Friday evening news briefing: First British coronavirus death

British man on cruise ship dies from coronavirus

A British man who was on board a cruise ship in Japan has died from coronavirus. The Japanese Ministry of Health said the man was the sixth person to have died on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has been quarantined off the coast of Japan. It is the first British death from the Covid-19 coronavirus. The news comes as two more people tested positive in England this morning after picking up the virus in Iran. The UK's total now stands at 19 after Wales also declared its first case this morning. You can follow the latest updates in our liveblog. Meanwhile, British tourists poised to leave the quarantined hotel in Tenerife face being stranded in the country regardless after major airline Jet2 said it will not fly anyone back until they have tested negative for coronavirus. If all this leaves you worried about your journey home tonight, read how to avoid the spread of coronavirus on public transport hotspots.

Markets worldwide remain in freefall because of the outbreak. US stocks are poised to conclude their worst week since the global financial crisis in 2008, while the FTSE 100 has plunged to its lowest level since 2016. The Swiss government today banned "all public and private" events involving more than 1,000 people, leading to the cancellation of the Geneva motor show - one of the biggest events in the industry's calendar - which had been due to start on Monday. London Marathon organisers say they are "closely monitoring" the potential risk after a string of international sporting events were thrown into turmoil, while a law firm shut its central London office and sent home more than 1,000 staff after a possible coronavirus case was detected. Pope Francis has cancelled a second day of engagements after falling 'sick' as the disease sweeps Italy and even pets are now being quarantined in Hong Kong. Here is a reminder of how all this started - and a map of worldwide cases.

France fires warning to Johnson over EU trade deal

France has accused Boris Johnson of trying to cherry-pick his preferred Brexit deal as its Europe minister questioned the UK's insistence on agreeing their future relationship by the end of the year. Amélie de Montchalin dismissed the Prime Minister's suggestion the UK could pursue an Australian-style relationship with the bloc as "for the birds" as she addressed an audience at Chatham House. The toing and froing on boths sides has not impressed Telegraph readers, who have had their say on the trade negotiation mandates published by the UK and EU this week. In Westminster, more than a dozen 'red wall' Conservative MPs are urging Chancellor Rishi Sunak to reverse a Brussels regulation which slapped a 700 per cent increase in tax on motorhomes and campervans. North West Durham MP Richard Holden told today's edition of Chopper's Politics podcast that sales of new £45,000 motorhomes had slumped by 15 per cent as buyers were put off by the increase.

Prince Harry joins Jon Bon Jovi in the recording booth

The Duke of Sussex has joined Jon Bon Jovi in the recording booth at Abbey Road Studios to record a new charity single for the Invictus Games Foundation. Prince Harry returned to the UK from Canada this week to begin a series of royal engagements which are likely to be his last before he steps down from royal duties on March 31. After telling delegates at a conference on Wednesday to just call him Harry, the royal was equally relaxed today around the rockstar who had a string of hits with his band Bon Jovi in the 1980s. A teaser video was uploaded to the official Sussex Royal Instagram account showing the pair in the booth. And they recreated the Beatles' famous Abbey Road album cover.

News digest

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• Financial crisis | Ex-Barclays bankers cleared of Qatar fraud charges

• Immigration surge | Non-EU citizens at highest for nearly 50 years

• Eugenics links | University to rename sites to 'address' historic ties

• "Hello...?" | Council tells Lionel Richie to keep the noise down

Video: Thunberg addresses 20,000-strong UK march

Greta Thunberg took aim at officials and governments as she told thousands of climate activists "they are behaving like children, so it falls on us to be the adults in the room". The 17-year-old activist was the headline speaker at The Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate march. Police said there were more than 20,000 at the event, although organisers said they estimated the figure to be closer to 30,000. Watch Miss Thunberg speak.

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'Do not deport your people' | New Zealand's Prime Minister has hit out at her Australian counterpart at a media conference, telling him it is "corrosive" to the relationship between the two countries that Australia is "deporting your people and your problems". Jacinda Ardern told Scott Morrison on live TV that Australia was deporting New Zealand citizens who had committed crimes but spent most of their lives in Australia.

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Business and money briefing

House prices | Property values rose at the fastest annual rate for 18 months in February as the "Boris bounce" buoyed the market but "significant uncertainties" lie ahead. Read on for details.

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Sport briefing

Coronavirus could deny Liverpool | There is no guarantee Liverpool would be crowned Premier League champions if the season was curtailed by the coronavirus, The Telegraph can reveal. The rapid spread of the virus has raised the prospect of the Government ordering the cancellation of all sporting events in the UK for more than two months, meaning some fixtures may never be played, likely triggering crisis talks.

• West Ham | Why protesters are so angry at the club and its bosses

• Jamie Carragher | Some Villa fans have forgotten club's proud history

• Sun Yang | Chinese swimming superstar banned for eight years

Tonight's TV

Intelligence, Sky One/NOW TV, 9pm and 9.30pm | Nick Mohammed and David Schwimmer's spy comedy continues with another double bill. Read on for more.

And finally...

Periscopes of the future | World-beating threat detection systems are to be fitted to Britain’s next generation submarines, able to sense danger from the sea and sky. The Dreadnought Class nuclear-armed submarines will start to enter service in the 2030s, replacing the Royal Navy’s four current Vanguard Class boats, armed with Trident nuclear missiles. Click here to see what they will look like.