China and germany highest Court Backing legalizing assisted suicides the federal Constitutional Court overturning a 2015 wall that prevented doctors from helping terminally ill patients and their law. Im going to have you with us we begin tonight with the latest on the coronavirus here in germany 7 new cases of the disease have been confirmed in 3 different states 2 patients are being treated at a hospital in the city of dusseldorf authorities warning that the number of cases is likely to rise significantly as they are no longer able to trace the chains of infections of the countrys Health Minister yes sean says that the country is at the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic and he has urged regional authorities to review their emergency plan. If. We were at the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic in germany the cases in north rhinewestphalia unbutton vert and back are a further sign of this change of infection are partly and this is a new aspect not traceable there are multiple persons
Is higher than inside the country. In germanys highest Court Backing legalizing assisted suicide. The federal Constitutional Court today overturned a 2015 law that prevented doctors from helping terminally ill patients end their lives. And carnival goes political in rio de janeiro. For its treatment of minorities and indigenous peoples. Brent to our viewers watching on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. We begin with the latest on the coronavirus here in germany. The countries Health Minister is warning that the country is at the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic. This comes after Health Officials confirmed seven new cases of covid19, signaling the disease could be moving to a new phase. Here is more from the german Health Minister. We are at the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic in germany. The cases into areas are further sign of this. This is a new aspect not traceable. Multiple persons have had contact with the affected patients. That is a qualitative d
Workers are being infected. A number of doctors and nurses have been putting messages on social media complaining about the fact that they dont have adequate protective clothing so i think its fair to assume that those who have become infected those who have died have so because they havent had the correct protective gear now chinas government concedes there is a shortage of this protective clothing and of course it underscores just how vulnerable frontline medical workers are in china right now the World Health Organization has got more experts arriving at the epicenter today and over the weekend to supplement the team that arrived there a few days ago the w. H. O. Is also saying and this is i guess a grain of good news that the rate of infections outside of who by province dont appear to be rising as dramatically as they were during the past few weeks when president xi jinping urged transparency in mid january suddenly it was gangbusters with the state controlled media they were all
Does not mean the end of the war or the end of plots or terrorism either this liberation does not mean the enemys will surrender this liberation means that we put our enemies pride and nose in the dirt as a primary step to defeat them completely sooner or later. Our batteries on the turkey syria border with more on Bashar Al Assads comments. This is a delicate moment for the Syrian Opposition but also for the Syrian Government at this explains why president bashar assad has been celebrating in his speech the new major gains made by the syrian army particularly on the outskirts of aleppo and also the southern parts of it live saying basically that this is just about a matter of time before the opposition is defeated this explains why he has been saying that the fight will continue until the terrorists of this is the term that he uses. Most of the time to describe the Syrian Opposition would no longer in 2014 or 13 when the Syrian Government was on the verge of collapse and when the Syri
Says is the aftermath sounded it was strikes in the area full of which the who these claim will retaliate to at this hour the quality released the statement saying there was a possibility of what it calls Collateral Damage to civilians this show you that the us and our forces has been able after they have shut down. Several of the. American drones over the skies of yemen in the last 15 months now it seems to me that they are able to slow down despite that get on they can say that if they start at this stage this means that we are going to end that a new stage of the war the who these claimed the plane was downed with then missile some another say that if thats true it would be a very Significant Development in yemens long running war this is a big deal knowing that already their partners the iraqis you know have for all practical purposes withdrawn left and now the saudis are there and incapable of finishing the war and settling cable of winning the war and now perhaps with this game c