don't make it into the song metropolis footprint corporate. culture in pyongyang starts february 20th on w. . let's. play. play. play play. play play play. play. this is d w news live from berlin simply not ready the w.h.o. warns that the world isn't prepared for a possible coronavirus pandemic this is going to come soon potentially you've got to be shifting to a readiness rapid response thinking. we'll hear from south korea and the doomsday cult that's driven the spike in infections they're. also coming off

a landmark ruling here in germany the country's highest court has overturned a 2015 law that effectively prevented doctors from helping terminally ill patients and their lives. are rising death toll down was hit by the worst sectarian violence in decades as abuse and muslims come to blows over a controversial citizenship law. and the real carnival guests political parade participants taking aim at brazil's far right government for its treatment of minorities and indigenous people. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the world health organization says the world is not ready to fight the new coronavirus known as coded 19 as the disease continues to spread to more countries. outside china the w.h.o.

is warning governments to brace for a possible pandemic south korea remains the country with the highest number of infections outside china the u.s. military has confirmed its 1st case among soldiers based in south korea meanwhile officials there are racing to contain an outbreak that as well to more than 1100 cases. south korean children will be cooped up in their homes as schools across the country remain closed to combat the spread of covert 19 gun me raise office also closed leaving her to look after her 2 sons and try to keep them busy. the kids study cook for them at home watch t.v. and sometimes play board games together and spend time reading books i won't let them keep the ball around in here but they will get bored. as a child psychologist ms khan worries about her children's wellbeing she says that relatives of those afflicted are more likely to develop phobias but her main concern is the virus itself south korea's recorded near

a 1000 cases and more than 10 deaths. the virus has spread around hospital it's near my workplace so i was worried about getting it when i went to work and because they can stay at home all the time sometimes they meet friends but again i've already about them catching the virus at anyone along the road i have the virus coded 900 cases have been reported in all major provinces kindergartens elementary middle and high schools have been shuttered by the government for 2 weeks many universities have postponed the beginning of the spring semester and chinese students returning here face a 2 week quarantine. 1000 cases in south korea spiked after a 61 year old woman now called patient number 31 attended several meetings of her french religious group. in early february despite suffering a fever and cold like symptoms and evading quarantine mainstream pastors now

suspending services to their congregations blame the group viewed by many as a cult and its lack of civic duty for spreading the virus. situation developed so all broccoli because she withheld information and even though their members were sick they kept completely hidden they speak a christian language but the korean church to find them as heretics are far from christian orthodoxy worship and lifestyle. church and super spreader patient number $31.00 have been identified as the source of more than half of the country's known coded $900.00 cases a special force including health officials are racing to locate church members for testing as concern grows the virus may spread nationwide. that report from correspondent frank smith and he joins us from seoul for more on this story hi frank south korea does have the highest number of infections outside of china are thought as they're worried that they cannot contain this outbreak certainly they

are they've floated ideas about how they might isolate dig to itself but again generated more worry about that potential move measure there are now 284 new cases here in south korea with a total of $1261.00 that's up from just $51.00 last week and now we have 12 deaths reported here in the country the outbreak is centered around daegu in that sort of church like cult but i mention. tell us more about that cult franken who is this group are they cooperating with authorities. ok well it's in judge's official name is the church of jesus temple of the tabernacle of the testimony $88.00. year old leader and he claims to be the 2nd coming of of jesus. you don't new recruits to the group often give up their entire lives

and neglecting their family and neglecting their work in order to join initially there was a lot of criticisms because the group apparently posted on their website instructing members not to cooperate with authorities and continue cross with ties and actually on the presidential website here in south korea there's a petition to disband. in the country entirely and frank as we said this comes as this outbreak continues to expand i mean what impact has this had on life in south korea. well i mentioned in that report schools and churches but it goes far 'd beyond that all kinds of public institutions of across the country have been shuttered including sports venues feeders museums it's really the impact is across all social life here in south korea additionally

