this is the news live from. corona virus cases so fueling fears of a pandemic for the 1st time officials reported 4 new infections outside china and as the virus pushes across the globe we'll take you to italy which has become europe's front line in the fight to contain the outbreak also on the program germany's highest court. legalizing assisted suicide the federal constitutional court overturns a 2015. doctors from helping terminally ill patients at. india's

prime minister feels for comments to demonstrate the sectarian violence for decades 20 people killed was hindus and muslims come to blows over a controversial citizenship in. the seventy's and the international film festival and news i'm in a scene from scott on the red coppers. today we've got a modern day adaptation of the german literary classics berlin alexanderplatz plus some hollywood star power we have some high again javier bardem out here on the red carpet for the premiere of their film the road not taken that's coming up. i'm from welcome to the program. well we begin with the latest on the corona virus outbreak of a new form that emerged in december in the chinese city of hands now spreading across the globe for the 1st time officials reporting more new infections outside

china than in but china still has the highest number of cases by far more than 77000 so let's take a look at the figures south korea italy japan and iran the next to worst affected countries and covered 19 has been detected in a further 38 countries or territories bringing the total number of cases to more than 80000 so here are some of the latest developments south korea has reported its biggest one day jump in infections brazil has confirmed the 1st recorded case of the disease in latin america and in europe italy has become the front line in the struggle to contain the outbreak 12 people have died of the virus there so far so let's take a closer look now at how countries around the world of fighting to keep this from becoming a pandemic recovered coronavirus patients in who have are finally free to return home after one last spray the coronavirus is increasing its presence far

beyond china's borders it ranges from cruise ships in japan to cafes in italy on test runs public transport system to kindergartens and colleges and just a door from germany closed after a local man contracted the disease the world is battling to stop the spread of this virus. because after he's in intensive care we don't know what's going on there's no vaccine yet so it's just a waiting game you can't do anything who else did he come into contact with that's the problem. that's what countries around europe are trying to find out in the us which has remained relatively sheltered health chiefs warn the public to be on alert. the immediate risk to the general american public remains low but as we have warned that has the potential to change quickly meanwhile 11 towns in northern italy where the virus has been diagnosed remained under lockdown military

police are staffing roadblocks allowing only authorized personnel access nearly 50000 people have been placed under effective quarantine italy's outbreak is the most serious in europe. straight to italy then where we joined. welcome samer tell us about the measures taken to contain this. well still we have you've already heard about those 11 towns that are on lockdown that continues patrolling those towns not just the police but now the military as well all to ensure that the people who could be in intact it they made in that area and now we're hearing reports about how volunteers are being it's coming forward in those areas to help deliver any food or supplies to the elderly 'd who would be not have the ability to go up get it so they're getting the help they need within those areas on top of that elsewhere in its lead up point since you brought the region of

luck weird what was located there setting up 3 tents outside the hospitals the scenes goes but tuscany as well and some other regions and it's all to make sure that they contain the spread of any possible people coming in with the virus that it doesn't enter the hospital that people are checked out for the action that practices on top of that their efforts need to disinfect public transportation the buses at the best troops and south region state even to get certain schools so all these to make sure that the contain the spread those who have visited those specific towns of it contact with people they should forward to themselves if the authorities have decided how all testing will only be carried out those that show this sit up until now italy has conducted more that $9000.00 tests at the authorities are very keen to stress 95 percent of them negative so they want to

stress let's not panic let's work together that's the hope anyways even though people. shima go to reporting from now to the situation here in germany which is recorded of 5 new coronavirus cases of carbon schmidt don't use a science desk in bonn if it comes more welcome fabiani so what do we know about these new german cases. ok what we do know is that case is in 2 regions of germany one is close to the dutch border in north rhine-westphalia the other one is in southern germany bodden built in bike one in southern germany seems to be rather well contained and it's pretty clear who these people had contact with and what basically it's those the hopes of containing it are fairly good it's more complicated in north rhine-westphalia where we're talking about a couple bowls in the forty's the man is in hospital was c.v.s.

