this is deja vu news live from berlin and anger in china over the whistleblower who for it 1st reported the corona virus outbreak lee when liang has now died of the virus that has triggered a wave of mourning and anger towards the chinese government over its treatment of the doctor who some see as a hero. also coming out germany's chancellor merkel heads to angola and oil rich country struggling under corruption and extreme poverty the president tells us about the opportunities he hopes merkel's visit brought for. german politics shaken

to the core of the premier of a small eastern state prepares to step down after breaking a taboo by accepting support from the far right. and defying the taliban on the ski slopes a mountain range once used to attack the afghan capital is now home to young snowboarders and they have big plans for their support. i'm sumi so much gun it's good to have you with us the doctor who 1st alerted chinese authorities to the corona virus has died of the disease his death is being widely mourned and has fueled anger at the government's initial cover up of the epidemic the corona virus has now killed more than 600 people and infected at least 31000 in china. dr levy when liang is dead 5 weeks

ago on the 30th of december he noticed a virus similar to sars a kill a chinese virus from 2 decades ago he posted a warning on the we both group for fellow doctors 3 days later the 3rd of january he was reprimanded by officials and forced to sign an apology who had shut down its food and wildlife market the origin of the virus on the same day but then officials delayed a citywide lockdown and the virus spread weeks later the city announced the virus and the official lockdown came according to statistics that was too late the virus is now rapidly spreading through china although it stabilized in other countries and the virus is killing people dr lee one of many in life he sparked a national conversation about freedom of speech in china and in death he's become a national hero. oh there she said to him that i deeply regret his death and feel very sad we need to see if his death can change anything and i hope he did not die

in vain and either of them should save us from. china says it's now effectively dealing with the spread of the virus. he says she isn't paying emphasize that since the outbreak of the corona virus the chinese government and its people have been making great efforts in fighting the epidemic. but many people feel otherwise for them dr lee's story shows that chinese officials priorities are about control and political self-preservation. for more on the story we can speak to correspondent mathias billionaire who is standing by for us in beijing hi mathias to tell us more about this doctor who has died. he was an off time ologist in a hospital in the war on the one central hospital and in the end of december he noticed that there was several cases. that he has

seen who had a severe pneumonia and he alerted fellow doctors in a chat group about it. there were 87 other doctors who posted similar stories all of them were simone by the police and were threatened and silent so you weeks later the outbreak how odd that the government covered it up and said there was no danger and 3 weeks later the outbreak had spread so far that they had to shut down an entire city and consequently an entire province and people have the feeling that if they had listened to him if he had not been silenced this might have been prevented him and his hundreds of people have now died from the coronavirus saying why is this doctor is death getting so much attention. the 1st thing is that he exposes the inability of the government to react to this

crisis he did the right thing he spoke truth the government did not and also he is somebody many people can identify with he was not an activist he was not somebody who was engaged in a long time fight against the system or anything he was a doctor a regular guy a father whose wife is no pregnant with their 2nd child who went to work who noticed something who did the right thing was booked out and was punished for it and now the whole country is feeling the consequences of him being punished this is what people feel he is some kind of a martyr to people. the cases we send to suspect this outpouring of mourning and also anger and how do chinese people feel about their government's ability to keep them updated on the crucial information that they need to know. obviously the the reactions to this to his death show that people have little faith

in how the government has been acting in this crisis is the child the chinese internet is on fire. every single post on my we chat moment starts something similar to a facebook feed where people post personal updates is about him people are angry and they speak about their anger in the internet of course censorship has weighed in but it has not silenced stories about him and tiredly it is now trying to raise the worst anti government. posts hashtags like the government owes him an apology or posts that mention freedom of speech as one of the causes of the spread of this disease are deleted but it's impossible now in this in these out. break off anger to completely silence news about him correspondent yes plenty of reporting from

