for a longer period of life. this is deja vu news live from berlin the number of cases of the coronavirus in china increases again the world health organization says all countries now need to be alert to specialists how this virus compares with sars and a bowler and how dangerous it might be also coming up. why democrats in the u.s. are doing all they can to have former national security adviser john bolton called

as a witness at present for. the final farewell and emotional sendoff for members of the european parliament after they vote to confirm the ukase departure from the e.u. on friday. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us on the show today the world health organization is set to meet today to decide whether the spread of the coronavirus amounts to a global health emergency 7800 people are now infected with the virus worldwide with the vast majority of them in china where the virus has killed $170.00 people now around the world countries are taking steps to prevent the spread and have been

evacuating their nationals from china. getting back home that is the priority for foreign nationals in will hon and their governments more than 200 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 the whole world needs to take action and be ready for for any case to come either from the original center or from from all the epicenter starts to become established currently the w.h.o.

has rated the risk levels as high globally and very high in china. airlines like lufthansa and 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. following the outbreak for us from the chinese capital beijing and sent us this assessment. we are getting to know a lot more about this virus yet anxiety and uncertainty prevail and people prefer to stay home in order not to get in touch with other people and to minimize the risk of being infected people are angry at how their government has handled the

situation and they are prepared for this to last a lot longer foreign nationals are being evacuated from one han now another sign that nobody thinks this crisis will be over anytime soon. in beijing so how long is this likely to last more let's bring in martin stanley his of raul gist of the laboratory for interdisciplinary medicine in frankfurt thanks so much for coming in this morning with us or can you tell us how much time does it take for a virus like this to peak according to china it should be about a week or 2 from now. normally normally not i think they expect the good in about 10 days because they've done massive. action. so avoiding huge amounts of people that small square and therefore trying to get transmission from human to humans and that's why they're

a little bit optimistic talk to have a peak in about 10 days normally i would expect that last you know are ok longer how long they could be a month i mean do we have any way to know that. i think it's difficult because we don't know in so much about the transmission activity of the virus yet because we know it let's last for for about 6 weeks now on. it's very difficult to expect if you look at an in with a wave we have about 4 to 6 so weeks from the start to the peak. but it's not that's not the same in the situation. now this virus has been compared to sars it actually now has more cases of infection than sars are we looking at a more dangerous viral strain than the sars epidemic about 2 decades ago. if you if you define dangerous from the point of mortality in the note.

as a higher mortality in people in the middle about 30 to 40 percent. and we have no and mortality rate with the core of ours at about 2.5 percent what might be even if you define dangerous in the route of transmission then this why was this more dangerous because it can be transmitted even before the onset of symptoms ok no the world health organization is meeting today is looking at this being a global health emergency if if it is what steps in the w.h.o. take. you know that they can take in more corn and coordinate not to wait to do for all the states you know we've seen current time. the current time in china they can they can order current tide and other states they can cross closed borders they can restrict international travel it's done from different ways from different states but they could do it in a more coordinated way than when's the last time we saw something like that that

the w.h.o. stepped in and closed borders. so when was the last time the does you a joe took those kind of measures closing borders coordinating that kind of action you just mentioned you know. i don't know exactly if they just crossed borders i know from for me without they did some research measurements at the airports and said ok in some clinical definition cases you're not allowed to travel anymore that to my knowledge was the last time they put some some very very strict. measurements ok are quarantines the best way to get the situation under control closing borders that kind of thing. to add to his strict that travel and to avoid the fact that people are traveling from one point to another survivor effective measure and of course. and those countries who took their people from from you on

to their home countries they also do these cartel in measurements and hopefully this will be effective to it to avoid the spread in other countries. sorry sorry about that we have to leave it there mr sherman thanks very much once terms of are all just at the lab for into disciplinary medicine in frankfurt thank you so very much for coming in this morning. all russia has more than 100 suspected cases of the coronavirus though not have been officially confirmed that country shares a very long border with china and is a popular destination for chinese tourists now with the corona virus spreading russian authorities are preparing for a possible outbreak there our moscow correspondent emily sure one sent us this. people at moscow's sheremetyevo 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 an of normally high body temperature the main symptom of the virus. we can minimize the risk of people with an increased body temperature entering the territory of the russian federation 3 should have made to the 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 more 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 tourist 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 author already is 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. 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

