A rescue ship thats trying to save the last. Teenage pop star billy eilish picks up on kong at this years brit awards in london well tell you who the other winners are and why one of them thinks britains Prime Minister is a racist. Thanks. Im sorry someones got to thank you for joining us the death toll from the corona virus has now surpassed 2000 and the virus has spread to more than 20 countries around the world on 5 continents and more than 74000 people have now been infected of the vast majority of them in Mainland China and outside of china more than 1000 cases have now been confirmed the biggest cluster of cases has been aboard the cruise ship the diamond princess its been in quarantine in the japanese port of yokohama for 2 weeks now hundreds of passengers who have tested negative for the virus have started leaving the ship and there were turning to their. Countries. Passengers have tested negative for the corona virus a finally allowed to leave the diamond princess questions are now being asked about how the floating quarantine facility became an incubator for disease. An expert on Infectious Disease control was invited on board to inspect the ships response to the outbreak with completely cerdic and some crews had a fever they went to the Medical Center while reading and 95 mask but he didnt have any protection between his room and the medical room he says he was worried about catching the virus while on board the vessel and say stuff it failed to take adequate measures to halt its spread. Inside Princess Diana and ever thought scared i was so scared of getting caught between 19 because there was no way to tell where the pharisees no green zone no red zone everywhere could have virus and everybody was not careful about it when the ship 1st arrived in yokohama 10 passengers tested positive for the virus 2 weeks later more than 500 have now been infected japan has defended its response. With the urgency of the Current Situation japan has taken full measures to ensure prevention of the spread of infection taking into consideration human rights and humanitarian needs cooperating with the relevant nations and taking appropriate measures with. Someone board have described it as a floating prison one british couple shared their experience via social media. Were doing ok we really are conditioning youre still getting us down weve turned off the humidifier and were leaving the door open but weve closed that now its so damn cold outside. Shortly after they announced that tested positive to corona virus and would be moved to a hospital shortly. Thousands still remain on the diamond princess for those evacuated the jennys far from ivan they still face up to 2 weeks quarantine in their home countries. And for more on this story we can speak to simon dan your he is the Washington Post bureau chief in tokyo hi simon thank you for joining us here in t. W. We saw there that the ship is being called a floating prison a floating petri dish what is behind the Health Officials a decision here to keep people on board despite the risks well you know japan at the time the decision was was taken in japan didnt have many cases of the virus it wanted to keep the people who had the virus off the japanese mainland and it felt koren seeing was the right strategy as it turned out they havent done it well i think the u. S. U. S. Officials are now openly saying that currin seems fails and actually as we look at as we know more about the way the quarantine was applied were beginning to find out there actually it really wasnt done in a medically sound way and that the conditions on board the ship were not were not suitable. To to to keep this many people on board the ship and in particular the japanese doctor who went on board yesterday has released absolutely damning video of the conditions on board the ship which he says are chaotic i am scary and he is not surprised that very many people have fallen sick yes i mean we have been hearing many reports of utter chaos on board and there are still hundreds of people on the spot what is happening to them. Well that theyre being released as as you said the people who the foreigners are being taken back to places like the United States and canada being given another 14 days koren see because those governments dont believe that a corn seen on board a ship works the japanese patients who test negative for the virus are being allowed to leave their being and theyre being allowed to board public transport was stopped a new and go home so japan doesnt really want to admit that quarantine failed even when other governments basically have. Made that decision that the quarantine was not effective and that people were still being affected on infected on board the ship it was a difficult decision but japan because they didnt have the citys 3600 people on day one but as time went by it became increasingly clear as the number of people rose to the core im seeing wasnt the right strategy and i think many people felt japan was very slow to react to the changing reality it is a little bit a case where i think the politics of the situation took precedence over the signs and sign it just quickly how is this all of this going down in japan what do people there make of how the government is that what this well that that doctors video last time i checked it already being seen 750000 times yesterday opinion polls came out showing the Prime Minister of ace popularity falling quite significantly by 5 Percentage Points and more and more people questioning his handling of the crisis so yes there is a real political cost to the government in wanting