this is deja vu news live from berlin china reports another increase in the number of people infected with the coronavirus the figures of. after 2 days of decline nearly 90 percent of the new infections are in the city of will han more than 70000 people now have the virus worldwide also coming up on our show. why is a top u.n. official calling the arms embargo on libya quote a joke we report on a special meeting at the munich security conference focused on why efforts to

restore peace in that country are failing. and cleanup operations are underway after storm dennis battered britain authorities have issued flood warnings across the country they remain in force. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us for the program today the chinese military is sending more medical workers and supplies to the city of han as the corona virus spreads there now this comes as beijing reports an increase in the number of new cases across the country that despite declines in the last 2 days the government also reported more than $100.00 new deaths from the disease bringing the total number of dead to some 1500 authorities are now also tightening restrictions on people in the city of shell gun residents there have been ordered to remain

indoors at home and not to use their private vehicles. let's get more on these tough new measures now as correspondent mathias berlinger mathias good day to you how are authorities making sure that people remain inside their homes and that they don't use their private vehicles. what we are seeing now brian is that china has all measures or has everything in place to tighten these measures people in china usually live in apartment compounds that are fenced and that have an entrance door in normal times these doors will open for anybody to walk in and out now they have these doors and they put a guard at the door and they see who is going in and who is going out not only is shell gone where people are not allowed to leave their house anymore but also in other cities where people have restrictions for example there are cities that allow

only one member of each household to go for groceries to go out every 2 days and here in beijing restrictions are less tight but nevertheless for example me i need a pass to enter my housing compound now and we are seeing this kind of measure all over the country the same is true for the roads that are supervised by a camera and these surveillance measures that have been installed are coming into full effect now here in china life is considerably affected here you can see still there are a few people out today it's and it's not weather is nice and some people dare to go for a walk but everywhere people remain refrain from going out most shops and cafes have closed restaurants and what we are hearing now just now breaking news is that most probably the 2 sessions the annual session of the parliament in china will be postponed due to the risk of infection for the

delegates ok now and now as these restrictions on free movement in meetings as you just described are being tightened we understand at present she has held an important speech behind closed doors what can you tell us about that. this speech has been published this weekend it was held the 3rd of february so about 2 weeks ago and the interesting thing that she has said there besides all kinds of. tough talk on how how he's planning on the people of china should when these people's war as it is called in a very martial manner he has admitted that he knew of the virus in the beginning of january and that he has led the fight against it the 7th of general now if we remember these were the weeks where. no warnings were issued and a lot of people got infected so this is quite significant thanks very much for that

for bringing us up to date from beijing. hundreds of quarantined american passengers have been evacuated from this crew ship that's in the japanese port of yokohama the ship has been corteen for about 2 weeks now that since a man who disembarked in hong kong tested positive for the corona virus. the diamond princess fenced off at the dockside in yokohama but for some at least a way out after more than a week of uncertainty buses pull up next to the ship ready to pick up some 300 americans who have chosen to squat quarantine here for quarantine back home. carry this is there are about to step into the big wide world so i have my mask on and. can't go on. cheryl mull skin the husband paula from syracuse in new york state after being cooped up on the ship for 12 days they've

agreed to be flown back to the u.s. where they'll spend another 14 days in isolation they shot this cell phone video of their own evacuation in this case at least a good natured event. thank you. and then your presence. and then there on the road leaving behind them at least 40 americans who have contracted the virus those patients will remain in japan for treatment. and the last leg of the evacuation government chartered jumbo jets ready to fly to california and texas. and eventful holiday is drawing to a close. if there were exhausted in the morning and that's if you can't be pretty miserable worries me. a bit here he had to go to the bathroom on the plus if you're going to you're going to be 55 hours. to get off

for this. one evacuation completed canada hong kong initially say they also plan to evacuate their citizens from the cruise ship. is a correspondent with germany's public broadcaster in tokyo joins us now for more good day to your klaus can you tell us what's the situation on the quarantine cruise ship the diamond. well after the 300 americans left this morning and another 400 people from the original passengers list in hospitals. on and on land in tokyo and others there are nearly 3000 people still left on the ship and their care on time period ends after 2 weeks this wednesday so are they all going to be tested until then we don't yet

