this is e w news live from burning more countries want to against going to china because of the corona virus the us is one of the latest countries to tell its citizens not to travel to china where some 10000 people on our infected world health organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a global emergency also coming up. paying tribute to a basketball legend all to his tragic death to the l.a. lakers for back to return to the court for best 1st game since that image teammate kobe bryant died in

a helicopter crash. on helena humphrey glad you could join me more countries are issuing travel warnings for china as the current virus marches relentlessly all well the united states and japan are among governments citizens to avoid trips to china while some nations are evacuating their citizens the death toll has now risen to 213 people in the world health organization has declared a global health a much. a flight back to safety foreign citizens are fleeing south korea is sending a total of 4 planes to china after it reported several confirmed cases of corona virus among its citizens. have a list of countries repatriating is growing on friday a german foreign minister announced his country would be following suit. in their

lives that it's very it's and i'm relieved that we're now in a position to end a difficult situation in which our citizens find themselves there. yes we can now fly those out who are willing to leave because if you sit for hours before you have got some 100 people in total. surely this is what's although none of the german nationals being picked up by this military plane are believed to have contracted the virus strict safety precautions are in place. today my government told me i have to go to the airport and i think it will be made a small mental check from the chinese government. i'm not sure that i think i will fly to germany and after this i will be isolated. for 2 weeks it's a strategy being adopted by authorities in many countries like here in spain strict

quarantines at this military hospital up plans for spaniards returning from china this all comes after the world health organization revised its stance on the threat level on thursday the emergency committee called most a unanimous lee concluded the northern corridor virus outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern as people across the world scramble to protect themselves from the virus the hope is that international cooperation will keep a major global outbreak at bay. well i want to sound more on this now let's bring in a peta drawback global health expert at the university of oxford in the u.k. glad you could join us peta and now that the public health emergency of international concern has been declared by w.h.o. how does this change the response. well i think the the declaration of an emergency

is really a recognition of the concern about spread of coronavirus beyond china's borders and there are couple of things that will do 1st and foremost it will really increase and amplify international cooperation and technical assistance and resources and that's particularly important for developing countries that may have weaker health systems because one of the real risks faced right now is would be the introduction of a coronavirus in some of those settings that don't have the capabilities to contain it. the 2nd thing is that it will lead to further. to further travel and trade restrictions which which could have some negative economic impacts and even affect supply chains into the epicenter of the epidemic and we know that there is no vaccine at this stage she think that this declaration then from w.h.o. will give that some more impetus for research to continue on the where are we at the moment with regards to the development of that vaccine well there's already an extraordinary effort being made around the world to develop

a new vaccine within weeks of the discovery of this novel virus. china published the entire genetic sequence of the virus and since that time efforts been underway to develop a vaccine it's very likely that we could see a candidate vaccine within record time within really a matter of months now it may take another several months for for safety testing and other things to get it ready for actual use in this epidemic and so it's not going to help us in the weeks to come containment efforts are critical but i believe we could see a. vaccine within record time for us to just see focusing though that more than on these containment efforts then because many people saw china's initial response has actually said stringent wait you know knowledge cities on lock down for example and we have still seen a global spread nevertheless how would you rate china's response. well china had come under criticism back in 2003 for really a slow response to the sars outbreak and if you contrast it with that obviously

this has been an extraordinarily brisk and very strong response and it's hard to imagine many other places where 50000000 people could essentially be put on a kind of lockdown but we really are in an unprecedented situation we've seen a 10 fold increase in the number of infections just over the last week and so the situation obviously warrants a strong response arpita journey back global health expert at the university of oxford good to talk to you thanks thank you. all right let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the wall that this hour democrats in the u.s. senate have been dealt a blow in their bid to call witnesses that president trump's impeachment trial one of the few republican senators thought to be undecided said he would not support the move his announcement means that trump's trial could end with a quick acquittal in. israeli aircraft have struck medicine targets in the gaza

