this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight the world health organization says we are at a decisive point in the fight against the coronavirus this is not a time for. seize the time for taking action now to prevent infections and save lives now as the number of new infections soars governments are taking increasingly drastic action to prevent a pandemic also on the show violent clashes erupt on several greek islands over

plans for new migrant facilities thousands of asylum seekers are facing squalid conditions in overcrowding camps also coming up security forces in india trying to keep the peace in delhi after days of sectarian violence more than 30 people dead and at the berlin international film festival the 1st awards will soon be announced in the home for you. are reporting tonight from the red carpet. the queen of british cinema helen mirren she picks up an honorary golden back. that's coming up later in the show. i'm off to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome governments around the world tonight

a row. being up efforts to contain the corona virus as the world health organization mourns them to prepare for a pandemic here in germany health officials have just reported 19 new cases of the virus germany and california are now reporting the 1st cases that have no obvious means of viral transmission this new mystery comes with new infections outside china now numbering those inside china this map shows the severity of the epidemic around the world the deeper the blue the higher the number of reported cases china the epicenter of this 1st outbreak is still well out in front with more than 78000 recorded infections elsewhere the situation is serious in south korea iran and italy all together 50 countries or territories now have confirmed cases bringing the overall total cases globally 282000 the w.h.o. has issued a new warning to governments everywhere to get ready for

a pandemic this is what the w h o's chief said earlier today our message continues to be that this virus has been demi. and is 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. and that was the director general of the w.h.o. speaking earlier today in geneva now here's a look at how people in countries around the world are dealing with and reacting to the outbreak. the south korean city of dagar has been hit hard by this fire as an containment measures are in full swing the streets of being fumigated and medical stuff the collecting samples from people in self-imposed quarantine south korea has

the largest number of coronavirus cases outside china and it's desperate to stop those numbers from rising mosques are in short supply with huge lines of places selling them. i only have 5 or 6 masks left at home but i think the current virus outbreak will last till the end of much there's never enough masks and i will certainly need mall. peter. across the korean stright japan too is getting serious about stopping the virus in its tracks all schools will be closed from next week that means almost 13000000 students will be staying at home. graduation ceremonies coming up soon so it's quite a hectic time of year but most important thing is preventing infections so there's not much else we can do that i cannot do. in the middle east an outbreak in iran is intensifying and sunny by saudi arabia is not taking any chances the kingdom has by pilgrims from entering the country and visiting the holy sites in mecca and medina

when. there's an increased presence of this disease in several countries including those near saudi arabia increases the risks so protecting pilgrims and the 2 holy mosques and god forbid the sacred sites from the arrival of this disease is very important. the decision will affect muslims worldwide millions traveled to mecca during the holy month of ramadan which begins in 4 wakes . and here in germany authorities are stepping up their contingency plans as more and more cases of the illness are confirmed germany and the u.s. state of california have now reported cases with a new mystery and doctors saying they do not yet know how some patients became infected with the buyers. north rhine-westphalia in february is usually bustling with activity people gather in the streets during carnival season

but right now people in this part of western germany are staying home worried it was here that a couple tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week before falling ill both had taken part in carnival events and there is some panic people are a bit worried. and germany's government is now waking up to the growing threat a joint emergency task force led by the interior and health ministry will be in charge of the government's response at a press conference the new team outlined its approach to tackling what could become a pandemic if in on some begin this is the beginning of a coronavirus at the democrat germany i said this us a baby very deliberately in order to prepare ourselves for this news to a new developments. the main message of the german government was clear it is to fight the virus without causing mass panic. for my next

investments that we must avoid taking rush actions that do nothing to protect people. but we also have to do some measures to help the transmission of the virus . of. the interior minister wasn't clear on what measures are being considered. but they're likely to go much further than just a few canceled carnival events. i really believe this no one germany's new coronavirus kings is from my colleague here our political correspondent emmanuel chavez and it's good to see you so how exactly 1st of all is germany preparing for these new cases well the government asks for health officials from german stays to actually be a day to day a pandemic response plan or more people should get tested after the 1st minister yen spahn say it's better to test too many people than to. $1000.00 people in

total have been diagnosed for today only old people diagnosed are being handled either at hospital or they are being in quarantine they're being quarantined home in north west several 100 people have been placed into quarantine because that's where one of the couples diagnosed come from the woman. the woman is a kindergarten teacher she has been in touch with a lot of kids kindergartens schools have been shut down india area where there were a diagnosis so people coming from countries most affected so china south korea japan iran and italy have to inform the authorities and if tested positive and then measures are taken to trace back and isolate the people having been in touch with them all that are containment measures being taken by the government do we know the german the along with the u.s. or the california now have reported cases in which the doctors say they they can't determine how old these patients called the virus so are these measures that you're

