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. as of a revival of the 2015 migration concerts. people slip under the border fence from

greece has made it clear that they will keep the borders closed. the greek prime minister said illegal crossings will not be tolerated. all the latest developments for the people here who came here who were hoping they could cross into europe meet uncertainty. it started raining heavily. itit is called. many people will have to spend the night in these temperatures. 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 s

after ankara says it will no longer hold them back to greece since blocking its borders determined to stave off a new wave of refugees. and the world health organization raises its risk assessment for the throne of virus 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 michael okwu thanks for being with us for turkey has made good on threats to allow thousands of migrants to move closer to the european union they've been of rivals by land and by sea along borders with greece and bulk area but both countries 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 province. d.w. correspondent. at the scene. right at the turkish border this is how she described the situation about. the situation is a very tense here because of greed border police over there a far earring warning shots with that tear gas or pepper spra

governing themselves and that's what greece is. important about and i think in terms of brecht's it that discussion about it is a discussion about democracy it's about solvency it's there's no point in kind of really hashing old historical arguments when we are when i think we're in a completely new place where people in britain are thinking about how do we have a future where we're free of a bureaucracy outside of boston that we're not that is not accountable to us and how can we can tighten up on our lives just to run a losing argument ok and that's where we're going to have bring this argument. there i'm sure that's your opinion though all right thank you to you both are so going to the cultural historian and also my answer that this a call and social commentator thank you.

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that it will slip under the border fence from turkey to greece when greek secure. forces arrive some of them turn around and look for another place to get through. we heard 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 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 ankara it was an apparent response to an airstrike by syrian forces that killed 33 turkish soldiers in syria's he'd leave province. in recent months turkey's president right here has repeatedly warned the e.u. he will open his country's western border to refugees if brussels didn'

live here at the turkish greece border police are on the side and they're not letting migrants in we've got lots of problems here we want to work in europe to open the borders because of these problems the immediate response from the greek sides was to tear gas the several 100 people who were gathered right on the border with politicians warning loudly that greece was closed to this new wave athens also sent more special forces to the border to try to prevent people coming across the general supposition is that turkey is threatening to manipulate the refugee flows as a direct threat to the european union to reengage with the situation in syria and the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed people in if the e.u. continues to turn a blind eye this could get a lot more serious lawrence lee al jazeera. the world health organization chief is warning that the coronavirus now poses a high level global threat is assessment comes as the number of cases around the world the race is past 83000 and has spread to more than 5 countries 5 more countries. our epidemiologists have been monitoring this de

debt should part of it be restructured or cancelled or should they help greece pay its creditors the heads of state could not reach an agreement as europe hesitated and markets speculated on the greek debt of confidence collapse the fear was that if greece restructured its debt might the markets pull back from spain from italy from la belle frost and might not europe bring upon itself the catastrophe that it so wished to avoid and therefore the argument was it is far better to give greece all the money it needs to repay its indebted notes then to run the risk that the market would perceive a sovereign restructuring in europe. as. is infectious as contagious. only after 6 long months of crisis europe finally decide its bite resistance from germany to lend greece enough to pay its creditors. a small loan out whenever it has your book your new book go up your suggestion and you can see that ice everybody logged as 1000 overpass unclear cement in his eye fell on i could problem in europe i would eclipse to rub it off because it you know put it in a by you comment unless it be your bell o

us syrian tourists for example one recent development for greece. is very related to getting engaged and there are going to work with. the gov the greek government is said to you perhaps hear me say once one of our technical staff i'm sorry arrived here at the instruction of us and there we can and there are differences as well that's just one small example of what the ratio of the venerable benefits dangers these are going to be very good to us release relations. hysteria is spreading in 3 ukrainian regions where protests have been held over the country's nationals being brought back from the coronavirus epicenter in china the flight carrying 73 people evacuated from will on eventually landed in the ukrainian city of heart of now demonstrators have clashed with police in the town where the passengers are meant to be quarantined. right. was in that not everyone. was. 0 so far ukraine has yet to see one case of the coronavirus but many people clearly are quite scared of even taking that chance in the region of laval's groups of protesters worse were

