this is e w news live from berlin western europe braces for a major winter storm extreme weather has already battered the united kingdom and ireland causing floods and disrupting travel. also on the program the battle to contain the coronavirus parties in china say the death toll has passed 900 with more than 40000 cases reported nationwide we'll hear from a disease specialist. also coming up vigils are held in thailand as the country mourns those killed in a gun rampage that ended in a crowded shopping mall. and in the bundesliga

a tale of 2 strikers proper the modality of fire faces off against life 60 mohammed as champions host challengers in munich. from one good prospects for joining 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. blustery day at the bache in the belgian port of our stand despite the high winds walkers were out in force no swimming ones a sign not that many appeared came to take a dip. in the capital brussels the elements hamet buildings exposed to the storm's

fury. in island go away was forced to cancel the ceremony for its year's european city of coachella and the aptly named wild did land equate on the west coast to compounding. flooding in the north of england caused extensive damage to route 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. and there were chaotic scenes at london train stations travelers simply on the able to reach their destinations a simple untrained county that was something not something i suppose i could get on so now i'm waiting for the next one and it's been delayed country and the complex and i think she's going to kill. time not time she can tell all kinds of products on airports across europe cancelled hundreds of flights keep them on fly have

a business appointment tomorrow in berlin and was planning to travel to nice but i guess that's not going to happen. continent who europe's west in the northern coast lines have also borne the brunt of the storm and it's not over yet with the storm now sweeping across the southern shores of the boat takes a. earlier i spoke with her author column and i reporter in hamburg. we actually just had to go inside because the storm is now really battering the city of hamburg and driving rain outside. 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 from 2 cars on 2 on the

train tracks well so that. not only regional train services but also in the regional transit buses had to be suspended and we seen pictures of facades of houses getting torn off by the wind and we hear that the police the fire in hamburg 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 wait to see what the real damage is in the morning here 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 what we saw was kind of realizing that this is nothing to be to be to be in the open and then most people

would have had to find to find shelter and authorities saying question what are they doing to prepare and are they prepared. it seems they are prepared i mean remember the harvest is close to the coast. storms like this and that they don't happen every week every month but they actually do have that every 2 years and about that drink but it seems to me that a burden. of much of the matter to candy because a boat 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. for what we do here in hamburg they seem to be prepared to a motto of our common farewell for us and homburg stage ryan stay safe and keep on reporting for us i will thank you health authorities in china have reported another uptick in the corona virus outbreak they say the death toll has passed 900 and more

than 40000 cases of the virus are now reported in that country thousands of people who were allowed to disembark a cruise ship in hong kong after a 4 day quarantine was resulted in passengers testing negative for the virus another crew ship off japan remains in quarantine with dozens of confirmed cases. earlier we spoke with dr sirus moscow's a molecular biologist at northumbria university in the u.k. we asked if the outbreak has reached its peak. the number of people getting infected is remaining certainly consistent yes but it's not accelerating. one house the us you know we all are going to make our preference or will happen till the next few days house take over time to work in china the economy doesn't continue moving on the agreeable risk is that we haven't seen the number of cases assert quite relatively high and those cases place

a substantial on health care providers. anyway 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 where it stands the next concern is the ultimate penalty or radicals close to the child means there's a there's a lot of people out there impaired newcastle up to people where they must you don't need to be where you must unless you you yourself are experiencing flu symptoms and this is not my opinion this is what adult we are unsure of homes here are going away holding mosques 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 where 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 others wounded when an afghan

soldier opened fire on them the incident took place in the non-god province in eastern afghanistan the afghan defense ministry also reported that one of its soldiers was killed and 6 and 3 more excuse me 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 supporters argue that's what's real and lag far behind its neighbors 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 hussein's all 94 passengers and crew escaped serious injury the airline blames unpredictable winds 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 vote counting is underway across the country and prime minister lay of the cars center right party faces a fight to remain the strongest political force for car fail to capitalize on a booming economy with many voters voicing their frustration over years of austerity and a housing crisis early results indicate a 3 way race to lead the next government with the vote split among foreign cars and conservative party sinn fein and phina 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 mall allowing those shoppers to escape then

track down the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded in the attack it was in the city of koran northeast of bangkok. of 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. that. 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. would investigations have found that the gunman had a passion all disputes over land with his. mother in law the argued for 3 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 become.

in the bonus league a every leipzig and byron closed out the match day in munich this showdown not only feature of the top 2 goal scorers in the league that's byron's robert levin tao city and life. but also decided to table leader only one point separate of 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 rb live 6 shared the spoils earlier in the season and with t.-mo vanity the least 2nd most prolific striker with 20 goals versus robert levin dosti whose 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 dos he's face says it all in the 2nd half life seek look to break the deadlock 7 cyc used

a bit 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 no one in the handbook put neuer says calm down kid finally a penalty look to give biron a chance to score after live indoors he was taken down inside the box by mcconnell but live in dust he 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 life 6 turn right wrong t.-mo vanna blocks this one just to be outside. no goals at all in this top of the table clash definitely not woodbine brass wanted another draw against life see. it's the year of the rat on the chinese lunar calendar and the rodent is also

putting in an appearance at this year's carnival celebrations here in europe a giant water rat made its way down venice is grand canal as the guest of honor in a boat parade by local rowing clubs the city's tourism industry says a visitor bookings are down this year after the record flooding in november carnival of events in venice continue through february 25th. and it's hollywood's glitziest night of the year the 92nd academy awards are underway in los angeles the world's biggest film stars have gathered at the dolby theater for a long night of oscar honors among the winners so far toy story for for best animated film parasite for best screenplay and brad pitt for best supporting actor there are 24 award categories in all. and a 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 people across the region are advised to stay indoors. watching to the news live from berlin that's all from us for now i'm really i'm glue kroft thank you so much for watching we'll see the top of the hour. we're all set. to go beyond the fetus. as we take on the world. all of the stories that matter to you country. ever is tears running. down deep w. true minds.