bbc--2020-03-10--UK government wins vote after Huawei rebellion

The government has defeated the first rebellion from its own MPs over plans to allow Huawei to be used in the UK 's 5G mobile network .
Thirty-eight Conservative rebels backed an amendment to end the Chinese firm 's participation in the project by the start of 2023 .
Despite promises from the government of a new bill to address their concerns , rebel MPs pushed their plan to a vote .
But with a large Commons majority , the government defeated it by 24 votes .
Culture Minister Matt Warman said the government had heard the points `` loud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` We will now engage intensively with colleagues across the House to make sure that we will make our case at every possible level…and we will underline that we will always put national security at the very top of our agenda . ''
• What is Huawei and how could it be a security threat ?
• Huawei 5G verdict is decision 'with few good options' The use of Huawei technology in the 5G network was signed off by No 10 and security experts earlier this year , with the caveats of keeping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ areas and capping its market share at 35 % .
But Tory critics say the firm is an arm of the Chinese state and a risk to UK security - claims the firm rejects .
Other countries , including the US and Australia , have banned Huawei from their own networks and criticised the UK 's decision .
After the Commons vote , Huawei vice president Victor Zhang , said : `` An evidence-based approach is needed , so we were disappointed to hear some groundless accusations asserted .
`` The industry and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leave Britain less secure , less productive and less innovative . ''
Today 's revolt on Huawei leaves Boris Johnson with one king-sized political headache .
It will likely prompt a bout of teeth gnashing in Downing Street that so many Tories should be ready to defy the PM so soon after he delivered them a whopping election victory .
But it will also sting that their ranks were made up of some of the most senior Tory MPs , including a solid block of former cabinet ministers .
In other words , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who No 10 might expect to be able to bully back into line .
And this matters because the rebellion could pave the way for an even bigger one in the summer that could yet overturn the Huawei decision , with several Tory MPs making clear they are ready to join the rebels once the key 5G legislation comes back to the Commons .
A defeat for Mr Johnson over such a high profile issue would be a deeply wounding blow - all the more so since he went out on a limb @ @ @ @ @ @ @ despite the fury of the White House and other allies .
Time perhaps for the PM to root out the paracetamol .
A group of Tory MPs , led by the party 's former leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith , put forward an amendment to the Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill to try and stop Huawei 's involvement .
The amendment would have seen firms classified as `` high-risk vendors '' by the National Cyber Security Centre be banned entirely from the UK 's 5G project by 31 December 2022 .
Sir Iain said he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that this country has got itself far too bound in to a process in which we are reliant on untrusted vendors '' .
Speaking in the Commons , the backbencher accused the Chinese government of spending 20 years `` underbidding '' other technology firms until Huawei dominated the market , and the outcome was a risk to the UK 's security .
He said using Huawei 's technology was a `` statement of absence of thought by any government '' , adding : `` If defence of the realm is our number one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the realm , and I am simply not prepared to put up with that . ''
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden tried to reassure the group of backbenchers with the promise of bringing forward a Telecoms Security Bill before the summer recess `` so all honourable members will be able to debate these points extensively '' .
He also said the government wanted to work with its Five Eyes security partners - including the US - on alternative solutions so the UK could `` get to a position where we do not have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But Mr Dowden could not give a timetable for the exclusion of such companies , except to say it would be `` in this Parliament '' - meaning within the next five years .
As a result , Sir Iain pushed his amendment to a vote , marking the first Tory rebellion against the government since Boris Johnson won the election in December .
However , while 282 MPs from across the House voted in favour of the amendment , 306 MPs voted against , defeating it .
There were 38 Conservative MPs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the amendment - including former international trade secretary Liam Fox , ex-Brexit secretary David Davis and former housing minister Esther McVey .
Conservative MP and Foreign Affairs Committee chairman , Tom Tugendhat , also voted in favour of the amendment , saying he did `` not get the commitments '' he wanted from the government .
`` I am sorry that I could not support the government .
I hope the policy will change before we come to the main Telecoms Security Bill before the summer . ''
The Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @

And this matters because the rebellion could pave the way for an even bigger one in the summer that could yet overturn the Huawei decision, with several Tory MPs making clear they are ready to join the rebels once the key 5G legislation comes back to the Commons.


bbc--2020-03-10--Trans actress drops out of Breakfast on Pluto musical amid casting row

A transgender actress has pulled out of a new play in protest after a cisgender actor was cast as a trans character .
Kate O'Donnell was set to appear in a new stage musical adaptation of Patrick McCabe 's novel Breakfast on Pluto .
O'Donnell was due to play the mother of the main character , Patrick/Pussy Braden , but withdrew after that role was given to Irish actor Fra Fee .
The producers said they tried to find a trans performer for the role .
O'Donnell said they did n't try hard enough .
The show , described as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will follow Patrick/Pussy from small-town Ireland to London in the 1970s .
It will be staged at the Donmar Warehouse in London in October , following runs in Galway , Dublin and at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre .
O'Donnell was due to have played Ma Braden , who is not a trans character .
`` I was offered the part and realised with the heaviest of hearts - because West End theatre production roles do not come along every day especially when you 're a trans performer - that I was going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she told BBC News .
The casting of Fee sparked an outcry among the trans community on social media , and O'Donnell said the backlash was `` justified and nothing new '' .
Breakfast on Pluto was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1998 and was turned into a film in 2005 , with Cillian Murphy in the lead role .
According to industry advice from trans-led charity Gendered Intelligence , having a cisgender man playing a trans woman increases prejudice because `` many people internalise the myth that being trans is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women are 'really men ' . ''
O'Donnell said : `` I could not be in a show where a trans woman is once again seen as a man in a dress as this perpetuates the idea that this is what a trans woman is and leads to violence , even death .
`` I know that the production has countered the uproar about this : they did try to cast a trans person .
But I would suggest that they did n't try hard enough . ''
O'Donnell recently appeared in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ theatre and is artistic director of trans arts company Trans Creative , which runs the annual Trans Vegas festival in Manchester .
She said : `` Last year our festival Trans Vegas staged events with over 150 trans voices performing in them .
I will continue to find and make space to tell our own stories till the rest of the world catches up . ''
'We all need to do more' A statement from the show 's producers said : `` The partners offered Kate O'Donnell the role of Ma Braden in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kate declined the role and we all respect her decision . ''
They said the show 's creative team had conducted a `` wide search '' to find someone to play the lead role .
`` In addition to holding auditions in London , we reached out to the Irish transgender community through multiple channels , and auditioned a number of performers who identified as transgender for the role of Patrick/Pussy Braden , '' they said .
`` We acknowledge that we all need to do more to support the trans community and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are looking to amplify and celebrate trans voices in other ways as part of the production . ''
They said a `` key member of the core creative team '' is trans , as is production consultant Rebecca Root , while a showcase for trans performers will be run with Gendered Intelligence at the Donmar Warehouse .
`` We understand how many barriers there are to trans performers in this industry .
We hope the showcase will provide an opportunity for directors and casting directors and trans performers to network , and to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement added .
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"We acknowledge that we all need to do more to support the trans community and the development of trans artists and we are looking to amplify and celebrate trans voices in other ways as part of the production."


bbc--2020-03-10--Second patient cured of HIV, say doctors

A man from London has become the second person in the world to be cured of HIV , doctors say .
Adam Castillejo is still free of the virus more than 30 months after stopping anti-retroviral therapy .
He was not cured by the HIV drugs , however , but by a stem-cell treatment he received for a cancer he also had , the Lancet HIV journal reports .
The donors of those stem cells have an uncommon gene that gives them , and now Mr Castillejo , protection against HIV .
In 2011 , Timothy Brown , the `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported as cured of HIV , three and half years after having similar treatment .
• HIV infections among gay and bi men fall 71 % in UK What is the treatment ?
Stem-cell transplants appear to stop the virus being able to replicate inside the body by replacing the patient 's own immune cells with donor ones that resist HIV infection .
Adam Castillejo - the now 40-year-old `` London Patient '' who has decided to go public with his identity - has no detectable active HIV infection in his blood , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is now a year after they first announced he was clear of the virus and he still remains free of HIV .
Lead researcher Prof Ravindra Kumar Gupta , from the University of Cambridge , told BBC News : `` This represents HIV cure with almost certainty .
`` We have now had two and a half years with anti-retroviral-free remission .
`` Our findings show that the success of stem-cell transplantation as a cure for HIV , first reported nine years ago in the Berlin Patient , can be replicated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a treatment for the millions of people around the world living with HIV .
The aggressive therapy was primarily used to treat the patients ' cancers , not their HIV .
And current HIV drugs remain very effective , meaning people with the virus can live long and healthy lives .
Prof Gupta said : `` It is important to note that this curative treatment is high-risk and only used as a last resort for patients with HIV who also have life-threatening haematological malignancies .
`` Therefore , this is not a treatment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with HIV who are on successful anti-retroviral treatment . ''
But it might offer hope of finding a cure , in the future , using gene therapy .
How does it work ?
CCR5 is the most commonly used receptor by HIV-1 - the virus strain of HIV that dominates around the world - to enter cells .
But a very small number of people who are resistant to HIV have two mutated copies of the CCR5 receptor .
This means the virus can not penetrate cells in the body it normally infects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to use gene therapy to target the CCR5 receptor in people with HIV .
It is the same receptor the now jailed Chinese scientist He Jiankui worked on when he created the world 's first gene-edited babies .
The tests suggest 99 % of Mr Castillejo 's immune cells have been replaced by donor ones .
But he still has remnants of the virus in his body , as does Mr Brown .
And it is impossible to say with absolute certainty his HIV will never come back .
Mr Castillejo told the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a unique position to be in , a unique and very humbling position .
`` I want to be an ambassador of hope .
`` I do n't want people to think , 'Oh , you 've been chosen . '
`` No , it just happened .
`` I was in the right place , probably at the right time , when it happened . ''
Prof Sharon Lewin , from the University of Melbourne , Australia , said : `` Given the large number of cells sampled here and the absence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ London Patient truly cured ?
`` The additional data provided in this follow-up case report is certainly encouraging but unfortunately , in the end , only time will tell . ''

