i and vigils all held in thailand as the country mourns those killed in a gun round page that ended in a crowded shopping mall. on have a home for a glad you could join me a major winter storm is bearing down almost germany and other parts of central europe often already battering the british isles and the west and also the continent now germany's untaught long distance rail network is currently down and weather experts have issued a warning across the region telling people to stay inside if they can. a blustery day at the beach in the belgian port of our stand despite the high winds walkers were out in force no swimming ones the sign not that many appeared keen to take a dip. in the capital brussels the elements hammering buildings exposed to the storm's fury. in ireland way was forced to cancel the opening ceremony for its year is european city of culture the aptly named wild atlantic way on the west coast also taking a pounding. flooding in the north of england caused extensive damage to rural towns and villages as the storm battered britain there's been widespread transport disruption with emergency services warning people to travel only if absolutely necessary. there were chaotic scenes at london train stations travel and simply unable to reach their destinations. with some muslim capacity so close so are now waiting for the let's one it's been delayed country cutlets night she's got to kill. time and time people in jail cell phone console and ports across europe also canceled hundreds of flights month i have a business appointment tomorrow in berlin and was planning to travel to nice but i guess that's not going to happen. weather experts are warning germany to prepare for winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour as is often he mentioned even if it is life endangering for people to be outside with these wind speeds trees can fall branches can snap off parts of buildings can fall off the roof tiles can be blown off. that can be deadly so anybody who does not have to be outside should stay in. europe's westerly coastlines have so far borne the brunt of the storm as well as the travel chaos. schools of sporting events have also been cancelled and it's not over yet. well in hand we are joined now by our reporter. tom who is bracing the winds for us not to help hot has this still hit with in germany. well another main thing the main things that are that have happened so far northern germany mainly have got to do with train falling on railway tracks thus blocking train services spots that sand the storm is just hitting the mainland now since we arrived in hamburg actually it has been picking up we've saw construction fences that have fallen all fallen down we've seen the election post us flying across the street and people have bracing for this to get even worse throughout the night the weather warning here is in place until 4 am in the morning so how badly has it disrupted so fall well throughout the entire day already train services have more and more been canceled up to the point now where as you've as you've said all long distant trains all long distance trains have been suspended also a lot of planes obviously had to be canceled because it was just not safe enough for them to takeoff this is all well and good understood this is of course what will travel operators should be doing but also this means that people might people who really have to travel might opt to take the car and hit the roads was certainly not safe on the way here we saw a bus a big bus swerving and it's lane because it was getting a bit of side wins so that's another risk of people now taking to their cars to travel throughout the country on the whole well how prepared would you say authorities are in major jamming sissies. i would say that taken a lot of precaution we've seen bundesliga game in the world and western germany being canceled we know they are shelters now emergency shelters for homeless people to kind of get away from the storm still like this is going to cause damage and i suppose this is like a northern german city like hamburg might be more prepared than cities and western germany all the south but on the whole i think germany and german authorities are taking the precautions to to get through this as safely as possible all right ma to hold on there and demi 2nd largest city in hamburg thanks monsour and stay safe. well authorities in china say that the death toll from the corona virus has now paulse the 800 mark and that means that the disease has now killed more people than the saws outbreak back in 2003 you can see that comparison there now almost all of the reported deaths and most of the new infections in fact are in the chinese province all who bay where the corona virus was 1st detected now globally there are now some 37 and a half 1000 confirmed cases of the virus and china says there have been a few a new infections in previous days but as you can see looking at this trend the virus continues to spread now monday millions of people in china are expected to return to work off the extended extended nuna new year break nevertheless china is still far from being back to normal and we spoke to talk to said yes musk awesome molecular biologists from northumbria university in the united kingdom and we are asked him if this outbreak has reached its peak the number of people getting infected is remaining fairly consistent yes but it's not a limited. one person was you know we all are going to make our preference or will happen to the next few days our state people return to work in china calling us and we'll continue moving on the degree of risk is that we have the disease the number of cases sir quietly high and those cases place a substantial burden on health care providers or anybody even in the west that we have those kind of numbers we would be struggling to keep up with the cases so that's the concern where it stands the next concern is the i remember that your article so close to the child means there's a