this is the news coming to you live from berlin the 50th song just the economic forum opens in switzerland it is keynote speech president daughter of trump is the strength of the u.s. economy and says america is raining like never before we go live to davos to get reactions also on the program chinese state media say a 6th person has died from a new coronavirus international airports and train stations are screening passengers from one concern grows as health officials town born the virus can be

passed from human to human. and mexican border guards clash with migrants trying to cross into the country from guatemala migrants have been raging across the river on the border after authorities close a nearby bridge they were using. plus a skier from haiti becomes an improbable star of the u.s. winter olympics he did not get any medals but that concern for him feels like a winner as he captures the hearts of the people we tell you why. i don't have a warm welcome to you i'm. the world economic forum has officially begun in davos a u.s. president dollar trump has given the opening speech at the summit which is taking place as the senate in washington prepares to open his impeachment trial the

president used his address to preach the united states to the global business community saying the country has seen an economic turnaround that is nothing short of spectacular he also used the platform to criticize climate change activists some of whom are attending the event he's called them prophets of doom have a listen. this is not a time for personal use of this is a time for optimism fear and doubt is not a good process. there's hope and joy and optimism in action but to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. they are the years of yesterdays fortune tellers and i have you have we all have. they want to see is too badly but we don't let it happen. in joining me now is

a gentle do alone she's part of the ws davos team a welcome a gentle now this is not the last it is a tonic a comments that we've heard from donald trump talking about prophets of doom and fortune telling us how what was the reaction to his comments. oh i have to say that was a bit of a ha moment for many of us here at the world economic forum in the audience there are also a few laughs or perhaps the more accurate word is costs because of course when he says prophets of doom he means the climate activists very respected here and of course the scientists now he also said this in the same breath that he was announcing that the u.s. was going to join this one trillion tree planting initiative by the world economic forum now it has to be said that in his speech this was the only time that he mentioned environment it was rather late in his speech and i think it was very clear then to the people where that his priorities lie in terms of this particular topic which happens to be the central focus of this year's economic forum i want to

add struck you about what the president had to say. you know i thought it was a very flowery speech it was peppered with colorful phrases like exploding geyser of economic opportunity and this is what his speech also mainly focused on it was a very campaign style campaign rally style speech probably not tailored not tailored to the audience here at davos but more for the voting public at home the ones he was those whose votes he want to get for the upcoming u.s. election and the voters he wants to distract perhaps from the upcoming impeachment proceedings so this was his opportunity to once again sell his home country to his own voters talking about trade deals talking about how the u.s. is the u.s. his 1st priority was of course to its citizens which is a strange message to want to be delivering at a forum about multilateralism but that's donald trump for you know climate

activists critter is addressing delegates at davos right now she only took part in a discussion let's 1st have a listen to a bit of what she had to say the climate and iraq is a hot topic right now and not saying so young people pushing but of course if you see it from another perspective pretty much nothing us from the global emissions of c o 2 has not. reduced i mean we're all fighting for for the environment and the climate and if you see it from that aspect what has been done i mean if you see it for a bigger perspective than. basic and nothing it will require much more than this this is just the very beginning. to get a to look talking big in a double oh she was sticking out in a panel discussion which was the 1st event off the day at davos even before the

official opening what signal does that send. well the say though that sounds is not the urgency of gratitude message and those of climate activists like her is that the time to act is now it's also interesting this this particular this particular thing that she has said about how many seem to be depending on the young people of the future to be able to suck billions of c o 2 when save the climate even though that technology doesn't even exist at the present so what she's trying to say is in order to save those future generations young people like her have to act today and this is a this is something that has clearly acquired a lot of traction here. if only i mean sustainability is all the key focuses at this summit and yet you have greenpeace has come out and accuse the banking sector off hypocrisy and double standards what's behind that

indeed well that's not linked to the fact that the world's major financial institutions have been bankrolling fossil fuels for decades i saw says the world's 10 biggest banks have bankrolled one trillion dollars worth of fossil fuel projects and you have this at a time where there are glimmers of optimism like investment in renewable energies is rising but that but investment in fossil fuels isn't decreasing enough at a fast enough rate or somewhat even say at all no there are examples like black rock in the world that's the world's biggest wealth manager they're saying they're saying that they for example will pull out of coal but of course more has to be done than. on a glorious and sunny day i thank you very much for that update from the. turning to china and concerns are drawing of the rapid spread of a new strain of virus in the country the virus has cause 6 deaths and infected or

