must. start january 27th on d w. this is d w news live from berlin beijing calls the corona virus outbreak a grave situation chinese president xi jinping convenes an emergency meeting where he warns the spread of the deadly virus is accelerating more new cases are detected within china and in other countries also coming up a powerful earthquake strikes the east of turkey killing at least 29 people and

injuring hundreds more emergency services there searching for survivors still stuck under the rubble. and in german soccer by and munich cut leipsic lead at the top of the bundesliga to just a single point after a 5 goal demolition of shall go at the alliums arena. i'm told me a lot before welcome to the program. we begin china where president xi jinping is warning that the corona virus outbreak is a grave situation for the country he says the spread of the disease is accelerating and he's ordering chinese authorities to take new steps to contain it the respiratory infection has now killed at least 41 people in the country with over 1000. 1300 others infected the cases 1st emerged last month in the central chinese

city of hand but as holiday makers returned home and people from the area travel overseas people made sick by the virus have been found in other asian countries these include thailand japan and singapore in the united states 2 people are recovering after treatment in france 3 travellers back from china have been diagnosed with the virus and australia confirmed 4 cases now so far the vast majority of cases and all the deaths have been in china outbreaks have been recorded throughout the country authorities have been trying to limit the movement of tens of millions of people for the lunar new year holiday. this should be one of the busiest days of the year here as lunar new year holiday crowds swarm through shanghai's disneyland but disney town is a ghost town closed until further notice there will be no mickey mouse to usher in

the year of the rat in response to the bridge in control of the. help in our. town are temporarily. tourist attractions across the country have been closed to the public. now. i just went to channel mn square and the imperial college and they are all closed many other tourist sites are also closed. at a time when millions of chinese travel to spend the lunar new year with family government road blocks are in place to stop all non-essential traffic on the outskirts of han people trying to leave the virus stricken city of 11000000 turned back health checks are carried out of the roadside in who bay province cities which are home to some 60000000 people have been put under quarantine. has to use form of

health centers and emergency rooms and residents stock up on mosques and medical supplies some people have been forced to cut their holidays short because of the epidemic we have to go back to work with the chinese president xi jinping has warned that china faces a grave situation given the accelerating spread of this new saz like virus in 2003 sars killed 650 people across mainland china and hong kong this outbreak has a long way to go before it can compete with sars but at that time china faced international criticism for acting too slowly and withholding critical information from other countries. earlier we talked to mohammad moneer he's a viral a just at lancaster university in the u.k. and we asked him how prepared is europe for this outbreak europe has. put in place a precaution you may years large floor that other countries such as america and

australia all were in good hands as you asian and european b.z. or i mean they are having a very good scanning system in place and all of them they are regular information has already been so brad all over europe and people have a lot more information so i think personally that their infrastructure and all what i'll hear now that is in place at the moment it's probably suffered enough to be vigilant enough and to catch the cases that might lead to inspections now let's take a brief look at some other stories making news around the world lawyers for donald trump have begun making their case to the u.s. senate in his impeachment trial saying the president did nothing wrong trump's attorneys will speak for 24 hours over 3 days the same amount of time time given to democrats to present their arguments against trump. boeing's new long haul passenger jet the triple 7 x. has successfully completed its maiden flight the plane is the world's largest twin

engine jet liner the flight comes as boeing is facing a crisis over its smallest 737 max following 2 deadly crashes. hundreds have protested in the gambia near the capital banjul they're demanding justice for victims of sweeping abuses committed under the former dictator yeah yeah jamey jummy fled the country in 2017 after ruling for 22 years protesters say he should be returned from exile to face justice. in turkey the death toll has risen to at least 29 with nearly 1500 injured following a powerful earthquake in the east of the country the quake struck near the town of separate about 550 kilometers east of the capital ankara it was followed by dozens of aftershocks some of them almost as strong as the initial quake rescue teams are now searching for survivors trapped in collapsed buildings. as if you can hear your

husband's voice in tokyo says that these things conscious talk to your children to . this rescue worker is trying to come those trapped in the rubble while the rescues dig their way in by hand. so far they've pulled more than 40 people out of the collapsed buildings this quake was a big one magnitude 6.8 and there have been hundreds of aftershocks. the town of sea very jaded of relatively likely only 5 buildings collapsed in the surrounding area more than 70 apartment houses have caved in and nearly 1000 have been damaged. late in the day president. visited the quake hit areas. the rescuers are working as fast as they can draw survivors from the rubble they search for every voice they can hear. after 17 painstaking

