such. this is did a review is live for berlin fears are growing over a deadly virus spreading rapidly in china the mysterious corona virus claims more lives and health officials now say it is capable of spreading from person to person all that says the country enters its busiest travel season of the year also coming up paving the way for peace elites to paint a military mission in war torn libya a day after backing an arms embargo on the country the e.u. says real action is needed to uphold

a fragile truce between libya's warring factions plus could sexism be fueling rampant wealth inequality but more of the world's wealth in fewer and fewer hands a new report warns it's women in developing countries who are paying the highest price. a lark thank you so much for your company everyone we begin in china where concerns are growing over the rapid spread of a deadly virus authorities there are now reporting a sharp rise in the number of pneumonia cases caused by a new strain of corona virus well officials confirm the outbreak has now reached the capital beijing it comes at a time when millions are traveling across the country ahead of the lunar new year holiday some 200 people have been infected. and 3 have died in the central city of

one where the virus was 1st identified cases have now also been detected in thailand japan and south korea. in wu han infected patients are treated in isolation wards authorities have confirmed over 200 cases of coronavirus symptoms include fever and difficulty breathing 3 patients have died with r.t. say most are not seriously ill health authorities believe the outbreak originated at this now closed market in will hand which sold fish and wild animals research is that imperial college london suspects the rate of infection may be much higher than the official figures they estimate that could be $1723.00 cases in new hampshire beijing says it's taking the situation seriously now on standby neighboring countries have also introduced checks at airports for cases of the virus have been detected in people travelling from will hand to sized thailand and japan 3 u.s.

airports are also screening passengers but there have been no confirmed cases so far. well a deal where you were earlier spoke with correspondents at sandown christian or in china we began by asking him how concerning is the spread of this new coronavirus if you talk to people they're not really panicking but they are worried and the reason is they don't feel really accurately informed by the government and they're wondering whether the authorities are downplaying the severeness of the virus outbreak why because many people feel reminded of the times in 20022003 when the sas pandemic was going on and a 350 people died in mainland china alone and at that time also. people perceive that the government didn't handle the virus outbreak as transparent as it should have also we see a lot of actually censorship going on on social media. offer. bandings certain

social media posts of course concerned that the virus might spread quite rapidly in the coming days because chinese people will celebrate lunar new year which is the travel season of the year with more than 400000000 chinese on the move visiting their relatives and family throughout all the country. question of their reporting from china let's bring you up to date now with some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of gun rights supporters have massed outside the state capitol and richmond virginia for a rally to protest against plans by the states have passed gun control legislation while security was tight and the governor called a state of emergency amid fears of violence by far right extremists. at least 10 people died and dozens more were injured when a spectator stand collapse at a festival in ethiopia when structure gave way during the orthodox christian celebration of a pig phinney in the city of gondar while several 1000 ethiopians and tourists were

commemorating the baptism of jesus. at least 3 protesters were killed in the iraqi capital badat after security forces used tear gas and live ammunition on anti government demonstrations while another protester was well quarterly killed during demonstrations in karbala protesters are now demanding sweeping political reforms and an end to corruption. and eliezer is who met in brussels or what is it trying to determine how to strengthen a shaky truce in libya the blotch top diplomat joseph as said any long term peace deal choir's firm support from europe suggesting the bloc should restart a naval mission off the country's coast well it comes a day after summits in the german capital of berlin where world leaders agreed not to interfere in libya and to respect a u.n.

weapons in bargo after a 9 years of conflict the leaders of libya's 2 main rival factions are still refusing to meet face to face. the mighty gathered in berlin on a sunday afternoon world powers united in a mission of hope german chancellor angela merkel invited representatives of more than 10 k. . entries to press for a solution to the long running conflict in libya it was only a few hours before they announced a breakthrough no more arms shipments to the war torn country. whom we can confirm that we have all agreed to respect the arms embargo. and we'll also monitor it more closely than we have in the past. if. however they haven't yet spelled out consequences for breaking the embargo instead the conference pledged not to offer military support to the warring parties

much is at stake for the international players here libya has oil and gas and is a key transit point for refugees there are 2 parties facing each other on the one signed is internationally recognized government leader sauron who now only controls a few regions near the capital of tripoli on the other side is self-proclaimed general haftar he controls large areas of the country the u.n. no germany and other western countries as well as turkey stand behind surat. allies are russia egypt and the united arab emirates the rival leaders themselves refused to sit down at the bargaining table libyan premier fire has also raj met with his ally turkish president rich of tie affair to one while warlord. joint talks with france's and manuel micro-loan among others the conference insisted that

