our documentary human slavery routes starts march nights on g.w. . this is deadly news live from berlin the coronavirus death toll soars with case numbers exceeding 34000 worldwide china is under fire for its response to the outbreak as people grieve for the doctor who was punished for raising the alarm he later died from the virus also coming up a chance or on the americans party is in turmoil over scathing criticism involving

the far right nationwide outrage in germany puts conservative and liberal parties under massive pressure after regional leaders broke a decades long taboo against working with far right parties. also in the show we'll take you to brazil where endangered wild dolphins are helping disabled children in a very unique and playful form of therapy. omarion evans dean it's good to have you with us. chinese health authorities say the number of new coronavirus cases is on the rise again reversing the decline that been reported in previous days most of the new infections were from who by and province the virus is at the center which has been on lockdown for 2 weeks there been close

to 35000 infections worldwide and in china the virus has killed more than 700 people the chinese government's response to the epidemic is increasingly under fire after one of the 1st doctors to warn about the disease died from it. a makeshift memorial outside one central hospital dr lee when yang is now seen as a martyr by many in china after sounding alarm in december about a new sars like virus. and on line postings here just colleagues to protect themselves with face masks. but his warning didn't sit well with regional officials meet was summoned by police who accused him of spreading rumors he and 7 other doctors were reprimanded a story carried by chinese state t.v. in early january while afterwards doctors kept silent. and i

specialist was infected several days later the 34 year old father succumbed to the virus on thursday. on the internet lee's death is the top news story generating 350000000 clicks. there's been an outpouring of public grief and anger. on social media many users have posted lee's photo on their profiles in some cases replacing his face mask with barbed wire. the hash tag we demand free speech has gone viral but comments and response have since been censored on line protests on this scale are rare in china. meanwhile in japan the number of cases on a cruise ship under quarantine of yokohama continues to rise those testing positive have been taken to hospitals under tight security. the more than $3000.00 remaining passengers and crew won't be allowed to disembark until later this month. while

mainland china remains by far the worst affected by the outbreak more than 300 corona virus infections have been confirmed in some 2 dozen other countries. an outcry over the role of the far right in a german regional election has plunged chancer on the americans conservative party the c.d.u. into crisis earlier this week some regional city lawmakers sided with the populist alternative for germany to install a liberal premier in the eastern state of turin jia well that shattered a post-war consensus among mainstream parties to shun extremist politics miracle's conservatives are holding talks later today with their junior coalition partner the social democrats to address the crisis. it's been a tough few days for the leader of germany's conservative christian democrats or c.d.u. i could come cotton by well what i please seen is chancellor angela merkel's protege

has been caught in a political fiasco have a sense of party's regional leaders in the state of teamed up with far right politicians to elect a new state premier on friday. again and went on the record saying ho party would not work with the far right put it into order trends for the c.d.u. in germany and also the c.d.u. and. it's still the case that there will be no cooperation with the f.t. either directly or in directly into effect for 3 years and initially come carbon doll had said fresh state elections was the only way to solve the crisis and through injury but on friday the party's regional leader mike moore thing appeared determined to again buck the party line. no one in the range of wants new elections i don't think anyone would understand the politicians inability to prevent them before my. now in an apparent back down come carbon bow says she will give legislators some time to try and find an alternative solution to the crisis

it's a major setback for the c.d.u. chair still struggling to establish itself as a potential future chancellor counted it meanwhile the german chancellor angela merkel has been on the. state visit in angola she decided to weigh you know look the energy crisis saying it was unforgettable the lawmakers in the state including members of her own party had voted alongside right wing populist. back in germany the move is also being widely condemned i was. in the school i think it's good that there was such an outcry this move was just not accepted so much it's good things didn't break out into chaos. because after best to be honest i don't think having fresh elections is the best solution. i think it would be best to have a premier from one of the big parties of both sides of the fence i think it's

terrible that their engine has such driving tendencies so i myself am from through in jail before and i was born there as voters and the situation is terrible. more talks and all planned in berlin over the weekend containing this regional fiasco so that it doesn't turn into a national political crisis. well chancellor merkel is now back in germany after her 3 day visit to southern africa to w.'s other increases in and bolo which was the 2nd stop of napoles trip he told us that germany's far right political crisis was very much on the chancellor's mind when she was abroad. the developments in germany are following the german chancellor all the way here to angola we understand from her delegation that she is very much in contact with the leadership of for a political party and she is trying to work on a solution as well but she did not want to talk about it she of the journalists tried to ask her questions during

