this news coming to you live from berlin and civilians in parts of cameroon are facing appalling violence this young woman was beaten and mutilated by separatists we have an exclusive report on what's behind the violence and prospects of ending bloodshed in the country after the elections last weekend. up the world health organization warns the coronavirus poses a very grave threat not just to china but to the rest of the world as well. and political uncertainty in germany what's next after chancellor angela merkel's

chosen successor and a great company announces to step aside with down running for the top job. hello and welcome. we begin in cameroon with an account of brutal violence against civilians the country voted in elections last weekend for the 1st time in 7 years but the process has been overshadowed by on dressed 3 years ago the separatists an english speaking northern and southern areas of the country unilaterally declared independence and the creation of a new state. the separatist pursuit for said determination has taken a heavy toll with many civilians caught in the crossfire our correspondent blasi young sent us this report a warning some viewers may find. the content disturbing. clue do are

common is recovering in hospital a whole lot of but. she sees. the men came to our home the night accusing her of defined a ban on education. pretty clear that was dropped of make it our what followed was tear up. a look at those rude i started was all a dream. they kept hitting me with a machete because. the man started by gradually topping off my ankle who never could one of them was flogging my back with them i said to you and the other person completely top of my leg i saw my legs separated into his no never got. the rebellion but under 4 militias is sticking a store on the population. a few kilometers away 42000 hectares of

banana robot arm palm plantations have been abundant. the state all far is a 2nd biggest employer in the country but should pretties want it close 1000 of his workers how sled do to increase the types many how do mutilated and all those cute. john was sleeping with a men reader desktop logic you want me. to i would be missing the separatists said they would have loved to kill us in a big but they would rather cut off our fingers in order to send a message to our employer to walk the walk there to get money by cutting they told us they were fighting for us she thought we were working in a government plantation which funds the government's crackdown against them we immediately they chopped off our fingers they move my dorm week too. on this one

well as i move. in a short force searches are to shut down the entire full ridges. all activities are halted and people order to stay off the streets sean time for as long as 3 weeks. palmer also just to have been accused of killing civilians i'm burning down villages this gritty situation is very dire you know with the people of the cut off between the military and the separatist forces so you are not even sure that you will see the next. and also because of that on certainty it affects businesses most people are not the best those who have businesses cannot really make a lot of money because for those who are those who are restaurant people who don't go out a lot people don't stay out late you know there's general and shown in the. clothing how in discharged from hospital. the single mother of one is taking our very 1st

steps knowing her life will never be the same again. that report by the place we asked him earlier to tell us more about the root of the violence in cameroon. by seeing this fall it is as a result of all parties in the conquering trying to gain control over to total control of the and reform regions of cameroon which to produce here called imbecility and facilities will ever does not follow the instructions that they have put in place in this region displacing will be targeted out without any explanation simply the army the army also sees this part is still part of korean whoever the suspect of being a sympathizer of security is the support has been dispersed and also has been will be targeted skulls of villages have been burned down people have been killed and so have been beheaded this is not a huge trend the stories we've seen in our report is not just something that's

happening as a start a company not something else completely last 3 years is going to start and businesses here on ginny's the economy has crippled totality and this conflict has brought a rise of armed groups that are not and this is really suspicion east but these are criminal and groups who are involved in extortion in kidnapping and also in killing so people here are now free to go about their business is people who cannot go out to eat anymore because the police is the security and security is not guaranteed. that was. young in cameroon let me now bring you up to date it's among other stories making news around the world the greek government says it will use emergency legal powers to build new reception centers for asylum seekers on its islands the movie ends to speed up the process of identifying refugees and deporting those who are not granted permission to stay it follows an outcry from

both on and residents and asylum seekers living in over target camps. a suicide bombing us hits the afghan capital kabul officials say at least 6 people were killed by the blast at the entrance to a military academy it ends recently in violence as the u.s. pursues talks with the taliban to finalize a ceasefire deal. islands left wing nationalist partition fan wants a major vote in the country's next government the party led by mary lou mcdonald scored its best ever result in last weekend's election and she's now hoping to find a coalition far enough. the deck steward from the corona out a virus outbreak in china has exceeded 1000 another 43000 people have been infected leading scientists have gathered in geneva to speed up tests on promising drugs and vaccines hundreds more up the dissipating in the 2 day meeting from the farm here's

a look at how the crisis has unfolded. people with an unknown illness began appearing at central hospital an early december 29th teen late in the month when young a doctor there posted on social media that patients in the hospital rigs having symptoms of viral pneumonia chinese health authorities admitted they were investigating an outbreak among the 1st patients many had direct ties to the hunan seafood market where wildlife was also sold by january 1st it had been shut down. as 2020 dawned chinese health authorities announced they'd identified the culprit a novel coronavirus a 61 year old became the outbreaks 1st casualty the number of people affected started to rise and before long thailand confirmed the 1st case outside china's

borders then japan reported another unsettling day neither had visited the ruhani market so person to person transmission looked increasingly likely and inside china and the virus spread to other cities people began wearing masks over 200 cases were confirmed experts predicted many more. medical workers and ruhani themselves grew sick after treating patients taiwan and the us reported cases followed by a number of other countries including germany the chinese government took a drastic step suspending all traffic out of la on as well as public transport in the city researchers reported the coronavirus hasn't incubate period and that carrier is not yet showing symptoms might be contagious right as the lunar new year started and millions of people began moving around the country there were nearly

