this is deja vu news live from berlin fears over the coronavirus have several countries now taking unprecedented measures to stop its spread that includes canceling the final days of the famous venice carnival after 30 patients dies of the disease in chile plus as the 4th day of the berlin international film festival and i reporter helen i'm free brings us the latest from the red carpet the 1st german film of the competition or indeed at times these moments on the silver screen don't have a close in their counting retelling all the european me with

a feminist day. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us as the corona virus spreads far beyond china several countries now are taking unprecedented steps to contain it in italy the deaths of 3 people from the disease of prompted authorities to put several towns on lockdown and cancel the final days of venice's famed carnival celebrations other countries are now on high alert as well including iran which has the highest death toll of any country outside of china and south korea that's the country with the 2nd most infections which has also seen a sharp jump in cases over the last few days. scenes like these from china city's in lockdown are now becoming familiar across the globe following new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus. fazer remains the continent hardest hit by the outbreak

on sunday south korea raised its disease alert level to the highest possible there are hundreds of registered cases in the country and the number of new infections is still surging meanwhile the coated 19 commonly known as the corona virus is becoming increasingly political in iran the supreme leader ayatollah ali how many accused iran's enemies of spreading propaganda about the virus online in order to stifle voting in parliamentary elections. will mutiny. you know how massively they worked using various platforms to lower voter turnout how to know. you know how during the last pretext they resorted to was this coronavirus which has scared many. you have given usual dubow new. iranians accuse their leadership of hiding the real scope of the outbreak.

we don't know what's true and what's false since the government is constantly lying to us. health experts say maintaining a healthy immune system is key to fighting off the virus protective masks are now the dominant picture of residents on alert. in italy residents of northern towns prepared for a weeklong quarantine nerves began to fray among locals facing new lockdown measures. now authorities have canceled the last 2 days of the famed venice carnival starting sunday evening many revelers were in plague and medical themed costumes some were not impressed. it's useless to stop the carnival because there are hospitals and bronson supermarkets and restaurants and trains and planes and ferries which are open spaces so how do you solve this

problem stopping here conover oh it's all ridiculous. with more than $100.00 cases reported in italy since friday authorities have their hands full trying to prevent a widespread outbreak. let's get more now on the developing situation in italy we're joined from rome by correspondent simo gupta now seem italy is really the 1st country in europe with what looks like a major outbreak just tell us more about the drastic measures being taken there. well yes they're put in place these extraordinary you've got these 10 or so towns in northern italy that are effectively on lockdown and that means no one can enter there's a risk and no one can leave they face or the risks the possibility of fines as well as a rest areas are being patrolled by the police and the military could be also called in if necessary and the reason why they're taking these serious measures is they

want to try and contain the spread because nobody particular for instance in the north of italy is where we're seeing the largest number of infections the figure now is some 150 or so off infections and we've seen so far 3 deaths in italy the latest case being woman a 77 year old woman in the town of crammer also in long body so schools are also shut cinema as. museums are also been closed milan's iconic will more or cathedral is going to be shot and as you mentioned cannibal cut short in then is a really very serious measures that the authorities are taking the see the numbers appear to be rising is also because italy's precaution of doing more testing more than $3000.00 swabs have been taken to test for this virus and of course it only as a precaution is now becoming europe's precautionary european countries on alert

we're hearing now that austria has stopped train links to italy more what more can you tell us about that. yes we understand that this was a result referring specifically to one trade in particular that was traveling from venice to munich now it's stopped in the rona at about local time 3 pm and it was found that there were 2 passages there that had flu like symptoms now those passengers will need to leave the train the train then continued but the austrian authorities decided that they weren't going to take any chances and they've blocked the train at the border they've also made that decision to block all trains from italy so clearly a lot of concerns among need ring countries you've got the far right leader marine le pen in france saying that they should be greater controls along france's border with italy and it's interesting that her allies here in italy that's the leader of

the far right movement mathias armine says that the pen is speaking with with proper reason he feels that the government has done enough to deal and control with this viral outbreak that's happened in italy seem a briefly if you can how confident are talian that the government and authorities there can get a handle on this outbreak. i think a lot of italians are very concerned they see how serious the measures that have been taken and so they're wondering if they're really going to be able to contain this outbreak it does seem to be that the numbers continue to rise but as i mentioned you have the authorities saying the numbers are expected to rise simply because they're actually carrying out the testing and one of the city's ation is serious and they've put the measures in place the prime minister has said very clearly that this is not the time for panic it's the time for the citizens to cooperate in order to try and contain the spread of this virus similar to what the latest from rome thank you very much. our here's

