Welcome to the program. German chancellor Angela Merkel has warn that up to 70 percent of the german population could contract the coronavirus of the country reports say its death from the disease the chancellor said that everything must be done to slow the viruses spread and prevent the Health Care System from being overwhelmed jo also said she was open to scrapping her countrys strict spending rules to help government fight the spread of the virus she called on people to show solidarity with the elderly and with people suffering underlying illnesses are most likely to be severely affected is being aware of this fact and aware of the fact that there. Are 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 and this spread of this disease and this is why all of the measures that were putting into place are crucial because they gain as time. Well lets get more on this from Eric Williams from d. W. A science political actually political michela who is at our Parliament Studio so welcome both lets start with you mckayla run us through some of the chancellors other parts. Well it was a rather sober assessment of the situation and she basically told the public that this fire was was now here and that it would be here to stay for some time that there would indeed be more deaths and that this was a situation where the government doesnt really have all the answers yet so thats pretty strong stuff for a country that likes to see the political brand of stability thats you provided bungler machall in place she pretty much echoed the scientists whos pretty much in charge of this the head of the whole box Call Institute here in germany those recommendations to take care not to have gatherings of more than 1000 people and at the same time to surmising ourselves that she came out of a Conference Call with e. U. Leaders calling for you approach of course also knowing that joint approach will be cut short the tensity just by the very fact that every country is pretty much fending for itself right now in trying to track this disease and trying to stop it from spreading so Derrick Williams its chancellor merkel right the best we can do now is slow this outbreak down rather than fight it back well thats what the experts are saying i mean that was really the main one of the main focuses of this conference was to say we have to slow it down and the 2nd thing that the reason that we have to slow it down is because we have to give ourselves time in order to do things like develop a vaccine against a vaccine is going to be incredibly important and further and further fighting this virus because a vaccine for example will help the people the medical personnel who are on the front lines they would be the 1st people to get a vaccine if and when one came but also will give us more time to develop antivirals are there is one actually thats in the running right now it will give us time to test it so the longer we can push out this eventual wave that is going to come the better off well be. At the moment that it does come and then of course she also said and she repeated it repeatedly over and over again that we need to protect the people who are most vulnerable that means the elderly people who are over the age of 65. 00 are much more likely to suffer to end up dead from this virus than people that are under that age and so we need to those people and the chronically ill of the people that need our protection and that we can only do that as a society ok so whats the most important thing we should remember this outbreak spreads well i mean the most important things are still always the most simple things are the things that individual things that individuals can do or go to the w. H. O. Website and look at the look at the rules for interaction you can do something wash your hands regularly theres simple things as a list of 4 or 5 things when youre in public transport for example use cough etiquette cough into your elbow rather than their very simple things that you can do and also dont forget its important not to panic because 4 out of 5 people who get this virus have very mild symptoms or are even asymptomatic so its its important to really to remember that and not fall into this frightened atmosphere ok. Lets just pick up on one of the point you made at the start this talk of a europe wide response to the corona outbreak what did the chancellor say about italy which is suffering the biggest outbreak outside china at the moment. Is there was a focus in the european a person she mapped out on Financial System systems of stabilizing the economy and then she got a concrete question from an Italian Journalist what about his city would send doctors and she was being a bit more cagey there she said that germany was of course not indifference to what is happening in italy where the situation is far less in the control than it is here in germany right now but that she would have to act responsibly and consider what assistance to provide bearing of course in mind that this was a stress test for all Health Structure says in every european country and beyond. Thank you Derek Williams thank you well lets take a look at the situation in italy where the government says it will dramatically increase the sum of money its prepared to spend on easing the effects of the coronavirus rose putting aside 25000000000 euros to mitigate the impact on the economy italy is the worst hit country by the virus in europe its in the 2nd day of a National Quarantine which most italians seem to be observing. On locked its streets and obscured by the usual hordes of 2 just. The shutters came down at 6 pm as bars restaurants closed in accordance with new measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus the message is simple stay at home its advice italians are taking seriously after the number of confirmed cases of covered 19 top 10000. 00 and the death toll rose above 600. 