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this is you know use life for berlin safe passage back home hundreds of americans are evacuated from a cruise ship in japan after a nerve wracking 2 we quarantine period are being flown back to the u.s. on charter flights also coming up no laughing matter a u.n. top official calls the libyan arms embargo the joke after germany holds a meeting on the sidelines to revive him troops in libya there is a ceasefire in name only plus a storm added to the song washes
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a pos parts of great britain authorities have issued a slowed morning strout the u.k. and are warning residents to take measures to protect their families. well arctic you so much for your company everyone well we begin this broadcast with some welcome news for u.s. passengers stuck on a cruise ship in japan they're being evacuated after an anxious 14 day quarantine period while today authorities are reported another 70 infections of the coronavirus onboard the diamond princess bringing the total to over the real $15400.00 americans boarded buses to take them to charter flights leaving for the u.s. many relief to go home after what was supposed to be a trip. of
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a lifetime. meanwhile in north korea there are no official reports of cases verifiable information from this isolated country is notoriously difficult to john yang recently announced a raft of new measures designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. north korea is keen to demonstrate that it is doing all it can to protect its people from the coronavirus despite officially denying any confirmed cases. these researchers have allegedly developed a substance that can prevent the spread of covert 19 instead of a mass parade to mark the birth of the late leader kim jong il. paid tribute to his father with an unusually low key visit to a national more liam state media has announced that anyone who has visited china must now remain in quarantine for 30 days or flights and trains there have also been suspended north korea has closed its borders to foreign tourists to. all
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of you through the spray that we manufacture here can stop the coronavirus authorities say public buildings will be disinfected 1st and they say thousands of medical staff have been deployed to monitor the population for symptoms hundreds of additional bicycles have been provided to enable house to house checks in remote regions. where so now are some of the other stories making news around the world. a 2 week coronavirus quarantine has come to an end for more than 100 germans kept on a military base in the south of the country none of the patients have tested positive for the virus after they were evacuated from the chinese city of who on. more than 30 civilians have been killed in saudi led airstrikes in yemen the attacks appear to be retaliation for the downing of one of riyadh's warplanes hoofy
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rebels the brought down the tornado aircraft the incidents come amid intensifying fighting between the rebels and forces of the saudi backed government. dramatic video of lava flow and an ash column billowing into the night sky above mexico poke poke at each petal volcano the 5th largest mountain in north america erupted again on saturday for the 2nd consecutive day living up to its reputation as one of mexico's most active volcanoes. on the final day of the security conference in munich a top u.n. official told leaders that the libya arms embargo is a joke while officials met on the sidelines of the event to discuss efforts to stem the violence that has flaked this north african country in a protracted civil war libya is right across the mediterranean from europe and
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a key staging area for refugees trying to reach the shores of the european union. the aftermath of another shelling attack in the libyan capital tripoli the country is a war zone at europe's doorstep awash in foreign arms and rival militias. stopping the fighting in the north african country was a focus at this year's munich security conference participants lamented the failure of efforts to cut the flow of weapons to libya. or the arms embargo has become a joke and so it you know we all need to step up here and. it is complicated because there are violations that are you know happening on land sea and air force but germany's foreign minister added that there was one thing that those involved could agree on. the path that we have taken of separating the
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conflict parties from their backers remains the only promising path to end the civil war in libya. looking ahead but europe's leaders are not speaking with one voice different e.u. governments even back opposing sides in the conflict it's threatening to become a show of european weakness that lack of common purpose was another of the conferences focal points. but after it was over the conference chairman told d.w. that europe was slowly making progress this is what i thought was new and important here this year. is that the european union is beginning to debate to how and and how europe can really learn the language of power the u. foreign ministers meet to discuss the arms embargo on monday. you know as
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a security conference in munich wraps up let's take stock with political correspondent and rush as am i so good to have you here with us now live you took center stage today in munich and as we heard stephanie williams senior u.n. official characterizing the truce or the arms embargo as a joke a very stinging but a very true assessment is it a sign that germany's efforts and they put a lot of weight on that conference that took place and not so long ago just went unheeded and basically toothless well those efforts have clearly not paid off so far indeed the agreement that was a reach to embed in the last month has been repeatedly violated we're hearing that the truce has been violating more than a 150 times and breaking this embargo that means bridge that that means of violating a u.n. resolution and that should lead to economy thank sions to a diplomatic sanctions so there was no a breakthrough on. the munich security conference the positive aspect that we can
