always and that's really that yours we meet with global newsmakers and tweek about the stories that matter just 0. techies cursed god releases video showing what appears to be the greek coast guard firing on a refugee boat in the aegean sea. to his president is accused of using the refugee crisis as leverage to force europe to support his syria operation. dante this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. exit polls suggest benjamin netanyahu is likud party has won the most seats in israel's parliament and is within the grasp of a governing majority. containment 19 is visible must

remain the top priority for all countries the dirty h.-o. says containment is key as infections outside of china balloon and forecasters warn the coronavirus could harm global economic growth. tens of thousands of refugees mostly from syria have been trying to reach greece either on foot or by boat the wave of people follows techies decision to suspend a migrant deal reached with europe 4 years ago jones reports now from the greek island of lesbos which once again finds itself on the front line of the refugee crisis 7. asylum seekers stranded on the north shores of lesbos some have spent the night out in the open the police can't process them at the only refugee camp on the island in moria it's been blockaded by angry islanders

who wanted shutdown but moreas occupants aren't happy to be here either. this was the latest of many riots this year asylum processing is slow and many have been living in tents under the olive trees for a year really dark said it didn't sound very good doctor and i am certain of that this is very difficult for everyone to set every not that i got for example the good ones are pretty dark that this is very important hundreds of moria's asylum seekers recently much down to the port after. even misleading or mistaken messages that the government was evacuating them to athens police had to turn them back this tense situation is likely to become worse as turkey has opened its border and is advice ing refugees on its soil to go to europe that's the reason why this 15 year old from afghanistan is here he says that i have been in turkey for 2 months the smuggler called me in the night and said the boat is ready get ready to cross over

he said the border is open i could not cross for 2 months because the border was closed this video released by the turkish government suggests that the greek coast guard is no longer conducting just search and rescue missions but actively repelling boatloads of migrants greek coast guard vessels can be seen driving perilously close to small dinghies at another point it appears shots are fired into the water greece has released video that appears to show turkish coast guard vessels accompanying migrant boats to greek waters rather than holding them back until now greece and turkey were both working to keep undocumented migrants out of europe turkey's suspension of that arrangement has led to the suspension of other international norms greece has declared emergency measures it says it will stop receiving asylum applications for one month and in many cases it will turn around undocumented migrants and send them home without the usual reception and

identification procedures so it will be as though these people were never here gree says these new arrivals aren't individual applicants but part of an organized policy so international asylum law doesn't apply to them as intended with so many islands so close to the turkish mainland greece has a difficult task defending its maritime border but the biggest losers in all this seem to be the asylum seekers jumps on opera los al-jazeera lesbos. turkish president richard is being accused of using the refugee crisis as leverage in an effort to force europe to support his operation in syria's italy i curse as it will continue to target syrian army positions in the province after 34 of its soldiers were killed there last thursday the turkish army has been reinforcing its positions in it live with more military hardware escalating tension has meant that turkey and russia have come closer than ever to direct confrontation in syria but both sides

have sought to ease tensions. this is our system. i like to call on russia and iran one more time we do not have any problem with you and syria . but if the syrian government forces do not withdraw turkey has determined as soon as possible they will not have a heat lift on their shoulders backed by russia assad's forces have been trying to retake it labe the last rebel held area since december on monday they entered parts of the strategic town of sarky but turkish drones have been hitting their positions russia's defense military says its military police had also entered the area due to its importance for security which malabar is on in hatay on turkey's border with syria and has more on edge of one's military operation. this explains why he's been defiant today saying that operation spring shield will continue warning the syrian government against tough retaliation if they continue their offensive and asking

them to pull out from behind the demilitarized zone so the turkish military is continuing its operation particularly in the it will probably however i think this is going to be a chance also for turkish president to see whether the russians are willing for some sort of a compromise and this explains why president atlanta was saying today that if the cease fire was to be implemented in the syrian troops pulled behind the demilitarized zone that could be conducive to a new deescalation and you political settlement that will put an end to the escalation of that we've been seeing over the last few days in the area so on one hand he had to show how aggressive he is when it comes to operation spring shilled and that this is going to continue in the upcoming days but earth same time he was reaching out to president vladimir putin saying that this could be our last chance when we meet on the 5th of march to try to diffuse the tension.

