this is g w news from berlin for foreigners at the epicenter of china's role of virus outbreak it's a get out while you can evacuations are underway out of the city of will haunt chartered planes with japanese and u.s. citizens are departing and other countries are doing the same meanwhile the number of confirmed cases jumps to almost 6000 also coming up israel's president addresses the german parliament to commemorate the victims of the collar and to call for

vigilance against a research anti-semitism and the european union announcing strict 5 g. guidelines on security but no to ban on the chinese tech giant who way plus. all. the european parliament seeings farewell to the u.k. some members were in tears as they formally approved for the last time britain's departure from the european union which begins on friday. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome hundreds of foreign nationals are being flown out. hong the chinese sitter city at the center of the corona virus

outbreak evacuation flights have already arrived back in japan and the united states the evacuees leave behind them ever more confirmed cases of the virus there are now almost $6000.00 and the death toll in china has risen to more than $132.00 the world health organization has urged governments around the world to be on the alert and to take action to prevent the spread of the virus. getting back home that is the priority for foreign nationals and will hon and their governments more than $200.00 americans have returned on a chartered plane but not without undergoing extensive health screening all passengers had already been screened twice before they left china they were monitored throughout the flight and in anchorage the passengers were screened twice more and were approved to continue on to california the world health organization

has called an urgent meeting for thursday to discuss whether the outbreak now constitutes an international emergency as the number of infections is rising but the whole world needs to be on alert now the whole world needs to take action and be ready for for any cases to come either from the original if you center or from from other it for centers that become established currently the w.h.o. his rage at the risk levels as high globally and very high in china. airlines like tom's i'm british airways have cancelled their flights to and from china. and in the city of will hand frantic efforts to build a dedicated hospital from scratch go on around the clock. scientists at the chinese national health commission expect the outbreak to continue spreading and reach a peak in 10 days' time. and for more tonight we want to bring in martin shermer he

is a viral logistics at the lab for interdisciplinary medicine in frankfurt it's good to have you on the program but where we've seen what's happening right now flights are being canceled and countries are bringing back their citizens is this the the are these the necessary steps that should be taken at this stage in the outbreak in your medical opinion. yeah i think so because it's quite quite dangerous to stay in the area because we know that the virus is spreading anymore you've heard about rising peoples infected was a virus and from my point of view but you have even more the next days and so it may be a good idea however on the other side you should. keep in mind that you also have the risk to impart the virus in the whole country not even by that not only by the patients transported by the people transported but all that the

flight crew may be and so you have to be careful that you don't import the virus that all of it was safe and you have people all around the world especially here in europe asking how dangerous is the virus now what do you say. you know it's difficult to say it's be cannot compare it right now with other viruses the great talent you 8. percent so. many elderly patients people are affected and you have to have a basic disease so you can compare it maybe was a very strong in a way. and we understand that australian science is they've created a lab version of this strain of the coronavirus trying to under stand its nature russia in china say that they've started working on

a vaccine health fast scientist deliver an effective vaccine in order to stop this outbreak. you know they mention that they can test the they are exene. and then maybe july only in a small amount of people because you don't know if the scene might have side effects or anything else so it's not not possible to test these already and the whole population so we have to wait until these tests are up fine and afterwards you can continue to vaccine. but that maybe take even more time than have a year we have been told that the germans who are being brought back from will be put in quarantine for we understand 2 weeks is is that a reasonable amount of time is that the time that is necessary. it's a minimum time i would suggest because it's

a great interview time however if you have one people in this may be infected and he will be get ill and let off the one week so the other other ones maybe still have to be caught in time or so it depends on if you have infected people in your current time face and if they have a context you need to primetime them all of separately so that you can avoid that and maybe you can be fine this 14 days but i think it's difficult ok martin shermer the web for interdisciplinary medicine in frankfurt tonight martin we appreciate your insights thank you. well. it's not expected to stay that way with 3000000 chinese tourists visiting russia every year.

people at. airport aren't taking any risks face masks are everywhere since the outbreak of the coronavirus around 10 flights still arrive here from china every day so far there have been no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in russia but at the border there are increased checks for passengers flying from china and several other countries the russian health control and consumer rights watchdog shows us the thermal graphic cameras it's using to check people entering russia for in a normally high body temperature the main symptom of the virus and. we can minimize the risk of people with an increased body temperature entering the territory of the russian federation through airport but of course we can't completely rule out that risk. like many places in the russian capital the airport has signs in chinese after all russia is one of the top 3 destinations for chinese

tourists with visiting every year but this week chinese authorities halted travel for tour groups to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and russian tourist agencies have also stopped arranging tours to and from china still the border between the countries officially remains open today china is an important market for russia both for inbound and outbound tourism so when we're talking about the risk of the corona virus spreading of course the risk of an infected person coming to russia is quite high i can't call for the to halt air travel with china but if this fire is really as dangerous as they say it is it seems strange to. stop selling chinese tours to russia but to allow individuals to travel here. russian authorities have recommended avoiding travel to china while the virus rages despite the many chinese tourists in the center of moscow most people feel the