300 people cases of also surfaced in thailand japan south korea and the philippines as a traveler rush ahead of china's you know new year holiday gather space domestic and overseas airports have begun screening travelers from the affected region airports and train stations on high alert across china this after authorities revealed the corona virus can be spread between humans something they had previously ruled out officials there say vigilance is key to stopping the spread. what. i think the outbreak is in its early stages. though they have been more than 100 cases this is a small number compared to the population of one which is more than 10000000. but we need to be on high alert the outbreak can be totally reversed if all measures are taken now and shoddy. health authorities believe the

virus originated at this now closed market in wu han which sold fish and wild animals the outbreak coincides with the lunar new year holiday the busiest travel time in china on the streets concern is growing. could be your money we make our own dollars of course i'm worried i just went to buy mosques i tried buying mosques around my neighborhood befooled leaving but they were all sold out i'm worried because so many people will be traveling. to the job was. done to the world so kind honestly i have no idea which reports to believe i just trust my instincts i'm not that confident that authorities have the situation under control i think the number of infected could be far more already reported. but there's also a lot of. to take us to continue i don't know because i'm worried and the virus can

spread rapidly if cross infection happens during this travel period the epidemic will be terrible. other countries including australia are also implementing enhanced screening measures authorities there say they are monitoring a possible case of the virus. the world health organization will meet on wednesday to decide if the outbreak should be declared an international public health emergency. joining me now is huge obvious signs correspond to derek williams welcome adenike within the space of last few weeks we have 3 people 300 people who are infected with this virus 6 people have died how dangerous is this new coronavirus well it's a group the growing of viruses belong to a group of viruses that up until now around 7 different strains have been identified that in fact human beings and they range from things that cause symptoms

like the common cold to stars or mers which are actually quite deadly diseases i mean mers kills more than 30 percent of the people who contract it sars kills about 10 percent of the people or contracted so far this disease doesn't appear to be nearly that lethal not that deadly the numbers of people who have died are keeping within a fairly small group in the people and if people don't have cars. improvised immune systems it appears to not affect them too badly so how deadly is it it is a core can be deadly in its current form how deadly could it become that's another question entirely and it's already spread to 3 of the asian countries and 2 other countries australia and the philippines looking at patients with these food symptoms what can you tell us about these cases when most of these cases of all of these cases actually originated with people who apparently contract the disease in han so they've flown on to those countries from that epicenter if you will of the current outbreak now in 100 appears that it that it came from an from an

a market that sold seafood and also wild animals within the city and how wild animals often serve as reservoirs with these kinds of viruses which can then if they're in close contact with human beings can also leap what's called the species barrier and mutate and viruses like this one that were apparently saying right now how well the bed is china to contain this virus because as we know the. holidays starting and millions of chinese on the move well it probably actually could have happened at a really at a worse time but on the other hand china seems to have understood the message that it needs to be transparent now back in 20022003 with the sars outbreak that was one of the biggest problems china tried to cover up the fact that and that this epidemic was going on and that just made things worse because in the modern world obviously people are moving there crossing international borders people we have to be transparent in outbreak kinds of situations like this so that we know where

things are starting and where we need to put measures in place to make sure that they don't spread further now the south epidemic that you mentioned killed 600 people does this new corona virus have the same kind of potential when you're talking about viruses potential is kind of a tricky word because as viruses can also mute. quite rapidly so could it become deadly yes but is it deadly now no wait appears not and it never has to become that way really the next few days the coming days and months are going to be critical of these kinds of outbreaks they don't start overnight and they don't end overnight we're going to have to wait and see whether the measures that in place of that are now in place or able to contain it and we're really we've come a very very long way since the stores epidemic of 2000 to 2003 and the question is have we gone far enough. we'll have to wait and see dead of. science says thank you very much that's been having your up to date with some other stories making news

around the world staying with china a cold day has changed the former head of interpol for 13 the hof is on bribery charges bank always tenniel as into porn chief was caught short opti vanished on a visit to china in 2018 at a trial last june he pleaded guilty to accepting 2100000 dollars in bribes iran civil aviation authority has confirmed that 2 missiles for 5 at a year create and i now that was brought on in tehran earlier this month all $176.00 people on board a kid iran initially denied in the plane before its revolutionary guard accepted full responsibility. russian authorities say 11 people have died in a fire that destroyed a worker's shack in siberia most of the victims were migrants from because todd a chinese company used the hot as a dormitory. members of mexico's national guard are