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu appears to be on the verge of victory in the country's general election the exit polls are suggesting netanyahu is right really could party has gained $37.00 seats and the party of his rival for the position of prime minister and against his blue and white a projected to get 33 seats while the arab joint list which is mostly backed by israeli palestinians have secured 15 seats or the secular nationalist yes rove but a new lead by a men predicted to gain 6 seats which cross not a high force it to he had been diminished now who's headquarters in tel aviv what's the reaction there been. well there's been a very celebrates 3 mood here ever since that 1st exit poll came out and it's grown and swelled since we've heard in the last few minutes that bench not you know

itself is on his way here to speak to his supporters here this is a pretty extraordinary victory for someone who's been suffering from all sorts of troubles and failures and defeats over the last year the 1st election he won but then his right wing bloc splintered with the decision by his old friend ally and rival the to do leave him and to leave that bloc sparking the 2nd election he lost that 2nd election after that election he was indicted officially in 3 separate corruption cases benny gantz that of the blue and white alliance has been running on the message that it's time to get rid of an indicted prime minister throughout this year and yet israeli voters have indorsed to in pretty big fashion again israel's longest serving prime minister as you say those election. exit polls suggested that he is one some 37 seats. but it also suggests that he's one

seat short of getting the $61.00 seats including the allies obviously could party the right wing bloc required for a functioning coalition government so the question now turns to exactly how he maneuvers if those numbers stay the same how he moves in the coming days and weeks whether he tries to go for a unity government. despite the fact that many guns he said that he won't sit with him whether he tries to poach individuals or come up with some other arrangement however this is a huge endorsement just 2 weeks before his trial is due to start. before september the time being thank you very much indeed imran khan as for invents for a set the blue and white party headquarters of the me a pretty different mood there. salute lee let me just show you a party celebration at the could. very subdued and in fact very few in fact.

i can see in that main stage area of the supporters of blue and white this has been described as a very disappointing night very tragic night for the party itself they were expecting to do much better than the exit polls would suggest if those exit polls hold then they'll be a real rethink about strategy about what blue and white will do next what benny gantz leader of blue and white will do next that they are telling us that they were very disappointed in the voter turnout in tel aviv an urban area a stronghold for the blue and white party and they say that may well have had a huge impact they need to just take a look at the actual polling results when they come out but they also say that netanyahu got to 60 seats in his right wing coalition in april he was unable to form a government so they're not down they're not out they're still looking to plan ahead

to fix. what they can do to try to make it very difficult for him to be able to form that government get that one seat that puts him over the line and gives him that magic number of 61 but generally speaking and you can just see you know it is a very disappointing night for blue and white now bet against the leader is supposed to be speaking here at some point during the night i'm sure they'll be supporters of his here by then but right now a very subdued out as iran can thank you very much. the world health organization says new data shows the corona virus outbreak is now advancing faster in countries other than china new cases in china dropped to their lowest levels in 6 weeks on monday but continue to rise in south korea italy and iran senegal saudi arabia choosier jordan and indonesia most recent countries to detect cases of the disease but overture says the best offense is still containment. in the last 24 hours there

with almost 9 times more cases reported outside china and inside china we see an unchartered territory we have never seen before just respiratory partridge and that's capable of community transmission but at the same time which can also be contained with the right measures here in the u.k. the government has warned it could be a significant increase in the number of cases meanwhile the death toll from coronavirus in italy has risen by 18 in the past 24 hours the number of fatalities to 52 and the number of cases there has exceeded 2000 trying to hold as more. with the steady worsening of the situation in italy and the spread of the virus to other member states in the e.u. i can tell you that the european union has raised its risk assessment for covered 19 warning now of a moderate to high risk of sustained transmission among e.u.

