this is d.w. news live from berlin a far too struggle to contain a deadly new virus the up records already killed 2 people in china experts warn of a race against time as people there prepared to travel abroad for an annual holiday also coming up german chancellor angela merkel attempts to broker a peace deal for leaving it up to a major international peace conference will be told here in kirlian on sunday but on the ground in libya deep divisions remain and demonstrations i filled in support of the un backed government and in support of the arrival of ministration in the

east of the country protesters from both sides say they rejected pay summers. and it's a new kind of space race as space x. and boeing battle to become the 1st private company to take astronauts into overs. great welcome to the program health officials around the world are sounding the alarm over a mysterious and deadly new virus the highly infectious corona virus is related to sobs and it's already killed 2 people in central china authorities there say 45 people have been infected but western experts believe there are probably many more cases than that the outbreak comes just as people in china prepare to travel for the lunar new year holiday. it's a race to stop a deadly virus from spreading passengers touching down on flights from central

china now face a medical check health officials at airports in new york los angeles and san francisco are testing travelers coming from the region who may have symptoms of the virus most passengers will get questioned get their temperature taken any sent on their way but passengers that are potentially at risk to have the novel coronavirus that is people who are sick and have been exposed to get to get additional questions and they may actually be sent for a medical work up a goal here is to detect this virus early so that we can better understand it. the new coronavirus 1st appeared in the city of will hand in central china medical workers spotted a cluster of cases of a new type of pneumonia patients had fever cough some breathing problems so far only people who visited or lived in wu han have developed the virus but as people travel abroad to visit family over chinese new year holidays more cases have been

detected. using a thermal camera to check for sick passengers as other asian countries have started screening visitors health officials in thailand have already found new cases. at san francisco international airport passengers support the new checks is necessary to go through the streets. to check the temperature to make sure we're ok when i have a fever if it's issues that corner that others states may be good choices to make cashews about it. but the prospect of being exposed to the mystery illness is not to tearing travelers to china. who knows i am i get the flow they have. but i'm going to be careful officials say the risk of a corona virus outbreak in the u.s. is low but as research is so far they say little about it they say prevention is

better than kill. well in libya opponents of the international i enter nationally recognized government have blockaded several key oil production facilities this is threatening the country's main source of income friday so demonstrations by supporters of the 2 rival administrations it comes ahead of a major international summit due to be held here in berlin aimed at stopping libya's fighting. demonstrate isn't a divided libya in the east of the country and benghazi protesters loyal to general . voiced their frustrations on friday. chanting no which is a rush and no to revolutionaries the protesters accuse the u.n. back to administration in tripoli of using income from oil exports to buy support from foreign mercenaries oh revenue goes to the wrong central bank bank in tripoli the center what does the central bank do they send it to them it sends it

to the militias to the mercenaries and the rest of it whatever's left to corruption . meanwhile in tripoli the home of the u.n. backed government of national unity there was also law. demonstrations many supporters of fires also raja's administration said while they were in favor of peace they rejected the planned peace talks in berlin. after 9 months of fighting they see that there will be a meeting in berlin. but now we have the power and are able to return have to back to where he came from. and. i myself will not agree with any meeting nor will i be accepting any dictators i know. nevertheless both. general huffed are are expected to attend sunday's peace talks in berlin. and so to 2 other men whom observers considered to be the decisive players in the conflict turkish

president red chip type are one who supports the raj and russia's vladimir putin who backs. the goal of the bill and conferences to turn the fragile ceasefire both libyan leaders have agreed to into a long term solution and hold foreign military interference in the country. but that could be a tall order considering the level of international interest in the country and the various nations with competing interests there. to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump is bringing in some legal heavyweights to defend him in his senate impeachment trial is added former independent counsel ken starr who paved the way for president clinton's impeachment and alan dershowitz who's known for defending 6 defended jeffrey epstein. migrants in greece have been protesting after a migrant was fatally stabbed in the maria camp on the island of lesbos the

demonstrators chanted maria not saif a group say they're often acts of violence in the camp which has a capacity of 3000 but currently houses more than 19000 people. brazil's culture minister has been fired after using language similar to adult hitler's propaganda minister yourself goebbels. used this phrase in a speech to promote a new arts initiative in brazil focusing on nationalism and religion and of him admitted the similarity but called it a coincidence. officials in newfoundland in canada have declared a wrist date of a marriage and see judy unprecedented blizzard conditions residents were warned to expect as much as 70 centimeters of snow and have been told to prepare a marriage and sea kids with enough supplies to last for at least 3 days. well u.s. president donald trump has warned iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei to be

