migrants trying to cross into the country from guatemala. cross a river on the border close a nearby bridge. and gun rights supporters. in the u.s. state of virginia. his democratic friends. revolution thousands of armed activists gathered to tell lawmakers they want tougher gun control laws. hello and welcome to the program in china concerns are growing over the rapid spread of a deadly corona virus so far the virus has been blamed for 4 deaths with more than 200 patients infected. in china and cases also being reported in thailand japan and south korea with millions preparing to travel for the lunar new year holiday several countries are beginning to screen travelers from the affected region. in which infected patients are treated in isolation wards at the ready is not confirmed over 200 cases of coronavirus symptoms include fever and difficulty breathing although there have been deaths authorities say most patients are not seriously ill health authorities believe the outbreak originated at this now closed market in move on which still fish and wild animals researchers at imperial college london suspect the rate of infection may be much higher than the official figures they estimate there could be $1723.00 cases in which han beijing says it's taking the situation seriously really wanted to go on with regarding our measures to prevent the epidemic spreading i can say that the government is now checking everybody who leaves the city. who hans train stations have been equipped with thermal detectors to screen passengers for fever symptoms and medical personnel are on standby neighboring countries have also introduced checks at airports the virus has been detected in people travelling from move on to south korea thailand and japan airports outside asia are also screening passengers and joining me now from sydney australia is dr raina macintyre she's head of the bio security research program at the university of new south wales and she's an expert on infectious diseases and epidemic control thanks for talking with us dr mcintyre what makes this virus so dangerous. well we're concerned because it's similar to corona to other serious chronic arse's mers trying to virus and front of virus and sons particularly was quite contagious and caused epidemics in several countries including canada. comb singapore and we are concerned particularly the chinese new year that the spread of the infection through travel well i understand that australian authorities where you are now screening for infections there's one suspected case what can be done to stop this virus from spreading. detecting cases really early is critical and for that you need good surveillance systems and screening and then once you've detected someone who's infected placing them in isolation checking all their contacts and meant to show that them on intent 1st development of symptoms and then the use of infection control measures such as personal protective equipment and washing. and so on particularly in hospitals is really important with but and most coronavirus we saw quite serious hospital outbreaks that resulted in the spread to be infection so these viruses tend to cause hospital breaks and so the hospital needs to be a front really now this particular outbreak we're experiencing now is being compared to the sars infections you mentioned sars already those sores infections in 2000 to 2003 killed or 600 people in china does this new virus have that kind of lethal potential. we don't know yet because we haven't seen published analysis. of the disease we do not know if it's rate it seems to be much lower than it was with sun has only days and as i said we need to see the complete data analyzed to be able to compare the death rate and mcintyre thank you very much for talking with the start was dr reiner mcintyre she's head of the bio security research program at the university of new south wales now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today iran's civil aviation authority has confirmed that 2 missiles were fired at a ukrainian airliner that was brought down in tehran earlier this month 176 people were killed in iran initially deny downing the plane before its revolutionary guard accepted full responsibility. protesters and quite a rico are demanding the resignation of that territories governor over the botched delivery of emergency aid after recent earthquakes that left thousands in need public anger erupted over a viral video showing a government warehouse full of supplies left over from hurricane maria in 2017. and u.s. secretary of state mike home pay is says washington plans to boost its support for venezuelan opposition leader won quite impale met with white on the sidelines of a regional gathering in colombia at the meeting why don't use venezuelan president nicolas maduro of aiding terrorist groups. members of mexico's national guard have fired tear gas at migrants trying to cross into the country from guatemala hundreds of buyers began wading through the border river after authorities closed a border gate on a nearby bridge mexico is cracking down on irregular migration following pressure from washington for the country to enforce tougher policy it's. a quest to reach the u.s. is ending here for many years mexico's national guard forcibly repelled hundreds of migrants trying to storm its southern border. officials also detained several 100 who may face deportation some parents and children reported they got