it's january 27th on d w. this is news of live from berlin authorities struggle to contain a deadly new virus the outbreak has already killed 2 people in china experts warn of a race against time as people there are prepared to travel abroad for an annual holiday . still smoldering and this volcano in the philippines could erupt again at any moment thousands have fled their homes while others risk returning to

salvage what's left under the layers of. this could be the future of the summer games as the international olympic committee considers adding breakdancing to its list of events. i'm michel local so glad you could join us health officials around the world are sounding the alarm over a deadly new virus a highly infectious strain of a corona virus that's related to sars and it's already killed 2 people in central china where it's believed to have emerged in the city of authorities there say $45.00 people have been infected but scientists believe there are probably many more cases than that the outbreak comes just as people in china prepared to travel

for the lunar new year holiday. we're now joined from shanghai by journalists simone of the planet he has been following the story there thanks for joining us we understand that this new coronavirus strain is being like into the sars virus how serious is this it seems to be 80 persons to me are. the difference however is that it's less deadly and it's treads less so far it's less viral and so it's a bit less scary but there's reason to be worried and something to remember is that the sauce started like that and then it's evolved into something that could spread from human to human this scientists are saying that the actual number of infections is probably far greater than what's actually being reported do we know the actual extent of this issue it does seem to answer is no we do not know it's 50 colt's officially there are only 45 cases in china right now but

the scientists from the imperial college in london have simply calculated based on the number of cases that have been discovered of brode that's false 3 cases to be discovered in thailand and jeff and that must be more cases in china and the estimate is that 1700 people might be carrying the fear virus at the moment so as we mentioned before the lunar new year is basically about to happen there in china how is this affecting people and their travel plans for. so far it's not i mean issues believe the official numbers that only 45 people are in fact there's no reason to read you warry however china has been known for covering up situations like that in the past for the question it's. actually possible for this virus to transmit between people person to person if it is the case then yeah it's

another story this morning thanks so much for covering this for us. 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 a 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 streets. to check the temperature to make sure we're ok when i

have a fever if it's issues that are going to affect others it's maybe a good child just to placate cashews 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 the flow they have. but i'm going to be careful the new coronavirus 1st appeared in the city of 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 tourist and now in hospital medical research is 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. scientists in the philippines or warning of their massive eruption from the volcano which could very well be on its way despite in a park in activity on the surface more than 160000 people have fled their homes while others have decided to stay and start the cleanup despite the danger. people living in the shadow of the towel volcano have begun their clear up even though it's still spewing ash the eruption left davis station and it's weak and residents are continuing to assess the scale of the damages done to their local environment

and their livelihoods. big impact on us. i mean for our house was destroyed and we cannot earn any money. because we won't be allowed to go out and selfish. people are afraid of eating the fish could have come from the tall lake. from fisherman to coffee growers nobody has been able to escape the sulfuric these plants have been heavily damaged although the growers still hope to harvest at least some of their crop it will take them years to kind top the tree cost. animals have been bearing the brunt burnt by the ashes it rained down on them they are in pain and severely malnourished locals are doing all they can to support them in their recovery package rescue every animal that i would. also it's really important to these

horses that this is. their main source of livelihood for the people that. the government has advised thousands of people displaced by the volcano activity to see a way the alert level remains for the 2nd highest warning on the scale and people are braced for. which could happen at any time. briefing you now on some of the other stories making news around the world in syria russia has killed 5 civilians including 4 members of the same family that's despite a russian brokered ceasefire in the country the strike was. in a town with forces who are opposed to the assad regime. farmers angry over germany's latest agricultural reform have driven their tractors in protests in cities around the country including berlin they're protesting animal welfare labels

on food products and restrictions on pesticides to protect insects the demonstrators say they'll be paying the price for a new environmental protection measures. officials in newfoundland canada have declared a state of emergency due to unprecedented blizzard conditions residents were warned to expect as much as 70 centimeters of snow and have been told to prepare emergency kits with enough supplies to last for at least 3 days. police in baghdad have cleared out a protest camp following clashes with anti-government protesters that left 2 demonstrators dead and over 20 more injured the protesters have been demanding political reforms new leadership and snap elections more than 400 have died in months of violence. in libya opponents of the internationally recognized government have blockaded several key oil production facilities

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. demonstrators in a divided libya in the east of the country and the protesters loyal to. their frustrations on friday. 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 all over the revenue goes to the wrong central bank. the center what does the center of the. do i think that sends it to the militias to them their scenarios and the rest of it whatever is left to corruption. meanwhile

in tripoli the home of the un backed government of national unity there was also large demonstrations many supporters of fires are surat just 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 after back to where he came from them on the run i myself will not agree with any meeting nor will i be accepting any dictators. nevertheless both fires and general have to 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 off the goal of the berlin conference is 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. some sports now the 2nd half of the season kicked off on friday night when shocker. 2 nil to stay firmly in the mix at the top so what set our broke the deadline for just 3 minutes after the restructure trailing an unstoppable shot passed. into the corner of the net for his 7th goal of the season and 10 minutes later michelle with a double shot as lead. ran past perfectly setting up the austrian to score. 1st game for the royal blue it's. the tokyo olympics this summer will feature new events like karate skateboarding and surfing but give it

another 4 years and we could see another limb big debut when parents break dancing the international olympic committee is considering adding the energetic an athletic form of dance which it thinks could help the game's reach are younger more diverse audience. breakdancing v athletic style of street dancing was created by african-american and latino youth in the early 1970 s. in new york. but that made eighty's break dancing went mainstream in the u.s. and was the focus of several full feature films during that decade. for decades the new form of expression inspired many to start break dancing like antonio kiss theo who discovered the joyful art as a child and now he's coaching a handful of olympic hopefuls in the states the international olympic committee is

considering adding breakdancing to its program in 2020 for. all we can do now with filleted and make sure it happened make sure that our athletes have an opportunity to go and not only go to the olympics when it happens but also come back with gold medal is the birthplace of hip hop culture the united states we created and because studios young students me boys fozzy men in our spinning about the possibility of being an olympian. i was really. like can what i do it for ever and i now it kind of can because of the un thanks and all that so it's like a lot of profit isn't super exciting the final decision on whether or not to break dancing will be at the 2024 olympics is expected to come later this year in december. an update on the top story we're following for you chinese

authorities have confirmed 4 new cases in the outbreak of a mysterious long virus the virus has already killed 2 people in china officials fear the outbreak could spread further. up next we meet south africa's all female gamekeeper crew the black mamba that's coming up next on reporter michael look who will be back with more news at the top of the hour. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word published in the. rico is in germany to learn german why not with him it's simple online on your mobile and free to suffer. any learning course nikos fake german from a.t.c. .