Prof Gupta said: "It is important to note that this curative treatment is high-risk and only used as a last resort for patients with HIV who also have life-threatening haematological malignancies.


bbc--2020-03-10--Chile robbery: Armed gang steals $15m from Santiago airport

Police in Chile are searching for members of an armed gang who stole a cash shipment worth about $ 15m ( £11.5m ) from a warehouse at Santiago airport .
At least seven men entered the cargo area of the airport were the cash was stored and forced the security guards to hand the money over at gunpoint .
They used two vehicles , one painted in the colours and with the logo of courier company DHL .
Police say they suspect the gang had `` inside information '' .
The cash shipment of dollars and euros had arrived from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to be taken to banks in Chile .
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One of the vans used in the robbery was later found abandoned and partially burnt .
Police said it did not belong to the courier company DHL but had been painted to look like it did .
It is not the first time a multi-million dollar sum has been stolen from the Arturo Merino Benítez airport .
In 2014 , a gang of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 10m .
Following that robbery , the airport security chief at the time was sacked .

One of the vans used in the robbery was later found abandoned and partially burnt. Police said it did not belong to the courier company DHL but had been painted to look like it did.


bbc--2020-03-10--Sizzling sausages used to rescue collie lost in Highlands forest

Mountain rescuers cooked sausages and bacon on a disposable barbecue to find a frightened dog in one of the remotest parts of the UK .
Nell ran off on Sunday during the rescue of her owner and a fellow ultra marathon runner after they got into difficulty in Fisherfield Forest .
Two members of Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team went back to the scene of the rescue on Monday in their own time .
The smell of the food lured the Border collie out from where she was hiding .
She has been reunited with her owner .
Nell ran off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the rescue in the early hours of Sunday .
The two ultra marathon runners had been reported overdue from a run the previous night .
They were found near Loch an Nid in Fisherfield Forest , an area of the north west Highlands dubbed the `` Great Wilderness '' .
They were suffering from mild hypothermia and were flown from the area by the coastguard helicopter .
Members of Torridon Mountain Rescue Team also assisted in the search for the runners .
On Monday , off-duty Dundonnell team members Alison Smith and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their dogs .
As well as packing winter walking kit , they took with them a disposable barbecue .
A spokesman for Dundonnell MRT said : `` They fired up the barbeque and soon had sausages and bacon sizzling .
`` The desired effect was soon achieved - a confused and anxious Border collie appeared on the horizon , on a rocky hillside .
`` Having been lured closer by the smell of food , a nervous Nell was eventually secured and after a picnic lunch , she and her rescuers walked the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' The spokesman said Nell appeared to have been unharmed by her ordeal .
Dundonnell MRT said the two women went looking for Nell because they own collies themselves , with Ms Smith 's currently being trained up as a search and rescue dog .

Dundonnell MRT said the two women went looking for Nell because they own collies themselves, with Ms Smith's currently being trained up as a search and rescue dog.


bbc--2020-03-09--'Going to meet the son I thought was dead'

Fifteen years after he lost contact with his mother , an Indonesian migrant worker has been reunited with his mother @ @ @ @ @ .
After his parents separated , Iwan was living with his dad in Malaysia .
@ @ @ @ @ away due to conflict at home and lost contact with his family .
Without identity @ @ @ @ @ seek help or go home until now .

Fifteen years after he lost contact with his mother, an Indonesian migrant worker has been reunited with his mother thanks to a BBC report.
After his parents separated, Iwan was living with his dad in Malaysia. As a child he ran away due to conflict at home and lost contact with his family.
Without identity documents he couldn’t seek help or go home until now.
Video by BBC Indonesia's Rohmatin Bonasir and Dwiki Marta.


bbc--2020-03-10--Joe Biden in heated argument with Michigan factory worker

During a Michigan campaign stop , Joe Biden had a heated argument with a factory worker over guns .
`` @ @ @ @ @ [ expletive ] , '' the Democratic White House front-runner told the man , before @ @ @ @ @ with your ass '' .

During a Michigan campaign stop, Joe Biden had a heated argument with a factory worker over guns.
"You’re full of [expletive]," the Democratic White House front-runner told the man, before threatening "to go outside with your ass".


bbc--2020-03-10--In pictures: Italy implements coronavirus curbs

It is the first day of a complete lockdown in Italy , with some 60 million Italians told to stay @ @ @ @ @ to stop the spread of coronavirus .
The emergency coronavirus measures include travel restrictions and @ @ @ @ @ , to the entire country .
On Monday , Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ordered people @ @ @ @ @ permission for essential travel .
He said the measures were designed to protect the most @ @ @ @ @ no more time , '' he said in a TV address .
Italy 's coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ to 463 on Monday , with 9,172 cases .
It is the worst-hit country after @ @ @ @ @ virus have been confirmed in all 20 Italian regions .

It is the first day of a complete lockdown in Italy, with some 60 million Italians told to stay at home in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.


bbc--2020-03-10--Restoration workers scale Notre-Dame cathedral

Workers have been photographed scaling the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris , nearly 11 months after a fire ravaged the French capital 's 850-year-old landmark .
On Monday , restoration workers were seen on the elaborate scaffolding surrounding the roof , whilst some abseiled down the facade of the cathedral .
On 15 April 2019 , the world looked on as a fire engulfed the cathedral , causing the Gothic building 's spire and roof to collapse .
Thousands of people gathered in the streets around the cathedral , observing the flames in silence .
Some could be seen openly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said prayers .
The main structure , including the two bell towers , was saved .
Visiting the scene , the president said the cathedral was a building `` for all French people '' , including those who had never been there .
`` We 'll rebuild Notre-Dame together '' , he said as he praised the `` extreme courage '' and `` professionalism '' of the firefighters .
The president set a five-year goal for its reconstruction .
In October 2019 , the French culture ministry said nearly €1bn ( £850m ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pledged for the work .
Last December , the cathedral did not hold a Christmas Mass for the first time in more than 200 years , as repair works continued .
Midnight Mass took place at the nearby church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois instead .
A Unesco World Heritage site , Notre-Dame has stood tall above Paris since the 1200s .
Before the fire , the cathedral received almost 13 million visitors each year , more than the Eiffel Tower .
Construction of the Notre-Dame in Paris 's Île de la Cité began under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The first stone of the gothic building was laid in the presence of Pope Alexander III , but construction was n't completed until 1345 .
The landmark has given its name to one of the country 's literary masterpieces .
Victor Hugo 's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is known to the French simply as Notre-Dame de Paris .
The last time the cathedral suffered major damage was during the French Revolution .
It survived two world wars largely unscathed .

Visiting the scene, the president said the cathedral was a building "for all French people", including those who had never been there.


