this is the news live from berlin 4 cases now of the deadly coronavirus in germany authorities in bavaria say all 4 work at the same company and the 1st to contract the long virus likely caught it from a visiting chinese colleague also coming up president trump unveils his peace plan for the middle east he did so alongside israeli prime minister netanyahu but the palestinian side has already denounced the deal with calls for palestinian state but grants israel control of more disputed territory.

i'm told me a lot of bull welcome to the program. more cases of coronavirus are confirmed in germany doctors in the state of bavaria say there are now a total of 4 people infected with the virus which is heavily impacted china all 4 victims in germany work at the same company the 1st patient apparently a contracted the virus from a visiting chinese colleague. it's believed to be the 1st human to human transmission in europe a man in his thirty's has tested positive for the corona virus in germany he's currently receiving treatment at this hospital in munich sympathy and. the patient is doing very well has no fever currently just no more breast retore symptoms. when i visited him he was awake he could talk and i can therefore say

that his life is not in danger of. health officials say the now isolated man contracted the virus from a chinese colleague at a company training event here in this building in stanback near munich he began showing symptoms at the weekend his chinese colleague had traveled to germany from shanghai where she reportedly had contact with people from the wool hungary. the woman is now back in china where she tested positive for the virus has self. in 4 months we received this information yesterday and immediately informed the relevant authorities such as the public health department that i am from you and we also notified our employees and we made the information public. health officials in bavaria said they were testing at least 40 people the 2 patients had had contact with the niece has left people in the area consent. this is said you

get scared by this word for when something like this comes into our country. but germany's federal health minister says there's no reason for fear or panic here. we are well prepared we will continue to be well prepared we take the virus very seriously but we must not become hysterical. there's no reason for source of worry . as a precaution the minister said he would order airline pilots to pass on information about the health of all passengers coming from china and to keep a record of their contacts in germany. emmanuelle shay's is covering germany's efforts to stop the spread of the corona virus she said health checks are being put in place at the country's 5 major airports pilots are advised to warn airports ahead of landing should any passenger aboard show any

symptoms and the authorities as say that so far they fairly prepared even before those announcements about the new cases was exercises simulations and all measures that had been reviewed before defense case was even detected here in germany now foreign affairs ministry also issued a travel warning the decision to repatriate 90 german nationals from germany is to bending and of course one of the difficulties that it has said it says here is that it's difficult to differentiate the symptoms from those of a regular flu so older people in touch with the chinese woman i have now been isolated it's about 40 people who are under our patient and that observation and. also as you say that no mahogany pick cautions like washing hands or a regular airing of rooms should be observed. now multiple dozen countries have confirmed cases of the virus in china have been more than $4500.00 infections so

far scientific studies suggest each infected person passes the virus on to 2 or 3 other people on average entire cities across the country already under quarantine and now the chinese government has asked people to delay foreign travel. now we'll take a brief look at some other stories making news around the world. a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck in the western caribbean sea between cuba and jamaica shock waves sent people staggering into the streets and felt as far away as mexico and florida . are a new drive by syrian government forces in italy province has sparked a fresh exodus of thousands of civilians heading towards the turkish border government forces with russian air support have moved to recapture the last rebel stronghold in syria. there's no letup in the wave of protests and strikes that's held sway over france for the past 2 months on tuesday fire fighters demonstrated

against president mccraw pension reforms trying to march through paris amid a heavy police presence. israeli president reverend rivlin has begun a 3 day trip to germany together with his counterpart frank. he was welcomed at a jewish school in berlin that's open to students of all faiths a high profile visit comes amid a rise of anti semitism in germany. u.s. president donald trump has unveiled his long awaited peace plan for the middle east trump described his proposal as the deal of the century as he spoke alongside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu but the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has already denounced the plan which calls for a palestinian state but also grants israel control of disputed territories my vision presents a win win opportunity for both sides a realistic 2 state solution resolves the risks for palestinian statehood to

israel's security today israel is taking a giant step toward peace yesterday prime minister netanyahu informed me that he is willing to endure the vision is the basis for direct negotiations and i will say the general also indorsed and very soon. and with the palestinians a historic breakthrough under this vision jerusalem will remain israel's undivided very important undivided capital. joining me from washington d.c. is correspondent all of us at it. donald trump reveals his plan together with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu without the presence of palestinian representatives the palestinians are rejecting this deal so what's trumps 2 state solution. basically at the heart of his plan 6 that so-called 2 state

