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global auto show every. news the live from berlin fears that a deadly new virus is moving across trying to draw 2 people have already died in an ammonia out pretty caused by the virus now countries across asia as well as the us are screening those arriving from the affected area. in libya protesters take to the streets from both sides of the country's brutal conflict
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that's ahead of a major peace summit here in berlin on sunday. and this could be the future of the summer games as the international olympic committee considers adding great dancing to its list of. a michael could join me health officials around the world are sounding the alarm over a deadly new virus it's a highly infectious strain of 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 hong 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
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prepared 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 going 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
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a fever if it's issues that the caller affects others it's maybe a good child just you like 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 of it happen 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
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a chinese tourist and now in hospital medical researches jerk 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. journalist similar to closely is covering the story from shanghai he told us what's known about the virus so far so chinese scientists haven't i any of it's 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 jurists the less deadly and also a bit less fire island so it spread less tasks which east rather reassuring but still 2 people have died apparently there were older people there also being
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so 40 people have been hospitalized and 10 already went out and off say 6 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. people in the philippines are bracing for another huge rupture in from the volcano despite an apparent low 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 tao of ok no have begun their clear up even though it's still spewing out ashes the eruption left davis station in its wake and residents are continuing to sense the scale of the damages done to their local environment and their livelihoods. it's not a big impact on us. our house was destroyed and we cannot earn any
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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. and i mean . 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 to burnt by the ashes it rained on them they are in pain and severely malnourished locals are doing all they can to support them in their recovery. every animal but. also it's really important. for the people that. the government has advised thousands of people displaced by
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the volcanoes activity to stay away the alert level remains for the 2nd highest warning on the scale and people are braced for another explosive eruption which could happen at any time. now to some other stories making news around the world. 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 protest insects the demonstrators say they'll be paying the price for a new environmental protection measures. a painting found stashed inside a wall at an italian museum has been confirmed as being the work of gustav claimed the 100 year old art working title portrait of a lady went missing 2 decades ago the museum estimates it could be worth between 60
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and 100000000 euros. in syria a russian airstrike has killed 5 civilians including 4 members of the same family that's despite of russian backed cease fire in the country the strike was in its live province in a town with forces who are opposed to the assad regime. 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 solving the conflict the un envoy for libya believes the bill in summit could lead to progress . pessimistic to say that it will be useless but i'm not so naive to say that it will be the end of international divisions. but if we can
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lights and reduce calm down qualify the divisions especially regional little say we international divisions that we've seen in recent times that would be very good. joining me now in the studio is journalist. who's been reporting from libya for several years now he's in berlin for the conference welcome so glad that you could be with us again you have a long reported from the country from libya. give us a sense of the climate there are people hopeful after years of conflict we shouldn't forget that libya is not a failed state yet that we have a working banking system that we have open container ports tripoli misrata and benghazi again hugh have trait you have a daily life yes schools were closed in tripoli because of the war that produced the 150000 people had that have left their homes but you had as
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a structure of life that was well still working otherwise the syria so i think this conference comes a time where people understand this could now really descend into a real proxy war like we see in syria and more severe conflicts with the maid majorly the mercenaries coming to the country but people don't want the war anymore and i'm not talking about this one tripoli also the wall 3 years in benghazi and the many local conflicts that we've seen before the majority of libyans would like to see an end to that as well people outside tripoli one a real just. will there with the wealth of the of the country to be distributed in the fairway which brings me to the next subject which is there are reports all over the news landscape today that pro have to have forces or blocking or oil exports from key libyan ports not exactly
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a great sign for imminent peace this is probably the 1st result of the bill income friends that we see what kind of measures can be taken to put the mediators the german media just in this case on the pressure. i heard is the tribes that are really part of it so it's also part of the tactic of the have to. group to put pressure on the conference organizers because there's still demands that tough ones to be seen implemented and this is that the groups the armed groups of tripoli will be dissolved and leave the city frankly these 2 groups seem very very far apart how crucial is it this particular summit to further peace potentially in that country. i think it's an important step that the world understands libya is a crisis that cannot be overseen like it was before and this is. just as an area of of. earth that is just you know
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a lot of local conflicts this region with is also the mali a kneejerk descending into make a stateless scenario is i think the german diplomats showed the world that now everybody has to care but the next step has to be done as well just a signature on the paper like you see the moscow will not be enough they will be talks about a european union mission to oversee the ceasefire and the implementation. not as before you had a peace agreement and the moroccan but that was never implemented so i think berlin has to be the 1st step off in international. crisis mode and the germans have to prove no i have to prove you know that it's still possible or is the turkish russian way the only way forward understood journalist birth thank you so much for joining us. now the tokyo olympics this summer will
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feature new events like karate skateboarding and surfing but give it another 4 years and we could see another olympic event debut in paris breakdancing the international olympic committee is considering adding the energetic and athletic form of dance which it thinks could help the games reach a younger more diverse audience. breakdancing the athletic style of street dancing was created by african-american and latino youth in the early night 170 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 me to start breakdancing like antonio kiss theo who discovered the joyful art as a child and now he's coaching
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a handful of olympic hopefuls in the states the international olympic committee is considering adding break into its program in 2024. all we can do now is. 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. we created and because studios young students me boy fozzy. are spinny about the possibility of being an olympian. i was really. like can what i do it for ever and they now kind of can because of me and thanks and all that so it's like sell lots of profits and superrich say the final decision on whether or not to break dancing will be at the
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2024 olympics is expected to come later this year in december. and an update of the top story we're following for you health officials fear a deadly virus could spread from central china where it's caused an ammonia outbreak 2 people have lost their lives countries across asia as well as u.s. right now screening those for arriving from the affected areas you are watching d.w. news up next discover the story of the 1st transaction.
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