protection and was of turning to something here for the next generation. one vs the multimedia environment series on t w. this is g w news why from berlin tonight the battle over dresden germany marks 75 years since the allied bombing one of the most controversial was x. in the 2nd world war joining in a human chain today german president trying to alter steinmeyer lead the tributes the honors the 10s of thousands who were killed but he also urged germans today to stand up against far right extremism also coming up tonight china's deadliest day

yet in the corona virus outbreak a surge in deaths and infections due to new reporting methods that's what china claims is the virus now a greater threat to china and the world a greater one than we thought plus extreme vacations gone too far one of the 2 german men who 1st crossed antarctica on foot 3 decades ago is sounding the alarm about mass tourism on the frozen continent and in german soccer bundesliga side here's a berlin cut all ties with you're going to klinsmann the former world cup winner quit as heads coach just a few days ago will have more on what's become a nasty football divorce.

our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome to day germany marked the 75th anniversary of the bombing of dresden one of world war 2 smokes controversial moments as the war neared its and british and american planes dropped fire bombs on the city for 3 days killing tens of thousands of people the assault left dresden in ruins and it sparked a lasting debate for some it was a necessary step in defeating nazi germany for others it was a senseless tragedy. under the church of our lady the symbol of the tryst and bombings they formed a human chain chairman president frank vowed to steinmeyer joined in a show of unity the message to the thousands of people gathered in the city's main square never forget. it when we join hands with our neighbors then we confess. we want to take responsibility together for peace among

people at home and throughout the world. over a period of 3 days british and u.s. planes dropped nearly 4000 tons of explosives on tristen the attacks killed some 25000 people and totally wiped out the city's historic center what happened in dresden has been seized on by the far right to portray germany as a victim as an early a ceremony steinmeier said crimes shouldn't be compared there's a video to do it. which to say clearly today anyone who still counts the dead of dresden against the dead of auschwitz anyone who tries to downplay german wrongs anyone who tries to falsify historical facts we must stand up to them as democrats and contradict them loudly. in most india lout went and she'd be just like man a diamond 3 times higher when songs are born of

threats against democracy. the far right alternative for germany is the 3rd biggest party in germany's parliament. 110 we are also experiencing in our country how anti semitism and racism are beginning to poison public life again how states governed by the rule of law and democratic institutions of being scorned if elected members of parliament to mocked and ridiculed in the parliaments in which they said this is an attempt to destroy democracy from within. for. thank you. christine this physical scholars have long since healed the psychological ones are taking somewhat longer. and we have team coverage of today's commemorations joining

us from drugs is my colleague. and here the big table with me is our analyst frank hopital both of you well don't let me start with you you were there today for the commemoration talk us through the main points of today's ceremony. hi sorry i can't hear you very much because just behind me 2 big groups facing off at the moment the safety posse has organized a commemoration here moment of silence commemorating the victims it is said to instrumental the numbers the number of victims and the just involving and and there's a contact protests happening right behind me where left groups activists are protesting this commemoration by the far right. saying it is trying to downplay nazi germany's role in and responsibility for the 2nd

world war so they organized a concert just behind me but this is just a showdown happening tonight there was a serious official commemoration events marking this seventy's 5th anniversary off the bombing of the day we just saw in the reports german president. gave a long speech she adds michelle come racing that. day and there was a human. being. in the city center just. the man right just stands out for children's book humanity and. this is this positive family it's from the city of jason and also to say never again never again to juan next happening ok so there were this serious and commemoration events

happening here today we want to remind our viewers to the the of the far right party is the largest opposition party in the federal parliament here in germany and we know that this demonstration they're holding but they also had a booth set up claiming to give people the real information about the history of what happened in dresden what role is just far right party playing in what result today in germany remembers dressed it's not the only the party itself but it could we can talk about immediately about what what we've just seen that this is exactly why the german president today used all of his moral. moral values in his speech in a very strong beach one of the strongest of him i've ever heard and listened to saying this what's coming here from the far right is not the narrative of all of our history of the term history of the liberal of this liberal open society it's

a no democrats have to stand up against every real whiting of history what noonish just mentioned. have to stand up against the use of victims and again there's a quote about it was a 100000 to make terms and race in or as a matter of fact it was 25000 according to a very decent historical work that is already that was published 10 years ago so what i want to say you saw the president really use was a obviously was aware of the. the conflict of different narratives of different calling orations that might evolve in the course of this day yeah. that's part of the this part of what's going on right here isn't it you know the a.f.d. behind you with this this counter commemoration if you will they are trying to offer

a counter narrative to the truth about what happened there so what's the mood like there i mean is there is sense is there a sense of conflict we lost did we lose or it looks like we lost our signal there all right we apologize for that something's happened with signals of me as you than frank i mean what is the a.f.d. what are they doing there in dresden preston is a stronghold of the a of tea party and the that the right wing movement for many years now it was this was a city where the so called to get a movement in the right wing populist movement starts it's and became a constant political force in the last year and today we are commemorating the bombing of grace and then it was crystal clear also for the presidents and and for the for the for the democratic officials of this can country for the society