to avoid bad news ahead of the olympics but now it has got bad news and Big Questions about its handling and it has to deal with them all right simon dan youre the Washington Post hero chief emmett till care thank you so much for speaking to us. In turkey celebrations over the release of antigovernment protesters are being dampened by the rearrest of one prominent activist 9 protesters try to the 2013 antigovernment gazey park demonstrations were freed from jail but outspoken philanthropist. Was immediately ordered back into detention on new charges. In istanbul reporters waited for hours for the release of all. The philanthropists and activists was jailed in late 2017 accused of organizing protests and attempting to overthrow the government on tuesday calvillo was unexpectedly cleared and released but only for minutes he was returned to custody a new accusations of participating in a coup against president recha type air to one in july 26 team. Its not the 1st time such a thing has happened we saw it in other cases last year immediate detention under new claims that a bizarre now they allege he took part in the 2016 coup attempt its quite clear that there has been political influence in the judicial process. May 2030 the start of the gates of park protest sounds of people who demonstrated 1st against a plan to vellum and then again stared one government the movement quickly spread nationwide. But it ended after a violent crackdown 16 protesters were arrested including human rights activists academics and lawyers among them. The former entrepreneur a Nonprofit Organization founder at work with several german foundations prosecutors to call for a life sentence on tuesday came as a surprise release then read attention the tros being closely monitored by International Media diplomats and n. G. O. S some of criticise a process as politically motivated right lets go right to istanbul now dorian jones is covering the story for us there hi dorian these charges against theyre linked to the 2600. 00 failed coup attempt what exactly is he being accused of doing. His lawyers dont appear to know they believe here the moment he appears as a person of interest hes been interrogated under this attention order in relation to the events of the failed coup in 2016 remains unclear whether hes going to be formally charged we do know is so prosecutors have said that they are going to appeal his acquittal yesterday and are expected to press for his continued detention. During this is also because really tens of thousands of people were rounded up arrested in relation to that 2600 failed coup attempt they lost their jobs what has happened to all of those people. Theyre facing a very difficult life thousands of of those people that have been convicted in relation to the failed coup and the alleged conspiracy around it are still languishing in jail many facing many many years in jail many of them life sentences while those tens of thousands of people whod be removed from their jobs they are facing a life of being in Turkish Society funny to extremely difficult to get reemployment anywhere in the country on top of that they are being in cases of them being excluded from social benefits Unemployment Benefits even cases of receiving Health Treatment under the countrys Social Security system so fact they are becoming pariahs in the country theyve had cases of suicide many of them are in deep depression at the point of absolute despair because not only their mothers affected in many cases their families and their children too are facing a very very difficult life and at the moment appears to be no end in sight to the predicament theyre facing endure and we understand that there are a number of verdicts expected there in istanbul today why are these cases important precedent to. What i think that they are seen or internationally as i chemo meant in the turkish judiciary. Especially after what happened yesterday with the cavallaro case these people are standing trial among them all are leading members of turkeys human rights movements. The former head of amnesty in turkey is on trial facing up to 15 years in jail again accused along with their over the phone lines have been involved in a conspiracy in relation to the failed coup also there are 2 foreign nationals including the German National peter they are being tried in absentia they are also accused of being part of this why conspiracy the prosecutors claimed where these this meeting outside istanbul was laying the groundwork for this failed coup the defense lawyers and International Observers have said that the prosecutors have failed to provide any real evidence to support their claims and in fact prosecutors are speaking today have said that they are calling for the equivocal acquittal of 5 of the defendants say there is insufficient evidence or more of the saying that isnt enough International Community are pressing for the full quick thought of all of these and they claim that this trial should never have taken place in the 1st place durian jones for us in istanbul thank you very much. Now some other stories making news around the world a turkish president has threatened to launch a military operation in syrias preach everyone says an operation is only a matter of time unless Syrian Forces pull back behind Turkish Military positions russia has warned turkey not to attack Syrian Forces. Ukraine and russian backed separatists have blamed each other for a flare up in violence in ukraines rebel held east the fighting broke out on tuesday and puts pressure on the countrys 2015 ceasefire agreement. The u. N. Supported