this is news coming to you live from bali and china sees its deadliest day yet in the corona virus outbreak health officials are tribute the surgeon deaths in infections to a new reporting methods the spike raises fears that virus poses a greater threat to china and there was. also coming up was it a military necessity or an aegis tragedy jemmy's remembers one of the most controversial chapters of the 2nd world war the bombing of dresden by the allies 75

years ago today. and the bundesliga side. or ties with your good clean smile on the full was come when a critic as head coach just a few days ago we have more on the nasty football divorce. there's been an alarming surge in the number of infections and deaths from the coronavirus named by scientists as 19 health officials are getting increasingly worried and this is the reason why the number of infections has shot up worldwide 268000 that's after some 15000 new cases were reported in just one day over 250 deaths were recorded on wednesday alone and the chinese province of kuwait

which is the epicenter of the break it was the deadliest day so far since the virus emerged. for the very latest let me draw on correspondent is building a who's in beijing. is the reason behind this spike in infections and fatalities in china. it is indeed a new reporting method the local authorities have decided to include patients who show clear symptoms of a virus monia but. not tested positively for the virus into their statistics the reason is that many patients could not been tested be tested so far because there is a lack of laboratories and testing kids and we're also hearing cases where people have tested negative lead b. despite clear symptoms that point to the corona virus infection i have spoken to

some of them one woman told me that mother was suffering from says it was suffering severely could not be admitted into a hospital because she tested negatively twice despite her symptoms and only the 3rd test was positive so hopefully this new method of. counting will also lead to more patients having a chance at proper treatment because they can be admitted to hospitals now it might also mean that the queues for the hospital beds will be longer and people and people will still have to wait or does it seem that the 1st political and political consequences have taken place as the way this crisis of coronavirus is being handled in china bring us up to date with what's happening. yes 2 major officers have been replaced today the party secretary of the province of

who bay that is the person on top of the governor so the most senior person in the hierarchy of this province and the party secretary of war as well they have been replaced this is not. a surprise. local authorities have been criticized widely by the chinese public and it's also something that the central government the communist party adopts often when it has a crisis that it cannot handle it tries to keep the flame blame on the local officials in order not to get the whole system. affected by criticism what we know about the new party secretary is that he is somebody who seems to be close to see jinping he has started his career in georgia province where she is in pain was at the time the head of the province of 30 and he has a background in the security services in the police which might point to

strict control of the population and possibly a crack in even small city a crackdown on dissent in the city but he is willing to thank you very much for that update on how china is handing the corona virus epidemic. meanwhile e.u. health ministers meeting in brussels for talks on europe's response to the bias did of these remarks sunda them to europe's emergency response center coordinate is there a working around the clock on international efforts to help the e.u. citizens get back home and stop the lies from spreading. a dramatic journey coming to an end these passengers disembarking from a german air force jet in frankfurt 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 with our member states by phone by e-mail and truth especially at information systems we are in close contact with the chinese authorities in order to receive all this from them and to see. the most need to fly terms that you know to contain. the 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 the 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. corresponding merriness china's joins me now from brussels i mean that he was clearly wise about the impact of the coronavirus tell us more about the kind of measures you how to ministers may be looking at to deal with the situation. the number of people in fact it here in europe is still quite low are having about 43 cases so health ministers here there's no need to panic but on the other hand we're

seeing the numbers exploding in china so there is a little worry here and for example german health minister yen spawns that. this whole crisis might turn into a pandemic and europe has to be prepared europe has to take measures and has to take measures together as the european union there will certainly discuss possible travel bans for example is really has already banned flights from and to china member states have taken totally different approaches that will be something they all discuss and also supply chains because a lot of pharmaceutical products are used here in that you can union actually originally from china and with production stops in china and maybe a possible rise of numbers here off in fact to people in europe that might be a shortage that's something your health ministers will deal with today but any kind

of plan you know will look like coordination from all you member countries do you think they really be able to agree on a common use strategy. how to actually is a national issue so legally your member states can decide on their own what kind of measures what kind of approaches they want to take but on the other hand the pressure is really high because we're seeing the number of in fact it's people rising all over the world and it's clear that wire says don't respect borders so you health ministers have to work here together and will have to align measures to be more proactive you do have a consulate in marina strauss in brussels thank you very much. they've been having up to date with some of the stories making news around the world 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 palestinian