strip in response to new rocket fire from the palestinian territory he said the 3 rockets were fired at israel overnight without causing any casualties the strikes come amid heightened tensions after the release of a controversial middle east peace plan by u.s. president donald trump. archaeologists in egypt have unveiled the contents of 16 tombs discovered in an ancient burial ground the sarcophagi and treasures in the graves to belong to the high priests and senior officials of the from iran it can wait periods to hoffman erica. now it is the last day of the u.k.'s membership of the european union and in just a few hours' time it will formally leave the block for the next stage begins on saturday with an 11 month transition period officials will start negotiating a new relationship between the if you chaos and the 7 remaining e.u.

nations now the u.k. is as divided in its reactions as it was at the time of the vote to leave. and i correspond about that mass has been out and about in london to ask people what they think. so it's all in the prime minister we're here to get our country back so we voted remain but now it's we have no choice so we're going to get behind a and we're just going to carry on as as normal and we trade with the you as a business so we've just got to find a way to do it and get through this. with you here in england and britain in the. neulander we're hearing from. everybody knew each country and their culture it's a real backward me for the u.k. i'm again very sad about they say it's just a change there's no sort of rationing we will do something that we want through we want to do i think. is happening so we will embrace. the new look forward this is

just the start of it this is a child role because the worst day will be after the transition year so the 31st of december will actually be fall with them today we have to bragg's it on coverage today a team coverage i should say ditto but he's back at mass in london and to deal with matters in brussels welcome to you both back at like to begin with do you gather those opinions that we just heard from people in london what's the latest where you are how are people feeling right now. well and as we speak i have to look a little bit over there and i see a silent for a session of people who are demonstrating for the e.u. with the e.u. flags but they're very very quite over all this really is the day of the brick city is and here behind me i've been speaking to are lots of people who are and food is yes they can and they are celebrating and they're singing songs like bye bye you mostly good natured i've also had some last year called mince towards e.u.

citizens but generally so far it's a good natured party a celebration for the brits it is of the day that they finally leave the european union for a gaelic in brussels let's go straight over to you then because i mean this has been a long time coming what about people who are working in a you institutions for example where you are i mean is it sadness is it relief a bit of both. i would say as far as the e.u. institutions are concerned the u.k. has left the european union already a long time ago you know that there's been all along process here and surely on a day like this you are bound to have some some sadness look the way i see it i remember very well when i covered with the biggest mass to gether the night of the breakfast referendum and when you today's it is one of those days where you look back on those past 3 years and you think how did we get there so there is a there is i think a certain

a depth to the stay where you reconsider what has gone wrong what has worked out and clearly relief is there on the part of the institutions and all those people who were involved in those tough negotiations that cracked along where sometimes it wasn't sure if we would get even the divorce agreement and now what i think we have is that the european union very much looks for forward to what is coming next what you won't have today i think is any ceremonial part so the e.u. institutions and the people who work there try to keep this as low key as possible it's a sad day it's a day where there is some relief but it mainly is a day where just one member state is leaving and everybody knew that was coming. back at you and you know you have been covering this 3 years in the making at times it felt like it dragged on which sort of makes me want to operate still interested in the break that issue. a lot of people are really happy to

see the back of all these negotiations and they just want to get out and just not hear anything about it of course there are a lot of experts are pointing out well this is just the start of all of the negotiations of the future relationship security relationship economic relationship britain needs to find its way and needs to set the agenda of where it actually wants to go now to use the european union a lot of people there don't want to hear about it and certainly these people here. today you don't want to really think about it and they say well if there is any prize that needs to be needs to be paid economic consequences they are happy to pay it i mean essentially you know you're talking about the fact that everything needs to be sort of unpicked as it were and then sewn back together which makes me wonder what happens from the e.u. side how much appetite is there to move quickly on that to wrap up this transition period promptly. if you believe the words of was