government in libya has suspended its participation in talks in geneva aimed at salvaging a fragile cease fire the announcement came after forces a rebel commander hell if i have to are stepped up attacks on the libyan capital tripoli hitting its strategic port rebel groups now controlled most of the country. Well off the coast of libya and geo ship the ocean viking as rescued nearly 200 people there among thousands of migrants still trying to reach europe by making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean in overcrowded small boats did his main drag storage was on the vessel when it spotted the migrants and he sent us this report. From the deck of the rescue ship ocean viking Nicholas Romaniuk is scanning the sea for a boat with migrants on board. The ocean viking is about 130 kilometers off the libyan coast that means its in international waters. We have a look for a possible water boat with knives there are acts of war. Already if you have a visual Border Control pilots are in radio contact all right. All the Border Patrol is searching the area with small aircraft with helicopters they say things are spotted the migrants quote were going to people on board or slightly 3 or. 4. Iraqi. War or 4. Feet or. The migrants boat is now clearly visible. Thought about. The various. Rescue dingus are ready to be deployed told me he is one of the most experienced stuff when it comes to see rescues even though he tells his colleagues what he knows about the refugees so far. And their mission begins. Well. You know that took that. To rescue doing news certainly for the migrants boat along with the ship in some ports and not to rush this part of the operation to take time to assess the situation. That we wouldnt migrant boat is overloaded with 84. 00 passengers all young men. We go into that they might stand up and become agitated and tip over the boat is a big concern. Thats why the 1st thing theyre getting on life vests. For the way it will take 3 trips back and forth to get all the migrants on board the ocean like you. Most of them are from bangladesh morocco and somalia with a few from algeria the gambia 21 are under 18 years old they came along without parents or relatives. And. What are you know that. The migrants are also addressed in arabic and other languages every Single Person will be examined by the doctors on board. It with a dangerously i brought it up with the like you know where there is common the whats left of the left they can see a lot of business if you start thinking about that that they thought but exhausted some of them found that quite difficult to find months about how much i was impacting but i was like life in my house and thats. So weak but now saying that happy to be alive. That there can be. For more on the story we can speak to michael fark in tripoli he is head of mission of Doctors Without Borders responsible for the ocean if i can michael thank you for joining us here on day w. At the moment it is still unclear whether the ocean biking can dock can you tell us what conditions are like on board at the moment for your team thats working there. Well this iteration on board after rescue is always a bit busy so we try to settle everybody in make sure that their Immediate Health needs are met and then we provide them with water food except for and then we try to explain them a little bit of the process on the steps that might come next for them. At this moment in time were actually engaged in another rescue so as we speak the ocean breaking news in its 3rd rescue in the last 24 hours so what we do during that period is we do try to keep the people that weve already rescued on board call and stable well we bring the next set of survivors on board michael the reality is thousands of people are trying to cross the mediterranean in overcrowded boats as weve seen how many people are you on able to reach or you are unable to reach out to. Well so that all depends on whose numbers you trust so at this point in time more people are interested and returned to libya and then make the journey successfully that certainly was the experience in 2019 i mean im here in tripoli now just in the last 24 hours about 400 people have been intercepted by the libyan coast guard and returning to the detention facilities here in libya so. The numbers are boat a 5050 chance whether or not you make a rescue or a successful journey or whether you were intercepted and brought back or whether unfortunately there was a shipwreck mike i want to ask you about something we saw the European Union announced this week which is that it will deploy naval assets to monitor the arms embargo in libya where you are right now because there is fighting between rival forces there but theyre not sending those assets to save lives because they dont want to create a pull factor as theyve put it what do you think of that. So there have been a number of recent studies that have looked at this question of whether or not theres a pull factor on the recent surveys of the new kid that there is no correlation at least between the n. G. O. s vessels in the area and the number of departures and i think that the discussion misses the point that what we should be talking about is the push factor what is driving people to make this decision in the 1st place to choose because dangerous journey as their their best choice of bad options both the conditions in libya and other conditions in their their countries of origin so as long as the conditions in libya and the conditions of the country or a country of origin are what they are people are going to choose to make this journey