slavery routs starts march 9th on d. w. . this is the end of the news live from but live in the preparing for a pandemic her country is raised to respond to corona virus cases saw for the 1st time the number of new infections outside china is higher than the country and as it spreads around the world germany warns that it is on the brink of an epidemic also on the program germany's highest court impacts legalising assisted suicide the federal constitutional court overturns a 2015 lol that prevented doctors from helping terminally ill patients to end their

lives. i'm happy 70th international film festival. i'm going to see from scott on the red converse. today at the banal we've got a modern day adaptation of the german literary classic berlin alexanderplatz plus some hollywood star power we have some of my again for them i'll be on the red carpet for the premiere of their fill the roles not take that's coming up. i'm from welcome to the program. so we begin with the latest on the corona virus outbreak the new form of the virus a covered 19 which emerged in the chinese city of who had in december and 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 in but china does still have the highest number of reported cases by far more than 77000 south korea it's a major pan and iran next and a further 40 countries or territories have between $1.10 cases bringing the total to more than $81000.00 and some of the latest developments south korea has reported its biggest one day jump in infections brazil has confirmed latin america's 1st case and it's really has become europe's front line with rome reporting 12 deaths and paris has just reported the 1st corroded death of a french citizen so here's a closer look at how countries around the world are 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 that he said 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 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 easily outbreak is the most serious in europe well here in germany 62 cases have covered 19 have been confirmed in the states of. north rhine-westphalia health minister says the country is facing a public health emergency. if you're sitting on something we're at the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic in germany the cases in north rhine-westphalia and by inverting back are a further sign of this change of infection are partly and this is a new aspect not traceable votes there are multiple persons who have had contact with the infected patients act. does is even likely to and that's a qualitative difference to the 16 infectious cases we've already had in germany it's where in each case the chain of infection could be traced back to the eye break in china. front. i spoke about points with political

correspondent emmanuel eyelashes that welcomed him i knew well so that's the point about germany's new cases it isn't a bad business there's no known connection with china. exactly did 6 new cases uncovered today i have no connect connection with china and we have cases of a woman i was a travel companion or someone previously diagnosed with a current of virus into being then the other person in that city of tubing and her father there's also 32 year old man from the city of thought by that so so in about a vote tomorrow he was also traveling in need to the end has been diagnosed with corona virus there's also a 2525 year old man from the southwestern region of bought a victim back oh so infected he too was travelling to eat said he was coming back from work 2 more infections related to his case were reported in north to invest father in do so though if there's a german couple who has the 2 people have contracted the virus they are being

treated at the university hospital often desoto if we're talking about a 47 year old intrapreneur who is no seriously ill he requires a mechanical ventilation and we're talking about his wife a kindergarten teacher she's a 46 and her case while being less serious he's also worrying that those in touch they were both in touch with a lot of people for the last. 10 days it took pot to a local county jail so they gracious celebrations they were on the shore to go to the meadowlands so schools kindergarten in the area there from have been shut down as well as 2 medical practices they went to shut down until monday apparently. minor thank you meanwhile germany's high scores has overturned a 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 here about euthanasia and the end of life decisions it's highly sensitive in germany because 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 means assisted suicide may soon legally take place in germany. i don't mind because we need a common rights of the individual allow the right to a self-determined death. 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 and that. one of the people who brought the case to court was how. 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 you know if 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. really but not everyone welcomed the court's ruling at a catholic charity hospice in berlin many see things differently. it's not that i'm for so long as you 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 which has many forms and 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 yavin as 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 that he does. think that people should always give life

a chance among all the times a terrible misery something good can happen i find it hard to then get a doctor involved. 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. go from. the court's decision puts pressure on the government lawmakers will soon have to establish regulations for medication and procedures to get more on this from professor peter brock who is chair of the german ethics council a professor of theology at the university of north welcome to day w. professor do you think this change will benefit german society will this is a beneficial change. it is a change and i think this is what we have in mind this is a really fundamental change with regard to our. history of legal

culture since we have had a commitment for combining and balancing on the one hand human dignity which means self-determination especially when it comes to end of life decision making and on the other hand also have had. a culture of life protecting and this is to my mind endangered by this judgment of the constitutional court why. since if you read the gist of cation of the verdict you get an impression that the caudal to my mind where very one sided lee interpret it self-determination just with we cart to those who want to

commit suicide and do not freshen plea take into account also the misery of elderly persons who might come to that decision and think about why should we still live are we still. society like are still to be part in the society and this is i think the highly risk this ruling and in germany now we have to do everything that specially palliative care and hospital work will be forced it in order to set up a counter culture against this ruling of really just focusing on. the rhetoric during or after tea time is short but what your saying seems to go

against you certainly goes against what the judge is saying but it it sounds like you're saying that if i choose knowing that all those other options are there if i choose to ask someone to help me to go the misstate should force me to stay alive when when i think it's time for me to go. no i think with some luck not the only alternatives and you know the fact that you like many of this interprets only this shot or turn it just demonstrates that those who want to liberalize the ruling in germany have succeeded you know we have had a lot of alternatives but they didn't become public in a way as this liberal count became. prevalent and i think now it is necessary and here i agree with you to hold on human dignity and self-determination

but keep on also our sensitive attendant for life protection we'll leave it there professor thank you so much professor peter brock chair of the german ethics council. 70 verbally in international film festivals premiering the british film the road not taken today it is by director sally potter the fellow which is in competition explores the daughters of having fun what kind of indians do you prefer depends on the story that happened to me are my story it's all. the more you can overcome the one of the good of. the last. years to decide to continue his life in exile or. you know michael who was once goofball. 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 the story of a writer who suffers from early onset dimension is being taken care of by his daughter he's a very much not present in the contemporary world but we can see into his memories and also see alternative realities that he's carved out for himself yes sort of a sliding doors with with with the match 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 knowledge from the 1920 s. from alpha dublin now 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 and visually stunning so definitely worth a look. let's update on the business africa with ben facility don't forget you can get the news around the web site that's t w dot com of the to. the . climate change. the cities. people. want to use today to suture. d.w. dot com.