A day after backing in arms embargo on Libya European Union leaders are debating a military mission in the war torn country. Im burnt off its good to have you with us tonight in china concerns are growing over the rapid spread of the deadly corona virus so far the virus has been blamed for 3 deaths with some 200 people becoming ill Health Officials now say that the disease is capable of being spread from person to person and it comes at a time when millions are traveling across china ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. In wu han infected patients are treated in isolation wards authorities have confirmed over 200 cases of coronavirus symptoms include fever and difficulty breathing 3 patients have died but say most are not seriously ill Health Authorities believe the outbreak originated at this now closed market into hand which sold fish and wild animals such as that Imperial College london suspects the rate of infection may be much higher than the official figures they estimate that could be 1723 cases in New Hampshire says its taking this situation seriously. Regarding our measures to prevent the epidemic spreading i can say that the government is now checking everybody who leaves the city. Who hands train stations have been equipped with detectors to screen passengers for fever and medical personnel on standby neighboring countries have also introduced checks at ports for cases of the virus have been detected in people travelling from. Thailand and japan 3 u. S. Airports are also screening passengers but there have been no confirmed cases so far. Professor hes president of the robert institute here in berlin good to have you on the program let me ask you should people be worried about how quickly this virus is spreading well actually i have to say 1st of all id like to think you have to give me opportunity to talk about this virus here you know there are 2 other viruses that are very similar to this virus so we know a lot about the virus i will remind you of 2000 to 2003. Similar to this virus so we alert on alert but actually we know how to handle it we know how we can contain it and therefore i think that people should go. That there should be really. A safe and they should really know what to do and this is the most important thing for us to deliver this message to the people the chinese authorities they are saying that this outbreak is controllable do you believe them sure i believe and why shouldnt you know in 2002 there were 3 Different Things to today 1st of all the virus was fully unknown secondly the chinese authorities didnt report properly to the world and thirdly they didnt have that huge capacity in public of efficiency so these are 3 major advances over the last 15 years or so and even under these circumstances some 15 years ago we were able to control costs so why shouldnt we be able to consume this new wires and we know now that it can be trans method from human to human. Help how do you best in control this virus from spreading if you know that simple you know contact in crowds can spread the virus easily or 1st of all we dont have all the data that we already can fully jaci on the Science Mission where he ordered from what we know today is that some 220 cases are there and we know that most of the cases have been infected on a market with putatively by contact to animals to certain animals and we know that the number of cases creating between people is really small and from what we know today is that there needs to be a very intensive contact between people to get infected so actually the transmission rate doesnt seem to be too high ok you see intensive contact and work coming in china right before the Lunar New Year were talking about the 10s of millions of people traveling across the country the trains in the country are all going to be full is that a perfect storm for spreading a virus clearly the. This is not a perfect situation to control an outbreak however authorities are really hard working on it they put in exit screening to my knowledge some 300 points from 17 people whove taken temperature so theres a chance to pick up those people who are actually infected and they have put in place a lot of control measures and again like to mention that they really report nicely on the situation and so the whole world is looking at it and is taking control and supporting one another its good to hear that positive news from you thats for sure professor it looks ill be there with the rubber caulk institute here in early professor in that we appreciate your time tonight thank you and you know much berlin was the site for a conference yesterday aimed at bringing an end to the civil war in libya a tentative cease fire was agreed to now the European UnionsForeign Ministers are meeting to discuss the next steps e. U. Foreign policy chief Joseph Burrell is proposing that restarting the a use sofia Naval Operation to rescue migrants in the mediterranean now that operation was halted due to a dispute over the distribution of refugees across europe the e. U. Says it will not take steps to monitor a cease fire until libyas working factions have established a stable troops. In that ceasefire reached yesterday both sides in libyas conflict agreed to nominate a 5 Member Committee to monitor the countrys fragile cease fire and many ordinary libyans however they are viewing these recent peace efforts with some skepticism after 9 years of conflict and with fresh clashes already being reported today around tripoli many libyans know firsthand just how fleeting peace and stability can be. Life goes on in tripoli despite renewed assaults around the capital the high level summit in berlin has made no big promises prime minister. Who leads the un backed government from tripoli acknowledged a resistance to negotiate from our side weve nominated 5 people and they are now waiting to meet their 5 counterparts but on an individual front we have passed this point and rejected the possibility of sitting down with the other side the other side as forces loyal to. Who controls Eastern Libya