news live from berlin migrants in turkey move towards europe as ankara opens the border the turkish government says it will no longer stop them from entering the e.u. the action has been prompted by fears of all out war turkey retaliates against syria for a deadly airstrike also on the program the world health organization raises its risk assessment for the coronavirus to the highest possible level the pathogen crosses the globe to hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global economy. i'm told me on laddie paul welcome to the program turkey has opened its border allowing thousands of people to move closer to the european union they have been arrivals at land and sea borders with greece refugee boats have arrived on greek islands closest to the turkish mainland and groups of people have turned up at the land border turkish officials announced they would no longer stop migrants from crossing into europe after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government asked drag in italy province that prompted retaliatory strikes from ankara against syrian targets turkey's decision to open

fly zone to protect the it live regions civilian population further military action threatens to put ankara on a collision course with moscow. a major escalation and dozens of techies cheap stad they were taken back to tacky for treatment. result of the airstrikes 33 soldiers are martyred. none of our wounded soldiers who are being treated in hospital are in critical condition. a lot of those martyrs rest in peace i wish speedy recovery for a wounded soldiers then i express my condolences to our nation. takis response was swift takesh officials released footage showing the retaliatory strikes saying they have fired on old syrian government targets. near the turkish border with greece refugees awaiting at the border to cross into europe turkish officials say they will open the borders to millions of syrian refugees who want to go to europe reversing a pledge turkey made to the european union in 2016. the international community has condemned the wars ongoing humanitarian impact on. what is happening in northwest syria he said is beyond imagination it is not humanity tolerable they don't know

news a line from berlin migrants in turkey move towards europe as ankara opens the border the turkish government says it will no longer stop them from entering the e.u. the action has been prompted by fears of all out war as turkey retaliates against syria for a deadly air strike. the world health organization raises its risk assessment for the coronavirus to the highest possible level as the pathogen crosses the globe we'll hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global economy. and after 10 days of world premiere is in store turns on the red carpet the jury prepares to name the winners of this year's berlin international film festival. i'm michael thanks so much for joining me turkey has opened its border allowing thousands of people to move closer to the european union they've been rivals 5 land and by sea along borders with greece refugee boats have arrived on greek islands closest to the turkish mainland and groups of people have turned up at the land border turkish officials announced they would no longer stop migrants from crossing into europe after dozens of turkish troops

phil: it is an odd reaction from ankara. how does opening the border help turkey with the fight in idlib? >> right now, the turkish authorities are basically looking the other way and they know very well what kind of effect these pictures of people of refugees moving towards europe, what kind of effect it has with the european government. president erdogan is under a lot of pressure in idlib with the humanitarian catastrophe at his border this deadldly conflilict therewh syrian regime forces and now he wants and needs international support. he wants to establish an international no-fly zone over syria. for all of this, he e needs the europepeans and gerermany andnd frcece. what we are seeing is the widely interpreted as a move by turkey to increase pressure on the europeans to act and help turkey in idlib. phil: thank you so much. now to the coronavirus and the world health organization says there is a very high risk of it spreading globally. they won it could reach most if not all countries in the world. 57 territories have

trapped in no man's land with nowhere to go migrants in turkey head through crossings into greece after ankara says it will no longer hold them back but greece is blocking its borders determined to stave off a new wave of refugees. and the world health organization raises its risk assessment for the coronavirus to the highest possible level as a pathogen crosses the globe we'll hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global economy. i'm michael o'connor thanks for joining me turkey has made good on threats to allow thousands of migrants to move closer to the european union they've been a rival's by land and by sea along borders with greece and bulgaria refugee boats have arrived on greek islands closest to the turkish mainland and groups of people have turned up at the land border but greece and bulgaria are not letting anyone in with increased security at their borders with turkey turkish officials announced they would no longer stop migrants from crossing into europe after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government airstrike in the profits the decision has fuelled fear.

