this is d.w. news live from berlin india rolls out the red carpet for the u.s. president for narendra modi and donald trump this high profile visit is an opportunity to build on their u.s. meeting last year but will everyone be welcoming the american leader with open arms . also coming up the party is over italy shuts down carnival 1st of unease in

venice after a 3rd person dies of the corona virus south korea and iran are also trying to contain a sharp rise in new infections. and the fate of julian a saunders hanging very much in the balance of those along been court decides if the wiki leaks founder should be extradited to the u.s. he faces espionage charges there that could put him in prison for life. great to have you with us for the show today i'm brian toms. u.s. president donald trump has arrived in india for his 1st visit there he's due to address a rally of some 100000 people the president and 1st lady molony out landed in i'm going to bog the largest city in indian prime min. mr modi's home state of gujarat

a short while ago tens of thousands of people have been lining up in the streets there to welcome his 2 day visit aims to build on last year's meeting between the 2 leaders and to deepen ties between the u.s. and india which have been strained by a lingering trade just. one. let's get the very latest now live with the sun your fall in the car joining us from delhi good day to you sania this is a key meeting for the u.s. president and the indian prime minister india pulling all the stops today for this visit. that's right brian the indian government is really making a massive effort here to to offer or you know a lavish spectacle a grand reception for. president trump and the 1st lady has already arrived in on the the western city which is really married to one of these political home tofino this is where he was chief minister he spent 3 terms as chief minister here

on these remains a highly popular figure and he's already accompanied president trying to decide what might the i'll show him which is the place where independence hero and father of the nation gandhi lived for over a decade but the highlight of the visit you're right is a massive rally in cricket stadium that is supposed to be the world's largest with over $100000.00 people all ready to meet president trump for a event that's from along the lines of the how the modi event that was held last year in houston texas and for president trump this is also about courting the indian american born of the diaspora from good drought tends to be a kind of wealthy influential community in the u.s. which traditionally support strong many of them made large donations to his last presidential campaign so this is important for trump but it's also these optics also important for prime minister more the i think because it provides a welcome distraction from his domestic problems to home where he's facing you know lots of protests also international condemnation for a controversial citizenship law giving live pictures right now we just saw it looks

like a bomb to trump moving through the crowd there these are quite large crowds there are a 100000 people inside this stadium we're looking at right now a cricket stadium with bilateral ties of the center of talks or can you bring us up to date on the state of u.s. indian affairs. well see the u.s. is one of india's top trading partners an orderly this visit was all supposed to be about to make a trade deal between india and the u.s. but that is now off the table because the 2 countries that simply failed to iron out critical differences of a whole range of create issues including tat of but beyond trade up in geopolitics plays a big role here in india it remains strategic partner for the u.s. it is a critical component of its strategy particularly seen as a counterweight to china as seen in this context i think india u.s. defense ties have grown steadily in recent months india now is one of the top

buyers of u.s. arms and weapons and i think we're likely to see a few defense things during this visit to the crowds in iraq awaiting. brother waiting for waiting for the american president to arrive we have a sense of the stoep of the support certainly for this visit when we when we look at the crowds there after the rally today what will be the president's agenda well so often about president traveling will head to the northern city of aguero which is of course home to the land 17th century be greeted there by the chief minister of the state of what the but they surely are that they're not who is very controversial and one rising in the more the government and tomorrow trump will be in delhi he will be meeting the indian president to be visiting the gandhi memorial in the heart of delhi and then this will be followed by bilateral talks he'll also be beating members of india's business community ok we'll have much more throughout

the day from moment from us on the phone the torah there as well thanks very much for now. now to the latest on the corona virus countries around the world are scrambling to cope with a new surge in cases with authorities introducing a slew of measures to try to contain the outbreak south korea has raised its in fact just disease alerts to the highest level after more than 160 new cases and 2 deaths reported on monday china meanwhile has confirmed 150 deaths in a single day pushing the number of fatalities there to some 2600. and authorities in italy are reporting a 3rd death from the virus and bore than $150.00 infections. midnight on the italian austrian border police and the army are deployed to guard to train with a potentially deadly cargo operators stop the savage amid fears that 2 of its passengers were carrying the corona virus only once tests came back negative where

