this is g w news. tonight confirmation of what scientists have been saying for weeks the world health organization says the corona virus outbreak is now a pandemic meaning that the virus is global. killed more than 4000 people but the w.h.o. says it's still possible to reduce the number of new infections also coming up. we'll spend the rest of his life behind bars producer harvey weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison. this is what justice looks like 20

plus 3 years. sentence weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault in the case that marked a major turning point in the mean truth. and returning to the scene of a crime will hear from a survivor of his worst of terror attacks and find out how she copes with the trauma find years later. and d.-w. catches up with the research ship that's been adrift in the arctic for months on a mission to learn more about how climate change is affecting our plants. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome it. it is now official the

world health organization today 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 that affects a large number of people of the w.h.o. had resisted calling the virus pandemic until now but its director general today said that the spread of covert 19 across more than 100 countries means the virus requires a new label. deeply concerned mo's might be allowed to mean levels of spread and see very easy and by the island i mean a little less will be an option. we have that fota made the us system and that 19 can be kind of. a pundit make. that was the head of the w.h.o. and while that to nelson it was being made in geneva switzerland italy announced

that the death toll there from the virus has risen by almost 202827 ireland in sweden reported their 1st fatalities from the virus today iran says that a further 62 people in that country have died bringing the death toll there to 354 infection rates are increasing across the world the united states is now reporting more than a 1000 confirmed cases. or here in germany chancellor angela merkel has warned that up to 70 percent of the german population could contract the coronavirus as the country reported its 3rd death from the disease the chancellor said the country must do everything possible to slow the viruses spread and to prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed she also said that she is open to scrapping her country's strict spending rules to help her government fight the spread of the virus. marigold called on people do show solidarity with the elderly and people

suffering with preexisting conditions which will make them more likely to be affected more severely by the by. it's being aware of this fact and aware of the fact that they're. 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 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 others the german chancellor angela merkel speaking earlier today i want to pull in our political correspondent simon young he's on the story for us tonight here in berlin good evening to you simon so the sobering statistic came today from the chancellor

70 percent of germans will probably contract this virus run us through some of the chancellor's other points today. yeah but as you heard there the chancellor really recognizing that the coronavirus is here to stay the government is directing 8 saf it's to responding to medical need and to delaying the spread and the chancellor said that germany is well placed to do that that they'll do whatever it takes whatever is necessary and you know measures are in hand yourself it's impractical tape saying sometimes it's better just to small and look people in the eye for a bit longer rather than shake their hands and she was also saying that she understands if people feel they need to buy a few extra provisions but she wasn't encouraging panic buying that we've seen in some places so it's all about response and an appropriate response measure of calm but also a recognition that this virus is going to spread what does that mean in terms of

daily life here in germany simon. well it already showing its effect the health minister day was calling for again for a launch gatherings more than a 1000 people really to be called off he said people don't really need to go to football stadiums or to clubs or concerts and you know he's calling on people voluntarily has to be said to step away from those events some regional states around germany have already canceled such events and banned them we've already seen the 1st bundesliga soccer matches taking place in stadiums empty of spectators and more of those are going to be going ahead we've also incidentally seen today the 1st member of parliament an f.t.p. bundestag member has been diagnosed with corona virus he virus he and his staff have been put into quarantine so as in other countries you're seeing the effects of

this virus and not everyone here in germany is convinced that the authorities are doing such a good job of dealing with this so i mean we're going to talk about that in just a moment the 1st we have this report on the corona virus here in berlin. the dome of the rice talk normally teeming with visitors now it's deserted the coronavirus has arrived in germany's capsule. and it's beginning to pose a serious di lemma for many like at this private school in the city's east where an employee tested positive for the virus at the weekend initially palin's house office didn't order the school to be closed leaving the head teacher to simply inform parents of the situation. as on see and to leave the decision up to us to say we recommend this or that but not to take the responsibility that's left to us we have a duty of care but we also have a duty to remain calm which sublime by tuesday afternoon the health office had

ordered the school to close for 2 weeks but the case shows that kid guidelines are still lacking over exactly how to respond to new infections on the street opinion is divided between i don't dish bin conk i'm old and i'm sick and they keep saying that only the old and sick die so they mean me by that it's for more than 20000 people die from the common flu every year nobody talks about that or they're making this huge fuss. there are now 6 public testing points in berlin so far only those with the most common signs of infection are being tested for the virus this patient has just returned from asia germany needs to take an example from south korea and you know they've they've tested everyone and they don't think about it just test whoever wants to do it and then they're infections are going down though it looks like they've come up with the problems concerns are also growing of the impact on the economy businesses are warning of a downturn officials are trying to allay fears. you have all and us make least we

