this is d.w. news live from berlin chaos at a carnival here in germany a car plows into crowds of festival revelers injuring dozens including children the driver is facing a charge of attempted homicide but police say the motive remains unclear also coming up the most anticipated verdict in the need to hollywood mogul harvey weinstein found guilty of sex crimes a new york jury convicted him of felony sex crime and rape but the jury acquits him

of the most serious charges and china's annual national people's congress postponed for the 1st time in decades because of the corona virus and italian authorities are imposing tough measures as 7 deaths and a dramatic rise in infections make it europe's frontline in the battle against the disease. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome police here in germany are investigating a possible attack tonights a car was driven into a crowd of revelers celebrating kernel earlier today it happened outside a supermarket in the town of folk marzan in the western state it has around 30 people were injured some of them seriously the driver was arrested at the scene and

now faces attempted homicide charges police believe that he acted intentionally but a motive for the incident is unclear. it happened here outside a supermarket in the town of folk marson this car said by police to have been involved. a carnival parade was moving through the streets on monday afternoon when the car slammed into a crowd of people who had come to watch the procession. around 2 30 pm a young man in a car drove into a group of people. several dozen people were injured currently the number is around 30 among them around 8 to 10 are seriously injured among those seriously injured are children unfortunately. the driver 29 year old german citizen was immediately arrested police are operating on the assumption that this

was a deliberate attack. only make a statement according to witnesses who saw the incident course of events take place it can be assumed that it was intentional so we can't say anything more about his motives. authorities shut down the area in the small town in the german state of has to investigate the scene and allow emergency crews to attend to injured persons . the police announced on twitter that all carnival parades taking place and has said today were stopped as a precautionary measure now authorities are trying to figure out why this crash happened. yet for the latest now i'm joined by our correspondent rebecca she is in . marson rebecca what more can you tell us about what happened today for. well what police have said so far is that there are at least 30 people injured 7 of

whom are have to have sustained serious wounds and that several children are also among those who were injured now what happened it happened in the middle of the heart of all parade that was happening in town today the car struck people from from behind they had they have come to the scene behind me here there are there's a grocery store it was one of the bends in the route for the parade. the locals have just said that the parade was just about to wrap up but there was still quite a few people all packed in into this section looking watching the parade so so there were quite a few people who were who were hit today when that driver drove into the crowd and rebecca we know that the u. police are saying that the driver could see said to him just homicide charges have been have you heard from anyone about the motivation here me why the driver did

this. we haven't heard i haven't heard anything just yet about about the motive i know that police are going off of what i've witnessed statements previously said where they said that it appeared that the driver had deliberately accelerated into the crowd upon upon coming around the bend here for the carnival parade what i have heard from locals here there's been a couple of people who have wandered up to the scene still dressed in their costumes but obviously what was a joyous afternoon has turned into a really dark dark day for the people of this town people who told me that they even though they weren't there that they're they're shocked that this happened it's not something anyone would have expected on a day that's supposed to be about celebrating with with your loved ones with family and with friends and it comes just after last week's deadly shootings in the western german town of el it happened in the same state where you were you are the

state of house. has security had been increased as a result of the terror attack that we saw last week security have absolutely been been raised security was already raised for carnival celebrations all public events actually since the since the 2016 truck attack in berlin police have been especially careful to put up blockades to put up roadblocks to to make sure that people are so that an attack like that couldn't happen again what i what people have said from people who are on the scene when is this have said that the person went around the blockades that were set up here there were apparently plastic barriers ok our correspondent rebecca wire with the latest there from the town of folk marse rebecca thank you. and in another breaking news story

tonight former hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been found guilty of 2 counts of sexual misconduct weinstein was convicted of committing a criminal sexual act and he was convicted of 3rd degree rape he was acquitted of the most serious charges which carry all the medics wife sentences after the verdict weinstein was can cost and he was sent directly to jail will stay there until his sentencing which is scheduled for next month the producer has denied any wrongdoing away saying that any sexual encounters that happened had been consensual prosecutors today praised the women who came forward in testified against the hollywood mogul during the draw 8 women who have changed the course of history in the fight against sexual violence. these are 8 women who told our justice system into the 21st century by declaring that rape is rape and

