this is deja vu news live from berlin the number of cases of the coronavirus in china increases the world health organization says all countries now need to be on alert we find out about the extraordinary steps being taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic also coming up revelations in a new book by a former national security advisor john bolton appeared to blow holes in president trump's defense in his impeachment trial now the white house is trying to block publication of the more. time to say goodbye.

i. was. told a rare moment of emotion in the european parliament after lawmakers vote to confirm the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. on friday. plus the dirty business of waste in kenya will take you to the landfill that's a source of income for the poor but also provides rich pickings for criminal gangs it's alleged the government's hands aren't clean either. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the world health organization is meeting today to decide whether the spread of the corona virus amounts to a global health emergency 7800 people are now infected worldwide the vast majority of them and china the number killed there by the fire. has hit 170. in many

parts of china this is the new normal very few people on the streets and the usually crowded public transport system all but empty like here in shanghai every passenger is stopped. and every passing just screened for signs of the coronavirus. high quality i think it's fine temperature was taken both getting on and off the train everyone has a mask on i feel relieved. it may look like a country grinding to a halt but this is china's response to a mass public health emergency. session like it was the government can cure the virus this time though infected cases are increasing these days as well as the number of deaths but i still trust the government and several of us i think what other. elsewhere a lack of basic necessities and information are a roading confidence in the author artes in hong kong people have been queuing

since 2 am hoping to buy face masks warning the hong kong government should do like macos and say every resident can only buy 10 pieces that way every single hong kong person could have a face mask to wear right. as a 2nd plane load of repatriated japanese nationals touched down in tokyo it caused some to wonder what this type of outbreak could look like if it happened during the olympics in june. we might take it as a wake up call for us to take precautions against an outbreak like this especially towards the olympics. like i am like yes to pan is naive i think japan should step up matches. in south korea the government is building a containment facility for those infected people here feel for their safety. or they get voted out the governor and minister should come here and try to find

a point of compromise what are they doing of bringing troops here are we to battle this is such nonsense. they're really creating a mood a few years old and when you google. in south korea as in many other countries some residents feel the government's response to the crisis has lacked the apparent intensity and clarity of china's. correspondent 90 s. but in a has the latest from beijing hi mathias good to see you we see chinese authorities are taking very tough measures but are they working it does appear that this virus is still spreading quickly well the new infections that are registered today have been infected if you days ago even maybe before the travel ban so this these numbers do not give us a clear clue what we can see is that still most infections are happening inside the

locked zone. the question is whether your thirty's are able or in the next few days will be able to convince people to cooperate and that would not only mean that people will wear masks outside they will avoid contact with each others as it is now as you can see also behind me there's almost nobody on the streets still. but also if people for example will seek medical aid as soon as they have discovered a fever or a cough and whether all cases would be detected and then isolated this is a trust issue we are i'm not so sure right now whether this is working on what we don't have any information on that the criticism of the chinese government is that they have covered it up in the beginning when it would have been easier to react and to contain this crisis and this does of course something with trust in society

and it is we have seen these images of you know empty streets and subway stations how much has this really affected public life where you are. as you can see there's virtually nobody on the street this is usually a busy area we are in the center of beijing behind me are major tourist attractions there are some leisure zones here with lots of shops and food stalls and so on all these are closed all these are empty no people stay at home they avoid contact with other people and that is you know the world is now waiting to see what the world health organization that decides if this is classified as a global health emergency if that does happen what would that mean then for china. this is not entirely clear used to have been this kind of world emergencies

declared previously usually they were declared on countries that did not have the funds to handle the crisis themselves now we are dealing with a country that has the resources. it would most probably mean that the w.h.o. would demand a greater say or could demand a greater say in how china is handling the crisis it would give some advice it would also advise other countries on how to deal with it whether to keep open for example. travel to china whether to stop flights and all this the w 8 h o of course can march rule into china's internal policies but it would. possibly expose watched china is doing in a more transparent way than it is doing then now all right correspondent mathias filing