don't want any business in germany to be forced into insolvency because of the corona epidemic it would be me in the is open skin was possible that's kind of i mean it's no job should be lost as a result of the. rules around short time work have been relaxed and financial aid has already been agreed the government has pledged 1000000000 euros to fight the outbreak. is not one of the west affected regions in germany but many feel it's time to get prepared. so that's a big tour of the situation here in berlin simon we know the world health organization today declared the corona virus outbreak a pin dimmick is that going to affect the german government's response in any way. well i think it just underlines how serious this corona virus is and how seriously

it's being taken but the german government's response as i say remains to take measures appropriately and to watch what's the situation the health minister today was saying it's not a good idea to close the borders as some countries have talked about doing there's no need to test everybody arriving at airports that doesn't really have much of an effect and as we saw in that report just declaring closing schools across the country minister said that's also not a good idea that it could put more pressure on emergency workers who rely on schools to look after their children so the message at the moment is just that simple advice of void large gatherings and keep washing your hands keep washing your hands so i mean you know. so i mean thank you before all the latest on the coronavirus including information about what to do if you think that you might be infected you can visit our website that d.w. dot com. well here's

a brief look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world india's government has pledged strong action against the perpetrators of hindu muslim violence which left 50 people dead last month opposition lawmakers have demanded an inquiry and the resignation of the country's interior minister over police failures in late february rival muslim and hindu mobs clashed and torched homes and businesses palestinian officials say israeli forces have shot dead a palestinian teenager during clashes in the occupied west bank the 15 year old reportedly died after being shot in the head the israeli army said it was responding to a violent riot in the palestinian town of beit which is near nablus japan has been paying tribute to the victims of the 2011 fukushima nuclear power plant disaster a powerful earthquake and then a tsunami killed more than 18000 people and calls the nation's worst ever nuclear accident this year's ceremony was relatively small because of the corona virus

outbreak. where he is going to jail the former movie producer harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault the sentence was close to the maximum term of 29 years which was sold by prosecutors the announcement was greeted with cheers by women outside the new york courthouse where weinstein was sentenced. to harvey weinstein's accuses it's an outcome few felt was possible. attorney gloria allred since justice has been done for clients this is what justice looks like 20 plus 3 years. sentence handed down by judge burke this morning. just raced movie mogul who faced his final

appearance in the same new york where he was convicted of rape and sexual assault against 2 women. since his conviction last month the former head of mare max underwent heart surgery arriving at clark's in a wheelchair weinstein's lawyer is asked the judge to take his poor health as well as his age and young children into account and was scathing of the outcome. i mean i think we all know that send him that was just handed down by this court was obscene that number was a noxious there are murderers who will get out of court faster than harvey weinstein will that number spoke to the pressure of movements and the public weinstein has denied any wrongdoing and his lawyers plan to appeal the verdict prosecutors had sought a lengthy sentence given the former produces abuse spending for decades and lack of remorse. old read who represents accuser just a command for part of

a testimony outside course she said i've never felt vengeful and going into this initially i didn't even feel anger. i just felt sad sad for myself sad for everyone he hurt and i even felt sad for him for having done this to himself but i have observed and difference a lack of remorse it seems like the final scene in harvey weinstein's fall from grace but the drama response from the. weinstein faces felony criminal charges in los angeles for right and sexual assault that case could bring a maximum sentence of $28.00 he's. also in the united states bernie sanders has dashed a speculation that he might end his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination after a series of defeats in the primaries against his rival joe by speaking to reporters

on wednesday sanders confirmed that he will remain in the race despite pressure to withdraw for the sake of party unity he said that he believes the majority of americans support his progressive agenda but are voting for by who because they believe that biden has the best chance of defeating donald trump while our campaign has won the ideological debate we are losing the debate overall electability i cannot tell you how many people our campaign has spoken to who have said and i quote i don't like what your campaign stands for i agree with what your campaign stands well but i'm going to vote for joe biden because i think joe is the best candidate to defeat. i for more now i'm joined by our correspondents to funs even in washington good evening to you. so we heard bernie

sanders there talking about i guess the issue of electability what makes his statement today so extraordinary. did you hear that ever from anybody else in a campaign trying to get into an official office using the word losing losing bernie sanders did something really really smart and he also proved himself has to be somebody who has a spine he acknowledged actually as a realist want to the problem of his campaign is and for him and that is as he pointed out people over there cross the country independents as well as democrats in the majority of those think joe biden is the better pick to get donald trump or to try to get don't trump out of the white house come november however he said he does in his speech overall stick it to joe biden so he is still a little bit defiant and that was the that was the surprise in this statement

nobody had this in the books everybody thought like he may drop out now because he has unfavorable numbers he can't win this anymore in terms of delegates and that's he's now winning every state from now on and that's not supposed to that's not going to happen it is interesting i mean he was being very honest today and i distances something about how cynical the world is when we are surprised by candidates being honest what about what we saw yesterday of the 2nd super tuesday we saw bernie sanders again with a poor performance what kind of impact is that going to have on biden's campaign. well sanders remains since he said he's staying on at least for a campaign for a debate on the sunday which will be televised across the country of course it's for an invite and if you want our side because biden has now the campaign has to focus really again on prepping their candidate too bad old verbal e.

