one of the 1st artist to conjure up 3 dimensions in paint and now in belgium there's a chance to see the biggest chance biggest ever exhibition because what. a 1000000 blue crop welcome to the program chinese officials now say 425 people have died due to an outbreak of corona virus while the number of confirmed infections have jumped above 20000 tight controls on movement remain in place and one believed to be where the outbreak began some residents have been filming eerily abandoned sites around the city of 11000000 stranded in. a city that remains in virtual lockdown on the street you can see only. people the people here. the people live. a lot of me as a dual dutch russian citizen who lives in who han he ventured out to document its empty streets authorities have banned transport out of 100 and other cities to limit the viruses spread but special evacuations of foreign nationals are underway but the numbers of confirmed cases for still quite. scary and it's reason risin every day quite a lot. so i decided still to be recreated to russia the alarm has long since spread across china including to shanghai some 700 kilometers east of han here to scenes of unusually empty streets. but among those out and about. taking precautions is a must poor article if you make them wear masks when they go eyes when they come home to have to wash their hands. i believe in our country will overcome this. many are still waiting for a sign that the worst is over the number of confirmed infections rose by several 1000 again on tuesday. there are reports that hong kong has recorded its 1st corona virus death only the 2nd confirmed outside of mainland china the chinese territory has been stepping up measures to prevent the outbreak from spreading you have your correspondent charlotte shells and kill filed this report on the closure of more border crossings with china. these additional border closures will be considered a step in the right direction by some but for many others they are still far too little too late several borders with mainland china will still remain open including hong kong busy international. now speaking today chief executive carrie lam defended her decision saying closing the borders completely this bullshit and discriminatory but both medical professionals and let us this is across the political aisle on topic one medical union has said today's additional border closures will actually change very little they've said the push ahead with their 5 day strike summer until those borders a place they remember all too well the saw an outbreak of 2003 in which almost 300 people lost their lives and they think history piecing it so many now say here need to step up measures to prevent the spread of this virus. as the number of reported cases of corona virus rises so does misinformation about the diseased for the w.h.o. stopping the spread of falsehoods is as critical as stopping the spread of the virus itself. can garlic or smoke from fireworks protect you from corona virus the answer in both cases is no the world health organization says there is a flood of misinformation about the disease online it's spreading faster than the virus itself the antidote to this is an awareness campaign and the w.h.o. is counting on cooperation with online platforms we have work with google to make sure people searching for information about good or not biased c.w. join formation at the top of their search results. but. still the director general has not lost his sense of humor you know what it's not good on. the w.h.o. has also said that facebook and twitter have taken steps to stem the tide of misinformation hospital workers and hong kong have rallied in favor of sealing off more of its border with china almost every border crossing there is already closed but the world health organization warns against isolation. is not reason for measures that unnecessarily interview is international travel and trade. we call on all countries to implement this is ins that evidence based and consistent the w.h.o. is calling on all countries to better coordinate their plans to combat the coronavirus. look at some of the other stories making news around the world $76.00 children plus their parents have been airlifted out of the war torn yemeni capital sana is the 1st so-called mercy flight organized by the united nations a saudi backed yemeni government has been preventing commercial flights from departing from rebel held sana since 2016. in kenya at least 13 children have been killed and over 40 more injured during a stampede at a primary school the incident took place in the country's west as students were being let out of the let out for the day it's not clear what triggered the stampede . in air canada plane has made an emergency landing in madrid after experiencing technical issues on takeoff the plane circled for 4 hours to burn fuel and light the aircraft before it safely touched down everyone on board the boeing 767 was unharmed. in the u.s. senate the impeachment case against president donald trump is wrapping up as both sides have given their closing arguments democrats have argued that trump abused his power by pressuring ukraine to investigate a political rival republicans and trump's defense team said the president's actions were legitimate or not impeachable the senate is expected to acquit trump along party lines on wednesday. it's the 1st major step in the 2020 u.s. presidential contest voters in iowa have gathered across the state to help pick which of the 11 democratic candidates will be the nominee to face president donald trump now polling suggests former vice president joe biden is poised to do well but he may be top 5 vermont senator bernie sanders it's a tight race still among several candidates and more than 1 may emerge in good shape there's no requirement to win iowa to win the party's nomination but as the 1st state to vote iowa has an outsized influence on where the presidential campaign goes from here. now voter turnout