m.p. committee is demanding a delay it gives certainty to the athletes a good segue into sports and that's the most important thing over the weekend in japan where public life is yet to be restricted as another country's 50000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the olympic flame the country is experiencing a growth in coronavirus case numbers and experts have been warning of the danger of a wave of infections similar to those seen in europe plans are now being made to scale back the olympic torch relay due to start on thursday for the games themselves postponement is looking increasingly inevitable and to discuss the potential postponement of this year's games i'm joined now by he is former basketball enough chief executive of the union's athletes germany is going to have you on the show let me get your opinion do you think that the olympics in tokyo should they go ahead as planned now this should. be. and we know that a lot of athletes here in germany already qualified for the games so how is this uncertainty out was it affecting their training at the moment. yes obviously very very di

m.p. committee is demanding a delay. it gives certainly to the athletes to get into our sports and that's the most important thing over the weekend in japan where public life is yet to be restricted as in other countries 50000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the olympic flame the country is experiencing a growth in coronavirus case numbers and experts have been warning of the danger of a wave of infections similar to those seeded europe plans are now being made to scale back the olympic torch relay due to start on thursday for the games themselves postponement is looking increasingly inevitable. the finals also here for champions league and europa league competitions has been postponed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic finals today that the 2 finals along with the final of the women's champions league competition would be rescheduled due to the ongoing health crisis in europe no new dates were set for the showpiece matches which had been scheduled to take place and make the european championships have already

m.p. committee is demanding a delay it gives certainly to the athletes to give certain to our sports and that's the most important thing over the weekend in japan where public life is yet to be restricted as in other countries 50000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the olympic flame the country is experiencing a growth in coronavirus case numbers and experts have been warning of the danger of a wave of infections similar to those seen in europe plans are now being made to scale back the olympic torch relay due to start on thursday for the games themselves postponement is looking increasingly inevitable. that's become a popular way to get through self isolation with others saying from your balcony here in germany there are even linking up across the nation. in the lead to beethoven it could only be the great composers ode to joy from his 9th symphony musicians amateurs and professionals joined up to create a nationwide symphony orchestra on sunday. coming up next our code 19 special stay tuned in just one minute. that people vote for you on facebook and twitter. to date and in touch. fully.

m.p. committee is demanding a delay if you are certainly to the athletes to get into. that's the most important thing over the weekend in japan where public life is yet to be restricted as in other countries 50000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the olympic flame the country is experiencing a growth in coronavirus case numbers and experts have been warning of the danger of a wave of infections simulate of those seen in europe plans are now being made to scale back the olympic torch relay due to start on thursday for the games themselves postponement is looking increasingly inevitable. and we have mark meadows from sports with us to tell us more hey mark it does look like a postponement is increasingly likely i think it's almost certain now that the games will be postponed probably until 2021 possibly july or august 2021 and you know there are over options cancellation of this year's one but it's clear that the japanese do not want to do that they invested so much money in these games at the last count was about $12600000000.00 and it's only going to rise so this

m.p. committee is demanding a delay it gives certainly to the athletes to give certain sports and that's the most important thing over the weekend in japan where public life is yet to be restricted as in other countries 50000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the olympic flame the country is experiencing a growth in coronavirus case numbers and experts have been warning of the danger of a wave of infections similar to those seen in europe plans are now being made to scale back the olympic torch relay due to start on thursday for the games themselves postponement is looking increasingly inevitable. coming up next are coded 19 special here on d w go to our website com for all the latest news and information around the clock and also you can follow us with the latest headlines on twitter at d w news thank you for watching. why subscribe to d.w. books you meet your favorite writer write. to what i write is to share where to find beautiful. books are new to. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll. just 3 of the topics covered and i weakly read your blog is called spectrum if

m.p. committee is demanding a delay it gives certainly to the athletes to get into sports and that's the most important thing over the weekend in japan where public life is yet to be restricted as in other countries 50000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the olympic flame the country is experiencing a growth in coronavirus case numbers and experts have been warning of the danger of a wave of infections similar to those seen in europe plans are now being made to scale back the olympic torch relay due to start on thursday for the games themselves postponement is looking increasingly inevitable. you're watching you give you news on bring golf for all of us here bill in thanks for the company i'll see the more. that people do for g.w. on facebook and twitter to date and in touch and follow us. carefully. soon. too to. discover who. subscribe to the documentary. this is deja vu news in berlin germany in isolation mode what to expect from the partial shutdown just ordered by the government and why critics in some countries are demanding the opposite they're calling for controlled herd immunity