very careful with his words it comes after the ayatollah denounced the united states and urged iranians to unite behind their government in a rare appearance at friday prayers he dismissed trump as a clown and cold trump support for the iranian people a pretense how many also defended his country's military after it admitted shooting down a ukrainian passenger jet by mistake. after weeks of national trauma thousands turned out to see iran's supreme leader in a rare show of strength the main cheered chanted as ali how many railed against iran's enemies. like. these american clowns who falsely and despicably say that we are standing with the iranian people and say they can see who the iranian people. are the few hundreds of people who insult the picture about martyred and honorable general custom sell the money

the iranian people want them all rather obvious branding and people the millions who showed themselves on the streets. his intervention comes after the country's top military commander was killed by u.s. forces earlier this month triggering a nationwide outpouring of grief and a tragic stampede which saw scores killed then came what iran said was an accidental dining of a passenger jet killing all 176 people on board. angry protests engulfed the capital was. was was unique in the ayatollah lamented the crash but said iran was being manipulated . because some people followed guided by american television english radio try to portray this incident in such

a way that the deaths of these 2 martyrs would be forgotten your mojo your. i message haired loud and clear by president rouhani who sat among the washer person the ayatollahs present underscores the crisis the last time he delivered friday prayers in 2012 amid a standoff over its nuclear weapons program. meanwhile canada has urged iran to allow france to analyze the flight and cockpit data report recorders from the ukrainian passenger plane iran has admitted to shooting down the plane accidentally canadian prime minister justin for dorry said france is one of the few countries with the ability to read the plane's black boxes which he said were badly damaged 57 people on board ukrainian international airlines flight were canadian citizens. well the u.s.

is edging closer to launching its astronauts into space again since retiring and shuttles back in 2011 the space agency nasa has relied on russian capsules for rides to and from the international space station but the plan has been to have private american industry take over the space taxi judi's and that's where musk comes in the entrepreneur company space x. has carried out numerous on manned launches earlier this month and sent 60 tiny satellites into space but now it's a neck and neck race against boeing to be the 1st to carry humans as well and that means being ready for anything that could happen i'm. in today's test space x. is launching its crew dragon to check the spacecraft emergency aboard system mike earlier tests it's meant to show that the capsule can pull an astronaut crews to safety if the rocket feels catastrophic later on launch. space x. has already sent many unmanned to resupply missions to the surface with its cargo

dragon this one returned to earth early january and the company is now conducting what could be the final turn on the crew dragon which is designed to transport humans if successful the spacecraft might be cleared to carry astronauts up to the station this early as this spring. the crew dragon seeds up to 7 astronauts it's been built under a commercial contract for nasa the american space agency has outsourced to near earth activities my flights to the i.s.o.'s to the private sector both space x. and boeing signed contracts with nasa in 2014 to build their own versions of the space tax a space x. currently has a lead over boeing in the race to receive nasa certification back in december boeing starliner failed to rendezvous with the i assert as planned mike here in the

animation the mission was supposed to be the system's final test flight before taking on astronauts despite the problems the capsule managed to land without a hitch and it's still not clear whether nasa well now demand further tests before certifying the starliner. both companies were supposed to begin ferrying astronauts back and forth and 2017 but building vehicles for space travel is a risky business and there have also been setbacks for space x. along the way including a launch pad explosion but the company has sent an empty crew dragon to the successfully and now it's hoping the system will take this final hurdle if it passes the abort test space x. could be ferrying astronauts up to the i.s.o.'s within the next few months. listen sports news now the 2nd half of the ball in this league season kicked off on friday night when shouted bait mentioned blood back to neil to stay family in the

mix at the top so what serdar broke the deadlock for salcombe just 3 minutes after the restart curling and unstoppable shot past the ensemble into the corner of the net for his 7th goal of the season and 10 minutes later micio diego which doubled south as lead bonito around months past perfectly setting up the austrian to score in his 1st game for the world leaders. french designer john paul gaultier has announced that his next paris fashion show will be his last the flamboyant creator said he'd be making his final appearance on the catwalk after debuting his latest collection and celebrating 50 years in the business but he assured fans that his brands would live on even if their creator was stepping back from a lot of lies. was picked up next is our show dog film which looks at gene mapping and how much we can know about

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