this is d.w. news live from berlin and the corona virus continues to spread and more countries warn against going to trying to the u.s. is one of the latest countries to tell its citizens not to travel to china for some 10000 people are now infected the world health organization has declared the corona virus outbreak a global market and see old economy. work britain's formal departure from the european union just hours away the u.k. grex of party m.e.p. stage of flag waving goodbye to the european parliament will talk about what the

post you future holds for britain. plus greece unveils plans for a maritime barrier a floating obstacle that athens hopes will keep migrants from crossing the mediterranean and a rising on greek territory. and paying tribute to a basketball legend after his tragic death the l.a. lakers prepared to return to the court for the 1st game since their former teammate kobe bryant died and how a copter crash. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us more countries are issuing a travel warnings for china as the coronavirus continues to spread the united states and japan are among those urging citizens to avoid trips to the country the world health organization has declared the outbreak a global health emergency triggering tighter containment and better information sharing. red alert at the world's airports from los angeles travel to destinations

like shanghai is no longer possible as the u.s. has told its citizens not to travel to china medical authorities are working desperately to prevent the corona virus spreading further now the world health organization has taken a strong stance the emergency committee hold most to unanimously concluded the. coroner virus break is a public health emergency of international. that's because of an increasing number of cases of person to person transmission outside china like in the u.s. midwest and city of chicago doctors are reporting the country's 1st case of one person infecting another with the virus on american soil are newly confirmed patient is a man in his sixty's as you heard the husband of our 1st confirmed case he is also currently hospitalized and in stable condition the risks posed by the corona virus

mean authorities have been taking drastic measures to prevent it spread like locking down this cruise ship in italy with thousands of board because 2 passengers showed flu like symptoms they tested negative for the new virus. my duty has been to adopt the necessary measures because i'm responsible for my citizens and their health and that's the strategy being adopted by authorities in many countries like here in spain strict quarantines at this military hospital are planned for spaniards returning from china the hope is that secure facilities like this one can keep the virus at bay. and we can speak now to martin. just at the lab for interdisciplinary medicine in frankfurt marking thank you for joining us the w.h.o. has declared a global health emergency what does this mean for containment efforts. before

yesterday many states did their containment efforts on their home alone to do that in a more structured way so they give the measurements the measures they say what to do and most of the other countries can follow these recommendations and so we have a more structured and not more any more a single. ok so it's a more coordinated approach to tackling this outbreak martin what have we learned since this outbreak began about this virus and how it spreads and. spreads. the patients. in these news or when the car has come out of the body and the carrying the virus authorities are on the. door and also whatever you can imagine and other people who just these knobs the contain. a contagious part of the

with the bearing the why was there really infect themselves than by carrying the hand in their face the way that we were why was this transmitted right ok that's the person to person transmission that we've seen who is the most vulnerable here. elderly people most the age of 60 or more and what you have to from now on that. they have to be have to have a basic disease in their mostly water for the infection to die from the infection ok martin looking at how quickly this virus has spread in your opinion are we you know at the end of this how long do you think it will take before we see this virus peak at a global level. global level it's difficult to estimate in china we would expect the peak in that say we'd go on a half week mostly depends on the fisi just only seeing it all breaks in the other countries like in germany and france or in italy or if we have felt lucky breaks if

we know on from now on in 14 days if no longer. logic breaks in other countries then you might have a chance that it would not spread over the all right martin. joining us from frankfurt thank you for your analysis. meanwhile in china the lunar new year holiday was supposed to come to an end instead it's been extended with travel restrictions on last ounce and many cities across the country staying in place the vast majority of the nearly 10000 coronavirus cases are in china's hu bay province in the city of han the epicenter of the outbreak people there are on high alert. on the border with tube a province where the virus passed a matched few are braving the streets many shops are closed and town centers deserted residents are cautious watching this right into normally i don't want to

go around but today i felt that i'd been at home for quite a few days so i went out to get some sunshine and go for a short walk in the small area but i didn't dare go too far than i would remember. to do da bomb normally this time of year a lot of people come here you know now there's nobody for them normally there are at least a few 1000 people walking about here. the latest figures from chinese health authorities show the number of cases are rising nearly 10000 people are infected in the country and over 200 people have died. under several airline suspend services in and out of china governments have started flying the citizens out of the city who han the center of the crisis. today my government told me i have to go to the airport i think it will be made to small mental check from the chinese government.