symptoms and so the problem was it is that during the carnival season apparently he was still at carnival sessions and his wife. is. is working as a kindergarten nurse so the problem is there that is the danger is it could have spread into the kindergarten also the husband was in hospital treatment and in contact was roughly 40 or more people there now there's some unconfirmed reports that a doctor from that hospital may have been diagnosed. difference bush says because cases are cases of suspicious infection which haven't being confirmed yet of people whom these people have been in contact with so basically the point is this. the likeliness that's a virus is already out here somewhere is increasing and it may be much more

difficult to contain it anymore also is another problem is that nobody knows where the man contracted holds a family contract that says virus in the 1st place so that's not that the initial infection chain has not been completely. clarified 5 inch rats at daly's size test act. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world supporting authours in ireland say their 1st vote in the country's coming 6 nations rugby match against italy because of the coronavirus outbreak the game a shuttle to take place on the 7th of march in dublin many fans from affected to regions at its early awards have fans attending. protestors in the greek island of last boss of clashed with riot police for a 2nd day there objecting to plans to build a camp for up to 7000 migrants the regional governor's office is sided with the

protesters and called a 24 hour strike. police investigating monday's carnival car robbing in the german town of faults mohsen no closer to uncovering a motive the 29 year old suspect remains in custody facing charges of attempted murder more than 60 people were injured in the attack about a 3rd of the children. germany's highest court has overturned the ban on medically assisted suicide the decision comes after a group of patients and doctors argued that a 2015 ban on the practice was unconstitutional the rulings fielding an emotional debate about euthanasia and end of life decisions it's a highly sensitive subject here in germany where the nazis used a so-called euthanasia program to kill hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities. the decision by the german constitutional court took many by surprise the ruling by the country's top judges in cars who are means assisted suicide may

soon take place in germany. the. rights of the individual contain an expression of personal autonomy that allows the right to a self determined death i have that right includes the freedom to take one's own life therefore also to seek help from a 3rd party as long as it's offered one of those people who brought the case to court was how much feldman he was unable to be present at the court's ruling he's been gravely ill for some time and wants the right to end his life. i don't want to experience this anymore the difficulty breathing perhaps i will soon no longer be able to communicate and so on my quality of life has reached its limits and i don't want to go on. but not everyone welcomes the court's ruling at a catholic charity hospice in berlin many see things differently. so i'm

simply concerned that there will now suddenly be a really easy way that is quicker and also cheaper that's not something i want in our society and i want to be certain that everything possible is done so that people can live until the last moment. there are various opinions on the high court's ruling also out on the street yavin is that is a good point if everything is done according to the rule outs and all the paperwork is there and the family agrees and i think it's a good thing that he does what it's been i think that people should always give life a chance among all the times of terrible misery something good can happen i find it hard to then get a doctor involved it's not student teaching but if it's about someone who is terminally ill and has decided they don't want to live anymore then they should also have the possibility that someone can help them. does it go from. the court's decision now puts pressure on the government lawmakers will soon have to establish

regulations for medication and procedures the egyptians held a military funeral for 4 with president hosni mubarak who died on tuesday at the age of 91 his coffin was discoursing to a mosque and then to the burial ground for a private family ceremony wasn't baraka ruled egypt autocratically for 30 years before being ousted in the arab spring protests of 2011 was a key ally of the west who viewed him as a guarantor of regional stability and to many he was a tyrant the even in death he still divides opinion. more planning maybe but again at the end it's sad news you know and he must have a proud funeral. because he did such a lot for egypt. it's enough that he returned sinai to us have been if he leaves a good thing we also have some bad memories including the privatization of public

companies the illnesses that spread during his time and the rampant corruption unfortunately these are the memories as affected his tenure. now to india where the prime minister narendra modi is appealing for calm after 3 days of sectarian clashes that have rocked the capital delhi orthe origins have deployed riot police and paramilitary forces to areas where violence broke out during demonstrations for and against citizenship at least 20 people have lost their lives critics say the legislation introduced by the hindu nationalist government is biased against muslims and undermines the country's secular constitution. local residents said they didn't know who had instigated the violence and criticize the police response . with us i don't understand what's happening there are people provoking riots i think there are outsiders i don't know where they're from if we recognise them we would have stopped them from going to the border but the police should support