a former aligned of the president of the european commission she just said today in a press conference that we want to forge the closest relationship with the u.k. as possible but not at all cost so the you institutions are very keen to rep this up as fast as possible and to get a deal done or i get masses for us in brussels and mass in london on this momentous day thank you very. well you case apart from the european union is the results of a spectacular miscalculation by the then prime minister david cameron and he wanted to whip the e.u. skeptic wing of his conservative party back into line the referendum was his chosen weapon but it blew up in his face their legislation will be introduced to provide for and in the referendum on membership of the european union before the end of 2017. that single sentence from the queen's speech set off a process that would disrupt politics for years. david cameron prime minister at

the time introduced the referendum he didn't want britain to leave the e.u. would all he wanted to bring his party's many critics into line. a months long campaign followed breck's and hard liners especially nigel farage and boris johnson sought to turn public opinion against europe with aggressive slogans and as would later become clear light. the date of the referendum was june 23rd 2016 and the day after. this means that the u.k. has voted to leave the european union. of running god god god god in the right it was. prime minister cameron resigned and tourism a took over as boss at 10 downing street. corrected opponents and brags that supporters were irreconcilable the new prime minister tried to make the best of it

. threats it means bricks it and we're going to make a success of it march 29th 2019 was set as the braggs of date but it was still a long way off. negotiations dragged on for more than a year. then may and her e.u. counterparts signed the bracks a deal. the problem was may was unable to get parliamentary backing for it so they're no use having the nose have it. twice may had to ask the e.u. for a postponement of britain's leave date breck's it became breck's tension and may ultimately resigned. boris johnson became her successor the champion from the very outset. but even he failed several times at

1st because of opposition in parliament and the bracks a date had to be postponed once more. the prime minister made a gamble early elections his strategy worked. boris johnson's conservatives won an absolute majority with this mandate and this majority we will at last be able to do what it was pay attention now after years of political tug of war nothing else stands in the way of britain's departure from the european union. and i'm now joined here in the studio by jane golden she is the chair of british europe now that is the biggest coalition group of british citizens living and working in the european union welcome to you jane great to have you with us thank you very much now you represent the interests of british citizens living working here in the european union will things change

for them later today when britain least later today of course the transition period starts during the transition parrott almost all of the right stay the same the only rights that british people in the $27.00 will lose in transition of voting rights to vote in local elections were to stand in the countries where we live and local elections what do you see happening at the end of this transition period i mean do you see it being a protracted period for example perhaps a more bumpy road than some people are thinking at this stage so citizens we have the withdrawal agreement for those who are already living in the 27 most of their rights will be guaranteed but only in the host country where they live now. but they will be losing e.u. wide rights like freedom of movement as a huge issue because nearly 80 percent of us are working age or younger and we are a very mobile population so if you're an i.t.

contract or a computer games developer here in berlin and your employer needs to send you on short contracts across the e.u. 27 that is going to have a big impact on your career and you're someone who's been interfacing with many of these people over the past 3 years i mean i think it's fair to say that brits abroad have been living in limbo for quite some time throughout that period i mean how those years of uncertainty had an impact they've had a huge impact not just on british citizens living in the e.u. but also the e.u. citizens in the u.k. and we work really closely in our advocacy with the stream in the biggest group of e is it's. since in the u.k. huge amounts of anxiety people becoming quite depressed especially the more vulnerable groups like pensioners and just not knowing what is going to happen and of course the specter of a no deal for so long the last year and a half people don't actually understand now that their rights are secured up to