00 in florence to the normally bustling streets were unusually quiet and for some the financial consequences of the nationwide lockdown are already beginning to bite. She gets from around 140 plates a day weve gone down to 25 place this afternoon. This nice year weve decided to stay open to see if we can do something even if its a small thing we have in chloes and rent to pay. Meanwhile theres trouble with the neighbors slovenia has closed its border to italy well austria has banned incoming journeys by train and plane moves criticized by french president the manual mccomb. Says we dont want things to get out of proportion thats why because it needs to work and because its only the beginning of this epidemic and if we take disproportionate measures theyll be unsustainable in the long run and thats counterproductive i sincerely believe that these are bad decision most european coordination is a much more efficient book just for. European coordination means working from home the brussels based president of the European Parliament is in self isolation after a visit to his native italy. Back in rome the president of the Italian Football Federation said that the season already suspended could be abandoned as the coronavirus effect every pillar of italian life. Lets take a look at some other coronavirus developments around the world the New York Stock Exchange opened with share prices falling the dow fell almost 4 percent in early trading is good news from china which has officially reported its lowest number of infections since the outbreak started there in santa workers in key sentence a jew to go back to work elsewhere the infection rates are still on the increase in the United States there are now more than a 1000 confirmed cases the National Guard has been deployed to a new york suburb that has been quarantined greece is shutting schools universities and Daycare Centers for 2 weeks and in the u. K. A Health Minister has announced that she has tested positive for the virus. So for all the latest on the corona virus including information about what to do if you think you might be infected then visit our website the w dot com for more of the stories making news around the world joe biden has made significant gains in the latest round of u. S. President ial primaries solidifying his position as frontrunner for the democratic partys nomination came as a blow to the partys left wing which had been backing on a strong showing the bernie sanders. Japan has been playing a tribute to the victims of the 201140 she met Nuclear Power plant disaster powerful earthquake have been suing tsunami killed more than 18000 people because the countrys worst ever Nuclear Accident this years ceremony was kept small because of the corona virus outbreak. Of violence broke out in venezuelas capital caracas as demonstrators led by selfproclaimed president hun why dont clash with Security ForcesPolice Used Tear Gas to stop the protests from protesters from marching on the National Assembly which progovernment lawmakers seized in january. The United States where Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison and a Manhattan Court following his recent rape and Sexual Assault conviction this is at the he along the end of the range of possible sentences for the disgraced hollywood former hollywood mogul and he face between 5 and 29 years he was convicted of raping an aspiring actress in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on a t. V. And Film Production assistant in 2006 both remembering to give a victim impact statement before he was sentenced a 2nd criminal case is pending in california. And to new york then rejoined journalist james reimer whos been following this case it closely welcome james so just walk us through what happened in court today. Well youve already stated the sentence very fresh in our mind it only happens and in recent minutes 23 year Harvey Weinstein the disgraced hollywood producer sentence before this morning he woke up on Rikers Island the tories the brutal jail complex on an island in new york where hes been staying since he was convicted of these 2 very serious that. Month he was brought into court wearing handcuffs and in a wheelchair a signal of how seriously they this fall from grace and the fact that. He came face to face once again with 6 women who testified in the case against him that includes the 2 women for which he was been hes been convicted of sexual offenses against and of course only like a small fraction of the 80 plus women around the world who have leveled allegation terrifying moments trapped inside hotel rooms with. The over the last 2 or 3 decades he. Made a statement to the court in mitigation of his offenses he said it was a rambling incoherent affair almost he said that he was totally confused by whats been happening and in many ways he didnt really seem to fully grasp. The public shame and disgrace in appropriate brought on because he said he was confused that this feeling of thousands of men and women who are losing do probes that is not the right atmosphere. In the United States of america thought just a i guess. A claim against me to movement away changed opinions into thrives and. So judge didnt seem to agree with wind on this one clearly 23 years today in new york im a goddess a vat this is not the end. Courtroom dramas. No as you said earlier hes got pending allegations against him. These are in los angeles hes going to be going back to jail today starting the 23 year during which time. Hes going to have to face more charges in los angeles that he was charged in january those allegations to add allege and Sexual Assaults that happened over 2 days 28. 00 now if hes convicted of these charges in los angeles another 28 years in prison so i mean already at the age of 67 years old thats what were in now if he says this 23 years well you do the math thats very much looking like the rest of his life behind bars to enjoy now in new york thank you so much. Today europe remembers its victims of terrorism especially events in paris will pay tribute to those killed impacted strolls the battered music club 130. 00 people were killed or reported the solution has been to make one of the survivors. Returning to the battle plan is an act of for assistance for cutting the toll it was inside that she survived one of frances 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. Labor day but i still get knots in my stomach when i come here but i didnt want to develop a phobia so quite soon afterwards i started coming back to the better. Its like a pilgrimage im remembering the dead and reminding myself how lucky i am. Catherine survived this sword unharmed or so it seemed shortly afterwards she developed what many other victims of terror attacks suffer posttraumatic stress disorder p. T. S. D. Says im tom ridge. At 1st i was in denial about the symptoms but then i developed socalled hyper vigilant noises like doors slamming shut things hitting the ground or balloons bursting really scared me i had auditory hallucinations i imagine hearing 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. Through my channeled all my suffering into my drawings its a great relief its 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. Little much. But she realized her drawings could do more than just help alone and thats why she decided to put them in a book than her fair piece on 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 well for. Whom kathleen has since published a 2nd book which includes drawings of more every day ordinary problems thats her way of getting back to some sort of normal life but the attack changed her forever and wasnt one. Its like im 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. I. Dont know who the men. Kathleen will also keep returning to the battle plan she says shes determined not to give in to the fear the terrorists have awaken in her. Now for the biggest arctic expedition of all time the Research Ship our last stand or polar star set off in september and is now about halfway through its year long journey 300. 