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 the turkish greek border and she joins us now for

yulia han army on the border between turkey and greece thank you so much. and to the corona virus in the world health organization says there is now a very high risk of it spreading globally and warning that it could reach most if not all countries in the world at least 57 countries or territories have now reported infections or thors as of also confirmed the 1st death the 1st death of a british citizen a man who'd been quarantined aboard a cruise ship anchored off japan south korea has seen a sharp rise in infections with more than $500.00 new cases bringing the total there to more than $2300.00 and nigeria has registered the 1st case of the virus in sub-saharan africa. so let's take a closer look at south korea where as we've seen infections shut up shop play. struggling to keep the illness from racing further out of control fear is also putting a damper on the country music industry. snaking around the block queuing up for face masks south korea has the highest number of coronavirus cases i cite mainland china this store is packed with people trying to g

debt should part of it be restructured or cancelled or should they help greece pay its creditors the heads of state could not reach an agreement as europe hesitated and markets speculated on the greek debt confidence collapse the fear was that if greece restructured its debt might the markets pull back from spain from italy from la belle frost and might not europe bring upon itself the catastrophe that it so wished to avoid and therefore the argument was it is far better to give greece all the money it needs to repay its and deaded notice then to run the risk that the market would perceive a sovereign restructuring in europe. infectious as contagious. only after 6 long months of crisis europe finally decide its bite resistance from germany to lend greece enough to pay its creditors. a small on up whenever it has you broke a new look go up we'll sit there and you can see like i said we batted a lot less 1000 overpass unclear cement in his eye fell on i could problem in europe i would eclipse drop it off because it you know put it in a buy you comment in this it be your bell on this yo

lord elgin turned up in greece, they we re elgin turned up in greece, they were in ruins, being damaged stopping the elements were get into these marbles in the pantheon temple and athens stopping there was nowhere else to put them so we extracted them. some people were saying they were pinched, others say they were pinched, others say they saved them. he brought them over legally, it was under occupation and that was the big issue, but he brought them over, sold them to the museum and they proudly set there and they are legally there. greece has never contested over the petition museum's position of the marbles. here it says it is unlawful which is different from moral. there is a fantastic debate where stephen fry as well as others are debating this, and i loved watching it. if you are interested , watching it. if you are interested, watch it, because the argument is very clear, but we might have to give them back. interesting, watch this space. by the way, they should return the picasso to spain. floodgates. just saying. i understand why they wanted back, but not yeah. we don't have

boston greece john tell us more about what you're seeing and hearing. at the moment we don't have a lot of arrivals which was the worst fear here appeared in greek will soroses here what we've heard here unless of course it's 3 both arrivals and 2 more further south in the aegean one on the island of silos and one east of roads altogether 151 asylum seekers in 5 separate arrivals not something extraordinary quite close and facts to the sort of sort of flows that one expects on a daily basis the one thing that was extraordinary on the greek borders today was that attempt by about 300 people to cross the land border coming from istanbul and attempting to enter greece they were rebuffed but when last i spoke with the police they were still loitering near the border so a 2nd attempt is quite likely the greek or. he's being strengthened they already have $900.00 men and women in uniform across the city and that number of people is going to be doubled over the next 18 months and about 15 more coastal patrol boats will be added to the roughly 40 that are in ci

