this is news coming to you live from anger in china over the whistleblower who 1st reported the coronavirus outbreak when the young man has now died of the virus provoking a wave of online mourning and anger towards the chinese government over its treatment of the doctor some see as a hero. also coming up germany's chancellor heads to angola and oil rich

country struggling under corruption and extreme poverty we'll take a look at what angolans make of their president's promise to create jolt and turn their lives around. and sure in politics shaken to the core the premier of a small eastern state prepares to step down after breaking it to boot by accepting support from the far right. also coming up defying the taliban on the ski slope a mountain range once it used to attack the afghan capital is now 2 enthusiastic young snowboarders they have big plans for their sport. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we begin with the corona virus which has now claimed the lives of 636 people. one of them is the chinese doctor

who was punished after raising the alarm about the disease when. contract of the virus while working at a hospital in the city of han the epicenter of the elk break conflicting reports on lee's condition began circulating online on thursday to announcements about lee's death by chinese state media were later deleted causing confusion and anger. well for more on this i'm joined by correspondent a ts bellinger in beijing mathias tell us more about this doctor who has died he will young was an ophthalmologist in a hospital in one han and in the end of december beginning of january he noticed an unusual amount of patients who had been seen as something that seemed to be a virus no monia now we know it is the navajo coronavirus he talked about

it in a chat group of fellow doctors and was reprimanded by the police and told not to talk about it anymore he sometimes called now a whistleblower but he didn't even go public with this he talked with follow fellow colleagues and he was punished for that 3 weeks later the government had to admit that this pneumonia is far wider spread than anybody would have thought and that it's in its attempts to cover it up had allowed it to spread and then we have this massive locked out of many places in china these massive it conveniences for everybody and this fear of a new disease that hits everybody this is what makes his story so touching to people here well there is a lot of interest in the story of the hundreds of people there who have died from this virus now why is this one particular doctor's death getting so much attention

. this stock has that seems to galvanize all emotions that have been built up with people here in china i see on social media we chat moments that is something similar to. choose to facebook. threat. i see everybody literally everybody posting about his death no matter whether these are people who work in government institutions or whether these are people who are critical of the government who support the government who are educated who are less educated this touches everybody because this virus of course concerns everybody and his story is very much something that people can identify with he seems to have been a regular guy

a father whose wife is pregnant with their 2nd child who went to work who saw something that he thought he should warn others about he did warn others about he was right but instead he was reprimanded by the government and his warning was not listened to and this is why everybody is in this situation he is something like a macho of how the government has handled this coronavirus and his we know that authorities in china do have a tight grip on information flow do people there trust that their government will tell them what they need to know about this epidemic. this death and the reactions to it show that people do not trust the government he has said the truth the government has lied this is what stirs up the emotions now we can see lots of posts about him on social media the government is not able or

not willing to censor everything but it carefully sends everything that turns this death into outright criticism of the government you cannot post on chinese social media phrases like the government owes him an apology or freedom of speech would have prevented this crisis but he is thank you very much that was corresponding mathias bellinger in beijing well as the current of our spreads the race is on to find a cure or vaccine 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's 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 tipping 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. will tell us which technology is most effective we're glad other companies have different approaches to dealing with this virus. 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 . well here in germany at outcry over the involvement of the far right in a normally low profile regional election has shaken politics to the core. mainstream politician in the eastern state of thuringia accepted support from the far right alternative from germany party or a hefty to get elected state premier that broke a taboo of the mainstream parties which had previously shunned the a.f.d. subsequent outcry has been profiled. just 24 hours after becoming state premier thomas kerry announced his intention to resign. we will be requesting new elections in order to rid the stain of a if the 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 a f t 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. 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 angela macko c.d.u. party in the state for the 1st time in german post-war history a far right party was kingmaker the hunt shake between the new state premier and 3 years a.f.g. chief beyond hooker left many disgusted the had to say when she is left party threw

her bouquets of flowers that camera she's feet during the inauguration other parties joined the criticism this is to say it is an inacceptable breach of the should be elected state premier with the votes and especially with a vote of mr hucker. to go. to a concert with a very clear goal that they have to. enter into a joint alliance and the next day crimean supposed and in vienna. within hours of the vote people have gathered all over germany to protest. demonstrations continued into thursday with protest to standing against fascism and rejecting a state premier made it into office with the help of the far right. well for more on this developing story i'm joined here in the studio by our political correspondent simon young simon as we just heard there chancellor merkel

said it's unforgivable that her party colleagues their interest had worked with the a.f.p. to form a government her party has been holding crisis talks where do things stand now yes very well what we 24 hours ago and people are reeling from this election of a state premia ruling on the votes of the far right turning to the gemini party and you know many people were scratching their heads saying this is this is cross the line in gem of politics to keep that far right policy is far from the leaves of power as possible and you know it was clear that something had to change well 24 hours on something has changed the c.d.u. and the f.t.p. these tea parties really at the center of this mini crisis in the range you have of have begun rowing back they're essentially saying this vote will not be allowed to stand and the leaders of those 2 thoughts is that national leaders have been down in the range talking to the original politicians they're looking for

a way forward it may be that they will have to be fresh elections there the tea parties don't like that idea particularly off to this day buckle they may well find themselves massively losing support i expect thomas cameras the state premier he's been elected here to resign in the next few days or at least to call for a vote of no confidence so they're looking for ways how they can proceed let's hear what the leader of the christian democrat party said about this earlier. escape gets in it's a t.v. . series there are currently initiatives being taken in that aim to create clarity and within the existing parliament couldn't. we also agree that if these initiatives fail it will inevitably result in a new elections and. no. place. some understand the c.d.u. in theory is resisting pressure from the national leaders of the party including

