this is g.w. news live from berlin a dramatic escalation in syria more than 30 turkish troops are killed in an air raid launched by president assad's forces in the northwest now turkey is vowing to retaliate putting uncorrupted attention luzhin force with syria's backers and moscow. also coming out of the south koreans rushed to protect themselves against a grown a virus as officials report another shoe to drop in cases infections are increasing their faster than anywhere else. plus growing frustration d.w.

reports from onboard the ocean the viking a migrant rescue ship that's been quarantined the rescuers have to wait 2 weeks until they can start saving lives again. i'm sorry so much got to thank you for joining us nato has scheduled an emergency session today as tensions grow between turkey and the russian backed syrian government under a is vowing retaliation after syrian forces killed at least 33 turkish soldiers in an airstrike in northwestern syria it's also calling for an international no fly zone to protect civilians in the it live region a further military action threatens to put on korea on a collision course with moscow. a major escalation in dozens of texas troops dead taken back to turkey for treatment.

of result of the airstrikes $33.00 soldiers are martyred. none of our wounded soldiers who are being treated in hospital are in critical condition. martyrs rest in peace i wish speedy recovery for its soldiers then i express my condolences to our nation. cherokees response was swift takesh officials released footage showing the retaliatory strikes saying they have fired on old syrian government targets. near the turkish border with greece refugees awaiting at the border to cross into europe turkish officials say they will open the borders to millions of syrian refugees who want to go to europe reversing a pledge turkey made to the european union in 2016. which the international community has condemned the wars ongoing humanitarian impact. what is happening in

north west syria these said is beyond imagination it is not human lead tolerable they don't know of children so traumatized they no longer speak. taki has given syria an end of the month ultimatum to retreat with ferrie and it's and i rush arraf using to back down a humanitarian ceasefire may prove elusive. let's bring in correspondent yulia han for more on the story she's following it all so istanbul hi yuliya good to see you this is a significant escalation can you bring us up to date on the latest that you're hearing from the turkish side. well yes indeed this is a major escalation in this said direct conflict between turkish and russian bagged syrian forces there in it live we have seen

a number of clashes in recent weeks by that as strike according to what we understand the has a cause for the largest death toll for turkey in a single day since it 1st intervened in syria 4 years ago now turkey has been hitting syrian regime positions in the it live in the past hours that's according to the presidential palace in the it comes off for a national security meeting was a held in the on current shed by prison and one himself so no signs are backing down here from ancora and let me remind you present adlon has also given the moscow's a deadline he wants the syrian regime forces to withdraw to previously agreed ceasefire lines by the end of the month which is essentially today or tomorrow considering the situation on the ground this is highly unlikely so we might see

more confrontation more escalation in the days to come we know that turkey is a member of nato nato says it's holding an emergency session today i mean what. you think that this aspect of the story will play. well this has definitely become a major issue for nato the alliance was quick to condemn this deadly air strike and as you mentioned they are holding an emergency meeting at turkey's request today taki one support from its western allies it wants them to understand that what's happening in syria right now is not just a taco problem a turkish issue and church officials will probably press for a so-called no fly zone in syria to protect the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced there during the clashes now interestingly the turkish government so far avoids blaming this airstrike yesterday on the

a russia it blames solely the assad regime old though it is widely known and understood that the syrian regime is carrying out these attacks with crucial support from russia russia controls the airspace over syria over it so this is essentially yes a confrontation between uncorrupt and moscow with the potential of turning into an open conflict between nato and russia as well you are you mentioned the hundreds of thousands of people sleeping the fighting there heading towards the turkish border what will happen to them. well by all accounts what's happening that inside is a humanitarian nightmare we're getting reports of children freezing to death because families have to sleep outside in the open because there is just not enough space and nowhere for them to go so far turkey has not opened its borders to these refugees currently stuck inside it live but what's interesting is that