00 researchers from 17 countries are on board trying to work out how ice water and the atmosphere interact with each other progress is slow because when the ship set out from tromso in northern norway it deliberately got itself frozen into the ice so now its relying on the ice to move it forward it so the palash 10 will cover the 2500 kilometers d. W. Has been tracking the expeditions progress. Stuck in the ice in the total darkness of the polar night the International Mars a expedition in surveying the arctic for a whole year the region is crucial to the whole globe. While theyre 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 as this. For for the its fascinating when you turn off the ships and and let it freeze into the ice it suddenly goes silent a moment. Before the ship was always moving through waves in the ocean breaking through ice. Escapist and then all movement stops it can be a bit scary often for fun. 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 socalled new arctic under the influence of Climate Change their 1st observations already show that the ice is more fragile. Ok probably. In f. A. In the expected us to get there to look for an ice flow 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. Winter was one of the most impressive moments was when i was called to come on to deck because met city huge installation of different instruments moved past the ship. The whole part of the flow just drifted by the strict compliance is this i really wouldnt have expected that to be such strong dynamics who wanted to knock me out in. The present. Underneath the ice and diving robot gathers dr. Octopus is full of life to cloud caught on camera. Even a seal. After hoffer year of darkness of the pole the night apologia now in tones the sun wont set until september and in the arctic a new life with awaken. During the phase thats now coming we want to study how the ecosystem reacts to the return of the light how fast with the explosion of life happen that always starts in the arctic when sun comes back after winter and which species will become active 1st and which species will eat which what is the sequence of life in the ecosystem thats what will characterize the next part of the expedition dr 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. We can talk more about this with dr marseille and klaus hes a sea ice physicist was also a co cruise leader on the 1st leg of the palash downs of voyage he joins us from brahma welcome to day w. We heard in the report that the 1st observations show that the ice is thinner one presumes with Global Warming this is what you would expect as was the big question is why does this matter hello and good afternoon yes that matter is there and we can see the arctic warming in the uk you change in particular in the offtake and with the sea ice and if the sea ice changes also into action between the atmosphere and the ocean will change and that has consequences gone to all it shoots year. So tell us about those those consequences because clearly they visit this theres with so many scientists there is a cost a lot of money im just wondering what were getting for our money you go out there you discover the sea ice is thinner so what. Yeah its not even that its there and thats one of the elements but there wont be a need to understand better is how all the interaction work and not only how they work in eventually for the ecosystem and for the physics but they were going all the different seasons and so far nobody has been there in this time last year in the middle of the winter to study the climate system nobody has been there before to study it all over one year on one show all together in order to then bring these ideas back into our unknown unknowns here into the models and with that Getting Better forecasts and understanding of the system right so we have ships like the pilaster and going out there to the polls we have we have research stations at the polls as well as your impact on the climate completely neutral all does does you tramping around in the ice actually have a damaging effect i mean obviously if you go somewhere to measure something you have an impact but it was a main part of our preparation to have that impact at less possible and at the same time to do measurements comparable right at the ship where you also measure all in front and through the way to get the pristine arctic so for sure in the and as the data we later have to look into it and probably have to sort out some data that we dont unless our own impact but in particular if you want to be there even with all the autonomic devices and satellites still have to go there and get their sampling and measurement in the field its was the year good talking to you thank you so much for joining us dr muscle nicholas thank you a bot. This is d. W. News these are our top stories Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison following his conviction for rape and Sexual Assault a former hollywood producers case was a major focus of the meat to movement a 2nd criminal case against him is still pending in california. And german chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that up to 70 percent of countries are president s could contract the coronavirus and that everything must be done to slow its spread remarks came as the country reported its 3rd coronavirus death. If it is government meanwhile has pledged up to 25000000000 euros in aid to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the countrys economy you know what it came on the 2nd day of a nationwide quarantine that aims to slow down its spread it to leave the house moving 10000 cases and many countries have halted flights to and from it. This is the w. News from berlin for more followers on twitter or visit our website d. W. Dot com. 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