that matter to you. al jazeera. the all. prosecutors turkey of helping what it describes as terrorists in northwest syria of turning his back on an agreement to reduce fighting. looking i'm out of a good scene and this is al jazeera life from doha also coming up. we're. following us vice president joe biden seals his comeback in the race to pick a democratic white house candidates but the biggest super tuesday prize is gone to a white all new sounders. you are going to be the most

dangerous president if their history of the scott was on the w.h.o. warns coronavirus is more deadly than the seasonal flu and appears to be spreading much more quickly outside china than with him. but we'll have all those stories coming up for you but 1st some breaking news out over afghanistan where 3 separate attacks of left at least 19 people died all took place in the could do is region 15 soldiers were killed in a raid on a base in buckshot cuts elsewhere 4 police officers were also killed and 10 border patrol officers were kidnaps after the 3rd attacks meanwhile the u.s. says it's bombed taliban positions as a defensive measure following attacks by the armed group in helmand province that's

in the south of the country the u.s. is calling on the taliban to keep to the commitments the. maids under a deal signed in cutter last week let's get more no from al-jazeera as author of the hamid she is live for us in kabul that's 3 separate attacks occurring overnight what more can you tell us about this just who's involved. well there have been actually many more attacks around the country or 2 that were there did inflict death and injuries but choose not at that scale i think what we've been seeing over the past 3 days certainly an increase of pressure from the taliban side on sunday a bit shortly after actually president i 70 had said that he is not going to release these 5000 taliban prisoners because he didn't take that commitment. as posturing from the taliban gradually increasing and i think the message is quite

clear here the taliban saying they will continue these attacks that actually do not breach the agreement that was made with the u.s. last week in cut out so the taliban will continue probably that posturing early we will see more of that probably all the way until this interim afghan talks start on march 10th if indeed they start on their day where this all comes not long after the the u.s. president donald trump was on the phone with the taliban leaders are healing this deal what does this what does this mean for the dealers sell the landmark deal that was signed between the u.s. and the taliban. well i think you know de us did carry out its 1st airstrike on the taliban earlier today as they were trying to attack another base in the helmand province so i think the u.s. is also under pressure by the afghan government at this stage saying ok you have

made all these pictures of the taliban we have been completely. under sidelines of all this process that has been ongoing and there was hailed as a milestone towards bringing peace and stability to this country but these attacks are continuing and part of the agreement is that the u.s. will continue to defend. the afghan government and this institution now that that back in helmand as we understand it now. strangers' underground the taliban were going to attack a joint u. s. afghan base now that would have been in breach of the agreement and i think that's also one of the reasons why you intervened with this 1st airstrike in quite some time now ok hoda abdel-hamid live for us there in kabul thank you very much indeed

for bringing us that update now turkey's defense ministry says too often salters have been killed in syria as a globe province in an attack by government forces turkish forces retaliated by striking syrian military targets $59.00 turkish soldiers have been killed in it since on camera began its military campaign last month will moments ago turkey's president votes to continue that offensive. or you know one of our martyrs none of our veterans and none of their blood none of their drops of blood will be in vain we are going to continue our struggle as in hopefully with the help of god we're going to build a strong turkish republic. we'll soon. he joins me live from the turkey syria border. crossing we have had another to see turkish soldiers killed in syria robust response there in the turkish parliament from president richard one

what more is likely to come out it's all of this escalation within syria is that playing back with a domestic audience in turkey. well yes turkish government say is that there is a turkish military presence inside syria is necessary 1st for the safety and security of the conferees orders plus for millions of men in a sense people who have been suffering from the syrian government's at trustees us this size inside syria and but i have to tell that the turkish opposition especially the main opposition party and its leader have been highly critical about turkey's military presence both in syria and also the latest presence and and they have been i know it's african country that's fired at the government and the security officials including the defense ministry have been emphasizing that this

is necessary for turkey's security and for its features and they have been very vocal about the spencer presence as there are news of bought soldiers being killed during the clashes and sides and they are getting more vocal and add on's speech actually the beginning of his speech targeted at the opposition party and the other parties to oppose them madden said that so far at least 3200 syrian government forces have been killed 160 tanks 100 x. their units 3 war planes 8 helicopters 87 air defense systems and several ammunitions emanation depots have been destroyed he tried to give a message that he gave a huge harm to syrian government forces military capability and capacity and he says the syrian people civilians will be a will be acting against will be standing up against the syrian government's. frost's things inside that he says that turkey is there for both civilians and for

its border security because turkey is already hosting about 4000000 syrian refugees and there are 4000000 civilians inside. living inside and they're right behind the door which you see in the screen right behind me and 1400000 of them are women and children more than 1000000 are located along the turkish border which is just a few 100 meters away which is a big risk for 34 and other refugee influx and turkey says that no more financially turkey cannot carry this burden that's why i don't say is the government has sold this threat the problem inside them before reaching a turkish territory becoming a real threat for his own citizens that's why turkey has to act it has to be very proactive and he says we are looking for a political solution rather than

