this is news coming to you live from berlin as the corona virus spreads the race is on to find a vaccine the world health organization is calling scientists together for a special conference and german researchers think they're on to something but kept the ready in time to curb the current epidemic also coming up the german chancellor heads to angola and oil rich country struggling under corruption and extreme poverty we'll take a look at what i make of the president's promise to create turn their lives around . german politics shaken to the core the premier of the small eastern german state

prepares to step down after breaking it to boom by accepting help from the far right. also coming up defying the taliban on the ski slopes a mountain range once it used to attack the afghan capital it's now home to enthusiastic young snowboarders they have big plans for their sport. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us we begin with the deadly corona virus which has now claimed the lives of 636 people in china alone with more than 31000 infected further afield authorities in japan have confirmed more new cases on board this cruise ship that's quarantined in yokohama harbor bringing the total. all to

61 infected passengers have been transferred to hospitals others on board have been confined to their cabins as they wait to be tested and efforts continue to halt the spread of the virus. well the doctor who raised the alarm about the credit by iris among his colleagues has now died after contracting the virus in a while on hospital for more on this i'm joined by correspond of a ts piling up in beijing mathias tell us more about this dr who has died he was among 8 people in working in one hospitals who noticed that something was going on who thought patients with symptoms off. of this new disease that was similar to another lung disease that has happened 17 years ago called saws and he posted in a chat group of doctors about what he had opposite. these 8 people were called

in by the police and they were p. minded for for their postings for spreading rumors he is now sometimes called a whistleblower but in fact he did not even go public with this he just shared it among colleagues and the police reacted fiercely to to this and then freely weeks later the whole country had to be locked down exactly because of what these 8 people have posted about in the end he contracted the disease and now he died for it so people see him as a monster this is something very unusual almost all posts on social media that i see on we've had moments that is something like a facebook feed where people post personal updates every every single post is about him people identify with him a lot. of the hundreds of people died from the virus why is this one doctor's

death getting so much attention. this doctor has spoken truth to the autoroute sees he has predicted something and was punished for it and then this thing happened. on the other hand he was not an activist he was not somebody who had a political agenda he was just a regular guy a young father his wife pregnant with a 2nd child who went to work who saw something who did the right thing to alert others about what he saw and then everything that went wrong in china has basically happened to him he was repressed by the police he he was not able to do what he could have done to contain the virus in the end he contracted the virus and died from it so this is a it is a story that many people can relate to he is definitely seen as

a martyr by many people and the interesting thing is by people from all walks of society not by just those who are usually critical of the system authorities in china of course have a tight grip on information flows do the chinese people trust their government to tell them what they need to know about this epidemic given what you just described . definitely not and that is one of the reasons why this man is so popular now he was speaking the truth the earth or she's we're trying to cover it up what we're seeing now is that the cover government is is is managing or is trying to manage information about him in social media very carefully they have not they're not deleting all posts about him people do post about him it might well at this point also not be possible to silence criticism of the government and praise of him but they are very careful in what they allow

people to say for example the phrase the government owes him and of course apology is sends we need more freedom of speech it sends it so i think china's senses are now in. it in a very high ective itchy mode they are trying to do everything they can to contain this news mathias thank you very much that was reporter spelling out in beijing. as a credible ira spreads the race is on to find a cure or a vaccine for the disease the world health organization is convening an international research conference next week to identify promising drug and vaccine projects to be fast tracked for development one company here in germany is hoping that its research receives the w.h.o. as backing. the pressure to produce a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is high and given the worldwide competition

time is of the essence in the german city of tubing in the cure of that company has been awarded about 7000000 euros thanks to a vaccine initiative the german government and investors like bill gates the fund is also backing companies in the u.s. and australia. clinical trials will tell us which technology is most effective we're glad other companies have different approaches to dealing with this virus. we're relying on our technology. here's the difference with current vaccinations it's the weekend virus that's injected after which the human body develops antibodies to fight it the german researchers one of the bypasses the virus their process aims to get the human body to simulate just a crucial part of the corona virus in order to protect itself against it. from the list of so i'm assuming the 1st clinical trials with vaccines for the new coronavirus can be launched this year including in germany. but approving

a vaccine could take years so it may come online too late for the current epidemic . a new poll has just been released here in germany asking people what they think about the corona virus outbreak so far there's no sense of panic among germans only 10 percent of respondents said they were afraid or very afraid of the virus more than half the people questioned said they were only somewhat worried or hardly at all. germans were also asked about their country's response 82 percent said they believe authorities and health care providers have this situation under control 14 percent of respondents said they were not confident that the country had a handle on the situation. let's catch up now on some of the other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump lashed out at an opponent in a speech at the white house less than a day after being acquitted at his impeachment trial. the trump said he was the

victim of a long and corrupt process he expressed particular disdain for the most powerful democrat in washington u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi. thousands of orthodox serbs have gathered in cities across multan a grow to protest against a new religious war demonstrations have picked up steam since the law was passed at the end of december the orthodox church believes the law could lead to the seizure of its property something the government designs. join a chance to un-american is on tour in south africa heading to go live for trade talks after a visit to south africa she'll meet and go as president jwoww who came to power after 2 and a half years ago on a pledge to create jobs and push on with development but many people doubted him who came from the same party as outgoing president jose eduardo dos santos who

