this is the end of the news live from to unlearn they had of the world health organization says the world is at a decisive point in the fight against corona virus. this is not. a time for taking action now to present infections and save lives now because the number of new infections saul's governments are taking increasingly drastic action to prevent a pandemic. that's the pathogen crosses borders experts warn of another problem spreading almost as fast this information w.h.o. puts tack on social media companies to help counter

a flood of fake news about the disease. on the program indian security forces trying to keep the peace in delhi after days of sectarian violence leave more than 30 people dead. i'm the 70th birthday an international film festival will shortly award the 1st official years to pass the w.'s helena humphrey and scott a down at the red caucus. will announce today the queen of british cinema helen mirren she takes up an honorary golden back on life's clock that's coming up. time for gail welcome to the program. governments around the world are ramping up efforts to contain corona virus as it spreads across the globe as the world health organization warns them to prepare for

a pandemic flu infections outside china now outnumber those inside here's a map showing the severity of the epidemic around the world and the deeper the blue the higher the number of reported cases china still very much at the epicenter of the outbreak well out in front with more than 78000 recorded infections elsewhere the situation is most serious in south korea iran and italy also have some 50 countries or territories now have confirmed cases bringing the overall number of cases to more than 82000 and the w.h.o. has issued a new warning to governments everywhere to get ready for a pandemic our message continues to be that this virus has pandemic potential and the bleachers providing the tools to help every country to prepare accordingly this is not a time for fear this is

a time for taking action now to prevent infections and save lives no i was it a great show director general of speaking in geneva so let's take a look now at how people in countries around the world have been reacting to this spreading coronavirus. street is that it has infection set in italy several new cases across europe more deaths reported in south korea and many global event from sporting matches to conferences canceled. around the world preparations are ramping up as fears of the virus turning into a pandemic groet. australia has kicked off emergency measures wall that. is yet to declare. the night of the virus and its move towards a pandemic frys. we believe that the risk of a pandemic is very much

a policy and as a result as a government we need to take the steps necessary to prepare for such pandemic. as the number of cases in the middle east arise travel to holy sites in saudi arabia has been halted months in advance of the annual hajj pilgrimage. even north korea yet to report a single case is taking preventative measures closing its borders and postponing the new school term the virus is at the center luanne in china remains the west hit most of the reported deaths and cases are in the city and the surrounding who bay province but as china's infection rate slow the virus is now spreading faster elsewhere more and more countries are reporting cases and upping the efforts to contain outbreaks. well here in germany the government has been outlining its

measures to can tell you the our break this week has seen a sudden increase in the number of cases 10 since tuesday and a warning from industry about a severe impact on the economy a couple is being treated at a hospital in dusseldorf and schools and kindergartens in there have been closed but officials tried to trace the chain of infection and the government has just announced that interior and health officials will lead a joint emergency task force to deal with what they say will become an epidemic this site you name it shows that we are taking this outbreak of the corona virus seriously and we are reacting to a new situation that germany europe and the whole world are confronting this is the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic in germany i said this yesterday very deliberately in order to prepare ourselves for this new scenario and new developments you know you don't often know you and security for it so we'll take a closer look at germany's preparations with the w.

political correspondent emmanuelle that shahrizat welcome in the manual so talk us through what's what germany's doing to prepare well old people diagnosed with corona virus are being treated by the authorities they are confined in hospital as is the case if for people in the us or. others are simply being kept at home in time in. western germany several 100 people were quarantined as a couple diagnosed there interacted with a lot of people they've been in crowds i've counted both festivities a dead woman is a kindergarten teacher so she's been in touch with a lot of children the government of the moment us all has officials in each of these local states to make more tests as mr jermyn has mr yan spot actually say it would be better to do more tests rather than to veto too many tests rather than to the toes of those at a containment measures current. being undertaken by the government is not likely to