debt should part of it be restructured or cancelled or should they help greece pay its creditors the heads of state could not reach an agreement as europe hesitated and markets speculated on the greek debt confidence collapse the fear was that if greece restructured its debt might the markets pull back from spain from italy from la belle frost and might not europe bring upon itself the catastrophe that it so wished to avoid and therefore the argument was it is far better to give greece all the money it needs to repay its and dead and then to run the risk that the market would perceive a sovereign restructuring in europe. infectious as contagious. only after 6 long months of crisis europe finally decide to spike resistance from germany to lend greece enough to pay its creditors. a small or not so whenever it has you broke a new on look go up we'll sit there and you can see like i said we batted a lot less 1000 overpass unclear cement in his eye fell on i could problem in europe i would eclipse drop it off because it you know put it in a buy you comment in this it be your bell on this

refugees 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. more and more people have been making their way towards the greek border since late thursday they want to cross into europe and korea has made it clear that it won't prevent syrians from entering the european union. or must. we heard the border is open we took off right away to come here just the. turkish president. and decided to open the border late last night as an apparent response to an airstrike it kills 33 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 italy for weeks syrian troops loyal to president bashar al assad have been attacking turkish backed rebels with russian support in response turkey sent thousands of ground troops to italy province there's been heavy fighting and since last year after thursday's syrian attack on the turkish military anchor our nato for a special

greece there's been this stream of people ever since the new. opening its borders it's 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 are on its. front here hasn't been breached i think today will be critical in terms of become far more serious but given the fact that it is very bad weather freezing rain that will likely to turn many people and this will add to concerns for those people. who at the moment have no where to go. now and it looks like neither turkey nor the syrian government have backed down what happens now. well i think there is concern now particularly as our. ultimatum to damascus that it has to withdraw its forces from its recent gains in it live and that ultimatum expires at the end of today. has been very clear all week that if damascus doesn't withdraw its forces it will force them to withdraw now that brings the risk of a further escalation in fighting possibly all out co

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 syrian government airstrike in italy a profit. whe

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 have seen them coming out of the room they were co

the 1st country to declare bankruptcy was greece in november 2009. the newly elected prime minister george pop and the rail revealed the real figures that had been hidden by the previous governments greek public debt had reached 129 percent of g.d.p. well above the 60 percent threshold set by the master treaty. he asked for help from your. now you do from a good to see most obvious addendum as in every bank you. can enter will be easy to miss and his most ethics is one reason. that announcement was like a bolt of lightning striking. the german chancellor weighed in on the question of did in my. day off we did so god and obama is not an ignorant sort of those are hard work and so i learned the additional unfortunately some long view of a good song and for tots not the common theme is a note with the mothers of a movie is a lot of them are on their list even doing only one fizzy emote in love you don't have ever done was commonly used to one another. in 1902 the master treaty set out the terms for e.u. integration it forbade the european central bank f

debt should part of it be restructured or cancelled or should they help greece pay its creditors the heads of state could not reach an agreement as europe hesitated and markets speculated on the greek debt of confidence collapse the fear was that if greece restructured its debt. might the markets pullback from spain from italy from la belle frosts and might not europe bring upon itself the catastrophe that it so wished to avoid and therefore the argument was it is far better to give greece all the money it needs to repay its indebtedness than to run the risk that the market would perceive a sovereign restructuring in europe as infectious as contagious. only after 6 long months of crisis europe finally decide its bite resistance from germany to lend greece enough to pay its creditors. a small on up whenever it has you broke a new dog bell today and you could see that ice everybody logged less than 0000 overpass unclear cement in his affair you know i could problem in europe i would eclipse to rub it off because it you know put it in a buy you comment unless it be your bell did a disk

i maryam namazie in london with the top stories from europe including greece tightens its border patrols after techie opens the gates to syrian refugees. this is a reality check for every government on the planet wake up get ready the world health organization warns the global risk of coronavirus is now very high around 50 countries already affected. on patrol with the democratic republic of congo's army as they fight armed rebels responsible for a series of attacks in the east. with all your supporters china's most famous athlete olympic swimming champion son young is a band of 8 years of breaking anti doping rules details and reaction coming up. so then a strike on turkish soldiers inside syria is increasing tensions on its borders and prompting international concern about where a new escalation minds will lead an emergency meeting of nato ended with its calling for syria and russia to hope that it live within. it's turkey says $33.00 of its soldiers were killed there on thursday nato expressed express solidarity with turkey but offered no additional support on the ground turkey has be