bbc--2020-03-10--Spain still haunted by spectre of poverty trap

Pedro Araujo Pozuelo stands at the door of his small bar and looks out across the surrounding tenement blocks of the Polígono Sur housing project .
`` When you say that you 're from this part of town , potential employers look at you in a different light , '' he says with a sigh .
`` They always think that you must be bad , that you steal , that you 're a drug addict or you 've been in prison . ''
Polígono Sur is just a short drive from the centre of the thriving tourist hub of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local authorities describe it as the poorest district in the country , where unemployment and school drop-out rates are alarmingly high and where drug trafficking is a tempting career choice .
`` The only ones who receive a fixed monthly payment here are the pensioners , '' Pedro says .
`` Hardly anyone has a fixed monthly wage . ''
Polígono Sur was one of the places that the UN 's special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights , Philip Alston , visited during a recent trip to Spain .
It may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Alston found that it was symptomatic of the country 's social inequality .
`` Spain needs to take a close look in the mirror , '' he said at the end of his visit .
`` What it will see is not what most Spaniards would wish for nor what many policymakers would intend . ''
He pointed out that 26 % of Spaniards , and 30 % of Spanish children , were at risk of poverty or social exclusion , while 30 % of young people were out of work .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ housing , a `` segregated and increasingly anachronistic '' education system and a skewed tax regime , all of which helped accentuate the gap between rich and poor .
Such a view of Spain contrasts with the country 's macroeconomic performance of recent years , which has seen its GDP grow steadily since emerging from the eurozone crisis over half a decade ago .
But Mr Alston and others say that austerity measures aimed at balancing Spain 's finances at the height of the economic crisis have left a devastating and lasting legacy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Spain during which the most vulnerable population has not been the priority , '' says Carolina Fernández , of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano ( FSG ) , a non-profit organisation that promotes the rights of the Roma ( Gypsy ) community .
`` If you do n't invest in those who are living below the median , then they are going to drop below it even further . ''
The Roma , who number up to a million in Spain , were one of several groups that the UN rapporteur identified as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ figures , 92 % of the community are at risk of extreme poverty , while 52 % are unemployed , compared with an unemployment rate of 14 % nationwide .
In Polígono Sur , people of Roma ethnicity make up nearly a third of the population .
Jaime Bretón , the local commissioner responsible for the district , insists that the national , regional and municipal authorities are trying to turn things around for them and all the residents of Polígono Sur .
`` The important thing is for the administration not to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says .
The authorities , he argues , must try to persuade locals that education and professional training provide better long-term prospects than the `` shortcut '' offered by crime .
`` It 's not a question of solidarity or social support , it 's about citizens ' rights , '' he says .
`` We have to give back to the people who live here their rights as citizens . ''
Last year , Mr Alston was highly critical of the UK 's failure to tackle poverty .
In Spain , other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ included children , the disabled , those in rural areas and immigrants .
The vast majority of the country 's estimated 600,000 domestic workers are immigrant women .
Carolina García from El Salvador is a representative of the Association for Domestic Workers and Carers in Zaragoza , in north-eastern Spain .
She says that the unregulated nature of the sector makes it difficult for workers to have a contract and a job for three years - both required in order to gain residency papers .
The lack of regulation also means wages can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employers ] are not even paying the minimum wage , which is €950 [ £830 ; $ 1,060 ] ] per month as of 2020 , '' Carolina says .
`` There are people earning €500 , €600 or €700 . ''
Spain is expected to keep outperforming many of its EU neighbours this year , with its central bank forecasting economic growth of 1.7 % - coronavirus permitting .
But the country 's new left-wing government , made up of the Socialist Party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the leftist Podemos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ targets it does not leave behind the many Spaniards at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder .
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias told parliament the government was committed to ensuring that in the future Spain did not `` have to feel the shame of having an international rapporteur from the UN come to our country and denounce a situation of poverty and inequality that is unacceptable in the eurozone 's fourth economy '' .

"When you say that you're from this part of town, potential employers look at you in a different light," he says with a sigh. "They always think that you must be bad, that you steal, that you're a drug addict or you've been in prison."


bbc--2020-03-10--Tottenham knocked out of Champions League by Leipzig

Tottenham Hotspur 's Champions League campaign came to an end as they were well beaten by RB Leipzig in the last 16 .
The German club - who were only formed 10 years ago - led 1-0 from the first leg in London and Marcel Sabitzer 's double at the Red Bull Arena put Leipzig in control .
Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris should have done better for both goals - getting a hand to both the Leipzig captain 's 20-yard shot and near-post header .
Emil Forsberg scored with his first touch after coming off the bench to give Leipzig @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never looked capable of mounting a comeback like the one against Ajax last season which took them to the final and will now finish the season without a trophy again .
Jose Mourinho 's side - who have not won in six games in all competitions - will need to find some form if they are to be back in this tournament at all next season .
They are seven points behind the top four in the Premier League .
Spurs manager Mourinho was once considered one of the Champions League 's top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 2010 with Inter Milan .
But the Portuguese has now failed to win any of his eight Champions League knockout games since 2014 .
The stats do not make good reading .
This was his heaviest ever Champions League aggregate defeat and it is the first six-game winless run of his 935-game managerial career .
He rightly bemoans their injury list , with Steven Bergwijn joining Harry Kane , Son Heung-min and Moussa Sissoko out of action - but they should still be doing better .
Leipzig appeared hungrier , first to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ half when the damage was done .
Their two wing-backs had the beating of their opposite numbers , with Angelino , who looked ordinary in the first half of this season for Manchester City , causing Serge Aurier so many problems .
In the centre Timo Werner - who scored the only goal of the first leg three weeks ago - was having the time of his life up against Eric Dier .
Spurs did start well and Sabitzer 's opener was against the run of play .
Werner 's shot was blocked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the midfielder to blast home from outside the box .
Lloris could not keep the ball out despite getting a touch .
Defensive solidity was once Mourinho 's forte but his side have kept just three clean sheets in 26 matches since he replaced Mauricio Pochettino in November .
They were lucky not to be further behind when Werner tapped home Angelino 's cross - but the offside flag correctly went up .
But the game was done when Aurier failed to deal with a long ball and Angelino crossed for Sabitzer to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ball but let it through .
Leipzig continued to have chances , with Werner forcing a save and then shooting over the bar before Dier 's attempted clearance from Patrik Schick almost went into the Spurs net .
They had three shots on goal but Giovani lo Celso , Dele Alli and Gedson Fernandes ' efforts all resulted in routine saves .
Things did not get as bad in the second half as they could have , until Forsberg popped up to lash home a loose ball seconds after coming off the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or lack of it - makes the honour of greatest moment in their history a bit more achievable .
Since being founded by energy drinks giant Red Bull in 2009 they have won four promotions and played in one German Cup final .
But this was their first ever Champions League knockout tie .
They beat last year 's finalists 4-0 on aggregate - and they deserved every bit of that victory .
Their highly rated manager Julian Nagelsmann - once nicknamed Baby Mourinho - is the youngest person to manage in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now the youngest to win one too .
They have built a good squad on reasonably little money - by Champions League quarter-final standards - and Austrian Sabitzer was the difference with his two goals .
Leipzig have strength in depth too - imposing centre-back Dayot Upamecano missed the first leg but was excellent this time - and they could even bring on Sweden forward Forsberg in the 87th minute for Sabitzer to add the fourth overall .
That made them the only team to ever take a 3-0 lead against Mourinho in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , five points off top in the Bundesliga , have to wait until Friday , 20 March to discover their quarter-final opponents .
• Read more about Leipzig 's rise here 'It 's OK , I 'm happy with 3-0 ' - what they said RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann to BT Sport : `` It was a great moment for the history of the club and for me as a manager .
It 's totally deserved we go to the next round .
We had control of both games , scored four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is difficult in soccer because you 'll always make mistakes .
But we had control of both legs .
Our control was a bit better in the first game .
`` We were a bit lazy in the first 10 minutes of the second half but we got more powerful after that .
If we pushed a little bit more we could have scored more goals .
But it 's OK , I 'm happy with 3-0 .
`` It 's good if you have a young team who have a lot of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : `` We all believed but we know that in this moment it 's very difficult .
They are a very strong side .
`` It 's hard for us to score at the moment .
Our first couple of mistakes they score and then it 's very difficult .
Their physicality is incredible , their defenders win the duels , they stop the game .
They are very fast in attack .
They can hurt us all of the time , they deserve to go through .
`` We made mistakes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ matches . ''
• Spurs suffered a European knockout defeat by four or more goals on aggregate for only the third time , previously losing 5-0 on aggregate to Real Madrid in the 2010-11 Champions League and 5-1 to Borussia Dortmund in the 2015-16 Europa League .
• This was Mourinho 's joint-heaviest Champions League defeat , equalling the 4-1 loss he suffered with Real Madrid against Borussia Dortmund in April 2013 .
• Mourinho has suffered three consecutive Champions League defeats for the first time .
• Only Aston Villa ( 42 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ League clubs in all competitions than Spurs ( 38 ) since Mourinho 's first game in charge .
• Leipzig 's Sabitzer has been directly involved in eight goals in his last 10 Champions League appearances ( four goals , four assists ) .
• Spurs lost all four of their Champions League games this season against German opponents ( two against Bayern Munich , two against RB Leipzig ) - the only team to lose more games against teams from a single nation in a season were Leeds United in 2000-01 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Leipzig are the seventh German team to reach the Champions League last eight - after Bayern Munich , Borussia Dortmund , Bayer Leverkusen , Kaiserslautern , Schalke and Wolfsburg .
Spurs face a huge game on Sunday at home to Mourinho 's old side - and more importantly , their Champions League qualification rivals - Manchester United .
Leipzig host Freiburg on Saturday in the Bundesliga .

