A landmark ruling here in germany the countrys highest court has overturned a 2015 law that effectively prevented doctors from helping terminally ill patients and their lives. Are rising death toll down was hit by the worst sectarian violence in decades as abuse and muslims come to blows over a controversial citizenship law. And the real carnival guests political parade participants taking aim at brazils far right government for its treatment of minorities and Indigenous People. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the World Health Organization says the world is not ready to fight the new coronavirus known as coded 19 as the disease continues to spread to more countries. Outside china the w. H. O. Is warning governments to brace for a possible pandemic south Korea Remains the country with the highest number of infections outside china the u. S. Military has confirmed its 1st case among soldiers based in south korea meanwhile officials there are racing to contain an outbreak that as well to more than 1100 cases. South Korean Children will be cooped up in their homes as schools across the country remain closed to combat the spread of covert 19 gun me raise office also closed leaving her to look after her 2 sons and try to keep them busy. The kids study cook for them at home watch t. V. And sometimes play board games together and spend time reading books i wont let them keep the ball around in here but they will get bored. As a child psychologist ms khan worries about her childrens wellbeing she says that relatives of those afflicted are more likely to develop phobias but her main concern is the virus itself south koreas recorded near a 1000 cases and more than 10 deaths. The virus has spread around hospital its near my workplace so i was worried about getting it when i went to work and because they can stay at home all the time sometimes they meet friends but again ive already about them catching the virus at anyone along the road i have the virus coded 900 cases have been reported in all major provinces kindergartens elementary middle and high schools have been shuttered by the government for 2 weeks many universities have postponed the beginning of the Spring Semester and Chinese Students returning here face a 2 week quarantine. 1000 cases in south korea spiked after a 61 year old woman now called patient number 31 attended several meetings of her french religious group. In early february despite suffering a fever and cold like symptoms and evading quarantine mainstream pastors now suspending services to their congregations blame the group viewed by many as a cult and its lack of civic duty for spreading the virus. Situation developed so all broccoli because she withheld information and even though their members were sick they kept completely hidden they speak a christian language but the Korean Church to find them as heretics are far from christian orthodoxy worship and lifestyle. Church and super spreader patient number 31. 00 have been identified as the source of more than half of the countrys known coded 900. 00 cases a special force including Health Officials are racing to locate Church Members for testing as concern grows the virus may spread nationwide. That report from correspondent frank smith and he joins us from seoul for more on this story hi frank south korea does have the highest number of infections outside of china are thought as theyre worried that they cannot contain this outbreak certainly they are theyve floated ideas about how they might isolate dig to itself but again generated more worry about that potential move measure there are now 284 new cases here in south korea with a total of 1261. 00 thats up from just 51. 00 last week and now we have 12 deaths reported here in the country the outbreak is centered around daegu in that sort of church like cult but i mention. Tell us more about that cult franken who is this group are they cooperating with authorities. Ok well its in judges official name is the church of jesus temple of the tabernacle of the testimony 88. 00. Year old leader and he claims to be the 2nd coming of of jesus. You dont new recruits to the group often give up their entire lives and neglecting their family and neglecting their work in order to join initially there was a lot of criticisms because the group apparently posted on their website instructing members not to cooperate with authorities and continue cross with ties and actually on the president ial website here in south korea theres a petition to disband. In the country entirely and frank as we said this comes as this outbreak continues to expand i mean what impact has this had on life in south korea. Well i mentioned in that report schools and churches but it goes far d beyond that all kinds of Public Institutions of across the country have been shuttered including sports venues feeders museums its really the impact is across all social life here in south korea additionally rallies in the capital have been banned although there is apparently another rally scheduled to happen this sunday and they intend to go ahead and again have a large demonstration although theres also another petition on the president ial website calling for a banning of chinese from entering the country because of course the center of this contagion is china and south korean government has been hesitant really to prevent visitation from from all over china and just prevented visitors and travelers from that one hugh bay province all right correspondent frank smyth reporting from seoul thank you very much. Italy has now confirmed that 11 people there have died from the corona virus 323 people have been infected a one day increase of almost a half it comes as other European Countries are recording their 1st cases experts believe travelers are carrying the virus from italy which is the