this is news coming to you live from anger in china over the whistleblower who 1st reported the coronavirus outbreak. has now died of the virus provoking a wave of online morning and anger towards the chinese government over its treatment of the doctor who some see as a hero also coming up. ahead. and oil rich country struggling under corruption and extreme poverty we'll take a look at what make of their president's promise to create jobs and turn their

lives around. plus german politics shaken to the cold war the premier of a small eastern german state prepares to step down after breaking it to boo by accepting support from the far right. coming up defining the taliban on the ski slopes a mountain range once used to attack the afghan capital is now home to enthusiastic young snowboarders and they have big plans for their. 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 that sees young contracted the virus while working at a hospital in the city of on the epicenter of the outbreak conflicting reports on

lee's condition began circulating online thursday to announcements about lee's death by chinese mis 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 washington 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 novel 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 inconveniences for everybody and this fear of a new disease that hits everybody this is what makes his story so touching to people here or there is a lot of interest in the story of the hundreds of people that have died from this virus now why is this one particular doctor's death getting so much attention. this stock does 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 facebook 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 the

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 light 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 corona virus spread as 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 2 being 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. on our technology. here's the difference with current vaccinations it's the weekend

virus that 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 . 3 other stories making headlines around the world today australia's fire ravaged east coast has welcomed its heaviest rainfall in nearly 20 years or has helped douse some of the country's devastating bushfires and brought relief for farmers battling a prolonged drought but the rain has also caused flooding and a risk of landslides 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 a mountain rescue unit to help with the search. and thousands of orthodox serbs have gathered in cities across montenegro to protest against the new religious law demonstrations have picked up steam since the law was passed at the end of december your thoughts church believes the law could lead to the seizure of its property something the government in on us. here in germany an outcry over the involvement of the far right in a normally low profile regional election has shaken politics to the core on wednesday a mainstream politician in the eastern state of the except its support from the far right alternative for germany party or a.f.d. to get elected as state premier that brokered to boo the mainstream parties which

have previously shunned the f.t. subsequent outcry has been profound. just 24 hours after becoming state premier thomas chemistry an ounce to 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 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 hunt shake between the new state premier and 3 years a.f.g. chief beyond hooker left many disgusted the had just syringes left party through her bouquets of flowers that camera she's feet during the inauguration other parties joined the criticism this is citizen inacceptable breach of the should be elected state premier with a 50 votes and especially with a vote of mr hucker. to go. to a concert again with a very clear goal they have to. enter into

a joint alliance and the next state in the supposed envying. 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 with the project. 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 there in had worked with the a.f.p. to form a government her party has been holding crisis talks where do things stand now it's very well what we 24 hours ago and people who are reeling from this election of a state premia ruling on the votes of the far right will turn into germany 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 foreign 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 2 policies really at the center of this mini crisis in the range of have begun rowing back there essentially saying this vote will not be allowed to stand and the leaders of those 2 parties at 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 that he thought his don't like that idea particularly after 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.

it's a t.v. . series there are currently initiatives being taken in that aim to create clarity within the existing parliament couldn't it isn't. we also agree that if these initiatives fail it will inevitably result in new elections and 3rd n.g.o.s. being played and betty. simon i understand that 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 and chancellor merkel yeah and the local politicians there are playing for time i think at the moment but. in a great crime kind of imbalance 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 which she has to worry about 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 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 this 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 i.f.t. out 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 better than 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. germany's chancellor angela merkel is on tour in southern africa not currently heading to angola for trade talks after a visit to south africa she'll meet and go as president while lower end so who came to power 2 and a half years ago on a pledge to create jobs and push on with development but many people doubted him

the rent's who came from the same party as outgoing president jose at watoto santos who ruled the country for 38 years and corruption was blighted as has blighted angle of angola's economy for decades but lawrence who 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 been fulfilled d.w. went to the angolan capital one the 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 and we don't even have drinking water you know. but i am without any solution 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 my people have a lot of money that 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 and because i think it must be stopped. that we are fighting what we've witnessed for decades. it might be comfortable for most of the things as they were before. but would that be correct and my. city if 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. 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. she could often count on the help of her father the former president it 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 angela merkel is due in the angolan capital wanted today she's a company there by a german business delegation. who filed that report you just saw interviewed president laurent ahead of the chancellor's visit and goes leader talked about the opportunities that visit present you visited germany in 2018 and now the german chancellor. will be coming here what are you expecting of a visit. we have great expectations for this visit. given

that the relations between angola and germany have always been good. on february the 7th. we hope to sign new 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 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 loss of price you're

trying to divert there's a fire 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 what. is going to these muslim if you could. that doesn't mean exchanging one a league for another by means of the same the so-called regime achieve capital accumulation as happened with the current elites. with. the boys elites. we want to create elites every country has elites. that they must work honestly and what they are in an honest way. for. and they must be capable of creating jobs without using public funds. to

no one is against elites we're just against the way the current leaks became rich in an illicit way that needs to be made clear. if you quit the german chancellor coming to visit with a business delegation let me ask you in the end what is your message to the business world where she meant the. german investment is welcoming i'm going to. we're doing our part we're creating a better business environment in angola day after day. 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 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. in other news

u.s. president lashed out at his opponents in an hour long speech at the white house less than a day after being acquitted at his been pietschmann trial trump said he was the victim of a long and corrupt process expressed particular disdain for the most powerful democrat in washington u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi. and. in iowa the democratic party has declared pete the winner of the state's caucuses monday's contest was the 1st choose the democratic candidate to run against president donald trump in november's election the vote was hit by technical problems and delays which if narrowly defeated senator bernie sanders. now the hills outside 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 official help but the founders of the afghan snowboarding federation have got big plans for their sport. snowboarding seems an unlikely leisure pursuits 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. 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 all in 1990 s. from these very hills taliban fighters rained down ought to riyadh rockets on kabul

now they're one of the few places in the country where ahmad and he's 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 vase cliff face the taliban isn't just a presence in memory the group still controls around half of the country. come back it's impossible. because they aren't sports friendly people. don't want peace and they don't want sports so if they come back we won't be able to see . the future role of the taliban in afghanistan is clear. and his mates. be in peace for at least as long as the snow dos. it's out of italy pay tribute to

the late american basketball star kobe bryant yet he was bryant's childhood home in the mid 1980 s. where he played basketball as a youngster filled a sports hall in the central and celebrated bryant ahead of championship game. kobe bryant shirts and his jersey numbers to honor his legacy and. jersey was hoisted to the rafters. the mayor of. st after bryant as soon as there is an opportunity. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you here today on the news. of the world to the coronavirus has succumbed to the disease. and. the chinese government over its treatment of the.

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