citations arrived at the border with greece with an iris of heating that they might be able to get 3 greek police have been firing tear gas to tear them. that's on cuba thought they thought that was going to be my last breath that's not right but i didn't leave i'm still here and i'm ok. turkey's president rich attire heir to one has called on the e.u. to keep its promises and says his country can't cope with another wave of refugees for now these people are stuck here caught up in the geopolitical game. now to the latest developments in the corona virus outbreak as it continues its global advance there are now confirmed cases in $61.00 countries and territories around the world the total number of infected people has risen to over $85000.00 the virus is spreading fastest and south korea which is reported more than $800.00 new cases bringing the total there to over $3000.00 and contagion is also widening in europe here in germany people who've come into contact with confirmed cases in a primary school have been asked to stay at home while in italy entire towns remain sealed off and f

that people slip under the border fence from turkey to greece. when great security forces arrive some of them turn around and look for another place to get through. we heard the border is open we took off right away to come here just. more and more people have been making their way towards the greek border since 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 ankara it was an apparent response to an airstrike by syrian forces that killed 33 turkish soldiers in syria's province. in recent months turkey's president right to one has repeatedly warned the e.u. he will open his country's western border to refugees if

on the border between turkey and greece where people have been arriving welcome what's going on. well yes i'm right so one of turkey's land border crossings with agrees during the day many people have a had it here from other parts of turkey basically after they heard news reports that turkey would no longer stop refugees from trying to reach europe people came individually some say they were brought here by buses others told us that smugglers were involved and now people are basically here right behind me in this aboard a zone some say the no man's land between tacky where i am and grease on the other side now it's very difficult to say about how many people we're talking we can't really see far into that area but we have talked to other reporters who were here earlier during the day and they sad several 100 people have definitely gathered here during the day and we kept seeing people here actually moving through the surrounding feels towards this border area surprisingly not too many syrian refugees we've talked to afghan people to people from iraq who told us they don't want t

in a move marking deepening it defense ties between greece and the u.s. in the 2 countries have held a training drill involving the american air force and this comes after athens recently bought military equipment from washington from another and from another nato ally france as well the u.s. chris relationship is stronger than it has ever been our defense ties and our defense cooperation is an essential component of the united states really believes in the idea that greece is a puppet of stability it is a lynchpin of our large strategy for the larger region the us signed a new defense agreement with greece last year it was an expansion of the deal 1st struck in 1990 that allows the american military to use great facilities including for training refueling and emergency response but back in october the agreement and a visit by the u.s. secretary of state sparked massive protests in athens. the protests were organized by the greek committee for international détente and peace it called for people to mobilize and go against the government's decision to wor

now in a move marking deepening defense ties between greece and the u.s. the 2 countries have held a training drill involving the american air force it does come after us things recently bought military equipment from washington and another nato ally from. the us chris relationship is stronger than it has ever been our defense to defense cooperation is an essential component of the united states really believes in the idea that greece is forced to go it is a winter period of our last strategy for the larger region. the u.s. signed a new defense agreement with greece last year it was an expression of a deal 1st struck back in 1900 if the last american military to use great facilities including for training refueling and emergency response but back in october the treatment and the visit by the u.s. secretary of state did spark massive protests in athens. the protests were organized by the greek committee for international detente and pastes a call for people to mobilize and go against the government's decision to work with the u.s. it was argued it was dange