situation is under control. but. i don't think we need to be afraid they'll figure out what the virus is doing and everything will be fine so the. most is we do with maybe we'll have to worry at some point but for now people should probably just take care to wash their hands and be aware of the people around them . really to me i guess i am afraid of the coronavirus because people are dying and i don't want to die. on monday the russian government created a coronavirus task force dorothy's are determined not to let the disease touch them off guard. well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world an official in the democratic republic of congo says 36 people have been killed in a suspected militia attack it's understood that the people were hacked to death during a raid on villages in the country's eastern beni region the attack is being blamed on a ugandan islamist group fresh clashes have erupted between security forces and protesters

in the iraqi capital baghdad at one stage police used tear gas to break up a crowd and were seen beating up one protester more than 450 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations in iraq since october. the president of israel today addressed the german parliament here in berlin to mark 75 years since the liberation of the auschwitz nazi death camp reuven rivlin attended a special session of the bundestag an annual of that to remember the victims of nazi germany. the jewish poet is available sang this lullaby to comfort children as they were forced into a gas chamber in auschwitz. addressing the german parliament israeli president rubin rivlin warned of resurgent anti semitism across europe and said germany had

a key role to play in combating it get a man you have a chip germany the country where the so-called final solution was devised has assumed responsibility for the protection of international liberal values which are being violated by populism. kid negate the late forty's. rivlin said that if this effort fails in germany it will fail everywhere german president hung in my a said the shoah is part of german history and identity he warned that hatred and abuse are spreading and the poison of nationalism is seeping into debates once again including here in germany and i do when guys get emitted so we thought that the specters of the past would vanish with time but no they're raising their ugly heads again in a new guys moreover they're presenting their focus and all for a tarion ideas as

a vision for the future as better answers to the open questions about time paintings about schlitz are on display in the bonus talk there by david or larry who survived his ordeals in the camp he'd been forced to retrieve bodies from the gas chambers and burned them. to me ends in the israeli occupied west bank are protesting president trump's middle east peace plan trump unveiled the long awaited initiative yesterday alongside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu of the problems to me and the president has rejected the plan initial international reaction however has been cautious with saudi arabia saying it appreciates the efforts of the us president now under this plan palestinians would gain statehood but they would have to give up tracts of land jerusalem would be the undivided capital of israel but with parts of the city's east reserve as a palestinian capital. tear gas fired in the west bank as israeli

troops respond to palestinians protesting trumps peace plan netanyahu has dubbed it the deal of the century but people here are adamant that they want to accept it when it does not give us any of our rights as palestinian people and therefore we reject the deal of the century we want the right to return we want to just solution in the house the. deal of the century has been totally rejected and it's a shame for anyone trying to support it but. it's places like this the turkey part of the control for sea jewish settlements in palestinian territory they're viewed by palestinians and the international community as illegal but still would allow israel to annex them something many of the same things here would support in that then that. could give security to the settlements and give security to east if

they implemented as it is written there will be fewer terror attacks less danger on the roads and also from an economic point of view it will move us forward it. donald trump has been pushing ahead with policies supportive of israel my vision presents a win win opportunity for both sides a realistic 2 state solution that resolves the risks of palestinian statehood to israel's security. the very heart of the land of israel where our patriarchs prayed our prophets preached and our kings ruled has been outrageously branded as illegally occupied territory well today mr president you are puncturing this big lie. both in the us and internationally there has been mixed reactions to trump's plan

which most hopeful that trump's vision for peace. protests continue in the west bank. germany is sticking to its long held position on mideast peace that negotiations are the answer you never use where you have no glue croft spoke to nose on and who is the state minister at the german foreign office what is germany's position on the newly released middle east plan from donald trump well i think we made it pretty clear that we haven't changed our basic position we believe is solution should be found in negotiations between the 2 parties based on the relevant un resolutions and that means 2 state solution with security for israel but also the prospect for for real and and prosperous palestinian state so we believe it's always good to have an opportunity to talk to resume talks. but if

that plan will make a contribution in that sense that remains to be seen currently we are studying where carefully what has been presented yesterday in washington so just to be very clear germany hasn't change its position on settlements for example no we haven't changed our position on settlements we haven't changed our position on occupation we believe. that at the end of the day there needs to be a perspective for both and if you followed german politics. over the last years but especially today i think it's very clear we made that very clear in a historic speech by israeli president today that we stay here with we defend israel's legitimate interest and its security but we at the same time also believe that there needs to be a clear perspective for palestinian state and i haven't read the 1st draft and the 1st information from mr trump's plan i think it's fair to say is that there remains

a lot of questions to be discussed and then it's also a little bit a matter of style test been presented was all. participation and i quite frankly have some doubts whether or not that is the appropriate and the right way at to come to a political settlement what role in the bigger picture are regional politics playing for example with iran an arab many arab states in israel seem to be seeing more eye to eye when it comes to iraq how is that playing a role in the in the middle east in the peace by with the palestinians i think there's no dog about the fact that it's influencing politics and that we. and i also want to say i think it's great that there's the possibility for us really citizens know under certain circumstances to travel to saudi arabia and i believe that it's not a secret that both governments are in a kind of consultation process that's good news for the region on the other hand