a new political process is necessary to address the country's crisis. and today in berlin member states along with the regional and international denies ations if sent a strong signal that we are fully committed to supporting a peaceful resolution of the libyan crisis lloyd so the real marker a. the conference is success or failure come until it's clear of the promises made here are being kept and that could take several weeks. right the 2nd now to brussels where meetings a foreign ministers have wrapped up or where they are trying to discuss how to support the tenuous truce in libya let's go and talk to our correspondent who has been monitoring these talks for you again or how did the conclusions of the berlin conference inform the discussions of the e.u. foreign ministers in brussels. foreign ministers here in brussels later really welcomed the strawman initiative very much appreciate that

a political process has been started now and that there is a real chance that this process will improve the lives particularly of the libyan civil populations who have been suffering under those 2 factions fighting if you listen closely to what the foreign minister said up on the rival but also on departure you could hear also some self-interest here for instance also to us a foreign minister made clear that there is a clear link to refugees who are using libya as a portal to get to europe and so improving situations there is also a way to stop those refugees and then italian prime minister and foreign minister to deny all also made clear that terrorism is also a subject that motivates italy to look very carefully what can be done in libya all right so many e.u. countries have a vested interest in libya being a stable and peaceful country so what has the you planned on doing to assure that

outcome. well foreign ministers remained rather tight lipped about what exactly they have been talking about but it was quite interesting to hear chief foreign policy foreign political chief joseph or el who in a press conference informed that actually the operation sophia which was a form a naval mission that was aimed at stopping people smuggler coming in from from libya bringing over refugees and then basically refocus that mission on stopping the army and on enforcing an arms embargo for which the european union has a u.n. mandate already and so he said this mission could be revived and basically all were on the same page today there is political support for this only it could not formally be decided because it was not an official point on the agenda but what everyone was clear is that this is something that could be done in the short straw whether there is a cease fire or not and particular what they will need for this operationally is

not again ships because it used to be a naval mission but what they will need is more satellites in order to observe the desert which is the part of libya where most weapons to come in this reporting from brussels thank you. a new study by the charity oxfam says the world's billionaires have more wealth than the poorest 4600000000 people combined and it says women are the ones who are most disadvantaged oxfam's inequality report claims 22 of the world's richest men have more wealth than all $326000000.00 women in africa will each day women and girls across the world put in 12500000000 hours of unpaid care and housework and that's worth almost a whopping 11 trillion dollars a year to the global economy now i want to head to a silk a stock she is a research analyst at un women with a focus on gender care and social policy and she joins us now from new york a very good day so those are some really stocking statistics what really needs to

change to stop the gap of inequality for women worldwide. they are a staggering figure is indeed we know that globally women still do 3 times as much care in domestic work as men and that this division of labor has remained very stubborn over time and in the in the face of changing circumstances so even as women have entered the labor force the paid labor force and growing numbers they continue to do the lion's share of this work and men have adapted only slowly if at all so it isn't a universal fact that applies across region in countries that women do a lot of this work what is important to realize recognize is that this work is extremely valuable but despite its economic and social value incredibly under under recognized and so this manifests itself differently in different contexts and

likewise the solutions have to be context specific ones really important priority particularly for low income contexts are investments and time saving public infrastructure such as water and electricity because in their absence women and girls spend a long hours hauling water fetching firewood mentally grinding food stuff just to prepare a meal for their families and it is really really important to reduce the drudgery and time intensity of this work now in terms of global public policy what would you tell policymakers around the world what should be the 1st thing on their to do list . so apart from the investments in basic infrastructure which i already mentioned across the board we need much more collective public responsibility for care provision in our societies it can no longer fall on the shoulder is of the poorest women and girls to provide this work on

a daily basis with so little public support and so part of that are excessive quality affordable public services including tad curious services and long term care services and what is really important to recognize is that these services are not only important in terms of gender justice or important for the people require care there are also an investment in our economy so for example for south africa we calculated that the universal provision of of childcare services for all under 5 year olds would generate more than $2000000.00 jobs and that a lot of the public investment initial investment in the service provision can be recruit through new taxes that come in through those jobs so to stop a research analyst un women with a focus on gender and social policy joining us from new york thank you very much thanks for having me lana and that does it for me for now stay tuned to my

colleague michael johns is up next. to. us. with the wonderful ones to make the game so special. for all. are you. more than thought.