debt should part of it be restructured or cancelled or should they help greece pay its creditors the heads of state could not reach an agreement as europe hesitated and markets speculated on the greek debt confidence collapse the fear was that if greece restructured its debt might the markets pull back from spain from italy from la belle frosts and might not europe bring upon itself the catastrophe that it so wished to avoid and therefore the argument was it is far better to give greece all the money it needs to repay its and deaded notice then to run the risk that the market would perceive a sovereign restructuring in europe. as. is infectious as contagious. only after 6 long months of crisis europe finally decide its bite resistance from germany to lend greece enough to pay its creditors. a small worn out whenever it has broke new on look go up we'll sit there and you can see like i said we batted a lot less 1000 overpass unclear cement in his eye fell on i could problem in europe i would eclipse drop it off because it you know put it in a buy you comment unless it be your bell on

debt should part of it be restructured or cancelled or should they help greece pay its creditors the heads of state could not reach an agreement as europe hesitated and markets speculated on the greek debt of confidence collapse the fear was that if greece restructured its debt might the markets pull back from spain from italy from la belle frost and might not europe bring upon itself the catastrophe that it so wished to avoid and therefore the argument was it is far better to give greece all the money it needs to repay its indebted notes then to run the risk that the market would perceive a sovereign restructuring in europe. as. is infectious as contagious. only after 6 long months of crisis europe finally decide its bite resistance from germany to lend greece enough to pay its creditors. a small on up whenever it has you broke a new on brooke dog sitter and you could see that ice everybody logged as 1000 overpass unclear cement in his eye fell on i could problem in europe i would eclipse drop it off because it you know put it in a by you comment unless it be your bell on this you d

well judy judy hong is on the border between turkey and greece where she says a couple of 1000 people are trapped in no man's land at the border crossing in the turkish city of d.n.a. 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 ward 0 so they are taking this leap of faith by the end of the day it seems there is no way for them to move into greece the border is closed so for people here a lot off uncertainty right now they definitely don't want to go back to tell you that's what they told this interview correspondent reporting for the world health organization says there is now a very high risk of the corona virus spreading globally warning that it could reach most if not all countries in the world at least $57.00 countries or territories have now reported infections with horses of also of the 1st death of a british citizen a man who'd been quarantined aboard a cruise shi

and greece greece is this the nation born to the migrants ride that does it for me i will be back with headlines at the top of the hour that is the introduction. to. the 2020 presidential campaign is beginning to look a lot like the 2016 race but this time around the insurgent is bernie sanders who is not even a member of the democratic party voters again are not interested in establishment politicians in fact they appear to be rebelling against whom we see from sandhurst showdown. that's geysers financial advice they say money to the relatives clergy abuse it this is the central plank support diagram is a good cover might say stop the. tough and the full entire spinnaker way or both to the food. bank itself movie theater i. was in this way got to talk so hard not to think of the dismayed to see the work of a coward and i don't miss the mark and if. this is the only thing that we do is music because everybody fights his way. to. the floor you can feel the fee on this bill frist would be a very gung ho movie about a lot of the. what i think is this is the fans that is a constant. there

angry protests eru a 20,000 refugees overwhelm a migrant camp in greece and much more. announcer: this is the "pbs newshour" from weta sdios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkrite school of journalism. judy: more questions about the fate of americans aboard two cruise ships caught up in the global coronavirus crisis. amna nawaz has the latest. amna: this is not how cheryl and paul molesky envisioned their cruise vacation. >> we have been in this room on the diamond princess for the last 27 days, for the last 12 days we have not stepped footor out of this donto the hallway. amna: the syracuse, new york, couple were part of the 300-plun americans quned on the ship in yokohama, japan. the vesselwith 3700 passengers and crew, has been docked in japan for 12 days. more than 450 people have tested positive for the coronavirus, making it the largest cluster of cases outside of china. but late sunday, u.s. officials evacuate340 americans who had been released from the ship, including the moleskys, and flew esem back to the united st >> it's a little bit scary w