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Hugo Lloris got a touch to both of Marcel Sabitzer's goals but could not keep them out
Tottenham Hotspur's Champions League campaign came to an end as they were well beaten by RB Leipzig in the last 16.
The German club - who were only formed 10 years ago - led 1-0 from the first leg in London and Marcel Sabitzer's double at the Red Bull Arena put Leipzig in control.
Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris should have done better for both goals - getting a hand to both the Leipzig captain's 20-yard shot and near-post header.
Emil Forsberg scored with his first touch after coming off the bench to give Leipzig a 4-0 aggregate win.
Injury-hit Spurs never looked capable of mounting a comeback like the one against Ajax last season which took them to the final and will now finish the season without a trophy again.
Jose Mourinho's side - who have not won in six games in all competitions - will need to find some form if they are to be back in this tournament at all next season. They are seven points behind the top four in the Premier League.
Mourinho's Champions League woes continue
Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann was 16 years old when Jose Mourinho won the Champions League with Porto
Spurs manager Mourinho was once considered one of the Champions League's top managers - winning in 2004 with Porto and 2010 with Inter Milan.
But the Portuguese has now failed to win any of his eight Champions League knockout games since 2014.
The stats do not make good reading. This was his heaviest ever Champions League aggregate defeat and it is the first six-game winless run of his 935-game managerial career.
He rightly bemoans their injury list, with Steven Bergwijn joining Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Moussa Sissoko out of action - but they should still be doing better.
Leipzig appeared hungrier, first to every ball, especially in the first half when the damage was done. Their two wing-backs had the beating of their opposite numbers, with Angelino, who looked ordinary in the first half of this season for Manchester City, causing Serge Aurier so many problems.
In the centre Timo Werner - who scored the only goal of the first leg three weeks ago - was having the time of his life up against Eric Dier.
Spurs did start well and Sabitzer's opener was against the run of play. Werner's shot was blocked and then he squared the ball to the midfielder to blast home from outside the box. Lloris could not keep the ball out despite getting a touch.
Defensive solidity was once Mourinho's forte but his side have kept just three clean sheets in 26 matches since he replaced Mauricio Pochettino in November.
They were lucky not to be further behind when Werner tapped home Angelino's cross - but the offside flag correctly went up.
But the game was done when Aurier failed to deal with a long ball and Angelino crossed for Sabitzer to head past Lloris, who again touched the ball but let it through.
Leipzig continued to have chances, with Werner forcing a save and then shooting over the bar before Dier's attempted clearance from Patrik Schick almost went into the Spurs net.
They had three shots on goal but Giovani lo Celso, Dele Alli and Gedson Fernandes' efforts all resulted in routine saves.
Things did not get as bad in the second half as they could have, until Forsberg popped up to lash home a loose ball seconds after coming off the bench.
Leipzig's finest hour
Leipzig's unique history - or lack of it - makes the honour of greatest moment in their history a bit more achievable.
Since being founded by energy drinks giant Red Bull in 2009 they have won four promotions and played in one German Cup final. But this was their first ever Champions League knockout tie.
They beat last year's finalists 4-0 on aggregate - and they deserved every bit of that victory.
Their highly rated manager Julian Nagelsmann - once nicknamed Baby Mourinho - is the youngest person to manage in a Champions League knockout tie. He is now the youngest to win one too.
They have built a good squad on reasonably little money - by Champions League quarter-final standards - and Austrian Sabitzer was the difference with his two goals.
Leipzig have strength in depth too - imposing centre-back Dayot Upamecano missed the first leg but was excellent this time - and they could even bring on Sweden forward Forsberg in the 87th minute for Sabitzer to add the fourth overall.
That made them the only team to ever take a 3-0 lead against Mourinho in the Champions League.
Nagelsmann's side, five points off top in the Bundesliga, have to wait until Friday, 20 March to discover their quarter-final opponents.
'It's OK, I'm happy with 3-0' - what they said
RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann to BT Sport: "It was a great moment for the history of the club and for me as a manager. It's totally deserved we go to the next round. We had control of both games, scored four goals and conceded none.
"Perfection is difficult in soccer because you'll always make mistakes. But we had control of both legs. Our control was a bit better in the first game.
"We were a bit lazy in the first 10 minutes of the second half but we got more powerful after that. If we pushed a little bit more we could have scored more goals. But it's OK, I'm happy with 3-0.
"It's good if you have a young team who have a lot of self-confidence."
Spurs boss Jose Mourinho: "We all believed but we know that in this moment it's very difficult. They are a very strong side.
"It's hard for us to score at the moment. Our first couple of mistakes they score and then it's very difficult. Their physicality is incredible, their defenders win the duels, they stop the game. They are very fast in attack. They can hurt us all of the time, they deserve to go through.
"We made mistakes, mistakes that we have analysed in previous matches."
Man of the match - Marcel Sabitzer (Leipzig)
Marcel Sabitzer's two goals put Leipzig in control in the first half
Match facts - Mourinho's joint heaviest Champions League defeat
Spurs suffered a European knockout defeat by four or more goals on aggregate for only the third time, previously losing 5-0 on aggregate to Real Madrid in the 2010-11 Champions League and 5-1 to Borussia Dortmund in the 2015-16 Europa League.
This was Mourinho's joint-heaviest Champions League defeat, equalling the 4-1 loss he suffered with Real Madrid against Borussia Dortmund in April 2013.
Mourinho has suffered three consecutive Champions League defeats for the first time.
Only Aston Villa (42) have conceded more goals among Premier League clubs in all competitions than Spurs (38) since Mourinho's first game in charge.
Leipzig's Sabitzer has been directly involved in eight goals in his last 10 Champions League appearances (four goals, four assists).
Spurs lost all four of their Champions League games this season against German opponents (two against Bayern Munich, two against RB Leipzig) - the only team to lose more games against teams from a single nation in a season were Leeds United in 2000-01, losing five against Spanish opposition.
Leipzig are the seventh German team to reach the Champions League last eight - after Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Kaiserslautern, Schalke and Wolfsburg.
What's next?
Spurs face a huge game on Sunday at home to Mourinho's old side - and more importantly, their Champions League qualification rivals - Manchester United.
Leipzig host Freiburg on Saturday in the Bundesliga.


bbc--2020-03-10--Ilicic scores four as Atalanta beat Valencia behind closed doors

Atalanta eased into the Champions League quarter-finals as Josip Ilicic hit four goals against Valencia , in the first match of the competition to be played behind closed doors because of the coronavirus outbreak .
The Italians arrived in Spain with a commanding 4-1 lead from the first leg of their last-16 tie and quickly added to their advantage inside an eerie Mestalla Stadium .
With the chants of a large gathering of home supporters outside the ground clearly audible , Slovenia forward Ilicic converted a third-minute penalty for the Serie A side after he had been fouled by Valencia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gameiro capitalised on a defensive mix-up to tap in an equaliser for the hosts , Diakhaby 's handball allowed Ilicic to score his second spot-kick of the evening to put the visitors 6-2 up on aggregate .
A second Gameiro goal , this time from a close-range header , levelled the score on the night before Ferran Torres ' lobbed effort put the La Liga side in front .
However , Ilicic 's rasping left-foot drive from 20 yards restored Atalanta 's three-goal aggregate lead as he became the first Slovenian player to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's fourth , a left-foot effort into the top left corner , rounded off an 8-4 aggregate win on a fine evening for Gian Piero Gasperini 's side , who have now scored 28 goals in their last seven games and become the competition 's first debutants to reach the last eight since Leicester City in 2016-17 .
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When referee Ovidiu Hategan blew the full-time whistle it was noticeable that you could hear the Atalanta players celebrate a first appearance in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ competition .
But then almost every noise throughout the encounter could be heard , including Hategan 's warnings to Valencia goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen to stay on his line before he faced both of Ilicic 's penalties .
The decision to play the match in an empty stadium came after Spain 's health ministry announced it wants to avoid `` large gatherings of fans '' in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus .
Valencia themselves had announced on 28 February that they were suspending all non-sporting activity with the club 's first-team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first leg of this tie had contracted coronavirus .
And it provided a curious backdrop to a knockout tie in the Champions League , which was further heightened by both sets of players seemingly unaware of what to do once the starting theme tune had finished , having dispensed with the traditional pre-match handshakes .
Overturning a 4-1 deficit from the first leg in Italy was always going to be difficult assignment for Valencia and while fans outside chanted their support , the Spanish side were unable to threaten a comeback in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Josip Ilicic became the fourth different player in Champions League history to score four goals in a knockout stage match , after Lionel Messi ( 2009-10 & 2011-12 ) , Mario Gomez ( 2011-12 ) and Robert Lewandowski ( 2012-13 ) .
• Ilicic is the first Slovenian to score a Champions League hat-trick - they are the 35th different nation to record a hat-trick - and the oldest player to score an away Champions League hat-trick ( 32 years 41 days ) , overtaking Zlatan Ibrahimovic ( 32 years 20 days for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Valencia are winless in 10 Champions League knockout matches since beating Inter Milan in the quarter-final second leg in 2002-03 - this is the longest such run in the competition 's history .
• They have also been eliminated on each of the last three occasions they have reached the last 16 ( also 2010-11 v Schalke and 2012-13 v PSG ) .
• Atalanta are the first Champions League debutants to reach the quarter-final since Leicester City in 2016-17 , and the first Italian side to do so since in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Atalanta scored eight goals over both legs against Valencia , as many goals as they scored during the group stages of this season 's tournament .
• Valencia have given away six penalties in the Champions League since the beginning of last season , the most of any side .
• Valencia striker Kevin Gameiro is the first player to score for three different Spanish teams in the Champions League , also previously netting for Sevilla and Atletico Madrid .

