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this is deja news live from berlin communities in lockdown over the car on a virus this time in italy the country announces the 2nd death in the epidemic as the number of cases their souls will talk well we're world health organization want government must act quickly to get the virus under control also coming up. germany raises its security alert after wednesday's deadly extremist attack as communities mourn the 10 victims the government stepped up police presence nationwide to
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counter what the interior minister describes as a very serious threat from the far right. hand from a d.w.i. reporter the border rescue ship we have a story of a migrant told from the mediterranean a man says if he'd stayed in libya you'd be dead. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program italy has announced its 2nd death from the corona virus as the number of cases in the country more than quadruples the world health organization has warned that the window of opportunity to contain a wider international spread of the epidemic is closing and as governments around the globe to act quickly many countries are already stepping up precautionary measures to prevent the virus from spreading. this plane bought taiwanese
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evacuees home from a quarantined cruise ship in japan hit by the coronavirus while their plane and the luggage gets a thorough disinfection the evacuees will be isolated for another 2 weeks. these precautions are the new normal in the fight to contain the corona virus. in italy top officials meat of the virus claimed its 1st victim in the country an elderly man in northern italy died after being hospitalized the number of cases spiked to 17 in just one day in co done near a town southeast of milan official shut down schools and businesses that you thought so neck a pair of shoes an official order to close down all the shops and we're following the order so we're closing there's a lot of alarm and that's also worries me that you probably know that the scientists will probably contact but oh no shutdown we are old and very concerned i
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am 76 years old i live on my own i really don't know what to do with her father a. public events a band and that includes church services the 1st patient to contract the virus here had met a friend who had recently traveled to china but the world health organization is worried about another trend they have spotted in the latest infections although the total number of cases outside china remains relatively small we are concerned about the number of cases we know clearly if you do milledge you can link such as travel history to china or contact with a confirmed case. in ukraine local residents blocked buses with passengers evacuated from china these scenes prompted president selenski to give his fellow citizens a dressing down on television said the lush these are ukrainians they're
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not sick with plague they don't have homes and lives they are ordinary normal people why don't. people mess that the organizers of the blockade would preprocess heated authorities are working to contain. the fear of the virus as well as its spread. for more i'm joined by just munge them in frankfurt professor shamma thanks for joining me the director general of the w.h.o. as we just heard in that report has said they're concerned about some new cases that may not have a link to china a 2nd person has just died on italy how worried should we be. we should be worried about this cases because it makes they make it more difficult to control the spread of the wires the reason is they do not fit into our case definition and therefore they might not be tested or maybe tested delayed so they can spread the virus and a controlled way. of the w h
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o has also warned that the window of opportunity to contain this epidemic is closing what should governments around the world be doing you know we heard about it to do so they do quite restrictive measures and that might be 11 way to look to . where it can control the virus for the spread of the virus and even be more careful in looking in going through the traffic from into china and making people who are coming from china making them more aware to look at themselves to it to look do not go out and go to a festival or somewhere else and if i come back from china to stay at home for 14 days and be sure that you do not get ill and carry that i was somewhere else and what about in china i mean are there signs of the outbreak there has picked. just looking at the numbers they reported might be however they've changed their case to finishing 3 times in a day so it's very difficult to light this is the true number of people carrying
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the virus so i'm not sure whether this is a peak. is there a vaccination for this virus within range. they are working on it but i would expect at least in june to july and and even then it has to be tested in a small number of patients before you can use it widely so it's difficult i would not expect that in the next next weeks or months writes and how likely then is it that this epidemic is going to be labelled a pandemic. it depends on how the situation into the might might change actually we heard about 7000 cases if they are not able to control the spread of the wires then we have the definition for pandemic munched them on speaking to us from frank thanks very much for the update you're welcome. turning now to some of the other stories making news around the world counting is
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under way in iran's parliamentary election many voters boycotted the poll after the country's guardian council vog large numbers of moderate and reformist candidates from running the poll is likely to see hard line conservatives tighten their grip on the parliament early results put them in the lead. a week long partial truth has started in afghanistan president ashraf ghani announced that the deal negotiated between the u.s. and the taliban came into effect at midnight if the agreement to reduce violence holds it could pave the way to a peace deal between the islamists and the us. us democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders has warned of russia to stay out of the us election he said u.s. officials told him last month that russia was trying to help his campaign moscow denies any interference sanders is currently the front runner to take on president donald trump in november. the trial of former hollywood mogul harvey
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weinstein is in a deadlock the jury says it's split on the most serious criminal charges which include 1st degree rape it's already agreed on a verdict on some of the less serious counts deliberations set to resume on monday his. charge. germany's interior minister horst c. hoffa has promised to bolster security across the country after wednesday's terrorist attack and how now he's also announced a review of gun laws with the possible introduction of psychiatric evaluations for all license applicants the government is trying to restore the sense of security in the country after a suspected right wing extremist killed 10 people many of them immigrants they spoke with a relative of one of the victims the kurdish cultural center and how now has become a place of grief and suffering many who knew the victims of the far right terrorism here have come to pay their respects to fear hot a 23 year old heating technician who was gunned down as he tried to buy cigarettes . that's the worst of it fer hunt wanted to do something good for the people of.
