malaria must go on so millions can live. this is deja vu news live from berlin china sees its deadliest day yet in the corona virus outbreak health officials are trying for you to a surge in deaths and infections through a new reporting method the spike in these numbers raises questions about how long it will be before this outbreak piece also coming up. the bombing of dresden by the

allies 75 years ago today was that a military necessity for a needless tragedy in germany remembers one of the most controversial chapters of world war 2. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us for the show today there has been an alarming surge in the number of infections and deaths from the coronavirus now also being referred to as coke at 19 this is what health officials are worried about the number of infections worldwide has shot up 260000 now this comes after some 15000 new cases were reported in just one day some 250 deaths were recorded on wednesday alone in the chinese province of the epicenter of this outbreak it was the deadliest day so far since this virus emerged ok let's get the latest on this

sharp spike in corona virus cases now is correspondent berlinger in beijing mathias can you tell us what's behind this unexpected spike in fatalities and new infections. yeah the authorities have in a very quick move lowered the criteria for registering patients ask coronavirus patients before they insisted that besides showing symptoms that would point to quite clearly to an infection people would also have to be tested positive really there was these tests there were a bottleneck because there were not enough test kits not enough leverage trees to test their results will take 2 or 3 days until they come back and they would have big. rate of wrong results so i spoke to

a woman for example who had whose mother had symptoms and the doctors confirmed that these was symptoms typical folk are on a virus infection but she could not admit her to the hospital for almost 10 days because twice the results the results of the test showed a negative result and the criteria for admission to hospitals was a positive result so by removing this criteria now people can be admitted if they show symptoms but have no test results yet. and they include of course a huge number of people who would keep waiting for admission to hospitals who are not showing up in the system to sticks but who have already been sick for days and days ok that we have a new picture emerging don't we as a result of these numbers what does this tell us about the threat the real threat of coronavirus. as these problems were

already know it was clear that. there was a high the number of undiagnosed patients in wa on this does not come as a surprise and a nice serious estimate for before would of included this at least in evaluating how reliable the estimate is now we seem to have more reliable figures but still on and the province of obey is a black box it's only the chinese officials who have data on and who release date or there's no independent verification we still do not know that the hospitals we switch seem to be still running out at the edge of their capacities whether they really are able to register all patients are not so. this situation is as before nobody has a real estimate about how long this outbreak of the corona virus will last payment

is thanks so much for that from beijing today. all e.u. health officials are meeting today in brussels for talks on europe's response to this outbreak europe has already canceled commercial flights to china's evacuated its citizens as well debbie is back sandor went to the emergency response center in brussels which is coordinating the ongoing evacuation efforts. a dramatic journey coming to an end these passengers disembarking from a german air force jet in frankfurt her earlier this month were among the 1st to be evacuated from china to europe due to the coronavirus it was a challenging task to organize. here at the european commission in brussels christiane yacoub is helping europeans in china return home safely on flights such as the one to frankfurt in the operation room of the emergency response center it's his job to oversee all processes and coordinate help we are in close contact our

member states by phone by e-mail and truffaut specialized information systems we are in close contact with the chinese authorities in order to receive all these from them and to see. the most need to fly to them so that you know to contain the disease. r.c.c. has been coordinating the e.u.'s response to global emergencies since 2001 during the evil after demick in western africa the organization oversaw assistance and relief to the affected countries such as liberia valuable lessons that are proving helpful today operations in brussels have taken up pace since france triggered an e.u. wide emergency response procedure over the corona virus outbreak situation definitely is worrisome. to some epidemic this is a serious danger this virus as you know spreads with great speed so

measures have to be taken and we are trying to see that they're taken in a coordinated manner for the e.u. getting its citizens out of china is a 1st important step but with the number of coronavirus cases growing rapidly brussels and member states will have to come up with a broader strategy to prevent the disease from spreading on european soil. if you brief down some of the other stories making the news today the un has released a report that accuses more than 100 israeli businesses of being complicit in violating palestinian rights by operating in the occupied west bank city officials have welcomed the report israeli prime minister has called it a shameful attempt to blacken his country's name. at least one person has died his friends will range batter also east coast ones also been reported missing emergency workers have rescued dozens from the floods

many schools have been closed down authorities say the rain has helped them put out multiple fires in the blaze ravaged region. german media reports indicate the conservative politician friedrichs merits is planning to run for the leadership of chancellor machall stressing democrats party is one of china's from ackles fiercest critics in 2018 and narrowly lost on a bread crumb current power who announced this week she would step down as party leader. well it was 75 years ago today in the final months of world war 2 the british an american aircraft began bombing the german city of dresden in the days the fall warplanes dropped incendiary bombs that killed thousands of people many of them women and children fleeing the soviet armies advance in the east there's been much debate over the years about whether the bombing was a justifiable military attack an unnecessary tragedy or a war crime we met with one of the survivors in the now rebuilt city.