. 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 and i guess i am afraid of the coronavirus because people are dying and in force i don't want to die. on monday the russian government created a coronavirus task force the out there already is are determined not to let the disease gets them off guard. let's get you briefed on some of the other stories in the news today israel's president has addressed a special session of the german parliament here and learn to remember the victims of nazi germany and march 75 years since the liberation of the auschwitz death camp riven revlon warned of the rise of anti-semitism in europe echoed germany's president from call to steinmeyer who said the evils of the past are returning in a new guys. and official in the democratic republic of congo says $36.00 people have been killed in a suspected islam must attack it's understood that people were hacked to death

during a raid on a village in the country's eastern region that attack is being blamed on a ugandan islamist group. new 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 they were seen beating protester more than 450 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations in iraq since october. authorities in the united states say they've discovered the longest ever drug smuggling tunnel at the border with mexico the tunnel ran for more than a kilometer and featured an elevator rail track and ventilation system it will now be filled with concrete as required by u.s. law. and staying in the u.s. the white house has issued a formal warning to the former u.s. national security adviser john bolton to keep them from publishing his forthcoming

book in its present form it maintains that bolton has included classified even top secret information bolton has become a focus of president trump's impeachment trial as senators weigh whether to allow new witness testimony his book reportedly alleges that trump demanded ukraine investigate a political rival joe biden and exchanged for military aid. bolton was one of president trump's most important aides but in a highly volatile position the 4th a national security adviser in the administration's 1st 2 years is highly respected by everybody in this room and bolton was gone after less than 18 months plenty of time though in the trump white house to start writing a tell all book now that i can speak in unvarnished terms about the great and yet unpublished book is called the room where it happened in it he reportedly alleges that president trump did exactly what impeachment prosecutors

allege trump demanded that ukraine investigate one of his political rivals in exchange for vital military aid to ukraine senators recognize a possible bombshell information for prosecutors who are trying to convince an unwilling senate leadership to call bolton to testify before they decide their verdicts you need to hear from his former national security advisor don't wait for the book don't wait till march 17th when it is in black and white to find out the answer to your question the president's defense team says bolton's possible testimony wouldn't matter anyway they say any effort by trying to get ukraine to investigate his rival is not a crime not an impeachable act and if a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that

results in an impeachment senator questions to the 2 legal teams will continue through thursday with the crucial votes on whether to allow witness testimony including that of john bolton likely on friday. well the european parliament has voted to allow britain to leave on friday that vote was expected but still there were a mosel scenes in brussels as lawmakers bid their farewell to the ok after 47 years of membership supporters abraxane however celebrated that vote. the final vote which after nearly 4 years european lawmakers overwhelmingly back breaks that happening this coming friday for the architects of the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. it can't come soon enough i mean well it's no accent like i'm very you're going to service i know you want about our national flags but we're going to wave goodbye i will look forward in the future to working with you i was so grim.

if you disobey the ruses you get cut off could you please remove the flags. thank you thank you. but not all the british a b.p.'s in the chamber are happy to be leaving. i hold in my hearts the knowledge that one day i will be back in this chamber celebrating our return to the homes of europe thank you for. what was a sad day for many here oppose brags that the european commission president reiterated that the u.k. e.u. relationship is far from over i want to use the words of the famous british poet george eliot she said. only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love we will always love you and we will never be far long lived europe. ah was

was. was the was. was. the. was an emotional day in the european parliament before breaks it comes into force that and the beginning of the transition period with the many more negotiations that lie ahead. well a lot of negotiations and deeds parliament has voted to demand the right to hold a new referendum on independence after the u.k. leaves the e.u. on friday but in order to hold a binding referendum lawmakers need the approval of the british parliament and that's something they're not likely to get still it's a sign of how strongly many scots feel about bret's it. found out when she visited the scottish capital edinburgh.

in the capital more than 70 percent voted to remain in the e.u. . as did most members of the wild once. these hardy winter ultra swimmers a staunch supporters of europe and the furious that scotland is being dragged out of you. feeling ignored and feeling that we're being torn out of the e.u. . without her consent truly and it's horrible and says what oh sod off england and unfortunately all of england now. yes give us our independence equal we can look after ourselves one solution for scotland would be to leave the united kingdom and then rejoin the e.u.'s a separate nation but scots have been favored independence in the past. the last