hindus and muslims equally it shouldn't be like yesterday when policemen were standing with the rioters even throwing stones that's provocative we are we supposed to do. this here it's been burned i've no idea you did it they've been burning shops everywhere they've been throwing stones for hours now days. the rio carnival usually features flamboyant floats feathers and fun but this year it's taken an unusually political turn many floats are taking aim at the right wing populist government of both sonora that's dividing the country by targeting causes close to the heart of rio connell. the highlight of this year's controversy will carnival in rio jesus on the cross in the form of a young black man from a veil or a poor neighborhood riddled with bullet holes the monkey or somebody school wants the world to know today jesus would be one of them. it is just he would be born in

the man kira 5 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. an indigenous person or as a woman minorities would feel threatened by the year bows and arrows government. i represent the women of the world who are attacked it. even before the festival got underway conservative christian groups had already protested against the parade. this year is kind of always the most political and years taking pain with corruption racism environmental destruction and the murder of indigenous people. 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. campaign to banks had a few products free has passed its 1st major hurdle on tuesday british lawmakers in

scotland put the devolved government on a path to become the 1st place in the world to make menstrual products available at no cost the builder seemed almost unanimous backing from the parliament and now moves to the 2nd stage when it could face amendments comes with an estimated price tag of $24000000.00 pounds that's about 28 and a half 1000000 euros. alex forrester was in a sort of following this story for alex so what is the case for making some of your products free well it's pretty simple it's to end so called periods of poverty to enable any woman any girl whatever whether they're rich whether they're poor to have access to suitable sanitary products now think about it for every girl or woman who is menstruating it's around 5 days a month that costs a round about for those sanitary products in the 10 euros a month times that i 12 over up to 40 years we're talking about

a huge amount of money now scotland is already the 1st country in the world to offer free son tripp products in universities in schools in colleges and this bill would make sure that that is put into law and enable any woman in scotland who couldn't afford it to get access to those products so there was a lot of you and of how big this issue this period of well it is massive because of course it effects people who can't afford those products and there are some surprising statistics here take for example the united kingdom around about one in 10 school girls have said that they have been able to afford sanitary products in india it's about 12 percent of women and girls and we're talking about tens of millions of of women look at kenya hauffe of school girls there so they don't even have access to sanitary products and therefore many of them escaping school and it

is an awful stories for example in india of some women choosing to have a uterus is removed so that they can work because if they have their period they are unable to work because they can't get these products but it's not just about the products themselves it's also about the stigma surrounding periods and there is a very distressing example in nepal where although it has been banned there are some cases in rural area. it is where women when they are menstruating assent to so-called period hearts they are ostracized they're on their own and some have even done by because they've tried to light fires to keep warm so they've suffocated all they have frozen to death there are some countries that tuck some of your products as a luxury which seems odd it seems absolutely crazy when you think about it and it's been dubbed the so-called tampon tax take for example germany up until january there was a 19 percent sales tax and all sun sanitary products that is now being cut to 7

percent but across the e.u. for any country they have to charge at least 5 percent that's due to be scrapped in a couple of years other countries have already scrapped it kenya for example canada but you can see why women now a cooling time on or they saying they've had enough it's affecting their health the education that work and in some cases even leading to death like forest whiting thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world candidates to carry out front runner bernie sanders at the democratic presidential debates and right state of south carolina on tuesday despite senator sanders extending his lead over recent weeks former vice president joe biden says he's still confident of winning the south carolina primary on saturday. the doomsday vault in the arctic has received 60000 new seats samples to guard in case of a global disaster the facility of norway's spitsbergen islands now holds more than

a 1000000000 varieties of food crop seeds new additions include offerings from india mali peruke as well as specimens grown by native american by the native american cherokee tribe. more residents in paso shropshire in the west of england have been forced to leave their homes because of flooding river levels of continue to rise following weeks of stormy weather. more rain could bring the risk of further significant flooding in coming days. in the seventy's but in the international film festival screened to world the premier today a remake of the 1920 s. novel burned in alexander plots but director book one could bomb each new adaptation sets the film squarely in the here and now served you know with. the you know i got a 2nd chance if you would cite. this one is. the

