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this is deja vu news live from berlin and britain and the european union go head to head on trade talks the e.u.'s michelle body a warns that both sides need to prepare for a possible cliff no deal at the end of the year the prime minister of course johnson fires back we won't accept a new rule. also coming up turkey gets drawn further into syria's civil war and its army retaliates against an attack by syrian forces claiming it's taken out dozens of syrian troops meanwhile thousands of civilians are being forced to flee. a new
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hospital built in just 10 days opens to cope with patients infected with the coronavirus in china but on the 1st day back after the extended lunar new year china's stock market plummets. and in bundesliga soccer cologne or 2 or 4 nil victory over european hopefuls freiburg for different scorers ensured that cologne moved well clear of the relegation zone and a close that a weekend of high drama and germany's top flight. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us well just days after britain left of the european union the next brags a chapter has begun both sides are squaring up for what look likely to be a tough trade talks british prime minister boris johnson said the u.k. will seek a free trade agreement but not at any cost on the other side the e.u.'s negotiator michel barnier said the e.u. would demand tough terms on issues like fishing rights and
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a level playing field for businesses. but the up to do you could do the shuffle. we need to continue to add there to europe's societal rules and regulatory modelling the future paul would seek to dies. there is no need for a free trade agreement to involve accepting e.u. rules on competition policy subsidies social protection the environment or anything similar any more than the e.u. should be obliged to accept u.k. rules. for more on the story we can speak to the matches who is standing by for us and brussels tell us more about what we heard from both and johnson and laying out their strategy. really no surprise on the part of brian year and that is something here for sized himself when he said look what we offer the u.k.
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now has been already written down in this document that was attached to the divorce deal that is on the table and that's been signed by both sides it's called the political declaration and in the declaration there is the intention to form a close and strong partnership but here today said there should be 0 tariffs on either side but this comes with conditions and then i'll just give you one conditionality that was a dispute settlement mechanism in case one could not agree now boris johnson on the other hand said there should be no worry about state aid or a lower standards than the e.u. because they would have higher standards and there is no need for such a mechanism and that already gives you one of the key sticking points in the upcoming negotiations that's the tone going into those talks let's hear what european commission president was the last underline said recently in an exclusive interview with t.w. on those negotiations the most tricky part for us has been solved and the withdrawal agreement citizens why
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a financial settlement the island of ireland with done that we are fine with that now we are in a very strong position for the upcoming negotiations if at the end of the year there will be a high brix it well the u.k. exports almost half of all it's good to the european union so it's going to be tough. erick erick we heard it there it's going to be tough looking at that you touched upon some of these issues but what do you think are going to be the most difficult issues on the road ahead. trajan so we will be the bedrock of the negotiations that's what don you said and i think that is what most observers see the biggest difficulties at once although fission is another issue a security will be an interesting bargaining chip here but really if you look at the trade agreement the u.k. the e.u. position is very clear they want a level playing field they want that the standards applied to both sides and then tariffs can be lowered and that is something that the other side the u.k. from the european perspective is not willing to do boris johnson was very clear he
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wants a free trade deal like canada. that would rule out such a close relationship and that is really something that will be difficult in the upcoming negotiations charismatics reporting for us from brussels thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world a web site linked to the so-called islamic state says the man who carried out sunday's knife attack in london was one of the terror groups tigers police shot the man dead after he wounded 3 people on a busy street the suspect was under police surveillance after early release from prison. the e use top diplomat is in iran with for talks with the country's leaders. met with iranian foreign minister zarif and will later hold talks with the president hassan rouhani but else trip is seen as part of an e.u. effort to save the 2015 nuclear deal between iran and world powers. and authorities in the italian city of milan have temporarily banned cars from the city center in
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an effort to curb pollution small is a frequent problem in the city but not all residents are happy about the car ban some got behind the wheel anyways risking heavy fines. turkey's president to one says the turkish military has quote neutralized dozens of syrian government troops in retaliation for an attack on turkish forces in syria ancora now says 5 of its soldiers and one civilian were killed in the syrian attack and it live province syrian war monitor is reporting about edwards how the tory strikes by turkey left at least 13 syrian troops dead turkey has held military observation posts in rebel held it live since 2017 and they were set up under an agreement with russia and iran. and president air to one describe the syrian attack on turkish forces as vile she says syria's ally russia had been told that opera would not stand for any situation where it was prevented from responding to syrian assaults.