ruled the country for 38 years and corruption has blighted angola's economy for decades but has bowed to go after elite figures such as the former president's daughter who is alleged to have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars but have the dreams of a new start been fulfilled u.w. went to the angolan capital luanda to find out. no wonder the capital of angola on display in the city center is evidence of the massive oil wealth that has poured into the southern african country in recent decades. but just a few kilometers away is another angola one of poverty and mass unemployment. we ask locals as the new president changed anything for them. there is a change but it's all happening much too slowly. nothing has changed yet and

we don't even have drinking water you know. get out anything leave the government should at least deal with waste removal of us when it rains here there are floods that sometimes drag away our children our houses are ruined too we have many problems here. but we want the new president. to think about us. things are very bad for us here our country is rich but we don't see any of it. people have a lot of money but we are suffering here. joe wilder and so took office 2 years ago his predecessor had been in power for 38 years lorenzo's ernest attempts at confronting the rampant corruption have surprised many here he's even confronted form

a party allies. it's precisely because i have seen these high levels of corruption. and because i think it must be stopped. that we are fighting what we've witnessed for decades. it might be comfortable for us to leave things as they were before. the shuttle would be correct and my. said we have a chance to make a change. and this is the right time to do it a woman. lawrence so is even going after the former president's children especially isabel. she's africa's richest woman and has been accused of illegally diverting hundreds of millions of dollars from state coffers to a company's. many important businesses are still controlled by isabel just santos

and as the leaked documents of the so-called one the leaks showed she could often count on the help of her father the former presidents and will probably take the courts can establish the scale of the corruption in the country and punish the perpetrators. so has the era of corrupt elites in angola past residents of the capital of london slums have their doubts they want to see concrete results . so as mentioned chancellor i'm going to do in the ngo and capital one just today she's accompanied by a german business delegation as part of his interview with president well ensued increase discussed the opportunities merkel's visit presented you visited germany in 2018 and now the german chancellor. will be coming here what are you expecting for a visit. we have great expectations for this visit. given

that the relations between angola and germany have always been good. and now on february the 7th we hope to sign you cooperation agreements with germany. for use you have been trying to or to persuade the german government to sell warships and because of the german opposition that did not happen we understand that last time when you were in berlin you were very optimistic that you could reach a conclusion what is the status at the moment. we're still interested provided that we get financing guarantees from germany as maritime safety is important to us about the body of countries here in the gulf of guinea because. you know how recently this region has been threatened by maritime piracy. and people tell me about it you. know your economy is struggling because of a lot of price you're trying to there 1st diversify the economy but you're also trying to privatise state business some people are skeptical that this will draw

bias from outside the usual elites because they are the ones who have the money to invest in it how are you trying to avoid that move. we will take the necessary precautions in the process of privatizing the big companies. they're going to put in these muslim if you could. that doesn't mean exchanging one elite for another by means of the same so-called regime achieve capital accumulation as happened with the current elites. some pretty difficult. ones that ways in which most we want to create elites every country has elites. but they must work honestly and what they do in an honest way. going out in the form that will see them that in. they must be capable of creating jobs without using public funds. to no one is against elites who just against the way

the current leaks became rich in an illicit way that needs to be make clear if you can speak with the german chancellor is coming to visit with a business delegation that we ask in the end what is your message to the business world were if you meant the. german investment is welcome in on goa. we're doing our part we're creating a better business environment and i go into day after day the most that will all my vision due to one of the measures is precisely fighting corruption so the foreign investment in one go that is safe. and well that then there is guaranteed return and if it happens everyone will win. the foreign investors will win and my country will win and go to will win. but by using it. well here in germany then outcry over the involvement of the far right in a normally low profile regional election has shaken german politics to the core on

wednesday a mainstream politician in the eastern state of 3 to accepted support from the far right alternative for germany party or a.f.p. to get elected state premier that broke a taboo of the mainstream parties which had previously shunned the f.t. the subsequent outcry has been profile. just 24 hours after becoming state premier thomas carry an ounce to his intention to resign. we will be requesting new elections in order to rid the stain of a.f.p. support from the office of state premier mr president. the pressure proved too great cameron found himself on the front page of almost every german newspaper the election of the free democrat politician with the help of the far right if he had set off a political earthquake the shock waves reverberated all the way to south africa

where the visiting anglo american made her position clear. as this was foreseeable it must be said that this is unforgivable and that's why the result must be reversed. if the people cameron had been the head of the smallest party in the state parliament his election by lawmakers was only made possible with votes from the a.f.p. and angular macko c.d.u. party in the state for the 1st time in german post-war history a far right party with kingmaker the handshake between the new state premier and 3 years a.f.g. chief beyond hooker left many disgusted the had a syringe years left party through her bouquets of flowers a camera she's feet during the inauguration other parties joined the criticism is this to say it is an inacceptable breach of the should be elected state premier

