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this is d.w. news live from berlin germany finds new cases of the coronavirus officials say 2 people evacuated from china have tested positive for the virus they've been putting 14 since landing in frankfurt on board a german military plane on saturday we'll speak with someone who was on that plane meanwhile concern froze over the spread of the virus as the 1st death outside of china is reported health officials in the philippines say 44 year old chinese man has died in a hospital in manila. i'm
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carl aspen thanks for joining us at 1st they were symptom free but now officials say 2 people evacuated from china to germany on saturday are in fact infected with the new corona virus they were among a group of more than 120 passengers flown to frankfurt on a military plane from han that's the chinese city at the center of the outbreak evacuees are now in quarantine in a military facility and they'll be there for some 2 weeks infected or 2 german citizens they are being treated in a hospital in frankfurt where doctors say they are doing well. on sunday germany's health minister defended the decision to carry out the evacuation through. departure and show you know we had to and were able to assume that symptom free compact treats were returning to us. they were still symptom free in frankfurt and
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a nut since he seemed healthy. thank you patient to you means in a situation like this but what we've seen can change relatively quickly and i'm not sure exactly why the quarantine was right that's entirely on typing in one of those people who was on a plane joins us now yannick vice is a german student who was living in china he's now in fact under quarantine at an air base in southwestern germany yannick 1st of all thank you for speaking with us i want to ask you how is your health how are you feeling i mean this has been quite the ordeal for you and everybody who was on a plane well. yeah i'm feeling very well. for all of those. everybody i know you're from the german group also very well. of course this is a difficult situation for all of us. the current whom nobody expected this. when we started china. of course we were fine we were
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well treated quite a lot of medical so forth so if something would. go out and we never. really hospital in frankfurt once that quarantine like so you currently have a german military base what are the facilities like do you feel where well taken care of and how are you coping personally. well right now we are here in the military base. building is separated from the other buildings we have heads around all most so there is no way that an old soldier or somebody else can join us in our homes but also we are not allowed to leave or house. because we are not to go outside but we are not in the house to pass the fence. facility here is very very good everybody else has the security you
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know we watched. it once through prevents the whole break here also of course in the facility so this kind of his elation is i think the best opportunity to manage the extinct yanick tell me about the evacuation itself you were one of a around 100 people flown out of china at the time you were not aware that a couple of people on the plane were infected right. well of course this is a risk that is always there but we're also hearing mosques during. the plane for all the time so i think there is extent we expect as there is not very high but of course it's quite possible. and that's why we have here just kind of current t.v. well i think it's necessary for us nobody can say in my healthy right. now you were
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studying in will haunt the right what was life like in the city once this outbreak happened what what did you experience. well of course i was there for health year at the beginning everything was starting for me it's a living city and it really new people are living there and suddenly all these $11000000.00 people nobody is at the streets anymore and you have giant routes which are completely empty you have malls and nobody is inside it there are no cars there are no walkers or something out most the shops are completely closed. only some supermarkets are open left. off groceries and everything else that's right. for me as a student i don't have the opportunities to accrue for myself very much so the last
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time well the instant noodles and which of the rules and fruits. of course i'm finding that i can ease no better food here. vice is a german student he was recently evacuated from china for mohan due to the corona virus outbreak you sound very calm thank you so much for speaking with us we really appreciate you taking the time. ok let's check now some of the other stories making news around the world in london a man has been shot by police after a stabbing attack that's being described as terrorism related the attack took place in south london suburb of stratham the man has been confirmed dead emergency services say 3 people were wounded one of them was wounded critically and the attack. a state of emergency has been lifted near new south wales but bushfires continue to burn in other parts of australia at least 60 fires threaten property and land including a blaze in the blue mountains that has been burning for several weeks on sunday
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dozens of homes were destroyed and as fires raged out of control south of canberra . dozens are dead in northern burkean afonso after heavily armed attackers on motorcycles gunned down civilians in the village of bania that's according to reports security forces say jihad ists are behind the killing it's believed the attacks happened to punish locals for not obeying demands to leave the area. well after britain's divorce from the european union crucial talks on the terms of the future trade between the 2 are due to start next month the negotiations will put renewed scrutiny on the status of spain has long contested britain's 300 year old sovereignty over the territory its economy relies on an open border with neighboring spain which is of course in the e.u. but its future is uncertain at between a rock and a hard place residents in gibraltar voted overwhelmingly in favor of staying in the