that this might be used. for right wing purposes and this is whether you know where this conflict lies and i think at the end of the day this speech and we were told we read more about this speech might be stronger than what we what we what we are seeing there on the streets at the moment but as metta fact this conflict is all right great coffman we appreciate your analysis tonight thank you. are here some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the european commission president the lion as acknowledge mistakes in hell external consultants were hired when she was germany's defense minister but she defended the use of consultants for under law and testified today before a german parliamentary committee investigating accusations of nepotism and inefficiency british prime minister boris johnson is fired multiple ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle and in a surprise move the finance minister. resigned rather than fire his aides and

install new ones chosen by johnson replacing him is rishi su not a treasury deputy you see him right there he's widely seen as a johnson loyalist the un has released a report accusing more than 100 israeli businesses of being complicit in violating palestinian rights by operating in the occupied west bank palestinian officials have welcomed this report israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu described it as a shameful attempt to blacken his country's name. well there's been an alarming surge in the number of infections and deaths from the corona virus which scientists now are calling clue vid 19 the number of infections worldwide has shot up 260000 after 15000 new cases reported in just one day japan has reported its 1st covered 19 death and the epicenter of this outbreak china's hu bay province recorded more than 250 deaths on wednesday alone. corresponded mighty is burger he has more now from

beijing indeed a new reporting method local authorities have decided to include patients who show clear symptoms of. monia but. not tested positively for the virus into this statistics the reason is that many patients could not be tested so far. because there is a lack of laboratories and testing kits and we are also hearing cases where people have tested negative lead. despite his symptoms at that point to the coronavirus infection i have spoken to some of them one woman told me that a mother was suffering from says it was suffering c. via li 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 know it might also mean that the queues for the hospital beds will be longer and people and people will still have to wait there was much he has billing in their reporting from beijing health ministers here in the european union held an emergency meeting in brussels today to discuss europe's response to the corona virus outbreak correspondent ben record spoke with germany's health minister yen spawn after that meeting. mr which additional measures does europe does germany need to prevent the corona outbreak to evolve into a real pandemic 1st of all what we do need isn't quite a net approach in europe and internationally and that is why we are very much engaged in coordinating within the european union like today within the council or within the g 7 that we have calls of the health minister for for example and what

is important is actually that we prepare and that we try to retard to actually us much as possible that the virus reaches other regions than china and is affecting it as much as it is china so far just regional epidemic outbreak in china but we need to be sure that it does not become a real epidemic rather wide and if so a pandemic worldwide if so we need to be prepared to regarding research around therapies and vaccination we need to prepare to be appropriate in what we know about the wires every week we have to prepare helps us to know more about how an infectious that is actually how severe it can get for the patients and all of these actions actually are focusing on this getting gaining time to know more do you seek to restrict travel from and to china as for example the united states did

what we already have done in germany for example that we asked pilots that they need to tell the tower in advance if there are patients passengers was symptoms are bought on board or not and that passengers actually have to fill out of form that says where they are reachable contact dates for the next 30 days we might need to dish a measure to know which passengers actually have been in contact with people from the one region 4 for example and that is actually one. we have discussed here during the council meeting but we do not need to by the way if i might add is from my point at least fever measuring is for example taking the temperature of person just because we just know because i think a patient time and the symptom free time we have after infection it actually

doesn't help do you trust the numbers of infections you get from the communist regime in china well what we can see is actually that there. must be many more cases and b. actually do see in the in the public figures why because they just changed actually and the case definition for for the statistic that only a case goes into the statistic if there really were symptoms and we know that there are many many symptom free cases so i would assume that there are many more cases than we see in the statistic which is important because if you take the cases in relation to for example people that die it. makes a difference then for the relation china on the other hand is able to apply very draconian measures lockdown of whole cities with europe be able to do that if need be i would say i'm impressed by what china does and different regards

actually. but what we see is for example if there is a missile outbreak in germany and missiles are much more infectious they're not b. c. with the coronavirus so far we actually i built to deal with a without putting whole cities on the current time when the worst be over. that's a good question if i knew the actually our problem is that we don't know enough about the wire a state is why there is these. that there are so many measures actually that need to be taken to prepare as long as we don't know really what. what it does for example and how harmful it is and so far in europe and that with a new opinion detection and containment works we are able to to stop the infectious chains. but we have to admit that's today and it could get worse before it becomes better because as long as it is not under control in china

these regional epidemic situation can develop to worldwide pandemic situation. that's thank you all the best. and that was germany's health minister there. despite recording a record high temperature there just a couple of weeks ago and arctic and its vast frozen expanses still attracts adventurers 30 years ago 2 germans became the 1st people to cross the continent on foot in 100 days today trekking across the ice is less a matter of stamina much more a matter of money. the and arctic with a different place when ryan hold mess 9 are good folks set out to make history in temperatures of minus 35 degrees the 2 adventurers sometimes used kites and skis to cost 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 there's a lot of business there. if you need. arrival at one of the world's most remote tourist destinations air travel now extends 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. i don't like it when the ice hockey is just seen as a form of entertainment. just to say they've been there.