officials have welcomed the report but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called it a sham for the attempt to blacken his country's name. the united nations security council has agreed on a plan to end the war in libya it's 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 and a separation of forces. and german media reports a conservative politician friedrich math is planning to run for the leadership of christian democratic party he's one of chance the americas fiercest critics in 2018 he narrowly lost to integrate. who announced on monday she would step down as party leader. it was 75 years ago today in the final months of the 2nd world

war that british and american aircraft began bombing the german city of dresden in the days that followed warplanes dropped fire bombs that killed thousands of people many of the women and children fleeing the soviet armies advance in the east there's been much debate about whether the bombing was justified and military grounds or was it an unnecessary tragedy and a war crime we met one of the survivors in the now rebuilt city of preston. when aaron's tears comes to the noir marked public square and sees the restored challenge here here he is reminded of the dresden bombings 75 years ago. everything was destroyed and this was where most of the people were killed in the fire storm then on the next day the duration fallen kisha collapsed yes this 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 and dressed and 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 your hungry organ alley. after the 1st attack we left the apartment while everything was burning i can still see it before my eyes the flames creeping over the rooftops of neighboring houses. and that's what it looked like afterwards that was my parents' apartment was on the top of 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 tears 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. he sneaked in 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 read it 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 care here 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. the dresden for one cure here is where aaron's tears was baptized before the war today he sees it as a symbol of peace. so was dressed in a legitimate target or a war crime to talk about that i had with us our correspondent good british she's in dresden as well as with me in the studio analyst john berry

a welcome to both of you if i missed out with you john now we heard the survivor in our report and his she described what happened in dresden today 75 years ago as a war crime what is your assessment. it's a difficult question to answer simply and because there is controversy about it among historians and legal experts the short answer though i think is the consensus is. by the standards of the time it it was not a war crime there was a carpet bombing. strategic bombing of cities in order to demoralize the populations done by both sides and it was considered at the time the gist of it of course if it were to happen today. it would definitely certainly be regarded as a war crime turning to you know a kid i mean the far right in germany is using these commemorations in dresden in a very targeted and particular way tell us more about their perception and strategy

. well emory to the far right scene and near nazis here in germany have been instrumental izing these commemorations of the dresden bombing for many many years now as part of their propaganda and that all stems really from immediately after the raid 75 years ago when the nazis who were of course still in power at the time really adjusted those numbers quoting numbers of deaths and casualties manipulated those figures saying that anywhere between 200000 half a 1000000 people perished in this tragic bombing but of course nowadays we know that there was actually around 25 p. 25000 people who perished in these in these areas in the firestorm that took hold of dresden just behind me on the other side of the elba and of course this year we are expecting to see the far right march again this weekend today we are expecting

to be to not really see anything over the far right seamless on saturday here in dresden they're expected to hold a demonstration or a tile a mosque as they call it a sense of a march of mourning to remember the victims and so we're still seeing this interim an instrumentalist ation continuing today and we're expected to see people from not only germany's far right scene but people are expected to descend on dresden from across europe as well and john the narrative surrounding the destruction of dresden has been instrumental lies not just now as kate was telling us but right from the start tell us more about that use of goebbels who was the nazi propaganda minister on the day after the 1st wave of bombing. not only exaggerated the numbers as mentioned quite rightly he also suggested that it was women refugees and children who had been killed and that dresden was not militarily significant it was

the aim of the targeting wasn't. against the cultural city of dresden now that's simply a lie of course also there was hatred as always and revenge sorts of revenge in the allies and they were targeting civilians as well quite clearly but dresden had a very significant military position at the time the red army was advancing from russia had already crossed into german territory was surging towards berlin the capital germany had not yet surrendered and dresden was a garrison city with 20000 troops there with armament factories and was also the main rail hub to the east supplying armand's to the to the to the to determine forces fighting the russians so there were also military reasons for attacking it. get your standing in the heart of dresden what do people there feel about this debate on these conflicting narratives that we are getting. well dresden is today

emory to not only want to remember the victims of the air raid 75 years ago but they also want to use the memorial in the commemorations today to take a look at exactly what's happening in the present and how we today how society today can learn from the atrocities of the past and i think that's reflected in the commemorations taking place today if you look at the friends of the program for this service later today it simply says nish forgets and meaning just to not forget and i think that will be shown as well later this evening when tend to run 10000 people a jew to unite around dresden across both sides of the river elbe or behind me to unite and create a human chain and that is supposed to create a signal of unity against all signs of hate i hate violence and of course german president frank feldstein maya will also be taking part so the commemorations today are not only about remembering the past but also reflecting on what can be learned

