bialik. this is. the world health organization. virus outbreak now. it's prevalent across the world. with the w.h.o. says it's still possible to reduce the number of new infections also on the program hollywood movie producer harvey weinstein who sentenced to 23 years in prison this

is what justice looks like 23 years. sentence had been convicted of sexual assault in the case of a major turning point in the me too movement to go to new york. i'm the program. well health organization has announced that it now regards the spread of the new corona virus as a pandemic meaning it's an epidemic on a far greater geographic scale of it affects a much larger number of people the organizations director general ted ross at 10 said the spread of covering 1000 across more than 100 countries meant the virus required a new designation we need to be concerned most by the alarming levels of spread

and see very easy and by the island i mean the levels of inaction. we have that for the mid the our system and that 19 can be characterized as a pandemic. well while out and what was being made in geneva italy and the death toll had from the virus had risen by almost 202827 ireland and sweden reported their 1st of fatalities from the virus and iran said further 62 people have died bringing the number of deaths there to 354 infection rates are increasing across the world the united states is reporting more than a 1000 confirmed cases. here in germany the chancellor angela merkel has warned that up to 70 percent of the population could contract to cover 90 as a country reports of its death from the disease the chancellor said the country was

doing everything possible to slow the viruses spread and prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed also said she was open to scrapping the country's strict spending rules to help the government fight the spread of the virus school of people to show solidarity with the elbow and with people suffering underlying illnesses who are likely to be most severely affected is being aware of this fact and aware of the fact that there. are vulnerable groups of the population people with existing ellis' older people who can have a more serious case of this virus if they catch it means that our approach has to be defined by ensuring that our health system not be overwhelmed but rather that we have to be able to deal with the options we have in the health care system to ensure that we slow down and this spread of this disease and this is why all of the measures that we're putting into place are crucial because they gain as time as

a couple a 7 day doubling political correspondent simon young parlance change you're so welcome simon what else did the chancellor have to say to that. well the chancellor i think was making an appeal for solidarity and common sense she was saying that germany was well placed to deal with this with this corona virus and she said the call economy is in good shape that's good because it means i can give assistance to businesses but they can also take the emergency measures that are needed for instance making sure that hospitals have all the protective equipment that the medical personnel need and that kind of thing she was also giving practical tips a ng you know when she's dealing with photography she takes a step back make sure she's observing that meter to a meter and a half distance that has been recommended by the expert she was also saying sometimes a friendly smile is a good replacement for

a handshake in these times so she was sending out that message that germany is going to get through this and is ready to deal with the problem there has been talk of a europe wide response what do the chancellor say about italy which is suffering the biggest outside china. yeah i mean this press conference came on the back of a video conference call between european leaders to discuss a europe wide response and i think italy will have been in the focus there because it's been so seriously hate angle americal said that it's a good guarding italy you know the german government does not believe that close to closing borders as a for instance the austrian government is partially down on its border with italy but that is really a very helpful approach as the government here is taking the line that this virus will spread it's just about making sure that really good targeted measures are in

place to stop that happening closing borders she doesn't think does that there may be some form of financial assistance it's only at the european level she was also by an italian journalist whether germany must send medical teams to support her medical staff in italy but the chancellor didn't give any direct response to that she just said you know our hearts go out to italy at this difficult time. and the news of the world health organization has just announced that this looks like a pandemic it's not against the word being used and how is that likely to affect the german government responds. well i don't think it will affect it directly the german government accepts that this is a serious problem and it needs a serious response we now have over 1900. confirmed coronavirus cases here 3 deaths and the robot institute which is the

sort of chief medical institute is saying that it could spread to 60 to 70 percent of the population so they're keeping with the advice stay away from large crowds and keep washing your hands simon young thank you. now disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison following his recent and sexual assault convictions today sentence delivered in a manhattan courtroom as close to the maximum jail term of 29 years sought by prosecutors weinstein was recently convicted of raping an aspiring actress in 2013 and sexually assaulting a t.v. and film production assistant in 2006. victim impact statements sentences at the sentencing. condemned the. court.