exactly know will they leave on wednesday or maybe thursday there are some questions still open that might be the reason and some might see the american decision to take their people out as as if they have lost patience in the handling of. the issues by the japanese officials and also putting pressure on other governments be they were canadians on the ship who said well you know government you americans they they take care of you mine. just doesn't care so now we have confirmation that hong kong and canada will take also people out beach makes up to another 500 and also australia italy and taiwan one word about the crew they have been complaints also by crew members who said we are not on the person care on time we have to work under quite risky conditions we feel like. yeah . not treated very properly. let's get you briefed on some of the

other stories making news at this hour the united nations says armed men have killed at least 20 civilians in an english speaking region in northwest cameroon among the dead more than a dozen children a massacre fall in clashes between government troops and separatists fighting for an independent angle phone state opposition party blames the army for the attack the government denies any involvement. and also in court has ruled that a search warrant authorizing police to raid the offices of the australian broadcasting corporation last year was indeed legal police were searching for material related to reporting on australian military operations in afghanistan a.b.c. is called the court ruling a blow to democracy. u.n. secretary general antonio terraces praised pakistan for hosting millions of afghan refugees on a 4 day visit to have islamic bod to address

a conference on refugees this week marks 40 years since afghan refugees 1st settled in pakistan. syrian state media says the government troops have made advances against rebel hold on claims in the province of aleppo the region has been held by opposition forces since 2012 the latest successes are threatening the fragile cooperation in the country between turkey and russia which back opposing sides in the conflict. well you foreign ministers are meeting today to discuss the conflict in libya earlier a top u.n. official said the arms embargo on the country was quote a joke stephanie williams made the comments at a meeting on the sidelines of the munich security conference to discuss efforts to stem the violence in libya that country has been in complete turmoil since dictator moammar gadhafi was overthrown in 2011 rebel forces are trying to seize the capital tripoli from the internationally recognized government. libya is still

awash with arms and fighting is still raging despite a previous agreement reached in germany last month. a top u.n. official at the munich security conference said the truce had been violated $150.00 times since then and she said efforts to cut the flow of weapons had been equally unsuccessful arms embargo has become a joke and so you know we all really need to step up here and. it is complicated because there are violations that are you know happening on land sea and air and that all needs to be monitored in libya fighters loyal to the internationally recognized government control only a small area around the capital tripoli most of the rest of the country is in the hands of the rebels. a month after germany hosted the libya conference and berlin

its participants gathered around the table again this weekend in munich 30 nations including the united states russia and turkey germany's foreign minister condemned the fact that some of these states as well as others not present continue to supply weapons to the north african country. it is important that we create transparency and ensure that those who intend to continue breaking this weapons embargo must expect to be identified one cool looking ahead but europe's leaders are not speaking with one voice different governments even back opposing sides in the conflict that lack of common purpose was another of the conference's focal points but after it was over the conference chairman told the w that europe was slowly making progress what i thought was new and important here this year is that the european union is beginning to debate.

how and and how europe can really learn the language of power. e.u. foreign ministers will be meeting in brussels to discuss efforts to improve the policing of the libya arms embargo. cleanup operations are beginning in britain after one of the most powerful long tropical storms on record storm dennis lashed the u.k. with rental rains and hurricane force winds over the weekend the government deployed troops to help a number of local communities the storm also disrupted travel across the country. a close call for passengers touching down in haiti through our night is he going to is going to go and he going to go out and. hundreds of flights have been cancelled due to the strong winds with widespread travel disruptions felt across the u.k. . to persistent rain has left this town in wales unrecognizable after it's river

best its banks. a strong current slap at harlem's and swallowed the countryside communities had little time to prepare. or try to keep a level had stayed says he came back you know and you can only do what you can do at the end of the day night she will just say what he's going to do so on there's not much he can to just help. 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. sports out of the bullets leon meter travel to cologne on sunday hoping to reclaim top spot from leipzig the champions did so in style with a $41.00 victory bards rubber glove and also opening the scoring the 1st of 3 goals in just 12 minutes for the visitors in the 2nd half shares can operate making a 4 l.

the germany international with a pick of the day's goals clones mark managed a consolation goal but could not stop biron from going to the top one sagat. this is the interviews live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks so much for being here. stand for. among which of course a. video. anytime anywhere. w. .