Last updated on .From the section European Football
Atalanta's Josip Ilicic is the oldest player to score an away Champions League hat-trick - aged 32 years and 41 days
Josip Ilicic scored four goals against Valencia as Atalanta eased into the Champions League quarter-finals in the competition's first match to be played behind closed doors because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Italians arrived in Spain with a commanding 4-1 lead from the first leg of their last-16 tie and quickly added to their advantage inside an eerie Mestalla Stadium.
With the chants of a large gathering of home supporters outside the ground clearly audible, Slovenia forward Ilicic converted a third-minute penalty for the Serie A side after he had been fouled by Valencia defender Mouctar Diakhaby.
And while Kevin Gameiro capitalised on a defensive mix-up to tap in an equaliser for the hosts, Diakhaby's handball allowed Ilicic to score his second spot-kick of the evening to put the visitors 6-2 up on aggregate.
A second Gameiro goal, this time from a close-range header, levelled the score on the night before Ferran Torres' lobbed effort put the La Liga side in front.
However, Ilicic's rasping left-foot drive from 20 yards restored Atalanta's three-goal aggregate lead as he became the first Slovenian player to score a Champions League hat-trick.
Ilicic's fourth, a left-foot effort into the top left corner, rounded off an 8-4 aggregate win on a fine evening for Gian Piero Gasperini's side, who have now scored 28 goals in their last seven games and become the competition's first debutants to reach the last eight since Leicester City in 2016-17.
A curious Champions League backdrop
When referee Ovidiu Hategan blew the full-time whistle it was noticeable that you could hear the Atalanta players celebrate a first appearance in the last eight of Europe's elite club competition.
But then almost every noise throughout the encounter could be heard, including Hategan's warnings to Valencia goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen to stay on his line before he faced both of Ilicic's penalties.
The decision to play the match in an empty stadium came after Spain's health ministry announced it wants to avoid "large gatherings of fans" in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Valencia supporters gathered outside Mestalla Stadium and could be heard throughout the evening
Valencia themselves had announced on 28 February that they were suspending all non-sporting activity with the club's first-team players, after a journalist who attended the first leg of this tie had contracted coronavirus.
And it provided a curious backdrop to a knockout tie in the Champions League, which was further heightened by both sets of players seemingly unaware of what to do once the starting theme tune had finished, having dispensed with the traditional pre-match handshakes.
Overturning a 4-1 deficit from the first leg in Italy was always going to be difficult assignment for Valencia and while fans outside chanted their support, the Spanish side were unable to threaten a comeback in front of an empty stadium.
'Atalanta is no longer a surprise'
Atalanta arrived in the competition as a relatively unfancied and unknown quantity, despite pipping AC Milan and Inter Milan to third spot in Serie A last term.
And defeats in their first three Group C games - including heavy drubbings at Dinamo Zagreb and Manchester City - did little to shake the perception that their debut in Europe's premier club competition would be short and demoralising.
However, a draw against City in their fourth game supplied their first point, and wins against Zagreb and at Shakhtar Donetsk in their final group match secured qualification to the last 16.
And like Bayer Leverkusen (2002 finalists), Porto (2004 winners), Monaco (2017 semi-finalists), Ajax (2019 semi-finalists) and Tottenham (2019 finalists), the side that have scored 70 goals in Serie A this term - 20 more than leaders Juventus - now believe they have the capacity to spring a surprise.
"I don't want to stop, I want to continue. I'm having fun," said Ilicic.
"Atalanta is no longer a surprise. We are doing great things and we want to continue. We want to show that we deserve to be here. We have fun we don't worry about who we're playing against. We move on."
Man of the match - Josip Ilicic (Atalanta)
Josip Ilicic showed his potency in front of goal, scoring with each of his four shots on target
Gameiro's unique treble - the stats
Josip Ilicic became the fourth different player in Champions League history to score four goals in a knockout stage match, after Lionel Messi (2009-10 & 2011-12), Mario Gomez (2011-12) and Robert Lewandowski (2012-13).
Ilicic is the first Slovenian to score a Champions League hat-trick - they are the 35th different nation to record a hat-trick - and the oldest player to score an away Champions League hat-trick (32 years 41 days), overtaking Zlatan Ibrahimovic (32 years 20 days for Paris St-Germain v Anderlecht in 2013-14).
Valencia are winless in 10 Champions League knockout matches since beating Inter Milan in the quarter-final second leg in 2002-03 - this is the longest such run in the competition's history.
They have also been eliminated on each of the last three occasions they have reached the last 16 (also 2010-11 v Schalke and 2012-13 v PSG).
Atalanta are the first Champions League debutants to reach the quarter-final since Leicester City in 2016-17, and the first Italian side to do so since in their maiden campaign since Lazio in 1999-2000.
Atalanta scored eight goals over both legs against Valencia, as many goals as they scored during the group stages of this season's tournament.
Valencia have given away six penalties in the Champions League since the beginning of last season, the most of any side.
Valencia striker Kevin Gameiro is the first player to score for three different Spanish teams in the Champions League, also previously netting for Sevilla and Atletico Madrid.
What's next?
With all sport in Italy suspended until at least 3 April because of coronavirus, Atalanta are not scheduled to play again until Saturday 4 April.
The trip to Cagliari (14:00 GMT) in Serie A is likely to be their only fixture before the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, which are scheduled for 7-8 April.
Valencia are next in action when they host Levante in La Liga this Saturday (15:00 GMT).


bbc--2020-03-10--Serie A season may not finish, says Italian federation

The Italian football federation ( FIGC ) said after a meeting on Tuesday that the Serie A season may not finish because of the coronavirus outbreak .
A FIGC statement confirmed that Serie A would stop until 3 April following a government decree issued on Monday .
FIGC president Gabriele Gravina also put forward alternative options if the season can not be concluded .
They include staging play-offs , not having a champion for 2019-20 or declaring the current standings final .
Play-offs would take place to determine the champions , European qualification and the three clubs to be relegated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ title winner is decided by the current standings then Juventus would be Italian champions for a ninth straight season , having gone back above Lazio with a 2-0 win over third-placed Inter Milan on Sunday .
• Man Utd and Chelsea European away games to be played behind closed doors Five games took place on Sunday before Sassuolo won 3-0 against Brescia on Monday , with all matches taking place behind closed doors .
As it stands , there are 12 full rounds of matches still to be played , plus another four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-finals .
The alternatives are due to be discussed at a meeting of the federal council on 23 March .
Should the season resume , it was also proposed at Tuesday 's meeting that clubs take advantage of all available dates until 31 May .
The last season that Serie A did not have a champion was 2004-05 , when Juventus were stripped of the title following the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal .
The title winner was previously decided by a play-off in 1964 , when Bologna @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finished level on points .
On Tuesday AC Milan announced that all players and directors would donate a day 's wages to the Lombardy region 's emergency services .
That came a day after the club pledged £250,000 to the cause .
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Last updated on .From the section Italian Serie A
Juventus played Inter Milan behind closed doors on Sunday
The Italian football federation (FIGC) said after a meeting on Tuesday that the Serie A season may not finish because of the coronavirus outbreak.
FIGC president Gabriele Gravina also put forward alternative options if the season can not be concluded.
They include staging play-offs, not having a champion for 2019-20 or declaring the current standings final.
Play-offs would take place to determine the champions, European qualification and the three clubs to be relegated to Serie B.
But if the title winner is decided by the current standings then Juventus would be Italian champions for a ninth straight season, having gone back above Lazio with a 2-0 win over third-placed Inter Milan on Sunday.
Sassuolo's Francesco Caputo held up a note to a TV camera after scoring against Brescia on Monday. It read: "Everything will be OK. Stay at home"
Five games took place on Sunday before Sassuolo won 3-0 against Brescia on Monday, with all matches taking place behind closed doors.
As it stands, there are 12 full rounds of matches still to be played, plus another four fixtures which have been postponed, and the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-finals.
The alternatives are due to be discussed at a meeting of the federal council on 23 March.
Should the season resume, it was also proposed at Tuesday's meeting that clubs take advantage of all available dates until 31 May.
The last season that Serie A did not have a champion was 2004-05, when Juventus were stripped of the title following the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.
The title winner was previously decided by a play-off in 1964, when Bologna beat Inter Milan after the two sides finished level on points.
On Tuesday AC Milan announced that all players and directors would donate a day's wages to the Lombardy region's emergency services. That came a day after the club pledged £250,000 to the cause.


bbc--2020-03-10--Ball tampering, Smith v Archer, Stokes at Headingley - Amazon's Australia documentary

