and. starts february 20th on w. . to get the book that. this is do w. news live from berlin the community is in lockdown over coronavirus fears this time in italy the country announces its 2nd death in the epidemic amid a flurry of new cases the world health organization of warns that governments must act quickly to get the virus under control also coming up to germany raises a security alert after wednesday's deadly far right attack in the city of kano the

government steps up police presence nationwide as needed use more in the 10 victims . i marry in evanston it's good to have you with us. italy has announced the 2nd death from the corona virus as the number of cases in the country more than quadruples the world health organization is warning that the window of opportunity to contain a wider global spread of the epidemic is closing and it's urging governments to act quickly and the countries are already stepping up precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the virus. this plane when these evacuees from a quarantine cruise ship in japan hit by the coronavirus. while their plane

and the luggage gets authority 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 to the virus claimed its 1st victim in the country an elderly man in northern italy died after being hospitalized in co done you know a town southeast of milan official shut down schools and businesses that are to look at all of issued 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 we're probably down south but oh no shutdown we are old and very concerned i am 76 years old i live on my own i really don't know what to do not talking about in. 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 spotted in the latest infections although the total number of cases outside china remains relatively small we are concerned about the number of cases with no clear if you demurely ji 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 lush these are ukrainians they're not sick with plague they don't have homes and lives they are ordinary normal people by. the promise that you are. noises of the blockade would be prosecuted

authorities are working to contain the fear of the virus as well as its spread. we spoke earlier into virologist martin shomer he is head of the i am deal laboratory in frankfurt we asked him what needs to be done to contain the epidemic what about italy so they do quite restrictive measures and that might be one way to be. in control of the virus for the spread of the virus and even be more careful in looking into the traffic form and to china and making it people who are coming from china and making them more aware to look at themselves to look do not go out and go to a festival or somewhere else and if i come back from china stay at home for 40 days and be sure that you do not get ill and carry that i was somewhere else. that was a role in just martin strummer head of the i am d.

laboratory in frankfurt speaking earlier to us. all right let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world counting is underway indeed runs parliamentary election many voters boycott of the poll after the country's guardian council barred the large numbers of moderate and reformist candidates from running a poll of likely to see hard line conservatives tighten their grip on parliament early results put them in the lead in the capital tehran. a week long partial truce has started in afghanistan president gani announced that the deal negotiated between the u.s. and the taliban came into effect at midnight if the agreement to reduce the 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 russia to stay out of the november 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. germany's interior minister whores a vote for has promised to bolster security across the country after wednesday's mass shooting in the city of hono which left 10 people dead many of them immigrants prosecutors suspect that the gunman was motivated by racist views the attack on her now comes amid growing concerns over the rise of right wing extremism in germany. the kurdish cultural center and has become a police of grief and suffering many who knew the victims of the shooting here have come to pay their respects to sara thought a 23 year old teaching technician guns died in a c. tried to buy cigarettes. that's the worst of it for had wanted to do something good for the people of. his grandfather was a guest worker who helped pave the streets of havana. for had wanted to give people

a warm place to call home noise that's no longer possible. can barely sleep he is a relative affair who he says was a person who loved life he wants politicians and civil society to do more to combat racism it's. people know it's getting real people died young people like you and me lost their lives now it's time to do something and it's high time is. no there is also the question of more protection for immigrants and their descendants mistah for byron has lived in germany since 1988 but the shop owner does not want to be ruled by fear. just 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 white. munich's been this legal much against born players and fans paid tribute to the victims just one of many acts of remembrance held across

germany. but some in hono like hairdresser. feel that action rather than gestures is what's needed to address far right extremism just couldn't view of course we as citizens can only take to the streets and hold banners and demonstrate against it but it's our country germany that has to do something about sent this. as a people and gather for another demonstration they're hoping that their show of solidarity will prompt germany's politicians to back up their words of condemnation with concrete measures to ensure public safety. and from the city of hanno we're now joined by political correspondent cain't brady standing by hello to you kate so we just heard a little bit about one of the victims in our report but what about the others what more can you tell us about the other victims. well we know now marianne that 9

