this is d.w. news live from berlin the deadly coronavirus continues to spread the number of people infected with the virus is now more than 2000 worldwide more new cases are detected within china and in other countries also coming up. as easy easy going to hear your husband's fison keep him talking so that his face conscious talk to your children to after friday's powerful earthquake rescuers in eastern turkey are still trying to reach people stuck under the rubble fears are growing for survivors

trapped beneath flattened buildings as the temperature tips below freezing and in german song for the top of the table is getting tight spire munich cut live 6 lead in the fold as they can see just one of point after 5 full demolition a shot at the i'll be answering. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining us we begin in china where the effects of the deadly coronavirus are being felt far from its epicenter the virus began in the eastern city of han but it has now spread to all but one of china's provinces and the least 11 other countries and the death toll is rising as well at least 56 people in china have now died and more than 2000 more have been infected worldwide chinese president xi jinping called a meeting of party leaders on saturday as authorities try to prevent an even larger

outbreak over 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 they'll be known mickey mouse to usher in the year of the rat in response to the bridge in. help in yes there. are temporarily. tourist attractions across the country have been closed to the public. now. i just went to china i'm in square and the imperial college and they're all closed many of the tourist sites are also closed. at a time when millions of chinese travel to spend the lunar new year with family government roadblocks 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 at the roadside inn who bay province cities which are home to some 60000000 people have been put under quarantine. as queues form at 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 sauce like virus in 2003 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 spoke to our correspondent 5 encroachment he is in

beijing and he says while chinese citizens have few options to leave their cities foreign countries like the u.s. plan to evacuate their own citizens from the area. inspections and also a number of this they have increased significantly also just one hour ago the u.s. consulate decided to evacuate all its staff from one that will happen on tuesday but they also mention that for civilians the possibilities to leave the city are very limited also today we chatted that's basically the effort that every chinese has on its own on his or her smartphone including a whistleblower function to report to cover up spy thoughts or a tease so basically if you see something mistreated or some authorities try to hide the threat of the virus you can report it now. fabienne crash right in beijing here's a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world at least

30 people have been killed by flooding and landslides in southeastern brazil following 2 days of heavy rains thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes the rainfall in the region is the heaviest recorded in more than a century. boeing's new long haul passenger jet the 777 x. has successfully completed its maiden flight the plane is the world's largest twin engine jet liner flight comes as boeing faces a crisis over its smaller 737 max after 2 deadly crashes. in turkey the death toll has risen to at least 29 with nearly 1500 people injured following friday night's powerful earthquake in the east of the country the quake struck near the town of about 550 kilometers east of the capital ankara it was followed by dozens of aftershocks many of them were almost as strong as the initial quake now rescue teams are still searching for survivors that they believe are

trapped in collapsed buildings. if you can hear your husband's voice and keep talking says that these things conscious talk to your children to. this rescue worker is trying to calm 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 severity jugaad of relatively lightly only 5 buildings collapsed but in the surrounding area more than 70 apartment houses have caved in and nearly 1000 have been damaged. late in the day president richard tired edouard visited the quake hit areas. the rescuers are working as fast as they can go 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. the. lawyers for u.s. president donald trump have begun making their case to the senate in his impeachment trial democrats accuse him of abuse of power over his dealings with ukraine trump's legal team say he's done nothing wrong and that it should be american voters not congress who decide his fate. remember our democracy senator this sign or just another one shows donald trump's head made of snakes it's a small gathering of protesters the senate impeachment trial doesn't appear to be attracting a lot of attention outside of the capitol building. inside democrats used up their 24 hours of a lot of times read over 3 days tens of thousands of pages of evidence now it's the

president's lawyers turn and they want to rebut everything. we believe that when you hear the facts and that's what we intend to cover today the facts. you will find that the president did absolutely nothing wrong paths the polonius strategy denounced the democrats his few is that they only have one goal they're asking you. not only to overturn the results of the last election. but as i've said before they're asking you to remove president trump from the ballot in an election that's occurring in approximately 9 months the front lines in the capitol have been changed exchanged arguments are well known right now both sides get in position for the upcoming election. if i democracy is going to be

safeguard guarded you cannot have a president who defies all congressional subpoenas who defies all requests for information because this that is guaranteed to make him a dictator or in his in his to tempt to make him a dictator on twitter president trump appeared satisfied with his team's performance any fair minded person watching the senate trial today he tweets would be able to see how unfairly i have been treated after just 2 hours on saturday trump's defense team wrapped up its 1st day to be continued on monday when more people are expected to be paying attention the media and the american public to. ok sports now and in football by munich have close are being 6 lead at the top of the bonus league tables just a single point after battering in the very capital this was billed as a heavyweight title fight but it ended up in a 5 nothing knock out. a resurgent shall go into of the answer raina knowing it was

a stage on which david wagner side would be closely examined on the football's brightest lights up to just 6 minutes it would be keep the market should get to be tested 1st he failed to deal with the tantalizing cross probably been dubbed the pursuit celebrating a return to the top of the scoring shots with his 21st goal of the season the replay was a great viewing for the 21 year old keeper who was old at sea and the great time continued to sweep forward before half time as a bind by the return to the scoresheet well constructed move. the parasitic cross a great skill system and the thomas will of finish was poetry in motion and there was more beautiful prose to come 5 minutes into the 2nd half of the film a shock a stolidly on gorecki stepped up. to bring his old club today needs. 3 neil up to the trickery and the only question left was how many would have the.

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3 points. in 1st place in the table despite that if. you. are here's a question for you what does it mean to hear music and how can we give that experience to someone who can't hear all. production here in germany the organizers took works by the composer beethoven added a group of dancers and then they really cranked up the bass it's all part of a project to make music. for deaf and hearing impaired people. feel beethoven's music see his rhythms feel the bass resonate throughout your body this groundbreaking beethoven concert in cologne and that was 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 and dance music and just simply wonderful. backstage we meet the 30 young dancers just before they go on stage most of the group of themselves deaf the beats connected 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 mimicked 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 acoustic says don circa santa of evil who has been deaf since he 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 and 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. i think beethoven himself would have loved that say 2 and a new edition of our documentary series reporters coming up next in the meantime

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