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this is news live from berlin the 1st death from corona virus is reported outside of china as a 44 year old chinese man dies in the philippines with the number of deaths and infections rising in china the factories there are racing to produce medical supplies to germany and a growing number of other countries are evacuating their citizens from affected regions. the palestinian authority breaks all ties with israel and the united states including those related to security cooperation the move comes after palestinian leaders and the arab league rejected mideast peace plan put forward by
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the trump administration. and in german soccer boosted documents teenage shooting stars put on it as light display against their name. on exposure thanks for joining us the philippines has reported the 1st death from the new coronavirus outside of china officials in manila said the 44 year old man came from moon han the chinese province hardest hit by the outbreak the death toll in china has now topped 300 more than 14000 people have now been infected worldwide almost all of them on the chinese mainland as the number of cases there continues to grow factories have gone into overdrive to meet the demand for medical supplies . production lines have become crucial in the battle to contain the corona virus in
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china. we have not been at home for 7 days and are working overtime to produce disinfectant i feel glad to contribute to the epidemic control across the country production of medical supplies has switched into top gear in here bay province companies are producing hundreds of thousands of medical gloves and surgical masks every day to support hospitals in the epicenter of the outbreak and further north in one county workers are busy building makeshift treatment rooms to handle the overflow of newly infected patients. so far we've delivered $200.00 units today we plan to send enough to 60. factories like this one in junk super ovens i working day and night to meet demand for medical supplies the kind that the very people across the country are concerned about the outbreak and move on what we ordinary people can do is small this company recruiting sewing machine operators and i
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happen to have such skills because i used to work in a clothing interest so i immediately came to help. and i didn't think that the number of confirmed cases of this corona virus has now overtaken the size epidemic of 2003 a growing number of countries are evacuating their citizens from badly affected regions in china more than 100 evacuees have arrived in frankfurt on the german air force plane passengers were checked at a specially built medical assessment center there are no confirmed cases of the virus but all passengers will spend the next 2 weeks under quarantine as a precautionary measure. and for more on the topic i'm joined now by deed of your correspondent charlotte charles until in hong kong show that we've seen this jump in both infections and fatalities how concerned are people there. when they're this. a leap in the number of cases confirmed safe far in mainland
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china of course is a cause for concern for people in neighboring hong kong now people here is still very scarred by the painful memories of the sun's virus back in 2003 then almost 300 people lost their lives here in hong kong so that's an epidemic hong kong of course being a very densely populated allowing for the spread of epidemics such as this quite quickly now some fall hong kong has 14 confirmed cases of the new korean a virus the fear of course is though that that number could be considerably high at that given the fact that it can take it's believed up to 2 weeks before people displaced symptoms in that time people have been traveling to and from mainland china so cools that is a concern to people here we're seeing people avoid ing big open spaces public events and being close schools are closed a number of workers are now working from home just an attempt to try and avoid the
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spread of this virus and what are the authorities doing to get on top of this murder. well authorities this week have closed a number of borders with mainland china they've suspended a high speed rail service is this expanded ferries that will fly home the number of flights coming from mainland china but critics here across the political aisle medical experts as well have warned that that is simply not enough to contain the spread of this virus they say move the ball over the border with mainland china or so open including extremely busy land borders in fact medical workers voted overwhelmingly to go on strike to munging that authorities here close all of those borders those strikes begin set to begin on monday thousands are expected to take part in that strike action now carry lamda chief executive here has said the closure of the borders is unnecessary and not in line with advice from the world
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health organization a lot of people they can send by this word this virus simply say it has to be done and if we could just focus on mainland china for a moment it has received both praise and criticism for its response to the virus what have your impressions been there. a lot of people of course of pointing to the fact that some 50000000 people had to be they probed at the epicenter of this outbreak or suspension essentially on the look down as china mainland china tries to get control over the spread of this virus a lot of people are praising that move so far the speed at which they've reacted in recent weeks the question will be though going through it did mainland china react fast enough and of course we're not going to know that potentially for a little while yet as more people are expected to display symptoms and more confirmed cases are expected to come in the days and weeks ahead. in hong kong thanks for that. and we turn now to some of the other stories making news around
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the world. japan has sent a warship to the gulf of oman to patrol its key oil pipeline prime minister shinzo abe a said japan is prepared to use force to protect its assets their move comes amid lingering tension between iran and the united states tankers passing through the gulf supplied 90 percent of japan's oil. iraq has a new prime minister former communications minister mohammed alawi will now try to form a government and run the country until elections can be held his predecessor resigned following months of political unrest protesters have been demanding an end to corruption in the country. the messaging service whatsapp has stopped working and millions of smartphones worldwide phones with older operating systems are no longer supported as of february the 1st step says it's necessary for ensuring data security a system update is required for affected users. u.s.
