our documentary series slavery routes starts march 9th on d. w. . this is news coming to you live from berlin global stock markets plunge as more countries are hit by the coronavirus and is china's censorship of the doctor who 1st warned about its outbreak to blame for the spread of the pirates we'll meet an activist who says free speech is vital for the fight against lindsay also coming up a serious escalation in syria turkey val's reprisals against president assad's

forces have to more than 30 of its troops are killed in an air raid in northwestern syria the u.n. calls for an immediate cease fire. also coming up violent clashes erupt on several greek islands over plans for new migrant facilities thousands of asylum seekers already face squalid conditions in overcrowded camps and the indian capital delhi scar. after the worst. in years tensions remain over a controversial citizenship law. hello i'm terry martin and welcome to the program governments around the world already picking up their response to the spread of the coronavirus with 56 countries or territories having now confirm. and cases the world health

organization is warning governments to prepare for a pandemic south korea has seen a spike in reported cases with another $256.00 confirmed corona virus infections raising its total to over 2000 and nigeria has reported the 1st case of the virus in sub-saharan africa china has perhaps the most advanced system of censorship in the world the internet and news media are tightly controlled but there's widespread anger over the government's attempts to suppress warnings about the corona virus outbreak and then cover up the death of the doctor behind those warnings now some activists are daring to challenge the system with calls for more free speech it is of course approval cation few people in china would dare to walk around with a hoody openly demanding freedom of speech yet since the outbreak of the coronavirus with ya is far from alone in taking issue with china's censorship.

well i think in the whole world you won't find a better example of an example that's happening here and now and concern so many people if the communist party and state media had not tried to cover up the outbreak we would not be suffering like this. boy. who has signed an open letter by some 700 citizens demanding freedom of speech the letter was drafted after the death of me when young a doctor other health care professionals in chat groups about the disease and was silenced by the police later he died of the virus his death triggered an outcry on social media and led to demands for an end to censorship the police made him sign a pledge not to talk about the disease again a copy is circulating on the internet sicko to get how many cattle who remember him who are posting demands for freedom of speech on social media see themselves and lee went beyond. they say i would have done the same i would have signed and kept

silent and now we are seeing this huge crisis so remembering him has become an act of resistance. she said of god are you. speaking up is not without risk he has spent 4 years in prison and has been warned repeatedly that he might be sent back any time most likely for many years who is suffering from liver disease and thinks he might not survive another sentence. so you know they also told your parents are already 83 years old they are in poor health so if you go to prison again your whole family will perish. but who has decided not to comply he is under constant surveillance police guard the entrance to his apartment and you have to sneak away from them to meet. the doctors

are saying when there are many people around you can take off the mask. i want to take a deep breath. who is a marathon runner but recently has been mostly staying in people are advised to stay at home in some cities they're even forgotten to leave their houses off to signing the letter was confined to his apartment by the police now the restrictions have been eased but he never knows whether the next day he will be allowed to go out again. june it's been quite a while more than 40 days it's so depressing. most people have never experienced this suddenly they're experiencing something we dissidents have known for a long time just bakes appearance what it means to be lost at home and you're not able to go out at all. for now he hopes to get back to regular training and things get back to normal he wants to run another marathon. correspondent

building a who filed that report joins us now from beijing mathias this case of chinese authorities hushing up the doctor who tried to sound the alarm about the corona virus has caused a real uproar but has it actually strengthened demands for more free speech and less censorship in china. we have definitely seen an outcry and demands for an end to censorship for more free speech unprecedented in the last decades that day and that night when he died and the day after there was an outcry on social media lots of people were posting about him. many people who never speak out about political topics so this has certainly hit a nerve we do not have opinion polls in china we do not know that apply portion of the proportion of the population that supports these demands but the voice was

louder and clearer than it has ever been before how are chinese authorities reacting mathias to these demands for more free speach. well of course what chinese authorities have done is the opposite of what people demanded to have ramped up censorship a lot of the demands that were posted there were outright asking for free speech have been censored very quickly that day and ever since then. i've just had a message from him is confined to his home again and cannot leave at the moment so there is a lot of pressure and trainees authorities are trying to counter with a counter-narrative they are now telling the story of how forceful china has responded since they have acknowledged. the extent of the disease they are

highlighting the heroism of the frontline doctors and they are trying to push a narrative that no other country would have been able to mobilize such a force to counter the disease we don't know now how how well this will work with the people really forget the failure of the chinese state in countering this disease early and replace it with memories of everything that has been done since or whether people will keep the memory of what has been going wrong and was how what has brought the country in this situation at 1st ok let's talk about the epidemic itself materials so what is the latest on the corona virus outbreak in china at least what's being reported officially. while the official figures are optimistic new infections og. dowd

outside of a province and a slowing down inside of a province the numbers are quite high though and it's not over the top officials warn all the time that we are not yet beyond a spread we must see that china is still under lockdown nobody knows what will happen when things get back to a normal. measure the lockdown measure has. intensified all the time that does not. show a state that is confident that it is over the worst it is thank you very much for bringing us up to date there was correspondent in beijing. well global financial markets have fallen for a 6th straight day on fears that the coronavirus a pandemic could herald world recession losses in asia on friday followed the previous day's tumble on u.s.