rallies in the capital have been banned although there is apparently another rally scheduled to happen this sunday and they intend to go ahead and again have a large demonstration although there's also another petition on the presidential website calling for a banning of chinese from entering the country because of course the center of this contagion is china and south korean government has been hesitant really to prevent visitation from from all over china and just prevented visitors and travelers from that one hugh bay province all right correspondent frank smyth reporting from seoul thank you very much. italy has now confirmed that 11 people there have died from the corona virus 323

people have been infected a one day increase of almost a half it comes as other european countries are recording their 1st cases experts believe travelers are carrying the virus from italy which is the epicenter of the outbreak in europe they include one of 2 new cases in germany italy's health minister has been hosting emergency talks with ministers from neighboring countries and germany to discuss a joint response here's what he had to say. we shared some important points to strengthen our cooperation and stick together. among these the most important point is to keep the borders open. and closing borders would be inappropriate disproportionate and wrong. all countries bordering italy have committed to share and standardize information and to share epidemiological and medical information. well as the number of

cases of the coronavirus increase around the world so do efforts to develop a vaccine against it but it is a time consuming process a number of laps around the world are working on developing one including the university of hong kong back in 2003 it was the 1st to isolate the sars virus. visited the researchers there to see firsthand how they're trying to help the. so what we're looking at cells which have been grown in culture and on the surface so there are all these thousands and thousands of small was possible just weeks ago that this virus was on doing to science now understanding these images is key to saving lives professor john nicholls and his team at hong kong university studying how the new coronavirus replicates in human cells their work is already shedding light on its mortality rate why it's proving less deadly than related virus sounds in size it really started replicating in the lungs and less in the process of what

the upper airways this far seems to be more likely at this stage of recreating the airways than in the lungs and which is going to sit back and explain why it's not as dangerous as cells understanding how the virus replicates could ultimately shape the way it's diagnosed and even how it's treated. this isn't the 1st time scientists have been on the forefront of the battle against a deadly virus as specialists in emerging viral infections they found themselves at the center of the 2003 sons epidemic here at this university that road just strides were made in the fight for far as that experience an extra food for its role being harnessed to combat the fire of today the university was the 1st to isolate the virus which cools some of those present monic paris is among those criticized with controlling the outbreak he says while the mortality rate for public 19 may be

lower it's spreading move rapidly and could even be transmitted before patients develop symptoms there's no question that this is more than saws more difficult to control because unless you really get people video and have them isolated britain but you know mission is challenging that it saws that was possible. the university is working on a vaccine bot it's still months away back in 2003 candidate vaccines for saws were also developed boss funding was cut once the virus was brought under control and a vaccine never produced. professor mannix says if we could been able to progress further that be better prepared today even if we are able to dodge the bullet this time and i'm not sure that definitively would be another time but i don't think reach and keep dodging these bullets forever one of these days we're really going to have a major epidemic that really disrupts you know global economies grow lifestyles

and things we take for granted so i think it's time but the global community particularly the economic community. took this very seriously there is a race against time as covered 19 continues its spread around the world a professor manic warning the prospect of a global pandemic is now touching day germany's highest court has lifted the ban on assisted suicide ruling it unconstitutional the landmark decision by the constitutional court clarifies the situation after a law passed in 2015 effectively banned doctors from helping patients and their lives critics argue that legislation robbed the terminally ill of the right to determine their own death today's verdict will allow doctors to advise patients and provide them with lethal drugs although doctors will not be allowed to administer

those drugs themselves. and here's what the judge said in delivering his ruling. an individual decides to end their old life based on their passionate experience of their life quality and the sense of meaning of their own existence and yet this decision cannot be judged on the basis of general values religious rule social models on the way we deal with life and death and considerations of waters objective review does reasonable need to further justification and reasoning rather it's an act of autonomous self-determination and must be respected as such by the state and society so just because you are at our chief political editor michelle is following the story for us hi michelle can you explain to us what exactly that statement from the constitutional court means. well it really means that the interpretation of the inviolability of human dignity which here in the constitution is the 1st paragraph on the right to self-determination the 2nd one amount of

