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slavery routes starts march 9th d.w. . last. this is d w news live from but the battle to contain the coronavirus still coroutines in china say that the death toll has now possibly the 800 mom claiming more lives in the deadly saul's outbreak nearly 2 decades ago we're here on the next also coming up vigils are held in thailand out as the country mourns those killed in
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a gun round page that ended in a crowded shopping center. and central europe braces for a major winter storm extreme weather council breaking britain and ireland why the service is when people should stay inside if they can't. have a home free glad you could join me well authorities in china say the death toll from the corona virus has now postie 800 ma now that means the disease has now killed more people than the saws outbreak back in 2003 and almost all of the reported deaths and most of the new infections in fact are in the chinese province of who bay where the corona virus was 1st discovered now globally there are now some $37.00 and a hall $5000.00 confirmed. cases all of the corona virus in china says there has
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been new infections in previous days but overall the virus does continue to spread it's now monday millions of people in china are expected to return to work off the extended new net new year bright nevertheless china is still far from being that simple and earlier we spoke to dr static a small skull some molecular biologist from northumbria university in the u.k. and we osc if this outbreak has now reached its peak what we are saying is that the number of people getting infected is remaining thoroughly consistent yes but it's not accelerating. one hospital you know we all are going to pay top preference for what happens of the next few days hours take people the time to work in china the economy doesn't continue moving on the degree of risk is that we have a disease the number of cases assert quite relatively high and those cases
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place a substantial burden on health care providers. anyway even in the west that we have those kind of numbers we would be struggling to keep up with it takes us so that's the real concern where it stands the next concern is the i remember that your article supplies to the child means there's a there's a lot of people out there that even carry newcastle of 2 people wearing masks you don't need to be very must unless you you yourself are experiencing flu symptoms and this is not my opinion this is what the w.h.o. recommends here we're going to wear holding masks this is not what we need to be doing because there's not enough of us any protection from get the virus we need to be making the resources available to china and other countries were under resourced compared to china so that if the situation gets worse they have the necessary supplies to cope with and. dr stereo speaking to us meanwhile 20 german citizens have arrived back in their home country after being evacuated from rouhani in china
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now military jets carrying the group has touched down in burning off to a stopover in britain 17 citizens of other e.u. countries were also on board now the german passengers were taken to a hospital on the outskirts of the german capital where they will be kept in quarantine for the next 2 weeks. all right let's get a quick check now on some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of people have marched in the moroccan a capital rabat and in the choosing capital tunis to show solidarity with palestinians and opposition to a new american peace plan that palestinians say favors israel demonstrators denounced the u.s. and call for boycotts of american products. a boeing 737 operating by the russian low cost airline u.-t. air has been badly damaged in a hard landing in the city of rusedski none of the $94.00 passengers and crew on board were seriously hurt now the airline blamed unpredictable wins for the
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incident. 2 new york police officers have been wounded in separate attacks going officer was shot to the police station in the bronx a suspect is in custody in that instance now earlier gunman fired on officers in a vehicle in the same neighborhood both officers are expected to recover. but a major winter storm is bearing down on germany and other parts of central europe but already has batted parts of the british isles in the western part of the continent now germany's entire long distance rail network is down and weather experts have issued a warning across the region telling people to stay inside if they possibly can. a blustery day at the beach in the belgian port of our stand despite the high winds walkers were out in force no swimming says the sign not that many appeared keen to take a dip. in ireland go away was forced to cancel the opening ceremony
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for its year's european city of culture and the aptly named wild atlantic way on the west coast also took a pounding flooding in the north of england caused extensive damage to rural towns and villages as the storm battered britain this been widespread transport disruption with emergency services warning people to travel only if absolutely necessary. amsterdam and frankfurt airports canceled hundreds of flights where the experts in germany warn the country to prepare for winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour. as is often the mention leaves if any life endangering for people to be outside with these wind speeds trees can fall branches can snap off parts of buildings can fall off the roof tiles can be blown off. can be deadly so anybody who does not have to be outside should stay in. but the stormy conditions
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are good news for some in the netherlands they've been staging the dutch headwind cycling championship and that's an event that cannot take place in calm conditions . well now to thailand where security forces shot dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people in a rampage most of them at a shopping center and he is still at the center allowing suppose to escape as they used a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people were wounded in the attack which took place in the city of kut at northeast all the capital bangkok. lives forever changed this man and his wife lost their son in the shooting spree at 13 he was the youngest victim grief and disbelief at the morgue where families identified loved ones. with you he was my
