the sound. starts 7th. this is news coming to you live from berlin turkey gets drawn further into syria's civil war president everyone says the turkish military has quote neutralized dozens of syrian government troops in retaliation for a deadly attack on turkish forces meanwhile thousands of civilians are being forced to flee. also coming up the corona virus crashes china's stock market on the 1st day back after the extended lunar new year the central bank pumps billions into the

economy as a new hospital built in just 10 days opens to cope with the outbreak the number of confirmed cases rises to more than 17. and in the bundesliga strugglers cologne rule or a tour for victory over european hopefuls fribourg for different scorers ensured marcus. moved well clear of the relegation zone bringing to a close a weekend of high drama in germany's top flight. welcome to the program president says the turkish military has quote neutralized dozens of syrian government troops in retaliation for an attack on turkish forces in syria this comes after a syrian attacked. killed 4 turkish soldiers in province

a syrian war monitor says at least 6 syrian troops were killed by turkey's retaliatory attacks turkey has had military observation posts in rebel held since 2017 they were set up under an agreement with russia and iran. for the very latest now let's cross over to. our correspondent dorian jones is standing by dorian what can you tell us about these clashes between turkish and syrian forces but these tensions have been steadily building up of a since the syrian regime forces launched this major offensive into it's the last main stronghold of the syrian rebels around 3000000 people are believed to be. stuck in that region and turkey has been warning that it will push back if this offensive goes on is in violation of an agreement between. moscow to create a deescalation zone to prevent such an offensive and these tensions over spilled

into confrontation on sunday when syrian regime forces launched a tillery attacks against turkish forces to ploy they need live killing 4 and wounding 9 and took as president a type one today has announced a major retaliation 40 syrian sites have been hit they claim between 35 and 40 syrian regime forces have been killed and crucially he said that this you involved not only took a shit tillery but fighter bombers f. 16 s and they suggest that there is cooperation with moscow in fact president no one said that this attack was carried out in coordination with russian generals on the ground so a game was seen as balancing act by moscow backing the regime at the same time wanting to keep its relationship with our own crop of the moment takes a very high with heard one warning that this has this operation will continue all the turkish president we understand has warned moscow not to get involved in retaliation what's the risk of this escalating.

well this is the big concern that ever since he had to point forces into syria and in particular in lives that there would be at some point a clash between syrian regime forces and turkish forces this would make a further ratcheting up of the civil war into aisle conflict between 2 neighboring countries something that everyone had been keen to avoid since the start of the civil war and on top of that you have moscow there and they are serous of some confrontation possibly between turkish armed russian forces on the ground you have to recall in 2015 turkish fighter jets shot down a russian bomber which resulted in a major crisis in turkey russian relations since then there's been a reproach month on the basis that reproach one is cooperate in syria with both sides realize that it's in both their interests to work together this is putting a crucial test to that relationship of the moment. and that was d w correspondent dorian jones there in istanbul now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today authorities in the italian city of milan

have temporarily banned cars from the city center in an effort to curb pollution small is a prequel problem in the city but not all residents are happy about the car ban some got behind the wheel nonetheless risking hefty fines. us democratic presidential hopefuls are making their final push for votes ahead of monday's iowa caucuses democratic voters in the state will be the 1st to decide who should stand against republican don't trump the november's presidential election 11 candidates are competing for the nomination. in china concerns over the coronavirus of sent stocks into freefall share prices plunged by about 8 percent on the 1st day of trading after the lunar new year holiday china now says more than 360 people have died from the virus and that over 17000 been infected a huge hospital built in record time to treat patients is opening in the city of on

where the outbreak began experts are still trying to understand the buyers but a patient in thailand has provided hope that a cocktail of drugs could be used to treat severe cases of the infection. this patient's health 2 can unexpected 10 for the better the 70 year old chinese woman came down with the corona virus which is already claimed hundreds of lives but the virus vanished from her body after doctors in thailand administered an unusual q. . you know this is the standard treatment that we've used with patients it's a mixture of drugs and a few drugs which china used to queue many patients the mixture of both treatment sherry's boston proven 48 hours after applying the treatment and the result times negative. further tests will determine whether this cocktail will put an end to the coronavirus epidemic china is struggling to contain the disease the

army has flown almost 800 medical staff and 60 tons of supplies to woo han the city at the epicenter of the outbreak. after receiving the order we immediately began to make arrangements for the mission carefully selecting cruise and coming out with 4 different flight plans considering the high risk of infection we also took measures to protect ourselves and provide a safe cabin space for. more than 300 people have died from the virus in china almost 15000 infections have been registered across the country. and will hand in the surrounding her bay province hospitals are being built in record time to absorb the strain on the health sector. outside who the government is desperate to slow the viruses spread in the city of energy every household is limited to one shopping trip by person every 2 days. public transport is disinfected but next week