a reporting there from they saying thank you so much. and we'll be taking a look at the impact that the coronavirus is having on business in china and beyond that's coming up on business right after the show. let's check in now on some other stories making headlines around the world israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has arrived in moscow for talks with russian president vladimir putin the 2 leaders are expected to discuss u.s. president donald trump's controversial peace plan for israel and palestine the plan would give israel control over key parts of the contentious west bank. germany's biggest lender deutsche bank has posted a loss of 5700000000 euros for 2019 it's the bank's system annual loss in a row and its 2nd worst ever result the bank says the loss was driven by the costs of a massive restructuring program. authorities in the us say they have discovered the longest ever drug smuggling tunnel at the border with mexico the tunnel ran for

more than a kilometer and contained an alligator a rail track and the ventilation system it will now be filled with concrete as required by u.s. law. while in the u.s. the white house has told former u.s. national security adviser john bolton that he has to delete parts of his upcoming book before publication because there are top secret and could damage national security that comes after it emerged that bolton's new book could undermine president trump's defense in his impeachment trial. 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 and varnished 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 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. right so potentially damaging testimony from the national security adviser if he is allowed to testify democrats are hoping to persuade 4 republican senators to break with party lines and vote to let bolton speak here's more from our washington correspondent oliver 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 the momentum senate or mitt romney is one of them of course the most prominent figure here but what we're hearing lately is

a 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 3 who 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 all right you're watching news still to come digging up dirt on the garbage industry in kenya we hear how the government's hands are alleged to be far from clean when it comes to waste disposal in the capital nairobi. but 1st said tomorrow the u.k. will officially leave the european union and that will kick off an 11 month a transition period of tough trade talks britain will stay in the economic framework until the end of this year while the 2 sides try to thrash out a trade deal but the e.u.

says that time span is too short and fears there will be a chaotic exit if no agreement is in place when the transition period ends the european parliament voted yesterday to confirm the u.k.'s apart from the e.u. . 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 what's no accent like i know you're going to service i know you want to borrow national flags but we're going to wave goodbye i will look forward in the future so working with you i was so very. if you disobey the rooms 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 house of europe thank you. and 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. was. the. the. i. was 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. brice it is already having a knock on effect scotland's parliament has voted 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 appears unlikely so it's a sign of how strongly many scots feel about prices. when she visited the scottish capital and perth. well you look here in the capital that more than 70 percent voted to remain in the e.u. . as did most members of the wild ones. these hardy winter ultra swimmers a staunch supporters of you know and they're furious that scotland is being dragged

out of the e.u. . that feeling ignored and feeling that we're being torn out of the e.u. . with african century 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 us a separate nation but scots have in favor of 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 least 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 britain leaves the european union and scotland takes political control of the sort of affairs there would be welcome in the european union but that would require a new referendum on scottish independence. something the conservative government in london the scheme to avoid. that referendum was a once in a lifetime once in a generation event that 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 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 a challenge for the conservative government every time they say no a few more people of 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 swim is can provide some inspiration. right now to some more stories from around the world u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe has arrived in london where he is expected to urge the u.k. to reconsider working with chinese company huawei on the country's new 5 g. network the u.k. says it has previous expertise in reducing the risks of using technology the australian state of new south wales has announced an inquiry into the bush fires

that are still raging across the country new south wales has been the worst affected by the blazes the inquiry will look at the state's response to the fires and whether climate change played a role. now in kenya trash is trash or the waste collection business is a source of money for both those in poverty and those in power poor people collect recyclable materials for small change and government officials are set to receive thousands and bribes for awarding big garbage collection contracts now as this year is the done door a landfill site in the capital nairobi it was supposed to be closed years ago but as our correspondent reports it's a gold mine that many are profiting from including criminal gangs. every morning thousands of scavengers in nairobi kenya streamed to the den door a dump site where the global trash business has become a multimillion dollar venture the people here try to and few dollars