5 tear gas of migrants trying to cross into the country from guatemala hundreds of my runs began wading through the border river after authorities closed a border gate on a nearby bridge mexico's cracking down on irregular migration following pressure from washington for the country to enforce 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 it southern border. officials also detained several 100 who may face deportation some parents and children reportedly got separated during the crossing. was most of the migrants are from honduras and say they want to escape rampant poverty and crime. to the north so to give them i'm scared and i don't want to go back to my country because there's nothing there no work my

daughter and i go hungry i think i'm a muslim member of the l.g.b. tea community it's very hard to find a job in place yet but i think the majority of us suffer from violence and discrimination that we just don't have the option of staying in our country you know not the name was ok on this side of the fight. last year mexico stopped allowing migrants to cross its territory with few restrictions in june officials daoud 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 authorities in the philippines say they are keeping the alert around the tall volcano at its 2nd highest level even though activity inside the mountain has decreased the volcano has been spewing ash for more than a week evacuated residents are frustrated by the precautions that are keeping them from returning to their homes and their livelihoods. another day of uncertainty. the threat posed by volcano tile some 66 kilometers south of manila may appear to be subsiding but the country's institute of volcanology and seismology says that the danger has not yet passed with a hazardous explosive eruption still possible within hours to days. that means many locals are able to return to their homes police cordons are still in place leaving towns completely deserted. the number of residents forced to flee

has now reached more than 235000 according to the national disaster risk reduction office. most of squeezed into evacuation centers people who are desperate to return to their homes are becoming frustrated with the situation. i know. it's very difficult. there's no certainty about what will happen next because we have elderly people we have children and we don't know where we are going to stay but i'm hopeful that. some defied the government's orders to evacuate their homes reliant on food and water coming from non-governmental organizations they say they're aware of the dangers. in alabama burning they were worried that the volcano might erupt again letting them i was there were not 100 percent sure if we should stay here. but if something happens i can still get out.

the government says as long as the threat of a potentially even bigger eruption lingers it won't allow people to return to the area leaving many people's lives up in the air. you're watching news coming up ahead. spied a nation we share how. might not have won medals play did win fans. takes. but 1st here pia where the government is moving to privatized the country's 13 sugar factories a sponsor for a drive to open up the economy but the move has left local communities feeling marginalized 4 of those factories known as the estates and the kid in the southern . a military crackdown there to disarm local communities and reduce the chance of conflict but this is a spoken of killings an arbitrary detention in this report their identities have

been kept anonymous to ensure their safety. woman from the tribe is mourning her husband and children they were killed by the military about 3 months ago part of a government campaign to disarm ethiopia. they came to our village and started to hit us and kill us anyone who started to run away because. many people lost their lives and the village is empty now. like many other bodies'. by one of the areas for sugar factory she says she didn't receive any type of compensation that's left her and others frustrated and there have been revenge attacks including 3 employees according to the military attack is a retaliation for those incidents. the government collected the guns because i think of the bodies have guns they will not allow the factories to produce sugar and they will try to protect their land. after they took our guns they started to

kill us and many of. the. plates the women who were also detained. military camp in october and november some are accused of killings hiding weapons or stealing cattle from other tribes and this man says he was denied food for 6 consecutive days along with the women and children. at some point they took 15 elders inside and started hitting them while they also pulled in jenin is what i wrote about him because. you know cool authorities refused to come and visit in the sugar factories to find out more was impossible despite official requests we were not allowed to get past this checkpoint or visit any other sugar plantation the local police also considerably restrained our freedom of movement in the area some suspect that the military crackdown is part of a government effort to make the area more attractive to investors by reducing

