That business meeting in singapore and who was at it, who was infected, and who they infected after that. That is going to shed some really, really important light on the nature of this virus, how easily it is transmitted and, also, as it spreads, how severe or mild its Health Impact actually is. A group of senior conservatives is urging fellow tory mps to challenge borisjohnsons decision to give the Chinese Technology firm a role in building the uks 5g mobile networks. In a letter, severalformer cabinet ministers say, there are alternative options which would not compromise national security. The government insists the decision was taken following a rigorous review and huaweis involvement in 5g would be limited. Sir Iain Duncan Smith explained why hes concerned about the decision. The government has made a decision, and i have to say i have sympathy for the prime minister, because this is a bit of a hospital pass. This was given to him after Civil Servants had driven this process very hard, because huawei are already in the earlier systems, and bear in mind that the Civil Service were very heavily criticised by the Security Select Committee back in 2013, who said they should have looked very much more carefully at that security. We are at a point where we need to make a decision, and its a long term decision, notjust on 5g but on 6g, which is the big breakthrough, as to whether or not you have an organisation from a country that is an aggressor in terms of cyber warfare, and a company that is clearly, totally and utterly in the hands of the chinese government, who demand absolute obedience on these matters. So the answer is, are they manageable . And nobody that i have spoken to in the security apparatus, outside or inside technology companies, they all say its simply not manageable to have an organisation like that inside your important network, and therefore we now need to drive that to zero, zero involvement, as soon as we can, one oi two years, and therefore open up to many more other providers. The department for work and pensions says, its working urgently to make improvements, after a report raised concerns about the number of suicides linked to problems with benefit claims. The National Audit office says, 69 cases have been investigated in the past six years, but warns that the true number is likely to be much higher. Our correspondent, helena wilkinson, gave us this update earlier. We can now reveal that the government looked at 69 cases over the past six years, but i think crucially what this report also warns is that the number of cases where claimants have taken their own lives may be much higher. Its criticised the department for their way it investigates benefit related deaths. It says that there are unclear structures within the department, so staff dont know when to investigate, and that may in turn have stopped other deaths from being reported. It also says until recently its failed to actively seek information from coroners and families. Well, we had a statement from a Government Spokesperson saying the department was urgently working to drive forward improvements, and learn the lessons of what it called these tragic cases. Obviously, though, this is very concerning for any families whove been affected. Police have spoken to the 16 year old schoolboy who was sent hundreds of social media messages by scotlands former finance secretary, derek mackay. The snp policitian resigned on thursday. Police scotland said it hadnt received any complaint of criminality, but it was assessing available information. The foreign secretary says he is seeking an ambitious trade deal with japan as britain begins free trade talks with major economies. Dominic raab met with his japanese counterpart on his first overseas trip, following britains departure from the eu last month. Mr raab said he wanted a trade agreement at least as good as the eus. I have discussed how we can deliver new bilateral arrangements at least as high a standard, if not higher, and at least as ambitious as the Eu Japan Economic Partnership agreement, which would send a very powerful signal of our shared commitment to free and rules based trade. Minister motegi and i also discussed the uks interest in membership of the comprehensive and progressive agreement on Trans Pacific partnership and we very much welcome the advice and support from japan in that regard. Voters in ireland are voting in a general election today. The country has been governed by coalitions for the past 30 years and there are likely to be Fresh Coalition negotiations between parties, after the result is declared. Counting takes place tomorrow. The headlines on bbc news 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. Five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 5g network. In the united states, Democratic Candidates hoping to take on President Trump in novembers election have moved onto New Hampshire before tuesdays primary vote. All eyes are on Pete Buttigieg and senator bernie sanders, who came out ahead in iowa. Jane obrien reports from New Hampshire. Ladies and gentlemen, tonights Democratic Candidates for president of the united states. The same faces, the same arguments, but a new dynamic on display in the last debate before the New Hampshire primary. Pete buttigieg no longer an upstart and a real contender following his messy win in iowa. Once again, he defended his age and inexperience, this time with greater confidence. Ijust bring a different perspective. Look, i freely admit that if youre looking for the person with the most years of washington Establishment Experience under their belt, youve got your candidate and of course its not me. The perspective im bringing is that of somebody whose life has been shaped by the decisions that are made in those big white buildings in washington dc. Clashes with his opponents were inevitable. Boy, did Pete Buttigieg have a target on his back tonight. Biden went after him, bernie went after him, Amy Klobuchar went after him. Bernie feels threatened, biden and klobuchar feel like theyre losing votes to him. Is he ready for this . Is he ready for the scrutiny . Is he ready for the challenge . And that is something New Hampshirevoters always Pay Attention to. Did former Vice President joe biden do enough to elevate his campaign . His bad performances and his good performances havent helped him or hurt him in a debate, butjoe bidens in a tough, tough spot and we may be looking at the end of his campaign. From the start, mr biden conceded he might lose New Hampshire but gave a defiant defence of his record. We have to be held accountable for the things we did. Im the guy that set up drug courts, i set them up, i wrote it into law and it never got funded. And also on opioids, im the guy who has already begun to make a down payment. In the cures act ive put in 1 billion to fight opioid addiction. Voters say they want to connect with the candidates and there was more energy and some passionate performances, but the central question remains. It is not about who has the best health care plan, all the Health Care Plans are better, a million times better. The question is who can go toe to toe with mr trump. Who can take down mr trump because he is the real threat to the country and let me say, you have to have experience to take him down. This is not a question of hes a nice guy whos going to listen. We need people with experience, that is why i am worried about mayor pete. You need to be able to go toe to toe with this guy and take him down on the debate stage or

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