a military solution that's what we have to be proactive that's why turkey is continuing its favela both on the ground what its military forces plus all of the magic level what the talks with the russian part in the talks with the russians americans and other players in syria ok cinema cosi a little i 1st on the job goes see border crossing thank you very much no turkey russia rather is accusing turkey of breaking an agreement creates a demilitarized zone in northern syria and help in what it calls terrorists groups in ad libbed province turkey hasn't yet commented on the accusation this comes 24 hours before turkey's president is jew in more school for talks with floods amir peretz and the turks and russians have come closer than ever to direct confrontation in syria in the past few days let's get more now from step vance and she joins me live for moscow and step what do you think we can read into these

remarks from russia coming as they are the day before these crucial talks are set to get underway. exactly that's exactly what it is of course these remarks and accusations come one day before it is important meeting between president putin and president the one and it's basically meant to are positioned themselves so russia is taking a very hard position here it's not the very 1st time that russia has accused turkey or for violating the solitude 2018 agreement which was meant to demilitarize the it lip region russia has always accused turkey of of fighting together with the militants and the russians called terrorists but now this time they have given some more detail they say that these observation post manned by turkey which are the result of the such agreement and now basically merged together with the militants

and the from these observation posts they are attacking the neighborhoods and they also attacking the russian the air base on a daily basis and also russia as their turkey is a breaching international agreements because the amount and the size of the troops in the region they call it a mechanical division which means there's around $14000.00 turkish soldiers there which are heavily armed and according to russia that's reaching an international agreement and that's something the west doesn't know about so basically what russia is trying to do here is to make a case that turkey is illegally active and that ahead of these talks that putin is very much making it clear that they are playing hardball. and lifers and more school thank you very much indeed. now the e.u. has promised almost $800000000.00 to support greece since tens of thousands of refugees and migrants gather on the country's border with turkey e.u.

officials met the greek prime minister who showed them the extent of the crisis turkey has announced it will no longer stop people trying to beat europe going against a deal brokered with the e.u. in 2016 the situation at our border is not only greece issue to manage it is a responsible responsibility of europe as a whole and we will manage it in an orderly way with your nitty solidarity and determination those who seek to test europe's unity will be disappointed we will hold the line and our unity will prevail now is the time of concerted action and cool hads and acting based on our values turkey is not an enemy and people are not just means to reach

a goal. well the thing clashes on the greece turkey border is migrants attempt to cross over there are reports greek authorities have fired tear gas and stun grenades in response france has beefed up security along its borders as people trying to board ever they can to get since to europe that's going to a mess in the turkish border village of joy around and talk to some people trying to cross. it's only a journey the length of a football field to cross the border from turkey to greece here but it's an almost impossible one in a smugglers boat there is also a land border which these syrian refugees managed to cross a few days ago soon they were deported back to turkey they remain undeterred. the greek soldiers took our phones our money and our bags i went back to stumble fact that my bags and return to. this riverbank in the village of di ron has become

a campground of hope these families look at the merchant river and see all the possibilities europe represent. syrian refugees dia his wife and 3 young children have used branches donated blankets and tarps to build a shelter to shield against the unrelenting cold wind day and night for 4 days is this that we need to take a threat i'm 34 years old and i've seen nothing good maybe my children can see something good we need some space to see our future the un refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. says countries must not use excessive or disproportionate force against migrants they must process asylum applications in an orderly manner and the international community needs to increase its support of turkey the country is home to almost 4000000 refugees 3 points. one of them are syria. a few kilometers

away the european council president and the greek prime minister visited the border we have not used the time wisely since the last migration crisis to address the situation effectively it's about time that we do it now during 9 years of war syrians have heard similar pronouncements and promises from world leaders before dia and other refugees we've been talking to tell us this isn't simply about turkey opening its borders to europe it's about all countries changing their mindset and welcoming them until then they are determined to push their way in any way they can natasha going to. die run on the border between turkey and greece and many refugees migrants are trying to get across the u.s maritime borders and

then up on greek islands like les voss from there john psaropoulos reports. the greek prime minister stressed the need for a common asylum policy it's been one of his main causes in the european union since he came to power 8 months ago he said that we have not used our time wisely since the last refugee crisis the time has come for us to do this we need to show we are sharing the burden effectively and to show innovation we cannot leave the burden pushed on to the so shoulders of external you member states this is a cry of help from europe's mediterranean coast that the external border countries cannot be gatekeepers to europe without solidarity and support from the rest of the continent let's listen to what he had to say this is a blatant attempt by turkey to use desperate people to promote his jew political agenda and to divert attention from the horrible situation in syria. the 10s of

thousands of people who tried to end to greece over the past few days did not come from it live they have been living safely in turkey for a long period of time most of them speak turkish fluency in europe will not be blackmailed by turkey over the refugee issue and the reason we're standing here at the passenger port is that just moments ago there was a police operation to clear away. some dozens of afghan young men who were trying to climb this behind me and get on to that ferry which is leaving for athens shortly the police just swept the area clean they've chased people up into the hills it shows you and we saw earlier similar scenes how badly these people want to get off the island to move further inland move on to the greek mainland cross over into other parts of europe and begin their lives.