talking about or do you know to contain the virus if we still don't have all the answers about transmission well the has minister acknowledged as the infection chains can to some extent not be tracked down anymore and that's quite knowing what's even more overing is that the country has no specific pandemic plan for the current of a. as it says if you look. at car institute's websites it does apply to do wisdom and that make the situation but that's just 3 years old there's nothing new and not obviated the president of the holocaust institute does so say death of a vaccine would probably take a few most a few months i would probably not be available before the end of this year at the earliest instance so how worried are people here and you how worried should they be well those that have had the more concerned. there was 2 days ago before this outbreak of cases but especially since this infection saying it is not treated

traceable and if we see no coalition between one case and the next now one of the worries that the infected people who have been in touch she's an extensive amount of depopulation in a true county both as an example of people who have been traveling and another worry is that in fact those symptoms are quite similar to doctor of the flu is the fever aching muscles coughing so that has authorities so fast say there's no need to to panic there is also need to respect basic hygiene really is your hand washing your hands and out of russia hands a lot that's right michelle is always on the thank you thank you. and you can find reliable truthful information about the spread of the corona virus on our website just go to d w dot com. well now here's a look at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world syrian rebels say that they have recaptured a strategic town in north western province and cut off a key highway just days after it was reopened by the government meanwhile

government troops have moved to control almost the entire southern part of it which is regarded as syria's last rebel stronghold the city of prague has renamed the square in front of the russian embassy after a murdered russian opposition leader board of the squares renaming marks the 5th anniversary of saud still. shot dead on the 27th of february 2015 in moscow. to greece now word tensions over migration are fueling anger in the gnc dozens of people have been hurt in clashes between police and protesters on the islands of lesbos and chios islanders are angry about government plans to build a new facilities to replace the camps where thousands of asylum seekers are living in squalor and despite the escalating crisis the greek government is insisting it will proceed with the plants. they've had

enough and they had to show it protests over the construction of new camps for migrants turned violent as locals clashed with police. and we will resist with all our strength for as long as needed so that no new structures are built on our island. people on the greek islands of less boesky arsons almost have called for a general strike people there furious because they don't want to have to shoulder but they see as the burden of europe's migration crisis on their own they also feel they've been abandoned by their government in essence they're not unfair how do you feel. you want our islands back we want our lives back. the greek islands just off the coast of turkey as a 1st of many migrants entering the e.u. but new arrivals find themselves stranded in overcrowded camps like the notorious mariah camp unless boss more than 900000 people are crammed in here it was designed

for just 3000 conditions are unbearable not only for those in the camp but also for the island spread and it's. please we need to see that they live like animals inside moria and the other camps. they want to leave to find a better place. that's what we want as well. so we're fighting for them as well as for us. i think but government should go drown themselves this is not an acceptable situation our islands are like a war zone. i'm not saying illegal migrants are not humans they are humans but we don't want prisons yet the government plans to build new facilities which will tightly restrict migrants movements but it is migrants will be processed twats release more quickly because of recent changes to the no the island the say they

want to see the new arrivals read okayed it quickly and fairly throughout greece and the rest of europe. over the big table by now all see as one of the architects of the use migration pact with turkey he's also leader of the think tank european stability initiatives good to see you again i want to ask you about what the islanders in that story say they want to see a well structured redistribution of the people in the camps is that the solution in your opinion to the problems we are seeing on the greek islands. well the solution is anything that reduces the number of people held on a humane conditions so we need to have quick forward movement of the people arrive back to turkey if. it is safe to return them following procedure or on to the mainland if they cannot be returned to turkey so the key of the agreement was always that people would stay on the islands for a very short period but this requires the resources to process their applications

and that's what's been missing when we get here news that new camps or new facilities are being constructed for refugees then we automatically think that it will relieve the pressure on the overcrowded camps that exist already is that the case war is there some deception in that advertising but it all depends on how many people arrive and how quickly they can be moved on last month in january and this explains i think the suspicion of the item this you had 2000 people moved to the mainland but more than 3000 the rife so the overall number which is already on unsustainably bake and causes huge tensions has grown further and i think the key for the greek government and for this it will need help from others in the european union is to demonstrate to the islanders that the 42000 who are now on the island will not be processed to be returned the resources don't exist i'm moved to the mainland this quickly as possible and those who arrive new from now on will be in

the process quicker in the new and hopefully more humane reception centers and then everybody would benefit from the situation on the greek islands what does it tell us about the viability of this migration pact with turkey is the agreement working i mean it's clearly working on the turkish side last year 99.5 percent of the syrians more than 3 and a half 1000000 in turkey remained in turkey because they're sharing go to school there and this is money from the e.u. for healthcare and education but it's clearly never worked on the greeks. site and that is between the 2 blame the greeks this is a european border this is a european problem. but i'm till now in 4 years of criticism and this is been true for the previous greek government of the resa which is an ally of the link in germany and this new greek government which is a member of the european peoples party and the c.d.u. both governments have said they don't see any alternative to this agreement the