news live from but migrants in turkey move towards europe as ankara opens the border the turkish government says it will no longer stop them from entering to. the action has been prompted by fears of all out war just take your retaliates against syria for a deadly and strike also on the program a world health organization raises a risk assessment for the coronavirus to the highest possible level as a pathogen crosses the globe we hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global economy. i'm told me all bloody well welcome to the program. turkey has opened its border thousands of people to move closer to the european union they have been arrivals at land and sea borders with greece refugee boats have arrived on greek islands closest to the turkish mainland and groups of people have turned up at the land border turkish officials announced there would no longer stop migrants from crossing into europe after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government as trike in it live province that prompted retaliatory strikes from ankara against syrian targets turkey's decision to open its

he will open his country's western border to refugees if brussels didn't help ankara in its fight. now anchor has made good on its threats flouting a 2016 margaret pact with the e.u. that dramatically slowed migration via that you use eastern border but brussels still says the deal is in place we have not been notified by our turkish partners that they are changing their holy sea which they are blind so far when it comes to . migrant issues this the latest escalation has again showing how quickly the war in syria spills across borders and how easily ordinary people can become caught up in geopolitical conflicts. correspondent is on the border between turkey and greece where she says a couple 1000 people are trapped in norman's land of the border crossing near the turkish city of add in a but we kept seeing people here actually moving through the surrounding fields to wards these border areas surprisingly not too many syrian refugees we've talked to afghan people to people from iraq who told us they don't want to stay in taki they want to move on to wards your rope so they are takin

forces up to more than 30 of its troops were killed in an air raid in the northwest developments put ankara on a collision course with syria's backers in moscow also coming out trillions of dollars are wiped off stock markets fueling fears of a global recession as the corona virus spreads to more countries and china silenced the doctor who 1st warned about the corona virus outbreak meted out to those 2 says free speech is vital for the fight against the disease and a golden bear for helen mirren the british actress takes home a lifetime achievement award at the berlin international film festival. following terry martin welcome to the program nato has scheduled an emergency session today as tensions grow between turkey and the russian backed syrian government ankara is failing retaliation after syrian forces killed at least 33 turkish soldiers in an airstrike in northwestern syria and its calling for an international no fly zone to protect the it live. region's civilian population. further military action threatens to put on a collision course with moscow. a major escalation and dozens of te

troops and it lit province on thursday also insists there were no air strikes from the russian side ankara says 33 turkish soldiers were killed and it live responded by hitting syrian army positions from the air not to discuss this further we're joined in the studio by my colleague hala corner once again talk us through and break down what exactly has been happening in syria well jacki for the past several months the syrian army has been gauged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say. they weren't even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike. on february 27th near the settlement of b. whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian re

his country's western border to refugees if brussels didn't help ankara in its fight. now anchor has made good on its threats flouting a 2016 margaret pact with the e.u. that dramatically slowed migration via the e.u.'s eastern border but brussels still says the deal is in place we have to be notified by our turkish partners that they are changing their holy see so far when it comes to. migrant issues this the latest escalation has again showing how quickly the war in syria spills across borders and how easily ordinary people can become caught up in geopolitical conflicts. correspondent durian jones is standing by in more dorian what more can you tell us about the situation on the turkish border with europe. but we understand there's probably a few 1000 people on the turkish border with. greece there's been this stream of people ever since the new. opening its borders if not the levels of the 2015 migrant crisis where up to a 1000000 people left turkey to prove greece area the numbers are still pretty much limited although afghans has said that the considerable numbers

in it liberal vince that prompted retaliatory strikes from ankara against syrian targets his decision to open its border has fueled fears of a revival of the 2015 migration crisis. or the border fence from turkey to greece when greek security forces arrive some of them turn around and look for another place to get through. the border is open we took off right away to come here. more and more people have been making their way towards the greek border since the late thursday hoping to cross into europe ankara has made it clear it won't prevent syrians from leaving turkey and heading towards the european union. greek authorities have responded to the groups of people arriving at his borders with tear gas leaving many people stuck in no man's land between the 2 countries. our country's borders are impenetrable so there is no reason for unhappy people to start gathering at our borders and crossing points. the decision to open the border came from. it was an apparent response to an airstrike by syrian forces it killed 33 turkish soldiers in syria's province. in recent months turkey's presid

meeting in brussels the request of to secretary-general says though that the alliance stands behind ankara. allies are constantly looking into what more they can do to provide further support for turkey they 2 allies are engaged in trying to move forward in the efforts of the un their 1st of find a peaceful solution we call on turkey we call on. russia to fully engage in such a un led efforts to find a peaceful solution we spoke to the political analyst and director of the crisis research institute calm and he believes that nato support though will remain cool. i don't know who else will enter syria in support of those who go the problem to turkey is what nato alliance is principle it is an attack on wallace will try. all but the turks might be risking trying to sort of getting attacked by one nato states brings in all the others to support it and i think was also reluctant to see neutral come into a confrontation with russia so there's quite a lot of powerful voices in nato who support the turks desire to see the syrian army's offensive stopped but i'm not sure they want to go beyond word

russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations and also called for a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey's allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is that's just speculation but we also heard from the country's minister of affairs and he said that syria will be held to account. but for what happened turkey is determined to continue till it fulfills its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way a lot of this chaos stems from disagreements over a ceasefire that came into effect earlier this year on the one hand turkey accuses syria of violating that ceasefire with this offensive against the militant stronghold

language now russia has been all along saying that turkey has failed to deliver on its key promise ankara being. one of the guarantors of the peace process in libya has been tasked with delivering a clear distinction between radical hardline jihadists and those groups who are ready to engage in dialogue and sit behind a table and talk to the syrian government and russia has been saying that ankara has failed to deliver on this key promise and key tasks so we'll certainly have a look whether this this mess in today's maisonette live will see all sides back at the negotiating table meanwhile expo common for the u.s. military has said terrorists in italy province pose a growing threat although anti-war activist brian becker says those are the same terrorists who turkey is now supporting. lou private seems to be a magnet for terrorist groups all of them are nuisance minnes and a threat to the civilians turkey as a guarantor along with russia and iran for the syrian peace process said very firmly it committed itself to help bring the clashes and the in the armed struggle in it live to an end i

the request of turkey and secretary general in still saying the alliance stands in solidarity with ankara allies are constantly looking into what more they can do to provide further support for turkey nato allies are engaged in trying to move forward the efforts of the u.n. led efforts to find a peaceful solution we call on turkey we call on. russia to fully engage in such a un lead for the peaceful solution we spoke to attorney in middle east experts could a sham knew about the significance of this latest escalation. we have a few weeks ago we have 6 turkish army is there now we have iran for 33 and turkish retaliated today and for started some bombing in a northern syria so it might get dangerous and turkey is trying to get to bring the nato countries to support them day one of action the article 5 of these nato. agreement in order to for the nato countries to support them if there is any war against russia but i doubt there is going to be any doubt but for now the things are really that dangerous of course russia than the said that they informed that turkey government in order to know

russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations the banker also called for a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey's allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is that's just speculation but we also heard from the country's minister of affairs and he said that syria will be held accountable for what happened to turkey is determined to continue till it fulfills its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way a lot of this chaos stems from disagreements over a ceasefire that came. into effect earlier this year on the one hand turkey accuses syria of violating that cease fire with this offensive against the militant st

russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations the banker also called for a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey's allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is that's just speculation but we also heard from the country's minister of affairs and he said that syria will be held to account. but for what happened turkey is determined to continue to do it for fills its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way now a lot of this chaos stems from disagreements over a ceasefire that came into effect earlier this year on the one hand turkey accuses syria of violating that ceasefire with this offensive against the milita

preventing damascus from fighting terrorists on its own territory turkey's un envoy in return stated that ankara intends to maintain its military posture there. we will not abandon. and we're going to you or reinforcements. are all the my country is combating terrorism in its own territory and we are committed to using all the tools to defend our people and the unity of syria. in response to the ongoing violation of the ceasefire within the zone the syrian army has every right to subdue the terrorists the assad regime russia and iran must have to their offensive before more innocent civilians are killed and displaced emergency meeting followed reports 33 turkish soldiers were killed during an offensive by syrian forces the presidents of russia and turkey have held a phone call in which they discussed holding a high level meeting about the escalation earlier russia's foreign minister spoke out in support of the syrian army's right to respond to ceasefire violations and called for cooperation between all signed within the agreed framework. we reaffirm our commitment to agreements reached by the pr

stoltenberg saying the alliance sends in solidarity with ankara allies are constantly looking into what more they can do to provide further support for turkey they too allies are engaged in trying to move forward in the efforts of the u.s. led efforts to find a peaceful solution we call on turkey we call on. russia to fully engage in such a un led efforts to find a peaceful solution. he was military conflict continues in the region large groups of refugees continue to head for europe these are pictures from a video agency roughly showing people in turkey some of them carrying children reportedly making their way to the greek border and earlier on friday there were reports of a turkish official saying that the country would no longer stop refugees including syrians from crossing into the. ok mark almond is the director of the crisis research in oxford joins me live on the line now good afternoon to you mark. in terms of nato stoltenberg says turkey has nato support do you think that will actually materialize into nato forces on the ground. i don't think major forces will enter syria in s