independence referendum in scotland so the remain side win comfortably with the vote share of 55 percent and even today opinion polls don't show a sustained majority for independence the nationalists hope that this will change once britain leaves the e.u. and that will persuade a majority of scots to go their own way. the s.n.p. is scotland's leading political party it's calling for open borders with england scotland's top trading partner as well as an independent scotland rejoining the e.u. if you do. a lot of extremely generous and friendly overtures from other european governments saying that if things pile britain leaves the european union and scotland takes clinical control of the sort of fares there would be welcome in the european union but that would require a new referendum on scottish independence. something the conservative government in

london is keen to avoid. that referendum was a once in a lifetime once in a generation event it happened only 5 years ago rather than the spending over time as politicians going over and over having referendum after a friend them after a friend well i don't see it but the scottish nationalists i'm not about to back down. protest us in glasgow have renewed calls for independence. from. the conservative government may have a majority in the union parliament westminster but its mandate stops at the scottish border it's a challenge for the prime minister and a challenge for the conservative government every time they say no a few more people say yes. the strong will and plenty of stamina that's what the scottish nationalists need to push their course forward perhaps the winter swim is can provide some inspiration. well there's only

a few weeks to go and so berlin's famous international film festival the bally nala gets underway but this year's edition is overshadowed by a scandal from the nazi era the festival's organizers have pulled an award named after its very 1st director of the bowel it follows a newspaper article by the respected dean site alleging that powell had links to the nazi regime. saul the festival from 1951 until 976 the prize in his name honored innovations in filmmaking. let's get more with political correspondent hans bronson joining us this morning good day to you hans what exactly has come to light about. well we have to go back here to a nazi times to a time when the nazi propaganda minister good was nationalize the entire german film industry and founded

a central organise central institution to control the film industry and in this central institution our football was the 3rd from the top he was right at the top of that institution he was a close collaborator of go both he was in charge of issues such as deciding which films get made which people are allowed to participate in filmmaking which people are excluded from film making and eventually also which people from the film industry were sent to the front was sent to be the soldiers for the german for the nazi government at the time so he was a very crucial in a very crucial position in that propaganda ministry of joseph was ok this is certainly it was in the archives it was accessible information how did this remain unknown to so many for so very long and why is this coming up now. but what happened is that after the nazis. fell after germany capitulated many people

that were involved in nazi structures had to go through a process called de nazi for cation and this also happened to alfred boa in that process he simply lied he lied about his position in the film industry he maintained that he was simply a cog in the whale. of the film industry somebody who was not particularly high end . in the hierarchy of that industry and that somehow perpetuated itself was accepted by eventually by the british authorities he was allowed to get back into film work and he also wrote one of the major histories of german film from that period and in that history in fact perpetuated his own lies in all came all because an amateur film. expert found out about this he was reading the history of somebody else and found in consistencies in the story of of limbaugh went into the archives and revealed all the details that we know on the. great you

know those amateur sleuths are out there what's the belen allah been saying about the news of about was newly revealed nazi past well this was one of the h. top prizes at the ballot. and presents and obviously this is one of the most important film festivals in europe next to khan and venice so this is a really major setback for the film festival it is now not presenting this prize in this current edition and has said that it will examine footballers past itself and after that they will make a further decision on how to proceed. see this affecting the film festivals coming up next month and therefore. yes indeed and i think that discussions about all of this about film industry in nazi times about the propaganda role of films then and about how it could happen that this founding director of the film festival hide his

paws so effectively i think that's going to be a very big talking point at the phone festival this year ok great to see you again thanks so much for coming in on the. well the berlin zoo here in the german capitals debuting its hottest stars what else and the cubs name and maine you one lovingly nickname picked in paolo by their keepers is the 1st ever born in germany their mother is of course keeping a very close eye on proceedings. getting ready for a busy day as fans flocked to see the city's new club's 1st. this is the news these are top stories the world health organization will decide today whether the corona virus outbreak amounts to a global health emergency some 7800 people are now infected with the virus worldwide the vast majority of them in china 170 people there have died from the

bottlers. the white house wants to block the publication of a book by former u.s. national security advisor john bolton saying it contains classified information the book reportedly alleges that president trump demanded ukraine investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid. to the european parliament has approved legislation to allow britain to leave the european union will now happen on friday lawmakers burst into song after the vote joining. the scottish farewell ballad old lang syne. and berlin's international film festival has pulled an award named after its 1st directive director of the state of the news from berlin don't forget there's always more at our twitter feed at work our website up next did have you business with monica jones i'm brian thomas thanks for.

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