separated during the crossing. the full post of the migrants are from honduras and say they want to escape rampant poverty and crime. to north soon to them lou i'm scared and i don't want to go back to my country and the cause is nothing that no one my daughter and i go hungry i think i'm a muslim member of the ill g.b.t. community it's very hard to find a job in play yet but they the majority of those suffer from violence and discrimination we just don't have the option of staying in our country no not a morsel to listen to by. last year mexico stopped allowing migrants to cross its territory with few restrictions in june officials unprecedented steps to block crossings into the u.s. absolutely the country was responding to threats issued by president donald trump sprayers he had tweeted in may we will impose increasing tariffs on all goods coming into our country from mexico until illegal migrants stop coming through and into our country. mexico's tougher stance appears to be having an effect since main u.s. officials say there's been a steady drop in the number of people arrested or stopped at its southern border the annual gathering of the world economic forum officially begins today in the swiss alpine ski resort of it's the place where corporate executives heads of government and other leaders from around the globe gather in an informal setting to discuss major issues this year climate change and income inequality are are the key issues u.s. president is due to deliver the forums keynote speech later today. our correspondent ben physical and is part of our team in davos and joins me now ben the most striking thing about davos today for most people will probably be the contrast between the 2 speakers daltry and gratitude burg. you couldn't get any more different terry could do it you've got big business represented by donald trump he's going to be using this as a platform for reelection touting his economy how fantastic things are running in the u.s. but the world as a whole isn't running so fantastically well talk to gratitude back and she says we're facing a climate merge and see that companies need to act now you hear a lot of talk here about companies going carbon neutral even carbon negative it's a rethink as i said it not seeing all of this action according to the figures according to the surveys you see a consultancy just released a survey he's saying that only 24 percent i think it was a 42 percent rather. see saying you know 24 percent of c.e.o.'s say that they're extremely concerned about the climate whereas the world economic forum has been listing climate topics as the big long term risks so seeing a very skewed. vision and a skewed skewed opinions as far as companies go here and it's going to be very interesting to see what your book and trump say today. social entrepreneurship is something we're hearing a lot about too regular focus of the davos summit tell us more about that. well the thing is. being huge here every loss for the past decade but the thing is these are projects that social entrepreneurs are engaged in fantastic stuff that they're doing and changing the world and making sure that societal needs are addressed it's whether or not the big companies adopts this type of framework that they start also leading the way in addressing societal needs and not just shareholders and that's what has been saying the founder of the event that we need to see a stakeholder attitude taken on that everyone the community the customers our society and our planet is addressed so environmental needs as well not just profits we did catch up with some of the social entrepreneurs here in davos let's have a listen in to what they had to say. getting around town it felt be a challenge than use our locations as not to cheat of 1800 meters making them accessible only by cable car put social entrepreneurs among them martin bought it's worth the journey to draw attention to what they feel is the world's most pressing issues business cannot continue as usual business just for profit maximizing profit destroys the planet and destroy the population. some 20 social entrepreneurs have come to davos at the invitation of the shot foundation and the world economic forum they're demanding a new kind of capitalism. no time in history has it become more important for us to look at this concept of stakeholder capitalism we are facing such widening inequality so a sense of non inclusion of everyone that i think the time has come for business government and social entrepreneurs. to really understand how each other works to social entrepreneurs acknowledge that change won't come overnight but the concept of uniting business with social change does appear to be gaining traction. with me being a social entrepreneur is identifying a social problem seeing what i can do creating the solutions and then taking them to ski and working with the government or the private sector so that they can be included in the system the winds may be changing but some say not fast enough while the work of social entrepreneurs may now be acknowledged there often still fighting to be heard listen to the people listen to what young young men and women are saying listen to what people are saying in the villages the good news is that we have technology today so we can have in addition to a top down effort like the world economic forum a participatory bottom up approach. social entrepreneurs have come from a round of the worlds to be