be either well. acknowledged it himself he said the infection chains can to some extent no longer be tracked so now the government ruled out a border border closures are looked down such as is the case in italy but the country has no specific pandemic plan for corona virus if you look at the robert carr institute's website to plan for the general pandemic plan here of a the bill was last updated 3 years ago and a lot of you that are head of the robert carr institute say that's a vaccine would probably not be available before the end of this year so how worried are people here there's definitely more concerned more concern now in germany especially since this infection saying no longer be traceable as so the fact that infected people have been in touch with so many people is concerning and also there's where we are on the symptoms because quite similar out to that of

a screw there's a fever or a cough aching muscles so does authorities say there was no reason to panic they also say that wearing a face mask for example wasn't really relevant at this stage and that's basically simply respecting a basic hygiene measures just such as washing your hands regularly should suffice to prevent thank that emmanuelle the shas thank you. all the big show is also calling on social media companies to help stop the spread of untruths about the corona virus outbreak a deluge this information is making it difficult for people to keep themselves properly informed. as the corona virus spreads around the world there's another outbreak going viral misinformation online from scammers angling for a quick buck to shadowy actors so when chaos manipulators lie in wait. here a website with wild exaggerations of the number of dead and infected false hype

from a notorious american white supremacist and another conspiracy theory in the rightwing washington times linking the coronavirus to china's bio warfare program a rumor rejected by public health scientists. online peddlers are looking to profit from public panic selling products with unproven claims this influenza that is now circling to go you're saying that silver solution would be effective well let's say it hasn't been tested on this strain of the corona virus but it's been tested on other strains of the corona virus and has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours another site advises people to ward off the corona virus by drinking chlorine dioxide a form of industrial bleach the u.s. food and drug administration says is dangerous public health experts warn such

false claims can cause the virus to spread further and faster distracting people from proven prevention techniques. the world health organization is fighting back putting pressure on social media giants to place reliable sources about the coronavirus higher in search results. and the w.h.o. has launched its own public information task force. there are several measures you can about to protect yourself and others from getting the new coronavirus the appropriate use of math their top counter measure to descend permission is simply putting the truth out there early with soap and water or alcohol. let's get. the report alex of forest wide single alex so why would people spread disinformation about something as serious as this well i

mean there's the obvious one we saw in that report to make a quick buck buck if you can make a quick sale but i think what's more concerning is how this decision from ation is being used as a political weapon to destabilize governments to destabilize authorities particularly health authorities and spread fear and panic across the world not just this week we heard from u.s. officials saying that there's been an increase in russian trolls thousands of russian trolls trying to spread conspiracy theories such as it was the u.s. who were behind this coronavirus because they want there to be to inflict economic pain on china or that it was the cia who manufactured it as a biological weapon we've even seen reports that it was the microsoft founder bill gates who is now the billionaire philanthropist who for some reason invented a manufactured this and of course as you saw in that report also some far right extremists who want to prove that this shows why immigration must be stopped people

shouldn't be allowed into certain countries so it's a whole range of different reasons and what a social media company is doing about this well i think they're very concerned about this becoming now what what we saw there was an info demick so they have been teaming up with governments and with health organizations to try to stop this and last week the w.h.o. the world health organization held a meeting with many of these companies at facebook's h.q. in silicon valley where they tried to work out what they could do and facebook today for example when i went on and putting coronavirus into my facebook page right at the top you can see there was a are you looking for more information and a link to in this case the german health minister. because where in ballin but it would be wherever you are in the world the same on twitter and even on google in their search engine the 1st thing that's coming up is the w h

o website so i think they really trying to prove that they are doing what they can they've employed more fact checkers but the problem is once that information is out there it's very difficult to pull it back and it's very difficult for it to be removed unless all the users flag it up to those companies and say you've got to get it off and then it's up to them to do so i would force watson thank you. and of course you can find reliable information about the spread of the corona virus on our web site at state w dot com now we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world syrian rebels say they have recaptured a strategic town in northwestern italy province the announcement comes as the syrian army pushes for control of the last large rebel held region a syrian human rights group says government troops seized full control of southern joining hama province in the last 3 days. tunisia's new government has one of those