reagan with joy that his eye is directed at russia now so and they are already sending their man to ankara to well apparently try and get behind the steering wheel of this conflict. my condolences to the families of the soldiers killed in yesterday's attack in the ongoing assaults by the assad regime and russia must stop i've sent jim jefferies to ankara to coordinate steps to respond to this destabilizing attack we stand by our nato ally. well in fact president irgens remarks and harsh words directed at russia they came after this statement by mike pompei oh so but then again he called putin and he's sending his foreign minister to moscow so it looks like that's still moscow and ankara russia and turkey that they are ready to talk and they're showing that probably they don't need to really anybody else well except for the syrian government who was to try and get this peace process back on track laura your focus is going to if it goes down off the. full health organizations urging the media not to cause hysteria surrounding the coronavirus breaks after reports of merge no citing a medical

envoy in return stated that ankara intends to maintain its military posture there. we will not abandon. and we'll continue or reinforcements. are all the my country is combating terrorism in its own territory and we are committed to using tools to defend our people and the unity of syria. in response to the ongoing violation of the cease fire within the zone the syrian army has every right to subdue the terrorists the assad regime russia and iran must halt their offensive before more innocent civilians are killed and displaced the presidents of russia and turkey have held a phone call in which they discussed holding a high level meeting about the escalation earlier russia's foreign minister spoke out in support of the syrian army's right to response to ceasefire violations and called for cooperation between all sides within the agreed framework but. we reaffirm our commitment to agreements reached by the presidents of russia and turkey a suggestion is that everyone should already start fulfilling their was a the syrian army have every right to respond to regular vio

secretary general said that the alliance stands behind ankara that it cold on all sides to find a peaceful solution. allies are constantly looking into what more they can do to provide further support for turkey nato allies are engaged in trying to move forward in the efforts of the un their 1st to find a peaceful solution we call on turkey we call on the all new. russia to fully engage in such un led efforts to find a peaceful solution where we spoke about this without mark almontaser political analyst and the director of the crisis research institute and he believes that nato support will remain. i don't think nato forces will enter syria in support of those who come the problem to turkey as the nato alliance is principle it is an attack on one is an attack on all but the turks might be risking trying to say that an attack by one nato states brings in all the others to support it and i think has a lot of reluctance to see new to come into our confrontation with russia so there's quite a lot of powerful voices in nato who support the turks desire to see the syrian army's offensive stopped

abroad it has been encouraged by its main nato ally the united states they've been sort of cheering ankara and saying that they are all along standing by their nato ally also literally hours before the advance whether or not it is a coincidence we don't know but an official nato twitter account an international twitter account posted a promo video saying that we are nato and that's in turkish language now russia has been all along saying that turkey has failed to deliver on its key promise ankara being. one of the guarantors of the peace process in libya has been tasked with delivering a clear distinction between radical hardline jihadists and those groups who are ready to engage in dialogue and sit behind a table and talk to the syrian government and russia has been saying that ankara has failed to deliver on this key promise and key tasks so we'll certainly have a look whether this this mess in today's mess and will see all sides back at the negotiating table. now now with lee man who was believed to be leading the call to prayer at a mosque in central london has been stabbed in the neck

russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations the banker also called for a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey's allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is that's just speculation but we also heard from the country's minister of affairs and he said that syria will be held to account. well for what happened to her he is determined to continue till it fulfills its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way now a lot of this chaos stems from disagreements over a ceasefire that came into effect earlier this year on the one hand turkey accuses syria of violating that ceasefire with this offensive against the mili

russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations the banker also called for a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey's allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is that's just speculation but we also heard from the country's minister of affairs and he said that syria will be held accountable for what happened to turkey is determined to continue to it fulfills its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way a lot of this chaos stems from disagreements over a ceasefire that came into effect earlier this year on the one hand turkey accuses syria of violating that cease fire with this stuff. and so against the militant s

russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations the banker also called for a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey's allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is that's just speculation but we also heard from the country's minister of affairs and he said that syria will be held accountable for what happened to her he is determined to continue to it fulfills its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way now a lot of this chaos stems from disagreements over a cease fire that came into effect earlier this year on the one hand turkey accuses syria of violating that cease fire with this stuff. and so against the milit