and applied to the present day good reading reston and john derek these analyst here thank you both very much for your perspectives and we bring you live coverage of the 75th anniversary commemorations of the bombing of dresden this start at 1500 central european time that's just under 2 hours from now so i hope you join us for that and millions of people in east africa facing an impending disaster swarms of locusts are ravaging fields of crops the u.n. is calling for urgent action saying the food security of people in the affected region is at risk more rainfall in the weeks ahead will bring fresh vegetation to feed new generations of the pests efforts to contain the pest and windy in central kenya. experts say this just a short window to prevent the worst. still on the ground there feeding and grouping together but it's only

a matter of time the fall they're able to fly. it's time for the international community to understand. we know otherwise we would. break there would be a level of acute food insecurity there would be 1000000 more people who. are food assistance and it would think it was yours to cawnpore the situation once a swarm can fly it becomes difficult to control the insects desert locusts can cover distances of up to 200 kilometers a day the insects that constantly multiplying each female can lay about $100.00 x. after 2 weeks millions of new help us to much and the cycle goes on and on and on and so just think of a swarm that covers manhattan from the south to the north and this is just

a medium sized swarm and it's not really a big swarm for desert locusts that swarm in one day and eat the same amount of food as the entire population of kenya. unusual rain falls at this time of the year the breeding conditions extremely favorable for the locusts and extremely on federal for farm us. we have really depend on this farming season we have to be even if the one beginning in april is short and not as productive we depend a lot on this one we worry that the locusts will destroy our harvest and we end up going hungry the rest of the year we sing for when we have the next cropping season after devastating large areas in somalia ethiopia and kenya the swarms have now reached uganda and us threatening south sudan and tanzania. in other news this hour indonesia's mount merapi volcano has erupted spewing ash thousands of meters into

the air residents were told to stay outside a 3 kilometer no go zone merapi is one of the world's most active volcanoes its last major eruption 10 years ago killed more than 300 people. at least one person has died as to wrencher rains battles tracheas east coast a woman has also been reported missing emergency workers a very skewed dozens of people from the floods and many schools have been closed authorities say the rain has helped them multiple blazes in the fire ravaged region . electric car maker tesla is recalling nearly 15000 s.u.v.s in north america to correct a potential issue with their steering safety officials say both on some 2016 models like groat and brick leading to a loss in power steering. this from the world of football and former head coach your conclusions line has been removed from the bundesliga team's board days

after he stunned the club by resigning as coach after just 10 weeks in the job the extra money and us coach had said you wanted to stay on board on the board despite . as coach but had to mean investors said the manner of his resignation was unacceptable and meant that club could no longer work with the 55 year old in any capacity. joining me now is. sports to us to talk to us more about this issue do you think head tilt was being unfair in the decision not to keep him on the board was he going klinsmann being under listing expect him to stay on the board after he resigned to school which i don't think much of an option to be fair i mean let's go back and discuss what's happened in these 10 weeks he was originally brought to her as a member of the bold then he was appointed coach and then on tuesday out of the blue he suddenly puts out this facebook post saying he's resigned had to don't know

anything about it they quickly react an hour later they confirm it but what he said in a facebook post was there was a lack of unity and cohesion at the club now if you're making that sort of accusation as a coach how can i go back and sit on the board and sit with the guys you've been openly criticizing it just wasn't realistic so yeah it's a big mess i mean last night yes he did the facebook live with with her the fans to try and sort of say sorry and he basically admitted if he'd had a couple more days to think about it and he's spoken for a few more people he might not actually have resigned it's almost like he did it on a whim absolutely a spontaneous decision now he was we'll remember him as a great football player and he also has a kind of sunny boy image of a cheerful look but damaging is this whole saga going to be for his reputation i think it's pretty big i mean i said at the time i don't think you'll ever work as a coach again i'm not sure after what her to have said today he can ever actually work in football again had his board of basically just given a press conference and their main investor been holes who brought klinsmann to the

club and spent 200000000 euros so far this is the quote he gave. on acceptable maybe you can do it as a teenager but in the business world. adults such things should not happen you can klinsmann has lost a lot of credibility that is sad but we have to live with it that's pretty damning and i think any of our club thinking about contacting him look at that and think what is going on here it's very very strange in just a 10 week period absolutely and how disappointing for him limit all the potential that there was and maybe as you said a spontaneous decision mark medicine says thank you very much for your analysis. and don't forget you can always get news on the go just download the app from google play or 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're part of a news story you can also use it to send us photos and videos of what's happening.

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