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A sharp rise in infections. And the fate of julian assault hangs in the balance and has a long Court Decides whether the wiki wiki leaks founder will be extradited to the u. S. Traces espionage charges that could put him in jail for life. Great to have you with us today im brian thomas the u. S. President donald trump has arrived in india for his 1st state visit there hes due to address a huge rally of some 100000 people trump and 1st lady milonga landed in ahmedabad the largest city in indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis home state of. Tens of thousands have been lining up to welcome the u. S. Leader trumps todays visit aims to build on the recent meeting between the 2 leaders to do to deepen ties between the u. S. And india which happened strained by a trade dispute. Lets get the very latest now with. A car joining us from delhi the dates you saw on the india has been pulling all the stops for this meeting between the 2 leaders whats behind that thats right brian i mean indias really trying everything it can to afford a really kind of lavish grand public reception for donald trump in the western city. Which is a stronghold off of Prime Minister Narendra Modis hindu nationalist b j p party and of course one of the highlights of this visit is going to be a massive rally in the cricket stadium which is said to be the Worlds Largest well over 100000 people not quite the 6 or 10000000 that from prison talking about theyre expected to to meet. In an event which is called no must be a trump and this is you know along the lines of the how the movie event which was held last year in Houston Texas for Prime Minister the. For president trumpet this is also important in the press and in an election because you know the diaspora from the Western State to control it tends to be a wealthy Influential Community in the us which is traditionally supported many of them made large donations to his president ial campaign for him this is also about galvanizing support among them and i think this visit is also important to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has been facing not scale protests at home but also International Criticism abroad for a controversial citizenship law with some say you know undermined indias secular traditions so you know were getting live pictures as we talk of president and 1st lady milan you know with the indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi there theyre wearing the traditional scarves of. These 2 leaders will be working to deepen bilateral ties over the next few days as they do so what is the state of us in the relations today. Well you know the u. S. Is one of indias top trading partners and orderly this visit was all supposed to be about a mega trade deal between the 2 countries but that is now off the table because that the 2 countries simply too far apart they disagree on a range of pretty issues which have been complicated by a kind of tit for tat tablets which has really made the whole affair quite tricky but beyond trade i think geopolitics is what does bind india the us together you know the injury remains critical component of americas back to d. C. Often seen as a counterweight to china and in that context i think defense ties have have steadily deepened between india and the u. S. In recent years and we are likely to see you know a number of defense related agreements being signed during this visit most notably india may end up buying you know about 30 defense helicopters from the us after the greetings there are now underway and this big rally thats coming up today what will be on the president s agenda today. Well so after after his visit to the bodies expected president thomas expected to stay there for about 3 i was he is then heading to the Northern City of which is of course home to the landmark 17th century taj mahal hell be greeted there by the chief minister of the state to put up with the. Who is a deeply controversial and polarizing figure in the in the Modi Government and after that trump is expected to fly back to delhi tomorrow he is expected to meet the president visit the Gandhi Memorial in the heart of delhi which will be followed by bilateral meetings hes also expected to meet members of indias business community. The president of the u. S. Spitting in the garage. As well plenty more throughout the day for now thanks very much. Thank you is to china now and that country has confirmed 150 new deaths from the corona virus in one day pushing the number of fatalities there to some 2600 but the country is loosening the lockdown on wu haun thats a city of course with the virus 1st broke out authorities are now allowing healthy non residents to leave. Now new infections in china reportedly on the decline but a dramatic rise in new cases in other countries like italy is putting them on high alert. Scenes like these from china cities and lockdown are now becoming familiar across the globe following new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus. Asia remains the continent hardest hit by the outbreak on sunday south korea raised its disease alert level to the highest possible there are hundreds of registered cases in the country and the number of new infections is still surging meanwhile the coded 19 commonly known as the corona virus is becoming increasingly political in iran the Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many accused irans enemies of spreading propaganda about the virus online in order to