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this it is a deja vue news live from berlin china's a deadly coronavirus keep spreading appearing on 2 more continents are straight and europe meanwhile in china where the outbreak began the number of confirmed infections has jumped so authorities are restricting the movement of over 50000000 people to stop the virus. also coming up a powerful earthquake strikes the east of turkey killing at least 22 people and injuring hundreds more emergency services are searching for survivors still stuck
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under the rubble. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program. and we begin with the news from china here are the latest numbers the virus has now killed at least 41 people with more than 1300 others infected the 1st cases emerged in the central chinese city of new han but as holiday makers return home and people from the area travel overseas people who made sick by the virus have been found in other asian countries these include thailand japan and singapore and the united states 2 people are recovering after treatment in france 3 travellers back from china have been diagnosed with the virus and australia has confirmed 4 cases. kong meanwhile has just announced it is canceling all trains and flights from o'hare and has raised its disease alert level
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from serious to emergency in mainland china travel restrictions remain in place in over a dozen cities and all of the country's 70000 movie theaters have been close the measures are critical as millions are on the move over the moon or near your new year holiday. as the scale of the outbreak grows so too does the edge and see if the response in ruhani construction is underway on a new hospital for coronavirus patients chinese authorities say will be complete in just over a week the city at the outbreaks epicenter remains under a transport lockdown road checks. for a good. drivers with a high temperature ascent to hospital across china almost 40000000 people face travel restrictions during the important new year holiday you know nothing that eats 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
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a year everyone looks forward to being with their family i want but in this situation there's really nothing we can say that initial plan for. the outbreak even featured on state television saloon a new year broadcast with hosts ending messages of support to medical staff. in airports across the globe scenes like this are becoming common officials using thermal monitors to screen travelers for signs of fever but health officials there said the 48 year old patient had been traveling through china and passed through hand the epicenter of the outbreak france's health minister says authorities are not ruling out finding new cases. 2 people who 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 there aren't any other identified cases today doesn't mean that no other cases are circulate and for
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the latest on the spread of the virus i'm joined now by did correspondent lisa lewis in paris who is at the sha hospital lisa what can you tell us about the patients in france well we have heard very little about the people who are here in this hospital behind me we know that the 48 year old man in the city of the door in south western france that apparently he's feeling better the health minister and yes resigning has said that she would give an update once a day in the coming days so with autism really watching the situation. and what measures are the french authorities taking to stop the virus from spreading they've set up a special helpline people can call they're saying you know when you come back from china when you feel sometimes don't go to the hospital don't call your local g.p. call this hotline and people would come and get you make tests and possibly take you to special special isolation parts of 3 hospitals in paris for example the
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other places in paris where they can go the authorities are saying there are dozens of beds available and that they are prepared for a possible outbreak because they've seen infectious diseases in the past and they've been testing similar measures in the past really and how is the french public reacting to all of this. well the newspapers obviously running headlines on this people are really worried on social networks people are saying i'm quite scared i don't understand why the authorities are not testing. systematically people who arrive french airports with thermal devices the thought is have answered that question actually saying that you know there is a new page in cuba in period of several days so people need to watch their state of health and then get in touch with authorities people are really scared they they are saying you know we really need to be very careful maybe stay at home for a few days so last washoe for
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a complicated medical medical situation lisa lewis in paris for us thank you for that. and you can find out more information it on the virus and tips for protecting yourself on our web site that's dot com and now it's time to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. iraqi security forces have begun clearing anti-government protest camps at the cations throughout the country the crackdown comes after populist politician matata sattar said he would no longer support the protesters several protesters were injured in clashes with police. millions of hindus have gathered in northern india for a cleansing ritual in the ganges river as part of the mag mailer celebration the monthlong festival attracts millions of hindu believers and tourists each year. in chile protesters took to the streets to mark the 100th day of social unrest in the capital santiago police used water cannon to clear the demonstrators at least 27
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people have died in protest driven by anger over inequality and high living costs. in turkey at least 22 people were killed and more than a 1000 injured by an earthquake in the east of the country the quake struck near the town of a sieve ridges about 550 kilometers east of the capital ankara it was followed by dozens of aftershocks some of them as strong as the initial quake rescue teams are now searching for survivors trapped inside collapsed buildings. the sun rose to reveal a picture of devastation exhausted rescue crews are still working their way through the rubble searching for survivors rescuers have been battling the unfolding disaster all night pulling people from collapsed buildings. this man was trapped when the walls of his home caved in on him he was found among the debris
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and dug out. the tremors began at 9 in the evening terrified residents recorded the impact is the ground shook beneath their feet relief efforts have been hampered by aftershocks almost as powerful as the initial quake. in freezing temperatures families became homeless overnight shoe on down a lot and missed 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 or to the. surrounding villages have been devastated to some inhabitants are now reduced to sleeping in tents. because today just as
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a sort of that last night we were watching television when all of the sudden there was an earthquake and it shook hard. the floor collapsed and we went to the window . after we had figured a way out who broke the door and got out. because we did we saw the other houses had collapsed to. search teams and it is almost. back in sieverts authorities are warning residents not to return to damaged buildings because of the risk of further aftershocks for thousands of and for more on this i'm joined now by d.w. correspondent yulia hand in istanbul yulia how is the rescue were progressing. well there are fears of course that the death toll might further rise because rescue workers are still searching for people buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings thousands of people had to leave their homes last evening because they
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were either damaged destroyed or just no longer safe so what happened is that most schools the student dormitories and sports holes were open for people so they had a place to stay turkey's national disaster management authority has also distribute a $10000.00 blankets bags turkish president and one on twitter promised people that all steps would being taken to aid people affected by this disaster now additional rescue workers and how has also been sent from areas from from other cities in the contrie from across the country to the areas affected can only imagine how traumatizing it must be for the people there but is there any idea of the extent of the damage. now it's too early to say that this earthquake last night said definitely triggered fears here
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in turkey across the country there is live t.v. broadcasting now on all the major channels and this is the topic this is what people are talking about right now on the streets and on social media and this is because he is prone to earthquakes it has a history also earthquakes in 1990 for example 800000 people were killed after 2 quakes here in northwest turkey so istanbul this big city of 16000000 people was also very badly affected and this is what experts here are warning about that a very large quake could hit ball and this would potentially be disastrous now was due to be of course. is terrible. now the 1920 s. were an extraordinary time in berlin and the culture and politics of the era have inspired one of the most expensive german t.v. series ever made the athlete named babylon berlin it's just returned for
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a 3rd season but international fans will have to wait for a bit longer for now it's only screening in germany. and old hollywood maxim says the film should start with an earthquake and work up to a climax de earthquake in babylon berlin is the stock market crash of 929 and many see only one way out. hollywood could have hardly states it better or. our hero is caught up in the mail of the world economic crisis commission i guess leon got traumatized by a well for 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.
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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 facing . us can also see it. on berlin the pinnacle of german t.v. series. with great attention to detail the makers have captured the spirit of the times and recreated the berlin of the 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 my money comes in the family. unit hook ups just to kind of. a put also back on the
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case emancipated criminologists is definitely ahead of her time this. is a step. beyond the lynn returns with 12 new episodes of johnson the volcano as the enjoys the potty and the fight the aware of the catastrophe waiting around the corner when the nazis seize power. situation for the following it world stories the week in the reports and don't forget you can get all the latest news around the clock from a website at the w dot com click spicer and berlin and outback top of the hour that's what you.
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