there's a lot of people out there even care to newcastle of 2 people where you must you don't need to be very must unless you you yourself are experiencing flu symptoms and this is not my opinion this is what the doctor. recommends people going away for the mosque this is not what we need to be doing because it's not enough of us only protection from get to the fires we need to be making the resources available to china other countries were under resourced compared to china but it's not up if the situation gets worse they have the necessary. said yes of course there a doctor at the university of north on bridge there in the united kingdom let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world l.g.b. t. groups in switzerland are celebrating after voters approved a law that bans discrimination based on a sexual orientation the measure passed with 63 percent of the vote parliament passed a new 2 years ago but opponents forced a referendum on the issue. thousands of people have marched in support of congress to news in the moroccan capital over about as well as in the choosing capital tunis now the demonstrations were organized in response to a new american peace plan the palestinians say favors israel protesters have denounced the united states and calls for boycotts of american products. a boeing 737 operated by the russian low cost u.c.i. has been badly damaged and a hard landing in the city of new since none of the $94.00 passengers and crew on board were seriously hurt the airline blamed unpredictable winds to the incident. place in new york have arrested a suspect they say shot a blue did 2 offices in separate attacks he was captured off to entering a station in the bronx and opening fire and the other night before he shot the officer in a vehicle one off official spoke of a miracle that no one was killed. others general election has delivered a shock outcome with the left wing national shin's fane party's levering a historically strong performance while they're counting is underway across the country of prime minister the ever right because the center right party faces a fight to remain the strongest political force here brad to fail to capitalize on of the ailing economy with many voters voicing their frustration is he he is a budget or stereotype and a housing crisis early results indicate a 3 way race to lead the next government with the vote split between veronica's party should fade and thena for. well now to thailand where security forces have shot dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people and around page most of them at a shopping center and he said earlier stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they noticed a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded the attack which took place in the city of kut northeast of the capital bangkok. a vigil for the lives lost hundreds of people gathered sunday night with buddhist monks chants and prayers and bottomless grant. we. heard earlier at the city morgue this man and his wife lost their son in the rampage. at 13 he was the youngest victim. we were given he was my only son. i let him do anything he wanted to i never. put pressure on him i just wanted him to be a good person. scenes of terror at the mall these people narrowly escaped after being freed by security forces. thai officials have identified the killer as sergeant jakrapob toma the sharpshooter reportedly killed his commander and 2 others at his military base before opening fire at the shopping center the prime minister revealed the killers likely motive. our investigations have found that the gunman had a passionate dispute over land with his senior officer and the officers mother in law the argued for 3 days nobody expected it to turn violent. the prime minister has admitted that mental health is an issue in the military one that investigators will look into. but for now there are more questions than answers and the mourning over the deadliest mass shooting in thailand's history has just begun. well much say $21.00 of the windows legal was brought to a close by the weekend's biggest game with 1st playing 2nd out champions by munich took on talent as abi leipsic in the area but the game failed to live up to expectations despite the league's top 2 goal scorers facing off now by as well been 11 dusky and light 6 team advantage both missed chances to give their team the victory nil nearly finished in munich meeting by and remains top of the table. so let's take a look at all of the results in the round up from much say 21 of the been does lead to well there was violence drab draw with leipsic on saturday leyva coups and edged out dortmund while beat but they were now bottom side part of border true with shock a struggle as disallowed offset the points who votes might speed have to downhaul phenomenal friday frankfurt thrash out a sunday's game between bloodbath and cologne was postponed off to falling victim to the storm that has been battery much of europe so those results mean things stay incredibly tight at the top of the in this league just 4 points now separate the top all with defending champions by maintaining this slender lead with that draw against leipsic laver cousens win over dortmund news them closer to the champions league places at the other end but a means lost on coupled with part of one's tour means that they are now just one point off the bottom might as when put daylight between themselves and the relegation places. arse reminder now the top stories that we're following for you central europe braces for a major winter storm makes 3 weather has already passed of britain and ireland whether people should stay inside as a cabinet. officials have been held in thailand as the country mourns those killed by a gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a crowded shopping mall. noisy news life on balance i'm helena home free thanks so much for your company and your company over the past 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