, cyril smith went on to abuse children at knowl view school, in rochdale, in the 1980s. allegation. in 2012, labour's tom watson demanded an investigation into... clear intelligence suggesting a powerful paedophile network linked to parliament and number 10. so what happened ? the enquiry said today it had done its investigation and found no evidence of that. but over the years, concerns have been raised about individuals like cyril smith and little has been done. this report says that is because politics came before the safety of children. and it demands all political parties improve their child protection policy. tom symonds, bbc news, west minster. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a thumping at the bridge for chelsea, as bayern run riot in their european champions league tie. it is finely poised between napoli and barcelona. barca coming from behind, but farfrom impressive in italy. and an olympic committee member refuses to rule out the 2020 tokyo games being cancelled completely, amid the

cyril smith went on to abuse children at knowl view school in rochdale in the 1980s.n 2012, labour's tom watson demanded an investigation into... clear intelligence suggesting a powerful paedophile network linked to parliament and number 10. so what happened ? the inquiry said today it had done its investigation, and found no evidence of that. but over the years, concerns have been raised about individuals like cyril smith and little has been done. this report says that's because politics came before the safety of children. and it demands all political parties improve their child protection policies. tom symons, bbc news, westminster. a jury at the old bailey has been shown cctv footage of salman abedi, the manchester arena suicide bomber, seconds before he detonated a device which killed 22 people and injured hundreds. he's seen carrying a large rucksack, standing in a crowd of men, women and children. his brother hashem abedi is on trial at the old bailey accused of being jointly responsible for the attack, which took place in 2017. the indian capital, delhi, is wit

high profile politicians like sir cyril smith were protected, and a blind eye was turned to allegationsild sexual abuse, says the inquiry into abuse at westminster. warnings of a danger to life — parts of the midlands are expected to record their highest ever flood levels in the next few hours. and england's cricketing hero ben stokes receives his 0be after last year's world cup win. and in the sport at 1:30pm, tyson fury arrives back in the uk to a hero's welcome following his world heavyweight title win over deontay wilder. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. as the outbreak of coronavirus spreads to more and more countries, there's new advice from the government. people returning to the uk from the affected parts of italy have been told to stay at home for two weeks even if they don't feel unwell, and all travellers who've visited northern italy should self—isolate if they develop flu—like symptoms. hundreds of guests at a hotel on tenerife in the canary islands are not being allowed to leave the complex after an italian tourist tested positive for coronavirus. and the

let's talk about one of them, and that is the one relating to cyril smith.hearings last year and decided that he had not lived up to his responsibility to protect children. lord steel has now re5igned protect children. lord steel has now resigned from his party, the liberal democrats, and said he will retire from the house of lords. he said in a statement, i am angered by the report, by the enquiry, not having secured a parliamentary scalp, i fear that i have been made a proxy for cyril smith. he said that the di5cu55ion he had with smith, was quite brief, and that he had no powers to investigate any child abu5e powers to investigate any child abuse and that smith actuallyjust told him he himself had been questioned by the police. so there we go. lord steel wa5 questioned by the police. so there we go. lord steel was a major political figure we go. lord steel was a major politicalfigure in his time we go. lord steel was a major political figure in his time and we go. lord steel was a major politicalfigure in his time and he has resigned as a result of this r

dems, after a report says he did not act on claims of sexual misconduct made against the former mp cyrilth. the city of delhi sees its worst violence in decades, sparked by deep divisions over a new citizenship law. and two severe flood warnings remain in place for the river severn amid fears that water could go overflood barriers in the early hours of tomorrow morning. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers, with our reviewers sonia sodha and kevin schofield. stay with us for that. good evening. our main story is the deepening crisis surrounding the spread of coronavirus. in one of the latest developments, a hotel in tenerife, in spain's canary islands, has been locked down, after a visiting italian doctor tested positive. here in the uk, travellers who've visited northern italy have been told they must self—isolate, if they develop flu—like symptoms. the vast majority of cases still remain in china, but there are significant clusters elsewhere. there are more than 77,000 cases on the chinese mainland. more than 2,600 people have died. south korea has seen a sharp r