special meeting in brussels at the request of its 2nd general says that the airlines stands behind ankara but did call in or sides to you to find a peaceful solution. constantly looking into what more they can do to provide further support for. nato allies are engaged in trying to move forward in the efforts of the un there 1st and find a peaceful solution we call on turkey we call on. russia to fully engage in such a u.s. led offensive on the peaceful solution we spoke about this with mark almond he's a political analyst and also the director of the crisis research institute he believes that nato you support though will remain largely. i don't think major forces will enter syria in support of those turks who gone are the problem to turkey use the nato alliance as principle is an attack on war as an attack on all but the turks might be risking trying to say that an attack by one nato states brings in all the others to support it and i think was also reluctant to see move to come into a confrontation with russia so there's quite a lot of powerful voices in nato who support the turks desire

abroad it has been encouraged by its main nato ally the united states they've been sort of cheering ankara and saying that they are all along standing by their nato ally also literally hours before the advance whether or not it is a coincidence we don't know but an official nato twitter account and international twitter account posted a video in turkish and it was like a it's like a promo promo video saying that we are nato and that's in turkish language now russia has been all along saying that this recent escalation in the globe that turkey has failed to deliver on its promise ankara being. one of the guarantors of the peace process province process excuse me in lib has been tasked with delivering a clear distinction between radical hardline jihadists and those groups who are ready to engage in dialogue and sit behind a table and talk to the syrian government and russia has been saying that ankara has failed to deliver on this key promise and key task so we'll certainly have a look whether this this mess in today's mess and will see all sides back at the negotiating table ok all right th

orla guerin, bbcews, ankara. laura: syria's agony continues. g maria sharapova is retirom tennis at the age of 32. her legacy is complicated. the five-time grand slam winner became one of the highest-paid sportswomen in the world, with many endorsements. washbanned from tennis for taking ate prohiheart drug in 2016. back on tour, she never regain her previous form. i spoke to her in 2017 about her reer. you were thinking about retiring around her 30th birthday. maria: i think the understanding ll the motivation that i s have an really the discipline that i still can give and i allow myself to have, and also an understanding of what the body as a still do and the grind it can still take. laura: maria shapova, who is retiring at a 32. what will she do next? rember, you can find much more of all the day's news on our website. to see what we are working on at any time, do make sure to check a set on twitter. u.would love to hear from i'm laura trevelyan. thank you for watching "bbc world news america." narratorthfunding for is presentation is made

tonight he in ankara, officials have met without an agreement. they will talk again tomorrow, bupresident erdogan insists his troops in idlib are ready for battle if syrian for don't pull back by the weekend. orla guerin, bbc news, ankara. maria sharapova is retiring from tennis at the agef 32. her legacy is complicated. the five-time grand slam winner became one of the highest-paid sportswomen the world, with many endorsements. she was banned from tennis for taking a prohibited heart drug in 2016. back on tour, she never regain her previous form. career. to her in 2017 about her you were thinking about retiring around her 30th birthd?. what chang of the motivation that i stillng have an really the discipline that i still can give and i allow myse to have, and also an understanding of what the body as a 30-year-old woman can still do and the grind it can still tak laura: maria sharapova, who is retiring at a 32. what will she do next? remember, you can find much more of all the day's news on our website. to see what we are working on at any time,

ankara is keen to show it means business. more military vehicles continue to head towards its lead today after the killing of turkish soldiers in the province the turkish president said his country had been forced to retaliate against syrian troops and he warned moscow not to stand in his way. it was all over the city as a result of these airstrikes people 5 of whom are soldiers and 3 civilians were martyred of course we said this cannot go on and the necessary response was given. at the moment we are doing what is necessary from the ground and from the air. while the turkish defense ministry says that damascus had shelled their troops despite being aware of them movements moscow claims the turkish units had failed to notify them monday's tit for tat shelling comes as the syrian government and its russian ally up their deadly bomb bomb and of the last rebel held territory in northwestern syria all too often it's displaced civilians who are caught up in the fighting today 9 people were killed in a reported russian air strike o

in no man's land and with nowhere to go migrants and turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will the longer hold them back than greece does blocking its borders turman to stave off a new wave of refugees also coming out of the taliban and u.s. negotiators are about to sign a deal aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war in afghanistan. and south korea sees its biggest surge in new coronavirus cases because the onset of warmer spring weather slow the spread we asked an expert from the united nations organization in dealing with the outbreak. i'm married to evanston welcome to the program turkey has followed through on threats that it will no longer block refugees from heading to the european union they have been arrivals by land and by sea along the borders with greece and bulgaria but both e.u. countries have boosted security at their front 2 years ankara says 18000 migrants have crossed and thousands of migrants are now stuck in no man's land between the 2 sides the move by turkey to open its borders to migrants comes after dozens of turkish troops were killed in the