a check now of some of the stories making news at this hour germany's social democrats looks set to win sunday's state election and remaining in power the greens have seen a boost in support finishing in 2nd place in a far right alternative for germany party or have to leave here to have just barely met the 5 percent threshold necessary to get into the state parliament. u.s. presidents donald trump has said he'd be willing to sign a peace deal with the taliban if such an agreement is reached but he added it would depend on the success of the weeklong partial truths which took effect on saturday a deal could lead to the u.s. withdrawing its forces from afghanistan after more than 18 years. old sunday is day 4 of the 70th international film festival this opening weekend has already been packed full of star power and premieres including for the 1st german movie and the top category director christian petzold film titled indiana

and it's positioned to make a big splash. has a broken hoss a man cheated on his now this man is supposed to die christian pitt's old film is based on the myth of the mysterious indiana borders brought to legend has it kills unfaithful spouses. but then christoph appears unexpectedly in her life and suddenly you love to add to the legend or that he'd. he is a diver and historian and together they venture into deep emotions the water the symbol of letting go it was a personal challenge for a director normally hands on with every detail. because we were so connected to christian via the radio intercom we could really dive into our own element. and

since it wasn't possible to conduct these long monologues on all sorts of topics it really left us alone in our element. and i'm for that i don't pull a beer and friends for a play an intimate couple with plenty of the density in his destiny is different in this case because rather than be unfaithful kristoff wants to love her some silly avoiding spoilers as to how this all plays out everything looks like a fairy to. invoke about this kino i always thought that cinema is the place where you could make things make the world sing. but fairy tales do this too. it's old retelling of the myth diena doesn't always deliver the performances from beer and rebel ski as the love struck leads more than make up for its shortcomings. a reporter helen humphrey had the enviable task of

washing the sunday premiers for us and she sent us her take on the new entries it was a moment the fans of german cinema have been waiting for the 1st film in the competition by 8 german director made it onto the silver screen or indeed now by festival favorite christine petzold is the modern retelling of a european may 3rd of a water sprite schooled by her lover an out for revenge now in this version on d.n.a. is a mysterious ballet into a working in a history museum and it's a little more feminist she's no longer the power is protected east but she finds love once again now the water around is the ideal setting in the brutally. architecture's shines as well in a classic berlin school pared back movie now the love story is an intense one but the script is sparse making it a little tricky to understand the ferocity of the love this bond at times the other big film of the day was the brazilian movie total smartarse all the dead ones is set at the end of slavery and it's

a period piece taking on the issue of race and it we meet this what is sisters who've lost their coffee plantation and struggle to perform even the most basic tasks without slaves and struggle even to interact with people of color now that they're free it's a portrait of a country in evolution which although set at the end of the 1800s feels highly relevant today. all right well with byron munich and bruce in dortmund winning on friday and on saturday fellow title hopefuls rb leipzig were under pressure super form they were a way shall go on saturday and back in late summer when those teams met for the 1st time this season ran away as winners saturday's rerun was a different story. i shall go walk all over light so when these teams last met back in september but this was not to be a repeat of that 31 rout the royal blues were behind inside the 1st 60 seconds

through moss as abbott said he's tying distance and flying straight in thanks to a nightmare mistake from alexander in the hopes are it's meant. there was less that nubile could do to stop child care conceding a 2nd shortly after the break the royal blue back on learning the hard way that team a van is not to be given an inch of extra space this thundering finish was his 21st . of the season. because standoffish defending continued and boss at a house down but was the next beneficiary left in the 6 yard box from this corner he gratefully noted hoping to make it 3 in the 80th minute and jay leno was left untroubled to saunter into the box and pile misery on david 5 now and his players by burying light 6 for the goal of the evening. and still it

was an over substitute for the bug found time to stroll his name on the scoresheet before the final whistle. by the time the referee did finally blow up the ground was half empty and the match long seems decided light see keep the pressure up on byron bay in 2nd place just a single point behind the defending champions. here's a look now at the best the results so far on that state 103 leverkusen prevailing over the berg earlier on sunday well we just can't get that graphic right although through it anyway volves thrashing minds in saturday's game storm and beat bremen. better shaka clone touts a druid hoffenheim and dusseldorf defeated freiburg on friday byron beat potter born and on monday evening frankfurt will host o'neill in berlin to close out the

match day and hopefully our graphics as well you're watching news of the next reporter looks at the kenya at kenya's $1000000.00 business in garbage i'm carl aspen thank you so much for joining us. to use crime fighters who are back africa's most successful in radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate street prevention and sustainable growth production all of his those are available online and of course you can show .