german chancellor angela merkel is in johannesburg for talks with south african president cyril ramaphosa well the german south african trade relationship was worth 17000000000 dollars last year far behind say german chinese trade volume pose a once more german involvement and says south africa can learn from germany's experience to shifting from coal to renewables. he wants to kickstart his country's flagging economy and she's looking to strengthen ties with africa in a post-breakfast era and get america on cyril rama pose a keen to take the next steps to strengthen what's already a well established economic relationship. some 600 german companies currently operation south africa some like pump maker k s b have been there for decades. but stable employment of this kind is hard to come by these days over the past decade south africa has a condom a has been steadily losing steam in 2011 growth was at more than 3 per cent by last year it dipped to 0.6. that's led to a steep rise in unemployment especially among the young more than half of them are out of work. and. it is about $200.00. the

and south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has promised economic growth will look at the rolled off foreign investment ahead of a visit by germany's chancellor i'm going to match. then that sucker academy that changing the lives of underprivileged children in uganda. hello i'm christine want to welcome to date every news africa it's good to have your company it's a case which has shaken and they should be the 1st lady often is so too has been arrested on murder charges over the killing off the husband or the 1st wife of her husband prime minister thomas to body miles i haven't appeared in front of judges on wednesday just i was off to she turned herself in to police she'd been on the run since last month will take you to the sotu for mole but 1st this report. walking by her husband's side might have started to bother you in this troubled times the fascinating yellow has been charged with the murder. with the prime minister's 1st wife became testing the division of powers between each dish or e. and the covenant. suppose she is found guilty and she was convicted. of murder. i think f

and china and cyril ramaphosa is close to president xi jinping.big of a risk is the coronavirus for the south african economy? colin: i am not sure about the direct consequence. the ability of the coronavirus to step across the border into south africa. there has been no single crisis i am aware of. clearly if that was going to become an issue in the global economy, it would be indirectly very negative. vonnie: we have to leave it there. that speech starting at the top of the hour. colin coleman from yale university. formerly of goldman sachs. this is bloomberg. ♪ sometimes your small screen is your big screen. and with the xfinity stream app, which is free with your service, you can take a spin through on demand shows, or stream live tv. download your dvr'd shows and movies on the fly. even record from right where you are. whether you're travelling around the country or around the house, keep what you watch with you. download the xfinity stream app and watch all the shows you love. vonnie: coming up, "balance of power" with david westin on bloomb

the inquiry uses cyril smith as an example, he was an mp in rochdale in the 1970s but in the late 60shools. ten years after cyril smith had a conversation with david steele who was the leader of the liberal party and told him this investigation had happened. steele gave evidence about this at the inquiry, he said it was a brief conversation and still did not admit any abuse but because he did not act on it at the inquiry accused him of... said he had done wrong. david steel has resigned because he said he doesn't want any more turmoil in the party which had been looking to investigate his actions. studio: thanks forjoining us. a court has been shown cctv footage of the manchester arena suicide bomber 19 seconds before he detonated a home—made device. salman abedi is seen carrying a large rucksack containing shrapnel standing in a crowd of men, women and children. his brother hashem abedi is on trial at the old bailey accused of being ‘jointly responsible‘ for the attack. he denies 22 counts of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. our home affairs correspondent

an in lord steel's case, the claim was about cyril smith.ral democrats came into existence. in 1959, cyril smith was investigated by the police in connection with allegations with boys who had been abused as to schools. he was not charged. ten years later, he had what lord steel says was a brief conversation with then party leader david steel, and during this conversation, he admitted he had been investigated by the police. the inquiry says that lord steel should have acted and that not doing so was a relation of his duty to protect children. lord steel as you say has now resigned and he is angry at what the report says about him. he says the report says about him. he says the inquiry is going after him because he cannot go after cyril smith. he says cyril smith never admitted being a paedophile to him. he is effectively revealing that some in the liberal democrats wanted this former senior figure some in the liberal democrats wanted this former seniorfigure in british politics to be re—investigated by his own party and he said he is not pre