since there's a to shoot appreciates this unique continent with its magnificent nature these of course are getting but. these emperor penguins are tourist magnets 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 in addition to unset there has to be a cap on the number of people visiting the antarctic mass tourism cannot be allowed their list. when messner and folks entered the record books by crossing the antarctic 30 years ago they travelled for 3 months without seen and they're so.

are you here's another look at some of the other stories making headlines at least one person has died is to ritual rains batter all strong is east coast a woman has also been reported missing emergency workers rescued dozens of people from the floods many schools have been closed authorities say the rain has helped them multiple bushfires in the area that's already been ravaged by thought. indonesia's mount merapi volcano has erupted throwing ash thousands of metres into the air residents were told to stay outside of a 3 kilometer exclusion zone as one of the world's most active volcano was its last major eruption 10 years ago killed more than 300 people the united nations security council has agreed to a plan to end the war in libya it's trying to bring an end to years of conflict between rival governments following the string of dictator moammar gadhafi the plan calls for negotiations international monitors and the separation of forces.

are german soccer now inheritor berlin's coach your good klinsmann abruptly resigned on tuesday after just 2 months on the job since then the team and its former coach have taken turns making statements about each other to the media their relationship appears to be irreparably damaged. he was supposed to take care to berlin to the champions league again clean's man came to the club as a member of the supervisory board and an adviser to the investor laws been tossed who injected over 224000000 euro's into their coffers but then 11 weeks ago klinsmann surprisingly got hired as hertz as new coach as they were mired in the relegation battle the man who won the world cup with germany in 1990 and once coached the usa team was back in the bundesliga but this tuesday came another surprise when klinsmann announced his resignation on facebook. course the

way i did it was questionable and open to criticism. apologize. in to us to the investor who had brought klansmen to harry said in a news conference on thursday that what the coach had done was not acceptable professional behavior from an adult. cover. i also talked to mr clinton and by phone afterwards. he apologized like he's very sorry. and i think he also we gretz the decision. i think he was very emotional. klansmen said what he wanted was more power in his own hands and less interference from hair to general manager michelle plates. it's bugged me and the manager was sitting there and making comments on the players

. now even tossed test thrown his support behind plates and he ruled out letting klinsmann remain on hair to supervisory board or allowing him to have any further involvement with the club. for now a story about perseverance johnny grass or uses a wheelchair but his disability did not stop him from studying sports at university for his daily routine is tough but the training that he puts himself through well it's incredible the germans ultimate goal is a spot in the paralympics take a look. this is johnny. just 3 more looks like he was told he might never be able to walk but against all odds he has been accepted as a student at jimmy's top sports university. when it comes to my body and my disability always my fair a-p. without it i wouldn't be able to live an independent life because i wouldn't have to move probably and that's why it's always my medicine my only form of medicine

and i want to stay that way or going is not so it is also. shown he loves to swim he has a rigorous training regime. on average he spends 4 i was a day working and. he can only rely on his own while swimming. but he also uses the pool for something even more amazing. that's how it is 7 in the hall meetings hi. john he worries that over disabled people may not get the same chances him. given sunday night over the plane that had been undergoing this sometimes i get the feeling that 1st university the most important thing is. the performance of the athletes and the way you are perceived there relates the amount of medals you win

and that's why the feeling a wheelchair doesn't fit the image of sports university and i don't think the muslim front of. the head of the university's disability office denies this but i want to say yeah i deeply regret that he thinks this way i'm strongly disagree with the statement from my perspective it was never important if someone brings back a medal i know if we take a look at the 20 to 30 students at our university with challenging disabilities i don't think any of them will say i'm only welcome here because i might win a medal someday. i think they'll say we are allowed to study it like everyone else . in here can also be given johnny has a lot small goals in life if surfing ever becomes a paralympic sport he says he would do anything to take pot after what he has achieved so far you wouldn't bet against him. to impress and you can see our 12 minute documentary about johnny right here on our sports life program this weekend

you can also watch it on our website at g.w. dot com slash sports well here's a reminder of the top stories that we are following for you germany has been commemorating the 75th anniversary of the allied bombing of dresden and it happened just a few months before the end of the 2nd world war. president has done meyer joined a human chain today earlier he warned against using the destruction of dresden to portray germans as victims. this is d.w. news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around. welcome

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dresden the battle that still rages on i'm bord off in berlin this is the day.