we're just learning this is a new field. this is the news live from barely more people confirmed dead from a new virus in china. mysterious corona virus has now spread to other countries in the region with health officials warning transmission between people is possible this is millions of chinese are about to travel for the lunar new year holiday also coming up. next it can border guards clashed with migrants trying to cross the

country southern border with quote amala migrants decide to buy it across the border after all thirty's close the bridge. and if the government keep pushing has . his democrat friends then you go to say a 2nd revolution gun rights supporters protest in the u.s. state of virginia thousands of activists gather to tell lawmakers they do not want tougher gun control bills. imagine how it welcome to the program in china concerns are growing over the rapid spread of the deadly corona virus so i thought 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 before the lunar new year

holiday. 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 but say most are not seriously ill health authorities believe the outbreak originated at this now closed market in will hand 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 there could be 1723 cases in move. says it's taking the situation seriously it's really going to go regarding our measures to prevent the epidemic spreading i can say that the government is now checking everybody who leaves the city. who hands train stations have been equipped with detectors to screen passengers for

fever and medical personnel 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. spoke with correspondents in china we asked how worried the spread of this new coronavirus is. 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 350 people died in mainland china alone and at that time also. people perceive that the government didn't handle the virus outbreak s.

. as it should have also we see a lot of actually. going on social media. banning certain social media posts of course concerned that this 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 now to some of the other stories making news around the world. with secretary of state mike compost as washington plans to step up its support for venezuelan opposition leader. on the sidelines of a regional gathering in colombia at the meeting why the accused venezuelan president nicolas maduro of aiding terrorist groups. u.s. president donald trump is on his white of the world economic forum in switzerland as the impeachment trial against him at home is due to start on tuesday team of

defense lawyers say that the charges should be dismissed immediately the senate republican leader has proposed rules to lying any thoughts on whether to call witnesses. members of mexico's national guard have 5 t.v.'s of migrants trying to cross into the country from guatemala hundreds of migrants began whitey through the border after all closed a border guys on a nearby breach i would say they goal is to reach the united states. reporter melanie hole is with me in the studio for more on this melanie who are these migrants trying to cross the border into mexico. so these migrants are many coming from honduras they say they're fleeing poverty high rates of violence and high murder rates and many do try to come in this kind of caravan because it does provide them with safety of numbers to queue for those who are too poor to pay for smugglers and what we're seeing is the largest caravan in more than

a year there were $4000.00 people at the mexico guatemala border on monday which is the providing a massive challenge for mexican security forces mexico city to be clamping down hard on this occasion can you tell us more about why that is this town yes a previously mexico was allowing unimpeded access across its territory to the u.s. border but in june last year u.s. president donald trump agreed a deal with mexico basically saying that they would threaten u.s. interest mexico with high tariffs if they didn't help stem the migration to the u.s. border so mexico then bout it would take unimpressed unprecedented steps that include criticizing the national guard which is what we've seen at the river there and what mexico is saying is that they are offering asylum in the country people they're saying please a claim for asylum and they're offering work and the country but that's in the southern states of mexico the question is of course how can they offer what kind of

work can they offer these migrants when much of mexico's own population is poor and unemployed and many migrants thinks is just a trick to deport them that they would then register and then be deported to mexico to their countries of origin. on sunday. said that they were many of the markets who are coming to them words most of them would be deported to their country of origin if the situation merited it but for many of the migrants the u.s. is their only goal with many saying chanting at the river if you kick us out we will just return to doubly reporter melanie hole many thanks. now in the u.s. with thousands of pro-gun activists from around the country have staged a massive rally in the state of virginia. because to abandon plans for stricter gun controls democrats promised to totton gun legislation after they got into control of the state legislature legislature in november they proposed

a package of controls to infuriated rights. pro-gun campaign is gather in richmond every january but this year they are here in fog greater numbers with new reason to rally for that cause will make his image in iraq 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 we 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 we're all right so our are not then our government does not take away our rights. and if the governor keep fortune. his democratic friends there you go to say 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 capitol grounds and declare a temporary state of emergency. she is fueled by the memory of shot at still 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 activists away from planned kind to protests with all of the threats and all of the terribly violent rhetoric that's going on right now so 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 to underscore the moral agency that we have as our generation and undo effected 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 archive a nonprofit that tracks shootings. and these activists insist guns aren't the problem they say any attempt to tighten controls infringes their constitutional right to bear arms and see virginia as a key rallying point for the fight against what they see as a national liberation of gun rights. where the forecast is in that hot windy conditions could return lighted this way again compounding the country's bushfire emergency spot race riot in some areas dozens of fires are still burning one of the factors fueling their intensity is a long running drought of a much of the continent besides the fires it's creating other hazards too. 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 an unusually large with winds gusting at over 100 kilometers per hour whipping the region's parched soil

into huge clouds of 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 researches 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 laying 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 vowed to never forget the jews and other minorities murdered there under orders from the nazi regime memorials had been built on the country to keep the victims 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 metres 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 if you feel like

you're really going into it. and of slabs go. 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 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 experienced 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 these cement

wouldn't give me the feeling. that some children prefer to use the memorial as a playground rather than aside from member ins. that 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 felt locked up but it seems that what makes the memorial so special is everyone's freedom to experience it in their own way. and before we go a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you. john a selfish goals have confirmed the coronavirus can be transmitted from person to

person rising fears of the. virus has killed 4 people and infected over 200. people. adult film is up next traveling on word 7 into the heart of how to go nia stay tuned for that and don't forget the website is there for the lightest around the clock more news coming at the top of the. language course. video. anytime anywhere. w.b. .