and european markets the dow suffered a 4.4 percent drop its worst performance in 2 years london frankfurt and paris whole posted losses of more than 3 percent and on a cajones we'll have more on those developments in business coming up after this. now at least 33 turkish soldiers have been killed in an air strike by syrian forces in northwestern syria it's the largest number of turkish troops killed in one day since the country's intervention in syria began 4 years ago chris says its forces have been retaliating with strikes against all known syrian regime positions turkey supports rebels in the conflict against a russian backed syrian government. dorian jones is following the story for us from is to bowl and joins us now from that story and this is a serious escalation between ankara and damascus what's the latest you're hearing

from the turkish side well we understand the turkish forces are in case in sustained operate striking syrian regime forces in the province where it's most deadly strike against turkish forces occurred turkish media pinball crossing images showing syrian tanks syrian military positions being struck from me and i by artillery and want to get to be a relentless bombardment an increase in you continue throughout the day ahead of turkish military along with the ministry of the fantasy a car are out the border now to supervise the ongoing military operation beyond that though it can clear what the political response will be given the magnitude of this attack. now turkey earlier issued an ultimatum to syria to pull its troops back from turkey's front line in syria is there any sign of that happening.

well i think misty to even before this attack from texas president might just tell you it was he said there would be no stick to facts on the ultimatums that he was given a choice to turn into drawing the masks reaching for his from the recent game. that was echoed by the spokesman of the ruling party of nature like yesterday said that they all fit to carry out this ultimatum if there is to withdraw and i think that the coming weekend which is making the files will be a key inflection point in this conflict will took the right to its operation to getting their regime called just a key so i will be there is an expectation that tookie will send great looked into syria today ahead of the ultimatum but the key point for bunker is what will it do about the russian russia controlling syrian airspace has many took the forces on the ground extremely vulnerable to an strike turkey schaffel's cannot provide them

with a cuppa and for the last couple of weeks or so before this has been hit by deadly fatal attacks from this latest attack about mobility the choice will it not be furthermost go to lift. and. protect falls all willing to confront russian forces its military forces on the ground in the air and that brings. in the risk as good a shot between turkey and russia a few years ago turkish forces shot down a bunch of old place that's. not some russian sex relations practice now a fact that the. ok that's the military side what about the humanitarian side hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing the conflict heading towards the turkish border briefly if you can what's going to become of them. well that's another this is the main reason why turkey he's in the syrian it lifts prevent those turkey's warning to take the place of the 1000000 syrian red. so it will take

any more ready for a 1000000 and a message if the lover execute an opening will open in order to europe making it a european problem. dorian thank you very much that was our correspondent dorian jones in istanbul for you to greece now where government plans to build new migrant detention centers are stoking tension among locals the new buildings are meant to replace the overcrowded and squalid camps holding thousands of asylum seekers their island residents are a very and a growing frustration at the government's handling of the issue has left them pitched against the authorities. 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. have called for general strike people they're furious because they don't want to have to shoulder but they see as the burden off your ration crisis on their own they also feel they've been abandoned by their government in essence. now how do you feel i. know you want our islands back we want our lives back. the greek islands just off the coast of turkey are the 1st of many migrants entering the e.u. but new arrivals here find themselves stranded in overcrowded camps like the notorious small riot camp unless boss more than 900000 people are crammed in here it was designed for just 3000 and conditions are unbearable not only for those in the camp but also for the island's sprezzatura ends. please you push it and

they live like animals inside moria and the other camps the more if they want to lead to find a better place. that's what we want is well. so we're fighting for them as well as for us. then that the 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 presents yet the government plans to build new facilities which will tightly restrict migrants movements but it says migrants will be processed what's released book quickly because of recent changes to the no the island the say they want to see the new arrivals read ok to quickly and fairly throughout greece and the rest of europe. catch up on some other stories making headlines around the

world today one of hong kong's most high profile entrepreneurs has been arrested on charges of illegal assembly and intimidation the pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lie is accused of taking part in a band anti-government march that took place in august 2 veteran pro-democracy activists were also arrested. tunisia's new government has been sworn in after winning a vote of confidence in parliament the backing for prime minister he has fucked us cabinet and more than 4 months of political wrangling since the election the coalition includes parties from across the political spectrum but continues to disagree on major policy issues such. as a british court has ruled in favor of canceling plans to build a 3rd runway at london's heathrow airport the government approved the project in 2018 environmental groups fought legal battles against it claiming that another runway would violate the u.k.'s commitment to the paris climate.