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. countries 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 that killed 33 turkish soldiers in syria's province. in recent months turkey's president right have has repeatedly warned the e.u. in his country's western border to refugees process didn't help ankara in its fight in italy. now anchor has made good on its threats fl

live here it's a greece border police are on near the side and they're not letting migrants in we've got lots of problems here we want to work in europe to open the borders because of these problems the immediate response from the greek sides was to tear gas the several 100 people who were gathered right on the border with politicians warning loudly that greece was closed to this new wave athens also sent more special forces to the border to try to prevent people coming across the general supposition is that turkey is threatening to manipulate the refugee flows as a direct threat to the european union to reengage with the situation in syria and the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed people in libya if the e.u. continues to turn a blind eye this could get a lot more serious lawrence lee al jazeera. well the world health organization is raise the risk assessment of the corona virus to its highest level across the world but officials stopped short of calling the outbreak a pandemic saying they believe containment efforts could still work there are around there are more than 4000 conf

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 are on its border front here hasn't been breached i think today will be critical in terms of become far more serious given the fact that it is very bad weather freezing rain that will likely to turn many people and this will add to concerns for those people. who at the moment have nowhere to go now and it looks like neither turkey nor the syrian government have backed down what happens now. well i think there is concern now particularly as. ultimatum to damascus that it has to withdraw its forces from its recent gains in it live and that ultimatum expires at the end of today now. has been very clear all week that if damascus doesn't withdraw its forces it will force them to withdraw now that brings the risk of a further escalation in fighting possibly all out conf

sitting on a powder keg greece takes on n.g.o.s have a craving that fueling hatred and violence between presidents and refugees we meet locals from one island on the frontline of the migrant crisis but you know you all know what n.g.o.s are their behinds that's true ation in our village. we know they do this for money. and just his theory over the coronavirus outbreak peaks people of asian descent find themselves on the receiving end of racism globally. every hour on the hour this is international thanks to keeping me company as we talked through the biggest stories of the day so fall. starting with this one tensions grew between russia and turkey on wednesday off to turkey's president threatened to launch attacks against syrian government forces in the war stricken etna province which up to also accused moscow of targeting civilians in the rebel held region which has provoked a furious denial from moscow senior correspondent mark costive has more. rebels and the islamists are facing catastrophe in the span of a little over a month they've lost a 3rd of their territory so you're going t

greece. is very reluctant to get engaged and there are conflicts with. the gov the greek government decided to give back to mr wells with technical stuff from saudi arabia after the instruction of us we can and there are differences as well that's just one small example of what the ratio of the venerable benefits dangers these are going to be getting us reese relations. hysteria is spreading in 3 ukrainian regions where protests have been held over the country's nationals being brought back from the coronavirus epicenter of the flight carrying 73 people evacuated from china eventually landed in the ukrainian city of. so in the london. correspondent donald call to. cross the story for us the passenger is a back from. just how big is the concern here of the corona virus spreading across ukraine. while neil the ukrainian authorities are trying to assure everyone that there are no infected people on that plane now about half of the passengers are ukrainian and the other half coming from a number of different countries and all were screens twice before even b

and sitting on a powder keg greece takes on planes there fueling hatred and violence between residents and refugees locals from what i learned on the front line of the market prices. we all know what. they are behind this. village. we know they do this for money. that's his theory of overcrowded virus outbreak peaks people of asian descent find themselves on the receiving end of racism across the world. live from moscow thanks for joining us here on the international. program 1st up tensions are growing between russia and turkey this wednesday after turkey's president threatened to launch attacks against syrian government forces in war stricken province. and also accused of targeting civilians in the rebel held region which has provoked a furious denial from moscow. for the latest updates on all this obviously pretty tense situation and what's the latest we know incredibly tense and. liable to get much worse the way the way things are going now but look at it from from turkey's perspective where bulls that they've financed with measurable fortune with you know they fed they train their

