this is do you know where the news are from but in a city all of 11000000 people on lockdown who are on the chinese metropolis at the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak is posting flights and trains in and out of the city and telling people to stay home china is scrambling to contain the diseases fears grow of the global pandemic that make also coming up donald trump want trial democrats lay out their case over moving the us president from office in

oral arguments impeach him on the other shifts and chump abused his office by withholding aid to ukraine will go to washington. and the video system to referee is one of the most controversial officials in a football match and now german referees are saying that the tool that was supposed to make decisions easier is doing more harm than good. by helen ellen free glad you could join me chinese authorities all stopping planes and trains in and out of will haunt the city at the center of the corona virus outbreak that is spreading across asia and beyond transport networks within the megacity also being shut down with residents advice to stay at home so far 17 people have died from the research the illness and more than 500 cases have been

confirmed across china. a doctor in will hand shows the isolation wards to a camera team from state television no other journalists are allowed access to this is where the infected patients are treated and their data collected in an attempt to bring the virus under control. there's a whole mess in the bin the detailed records are very valuable for i'm allies ing and evaluating large amounts of data going forward. so that. most patients it will hands clinics have only mild symptoms fever and breathing difficulties. 5 of the dead and known to have had preexisting health conditions. that beijing isn't taking any chances. we have evidence that the onus spreads through the rest pretoria passages and there is the possibility that the virus could mutate and pose a greater threat. and china is on the move some 400000000 people are travelling

ahead of the lunar new year holiday many in the us. i am worried about the virus not just for my own health but for my whole family everyone is travelling for new year. to muncie in this book called the bar i'm just relying on myself i'm not so confident because i don't believe what i hear as the number of infections could be a lot higher than is being reported. the evening news on state television mentions the virus for the 1st time 20 minutes in prime minister called on all affected places to be efficient and transparent in never spawn. in geneva the world health organizations emergency committee extended talks for an extra day after hearing reports from several countries. whether or not to

declare a public old emergency of international concern is one i take extremely seriously and one only prepared to make with consideration of all the evidence one case has been confirmed at sight of asia a man fell ill in the u.s. state of washington on the west coast after returning from a week ago. russia has also reported suspected cases. carrying out temperature checks on all passengers arriving from china most urgent checks are in place at at ports across the world in a bid to reduce the risk of the disease spreading further. reporter jill dougherty joins me here in the studio to talk more about this good to see jill what more do we know about this particular strain of courage of ours at the moment well scientists are now telling us that they believe that the corona virus was 1st transmitted to humans from snakes now we know that it emanated out of

a particular market in ruhani in china where they so live exotic animals and suspicion 1st centered on bats but chinese researchers have just published a new paper where they conducted genetic research genetic sequencing and they found that snakes are the most likely source now what we don't know is how the virus moved from the snakes to schumann's and in any case it doesn't actually need snakes to continue spreading now because it has become a human to human virus transmitted via the respiratory system and of course that is the worrying development and we have seen the world health organization sitting down discussing that what have they had to say so far well what we're waiting to hear is whether they're going to call it a public health emergency of international concern but it doesn't actually matter whether the sorry to say it's the reaction from the rest of the world means of that will have less importance because countries are already responding very proactively we're seeing checks placed the airports around the world from the u.s. the u.k.

to russia to nigeria countries are screening passengers coming in particularly from hunt for signs of this virus and china itself is going beyond even what the w.h.o. recommends by shutting down travel internally in some cases over we heard in that report now this drastic response is being compared to what we saw in 2002 with the stars virus which was kept under a shroud of secrecy this time china says it's being very transparent all right every year for shit jill dougherty explaining that all to us thanks so much. now if the united states in the impeachment trial of president donald trump well the republican controlled senate has heard the 1st day of opening arguments from house impeachment managers child was impeached last month on charges of abuse of power and obstructing congress he's accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate from the democratic vice president joe biden a political rival and impeding a congressional inquiry into the massive. denies any wrongdoing was well lead

impeachment manager adam schiff told senators that shams actions represented a danger to america's constitutional order must not go on checked if not remedied by his conviction in the senate and removal from office president trump's abuse of his office and obstruction of congress will permanently alter the balance of power among the branches of government inviting future presidents to operate as if they are also beyond the reach of accountability congressional oversight and the law will whore let's go straight to washington where d.w. correspondent for the n.a.s. is standing by popular i mean democrats of course have been laying out the case we just heard it there from shift the republicans accuse them of being too aggressive but in your assessment what kind of tone was struck at the beginning of this trial as shift today as manager open proceedings. well no well it was very clear almost from what the clip that we just heard what the tone was like