trapped in no man's land with nowhere to go migrants in turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer hold them back but greece is blocking its borders determined to stave off a new wave of refugees. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us the united states and the taliban have signed an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan the 2 sides signed the deal in qatar's capital doha following a year and a half of talks both have committed to a reduction in violence the agreement paves the way for the united states to gradually withdraw its troops from afghanistan and in return the taliban has promised not to allow the country to be used as a base for terrorist attacks against the west. hugh well for more we're joined now by our correspondent was me who is in doha covering the signing ceremony for us hello to you was a lot so the agreement has just been signed a short time ago what is happening now. mariano thank you for having me well the incas dried and people came out of the main hall and they are excited the taliban we h

trapped in no man's land with nowhere to go migrants of turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer hold them back but greece is blocking its borders to stave off a new wave of refugees. i'm married to evanston welcome to the program the united states and the taliban have signed an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan both sides of the deal and qataris capital doha following a year and a half of talks each have committed to a reduction in violence the agreement paves the way for the united states to gradually withdraw its troops from afghanistan in return the taliban have promised not to allow the country to be used as a base for terrorist attacks against the west. well u.s. secretary of state my home pale hail to the signing of the agreement in doha he called it the best opportunity for peace in a generation today is a historic day for the united states of america and the american people. today we have taken a decisive step toward peace real peace in afghanistan. just as any worthy journey begins it is a 1st step and we know e

ankara is keen to show it means business. more military vehicles continue to head towards its lead today after the killing of techies soldiers in the province the turkish president said his country had been forced to retaliate against syrian troops and he warned moscow not to stand in his way. it was as a result of these airstrikes people 5 of whom are soldiers and 3 civilians were martyred of course we said this cannot go on and the necessary response was given. at the moment we are doing what is necessary from the ground and from the air. while the turkish defense ministry says that damascus had shelled their troops despite being aware of their movements moscow claims the turkish units had failed to notify them monday's tit for tat shelling comes as the syrian government and its russian ally up their deadly bombardment of the last rebel held territory in northwestern syria all too often it's displaced civilians who are caught up in the fighting today 9 people were killed in a reported russian airstrike on their vehicle near

ankara is keen to show it means business. more military vehicles continue to head towards its lead today after the killing of turkish soldiers in the province the turkish president said his country had been forced to retaliate against syrian troops and he warned moscow not to stand in his way. there was as a result of these airstrikes people 5 of whom are soldiers and 3 civilians were martyred of course we said this cannot go on and the necessary response was given at the moment we are doing what is necessary from the ground and from the air. while the turkish defense ministry says that damascus had shelled their troops despite being aware of them movements moscow claims the turkish units had failed to notify them monday's tit for tat shelling comes as the syrian government and its russian ally up their deadly bombardment of the last rebel held territory in northwestern syria all too often it's displaced civilians who are caught up in the fighting today 9 people were killed in a reported russian ass strike on their vehicle ne

trapped in no man's land with nowhere to go migrants and turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer pull them back but greece is blocking its borders determined to stave off a new wave of refugees also coming up south korea sees its biggest surge a new coronavirus cases could the onset of warmer spring weather slow the spread we ask an expert from the united nations organization dealing with the outbreak. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us turkey has followed through on threads that will no longer block refugees from heading to the european union ankara says 18000 people have crossed the border since friday there have been arrivals by land and by sea along the borders with greece and bulgaria but both e.u. countries have boosted security at their frontiers and thousands of migrants are now stuck in no man's land between the 2 sides the move by turkey to open its borders to migrants comes after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government airstrike in is a province. well do w. correspondent junia han is monitoring the developments at

russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations what are their sort of reaction have we had from turkey well initially the turkish authorities said that less than a dozen troops had been killed in this air strike but that number soon jumped to 33 and our anchor also called for consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey. as allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is that's just speculation but we also heard from the country's minister of affairs and he said that syria will be held accountable for what happened to her he is determined to continue to it fulfills its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way now a lot o

language now russia has been all along saying that turkey has failed to deliver on its key promise ankara being. one of the guarantors of the peace process in libya has been tasked with delivering a clear distinction between radical hardline jihadists and those groups who are ready to engage in dialogue and sit behind a table and talk to the syrian government and russia has been saying that ankara has failed to deliver on this key promise and keep task so we'll certainly have a look whether this this mess in today's maisonette live will see all sides back at the negotiating table meanwhile a spokesman for the u.s. military has said terrorists in italy but province pose a growing threat although anti-war activist brian becker says those are the same terrorists who turkey is now supporting. lou private seems to be a magnet for terrorists groups all of them are nuisance minnes and a threat to the civilians turkey as a guarantor along with russia and iran for the syrian peace process said very firmly it committed itself to help bring that to the clashes and the in the armed struggle it led to