member states all in all 20042400 cases reported across 18 member states of course the worst of those as you were saying there is italy in those numbers represent a jump by 18 in the death toll in italy to 52 over the past 24 hours and indeed the number of transmissions jumping from 1694 yesterday on sunday to 2336 so things are certainly not slowing down in italy but important to note that the outbreak in italy remains confined to a number of hotspots in the north of the country so call it isn't nation wide there are individual isolated cases across the rest of the country and it is that sort of pattern of contagion of transmission of this virus and to some extent the evidence that it can be contained that led dr to address the director general of the world

health organization earlier in his daily press briefing to give a somewhat more upbeat assessment than we've been hearing lately pointed to the fact that this virus is unique both in the fact that it can be transmitted human to human but also in the fact that it can be contained. adviser to iran's supreme leader has died from the corona virus as the disease continues to ravage the country 66 people have died or the number of cases stands at more than 1500 britain germany and france have offered a package worth more than 5 and a half $1000000.00 to help iran a w.h.o. has arrived in tehran to support their party's response. this gentleman who passed away mohamed mir mohamed he was in his seventy's so at risk of certainly succumbing to the virus at risk of of passing away and unfortunately that is what's happened he was a member of the expediency council and a group of advisors to the supreme leader made up of technocrats military officers government officials and since the beginning we've seen that the government has

been largely affected at least 20 members of government at least 20 senior leaders biased and it's here in iran have come in contact with this disease have come under it have contracted the coronavirus since this began and this includes the vice president a female member of president of the on his cabinet as i've said m.p.'s deputies spokespeople and one of the reasons we might be seeing this is because the corona virus outbreak happened in tandem with the timing of the parliamentary election here in the country a few weeks ago so we've seen many senior leaders many political players serious political players would have been going to cold ground 0 for the disease here in this country for this virus in iran and the reason they were going to hold regularly during the time of the election is because poland is a city of religious seminaries and because of the religious form of government here in iraq it is a major political heartland so you would have seen people going there to take part in and out electioneering to take part in trying to get support and funding for

their candidates and for their parts and that is one of the reasons we've seen that this coronavirus outbreak here in iraq has had exponentially more impact on leaders here in the country. in a moment we'll have more on the economic impact of the outbreak out of all of a secretive chechens south korea plus. the u.n. envoy to libya resigns you to strongs days after his latest effort at peacemaking failed to achieve a breakthrough and time to talk with him the european union and finally begin discussing adult trying to get his back said. however some very interesting weather developing over australia remember that tropical cyclone this thing that came from the gulf of carpentaria swung in this way and swinging back again it's linked with

a big system which is full of moisture is going to show itself by raining everywhere now not destroyed will be welcome but a lot more who just produce useless flooding the heart of it is where the orange tops are and this little strings or down to new south wales that this is tuesday is forecast on wednesday there's probably going to be a heart of rain runs through northern territory but again it's heading in this direction then to a.c.t flooding is a potential anywhere along this line we've got several 100 millimeters to come are the sort of the most significant tension difference so it's not a particular frontal system it's just a lot of moisture in the upper atmosphere the walls in the sun shines for the west perth for example now 32 now a winter storm ones on its way out when storm tuesday yes develop that means snowfall cardew in northern honshu but the sun is out to the south the sun is out over most of northern china to the still snow falling in the northeast acheron line that will manifest itself as yet more on valid also for example but the rain line it looks more like

a joined london it goes from southern parts of china but again into homes shoot. al-jazeera goes beneath the waves with a team of women determined to save the dolphin it's sad to say misled to believe we need to do something during a protected amazing outing using a variety of scientific techniques to study their behavior we can monitor them or in terrible more photos and behavior we're able to how they're adapting to their new environment women make science dolphin sanctuary on al-jazeera. or. the little.

come out of the top stories your knowledge is there a video has emerged showing the greek coast guard using heavy handed tactics to keep a boat full of migrants away from landing tens of thousands of refugees mostly from syria have been trying to reach greece other on foot or by boat. exit polls in the israeli general election suggest that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a merrily over his rival benny gantz it's now who is likud party is projected to secure 37 seats with guns has been one party gaining 33. the world health organization says containment is key to defeating the corona virus outbreak as data reveals infections and out dancing faster in countries other than china meanwhile the o.e.c.d. is warning the current of our support of global economic growth. more than a coronavirus outbreak and those forecasts predicting the knock on effect so the

