you. claim. this is live from berlin in his state of the union address president trump tells americans you've never had it so good. the american the drenching has only just begun and my fellow americans the best is yet to come. republicans cheer and challenge for more years but the democrats speaker of the house sitting just behind the president makes clear what she thinks of the speech. also coming up how china likes the world to see its efforts to curb the spread of

the coronavirus and of reality body bags left lying near the patients we report on the work of a grainy video blogger and citizen journalists and the rare moments when the children of live candied just children we visit an orphanage taking care of the youngsters who have been bombed out of their homes and syrian government forces it down on the last rebel stronghold. plus the fascination of abandoned buildings we look at a new trend in photography that finds a life to decay as nature takes back its. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president hailed what he called the great american comeback in his annual state of the union address to congress in his. each covering

a wide range of issues he celebrated america's booming economy that's his name platform in this election year also telling his moves on a range of signature foreign policy issues including trade deals and pressuring nato allies to increase military spending the speech comes as the republican controlled senate prepares to acquit trump at his impeachment trial. as don't know trump made his way to the podium it was clear he had the support of his republican party. but as they chanted for more years there was no escaping the fact that this house is democratic controlled impeachment wasn't mentioned but president trump appeared to snub house speaker nancy pelosi the most powerful elected democrat by refusing to shake her hand. this was to be his show

3 years ago we launched the great american comeback tonight i stand before you to share the incredible results jobs are booming incomes a story poverty is plummeting crime is falling confidence is surgery and our country is thriving and highly respected again. from the economy to trade foreign policy to defense donald trump in short he was sent to stage america's enemies are on the run. america's fortunes are on the rise in america's future is blazing bright. the years of economic u.k. are over. donald trump also had

a few surprises up his sleeve. please take this procedure back. he called venezuela's opposition leader one why do know who was watching from the gallery the legitimate president of venezuela the best is yet to come thank you but is trump true to a close it was what was going on behind him that stole the show nancy pelosi ripping up his speech the bitter feud between the 2 boiling over once again. to give us the european perspective i'm joined now by terry soltz in brussels so terry what do you think that leaders on this side of the atlantic will make of the president's speech well sara i think european leaders will be very relieved that they didn't get higher billing in the state of the union speech you never know when president trump is going to go off script and suddenly announce that he has decided to put a 25 percent tariff on european car imports or cut off intelligence sharing because

they've decided to go ahead and use wall way technology in 5 g. so i think everyone's going to be relieved that didn't happen president trump so rarely says anything nice about europe these days that i think they're going to be happy she didn't say anything at all. meantime we know on foreign policy the president did however talk about nato claiming to have convince allies to increase their defense spending let's have a listen and then get your reaction we're also getting our allies finally to help pay their fair share of raised contributions from other nato members by more than $400000000000.00 and the number of allies beating their minimum obligation has more than doubled so terry what kind of message is trump sending to europe with this comment about nato. this there is actually in stark contrast to the way he normally talks about nato allies funding their militaries because of course it is true that

europe spends much less on its defense than the united states does but president trump is usually absolutely serbia in his criticism of european governments for for that imbalance and in fact last night he was declaring victory saying that he personally was responsible for increased defense spending which is in fact the case that they are spending more and so i think that again they will be relieved that he is looking at this as a win despite the fact that he completely mischaracterizes how nato is funded i think they'll be satisfied to take that in and perhaps look at it as an as an encouraging sign that on the campaign trail he may not use nato as such a political hot potato as he did in the past teri schultz thank you. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world turkish authorities say that at least 23 people have died in an avalanche in turkey others are still

