i want to. bring 22022000000 50th anniversary year on d w. this is d w news live from bird landing europe gets ready for lockdown as people prepare for weeks of quarantine some fear life may not go back to normal when it ends like berlin's famous club scene also coming up in china life begins to return to normal as the number of new cases drops to a handful that's after weeks of 14 years and hoping for 2000

unaccompanied child migrants in greece and 70 new countries agreed to take the men but other member states say their full. i'm called last month thanks for joining us europe is preparing for a corona virus lock down across the continent borders are closings boarding events are being canceled and businesses are shutting their doors as people get ready to wait out the u. pandemic at home europe's leaders see these drastic measures as the only way to stop and ultimately reverse the spread of the highly contagious disease the hardest hit is italy where 250 people died on a single day but beyond the human cost fears are growing that many of europe's cultural institutions won't withstand weeks or even months of shutdown.

italy remains under a nationwide lockdown and the effects of social distancing are plain to see rome's piazza del popolo the people square all but deserted. empty canals also in venice normally overrun by tourists in the streets of venice are now being decontaminated. in bulgaria as elsewhere people are lining up to stock up on supplies should they have to isolate themselves but in many supermarkets shelves or bare. in spain the government is set to declare a 2 week state of emergency and announce increased measures to control the covert 9000 outbreak already famous tourist sites like barcelona's landmarks like about half a 1000000 basilica have been closed off. france has also ordered closures of cultural and tourist attractions both the eiffel tower and the louvre museum are closed to

the public. but for the city's few remaining tourists at least one typical preachin attraction remained open the moulin rouge was open for business friday night but only to celebrate its last night before to closing its doors. with a view to dead if you don't see this it we know that from monday schools will be closed so we'll stay at home i have 3 children so i'm work from home starting monday i think tonight we'll have a good night because it's the last of us is the daniel. germany is also wrapping up its defenses closing schools in many public facilities and as of tuesday lynn's world famous nightlife will grind to a halt as bars and clubs will also be closed many of the clubs don't know how they're going to survive the loss of business the closures will bring. we've never experienced such a big threat to the cultural scene it's possible that by the end of this crisis

a large part of the culture for which. berlin is known and thanks to which many people feel good in berlin will disappear. many of europe's main cultural attractions are funded by taxpayer money berlin's clubs are funded by their patrons who are now staying at home. are joining me now in studio a lemo talkie from sports to look at how this pandemic is affecting the sports world sorting here in germany the buddhist league of finally deciding to suspend the season but it took them a while to make that choice right to i think the german league i think for the long time they were just hoping that hey as long as no players effect that no coaches effect then no harm you know they don't have the crown iris we can continue playing and unfortunately we don't work that way and we also and then of course they will release ki keen on this idea of guy stuff speedo which is

a chance that is the literal translation of it goes games and that's because you have stadiums without any spectators and it does feel kind of eerie a bit creepy even at times and and then what happened was that information emerged yes yesterday before friday's when you see it again that perhaps one of the coaches had a bomb scoped motw was showing a cronut like symptoms and that's when the when he got panicked and he decided to cancel off cancel the games but at the same time people also need to understand that what made that the coronavirus has really turned the football world upside down neatly on its head because in order to plan next season you really have to sort out this season's all things like relegation promotion the european places so it's a real struggle for football right now dealing with this i mean given the struggle how war players reacting how are fans reacting to this decision that's actually one really nice positive it's very refreshing a lot of the a lot of the seem to be really accepting of it they understand that football isn't

everything that it can be put on them on the back burner and that right now the number one priority is people's wellbeing and it's about containing this cone of iris well a lot of speculation as well about the fate of this year's summer olympics in japan here's what the japanese prime minister had to say on the topic earlier today. what the more you can look at it we will continue to closely corporate with ayers see and of course i.o.c. is working closely with w. h. as for us we would like to overcome the spread of the infection we're told the olympics asked planned out with a start. yes so for now the olympics going ahead as planned according to a but i mean so many major events announcing either cancellations or postponements really the olympics is starting to look like an outlier here it is and i can't help but shake my head at what he just said i mean it seems to me that he's in

a state of that didn't happen his government is almost in a state of denial and there's also an element of wishful thinking and i get it from their perspective obviously the government billions of dollars into these games and if they use them if they can so then they will be in the minus but at the same time it's a huge risk hosting these games lead allowing them because you are putting lives at risk you are asking you are asking hundreds and thousands of hands and athletes to come to japan and literally around the world yes yeah and that's how disease spreads that's how it's a spread as i exactly what the cronut are so i don't think it's really a small idea to put people's lives at risk and they are right now also a lot of options ideas emerging and everything and one of them is for example just like we had with football is that let's hold these events that's have these olympics but behind closed doors but of course we also learned from the n.b.a.

