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our story. most. easily starts in january 27th on d w. this is news live from berlin china's deadly coronavirus heaps spreading appearing on 2 more continents australia and europe meanwhile in china where the outbreak began the number of confirmed infections has jumped forwards have quarantined more than 40000000 people to stop the virus from spreading it will get more from our correspondents on the ground also coming up
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a powerful earthquake strikes the east of turkey killing at least 18 people and injuring hundreds more emergency services are searching for survivors still stuck under the rubble. and guns and babylon rule and returns the 3rd season of the hit t.v. series ascent in the weeks around the great stock market crash of 1929. i'm carl assman thanks for joining us australia has become the latest consonance to confirm a case of the corona virus which originated in china 3 cases have also been confirmed in france those are the 1st cases to be reported in europe here are the latest numbers the virus has now killed at least 41 people with more than 1300 other. it's
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also infected travel restrictions remain in place in over a dozen cities in china as authorities try to contain the spread over the lunar new year holiday. as the scale of the outbreak grows so too the urgency of the response in construction is in full swing on a new hospital for coronavirus patients chinese authorities say it will be complete in just over a week. the city at the outbreaks at the center remains under a transport lock down that road checks drivers with temperatures are sent for treatment. across china almost 40000000 people have had their travel restricted to during the important lunar new year holiday how much it's a lot of people had no way to get home i really feel for them because they can understand what it's like to have been working hard to way from home for a year everyone looks forward to being with their family one that's in this situation there's really nothing we can say that innocent. the outbreak even
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featured on state television new year broadcast with host sending messages of support to medical staff. the virus continues to spread and has now reached europe one patient is being isolated in this hospital in bordeaux and others are being treated in paris. was a moment to do we're going to do everything possible to contain this epidemic knowing that it is possible and even probable that there will be other cases particularly in europe just because the antennae of the identified cases today doesn't mean that no other cases a secular. scenes like this are becoming common as airports use thermal monitors to screen travelers for signs of fever around the world concern is heating up. well we have team coverage on the spread of the virus i'm joined now by correspondent lisa lewis she is in paris and. in beijing for us we want to start
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with lisa lisa the 1st european cases of the virus have now been confirmed those are in france what more can you tell us about the situation there in those infections well the authorities have said that all these 3 people recently traveled to china and then came back one person fell 48 year old man in what would do in southwestern france he apparently is from china is french and he has french nationality he went to see as soon as meets always which is an overnight doctors service all over the weekend and they very quickly identified symptoms and also when they learned that he was actually from rouhani where the virus comes from really they put him on to on the client and transferred him to hospital the authorities here are saying that 2 more cases have been detected in paris it looks like it was 1st one person then someone else who had been in touch with that person
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the authorities are trying to reassure everybody and saying we've got everything in place to to deal with this especially as we have to deal with other diseases that was similar in the past ok fabienne crutch for now in beijing it's the chinese new year today but celebrations not taking place as usual how is china responding. yeah i'm in beijing right now and hear every of the public gatherings they've been canceled also the tourist attractions have been closed to parts of also the chinese wall have been close and down definitely doesn't feel like a typical chinese new year usually it's also the season where domestic spending that's really high but now people prefer to stay it's cold they don't go to restaurants they don't spend so much on gifts for their families so yeah definitely it's quite different and it's you asa population and especially among the young there's also some kind of anger against the local authorities in holland and in a province because just 2 days before they shut down the city you know it's not on
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all the tents potations they were attending lavish sing and song dinners and. they can't really cannot understand well the popular 40 s. tell the people to wear face masks and to avoid all public gatherings but of course they themselves are quite different beings i mean family and what's what's the feeling there i mean you mention the frustration but given the number of cases now is there a feeling that the chinese government is doing enough within china to stop the spread of the virus. well it's quite ambivalent question or tricky to end so if you ask the older people then yeah they have to trust the government also in the authorities and also that's also the picture outside of the country that i mean china was a price for whatever rights and much more transparency with the world health organisation and so on but within china i mean i get a different picture for example just yesterday the people stayed the official.