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see here is that the top of his shows keep talking about the issue with one another and that sends a clear message to international community and very much wants to remain hands on the lead in a peace process do you foreign minister. divided want to me to impress on monday they would also be a follow up meeting in geneva on tuesday and what's perhaps more significant is that the 2 lead in rivals are scheduled to meet up so i have to add a veto of the national army and us are actually supported by the international community will meet up and up the moms all right now this year is really a conference took place in the backdrop of an existential crisis and they gave it a name west listeners i gather the concept of western countries losing their western values creeping illit. transatlantic relations under strain what is the
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state of the west at the end of this security conference well i guess what really came out quite strongly of this conference was how diverging opinions were within the western bloc after this conference there was that battle of words between the u.s. and e.u. representatives over what the west is about what the west has achieved a way to whereas the west easy outs we had secretary of state might compare from the us saying the west is collectively winning i mean why the german president. was warning that we're moving away from peace a bit more each year the european union is divided on whether or not it should come closer or be more independent from the u.s. so really what became quite clear is that of course people were here top officials were here to take the temperature of the western blog but it's a very diverging opinions within that block and very briefly if you can mr michael
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president michael she really emerged as europe's a front man she emerged as the strong man of europe at a time where germany's leadership is put into question and not least because a defining men they devalue america as a chancellor is quite terrible and that's. that's a europe was at the very defining moment i did see hour of truth and that it needed to become an independent force was more cooperation in terms of defense has political correspondents immigrants as thank you next one of the most powerful non tropical storms all record has slammed into britain the storm dennis is battering the u.k. with tarantula rain and hurricane force winds and forecasters say the service your weather could last until monday well the storm has been blamed for at least 2 deaths so far and as also disrupted travel across the u.k. . a close call for passengers touching down in haiti through our night
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as we go to it is going to go it is going to go around. hundreds of flights have been cancelled due to the strong winds with widespread travel disruptions felt across the u.k. . the persistent rain has left this town in wales unrecognizable after its river burst its banks. a strong current slapped it harms and swallowed the countryside communities had little time to prepare. or try to keep a level had. you know you can only do what you can do at the end of the day night it will just stay what it's going to day so there's not much he can to just talk it's. the flooding was expected to be worse this time around following storm sierra with rain falling on already saturated ground. conditions are expected to ease in the coming days as communities begin to assess the damage.
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that football now and in the late burn asli a game on saturday gladbach were looking to stay in touch with the top 3 by beating relegation threatened to disallow or if a site that i haven't lost says welcoming a new man at the helm as it turned out the visitors proved way too good for the hopes. overflow it was unbeaten in 2 outings since becoming just laid off coach but it was visitors the lot buck who struck 1st the onus off man opening the scoring in the 20 seconds minutes have some fancy footwork from young frenchman marcus toto and hoffman pivoted to finish the job for tuna didn't take long to respond though eric tommy bagging the equaliser 7 minutes later have a long ball a little push off and the winger slighting shots hit the target and the home fans
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celebrated like it was still valentine's day one all at half time but glad by came out fierce in the 2nd half large tindall making it to one. selflessly forgoing his own chance to lay it on for his teammate. and captain jindal was at it again in the 77th minute by this time tennis sack audio was the one serving it up to him to make it 31 for blood by hand florian neuer house completed the route by minutes later. and what a way he did it was dashing past defenders and pouncing the ball over the keeper. for one the final score over his less suffers his 1st defeat as tools of golf coach well blood stay firmly in the mix at the top of the bundesliga table. all right well let's take a look now at the results so far on match day $22.00 mines versus shoulder and at
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goal less buy in munich soft cologne with ease club off the dust a distal dorf had to beat potter born days after you can klinsmann quit as coach rb lets his battered braman leverkusen set past a berlin walls for a big huff and i am augsburg and freiburg share the spoils and dortmund down. and frankfurt all right now let's see what all those results mean for the bonus league standings there is no change among the top 6 by munich ahead of leipsic bio whisker would dormant and close behind in the bottom half augsburg and here to berlin move up to soldier of braman and part aboard her main in dire danger all right that does it for me if you're watching every news up next duck filled sound of freedom looks at the music of protest and hope over the last 200 years
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