i am. i am. this is deja vu news live from berlin anger in china over the whistleblower who for the 1st report of 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 france's president markov urges the european nations to push for an international arms control he says they cannot just be spectators in a potential nuclear arms race. germany's chancellor angela merkel has to angola and

oil rich country struggling under corruption and extreme poverty will take a look at what angolans make up their president's promise to create jobs and tackle corruption. was. i'm serious i was gonna 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 has been 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 killer 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. over 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 that i'm sure. china says it's now effectively dealing with the spread

of the virus. he says she's been 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. earlier we asked a correspondent mathias spelling out about dr lee when the ends roll in the fight against the coronavirus 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 wife is now pregnant with their 2nd child who went to work who

noticed something who did the right thing was spoke 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 correspondent a test plenty of reporting from beijing thank you. and we have the reporter cherry shine with us here in studio for more on this story hi terry thanks for being with us and we heard there a little bit about lee when liang's death and you've been looking into the reactions on the social media tell us what you've been seeing so on chinese social media we see a lot of posts of people sharing their condolences of the doctor and they mourning the office this with pictures and drawings and they were even sharing poems that hailed the as a national hero but apart from grief we also see anger actually because the people are not happy that the doctor was detained for just speaking the truth and they

said that they should that he shouldn't be accused of spreading false rumors that the chinese authorities were saying so we see sorrow and anger on chinese social media so anger over the fact that he had been detained how is the government responding to that anger so and so said chinese social media they were angry and then days this has said that was trending says. oh dr lee and apologies so the public they want. to i can say shown off to talk to as a rumor monger and also we also see the discussion has been extended to why that the money for freedom of speech we see these has that we want freedom of speech trending because people were saying that if the doctor would have been able to speak freely the virus would have been content easily but of course these 2 hashtags have now been censored on chinese social media and the post that we saw. they disappeared or what is a government strategy been here has been trying to control the narrative around

this outbreak so actually as many critics point out china has been fairly open on this outbreak compared to previous epidemic for example at the chinese government have been updating on the number of this and a number of confirmed cases and it has. public appeal for more medical. plies which is very uncommon for the chinese government because it always want to be this image of a strong and independent nation but also we see it the script and see on the narrative by this they need to and the chinese public for example in social media we see a lot of people sharing stories about how they are worried about food supply or people who cannot get meat that into hospital because of the shot of stuff on chinese say media we see at the light these about being beauty in just 10 days and so actually just few days ago chinese president xi jinping explicitly said that the

chinese government should work more on propaganda and he said that they should have more control on media and media should focus more on moving stories and stories of about how frontline medical stuff united and fighting this virus very very interesting stuff there our reporter to reach in with us thank you terry. well as the corona 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 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. 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 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. for most 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 . let's check in now and some other stories making news around the world 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. 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. in the u.s. state of iowa the democratic party has declared judge the winner of the state's caucuses monday's contest was the 1st to choose the democratic candidate to run against president on a trump in november's election the vote was hit by technical problems and delays but a judge narrowly defeated senator bernie sanders. and south korea's unification church has held a mass wedding with around 6000 couples exchanging vows in front of nearly 20000

guests the ceremony took place despite concerns over the spread of the corona virus from neighboring china organizers distributed to hand sanitizer sanitizer and face masks but only a few couples actually work out. french president in line on my call has told world leaders that they cannot remain spectators in a new nuclear arms race in a wide ranging speech mccraw spoke of a new geo political landscape in which the e.u. must rely less on britain and nuclear power in a post for exit world instead he called for the e.u. to develop closer ties with ukraine and appointing to russia's growing influence my call said that france and germany in alliance with ukraine were now were sponsible for europe's future let's listen to some of what michael had to say. most. europeans must now collectively realize that in the absence of a legal framework. we could find ourselves exposed to

a new conventional nucular arms race well on our own soil. we cannot confine ourselves to the role of spectators. it's unacceptable for europe to return to being the theater of confrontation between external nuclear powers. marina strauss has been listening in to my concert beach for us joins us from paris time marina we heard it might have a cause saying that europeans cannot remain spectators in any new arms race what did you make of that website at another a criticism of nato it actually was not a criticism of nato and that and that sounds because he mentioned that the trance and. the relationship between the e.u. and france and the united states is still very important he also said that europe

