on monday all thora t.'s took further measures closing all the 2 land border crossings the international airport also remains open. hong kong's chief executive has hit back at critics. i certainly would not agree with the allegation that we sort of are not addressing this public health concern adequately and certainly i don't agree with the allegation that we are putting politics above public health. a statement likely to fall on deaf ears with protest is valid to continue their strike until the end of the week. did have a corresponding charlot bill is in hong kong and your judgement the line now charlotte watch has been the impact on medical services of the strike. well this is now the 2nd day of this 5 day strike in the hospital here in hong kong is that there is. a serious impact on medical services here mentioned in particular what counts the care service is near nato intensive care services as well have been discussed. as services impacted by this strike so with 3 days still to come with many frontline

current bar too much pressure on her and i think she never really ultimately put her stamp of all thora t. on the party even angela merkel's decision to appoint her as german defense minister was enough to secure her the backing in particular of the right wing of the c.d.u. and she faced too many detractors within the party years she produced a number of gaffes as well last october in fact for instance she came up with a plan for a security zone under u.n. auspices in northern syria but the plan sort of died when it turned out that you know she wasn't even sure if german armed forces would be available for such a mission and then the events of last week into range year where see the c.d.u. politicians there effectively defied the parties ban on cooperation with the far right a.f.p. and she seemed unable to do anything about it that was the final straw for her i think i will talk more in just a 2nd simon the 1st let's hear from a chance of responding to this announcement. i respect his decision was correct but i must also say i regret that it's come to this that the well. is coming 1st i c

turning now to some of the other stories making news around the world or thora t. as in kazakstan say at least 8 people have been killed in rioting in villages in jumbo province near the border to kurdistan the area is home to a muslim minority of chinese arjen president casts enjoyment talk have has ordered an investigation to determine what caused the violence. people in india's capital delhi of voting in local elections it's the 1st poll test since the national government passed controversial citizenship laurel's prime minister narendra modi's hindu nationalist party is hoping to wrestle control of delhi from the opposition the city's chief executive has campaigned for re-election on his record or a record of improving public services. the trumpet ministration has fired top white house ukraine specialist army lieutenant colonel alexander vin mum then men have provided damaging testimony about president trump during the recent improvement in patient process media reports say trump is also recalling the us ambassador to the a u gordon sunderland is also tests who

started his career in georgia and province where he's in pain was at the time the head of the province thora t. and he has a background in the security services in the police which might point to strict control of the population and possibly a crack in even small city a crackdown on dissent in the city and that is linger thank you very much for that update on how china is handing the corona virus as a demi. we want you health ministers have been meeting in brussels for talks on europe's response to the virus. went to europe's emergency response and to coordinate is there a working around the clock on international efforts to help citizens get back home and stop the virus from spreading. a dramatic journey coming to an end these passengers disembarking from a german air force jet in frankfurt earlier this month were among the 1st to be evacuated from china to europe due to the coronavirus it was a challenging task to organize here at the european commission in brussels christiane yacoub is helping europeans in china return home safely on flights such as the one to frankfurt in the operation roo

he was considered to be a religious post also in a parade or thora t. in palestine palestinian territories in gaza and in the west bank and he started to norwich attacks against israeli settlers against israeli soldiers from that point on until. the assassination of the palestinian islamic jihad q one of the most important be real law less terrorist organizations that work against israel. sure car keys refugee family had fled to guards or in 1948 and after becoming a math teacher he moved to egypt to study medicine. already a member of the muslim brotherhood he continued to embrace their policy of reforming politics by creating a society governed by islamic laws and morals. but the muslim brotherhood did not believe the time was right for military action against israeli occupation. began fundamentally to disagree and so he left to form his own organization. he founded palestinian islamic jihad in 1901 jihad meaning struggle in arabic. it was the 1st islamic resistance group to be founded within gaza and the occupied west bank. its stated aim was to figh