sexual assaults sexual assault no matter what. are for more now i'm joined by my colleague. he is in washington he's been following this trial for us from the very beginning good evening to you so let's talk about the charges here harvey weinstein he was facing 5 charges he's been found guilty on 2 of them talk us through what this verdict meets. well obviously it's a you know a big big shock for many and others it's not so much it was sort of expected we're looking at 2 of the 5 as you've mentioned one is for a kind of 3rd degree rape and also he's guilty of a criminal sexual act now the rape conviction is actually related to an attack that he carried out on a former actress jessica milan and then the other charge which is for sexual assault was on a former production assistant who was invited to weinstein's apartment believing it

to be a business meeting and then she was attacked and now it took 5 days for the jury of 7 men and 5 women to come to. this conviction for him on 2 of the 5 charges now he's facing up to 25 years in prison but brant ephron one of being seeing and reading here and the united states he may actually only get perhaps an 80 year sentence but we're going to have to wait till next month march 11th to be exact for that sentencing hearing and we know what this is but a colossal trial it watershed event in the me too movement and there's been lots of reaction coming in on social media to this is will let's take you through the many of weinstein's accusers they are reacting to the verdict praising the women who took the stand during the trial actors ashley judd tweeting for the women who testified in this case and walked through traumatic hill you did a public service to groups and women everywhere thank you and investigative

journalist ronan farrow who helped break the story on weinstein's abuse writing today's outcome is the result of the decisions of multiple women to come forward to journalist and to prosecutors at great personal cost and risk please keep those women in your thoughts today. this verdict probably has really been the most into the paid since the need to move began right. after the writing of course let's not forget that there were actually about more than 80 women actually accused harvey weinstein you know of sexual misconduct and many of those who accused weinstein were you know very well known faces from hollywood and essentially what was hope by this activist by a lot of the activists will be that you know his trial and his conviction will perhaps we've heard this word quite a lot and when i was in new york actually and in the beginning of all this process

you know it would inspire other women to come forward not just in the entertainment industry but in other industries so there was a lot of the expectation that perhaps he would get a conviction that would perhaps didn't go as far as many of hoped but it is being called yet again and. a historic moment a historic conviction for weinstein and like i said brands let's wait and see until next month in march when he actually is handed down his sentence what do these burdens what do they mean for harvey weinstein right now well he was remanded in custody he's going to be in jail now he is in jail and until that sentencing hearing which will take place next month and and also we can't forget that there's actually another case an investigation open across on the other side of the united states in california investigators there. a couple of pretty serious charges. they want to bring against harvey weinstein you know among them sexual

assault and not stating back to 2013 so it's definitely not over for him with regards to his problems with the legal system here in the u.s. . in washington public thank you. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world u.s. president trump has started a 2 day visit to india his 1st official trip to the country attended a massive rally at a newly built cricket stadium today alongside indian prime minister narendra modi the leaders are aiming to strengthen ties between the world's 2 largest democracies israel says its aircraft have hit palestinian militant sites in the gaza strip and near the syrian capital damascus the strikes were in response to a rocket attack by islamic jihad militants from gaza into southern israel this

latest incident comes just a week before israel heads to the election polls france is a former prime minister of france while field has gone on trial for fraud is accused of using public funds to pay his wife and children for work that they allegedly never performed the hearing was adjourned until wednesday as lawyers are on strike to protest emmanuel pension reforms fionn has denied any wrongdoing. the corona virus outbreak has forced china's national people's congress to postpone its annual meeting for the 1st time in decades the number of deaths in china has risen to nearly 2600 but the world health organization says that cases there appear to have peaked and are playing go in south korea has raised its infectious disease alert to its highest level today following 116 new cases and iran's confirmed death toll now stands at 12 the highest number of fatalities

outside china our next report comes from europe's worst hit country italy where 7 people have died from the virus. police checkpoints cuties outside pharmacies. and empty supermarket shelves these images from northern italy ohl to familia as europe gains a new front line in the battle against the coronavirus. life has come to a standstill for $50000.00 residents in 11 italian towns which have been placed on lockdown as authorities try to contain new fires cases the famed venice convolute is cut short and some milan fashion week runway shows closed their doors. but the welt health organization stopped short of labeling the illness a pandemic on monday saying the virus can still be contained. for the moment we're not region a city the un could say look at the spread of this by this. mutinous the largest

