play. this is you know we use life from berlin to saving incense from the sea we join a migrant rescue mission as it calls almost 300 people from the mediterranean but how many more will trying to make the treacherous journey when spring comes also coming up a new one certainty is hundreds of passengers disembark from a quarantined whose ship hit by the corner virus in japan they tested negative but health officials fear the passengers could still be virus carriers without realizing it and food.

teenager really eilish picks up a prize at this year's british warrants in london will tell you who the other winners are and why one of them things britain's prime minister doesn't resist. thank you so much for your company everyone desperate migrants over crowded boats and a dangerous journey sadly an all too familiar combination on the mediterranean sea well now did all the news is getting a close look at what it's like for people still willing to risk their very lives to reach the shores of europe we have one of our own reporters on board the rescue vessel ocean viking which has carried out its 3rd mission in just 24 hours on. off

the libyan coast the ship took 18 migrants on board today some of them infants and small children there are now almost $280.00 migrants on board and though they're lucky to be alive they still face a very uncertain future. and we can now speak to our correspondent to be a doctor who witnessed these rescue missions over the past 48 hours mir druck tell us more about what you saw in this the latest rescue mission. well the ocean miking learned about the boat in distress by an alert sent by says he and geo called alarm phone a very credible ball is here credible source here and this region the latest rescue mission earlier today was the toughest so far the weather conditions were challenging strong winds and almost 3 metre highways the rubber

boat was severely overcrowded with 92 people including 21 women and 28 miners later on i learned that 3 of the women up fragments 19 my mouse unaccompanied so the driver of one of the fast rescue. that i was in office the to help to carry the babies some point i had 5 babies and children and in my arms they were crying they were afraid the mothers extremely weak could holly set themselves on ofttimes rescue boat so i stopped filming and became a khaki you just made an intense and emotional experience the driver of the task best from my perspective at least an amazing job it was really tough to balance a rescue boat so that the survivors could come over from that boat to ours it's a really dangerous situation because. if you hit the boat of the refugees it can easily break in and the people being rescued could have fell and the water i was

raised on is at the very end that that that that this happens because you know the rescue operation that occurred in the in the oil platform where many ships were present and didn't do anything now i mean you know as you describe very harrowing scenes i mean what have the people who have been rescued been telling you. well they came for various reasons too to. of went at both for example a couple of people today i talked to them that. they can yesterday from bangladesh they said you know that they were working and b.b.'s for more than a year and they have been paid in the fees and they decided to leave libya when they are 2 to get the money that they were and they told they will kill you so that

no other. there was not nothing. for them to do then just to leave libya and i just have spoke with the represented to see it from dr without borders they told me that they're still consulting patients on deck and. they have been on board cleaning here trying to keep them comfortable as possible but the sea sickness is really a concern and the weather conditions. yeah very difficult situations by the fact of course that their lives have been she saved finally in conclusion mia what will happen now to these migrants. this is really a great question the ocean biking has sent a request for a place of safety. as they call it here to the levy and my team before at least so far there have been no response they've sent this risk last with the maltese and and italian authorities in coffee so that they know that we have

a problem this is really an emergency response vessel like an ambulance in the short term so then just a short term solution i think that the proper place for the rescue people. should be fine the sooner the better all right our correspondent made us source reporting from onboard the ocean viking currently off the a libyan coast a thank you very much a meal. to our other top story the death toll from the corner virus now officially named covert 19 has topped 2000 the virus has spread to more than 20 countries around the world you can see here behind me on 5 continents more than 74000 people have been in fact that the vast majority of them in mainland china well outside joy china more than 1000 cases have been confirmed the biggest cluster of cases has been on board the cruise ship that you see here right behind me the diamond princess it's been in court seen at the japanese port of yokohama for 2 weeks now

hundreds of passengers are leaving the ship and returning to their home countries. passengers have tested negative for the coronavirus a finally allowed to leave the diamond princess questions are now being asked about how the floating quarantine facility became an incubator for disease. an expert on infectious disease control was invited on board to inspect the ship's response to the outbreak with completed cerdic and some clues had a fever they went to the medical center while wearing it and 95 mask but he didn't have any protection between she's room and medical room he says he was worried about catching the virus while on board the vessel and say stuff it failed to take adequate measures to halt its spread. inside princess diamond