It begins with the biggest scandal ever to engulf Australian cricket and ends inside the victorious visiting dressing room in one of the most incredible English summers in recent memory .
'The Test ' , released on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday , gives unprecedented access to the men in baggy green caps as they sought to rebuild their reputation following the ball-tampering scandal .
From an English perspective , seeing Australian players ' view of the World Cup win , Jofra Archer 's duel with Steve Smith and Ben Stokes ' Headingley heroics not only stirs fond memories , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enemy lines .
If you have an opinion on the likes of Smith , David Warner , captain Tim Paine or coach Justin Langer , then this eight-part documentary is unlikely to change your mind - it is often the cricketers as players rather than characters that is the focus .
And you will probably not relish the Australian Ashes celebrations that bookend the documentary .
There are , though , some fascinating morsels to devour .
Fresh from being vilified because of the sandpaper in Cameron Bancroft 's trousers , Australia wrestled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against India , their first home Test matches after the ball-tampering saga .
Langer told the players they could engage in `` banter '' , but not cross into `` abuse '' , while Paine did not want his team to acknowledge India megastar Virat Kohli , in case they either made him too comfortable or spurred him into action .
When Kohli , himself no angel on the field , was at his provocative peak during the second Test in Perth , Langer said he felt like his team were a `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the grief , but unable to hit back for fear of the public response .
It was Paine who broke his own rule and took a stand against Kohli , coming face to face with the India captain when Australia were batting and later , when he was wicketkeeping , muttering the killer line to Murali Vijay : `` I know he 's your captain , but you ca n't seriously like him as a bloke . ''
Australia won the Test and , in their eyes , found a way to verbally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` line '' .
In many ways , Langer is the star of the documentary .
The story begins when he is appointed coach and he has the final word of the last episode .
Langer the player was , frankly , an annoyance to England fans .
A man who worshipped at the altar of the baggy green , a rottweiler always in a scrap and , most frustratingly , regularly piling on Ashes runs .
Langer the coach is honest , passionate , and rarely smiling .
Therefore , an early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Lady Gaga movie A Star Is Born ( although he does later admit `` it 's not nearly as good '' on a small screen ) .
At home in Perth , Langer spends his mornings swimming in the ocean and meditating .
When he is seen kissing a statue of Buddha as he leaves the house , it fits with the character who encouraged his team to walk barefoot on the Edgbaston outfield before the World Cup semi-final against England .
He reveals that his wife burst into tears over breakfast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such was the strain he was under , and later recalls the Facetime exchange they had as he drank scotch on the night of Stokes ' Headingley performance for the ages .
It was that Sunday at Headingley that will perhaps provide English viewers with their most satisfying moment of the series .
After Nathan Lyon fumbled a run out that would have won the Test , Langer dishes out a brutal kick to a bin , only to then sheepishly collect the scattered rubbish from the floor .
In a documentary about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understandably , a heavy focus on the cricket itself .
And , while being able to see what goes on in team meetings is interesting , the thinking behind the decision to attack England with left-arm pace during the World Cup , or why Warner does n't like to net too much in the lead-up to games is n't exactly juicy gossip .
It is when the players talk about themselves , rather than their techniques , that the best moments come .
Off-spinner Lyon , the man who once said he wanted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ England players , is shown to be incredibly nervous , even to the point that his own team-mates tease him about it .
When he is waiting to bat during the Archer-Smith battle at Lord 's , his palms are so sweaty he asks if someone has `` turned a tap on '' .
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa describes how his love for coffee is so deep that when he is preparing to go on tour , he packs his brew-making equipment first , then adds clothes if there is room .
All-rounder and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his hotel room for coffee , in what they call the 'Love Cafe ' .
The bromance between batting master Smith and his apprentice Marnus Labuschagne was already well known , but not the fact that the untidy Smith promised to give Labuschagne one of his bats if the rookie tidied the senior man 's kit at the end of every Ashes Test .
Labuschagne called it `` one of the best deals of the summer '' .
From an England perspective , the real meat comes in the final two episodes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and action-packed Ashes series .
Beforehand , there are nods to the reception that the tourists will receive in the first Test at Edgbaston , especially during their opening World Cup game against Afghanistan at Bristol , when Ricky Ponting says he and Langer were `` holding each other back '' from climbing into the stands and confronting members of the crowd .
However , on the whole , Australia dealt with the sandpaper-related flak from the febrile Birmingham crowd incredibly well , starting with Paine 's incredulity at being asked about how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ visiting teams .
Although Langer admitted that the abuse his team received was actually worse outside the ground than inside it , Australia reacted to the insults , hand gestures , chants and signs aimed at their team bus by singing along , clapping and waving .
They actually enjoyed it .
Come the fourth morning , by then on the way to his second century of the match , Smith sang along to England anthem Jerusalem as he waited to bat .
On the fifth day , with his side on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to enjoy the silence of the home crowd .
Whereas before the wicketkeeper was unable even to hear his slip fielders , he was now able to have a conversation with the men at mid-on and mid-off .
The most gripping passage of the entire documentary is the account of the fourth afternoon of the second Test , when Archer floored Smith with a brutal bouncer , only for Smith to return to the crease .
It is like going backstage at the most engrossing drama , only this is played out in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all with the spectre of the Phil Hughes tragedy hanging over the proceedings .
As Smith lay on the ground , Warner quietly told Langer that the world 's best batsman was struck in the exact spot that had previously proved fatal for Hughes .
Smith describes how that was not , in fact , the case , and goes on to talk of his guilt at being able to walk off the pitch when Hughes had not been so fortunate .
In the words of Mitchell Marsh , the Australia dressing room @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Smith was deemed fit to bat on at the fall of the next wicket , when he was eventually dismissed he returned to the dressing room , hurled his bat , slumped into his seat and was barely able to lift his head .
With Smith then ruled out of the rest of the match with concussion , his replacement Labuschagne was struck on the grille by Archer from the first delivery he faced .
As that sickening blow is shown in slow motion , the head-in-hands reaction of Stokes , fielding in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , fear and tension of the moment .
Amid the home euphoria of Stokes winning the Headingley Test from a near-impossible position , it was easy to overlook the fact that Australia had suffered one of the most bruising defeats in Ashes history .
As Stokes was laying waste to the Australian attack , Langer 's frustration was clear , with the coach unable to understand why his team were not working harder to starve the England all-rounder of the strike .
When the beaten tourists returned to the dressing room in silence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opportunity to run out Jack Leach , was inconsolable , sitting with his head covered by a towel .
It was left for the impressive Paine to address his team .
`` That 's going to hurt for a couple of days , '' he said .
`` But we 've still got two Test matches .
Let this sting , but we had chances to win this game .
It happens .
Keep knowing that the process we have to beat these blokes is going to work . ''
The next day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Langer called the entire squad together to watch the last hour of the match , much to the chagrin of the crestfallen Lyon .
`` This could easily break us , '' said Langer , who then , in front of the rest of the team , questioned Paine on his plans and field-settings for Stokes .
At the end of the meeting , they agreed to move on .
At a tour match in Derby , they released some frustrations with a game of touch rugby and bonded over Marsh 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When they next faced England , in the fourth Test at Old Trafford , Australia earned the win that retained the Ashes .

'The Test', a documentary following the Australia team, is released on Thursday
It begins with the biggest scandal ever to engulf Australian cricket and ends inside the victorious visiting dressing room in one of the most incredible English summers in recent memory.
'The Test', released on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday, gives unprecedented access to the men in baggy green caps as they sought to rebuild their reputation following the ball-tampering scandal.
From an English perspective, seeing Australian players' view of the World Cup win, Jofra Archer's duel with Steve Smith and Ben Stokes' Headingley heroics not only stirs fond memories, it also gives a rare peek behind enemy lines.
If you have an opinion on the likes of Smith, David Warner, captain Tim Paine or coach Justin Langer, then this eight-part documentary is unlikely to change your mind - it is often the cricketers as players rather than characters that is the focus.
And you will probably not relish the Australian Ashes celebrations that bookend the documentary. There are, though, some fascinating morsels to devour.
The Paine-Kohli duel
Fresh from being vilified because of the sandpaper in Cameron Bancroft's trousers, Australia wrestled with how they would approach the series against India, their first home Test matches after the ball-tampering saga.
Langer told the players they could engage in "banter", but not cross into "abuse", while Paine did not want his team to acknowledge India megastar Virat Kohli, in case they either made him too comfortable or spurred him into action.
When Kohli, himself no angel on the field, was at his provocative peak during the second Test in Perth, Langer said he felt like his team were a "punching bag", having to take the grief, but unable to hit back for fear of the public response.
It was Paine who broke his own rule and took a stand against Kohli, coming face to face with the India captain when Australia were batting and later, when he was wicketkeeping, muttering the killer line to Murali Vijay: "I know he's your captain, but you can't seriously like him as a bloke."
Australia won the Test and, in their eyes, found a way to verbally engage with opponents without crossing the all-important "line".
Tim Paine and Virat Kohli came face to face in the Perth Test
Langer's star is born
In many ways, Langer is the star of the documentary. The story begins when he is appointed coach and he has the final word of the last episode.
Langer the player was, frankly, an annoyance to England fans. A man who worshipped at the altar of the baggy green, a rottweiler always in a scrap and, most frustratingly, regularly piling on Ashes runs.
Langer the coach is honest, passionate, and rarely smiling. Therefore, an early eyebrow-raising moment is when he enthuses about the Lady Gaga movie A Star Is Born (although he does later admit "it's not nearly as good" on a small screen).
At home in Perth, Langer spends his mornings swimming in the ocean and meditating. When he is seen kissing a statue of Buddha as he leaves the house, it fits with the character who encouraged his team to walk barefoot on the Edgbaston outfield before the World Cup semi-final against England.
He reveals that his wife burst into tears over breakfast during the Sydney Test against India, such was the strain he was under, and later recalls the Facetime exchange they had as he drank scotch on the night of Stokes' Headingley performance for the ages.
"You don't drink scotch."
"I do tonight, baby."
It was that Sunday at Headingley that will perhaps provide English viewers with their most satisfying moment of the series.
After Nathan Lyon fumbled a run out that would have won the Test, Langer dishes out a brutal kick to a bin, only to then sheepishly collect the scattered rubbish from the floor.
Player insight
In a documentary about a cricket team, there is, understandably, a heavy focus on the cricket itself.
And, while being able to see what goes on in team meetings is interesting, the thinking behind the decision to attack England with left-arm pace during the World Cup, or why Warner doesn't like to net too much in the lead-up to games isn't exactly juicy gossip.
It is when the players talk about themselves, rather than their techniques, that the best moments come.
Off-spinner Lyon, the man who once said he wanted to "end the careers" of England players, is shown to be incredibly nervous, even to the point that his own team-mates tease him about it. When he is waiting to bat during the Archer-Smith battle at Lord's, his palms are so sweaty he asks if someone has "turned a tap on".
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa describes how his love for coffee is so deep that when he is preparing to go on tour, he packs his brew-making equipment first, then adds clothes if there is room. All-rounder and close mate Marcus Stoinis will join Zampa in his hotel room for coffee, in what they call the 'Love Cafe'.
The bromance between batting master Smith and his apprentice Marnus Labuschagne was already well known, but not the fact that the untidy Smith promised to give Labuschagne one of his bats if the rookie tidied the senior man's kit at the end of every Ashes Test.
Labuschagne called it "one of the best deals of the summer".
The Test gives an insight to a number of Australia team meetings and how tactical plans were formed
Australia revelled in Edgbaston atmosphere
From an England perspective, the real meat comes in the final two episodes, which cover the dramatic, fluctuating and action-packed Ashes series.
Beforehand, there are nods to the reception that the tourists will receive in the first Test at Edgbaston, especially during their opening World Cup game against Afghanistan at Bristol, when Ricky Ponting says he and Langer were "holding each other back" from climbing into the stands and confronting members of the crowd.
However, on the whole, Australia dealt with the sandpaper-related flak from the febrile Birmingham crowd incredibly well, starting with Paine's incredulity at being asked about how intimidating Edgbaston is as a venue for visiting teams.
Although Langer admitted that the abuse his team received was actually worse outside the ground than inside it, Australia reacted to the insults, hand gestures, chants and signs aimed at their team bus by singing along, clapping and waving. They actually enjoyed it.
Come the fourth morning, by then on the way to his second century of the match, Smith sang along to England anthem Jerusalem as he waited to bat.
On the fifth day, with his side on the verge of victory, Paine was able to enjoy the silence of the home crowd. Whereas before the wicketkeeper was unable even to hear his slip fielders, he was now able to have a conversation with the men at mid-on and mid-off.
Lord's theatre
The most gripping passage of the entire documentary is the account of the fourth afternoon of the second Test, when Archer floored Smith with a brutal bouncer, only for Smith to return to the crease.
It is like going backstage at the most engrossing drama, only this is played out in real time, without a script, all with the spectre of the Phil Hughes tragedy hanging over the proceedings.
As Smith lay on the ground, Warner quietly told Langer that the world's best batsman was struck in the exact spot that had previously proved fatal for Hughes.
Smith describes how that was not, in fact, the case, and goes on to talk of his guilt at being able to walk off the pitch when Hughes had not been so fortunate.
Steve Smith was concussed when hit by a delivery from Jofra Archer during the Lord's Test
In the words of Mitchell Marsh, the Australia dressing room was "panic stations" and although Smith was deemed fit to bat on at the fall of the next wicket, when he was eventually dismissed he returned to the dressing room, hurled his bat, slumped into his seat and was barely able to lift his head.
With Smith then ruled out of the rest of the match with concussion, his replacement Labuschagne was struck on the grille by Archer from the first delivery he faced. As that sickening blow is shown in slow motion, the head-in-hands reaction of Stokes, fielding in the background, perfectly encapsulates the shock, fear and tension of the moment.
The Headingley response
Amid the home euphoria of Stokes winning the Headingley Test from a near-impossible position, it was easy to overlook the fact that Australia had suffered one of the most bruising defeats in Ashes history.
As Stokes was laying waste to the Australian attack, Langer's frustration was clear, with the coach unable to understand why his team were not working harder to starve the England all-rounder of the strike.
When the beaten tourists returned to the dressing room in silence, Lyon, who had fluffed the opportunity to run out Jack Leach, was inconsolable, sitting with his head covered by a towel.
It was left for the impressive Paine to address his team. "That's going to hurt for a couple of days," he said. "But we've still got two Test matches. Let this sting, but we had chances to win this game. It happens. Keep knowing that the process we have to beat these blokes is going to work."
The next day, after that rare glass of scotch, Langer called the entire squad together to watch the last hour of the match, much to the chagrin of the crestfallen Lyon.
"This could easily break us," said Langer, who then, in front of the rest of the team, questioned Paine on his plans and field-settings for Stokes.
At the end of the meeting, they agreed to move on. At a tour match in Derby, they released some frustrations with a game of touch rugby and bonded over Marsh's regular morning walks to a coffee shop.
When they next faced England, in the fourth Test at Old Trafford, Australia earned the win that retained the Ashes.