2000 confirmed cases worldwide 50 had died the w.h.o. declared the outbreak a global health emergency kicking in a more coordinated international response. as january turned to february maine and lockdown cases were confirmed in every province of mainland china the when the doctor and whistleblower fell victim to the novel coronavirus one of many. in just over 2 months it's reached at least 27 countries infected more than 42000 people and claimed over a 1000 victims. china has taken a lot of measures to deal with the corona virus but what more needs to be done i put that question to dr margaret harris of the was health organization in geneva everybody's working very very hard to deal with this new virus and doing

a very good job what we all need to do is to continue to do a good job and what we also need to do is to panic list so at the moment we're dealing with 2 things we're dealing with a new virus and a new virus we need to learn more about and to work together to stop but we also dealing with the info to make where people are attending to overreact a bit it's good that people listen to the advice that pay a lot of attention but really listen to the right advice have excellent hand hygiene make sure that they look after the health make sure that they do all the things that will protect themselves appropriately but not panic. that was dr margaret had is from the world health organization in geneva and here in but in the future leadership of germany's dominant conservative party has been thrown into question with the resignation of chancellor angela merkel's chosen successor an idiot and balance shock announcement that she will step down as head of matters

c.d.u. party throws the field of potential chancellor candidates wide open but finding a successor poses a major challenge for the c.d.u. the political crisis in germany comes as the rest of europe looks to berlin for stability through the tumultuous post brags that era. a chief political editor michelle knight joins me now michelle or a new party leader is not going to be chosen anytime soon how will this will this uncertainty and delay in waiting weaken the c.d.o. party. but already has because the succession plan of angle medical didn't work out and it was the one who was supposed to unite the party to hound behind a clear vision of what being conservative that's the see in the c.d.u. party is all about in the years and decades to come and now she had to throw in the towel and she herself no other than her remains in charge for

a couple of months to pick up those very pieces of what was broken with this political storm last week where regional m.p.'s saw themselves in the same political compass the far right if tea party crossing a red line and this has exposed an internal party rift over how to deal with the far right is dealing with a conservative group that would like to see itself as something like a tea party movement but it's nowhere near that large and that important seriously shaking up what conservatism means and how far to the right angle america's party could possibly go so that's a party crisis that and we should end this crisis doesn't come at a particularly good time for germany because germany's due to take over the e.u. presidency this summer so what are people in the european union making of these developments in germany correspondent barbara is in strasbourg she spoke to

catalina bali a european member of parliament for the social democrats. the crisis within the german christian democrats it strikes fear in the heart of many european countries because if it turns into a full book blown government crisis the next step is european crisis how big is the danger what you think well it is a crisis within the christian democrats there's no doubt about it but now our concern of course is that we keep going as a government and i mean we've seen rough times social democrats and we've proved that this is possible because we. we were a very stable partner in the coalition and in the government and this government worked extremely well during the last months so you think stability can prevail even though the christian democrats seem to tear themselves apart very similar to like you say what happened to in your own party is there a bit of shine for them there's no shot in front at all because i mean germany will

take over the presidency of the council in the 2nd half of this year so we are aware of the responsibility that we're having so. we we actually ask our partner now to show the same responsibility that we have shown because europe is looking at looking towards germany so that was country and i believe the european member of parliament for the social democrats returning to you know. how much trouble is germany right now on the german government a good thing what does this mean for europe and the rest of the world they have get great expectations of the stable specially in a post regs it was. but i'm going to machall stands for political stability that's her political brand and from what i'm hearing as long as anglo-american will keep so coalition going nobody is truly concerned what's what we have seen now i don't think we see coalition government her last time in office in acute danger here but

we have seen fresh sources of instability pop up from within her own party her succession plan hasn't worked out and her self declared finishing line which is to bring germany staveley unproductively into and through this e.u. presidency is not an acute danger but she certainly has to watch out that she actually deliver on what she would like to see as her european legacy. because she political enemy she like you've got thank you very much for that assessment. president. that syria will be what he calls a heavy price for any attack on turkish troops the turkish military has already claimed killed more than $100.00 syrian soldiers an. invitation for a syrian attack turkey supporting rebel groups in syria tries to retake the last remaining stronghold in their country. back against the asset regime ankara says

it will repay its own casualties. must be confirmed as soon as possible. to be permanent the assad regime's aggression. president has emphasized that turkey will take the necessary measures if the regime continues its aggression. airlifted to hospital some of the turkish troops injured in a sad latest assault on it lived a satirist trying to recapture the province from rebel forces rebels often by turkey 5 turkish casualties followed 8 others last week all of the hands of sads forces. this is the latest in a series of escalations between turkey and syria turkey wants to defend its border with syria and the said regime wants to regain influence within its own borders the civilian cost of all this has been high in recent weeks nearly 700000 civilians

have been displaced. a turkish military convoy enters northern syria joining the effort to halt assad's offensive showing that turkey means what it says about defending its own border. officials in bangor they say of boats carrying refugees has sunk off the country's southern coast at least 14 people drowned 70 rescued an estimated 1000000 drinking of muslims have fled persecution and have been many of those in camps in bangladesh are trying to board boats headed for malaysia. the u.n. is calling for immediate action to prevent a plague of locusts that could devastate eastern africa for years to come swarms of insects are already destroying trucks in the region threatening food security for millions already in regions officials warn locusts populations could explode in the next few months. the number of chin straps.

