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this is deja vu news live from berlin fear of the coronavirus has several countries taking unprecedented measures to stop its spread that includes cancelling the final days of the venice carnival after a 3rd patient dies of the disease in italy also coming up. in the bundesliga bahrain leverkusen educate to a champions league spot his new captain caught harvard's pulling the strings they'd be struggling hausberg to claim their 5th consecutive victories.
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spicer welcome to the program as the corona virus spreads far beyond china several countries are taking tough new steps to contain it in italy the deaths of 3 people from the disease have prompted authorities to put several towns on lockdown and to cancel the final days of the carnival in venice. other countries are now on high alert including iran it has the highest death toll of any country outside of china south korea is the country with the 2nd most infections and has also seen a sharp jump in cases over the last few days. scenes like these from china's cities and 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
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possible there are hundreds of registered cases in the country and the number of new infections is still surging meanwhile the coded 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. 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. 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
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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 koren team 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 play and medical themed costumes some were not impressed. by god and it's useless to stop the carnival because there are hospitals and pies and supermarkets and restaurants and trains and planes and ferries which are all open spaces so how do you solve this problem start to get carnival it's all ridiculous.
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with more than $100.00 cases reported in everly since friday authorities have their hands full trying to prevent a widespread outbreak. and earlier we spoke to our correspondent senior gupta in rome and i asked her about the measures being taken in italy 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 the losing risk and no one can leave they face on the wrist the possibility of fines as well as a rest of the areas are being patrolled by the police and the military could be also cold and 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
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deaths in italy the latest case being a woman a 77 year old woman in the town of crammer also in longer diesel schools are also shut cinema as. museums are also been closed milan's iconic will more or the digital is going to be shot and as you mentioned cannibal cut short in venice a really very serious measures that the authorities are taking the see the numbers appear to be rising it's also because it's easy precaution of doing more testing more than $3000.00 swabs have been taken to test for these fires. that was sima goops are reporting there from rome now to some of the other stories making news around the world. germany's social democrats look set to win sunday state elections in hamburg remaining in power the greens have seen a boost in support finishing in 2nd place the far right alternative for germany
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party appear to have just met the 5 percent threshold necessary to get into the state department. and thousands of people marched through the streets of the german city of hanno on sunday to remember the victims of this week's terror attack flowers and candles were left outside a cafe where some of the victims were shot and killed and wednesday evening a 43 year old german man killed 10 people most of them with foreign background. u.s. president 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 a week long partial truths which took effect on saturday deal could lead to the u.s. withdrawing its forces from afghanistan after more than 18 years. italy has agreed to allow $274.00 migrants to disembark from a rescue ship after they were stuck at sea in the mediterranean they were found off
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the coast of libya by the ocean viking vessel correspondent drag storage has been on board the ship for 2 weeks it captured the moment the migrants heard the good news. we need that morning and there are. no. more from. jubilation and a massive sense of relief for 274 migrants who have been stuck at sea they'd been aboard the ocean viking since thursday unsure of their fate. the men and women and chilled. were found off the coast of libya and rescued in 3 separate missions. i feel i am happy i'm happy but if you. think. how. but the new arrivals faced another twist of fate when their ship docked they were met by workers in hazmat suits the migrants now caught up in
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the coronavirus panic sweeping the glow. whisked off in ambulances all $274.00 passengers plus the captain and crew must undergo 14 days of quarantine before they can move on in a country and a continent reeling from fears of migration and contagion. and our correspondent new drug charge is among those who were aboard the ocean viking have been quarantined he sent us this summary of the situation. the mood on the ocean my team has been good so far no one really believes that one of us has the coronavirus but they tell me the authorities made a decision and so we have to live with i think the people here able to improvise we have enough food and water so we are trying to make the best out of the situation.
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and we turn now to german football in the bundesliga buyer liver cues net maintained their strong start to 2028 with a home win over struggling ouster it's a fixture in which they were cruising have a very successful record back then never lost out for a state 20 three's meeting continued the tradition with a 2 nil victory for the hosts home fans in crazy costumes that baby could only mean one thing carnival. but labor couzin coming off euro police victory wasn't clowning around with alex burke a side that's only one once in their last 5 outings with laver couzens kevin falling out have it's was sporting the captain armband for the 1st time and midway through the 1st half how that's found mussa d.i.v. with the perfect pass that led to the obvious 4th goal this season was and a 3rd assist from chi habits. after the break nadeem of mary doubled laver
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couzens lead for his 1st goal for the club to marry picked up position inside the outskirts half and fire to goal surrounded by white jerseys. with the 2 nil victory laver couzens won 5 straight all competitions and remain perfect at home in 2020 while outs burke hasn't won on the road since december. and in sunday's late game in the bundesliga will spur enjoyed a 40 victory over months croatian youngster. scoring with a fantastic long range strike in the 21st home side added another just before the break and a 3rd shortly after before. down through the defense to make it. with a brilliant solo effort. second in game. 7 in the table just 2 points behind 6th place. and we turn to
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boxing britain's tyson fury is once again a heavyweight world champion after he dominated deonte wilder to win a one sided rematch 14 months after the pairs fight ended in a dramatic split decision draw this was a different story us boxer wilder had blood streaming from his ear and mouth before the fight was stopped at the request of his own corner while there loses his unbeaten record while fury is world heavyweight champion for a 2nd time. and sunday is day 4 of the 70th international film festival this opening weekend has already been packed full of star power and premieres including the 1st german movie in the top category director christian petzold film entitled is positioned to make a big splash. has a broken hoss and then cheated on his now this man is supposed to die kristen
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pitt's old film is based on the myth of the mysterious dina is brought to legend has it kills unfaithful spouses. but then christoph appears unexpectedly in her life and suddenly new love turns the legend on its head. he is a diver and historian and together they venture into deep emotions the water the symbol the flavor goes 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 there really left us alone in our element. and i'm for that i don't pull
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a b.s. 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 initially everything looks like a fairy to. invoke that as kino i always thought that cinema is the place where you could make things make the world sing and sing blink and but fairy tales do this too. but it's old retelling of the myth that doesn't always deliver the performances from b. and raquel ski as the love struck leads more than make up for its shortcomings. and our reporter helen humphrey had the enviable task of watching the sunday premiers for us and she sent us her take on the new entries it was a moment the fans of german cinema all have been waiting for the 1st film in the competition by 8 german director made it onto the silver screen or indeed out by
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festival favorite christine petzold is the modern retelling of a european myth of a water sprite schooled by her lover an out for revenge now in this version dina is a mysterious working in a history museum and is a little more feminist she's no longer the powerless pretax against but she finds love once again now the water around me is the ideal setting in the brutal. architecture's shines as well in a classic but in school pared back movie now the love story is an intense one but the script to spot 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
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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. and you are watching news live from berlin i'm max foster thanks for joining us. i'm not laughing at the germans well but a number of them but they said nothing with the german thinks deep into the german culture yet you don't seem to take this ground all day oh here you go it's all about who they are enough time rachel join me for me to get something.

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