for n.p.r. news stories for you are 28 w. . illinois. this is d.w. news live from berlin police in thailand shooting dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people in a gun rampage the suspect killed his commanding officer at an army base before stealing weapons and continuing his attack in a crowded shopping mall the gunmen lifestream part of the shooting on facebook also coming up the battle to contain the corona virus authorities in china say the death

toll has passed the $800.00 mark that means the virus has now claimed more lives than the sars outbreak 2 decades ago. and in bundesliga soccer one of dortmund's new signings is on target against river cruz and we find out who came out on top in a 7 gold thriller. i married to evanston and it's good to have you with us. security forces in thailand have killed a soldier who shot dead at least 26 people most of them at a shopping mall police said earlier stormed the center of allowing shoppers to escape as they launched a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded in saturday's attack which took place in koran northeast of bangkok. branding

for their lives terrified shoppers freed by security forces after a seats that lasted more than 16 hours. friends and relatives of those trapped inside prayed for good news but as the death toll climbed some were losing hope. for. i'm looking for my friend who was hiding among 10 other people in the room i think it's the one where the gunmen and officers exchanged fire a man and the woman died in the room which i'm worried that my friend as the man. people in the neighborhood are traumatized by the ordeal. so. i'm shocked. mccue i never thought something like this could happen. but i live very close to the mall and i heard everything. i was still in shock still.

tired fishes have identified the killer as sergeant pepper pan tama the sharpshooter reportedly killed his commander and 2 others at his military base before opening fire at the shopping center the prime minister revealed the killers likely motive while visiting the wounded in hospital. there. were investigations have found that the gunman had a passion all disputes over land with his senior officer and the officers mother in law they argued for 3 days nobody expected it to turn violent. the prime minister of former army chief himself admitted that mental health is an issue in the military one day we'll be looking at in their investigation. but for now people here are mourning the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in

the country's history. we're joined now by correspondent florian notions standing by for us in bangkok florian hello to you now we frequently seen mass shootings in the united states we've had to report on numerous such attacks but what about thailand how common are incidents like this in that country . incidents like this are definitely not common at all here in thailand and the prime minister who gave a short press briefing earlier today in front of one of the hospitals in karate actually said that this situation is completely unprecedented he said has never happened before here in thailand and hopefully this was the 1st and the last time something like this happens now with the fact that this is very uncommon one

might infer that authorities especially the police were also quite taken by surprise that's something like this is happening and so now the question lingers to what extent the police was actually. fully you know prepared for something like this and the fact that this whole ordeal went on you know for almost 616 hours. might be due to the fact that the police you know had to actually learn about this kind of situation as they went along. the floor and have authorities said anything more are a bound to the attacker and a possible motive. well the identity of the gunman is clear it's a 32 year old sergeant in the thai army. he posted about his shooting spree on facebook so we know exactly who he is he had alluded to

some vengeance that he was after and the prime minister actually confirmed that the motif was likely to be a dispute about the sale of a house and so we do have at least indications that. about his motifs yes all right florian nash reporting from bangkok thank you very much. to china now where authorities say the death toll from the corona virus has passed the 800 mark that means the disease has now killed more people than the deadly sars outbreak 2 decades ago almost all the reported deaths and most of the new infections are in the chinese province of who by where the corona virus was 1st discovered globally there are now some 37500 confirmed cases of the virus china says there have been

a fewer new infections than in previous days but overall the virus continues to spread on monday millions of chinese are expected to return to work after the extended lunar new year break is over but nevertheless china is still far from back to normal. yet this is the extent to which china is trying to get a grip on this outbreak. medical officials forcibly remove a family from their home. it is believed he had just retired from wu han and had refused to self quarantine a 3rd man is determined not to go without a struggle. in the end it takes 4 adults to dry came out. at the world health organization the spread of the disease isn't their only

struggle. we're not just buckley bias we're also battling the trolls and conspired as he conspired as a tourist that push misinformation and undermine the outbreak response with more than 800 fatalities the corona virus has killed more people than sars but the real number could be higher whistleblowers have reported doctors not diagnosing cases and disposing of bodies meanwhile rescue flights continue starchy filipinos were flown out of ground 0 of this virus and landed back in the philippines on sunday more than 20 countries are now affected with almost 40000 cases among them a family of 5 living in the french alps were infected after coming into contact with a man who'd been in singapore may hear my daughter was in the same class as the boy u.s. contracted the corona virus and what we really can dam as parents is that we haven't