with the votes are going to specially with a vote of mr hucker. to go. to a concert with a very clear goal that i ask you and i have to enter into a joint alliance and elect a state prime minister president. within hours of the vote people have gathered all over germany to protest. demonstrations continued into thursday with protest is standing against fascism and rejecting a state premier made it into office with the help of the far right. well for more on the story i'm joined here in the studio by our political correspondent simon young good morning simon so chancellor merkel said it was unforgivable that her party had backed the formation of a government into ranjit with the help of the far right a d e her party has been holding crisis talks what i think stan was very 24 hours ago

we were in a very different place with the election of this state premier relying on the support of the f.t. as you said that breaking it to boo in german politics to keep the far right alternative for germany party as far away from the leader of the leaves of power as possible and people really scratching their heads why the free democrats and indeed the christian democrats angela merkel's policy allowed such a thing to happen 24 hours later both parties of road back they said effectively this vote will not stand and the leaders of both of those parties of being in. you know trying to sort of do a bit of damage limitation to rescue whatever they can from this situation the politicians in the state are worried they want to avoid fresh elections of possible because obviously they 50 after this day buckle a massive loss of support so the search is now on for a no the way to bring about

a different situation probably thomas kemmer if this state premier he's been elected will resign in the next couple of days but they're looking for new ways let's listen to what the c.d.u. leader has said about this. it's keep kids in it's a t.v. in the. sea and there are currently initiatives being as he can that aim to create clarity within the existing parliament couldn't it isn't because he isn't we also agree that if these initiatives fail it will inevitably result in a new elections in the n.g.'s he. played in the. simon i understand that the c.d.u. in syringe is resisting pressure from the national party to fix this mess immediately they seem to be playing for time what does this say about the authority of the nick like tom cotton bella whom we just saw there the head of the party and

indeed chancellor merkel herself well you have to know that and a great tramcar about has been struggling to put a stamp on the party really and she's facing some resistance basically in the context of the choice that's yet to be made about who will be the c.d.u. candidate for the chancellorship to succeed angle americal next year so in that context you know it may be that the these local see the politicians its range of felt empowered to push back against terror and to you know try and go their own way as for angle americal she's worried about the future of her government she's in coalition with social democrats and they are saying you know well we've got really serious questions we need to ask chancellor merkel and her party we're very worried and we see ourselves as the real bulwark against the far right and so they're profiling themselves in that way we're talking about a regional parliament here in a small german state but the story is getting international attention simon what's

at stake here for germany's reputation abroad well i think there is some potential for damage to the reputation here there are shades in this of the 1920 s. and thirty's when policies of the center boys were parties as it were centrist parties. support to the nazis as they as they came up and the coalition parties until now had a very clear position to keep the far right out that's been challenged and we've seen you know the a.f.d. already the law or just party in the german parliament in berlin and we've seen already you know the largest opposition party excuse me and we've seen how that's the case in many of the european countries where they were even also in government in some places so there are fears simon thank you very much political correspondent simon yeah. hills outside kabul what once used by the taliban to pound the afghan capital with rockets and mortars today the hindu kush mountain range is home to

a group of who is yes young snowboarders they don't have a ski lift and they get no official help but the founders of the afghan snowboarding federation have got big plans for their sport. snowboarding seems an unlikely leisure pursuit in the hills outside the afghan capital but at 1800 meters above sea level kabul is one of the highest capital cities in the world these local youths are making the most of winter in the hindu kush mountain range that surrounds the city snowboarding a mosque snowboarding is the new face of afghanistan we established the afghan snowboarding federation to show this new face of the world so that they can see that in a country where there is fighting and ethnic problems it's still not all about the war. and the youth is involved as well as both boys and girls like george allen are in the 1990 s.

from these very hills taliban fighters rained down artillery and rockets on kabul now they're one of the few places in the country where ahmad and his friends can snowboard in safety. another is the central province of bamiyan famous around the world as the site of one of the greatest cultural crimes in recent memory the deliberate destruction in 2001 of the ancient buddhist statues that wants looked out over the valley from this cliff face the taliban isn't just a presence in memory the group still controls around half of the country. no monica the taliban come back it's impossible. because they aren't sports friendly people. they don't want pace and i don't want sports so if they come back we won't be able to snuggle. with him in the future role of the taliban in afghanistan is unclear. and his mates can practice their new hobby in peace for at least

as long as the snow dos. this is news and these are our top stories a doctor who was reprimanded by chinese authorities for spreading rumors about the coronavirus was officially recognized has died of the disease china has now reported more than 600 deaths and more than $30000.00 cases of corona violence. a german state premiers to step down a day after being controversially elected with the help of the far right alternative for germany party thomas chemically from the business friendly free democrats won the vote in the eastern state of. called the election unforgivable. u.s. president donald trump has hailed his acquittal in the senate impeachment trial addressing the nation trouble lashed out at those who tried to remove him from office.

thousands of orthodox serbs have gathered cross montenegro to protest a new religious law demonstrations have picked up since the law was passed in december the orthodox church believes the law could lead to the seizure of its property something the government says. this is t w news from berlin business is next with office thanks for watching. the book. the i'm going to. the be. subject to.

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