epicenter of the outbreak in europe they include one of 2 new cases in germany italys Health Minister has been hosting emergency talks with ministers from neighboring countries and germany to discuss a joint response heres what he had to say. We shared some important points to strengthen our cooperation and stick together. Among these the most important point is to keep the borders open. And closing borders would be inappropriate disproportionate and wrong. All countries bordering italy have committed to share and standardize information and to share epidemiological and medical information. Well as the number of cases of the coronavirus increase around the world so do efforts to develop a vaccine against it but it is a time consuming process a number of laps around the world are working on developing one including the university of hong kong back in 2003 it was the 1st to isolate the sars virus. Visited the researchers there to see firsthand how theyre trying to help the. So what were looking at cells which have been grown in culture and on the surface so there are all these thousands and thousands of small was possible just weeks ago that this virus was on doing to science now understanding these images is key to saving lives Professor John nicholls and his team at Hong Kong University studying how the new coronavirus replicates in human cells their work is already shedding light on its mortality rate why its proving less deadly than related virus sounds in size it really started replicating in the lungs and less in the process of what the Upper Airways this far seems to be more likely at this stage of recreating the airways than in the lungs and which is going to sit back and explain why its not as dangerous as cells understanding how the virus replicates could ultimately shape the way its diagnosed and even how its treated. This isnt the 1st time scientists have been on the forefront of the battle against a deadly virus as specialists in emerging viral infections they found themselves at the center of the 2003 sons epidemic here at this university that road just strides were made in the fight for far as that experience an extra food for its role being harnessed to combat the fire of today the university was the 1st to isolate the virus which cools some of those present monic paris is among those criticized with controlling the outbreak he says while the mortality rate for public 19 may be lower its spreading move rapidly and could even be transmitted before patients develop symptoms theres no question that this is more than saws more difficult to control because unless you really get people video and have them isolated britain but you know mission is challenging that it saws that was possible. The university is working on a vaccine bot its still months away back in 2003 candidate vaccines for saws were also developed boss funding was cut once the virus was brought under control and a vaccine never produced. Professor mannix says if we could been able to progress further that be better prepared today even if we are able to dodge the bullet this time and im not sure that definitively would be another time but i dont think reach and keep dodging these bullets forever one of these days were really going to have a major epidemic that really disrupts you know global economies grow lifestyles and things we take for granted so i think its time but the Global Community particularly the economic community. Took this very seriously there is a race against time as covered 19 continues its spread around the world a professor manic warning the prospect of a Global Pandemic is now touching day germanys highest court has lifted the ban on assisted suicide ruling it unconstitutional the landmark decision by the Constitutional Court clarifies the situation after a law passed in 2015 effectively banned doctors from helping patients and their lives critics argue that legislation robbed the terminally ill of the right to determine their own death todays verdict will allow doctors to advise patients and provide them with lethal drugs although doctors will not be allowed to administer those drugs themselves. And heres what the judge said in delivering his ruling. An individual decides to end their old life based on their passionate experience of their life quality and the sense of meaning of their own existence and yet this decision cannot be judged on the basis of general values religious rule social models on the way we deal with life and death and considerations of waters objective review does reasonable need to further justification and reasoning rather its an act of autonomous selfdetermination and must be respected as such by the state and society so just because you are at our chief Political Editor michelle is following the story for us hi michelle can you explain to us what exactly that statement from the Constitutional Court means. Well it really means that the interpretation of the inviolability of Human Dignity which here in the constitution is the 1st paragraph on the right to selfdetermination the 2nd one amount of essentially to a right to suicide and this overturns the very basis of this more restrictive law that see doctors say at the very least in a gray zone when they even gave advice over potential suicide and left many patients with no other option than to leave the country many went to switzerland now those rights of patients have been strengthened in fact we saw the Constitutional Rights here read into the right to selfdetermination also the right to commit suicide no matter what situation you are personally in the dutch saying that we may regret we may try everything but in the end one has to accept the decision of an individual to kill themselves to commit suicide no matter what the circumstances are what is the impact of this michel and what does this mean