i am. above. this is g.w. news live from but in central europe braces for a major winter storm extreme weather has already planted bush in an odd end causing flooding in transport chaos for the services when people should stay inside if they can do so coming up the battle to contain the coronavirus all forty's in china say that the death toll has now called the $800.00 mark plenty more dollars the deadly sauce outbreak nearly 2 decades ago we'll hear from an ex-pat.

vigils are held in thailand as the country moves verner's killed in a gun rampage that ended in a crowded shopping. farmhouse on a home for a welcome to the program a major winter storm is bearing down on germany and all the parts of central europe after already battering 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 can. a blustery day at the beach in the belgian port of us stand despite the high winds walkers were out in force no swimming ones the sign not that many appeared keen to take a dip. in the capital brussels the elements hammering buildings

exposed to the storm's fury. in ireland go away was forced to cancel the opening ceremony for its year is european city of culture the aptly named wild atlantic way on the west coast also taking a pounding. flooding in the north of england caused extensive damage to rural towns and villages as the storm battered britain there's been widespread transport disruption with emergency services warning people to travel only if absolutely necessary. there were chaotic scenes at london train stations travelling simply unable to reach their destinations. with some muslim cycling so now i'm waiting for the letters one it's been delayed country the cutlets nice is going to kill. time and time people in jail take the console ports across

europe also canceled hundreds of flights kit a month i have a business appointment tomorrow in berlin and was planning to travel to nice but i guess that's not going to happen. weather experts are warning germany to prepare for winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour as is often dimensional even if it is 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. that can be deadly so anybody who does not have to be outside should stay in and of. europe's westerly coastlines have so far borne the brunt of the storm as well as the travel chaos schools of sporting events have also been cancelled and it's not over yet. we are joined now by our reporter. that can then who is bracing the winds for us now to help hard has

this storm hit with in germany. well another main thing the main things that are that have happened so far northern germany mainly have got to do with train falling on railway tracks thus blocking train services but that said the storm is just hitting the mainland now since we arrived in hamburg actually it has been picking up we've saw construction frances that have fallen our fallen down we've seen the election post us flying across the street and people here bracing for this to get even worse throughout the night the weather warning here is in place until 4 am in the morning so how badly has it disrupted. fall well throughout the entire day already train services have more and more been cancelled up to the point now where as you've as you've said all long distant trains all long distance trains have been suspended also a lot of planes obviously had to be cancelled because it was just not safe enough

for them to takeoff this is all well and good and as this is of course what will travel operators should be doing but also this means that people might people who really have to travel might opt to take the car and hit the road was certainly not safe on the way here we saw a bus a big bus swerving and it's lane because it was getting a bit of side wins so that's another risk of people now taking to their cars to travel throughout the country on the whole how prepared they also may just to have instances. i would say that taken a lot of precaution we've seen in this league game and the one in western germany being canceled we know they are shelters now emergency shelters for homeless people to kind of get away from the storm a storm like this is going to cause damage and i suppose this is like a northern german city like hamburg might be more prepared than cities and western

germany all the south but on the whole i think germany and german authorities are taking the precautions to to get through this as safely as possible all right mato hole of a cabin there in germany 2nd largest city in hamburg thanks monsour and stay safe now authorities in china say that the death toll from the corona virus has now paulse the 800 mark so that means that the disease has now killed more people did they saw as outbreak in 2003 can see the comparison that now almost all of the reported deaths and most of the new infections are in the chinese province of who bay where the current virus was 1st detected globally there are now some 37 and a half 1000 confirmed cases of the virus in china says there have been fewer new infections in previous years but days rather over when you can see the trend continuing to go upwards as the virus continues to spread now monday means of people in china are expected to return to work off of the extended need

a new year break nevertheless china is still very much fall from being back to normal and earlier we spoke to dr static u.s. most cos he's a molecular biologist at northumbria university in the u.k. and we also asked him if the outbreak has reached its peak. the number of people getting affected is remaining thoroughly consistent this it's not accelerating. one house that was you know we all are going to make our breath and see what happens over the next few days house big people return to work in china the economy doesn't continue moving on the the grio risk is that we haven't seen the number of cases so sir quite relatively high and those cases place a substantial burden on health care providers. anyway even in the west that we have days 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 am ability of medical