i'm not sure that i think i will fly to germany and after this be isolated. for 2 weeks food hands locals life goes on with ever present precautions in the middle how will this end up all right let's check in now and some other headlines from around the world democrats in the u.s. senate have been dealt a blow in their bid to call witnesses at president donald trump's impeachment trial one of the few republican senators thought to be undecided said he would not support the move his announcement means trump's trial could end with a quick acquittal. palestinian protesters have clashed with israeli security forces in the west bank demonstrations against their controversial u.s. peace plan palestinian leaders have strongly rejected president trump's plan which would allow israel to annex key parts of the occupied west bank and the u.s. has impose new sanctions on iran's nuclear agency including its top official the trump administration accuses iran's atomic energy organization of breaching its

uranium enrichment limits but iran says the sanctions will have no impact on the country's nuclear program. the day has arrived and after years of squabbling and negotiations britain is set to end almost half a century of ever closer integration with its neighbors as a bid farewell to the european union in brussels the brags that party delegation left the european parliament building for the last time party members that their duty was done their departure came after the city said goodbye to the u.k. lighting up buildings in the city's main square in the colors of the british flag. to central european time after 47 years as part of the clock. right let's go to london now our correspondent is standing by for us there hi berkut what are you hearing from people there in the capital on this brags that day. it's obviously so me what people are talking about at the moment most of my friends

remain as they're going to solve the night away i think but i also have a great city a friend and she admitted she's going to quite you pop open a bottle of champagne i think that really reflects the sentiment of most people it's like being in a foot for a football team you either for this one off or the other one there are strong emotions attached to either side of course it's also the biggest story for the british media and for the pro european guardian it reduces britain to a small island whereas the pro breaks it daily telegraph goes with boris johnson's message this is not an end but a beginning so really makes we've been speaking to people on the streets of london about this big historic day so let's have a listen to what they have to say. sovereignty back and have a lot more control i think that's the main thing that's what we're really going to get from at the moment we're very disappointed that you know we're being followed

while the country is being you know misled into this decision so it's it's a sad time there's nothing we can control sadly about brecht it so it's done so i think we need to try and reform it and see what happens to our best thing we try to destroy him to sort of course later so that should really really you know it's been a long time and it's been very bitter and i think you know you have to move on and i think everybody is going to try and do that you know from the government to all sorts of institutions they think is cross right back and as we heard their voices for and against so what events are planned in the u.k. to mark breaks are today. here we are at the moment parliament square is going to see later on the bridge city is gathering and partying without alcohol i've been told but then again also remain as will come into the city this going to be some sort of pro european procession later on with candles we know that in scotland

there is some sort of wake a pro european wake later on in front of the scottish parliament scots are hoping that for them this is also a new beginning because they are hoping that in the course of bricks that they will become european at least a large number of nationalists are hoping that then just across the right here in downing street there's going to be a countdown the minutes of being mocked the seconds are being mocked until the end of the membership of the european union later on at the level clock british time and there's also going to be a speech by the british prime minister so a lot is going on on this symbolic historic day for the u.k. and we'll be covering all of it right here on t.w. including that moment as you said as the time shifts over from to midnight and the u.k. officially leaves the european union did his big mass covering the story for us from london thank you. well throughout the brags that process much of the focus has been

on london but brags it will affect everyone in the u.k. some more than others and at the very southern tip of england just a few kilometers across the dover straight from france lies st margaret's at class a small village that has traditionally benefitted from its geographical and political proximity to europe but starting tomorrow that may begin to change. nestled among the white cliffs of dover a small pick to rescue english village located about 30 kilometers across the channel from france saint margaret sutcliffe has had a long and special relationship with continental europe we totally dependent on one another. and i don't think they can do without so we can all do without them. despite the close relationship over 60 percent of the towns and habitants voted leave in the 2016 breck's it's referendum and some people in the area say that they are really worried about what brics it will mean for business market this time