virus which could severely affect the global economy in indonesia the government is rolling out measures to minimize the outbreaks impact despite only having 2 people testing positive for the virus major infrastructure projects are still in put on hold jessica washington reports from jakarta. on the outskirts of jakarta this $6000000000.00 project is one of china's so-called built in road investments construction is on hold for now pending a safety assessment but the project is facing more serious concerns the team is depleted workers who went back to china for the lunar new year can't return because of a ban on chinese travelers the minister for investment also says the supply of raw materials from china is disrupted the fast train service is supposed to start from early next year but the coronavirus outbreak could put the brakes on the project and slow down construction this is just one. example of how the outbreak is due

rattling investment and disrupting supply chains and countries all over the world dealing with the full ounce. happened in 2003 the chinese economy was only one percent of the global economy and 19 percent. the chinese capital is very much. needed and used globally countries are feeling the strain in different ways in australia international education is the country's 3rd biggest export but a travel ban has left thousands of chinese students unable to return to university it could cost of the sector millions if they cancel in romans thailand has lowered its growth outlook for the year as its economy suffers from the absence of chinese tour groups italy's already sluggish economy will take a further hit with a number of towns and manufacturing hubs in lockdown and trillions of dollars has been wiped from u.s. equities pushing stock markets around the world into the red what we're also saying

is a disruption to supply trains as companies have slowed down manufacturing in china that has impacted other asian and pacific countries who have a lot on those imports into their manufacturing processes no longer are we stand alone countries we operating global supply chains and that's what the current of viruses really exposed governments are looking for ways to ease the economic burden hong kong announcing a stimulus package a cash handout of around $1200.00 to every adult indonesia's government meanwhile will provide massive discounts on hotels and flights for foreign and domestic travellers economists say measures like these are expensive but necessary this is the challenge that governments have consumers. aspies governments only have a few labels to pull in this crisis one is providing confidence in the health system and then the 2nd is giving some stimulation to spending by other discounting

elements or lowering the cost of did these are short term band-aid solutions ultimately there's only one way to improve the health of the world's economies finding a cure to the virus jessica washington d.c. or jakarta. the south korean government is seeking murder charges against the leaders of a church which is a center of the country's corona virus outbreak the founder the secretive church has apologized for its role in spreading the disease with around 60 percent of south korea's more than $4000.00 cases linked to the group mcbride reports from seoul. it was the 1st long awaited public statement by the founder and leader of the shin changi church the man he frustrated himself before journalists to say sorry not only did i care because i don't know how to apologize to the korean people i extend my deepest regret it wasn't intentional we had many new infections that we couldn't stop. the outbreak in south korea has cost

new scrutiny on the church at the center of it seen by many christians as a secretive sect and turn the spotlight on its messiah like a leader who calls himself the promised prophet. you look at. it may appear christian but it's actually different with a different doctor insist they revere leaman he like jesus the leader who is a counselor who helps former followers of changi such as and sue young who described the crowded conditions inside a typical church gathering i'm in here honey and could be diploma in a call you would be 5 centimeters away from the next person and you would have to say amen after every sentence the pastor speaks it's the best environment for the virus to spread all of the shin changi churches have been closed and some have been attacked an online petition demanding the group's disbandment has well over a 1000000 signatures some local leaders have called for shinto in g.'s elders to be

investigated for possible homicide and for hiding the identities of some of its estimated quarter of a 1000000 members chin changi says it's being unfairly persecuted and health officials have warned against driving the organization further underground that would make the tackling of this outbreak harder. him none the government has done a lot to contain this and we'll do everything we can to support that effort but the shin chung ji church still insists it has suffered the most with its members making up more than half of all the confirmed cases in south korea macbride al jazeera sole. you know nations special envoy for libya her son salomé has resigned he says he's stepping down because of ill health it was at the helm of recent talks between the country's warring factions he tweeted to say he's trying his best to reunite