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european union but spain is ceded the territory to britain in the 18th century so when the u.k. left the e.u. gibraltar went with it now media reports say madrid wants the e.u. to give the issue prominence a by including it in its opening negotiating position a draft of it is said to be published on monday it would involve gibraltar being excluded from any trade agreements between the e.u. and the u.k. a demand the block is expected to back residents here are feeling the uncertainty. of post 7 point of view unfortunately with the neighbors we have. they're going to make life difficult for us i'm from that perspective we're all a bit concerned there was. a food it's a very good to social welfare really and it seems like it's all happening for the
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wrong reasons and obviously you know is that you didn't want this to happen but. what can we do you know. i'm sure that whatever hurdles there are will be overcome but we don't know so it's just a bit of an unknown really. more than half of gibraltar's workforce comes from spain their economies are intertwined brings it could now offer madrid a chance to reclaim influence over the territory. well the horn of africa is still struggling to cope with a massive infestation of locusts sweeping the region somalia is the latest country affected it's declared a national emergency as the insects devastate farmland and food supplies in one of the poorest and most vulnerable parts of the world the swarm of locusts 1st hit in kenya over a week ago. land and livelihoods at risk farmers wrestling with the impact of climate change are now trying to defend their crops against desert
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locusts. depend heavily on the farming season we have to but the one beginning in april is short and not as productive we worry that the locus will destroy our harvest and we end up remaining hungry through the rest of the year waiting for the october crop and season. swarming by the billions locust pose a grave threat to food security throughout the horn of africa kenya the epicenter of the infestation ethiopia and somalia are the most severely impacted countries so far but a risk to south sudan and uganda are on the rise fear of what this could mean for the ecosystems of nations already struggling to feed their people is also growing. they're destroying the environment because of this very big bills of the so in within 6 hours they tell us this appraise deplete all the past us
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and that is very sad situation and they're multiplying quickly. you can see they're trying to. say this so we are trying to metz and produce so we need more help because we are racing against the tide we need to suppress the course before it in bed in the neighboring countries like south sudan . the challenge is that some areas are so remote that crews can't coordinate their efforts using the internet or g.p.s. kenya's ministry of agriculture continues to put planes in the air spraying chemicals with the hope of ridding the region of the swarms and protecting the food supply for the 11000000 plus people who live here.
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ok soccer now in leipzig slipped to 2nd place in the bundesliga table despite a draw at home to fellow title chasers. the hosts were swept away in the 1st half but some tactical changes and a red card swung the game in their favor. got that coach has turned his side into an attacking force house in part by this pack marcus to ram and out of sam playa. play i was in the thick of things after just 5 minutes at leipsic keeper pettigrew lashley was equal to both his and oscar events efforts. the same were involved when grant back did finally break through vent supplier one nil after 24 minutes a super team goal. by living dangerously defended mcconnell coming to his side's rescue here there was no saving the moments
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later a sloppy ball out from the back ruthlessly punished by younis hofmann 10 minutes before half time i. rang the changes at the break and one of the centering the frame made an immediate impact patrick shaikh taking advantage of yan samas butterfingers. the hosts had won back the visitors were feeling the pressure and sherry prior were sent off a card secret succession. and for dissent. mary says master plan was quickly unravelling. peppered the crowd back goldberg shots and they got their equaliser with just a minute to go a moment of magic from christopher on concrete. it was a go for seeing a thrilling game and immense it finished honestly even between these 2 stop title
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challenges. i let's get you up to date now on all the results from this weekend's bundesliga matches cologne scored 4 against freiburg earlier today also put up for to be part of born in the late game on saturday as we saw a drawing with fire one in mind they go now to the top of the table dortmund won big against when you're in berlin hoffenheim be to liverpool isn't dusseldorf time with frankfurt. beat bremen and on friday and shall go and it goes i to golf now graeme mcdowell has ended a 6 year title drought by winning the saudi international mcdowell hit 2 birdies on the back 9 of his final round to finish 2 shots ahead of defending champion dustin johnson to northern irishman won the us open in 2010 but has struggled to recapture that form ever since the victory in saudi arabia is expected to lift mcdowell back into the world's top 50 players. you're watching news live from
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