the usual pomp and ceremony ahead of president cyril ramaphosa's state of the nation speech. long. what is your point of order? we have a matter in the house. proceedings were delayed by a chaotic, hour—long disruption. the opposition economic free does make freedom fighters cold on the previous president to leave parliament after calling him an unrepentant racist. after that demand was rejected, they then called on president ramaphosa to fire pravin gordhan — the minister responsible for state—owned enterprises, including power utility eskom and the embattled south african airways. after all the chaos, the president finally spoke. our country is facing a stark reality. our economy has not grown at any meaningful rate for over a decade. even as jobs are created, the rate of unemployment continues to deepen. he pointed out the obvious — the lack of economic growth, unemployment, spiralling government debt and struggling state—owned enterprises. he mentioned setting up a foreign fund and a state bank but how this will work and where the money will come from is unclear. mr ramap

south africa's president cyril ramaphosa is due —— torah prison breaking news, china's ruling communistin breaking news. it was announced shortly after hubei announced a huge increase in the number of coronavirus cases and 242 new deaths, more than double the previous daily total. he is being replaced by the matt of shanghai, seen with elon musk. china has previously been accused of suppressing the full extent of the epidemic in hubei. south africa's president cyril ramaphosa is due to give his annual state of the nation speech to parliament later in cape town. but can he make a convincing case that south africa is on the right track, and has turned the page on the years of corruption and mismanagement that preceded him?0ur africa correspondent andrew harding has been to the town of harrismith, where volunteers have taken on services that the municipality is supposed to provide. beautiful but broken. south africa is rotting from the bottom up. take the rural town of harrismith, now bankrupt. its entire infrastructure has now collapsed. we have a problem with water, electricity, sewage.

. —— sir cyril smith. he has tendered his resignation.blind eye to accusations of abuse, to clarify. they was a conservative mp as well. people in westminster new there was something about sir cyril smith had an interest in young children but turned a blind eye because of the political concerns they had rather than any concern for the welfare of young children. this story is also covered in the daily telegraph and the times but with a focus on tom watson. politically, people more from the right are honing in on tom watson because remember tom watson did make allegations in the house of commons about a westminster paedophile ring linked to ten downing st which were incendiary allegations and they say these are not true. i have spoken to people who are spoken to tom watson who was nominated for an honour and that he should not receive it because of his involvement in these allegations. should not receive it because of his involvement in these allegationsm is not focused attack because this report has a lot to say about children and young pe

the inquiry into child sex abuse at westminster says high profile politicians like sir cyril smith were story — the coronavirus and the outbreak is having serious implications for the economy. our business corresopondent sean farrington is at one factory in bishop auckland that's had to cut its working week from five days to four because of the coronavirus. this is the first working day of the week here at cello electronics. they have started the box packing early. but they should have been up and running yesterday. they have a lot of supplies coming from china, like a lot of these electronics that go into our tvs. it is having a knock—on effects on the business. the stock market is down more than 3%. we will have a chat to the boss here at cello electronics. you have all the stocks you have got piled high, what are you expecting now to happen to these, given that you have got delays on all the stuff you are getting in from china? we have got parts so we keep parts here. through this period we are a british manufacturer, manufacturing in the uk. against some of our competitors who impor

i the opposition party repeatedly disrupted the speech when it resumed cyril ramaphosa college more needs to be done to kickstart the stalling economy and he blamed widespread power shortages for sluggish growth and admitted debt was reaching unsustainable levels. our country is facing a stark reality. the economy has not grown at any meaningful rate for over a decade even as jobs are created that rate of unemployment continues to deepen we need still fix our public finances. no levers of growth means that we are not to generate enough revenue to meet our expenses our debt is heading to was unsustainable levels. al jazeera from mr miller is in johannesburg and she says the president outlined options to deal with the country's energy issues now the president when he finally was able to begin that address did say that what's referred to as a low trading in south africa these power cuts these rolling blackouts would indeed continue and this of course wouldn't be you know of any consolation to investors and businesses in this country who are already struggling with the unemployment rate is at

is about to have this think about it the government doesn't give us the opportunity when president cyril ramaphosa took office 2 years ago he promised change to tackle corruption in the government and within his own party which has ruled the country for 26 years he also said he'd get the economy into shape but so far there's been little improvement any state owned companies are close to call ups . manufacturer a k is b. hasn't come away unscathed the company has had to buy expensive generators because of frequent power outages at legal mossad he and the team say they're still optimistic but the south african government are gently needs to invest in infrastructure. now el cambio is the spanish word for change and it's also the name of a sock academy in uganda the danish run mission aims to change the lives of underprivileged kids by giving them structure and education and entering. controlling the ball seems to come so naturally. and doing the ph the youngsters can be unstoppable. these are the children of the elcom be a small car academy in southwestern uganda being nurtured into potenti