you know we believe also that although we share our most of the concern regarding the completely inacceptable and to some it tick rhetoric of iranian leaders and the threats towards this world that's a problem can only be solved by political negotiation so the pressure that is being . organized by the united states but also by some of our arab friends to put pressure on the process that we call the traits appears the so-called iran deal has not contributed to regional security. so that's why we have a very clear position we are debating with so all friends in tel aviv but also on the gulf and i hope that the process between the postilions and the israelis it's not going to fall victim of that tension in the region. well from high tensions in politics to high tech the trump administration has suffered another setback in

its campaign to stop china's hu away from building find g. networks over worries about espionage on tuesday the u.k. government decided to allow who a way to help build its 5 g. networks but with restrictions now the european union has urged its member states to basically do the same to limit security risks but it has also not called for any ban it's the european commission says member states should consider banning high risk 5 cheat acknowledges suppliers from its most sensitive assets but stopped short of naming china's huawei the companies that global market leader in 5 g. technology which in turn is considered crucial for the digital future increasing connection speeds and possibly revolutionizing medicine agriculture and energy grids. 5 she will make a positive difference says moderate divest aga the european commission's executive vice president and digital economy chief but only if its networks could be secure

as many critical services row depends on 5 g. ensuring the security of networks is of highest strategic importance for the entire european union. cybersecurity threats including the risk of interference by known e.u. states or a state facts actors are becoming more sophisticated and more widespread the european commission is asking member states to assess the risk profile of 5 g. suppliers and apply restrictions when necessary whether or not that's the case for huawei remains to be seen. the e.u.'s decision mirrors measures approved by the united kingdom on tuesday both the u.k. and the e.u. a falling short on demands by the united states for a blanket ban for the chinese firm. well you may have thought that there would

never happen but today did the european parliament approved legislation allowing britain to leave the european union the vote the final one in brussels on bret's it passed with 621 lawmakers voting for 49 against the then burst into song joining hands and singing the scottish farewell ballad all goings on britain will begin leaving the european union this coming friday. while most of the members of parliament expressed their regrets here leader nigel ferrars he didn't hide his satisfaction indeed there's a historic battle going on now across the western europe america and elsewhere it is globalism against populism i knew you may lose populism but i'll tell you a funny thing it's becoming very popular i. in deed our very own

barbara vessel she has followed the entire budget story from the very beginning we've watched and talked about it many times haven't we barbara now we're talking about this vote in the e.u. parliament is breaks it is it done and dusted now finally it is almost done and thus that there is just one last signature to be done by the member states tomorrow but that's a mere formality and this really was the long and extremely emotional goodbye off parliamentarians from their british colleagues it was really in an in an event that would sort of you know make the little hairs on the new skins at a stand up it was almost sort of making you cry by contention because you could not really watch it without being touched people have been working to get the full song and they had formed relationships and of course many british parliamentarians they just broke down in tears when they realised that this was the final time they were

standing up there and talking for even within the european union and they had to just fold up take their boxes and leave yeah you can only begin to imagine what they must be feeling the debate as you said and usually emotional i want us to listen to what molly scott keto a pro european british member of the u. parliament in the green party what she had to say today i hold in my heart the knowledge that one day i will be back in this chamber celebrating our return to the house of you thank you. thank. my. if you get a standing ovation there people are going to yours with their what were the other moments there to remember. today. you know how could you not feel

for her and with her and so many of them really felt that even you know the few that did this did the number of parliamentarians who had just 6 of months because their worst were just elected last year felt bitterness but others who had sort of saw the life's work go down the drain people had been in parliament many times so many years there were leaving in tears and it was all really only for his affection that was sort of triumphant and saw the work of their political life sort of at a summit the culmination and saw this is a triumph for everybody else left in tears and in the end they saying all laying sign and holding each other's hands and i've never seen anything in all those years in the european parliament people standing up there and hugging each other and singing together and so it was just an incredibly emotional event and all the bitterness of bricks it and all these these struggles and all the fights was people

and so many times you know some of them must have thought you know those bloody folks would they finally leave but today all this was wiped out and they realized that they were the friends and partners and neighbors and this was really a wrenching goodbye. certainly a positive message to take away that despite the fact that the u.k. years leaving the u.k. there was such a sense of camaraderie they are today on display for the world to see or basically process i was literally. about. sports news now in tennis many team has reached the semifinals of the australian open after beating world number one rafael nidal it was a tight match but team of angele triumph by 3 sets to one the austrian one all 3 of his sets through tie breaks he now faces germany's alexander zed have for

a place in sunday's final they have reached the last 4 of the men's draw after beating 2014 champion stan. the swiss veteran when the opening set but said to have fought back to win by 3 sets to one and reach his 1st ever grand slams in my final. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that we'll be right back.

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