you see this is for this does this but it is part of any petition absolutely times we did it from our system of the kids the e.u. has pledged 230000000 euros to support the fight against the virus we stress that. for the moment. w.h.r. has not advised changing up imposing restrictions on other travel or trade italians could continue to face restrictions on them movements however with the prime minister warning residents could be in for weeks of lockdown. and for more tonight i'm joined by dr john campbell he's an independent health analysts he's been following this outbreak since the very beginning doctors going to have you on the program why did the world health organization not declare the coronavirus

pandemic in and doesn't even matter. yeah i think the world health organization like the rest of us have been learning about this virus as we go along because of it's in use the un zoonotic infection it's come phenomena more than it's a novel coronavirus that hasn't been recognized in humans before so to begin with things like the pathogenicity of the virus how revealing to disease it caused how it was transmitted all those things were clear so it's taken time to evolve in how thinking for research to be done and for the world health organization to assimilate all this information but as well as that the world health organization has a balance to make between causing undue panic can distress maintaining economic wellbeing and the protection of the health of the world's citizens and they sort of to pick their balance i would say they've been a little bit on the cautious side this time overall and technically they don't have a pandemic classification either at the moment they would call it an international emergency i think i mean maybe this is this is

a matter of semantics but what would change if the w.h.o. did declare this to be a pandemic. i think of the w.h.o. clearly said it was a pandemic that's language everyone can understand so some of the technical language and descriptive language the w.h.o. uses people don't really get the message but if you say pandemic not got an impact that really affects people and it would also affect governments around the world and i think it would trigger individuals areas and countries and governments to make much greater preparation for this virus because this virus is going to be very difficult to stop because of its transmission characteristics but what we need to do is slow it down we need to contain it and not give us more time to prepare and it also means we'll get less people who are very sick old at the same time it will be more spread out and we'll have more medical facilities available to treat people that need it or dr campbell you say that we're still learning about this virus and

because of that and because we see the virus spreading shit in all countries then be handling and treating the situation as if it were a pandemic should they be preparing for outbreaks within their borders. well countries vary a lot on the capacitor they have to do this so many poor countries don't have the infrastructure set up they don't have the trained personnel they don't have the facilities in order to fully prepare for a pandemic this is part of the problem but the impression i'm getting now with the situation in south korea and italy which of course are both advanced westernized countries and they're having trouble with this disease now at the i think the penny starting to drop with other countries around the world and they are realizing that this is a serious threat to their citizens and that this is going to cannot become a pandemic so i think governments fos darting to pay now it's just a little late to the moon would like to have seen it dr john campbell joining us tonight with valuable insights into the latest on the corona virus outbreak dr

thank you. thank you so far only 16 cases of the new corona virus have been reported here in germany with no fatalities but as italy adopts drastic measures to stem the spread of the virus how well prepared is germany our reporter mario mueller went to find out. usually during this time of the year the berlin pharmacist sells a lot of cold medication like cough syrup and no spray but this winter is different . of the. demand for masks and this infection products has risen enormously during the past few months most customers buy the masks and send them to china then there are a lot of customers who heard or read in the news that it's essential to stockpile masks for later. this month here it's only doing to me and to their isp in such a random mosques and disinfection protects that fatty kind can't get anymore from

a supplier they are only delivering to hospitals and doctors offices also many medications and natural remedies that were previously imported from asia to germany are now hard to find. the list therefore not there is a long list of pharmaceutical products that are now low in supply it looks like this list is becoming longer because of the difficulty of getting parts from asia this is a big problem. does isn't blame if the virus becomes an uncontrolled epidemic then many hospitals maya drawn out of medicine right now 80 percent of the beds in the intensive care unit are in use but so far german hospitals say they have no cause for concern. using when. we feel that we are well prepared every winter we're fully prepared in case there is a flu epidemic anyway we have the capacity and the specialized personnel to cope