i'm joined by reports on the qua non the tiny cyril for an update on the story hello many thanks for your time so so tell us what where the arguments made in courts that eventually led to the case being to fred well one key issue that the prime minister. put before the mud just to court and this is the lowest court in the sotu that the supposed to charge him with an attempt at maida and the argument was that as a sitting prime minister charging him with a criminal offense can present a constitutional crisis for the kingdom of his so too so what he's saying is that the constitutional court which is mandated to rubble or to in top ridge the constitution in the so too must now make a determination whether in fact he can be charged as a minister now there's a lot of pressure on him to step down what is likely to happen now. well you know that he said he will step down either in july or before that provided. and party process is called before then but what now happens is that his political to the opposite invention has been meeting time and time again he is not seeing eye to eye with his

and south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has promised economic growth will look at the rolls off foreign investment ahead of a visit by germany's chancellor angela merkel. then the academy is that changing the lives of underprivileged children.

current president cyril ramaphosa has vowed to change that his target is to raise growth to 5 percent by 2023 foreign investors who bring jobs as well as money to the country would help that so german companies are welcome here. we're now joined from frankfurt by jeremy gans he's a business consultant for african countries jeremy how do african companies see this german engagement in africa i think they welcome it but what they're looking for really co-investors not sellers they don't want to just be buyers of german products they wish to see german companies come in and partner with them in the key areas of the future of the african continent power generation and mobility and the german government is doing a lot to help at the moment as symbolized by chancellor merkel's visit but german in africa is still very very small compared with other countries and african companies are looking for germany to up its game in the past we're looking at a relationship between africa and germany the economic recession that the focus was very much on development aid did that actually help the economy

long time and it is about 250 think about it the government doesn't give us what unity when president cyril ramaphosa took office 2 years ago he promised change to take a corruption in the government and within his own party which has ruled the country for 26 years he also said he'd get the economy into shape but so far there's been little improvement any state owned companies are close to call ups. manufacturer a k s b hasn't come away unscathed the company has had to buy expensive generators because of frequent power outages that legal mossad he and the team say they're still optimistic but the south african government obviously needs to invest in infrastructure. we're now joined from frankfurt by jeremy gans he's a business consultant for african countries germany how do african companies see this german engagement in africa i think they welcome it but what they're looking for really co-investors not so they don't want to just be buyers of german products they wish to see german companies come in and partner with them in the key areas of the future of the african continent power generati

they told us it was suspended for the next few days to this sense cyril football stadium for top flight football matches where perspire owned milan fashion week also fell victim on money closed its runway show to the crowds. leaving giorgio staring at empty seats. at the venice carnival was cut short too over the weekend the italian prime minister sought to allay fears and said there were no plans to close the borders. i will start off the movie soon will even go to moment there are no preconditions for requesting them and training the suspension of the schengen treaty and the suspension of the free movement of people. but if you are lip or sort of italy is now the european frontier of this disease whether it remains that we will depend in large part on the success of its response let's get the very latest live on what is a developing situation in italy was run correspondent philip well and philip what's the situation right now in the north around milan we have 10 towns about $50000.00 people under quarantine in that region. yes a very alarming situation now that really for all italians

visit follows her trip to south africa where she discussed energy policy and trade with president cyril run a post up in angola she's expected to sign off on a joint scholarship program and agreed to cooperate on aviation another issue of corruption. the new angolan government has highlighted business deals associated with a former administration involving isabel doesn't us the daughter of of an ex-president she's widely known as africa's richest woman and is accused of embezzling millions of dollars and public files. the angolan capital luanda in 2019 the beer was flowing at the country's 1st october fest organized by beverage producer and distributor so dba. it's low on dino beers brewed in angola using german technology the company owner proudly presented the brand on instagram is about the santos reportedly the wealthiest woman in africa while her father shows their daughter to santos was president of angola the government gave her tax breaks to support the domestic brewery project help also came from germany machinery for the $50000000.00 euro brewery plant was supplied by the corn

