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Coronavirus live updates: Nearly 80% of China’s provinces report no new cases on Monday Only one of 150 new deaths is outside of Hubei province as President Xi warns of impact on economy. Follow latest news 5.33am GMTEarlier we reported that 24 out of 31 provincial-level regions across China had no new cases of Covid-19 on Monday. This includes Beijing and Shanghai. 24 provincial-level regions of China, including Beijing and Shanghai, reported no new confirmed cases of #COVID19 Sunday, according to local health authorities Monday. pic.twitter.com/01srDOK3mH 5.30am GMTWe’re getting some more details on the changed conditions in Wuhan – here’s a report from China Global Television Network:China’s Wuhan, the city at the epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (CO...

World is approaching coronavirus tipping point, experts say 78,000 cases confirmed, as Italy and Iran scramble to contain major outbreaks The world is fast approaching a “tipping point” in the spread of the coronavirus, according to experts who warn that the disease is outpacing efforts to contain it, after major outbreaks forced Italy and Iran to introduce stringent internal travel restrictions and South Korea’s president placed the country on red alert.Some of the countries most affect by the virus are scrambling to halt its progress two days after Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said the international community needed to act quickly before the narrowing “window of opportunity” closed completely. Co...

More than 11,000 homes in England to be built on land at high risk of flooding Exclusive Guardian and Greenpeace analysis finds areas hit by recent storms are planning houses on floodplainsMore than 11,000 new homes are planned to be built on land at the highest risk of flooding in the regions battered by the worst winter storms in a generation, the Guardian has learned.An analysis of planning documents reveals that 11,410 new homes have been planned for land the government considers high-risk in the seven English counties where thousands of properties have been devastated by flooding since November. Continue reading... Go to Source

Brexit: UK reneging on Northern Ireland pledges risks trade deals with US and EU Concerns raised after reports negotiating team told to devise plans to ‘get around’ protocol in withdrawal agreementReneging on the special Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland will risk trade deals with both the EU and the US, experts have warned.Concern has been raised after Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiating team has reportedly been ordered to come up with plans to “get around” the Northern Ireland protocol in the withdrawal agreement which includes checks on goods and food going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. Continue reading... Go to Source

Who might make the cut for Labour's next shadow cabinet? With voting in the leadership election about to begin, speculation is turning to the party’s future frontbenchLabour members start voting next week for the party’s new leader. As the process enters its final stage, thoughts are turning to who the three remaining candidates might appoint to shadow cabinet posts. Here are a few possibilities for each – though it must be stressed that this is an ever-changing process. Continue reading... Go to Source

MI5 rejects claims that officials withhold intelligence from Priti Patel Informed security source says Sunday Times report quoting unnamed officials is untrueMI5 has rejected claims that its officials are withholding information from Priti Patel because they do not trust her.An informed security source said the report about Patel’s relationship with the agency in the Sunday Times was “simply untrue” and that she was getting the same information from the agency as any other home secretary. Continue reading... Go to Source

Coronavirus outbreak: special powers enacted in Italy after deaths – live news Number of cases in north of the country jumps causing disruption to Milan fashion week and Serie A matches 11.31am GMTIran has confirmed eight deaths from the the new coronavirus, with the number infected rising to 43. Most of the infections have been in Qom. Health Minister Saeed Namaki urged people to avoid traveling to the city, a major site for Shi’ite pilgrims 120 km (75 miles) south of the capital Tehran. 11.25am GMTThe total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Italy had reached 115.The governor of the Lombardy Region Attilio Fontana said that there were 89 cases in his region, most of which had popped up in small towns in the countryside. Continue reading... Go to Source

Tyson Fury expects Deontay Wilder rematch rather than Joshua showdown Fury camp say they will honour rematch clauseEddie Hearn keen for Joshua title unification boutTyson Fury is “almost sure” he will face Deontay Wilder for a third time rather than Anthony Joshua in an all-British four-belt unification fight that would crown an undisputed heavyweight champion for the first time in two decades.Fury administered a shocking beatdown of the favoured American knockout merchant to capture the WBC’s version of the heavyweight championship on Saturday night in a return meeting of their split draw 15 months ago, flooring Wilder in the third and fifth rounds before the badly wounded champion’s corner threw in the towel midway through the seventh. Continue reading... Go...

Nevada caucuses: Bernie Sanders wins in resounding victory Sanders solidifies status as national frontrunner Centrists trail behind Biden declares: ‘We’re alive’The Vermont senator Bernie Sanders won the caucuses in Nevada, solidifying his frontrunner status in the race for the Democratic nomination.“We’ve brought together a multigenerational, multiracial coalition that is not only going to win Nevada, it’s going to sweep this country,” Sanders told supporters in San Antonio, Texas, after the Associated Press and several US networks projected his win. Continue reading... Go to Source