fast. to the pressure movements and the number did not speak. that came out at trial did not speak to the testimony that we heard. speak nor did it speak. straight to new york or rejoin journalist james rival who's been following this case closely welcome james walk us through what happened today in court. well the top man of course in harvey weinstein the disgraced former movie producer one of the most powerful men in hollywood is going to spend 23 years in jail that's the sentence he received for these 2 sexual offenses it's been a dramatic day in the house in lower manhattan we thought the weinstein being wheeled into the courthouse in a wheelchair in hand cast another sign of his significant fall from grace we

heard move from a movie mogul actually address the call and make a stand for himself and we also heard from the victims in that case the 2 women the harvey weinstein was convicted pathetic defense is the gang. addressing the court saying how for example many highly one of the in fact production assistant who. was to be oral sex on in 2003 she said that the assault had crushed part of her spirit and that if weinstein were free he would go on to attack women again and again and again the other victim in the case jessica man to form a. convicted of a 3rd degree rape she has got the experience of a nightmare and weinstein who did use his power over the powerless one thing of course told the court he didn't feel deep remorse for what happened here was that he was totally can use all of force and grace and he also bashed the meter movement

is that yes it was no longer due process in america anyway when the judge came to delivering the sentence judge clearly went on the side of the big tim's 23 years only a few years short of the maximum sentence of 29 years weinstein 67 years old very much like a life sentence and that's not the end of it he's facing more course action. yeah as you say we've got we've got another set of charges standing against harvey weinstein and los angeles these relate to offenses from 2006 to offensive cut in that year over 2 days because if you a detail on these charges we're going to be hearing more about that case as it progresses towards what could be another dramatic trial a top 10 in that case of 28 years on top of the 23 he's gone today and of course that's not where the legal actually legal action is going to when we've heard from

once the defense lawyer charges not just the a manager would have gotten the 23 year sentence so but the there's going to be and he'll against the conviction and possibly again i think i can talking to you thank you so much james ronald in new york. now to the biggest arctic expedition of all time the research ship polar star set off in september and is now about halfway through its year long journey hundreds researchers are on board trying to work out how ice water and the atmosphere interact with each other the ship set out from tromso northern norway and deliberately got itself frozen into the ice so it's relying on the ice to move it forwards doubly has been tracking progress. stuck in the ice in the total darkness of the polar night the international mars 8 expedition is surveying the arctic for a whole year the region is crucial to the whole globe. while they're there the

scientists aboard literally go with the flow of the natural eye stripped beyond the reach of ice breakers until some a team leader marcus rex made a brief trip back on land and shared his experiences and this. time for for the it's fascinating when you turn off the ships and let it freeze into the ice it suddenly goes silent a moment. before the ship was always moving through waves in the ocean breaking through ice when done stiffest and then all movement stops it can be a bit scary often for food of excess the scientists have installed a huge research camp around the ship $100.00 tons of scientific equipment kilometers of cables measurement stations with a range of 50 kilometers. the science team measures more than 100 different aspects of the climate for example the composition of the atmosphere or of clouds they want

to understand the so-called new arctic under the influence of climate change the 1st observations already show that the ice is more fragile. more rethink. ok. in f.a. in that he expected us to get there to look for an ice floe that was thick enough. that was already difficult to find one with but then i expected that there would be some rifts and shifts in the ice for the front but not to the extent that we experienced them. how movement of one of the most impressive moments was when i was called to come on today because met city huge installation of different instruments moved past the ship. the whole part of the flow just drifted by the strict with the client in this i really wouldn't have expected that to be such strong dynamics or

want to do not cut in its. present. underneath the ice and diving robot gathers dart on. the arctic is full of life octave colored accord on camera. even a seal. after half a year of darkness of the pollen night apologia a noun dawns the sun won't set until september and in the arctic new life one awaken. interfering the phase that's now coming we want to study how the ecosystem reacts to the return of the light how fast with the explosion of life happen that always starts in the arctic when sun comes back after winter. which species will become active 1st and which species will eat which what is the sequence of life in the ecosystem that's what will characterize the next part of the expedition but. until september the research vessel and its science team will drift together with

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