but this is the news live from hood the more people confirmed dead from a new virus in china a mysterious corona virus has now spread to other countries in the region and health officials warning transmission between people is possible this is millions of chinese are about to travel for the learn a new year holiday also coming. to mexican border guards clashed with migrants trying to cross the country's southern border with one of our guards decide to white across the border river after authorities closed me vibrate. and if the

government keep pushing. his democrat friends when you go to say a 2nd revolution gun rights supporters protest in the u.s. state of the ginia thousands of activists gathered to tell because they do not want tougher gun control bill. a math anyhow would welcome to the program in china concerns are growing over the rapid spread of the date of the corona virus so far the virus has been blamed for 4 deaths 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 learn a new year holiday. in lieu haan infected patients are treated in isolation wards authorities have confirmed 200. cases of corona virus symptoms include fever and

difficulty breathing 3 patients have died but with already 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 that could be $1723.00 cases in new hampshire says it's taking this situation seriously. 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. who hands train stations have been equipped with thermal detectors to screen passengers for fever and medical personnel on standby neighboring countries have also introduced checks at apple it's 4 cases of the virus have been detected in people travelling from will hand to size korea thailand and japan 3 u.s.

airports are also screening passengers but there have been no confirmed cases so far. members of mexico's national guard have fired tear gas at migrants trying to cross into the country from guatemala hundreds of migrants began wiping through the border river after authorities closed the border gates on a nearby bridge mexico is cracking down on a regular migration following pressure from washington for the country to in forth in force tougher policies. the question reached the u.s. is ending here for many. mexico's national guard forcibly repelled hundreds of migrants trying to storm its southern border. officials also detained several 100 who may face deportation some parents and children reportedly got separated during the crossing. 2 most of the migrants are from honduras and say they want to escape rampant. to poverty and crime. to north so to give them i'm scared

and i don't want to go back to my country and the cost is nothing that no one my daughter and i go hungry i think i'm a muslim member of the l.g.b. t. community it's very hard to find a job in player yeah but i think the majority of those suffer from violence and discrimination we just don't have the option of staying in our country no not that a morsel to understand the fight. last year mexico stopped allowing migrants to cross its territory with few restrictions in june officials unprecedented steps to block crossings into the u.s. absolutely the country was responding to threats issued by president donald trump it was 1st he had tweeted in may we will impose increasing tariffs on all goods coming into our country from mexico until illegal migrants stop coming through and into our country mexico's tougher stance appears to be having an effect

since may u.s. officials say there's been a steady drop in the number of people arrested or stopped at its southern border now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump is on his white in the world economic forum in switzerland as the impeachment trial against him at home is due to start on choose to stay more of defense lawyers say the charges should be dismissed immediately senate republican leader has proposed rules to lying in a vote on whether to call witnesses. so he huawei executive main ones who has appeared at a court in canada on the 1st day of her extradition trial man was arrested by canada on a warrant from the united states which has accused her of covering up attempts to breach u.s. sanctions on iran china says the case is politically motivated. u.s.

secretary of state my pump says washington plans to step up its support for venezuelan opposition leader on why does met with on the sidelines of a regional gathering in colombia at the meeting why the accused venezuelan president nicolas maduro of aiding terrorist groups. now out of the u.s. with thousands of pro-gun activists from around the country have staged a massive rally in the state of the genius they edging low mike is to abandon plans for stricter gun controls democrats promised to tighten gun legislation after they gained control of the state parliament in november but they proposed a package of controls has infuriated gun rights campaigns. pro-gun campaign is gather in richmond every january but this year they are here in far greater numbers with a new reason to rally for that cause will make his invasion 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. 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 where our rights are are not there our government does not take away our rights. and if the government keep portion of. his democratic friends there you go to say a 2nd revolution in america like the 1st revolution where people get shot. by law if a possible violence prompted governor 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 of 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 they are really here to be present in the legislature to make our voices heard to underscore a majority but also to honor for 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 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 fiction yet as

a key rallying point for the fight against what they see as a national liberation of gun rights. 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 under orders from the nazi regime memorials had been built in 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 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 if you feel like

you're really going into it. and. the smaller you get basically. it's really gets you out 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 evoke the suffering of jews prosecuted during the holocaust. but some jewish visitors believe nothing can replicate the sorrow of that time as a 2nd generation we experience the holocaust of though i was not i wasn't born those years and on those years we know these feelings of the people who were in the actual holocaust the cement

wouldn't give me the feeling. that some tilton prefer to use the memorial as a playground rather than a site for member ins. that peta 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 judge with 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 personal way. with a focused as in australia warned that hot windy conditions could return lighter this week 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 the much of the continent and besides the fires it's creating a 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 unusually large with winds gusting at over 100 kilometers per hour whipping the region's parched soil into huge clouds. another effect of 3 years of severe drought drying little 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 a 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 laying mammal and we cannot even think about leasing it conservation groups say they're receiving more calls about platypuses stranded in drying rivers for manchester residents with climate change amplifying extreme weather or not so already the world's driest continent conservation groups is determined to stop this unique species from dying out. finally a record breaking turnout that might have been the victim of its own success thousands of twins can together in sri lanka's capital colombo in a bid to make guinness history the previous record of some 4000 friends in one spot it was set in taiwan 2 decades ago organizers in track aside i counted more than $6000.00 which would have been an official record but it's feared the turnout might

not be certified some twins began leaving the event before verification could be completed. and a quick reminder before we go of the top stories we're following for you. chinese health officials have confirmed in corona virus can be transmitted from person to person present fears of an epidemic virus has killed 4 people so far and infected over 200. mexican security forces have clashed with hundreds of migrants trying to cross the country's southern border with what a modern progress by that across the border river on. whole store he's closed a nearby bridge close. to watching the doubling in his adult film is up next year travelling on the road 7 and of the hot have a gun at least a chance for that and to get the web site is always there for all the latest around

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