beethoven is for. brito over is for. beethoven 2020 for 250th anniversary year on do you. mean. this is news and these are our top stories. germany's governing christian democrats are in disarray after their party leader and now she will step down and a great crime karen barlow was a protege of angela merkel and was widely expected to run for chancellor in the next election. the turkish military says it has killed more than 100 syrian government troops in the province of it live this was in retaliation for a syrian strike which left 5 turkish troops dead syrian military forces are on the

offensive in libya the last remaining stronghold of anti-government militia. the world health organization has sent a team of medical experts to china to help investigate the coronavirus outbreak the death toll in china is approaching 1000 more than 40000 cases reported across the country. i the oscars have made history with south korean film parricide becoming the 1st ever non english language movie to win best picture it's good for wards and on including best director for bomb junho. this is the news from berlin for more follow us on twitter news all visit our website w dot com. the woman groomed by german chancellor angela merkel to replace will not replace until

america an announcement that is sending shock waves across germany and europe and the question why the open again who will lead germany when merkel steps down next year can germany can europe wait that long does the news today bring the era of uncle americal to a screeching halt i'm bord off in berlin this is the day. be kidding me i will not run for chancellor. i acknowledge this decision today with the greatest respect this is set up it's an absolute bombshell shock for the same to you and i think this is a very tricky situation.