i am. this is the w. news live from berlin remembering the holocaust the world pauses to pay tribute to the victims i am. and i needed to come in the race the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz nazi death camp the german president warns that the evils of the nazi era all still with us in the form of anti semitism coming up china widens its traveler structure into several cities in a bid to prevent the corona virus from spreading his health officials report the

1st death from the disease outside of the outbreaks epicenter of the chinese is here to heart. just a matter of survival that is how chancellor angela merkel describes as steps to stop climate change. and a meeting of the world economic forum in davos that it is time to take young climate active it's serious state. law as. i have a home free dragica join me where they came from around the globe presidents prime ministers princes the world's political leaders assembled in jerusalem today now they pledge solidarity with israel to commemorate 6000000 jews killed in the holocaust and to promise to fight anti semitism in today's world. who.

knew the holocaust survivor sings the kaddish the mourners prayer. the ceremony was dedicated skewes and other victims of the holocaust leaders spoke of the need to fight today's anti semitism. that current politics were clear and present. i'm concerned. that we have yet to see a unified and resolute stance against the most you submitted on the planet. i call on all governments to join the vital effort of confronting iran. the u.s. vice president agreed we must also stand strong. against the leading state purveyor of anti semitism. against the one government in the world that

denies the holocaust as a matter of state policy and threatens to wipe israel off the map. the world must stand strong against the islamic republic of iran. russian president vladimir putin delivered an offer to world governments to talk about peace. we suggest a meeting of the heads of state and government of p. 5 russia china the us france and britain. it could take place in any country anywhere in the world where counterparts find it convenient. russia is willing to engage in a serious conversation because just when you get in particular. germany's president spoke of responsibility all right just the different dates. the words are not the same. the perpetrators are not the same. but

it is the same evil. this responsibility or was of ovan into the very fabric of the federal republic of germany from day one. but it tests us here and now this germany will only live up to itself if it lives up to its historic responsibility. the solemn pose is the talk of inclusion and peace these promises would also not be forgotten said the council chairman. we appreciate very much your promise to fight they semitism in the reaches this is a promise this is an obligation this is the duty of one k. that all this we will never forget what you have said here today

leaders of the words in your arms you hands you know once were long sentence one signature you can decide the police of people so decided to love and friendship and peace for ever thank you. his was a clear appeal that these promises be kept. for the signals of the other stories making news around the world out this hour u.s. vice president mike pence has invited israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his political rival benny gantz to washington president says it is likely that his new israeli palestinian peace plan will be released before the leaders meet on tuesday. international court of justice has ordered meanwhile to take urgent measures to protect range of muslims from genocide follows a bloody military crackdown in 2017 of those hundreds of thousands of or hinges to flee the country the i.c.j. decision is pending a full court case which could take years. the impeachment trial of u.s. u.s.

president has resumes for a 30 day and in the republican dominated senate democrats are pressing their arguments for the conviction and removal of trump from office now he's charged with this of power and obstruction of congress in his dealings with ukraine but denies any wrongdoing. at least 7 people have been killed in a fierce winter storm that has back to spain for several days schools major flooding and extreme temperatures as regions of catalonia and the band they are islands have been the worst heat. well the world health organization says that a new strain of the corona virus that has emerged in china is not yet a global health emergency china's national health commission has now confirmed more than 800 cases of the disease which is so far claimed $25.00 lives that includes one death hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter of the virus now authorities

have locked down several cities in a bid to contain the virus 1st and foremost is the city of new han the metropolis at the center of the outbreak. a city of 11000000 people with almost no one on the streets transportation severely restricted trains planes buses cars almost nothing leaves or enters the city. hospital wards have had to deal with hundreds of cases and thousands more beds have had to be reserved for patients health workers are on the front line of the fight against the virus. of course we're worried and so are our relatives. but we're nurses and will do our job as long as we wear the uniform despite the rising number of cases the world health organization has not declared a global health emergency and the question was whether this event constitutes a public of emergency of international concern. the advice to

d.g. which is provided by the emergency committee is that no more of the time on thursday china announced that transport links to the cities of one gun and joe would also be cut and the fear of contagion has produced dramatic scenes like here at food you airport where a man suspected of carrying a virus was contained to a quarantine container. the outbreak comes as millions of people are on the move to visit friends and family for the lunar new year one of the biggest annual migrations in the world the government has canceled many festivities in an effort to contain the coronavirus. listen to the that was the message today at the annual meeting of the world economic forum german chancellor angela merkel told the walls business elites who he young activist amandi action when it comes to climate change she warned of