there was a big emphasis from the lead manager and the head of the intelligence committee adam schiff who spoke for around 2 and a half hours that this was very much focused on protecting the democracy of the united states and the importance of doing so in fact he quoted one of the u.s. founding fathers alexander hamilton and he focused on the fact that there was a need for impeachment basically as a tool or a mechanism in the united states to protect it from you know a despot from getting into office very strong words there indeed he stressed time and time again in the 2 hours over 2 hours that he spoke on the senate floor old so we can't forget that he was bringing up you know clips from president trump things that he had said focusing on the fact the democrats believe president trump is of course. guilty of the charges that have

been brought against him now the democrats want the former national security adviser john bolton to testify at this stage it doesn't look likely to happen but of course that works both ways could that be a witness that the republicans would like to see take to the stand. well you said at there it doesn't look at the moment we really don't know what will happen down the line because of course the rules leave the possibility open it is fair to say that the chances that the former national security advisor john bolton will be a witness at the moment looks like you unlikely but of course let's not jump to any conclusions just yet the democrats. essentially said if we hear from the senator at the senate minority leader chill kuma he was shooting down pretty much all the suggestions the rumors that have been circulating here in washington

that republicans wanted to hear from the son of joe biden who is. directly related to. corruption in ukraine they've been saying that they want to hear from him that democrats have been saying no. they thought there would be no witness exchanges is what's being said on the senate floor they want to stick very much to the charges brought against president trump by not bringing in anybody who they believe is not directly related to those charges and popular talk to me about the image we'll see you know in 1900 and he was at his trial. we've got the u.s. president i mean at the annual meeting of the world economic forum in davos another continent how is that playing out in public perception do you think. well it's a very different situation of course to the president to president clinton president trump has been focusing heavily on the economy talking about how well

it's stealing talking about how well his presidency is going essentially focusing on the sort of. image of the united states and saying how well he's done underage which is a message that he wants to get across to the u.s. public and it's interesting in fact if you look at the latest polls that are coming out in fact one that was released just today from pew research it says that around half of americans say the president should actually be removed by the senate trial with 46 percent are saying that president trump should stay so you know at the moment let's wait and see how this pans out and then we'll get perhaps a better indication of what the real feelings are here in the united states with regards to this senator you know our correspondent in washington good to talk to thanks artistic and now some of the other stories making news around the world this hour well experts at united nations say that the 3rd founder of washington post

jeff bezos was likely hacks through a file sent from an account used by saudi crown prince mohammed bin not the experts allege that the hacking was an effort to influence who signed the washington post reporting on saudi arabia a saudi official has denied the allegations. well there's no letup in lebanon's ongoing protest movement despite the formation of a new government that ended a power vacuum protesters clash with police in the capital beirut off the nightfall earlier the new prime minister has said the absent that the country must tackle the twin challenges of the protest movement and a nosedive they are calling me. luigi dimaio says that he is stepping down as leader of italy's 5 star movement is the main party and its least governing coalition 33 year old is expected to stay on this foreign minister has headed to the anti establishment 5 star movement since september 27th. one

of germany's top referees has criticized football's video assistant referee technology known as v a all for not adapting to meet the needs of the game the technology was supposed to make the game all fair and accurate but it has caused more controversy than expected the german referees association says it may look to american sopel such changes. making split 2nd decisions is what makes this one of the toughest jobs in football but the fast paced sport also makes it difficult for referees to always make the right cards the introduction of the a are a video assistant referee who's supposed to help eliminate human mistakes but has it cause more confusion than clarity you. lose when you look at how many wrong calls we've already prevented and it's fine but there are always things we can continue to improve on that mission i predict say there is still way too much newman interpretation and that the constant inconsistent and that the delays take

the punch out of goal celebrations. one of germany's elite referees man would prefer who was in charge of the doj month versus outspoken match on the weekend is pushing for an n.f.l. like system where the coaches have 2 challenges per game and referees can explain their decisions to fans and the media it's an idea that is slowly gaining some ground in the bundesliga. and we're working on how far we can integrate the referees to communicate directly on the feels like they may even sometime in the future explain their decision and clarify the process that's likely on the impetus . that clarification could go a long way in appeasing the system's critics. art or mind another top story we're following for you chinese authorities are closing child support networks it would haunt the city at the top of the corona virus outbreak that is spreading across.

asia and beyond the government has also advice inhabitants not to leave the city 72 people who die from the rest are treated almost all of 500 cases have now been confirmed in china. all up next it's a documentary film on germany and how it's failing to get to grips with plastic touching haiti searching for that image and was get the latest news on our web site d.w. dot com i've got a home for him but it thank you company you see. it is time to take one step further and face 3 months of. time to search to. find the beyond. the compound interest to answer connect the world it's time for.