beijing thank you. well as the krona virus 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 in germany is hoping that its research receives the w h o's back. 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 injected after which the human body develops antibodies to fight it the german researchers one of that scene that 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 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 . now to some other stories making news around the world australia's east coast has welcomed its heaviest rainfall in nearly 20 years the downpours helped douse some of the country's devastating bush fires 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 there spilled. 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 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. germany's chancellor angela merkel is heading to angola for trade talks after a visit to south africa she'll be meeting on go less presidential our lord and so who came to power 2 and a half years ago on a pledge to create jobs and tackle corruption but lowden so comes from the same political party as the previous president who's corrupt rule devastated the economy so many angolans are skeptical about lance's promises did his idea and priest went

to the capital of london to find out what people think of their president so far. 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 the recent decades. but just a few kilometers away is another angola one of poverty and mass unemployment. we ask locals has the new president changed anything for them. went on then there is a change but it's all happening much too slowly. nothing has changed yet because this on them and we don't even have drinking water you know. get out anything the government should at least deal with waste removal when it rains here there are floods that sometimes dragged away our children our houses are

ruined too we have many problems here. 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're suffering here to move them away move. your wild world and so took office 2 years ago his predecessor had been in power for 38 years the run so earnest attempts at confronting the rampant corruption have surprised many here he's even confronted former party allies. and. 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 shock of

who would that be correct. my. son 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 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 on tours and as the leaked documents of the so-called rwanda leaks showed 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 the doubts they want to see concrete results. but as we mentioned chancellor angela merkel is due in the end goal in capitola one day she'll be accompanied by a german business delegation well the creature you saw in that report there actually interviewed president learned so i had the chance or is this it and go as leader talked about the opportunities michael's visit went off. 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 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 but most. still interested provided that we get financing guarantees from germany as maritime safety is important to us somebody in our country is here in the gulf of guinea because. you know how recently this region has been threatened by maritime piracy yes. people tell me about it you. know your economy is struggling because of the law of price you're trying to divert 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. no. but we will take the necessary precautions in the process of privatizing the big companies were. going to put these mostly in if you

could move that doesn't mean exchanging one a leak for another by means of the same so-called racial material capital accumulation as happened with the current elites. with the evil copy dogma concealed was what was elite's most good and we want to create elites every country has elites. but they must work honestly and what they do in an honest way. going at a form that can see them there in prayer and they must be capable of creating jobs without using public funds. no one is against elites but just against the way the current elites became rich in an illicit way that needs to be make clear if you can speak with the german chancellor coming to visit with a business delegation let me ask you in the end what is your message to the business will we if you meant the. german investment is welcome in ongoing. 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 angola will win. but by. all right you're watching news still to come on our show defying the taliban how a mountain range once used to attack the afghan capital has become home to young snowboarders. the 1st here in berlin leaders of chancellor merkel's c.d.u. party are holding crisis talks to deal with the fallout from its collaboration with the far right in an unprecedented move the city you in the eastern state of turin

joined forces with the right wing populist safety to elect a new state premier and that decision has been condemned by political leaders across germany and the new premier has been forced to announce his intention to resign. and let's get the latest on the story now our political correspondent simon young standing by for us hi simon so conservatives the c.d.u. they've been holding crisis talks as we said where do things stand right now. yes i mean a lot has happened in the last 24 hours the politicians and commentators have been left reeling really by this surprise turn of events with the far right a.f.d. gaining this job the state premier in an important job and with the help of a f t votes and since then both the c.d.u. christian democrats angle americans party and also the free democrats who are the other party at the center of this mini crisis they've rode back of it begun doing

