this is the news live from building to not a new virus in china people confirmed dead and we now know it's spreading from human to human seems to raise fire cover coronavirus rather has now spread to japan south korea and thailand health officials warning transmission between people inside possible outcomes as millions of chinese are about to travel for the lunar new year holiday also coming up. and if the government keep pushing. his democratic friends when you go to say a 2nd revolution gun rights supporters protest in the u.s.

state of virginia thousands of activists gathered to tell my kids they do not want tougher gun control. i'm anthony how to book them in china concerns are growing over the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus so far the virus has been blamed for 3 dates with some 200 more becoming ill health officials now say the disease is capable of being spread from person to person it comes at a time when millions are traveling across the country ahead of the lunar new year holiday. in lieu han infected patients are treated in isolation wards authorities have confirmed 200 cases of coronavirus symptoms include fever and difficulty breathing 3 patients have died same. not seriously ill health

authorities believe the outbreak originated at this night close to market in will happen which salt 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 says it's taking the situation seriously it's really going to go with regarding our measures to prevent the epidemic spreading i can say that the government is now checking everybody who leaves the city. to do only you know you. who hands train stations have been equipped with detectives to screen passengers for fever and medical personnel are on standby neighboring countries have also introduced checks at apple it's for cases of the virus have been detected in people travelling from will hand to size to thailand and japan 3 u.s. airports are also screening passengers but there have been no confirmed cases so far. with correspondent have been christmas in china we asked

how worrying the spread of the new coronavirus is for 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 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 $350.00 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 social media. authorities banning this certain social media posts of course there's some concern that this virus might spread quite rapidly in the coming days because. chinese people will celebrate. which is

the travel season of the year with more than $400000000.00 chinese on the move visiting their relatives and family throughout all the countries. not the u.s. where thousands of pro-gun activists from around the country have staged a massive rally in the state of virginia. has to abandon plans for stricter gun controls democrats promised to totton gun legislation after they got control of the state legislature in november but their proposed package of guns of gun controls has infuriated gun rights. pro-gun campaign is gather in richmond every january but this year they are here in far greater numbers with new reason to rally for that cause lawmakers in virginia are pushing forward with a package of gun control legislation including universal background checks a ban on assault style rifles and a limit of $100.00 gun purchase per month gun rights supporters

a furious over all of these rights are god given no one can take them away we have a right to defend ourselves and our families. so we're here to let them know that they can take our rights away we don't need the government telling us for our rights or are not there our government does not take away our rights. and if the governor key fortune has. his democratic friends then you go to a 2nd revolution in america like the 1st revolution where people get shot. for possible violence prompted gov ralph northam to ban weapons on the capital crimes and declare a temporary state of imagine sci. fi is fueled by the memory of charlottesville in 2017 when a white supremacist attending a rally drove his car into an anti-racism protest and killed. a nice cat some gun control that. so way from plant kind to protests with all of the

threats and all of the terribly violent rhetoric that's going on right now our main goal is not to engage with going to extremists today we're really here to be present in the legislature to make our voices heard to underscore a majority but also the honor for the moral agency that we have is our generation affected by gun violence figures show 2019 was the worst year on record for mass shootings in the united states the total number of people fatally shot also increased last year according to data from gun violence a nonprofit that tracks shootings. and these activists insist guns on the problem they say any attempt to tighten controls infringes their constitutional right to bear arms and see if it's any as a key rallying point for the fight against what they see as a national liberation of gun rights. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. members of mexico's national god have fired tear gas at migrants

trying to cross into the country from guatemala hundreds of migrants began waiting through the border river after authorities closed the border guy on a nearby bridge mike would say the goal is to reach the united states. u.s. secretary of state mike pump says washington plans to step up its support for venezuelan opposition leader one why to compare it with why though on the sidelines of a regional gathering in colombia at the meeting why the accused venezuelan president nicolas of aiding terrorist groups. in ethiopia at least 10 people died and dozens more were injured when a spectator stand collapsed at a festival the wooden structure gave way during the orthodox christian celebration of a picnic in the city of conga several 1000 ethiopians and tourists were commemorating the baptism of jesus. the e.u.'s foreign policy chief yasser