challenge is not to abandon it without an alternative if the challenge is to actually implemented as it was foreseen it's the only way for humane control of europe as you can see the plans there just has to be followed through with when it has to be i basically if people arrive the european laws and how they have to be treated they need to be the doctors the police to protect but i was in a camp one year ago people were suicidal there were no psychologists to look after the children were out in tents in winter we had cases of rape and no police and this needs to be assured and then people should stay on the islands as short as possible it should be a matter of weeks not years to show the canals as always it's good to have you and your valuable insights thank you i think in india some of the worst sectarian violence in years has left more than 30 people dead in the capital delhi the unrest was sparked by a controversial wall that fast track to citizenship for certain religious groups from neighboring countries that war however excludes muslims violence between

hindus who back the wall and muslims in the country who oppose it 1st broke out on sunday since then clashes have left parts of the city in ruins and people fearing for their lives for. its days after the clashes began and these communities are still burying their dead. this month sprains say he was hit by a street billets as he went i say by groceries others have managed to escape with their lives but only just. mohammed was attacked by a violent mob as he meets his way home from the local mosque. to monitor the girl was 20 to 25 people started beating me up the rest were standing by as if they were watching a show there were thousands behind them they kept hitting me nobody came for which is safe me. mobs armed with swords guns and acid have destroyed districts in the

northeast of new daily people living here have been critical of the police's response be out of bed we had left our houses on midnight does because they are not. 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 a matter our hindu brother's houses were attacked by people throwing stones and the muslim brothers homes were also attacked because my childhood 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 left counting the cost of this violent unrest. in africa a plague of locusts is devouring crops destroying farmland and threatening food

supplies across the continent the swarms have reached the democratic republic of congo that is the country's 1st locust invasion since the 1940 s. somalia uganda and kenya have been battling the local since mid january. spraying insecticides and have race against time. after millions of locusts reveled strops and grazing land here in northern kenya the insects left behind what could be an even bigger disaster millions of locusts eggs that i had seen into baby locusts known as hoppers these hoppers can fly yet when their wings grow new mega swarms i expect it is killing the hoppers fast is 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. they help us. almost

a 100 times the adults that are left. so that's a big how big this island is because if we were handling 20000000 on some for example. you say 10 to be done times $100.00. so how big of a problem would be. agencies carry out large scale spraying kenya somalia and ethiopia report there's short of planes and insecticides the u.n. has made an urgent plea for more help and is warning of a looming hunger crisis in east africa well it's been said that her oscar winning performance in the 2007 film the queen proved that helen mirren is indeed acting royalty she can boast of half a century of powerful portrayals on screen and on stage well this year she's being presented with the berlin international film festivals on a riri golden bear or ward for lifetime achievement. helen mirren has made

a career out of playing strong women not 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. but. honestly it's beyond time. to anyone at any time that what. 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 betrayal 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 in views a so if it's a european it's heart 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 sort of we had sort of appendage to america you know which never felt comfortable with myself. and i will continue. to practice it you know it's a geographical thing it's a cultural thing it's a language it's interesting. and that's why she's especially happy to be receiving the golden bear at this year's palynology it's a great honor. coming especially coming from berlin you know this is

a very substantial film town mazing history of german film obviously but also the film 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 with uniqueness on this planet makes me feel that i'm not. where she is now appendage as she said she is definitely cinema royalty let's talk about it with helen humphrey and they are down on the red carpet for a good evening to you too so helen mirren she's receiving an honorary bear for wife time achievement talk a little bit about what it is that makes her so special. i think it's something we've been talking about this it's i think it's this mix of of and i mean the sas i

mean this is a woman who has played monarchs and gangsters i mean she was in the queen but she was also in the furious movie i mean i think we saw in the piece that we just saw that she is a woman who can can. incredibly powerful just to characters she takes her craft very seriously but you know she doesn't take herself very sleepy seriously not because her i think especially charming you know i would like to some her office royal but it will say racy and i think we saw that typified you know that wonderful portrayal of queen elizabeth which she won the oscar in the 2006 production of the queen now reportedly elizabeth the 2nd also watched that movie in spite of the fact that it wasn't the most flattering depiction of the british monarchs she said that she did not see about a job which is high praise indeed and you know she has incredible range she started out in the early days as one of the youngest members of the royal shakespeare company she's done it all she's got that trinity all awards an emmy for her work in

t.v. series as well as a tony for her work on broadway an oscar as well here i think the only next step she could take i mean i know that the monarchy is having a tough time in britain at the moment maybe they should just how to let helen mirren take over and i think she could play that role very well maybe that would be the thing that could save the windsors in this troubled time but there's a good idea class sales royal really see a lot of alliteration there from my colorful cinematic colleagues for scott roxboro at the red carpet to the brilliance of festival thank you. well it's international polar bear day and a polar bear cub at the copenhagen zoo well mark the occasion by taking it 1st tentative steps outside it's your understanding just a moment the unnamed cub and its mother have been holed up in a den since it was born in december now the youngster will undergo a veterinary check in the next few weeks to find out whether it's a boy or

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lead. here in germany and in california doctors are now treating people with the corona virus and for the 1st time they say that they have no idea how some of the patients became infected tonight the world health organization says that the fight against the virus has reached a decisive point despite what we don't know the steps we take today will most likely have consequences far beyond.