7 says resumed. italy is battling to control a sudden eruption of the virus more than 10 tons and no under quarantine measures roadblocks are just one way officials at the center of the outbreak are trying to contain the rapid spread of the infections. 7 are sort of by inviting people to stay at home as well as closing places where crowds are gathering. or trying to ensure the containment of this phenomena and. authorities wasted little time that they will do it or shouldn't we had to leave in a hurry said this man. cultural hub closed their doors from the opera house king has been told it suspended for the next few days to the sense cyril football

stadium for top flight football matches where perspire and milan fashion week also fell victim armani closed its runway show to the crowds leaving giorgio staring at empty seats. the venice carnival was cut short. over the weekend the italian prime minister sought to allay fears and said there were no plans to close the borders. at the moment there are no preconditions for requesting an taining the suspension of the schengen treaty and the suspension of the free movement of people. are sort of italy is now the european frontier of this disease whether it remains that we will depend in large part on the success of its response. let's get the very latest on what is a developing situation in italy with rome correspondent philip well and good day to

you fell up what's the situation right now in the north around milan where 10 towns 50000 people are under quarantine. where of course there's a lot of anxiety really not just in the north of italy but throughout the country that this virus as already spread around the globe and it can easily spread around the country and i've just the net seeing reports of a 4th victim an elderly man who died in bendigo so that also increases the anxiety and of course you know we've seen this set of very heavily covered in the media at images of fat people at the carnival and now venice where in both decorative mosques and as part of the carnival and surgical masks to try to prevent that yes spread of germs and so these are very young and high impact

in the ages queuing in mosques outside supermarkets and empty supermarket shelves where the supplies of food have run out at one of the things creating at the peak more anxiety and concern in the population at large philip amidst all this anxiety what might be the next steps should the quarantine in the north the steps being taken there not be sufficient to contain the coronavirus. well it's difficult to say what the government can do more than they saw the net more of the same or more severe measures. yet the idea of major cities under lockdown at the moment it's small towns south of them and when my small town in the venator region have it always see if a city like that and the financial cut capital of the country and an enormous said industrial house were put under lockdown or were another major city such as search

your rig had they this would start to have a very significant impact on these highly and calling me i think really the government considers that they can ratchet up the measures that taken. they say they're making at a lot of scale preparations setting aside to accommodation in military barracks example and death think of taking about hotels but i think it could really be more of the same just more more severe more strict philip pulling for us there in rome bringing us up to date we'll be following the situation as it develops thanks very much for now phil. the coronavirus is also affecting the processing of migrants in italy some $270.00 margins were allowed to disembark from the rescue ship under quarantine they were picked up off the coast of libya by the ocean

viking but they'll remain in quarantine now on the mainland for at least another 14 days didn't use mere drugstores reports from onboard the ocean viking and he has is himself now also under quarantine. the workers in hazmat suits were waiting for the migrants these men women and children had been found off the coast of libya and rescued in 3 separate missions now they'll have to spend 14 days in quarantine. you know to the nines or the solo main dive order the isolation of all migrants who arrive today inside the exclusion zone that it was cheated they can't get in or. it's a strong senator record for a strong piece of mind would be that we should look at the whole world is experience you know a major alarming bonus you do what you wanted to get and there is a last minute s.o.s. measure for an a which runs the ocean viking says it will comply with the precautions percentage

weight the medical charity said the corona virus outbreak should not result in unwarranted new public anxiety around those rescued at sea or service a pretext to prevent the ship resuming its lifesaving work the mood on the ocean biking has been good so far no one really believes that one of us has sick the wrong of ours but the chilean authorities made a decision and so we have to live with it. we need that morning and it is. believed. we're arguing. more from. that being jubilation in relief for the $274.00 migrants who've been stuck at sea. they spent 4 days on board the ocean viking after being pulled from the mediterranean. was there i feel i am happy that i'm out there what if he was going

