our documentary series slavery routes starts march 9th on d w. o 5. this is deja vu news live from berlin western europe braces for a major winter storm extreme weather has already battered the united kingdom and ireland causing floods disrupting travel. also on the program the battle to contain the corona virus authorities in china say the death toll has now passed 800 making it deadlier than the 2003 sars outbreak we'll hear from a disease specialist. and vigils are held in thailand as the country mourns those

killed in a gun rampage that ended in a crowded shopping mall. last latest going to sleep good tale of 2 strikers robert love and doused the empire faces off against like 60 miles an hour as champions host challengers immune. i'm lame glad you could join me a major winter storm is bearing down on germany and other parts of europe after already battering the british isles germany's entire long distance rail network is down and people across the region are advised to stay indoors. 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. county there was some muslim capacity so close so now me but unless one it's been delayed country cutlets and i think she's going

to kill. time and time people in. the console and puts across europe also counselled hundreds of flights kitten 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 the mention leaves if it be 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 canceled and it's not over yet. as our reporter and he joins me live on the phone in hamburg what is the latest

where you are. hello william yes we actually just have to go. side because the storm is now really battering the city of hamburg they're driving rain outside that's blowing sideways those gusts are really kicking in now once they're dying down as you might think that it's fine but once they're picking up these gusts of over 100 kilometers an hour it's getting quite how to stand out there which is why we decided actually to go back back inside the news we're getting from across campus is that a lot of trees are falling down the falling onto the road some 2 cars on to on the train tracks as well so that. not only regional train services but also in the recent trend services had to be suspended and we seen pictures of facades of houses getting torn off by the wind and we hear that the police has a fire said in hand but actually had to go out at least $200.00 times up until this

point so what we expect now is that this is going to continue to keep going through the night this wind and that we you know waste of time to see what the real damage is in the morning here in hamburg and what about every day you know the people there what have they been doing to cope or to get ready for this storm. definitely some people that we so outside were kind of fascinated in checking out how how strong these winds are getting but now as we got more into the night the most people we saw what kind of realizing that this is nothing to be to be to be in the open and that most people would have had to find to find shelter. and authorities same question what are they doing to prepare and are they prepared. it seems that cricket i mean we're in hamburg it's a it's a harbor city it's close to the coast storms like this and that they don't happen every week every month but they actually do have been every 2 years and about the

strength so it seems to me that a bird is prepared to as much if they have as much as they can get because the stone like that obviously is going to do some damage the main thing is to ensure that no one gets hurt and that the firefighters and emergency services are on the scene and from what we've seen here and have a state they seem to seem to be prepared a motto of our common farewell for us and homburg stage dry stay safe and keep on reporting for us thank you. the new corona virus is officially deadlier than the 2003 sars outbreak authorities in china say more than 800 people have now died of the disease meanwhile thousands of people have been allowed to disembark a cruise ship in hong kong after a 4 day quarantine resulted in passengers testing negative for the virus another crew ship off japan remains in quarantine however with dozens of confirmed cases globally more than $37000.00 people have tested positive for corona virus mostly on

mainland china. and earlier we spoke with a doctor staggers moscow's a molecular biologist from northumbria university in the united kingdom we asked if the outbreaks at the outbreak has reached its peak the number of people getting infected is remaining consistent yes but it's not limited to. one person who's you know we all are going to reference it will help until the next few days people return to work in china calling us and continue moving on the agreeable risk is that we have a disease the number of cases quietly high and those cases place a substantial own health care. even in the west that we have those kind of numbers we would be struggling to keep up with cases so that's the concern but it

sounds the next comes as the i am radicals close to the child means there's a there's a lot of people out here to newcastle up to people what it must be don't need to be very unless you you yourself are experiencing flu symptoms and this is not my opinion this is what the don't we are entering from those who are going to where holding must this is not what we need to be doing because there's not enough of us any protection from get to the fires 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 and. now let's look at some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. military says 2 of its soldiers were killed and 6 more wounded when an afghan soldier opened fire on them the incident took place in the nagar province in eastern afghanistan the afghan defense ministry reports one of its soldiers was also killed and 3 more wounded. l g b

t groups in switzerland are celebrating after voters approved a law that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation the measure passed with 63 percent of the vote parliament passed the law 2 years ago but opponents forced a referendum on the issue. a boeing 737 operated by the budget russian airline u.-t. air was badly damaged during a hard landing in the city of seems all 94 passengers and crew escaped serious injury the airline blamed unpredictable wins for the incident. police in new york city have arrested a suspect they say shot and wounded 2 officers in separate attacks he was detained after opening fire in a police station the night before he had allegedly shot at officers in a vehicle. ireland's general election has delivered a shock outcome with the left wing nationalist shin fein delivering a historically strong performance now vote counting is underway across the country

and prime minister they override cars a center right party faces a fight to remain the strongest political force for a car failed to capitalize on a booming economy with many voters voicing their frustration over years of budget austerity and the housing crisis earlier results indicate early results excuse me indicate a 3 way race to lead the next government with the vote split between directors party situation fame and for you know for oil. in thailand security forces shot dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people in a rampage most of them at a shopping mall police stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape then track down the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded in the attack in the city of course northeast of bangkok. a vigil for the lives lost hundreds of people gathered. sunday night with buddhist monks chants and

prayers and bottomless scream. earlier at the city morgue this man and his wife lost their son in the rampage. at 13 he was the youngest victim. 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 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 killer's likely motive.

our investigations have found that the gunman had a passionate dispute over land with a senior officer and the officers mother in law they argued for 3 days that 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 mourning over the deadliest mass shooting in thailand's history has just begun. in the bonus league ebay leipzig and byron closed out this the match day in munich the showdown not only featured the top 2 goal scorers in the league byron's robert leaven doused am live 60 miles an hour it also decided the table leader only one

point separated the defending champions and the visitors ahead of kick off. a full house in munich as expected for this final league meeting between these 2 titans buyer nick in our being leipsic shared the spoils earlier in the season and with team obana the least 2nd most prolific striker with 20 goals versus robert levin dosti who's got 22 there was a high expectation of ball city in the back of the net byron got close in the 1st half but it ended scoreless 11 dusty's face says it all in the 2nd half life seek look to break the deadlock 7 site used to be too much from close range. minutes later to move in a drop off the line gets past him but david alibaba put his body in the line of fire then i wanted to handball but neuer says calm down finally a penalty look to give biron a chance to score after 11 dorothy was taken down inside the box by to put macondo

but live in dusty. never got his shot v.a.r. stepped in and made the right call noting the striker was offside when he received the ball then it was like 6 turn right wrong t.-mo vanna blocks this one just to the outside. no goals at all in this top of the table clash definitely not good bye and brass wanted another draw against leipsic. it's hollywood's glitziest night of the year the 92nd cademy awards gets underway in just a couple of hours media and celebrities have been arriving on the red carpet at the dolby theater in los angeles for a 2nd consecutive year there won't be a designated host instead some of hollywood's top stars will take turns handing out the coveted gold statuettes for $24.00 categories. and

a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you a major winter storm is bearing down on germany and other parts of europe after already battering the british isles germany's entire long distance rail network is down and people across the region are advised to stay indoors. they're watching t.v. news live from berlin i'm going good cross thanks so much for joining me we'll see you at the top of the hour more news in the meantime check out g.w. dot com and twitter as you know your news conference. rule. he doesn't use crime fighters are back with the africa's most successful radio drama series continues only this odes are available online and of course you can share and discuss on p.w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms crime fighters tune in no.