i. am. this is e.w. news live from berlin and more countries warn against going to china because of the coronavirus the us is one of the latest countries to tell its citizens not to travel to china where some 10000 people and now inspectors the world health organization has declared the current of ours outbreak a global on the national stage. the coming off the u.k. bids a low key factor well to bigger is being used here and prime minister boris johnson and his cabinet meet in the region that 1st declared for breaks out in the referendum and sumburgh says his party in central london but no official events

have been organized to mark the still divisive occasion. i'm headed home for a glad you could join me more countries are issuing travel warnings for china as the coronavirus marches relentlessly on well the united states and japan are among governments citizens to avoid trips to china while some nations are evacuating their citizens while most 10000 people have been infected in the death toll has now risen to 213 people while health organization has declared a global health emergency. a flight back to safety foreign citizens are fleeing to harm south korea is sending a total of 4 planes to china after rick reported several confirmed cases of corona virus among its citizens. and the list of countries repatriating is growing on

friday german foreign minister heikal mass amounts to his country would be following suit. and ally steps this yet so i'm relieved that we're now in a position to end the difficult situation in which our citizens find themselves there. yes just rubbish we can now fly those out who are willing to leave as it is it is always difficult but 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 then 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 are planned 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 are almost a unanimous lee concluded the northern corridor virus outbreak he's 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 for more on the situation in beijing right now let's hear from correspondent messiest. the situation looks a little bit more stable than a few days ago the numbers of infections and death keep climbing up but they do so

at a more steady pace still nobody knows how many people are already infected but do not show any symptoms yet and nobody knows when this epidemic will peak so people prefer to be careful they stay at home as you can see very few people on the streets in beijing at the moment people avoid social contact in order not to get infected and his betting is there in beijing now in just a few hours' time the u.k. will formally leave the european union and marks the end of a highly divisive 3 and a half years in british politics and prime minister boris johnson and his cabinet marquee cation by holding a meeting in the northern city of sunderland read it 1st occurred for breaks it in the referendum in 2016 johnson will also make a speech but apart from that no official events have been organized. and it was very different in brussels where briggs's party members of the european parliament celebrated their victory. tomorrow they'll be one fewer

the british will no longer fly at the european parliament breaks it any peas staged a special departure from the building. they've achieved their political goal. this is happening the war is over there's now a battle for the shape of our relationship with the european union the shape of our role if you like with the rest of the world but this is the moment. one minute past 11 tonight if the. european leaders are getting used to just having 27 member states down from 28. strength does not lie in splendid isolation but in our unique union nowhere else in the world can you find 27 nations of 440000000 people speaking

24 different languages relying on each other working together living together brits will no longer be part of that union. or in the prime minister we're here to get our country back so we voted remain but now it's here we have no choice so we're going to get behind day and we're just going to carry on as as normal and we trade with the you as a business so we just got to find a way to do it get through their own domain your issues important for everybody whether you're here in england and britain in the. noise in the women from. everybody in the country and their culture it's a real back with me for the u.k. i'm very sad about it so it's just a change there's no sort of rationing we wasn't something that we want. we wanted i think. it's happening. and then look forward this is just the start of it the

citronelle role because the worst day will be after the transition year so the 31st of december will actually be far worse than today. for now some a literally dancing in the streets celebration the departure of the british facts from european senses of power and his return home. by we have team coverage today he. is in london and matters in brussels welcome to both. britain has been divided over briggs it any change now today now that the day is upon us. yeah at the moment i'm here on pound square and here behind me you can maybe see in the semi dark a lot of union jacks this is going to be the party place a far different city is tonight who feel that this is a day of triumph and jubilation for them so they are of course on the same lee.

