This is the briefing. Im sally bundock. Our top story europes Biggest Regional Airline goes bust troubled flybe says coronavirus was the final straw. Californias governor declares a state of emergency over the virus. California has confirmed at least wbr id wbr310 50 cases and its first death. On the greek island of lesbos, more violence as locals clash with refugees and migrants coming from turkey. Out of service, the james bond movie releases delayed over concerns of the coronavirus. b
a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be a part of the conversation as the release of latest james bond movie is delayed. Tell us if you are changing your behaviour. Are you avoiding places like the cinema . Get in touch just use wbrid wbr910 the hashtag bbcthebriefing. One of europes Biggest Regional Airlines, the british carrier flybe, has collapsed, threatening thousands of jobs. Flybe was taken over by a consortium, in
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
Understand, does not currently, we understand, have plans to evacuate the 57 british citizens and 20 british crew from the ship. For everyone else not evacuated they will have to remain on board at least until wednesday, when they are tested. Those who are negative will be allowed to leave and the quarantine will end on wednesday but there is a proviso. Anybody in close contact with someone anybody in close contact with someone who has tested positive, their quarantine will be set again to zero and they will have to spend another 1a days, possibly still on board the ship. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Strong winds have affected many parts of the uk so for this weekend thanks to storm dennis. It seems as if rain has causing bigger problems for many. A red warning from the met 0ffice issued this morning for parts of south wales. Rain following into flooded areas, a risk to life. Numerous platforms across wales, england and scotland, the bbc weather website will ke
Showers in makes it feel cool but first up on this weeks travel show, simon platts heads to europes most High Pressure building in from the active volcano on the italian west and that means for most it is set to turn dry from tuesday onwards. A few showers in northern and eastern parts of the Country Island of sicily. Through Tuesday Morning and they will ease away. Long sunny spells with temperatures down and windchill good morning. To go with it. Still at levels above welcome to breakfast with Nina Warhurst where they should before this time and rogerjohnson. Of year and we stick with that much theres been an earthquake our headlines today on the south side of etna. More than 300 people have now died of year and we stick with that much of the working week. E la sirena, ecco from the coronavirus outbreak ho detto che sarebbe tornato. As more britons fly home from wuhan. In one of the most volcanic the first Death Outside china has regions in europe, an earthquake is detected. Been rep
Welcome to bbc news, im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories china says virus cases are stabilising, but the World Health Organization warns the epidemic is impossible to predict. This outbreak could still go in any direction. Italys parliament votes to allow ex interior minister Matteo Salvini to face trial for stopping migrants from landing. The pope says no to married priests, even in the worlds most remote regions. And a turtle as big as a car. Scientists in south america unearth a fossil of giant proportions. The World Health Organization says there are signs coronavirus has stabilised in china. However, it has cautioned against reading too much into the data, saying the outbreak could still worsen. In the last few hours, there has been a sharp rise in the number of confirmed deaths in chinas hubei province. 2a2 people have died in a single day, along with nearly 15,000 new cases of infection. From geneva, where hundreds of Public Health officials and scientists have been meeting,