ever thought scared i was so scared of getting caught between 1000 because there was no way to tell where the pharisees no green zone no red zone everywhere could have virus and everybody was not careful about it when the ship 1st arrived in yokohama 10 passengers tested positive for the virus 2 weeks later more than 500 have now been infected. has defended its response. with the urgency of the current situation japan has taken full measures to ensure prevention of the spread of infection taking into consideration human rights and humanitarian needs cooperating with the relevant nations and taking appropriate measures. to come. some on board have described it as a floating prison one british couple shared their experience via social media. we're doing ok we've been conditioning is still getting us down we've turned off

the humidifier we're leaving the door open but we've closed that now it's so damn cold outside. shortly after they announced they tested positive to corona virus and would be moved to a hospital shortly. thousands still remain on the diamond princess for those evacuated the journeys far from. face to face up to 2 weeks quarantine in the harm countries. all right and we can talk and now it to a viral infection and vaccine experts at mr muhammad more near he is joining us and now from the university of a land caster good to see you sir this ship has been called a floating petri dish is that an apt description and why didn't health officials in japan consider the fact that it was actually more dangerous for passengers to remain on the ship. what we are rough in here highly contagious

wires or highly contagious infection which means. likely to be transmitted between people if they are put in a close vicinity so what so ever the environment is in the cruise ship it's a conducive a sleep key and it is the environment that can facilitate the infection to be easily spread between people and probably infection could be stalked to rest of the country by limiting the passengers within the cruise but within cruise the infection cannot be stalk and therefore this has been the major challenge and that probably been the major thing that been facilitating the spread of infection between the passenger and to the crewmembers is there anything else that we've learned from the corner virus as it as it manifests itself on the cruise ship. well from here actually because if we really look on to. hold on to you

it seems like a very good experimental unit in a real time so here we can demonstrate we clearly and can prove really that this infection is more contagious and infectious because it can transmit between people very effectively and this has been proven the whole scenario off the cruise ship but this is again something that has really been criticize and is not really an ideal situation or also not a good substitute for the medical facility of a very controlled couldn't be in can be practiced now the people who have disembarked are on their way back to their home communities if i understand correctly those who carry the coronavirus are asymptomatic so is that a good idea. well not really because 1st major thing is that although the virus has a privately owned the bird but yet we don't have a lot of information about this why is this why it is good turned out to show something that is completely unpredictable we do have some information based on

this related coronaviruses that how caused after damage previously in 2000 we hold over this. 19. faction is pretty new so we still have to gather a lot of information before we can reliably apply anything based on assumption if we practice anything for example if you mean that every person was not showing any clinical sign or clear from the infection i think is scientifically enough we shouldn't. just mohamed we're near at lancaster university thank you sir for sharing your expertise with us play to be here when i bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world turkish president. has threatened to launch a military operation in syria as a liberal one says an operation is only a matter of time unless syrian forces pull back behind turkish military positions russia meanwhile has warned turkey not to attack syrian forces. prince harry and

his wife megan are to carry out their final duties as active royals in late february and march that's according to british media reports their decision to step down means they will no longer have an office at buckingham palace as of april 1st . scottish singer louis chapati and london rapper dave are the big winners at the u.k. brit awards last night to paul you took home the prize for best new artist and song of the year album of the year went to a very was your 40th year of the british pops a biggest award show. thing or songwriter billie eilish captivated the audience at the awards ceremony with her debut like performance of the new james bond song no time to die.

she was later names best international female artist and delivered an emotional acceptance speech and felt very heated recently and when i was on the stage and i saw you guys all smiling be they. got a singer and indie newcomer louis compiled the top the winners of the night giving up awards for best new artist and song of the year for someone you love. to be. rappers is also one big with his album psychodrama taking home album of the year to london rapper to philip vantage of the spotlight making a political statement that accused british prime minister forrest johnson of being a racist these racist were born north whose research result prime ministers who grew greece's you see you should be greek would at least receive thank you it was

a successful night for rap music as graham artist storms he was named best british male solo artist his performance was accompanied by a gospel choir dancers a fireworks display and indoor range of. liberty. when i hand you now over to my colleague then for the one i'll be back at the top of the hour. you're.