a day picking and selling waste to make ends meet it's a dangerous place like gangs and tells rule with violence. it's every man or boy for themselves says 12 year old grey cheese binds on monday he's scared of the older boys and men who tried to steal the waste others have collected. before you know it it's your head that he's cutting i've seen many people being killed. just yesterday richie himself was attacked traumatizing experience. like this circus mind you lock me up inside a truck it was about 7 in the morning he may have been sent by the double keeping me up until 10 o'clock that evening. into may be government owned and looks like a mess but this place is highly organized with every inch tightly controlled by

gangs. you can go with you should never pick from someone struck when you aren't supposed to overwhelm you must wait for them to finish taking everything they want otherwise it's just outright war. but it's not only the scavengers who have to follow the rules hundreds of truck drivers are charged in the legal security and offloading fee of $5.00 to $7.00 every time they enter. your duty when you come in that's when you pay everything at the gate. not only wasn't our a dump site. was supposed to close down years ago but it's also become a magnet for violence and going to snow. so why has no robey stress gold-mine been allowed to continue existing for so long.

one of the so-called dumb site lords who was part of a lethal takeover in which at least 14 people died agrees to speak to us but on the condition of anonymity he says it's the prospect of money that has kept the side running but that it's not the gangs who make the serious money rather it's those who they oncet to the garbage cartels networks of private companies and subcontractors that own the multi-million dollar government tenders to manage the waste. there are the cartels or those powerful people if you openly speak about the dealings they're involved in you're in danger they will hide how they make their money but they are in the tender. for anyone in kenya to get anything you have to pay we used to it even. become as the result of kickbacks.

nairobi's governor mike song called and other senior county officials have been accused of irregular payments for garbage collection services amounting to $3500000.00 and having received bribes since the law forbids officials from discussing cases which are before court we asked them to comment on corruption surrounding tend towards in general. it is a serious problem because it involves money. because it is the private companies that are doing business with government but quite a number of the. this problem people can. on requirements because we're looking at a company. really but it. says that there is corruption involved not only in who is awarded the tender but also in the pricing of the tender itself would be these terms or supposed to cost $800000000.00 shillings

it is deliberately skewed to cost 1000000000 on sale and leave the 200000000 he's been shared between some some government offices were involved at the time but what . the county department in charge of awarding the garbage contract declined to talk to us for this report. deep in the downside it's finally full time to go away in the pickings of the day but there is no alternative for richie and his mother to make a living he hasn't given up hope just yet. i only want to be a pilot nothing but a pilot that's what i want to be. the wheels of justice us low in kenya there is no saying how long it will take for corruption in the tendering system to end for the gangsters dump intimidating nairobi's poorest and for conditions at the dump site to improve. today ritchie has

collected 5 kilograms of plastic he is going home for $75.00 shillings that's less than one us dollar. tomorrow he'll be back. this is news and these are our 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 inspected with the virus worldwide the vast majority of them in china 170 people have died there from the virus. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting russian president vladimir putin in moscow the 2 leaders are due to discuss u.s. president donald trump's peace plan for israel and palestine the plan would give israel control over key parts of the contentious west bank. germany's

biggest lender bank has posted a loss of 5700000000 euros for 2019 it's the bank's 5th annual loss in a row and its 2nd worst ever result bank blame the loss on the costs of a massive restructuring program. the european parliament has approved a legislation to allow britain to leave the european union and brags it will not happen on friday lawmakers burst into song after the vote joining hands and singing . this is news from berlin for more follow us on twitter after news or visit our website dot com still to come on the business another annual loss for germany's biggest lender we'll take a look at what is dragging down daughter back. monica johns will have that story and much more coming up in just a few minutes and don't forget to follow us on twitter for the latest headlines our handle there out. for all of us here in berlin and thank you for watching.

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