a press conference she refused to address the issues in germany and said this will be happening tomorrow instead she tried to divert attention to the real reasons why she came here she wants to tend to fire the cooperation between our goal and germany especially because the current government of drug and some of it has been in power for 2 years now as we're trying to push forward a course of reform going against the trend of massive corruption that the country has seen you know then sort of trying to go out after the very people who used to be in his own party and stole money from the country and so was asked in a press conference if he would like to have more international support and freezing assets off people like you do sometimes the daughter of the from a former president but he said yes he would appreciate that but he would even appreciate it more if the international world would help bring him back to angola. that was increased speaking from angola all right let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world the trump

administration has fired top white house ukraine specialist army lieutenant colonel alexander veneman goodman had provided damaging testimony about president trump during the recent pietschmann process media reports say trump is also recalling u.s. ambassador to the e.u. gordon sagal and who likewise testified against the president. the french army says it's killed more than 30 islamist militants in mali in a tweet the army said 3 separate operations targeted groups linked to al-qaeda and the so-called islamic state france has about $4500.00 soldiers in the sun hell region. and has announced plans to boost its military presence further. people in india's capital delhi are voting in local elections it's the 1st poll since the national government passed controversial citizenship was prime minister narendra modi's hindu nationalist party is hoping to wrestle control of delhi from the

opposition city's chief executive has campaigned for reelection on his record of improving public services. 600 kilos of fine quartz sand stolen by tourists as holiday souvenirs have been returned to the beach in sardinia most of the sand was seized during baggage checks of the island's airports but some towns now have plainclothes police officers patrolling the beaches to prevent scent theft now french president tomorrow mccrone is calling on europe to do more to boost its own defense capability across and once european countries to work more closely together and he's offering allies the chance to partner with france and its nuclear deterrence program speaking at the military academy in paris the french leader also argued that europe should become less dependent on the united states for its defense. since taking

office mccollum has positioned himself as the driving force for a more coordinated defense strategy within the european union but this keynote speech was delivered to a domestic audience at the paris military academy. opinions need to be clear that they could be confronted with a conventional threat or even a nuclear threat. but they can't just take on a bystander role to speak that mccrone says france's national interests have taken on a european dimension especially after the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. france is now the only nuclear power within the black america believes capabilities should benefit the e.u. this with develop and i would like a strategic dialogue with willing european partners about the role of france's nuclear deterrence and our collective security. security quality france

maintains the world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal meaning it's the only e.u. country that doesn't rely on the us sports nuclear deterrent. kranz ruled out placing french nuclear weapons under nato command. is offering e.u. partners the opportunity to participate in french nuclear deterrence trails. our next report takes us to brazil where in a small area of the amazon endangered wild dolphins play a crucial part in the lives of some very disabled children have a look. jessica found sikka decided to become a physical therapist in order to help her daughter glenda the 12 year old was born 5 weeks premature and weighed just 750 grams one of glenda's biggest achievements is that she is no longer afraid of animals on the left she never used to want to leave the house because of all that noise outside then she started therapy with the

horses but glenda just wanted contact with any animal since we've begun the dolphin therapy she's willing to accept other types of therapies so it's that the main thing. today is the highlight of the month for a small group of children and young adults with different disabilities. they ride on the small speedboat on the wide amazon river and later continue down a tributary the rio negril. those who experience the journey look back on it with great joy. the waterways get narrower and narrower until they find the anchor of the boat on a wood pontoon this is a free water therapy room the only one of its kind in the entire world rain begins to fall on the brown warm water. therapist anger simo us does volunteer work one of his patients used to sit in a wheelchair for 4 years the amazon dolphins help to get back on his feet again now

he can walk with. other free and. humans and dolphins like to play together and they enjoy each other's company the dolphins can grow up to 3 meters in length when they get older the skin color of these highly intelligent and playful animals becomes. and you're up to date now on d. w. news stay tuned for shift living in the digital age and that starts after a short break and marion adelstein and me and the entire team thanks for watching.

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