is one of the most important goals for the candidates correspondent alexandra phenomena went to iowa's capital des moines where she met volunteers working to get the vote out for their candidate. for rose thompson this is the most exciting time to be in iowa when her state is once again in the national spotlight as a volunteer for the democratic party she likes to joke that politics was so supportive and really. with all your love with my candidate it's all about i know i'm running out of fear i got to talk to her. and i want. this time it's senator amy club one of those thompson support as a moderate candidate from the midwest i'm seriously this is really kind of a volunteer for the amy club is your campaign just calling to remind you that tomorrow night it's caucus night here in iowa and thousands of volunteers like it was thompson not comprehending the other candidates in iowa until the last minute well what's more important then our democracy and shaping our country for the next few years i mean this initial part of me says because we got out of here but but what's more important than investing in your country. that's what scott ruth's hosp and has been doing for hours now canvassing and then neighborhood for any club. even though she's not considered a frontrunner in iowa we were able to work with republicans and i used to be a republican. i've been this is in my nature. health care climate change america's standing in the world issues that matter here scott thompson says he hopes for a democratic nominee who can bring together the party and the divided country. because the mayor and the spirit public and i know the importance of working with people you may not agree with. but you need their support i mean your support for it and so you know your trade off you you make concessions where you have to i mean while at the party's headquarters in des moines the rules thompson needs to sort out some details she has to caucus chair and her precinct there and in charge of organizing the event is it's like a neighborhood you know team she says that when people get together and out in the open try to win over and their friends to support their candidate the thing that makes the caucus unique is that you are really looking your neighbor n.e.i. and saying you know i'm supporting my candidate because her values are the same as mine and they are and if if your neighbor is not really sure or they're not solid with their candidate you can say well you know you are you think that climate change is is important so let's let me tell you what amy thinks about climate tenures the super bowl watch party and the grill restaurant in denmark scott's thompson has come to have a cold beer and to meet these candidates one more time before the caucus mother you come to a meeting with you guys we want much she was like to do we want to have record turnout yes we do really want to do you mean we do know them back. and she definitely. says it's a long run with more primaries to follow however winning iowa can mean the momentum for that kind of pace and that's why it's so exciting at this time of year to be an iowa. earlier i spoke to alexander phenomenon who's following the caucuses there for us i asked her how how much donald trump plays a role for democratic caucus goers. well honestly speaking most people i talked to told me that it is very important for them to have a dummy democratic nominee who is able to beat donald trump to traumatic election in 2016 so this is very important and maybe also the reason. for joe biden to be leading in national polls. the flemish artist young ike was one of the great innovators of renaissance art the early 15th century at the time is mastery of perspective was so realistic some thought he was a sorcerer fun ike an optical revolution is the title of the biggest exhibition of his work ever assembled it's just opened at the museum of fine arts in the belgian city of get. these statues seem to leap out of the frame the figures are given a 3 dimensional quality by the painted reflection in the background they have a physical presence but they're actually just 2 dimensional paintings in the middle ages on ike was the 1st artist to paint optical illusions on wooden panels. and for nyc was the one who showed us how we need to look and he still has a decisive influence on how we see really as a more to this day picked. sun i did that by perfecting his loyal painting technique 600 years ago he was rendering detail down to the millimeter he made garments so real you can almost feel their textures he created masterpieces so realistic that they almost seem photographic. i think he was short sighted because short sighted people concentrate on detail. but i find i can also never lose this view of the complete picture that the. 10 eyck depict of the people of his time and biblical figures in equal measure this is a unique opportunity to get up close to numerous fan i there usually scattered around the world in various museums these alter panels adorn the cathedral and get his 1st large work is protected behind bulletproof glass yon fun ike master of real isn't a revolutionary who changed the course of art history. the epic annual fame own sled dog race drew to a close on monday the home grown norwegian talent taking the spoils robert sorely and his team of huskies were the 1st to cross the finish line after 4 days and hundreds of kilometers of mushing through freezing cold conditions in central norway the race has been running since 1990 and as a part of the arctic 400 series which culminates in alaska and for a march you're watching news from berlin and more news at the top of the hour but coming up 1st a feature on australia ravaged by fire and dropped the forget check us out dot com follow us on twitter at u.w. news thanks for watching. surely your risk meter just shows the numbers the trend of shows you missed. them to. the summer and ways to kick when 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