and 27 foreign nationals on board had been screened twice for the virus before being allowed to fly cyril the new what we know when you put me in a position is arkell paula back here to the people who are at the hospital healthy the more you know that there are no reasons to say that there are ill it's almost as acute churchills partly just go measures on the way to accommodate people comfortably that is local to the border border to be good for the world to stay for so the prime minister has tried to assure locals they have nothing to worry about. please before the door via the health minister has agreed to stay with these people in this hospital ward demonstrates that there is no threat to your craniums for. several offices and civilians were injured in the violence. dozens of protesters were arrested. now here in berlin it's day 2 of the badly nala and the stars don't get much brighter than johnny depp he's from marrying the film minamata where he plays an activist photographer depp says he felt a personal responsibility to tell the story of how big business covered up the mercury pois

south africa's president cyril ramaphosa is delivering his state of the nation address in cape town. pressure being ramped up on cyril ramaphosa to announce decisive measures to fix the economy and turnaround state owned enterprises. the speeches being billed as the most important since nelson mandela's in 1994, the first after apartheid ended. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. crumpton. this is bloomberg. david? david: coming up, bernie sanders may be the front runner, but just how far in front izzy? -- is he? we will get the latest from kyle kondik. this is balance of power on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i am david westin. democrats were looking for clarity from iowa and new hampshire, but did they get it? there is no question bernie sanders won the new hampshire primary, but there are warning signs for the vermont senator. joining me is kyle kondik from the university of virginia senator for politics. g

nation address to defend his record on the economy the opposition repeatedly disrupted the speech cyril ramaphosa blamed widespread power shortages for a sluggish growth and admitted that was reaching unsustainable levels china has begun rolling back tariffs on u.s. goods it's part of an initial deal signed by the world's 2 largest economies last month the agreements only applies to terror of some posed in september on crude oil soybeans pork and beef under the deal beijing would buy more goods and services from the us. the temperature in the antarctic has hit a record 20.7 degrees celsius the reading was taken at say more island it follows a high of 18.3 degrees last week those are the headlines it's back to al-jazeera world's next. in january 995 the armed palestinian group islamic jihad carried out a suicide attack on a bus station between tell of even eye for killing 21 israeli soldiers. there is no definitive account of events but prime minister yitzhak rabin reportedly ordered must sad to kill the group's leader he should immediately. according to israeli journalist ronen bergman

dems, after a report says he did not act on claims of sexual misconduct made against the former mp cyrillence in decades,

license so they could run instead 2032 the state of vermont asked me to oversee from a yankee and cyril was reliable enough to run for true 20 more years so i was chairman of the oversight panel that's looked into a vermont yankee in 2009 we found 80 problems but if he cleaned up the problems we all signed a report saying reminding he could run for another 20 years. there a year later we found out that they were lying to us entergy on a number of occasions including under oath before our public service board. denied the existence of. underground piping carrying radioactive material. in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the u.s. and the world. stacy herbert dig into the burning questions of this election cycle . every week. student debt trade was money universal basic. and more catch up with running this sunday exclusively on. in the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of northern ireland that was coordinated loyalists attacks particularly catholic population in belfast tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes a mob was str

one is the case of cyril smith, who was investigated in 1969 by the police, and ten years later toldppened, that he had been investigated. he did not do anything with the information, and the inquiry found that he abdicated his responsibilities and that was an issue for the protection of children. in another key case relating to the conservatives, peter morrison, who in the 1960s and 1970s there were concerns about suggestions that he might be involved in the abuse of children, well, that information went right up to the prime minister's office, the prime minister at the time being margaret thatcher. the inquiry does not necessarily find that margaret thatcher was told that one of the ministers at the time was a paedophile, but it does say that peter morris and's political career was allowed to go on and he was eventually knighted. —— peter morrison. one of the recommendations of the inquiry is to look at people, after they died, then knighthoods can be reconsidered if allegations like this come to light. ok, tom symonds, thank you very much. ben has the latest sport. as excuses go,