abroad it has been encouraged by its main nato ally the united states they've been sort of cheering ankara and saying that they are all along standing by their nato ally also literally hours before the advance whether or not it is a coincidence we don't know but an official nato twitter account an international twitter account posted a promo video saying that we are nato and that's in turkish language now russia has been all along saying that turkey has failed to deliver on its promise ankara being . one of the guarantors of the peace process in libya has been tasked with delivering a clear distinction between radical hardline ji harvest's and those groups who are ready to engage in dialogue and sit behind a table and talk to the syrian government and russia has been saying that it has failed to deliver on this key promise and key tasks so we'll certainly have a look whether this this mess in today's mess and will see all sides back at the negotiating table political commentator mario osman believes that turkey is trying to buy time on the ground in syria let us remind the audience that wh

the white house people are very happy to see that now the strong words coming out of coming out of ankara directed not at the united states but of russia so my pump aoe has already announced that the united states will be lending a helping hand to turkey have a listen. my condolences to the families of the soldiers killed in yesterday's attack in the ongoing assaults by the assad regime and russia must stop i've sent jim jefferies to ankara to coordinate steps to respond to this destabilizing attack we stand by our nato ally. the so the united states are clearly trying to take control to get behind the wheel in this whole conflict and again this is not the 1st time that the turkish troops have been killed in it live there have been other instances as well and previously russia's foreign minister outlined what would be one of the key problems as why this keeps happening because he said that turkey failed to deliver on one of the promises and that is to. divide the radical radical hardline jihadist groups from those groups who are ready to move forward as a dialogue we're ready to talk with

province prompted retaliatory strikes from ankara against syrian targets so his decision to open its border has fueled fears of a revival of the 2015 migration crisis. the refugee slip under the border fence from turkey to greece when the greek security forces arrive some of them turn around and look for another place to get through. for more and more people have been making their way towards the greek border since late thursday they want to cross into europe and career has made it clear it won't prevent syrians from leaving turkey and heading towards the european union. we heard the border is open we took off right away to come here just as good is this. turkish president wretched type 2 and decided to open the border late last night as an apparent response to an extra it kills $33.00 turkish soldiers in syria's province in recent months he repeatedly warns the e.u. that he will open his country's western border to refugees if brussels didn't help anchor in its fight in. the week syrian troops loyal to president bashar al assad have been attacking turkish backed rebels with russian

language now russia has been all along saying that turkey has failed to deliver on its key promise ankara being. one of the guarantors of the peace process in libya has been tasked with delivering a clear distinction between radical hardline jihadists and those groups who are ready to engage in dialogue and sit behind a table and talk to the syrian government and russia has been saying that ankara has failed to deliver on this key promise and key tasks so we'll certainly have a look whether this this mess in today's maisonette live will see all sides back at the negotiating table. meanwhile a spokesman for the u.s. military has said terrorists in italy but province pose a growing threat although anti-war activist brian becker says those are the same terrorists who turkey is now supporting. elite private seems to be a magnet for terrorists groups all of them are nuisance minnes and a threat to the civilians turkey as a guarantor along with russia and iran for the syrian peace process said very firmly it committed itself to help bring that to the clashes and the in the armed struggle it led

mr jeffrey who is the american envoy to syria who was in ankara also yesterday so he wants negotiation because in the northwest of syria with air support again cannot do much and in northwest of syria the airspace is controlled by russia whereas in the north eastern of syria where the turkish military went in and seized slides of land and harbor the safe military zone they have the air support but on this other side if they want to go and make any military move they will need to have an air support which they don't have because it's controlled by the russian. what you make of the fact that just a few hours ago donald trump was saying that he's working with one on it live. because. 'd donald trump he wants to back the gun because they don't want syria and they don't want bashar al assad to seize control of all the syria they want donald trump and erdogan want to counter iran and russia and most more especially for donald trump is to countering iran and syria so. shall i said doesn't become very strong and doesn't take control of all of they have on the other side you have erdogan which

