this is me as a live from berlin turkey faces off with russia the syrian army's push to capture the country's last rebel stronghold triggers an international standoff and prompts hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee also on the program china reports a surge in the number of deaths from the coronavirus dashing hopes that it had finally brought the outbreak under control. and could this man become the next head of germany's conservative party and the next chancellor of british muds throws his

hat in the ring the woman angela merkel had selected as his successor and says she is no longer in the running. i'm told me a lot of people welcome to the program. the latest advance by a syrian government troops into the rebel held has fractured relations between the key international players in the conflict the past 10 days have seen deadly clashes between turkish soldiers supporting syrian rebels and forces of the syrian regime which is backed by russia turkey's president. has hit out at syria and its russian allies promising to retaliate if his troops are attacked meanwhile the country's humanitarian crisis continues to grow. the road out of sight and it looked province in the last 2 months more people have fled the fighting here than at any

other time in the syria conflict many are braving the harsh winter conditions simply to get tight. it's really sad to see people here enduring snow and cold and most of them are children what are we going to do we've got nothing left we're sleeping under all of trees 5. it's a terrible saw each. other this road is completely cut off because it's parked full of cars. and people have no idea where they're going. this is what they are leaving behind violence has flared in it live in recent weeks and strain ties between 2 of the main international players in the region russia and turkey and correct has sent more troops to the area and has warned it will strike syrian regime forces if its soldiers come under renewed attack. your home or anyone targeting turkey should know that they will pay the price for this not only

have the sought of the attack but everywhere. hundreds of thousands of people have left in recent weeks but not everyone can get. those still stuck in a face an anxious wait and a worsening humanitarian crisis. earlier we spoke to adele cathy he's a teacher in that as a a village in the countryside west of aleppo that's the neighboring province to live and we asked him about life in a region that's been ravaged by war. in fact these days people are facing one of the most difficult situations you know maybe in the last 9 years because now all people are fleeing from the west and countryside and it led to north to the borders of jerky and in fact just. outside my home a long line of cars maybe 10 kilometer line of cars are just leaving and fleeing

a don't know they don't know where to go and all people in fact they are mentally ill ringback psychologically ill and physically ill in fact even i do member just now that it's 2 days my daughter's birthday nevertheless who cares we can't i can't help i can't make a party for hair i mean this is just how people think they can't think anything just where to go or what to do and they don't have answers like me in fact it's your region is getting so closer to the borders of turkey and people don't know what do you if they've live now so what's the next step i mean they think they are fleeing from day to day this is in fact the whole situation these days in fact i wanted to send a message for the hold that this is maybe the last step to take to do it to take it to take an action for this people i don't want anyone to tell the next generation

that we didn't know we didn't hear we didn't see it because yeah at the last period the last 9 years had been very horrible 14 people by the coming in might might be the worst. now a brief look at some of the other stories making news around the world the united nations security council has agreed on a plan to end the war in libya is trying to bring an end to years of conflicts between rival governments following the ouster of dictator moammar gadhafi the plan calls for negotiations international monitors on the separation of forces. italy's senate said has cleared the way for former interior minister much yourselves any to be tried and charges of holding migrants hostage he says he was defending its news border when he refused to allow rescued migrants to disembark from a ship for several days last summer. electric car make a tesla is recalling nearly 15000 f c u v's in north america to correct

a potential issue with this steering safety officials say bolt on some 2016 models might corrode and break even to a loss in pa steering. there's been a surge in the number of deaths from the covered 19 virus in china officials in who bay province the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak say over 240 people there have died of the virus in a single day authorities also confirmed nearly $15000.00 new infections in who bay and almost tenfold increase health officials had earlier suggested that the outbreak had peaked after the rate of infections declined to its lowest since january. meanwhile a growing number of people in china have begun to express anger at the government's handling of the situation authorities have moved to silence criticism censors have scrubbed social media posts and at least 2 outspoken citizens trying to expose the