of confidence in parliament the backing for the prime minister's cabinet and is more than 4 months of political wrangling since the election the coalition includes parties from across the political spectrum but they continue to disagree on major policy issues. that are india where some of the worst sectarian violence for years has left more than 30 people dead in the capital of delhi the unrest was sparked by a controversial law that fast track citizenship for certain religious groups from neighboring countries but excludes muslims violence between hindus who back the law and muslims who oppose it 1st broke out on sunday since then clashes have left outs of the city in ruins and people in fear of their lives. it's days after the clashes began and these communities are still burying their dead in this month's friends say he was hit by a stray bullet as he went to buy groceries others have managed to escape with their

lives but only just mohammed who was attacked by a violent mob as he made his way home from the local mosque. no. 20 to 25 people started beating me up the rest rest standing by as if they were watching a show there were thousands behind them they kept hitting me nobody came forward to save me. mobs armed with swords guns and acid have destroyed districts in the north east of new daily people living here have been critical of the police's response be out afraid we had left our houses on midnight does realize they are not near. the clashes prone to demands for a curfew in some areas authorities have banned people from assembling it is the worst sectarian violence to hit india's capital in decades. are going to

brothers houses were talked about people throwing stones in the muslim brothers homes were also attacked because much older we haven't heard of such violence crime hindus and muslims but now we're hearing this. there's an uneasy calm across the city after more than 3 days of attacks and arson with sparring communities the cost of this violent unrest. correspond to me should just well down he has said to us this update the situation continues to be tense that aren't the shocking which was a running dry it's that he was seeing coming out of the location on monday and tuesday so it has been calm or yesterday the police took out a massive flag marches through the ear off to reassure people that there is police presence but once again in the evening we heard reports of targeted violence against muslims the death toll has risen over the last day and reports say that it

could be much higher going forward there is a lot of feel in muslims not only living in the neighborhood but in other parts of delhi as well as that are rumors flying around of mob trying to attack with them neighborhoods but it is also heartening to see that there are other neighborhoods where hindus and muslims are taking out peace marches together to say that they will stand against such violence and that also see if spaces and and and and shelter being offered to muslims who are trying to flee from their neighborhoods which is also happening so this situation will have to continue being monitored closely that i had some not quite over yet. and we should just roll in delhi this is day w. new life from berlin still to come british actress helen mirren told showbiz breaks it and what it means to be all of with a lifetime achievement award at the berlin international film festival. first go to africa where devastating swarms of locusts of brits the democratic republic of congo the country's 1st a sighting of these variations in sex since the 1940 s.

somalia uganda and kenya of war been battling the locust since mid january. praying insecticides in a race against time after millions of locusts revathi strops and grazing land here in northern kenya the insects left behind what could be an even bigger disaster millions of locusts eggs that are hedging into baby locusts known as hoppers these hoppers can fly yet when their wings grow new mega swarms i expect that killing the hoppers fastest crucial planting season here starts around april the un is worried that a new generation of locusts will emerge at the same time we want to control the they help us. almost a 100 times the adults that left. so that's a big how big this island is because if we were handling 20000000 on

from for example now you say 20000000 times 100. so how big of a problem will be. as agencies carry out large scale spraying kenya somalia and ethiopia report they're short of claims and insecticides the un has made an urgent plea for more help and is warning of a looming hunger crisis in east africa. now it's been said about her oscar winning performance in the 2007 film the queen proves that helen mirren is acting and she's no one film wonder of course with half a century of powerful patrols on screen and on stage this year she's being presented with the birth in international film festivals on the golden bear award for lifetime achievement. helen mirren has made a career out of playing strong women often standing up to men. to such

a short term lead. but she's a lot more relaxed in real life so what's the secret behind her stellar career. i was very lucky and that was the truth for me but. my advice honestly is be on time and. to anyone at any time that what they are. one of the early roles was in the london gangster flick the long good friday but she was no ordinary gangsters mall. this was the early ninety's when strong female roles was still a rarity for many fans a career high was her majestic performance in the queen she won an oscar for her