conflicts the disarmament campaign started many years ago but it was not usually so violent according to better they can speak a researcher on the valley sugar factories we have to keep in mind that the cross project is not only in agricultural development scheme but it's actually like a regional development scheme which was meant to modernize. the region that the people the people living in the low mobility and this also involves something. which can be called a civilizational mission. and also what has been described to me ass astonishing law and order so i think what we see now is just a continuation of what started maybe 10 years ago he says it will be difficult to find investors at the moment although that's a key goal of the state owned sugar corporation still a lot of technical challenges to actually make those those estates operational but it's also the reputational risk involved for investors and the project got a lot of negative publicity over the last couple of years mainly due to very bad

information management from the site of the sugar corporation and the way local communities that traditionally used the land that. pre-treated not included in the decision making process researchers working on the only valley have urged the government's childress to gately allegations. fear a new attack in the coming months some villagers are still refusing to hand in their guns clinging to their own protecting their families and cattle. in other news it is hoped here at least 10 people died and dozens more were injured when a spectator stand collapse at a festival the wooden structure gave way during the orthodox christian celebration of every family in the city of gonda several 1000 here peons and tourists for commemorating the baptism of jesus. protesters in puerto rico demanding the resignation of the territories governor over the botched delivery of

emergency aid after recent earthquakes that left thousands in need public anger erupted over a viral video showing a government warehouse full of supplies left over from hurricane maria in 2000. and as it was for susan the u.s. winter olympics continued this a week in laos and with powerful host switzerland top of the medals table the caribbean nation of haiti in comparison has no such big tradition in winter sports but the exploits of the only competitor at the games has captured the hearts of the people there. mark instant florindo may not be the quickest. but he is still a trailblazer haiti's only entry into the youth winter olympics has inspired a nation still struggling after an earthquake a decade ago left over 100000 people dead in his 51st place finish in

a field of $77.00 in the giant slalom was celebrated like a victory the 17 year old normally fix this cause. well you know no i do not consider myself as an outsider but i haven't had enough training and i got to do more to be better at this level and it's a big difference you know all the others are training during the week or they feel i'm at school or at the garage. where i work as a mechanic or you know. he was left as an orphanage in haiti by his mother when he was 3 he was adopted and now lives in france but he was immensely proud to carry the haitian flag at the lows on opening ceremony. he was a looking. second race at the games. but florida was happy just to be there. it was a great experience and i didn't perform in

a satisfactory level. but it taught me a lot. i can use this experience in the future. i can be katie is dancing and florida has even been signing autographs. finally a record breaking turnout that might have become a victim of its own success thousands of twins gathered in sri lanka as capital colombo in a bid to make history in the guinness book of world records the previous record of some 4000 twins in one spot was set in taiwan 2 decades ago organizers in sri lanka say they counted more than 6000 but the turnout might not be certified after overcrowding at the venue prompted some twins to leave early. here's a review of the top story that we're following for you u.s. president donald trump a start of the strength of the u.s. economy at the world economic forum in davos his keynote speech open the summit in

switzerland which comes as the u.s. senate the president here opening arguments in this impeachment trial. that it will be a touchy about the news up next our documentary close up to stay with us for that if you cat.

highway to heaven. after decades of negotiations a new path to peace between india and pakistan has been opened. b.m.w. a company in india you see on a pilgrimage it was his 1st time in the land of his 4. between india and pakistan the sikh done that. close up next on doubling.

every 2 seconds a person is forced to flee their home nearly 71000000 people have been forcibly displaced. the consequences have been disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises around the world you know. forget them when i didn't go to university to kill people that say i don't want to have my boss come to me and tell me to kill someone having a minute and if i don't they'll kill me. for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad. it's about the arena bug that scares me the most about this steadiness enough to rise is that someday we won't even see the really seminar . but what will become of those who stay behind and say boy my husband went to peru

because of the crisis. if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger loaf of sentiment i want to download just list this week long to handle. such. relations between india and pakistan are somewhat in the prayer rather like at 1st glance the turban gone by sikh men. among the it seeing is curious to know what happens when an indian sikh like himself travel to pakistan. he's decided to embark on a pilgrimage and for the 1st time in his life crossed.