stifle voting in parliamentary elections. You know how massively they worked using various platforms to lower voter turnout how to nasm you know how during the last pretext they resorted to was this coronavirus which has scared many. Could usually do bone. Iranians accuse their leadership of hiding the real scope of the outbreak. The odds in the quicker we dont know whats true and whats false since the government is constantly lying to us. Health experts say maintaining a healthy immune system is key to fighting off the virus protective masks are now the dominant picture of residents on alert. In italy residents of northern towns prepared for a weeklong koren team nerves began to fray among locals facing new lockdown measures. Now authorities have canceled the last 2 days of the famed venice carnival starting sunday evening many revelers were in plague and medical themed costumes some were not impressed. That they dont think its useless to stop a carnival because there are hospitals and ponds and supermarkets and restaurants and trains and planes and ferries which are open spaces so how do you solve this problem and stop accountable its all ridiculous. With more than 100. 00 cases reported italy since friday authorities have their hands full trying to prevent a widespread outbreak. Of the corona virus also affecting the processing of migrants in italy some 207. 00 migrants were allowed to disembark from a rescue ship after quarantine aboard it they were picked up off the coast of libya by the ocean viking and the lao remain in quarantine on the mainland for at least another 14 days to have used their drugs or its reports from on board the ocean viking where he too remains in quarantine. The workers in hazmat suits were waiting for the migrants these men women and children had been found off the coast of libya and rescued in 3 separate missions now theyll have to spend 14 days in quarantine. You know to these all of maine who have ordered the isolation of all migrants who arrived today inside the exclusion zone that it was cheated they cant get in or. Its a strong senator record for a strong peace of mind to get a whole world is experiencing a major alarming dorna see whats on the decline there. S. O. S. Megatron a which runs the ocean viking says it will comply with the precautions percentage weight the medical charity said the corona Virus Outbreak should not. Results in unwarranted new public anxiety around those rescued at sea or serve as a pretext to prevent the ship resuming its lifesaving work. The mood on the ocean my king has been good so far no one really believes that one of us has 6 or all of ours but they telling authorities made a decision and so we have to live with it off on really good morning. Believe. Where you want to. Know from the. Earlier that thing jubilation in relief for the 274 migrants whod been stuck at sea. They spent 4 days on board the ocean viking after being pulled from the mediterranean the area after i am happy to come out before they think they are with the sick. Looking happy to be getting off base after their o. T. L. At sea these new arrivals face yet more uncertainty. Lets get a brief down some of the other stories making the News Today Police demonstrating for better working conditions in haiti have opened fire on the Army Headquarters the Defense Ministry reporting that at least one soldier was killed at least 3 Police Officers were wounded when servicemen return fire. So goes president for a missing day as one a 4th term term in Office Officials say he garnered more than 70 percent of the vote but his main challenger has also claimed victory and accuse the incumbent of rigging the results. Tourist flights to the spanish Canary Islands are being disrupted because of a huge stand store sandstorm that has closed the airports the sand and dust have blown in from the sahara the canaries are about 100 kilometers from the african coastline. A British Court is beginning a 2 part hearing on whether the wiki leaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States where he faces espionage charges relating to intelligence leak says he faces a sentence of up to 175 years in prison if found guilty news organizations have raised concerns that an assault conviction in the u. S. Would make it easier for the government to target journalists use sources inside the government. You know what you have these are the images that made whistle blowing website wiki leaks a household name. In 2010 it published classified u. S. Army material implicating the u. S. Government and possible war crimes i am believe that it may Julian Assange a brave defender of the truth to some rules and an enemy of the state to others. More controversy followed over a later mass leak of diplomatic cables and the 2016 publication of leaked emails from Hillary Clintons president ial campaign. In 2012 a 7 year stretch holed up at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london trying to clear his name last week and sought to extradite him on rape charges. Sweden dropped the case last year saying too much time had passed but the prosecutor still says the accusation was credible so the un special rapporteur on torture told d. W. They were trumped up charges he said they were designed to ward off potential whistleblowers from quote airing governments dirty laundry. In paris the songes father was ambivalent about his sons chances under the british justice system. If if it follows the trajectory of the treatment of julian in the last 10 years it will be a show