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president donald trump's mideast peace plan is meeting stiff resistance in cairo the arab league rejected the proposal saying it does not respect the rights and expectations of the palestinian people housed in president mahmoud abbas has cut all ties with israel and the u.s. including security cooperation and he palestinians have already been protesting across the occupied territories plan for seize a small demilitarized palestinian state and exchange israel would be allowed to hold on to many of its settlement and enix some of the land it currently occupies. we asked correspondent 10 year came a in jerusalem to tell us more about the palestinian decision. well we're talking here about security relations the palestinian leadership has already cut off diplomatic ties with the trump administration in december 2017 that was when
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president trump. recognized hussam as to capital. but still kept some relations with u.s. security agencies and intelligence services so they could be cut off now the other thing is the security coordination with israel that happens on the ground between security agencies palestinian and israeli agencies in the occupied west bank that is a very controversial issue actually for a very long time among the palestinian public that's been a lot of pressure always on president abbas to stop this kind of security cordon nations so if you goes through with it this time this would be a big headache for the israeli security establishment. and that was the course. reporting for us from jerusalem. to soccer and buyers have gone top of the bundesliga table after
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a $31.00 win. 50 minutes into the game the defending champions were 2 goals ahead was. the 2nd pool it was easy going from bahrain. through the minds defense to make it 3 nil with less than half an hour gone the hosts put one in just before half time through jeremiah st joe's and that was it for the scoring look like they're back to their best having won 6 league games in a row. leipsic start to 2nd place in the bundesliga table despite a 2 all draw at home to fellow title challengers. the hosts were swept away in the 1st half for some tactical changes and a red card swung the game in their favor. has turned his side into an attacking force helps in part by this path. out of. play i was in the thick of things after just 5 minutes but. she was equal to both
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his and vents effets. the same involved back to finally break through to play. one nil after 24 minutes a super team goal. living dangerously defended mcconnell coming to his sights rescue here there was no saving the moments later a sloppy ball out from the back ruthlessly punished by hofmann 10 minutes before halftime i. rang the changes at the break and one of the fray made an immediate impact patrick shaikh taking advantage of yan saunas. the finger as. i the hosts had won back the visit says we're feeling the pressure and letting the shadow play i was sent off for getting 2 yellow cards and create succession for
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dissent. varies as master plan was quickly unravelling. like sick pap at the got back go with shots and they got their equaliser with just a minutes ago a moments of magic from christopher unconquered i it was a go facing of a thrilling game and immense it finished on as even between these 2 stop title challenges. dortmund crushed 5 nil as their 3rd consecutive win in the league they have dazzled since the winter break with their new striker finding himself in fine for. don't mince january signing alling holand is the man of the moment having scored 5 goals in his 1st 2 matches for the club but don't want to have plenty of young talent and another 19 year old shooting star in their ranks got them off the mark against on your own beilin jade and sam show
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scoring for a 3rd consecutive match is now the youngest player ever to reach 25 when just to get goals has still got some space while a big deflection government's goal 13 minutes in 5 minutes later though all in holand was back in business i the norwegian already repaying the 20000000 euro fee don't mean spent on him just one month ago union plans whipping in a pinpoint cross to set him up. i. in the 2nd half dortmund's young guns kept on firing. first a soft penalty went their way as a whole and made the most. of this challenge by keep out of it's. captain marco royce stepped up to convert from the spot.
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and just 2 minutes later axel vittal goes in on the goals sanchez setting him up with 2 mins full. time sensu kept the hosts going shortly off the hole and kept up his record of scoring at least twice in every match so far. he was once again set up by european blonde to secure a 5 nil end result. the women's youngsters celebrate a fantastic performance as their fans celebrate the new norwegian. the go up a go silence are famous for their giant tortoises reptiles even inspired charles darwin to develop his theory of evolution that human activity has left them critically endangered now scientists say they may have found a way genetically to bring to extinct species of glop those tortoises back to life conservation as have discovered 30 of their partial descendants and hope to use the
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