millions of chinese will return to work after an extended lunar new year holiday to put such measures to the test. or go over to. a correspondent in beijing with the number of coronavirus cases keeps rising in china more and more people are dying is this going to continue getting worse before it gets better. that's what most people expect the numbers are rising the numbers are rising at a faster pace most of the cases that we see the new cases that are registered are still inside who by province inside one mostly and the cases outside of this area are rising at a slower pace so that gives the hope that the virus might be contained inside this quarantine zone but this is far from. from sure because there is

a long incubation period and we might as well see the numbers taking off in other parts of china in the next few days i understand a new purpose built hospital has just been finished in han how is that expected to help in tackling the corona virus outbreak. new hospital has more than 1000 bags they have badly needed considering that several thousands of people in this city have been diagnosed with the virus and we keep hearing reports about people being not able to get their diagnosis because tests kids are lacking. admission problems in hospitals so these beds are badly needed but the one government has stopped stepped up other measures as well so for example they have.

announced we don't know really what they are really but they have announced to have quote quarantine zones where people who are who are sick but who are not sick that they need to go into the hospital where they have to stay and will possibly be taken by the police into these quarantine zones as the military has stepped in hoping to distribute food and other supplies to supermarkets so we are seeing everything we hear from one hand is pointing to a severe emergency. health emergency matures is also having a massive economic impact on china how is that making itself felt. today is the day where according to initial plans the holiday the new year holiday should have ended pretty china's pretty much an unlocked own economically around this time of the year because of the holidays but as you can see all these shops

have not opened today the government has extended the holiday so if until now economically there was some kind of a lucky coincidence that this. this crisis fell onto a holiday season now we are going to feel the real reasons when production when commercial activity will not pick up off to the holiday but he is thinking very much that was correspondent in beijing. a stabbing incident that left people wounded on a london street has led british prime minister boris johnson to say he'll push for changing the channel for changes in dealing with terrorist offenders the attacker had recently been given an early release from prison where he was serving time for a terrorist related conviction police shot him dead during the attack the 20 year old had been under police surveillance since his release for. police in london

shoot until a man wearing a fake bomb vest after he goes on a stabbing spree injuring 2 people well there is a piece investigation taking place right now and a friend. history history to counter terrorism. the attack a 20 year old man was on early release from jail. the suspect had been recently released from prison where he had been serving a sentence for islamist related terrorism offenses the attack itself and the assailants profile all too familiar for londoners it's the 2nd terrorist related stabbing spree in london in 3 months attacks committed by men who had already been convicted on terrorism related charges but this time the attack wasn't in the city center but in the suburbs. it's crazy she says crazy and stupid i mean i'm with myself like i'm addicted. to that kind of thing happening here i mean of my

children to question him she's stepping in your own doorstep which is pretty stupid but i think it's pretty strange that these things seem to repeat themselves and happen this often i think people are desensitizing to issues like this which i think is a big concern that seems pretty similar to what happened at london bridge. pretty scary that happens in your own backyard the u.k. government after the incident announced new sweeping measures in how it deals with terrorism offenders anti terrorism experts however also emphasized that lone wolf low tech attacks like this are always going to be difficult to stop any. display of football now freiburg have so far been this year's the season's over achievers but they lost on sunday to a strong cologne side who are now comfortably 6 points clear of the relegation spots. despite being on the receiving end of

a 51 thrashing last weekend cologne fans have had plenty to cheer about recently with their side finally getting into gear on the hosts were 1st to draw blood less than half an hour was played by will fail to clear this corner leaving defenders a bust on board now to tap in his 4th goal of the campaign the summer signing contributing on both ends of the pitch. after the break once again failed to clear their lines leaving striker john called the bouts of double the lead by keeper alexander swallow parried the ball into space and court the work he did up. blacks defending continued kingsley ac buoys mazie run was left virtually unchallenged in the 91st minute resulting in a 1st bundesliga goal for the right back and just one minutes later he smiled. jacobi out it another to see who i am results come moans biggest victory since

2011. it's their 5th when in 6 games now one opponents 5 have cooled off considerably managing just one the same period. you're watching news from berlin coming up next we've got a documentary for you paradise or robot clips the curse and blessings of artificial intelligence of course you get all this news and information around the clock at the w. dot com thanks for watching. language courses. any time anyway.