and. this is g.w. news coming to you live from berlin joe biden takes the lead in the u.s. democratic presidential race the former vice president wins big in michigan and other states so is it the beginning of the end for socialist candidate bernie sanders also coming up as countries around the world step up the battle against the coronavirus we look at health paramedics in one of the most worst hit nations south korea for dealing with the disease. plus returning to the scene of

a crime we'll hear from a survivor of one of prince's worst terror attacks and point out how she copes with the trauma of 5 years old. fellow i'm terry martin welcome to the program joe but it appears to have cemented his position as the front runner in the us democratic presidential race the former vice president has scored big wins in 4 of 6 states holding contests in the race to select the democratic nominee including the largest prize michigan results are a blow to biden's rival for the nomination for months senator bernie sanders although some of his supporters say he still has a slim chance of winning is what you're biden had to say to his supporters. this

election is it more and it has character on the ballot the character the candidates the character the nation is on the ballot is more than a comeback in my view arche a pretty sick comeback for the soul this nation. this campaign is taking off and i believe we're going to do well from this point on take nothing for granted one earn every single vote in every single state. well in last week's super tuesday biden leapt ahead in the delegate count and now he's padding his lead the current count currently stands at 823 for biden to sanders 663 delegates reflect popular support in each state and candidate needs at least 1991 of them to win the democratic nomination well it's.

well for more on this let's turn now to reporter peter dali good morning peter so a big night for joe biden but instead enough to knock bernie sanders out of the race well he's not quite there yet but he's certainly closer than anyone thought to you know just a couple weeks ago or even you know a month ago that biden would ever come in this race he did knock it off to a very good start he really bounced back super tuesday beginning of a march and now another major win for biden in 4 states including michigan that he desperately need to pick up to really stick it to sander so he's looking very very strong position or well positioned right now to really clinch the nomination. we'll still see how how sanders takes this but biden is certainly looking very very strong coming out of this super tuesday too is called sanders staked his hopes for a comeback on michigan what went wrong for him there well

a couple of things sanders says for one has kind of built his campaign or or or built himself as a candidate who was able to build this broad coalition driven by young voters by african-american voters working class voters. especially young voters have not turned out for sanders the way that they did in 2016 african-american voters we've seen have tended to site with biden because a lot of them are you know ideologically a lot more moderate a lot more conservative then people traditionally voting for sanders. so what we saw this time around this is also really crucial you know you say there's a saying that people vote with their vol it's and we are releasing the economy doing a lot better than it was in 2016 france is a we see a lot of moderate you know well off suburbanites turning out in droves the turnout numbers for the fight and have been much higher than the. most people expect it so

that is some of the reasons why sanders did not do as well in michigan as. people expected now that biden does have a commanding lead can we expect democrats to come up with a common strategy for defeating trump. frankly i think we're not quite there yet i've spoken to a number of sanders voters who are really torn on this who do not feel particular well about getting behind biden i think there is a decided to keep this going for the senator's campaign for a couple of races to come. a lot can still happen it's not looking good for sanders but i would not expect sanders to back down just yet what about the coronavirus how is that impacting all of this this campaign and did it have an effect on the in the turnout for the primaries which you saw right so we've seen both biden sanders call of rallies that they were going to going to hold there's

a debate coming up on sunday where. there's going to be without a live audience so definitely we are seeing the democratic party taking some precautions. but just based on the turnout we're not seeing any indication really that that has hampered that the coronavirus has in any way hamper turnout so it does seem that they decided to be trump currently he is at least as big as the desire to beat the groan of ours ok peter thanks so much for now a reporter peter. the world health organization says almost 120000 people around the world have been infected by the corona virus many of recovered but more than 4000 have died europe's worst hit country is italy a number of countries have closed their borders with it and there is an unprecedented nationwide lockdown to try to slow the spread of the disease.