bbc--2020-03-10--Will the Players Championship yield more English joy?

Tyrrell Hatton won at Bay Hill after Tommy Fleetwood came tantalisingly close a week earlier so , as we head into the third and most significant leg of the Florida swing , it is legitimate to wonder whether it can yield further English success .
It is asking an awful lot for any player to post successive wins on the PGA Tour , while Fleetwood has to bounce back from a rare missed cut at Bay Hill last week .
But another Englishman , Matthew Fitzpatrick , might be primed to pick up the baton here at the Players Championship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ player to post a sub-70 round in the brutal conditions that prevailed at Arnie 's place last weekend .
Given his consistency throughout last year , it is reasonable to anticipate plenty of imminent success for the 25-year-old .
Without adding to his six professional victories , Fitzpatrick posted four runner-up finishes among 11 top-10s in 2019 .
All that has been missing is a win , and this year began in similar fashion when he came second in January 's Abu Dhabi Championship .
Last Sunday 's superb 69 , which included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggests he might be hitting form at just the right time .
Ask him what his priorities are for 2020 and he will tell you straight : `` The majors . ''
That was his response when asked if a return to Europe 's Ryder Cup team is his primary objective .
• Hatton wins Arnold Palmer event by one shot for maiden PGA Tour victory • Matthew Fitzpatrick on how Rory McIlroy helped him at Sawgrass Well , the Players is not a major but it is the closest thing , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the tricky , treacherous 7,189-yard Sawgrass Stadium Course .
This is his fifth visit and while a best finish of tied 41st does not inspire huge confidence , a breakdown of the necessary attributes for this week suggests this could be the week where he contends .
When he is on form , Fitzpatrick 's iron play is among the best in the world and he possesses a sure touch on and around the greens .
Whoever wins this week will have been particularly proficient in those areas .
But the Players is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ No-one has successfully defended this title , indeed no reigning champion has made it into the top 10 since Adam Scott in 2005 .
That does not bode well for Rory McIlroy , who won so thrillingly 12 months ago .
The Northern Irishman is still waiting for his first win of the year but his form has been remarkably consistent .
McIlroy was third in Los Angeles in his opening event of 2020 and has finished fifth in all three of his subsequent appearances .
The challenge now is to harness this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a guaranteed source of a place payout .
It was the same 12 months ago when he also came through a string of near misses in the run-up to this event .
`` There are a lot of similarities between this year and last year , '' he told BBC Sport .
`` The thing that I can take from it the most is that I know my game is there .
I 'm putting myself in these positions week in , week out , even when I do n't feel that I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probably was n't the case a few years ago .
`` So to be as consistent as I am is great , but I need to try to start making these top fives , in-contentions and mediocre Sundays into something more , and there is no better week to start than this week . ''
As ever it is a stacked field for the PGA Tour 's flagship event , despite the absence of injured Masters champion Tiger Woods .
It is too early to determine what sort of player is most likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a very green , overseeded course .
McIlroy edged it last year but the chasing pack were an eclectic bunch .
The veteran Jim Furyk was only a stroke behind with Eddie Pepperell and Jhonattan Vegas sharing third place .
Of the biggest current names , only Fleetwood , Dustin Johnson , Justin Rose and Hideki Matsuyama finished in the top 11 .
It is that kind of place , idiosyncratic and unpredictable .
`` It is such a cliche here , but it really does n't suit any one style of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' McIlroy said .
The defending champion and Sandy Lyle are the only UK winners of the Players .
All predictions require a slew of caveats , but the form of Hatton , Fleetwood and maybe Fitzpatrick suggest this could be the year for England to break its duck .

Matthew Fitzpatrick had 11 top-10 finishes in 2019 - being runner-up on four occasions
The Players Championship Dates: 12-15 March Venue: Sawgrass, Pontre Vedra Beach, Florida Coverage: Reports daily on the BBC website, plus live text commentary on the third and final rounds
Tyrrell Hatton won at Bay Hill after Tommy Fleetwood came tantalisingly close a week earlier so, as we head into the third and most significant leg of the Florida swing, it is legitimate to wonder whether it can yield further English success.
It is asking an awful lot for any player to post successive wins on the PGA Tour, while Fleetwood has to bounce back from a rare missed cut at Bay Hill last week.
But another Englishman, Matthew Fitzpatrick, might be primed to pick up the baton here at the Players Championship. The Sheffield star was the only player to post a sub-70 round in the brutal conditions that prevailed at Arnie's place last weekend.
Given his consistency throughout last year, it is reasonable to anticipate plenty of imminent success for the 25-year-old. Without adding to his six professional victories, Fitzpatrick posted four runner-up finishes among 11 top-10s in 2019.
All that has been missing is a win, and this year began in similar fashion when he came second in January's Abu Dhabi Championship. Last Sunday's superb 69, which included a double bogey at the 17th, suggests he might be hitting form at just the right time.
Ask him what his priorities are for 2020 and he will tell you straight: "The majors." That was his response when asked if a return to Europe's Ryder Cup team is his primary objective.
Well, the Players is not a major but it is the closest thing, and Fitzpatrick has a game to prosper around the tricky, treacherous 7,189-yard Sawgrass Stadium Course.
This is his fifth visit and while a best finish of tied 41st does not inspire huge confidence, a breakdown of the necessary attributes for this week suggests this could be the week where he contends.
When he is on form, Fitzpatrick's iron play is among the best in the world and he possesses a sure touch on and around the greens. Whoever wins this week will have been particularly proficient in those areas.
But the Players is a notoriously difficult tournament to predict. No-one has successfully defended this title, indeed no reigning champion has made it into the top 10 since Adam Scott in 2005.
That does not bode well for Rory McIlroy, who won so thrillingly 12 months ago. The Northern Irishman is still waiting for his first win of the year but his form has been remarkably consistent.
McIlroy was third in Los Angeles in his opening event of 2020 and has finished fifth in all three of his subsequent appearances.
The challenge now is to harness this relentless excellence and become more than merely a guaranteed source of a place payout. It was the same 12 months ago when he also came through a string of near misses in the run-up to this event.
"There are a lot of similarities between this year and last year," he told BBC Sport.
"The thing that I can take from it the most is that I know my game is there. I'm putting myself in these positions week in, week out, even when I don't feel that I've got my best stuff, which probably wasn't the case a few years ago.
"So to be as consistent as I am is great, but I need to try to start making these top fives, in-contentions and mediocre Sundays into something more, and there is no better week to start than this week."
As ever it is a stacked field for the PGA Tour's flagship event, despite the absence of injured Masters champion Tiger Woods.
It is too early to determine what sort of player is most likely to succeed in March conditions on what is a very green, overseeded course. McIlroy edged it last year but the chasing pack were an eclectic bunch.
The veteran Jim Furyk was only a stroke behind with Eddie Pepperell and Jhonattan Vegas sharing third place. Of the biggest current names, only Fleetwood, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose and Hideki Matsuyama finished in the top 11.
It is that kind of place, idiosyncratic and unpredictable. "It is such a cliche here, but it really doesn't suit any one style of play or any one type of player," McIlroy said.
The defending champion and Sandy Lyle are the only UK winners of the Players.
All predictions require a slew of caveats, but the form of Hatton, Fleetwood and maybe Fitzpatrick suggest this could be the year for England to break its duck.