portrayal of elizabeth the 2nd dealing with public anger at the royal family's response to the death of princess diana. despite the quintessential englishness of many of her roles. as a european it's hot i love to europe and i it was the best thing to me absolutely the best thing that we were now a part of europe as opposed to we had sort of appendage to america and never felt comfortable with myself. and i will continue. to practice it. thing it's a cultural thing it's interesting. and that's why she's especially happy to be receiving the golden bear but this year it's a great. coming especially coming from berlin you know this is a very substantial. town mazing history of german film obviously but

also. the. audience is notorious so famous let's say for its critical eye but no criticism right now just a celebration of a stellar career that has spanned more than half a century. well let's get the latest from. the red carpet for us. helen helen mirren gets a. lifetime achievement why. why you really ask that question how we talk with helen mirren dame helen mirren i mean the absolute complete package of . i mean this is a woman who could play queen elizabeth the 2nd and then. playing in state them's gangster mom in fast and furious movies i mean it's inconceivable that anyone could not see her as one of the greatest actresses of this or any generation i've

completely over the moon we just saw behind her she was at the press conference and we were both swooning over the fact that helmand is so close to us she has incredible charisma i mean she came out for her photograph at that press conference she has such poise she also has i mean sounds as well as you say she's incredible but she has gone objective lee incredible feat being oh yeah i mean she started out as the youngest member of the royal shakespeare company she holds this clutch of awards known as the trinity in acting so we're talking about and any for her work in t.v. as well as a tony for her work on broadway an oscar who had formants in the queen right and now she's going to get a golden bear to add to that actually have a suggestion i know that you guys are having some problems with your monarchy in britain at the moment maybe just put helen mirren on the throne yeah that would make a monarchist out of me and i think it's all the problems with the over boris johnson . let's talk about the competition that you think you can make if you see the latest competition film which was met with silence during the screening. fit it was

a very unusual film this is a film called ritzy all days it's a tie winnie's film and it's about 2 men who have an encounter one evening and then drift off back into their everyday lives quite mundane at times a lot of long shots over 2 hours long i should say and not a word spoken between the lead act is i think it's fair to say i'm going to know ethan but this is like a peek at house of the ballet not a definite but not in a bad way not a bad way the director of this film something you say is famous for this type of film quite a term for him called slow cinema he said himself that he once cinema to be like a temple and not like a supermarket i mean if you compare his movies to say hollywood movies hollywood movies for they were more like more like mcdonald's more like fast food fast and easy you know what you going to get of it maybe not that nutritious whereas here is you have take a lot. more time we have to really savor it but i think if you take the time the experience could be really overwhelming now i should say some people actually watching this movie early this morning they fell asleep while they walked out of

movie theater however if you stayed awake you were rewarded by some incredible cinematography definitely worth a look ok that's that's that's quite a recommendation if you stay away you'll really enjoy it now you've seen most of the talk about. what's going to win the golden bear. you off it's interesting this year phil because i think for the 1st time i think 20 years in america a director could win and american female director allows a hitman for never really sometimes always which is a small quiet drama about a young teenage girl trying to get an abortion without her parents inside and crossing state lines with her cousins to get abortion that makes it sound like it's a political polemic it definitely isn't it's a very quiet film very delicate about what it's like to be young and poor and a woman in america today and i was blown away by this movie and i think it's got a lot going for it not just because it's a great film but also because it's a female director has a strong political undercurrent and both of those factors should play in its favor

come awards on saturday night incredibly moving piece of work i'd say in direct contrast to that might it fail would be f.s.e. to delete history of french comedy you know less about the perils of social media about you living in the suburbs in france and 3 people who should know that i'm getting into all sorts of trouble keep the social media i sort of wonder if the jury might just stay who wants to get the gold and that some comedy will say maybe but berlin doesn't isn't known for its sense of humor when it comes to these so i'm not sure that's going to happen but it was definitely an amazing film so we'll see in a couple that's. going to thanks very much scott rock's helena humphrey the international film festival. this is t w news coming up next the news asia will meet japan's 1st 2 disabled lawmakers in parliament to set a lection how to change japanese attitudes towards. with disabilities. i'm driving a water swamp the world's largest river island people julie come from defects of climate change on other threats. finished biological hypo stories i'm told in just

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