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the operation is underway at the moment his. around 40 points are now the constant targets about an operation will put those whom he defeated in the according to initial indicators. to 35 syrians though on the other side you have been neutralized because that of the however the operation is not yet over and that. well earlier i spoke to use correspondent in istanbul dorian jones and i asked him to tell us more about the clashes between turkish and syrian forces. well there's been a sustained military operation going on throughout the day turkish forces using heavy artillery and according to turkish president the one backed by fighter bombers have been pounding around 40 identified syrian regime forces sites this
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follows a deadly attack by syrian regime forces on turkish forces in it live president heard one has promised that they will be revenge for those attacks those deaths will not go on the answered was his message and he also said that this operation will be continuing now this clash between syrian regime forces and turkish armed forces has been looming for several weeks ever since damascus launched his major military offensive in which is the last bastion of syrian rebels home to around 3000000 people uncle has repeatedly warned started this operation had to stop saying it is in violation of agreements it had reach with moscow and it had been even the fear of right from the beginning of the syrian civil war that ultimately it would move beyond a civil war and would involve one of syria's neighbors these ongoing clashes now will stoke those fears there will be efforts on all sides i think to contain this but the message from president on is that these deaths of turku soldiers will not go unanswered and the series will receive
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a lesson we also heard president edouard warning another player in this conflict russia to stand aside what do you think the risk of escalation is here daryn. well they certainly will be a concern in fact though moscow do appear to be trying to downplay this they have said they've tonight of president on claims that 5 turkish fighter jets entered syrian airspace they say turkish russian forces do control those air space they've also blamed on for the deaths of the turkish soldiers they said those deaths occurred because i failed to notify syrian regime forces of their movements that is denied by but both sides do admit that their senior military officials are in contact with one another now even though most who are backing rival sides they have been working together in the last few years and that followed the downing of a russian jet by turkish forces a couple of years ago both sides realize it is these in both their interests to work together to contain this civil war to find
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a way out but given the fact that syrian regime forces now are closing in on it live the corporation between moscow will be increasingly put to the test we've heard one saying that moscow has to deliver on its agreements of wise it will be the end of this cooperation our correspondent dorian jones reporting on the latest in istanbul thank you. well it'll a province is home to some 3000000 people many of them displaced from other parts of syria in earlier waves of violence the united nations estimates that around 390000 syrians have been forced to flee from the province over the last 2 months. hundreds reached the turkish border in just a day families fleeing the bombs falling on southern and aleppo many say their goal is. it's an act of desperation because the border is closed. russian warplanes bombed us we have nothing to 8 we just want out of you away from this misery through turkey to europe. less than
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50 kilometers away bitter fighting in northeastern aleppo islamist militias attack syrian government troops they strike back hard with russian support in the air and on the ground. the offensive by pro-government forces is moving forward against determined resistance in the south of syria's last rebel held bastion government forces made significant advances to strategically important town of murat newman is under government control again. but at what price according to the u.n. since mid december nearly 400000 people have fled toward the turkish border including 200000 children. i left home with my children 3 girls and my boy here he was in the hospital after bombs hit us we hope the turkish president will help us and let us keep going to europe. turkey has
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reinforced its military presence in and lead and says it will continue to retaliate against attacks on its forces. in china concerns over the coronavirus have 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 more than 17000 have been infected a huge hospital built in record time to treat patients is opening in the city of will where the outbreak began experts are still trying to understand the virus 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 took an unexpected turn for the better the 70 year old chinese woman came down with the corona virus which is already claimed hundreds of
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lives but the virus vanished from her body after doctors in thailand administered an unusual cure. this is the standard treatment that we've used with patients it's a mixture of and drugs and a flu drug which china used to cure mers patients the mixture of both treatment shows a vast improvement 48 hours after applying the treatment and the result turns negative . even. further tests will determine whether this cocktail will put an end to the corona virus epidemic china is struggling to contain the disease the army has flown almost 800 medical staff and 60 tons of supplies to wu 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
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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. when will you hand in the surrounding have a province hospitals are being built in record time to absorb the strain on the health sector. outside who by 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 to lunar new year holiday to put such measures to the test. meanwhile hong kong is also stepping up measures to prevent the outbreak from spreading of the territories leader kerry lamb has announced she will shut almost all land and sea border control points to the mainland from midnight to stem the spread of the virus that's been handed it is charlotte shells
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and pillows standing by for us in hong kong high charlotte what more can you tell us about these measures. well more borders will now be closed to according to that announcement from kerry land today that will be considered good news by some others they are very critical of the fight over not all borders remain closed there are some that is so open it is still relatively easy for people from the mainland to cross here into hong kong that is something that has been i received a lot of criticism not just for acquaintance of kerry lamb and her government but within her own party as well people today calling all those borders to be shut particular consent about the after numbers of flights will continue to arrive into hong kong now that has been particularly criticism from the medical sector they say that it leaves them very exposed having so many people still coming in from the
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mainland they've announced a 5 day strike which began today thousands of people in known front line rose walked off the job will call the job again tomorrow that school to be moved frontline stuff they said that the measures announced by kerry lam today simply do no it's good enough now carol lam is that a complete closure of the borders would be disproportionate and difficult to introduce she will say said that it's not in line with guidelines by the world health organization which so far has not called for borders with mainland china to be completely close that being said though this is proof with the medical staff strike that had government will continue to be under pressure to close those borders over the coming days that we've seen the see a rise in both infections and also fatalities from the corona virus how worried are people there in hong kong. when looking at hong kong's