on lockdown its streets on obscured by the usual hordes of 2 just. the shutters came down at 6 pm as bars and restaurants closed in accordance with new measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus the message is simple stay at home it's advice italians are taking seriously after the number of confirmed cases of covert $1000.00 top $10000.00 and the death toll rose above $600.00 in florence to the normally bustling streets were unusually quiet and for some the financial consequences of the nationwide lockdown are already beginning to bite. from around 140 plates a day we've gone down to 25 place this afternoon. this nice year we've decided to stay open to see if we can do something even if it's a small thing we have in years and rent to pay.

meanwhile there's trouble with the neighbors slovenia has closed its border to italy well austria has banned incoming journeys by train and plane moves criticized by french president the manual mccomb. wash it focuses we don't want things to get out of proportion that's why because it needs to work good because it's only the beginning of this epidemic and if we take disproportionate measures they'll be unsustainable in the long run and that's counterproductive i sincerely believe that these are bad decision that european coordination is much more efficient as if it just for. european coordination means working from home the brussels based president of the european parliament is in self isolation after a visit to his native italy. back in rome the president of the italian football federation said that the season already suspended could be abandoned as the coronavirus affects every pillar of italian life. here's

a round up of some of the other coronavirus developments around the world there is good news from china which has officially reported its lowest number of infections since the outbreak started there beijing has also announced that in the epicenter of the outbreak workers in key sectors will be allowed to go back to work but elsewhere infection rates are still increasing in the u.s. there are now more than 1000 confirmed cases the national guard has been deployed to new york suburb that's been quarantined in the u.k. health minister has announced that she has tested positive for the virus. well the outbreak poses a challenge and a risk to health workers treating those who are infected in south korea special operating procedures have been developed for paramedics dealing with suspected cases correspondent frank smith is in seoul and sent us this report.

paramedics in south korea are answering some tough calls in battling the coronavirus for each perspective covert 1000 emergency like this one they take time to put on high level protective gear and only one paramedic attends to possible patients to safeguard the team paramedic one is ready for what comes watching for the telltale symptoms of coronavirus. high fever and coughing. $1000.00 calls are difficult to respond to because we still don't have a clear idea of how to distinguish an actual case from a false alarm. even if a person hasn't traveled overseas but is running a fever you still have to assume the worst because there's an outbreak in the community. there when a 3 hospitals in seoul have suffered clusters of the outbreak closing their emergency rooms other hospitals are at times unavailable because they're

overcrowded when transporting possible coronavirus patients ambulances in seoul sometimes travel long distances so 3 a c.d.c. and emergency command center route paramedics to designated hospitals with space in trio in a negative pressure isolation room which has special ventilation to prevent the spread of the virus. after each call the ambulances are thoroughly disinfected in their interiors sealed to ensure their virus free. and if i ever get infected i'm confident that i would eventually recover given my young age. but i live with my parents and they are older so i'm most worried that i might pass that on to event and there are no guarantees that they could receive the treatment they need in a timely manner because emergency services are so overstretched right now. the

medics at the ambulance center are required to live in isolation eating alone at separate times and maintaining social distancing still team members say that morale has remained good. that we work in a field team now so putting in an extra shift now it's another clone is simply a possible job description. if they needed a supreme allowance we simply have to head down and work time out instead of fretting about it they're not going to be. it looks like there will be no let up in work. has just been dispatched for a week with more than a dozen colleagues to dig the epicenter of south korea's corona virus outbreak. and frank spears who filed that report joins us now from seoul frank 1st of all how bad is the corona virus outbreak in south korea well today the total

was nearing $8000.00 cases here in south korea but what's changed over the last 2 days is an outbreak here in the capital which has remained largely isolated from that the big part of the outbreak down in daegu as i mentioned just 93 new cases were announced just in the last day that brings the total here in the south korean capital to $150.00 that took place at a call center at a subway junction where 2 subways lines intersect and so there are concerns that cluster a new cluster could develop here in the capital is this new spike in reported infections frank a sign that containment efforts are failing. well i'm not sure about that one of the things about this new cluster is that 2 of the people that were working