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his grandfather was a guest worker who helped pave the streets of hono. for how it wanted to give people a warm place to call home no that's no longer possible i did this can barely sleep he's a relative a fair heart that's who he says was a person who loved life. he wants politicians and civil society to do more to combat racism. gets worse and slow to those in many people now it's getting real people died young people like you and me lost their lives you know it's time to do something and it's high time it's just yes. now there is also the question of more protection for immigrants and their descendants. most of rome has lived in germany since 1988 but the shop owner does not want to be ruled by fear. people just released don't have to protect my store why should they stand around for 12 hours just waiting or for if you live in fear then you will just stay home and never go
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out. 18 months to once to feel free and not lose the courage to face life in memory of the victims of far right terrorism. and this is the task given to all these people we won't be intimidated i don't want to have plenty of protection wherever i go no i want to be able to walk freely to the market and smoke my shisha there. and to not let all the happiness be taken from life but 1st the pain must be put behind them. the un migration agents say says a rabbit rob a dinghy packed with $91.00 migrants that set out for europe from libya has gone missing in the mediterranean it's just one of the many harrowing stories of thousands of migrants who decide they have no choice but to risk the dangerous journey data drags are at is aboard the ocean viking rescue ship he spoke to one migrant pulled from an overcrowded but this week.
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when the rescue crew sets off they don't know what to expect or whose lives they might save. they only know that somewhere out there people are at risk of drowning . but the one of those pulled from the sea is 24 year old michael from ghana. if the team from doctors without borders an s.o.s. maybe to the navy hadn't helped he could have died. you know what sank was was a very very small. little minds we are trying to prove though i thought it would be there was out there saying that i'm god i mean they're always always here because the life. of the woods is there our life we download everything them to.
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the rescue mission is always a race against time to margaret boats could sink at any moment. migrants like michael are only truly safe once they're aboard the ocean viking and then they have a chance to process their terrifying experience. michael was a guest worker in libya for a year before he was forced to flee. it's not easy to tell yourself i am from libya it's. we did you know it was you did us sometimes they were cut fuel to the you put money on you until you find money to clear them they were not near you. michael felt he had no choice but to escape libya because of the country's civil war. because did it for long because allied was more important. i've used the mood i. once on board the
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rescue ship the migrants get medical treatment food drink and clean clothes as well as a new lease on life. thank you very. much there was still the joy of life in such poor symmetry to the fear of imminent death or rescues only complete when the survivors all disembarked in a place of safety and we are now awaiting a response from the telly and multiuser of storage use to allow these people to finally reach a safe port. for sports now on the wonders leg allayed is by in munich had a tough time getting past the bottom of the leg side part of on friday night the defending champions left at light to wins 32 with the score tied 10 after the break
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bye and took the lead for a 2nd time through robert levin dusky padded bow on made it to all soon after with man on neuer carried the ball to the fate of spain michel but by him came through with 2 minutes to go 7 in that range found 11 dusty for the game winner and his 25th goal of the season. formula one teams have been testing their new engines ahead of the start of the 2020 season next month things didn't go according to plan for ferrari and german driver sebastian fettle in barcelona for. well of 4 time champion suffered engine trouble is ferrari just stopped on the track having the crew rather confused pedal even climbed out at one stage to take a look but to no avail ferrari haven't won a championship since 2008 and i say they'll investigate the photo. and next up
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a shift magazine show on living in the digital i don't forget you can keep up to date with all the latest news on our website that dot com i'm rebecca rich's marianne evan same will be up with you next hour from may and the entire day thanks for watching. in literature invites us to see people in particular. like to see how it is that kids find. the books on youtube.

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