ankaras he will continue to o face. after severl turkishh soldiers were killed in syrian government shelling in italy province. the violence in the region i is fueling tensions between turkey and rusussia the two main foreign protagonists in syria. turkey's president richard type and the one worn moscow to respect of course aimed at stopping the fighting in the country. 7-8 didn't you. us done of it as such we hope that each party will fulfill its obligations under the estado and sochi agreements. and that we will be able to work within these obligations. sort of the- turkish and syrian forces traded fire a few hours after turkish military convoy entered it lit province to step up his presence that. moscow says ankara failed to notify the russian ararmy about troop movevements and the turkish forces that come on the syrian fifinance t tgeting m militants linked to al qaeda. ankara says russian and local authorities had been infnformed. syrian government forces backed by russian app power have been trying to regainin con

language now russia has been all along saying that turkey has failed to deliver on its key promise ankara being. one of the guarantors of the peace process in libya has been tasked with delivering a clear distinction between radical hardline jihadists and those groups who are ready to engage in dialogue and sit behind a table and talk to the syrian government and russia has been saying that ankara has failed to deliver on this key promise and key tasks so we'll certainly have a look whether this this mess in today's mess and will see all sides back at the negotiating table. joining us now is daniel academies he's the executive director of the ron paul institute good even see dan what do you feel about this latest clash do you think it could be a precursor to that major offensive that was threatened by the. well this is really a high stakes gamble on the part of air to one and it's hard to understand exactly what he has in mind of course it's offensive was doomed to failure because the russians have made clear a couple of very important things number one you cannot use air power in italy t

turkey syria border let's just begin with this large number of turkish deaths and the reaction from ankara has been swift and direct. indeed you have been precedented level of anger here in turkey about what happened yesterday for different reasons 1st of all the largest death toll in a single day for turkish soldiers since the start of their intervention in syria at the same time they feel that they have been betrayed by the russians all because they keep saying that we've gave them all the coordinates and the knew about our position so let me just update you on the latest reactions we're getting from the government over here. badgerly who is a leader of the ultra nationalist. m.s.p. party a part of the governing coalition is saying that after the death of the soldiers a ground of pensive should start any time now so there is this momentum which is building up here in turkey the defense minister. who see a car visited the injured in a right holy where they are being treated and he said that these turkish military has launched major attacks targeting different positions inside syria he is

migrants in turkey begin moving towards europe after turkey issues a fresh threat to open its borders ankara says it will not longer block migrants from entering the new and it's been fueled by soaring tensions in the region after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government airstrike also coming out the w.h.o. raises the alert level for the corona virus as the pathogen sweeps the globe global cases of the infection on storing but health officials say it's not too late to contain the outbreak he says panic over the illness is driving a global stock sell off. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program hundreds of refugees in turkey have been moving to the country's borders with the e.u. after turkish officials threaten to allow them to cross into europe it comes off the dozens of turkish troops were killed in an airstrike by syrian government forces in the region of adlib turkey has recently been pressing european leaders to support its military campaign in northern syria the tensions are fueling fears of a revival of the 25th day migration crisis. refugees slip under the bord

ankara is keen to show it means business. more military vehicles continue to head towards its lead today after the killing of takesh soldiers in the province the turkish president said his country had been forced to retaliate against syrian troops and he warned moscow not to stand in his way. there was as a result of these airstrikes 8 people 5 of whom are soldiers and 3 civilians were martyred of course we said this cannot go on and the necessary response was given at the moment we are doing what is necessary from the ground and from the air . while the turkish defense ministry says that damascus had shelled their troops despite being aware of their movements moscow claims the turkish units had failed to notify them monday's tit for tat shelling comes as the syrian government and its russian ally up their deadly bomb bomb and of the last rebel held territory in northwestern syria all too often it's displaced civilians who are caught up in the fighting today 9 people were killed in a reported russian air strike on their vehic

trapped in no man's land a with nowhere to go migrants in turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer hold them back but greece is blocking its borders to stave off a new wave of refugees. and after 10 days are world premieres and star turns on the red carpet the jury prepares to name the winners of this year's verlyn international film festival. i married to evanston welcome to the program the united states and the taliban have signed an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan now both sides of the deal in cantars capital doha following a year and a half of talks each have committed to a reduction in violence greenman paves the way for the u.s. to gradually withdraw its troops from afghanistan and in return the taliban have promised not to allow the country to be used as a base for terrorist attacks against the west. well u.s. secretary of state my pump aoe hailed the signing of the agreement in doha he called it the best opportunity for peace in a generation today is a historic day for the united states of america and the american