reality of what they're seeing have disappeared raising fears for their safety. these are images the chinese government doesn't want you to see a medical center and we han the epicenter of the. viruses are break under stress short on supplies overwhelmed with patience the video is from. a lawyer who made the risky choice to become a citizen journalist and defy government efforts to control information in front of me is the virus and behind me is the legal and administrative power of china as long as i live in the city i will continue to report i only report what i see what i hear. you what i'm not even scared of death you think i'm afraid of the communist party. is gone he disappeared last week and has not responded to messages so far authorities will only say he is called under control

on the c international say he's been forcibly quarantined. and he's not the only one to pay the price for defying state authority the blogger fine even took this video from a hospital. it seems to show body bikes victims of the virus then he received a menacing knock on his door. what did you want to know. what do you intend to. do you will know you'll be you know what do you want to. know what do you like the other night that. you would you go by here we don't have a view about. the. e-mails. here no one is. flying had been posting videos daily proof that he was free those upload stopped on monday and he's been reachable by phone fueling speculation over the rest. of the virus in december authorities accuse him and several others of severely

disturbing the social order he's dead one of the more than 1000 people in china to succumb to corona virus so far mourning and passing. off in defiance of the state's threats pressure is mounting on chinese authorities to come clean on what's happening and we. want to know what's happened to people like and find bin. here in germany the conservative politician. reportedly plans to run for the leadership of chancellor christian democrat party that's after merkel's chosen successor said she was stepping down whoever takes over would be well placed to launch a bid to succeed merkel herself as the head of government but partners the social democrats say that is out of the question. and a great come karen by the still working the room but her decision to step down has

left her party in tightly controlled chaos 3 men are carefully positioning themselves to replace her and possibly also chancellor angela merkel health ministry and span clearly wants the job to be a magazine act i've always said and i think it's been proven over the last one and a half or 2 years that i'm ready to take on more responsibility so that's a form that my take is of the will be discussing over the coming days in a nascent friedrichs mass is keeping his powder officially dry for now while media quote his friends is saying he wants the party leadership he's not confirmed anything yet. mean lash has also not said anything officially right now he's premier of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia the uncertainty is creating anxiety within the party. we need carmen the party would

welcome a special party conference in may or june so we can resolve matters a major question should machall remain chancellor when there's a new party leader social democrat coalition partners say there is no question. visit smith and you have joined his coalition with coke and we will not elect anyone else's chancellor. this means that whoever replaces the departing party leader would trigger a general election if they were to move to take over from machall as well. in the u.s. presidential hopeful but he sounds as has won the democratic primary in the state of new hampshire the senator who describes himself as a democratic socialist won with about 26 percent of the vote he says he now has the momentum as the democratic party decides on a candidate to challenge president trump in november election moderates insist the contest is far from over. it's the 1st clear win in the

democratic party's nomination fight and new hampshire chose very month senator bernie sanders. and let me say. that this victory here is the beginning of the end for donald trump. sanders beat off a strong challenge from p.p. to jade she triumphed in iowa caucus he congratulated sanders and called for unity . so many of you turned out die hard democrats independents unwilling to stay on the side on the sidelines and even some newly former republicans and we can't defeat the most divisive president in modern american history by tearing down anybody who doesn't agree with us 100 percent of the time. the president trying to twist here to slam the democratic candidates describing sanders as crazy berni and mocking beseeches star name in this primary amy clover

charges a surprise 3rd place with elizabeth warren and forward of the former vice president joe biden instead he is adamant that the race for the nomination has barely started so i. reject her from the 1st 2 of 50 states through him all right come from last year opening bell. not the closing bell. and the fights and dollars from the president is just big. victories behind those popular vote and all you were in the victory here tonight we're going to know god we're going to south carolina we're going to win 35 on. the democratic contest is shaping up to be a battle between bernie sanders and pete beach a judge who said greeted by 4 decades and clashing political ideologies but united

in one shared goal to ice president. once upon a time it was one of the beatles' favorite hangouts now a pub in liverpool has been given protective status putting it on legal paul with buckingham palace built in 1908 the philharmonic dining rooms is the 1st english victorian era pub to receive great one listed status john lennon once complained that the worst thing about being in the beatles was not being able to have a pint in the phil and paul mccartney return there in plenty 18 to play a surprise. of next business news and you can keep up with all the latest news and information around the clock on our website e.w. dot com i'm told me a lot of books and the news continues at the top of the hour thanks for joining us .

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