essentially to a right to suicide and this overturns the very basis of this more restrictive law that see doctors say at the very least in a gray zone when they even gave advice over potential suicide and left many patients with no other option than to leave the country many went to switzerland now those rights of patients have been strengthened in fact we saw the constitutional rights here read into the right to self-determination also the right to commit suicide no matter what situation you are personally in the dutch saying that we may regret we may try everything but in the end one has to accept the decision of an individual to kill themselves to commit suicide no matter what the circumstances are what is the impact of this michel and what does this mean for people who want to help want help by ending their lives here in germany. well it

means that it will get easier for them to get access to doctors that doctors and there aren't that terribly many doctors who are willing to go that step to actually assist in suicide even when patients are in a very dire situation but at least they will be decriminalised they won't have to fear of punishment up to 3 years in prison any more in the future at the same time this will most likely go back to lawmakers who very well can impose restrictions and one thing was clearly also ruled out today that from this liberty to take your own life that any right to be receive any assistant can be deducted so patients don't have the right to receive the medical treatment that they seek if the intention is suicide well there are certainly strong voices opposing assisted suicide as well however they reacted. well of course this is a bad day for those who saw

a duty to protect people from their own decision but this is a very essential basic decision that leaves no doubt that in the end as long as people are in a clear mind and can take this decision they will be able to in the future are at our chief political editor michel because and i thank you. now to some other stories making news around the world at the democratic presidential debate in charleston south carolina candidates took aim at the front runner bernie sanders while sanders has been able to extend his lead over the past few weeks former vice president joe biden says he was confident that he would win the state's upcoming primary. egypt has started 3 days of mourning for former president hosni mubarak who has died at the age of 91 he ruled for 30 years and was a key ally of the west which saw him as a guarantor of regional stability but to others he was a tyrant the bar was ousted in the arab spring protests of 2011. in

germany a court has ordered a 29 year old man suspected of ramming his car into a carnival parade to remain in detention while the case is investigated 61 people were injured in the western town of folk mass and some of them seriously the drivers being held on suspicion of attempted murder but the motive remains unclear . indian prime minister narendra modi is appealing for calm after 3 days of sectarian riots fetter rocked the capital delhi authorities have deployed riot police and paramilitary forces to areas where violence erupted during demonstrations for and against in your citizenship law at least 20 people have lost their lives critics say the legislation introduced by moody's hindu nationals government is biased against muslims and undermines the country's secular constitution. for more on the story we can bring indeed abuse money to child and she joins us from delhi i'm monita what is the situation there and delhi today.

well for me after 3 years of violence the situation seems better today there have been no major news reports since the morning of any for the while it's breaking out all of the area the northeast area of delhi where which was right affected is still tense there is still heavy police presence in the area they're going door to door to assure people of their presence to tell them that they are there to prevent any further weiland from breaking out so far as you mentioned there are confirmed reports of over 20 people have been killed and at least 300 people having been injured in this we've seen extreme scenes of violence on the streets of delhi how is the government dealing with. well the go men have started to take notice the home minister has had multiple meetings with his team regarding the situation in delhi and how to control it the prime minister knowing them or the to d. in

a statement of political bs he appealed to the people of delhi to assure that the media don't do a sense of normalcy at the moment the government says that there is no one need to call the army and that that is enough when he's been in the area to control the situation so much the is appealing for peace and calm you're saying but the protests have been going on for weeks now so where is this happening. where the projects have been going on for a long time but it is also important to remember that what unfolded over the past 3 days even started on the issue off the controversial citizenship amendment law but it took the widens that happened in the religious overtone and at the moment the focus is entirely on bringing the dead back to a sense of normalcy as part of the protest against the actor concerned in certain other areas of delhi the protests are ongoing after what happened in the northeast after the wyland violence the protesters say that they will continue their protests

that they're setting for peaceful protests and they will not indulge in any kind of violence and that they will not back down. by the government. reporting for us from delhi thank you. now hillary clinton is here in berlin for the belly now the film festival where a 4 part documentary about the former 1st lady secretary of state and presidential candidate is celebrating its premier take a look. few people polarized public opinion more in the usa than hillary clinton but not the berlin she's got plenty of supporters many here believe she should be in the y. size 2016 was a tough election campaign with donald trump's vilification all for under russian interference clinton fears moscow is still meddling we are at a stage right now where we better get clear and democracies like yours and mine