to kick out. looking happy to be getting off this after their o.t.l. at sea these new arrivals face yet more uncertainty. let's get your brief down some of the other stories making the news today. police demonstrating for better working conditions in haiti have opened fire on the army headquarters in that country the defense ministry reported that at least one serviceman was killed and at least 3 police officers were wounded when soldiers returned fire. so goes the president for a missing buy has won a 4th term in office officials say he took more than 70 percent of the vote but his main challenger has also claimed victory and accuse the incumbent of rigging the results. a british court is beginning a 2 part hearing on whether the wiki leaks founder julian assange should be extradited to the u.s. where he faces espionage charges relating to intelligence leaks he faces

a sentence of up to 175 years in prison if found guilty news organizations are raising concerns that anna solves conviction would make it easier for prosecutors to target journalists use sources inside the government. these are the images that made whistle blowing website wiki leaks a household name. in 2010 it published classified u.s. army material implicating the u.s. government and possible war crimes. i believe it may julian a song a brave defender of the truth to some rules and an enemy of the state to other. more controversy followed over a later mass leak of diplomatic cables and the 2016 publication of leaked e-mails from hillary clinton's presidential campaign. in

2012 a song speak out on a 7 year stretch holed up at the ecuadorian embassy in london trying to clear his name last week to extradite him on rape charges. sweden dropped the case last year saying. too much time had passed but the prosecutor still says the accusation was credible so the un special rapporteur on torture told d.w. they were trumped up charges he said they were designed to ward off potential whistleblowers from quote airing governments dirty laundry. in paris and songes father was ambivalent about his son's chances under the british justice system. if if it follows the trajectory of the treatment of julian 10 years it will be a show trial but. the team of lawyers is so forceful competent and i'm sure the crown prosecuting authority will see the error they were

just. now awaiting his hearing and a maximum security prison in london julian assange just dedication to uncovering high profile leaks could cost him dearly if extradited to the u.s. he faces spending the rest of his life behind bars. is in longden is following today's hearing for us she sent us this assessment. there is no telling how this court decides in the extradition trial against julian assange the u.s. government is pursuing him on 18 counts for offenses ranging from heading into his databases to publishing classified material for most u.s. prosecutors accuse a soldier of having breached the espionage act when he made thousands of government documents public in 2010 the extradition treaty between britain and the united states basically with does not leave much room for interpretation but this case is

different a lot of the legal argument on behalf of julian assange will focus on this being a political trial which would be a reason to decide against the extradition there is also the question whether his actions are not protected as journalist finally his lawyers argue. that song would not have a fair trial in the united states and that he's human rights have been infringed because of his treatment in jail and during the time when he was in the ecuadorian embassy the trial continues throughout this week and the court will then take a break till may in order to give the defense more time to prepare whatever happens in this court however will not be the end of the road it is to be expected that both sides will carry this case to the highest fish court this could mean that julian assange could be kept in this british jail here in belmarsh for years to come. barbara visa well here in germany the social democrats have won sunday's

state election in hamburg with 39 percent of the vote a victory marks a turnaround for the center left party support has been falling sharply in other recent state elections but voters in hamburg punished chancellor merkel's christian democrats they received just a leaven percent of the ballots. but i. finally a result to celebrate for germany's ailing social democrats after a run of election losses the s.p.d. were the clear winners in homburg on sunday nationalised bt leaders welcome to turn around. and push how this gives the s.p.d. a push and i think it's the right kind of politics and i think it's the kind of politics that suits the whole this meeting has been the past. but for chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats it's the worst state election result in almost 70 years. this is the top targets of theater today for the c.d.u.