we gardeners of whether or not there are either label ships from the e. U. States or n. G. O. S boats in the region lets talk about the conditions in libya michael there around 2000 people migrants in camps at the moment believed hundreds of thousands of migrants are living in libya what are the conditions that theyre facing there. So the conditions in libya obviously are very difficult for everybody including the libyans themselves the conflict has intensified in the last couple of months and that trend looks like its such a continuing. Within libya which was always a country of migration and destination for many migrants there are many hundreds of thousands of migrants who are employed here and integrated into the fabric of the local communities but for those who are caught up in the cycle of detention and exploitation and trafficking sanitation hygiene all these things are quite difficult and then people place a great deal of uncertainty theyre concerned about the conflict the conflict is quite proximate to a number of the detention facilities so people are concerned about being caught in the crossfire or being somehow otherwise negatively impacted by the conflict all right Michael Starke a head of Mission Doctors without borders responsible for an ocean biking vessel thank you so much for joining us here and. Thank you. And youre watching news still to come on our show teenage singer songwriter Billie Eilish is one of the winners at the otherwise male dominated brit awards in london. But 1st a look at some more stories from around the world in mexico thousands of people have attended the funeral of a 7 Year Old Girl whose brutal murder has sparked outrage across the country the girl is believed to have been abducted as she left School Last Week amid the public outcry lawmakers have approved an increase in prison sentences for femicide and abuse of minors. And a jury in the trial of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has finished the 1st day of deliberations without a verdict but comes after emotional testimony from women accusing him of rape and Sexual Assault when seen denies the charges saying any Sexual Conduct was consensual. To sports now and the Champions League round of 16 got off to a thrilling start Spanish Club Atletico Madrid stunned the champions liverpool one nail in the 1st leg and dortmund defeated paris sandra mom dortmunds early holland broke the deadlock in the 69th minute the 19 year old just cant stop scoring well the visitors got back into the game when neymar level for parts of vermont 6 minutes later but teenage sensation holland saved the day scoring just 2 minutes afterwards to hand portman an important 21 victory the 2nd leg is in march. The Champions League action continues tonight as honestly the club are the life they travel to london to face last seasons finalists tottenham its a good time for life to play josie marino team tottenham are missing their 2 1st choice forwards due to injury. Under union now goldman light sick have cemented their status as blunders league a title contenders the man once called many marine who has seen his young side shoot up the table thats thanks in part to the goals of team and van or i he scored 25 times this season how tottenham could do with him given next casualties up front so we prepare tottenham a detail doesnt matter if. Well play for tottenham perhaps it will be better of. Some play but for us its better if they dont do not play. Now goldmans rival manager the actual marine has to do without key players on humane broke his arm at the weekend joining captain harry kane on the sidelines. In some periods was awarded about love having attacking options on the bench. Well. The pits. With their injuries now goldman will feel top moment there for the taking he has the chance to khartoums opposite number down to size. Scottish singer Louis Cataldie and london rapper day for the big winner is at the u. K. Brit awards last night capacity took on the gong for best new artist and song of the year album of the year went today it was the 40th year of british pops biggest award show. Thing our songwriter Billie Eilish captivated the audience at the awards ceremony with her debut like performance of the new james bond song no time to die. She was later names best International Female artist and delivered an emotional acceptance speech and still very hated recently and when i was on the stage and i was sorry you guys all smiley thank god fish singer and indie newcomer louis capacity topped the winners of the night giving up awards for best new artist and song of the year for someone you loved. Always good. To be. Rappers is also one big with his album psychodrama taking home album of the year the london rapper took full advantage of the spotlight making a political statement that accused british Prime MinisterForrest Johnson of being a racist is racist were born north rules Research ResultPrime Ministers who drew brees whos to say you should be greek who would at least receive thank you it was a successful night for rap music as graeme artist storms he was named best british male solo artist his part. Formants was accompanied by a gospel choir dancers a fireworks display and indoor rain. The wind. Lets get a reminder now of our top story here on d w hundreds of passengers have begun disembarking from a cruise ship in japan after the end of a much criticized 2 week quarantine it failed to stop the spread of the corona virus which inspected more than 540. 00 people on board the ship the most infections outside of china. 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