received any information either from the school or from the city hall and what we should do now. to local schools will be shut for the next week authorities here are finding that like the virus and misinformation concern spread quickly to. now look at some of the other stories making news around the world the government in kazakhstan says at least 10 people have been killed in rioting in villages and general province near the border to kyrgyzstan the area is home to a muslim minority of chinese origin the president has ordered an investigation to determine what sparked the violence. exit polls from ireland's general election points to a tie between the 3 largest parties incumbent prime minister earlier of a. aren't cars party is tied with the left wing nationalist fein and center right

fianna for oil frustration with years of budget austerity and a housing crisis are among the main issues for voters. a major storm is bearing down on northern europe ireland and britain face driving rain and winds of up to 130 kilometers per hour germany is also getting prepared for the storm's arrival which is expected to be one of the worst in recent years. all right a look at german soccer now and the think it's hydel hopeful's 1st at dortmund were looking to continue their recent dominance over byron lever koos an unnatural a $21.00 a black and yellow as new assigning and main john featured in the starting 11 but it was the host who struck 1st in this 7 goal thriller have a look. laver cusins fans were hoping their side could continue their perfect home record in 2020 but that would be a tall order against don't mean newcomer ellen holland has already made history

scoring 7 goals in his 1st 3 league matches but don't mean has another transfer looking to make an impact every shot from you vintage jordan however didn't open the scoring leverkusen from him kevin foley and de. ameri claim him through installing doing the rest managing to keep control of the ball in the process. dortmund was quick to respond that's how close off the james sensual corner kicks pummels 1st goal this season. about 10 minutes later every john made his presence felt from outside the box laver couzens reject he had no chance to stop this one john gives don't mean the 21 lead with his maiden goal this season but another 10 minutes later kevin fallen from close range made it again to level the score at the break his 2nd brace this

campaign goes can't tell me when the action resumed just after the hour or more don't mean security put the visitors up by foot leverkusen had more left the on beliefs of the 8 in level of the game at 335 and right after bailey and again that killed pass the ball finds lars bender who gave the home side the win in this back and forth 7 goals. to talk a bit more about saturday's game in leverkusen i'm joined in the studio by nick mckenna kline from good at least for its hello to you nick so pretty disappointing a week for dortmund so what's happening is actually in their last major we can braman of course and and last night for 3 to 11 not the week they would have expected especially as this is a team they want to win titles and this is not how you do you need to win games to win those titles there's a saying in sports oftens wins games defense wins championships and we've seen so

far this year that dalton's oftens is pretty good they scored 18 goals so far in the bundesliga for the defense that's where the weakness is and that's they've beefed up up front but if you look at the replace in yesterday's game we'll see that their defense and especially the goalkeeper problem is the pictures going to stop here you see those 3 defenders on the left hand side leaving it wide open for reason to come through the middle and equalize in the 81st and that was 33 and here's the 43 new if you look at the fans they are shell shocked they don't know what to do and the problem is that these players they don't have the confidence any longer they don't have the composure that they need in a situation like that if you if you want to have if you draw 33 you need to make sure that you don't concede another goal and that's exactly what they did they conceded another goal and if you want to win titles he composure need to prove to your opponents we can do this we can get the points and we need it right to the definitely need to focus on defense now looking ahead to the game in munich tonight that's an important one is that absolutely if i'm winning it's 56 and i says 1st to

get 2nd they'll open a 4 point buffer the top of the table and even though we've been talking about having a very very poor season so far they have had the composure which i was talking about in dortmund they managed to get the points even though they haven't played particularly well there's a reason why this club have won the last 7 ties as reason why this club are the most successful club in germany that's in the cup c.n.a. winning is in the club's d.n.a. and they don't crumble under pressure leipzig are a team who could put a surprising munich of course they could maybe get a point but in the last 3 trips to munich they've never. she scored a goal or had a point so i don't see that happening which means they're all going to be playing catch up so by munich now in pole position to be very very hard to catch up it's with them between now and the 44 on that i know you're going to be watching that match we will to nick mckim decline from to place for it's always great to talk to you. well carnival season has kicked off including in europe's most famous carnival destination bennet's the lagoon city held its annual canal parade on saturday this year's motto is love games and silliness visitor numbers are

reported to be down after last year's record flooding the mayor has appealed to tourists to return to venice saying the damage has been repaired and that the city now is more beautiful than ever. you're up to date now on d. w. news don't forget you can always get more news and information on our website at c.w. dot com i'm marrying every 15 thanks for watching. earth . home. of speech it's. all worth saving. here those are big changes and most start with small steps and became more than 2 years tell stories of could you just people into innovative jackson.