m.p. committee is demanding a delay it gives certainly to the athletes to get into our sports and that's the most important thing over the weekend in japan where public life is yet to be restricted as in other countries 50000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the olympic flame the country is experiencing a growth in coronavirus case numbers and experts have been warning of the danger of a wave of infections similar to those seeds in europe plans are now being made to scale back the olympic torch relay due to start on thursday for the games themselves postponement is looking increasingly inevitable. and here in europe singing from one's balcony has become a popular way to get through self isolation people in germany have been playing and singing beethoven's iconic 9th symphony that's of unless. he. was. far. too good ok still got all this tremendous are at home practicing without an audience so based on the italian role model where they've been playing the ode to joy for several days we thought we do the same thing on sunday evening at 6 pm for us and for our neighbors for once a buffalo

m.p. committee is demanding a delay it gives certainty to the athletes to give sports and that's the most important thing over the weekend in japan where public life is yet to be restricted as in other countries 50000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the olympic flame the country is experiencing a growth in coronavirus case numbers and experts have been warning of the danger of a wave of infections similar to those seated in europe plans are now being made to scale back the olympic torch relay due to start on thursday for the games themselves postponement is looking increasingly inevitable. uni's up next a. special hour. with more world news followed by the day. the global corona crisis you can find more information online at d.f.w. dot com and on t.w. social media channels. how does a virus spread. widen repairmen and when we'll. consider through the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the crawl of maurice or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you go your podcast you can

m.p. committees for delay and australia are now telling their athletes to prepare to compete in 2021.importantly we received a back from our athletes. the athletes desperately want to get. the guys desperately want to represent their country at the olympics but also take on board their own personal health but also the health and well being of their fellow athletes around the world and that's what's to be changed over the weekend of course is a terrible crisis that. the virus is bring it on many countries around the world. the head of world athletics sebastian coe has written to the i.o.c. president thomas bach asking for postponement he says it's not feasible and not fair to press ahead with the games with many athletes hampered by closure of the training facilities and after weeks of insisting the games are going ahead as planned tokyo 2020 president yes shearer mori admits that now considering the spine meant but he hit back at christians in that they've been disregarding the opinions of athletes are simply too little cannot deliver order occlusion it is extremely regrettable that a

committee saying the i.o.c. simply took too long to act. also mentally it was up to thomas bach the i.o.c. president to prove the record that difficult and historic decision never before have an m.p. gains been perspire but the time it took to make that decision has attracted criticism. finding out because i'm about all i found the delay agone i think. the bottom line is that it was an exceptional especially for the athlete. despite the rapid spread of the coronavirus the japanese. prime minister shinzo. had been playing for time. neither japan nor the i.o.c. wanted to jeopardize their multi-billion dollar gain there are probably going to be thousands if not hundreds of thousands of contracts being entered into and all of that are going to have to be poured over and up to that. next few months if not years to decide where liability really who knows. bach a former friend has always positioned himself as a friend of the athletes but for tack my fright out the events of the past week of showing a lack of leadership through instead of the dog being a strong leader means giving some direction to those affected by the decisions you take. but the decision was to late it was put off it w

m.p. olympic torch arriving they say they're going to go ahead with the olympics the olympic relays going to go ahead but spectators are not allowed the international olympic committee also says the villain picks will go ahead but many are questioning how this can happen with athletes coming from all over the world and the logistical nightmares they face. thanks very much. well iran's supreme leader has the country will overcome the virus and the economic fallout from its you made those comments in the persian new year addresses in basra views in tehran with more. it's been a difficult one for runyan so far they acknowledged that the coronavirus had been a very terrible challenge and defended the country's response despite the fact that many have been critical against the government for not taking this seriously enough soon enough but really what many people have been watching for is what they have to say about american sanctions now on the eve of the persian new year the united states placed more sanctions on iran more iran related sanctions this time sanctioning 5 entities based out of the u.a.e. accusing them of facilitating iranian oil sales are now on tuesday j