libyans and prevent foreign intervention in their country during his 2 and a half years in the row libya remains in a state of chaos with rival governments in tripoli and to brooke fighting for control i do gallagher has more from the united nations which appears on a major announcement via twitter took everybody by surprise. certainly seems to have got out ahead of officials here at the united nations that tweet going out they were then playing catch up essentially but this is a highly respected peace negotiator working for 2 and a half years to try and broker some kind of deal in libya ben this is a direct quote he said i simply can't take this much stress so now the u.n. are scrambling to try and find a replacement in these vital peace negotiations let's just listen to what the u.n. spokesperson had to say our focus now is on ensuring a smooth transition so as not to lose you know some of the momentum we've we've gained i mean the situation in libya is critical we're seeing we've seen

increased fighting we also saw different libyan parties being able to meet around the table. is to say to me has made some great. great progress we don't want to lose any of that momentum now they talk about momentum and they talk about progress but the real truth here is that mr salami was really floundering in what is an extremely complex situation you've got all sorts of foreign nations involved from france russia the united states u.a.e. and turkey and mr salami himself said an arms embargo that has been put in place for the last few years is in danger of becoming a cynical job the u.n. secretary general himself said this is a proxy war so it's one of those situations where it seems to be a half step forward and 10 steps backwards of course libya has been in complete chaos since the fall of gadhafi in 2011 with various factions fighting for control

of the country and lots of foreign interference so a transition i think to a new negotiator is an important thing but the challenge here to bring peace to libya is almost at this point in time insurmountable. the taliban says it will not talk to the afghan government about ending the war there unless 5000 taliban prisoners are released an agreement between the armed group and the u.s. was signed on saturday without the involvement of the afghan government but it comes as afghan police say at least 3 people have died and 11 have been injured in a bombing in the southeastern province of horst there's no immediate claim of responsibility but even if the taliban are behind it it still doesn't breach that deal with washington. on the eve of super tuesday the day when most us states hold nominating contests joe biden has received a substantial boost to his campaign senator amy klobuchar has dropped out of the

race for the u.s. presidency and has announced she will support the former vice president's campaign for the democratic nomination former south bend where pete but a judge has also dropped out and thrown his weight behind by. trade talks between the united kingdom and the european union over a deal for when the u.k. finally leaves the block at the end of the year have officially begun the u. case chief negotiator david frost is in brussels for 4 days of negotiations with his e.u. counterpart we should ban year being british prime minister boris johnson has already threatened to walk away from the talks if enough progress hasn't been made by the end of june the deadline for extending the brig's its transitional period historians are getting their 1st look at the archives of one of the most controversial pope's recent history pope pius the 12th was accused of staying silent during the holocaust and his critics accusing him of doing little to help

jews facing persecution by nazi germany the vatican says he worked quietly behind the scenes to save jews. quicker money catch up any time met with our website address that is al-jazeera dot com and that's updated throughout the day. one of the top stories video has emerged showing the greek coast guard using heavy handed tactics to keep a boat full of migrants away from landing the e.u. says turkey must stick to the 26000 migrant deal after ankara said it would no longer enforce its border. to he says it will continue to target syrian army positions in italy after 34 of its soldiers were killed there last thursday the turkish army has been reinforcing its positions in the province with more military hardware yes creating tension has meant that turkey and russia come closer than

ever to direct confrontation in syria but both sides have sought to ease tensions. are allowed to call on russia and iran one more time we do not have any problem with you and syria. but if the syrian government forces do not withdraw turkey has determined as soon as possible they will not have a heat left on their shoulders. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu appears to be on the verge of victory in the country's general election exit polls put the likud leader on around $37.00 seats in the knesset ahead of his centrist rival a main opponent benny gantz on $33.00 seats the election is the 3rd in just a year after neither netanyahu nor guns were able to form a coalition in either of the previous votes if the exit polls are correct the results would not give likud a majority but makes a right wing coalition more likely. the world health organization says the corona

virus outbreak is now advancing faster in countries other than china the w.h.o. says the best defense is still containment. in the last 24 hours dead with almost 9 times more cases reported outside china. inside china we're in unchartered territory we have never seen before this disputed partridge and that's comparable of community transmission but at the same time which can also be contained with that right measures. those are the headlines that do stay with us from al-jazeera women make science is next i don't incite 3 likes watching. as the world battles of potential new pandemic will bring you the latest developments from around the globe. with updates about travel restrictions on how to protect ourselves.

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