really they happy and they said it's really go around all day was their flags and the few pro europeans have come out here earlier. rather more insulted and sort of sent away you know losers get over it this is what the one side said to the are they so the division is still deep there are some people as we hurried to now say we just somehow have to figure out how to live with it but it is as it is in a mention of the issue and not a rational one there is still a lot of wrongness and we will continue to be here i assume morris about the days pointing out a little bit of partying going on in london over to new day over in brussels that i mean are people popping the champagne who are they drowning their stories. or to really know champagne bottles here there are certainly people who have some some relief here seeing how long the negotiations dragged on to only get

a divorce deal there is now prepared and of course for what is to come next and clearly on that on a day like this in brussels you do have some sadness where people say how did we get here we always had hoped that we could prevent this a lose lose situation where the u.k. leaves this club off 28 and after midnight european time 27 member states but look in the semi dark behind me you see the european flags and none of those will be lowered the e.u. really tries to keep this a low key event here no celebrations and no big press media announcement no press conferences. it's a sad day for many here in brussels. that was gail that reporting for us in a brussels and baba vessel in london let's take a look now at some the other stories making news around the walls israeli aircraft have a struck innocent targets in the gaza strip in response to the rocket fire from the

palestinian territory he said that 3 rockets were fired at israel overnight without causing any casualties strikes come amid heightened tensions over the release of a controversial middle east peace plan by u.s. president donald trump and. former hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is back in court for a pivotal moment in his new trial the woman whose rape allegations lead to criminal charges against him has begun her testimony she told the jury that weinstein insists any sexual encounters with his accuser were consensual. now a crucial vote to lose the u.s. president donald trump in his impeachment trial tonight the republican leaning senate is debating whether or not to call more witnesses to testify now these are some live pictures that we've just got coming in at the moment senators are split down party lines with the republicans wanting to wrap the child up quickly democrats on the other hand want to question administration inside this set as

a minority leader chuck schumer warned of the dangers of ignoring the evidence if my republican colleagues refused to even consider witnesses and documents in this trial this country is headed towards the greatest coverup since watergate if my republican colleagues refuse to even consider witnesses and documents in the trial what will the president conclude we all know will conclude he can do it again and congress can do nothing about it he can try to cheat in his election again something that eats at the roots of our democracy. democrat chuck schumer. says following this story for us in washington pablo good to see you now today's potentially crucial session has just started what exactly is going on and why is it so important. well that's right they've started there's 4

hours of debate underway here in washington 2 hours for each side in there in the debate and at the end of the day at some point we're not sure what time some time in the early evening here in washington a vote will take place on whether new witnesses will be allowed or whether witnesses will be allowed i should say and whether documents will also be allowed but at the moment you mention that split party lines very much there has been a lot of focus on several republican senators mitt romney from utah susan collins from maine and also from lisa murkowski from alaska and i have 2 of those 3 have come out saying that they are essentially going to one particular mitt romney saying that he would vote with the democrats on the issue of witnesses being allowed and new evidence but at the moment it looks like the democrats don't have

the numbers that they want but this is where it starts getting a little bit complicated because if it's split down the middle 5050 the democrats need for republicans what would happen is that perhaps they could actually call on the supreme court justice john roberts to actually give his vote that's not expected to happen but we're expecting a very very tense afternoon here and plenty of debate if it comes to an acquittal how could that impact the election. well that's a big question helen of the moment it looks like 1st we need to get through this vote 1st and then with regards to an acquittal which is many commentators are here saying it's looking very likely but it looks like the vote wouldn't actually take place until at some point after the state of the union address on tuesday so it wouldn't actually happen until wednesday so that could actually shredded the state

of the union by president trump on choose day in this whole issue which was something he was hoping to avoid what the polls are showing is that there has actually been much of a shift in the approval ratings and also with regards to president trump they haven't really changed since the middle of 2018 what's interesting is that the polls are showing that in many states actually the democratic candidates are polling very well if there were an election at the moment against president trump so very split down the middle between republicans and democrats have them all right all washington correspondent. thanks very much and reminder now all the top stories that we're following. more countries have issued a travel warning for china because of the spread all the coronavirus the united states and japan are among those urging systems to avoid non-urgent tricks all health organization has declared the outbreak a global health emergency. news out next business africa we've been

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