trial but. The team of lawyers is so forceful incompetent and im sure the crown prosecuting authority will see the error of they were just. Now awaiting his hearing and a microphone and security prison in london Julian Assange just dedication to uncovering high profile leaks could cost him dearly if extradited to the u. S. He faces spending the rest of his life behind bars. Part of a source in london following todays hearing for us she sent us this is absent of how it could proceed. There is no telling how this court will decide in the extradition trial against Julian Assange which the Us Government is pursuing him on 18 counts for offenses ranging from heading into his databases to publishing classified material for most u. S. Prosecutors accuse a soldier of having breached the espionage act when he made thousands of government documents public in 2010 the extradition treaty between britain and the United States basically with does not leave much room for interpretation but this case is different a lot of the legal argument on behalf of Julian Assange will focus on this being a political trial which would be a reason to decide against the extradition there is also the question where the his actions are not protected as journalists and finally his lawyers argue that assad should not have a fair trial in the United States and that hes human rights have been infringed because of his treatment in jail and during the time when he was in the Ecuadorian Embassy the trial will continue throughout this week and the court will then take a break till may in order to give the defense more time to prepare. Whatever happens in this court however will not be the end of the road it is to be expected that both sides will carry this case to the highest British Court this could mean that Julian Assange could be kept in this british jail here in belmarsh for years to come. You do still to come on our show a city in belgium under fire for racist and antisemitic depictions at its carnival parade the issue is raising questions about freedom of expression. But 1st here in germany the social democrats have won this weekends state election in the city state of hamburg with 39 percent of the vote this victory marks a turnaround for the center left Party Support has been plummeting and other recent state elections but voters in hamburg punished chancer on a limb ackles christian democrats receive just 11 percent of the ballot. God was. Was finally a result to celebrate for germanys ailing social democrats was after a run of election losses the s. P. D. Were the clear winners in hamburg on sunday thanks nationalist be the leaders welcome to turn around was. A dozen pushes this case the s. P. D. A push i think is the right kind of politics and i think its the kind of politics that suits the whole this meeting has been the past. But for chancellor Angela Merkels christian democrats its the worst state election result in almost 70 years. This is on the top targets of veterans day for the c. D. U. In germany its an historic leave bad election result for the c. D. U. In hamburg and theres no way to put a gloss on that i was number of screens doubled their vote was there hoping to be the main challenger to chancellor merkel c. D. U. In federal elections next year just yet has additional. We see we really have an extremely challenging situation for democracy in germany and the cd usa preoccupied with south city can essentially be ruled out as a party of government like a student always was. I was green supporters chanted nazis are 20 it looked like humber voters had kicked out the far right alternative for germany but as more results came in the f. T. Moved above the 5 percent threshold needed to make it into the state parliament because it was the only governing city u. S. Coalition partners yesterday theyre meeting in berlin this morning to discuss the hamburger results and we have our chief Political Editor michelle accustomed to talk all about it good morning to you michelle im sure these are the worst results for medical c. D. U. In hamburg in 7 years what is happening to the christian to us well its psychologically that these states elections happen right. Now the christian democrats havent really had much of a strong saying that in many years at the same time we heard it from. The green party which could potentially see the self in a coalition with going to macas party if there were elections just around the corner him ruling them out as a potential partner right now thats a pretty strong statement about the state of the conservative c. D. U. Which is in the middle of disorientation of the way the Center Ground of conservatism is and where the next leader will be because basically the Succession Plan of going to machall didnt work out and now all seems open at this very moment in time who will lead the conservative c. D. U. Known as im going to maxwells posse into the post machall period opportunities for a number of politicians in the seaview there is the countrys other large party of the center of the social democrats they have been in a tailspin lately but hamburgers kind of offering them a 2nd life with voters as it is and yet they lost more than 6 Percentage Points in these elections the only clear win is the only party that actually gain votes is the green party in these elections the social democrats desperately needed to win at the same time they have their own woes they didnt want the new Party Leadership to attend this Election Campaign and they put this election success down to