a lot of research and joe biden has won texas and 8 sell their states on super tuesday the most important event yes in the democrats' race to see the white house the former u.s. vice president's main rival bernie sanders did well to scene setting up a one on one battle for the democratic presidential nomination that will take several days before all votes are finalized but says they still have a fairly clear view of the results biden's latest win as we said is texas he also secured massachusetts and minnesota and a string of southern states as well bernie sanders won the state with the most delicate sets california he also since uta colorado and his home state all for moans about all this means is that while biden has the most delegates saunders is not that far behind while brand holds reports ny from los angeles.

in the joe biden surged out of the blocks from the very 1st result winning north carolina virginia and alabama in quick succession as the evening wore on he maintained the momentum from his massive victory in south carolina of you days ago and this appeared to be boosted even further by the support of 2 candidates who had dropped out of the rates the endorsements by people who judge and amy close which are a huge injection of energy into a campaign that it falters at the start were true only got to start reducing your word well it may be over the other guy was. no regular folks reject you're. worth a larger. her. admission i was. sure. showed her was biden also won in texas the 2nd large.

just state to vote on super tuesday and his a standing victory in massachusetts was a massive setback for elizabeth warren who represents the state in the senate she made clear though her battle is far from over so here's my advice cast of those that will make you proud of all the and them thought from your heart are all on you and very soon you think will make the best president and i was another major loser on the night was michael bloomberg who did not compete in earlier contests his sole victory was in american samoa but he continued to insist he would be the best democratic party candidate to defeat president donald trump and if you are ready to clean out the oval office and get things done

was all ears that welcome to bloomberg 2020 baguio on the front runner going into super tuesday state in the fight bernie sanders easily won his home state of vermont along with significant victories in colorado and utah most importantly although it will be hours and possibly days before all votes are in he's the winner in the critical state of california with its huge block of delegates the votes and i tell you with absolute confidence we're going to win that democratic nominee should the ad where you are going to defeat the most dangerous president in their history of this country the results on super tuesday appear to reflect a new focus among democratic party voters in choosing

a presidential nominee disk. byt the debate about competing platforms support is being increasingly determined by one single issue who would be the most suitable candidate to defeat donald trump robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. the heads of the world health organization says the corona virus is more deadly than the flu but thinks it spreads can be contains the w.h.o. says more money is needed to help countries like iran which it warns cants manage the outbreak on their own the world bank has just announced $12000000000.00 to help with the health and economic impacts of the virus allow same to survive imports from teheran the military is being cold up to help overwhelms health workers. this is very much a message to the public that the government is doing something ever since this outbreak began the government has been criticized for not responding seriously

enough and not responding quickly enough certainly here the supreme leader trying to show that all branches of the government are moving forward but really it has to be said that the military has already been involved so this is very much a public relations public affairs campaign on part of the supreme leader of the defense ministry has been manufacturing masks and other medical supplies including test kits and hands and it's us or the army has been out on the street sanitizing the capitals of different provinces with the equipment meant to find chemical warfare contamination as well as opening its hospitals to civilians that's already been going on something the supreme leader said should continue to happen the revolutionary guard has. built hospitals as well as mobile clinics in cities across the country to help facilitate the treatment of patients to help facilitate the testing of patients and is also responsible for monitoring the borders into different cities where we've seen an uptick in the number of coronavirus cases to

screen travelers to make sure they can try and control the spread of this disease. the last patients being treated for a bola in the democratic republic of congo has been discharged for seek a scimitar was led out of the clinic as staff sang and danced around her 100000 people died during the 1900 month and wait it was the 2nd worst in history after the west africa epidemic that ended 4 years ago now it'll be $28.00 days before the laser state bank can officially be declared over. well next door in the republic of congo vast all reserves have been discovered but they're on their knees 10000 year old pete lands near the congo rain forest welcome where reports from the capital brazzaville. over. beneath the swampy forest lies carbon equivalent to about 20 years of emissions from fossil fuels in the u.s.