so and the search is now on for a solution really how they can change this vote get rid of the taint of support from the far right but they're trying to do it without having fresh elections because both those parties know that they will massively lose support the polls are already suggesting that that's going to happen so there's a crisis talks being held right now at c.d.u. headquarters here in berlin and you know the leader of the christian democrat party and a great crime care about are would like to have fresh elections but she's given the party in the range a time to find another solution if they can let's have a little listen to what she was saying earlier. kids in it's a t.v. . out of tune there are currently initiatives being taken 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 that it will inevitably result in a new elections in the n.g.'s no you've. played in the. right segment so we've seen the city you enter into in this eastern state has been resisting pressure from the party's national leadership to centrally fix this mess and mediately so what does that say about the authority of the leader who we just saw there and it could come qanbar and also the chancellor angela merkel. yeah i mean it's very interesting these are conservative politicians in. a small eastern state who have pushed back against the national lead that doesn't look good for her and it comes in the context that and a great credit current power is looking to be the successor of chancellor merkel south america will be stepping back next year at least whenever the election. for 2021 and a k k as she's known is hoping to be her successor but there have been

a few challenges to her or thought perhaps the those regional politicians that they could push back in this way knowing that she's relatively weak as for angle a miracle well she's worried about the future of her coalition government she's in coalition at national level with social democrats they say they've got some really tough questions they want to wast their christian democrat. coalition partners there is going to be a big crisis meeting again to morrow saturday and you know indeed those s p d members are presenting themselves as the bulwark against the advance of the far right so it's it's really big stakes at the national level as well yes i mean put this into context for us because this story has been getting a lot of international attention i mean what really is at stake here for german politics. i think there's a lot of fear there are shades in this story of the 920 s.

and thirty's when conservative parties gave their supporting in some cases to the nazis as they rose to power and up till now all the mainstream parties here in germany have had a pretty pretty clear rule readline not to cooperate in any way with the a.f.p. the background days that the a.f.p. the far right party is already the largest opposition party in the german parliament and everybody knows that in some european countries the far right movements and parties have even been in government so there's concern about this development and a determination from a lot of politicians to make sure that the far right does not gain a foothold in democracy our political correspondent simon young for us thank you so much. now just more news from around the world south korea's unification church is held a mass wedding with around $6000.00 couples exchanging vows and in front of nearly

$20000.00 guests the ceremony took place despite concerns of the spread of the corona virus from neighboring china organizers distributed to hand sanitizer and face masks masks but only a few couples wear them. u.s. president donald trump has lashed out at his opponents in an hour long speech at the white house less than a day after being acquitted at his impeachment trial 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. and in iowa the democratic party is a clear people to judge the winner of the state's caucuses monday's contest was the 1st to choose the democratic candidate to run against president trump in november's election the vote was hit by technical problems and delays but a judge narrowly defeated senator bernie sanders. that the hills outside couple 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 and 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 to 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 i charge eleanor in the 1990 s. from these very hills taliban fighters rain 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. the taliban come back it's impossible to snowboard because they aren't sports friendly people. they don't want pace and they don't want sports so if they come back we won't be able to snowboard. in. 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 reality italy has paid tribute to the late american basketball star kobe bryant it was bryant's childhood home in the mid 1980 s. and where he played basketball when he was younger of fans filled a sports hall in the central italian town and celebrated bryant ahead of a local championship game both teams were kobe bryant shirts with his jersey numbers to honor his legacy and the los angeles lakers star's jersey was hoisted to the rafters alongside other basketball club legends the mayor of the if he wants to name a street after bryant as. this is news and these are our top stories a doctor who was reprimanded by chinese authorities for spreading rumors about the corona virus before it was officially recognised has died of the infection china has now reported more than 600 deaths and more than 30000 cases of coronavirus.

a german state premier says he is prepared to step down after widespread outrage over his election but the help of the far right alternative for germany party thomas kemalist from the business friendly 3 democrats won the vote in the eastern state of turin chancellor angela merkel is called the result in excusable. australia's east coast has welcomed its heaviest rainfall in nearly 20 years the downpours helped out some of the country's devastating bushfires but the rain has also caused flooding and a risk. of landslides. thousands of orthodox serbs have gathered across 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 denies. this is news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at t w news or visit our website dot com. coming up did have

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