and from football that athletes are not immune to the iras and that was worth it back they can hit everybody and then of course the one idea that the talk you organize a seem to be very open to right now is perhaps press pointing it but i would not rule out a cancellation because it has happened before. during world war 2 of course a rival visa game scheduled to start in late july at least for now will email the jockey did all the sports thank you. ok check now of the latest coronavirus developments around the world the 2nd worst hit country in europe is spain and that country is confirms now more than 1500 new cases of coronavirus between friday and saturday dutch airline cayle lam plans to cut up to 2000 jobs amid the global outbreak us president donald trump has declared a national emergency in the united states over the spread of the corona virus and we had an end on some good news here south korea has for the 2nd day in a row reported more recoveries from corona virus than it has new infections

well the corona virus appears to be retreating in china that's where it emerged late last year the government says there were only 11 new cases 11 cases on saturday and then for the 1st time most of them were imported from overseas the success of its core team program is already being touted in state propaganda. the israel full scenes in china this week infection rates are decreasing on friday the country proudly announced on the 8 new cases. who hand city reported 5 new cases before the eyes of the nation the city close the last temporary hospital to china wants to signal to the rest of the world that it has the virus under control after more than 3000 people died from it. there right we're happy that patients finally recovered. young going from to han has been cornered in this apartment for 50 days in the beginning he and his family were very

scared his neighborhood is still a ghost town no one is allowed to leave the house but the fear is gone. you know you cannot rewrite that some provinces are open again people can step out we hope that the intestine rate in our city rouhani is going to be 0 soon then we can finally go outside. the chinese government staging dance events to lighten the mood beijing is practicing normality crowds are going back to the vegetable markets in the capital after months filled with fear people are stepping out of their apartments again. so didn't he just yet although it's much better before there are almost no people now they're coming back out. a month ago the streets of beijing were nearly deserted now they're busy again giving off the

impression of normality. lower than the other it's a bit better but not as good as before the epidemic male these. workers from all over the country are taking special trains to get back to the factories china's freeing itself from its self imposed restrictions it's a risky decision for the leadership in beijing workers could still carry the virus with them be sure. first we will get key industries back on track in an orderly manner. in rouhani and in the rest of the country people are celebrating the containment they want to believe and the triumph. our let's check now some of the other stories making news around the world a barrage of rockets has hit a base housing u.s. and other coalition troops north of baghdad officials said at least 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded there is no word on responsibility so far camp taji was already the target of an attack days ago that killed 3 military personnel including

2 americans. anti-government protesters have clashed with security forces and she lays capital santiago police responded to stone throwers with water cannon since october chile has been rocked by a protest that started over a hike in public transport fares and then brought into to include calls for better pensions health care and education. bill gates has stepped down from microsoft's order of directors to focus on philanthropy gates co-founded microsoft in 1975 he was its c.e.o. until the year 2000 the billionaire plans to now spend more time on his foundation tackling issues like global health and education. well there are currently tens of thousands of asylum seekers living in camps on greece's again islands among them thousands of unaccompanied minors many of them face violence abuse and exploitation but several countries in the european union have now reached deal to

take in these vulnerable children. i found a company children in migrant camps many of them in a poor state of health about 5000 there are estimated to be in greece 2000 of them in facilities on greek islands now a 7 nation coalition of the willing including germany france and portugal wants to take $1600.00 of them in. and. this is a sign of how we can help greece you know not just with money but with actions the top. e.u. ministers met in brussels to work out the details and to try to convince more countries to join the coalition croatia and lithuania are in talks e.u. commissioner over johansson went to greece to discuss mounting a coordinated response but mostly use states have refused to take in any more refugees even if they are unaccompanied minors. as we welcome stuff some

member states now are discussing to take a broader responsibility for minors that is good the netherlands is willing to give every support to greece which is necessary registration identification etc but we're not willing to take over children. the difficult job of choosing which children get to leave the camps for countries in the coalition will be the responsibility of the united nations and on site aid groups. you're watching news live from berlin stay tuned for the history of human trafficking that's coming up next and doc film we leave you now there was a heartwarming moments from italy people they're confined to their homes because of the coronavirus lockdown but entire neighborhoods raising their voices to fill the empty streets with music take a listen. ha ha ha ha. ha ha ha. ha ha ha ha.

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