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response to this epidemic so you really have to look back to 2003 the outbreak of the car buyers back then almost 300 people live in hong kong obviously due to the close ties with mainland neighboring mainland china hong kong as well very densely populated which can continue to contribute to the spread of this virus people here are concerned what we're seeing is panic buying in shops of grocery and groceries and disinfected we've seen that schools will be closed for the future work of the being told to stay at home as well just some of the signs that people are becoming more and more. bringing us up to date from hong kong thank you so much. not just more news from around the world u.s. 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
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should stand against republican donald trump in november's presidential election 11 candidates are competing for the nomination. at least 20 people have died in a stampede in tanzania during a service at an evangelical church the crowd rushed towards the pastor who instructed them to touch holy oil that had been poured on the ground at least 16 other people were injured in the crash. and officials and. dozens of people were killed when attackers on motorcycles gunned down civilians in the village of bani security forces suspect jihadists carried out the killings the united nations estimates jihadist groups killed at least 4000 people in. neighboring mali and last year. the president of angola has told e.w. that his country is facing an unprecedented opportunity for change after corruption allegations against a former president's daughter billionaire isabel dos santos is accused of stealing
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hundreds of millions in public funds while heading the state run oil company in angola the allegations were published by a team of investigative journalists dos santos and says that she's the target of a smear campaign did his average increase sat down with angola's president and started by asking about rumors that dos santos is negotiating a deal to pay back part of the allegedly stolen money. flowing from the. most information is unfounded. we would like to make clear that there are no negotiations. and there will be no negotiations and there was an opportunity to do so that the very people who are involved in knots of corruption are fitted from a 6 month period of grace to return since they took illegally out of the country
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and. those who have used that chance would not be responsible for any consequences that may result. this winter. you know the documents that were leaked were quite clear do you want to see her behind bars. would prefer not to answer the judicial matter and i'm not a judge of any of the documents indicates that some of the deals happened with and sometimes on the orders of the former president for example presidential decrease to give undervalued lands to isabelle's companies why don't you go after the former president you must know what legislation what do you mean by that. because of these former presidents for at least 5 years after they finished that. but would you consider going after him after that time. the justice system not politicians of either indicts people. it's the justice system that investigates
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a possible crime. commission of politicians is to design the policies ensuring that the justice system can be done. within its competence is. the competency. of the president doesn't send people to cool but i wouldn't even have time for that there are many cases in the country in. a position where representatives are basically saying the justice system is not as independent as you are saying that it is very well controlled by the government was the response to that. that may have been the case in the past that it's not today. today they have the absolute liberty to act. that's the reason why there are so many trials with you but if you particularly related to corruption. now you served as the secretary general of the m.p.l. as a defense minister as well you knew the former president very well worked under him
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for a very long time why didn't you bring all these criticism up during that time. and i've worked under president. bush. we all did but if you. think he stayed in power for almost 40 years. no one can say he or she was not part of the system but if you don't we were all part of the system. those who are in a better position to correct what is wrong. and improve what is good. of those who know the system from with it is. that then you must have seen that is a very corrupt system because this is what the documents now show us and that's what even you know investigations. it is precisely because i've seen these high levels of corruption. and because i think that the
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situation should not continue. that we are fighting what we have seen for decades. that they force. comfortable for us to leave things as they were before. but it would not be correct. or. that is. we've now got a chance for change women and this is the right time to do it and. we know it demands a lot of courage and we face some resistance we would rather fight that resistance that i don't leave things as they were before moving. that was the president of angola speaking with our correspondent adrienne creech. let's get some sports news now in bundestag a football cybercast been the season's over achiever so far but they lost on sunday to
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a very strong cologne team went out 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 and the hosts were 1st to draw blood less than half an hour's played from fly ball failed to clear this corner leaving defenders of us john boehner how 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 strike a john caught the butts of double the lead by people alexander swallow parried the ball into space and caught the work he did up. blacks defending continued kingsley ac buoys mazy run was left virtually unchallenged in the 91st minute resulting in a 1st bundesliga goal for the right back on just one minutes later he's male ya
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corpse added another to seal food mill and results come loans biggest home victory since 2011. it's their 5th when in 6 games now while opponents fiberboard have cooled off considerably managing just one in the same period. in the late game vosper denied potter borne the chance to move out of the relegation zone with a 42 away when garrett holtman got a red card after this tussle and both 3rd made their advantage count daniele going check with them up 31 after an hour a stunning strike by sebastian vassili outis briefly gave potter one some hope of getting back into the game but maximilian arnalds free kick put an end to that. in the victory was for thirds 1st this year and it puts them back into the top half of the table. the kansas city chiefs pulled off
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a late surge to win the super bowl for the 1st time in half a century fans at home in kansas city went crazy when their team made a dramatic comeback in the 4th quarter overcoming a 10 point deficit to defeat the san francisco 49 ers 31 to 20 quarterback patrick my home's was named the game's most valuable player becoming the youngest player ever to receive that honor at the age of 24. are you coming up next on news asia asking for help why are pakistani students in china pleading with their government to evacuate them from the country. and the plastic bags choking bangladesh's waterways we take a look at a possible alternative that could turn the topic to. the responders you have those close stories coming right up on the news asia and don't forget to follow us on twitter for the latest headlines our handle there at the w. news thank you for watching.
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