in. their message there is a fairer and more sustainable way of doing business. social entrepreneurship may sound like good p.r. but the main concern for many businesses remains profit can the to really be reconciled. it's very difficult putting these 2 topics together and trying to get a good result terry what the forum is doing though is running up a new manifesto which is very interesting saying that companies need to pay taxes 1st of all 0 tolerance as far as corruption goes up holding human rights in their supply chains and also advocating a level playing field when it comes to competition and that's a lot to expect from business but it would give us fantastic results if all these companies did start doing that today ben thank you so much that was spent for us and he'll be back throughout the day together with more members of our team there in switzerland ben thanks so much from now you're watching news still to come modern this sacred spaces sweet look at the work of one photographer who's turned his lens on the appeal of churches built over the past century. the impeachment trial against u.s. president all trial gets underway later today is charged with abusing his presidential power by asking ukraine to investigate democratic political rival joe biden and overstretched in congress as it looked into his conduct legal team is demanding a swift acquittal on the senate. back to house impeachment manages the democrats prosecuting u.s. president on the trumped a brief making fresh to months for a fair trial in the senate. almost simultaneously trump's defense lawyers filed a brief of their own slamming the trial as a dangerous perversion of the constitution. but as both sides get ready for the showdown the president himself boarded a plane headed thousands of miles away to the economic forum in switzerland even if trump doesn't get an outright acquittal with republicans in control of the senate a confidence to be clear it's the way. we know that he's not going to be removed from office we may help be acquitted in the senate so but again we respect the senate process so if a republican senator or a democratic senator wants to make a motion to dismiss will follow along in the vote with the trial just hours away the nation is split. we're definitely divided in the country but i think the majority feel the same way that i do but i'm no longer be the commander in chief it's an effort from democrats to try to get some of the power that they seem to be losing is slipping away from them i am very hopeful that there will be witnesses there will be documents and they the truth will come out that this president put our country in danger. with republicans calling for 12 hour daily sessions with only the 3rd presidential impeachment trial in u.s. history is set to be a grueling one the court. will stay in the u.s. thousands of pro-gun activists from across the country have staged a rally in the state of virginia 13 lawmakers to abandon plans for stricter gun controls there were cross promised to tighten gun legislation after they gained control of the state legislature in november but their proposed package of gun of controls has infuriated gun rights campaigners. pro-gun. 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 image in 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 one can take them away we have a right to defend ourselves and our families. so we're here to let them know that they can take our rights away we don't need the government telling us for our rights or are not then our government does not take away our rights and if the government keep fortunate like his democratic friends there you go to a 2nd revolution in america like the 1st revolution where people get shot. for possible violence prompted gov ralph northam to ban weapons on the capitol grounds and declare a temporary state of emergency. fee is fueled by the memory of shot that spill in 2017 when a white supremacist attending a rally drove his car into an anti-racism 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 that's going on right now our main goal is not to engage with going to extremists today we're really here to be present in the legislature to make our voices heard to underscore a majority but also to honor for the moral agency that we have as our generation and undo effected 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. these activists insist guns on the problem they say any attempt to tighten control is infringes their constitutional right to babs and see the cheney as a key rallying point for the fight against what they see as a national liberation of gun rights. in other news senior huawei executive maying wang shoe has appeared at a court in canada on the 1st day of her extradition trial bang was arrested by canada on a warrant from the united states which has accused her of covering up attempts to breach u.s. sanctions on iran china says the case is politically motivated. china has shipped the core capsule of its planned orbital space station to a launch base for testing the capsule will undergo full what tests in beijing china aims to complete construction of the space station by 2022. and in ethiopia at least 10 people died and dozens more were injured when a spectator stand collapsed at a festival the wooden structure gave way during the orthodox christian celebration of the pippen in the city of gone dark several 1000 neatly of bins and tourists were commemorating the baptism of jesus. for centuries cathedrals and churches has served not only as places of quiet contemplation they also beckoned worshipers with intriguing architecture our next report takes a look at the work of french photographer t.