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newspaper of the communist party didn't even mention the coronavirus on their front page all you can use it's just a side story so i would say that the hockey is concerned about social stability and of course independent reporting that's only. possible in really restricted amounts lisa what about there in france what measures are french authorities taking to stop the spread of the virus now that we are seeing the 1st cases appearing there. well the authorities have said that they are well prepared there are 3 specific hospitals in paris they're prepared to deal with such infectious diseases the health minister and his bizarre as said yesterday that people if they hat similar symptoms that they shouldn't go to see someone at the hospital or contact their local g.p. there's a special helpline they need to call and then people will come and make some tests at their home and then maybe bring them to specialized services obviously at the
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health minister has said that she would give a daily update on the situation she said they're probably going to be more cases like this in france and she also said that probably these cases were 1st detected in france because france had developed as one of the 1st countries a method to detect the virus now people here obviously quite concerned about this if you look at social media they're really wondering why there aren't systematic checks at airports because there are people who've talked to french media in the past saying you know i just got home for dinner and no one actually checked me no one controlled me i had lisa louis with the latest there in paris and fabienne question for us in beijing thank you both. our to look now at some of the other stories making news around the world in she lay protesters took to the streets to mark the 100th day of social unrest in the capital santiago police used water cannons to clear the demonstrators at least 27 people have died in those protests
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driven by anger over inequality and high living costs. german chancellor angela merkel and a turkish president wretch of type everyone have agreed to work to uphold the 2016 refugee deal between turkey and the e.u. under the deal pledges to stop refugees traveling to europe in return for about 6000000000 euros president and one has accused the e.u. of not honoring its commitments. u.s. president donald trump has attended the antiabortion march for life in washington he's the 1st sitting president to do so trump's appearance coincides with america's election year he's hoping to win a 2nd term in 2020 and abortion opponents are among his most loyal supporters. at least 20 people are dead and more than 900. turkeys the quake struck near the town of seed reach a day about 550 kilometers east of the capital now it was followed by dozens of
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aftershocks some of them almost as strong as the initial quake rescue teams are now searching for survivors who are believed to be trapped in collapsed buildings. they don't know exactly how many people could be trapped. but it's vital to reach them as quickly as possible. within seconds of the quake striking walls that had provided shelter were transformed into a deadly cascade of stone and would. rescuers risk their own lives in the hope of finding more survivors. several have already been pulled alive from piles of rubble . families have become homeless overnight and in freezing temperatures. sure on downloaded lists our houses are either collapsed or damaged we cannot go back to our village some people have died i hope god will help
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us and give us patience our animals died we have to spend the night here by the fire or. the trauma started just before 9 in the evening. they were so strong that they were felt beyond turkey's borders. falling objects were not the only danger the quake also sparked a fire on the roof of this residential building or storage fees are warning residents not to return to damaged buildings because of the risk of further aftershocks. it will likely be days before the full extent of the damage is known. tonight the focus is on locating people who may still be buried desperately waiting to be found. all right sports now in the bundesliga dortmund put on a dominant performance a 51 win against cologne on friday night thanks in part to the rising star you see
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behind me jordan's new with kid airlink hold on to hit the target twice in just his 2nd game for the club he scored a hat trick in his debut last week he's 19 years old he's from norway he's proving once again that he has what it takes to be a major new force in the game for a long time to come i'm well the 1920 s. it was an extraordinary time in berlin and the culture and politics of the era have inspired the most expensive german t.v. series ever made the actually named babylon berlin it's just returned for a 3rd season but international fans will have to wait a bit longer for now it's only screening right here in germany. an old hollywood maxim says a film should start with an earthquake and work up to a climax the earthquake in babylon berlin is a stock market crash of 929 and many see only one way out.
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hollywood could have hardly staged it better or. our hero is caught up in the maelstrom of the world economic crisis commission i guess leon got traumatized by world war one he's now a mental wreck addicted to drugs but still a great investigator. the new season is again based on a novel by far. in the silent deaths silent movies are being edged out by talkies. the new season of babylon berlin is set in the glamorous world of the film industry at a time of rapid change being in the spotlight is not always easy but shouldn't be faced . must also suit. the
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pinnacle of german t.v. series production with great attention to detail the makers have captured the spirit of the times and recreated the berlin of 100 years ago plenty of historical facts mixed with a sprinkling of dramatic fiction is the formula much more captivating than a simple retelling of history. when money comes from. him and the coach has to target the new book also back on the case emancipated criminologist is definitely ahead of her time this. is a step. beyond the lynn returns with 12 new episodes a dance on the volcano as the lin enjoys the party only faintly aware of the
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catastrophe waiting around the corner when the nazis seize power. are all coming up here on d.w. stay tuned for a technology show shift that's up next and i'll forget in the meantime all the latest news available around the clock on our website that's d w dot com or you can all was on twitter at the news i'm on asked him when they do not be back with more news at the top of the hour. invites us to see people. in particular. i like to see myself as the kids find strength growth grow. my objective is to share work and find little. books on youtube.
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