again especially in so february march time is usually the european market we have dutch belgians germans and i have to say that is her knowledge base and i come here last year we did ok this year it's looking pretty bleak. in this bar residents say they're relieved that at long last breaths it is finally happening. there are usually cover spirital off 3. people are recruited to make radical groups for the ritual they try to do the trick to try to in a minute. from being. however some are not ruling out that one day britain could rejoin the e.u. and join with you were all divorces over the next 24 years or so. suspended. machine reason we might be back was maybe one in

a different. 50 years from now but it's an interesting i won't be ready so you know . for now britain is preparing for a life outside of the european union and the tide is changing in st margaret's at cliff. breaks that analyst rob munch is with us here in studio for more on this story hi rob how representative are the voices that we heard in that report there well i think i think they are quite representative especially those areas you know the southwest southeast that that rely heavily on on either tourism they are going to be hard hit if you look beyond london if you look into the the midlands the northern pockets now winning them the way they voted mainly to leave the e.u. . i think that they always felt removed from what was happening in london in terms of policy making and by extension felt removed from the e.u. cross says so i think that splits and as we've seen for the numbers it's quite

clear in those areas where we'll see the situation change as we said at midnight in terms of a break that actually happening but what will actually change on the ground well as are saying earlier the hyperbole around this state that everything changes as of midnight yes i think we have to look at the realities on the ground initially within the 11 months transition period where both sides which isis thrash out a deal nothing much changes and u.k. remains in the single market in the customs union it continues paying into the e.u. budget. what it can no longer do it will have to follow the e.u. rules legislation but no longer has a word in for me or shaping it in any way or form so essentially on that level nothing much will change and then the whole process starts. well sitting down to try and hammer out at least

a bare bones deal which can then maybe take them forward into the next year. and that also going to be a tough process that's going to be a tough process and i think prime minister boris johnson's lofty ambitions to try and get a comprehensive deal done by the end of the year i think is rather more wishful thinking so i think they'll have to stick to the bare bones deal terms of goods and try and hammer something out and on those terms what do you think is going to be the biggest sticking point in those negotiations i think fishing rights will be a problem in the brits have always complained that they are bound by they the fishing policy that it really is a disaster for them that they don't have the same access that they have fish a big fish the way they have the fear that their fishing waters a much richer and sense of the fish available i think other issues like the level playing field which the e.u. has been adamant about in terms of labor rights environmental protection taxation

they said quite clearly if if the u.k. doesn't accept that level playing field then there will be a critic quid pro quo. and what about at home what about these renewed calls for example for scottish independence referendum well your 1st minister nick nick a sturgeon said she wants to introduce a bill this year to hold another referendum votes i mean again it depends on how westminster reacts to that but i think that the push that it's a nation is there. and then you also saw the u.k. election that they are its national has got more votes than the pro british unionists and so you could see calls for a vote there too at some point to split from the u.k. so i think you know there has been a lot about this disunited kingdom. but it is looking rather disconcerting and worrying at this stage all right our brags that analyst rob my age with us thank you for sharing your analysis. here watching the news still to come less than

a week after the death of kobe bryant the l.a. lakers are set to return to the court will look at how the team will be commemorating one of their greatest players ever. but 1st the human rights group amnesty international is criticizing plans by greece to deploy a floating barrier as a way to prevent migrants from reaching its islands from turkey the group called the plan an alarming escalation in the government's efforts to stop migrants from reaching its shores. the ministry of defense has announced new plans to protect the external border so that no more refugees from turkey can cross into greece. cloten barriers are there solution and the contract for production is up for bids because of. the national coordinator had a good idea when he suggested buying floating barrios. father murphy after we will see if i have to decide affect. the barriers might look similar to this

right now these service storm protection between the greek islands and the turkish mainland they are being used in many places including off the coast of lesbos the plan is to build 2.7 kilometer long barriers or nets that rise about 50 centimeters out of the water this would be a barrier mechanism in the agency. human rights organizations are worried about the greek government's plans. yes tabish went to her fans at sea to prevent the migrants from this time seekers from reaching greece . stick and there's no way that these will stop the flow as long as people have problems in their countries before human rights watch has stated that these plans violate human rights the greek government has also decided to deploy more border police bill deportation camps and speed up asylum procedures.