believed to be buried under the snow the avalanche struck while a large team of rescue workers were searching for 2 people who had been hit by an earlier snow slide in eastern band problems. malawi's president peter with a rica is to appeal after the country's constitutional court an old his victory in last year's presidential election his spokesperson called monday's ruling an attempt to circumvent democracy the court said that there were great regularities in the vote in may last year. severe floods on new zealand south island have forced thousands of people to flee their homes and farms the flooding follows days of torrential rain authorities have declared a state of emergency for the region forecasters say that the weather should ease in the coming days. well china says that the number of people infected by the corona virus has now topped 24000 almost 500 have died several cities in china are on lockdown notably the city where the virus was 1st detected on efforts are being

made there to test and treat patients but it seems that not all is going as smoothly as the chinese government wants its people to believe. a conference center converted to an enormous makeshift hospital part of who hands response to the flood of new infections chinese state television broadcast footage of recently completed hospitals with multitudes of doctors taking care of few patients. but secretly recorded videos from hospitals paint a very different picture body bags containing the dead lying close to patients even in waiting areas the citizen journalist visited for hospitals and. people are not being informed about the real situation state t.v. doesn't go where it hurts but i think this needs to be seen.

the journalist found more body bags outside one hospital inside he saw dying patients together in one room he posted his videos online officials had him arrested and released him after a public outcry but in china his online videos have been deleted. hungama has announced that anyone entering the territory from mainland china will face a mandatory 2 week quarantine to prevent the spread of the corona virus health care workers in the territory have been calling for authorities to completely close the border authorities have also quarantined a cruise ship with more than 3600 people on board after some crew members showed symptoms of the virus. the world dream has returned to hong kong though it remains unclear whether passengers will be allowed to disembark coronavirus symptoms can take 2 weeks to surface meaning suspected carriers must remain in

quarantine print least that long to prevent further transmission health officials have begun testing the passengers and crew on board with confirmed cases already being sent to hospitals. the ships arrival came as hong kong health workers began a 3rd day of strikes in the city they want a meeting with hong kong chief executive kerry lamb to discuss officially closing the border with mainland china a move they believe would hope the spread of the corona virus that has infiltrated hong kong and already killed one man. urge to solve this situation by coming out. and talk to us the world health organization has declared the virus a global emergency but not a pandemic in other words it might be spreading but don't panic currently we are not independent make. we are to phase where it's an epidemic. people

folk and we will try to distinguish the transmission in each of these for site. hong kong wants to show it serious about stemming the spread of the virus in the territories to crew ship terminals will soon be shut down as part of its response to the crisis. and for more we go to charlotte charleston pil our correspondent in hong kong who is at the harbor there and charlotte and we'd like to ask you what is happening with the passengers on board that quarantined cruise ship because we heard that there was a man taken from the hong kong cruise liner into the ambulance after a coronavirus check. well this is clearly going to be a very anxious wait for the passengers on board this cruise liners they're facing an additional extra nights now quarantine in this cruise ship now what they don't know at this stage is exactly how long they will be there authorities have not said

how many more nights they could be facing here. on this ship but we do know is that several of the crew members were displaying symptoms they've now been taken off the ship and are being tested for that new coronavirus we also know that on board this ship on a previous trip there were 3 people from mainland china who were then diagnosed with a new coronavirus and it is that which is causing so much concern for people on board the ship every now and then we hear announcements telling people to thanking people for that patient saying it's not clear when they'll be allowed to disembark that testing is being carried out every now and then people coming on to the balconies just behind me just to have a look around just to see what's going on looking at the press pack reporting is the situation unfolds so what is the mood there given all about charlotte and how much of a risk is hong kong really facing from the coronavirus. well

everybody here has very painful memories of the sawyers back in 2003 which almost 300 people lost their lives in a in a densely populated city like hong kong with such close ties to mainland china this is an area where this virus could spread very quickly and of course everybody knows that it could take up to 2 weeks before people displaced symptoms that is causing a great deal of war here that is exactly why i carry am encourage people today to stay at home to not go out unless necessary to wear face masks as well people that we've spoken to say though that they ideally want all of the borders with mainland china now to be closed for that reason the medical staff are on strike at the moment demanding just that saying hong kong needs to take as many preventative measures as possible to stop the spread of this virus carry lamb and mounting today further measures she said anybody traveling from mainland china will now be quarantined to 14 days as of february 8th in an attempt to try and stop the spread

