A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. As brits 2020 best album winner dave calls the uk Prime Minister a racist and attacks tabloid coverage of meghan markle. Were asking should pop and politics ever mix . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Within the past couple of hours passengers who have tested negative for coronavirus have started to leave a cruise ship injapan. There have been more than 500 cases of the disease among those on board. The diamond princess has been in quarantine in the port of yokohama for more than two weeks. In china itself more than 2000 people have now died from the covid 19 virus. And more than 130 deaths were recorded on wednesday in Hubei Province which has been the centre of the outbreak. Lets go live to the dockside in yokohama now and speak to our correspondent laura bicker. Can you explain for is the process of disembarking these passengers . What is going on. 0ver passengers . What is going on. Over the last few hours passengers have been walking off the ship onto buses, some off the ship onto buses, some of them getting into taxis. Most seem to be japanese nationals who can easily make their way home. That it is raising concerns about the whole procedure because within the last few hours, a professor released a video in which he called the quarantine measures that have taken place on the ship over the last two weeks as a major mistake. He has serious doubts about the Infection Control within the ship. There is reason to be concerned because the United States had a charter plane and took their passengers home, about 300 passengers, earlier this week. 14 passengers, earlier this week. 1a of whom eventually tested positive for coronavirus. Just yesterday, 88 new cases were discovered upon the ship. These 500 passengers will be disembarking over the next few hours, they are allowed to go home and have tested negative for the virus. 0thers, home and have tested negative forthe virus. 0thers, over540 passengers, are being treated at nearby hospitals. They have tested positive. Even if someone in the same cabin as you has tested positive, even if you are negative you must remain within quarantine. Japanese Health Authorities say that the reason we see these new cases is simply because of the way the virus is tested. They see these cases were actually contracted, the coronavirus was contracted before the quarantine measures we re before the quarantine measures were put in place on the ship. They say it is perfectly safe for these people to go home. It seems many governments are not convinced. Within the last few hours south korea has said it will ban entry to any foreigners who have come off the ship. The us as well as saying any foreigners trying to make their way home will have to undergo 1a days worth of quarantine and anyone being flown home by their own country is also having to undergo another 1a days quarantine. So there are many questions being asked today about whether or not this cruise ship and these passengers being allowed off could possibly perhaps increase and perhaps i must add this caveat perhaps increase the infection rate withinjapan and elsewhere across the world. Thank you for that update. The Mexican Government is under pressure to do more to protect girls and women after a spate of brutal killings. Among the victims is a seven Year Old Girl who was abducted and murdered while waiting to be picked up from school. Her tragic death has triggered widespread protests demanding an end to gender related violence. Freya cole reports. Fatima was just seven years old when her life was cruelly cut short. She was waiting to be picked up from school when she was kidnapped and murdered. Her small body was found naked in a plastic bag more than one week later. The grief for her family is unimaginable. This chilling security video released by mexican authorities shows fatima with a key suspect. Police have offered a large award and say this woman did not act alone. Translation award and say this woman did not act alone. Translationzl heinous and senseless crime has been committed which will not go unpunished. We will seek justice for fatima. But authorities have come under attack for not acting quicker. Her death follows a string of violent crimes. Last week a 25 year old woman was found stabbed to death and partially skinned. Hundreds took the streets outraged over the brutality. The president , who vowed to end corruption and empower the poor, blamed their deaths on governance before his time. Translation society has fallen into decline. A progressive degradation that has to do with the neoliberal model. His words, little comfort for those grieving and who no longer feel safe. Translation she was an innocent girl. She had dreams and local women in mexico, we go out and sometimes we are afraid. When we go home we are afraid. When we go home we are afraid of what might happen to us. On average, ten women a day are killed in mexico. This latest spate of sickening violence is triggering widespread protest. These women are demanding that society uphold and respect of their safety a nd uphold and respect of their safety and liberties. With a warning to every abuser, rapist and killer that fatimas death, and killer that fatimas death, and all those before her, will not be in vain. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news. A landmark report by the United Nations has warned the world is failing to protect children from the Health Dangers posed by Climate Change and poor diet. More than a0 Child Health Experts said that no country is adequately protecting children from the impacts of carbon emissions, the destruction of nature and high calorie and processed foods. Low skilled workers will not be granted uk visas under the british governments post brexit immigration rules. Ministers have announced their plans, and urged businesses to move away from relying on cheap labour from europe. The opposition has attacked the proposals. The former mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg, has qualified for the democratic president ial debate in nevada on wednesday. So far, in the campaign to choose who will be the pa rtys candidate to fight donald trump, the billionaire has not been tested, live on a debate stage, alongside his rivals for the nomination. A danish court has sentenced a former senior Civil Servant to six and a half years in prison for stealing 17 million from the countrys welfare agency, where she worked for a0 years. Britta nielsen was accused of siphoning the funds, meant for people in need, into her own accounts. She confessed to the fraud, which took place through non existent projects. Our Main Business story is the effects of coronavirus on the cruise industry and also the knock on to the travel business as a whole. Priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech joins me now. This is, potentially, the effect and for how long this will be felt is far reaching. Exactly. We dont know how long this will go on for that we have two stories one is about Southeast Asia and the fact that their tourist hubs rely on the chinese visitors to come and enjoy their beaches. We now have incentives in thailand the philippines vietnam, trying to encourage. Trying to encourage local visitors to enjoy what is available there and tourist hubs and the regions are struggling because what happened in vietnam is that it is worried it could wipe out 5. 9 billion dollars of their tourism earnings in the next three months. You can see how these local businesses, close in terms of the region, could be affected. And then there is the other story from the us. You and i have spent a lot of time talking about how the us has these anti china stories but now it is a big story about how they are really worried because the Third Largest source of overseas travel into the us are chinese visitors in the us are chinese visitors in the average chinese visitor will spend approximately six and a half thousand dollars during their visit to the us. And now the us is concerned that that 31t. 5 and now the us is concerned that that 34. 5 billion and now the us is concerned that that 31t. 5 billion spend the chinese visitors spent in 2018 will not be replicated this year and that will have a severe effect on tourism and the travel industry in the us. Many people are worried. I saw Victoria Beckham pouting about her business. We will get into that later in the papers but for now, thank you. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come we gain rare access to the cleaning of one of humanitys greatest triumphs ahead of the return of some of the worlds most famous masterpieces. Nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. The withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. Malcolm has been murdered. That has a terrible effect on the morale of the people. Im terrified of the repercussions in the streets. One wonders who is next. As the airlift got under way, there was no let up in the eruption itself. Lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being. It could start flowing again at any time. The russians heralded their new Generation Space station with a spectacular night launch. They called it mir, the russian for peace. Youre watching the briefing. Our headlines authorities in mexico city have offered a 100,000 reward for information on the murder of a seven Year Old Girl. Authorities injapan have begun allowing passengers off the diamond princess cruise liner thats been quarantined in a japanese port for the past two weeks. Lets stay with that now, our correspondent nick beake is in hong kong for us now. Nick, its good to see you. Every day that we speak, the death toll continues to rise. I wonder whether the increases are still at the same pace, or is it slowing down . Hello. Well, the latest figures on the chinese authorities show that now more than 2000 people on Mainland China have died from the coronavirus. So that grim milestone has been passed. At the same time, their figures, which once again we take on trust, there figures show the number of new cases and the number of new cases and the number of new death is falling and continues to fall new deaths. So if these figures are to be believed, it would paint a picture that some of the very tough measures they have been taking appear to be working. If you look at the city of wuhan, 11 Million People live there. If the heart of the outbreak and weather viruses first reported at the end of last year. We are hearing that the authorities are looking at the records of everyone who has been into a pharmacy and bought cough mixture or something from a fever, or bought that online, their records are being examined and officials will follow u p examined and officials will follow up on them. So it is pretty stringent stuff they are doing in Hubei Province. And nick, we have heard there has been a death in hong kong from the virus now. Yes, thats right. This is the second death in hong kong, it is a 70 year old man. The Health Officials are saying he did have other Underlying Health problems. He caught the virus and he died in hospital. That was announced this morning. We know there are 62 cases recorded in hong kong at the moment, but as we say, this man in his 70s, the 70, has been the second person to actually die from the virus there. Any sign ofany die from the virus there. Any sign of any quarantine measures being put in place in hong kong or is that still not the case there . Well, the setup they have at the moment, the rule as suchis have at the moment, the rule as such is that if you come from Mainland China across the border to hong kong, you need to put yourself in quarantine for two weeks. So you either stay at your house or at a hotel or at a friends house, but for two weeks you cant go out. Some people are saying how is that working in practical terms because it is reliant on