you're watching g.w. news still to come actress helen mirren talks showbiz breaks it is what it means to be altered with like time achievement award at the berlin international film plus. it's been 5 years since russian opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead in the shadow of the kremlin in moscow people have been gathering to pay tribute on the bridge where he was gunned down the circumstances surrounding his killing remain mysterious in 2017 a court found a former security force officer from chechnya is guilty of his murder but themselves supporters say those who orders his assassination remain at large. soft brazen assassination stunned the country and turned him into an eye color of the russian opposition at home and abroad. a new sign is unveiled in

central prague boris nemtsov square it reads this isn't any square in the czech capital it's right in front of the russian embassy and paris name so of was a leading russian opposition figure until he was shot dead it will be. at a time when the freedoms of human societies and press are threatened by concentration or even by death it is important to commemorate these people. so this actor for naming the square i take as an actor solidarity with russian opposition and human rights movements. so it's about. themselves a fierce critic of russian president vladimir putin was killed 5 years ago just down the road from the kremlin he had been working on a report investigation of russia's role in the conflict in ukraine. john and i'm so travel to prague for the ceremony. and you see. renaming the square reminds us that his murder hasn't been investigated and it's

a signal for the russian authorities that it has to be investigated i hope that it will be done. but she knows there is little chance russian authorities will get to the bottom of who wanted to kill her father. and where 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 law that fast tracked citizenship for certain religious groups from neighboring countries but excludes muslims violence between hindus who backed the law and muslims 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. it's days after the clashes began and these communities are still burying their dead. this months 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 was attacked by a violent mob as he made his way home from the local mosque. to monitor the girl who was 20 to 25 people started beating me up the rest missed ending 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 it we have left our houses. on midnight does because they are not there. 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 hindu

brothers houses were attacked by people throwing stones and the muslim brothers homes were also attacked as much childhood we haven't heard of such violence prone 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 kind to the cost of this violent unrest. well the 1st ward has been handed out of the berlin film festival to a queen of the screen helen mirren is this year's recipient of the lifetime achievement golden bear its latest in a long list of awards for the actor who has an oscar a tony and 4 emmys to her name. the golden bear is no run of the mill prize for british actress helen mirren the berlin international film festival has a special place in her heart. it's such an incredibly the stooges festival

it's one that filmmakers take the big screen really seriously its voice quite nerve wracking to have your film shown here in berlin because you know that you know the critics are all very. accurate and unafraid of expressing themselves and. helen mirren has made a career out of playing strong women. often determined and often standing up to men. still. there in this admired for so many things one quality that stands out is her ability to repeatedly select the right roles to play. not when i read a script i read the last page 1st to see if my characters on the last page i don't bother reading it from the beginning i literally go straight to the last page is my

character on the last page if it's a good sign. and then i go back and read the script from the beginning. for many years a career high was to majestic performance in the queen in 2007 she won an oscar for her portrayal of elizabeth the 2nd and even received praise from the real queen. this present queen never got fat never got thin never drank too much never ate too much you know she's been a plea consistent. in great you know under great stress very stressful circumstances very often so i grew to respect her enormously i have to say in researching how i am now the balance has crowned its own crane with a golden bear i. lewis hamilton endured a day to forget formula one pre-season testing in barcelona on thursday as the world champion broke down in his mercedes the reigning drivers' world champion had

previously spoken in glowing terms about the improvements to the mercedes steering but it was the engine that cut his day short so awesome fettle set ferrari's fastest lap time of this year's pre-season but he wasn't trouble free either the german struggling at times with his new car. this is news and these are our top stories global markets have fallen for a 6th straight day on fears that a coronavirus pandemic could herald of world recession also is in asia on friday followed the previous day's tumble on the us and european markets the dow suffered a 4.4 percent drop its worst performance in 2 years. authorities in turkey say at least 30 three's turkish soldiers have been killed in an air raid in northern syria it's the largest number of turkish losses in one day

since the country's intervention in syria began 4 years ago. one of hong kong's supposed high profile entrepreneur. as has been arrested on charges of be legal assembly and intimidation the pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy law is accused of taking part in a band anti-government march that took place in august 2 veteran pro-democracy activists were also arrested. british actor helen mirren has been awarded the berlin international film festivals honorary golden bear for lifetime achievement throughout her career and has played strong women winning an oscar in 2007 for her role in the queen. this is t w news from berlin for more follow us on twitter or visit our website that's. and after you can always get the news on the go just download from google play or from the store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the

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