supplies to the child means there is a there's a lot of people out there impaired newcastle have seen people wearing masks you don't need the money unless you you yourself are experiencing flu symptoms and this is not my opinion this is what the w.h.o. recommends people are going to wear holding mask this is not what we need to be doing because it's not enough of us any protection from get asking 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. talks are static. at the university of north on bridge in the u.k. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the wall that this hour the u.s. military says that 2 american soldiers were killed and 6 others wounded when an afghan wearing an afghan on the uniform opened fire on the incident took place in and then go home province in eastern afghanistan a local official confirmed that the shooter was an afghan soldier.

groups in switzerland all celebrating off to voters approved a bill that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation the measure passed with 63 percent of the vote part of a pos the nor 2 years ago but opponents forced a referendum on the issue. well out of thailand where security forces shot dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people in around page most of them at a shopping center police had stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they noticed a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people russo were injured in the attack which took place in the city of kut northeast of the capital bangkok. a vigil for the lives lost hundreds of people gathered sunday night with buddhist monks chants and prayers and bottomless green. earlier at the city morgue this man and his wife lost their son in the rampage.

at 13 he was the youngest victim. of the year but he was my 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. scenes of terror at the mall these people narrowly escaped after being freed by security forces. thai officials have identified the killer as sergeant jakrapob told ma 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. our investigations have found that the gunman had

a passionate dispute over land with his senior officer and the officers mother in law the argued for 3 days nobody expected it to turn violent. the prime minister has admitted that mental health is an issue in the military one that investigators will look into. but for now there are more questions than answers and the morning over the deadliest mass shooting in thailand's history has just begun. well and general election has delivered a shock outcome with the left wing nationalist shin faint delivering a historically strong performance very counter is underway across the country in prime minister lavrov because center right party faces a fight to remain the strongest political force but i can fail to capitalize on the beaming economy with many voters voicing their frustration over the years of party still staring me in a housing crisis and the results indicate a 3 way race to be the next government but the vote split between veronica's party

as well as shin fein and uniformly. well sports now match day 21 in the bundesliga was brought to a close on sunday 1st played 2nd as by munich placed excuse me by munich hosted abi leipsic with many fans expecting a classic but the game failed to live up to the hype and the nail nail the result means by retain no one point lead at the top of the table now on saturday may the coups in edged out dortmund while were you on a bad beat say men bottom side part of born 3 with shellac a fellow strugglers disallowed offset the points revolves book might speed how to fly book down hoffenheim and on friday frankfurt thrashed oh spec now sunday's game between bloodbath and cologne was postponed off to 14 victims of the storm of course that has been battering much of europe so those results. things stay incredibly tight at the top of the bundesliga football table just 4 points now separating the top 4 teams with the defending champions by and maintaining their

slender lead with that draw against leipsic they the couzens win over dortmund moves them closer to the champions league places at the other end well but a man's loss to a new on bail in coupled with part of one's draw means that they are now just one point off bossom spalt might says when puts daylight between themselves and the relegation places well matched a 21 of the winner's league was brought to a close by the weekend's biggest game with 1st playing 2nd place as champions by munich took on challenges abi like sake in bavaria but the day when it failed to live up to expectations despite the league's top 2 goal scorers facing off finds robert leaven dusky and light 16 november both missed chances to give that team the victory nil nil it finished in munich mean meaning that by and remain top of the table. and i wonder at the top story we're following for you central europe braces

for a major winter storm extreme weather has already back to britain an audit by the seventy's when people should stay inside if they can. vigils have been held in thailand as the country mourns those killed by a gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a crowded something. in china say that the death toll from the coronavirus is now possibly 800 mark gottlieb's the disease has now killed more people than the deadly outbreak 2 decades ago. well off next for stock we follow north female crew as they cross the atlantic in a rowing boat ahead of the humphrey and by then thanks for your company also you get out the top of the alpha headlines by finale.

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