Merkel is about to make her 1st comments to the media about the corona Virus Outbreak that move comes as germany prepares for a spike in the number of infections so far around 1500 cases have been confirmed across the country most are concentrated in the Western State of north rhinewestphalia 2 people have died now efforts to slow the disease in germany vary from region to region our reporter has been out on the streets here in berlin to gauge the mood. The time of the rice tog normally teeming with visitors now its deserted the coronavirus has arrived in germanys capital nevertheless life carries on. Even in this private school in the east of the city despite one of the employees testing positive for the virus classes here continue the health of a student want to order the closure of the school the head teacher feels left in the lurch. As it would see until he lit a cigarette up to us to say we recommend this or that but not to take the responsibility thats left to us is that we have
Today as a london Court Decides whether the wiki leaks founder of will be extradited to the United States he faces espionage charges that carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison. And in german football by a labor goosen edging closer to the Champions League was due to captain kai harvards at the helm they beat struggling always 1st for their 5th consecutive victories. Great to have you with us today im brian thomas in just a few minutes time the u. S. President is due to begin a 2 day visit to india hell be greeted by tens of thousands of people at a rally in the city of ahmedabad but beyond all the political optics theres plenty to talk about just. And lets trade the u. S. Is indias 2nd biggest trading partner President Trump has announced progress on a big trade deal as he calls it but so far there has not been a breakthrough then theres security the 2 countries have been increasing their military cooperation over the past few years signing a number of defense agreements and
Funeral for general soleimani, of course, killed during drone strike as we are hearing fresh threats to set u. S. Facilities on fire bringing death to israel and officially, official designate the u. S. Military a terrorist force, the administration is defending the air strikes that killed soleimani this morning claiming hes responsible for leading operations in iraq that killed 600 service members, rob, thank you very much for your service in the country, your reaction to that all of this . I think we are getting away from the fact that soleimani was found in baghdad which could have become another benghazi but thank god because the appropriate response went in. This was not an act of war, killing was a strong and appropriate response, so this attack on the american soldiers has been happening overseas for a while now, i think the response is strong and i think also when we see all of the crowds gathering to mourn soleimani, a lot of people are pretending that they are there by force.
And his step son wounded after being shot during a suspected robbery outside a five star hotel in buenos aires. Around 2,000 properties are still without water in and around Leighton Linslade in bedfordshire after supplies failed on friday night. Sport stars from around the world gather in aberdeen for this years Sports Personality of the year. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. Labours leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, have apologised for the partys defeat in the general election, which saw them lose 59 seats. Mr corbyn said he was sorry they came up short. Speaking to the bbcs andrew marr, mr mcdonnell said it was unfortunate the party hadnt been able to articulate its message more effectively. He also blamed the medias portrayal ofJeremy Corbyn, insisting that hed been demonised for four years solid. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. TheJeremy Corbyn era is coming to an end. But what will that mean for labour . How much does the party
Actually, one of the last things we cooked together was your pizza dough. We made pizzas. Did you . With your pizza dough recipe. Did it work . It did work they loved it. So you came here. The programme explores the Royals Charity projects. William took mary berry to the passage homeless charity, a place he first visited with his mother around 30 years ago. He said Princess Diana brought her sons here to show them life beyond palace walls, something he is now trying to do with his own children. Do you talk to your children about your thoughts and your views, and show them . Will you bring them along here when theyre a bit bigger . Absolutely, and on the school run, i know it sounds a little bit contrived, but on the school run already, bearing in mind theyre six and four, whenever we see anyone sleeping rough on the streets, i talk about it. And i point it out, and i explain why. And theyre all very interested, theyre like, why is that person. . Why cant they go home . On your marks, g