a military commission made up of 5 representatives from each side is meant to hammer out a lasting truce many libyans are skeptical. Conference can be successful if both parties that hear to the. Bloodshed in the country. Need to sit down together and solve the problems. The most important thing is that there is consensus amongst libyans and. That was the need. Is necessary. With fighting ongoing and the path to peace uncertain a wide gap persists between talks in europe and action on the ground. For some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world at least 3 protesters were killed in the iraqi capital baghdad after Security Forces used to gas and live ammunition on government demonstrations another protester was reportedly killed during demonstrations in karbala protesters are demanding sweeping political reforms and to corruption in ethiopia at least 10 people. Were injured when a spectator stand collapsed at a festival the wooden structure gave way during the Orthodox Christian a celebration. In the city of. Several. That ethiopians and tourists were commemorating the baptism of jesus members of Mexicos National Guard have fired tear gas at migrants trying to cross into the country from guatemala more than 3000 migrants began wading through the border river after authorities closed a border gate on a nearby bridge the migrants say their goal is to reach the United States. Well in the United States thousands of the pro gun activists from around the country have staged a massive rally in the state of virginia theyre urging lawmakers to abandon plans for stricter gun controls you know democrats promised to tighten Gun Legislation after they gained control of the state legislature back in november but their proposed package of controls has infuriated gun rights campaigners. Progun campaign is gather in richmond every january but this year they are here in far greater numbers with new reason to rally for that cause will make his invasion iraq pushing forward with a package of gun control legislation including universal background checks a ban on assault style rifles and a limit of 100. 00 gun purchase per month gun rights supporters a furious over all of these rights are god given no we can take them away we have rights defend ourselves and our families. So were here to let them know that they can take our rights away we dont need the government telling us what our rights are are not then our government does not take away our rights. And if the government keep pushing us like his democratic friends then you go to say a 2nd revolution in america like the 1st revolution where people get shocked. If a possible violence prompted Governor Ralph Northam to ban weapons on the capital crimes and declare a temporary state of emergency. Fee is fueled by the memory of shot at still in 2017 when a white supremacist attending a rally drove his car into an antiracism protest and killed. A nice kept some gun control activists away from planned kind of protests with all of the threats and all of the terribly violent rhetoric thats going on right now our main goal is not to engage with going to extremists today were really here to be present in the lead. Later to make our voices heard to underscore a majority but also the under for the more urgency that we have as our generation unduly affected by gun violence figures show 2019 was the worst year on record for Mass Shootings in the United States the total number of people fatally shot also increased last year according to data from gun violence a nonprofit that tracks shootings. And these activists insist guns on the problem they say any attempt to tighten controls infringes that constitutional right to bear arms and see if its any as a key rallying point for the fight against what they see as a National Liberation of gun rights. Well a new study by the Charity Oxfam says the worlds billionaires have more wealth than the poorest 4600000000 people combined and it says women are the ones who are most disadvantaged on fams inequality report claims that 22. 00 of the worlds richest men have more wealth than all 326000000. 00 women on the continent of africa each day women and girls across the world put in 12500000000 hours of unpaid care and housework thats worth almost 11 trillion dollars a year to the Global Economy weather forecasters in australia warn that hot windy conditions could return later this week again compounding the countrys bush bushfire emergency despite recent rain in some areas dozens of fires are still burning one of the factors fueling their intensity is a long running drought in much of the country besides the fires its creating other hazards take a look. They were hoping for rain but instead this huge dust storm blew into towns in central New South Wales several hours inland from sydney it was unusually large with winds gusting at over 100 Kilometers Per Hour whipping the regions parched soil into huge clouds. Another effect of 3 years of severe drought drying river beds thats now threatening one of the worlds most distinct species a mammal with a bill like a duck webbed feet and it lays eggs the platypus is native to eastern australia and the rivers where they spend most of their time swimming feeding and breeding a drying out conservation groups say the species is near threatened and researches hope the grim sight of dead platypuses like these will prompt action this is one of the most important species in the world its our colleagues its an egg lying mammal and wake cannot even think about leasing it conservation groups say theyre receiving more calls about platypuses stranded in drawing rivers from anxious residents with Climate Change amplifying extreme weather or not so already the worlds driest continent conservation groups are determined to stop this unique species from dying out. In the business is up next with the chris cobra and a look at the World Economic forum that kicks off in the swiss calpine village of davos stay tuned for that the rest. Of today. Programme. W dot com highlights. Sleep. Carefully. The soon. To be