-bo polio in his latest photos series he turns his focus on modern sacred spaces. for me it's definitely the architecture and the power of this modern architecture through the 20th century. they always have a central point of view and that the churches are always and team. is my goal is just to create this sort of. feeling so that people can you know immerse himself in the architecture. book for years seeks out modern churches around the world for his photo series sacred spaces. like no for them to try in paris it's original it's different from anything you could have seen and also it has this visual impact with the difference of materials with you know the wood the steel the lighting is very very interesting and in her it represents the. you know the workers of that era so it also has a very emotional. impact i think on the whole neighborhood. this perspective presents the architecture in the best possible light. and yeah you see in this one what's really beautiful is that the pillars are you know all aligned so you really want them to be you know popping out of the photo so in that way you know the architecture speaks for itself there is no destructions it's always the same the same angle and when you put them all you know next to each other they're all very different but you get a cohesive. feeling of you know all the different churches. t.-bo portray lives in paris he discovered his passion for modern churches 4 years ago and since then he's photographed 36 of them in europe and asia. this is not for dumb to lash to learn young a-q. shaved church on the outskirts of paris. to pose approach is always the same he looks around chooses a point of view and takes a single shot. that's it. at home he makes only minor corrections to the image most of the work is already done. chemo is actually an interior designer and for him photography is just a hobby get his photo series have attracted attention around the globe. since 2015 point he has also been taking pictures of libraries around the world this photo series is his most famous work to date. it's a specific space that everybody understand you know libraries or churches everybody's been there at least once in their lives. one of his favorite churches is notre dame do not sell it in paris he feels that the round come. uncreate structure emanates a sense of tranquility. i guess i'm a pretty cool guy i mean i like it when i'm alone in these places because you actually get to experience the architecture in a very different way you know. it's just for it seems like it's been built just for you when you're there and you can witness it for you know however you perceive it. and then in the photos that people can imagine themselves in in the picture. for his photo series sacred spaces a testament to faith in the power of modern architecture. finally a record breaking turnout that might have been the victim of its own success thousands of twins gathered in sri lanka's capital colombo in a bid to make history in the guinness book of world records the previous record of some 4000 twins and one spot was set in taiwan 2 decades ago organizers in sri lanka say they counted more than 6000 but the turnout might not be certified after overcrowding at the venue prompted some twins to leave early. you're watching d.w. news just reminder the top stories we're following for you here today chinese health officials have confirmed a new strain of the corona virus can be transmitted from person to person raising fears. that the virus has killed 4 people so far and infected more than 200. and as world leaders and c.e.o.'s gather in davos switzerland for the world economic forum's all eyes are on teenagers reach out to bird and she makes her case for climate action. through watching t.v. news i'm terry larson coming up next we've got a documentary for you looking at. 6 in india and pakistan is a term for that new core stuff everything on our website that d.w. dog called face watch. the body. i always need to have an after decades of negotiation a new path to peace between india and pakistan has been opened. a company and you see on a pilgrimage it was his 1st time in the land of his forefathers. between india and pakistan to see done up. close up next on g.w. . odd ominous influence. in the future. the global impact of china is becoming ever present and the riyadh. actions of the us tougher. what does that mean for other countries and what do experts think about china the new world powers in 45 minutes on t w. every 2 seconds a person is forced to flee their home. the consequences have been disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises around the world. fucking thing i don't think i meant i didn't go to university to kill people and i threw it back that way i mean a handful of people feel for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what who become of those who stay behind. displaced this week on t.w. . the relations between india and pakistan are somewhat in tangled affair rather like at 1st glance the turban gone by sikh men. a month each saying is curious to know what happens when an indian sikh like himself travel to pakistan. he's decided to embark on a pilgrimage and for the 1st time in his life crossed the border.