of the victims were indeed of foreign descent and all of them are either german or foreign nationals 5 of them from turkey one from bosnia-herzegovina another from bulgaria and one from from or a mania and we also now know that they are indeed all aged between 20 to 21 and 44 years old with of course also the last victim being the 72 year old mother of the suspects and it seems having spoken to many people here over the last couple of days many people here knew the victims either directly or rather by shall we say 3 degrees of separation and so that's shock really is still settling in and the city here is very much still trying to come to terms with what happened just a couple of days ago i. know kate in the wake of this attack german authorities have now announced protection measures increased security but what's your

impression of how the minority communities and how now feel about this is it going to reassure them. well it's been a real mixed response from the people that i've spoken to many people have welcomed these measures more police on the streets and even police presence mosques for example but others have said that they simply don't want to be put in a position where they feel that they have to be protected they don't want to hide away and be treated differently from from other people here in germany and instead they would rather see a more fundamental rethinking voice in politics and in german society about how people interact with each other and how immigration and integration in germany is really old and that settled for a season are also preparing for any kind of reprisal attacks now they've said that there's no specific threat at the moment but they are indeed also still preparing

for the eventuality that there may be reprisal attacks by a form of the far left or even from the radical islamist scene here in germany. there's been a string of vigils and other memorial events just in the last 2 days but more are planned for this weekend what can you tell us. exactly sir just in a couple of hours' time some 2000 people are actually expected to gather in the center of now and that is supposed to be a sign of unity against hate that's what the organizers want to achieve and that will march through town and visit both both of the sites of where the shootings took place on wednesday evening and similarly tomorrow as well similar numbers are expected for what's being called a memorial march or a mourning march that again is calling on people to come out and show their solidarity in a sign of unity against hate and also remember those who lost their lives on

wednesday. brady reporting in the city of hanno in germany we thank you very much. all voting is underway in togo's presidential elections with incumbent for reagan a single one of only expected to secure a 4th term nursing bay has led the west african country since 2005 he took over from his father who ruled for nearly 4 decades opposition candidates say a centralized counting system will make it possible for the president to manipulate the poll a charge his government denies. funny for charice following the vote in tokyo and she sent us this report on the presidential election is underway here in togo as you can see people are checking their names and once they found it they can actually go ahead and cast their ballot now there is a pulpit or demand among people i've spoken to. for. the president has been in office since 2005 but already he's father was in office from 967 to 2005

to pretty much the status quo is the same for 5 decades and there is a demand to change that however at the same time there is a divided and fragmented opposition so it remains very unclear where the desire for change will actually translate in at the ballot box today. that was funny for char reporting from togo all right let's get some sports news now and leaders byron munich had a tough time getting past bottom of the league side patter born on friday night the defending champions left it late to win 32 with the score time to one all after the break brier and took the lead for a 2nd time through robert love and dusky putter bore me to 2 all soon after when manuel neuer parrott the ball to the fetus that misha but byron came through with 2 minutes to go search for brief found love and of steve for the game winner and his

25th goal of the season. of formula one teams have been testing their new engines ahead of the start of the 2020 season next month things did not go according to plan for ferrari and german driver sebastian vettel in part as the lone him for a time champion suffered engine problems his ferrari just stomped on the track leaving the crew confused settle even climb down to take a look but to no avail ferrari haven't won a championship since 2008 they say they'll investigate the. failure. well filmmakers currently competing at the berlin international film festival have their sights set on winning the top prize the golden bear but the city's real bare stars have just been handed of wards of their own twin panda cubs in the berlin zoo receive new toys and by the looks of it. are making the most of their new play

things. everybody loves cute pandas you're up to date on d w news this hour up next our documentary film series looks that came out at turk the founder of modern germany america evans dean i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news for you hope you join us then. one which of course the. video or. anytime anywhere.