hours they have freed as he said from the rubble she's suffering from hypothermia but she's ok the search for other survivors continues so. earlier d.w. is really a hand in istanbul spoke to us about those rescue efforts well the good news is time and again rescue workers have pulled people alive from the rubble of collapsed of buildings these scenes are being widely shared here on t.v. on social media too because these are moments of hope and many people in the affected areas there in eastern turkey are clinging to every spark of hope right now rescue teams and aid food for example tens and blankets have been sent from across the country thousands of people had to leave their homes because they were damaged or for safety reasons how wonderful aftershocks have been reported in the area and there might be more so people had to stay in emergency shelters emergency

shelters were set up in schools in sports holes in mosques so this is where many people will spend the night. to football now and are being. they have suffered their 1st defeat since late october at the hands of untracked frankfurt that hugo's won 2 nil and in doing so made things a lot more interesting at the top of the table. both front foot and started 2020 with a win last weekend though it was the guests who looks the most likely to make it to ensue in the new year sheeba vanna has $20.00 already a season and gave the hosts an early warning that he was in the booth. but frank wrote out the 1st half pressure and what how much just minutes after the restart by our money to.

the french wins 1st goal of the season salutes on the bottom left pizza delight she reached out to chop in delight signet. 3 minutes later the hunt garion stopped but was forced to make it crucial intervention to prevent philip cost each from double frank 1st leaves. one nearly stayed until the 94th minute when gonzalo pounced on a sloppy defensive pass and lifted his head different constituents the fronts of the. guy she was helpless what's more the serbian striker guaranteed his side 3 weeks. 6 from a possible 6 for frankfurt sees the winter break while he suffered their 1st win this league defeat since the 24th of october. in a while by munich have close our lives it lead at the top of the league table to

just a single point after a battering in the bavarian capital it was billed as a heavyweight title fight but ended in a 5 nil knockout. a resurgent shellcode went to of the answer raina knowing it was a stage. which david wagner's side would be closely examined on the footballs brightest lights up to just 6 minutes it would be keep the market ship it to be tested 1st he failed to deal with a tantalizing cross probably been dumped he was soon celebrating i returned to the top of the scoring charts with his 21st goal the season the replay was a great viewing for the 21 year old keeper who was all at sea and the red tide continued to sweep forward before half time as a bye bye for the terms of the scoresheet well constructed move. the parasitic cross a gorecki assist and a thomas will of finish was poetry in motion and there was more beautiful prose to come 5 minutes into the 2nd half and

a former shocker stolidly on gorecki stepped up. to bring his old club today names . 3 nil up to the trickery and the only question left was how many would it be. like minutes light 11 he turned provider and it was by him for. the poles footwork paved the way for tea out goes a very simple finish. the final stages little more than a procession as search coppery made fun of his opponent before shivered at one final sad and sour note to his munich symphony brian back within a point of logic at the top and ready to make a run at a straight title shot the car back to the drawing board. now what does that mean to hear music that's the focus of a production here in germany the organizers have taken works by the composer beethoven added a group of dances and have really turned up the bass it's all part of

a project to make music more accessible for death and hearing impaired people. feel beethoven's music see his rhythms feel the price resonate throughout your body to scrounge breaking by to have in concert in cologne and even. all of this. the exceptionally strong base and an impressive light show give deaf people the chance to experience beethoven's 5th dances also interpret the sounds. i just i'm quite speechless. it was deeply moving a real highlight. it's amazing to experience such a gesture of inclusion. the language of the dance music and simply wonderful. backstage we meet the 30 young dancers just before they go on stage most of the group of themselves deaf the beats connect them with beethoven's work over months those who are able to hear and those who can't have learned

a lot from each other. of course i can't hear the music but i can feel it and can feel the bass i feel it all over my skin. if i can't speak with sign then i mehmet we also talk with our eyes beethoven himself developed problems hearing at a young age eventually he went deaf but the composer didn't give up making music he could still understand notes and the relationship between them in his head. music is more than simple acoustics says dancer to sound of evil who has been dipped since she was 3. i know what it means when someone goes deaf people used to think ok if they can't talk then they're not right in the head but of course there's nothing wrong with us i have a language i speak with my hands of my mind still works fine exactly the same as

with beethoven he said he had the music inside him and therefore could continue to hear it. this beethoven project is an exploration of the senses and asks what does it mean to him music. stage and for a look at finland's preparation for the euro 2020 football tournament that's in sports live up next i'm told me a lot of them and i'm back at the top of the hour. in a puzzle yourself by a long long it's not easy to go to another country you know nothing about half of them do this because we can't stay on venezuela. that. closely global news that matters d.w. made for mines.