in that called center that tested positive were members of shin john g. that's the cult at which one so-called patients $31.00 spread the virus to many people and sort of initiated that outbreak in daegu which now includes more than 60 percent of those in south korea it's unclear whether that was to sion john g. members at the call center initiated the outbreak here in seoul so whether or not the containment is succeeding i think we have to compare where we would be if the government wasn't engaged in the intense p.r. campaign to see people wash their hands more wear masks and stay indoors more and refrain from from large public gatherings south korea is a major industrial power in asia what impact is the coronavirus outbreak having on the economy there well i'd like to refer very specifically to to

a story i was told today a business person that i know was trying to contact his accountant he couldn't get ahold of them all day yesterday and finally got a call back from his account late in the day and and asked why why were you so busy all day today and the accountant answered i was answering calls from business people about how they can lay off employees that are regular workers that have you know some 10 years some some experience and and you know some seniority because the intensity of this outbreak is having a serious effect on businesses not just small markets but but also large businesses frank thank you very much that was reporter frank smith in seoul for all the latest on the coronavirus including information about what you can do if you think you might be infected please do visit our website that's t w dot com. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world russia's

president vladimir putin has backed a proposal that would allow him to stay in power until 2036. told the lower house of parliament that he would support the measures if it was approved by the constitutional court and supported by voters in a referendum next month. malawi's security forces fired tear gas to break up protesters as a pro-democracy activist handed himself into police timothy and tumble was wanted in connection with is call for fresh elections following last year's disputed presidential vote. and violence broke out of venezuela's capital caracas says demonstrators led by the self-proclaimed president one why though clashed with security forces police used tear gas to stop the protesters from marching on the national cemetery which pro-government lawmakers seized in january. greece is shutting all schools universities daycare centers and other educational

establishments for a 2 week period to contain the spread of the corona virus so far there's been $89.00 confirmed cases of the infection in greece a relatively low toll or europe and so far have been no fatalities as. a 200 children from greek migrant camps are being offered refuge here in berlin the children have been chosen because they are unaccompanied ill or younger than 14 years old this next report looks at how the german capital is preparing for the young migrants. in the thousands of refugees among the many children stuck in makeshift camps in greece clothing and food are in short supply and nobody knows what will become of these people. the city government here in berlin says it wants to welcome 2000 off them. we need the national government to help make this happen

but it has categorically refused to help these people in need and said germany is not going to take any unilateral action. for months we've just been standing idly by as people perish and children suffer this is a disaster. but then is preparing for the eventual arrival of some of these refugees empty portable housing units at the decommissioned tempelhof airport and being hooked up again to the mains they date from 2015 when germany admitted almost a 1000000 refugees back then the authorities were taken by surprise and scramble to cope the situation was a times chaotic and conditions were the new arrivals very poor. 5 years on the balance city government department that's responsible for refugees and asylum seekers says that it's now much better prepared. to have a cup at city where the posting capacity to help people who come to us 2015 we were

caught off guard 50 we then have a staff of 150 here now we have more than 500 and are allowed to hire 50 more. so we have the personnel to receive newcomers and register them and provide the services they need. most of the berlin as we talk to are in favor of welcoming more refugees to that city. we were once refugees too and we survived german reunification without any trouble so why shouldn't we be able to deal with this situation. if we need to be armed so we are approaching the limit in terms of capacity but this is an extreme case especially considering the children so we have to do something with the rest. or protests there will be protests parties such as the a f t right wing extremist and right wing populist groups in our society will once again protest. but there's no reason to have right wing extremists

determine whether or not we rescue people in need. mention that. it's not known how many people might eventually come to berlin the conflict between cities offering shelter the german government and other european union countries on relocating refugees is far from resolved. today europe is remembering the victims of terrorism a special event in paris will pay tribute to those killed or impacted by terrorist attacks the european day of remembrance of victims of terrorism was established by the e.u. after a deadly attack in madrid in 2004 on march 11th of that year islamist militants bombed commuter trains in the spanish capital killing $191.00 people since then there's been many more deadly attacks in europe look at