being somewhat separate to whats happening in by lynn so we see both big tent posses here and in decline the far right if d. D. Managed to return to the parliament in hamburg the other main parties were hoping that the shootings and ha now would have kept them out of the parliament and holbrooke yes but them for the very 1st time the far right if the party is seeing a slight setback in the elections and they seem to have just about made it into the parliament and the 50 has also been on. Media all around seeing itself as the victim also of what was a right wing extremists terrorist attack in hano saying now that blame is being laid with them when really this should be a much broader debate i think this is not the end or this is not the beginning of the decline of the far right if tea party but it is a sign that their rise isnt necessarily here to say thanks so much for coming in on this morning. Revelers are a around the world are taking to the streets to celebrate carnival traditionally a time when costumes and float fun the politics and celebrities of the day but in the belgian city of all scorable has been overshadowed by charges of anti semitism critics accuse participants of using racist stereotypes and that has prompted you to ask go to take also carnival off its lists of Cultural Heritage events. The carnival is the time of the here when youre allowed to make fun of every. Small village. Like here in the eastern belgian town of. Their belgian royal family. Or breaks it. Nobody is sued for mockery. But many say they else carnival has breached the standards of good taste by allowing participants to show racist 2 types this is. The last year this float sparked outrage Orthodox Jews standing on bags of money this century will thereto International Criticism for that display. Unesco withdrew the carnival from its Cultural Heritage list. Despite the rebuke a handful of groups again chose to depict antisemitic stereotypes the series such as Orthodox Jews with in 6 bodies. These men who dressed up if it. Was a problem its all about making fun of it why did everybody so its not me she told course we are laughing with everybody we are laughing with our kingdom we are left with the mexicans are laughing with we are laughing with the koreans. Nobody cares nobody is. And that is what this is a. Most here at the parade would agree. This man hunt is a member of the Jewish Community in antwerp and lost many members of his family during the holocaust he says people depicting jews at the parade last year were ignorant so maybe could be given the benefit of the doubt but this year is different they should know better you no doubt by portraying jews the way you do your dippy hooding. Because this is the way that made it possible that 6000000 jews were against. During the 2nd world war i was down to those images that couldnt have happened. Critics called for this years parade to be cancelled but the mayor of all tells us that its not up to him to decide what people can or cannot laugh about he also says there is no antisemitism in his city was it you dont know that you could be nice this. Im one of the few mayors in this country who organized a minute of silence in the city council for the 75th commemoration of the holocaust that was a very impressive moment with all Political Parties so all its really is aware of the jewish concerns and sensitivities. Integrated moment. For many here and all its the mayor is a hero for defending what they say is their freedom to laugh about whatever they want no matter the consequences. The it is ok its time to get his sports down sundays late game in the bonus league both bergen joyed a 4 no victory over my instruction because of break alone opening the scoring with a Long Range Strike in the 21st minute home side added another just before the break and a 3rd shortly thereafter before an author stephan broke through the minds of the fans to make it 4 nil with a 2nd goal to get the victory leaves holes spread 7th in the table just 2 points behind 6 players. This is d. W. News these are our top stories u. S. President doll trump has arrived in india for a 2 day visit he was greeted by indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in ahmedabad where the president will enjoy a rally at a newly built stadium in. South korea has sent a president ial plane to japan to pick up a group of its nationals who spent 2 weeks quarantined on a cruise ship. This comes after some 186. 00 more cases of the corona. Iras were confirmed in south korea. Togos president for a now sending give back as one aide a 4th term of Office Officials say he took more than 70 percent vote his main challenger has also claimed victory in accuses the incumbent of rigged rigging the ballot. Germanys center left social democrats have won sundays election in the cities that are hamburger 39 percent of the vote jassem ackles c. D. U. Dropping to just 11 percent that is its worst result in a state election in some 70 years. This is did every news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter or of course go to our website. Up next we have our Science Magazine tomorrow today im brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being. Bashed i mean will she get the job. The computer will decide based on her voice. Artificial intelligence can hear a lot about our state of mind or even to for a deal. And then again well you wait that. Technology raises a lot of serious ethical concerns. Tomorrow to doing. Next d. W. 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