north macedonia has been closed and the refugee flows coming to greece the most likely to stay here the migration minister is on his way to the island of lesbos today the prime minister is going to visit the island of some us tomorrow those are 2 of the 5 islands that have. reception centers for refugees where refugees are identified and recorded those are official entry points to the european union for asylum seekers the reason politicians are going to the islands is not only to show government solidarity but also because in the last week there's been a very pronounced crisis in relations between the east a-g. and islands and the government in athens with riot police clashing with local inhabitants over the construction of new reception centers the government says are a vital part of its plan for dealing. with the refugee flows coming across the a.g.m. at the moment there seems to be a compromise between the 2 sides the going to get back together and discuss the siting of those new camps but of course they are also in agreement that the coast guard has to strengthen the maritime border

do with programs like there's a program in greece as a european union program and i'm just it's a program of just one gun free will be in big big trouble. that's a breakdown of today's top headlines for now but if you're looking for more you can always had to our website r.t. dot com thanks for tuning in this hour. nuclear power become a battleground in the u.s. in vermont people are demanding the shut down of a local plant from my yankee is right now my focus because it's a very dangerous oh no care power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limit this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where's it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is for power live with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in the very real ways our struggle on o.t. . tax rises financial survival guide stacey let's learn about fill out let's say i'm the troika and here i'm greece on face of the fight 'd wall street fraud thank you for helping. destro

president says he will not stop refugees from heading to europe as thousands more flock to the border with greece. appoints a new prime minister putting an end to a week long political power struggle. also authorities in the usa 2 more coronavirus cases have been detected with no known origin. sport it is canceling international football friendlies because of coronavirus the lympics are also in downs but we're in senegal where africa's best boxers still trying to qualify at the 2020. 2 to the news that the u.s. and afghan taliban are due to sign a preliminary deal in the coming hours the could eventually and america's longest running war is the result of 18 months of talks but once it's agreed to go the 1st stage will be a $135.00 day period of what's called a meaningful reduction in violence to include the exchange of $6000.00 prisoners now that deal is being. described as a precursor to a peace agreement between the warring sides within afghanistan itself it's hoped that this will lead to talks between the taliban and the government in kabul as well as the withdrawal of foreign troops now leadi

now backs greece overturning some long forth over ancient artifacts they sold to breaks it tell you more since we're back. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. seemed wrong. wrong just don't call. me. yet to stamp out this thing becomes active. and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. on the kind of good intentions of my photos. and christening and maybe even 40 years ago simply to see the notes of the compressor with the 5. hi again some more about the tug of war between the u.k. and greece over classical sculptures it's seen athens that fail for decades to secure the return of relics it says was stolen but brecht's it could be about to change all that with the e.u. reportedly backing greece's claim now over the so-called elgood marbles brussels could even push britain to return them the collection was originally part of the parthenon in athens but it's currently on display in the british museum in london q

refugees 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. 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 that it won't prevent syrians from entering the european union. we heard the border is open we took off right away to come here just the. turkish president. decided to open the border late last night as an apparent response to an airstrike it kills 33 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 fighting. for weeks syrian troops loyal to president bashar al assad have been attacking turkish backed rebels with russian support in response turkey sent thousands of ground troops to italy province there's been heavy fighting and since last year after thursday's syrian attack on the turkish military anchor our nato for a special session the head

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 president right has repeatedly warned that he will open his country's western border to refugees if brussels didn't help ankara in its fight in italy. now anchor has made good on its thr

says he went to greece takes over claims they're fuelling hatred and violence between residents and refugees locals from one island on the frontline of the crisis. we all know what n.g.o.s are there behind this bad situation our bill which. we know they do this for money. mysteria over the. peaks people of asian descent find themselves on the receiving end of racism across the world. from moscow thanks for joining us here not internationally hawkins' welcome to the program. tensions are growing between russia and turkey this wednesday after turkey's president threatened to launch attacks against syrian government forces in war stricken province again also accused moscow of targeting civilians in the rebel held region which has provoked a furious from moscow. senior correspondent more against the i've told me about the latest developments. look at it from from turkey's perspective the rebels that they've financed with measurable fortune with you know they fed they train their house for years and support the. support that they were either way that no other side has supported they're now watchi