in germany it's an historic lead bad election result for the c.d.u. in hamburg and there's no way to put a gloss on that. i. scream. doubled their vote they are hoping to be the main challenger to chancellor merkel c.d.u. in federal elections next year just yet as additionally. we see we really have an extremely challenging situation for democracy in germany and the c.d.u. a say preoccupied with south city can essentially be ruled out as a party of government just in dollars. green supporters chanted nazis $28.00 looked like cumber voters had kicked out the far right alternative for germany but as more results came in the if he moved above the 5 percent threshold needed to make it into the state parliament. all the governing c.v. u.s.

coalition partners yesterday are meeting here in berlin this morning to discuss the hamburg results and we have our chief political editor michelle down at the scene you headquarters for us this morning good day to you michele and these are the worst results for medical c.d.u. and state elections in 70 years what's happening to the christian democrats. well it's not just the christian democrats but this was a symbolic defeat in a very small state to city state of how that comes at a time going to mackerels c.d.u. is in a deep crisis a crisis over what it means to be conservative these days and who should lead the party towards a post macko era and the possibly the ship meeting behind me in that building here right now is probably just discussing how soon they want to call an extraordinary party conference to solve that very question because this recent vote in hamburg is

get another sign that the c.d.u. is somewhat directionless at the moment germany's other large party of the center of the social democrats they have been in a tailspin recently is hamburg offering. a 2nd life with voters now. yes and no it's office the s.p.d. a welcome break here welcome reason to celebrates a demonstration that yes they can win the election but one has to bear in mind that the regional candidates that didn't want the party leadership to come and join their election campaign so the diagnostic notice is still is that the social democrats as big tent party are fast on the way down and that the c.d.u. currently the most important party on the political landscape here and many is now to struggling with the question which values it was to put out its course and who

should lead it into the future another very closely watched party right now the far right alternative for germany they managed to return to the hamburg parliament the other parties in hamburg were hoping that there were jacks into the shootings and hano would have been keeping them out. yes and the far right if do you was fast to say that they feel it was unfair that the blame was placed on them for a rougher debate here in germany that leads to potentially such violent acts to be committed in the end but one thing is demonstrated in the book that the rise of the a.f.d. might not be a given it's the 1st time that they see the election setback after entering all regional parliaments here in germany so this also is a reason not just for the broader political debate but also for the far right is

due to ask itself how callous it wants to be with language in the future and show signs of illness that in front of seaview headquarters they're down essential belin . this is still to show in this modern retelling of a 19th century fairy tale beat the competition at the berlin film festival. we were at the belly knowledge from the air of indiana to find out. but 1st we have some other news now tourist flights the spanish canary islands are being disrupted because of a massive sandstorm that has closed airports sand and dust blown in from the sahara the canaries are about 100 kilometers from the african coast. and amateur american astronauts has been killed in a failed bid to prove that the world is flat a steam powered rocket built by michael mad mike used to crash landed shortly after

takeoff in the state of california parachutes meant to control the descent of that rocket were ripped off during the launch. let's head now to the 70th international berlin film festival and the world premiere for german director christiane holds film indiana the aquatic fairy tale is running in the competition category and seems to have swept away audiences with the beguiling performances from its 2 stars. deena has a broken hoss and then cheated on his now this man is supposed to die kristen pitt's old film is based on the myth of the mysterious when dina is brought to legend has it kills unfaithful spouses. but then christoph appears unexpectedly in her life and suddenly you love tints the legend on tate.

it is a diver she 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. we were so connected to christian via the radio intercom we could really dive into our own element. of money and since it wasn't possible to conduct these long monologues on all sorts of topics it really left us alone in our element. full of b.s. and friends for a gal ski play an intimate couple with plenty of intensity in his destiny is different in this case because rather than be unfaithful kristoff wants to love her sincerely avoiding spoilers as to how this all plays out initially everything looks like a fairy to. ask. him about this kino i always thought that cinema is

the place where you could make things make the world sing something delinquent but fairytales do this to. you it's old retelling of the myth doesn't always deliver the performances from beer and regale skee as the love struck leads more than make up for its shortcomings. up next business has more on the coronavirus in italy and what that means for the economy here i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us.

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