solution where the palestinians would get their own state as they say they have always called for. jerusalem being the common capital as we just heard president trump speak but that will come at a very high price for the palestinian side so the israelis essentially would maintain control of the contest at west bank settlements that are considered breach of humanitarian right by critics and it's pretty obvious that president trump was taking sides here in the run up to this proposal and he's not hiding that he was he tweeted today that he will always stand by the jewish people and the state of israel so essentially really is singling out here israel and it's also interesting if you take a closer look at how to how that plan came together that was the game negotiated without the palestinians. or you have a 2 state solution with only one side included in the negotiations and therefore

the response of the palestinian side came very quickly the palestinian president mahmoud abbas fiercely rebuked the plan talking about a conspiracy deal and he also said that jerusalem is not for sale and trumps to impeachment trial continues and said what does he hope to get from this middle east peace plan domestically. all right so he is under a lot of pressure told me with the ongoing impeachment trial that is continuing today and in particular here with the latest revelations of his former national security advisor john bolton and it's interesting to follow the presidential agenda and recent days and weeks he's been doing a lot of events in speeches and travels. in an effort to impress his voter base he's talked to anti-abortionists for instance just very recently that's a presidential 1st he also attended the world economic forum in switzerland where

he didn't go last year and now he unveiled that middle east peace plan which is also a very important point in the presidential agenda so one goal is pretty clear he's trying to distract from that impeachment trial but also let's not forget it's election year in the united states and we are just a week before the iowa caucuses a play a very crucial role and then he's trying to cater to his vulnerabilities designed as jews to evan jelly kill christians but in the end of the day it needs a palestinian buy in and that is very unlikely at this point. correspondent in washington thanks. security forces in the lebanese capital beirut 5 tear gas of protesters who were trying to stop lawmakers from entering parliament has approved a new budget and to corruption demonstrations last year brought down the government but the protestors

a just as angry at the new government which they accused of keeping the same elites in power the reporter you brought him travel to beirut where she spoke with one young protester who is fed up with politics as usual. for the show has been protesting on the streets of lebanon since october 17th. for her this is personal. in the room in my home. this is part of the way i remember the year in my school and university because i couldn't because it's so expensive this is part of the why i remember really being . the people of turning on the heat and when i was in my family this is right through the way. she's not the only one failing economy white spread unemployment and in adequate public services have taken their toll on lebanese from all walks of

life. and others doing career politicians for lebanon's problems. some of them has been there ever since i was more than 2 to 2070 speaking with a member of the people who own generations already within the thinking within the from consciousness within the. wonder how was the fact that after 2 weeks of demonstrations the prime minister resigned in late october and a new government was formed. that many like perla want more. of a. way for things to work 3 days to actually. move this. more a new political. group of the poor the through over 4 years never needs to. get out of its experiences then in its politics. getting rid of lebanon sectarian system which protesters say hinders reform and fosters corruption

isn't as simple as changing a government. the country has 18 officially recognized religious groups and they all have to somehow participate in government. parliament seats are divided among most of these groups even the 3 highest political offices are allocated based on religion the quota basis jim has roots in lebanon's history and was reinforced following the country's civil war and there are some like lawmakers alone the disagree with protesters and still see a need for the system it's need for the needs of course you know these are diversified societies and you need minimum of safeguards to ensure everyone that they are being able to to get their rights said you cannot move from a sectarian government and system to a secular one from a day to another it's

a process. i support the process but not to an overnight switch. probably knows that getting to bigger goals will take time but says the social cohesion born out of the movement has brought the country one step closer to change she's convinced her presence on the streets is necessary for that change to continue. to the alpine ski world cup now where no wage and henrik christofferson won the slalom events or record tying 4th time of the slide to minke night race in austria. more than $40000.00 spectators were on hand as kristofferson was fired up at the start of a 2nd run the 25 year old almost crashed out in the 1st few seconds for he kept his cool finish the event of the fastest time of one minute and 42.37 seconds for the win the norwegian increased his overall need the alpine ski world cup the

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