nation address to defend his record on the economy the opposition party repeatedly disrupted the speech cyril ramaphosa blamed widespread power shortages for a sluggish growth. that was reaching unsustainable levels those are the headlines on al-jazeera people and power is coming up next. trade tensions could cut global economic growth by point 8 percent we bring you the stories and developments that are changing the world. to what extent will china be a drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the cost on al-jazeera. 2018 a new government came to power in armenia amid widespread optimism that its leader nicole shenyang quit and deficits of corruption and economic mismanagement but now his administration faces a major dilemma whether to proceed with a huge be defensive mining project that some a warning will cause enormous environmental damage and in danger of one of the world's rarest animal species. the former soviet republic of armenia has witnessed dramatic changes in the last 12 months. a bloodless revolution led by journalist turned politician nicole pushing a promised an end to deca

ten years after that, cyril smith had a conversation with david steele who is the leader of the liberal happened. he gave evidence about this at the inquiry last year. he said it was a brief conversation and he didn't admitany abuse, brief conversation and he didn't admit any abuse, but because he did act on it, the inquiry accused him of doing wrong. steel has resigned because he says he doesn't want any more tour model in the party which will be looking to investigate his actions. —— turmoil. a court has been shown cctv footage of the manchester arena suicide bomber 19 seconds before he detonated a homemade device. salman abedi is seen carrying a large rucksack containing shrapnel standing in a crowd of men, women and children. his brother hashem abedi is on trial at the old bailey accused of being ‘jointly responsible' for the attack. he denies 22 counts of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. at 8:07 on the night of the explosion, salman abedi left the rented flat where he'd built the bomb. he took a tax

was a day one of those to follow in mandela's footsteps south african president cyril ramaphosa he honored the father of the free south african nation from the balcony of cape town city hall he echoed a speech by mandela delivered at 30 years ago today a speech which ramaphosa said birth to the nation today after 3 decades of rule by the african national congress mandela's party south africans can celebrate but there is also a need for so search. millions of our people continue to live in poverty millions of people especially young people i'm employed the divide between the haves and the have nots continues to widen we must intensify our efforts to make good on the promise made by my dba and his generation of leaders why has that been done apartheid ended with the 1st free elections in south africa in 19044 years after mandela's release it marked the 1st stages of reversing decades of racist policies and there is still work to be done our next report takes us to an area of cape town known as district 6. an emotional stroll down memory lane as a child. used to play in the streets but on the

thousands of kilometers away on an official visit to south africa america has been meeting president cyril ramaphosa in a bid to boost business ties between the 2 nations south africa is germany's largest economic partner in africa and the chile there is have just been speaking to the media and the situation in the ranger was the very 1st topic that merkel addressed the election of these insufficent was a unique event which actually broke with a basic tradition for both the city you and myself namely that. we will not accept majorities that are one with the help of the f.t. and it was actually very clear already from the start this it took 3 rounds of elections this is an unpardonable act and so. the result needs to be protected that needs to be abolished and at least to the extent that the c.d.u. will not is not allowed to participate in a government beneath the. with the now elected minister present it was a bad day for democracy a day that broke with a long intro tradition of the values of the city you and everything needs to be done now in order to make it clear that this is in no way

africa's parliament was suspended for a short while after disagreements broke out before president cyril state of the nation address. he has set out the government's objectives for the year, focusing on south africa's struggling economy and promising to host an extraordinary summit of the african union to finalise a continental free trade agreement. president donald trump says that the united states is "very close" to a peace deal with the taliban guerrillas in afghanistan. his comments come as the two sides agreed a 7—day reduction in violence, in what is seen as a step towards the possible withdrawal of american troops. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo called it an important breakthrough but added that talks were still complicated. the united nations says more than 800,000 people have been displaced in north—western syria since december. the government, backed by russia, launched a new offensive on the region around that time, after donald trump decided to pull his troops out of the country. the us government has filed new charges against the chinese tech giant, huawei, and its c

day summit in ethiopia focused on ways to promote peace on the continent south africa's president cyril ramaphosa took over the organizations rotating chair for the coming here he said he would put the priority on ending the long running conflicts in libya and south sudan. l.g.b. to groups in switzerland celebrating after voters approved a law that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation the measure passed with 63 percent of the vote parliament passed the law 2 years ago but opponents forced a referendum on history. the 92nd academy awards have made movie history with the south korean film parasite becoming the 1st non english language film to win the best oscar the best picture oscar the film's director june ho didn't stop there he went on to pick up 3 others. it was the big surprise of the night and they are scared goes to parasite was the 1st ever moon english language movie to win best picture. since. the moon's south korean director bond junho is dark class satire about the gap between the rich and poor in modern day so who's the big winner of the night. and a total of 4 aw