when aaron steers comes to the neuer markt public square and sees the restored. he is reminded of the dresden bombings 75 years ago. here. and everything was destroyed and this was where most of the people were killed in the fire storm then on the next day the duration following kisha collapsed yes the square was reduced to rubble. on the evening of february 13th 1945 over the span of just 15 minutes the allied forces dropped bombs containing 900 tons of explosives on dresden during the next 2 days 3 more attack waves followed after that the baroque old town lay in ruins. at the time and tears was 9 years old when the bombs were dropped on dresden he and

his parents he had in a bomb shelter in the cellar of their house seen here in the former you hungry organ alley. and. after the 1st attack we left the apartment while everything was burning and i can still see it before my eyes the flames creeping over the rooftops of neighboring houses and it will be. what it looked like afterwards that was my parents' apartment was on the top of that that's what the ruins looked like you can see the facade was still in good shape but inside the building everything was burned out and that's what the whole wonderful street looked like. ants here she and his parents were lucky they were able to flee the city as many as 25000 people died during the air raids many of them suffocated during the firestorms. in

my eyes this was a war crime many things happened on all sides but this was an act of destruction directed at the civilian population. and steere started working as a camera man in the 1950 s. his nickname was the eye of dresden he documented the reconstruction of the destroyed city and he's been collecting photos and videos of dresden since the 19th century for his film archives. documentary film can be brutally honest if you do not edit or change the footage and i never did this then for me it is the most impressive historical witness. today the rebuilt cityscape of dresden betrays a few signs of the destruction that took place here 75 years ago. the most wonderful thing of all is that the dresden for our own has been restored

that is really the biggest miracle and after the destruction i experienced in my childhood and youth i never hoped or expected this to happen i hope it will stay this way forever and. the dresden from one cure here is where aaron's tears was baptized before the war today he sees it as a symbol of peace. it's to antarctica now its vast freezing expanses of long attracted the most hardy dairy. 30 years ago 2 germans completed the very 1st crossing of that continent by thought a life threatening journey of 100 days today the threats of the icy wilderness of been somewhat tamed by luxury ter operators catering those who want a with of adventure without the risk. the end arctic with a different place when right hold mess now an hour that folks set out to make history in temperatures of minus 30. 5 degrees the 2 adventurers sometimes used

kites and skis to cross the south pole marching through the icy expanse freezing cold feet were just one of the problems they faced. in those days the antarctic was truly hard to reach but things have changed a lot today there are top right is that a lot of business there. if you mean. arrival at one of the world's most remote tourist destinations air travel now extend to the antarctic and planes ferry passengers to airstrips carved into the ice. distances that took messner and folks several weeks on foot now take only a few hours by air. private jets and luxury camps tourism here does not come cheap a week's holiday costs over $80000.00 euros per person day trips including champagne picnics are also on offer. or in the

antarctic is just seen as a form of entertainment. just to say they've been there. isn't there to shoot appreciates this unique continent with its magnificent nature . these emperor penguins are tourist magnet for more and more people visit their breeding grounds in the eternal winter. though travel to the white continent is comparatively cheap for a few $1000.00 tourists can admire the animal kingdom as they travel to the pole. about $52000.00 tourists visited the antarctic last year these numbers are predicted to rise. stuff into uncited from 2 was there has to be a cap on the number of people visiting the antarctic mass tourism cannot be allowed

their doctors who lost so when messner and folks entered the record books by crossing the antarctic 30 years ago they traveled for 3 months without seen another soul. this is from glenn up next we're taking a look at germany's role in nato for now though i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being us being with us here today. on. that. country good. morning every. running. you introduce another joke you made for mines.