with this compared to. the person. pharmacists kind that says a cool head is what's called for at the moment this is a human for me. i think it's too early to say now is the time to panic in fact it's just the opposite we're totally relax and hope that this will pass over us. until knowledge erminie has been spared from a major outbreak of the corona virus but the country's preparations have yet to be put to the test. well here's some of the other stories that are making headlines around the globe here in germany chancellor angela merkel's center right c.d.u. party will choose a new leader in april the outgoing chief colin barr resigned this month over a scandal involving the party apparently cooperating with the far right disastrous regional election results over the weekend in hamburg have added to the crisis

within the party supporters of julian assange on have gathered outside a court in london where hearing has begun into whether the leaks founder should be extradited to the u.s. to face spying charges supporters say that he was a journalist exposing government misdeeds a songe spent 7 years holed up in one dence ecuadorian embassy seeking to avoid extradition to sweden. the 70th berlin international film festival is in full swing one film showing out of competition this year is hillary a u.s. documentary about the former 1st lady of the film looks at hillary clinton's life spanning from her upbringing in chicago all the way to behind the scenes footage of her presidential campaign in 2016 we know how that is. on the red carpet the former democratic nominee was asked about this this year's presidential campaign she

warned that russian influence is once again an issue the intelligence community reported that the russians are back in. our cyber systems and trying to influence the outcome of the primary and also still trying to support it there is no debate anybody who tries to deny it is living in a dream world and it's sad dream world because we are letting our defenses down. well in the hunt for. a screening of hillary today they sent this report on how the former 1st lady comes across on camera this time. so anyone going into this documentary series hillary with an opinion about hillary clinton is not going to change by this series if you love hillary clinton are going to find a lot to love about her in this film will come off to you as a very inspirational and incredibly intelligent political leader if you don't like hillary clinton there's a lot to support that view in this as well signs of maybe underhand political

dealings or maybe a touch of arrogance about her towards some some of her opponents but what i really really found fascinating about this documentary is it's really an in-depth and behind the scenes look at someone who's undoubtably one of those fastening political figures of our time and we will have more competition films as well of course today at the ballot not one of them was the french movie delete history now this is about 3 friends i mean living in the suburbs of france and essentially they get caught up in all sorts of difficulties problems to larry's effect i might say due to social media these are friends who meet as part of the yet invest movement in france it's a political film it's a piece of social commentary but it's also a great comedy an absolute contrast to l.a. to film in a competent land which is a little sister it's a german drama it's about a brother and sister working in the theater industry here in germany played by lies out of her and the last 2 greatest german actors working today but the story is he

is dying of cancer and she is giving up her career in order to support him so much darker story a very very moving but definitely not something for a night out at the movies all right that was. at the berlin allah. los angeles is hosting a public memorial for the late basketball great kobe bryant his daughter and 7 others they were killed in a helicopter crash in january was 1 of the most successful in be gay players of all time he spent his entire career at the wall st louis lakers before retiring in 2016 he died alongside his 13 year old daughter while they were traveling to a youth basketball tournament in a helicopter today's official event at the lakers home is the latest in a number of tributes it's expected to draw thousands of people hughes performing long before the scheduled start. by your labor crews and maintained their

strong start 2020 with a home win over struggling or. have a history of defeating or when they visit and 23 wasn't any different with labor kings and winning 21. opened the scoring in the 25th minute for the home side his 4th goal this season the assist came from ty obviates who was wearing the captain armband for the 1st time after the break. they were cruise's lead for his 1st goal for the club with the 2 victory leverkusen but set to return to european it's fish. are here's a reminder of that top story that we're following for you german police say at least 30 people have been injured after a car plowed into a crowd celebrating carnival the apparent attack happened in the town of mars and in the state that has some of the injuries are serious the driver was arrested at the scene and is facing

a charge of attempted homicide and hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been found guilty on 2 sex crimes charges a court in new york acquitted him of the most serious charges weinstein faces up to 25 years in prison when he is going to be sentenced if that's expected in. more. north g.w. news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for the birth of.

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those who don't make it into the fun metropolis are often talking tough agree. have fun in pyongyang starts feb 28th on t w. they are 2 men who understand each other politically very well and they both love an audience today india's prime minister narendra modi gave us president trump a welcome that was big bombastic braggadocios and trump loved tonight the 2 populist leaders of the world's 2 largest democracies a love fest for all the world to see america 1st and india 1st gulf of berlin this is the day.