director of the desert locust control organization for eastern africa and in nairobi via skype we've got cyril ferrand who is resilience team leader for eastern africa at the food and agriculture organization of the united nations stephen let's start with you why are locusts swarming in such great numbers this year in particular i think you this is especially where the locust have bred to very successfully on that had sequenced and also in yemen and have had a very good season and that's where the numbers are very high and we expect that it will increase in the coming times when you say they've had a very good season why is that stephen is that is this in any way linked to climate change or as far as the life cycle of the of the locust is concerned is is this just cyclical is just the weather conditions which we call climate change position sites while redoubling the desert there with seasons and vegetation all over it was that we had a lot of rains in the region stephen why do locusts swarm in the 1st place. a single such as that not normally just. but when they get together that's what we ca

they told us it was suspended for the next few days to the sun cyril football stadium for top flight football matches where possible and milan fashion week also fell victim on money closed its runway show to the crowds. leaving giorgio staring at and t. seats. the venice carnival was cut short too over the weekend the italian prime minister sought to allay fears and said there were no plans to close the borders. i will start to move you to moment there are no preconditions for requesting the milk turning the suspension of the xing and treaty and the suspension of the free movement of people. in particular the lip of sort of my italy is now the european frontier of this disease whether it remains that we will depend in large part on the success of its response. corresponded bound to regard to standing by for us is in the italian town of the to do in a southeast of milan where 10 towns and 50000 people aren't are quarantined ballots welcome to you we understand that you're on the edge of the lockdown what's the situation there. have you to do one as a very small village right on the bo

from the law scholar opera house cases they told us it was suspended for the next few days to the sun cyril football stadium for top flight football matches where. milan fashion week also fell victim on money closed its runway show to the crowds. leaving giorgio staring at empty seats. the venice carnival was cut short to over the weekend the italian prime minister sought to allay fears and said there were no plans to close the borders. i will start the movie so eager to moment there are no preconditions for requesting the milk turning the suspension of the schengen treaty and the suspension of the free movement of people. through a loop of sort of italy is now the european frontier of this disease whether it remains that we will depend in large part on the success of its response and correspondence in a good tent joins us now from rome seem out what's the situation in the north around milan because we're hearing that 10 towns 50000 people are under quarantine there. yes absolutely i mean he's 10 towns these it's the focus area the rich so if you like they're on lockdown they cannot eat and

day summit in ethiopia focused on ways to promote peace on the continent south africa's president cyril rev oppose it took over the organization's rotating chair for the coming year he said he wanted to prioritize ending long running conflicts in libya and south sudan. mourners are gathering at a shopping center in thailand to pay their respects after the country's worst ever mass shooting they left flowers and wrote messages for the victims at least $29.00 people died when a thai soldier went on a shooting rampage on saturday. health authorities in china say more people have fallen 'd victim to the coronavirus they say the death toll has now passed 900 and that more than 40000 cases of the virus are now reported across the country this after thousands of people were allowed to disembark a cruise ship in hong kong after a 4 day quarantine resulted in passengers testing negative for the virus another cruise ship off japan remains in quarantine with over 100 confirmed cases. roopa 20 german citizens are back you waited on in china are beginning to 2 weeks coroutine in their own. country a

day summit in ethiopia focused on ways to promote peace on the continent south africa's president cyril run a poser took over the organization's rotating chair for the coming year he said he wanted to prioritize ending long running conflicts in libya and south sudan. health authorities in china say more people have fallen victim to the coronavirus they say the death toll has passed 900 and that more than 40000 cases of the bars are now reported across the country this after thousands of people were allowed to disembark a cruise ship in hong kong after a 4 day florentine resulted in passengers testing negative for the bars another cruise ship off japan remains in quarantine with over $100.00 confirmed cases. france has recorded just 6 cases of the coronavirus so far but chinese people and others in the east asian community say they are becoming targets for discrimination with many taking to social media to share their stories d.w. correspondent sonja politic i went to paris maine chinatown district to find out more. a basement in paris is chinatown. these elaborate costumes were meant fo