of this virus charlotte's health and pale in hong kong thank you charlotte. now to syria where a government offensive against the last rebel stronghold is causing one of the biggest waves of displacement in the 9 year civil war the united nations humanitarian coordination office says that more than half a 1000000 people have been forced to flee and it lived province since the beginning of december 80 percent of them are women and children now our next report comes from an orphanage that offers children some respite from the fighting. rare moments of happiness and which could be can simply be a child the 11 year old fled with her 2 brothers from the bombs to the southeast of the city of. the family home was hit by russian fighter jets the father fell into the hands of government troops no one knows if he's still alive.

i remember how bombs into our house and bed of our neighbors both houses were completely destroyed a girl from next door lay dead in the rubble i saw her the poor thing. the children's mother was overwhelmed and left them here at the orphanage in it live it's a roof over their head but they are not safe here either. fear that bombs keep falling nearby we are so afraid i hold the plane spare us and don't shoot at us. here go. the orphans are aged between one and 15 years old and they come from all over syria. 20 children live here together often in the bitter cold the house only has one heater. haase now reads books to the children helps them learn to read and write one year ago she and some friends collected money rented this house and bought books and toys to give shelter

to these children in need. who try to satisfy the most basic needs of the children at least. of course there is still a lot missing but we do our best the situation is hard and life here is expensive but most of all it's not safe. the attacks are getting closer despite a truce russian and syrian fighter jets are reportedly bombing islamist positions in syria in reality however it is mainly civilians who die a few days ago more than 20 people died in an attack on an industrial area of it lip any trip to the city can be fatal. has not has learned to live with the risk she buy sweets rice and eggs for the children there is not enough money for much more. they wait for her at home playing outside is too dangerous the

helpers prepare 3 sparse meals a day not everyone is full but they are still grateful. i seen nor we are very concerned about the fate of these children it seems they have a difficult future they've been displaced several times the bombs death and destruction what since did they commit to experience all this misery here and live and yet it is a place of hope in a region that leaves so little reason for hope in the end it is children who are hardest hit by war not terrorists. and in other news now somalian authorities and the united nations have called for urgent humanitarian assistance amid a food shortage that could threaten millions of people they say the situation could be made worse by swarms of locusts that have been damaging crops across east africa

. climate protestors briefly forced the closure of b.p.'s london headquarters on wednesday morning activists placed hundreds of solar panels outside of the building they say that they wanted to show the oil and gas companies new chief executive what he needs to do to tackle the climate emergency at least 9 people were arrested . the german engineering group siemens has come under fire from environmental activists because of its involvement in a big new opencast coal mine in australia siemens is supplying signalling for a railway that's being built to take coal from the mine to the docks for export the activists pick it at the company's annual shareholders meeting in munich to demand that it stop selling to fossil fuel companies. as demonstrators joined hands outside the munich venue to protest siemens environmental record shareholders in europe's biggest engineering company were keen to learn the financial details

orders and earnings were lower in the 1st quarter. but before c.e.o. joe kayser could address siemens results he have to deal with the environmental issues he told media was grotesque the project in australia had made siemens a target of environmental protests but that doesn't change the fact that the signal equipment we delivered ensure a safe rail transport and is relevant to the overall operating of the controversial mine is his. kayser is in his last year at the helm and is attempting a major restructuring of siemens which makes everything from trains to wind turbines siemens reported study profits despite a drop in orders in the october to december period way down by weaker performances in the also in energy sectors sluggish results for its when business could hinder siemens bid to launch a new energy company with plans for siemens energy to go public later in the year the company also saw weaker than expected 1st quarter profits in its flagship digital industries business. you're watching news coming up later in the program