word conspiracy. so let's join the news i'm going to see if i'm scott to down the red carpet to welcome gents a classic 1920 s. novel green made a centuries later what parallels that i enjoy. yes interesting because i asked the director bronco bonnie exactly that question before the film premiered here and he said that he went when he went back and re read lin alexanderplatz which is sort of like the ulysses of german literature and he said he was struck by the parallels that he found between the novel and the modern day situation here berlin because as you might know the novel is really about an underclass in berlin that lived sort of a pair in a parallel universe to the sort of upper class privileges of a lot of the huge disparity between rich and poor and the director said he felt that really reflected what was happening in modern day but then his interesting i

think genius stroke in this film is for the main character the france viva cop character which is a small time criminal german criminal in the in the novel he decided to take a character we thought would represent the lowest rung of german society today and that's why he picked a african refugee to play to france be republic. dublin's novel is most famous for pushing the boundaries of what a novel can do how it can be written i don't think the film got that far but i still think it was a well told story let's let's take a. the competition director sally to present the roads not taken and lights a once thought about. well fill this was a star studded film we had javier bardem starring as leo now he plays a man who is basically not there he's suffering from early onset dimension is being taken care of by his daughter who's played by elle fanning also a well known star and someone high is also costarring with them so it can be

a big red carpet event tonight the film really goes into his memories and kind of presents the different futures he could have had as a writer as a man as a father as a husband you have if you can say something about sally paul yes i bought herself a sort of an icon of the cinema because she manages to make these star studded films on a real shoestring budget this film of those has a bunch of big stars we shot over just 4 days on 2 continents it's almost a miracle that even got made and came to the bell another also in the competition is the film a doubt the taj mahal film hotly explain this to us. this is sort of i guess you'd call it the sort of real life truman show this is part of a massive art project where they took some 400 actors in and put them in an installation in ukraine and made them live as if they were living in soviet russia in this sort of military institute in soviet russia over almost 3 years and they shot them 247 and they're making several projects out of this including several

films and this is just one of the very 1st to come out to premier in the story follows the title character natasha who works at a canteen at a research institute she becomes romantically involved in one with one of the researchers there which puts her under the scrutiny of the soviet authorities and now just a word of the war of warning this is an 18 and up audience it's a brutal film and it's especially more brutal because you know when you're watching it that the actors don't have a home to go to afterwards or stuck on the set right there's no one to say cut. see if the berlin international film festival thank you. sports 5 time grand slam champion maria sharapova is retiring from tallis at the age of 32 the teenage prodigy won her 1st grand slam at wimbledon in 2004 age 17 and completed a career slam that's all 4 major titles by winning the french open in 2012 russian who moved to florida as a child served a 15 month ban after failing the doping test in 2060 persistent shoulder injuries

aventure played only 2 matches in 2020 a lost world. the paralympic games begin in tokyo in 6 months while olympic and paralympic officials are concerned that the competition will be affected by the coronavirus tokyo schoolchildren in the games will go ahead exactly as planned they've been getting a 1st hand experience of the challenges that come with being a paralympic athlete. a fun activity but with a serious message these japanese schoolchildren are experiencing what it is like to be a blind paralympic athlete the event begins in tokyo on august the 25th just over 2 weeks after the olympics some children are wearing masks the coronavirus could spell major problems for the 2 tokyo games but officials say it is too early to consider drastic measures. for now the children are learning all about the

paralympics from a blind japanese long jumper. i'm going to stand at the top of the podium at the tokyo paralympics i won the gold medal in my hand. the last 22 schools will feature with badminton and taekwondo having been added. i'd like to go and cheer for paralympians but i know i'll be difficult to catch it but at least i want to cheer for them on t.v. . i don't like. 6 months to go and the excitement still outweighs any. reminder of our top story iran has reported 19 coronavirus deaths the highest covered that 19 death toll outside china and brazil has reported its 1st case the 1st in latin america. news coming up next on news asia more on the sectarian violence and golf in parts of delhi after protests over

a new sister ship little turn silenced. british voters we will have of that story on more in just a moment i'll be back up to talk. in the meantime of course as always so the website news dot com good. luck.

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