for people who want to help want help by ending their lives here in germany. Well it means that it will get easier for them to get access to doctors that doctors and there arent that terribly many doctors who are willing to go that step to actually assist in suicide even when patients are in a very dire situation but at least they will be decriminalised they wont have to fear of punishment up to 3 years in prison any more in the future at the same time this will most likely go back to lawmakers who very well can impose restrictions and one thing was clearly also ruled out today that from this liberty to take your own life that any right to be receive any assistant can be deducted so patients dont have the right to receive the medical treatment that they seek if the intention is suicide well there are certainly strong voices opposing assisted suicide as well however they reacted. Well of course this is a bad day for those who saw a duty to protect people from their own decision but this is a very essential basic decision that leaves no doubt that in the end as long as people are in a clear mind and can take this decision they will be able to in the future are at our chief Political Editor michel because and i thank you. Now to some other stories making news around the world at the democratic president ial debate in Charleston South Carolina candidates took aim at the front runner Bernie Sanders while sanders has been able to extend his lead over the past few weeks former Vice President joe biden says he was confident that he would win the states upcoming primary. Egypt has started 3 days of mourning for former president Hosni Mubarak who has died at the age of 91 he ruled for 30 years and was a key ally of the west which saw him as a guarantor of regional stability but to others he was a tyrant the bar was ousted in the arab spring protests of 2011. In germany a court has ordered a 29 year old man suspected of ramming his car into a carnival parade to remain in detention while the case is investigated 61 people were injured in the western town of folk mass and some of them seriously the drivers being held on suspicion of attempted murder but the motive remains unclear. Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is appealing for calm after 3 days of sectarian riots fetter rocked the capital delhi authorities have deployed riot police and Paramilitary Forces to areas where violence erupted during demonstrations for and against in your citizenship law at least 20 people have lost their lives critics say the legislation introduced by moodys hindu nationals government is biased against muslims and undermines the countrys secular constitution. For more on the story we can bring indeed abuse money to child and she joins us from delhi im monita what is the situation there and delhi today. Well for me after 3 years of violence the situation seems better today there have been no major news reports since the morning of any for the while its breaking out all of the area the Northeast Area of delhi where which was right affected is still tense there is still heavy Police Presence in the area theyre going door to door to assure people of their presence to tell them that they are there to prevent any further weiland from breaking out so far as you mentioned there are confirmed reports of over 20 people have been killed and at least 300 people having been injured in this weve seen extreme scenes of violence on the streets of delhi how is the government dealing with. Well the go men have started to take notice the home minister has had multiple meetings with his team regarding the situation in delhi and how to control it the Prime Minister knowing them or the to d. In a statement of political bs he appealed to the people of delhi to assure that the media dont do a sense of normalcy at the moment the government says that there is no one need to call the army and that that is enough when hes been in the area to control the situation so much the is appealing for peace and calm youre saying but the protests have been going on for weeks now so where is this happening. Where the projects have been going on for a long time but it is also important to remember that what unfolded over the past 3 days even started on the issue off the controversial citizenship Amendment Law but it took the widens that happened in the religious overtone and at the moment the focus is entirely on bringing the dead back to a sense of normalcy as part of the protest against the actor concerned in certain other areas of delhi the protests are ongoing after what happened in the northeast after the wyland violence the protesters say that they will continue their protests that theyre setting for peaceful protests and they will not indulge in any kind of violence and that they will not back down. By the government. Reporting for us from delhi thank you. Now Hillary Clinton is here in berlin for the belly now the Film Festival where a 4 part documentary about the former 1st lady secretary of state and president ial candidate is celebrating its premier take a look. Few people polarized Public Opinion more in the usa than Hillary Clinton but not the berlin shes got plenty of supporters many here believe she should be in the y. Size 2016 was a tough Election Campaign with Donald Trumps vilification all for under russian interference clinton fears moscow is still meddling we are at a stage right now where we better get clear and democracies like yours and mine that its the people of our country choosing our leaders not foreign intervention or dissin from ation on social media the 4 part documentary hillary gives the former president ial candidate 252 minutes to set the record straight the film details how she was demonized initially by republican politicians back when she was the us 1st lady to trace the 2016