now for some more stories from around the world australian officials have declared a state of emergency for the capital city of canberra and surrounding regions as soaring temperatures and strong winds threaten to worsen a large bushfire burning out of control it's the 1st state of emergency in the capital since the deadly wildfires almost 2 decades ago and archaeologists in egypt have unveiled the contents of 16 tombs discovered in an ancient burial ground the sarcophagus and treasures in the graves are thought to belong to high priests and senior officials of the for on a later period 2 and a half millennia ago. the l.a. lakers basketball team returned to the court friday night for their 1st game since former teammate n.b.a. legend kobe bryant was killed in a helicopter crash the lakers are planning to hold a pre-game tribute to bryant his 13 year old daughter and the 7 others who died in sunday's accident. reports from los angeles.

a memorial in the making to kobe bryant and his daughter jenna. this los angeles artist known as cable has been working on it for only a few days he's not sure when he'll finish it. cable has painted other murals in l.a. but this one is different if i kind of like my 1st time doing like somebody's like a tribute. and wow it's like so much energy out here in the street you know people like coming together like. i feel like it is like a place where people can actually write gather. like embrace the chair of the loss of the basketball star his daughter and 7 others in last sunday's helicopter crash has devastated funds working on the mural has given cable time to come to terms with the tragedy and focus on what legacy coby leaves behind here

with by a lot of people and and i hope. his his death. i know i won't write again you know. people what i'd like to see a future out of the theater artists will emerge from that if you know it's part by by a person. across town in central los angeles heartbroken funds have created a memorial outside the staples center the basketball arena work obed's former team the l.a. lakers play their home games his death has resulted in an outpouring of grief. as to day turns to night the mourners multiply many of spoken of how the. he followed colby's entire 20 year career playing until his retirement in 2016 as the n.b.a.'s 3rd highest all time score for each and every fine coby even though at times trying to bring controversy was special and his death aged 41 came too soon.

it's not just. the championship winner the m.v.p. the all star it's you know we lost a family member l.a. los angeles lost a family member and he's going to leave a legacy of an amazing father i think and so much more than just basketball obviously he won an oscar he did a lot more so i think it's going to be i can't even put it into words but the biggest thing that l.a. ever lost in the california ever loss because we all loved him and we're going to miss him greatly. what he mean for us is that anybody you can do it anyone can do it you know just because you're black or white or hispanic it doesn't matter you could do what you want to do and call me by a shell as that been a young black man and you can do whatever you put your mind into. the l.a. lakers will play their 1st game since kobe's death on friday night an emotional time for funds who are determined to never forget their hero.

now sky watchers have discovered a stunning highlight in northern europe a totally new type of the over a barrier alice over finland and sweden the waves like the light formations on the left of your screen here are being referred to as the dunes unlike traditional northern lights which look like vertical curtains these celestial streaks are horizontal and appear at a constant height northern lights are created when electrically charged particles of solar wind react with molecules in the earth's atmosphere. out. this is good news these are our top stories more countries including the u.s. are warning against travel to china where some 10000 people are now infected with corona virus more than 200 have died the world health organization has declared the outbreak a global emergency. it is brags that day has britain prepares to leave the

e.u. tonight the braggs a party delegation left the european parliament building in brussels for the last time brussels also said goodbye to the united kingdom by lighting up buildings in the capital in the colors of the british flag. palestinian protesters clashed with israeli security forces in the west bank at demonstrations against a controversial u.s. peace plan palestinian leaders have condemned president trump's plan which would allow israel to annex key parts of the occupied west bank. the l.a. lakers returned to the basketball court friday night for their 1st time 1st game since former teammate kobe bryant was killed in a helicopter crash they're planning to hold a pre-game tribute to bryant his 13 year old daughter and 7 others who died in the accident. this is news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at news or visit our website dot com. coming up next business news in with brad pitt

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