oh. this is deja vu news live from berlin china's deadly corona virus keeps spreading appearing on more continents australia and europe meanwhile in china where the outbreak began the number of confirmed infections has jumped authorities 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

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. plus swarms of locusts are eating their way across eastern africa the insects are destroying everything in their past and threatening the food security of millions of people. i'm call assman thanks for joining us australia has become the latest continent 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 reported in europe here's a look at the latest numbers the virus has now killed at least 41 people with more than 1300 others 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. 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. watching a lot of people had no way to get home i really feel for them because i 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 but in this situation there's really nothing we can say that innocent. the outbreak even 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. one woman to tell we are 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 identified cases today doesn't mean that no other cases a secular. scenes like this are becoming common as airports used thermal monitors to screen travelers for signs of fever around the world concern is heating up. but we have team coverage on the spread of that virus i'm joined now by correspondent lisa lewis she is in paris and fabiana crèche in beijing for us we want to start 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 brought the door in southwestern france he apparently is from china is french and he has french nationality he went to sea as which is an overnight doctors service or over the weekend and they very quickly identified the symptoms and also when they learned that he was actually from 100 where the virus comes from really they put him on to under quarantine and transferred him to a 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 obviously the authorities are trying to reassure everybody and saying we've got everything in place to to deal with this especially as we had to

deal with other diseases that was similar in the past ok fabiana cross for now in beijing it's the chinese new year today but so abrasions not taking place as usual how is china responding. yeah i'm in beijing right now and hear every of the public gatherings been canceled also the tourist attractions have been closed to parts of also the chinese wall have been close and dow definitely doesn't feel like that because chinese new year usually it's also the season where domestic spending it'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 asa population and especially among the young there's also some kind of anger against the local authorities. in a province because just 2 days before they shut down the city you know it's done

all the tents but. they were extending lavish sing and song dinners and. it really cannot understand well the popular forty's tell the people to wear face masks and to avoid all public gatherings but of course they themselves are quite different be. fab incredible in beijing and lisa lewis reporting from paris thank you both you can find more information on the virus and tips for protecting yourself on our website check that out that's d.w. dot com let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world tens of thousands of demonstrators have returned to france's streets to oppose a planned overhaul of the pension system the government has unveiled its final version of the draft law which critics table forced millions to work longer france has been hit by strikes and other actions since early december. and she lame 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 the protests driven by anger over inequality and high living costs. us president donald trump has attended the anti-abortion march for life in washington d.c. the 1st sitting president to do so. appearance coincides with america's election year he's hoping to win a 2nd term and abortion off honan's are among his most loyal supporters. german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president at a time or 21 have agreed to to work to uphold the 26000 refugee deal between turkey and the e.u. under the deal unquote pledged to stop refugees traveling to europe in return for about 6000000000 euros present ared one has accused the e.u. of not honoring its commitments. staying in turkey where at least 20 people are dead and more than 900 injured after an earthquake in the eastern part of the country the quake struck near the town of sri very cheap that's about 550 kilometers east of the capital ankara it was followed by dozens of aftershocks some

of which were 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 wood. rescue is risked 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. them is our houses are either collapsed or damaged we cannot go back to our village some people have died i hope god will help us and

give us patience our animals died we have to spend the night here by the fire. 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 all star teams 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 fined. jewish and most muslim leaders have met in warsaw to pray together gathering in a synagogue and a mosque one day after

a historic visit to auschwitz the groups for there to mark 75 years since the liberation of the nazi death camp. never before has the small mosque in warsaw had such illustrious guests representatives from the muslim world lead an american jewish committee have come to pray together for peace. not all gatherings like this one are great way to counter i mean some of his and islamophobia around the world those kinds of voices are limited but as we all know the voice of evil is the loudest. in the old warsaw synagogue rabbi michael should rich believes there is no better place for such gestures of re conciliation i think a place where jews experience genocide the worst genocide the german genocide. has a special meaning an extra special meaning any place in the world would be important but here in warsaw as an extra special meaning in a place where the jews the germans try to wipe out the jews some of our members of

the american jewish committee say that 75 years after the holocaust understanding of nazi crimes is low tragically we live in a world filled with ignorance of the holocaust misinformation and outright denial of its reality. the muslim dignitaries had visited the death camp auschwitz the day before to commemorate the victims of the holocaust it was a historic visit. but you have not. we have come here to emphasize that we strongly condemn this harring crime well. and has all the gas chambers. and you know 1000000 people were killed. just because they were jews. the and the home you would. give to that the muslim delegation left the jewish community bears the words remembrance.

well it's a swarm of enormous proportions desert locusts are eating their way across large parts of east africa and it's the worst outbreak some countries there have seen in 70 years now here are some of the countries that are most affected by those locusts somalia ethiopia and kenya are the worst affected and uganda is bracing for an invasion to authorities have advised citizens to stock up on food as the insects approach the border with kenya researchers say they pose an unprecedented threat to food security in some of the world's most vulnerable countries. they eat and destroy everything on their way to. one swarm measured 60 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide hundreds of thousands of acres of crops destroyed. people fight back with whatever means they have.

we are more than $200.00 herd is here and we all depend on this land for grazing. now it will be disastrous if we all perish without getting any help. came from yemen then down from the brits to the horn of africa the unusual warm temperatures off the coast are partly to blame the recent heavy rainfall has created the perfect breeding conditions the greenery that has sprung up is now fueling them it has almost become a desperate battle. and it's destructive in close. look at his intelligence that you are getting that this one can be used for on so once of videos of the guys that are destroying. agriculture is big

business in the region here the kenyan national government is now increasing their efforts and spraying from the yeah the swarms are spreading fast up to 150 kilometers a day the u.s. food and agricultural organization is raising the alarm now calling for international assistance it's the worst that we've seen in ethiopia and somalia in 25 years and the worst that we've seen in kenya over 17 years the fear is that the locust numbers could increase 500 times in the next few months. sports now and in the bundesliga dorgan put on a dominant performance in a 51 when against cologne on friday night thanks in part to a rising star dortmund's new wizkid airlink all and if the target twice in his 2nd game for the club that's after scoring a hat trick in his debut last week 19 year old the region proving once again that

he has what it takes to be a major new force in the game for a long time to come. coming up next hour d.w. debates from the world economic forum in davos and don't forget in the meantime all the latest news and information available 247 on our website that's d w dot com i'm going to spend in berlin i'll be back with more at the top yeah. it's all happening good job. surely to news from africa to the world your links to exception these stories and discussions continue and will come to the day of use by forgiving program tonight from bernie jimmy from the news it is easy to work with say defeat it.