has fallen about 80 percent since the 1970 s. that's according to scientists studying climate change it comes as a research base in antarctica recorded its warmest temperature ever for the continent 18 degrees celsius. after battering northern europe severe winter has leaving a trail of fallen trees blocked roads in reliance in southern germany and austria a key 7 people have died and air and overland travel have been severely disrupted. it's one of europe's most violent storms in years with intense winds of up to 150 kilometers per hour and tarantula rains leaving a trail of destruction across the continent. much of the initial damage and destruction was along europe's northern coastline the storm 1st hit ireland before

sweeping towards britain and causing widespread flooding across the aisles. at least 7 people died as a result of the storm which toppled trees and damaged buildings hundreds of thousands of households in 6 countries were left without electricity. in the german city of frankfurt the winds knocked over a crane onto the roof of a cathedral causing extensive damage the storm also disrupted rail services across the country and grounded dozens of flights. a british airways jet was caught on video battling through the storm to land at london's heathrow airport but after 2 failed attempts the plane was forced to abort its landing in london and fly on to frankfurt where it was able to land safely. 30 years ago today nelson mandela walked free from prison a key moment in ending apartheid south africa

a system of racial oppression mandela went on to become the 1st democratically elected president of south africa another activist dennis goldberg stood trial with mandela and 964 and he's one of the few people convicted after that trial who's still alive he'd have used our dream trees met him in cape town. member him coming out of prison with his wife winnie by his side. courting her. he was her 1st. and he made a speech which was typical of knows from under your. feet. we visited stone is called brick at his home in

cape somebody who despite having cancer he wants to talk about the past his parents were british immigrants and opposed to apartheid when he was a student goldberg joined the resistance it was a time when peaceful protests by the black population were violently suppressed time and again and there are many years dr who knows from. he's saving up a new legal on me and then she got perfect record trying you know how to build bridges can you plan. to join a massive use of course but mandela and goldberg were arrested soon after the rivonia trial they were sentenced to life in prison mandela and the other black defendants were imprisoned on robben island as goldberg was white it was jails and pretoria segregation also applied to prisons there are times when i work up in the middle not.

well i'm thinking about prison. anxious. but. then as goldberg was released after 23 years in prison he then left south africa and campaigned for the release of nelson mandela abroad when mandela was finally freed and gave his famous speech rights you know on the balcony of the town hall and. watched it on t.v. he now lives in cape town again and despite all the social challenges of south africa gold remains an optimist also when it comes to the fight against racism which is far from over we mustn't forget to. happen again no internet any form. we will. put you in.

there is this move on. especially young people. you know. that report by the time. we spoke to andrea as president sitting around the pose i was about to invest exactly we had landed us to 30 years ago today he asked what people are saying on this momentous anniversary of the south africa of course it's a very emotional moment right behind me you can see the balcony we have. addressed across 30 years ago and there's a lot of people here who described that moment as one of the birth moments of the nation of course we also have to recall it was not only mandela who made this change possible the end of apartheid it was tens of thousands of people around the world but. in south africa that once it was the end of apartheid and i talked to one older man i would cite fear was the a 30 years ago and he's here today again to see what is going on and he described

mandela as such a person of integrity saying everybody else of us who would have walked out of jail after 27 years after being suppressed by the government for years would have been so angry so full of revenge i mean i was pretty much the opposite he said we have to sit down and look things out together and then probably plays a major part in the fact that the whole transition here was more or less peaceful. young found africans in the so-called born free generation born after the end of apartheid a missing mundane as a legacy. of course he is an icon also for young people here but we also have to face the fact that things are after the a.n.c. took over in 1994 well it started quite problematic and up until now south africa has massive problems that every 2nd young person here is unemployed and there's growing frustration i just talked to the young lady outside here so angry and she said well all these pipe dreams that we're hearing on the rainbow nation they have not come true look at this occasion get we're still unemployed we still have racism

of our society and the government must finally do something and not just promising things so it's the new president who has a long way to go to make this society more equal here and also to bring more people into employment otherwise the crisis in south africa here will not. in cape town thank you very much for that. and then for gave you can always get good news on the go just download apps from google play all from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. and if you've thought of a news story you can also use the app to send us photos and videos of what's happening. coming up next on news asia. why don't you go refugees are risking deadly c journeys to head to southeast asia. and the indonesian man with superpowers tackling the country's garbage down with

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