bbc--2020-03-10--Trump: 'I don't think it's a big deal. I would do it'

'People are really surprised I understand this stuff' On a tour of the CDC , President Trump says doctors asked @ @ @ @ @ know so much about this ? ''

President Donald Trump hasn't been tested for the coronavirus after interacting with self-quarantined lawmakers.
"I feel extremely good," he said. The president told reporters he was advised a test would be unnecessary.


bbc--2020-03-10--Markets start to bounce back after steep losses

Shares in the US enjoyed a late-afternoon boost on Tuesday as a rise in oil prices helped markets to recover some ground one day after the biggest falls since the 2008 financial crisis .
The three main US indexes closed more than 4.9 % higher .
Earlier , shares in Europe slipped into negative territory , despite initial bounce-backs .
London 's FTSE 100 ended almost flat , after a 7.7 % drop the day before .
In France and Germany , the main indexes dropped more than 1.4 % .
Markets were battered on Monday in reaction to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia and Saudi Arabia .
But after falling as much as 30 % on Monday , oil prices rebounded slightly , with Brent crude more than 8 % higher .
Analysts said US markets were helped along by promises from the White House to take steps to protect the US economy against the impact of the coronavirus outbreak .
`` Obviously there has been concern voiced in the market that this is not being contained and more needs to be done , '' said William Foster , vice president and lead US analyst @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Now we 're starting to see a response from the US federal government , the administration and Congress that .
I think that 's going to be part of the solution to supporting the economy ... and ultimately stabilising the markets . ''
Earlier , shares in Japan rose after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his government would work closely with the central bank to boost the economy .
Japan 's benchmark index , the Nikkei 225 , had started Tuesday more than 3 % down but bounced back following Mr Abe 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In Hong Kong , the main Hang Seng market rose 1.4 % buoyed by Japan 's moves to calm investors .
The index had fallen more than 4 % on Monday .
London 's FTSE index was 0.23 % higher at the end of Tuesday at 5,979 .
The optimism on Tuesday was helped by a slowdown in reported cases of coronavirus in China , according to Michael Hewson , chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK .
`` This optimism , along with expectations around further central bank actions is , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whole of Italy has gone into lockdown and the Spanish government has taken the decision to close all schools and universities in Madrid , '' he said .
Monday saw the steepest declines in many global financial markets since the 2008 financial crisis .
The major US stock indexes fell so sharply at the start of trading that the buying and selling of shares was halted for 15 minutes , as a so-called `` circuit breaker '' aimed at curbing panicky selling came into effect .
The dramatic falls in response to fears @ @ @ @ @ @ @ typical of market behaviour , said Kathleen Brooks , director at Minerva Analysis .
`` Markets are so emotional , it 's unbelievable , '' she said .
`` Act first , think later .
This was the same in 2008 , you have these massive declines and then the market is on pause . ''
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She said she thought markets would recover eventually , as `` if you look at long-term charts they always recover '' .
However , in the short term @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if we do n't see the stimulus that 's required .
We need to hear more positive things because that 's when stock markets go up . ''
Why should I care if stock markets fall ?
Many people 's initial reaction to `` the markets '' is that they are not directly affected , because they do not invest money .
Yet there are millions of people with a pension - either private or through work - who will see their savings ( in what is known as a defined contribution pension @ @ @ @ @ @ @ value of their savings pot is influenced by the performance of these investments .
So big rises or falls can affect your pension , but the advice is to remember that pension savings , like any investments , are usually a long-term bet .
Major central banks have pledged to pump cash into the financial system while governments are mulling stimulus measures to tackle the economic hit .
These include cuts to interest rates to encourage companies to borrow money and expand .
However , former Bank of England governor Mervyn King told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Money : `` I do n't think that a cut in interest rates now is actually going to do a great deal to help the situation , it maybe a sign of reassurance but it is not more than that .
`` What is needed now are targeted measures to help business deal with a short-term crisis and collapse of their cash flow , and I think the Bank of England understands that very well . ''

"This optimism, along with expectations around further central bank actions is, for now, offsetting the news that the whole of Italy has gone into lockdown and the Spanish government has taken the decision to close all schools and universities in Madrid," he said.


bbc--2020-03-10--'People are paranoid' - Life on lockdown in Italy

There is anxiety and confusion on the ground as Italy implements its most restrictive measures since World War Two in its battle against the coronavirus .
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has called the outbreak the country 's `` darkest hour '' as measures , which include travel restrictions and a ban on public gatherings , are enacted across Italy .
A wide range of restrictions have been put in place .
• Travel has been restricted but exemptions will be given to those with valid reasons • Bars and restaurants can remain open from 06:00 to 18:00 , but must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ metre between customers • Shops also have to make sure customers remain at least a metre apart • Cinemas , theatres and museums have been ordered to close • All ski resorts will be closed until further notice • Schools and universities will remain closed until 3 April • All public gatherings will be forbidden , including weddings , funerals and baptisms But people in Italy have told the BBC that there is widespread confusion on the ground regarding how the `` lockdown '' is being implemented .
• 'Italy lockdown cut me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is really sure what 's happening , we just know that you 're not allowed to travel in and out of cities , '' said Emily Millington , a teacher in Bologna .
`` But they 've not actually made it clear if you can go out and about , if you 'll get in trouble for that , or if you should just stay at home . ''
Ms Millington drove three hours from Bologna to her boyfriend 's house in the northern town of Trento early on Tuesday , where they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people who do n't know if they 've got it , like me .
I do n't really know what 's happening , '' she said .
`` I know they wo n't swab me because I 've not got symptoms , but I 've come into contact with people that have got it , '' she said .
While she has been able to work from home , Ms Millington said the outbreak had led some of her private language school 's competitors to shut down .
`` Employers are trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' she said .
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• MAPS AND CHARTS : Visual guide to the outbreak Dan Davison , a teacher in Puglia in the south-east , said that there had been an announcement saying that people needed to justify why they were out of the house , but he had n't seen it being enforced .
`` I know it 's unprecedented , but there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' he said , adding that Puglia was like a `` ghost town '' .
`` It seems , to a certain degree , that people are making it up as they go along .
For example , you hear from other people that there is a new rule , but you look for it online you ca n't find it anywhere , '' he said .
Mr Davison said the decision by airlines including Ryanair and British Airways to cancel all international flights to and from Italy had made him feel `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Millington said the outbreak was affecting the atmosphere of some social circles .
One woman she knows had a fever but did n't ring the designated hotline , so her friend did .
`` It 's really strange here , people are kind of snitching on each other , '' she said .
`` We were joking about it last night .
You want to meet up with your friends but then you 're like 'who have they come into contact with ? '
'' she added .
Ms Millington said she knew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact they had a fever because they were worried about the social stigma .
Tansy Ball , who has lived on the island of Sicily since 1977 , said there appeared to be a spike in cases after people started returning to their families in the south from heavily hit northern areas after universities were shut .
Close familial bonds between older and younger generations could actually make things worse , she said .
`` Being a family-run country , you 're still going to let your daughter , nephews , nieces and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
`` People have been discouraged from going to the nursing homes ... but whether they will or not , I do n't know . ''
But despite the panic , Ms Ball said she was taking the lockdown in her stride .
`` I do n't do anxiety , I let everyone else worry .
I think if I get it I will be able to recover , '' she said .
`` I 've got plenty to do .
Things to study , books to read , I 've got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wanted to .
I 'm allowed out to do the shopping and to go for a bike ride because I 'm not meeting anybody if I do that , '' she added .
`` I 'll just take it as it comes . ''

"It seems, to a certain degree, that people are making it up as they go along. For example, you hear from other people that there is a new rule, but you look for it online you can't find it anywhere," he said.