a rift between young people who see an uncertain future and an older generation that denies the dangers of global warming. dodgy doors were not going to stop until americans from delivering today's warning to davos this is the 12th time the german chancellor has spoken at the forum but never have the stakes been higher merkel appealed to the world to arjun li make good on the paris climate accords. the question of achieving the goals of the paris agreement could be a question of survival for the whole planet which is why we need to act or instead it is a known fact or. it's also why environmental themes have played bigger than ever this year with activism royalty meeting true royalty the future king welcomed greta to invoke the us president is not

a fan the german chancellor try to mediate. but that's up to doing it side time is of the essence we the older ones have to be careful. i am 65 years old all the impatience of our young people is something we are to tap as a potential investor that we are to understand that they obviously look at a far different horizon well beyond 20 or 50 he knows. the talk of intergenerational divisions jarred somewhat with the calm. site perhaps why merkel save tar last with a call to arms for the business elite to walk together to avoid apply and disaster they call does for agrees offense a stay noble walt doesn't take a holders for a sustainable of world he quit i would argue where all the this of park politicians are at this you are this all of ya'll are we trying to take the seriously there are whole host of opportunities is open to must all be but we cannot but it inward

looking and going it alone that would be the completely wrong lesson to take all these years after the 2nd world war in the dissuade and it clicks know what matters is whether they plus who's paying attention when of warning there from german chancellor angela merkel an another one he ran a c. is now closer to catastrophe than ever before that was the dramatic warning from a panel of scientists and leaders who oversee the so-called doomsday clock there were just sits the hands of these symbolic clocks reflect what they say are unprecedented man may threats to the walls all members of the but it in of atomic scientists prattle move the doomsday clock forward to 100 seconds to midnight is only the 2nd time the clock is ever been set this close to the disaster point to this 73 year history well panel members listed nuclear weapons and the climate crisis as new ming a threat here is school till it so just how worried should be who would should we

be to tell us more i'm joined here the studio by d w report at jol dover it joe tell us what exactly is this doomsday clock it does so like something out of a disaster marie doesn't it were it actually is meant to reflect the stock reality however of the threat of manmade catastrophe it was unveiled a 1st back in 947 that was of the start of the cold war in the nuclear arms race and is been adjusted ever since then the most relaxed point ever was of the end of the cold war in the us early ninety's but in the last decade it has been advancing steadily forward towards that disaster point at midnight the decision on whether to move the hands of the clock is made by a panel including scientists world leaders and nobel laureates we had a bit more about this panel of experts why all they say worried now the reason they're worried today are actually the same as back when the call was 1st unveiled namely nuclear weapons they say that the collapse of the nuclear iran nuclear deal as well as new weapons being developed by the u.s.

and russia a cause for concern and they're also worried about things like killer robots but their main concern today is climate change and this comes after a year of record breaking heat waves droughts floods and all while the countries of the world of failing to meet their commitments under the paris climate agreement to limit global heating as well as these threats the panel says that the world is also losing the ability to actually address any threats because of the breakdown of international relations and treaties oh yeah that's a pretty grim outlook was there any good news if you have to forgive them it is their job to be pessimistic but they did say that one thing that gives them hot is the rise of the climate activist movement led by gratitude however gratitude because so says she doesn't want to give people hope she wants to give them fear there are some people who say that the students they clock is a bit too pessimistic and alarmist and that people are going to stop paying attention if it's constantly moved forward but the panel members say that they

haven't got any other choice they say how else can we wait people up it's time for world leaders to act and pull humanity back from the brink and we now have 100 symbolic seconds to do so all right plenty of food for thought that. jill dougherty thank you so much. for our mind out the top story that we all following for you both leaders have a paid a tribute to survivors of the holocaust and those who died at the yad vashem memorial in jerusalem any corroboration is marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death count and the speech german press in the sun quoted steinem i underlined his country's historical responsibility to fight. while you're watching the news coming up next it is don't feel the world's most polluted river the saved stay tuned for that more headlines coming your way at the top of the hour we're going to get the latest on a website it is d. w. called i have an old friend valid scientific company.

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