New respiratory virus from China is spreading

State media in China has been urging people not to panic following the announcement that a new respiratory virus is spreading across the country. The BBC's health reporter is answering questions from people around the world about the disease.

The BBC has learnt that top social media influencers are being propositioned by strangers with offers of thousands of dollars, or luxury holidays in return for sex. We hear from our reporter covering the story.

We go to the US state of Virginia where gun rights supporters are gathering to protest against proposed firearm control measures.

(Photo: Chinese girls wear face masks in Beijing. Credit EPA/Wu Hong)