has to build more trust with russia because of security reasons but what you also mentioned here in this more than one hour long speech is that europe has to take more care of itself that something he said repeatedly has repeatedly said and he says that europe has to take more responsibility when it comes to defense we also heard that she is pushing for an international arms control agenda that europe should push for that to explain how that should be done. yes you did he did explain that he said that the world has changed dramatically in the last couple of years that's also something he always stresses the crisis of monti lateral isn't the u.s. who's going father right from europe who doesn't want to take that sort of 1st month's ability anymore when it's when it comes to defense and he said that your of can just stay there and look and see what happens in this in this sort of for old europe has to take more control of your past to take more comparable response

ability when it comes to defense there might be an arms race that's already happening and some sort and nuclear weapons might become part of it and you said you're a conscious stay there and look we have to do more we have to also. give more busted into that into that question what about his statement that nuclear deterrence is important for france but only defensive what did he mean by that. as we know a bracks it happens in the end of january and that means that france is the only remaining nuclear power in the united in the united states you're in europe in the e.u. . and france actually the 3rd biggest nuclear power in the world after russia and the united states and nuclear deterrence is something that is very important for france it's part of their military strategy and. it has been like that since the end of world war 2 since. france's president at that time. started

this this defense strategy and mike ross know different but he said that it's only for defensive if we only have one you want to use that for defensive measures to davy's marina's trust reporting there in paris thank you. germany's chancellor angela merkel is visiting angola for trade talks and she's meeting and the last president and so who came to power 2 and a half years ago on a pledge to create jobs and tackle corruption by low density comes from the same political party as the previous president whose corrupt rule devastated the economy so many angolans are skeptical about lawrence was promises did his address increase went to the capital the wanted 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 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. 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 good at anything the government should at least deal with waste removal of it 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 runs so 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 honest attempts at confronting the rampant corruption have surprised many here he's even confronted former party allies. these are meant the proof 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 it would be correct. 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 little son. 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 use of builders santos 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's 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. right well as we mentioned the german chancellor is in the angolan capital one day and she's joined by a german business delegation did obvious chris you saw on that report there

interviewed president so ahead of the chancellor's visit and told us later talked about the opportunities that nichols visits with us. you've visited germany in 2018 and now the german chancellor 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 somebody from our 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 die 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 move. we will take the necessary precautions in the process of privatizing the big companies. they're going to embrace 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. some pretty difficult. ones that ways in which. we want to create leagues every country has elite.

but they must work honestly and what they earn in an honest way. going forward. will see them that in but. they must be capable of creating jobs without using public funds or. no one is against elites but just against the way the current leaks became rich in an illicit way that needs to be made clear if you can see that the german chancellor is coming to visit with a business delegation that we lost in the end what is your message to the business will we if you meant the. german investment is welcome in on goal or. we're doing our part we're creating a better business environment and i go that 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 at this one there is guaranteed return and if

it happens everyone will win. the foreign investors will win and my country will win and goto will win. but by using it i will 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 c.d.u. in the eastern state of turin shia joined forces with the right wing populist a.s.d. to elect a new state premier 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 conservative 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 the job 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 and americans party and also the free democrats who are the other party at the center of this mini crisis they've rode backlit 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 it is a crisis talks being held right now c.d.u. headquarters here in berlin and the leader of the christian democrat

party and a great crime carob our 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. let's keep it in it's a t.v. in the. top tier and 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 election isn't there n.g.'s. are examined 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 6 this mass and mediately so what does that say about the authority of the leader who we just saw there and it could come convo 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 chancellor merkel be stepping back next year or 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 30 perhaps the. 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 ask 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 dan simon 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 movement some 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 the town of reality italy has paid tribute to the late american basketball star kobe bryant we had he was bryant's childhood home in the mid 1980 s. and where he played basketball when he was younger fans filled a sports hall in the central italian town and celebrated bryant ahead of a local championship game both teams wore kobe bryant shirts with his jersey numbers to ours legacy and the los angeles lakers star's jersey was hoisted to the rafters alongside other real basketball club legends the mayor of v.t. wants to name a street after bryant as. now our top story here and the doctor who 1st alerted the world to the growing a virus has succumbed to the disease the death of lee when the ng has provoked

a wave of online warning and the anger towards the chinese government over its treatment of the doctor who some see as a hero. coming up next our debate show to the point considers whether president trump is unstoppable and us election year thank you for watching.

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