this is the 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 on alert we ask a specialist how this virus compares with sars and ebola and all dangerous might come also coming out. why the white house has warned former national security

adviser john bolton to remove what the administration says is classified information from his forthcoming book and what this has to do with president trumps a piece with. the final farewell an emotional sendoff for members of the european parliament after they vote to confirm the u.k. his departure from the e.u. on fraud. that is feeling an increasingly heated debate about independence 1st scotland our correspondent to assess the mood. i brian thomas great to have you with us today the world health organization is set to meet today to decide whether the spread of the coronavirus amounts to a glow. health emergency 7800 people are now infected with the virus

worldwide the vast majority of them in china the number killed by the virus has hit 170 some countries have been evacuating their nationals from china. getting back home that is the priority for foreign nationals and will han 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 and 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 official interest rates to become established currently the w.h.o. his rate at the risk levels as high globally and very high in china. airlines like lufthansa and british airways have canceled their flights to and from china and in the city of well hon frank 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. our correspondent is following the outbreak for us from the chinese capital beijing and sent us his 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 so how long is this likely to last more let's bring in martin stella is of raul just 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 this is be about a week or 2 from now. normally normally not i think they expect the peak in about 10 days because they've done massive. action. so avoiding huge amounts of people that are small and square and therefore trying

to get transmission from human to humans and that's why they're a little bit optimistic to have a peak in about 10 days normally i would expect that it last even longer ok longer how long that they could be a month i mean do 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 voice yet because we know it let's last for for about 6 weeks or no on. it's very difficult to expect if you look at an investment wave we have about 4 to 6 so weeks from the start to the peak. but it's not it's not to say to me in this situation. now this virus is being compared to sars it actually now has and has more cases of infection and 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 of the no source

has a higher mortality in people in the middle about 30 to 40 percent. and we have know a mortality rate with the equal of ours at about 2.5 percent what that might be 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 to know 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 a more current cordon and not of way to to for all the states you know we've seen current time in. the court of time in china they can they can order current tide and other states they can cross close borders they can restrict international travel it's done from different ways from different states but they can do it in

a more coordinated way than ok are quarantines the best way to get the situation under control closing borders that kind of thing. to add to his strict the travel and to avoid infected people are travelling from one point to another survivor effective measurement of course. and those countries who took their people from from one to their home countries they also do these current measurements and hopefully this will be effective to it to avoid the spread in other countries that were not interest or not. 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 internet disciplinary medicine in frankfurt thank you so very much for coming in this morning. well russia has more than $100.00 suspected cases of the coronavirus though none have been officially confirmed the country shares

a very long border with china and is a popular destination for chinese tourists now with the corona virus spreading russian authorities preparing for a possible outbreak as our moscow correspondent emily sherwood reports. that 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 in a 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 be 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 as 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 virus 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. more suspicious to. 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. most of them 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 corona virus because people are dying and in force 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 catch them off guard. let's review now some of the other stories making the news today that as well and president nicolas maduro said that he'd like to reestablish diplomatic

relations with neighboring colombia he cut ties last year after colombia backed the opposition leader. adding to the tensions colombia has asked for the extradition of its former senator i don't know she was arrested in venezuela on monday. israel's president has addressed a special session of the german parliament the bonus dog in berlin to remember the victims of nazi germany and mark 75 years since the liberation of the death camp riven rivlin warned of the rise of anti-semitism in europe echoed the german president fall to steinmeyer who said the evils of the past are returning and the new guys. new clashes have erupted between security forces and protesters in the iraqi capital baghdad at one stage police using tear gas to break up the crowds more than 450 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations in iraq since october. now 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 the white house says the ball has included classified even top secret information in that book bolton has become a focus of president from some piece when trial senators are weighing whether to allow new witnesses to testify including bolton himself his book reportedly alleges that trump demanded ukraine investigate a political rival that in exchange for military aid and this goes to the very heart of one of the 2 articles of impeachment against the president. 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 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 to 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 along 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. so potentially damaging testimony from the former national says security adviser that is if he's allowed to testify democrats are hoping to persuade 4 republican senators to cross party lines and vote to allow bolton's testimony here's more from our washington correspondent for salad the biggest hurdle right now for him and other potential witnesses is that senators will have to approve that they will have to vote on that a simple majority is needed to approve now 4 republican senators are said to be