reportedly backing greece's claim to the so called english model. of brussels could now push britain to return to the collection was originally part of the pilot in athens but it's currently on display in the british museum in london greece claims the wobbles were stolen in the 19th century while britain had acquired them legally and isn't budging. the case position on the parthenon sculptures remains unchanged they are the legal responsibility of the british museum that is not up for discussion as part of our trade negotiations or as cultural historian and when the social commentator mowen saw whether the buttocks should be returned. you can't go around the world nicking stuff and then just saying we're going to keep hold of it because it's really valuable and we want people to come and see it it just is awash now adays in a i hate saying it but in a relatively woken like in society people are asking for their stuff back and it's very hard to construct a case when we go around the world stealing stuff and don't get back i think history itself is a

sitting on a powder keg greece takes on name goes over claims there fueling hatred and violence between residents and refugees locals from one island on the frontline of the modern crisis. we all know what n.g.o.s are there behind this bad situation in our village. we know they do this for money. and his theory and over the corona virus outbreak peaks people of asian descent find themselves on the receiving end of racism cross the world. live from moscow thanks for joining us here on r.t. international tonight i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program. tensions are growing between russia and turkey this wednesday about softer turkey's president threatened to launch attacks against syrian government forces in war stricken province recep tayyip erdogan also accused moscow of targeting civilians in the rebel held region which provoked a furious than all from moscow r.t. senior correspondent of the details. rebels and the islamists are facing catastrophe in the span of a little over a month they've lost a 3rd of their territory so you're going to stand why turkey which said which paid armed

our correspondentjonah fisher is in greece — on the kastanies border crossing. so we've been brought right to the middle of no man's land. we are still on the greek side. you can see the flag there. and about 30 metres beyond that, that is controlled by the turkish authorities, and just behind the barbed wire, you can see the several thousand migrants and refugees who are now in that turkish—controlled part of no man's land. they have effectively been encouraged, given the green light to come right up to that barbed wire by the turkish authorities over the last 2a hours or so. the number in that area, we understand, is growing. there have also been clashes there. tear gas has been fired as they try and make their way into greece and into the european union. the greeks have been continuously reinforcing their presence here. you can see some of the riot police, who are right along the front there. we have seen lots of military security vehicles being brought into the area as they try to increase their presence along the border. it has not been entirely effective

turns a blind eye greece could end up as a buffer zone for asylum seekers jumpstart ople us al-jazeera lesbos guinea has delayed a constitutional referendum planned for sunday because of concerns over the electoral roll president says the vote will now take place 2 weeks later if passed that would allow the 81 year old leader to stay in power for another 12 years earlier this week an organization of french speaking governments withdrew its poll monitoring mission citing problematic entries on the electoral register. well the annual conservative political action conference or a safe back is happening outside washington d.c. president donald trump will address his supporters there on saturday is expected to be welcomed with enthusiasm a sign of his solid control of the republican party. castro has warned. this is not the republican party of 5 years ago. this is the party of donald trump i'm here for one reason and one reason only and that is that our management our party and america need. years of president john f. i want the program for this year's meeting of american conservative is an

migrants in turkey a mass at a crossing to the dui 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 at the highest possible level as a pathogen crosses the globe we'll hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global economy. and the hope of a new era dawning in afghanistan as the u.s. and the taliban compare to sign a deal aimed at ending almost 2 jack jade's of. a michael thanks for joining me turkey has made good on threats to allow migrants to move closer to the european union and chris says 18000 people have crossed the border since friday there's been a rival's by land and by sea along borders with greece and bulgaria but both countries have boosted security at their borders with turkey and thousands of migrants are now stuck in no man's land between the 2 sides 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