borrow has proposed restarting a use sofia naval operation to rescue migrants in the mediterranean his proposal follows an international conference ended bringing an end to civil war in libya a tentative cif ceasefire was agreed to at that gathering. made his proposal at a meeting of european union foreign ministers a use naval risky mission was halted last year due to a dispute dispute rather of the disparate distribution of refugees e.u. said it will not take steps to monitor a cease fire and to libya's warring factions have established a stable truce. and in that cease fire reached yesterday as both sides in libya's conflict agreed to nominate a 5 member committee to monitor the country's fragile cease fire. many many ordinary libyans however viewing recent piece if it's with skepticism after 9 years of conflict and with fresh classes being reported early on monday

around tripoli many libyans know firsthand just how fleeting peace and stability can be. life goes on in tripoli despite renewed assaults around the capital the high level summit in berlin has made no big promises prime minister. who leads the un backed government from tripoli acknowledged a resistance to negotiate from our side we've nominated 5 people and they are now waiting to meet their 5 counterparts but on an individual front we have passed this point and rejected the possibility of sitting down with the other side the other side as forces loyal to. who controls eastern libya a military commission made up of 5 representatives from each side is meant to hammer out a lasting truce many libyans are skeptical. conference can be successful if both parties are here to. prevent

bloodshed in the country. libyans need to sit down together and solve problems. the most important thing is that there is consensus amongst libyans and. there was no need for a conference. is necessary. with fighting ongoing and a path to peace uncertain a wide gap persists between talks in europe and action on the ground. where the focus is in a strategy of one that hot windy conditions could return lighted this way again compounding the country's bushfire emergency spot recent brian in some areas dozens of fires the still burning one of the fact is fueling their intensity is a long running drought much of the continent the sides the files it's creating a has it's. they were hoping for rain but instead this huge dust storm blew

into towns in central new south wales several hours inland from sydney it was unusually large with winds gusting to 100 kilometers per hour. whipping the region's parched soil into huge clouds. another effect of 3 years of severe drought drying river beds that's now threatening one of the world's most distinct species a mammal with a bill like a duck webbed feet and it lays eggs the platypus is native to eastern australia and the rivers where they spend most of their time swimming feeding and breeding drying out conservation groups say the species is near threatened and research is hope the grim sight of dead platypuses like these will prompt action this is one of the most important species in the world it's iconix it's an egg lying mammal and we cannot even think about leasing it conservation groups say they're receiving more

calls about platypuses stranded in drawing rivers from anxious residents with climate change amplifying extreme weather or not so already the world's driest continent conservation groups are determined to stop this unique species from dying out. it was 75 years ago this month that the auschwitz concentration camp was liberated germany has long valid to never forget the jews and other minorities murdered there under the orders from the nazi regime they must memorials have been built in the country to keep the victim's memory alive one built in 2005 in the heart of berlin attracts many visitors but also divides opinion right next to the german parliament 2711 steels of concrete some of them over 3 meters high. the holocaust memorial and berlin is

famous among visitors from around the globe daniel is one of them he's from the netherlands and today he's here for the 1st time. going down here you feel like you're really going into it. and. the smaller you get basically it really gives you. like the walls are getting very close like you're being locked up in a way isolation helplessness disorientation these are the reactions that american peter eisenman hoped to provoke in visitors who king among the steels of the memorial to vogue the suffering of jews persecuted during the holocaust. but some jewish visitors believe nothing can replicate the sorrow of that time as a 2nd generation we experience the holocaust although i was not i

wasn't born those years and those years we know these feelings of the people who were in the actual holocaust the cement wouldn't give me the feeling. some children prefer to use the memorial as a playground rather than a site for member ins. peter eisenman who is himself jewish has never had anything against that why not why not this is not sacred ground it is part of berlin and it you know when you walk in the field you know it's something different than being over there and that's that difference that i'm judged what that means. making your own judgment and daniel. but it seems makes the memorial so special is everyone's freedom to experience it in their own way. you're watching news news africa is

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