needed to change that momentum senate mitt romney is one of them of course the most prominent figure here but what we're hearing lately is that republican leaders are pretty confident that they're going to be able to block those witnesses we've had similar remarks just very recently by senate minority leader chuck schumer off the democrats he then also accuses president trying to put senators under pressure to vote against witnesses that vote is scheduled on friday if witnesses will be blocked can be acquitted in just a matter of days. there in washington this is new still to come on the show this year's berlin film festival the bally na looks set to be overshadowed by a scandal about nazi films. but 1st european parliament

has voted to confirm britain's departure from the e.u. tomorrow friday now a vote was expected but still there were slow motion scenes in brussels as lawmakers bid their final farewell to the u.k. after 47 years of membership supporters of however were marking the occasion as a cause for celebration. the final vote which after nearly 4 years european lawmakers overwhelmingly back breaks it 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 know 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 brave. if you disobey the ruse you get cut off could we please remove the flags.

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. 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 live europe. the. the. the.

the. an emotional day in the european parliament before breaks it comes into force that and the beginning of a transition period with the many more negotiations that lie ahead. or bresson is already having a knock on effect with star on sparkman voting to demand the right to hold a new referendum on independence after the u.k. leaves the e.u. but in order to hold a binding referendum lawmakers need the approval of the british parliament and that's something that's unlikely to get all still to sign of how strongly many scots feel about. found out when she visited the scottish capital edinburgh. scoffed at. in the capital at number more than 70 percent voted to remain in the e.u. . as did most members of the wild once. these hardy

winter how to swim is a staunch supporters of europe and they're furious that scotland is being dragged out of the e.u. . if you need nurture and feeling that turn out of the e.u. . with african century and it's horrible this is about oh sod off england and unfortunately one of england. yes give us. sorry dependency can 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 when comfortably with a 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. . we have had 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 political control of its own affairs then scotland 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 that happened only 5 years ago rather than spending time as

politicians going over and over having referendum after a from them after referendum well i don't see any but the scottish nationalists are not about to back down. protesters 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 the challenge for the conservative government every time they say no a few more people in scotland say yes. a strong will and plenty of stamina that's what the scottish nationalists need to push their cause forward perhaps the winter swimming can provide some inspiration. well there is only a few weeks to go until berlin's famous international film festival the burly knowledge gets underway but this year's edition is being overshadowed by

a scandal from the nazi or the festival's organizers have pulled an award named after its 1st director of power now this falls a newspaper article by the respected did cite alleging that powell had links to the nazi regime power over solve the festival from 1951 until 1076 the prize in his name on hers innovation 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. what 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 organ a central institution to control the film industry and in this central institution our football was the food 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 were 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 was 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 wails 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. all because an amateur film. experts found out about this he was reading up the history of somebody else and found inconsistency is in the story of of limbaugh went into the archives and revealed all the details that we know. 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 ballina. 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 for the decision on how to proceed. see this affecting the film festivals coming up next month of war. yes indeed and i think there are 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 could hide his past so effectively i think that's going to be a very big talking point at the phone festival this year take great to see you again thanks so much for coming in on this. well anticipation is already growing

for this year's bellina all of those which will be a 70th edition all-stars february 20th preparations are well underway in the german capital will be the 1st test longer the direction of new heads carlos and mario reasoned back hundreds of movies from around the world will be screened glued in the italian drama hidden away film is one of 18 eligible to win the coveted golden bear. as a reminder now of our top story the world health organization will decide today whether the krona virus outbreak amounts to a global health emergency. some 7800 people are now infected with that virus worldwide the vast majority of them are in china 170 people have died there from the caracas. this is due to be news live from berlin up next the coronavirus is not the only

health concern for germany in the fight against wind fever was currently spreading along the country's eastern border that's coming up in focus on europe i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being here.

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