the fascination of abandoned buildings we look at a new trend in photography that finds a new life and need to k. as nature takes back itself. for about a year now children around the world have been heading heeding the call of the activist group to to strike to protect the climate but how far has teaching blue chip reflect the science of climate change on education authority in the north east of england claims aims to be the 1st in the world to have a climate change teacher in every state primary and secondary school recognised by the united nations let's have a look. at the science experiment a 6th grade class in the northern english town of hexham tries making fire with different types of fuel the teacher meryl botch elder asks her pupils the difference between energy derived from paraffin and

a final bell answers that only ethan allen is carbon neutral it's a science lesson about climate awareness whose aim is to teach young people how to mitigate global warming. we do this practical so we burn power then we burn ethanol what does it matter when you say actually the type of fuel makes a difference to our long term you know survival and health on earth then that makes it relevant if you maryl that. under is england's 1st climate change teacher certified by the un for which she took a 20 hour on line course her goal to raise awareness among children as a foundation in the movement against climate change. heat waves appearing from all from july to the end of august i think that really changes how we think it's our future and like people like it's not future it's our future and our kids' futures and so i feel like we should have

a bigger say than the there's just little things like you get an electric cars or turn your lights off when you're not in the room that's what merrill does she's taken the initiative to put a climate change teacher in every school in the region convincing school administrators was easy everyone recognizes changes in their natural surroundings bunch elder recently switched to solar energy at home and tries to raise her own food she 1st heard about climate change 30 years ago but felt optimistic but i was not particularly concerned i thought government would protect us i thought times would change now that we knew the science and the evidence was coming out 30 years later nothing much has changed now meryl much older is taking matters into her own hands as a climate change teacher in northern england. to the art of photography now and a new trend that focuses on abandoned buildings it's not about ancient ruins but about structures that may be just decades old and the way that they decay followers

of the trend also like to record how nature moves in them claims back what was once it's all. they enter abandoned houses parks and hospitals to capture photographs like these they have a passion for decaying structures that will soon disappear forever. modern ruins photographers work on the edge of legality often trespassing on abandoned property explorers like marcus schmidt shows wealth we would otherwise never see. this villa. abandoned 25 years ago like jury a stake with the home of business tycoon hans. christian still. there were 2 swimming pools nuclear fallout bunkers and elaborate gardens.

it's thrilling trying to find out what happened it's not that i imagined that i mr soul traipsing through my mansion i come to get a glimpse of how he lived what he did with these wealth what he built up discovering all this is what it's all about. during his lifetime the c.e.o. of tousen would have almost certainly not welcome visitors like marcus but time texas told even on the rich and mighty these photos capture transience. the village is a hot spot in the modern ruin saying the doors are not long gaining access does not breach the unofficial code of honor. and if there's a way year because someone has already entered then i will go into but i don't open doors i don't write can enter i don't pick locks none of that. this

maintenance workshop in just but was closed down in 2004 after giving 116 years of service. route way freight where. were repaired here 2000 people were employed a site the size of around 6 soccer fields a monument to work. on the 1st you come in and you think wow it's huge i'm always happy when it's such a big structure and geometrical it's great for the photos it really takes your breath away you don't use for a moment enjoy it especially the silent ruins are incredibly quiet except for water dripping and you don't hear anything when they get missed. the beauty for these photographers also lies in nature taking back that man has created.

but modern ruins exploration has its roots. the don't leave rubbish don't smoke don't take anything with you except for the photos and the experience in the board. leaves only footprints and thankfully those experiences through his stunning photographs. you're watching news coming up next on news asia a special edition on how marriage is changing across the region pakistani women and girls trafficked to china as brides while the government turns a blind eye. taiwan paves the way for same sex marriage in asia despite a conservative fight. and a slow economy puts couples in india under pressure to make their big day a little smaller. all that more coming up with my colleague. i.

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