this is d.w. news live from berlin authorities struggle to contain a deadly virus the outbreak has already killed 2 people in china experts are warning of a race against time as people they're prepared to travel abroad for an annual holiday also coming up german chancellor angela merkel attempts to broker a peace deal full libya a major international conference will be held here in berlin on sunday but on the ground in libya deep divisions remand demonstrations are held in support off the un pact document and for the rival administration in the east of the country

protesters from both sides say they reject the peace stops. and it's a new kind of space race says by 6 and boeing battle to become the 1st private company to take astronauts into orbit. i'm jarid read welcome to the program health officials around the world are sounding the alarm over a deadly new virus it's a highly infectious strain of corona virus that's related to saas and it's already killed 2 people in central china where it's believed to have a merged in the city of were han authorities there say 45 people have been infected but scientists believe there are probably many more cases than bash the outbreak com says 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 in the u.s. 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 our goal here is to detect this virus early so that we can better understand it at san francisco international airport passengers support the new checks. is necessary to go through the street. to check the temperature to make sure we're ok when i have a fever if it's issues that the color affects others it's maybe good chass too

late caches about it. but the prospect of being exposed to the mystery illness is not to tearing all travelers to china. will know that i am i get a flow of it. but i'm going to be careful 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 coughs and breathing problems so far only people who visit to do lived in will hand develop the virus but as people travel overseas during the chinese new year holidays more cases have been detected . using a thermal camera to check for sick passengers other countries have started testing visits his official screening travelers landing in bangkok thailand found 2 of the most recent confirmed cases outside china a 61 year old woman and

a chinese tourists are now in hospital medical research as to know if the virus can be passed from person to person but with millions of travelers crossing countries daily health authorities are taking no chances. let's cross not to shanghai and speak with journalist seymour and he's been following the story from there hi seymore this new coronavirus strain is being likened to the deadly saas virus how serious is this exactly. so chinese scientists have an ally in a virus and it seems to be a cheap person seen in our sauce virus in the same family but is slightly different and so far. it seems to be slightly less than jurist such less deadly and also a bit less fire island so it spread less fast which he's rather reassuring but still 2 people have died apparently there were older people there are also being

so 40 people have been hospitalized and 10 already went out and a safe so so far that's all we know important also it doesn't seem to spread or doesn't seem to spread easily from human to human right simo scientists believe that the number of infections reported in china are actually much greater than officials there have been saying do we know really the exact scale of the problem. you know and that's really difficult shoot evaluates actually scientist has done what many chinese people were thinking about how comes. it is only 40 cases in china but there are already being some cases reported in japan and in thailand and some in hong kong but no not in. any other provisions of china so chinese people were asking this question online and the scientists have actually just and i said

number of us inches in one airport and just made some if i wait and this so that it could be at least 1700 people infected but we don't know really at this stage before release to 41 as many as 1700 what exactly are chinese authorities doing about this what sorts of takes in and precautionary measures are they doing. so that's why. so far the scientific community chief seem to believe that china is doing much better than during the sauce if you did make in 2002 where they basically. sheet up everything and they were strongly criticized for that so so far 1st communication with the world health organization is much better and locally they have tested this say they tested 700 people both. medical staff and rillette cvs of the people were contaminated and they discovered no case which

is why so far they say that they should be no transmission from you human to human but there's one case after in feet of a lady who was infected and she didn't go to these markets from which currency it did make started so that's why there's a suspicion that it could be transmitted but it's not confirmed it ok journalist seymour live in shanghai thank you very much for your time thank you. in libya opponents of the internationally recognized government have blockaded several key oil production facilities this is threatening the country's main source of income friday saw 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 is in a divided libya in the east of the country and benghazi protesters loyal to general

. voiced their frustrations on friday. chanting no just to 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. have been you goes to the wrong central bank the bank. the center what does the central bank do they send it to them since then to the militias to the nurse 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 large demonstrations many supporters of fires also rogers administration said while they were in favor of peace they rejected the planned peace talks in berlin. after 9 months of fighting and they see that there will be a meeting in berlin but now we have the power and are able to return have to our

back to where he came from. i was i myself will not agree with anything nor will i be accepting any dictators who are inside iran. nevertheless both harsh and 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. now to some of the other stories making news around the world police in baghdad have cleared out a protest camp following clashes with anti-government protesters that left to

demonstrate is dead and over 20 more injured the protesters have been demanding political reforms new leadership and snap elections more than 400 people have died in months of violence. u.s. president donald trump is bringing in some legal heavyweights to defend him in his senate impeachment trial is out and former independent counsel ken starr who paved the way for president bill clinton's impeachment and alan dershowitz who's known for defending sex offender jeffrey abstain. and officials in new found lending canada have declared a restraint of emergency jus to unproduced a dented blizzard conditions residents there were warned to expect as much as 70 centimeters of snow and they've been told to prepare emergency kits with enough supplies to last for at least 3 days. well the u.s. is edging closer to launching its astronauts into space again since retiring at 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 duties and that's where the lawn musk comes in the entrepreneur as company space x. has carried out numerous unmanned launches for example in early this month that 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 was in today's test to space x. is launching its crew dragon to chat. the spacecraft emergency aboard system mike earlier tests it's meant to show that the capsule can pull astronaut crews to safety if the rocket fails catastrophic lay during launch. space x. has already sent many unmanned to resupply missions to the i.s.o.'s with its cargo

dragon this one returned to earth an early january and the company is now conducting what could be the final test on the crew dragon which is designed to transport humans if successful the spacecraft might be cleared to carry astronauts up to the station as early as this spring. the crew dragon seats 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 access 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 will 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 i.r.s. says successfully and now is 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. with some sports news now the 2nd half of the board just league a season kicked off on friday night when shark abate mention glad to nil to stay firmly in the mix at the top so what serdar broke the deadlock for shark in just 3

minutes after the restart curling an unstoppable shot past young sama into the corner of the net for his 7th goal of the season and 10 minutes later messi you know they go they go it's excuse me it doubles shall because lead benita rahman's past perfectly setting up the austrian to score in his 1st game for the foiled. french designer. 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 is short his fans but his brands would live on even if their creator was stepping back from the limelight. up next to shift living in the digital age and how fashion labels define their image through social media is more news on our website d.w. dot com you can follow us on twitter and instagram. as i'm gerri great thanks for

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