and discourse on sunday against bernie sanders this takes effort this takes resources and of course the biden campaign would love nothing more than morph with the sanders campaign with the infrastructure with their contacts with the data they have collected about supporters is their friends that are so yeah that it's not. well it's going to be still work for joe biden to fight off sanders and he would have lost that to be finished well if sanders word to give up his campaign let's say he were to do that in a week or 2 there would still be a lot of work to do among the democrats when you think about it there's so much division within the party oh yeah absolutely you're right but again you see this is where joe biden comes in this is actually what joe biden's point is that now is the time to unify a our party and be the country this is this is his schtick and this is what people

actually expect from as they call him uncle joe to deliver on this one this has to be postponed however we'll see if sander sticks this out for much longer and at the end it will probably be biden then focusing on getting donald trump of the white house. with the latest on the biden sanders competition from washington thank you. it was a day europe remembered its victims of terrorism a commemoration was held in paris to pay tribute to those lost in terror attacks including the attacks on nov 13th 2015 on that day islamic state militants struck the national sports stadium in the french capital as well as numerous restaurants and the butter clung music club 130 people were killed our reporter lisa lewis met one of the survivors. returning to the battle

as an act of for assistance for cutting the toll it was inside that she survived one of france's worst terror attacks the massacre at the batter clan was part of a series of assaults across paris in which 131 people died this is. a 3rd world war for it but i still get knots 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 battle. it's like a pilgrimage i'm remembering the dead and reminding myself how lucky i am. kathleen survived his sword 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. says i'm told when if i did well. at 1st i was in denial about the symptoms but then i developed so-called hyper vigilant. noises like door slamming shut things

hitting the ground or balloons bursting really scared me i had auditory hallucinations i imagine tearing sirens. and i blamed myself for being alive as if the others had to die so that i could live on it felt like i was going crazy for her family and friends were struggling to understand what she was going through and cuts clean felt incapable of putting our feelings into words so she found another method to express them. i channeled all my suffering into my drawings it's a great relief it's like a catharsis 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 how much but she realized her drawings could do more than just help her alone and that's why she decided to put them in a book than her therapist 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 survivors of terrorism or people suffering other traumas around the world. or to move 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 wasn't alone. it's like i'm a new katherine now the old me is dead. i have no time to lose i want to live life to the fullest my 2nd book is a symbol of my new life i have a lot of goals and i want to develop my art further. cuts pain will also keep returning to the about

a clan she says she's determined not to give in to the fear the terrorists have awaken in her. well it is the biggest arctic expedition of all time the research ship polar stand or polar star set off in september and is now about halfway through its year long journey hundreds of researchers are on board trying to work out how ice water and the atmosphere interact with each other and how the ship set out from trauma in northern norway and deliberately got itself stuck and frozen into the ice so it's relying on the ice to move it forward stu w. has been tracking the expeditions 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 summer team leader marcus rex made a brief trip back on land and shared his experiences at the. time for for the it's fascinating when you turn off the ships and rinse and let it freeze into the ice it certainly go silent a moment. before the ship was always moving through waves in the ocean breaking through ice. it just 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 probably. 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 before but then i expected that there would be some rifts and shifts in the are nice 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. whole part of the flow just drifted by the. book took the time for this i really wouldn't have expected that to be such strong dynamics wanted to nomic happen for good on thursday. the president. underneath the ice and

diving robot gathers dot. the optic is full of life octane called a caught on camera. even a seal. off to hof a year of darkness of the paul the night the pala day now dawns the sun once set until september and in the arctic a new life with awaken. until you're in the phase that's now coming we want to study how the ecosystem reacts to the return of the light goes on and how fast with the explosion of life happen that always starts in the arctic when the sun comes back after winter with your 3 asked on 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 to the end but. until september the research vessel and its science team will drift together with the ice over the arctic ocean to better understand this region that is so crucial to our

whole planet. you're watching to w. news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight the german chancellor and her sobering statistics about the coronavirus plus a veteran of the obama campaigns joins me to talk about the job by bernie sanders rival we'll be right back.

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