this is the w.'s lie from global coronavirus cases saw fueling fears of a pandemic for the 1st time officials reported more new infections outside china than in the us the virus spreads across the world we'll bring you the latest on global efforts to contain the outbreak also on the program. germany's heist quarterback's legalising a 16 suicide the federal constitutional court overturns a 2015 law that prevented doctors from helping terminally ill patients from ending

their lives. i'm going to be 70th birthday in the international film festival today at the doctors i'm going to see from scott ross from the red compass. today we've got a modern day adaptation of the german literary classic berlin alexanderplatz some hollywood star power we have some of them out here on the red carpet the year of their film the road not taken that's coming up. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. we begin with the latest on the corona virus outbreak the new form of the virus covered 90 which emerged in december in the chinese city of who had is now spreading across the globe it's claimed almost 3000 lives so far and for the 1st time officials are reporting more new infections

outside china and china still has the highest number of reported cases by far more than 77000 south korea italy japan and iran are the next worst affected and a 4th further 40 countries or territories have between $1.10 cases bringing the total to more than $81000.00 now in some of the latest developments south korea has reported its biggest one day jump in infections brazil's confirmed latin america's 1st case and any europe italy has become the front line in the struggle to contain the outbreak which has now claimed 12 lives and paris has just reported the 1st coronavirus death of a french citizen so here's a closer look at how countries around the world fighting to keep this outbreak from becoming a pandemic recovered coronavirus patients in who 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 interested or from germany closed after a local man contracted the disease the world is battling to stop the spread of this virus. to get off to peace 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. as we have warned that has the potential to change quickly meanwhile 11 towns in northern italy where the virus has been diagnosed remained on lockdown military police are staffing roadblocks allowing only authorized personnel access nearly

50000 people have been placed under effective quarantine he's elise outbreak is the most serious in europe now so the situation here in germany which is recorded 5 new coronavirus cases. science desk in bonn is here to tell us more a welcome. so what do we know about these new german cases. ok what we do know is that the 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 vault and back as 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 the 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 who was in the 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 suspicious cases or cases of suspicious infection which haven't been confirmed yet of people whom she's 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 as a family contract itself virus in the 1st place so that's not that is that the initial infection chain has not been completely. clarified at 5 inch rats at daly's a science test thank you. and we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the covered 19 breakers prompted sporting or thought it is in ireland to postpone the country's forthcoming 6 nations rugby match against italy the game which will take place in dublin on the 7th of march attended by lots of fans from regions affected by italy's covered 19 outbreak. protesters on 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 government offices sided with the

protesters and called the 24 hour strike. police investigating monday's carnival car bombing in the german town of fog mohsen are no closer to uncovering a motive but 29 year old suspect remains in custody and faces attempted murder charges more than 60 people were injured in the attack about a 3rd of them children. of germany size courses overturn 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 ruling is fueling an emotional debate about euthanasia and end of life decisions it's a highly sensitive subject here in germany where the nazis used 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 means assisted suicide may soon legally take place in germany.

for a common rights of the individual allow the right to a self-determined death. that rights includes the freedom to take one's own life therefore also to seek help from a 3rd party as long as it's offered and that what. one of the people who brought the case to court was how much. he has a terminal illness and wants the right to end his life when it's no longer worth living. i don't want to reach that stage the difficulty breathing. perhaps i won't be able to communicate. my quality of life will have reached its limits. and i won't want to go on. but not everyone welcomed the court's ruling at a catholic charity hospice in berlin many see things differently small

businesses are simply concerned that there will now suddenly just be a really lousy way that's quicker and also cheaper that's not something i want in our society many forms i want to be certain that everything possible is done so that people can live with dignity until the last moment so. there are various opinions on the high court's ruling also out on the street yeah i know that is a good point if everything is done according to the rules and all the paperwork is there and the family agrees and i think it's a good thing when you just. think that people should always give life a chance among all the time is a terrible misery something good can happen i find it hard to then get a doctor involved it's students and as 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. the court's decision now puts pressure on the government lawmakers will soon have to establish

regulations for medication and procedures. but the rio carnival usually features flamboyant floats feathers and fun but this year it's taken on an unusually political turn and many floats have taken aim at the right wing populist a government of giant bowls an hour who is dividing the country by targeting causes close to carnivals heart. 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 surveyor a poor neighborhood riddled with bullet holes among dealers 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 a no he would be black and he would definitely be killed by rios 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 your post on arrows government it is

interesting i represent the women of the world who are attacked on net it. even before the festival got underway conservative christian groups had already protested against the parade. this year's carnival was the most political and years taking aim at 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. 5 time grand slam champion maria hsia is retiring from tennis the age of 32 a teenage prodigy she won her 1st grand slam at wimbledon in 2004 at 17 and completed a career slam at all 4 major titles by the french open in 2012 the russian who

moved to florida as a child after a 15 month ban after failing a drug test in 26 states the system shoulder injuries when she played only 2 matches this year and lost. in champions league football germany's byron munich have beaten chelsea 3 nil away in their 1st in their last 16 1st leg. zagging outbreak scored the 1st gold in the 2nd half and struck again with a fine the finish soon after robert leavened asking you for in this league club in complete control buying 5 famously lost to chelsea in the twenty's 1250 munich to the 5 time when as an upset to complete their revenge in the homelike on the 18th of march. the 17th of berlin international film festival the screening the british film the roads not taken today by director sally potter and the film which is screening in competition explores

a daughter's love for her ailing father. what kind of endings do you prefer depends on the story what happened to me on my story since all. along mortgage on our comes one of the after. all the last. years to decide to continue his life in exile or. call the one last words to fall. well d.w.i. me and see if it's got rocks on the red carpet after seeing today's films in competition. some big hollywood stars out on the red carpet here tonight we have javier bardem and sound high in costarring in a film by the u.k. director sally potter it's called the roads not taken it tells a story of a writer who suffers from early onset dimension is being taken care of by his daughter he's very much not present in the contemporary world but we can see into his memories and also see alternative reality is that he's carved out for himself

yes sort of a sliding doors with the with with the magic if you will it's a very ambitious story from from sally potter who made this film on a complete shoestring budget although we have several settings big stars a couple of continents and it was shot over just 4 days which is kind of amazing ambitious also good word for our 2nd big film today berlin alexanderplatz this is a modern day reworking of the classic german novel 920 s. from alpha dublin do balloons novel broke ground by the way that it told the story very much stream of consciousness broke all the rules novel writing at the time i don't think that this film did the same thing it had definitely some ambitions but it told a grand story over 3 hours of almost biblical proportions yeah and visually stunning so definitely worth a look. and i'm in a safe about an international film festival this is the double that coming up

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