and stored in people on the scientists discovered here in the republic of congo 3 years ago the government didn't allow us to go there and film this is the government's video but it did allow oil companies to drill there last year with. its licensed oil exploration in blocks of land across more than half of the peat land and environmentalist say if wells extracted it risks releasing 30000000000 tons of carbon stored in the peat. it would be catastrophic even if we tried to exploit the oil in an eco friendly way we still have to destroy the ecosystem plans of today or it will make the area i want to see before the exploitation of other resources and also indeed it's really our water great so what. the river congo is the world's 2nd largest river by volume and the rain forest that sits in its basin is the world's 2nd largest after the amazon and its leaves and branches falling

from the trees partially decomposing in the ground in a form the peak lands over about 10000 years have been discovered on purpose. sides of the river in swampy areas and the carbon stored in beneath the ground is as much as is stored above the ground in the entire forest. the congolese government signed an agreement to receive $65000000.00 of funding from european governments to preserve the pete lands and the forest to perve them but activists say the agreement doesn't rule out oil extraction the country's africa's 3rd largest oil producer 2 oil companies announced major on shore oil discoveries near the peak lands last year but the environment minister told us the peat lands are safe. and what we are saying to the international community is that the congolese government will not touch their land if we have a friend or even if we have to do it if we find a drawing that could land areas we will do our best to do

a good job the plans are also home to millions of people the government says oil revenues help communities environmental activists say they don't and that if oil extraction goes ahead here the world's largest tropical land and its vast carbon reservoir will be gone forever malcolm webb al-jazeera republic of congo. the more than a 1000000 students british universities are having an unexpected holiday the lecturers have been on strike for the past 2 weeks explains why from london. lectures on the picket line the students have abandoned their classrooms in solidarity with 50000 university staff across the country 74 universities are involved in 2 weeks of strikes affecting around 1200000 students and last teaching time these students support. credibly important for me to be here in solidarity

with my lecturer because if i'm here to study and learn about how we create a better labor system for all i have to be here for what's happening at my campus itself is the mass media started to ask but i think what they're fighting for i think that really resonates with this is the times of saying us not having an academic future. in education too in this country the list of grievances is long traded him say staff pay has declined 20 percent in 10 years in real terms workloads and pension contributions have increased like trizone an average of 55 $1000.00 a year i could i makes are increasingly being offered short term contracts meaning many have to reapply for their jobs every few months in the 1st cities are relying on this kind of casualised precarious labor to carry on and essentially what the strike is about is to say no we need decent jobs permanent jobs in order for the university as a whole to function it goes beyond just workers well it goes across various rooms

of how we live if you're in a casual contracts or a calculus contract it's hard even to plan a family to play. you are in such a precarious position the average undergraduate degree costs around $35000.00 in tuition fees excluding books travel and accommodation international students from the u.k. can expect to pay double or even triple. university education used to be free seen as a benefit to the rest of society but universities are now at the mercy of market forces with huge sums of money going towards marketing and management the vice-chancellor of oxford university made headlines for earning $520000.00 a year the average vice chancellors pay is $6.00 and a half times greater than the average staff member one of the main turn any teacher is to help steer people into work and to illustrate that education at the end of

the day pays but it has societal value but the reality is some of the brightest brains in britain and now struggling to make a living. to go she ations between universities and lecturers over pay and working conditions are ongoing meanwhile frustration among academics is growing with the universities accused of putting profit before people leave barca al-jazeera london . this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the u.s. says it's been taliban positions in southern afghanistan following attacks on the armed groups in helmand province the u.s. is calling on the taliban to keep to the commitments they made in a deal signed in cutter last week in northern afghanistan 3 separate attacks have killed at least 19 soldiers and police 15 soldiers were killed and can do this province

a 2nd attack in the province killed 4 policeman and 10 border patrol officers were kidnapped in the 3rd incident. turkey's defense ministry says 2 soldiers have been killed in syria's adlib province an attack by government forces turkish forces retaliated by striking syrian military targets 59 turkish soldiers have been killed in it lipson sanker began its military campaign last month dumb luck. or shaken none of our martyrs none of our veterans and none of their blood none of their drops of blood will be in vain we are going to continue our struggle as we aimed and hopefully with the help of god we're going to build a strong turkish republic. former vice president joe biden has mounted a major comeback in the race for the democratic presidential nomination he said so when at least 9 of the 14 states that voted on super tuesday was you know the pressure of chronically declined to get married yet was

a good sign was a trial where they got to super junior were well it may have another guy was but bernie sanders won the biggest prize of the night's the state of california and also won in his home state all for more than 2 all those the senator warns the same old politics mourns the trauma was the head of the world health organization says the corona virus is more deadly than the flu but still believes it's containable the virus also appears to be spreading much faster i'd cite china as the up to date stay with us on al-jazeera my cuba is up next.

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