a few of them one was in norway in 2011 on july 22nd of that your right wing extremists under brevik planted bombs in the capital all slow and then went on a shooting rampage at a youth camp killing 77 people terror struck again here in berlin in 2016 on december 19th a tunisian asylum seeker radicalized by islamic state stole a truck and drove it into a christmas market killing 12 people and the year before paris was hit by a series of attacks on nov 13th islamic state militants struck the national sports stadium as well as numerous restaurants and the music club 130 people were killed a reporter lisa lewis met one survivor in paris. returning to the battle is an act of prison sentence for cutting the toll it was inside that she survived one of france's worst terror attacks the massacre at the batek on was

part of a series of a sold across paris in which 131 people died this is. a little late but they've been for beautiful and i still get a knot in my stomach when i come here but i didn't want to develop a phobia so quite soon afterwards i started coming back to the baton it's like a pilgrimage i'm remembering the dead and reminding myself of how lucky i am. kathleen survived the assault unharmed or so it seemed shortly afterwards she developed what many other victims of terror attacks suffer post-traumatic stress disorder p.t.s.d. . head 1st i was in denial about the symptoms but then i developed a cold hypervigilance noises like doors slamming shut things hitting the ground

loons bursting really scared me i had auditory house in nations and imagined hearing sirens and i blamed myself for being a life like the others had to die so that i could live on it felt like i was going crazy and. her family and friends were struggling to understand what she was going through and kathleen felt incapable of putting her feelings into words so she found another method to express them. i put all my suffering into my drawings and it's a great relief it's like a gif asses i wanted people to understand how i was suffering from this invisible injury this huge millstone stands for all the symptoms of my p.t.s.d. . but she realized her drawings could do more than just help her alone that's why she decided to put them in a book. than have kept these things my fellow survivors said that my drawings

showed exactly what they were going through they took them to their relatives and friends and that helped them reconnect with their loved ones i think my drawings could also help other victims of terrorism or people suffering other traumas across the hospital for. 2 more kathleen has since published a 2nd book which includes drawings of more every day ordinary problems that's her way of getting back to some sort of normal life but the attack changed her forever from west and so. forth and catherine the keeper thought that it's like i'm a new cutty now the old me is dead i have no time to lose and i want to live life to the full the 2nd book is a symbol of my new life i have a lot of goals and want to further develop my art. cutting will also keep returning to the bottom line she says she's determined not

to give into the fear the terrorists have awaken in her. report from dede overused lisa lewis in paris. now in the champions league germany's rb light so you could balance to the quarterfinals for the 1st time in the club's history leipsic cruised to a 3 day old victory over english side taught them hotspur that made it for nil on aggregate after the germans one nil win in february elsewhere valencia last for 3 of her 2 italian side. sealed an impressive 84 aggregate win to reach the last 8. this is t w news and these are our top stories joe biden has taken the lead in the race to clinch the u.s. democratic party's presidential nomination after primary votes in 6 states the former vice president won big in the battleground state of michigan for his rival bernie sanders it's a serious blow although some of his supporters say he still has

a slim chance of winning. as italy enforces a nationwide lockdown to slow the coronavirus outbreak the number of cases there has surged to more than 10000 neighboring countries are tightening their borders in a bid to keep infections contained and an increasing number of countries have stopped flights to and from italy. the caret of buyers is also spreading here in germany with 200 new cases recorded authorities have called for public gatherings of more than a 1000 people to be canceled wednesday will see the 1st bonus league match to be played without fans being press. this is t w news from berlin for more follow us on twitter or visit our website w dot com. you're watching d.w. news from berlin coming up next a w business with get hot elbows i'll be back at the top of the next hour no forget

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