trust. We know there were two people who came and didnt quarantine themselves and they we re quarantine themselves and they were wa nted quarantine themselves and they were wanted people. The authorities said they com pletely authorities said they completely broke the rules here and this system only works when people do what we ask them to do. They were subsequently found by the authorities and will now face the consequences. That is the measure they have in place here. Worth mentioning some exemptions to that was that if you are a Delivery Driver bringing things over the border to hong kong, you dont need to go into quarantine. Presumably people are being checked medically and they are able to continue theirjob so the flow of goods and other essential things can continue as best it can. Nick, thank you for that. Nick bea ke as best it can. Nick, thank you for that. Nick beake in hong kong. Its 500 years since the death of the italian renaissance artist raphael, famed for his portraits and frescoes. A major exhibition in london later this year will show some of his best loved work. And in the vatican theyve been getting ready to hang his tapestries in the Sistine Chapel beneath michelangelos ceiling. Our correspondent mark lowen gained exclusive access to the preparations. Where sacred power needs artistic mastery, note brings quiet but no rest. Night. In the Sistine Chapel, where popes are chosen between michelangelos glory, we got rare a ccess michelangelos glory, we got rare access to the cleaning of one of humanitys greatest triumphs. For me this job is the best one can do in their life. The upkeep now is particularly special. 500 years since the world lost michelangelos contemporary, raphael, reparations to host his tapestries in the chapel where they were designed to hang. Amidst the magical story of this place was an intense renaissance rivalry between the older michelangelo and the younger, more sociable raphael. They didnt even have that while michelangelo was absent during the painting of the ceiling, raphael even snuck into ta ke ceiling, raphael even snuck into take a peek. The competition for favour driving these masters do new artistic heights. Raphael, the so called prince of painters died suddenly on his 37th birthday. The anniversary has spread painstaking restoration of some of his most famous frescoes. One of his most famous philosophers in the school of athens is heraclitus. And this painting of his lover willjoin an exhibition in london. Back at the chapel, a delicate operation to bring in the tapestries. Raphael has no splendour unfurled once again. There is a debate. Some prefer michelangelo, some raphael. And so have them to have them together is very important to understand the balance and compare them, how they talk to each other. Five sentries on the masterpieces are where they belong, rivals reunited in perfect harmony. Mark lowen, bbc news, at the vatican. Time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Im just in particle with the bbc sports centre. After losing the first leg of the last 16 say in madrid, electrical madrid went ahead after just four minutes electrical madrid went ahead afterjust four minutes thanks to an early strike and then dug in as they so often do to get the win they needed on what proved to be a frustrating note the liverpool who didnt have a single shot on target. Frustrating night. I saw much worse games in my life. It was 0k. Worse games in my life. It was ok. We were not good enough in the last third, thats it. And, you know, i didnt expect we would have 70 possession, i thought we would have a bit more, but were not surprised. You try to defend with all you have. Not a good night for him but a good night for this guy, continuing his remarkable scoring for this season with two more goals to give dortmund a two win over psg. The 19 year old has good 11 goals since joining 19 year old has good 11 goals sincejoining dortmund 19 year old has good 11 goals since joining dortmund last month has scored. Raman fred, Major League Baseball commissioner has come under fire for calling the trophy, a piece of metal. Manfred made the comment when playing down the likelihood of the Houston Astros being stripped of their 2017 title after they admitted cheating, its safe to say turner isnt impressed i dont know if the commissioner has won anything in his life. Maybe he hasnt. But the reason every day is in this room, the reason every guy is working out all season and showing up to camp early and putting in time and effort is specifically for the trophy. Which, by the way, is called the commissioners trophy. Jose mourinho will be without son heung min for tottenhams Champions League first leg tie against rb leipzig on wednesday and potentially for the rest of the season. The south Korea International who scored twice in sundays win at aston villa in the premier league broke his arm in the game and will undergo surgery. The club says hell be out for a few weeks, but mourinho reckons thats optimistic. Im going to miss him. I said that simon found a very nice way to rate the statement. If i was the one to write the statement i wouldnt have written it any differently than he did. Were counting on him playing this season . I dont. You dont . I dont. And finally lets show you this from spain spare a thought for this mascot from la liga side leganes called pickles using his cannon here to fire shirts into the crowd before their match with real betis. But it didnt go to plan have a look again the shirts actually flew out of the stadium that is what you call a pickle. Just a reminder you can get all the latest sports news at our website thats bbc. Com sport. Thank every action there to the european Champions League results. But from me Chetan Pathak and the rest of the sport team, that is wednesdays sport briefing. The biggest names in the Music Industry have been celebrating at the 40th brit awards here in london. Billie eilish, lewis