that it's the people of our country choosing our leaders not foreign intervention or dissin from ation on social media the 4 part documentary hillary gives the former presidential candidate 252 minutes to set the record straight the film details how she was demonized initially by republican politicians back when she was the us 1st lady to trace the 2016 election campaign as a continuation of this conflict but it also takes a look back to when the clintons were studying law at yale. one day i was up in the library and he was watching me and i could tell he was watching me and she closer walk all the way. who were i was and i said if you want to keep looking at me and i'm going to keep looking back we are to know each other's names i'm hillary rodham who are you. the goal was also to shed some light on those behind

the scenes says the director in an asperger's steen she asked why hillary is always reset with either admiration or abuse but never anything in between clinton says she was often simply the 1st in 2016 she was the 1st woman from a major party to run for president i hope that more women would run so that it would be more normalized and there wouldn't be you know the kind of talking dog syndrome oh my gosh look at that she's a woman she could talk she can run for office. i'm watts next more films by with or by if hillary clinton the former 1st lady refuses to comment she says there's something more important to get done 1st namely pushing the current u.s. president into retirement. write more news from around the world now greek riot police have fired tear gas to disperse angry locals on the islands of les pauls and shields the residents were seeking to block access to construction sites for new

migrant detention centers which are meant to replace temporary camps many many residents are wary of new centers will leave the island permanently overcrowded. syrian government are strikes on the rebel controlled region killed at least 16 people and struck a school building on tuesday according to opposition activists government forces backed by russia are advancing steadily as they try to take the last rebel held stronghold almost a 1000000 people have been displaced by the latest fighting. and italian police have arrested 5065 people with alleged links to the known drug get time off. the latest of hundreds of arrests in a 3 year operation against what is considered italy's most powerful crime syndicate . sports now and champions league football germany's byron munich have beaten shell see 3 nel away in their last 16 1st leg weeks for the 1st goal early in the 2nd half he struck again with a fine finish soon after that robert 11 dusky then put the boot to see the club in

complete control by famously lost to shots in the 2012 final in munich the 5 time winners are now set to complete their were venge in the home leg on march 18th. the rio carnival usually features a flamboyant floats feathers and fun but this year it's taken on an unusually political tone many floats are taking aim at the right wing populist government of jarboe sonora who has divided the country by targeting causes close to the heart of the rio carnival. the highlight of this year's controversy will convoluted rio jesus on the cross in the form of a young black man from a surveillance a poor neighborhood riddled with bullet holes the monkey into somebody's school wants the world to know today jesus would be one of them. it is just that he would be born in the mountain gear of 5 am he would be plaque and he would definitely be killed by religious police force their message was directed at the brazilian

government jesus is a gay man and indigenous person or as a woman minorities would feel threatened by joe yet bows and arrows government it is unpleasant i represent the women of the world who are attacked and murdered. even before the festival got underway conservative christian groups had already protested against the parade. this is kind of it was the most political and years taking pain with corruption racism environmental destruction and the murder of indigenous people were born. here we can say what we want and this is our way of protesting. as always it's a protest contained in the competition which consists of color contours and plenty of fantasy. this is due to news and these are our top stories the world health organization says the world is not prepared for a possible coronavirus pandemic the warning comes as more countries report new

cases of the virus in europe the outbreak is spreading from italy where 11 people have now died. germany's highest court has lifted a ban on assisted suicide willing it unconstitutional the verdict means that doctors will be allowed to counsel terminally ill patients on ending their lives and provide them with lethal drugs although medical professionals will not be permitted to administer the drugs themselves. i indian prime minister narendra modi has appealed for calm after 3 days of sectarian riots that have rocked the capital delhi at least 20 people have lost their lives during demonstrations for and against a new citizenship law. with syrian opposition sources say government airstrikes on the rebel controlled bridge and killed at least 16 people on to say government forces are advancing steadily as they seek to retake the rebels' last stronghold almost

a 1000000 people have been displaced by the latest fighting. this is due to news from berlin for more follow us on twitter or visit our website. coming up next as the corona virus continues to spread what does that mean for business around the world christopher coke or has more on the t.v. business coming up in a few minutes. are

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