a point and also that nothing changes for 11 months apart from their political rights noise or psychological impact as well there that you would see underestimated thank you so much jane golden chair or british in europe great to have you perspective pleasure no 5 days after the fatal helicopter crash that killed basketball star kobe bryant reports are now emerging that the craft operating company was not certified to fly in poor visibility heavy fog is said to have contributions to the accident bryant his teenage daughter and 7 other people were killed the on and expressed helicopters company was reportedly only says 5 operating conditions where the pilot could see outside of the aircraft well the l.a. lakers are to hold a pre-game tribute to their former star player when they return to the court on friday night for their 1st game since his death. a memorial in the making to kobe bryant and his daughter giana. 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 like a tribute. and. thanks 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 each other 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 colby leaves behind here with fire a lot of keep going and i. hear his death. i know i was right again you know. people what i'd like to see

a future out the 3 cardiff will emerge from there for you know they sparred 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 today turns to night the mourners multiply many have spoken of how they followed kobe's entire 20 year career playing until his retirement in 2016 as the n.b.a.'s 3rd highest full time score for each and every front coby even though at times trying to bring controversy was special and his death aged $41.00 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 he's is going to be. i can't even put it into words but the biggest thing that l.a. ever lost in california ever lost because we all loved him and we're going to miss him greatly. me for. 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 which you want to do and kobe bryant. been a young black you could 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 founds who are determined to never forget their hero. now that they say a picture is worth a 1000 words which i guess would make imo g.'s more than the city fun visuals we

send with autistics messages in fact that a widespread means of communication that have taken on symbolic meanings of their own and if they're found of them will hasten good news we're about to get some new ones which promise small phone uses even more inclusive options and for more about what we can expect to add to our keyboards i'm joined in the studio by pay to dial great to see with tell us more about these new images what we can expect right so today the unico consortium that is the the group that kind oversee says make sure that you know it's standard across every device they rolled out 117 you know a lot of people going to our to have more than enough i don't know what to do with this well this one includes like gender no skin tones talian famous that i've for a long time thought was just like you know made a but turns out it's actually called mcavoy from what do you want. there's

a this guy's in moji you'd be forgiven for thinking that's groucho marx yes there's a dodo that is one of several extinct animals that have now been brought back to life on our keyboards so that's very poignant. and this new batch is really all about diversity and john. equality especially the transgender flak we see here we have people are that other than women actually feeding their baby and then we have this is the wedding motif for same sex couples want to succeed oh a male bride so there's more of us something in there for everyone absolutely but i'm going to admit some ignorance i'm not always fluent in a marriage i have to say i think i've already got more than enough going on but i mean it is incredible how many people are extremely linguistically skilled in a marriage isn't it yeah i mean this is i think about it this is the fastest growing language in the world i mean. estimates like over 90 percent of the off online population use these right this year alone it's expected that uses will

send 2.3 trillion text messages and saying oh geez that's absolutely mind boggling . you know like as provided to that was in vision as this universal language that would you know we spoke around the world and understood around the world well essentially this is what emotions are we have that instead of esperanto people are speaking about the current if you're wrong but you're drawing a parallel babich wien esperanto of course you know that language that was meant to foster while and then a mode i mean all we go far is to say that i'm o. g.'s a going to force to some global understanding actually that we really need there still play room for misunderstanding any. lay by text message or whatever people gotten or from their mom i mean there are plenty of room for misunderstanding when it comes to modi's they mean different things around the world that's that kind of adds can add to the confusion but still in this digital world it's really added more nuance then arguably anything else we've seen compare this text message say

your best friend i don't think i'll be able to make it to your birthday tonight you're right i understand. are you upset are you disappointed with the motor you at the heart and that's likely i understand understand you're going through something ok. so that's really out of like i said a level of nuance that's really helped clear up the communication line absolutely pacing around adelle thanks so much for coming in and bringing us that story. all right our minds are now of the top story that we all following for you. if you travel warnings for china because of the spread of the corona virus now the united states and japan are among those citizens to avoid known of agent trips world health organization has declared the outbreak a global health emergency. with the u.k.'s formal departure from the european union just hours away briggs it possible to make as how big a chair cheerful farewell to the european parliament office and the pasha will be a transition period last thing until the end of the. news coming

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