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only son i let him do anything he wanted to i never put pressure on him i just wanted him to be a good person. a painful new reality for families as day broke in corps act these people narrowly escaped after being freed by security forces. but as the death toll climbed others lost hope in reuniting with friends and family. for a long. time looking for my friend who was hiding among 10 other people in the room i think it's the one where the gunman and officers exchanged fire a man and the woman died in the room which i'm worried that my friend as the man. tire fishel is have identified the killer as sergeant jack propound tama the
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sharpshooter reportedly killed his commander and 2 others at his military base before opening fire at the shopping center. the prime minister revealed the killer's likely motive while visiting the wounded in hospital. 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 they will 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. now anon's general election has delivered a shock outcome with a left wing nationalist insane delivering
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a historically strong performance now vote counting is underway across the country and prime minister because the center right party faces a fight to remain the strongest political force for africa failed to capitalize on a booming economy with many voters voicing their frustration over years old budget austerity and a housing crisis the results indicate 3 way race to lead the next government with a vote split between partition fane and fia faith. i'm joined now in the studio by all reports of all when attendants give it away and looks like a tie at the moment why is she in spain a party historically of course with links to the ira doing so well well a few weeks ago when the date for this selection was announced nobody saw this result coming even thing itself and you know just to give you an idea of how surprising this is been in our land political commentators have been describing at a seismic as extraordinary
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a shaking up the political foundations of the country so many international observers are asking how is it that a party that has historical links to the ira it was once seen as the political arm of the group and of course the ira it carried out come pain of terrorist attacks as part of its struggle for what it would call a struggle for united arland how is it that the party is now one of the most popular parties in the country and there's several reasons for that like 1st of all it has managed to distance itself from violent pos it's played an active part in the peace process in northern ireland the ira no longer exists today and one of the very big reasons for its success is that this is the 1st election that the party has been led by mary donald unlike her predecessor gerry adams she has no direct links to the ira she's very very popular and she also managed to resonate with. voters with a very care message for change always talk a little bit about prime minister any of rudd today and his party because he did
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have some success i suppose notably in his ability to strongly represent and during breaks that negotiation so why didn't his party capitalize on that success interesting lee brags that played virtually no room role in this election whatsoever we know from the exit poll yesterday that it was not on voters' minds a tool and that could be due to the fact the irish voters know that the next stage of the bags that negotiations are going to be handled in brussels and arlen tells the commissioner they're a trade commissioner in the form of phil hogan so that they know those negotiations are in good hands and they were really looking up other issues when they came to make their decision at the ballot boxes and quality of life issues played a very strong role housing for example there has been growing homelessness the cost of rents the stores and. been sorry. they've been in power for the past
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9 years and it seems like they want to change briefly will be steve nicol consolation in your assessment we have to see it will be difficult for him and you government arlen's like other countries in europe seen a political fracturing in recent years with the traditionally dominant parties losing support and smaller parties gaining support here it's jim fein now the question is whether any of the other parties are willing to go into a coalition coalition with shin feint to form a government and so that is the big question all right. all would attend at school which thank you so much. well connel season has kicked all think looting europe's most famous carnival a destination off course venice now the city held its annual parade this year's motto is love dames and city to visit numbers of reported out she's been down off the last news record flooding now the mayor has appealed to tourists to return to
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venice saying that the damage has been more pad in that the city is now more peaceful than ever. are minded out the top stories that we're following for you here on. dorothy's in china say that the death toll from the corona virus is now off the 800 mark that means the disease now killed more people than the deadly song outbreak 2 decades ago. digitals have been held in thailand as the country moves those killed by a gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a crowded shopping center. and social europe braces for a major winter storm the extreme weather has already asked of course an underdog in the weather service is when the people should stay in songs if they can't. get out again was get you don't use on the go just download are out on google play also on the out sort of stuff will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications and breaking news and if you find yourself
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