a calm column bar to fix this thing immediately what does this say about the authority of an chancellor merkel yeah i'm the local politicians they're all playing for time i think at the moment but. in a great cram car umbrella has been struggling i would say to put a stamp on the party and that's ahead of course of the choice that the party still has to make about who will be the candidate to replace until america is chance there at the elections next year so it may be that down in 3 they felt they can they they felt empowered to push back against her in that way as for angela merkel was she has to worry about a coalition government in lean she's in coalition with the social democrats they have weakened this been a lot of talk about them possibly thinking about an early end to that coalition and that would of course maine in the early end to the chancellor merkel's term in

office indeed the social democrats and the greens too are up in arms over what's just happened but we're talking here someone about a small regional parliament a small german state the story is getting international attention what's at stake for germany's reputation abroad here yes i think there is a lot of worry about that because there are shades in the story of the 1920 s. and thirty's when policies of the center conservative policies lent some support to the nazis as they rose up to eventually seize power so people have been reminded of that course there are many differences in this situation but the coalition policies until now had a clear position to keep the far right a.f.d. alex and now they seem to be using influence so i think there's worry and a lot of people are saying you know we have to show we have to snip this in the bud is that phrase in german they're in on thing and stop it in the bud don't allow the

fascists to get even a foothold in democracies stop the creep to the right answer or simon young our political correspondent thank you so much. let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in iowa the democratic party has declared pete buthe church the winner of the state's caucuses monday's contest was the 1st to choose the democratic candidate to run against president don't throw in november's election the moat was hit by technical problems and delays narrowly defeated senator bernie sanders. thousands of orthodox serbs have gathered in cities across montenegro to protest against a new religious law 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 denies. and rescuers in spain are

searching for 2 people after a landslide spilled across a highway in the basque region the 2 missing are thought to be buried under the rubble police have deployed sniffer dogs and mountain rescue unit to help with the search. will chancellor merkel is heard the syringe news in south africa where she's currently heading to angola for trade talks after a visit to south africa she'll meet angola's president lawrence who came to power 2 and a half years ago on the pledge to create jobs and push on with development but many people doubted him lawrence 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 vowed 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 in fulfilled the w.

went to the angolan capital of the wanda 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. but i am without any sleep the government should at least deal with waste removal 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 former party allies. it's precisely because i have seen these high levels of corruption. 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 shackles would be

correct on my. side we have a chance to make a change. and this is the right time to do it a woman. lauren so is even going after the former president's children especially isabel dos santos. 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 the leaked documents the so-called one the leaks showed she could often cowan's on the help of her father the former president 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 london slums have the downs they want to see concrete results. so i'm going to michael is expected in the angolan capital of wanda today she's accompanied on her travels by a german business delegation a drink reshoot file that report you just saw interviewed president laurent so ahead of chances visit and go as leader talked about the opportunities that miracles this present. you visited germany in 2018 and now the german chancellor chancellor merkel will be coming here what are you expecting of visits noirish. 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 you so you've 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 somebody of our country is here in the gulf of guinea. and recently this region has been threatened by maritime piracy. but people tell me about it you. know your economy is struggling because of the law of price you're trying to there 1st day versified of 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. but we will take the necessary precautions in the process of privatizing the big companies will process. these mostly if you

could move that doesn't mean exchanging one elite for another by means of the same so-called regime material capital accumulation as happened with the current elites . with some pretty difficult. was that ways in which most good and we want to create elites every country has elites. but they must work honestly and what they are in an honest way. before that can see them that. they must be capable of creating jobs without using public funds . no one is against elites but just against the way the currents are leaks became rich in an illicit way that needs to be made clear if you can feel quite the german chancellor coming to visit with a business delegation that we ask in the end what is your message to the business world where she meant. an investment is welcoming ongoing. we're doing our

part we're creating a better business environment and i go that day after day it was. all my vision beautifully one of the measures is precisely fighting corruption so the foreign investment in angola is safe. and well that that's what there is guaranteed return and if it happens everyone will win. the foreign investors will win and my country will win and go that will win. but by using it around more. afghanistan the hills outside of kabul were 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 enthusiastic young snowboarders they don't have a ski lift and they get no financial 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 and. 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 chardon 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 ahmed 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. 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. the future role of the taliban in afghanistan is unclear as things stand and his mates can practice their new hobby in peace for at least as long as the snow dos. the town of italy paid tribute to the late american basketball star kobe bryant. prions

childhood home in the mid 1980 s. where he played basketball as a youngster fans filled a sports hall in the central italian town and celebrated bryant championship game. both teams wore kobe bryant shirts with his jersey numbers to honor his legacy and the los angeles lakers stores jersey was hoisted to the rafters alongside other reality legends. the mayor of riyadh to name a street after bryant as soon as there is an opportunity. and just reminder of the top stories we're following for you here today. the doctor who for the world to the corona virus has succumbed to the disease. of young. mourning and anger towards the chinese government over its treatment of the doctor who see as a hero. in politics shaken to the core the premier eastern

german state prepares to step down after breaking into by accepting support from the far right the party. is implicated in this kind. of you watching. coming up next our debate program to the point considers whether president trump is unstoppable in this election year i'm terry martin thanks for watching.

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