capaldi, and stormzy were among the winners. But the night will be remembered for some political performances, notably by the rapper dave who won best album. In his song black he paid tribute to the Grenfell Tower victims, criticised the medias treatment of the duchess of sussex, and called the british Prime Minister a racist. David sillito reports. Voiceover welcome to the brit awards 2020. Im overyou, and i dont need your lies no more. The 40th brit awards. It was a big night for. Lewis capaldi they had to mute his speech for a pre watershed audience. But others were here to be heard, such as the Mercury Prize winning artist dave, in a performance that was impassioned, angry and political. The truth is our Prime Ministers a real racist. Downing street says it wont be commenting. I say the least racist is still racist. And tyler the creator in 2015 he was prevented from entering britain because of what was said to be unacceptable behaviour, by making statements that could foster hatred. He had a message for the former home secretary. Thank you, theresa may. Theres just no time to die. I felt very hated recently. 18 year old Billie Eilish 5a million followers on instagram, and her welcome here a relief from the online hate. It genuinely made me want to cry, and i want to cry right now, so thank you. David sillito, bbc news, the brits. 0h . Oh . Where are you going . I havent finished yet. Tim has beenin havent finished yet. Tim has been in touch, saying i guess popsta rs have been in touch, saying i guess popstars have their political opinions like the rest of us and this is a perfect opportunity to express them. We have freedom of speech, you dont have to agree with them. We also had a tweet from sarah who said pop, like other musical genres should be reflective of its time including important matters such as politics. And also having an emphasis on Climate Change. Thanks, sarah brenda said, absolutely they should. Art and politics should never be exclusive. Joe takes a different view saying, its the same old thing again. The performer should just stick to their day job performer should just stick to their dayjob and keep their personal opinions to themselves. So, quite a lot of you getting in touch. Some division of opinion there. If you would like to join the conversation keep it nice, even if you disagree with each other. Just use the hashtag and if you want to read more about the comments that were made at the comments that were made at the brits, you can find the full write up on our website. Bbc. Com news, or you can find it on the bbc news app. Dont go away. Ill be back with the Business Briefing in a matter of moments. Hello there. The weather doesnt look like its going to be settling down anytime soon, u nfortu nately. We have more rainfall in the forecast, which could exacerbate already existing flooding problems. We still have several severe flood warnings in force. We saw record river levels monday and tuesday across southern and western areas, although those levels have subsided somewhat. However, with more rain in the forecast, piling in during wednesday and thursday, were likely to see those river levels rising again, and we could be looking at more flooding issues. And the heavy rain over the next few days will be focused more across North Western parts of england and north wales, northern and western wales. Now, today it starts off fine and dry, quite chilly, little bit of ice around, but some sunshine, before the cloud thickens up ahead of this weather system which will arrive, bringing outbreaks of fairly persistent rain for Northern Ireland, western scotland into north west england, northern and western wales. Further south and east, some dry interludes, although it will be rather cloudy, and temperatures generally nine or 10 degrees in the south, cooler across the north. Now, it continues to stay wet through wednesday night, and this weather front continues to bring rain particularly into northern and north west england, northern and western wales. This is where well start to see problems arising again. It will be quite a mild night for england and wales. Something colder, though, across certainly the northern half of scotland. So the weather fronts then still with us as we head on through thursday. The good news is, as it starts to move through fairly quickly, it will allow for a little bit of sunshine through the day on thursday. But quite a temperature contrast from thursday morning to what we will expect later on as the colder air moves through. Now, the good news is this weather front will move through fairly quickly across the country through the day, eventually clearing the south east, with some sunshine returning behind it. So a dry afternoon, with some sunshine. That should help issues there. But there will be lots of showers across the north. These will be wintry on the hills, as it will be chilly, but even a chillier day for the south as that front moves through. Notice the isobars increase as we head on into friday. Its going to turn windy and there will be more weather fronts piling in. Were thinking areas to the north of north wales seeing most of the rainfall. Particularly Northern Ireland and western scotland could be very wet, but again, into north west england and north wales. To the south, should see some sunny spells, but the wind gusts mean its going to be a very blustery day, 40 50 mph winds. On the plus side, temperatures in double figures for most, 11 or 12 degrees in the south east. So thats how its looking up until friday, into the weekend. This is the Business Briefing. Im ben bland. Passengers on virus hit diamond princess have begun disembarking. We look at how the cruise industry is dealing with a big downturn in business. And the future of waste. We take a peek at singapores latest solution on managing rubbish. And on the markets asian shares edge cautiously higher. 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