a spokesperson also present adams ruling a.k.p. said yesterday that turkey was no longer able to stop the 4000000 refugees currently residing in sinai tuckey from trying to reach europe and that's basically reiterating a longstanding threat by the president to open the gates to europe and we've seen the images here on turkish television of people of refugees syrians and other nationalities gathering at turkey's land border with greece and bulgaria we've heard reports of people leaving istanbul in a buses and of course. this is images these are problems that potentially increase pressure on europe as well to act and to do something in this crisis. reporting from istanbul thank you now the world health organization is warning governments to prepare for a coronavirus epidemic pandemic rather 66 countries or territories have now

confirmed cases south korea has seen a sharp rise in reported cases with more than 300 new infections bringing the total there to over 2000 my geria has reported the 1st case of the virus in sub-saharan africa and iran which has seen the highest number of deaths outside china called off friday prayers in some major cities and a bit to stem the spread of the disease. well this week south korea surpassed china with a number of new corona virus infections the south korean public health response has focused largely on the city of daegu with a disease spread rapidly among members of her secretive church but all over the country people are worried. sneaking round the block queuing up for face masks south korea has the highest number of coronavirus cases i cite mainland china and people here in the capital seoul are worried. of course i'm concerned because there aren't enough masks. but i'm still thankful

because we can at least get our hands on these. that it can do is trust the government when they say they'll ramp up the supply even though i would that would have been. the cape up scene is taking a coronavirus hit megastars b.t.s. have counseled 4 of their soul concerts shadowed for april their management say the large numbers of crew and concert goers would have been a concern. in japan authorities have taken the decision to close schools for almost a month affecting $13000000.00 children. there will be many challenges. if children in lower grades of elementary school have to stay at home due to school closures and their parents will have to take time off work but. the government was thinking about measures we can take for these situations to.

protecting the global economy is becoming as important as protecting people from the virus itself. so there is the good of it that even if it may seem excessive once you're infected it will be too late so closing schools and canceling events in might be difficult for those people involved but it's better than catching the virus even the kids who stay. here there's broad public support for japan's efforts to contain the spread as the outbreak continues to affect more and more countries around the world. for more on the story we can speak to martin he's a fire ologist in the city of frankfort martin thank you for joining us here in new what do we know at this point about how the coronavirus is being spread from person to person sometimes where there doesn't appear to be a direct link to the epicenter to china. of course you've heard that

people can transmit their i was having symptoms or even mild symptoms so. many people are not aware that they are infected and so they travel from china awful north to the go from seoul south korea so the whole country without being aware carrying the virus in themselves so i mean other people who are transmitting the virus again and again and so one of these who comes to the symptoms to a hospital is not aware that you had met a person with a person that met a person from china all right so you're saying we probably would be able to trace that link back to the epicenter what do you think of reports that we've got that martin we've seen reports that one case in japan a person was diagnosed with a coronavirus this person then recovered and was infected again what do you think of that. it's very important to get knowledge about the special conditions and which we can fiction might might happen because normally we think that after

recovering from the virus you have at least a transition to unity because we infection so it's very important to. get knowledge about under which conditions we can be reinfected survivors. ok we have seen that more than 36000 of people who have been infected with this rise they have recovered but nearly 3000 have also died martin is this still primarily elderly people who have underlying illnesses who are vulnerable who are actually dying from this virus and its effect it's still the instant effect in the very nice a publication published at the 24th of february where they investigated very carefully the desperate depended on age and duties and that found a clear correlation to age and the duties with higher mortality. all right martin. joining us here from frankfurt thank you for speaking with us. you're welcome.

now global markets are heading for their worst week since the financial crisis in 2008 and vespers are ditching risky assets on fears that the coronavirus could trigger a global recession germany's dax has plummeted by more than 5 percent in morning trading asian markets continue their downward spiral in japan alone the nikkei index lost almost 10 percent this week u.s. markets took a dramatic tumble on thursday with the dow suffering its worst one day drop in history and i'm monica jones will have more on those developments in business that's coming up right after the news now let's check in on some other stories making headlines around the world one of hong kong's most high profile entrepreneurs has been arrested on charges of illegal assembly and intimidation the pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lee is accused of taking part in a band anti-government march that took place in august 2 veteran pro-democracy activists were also arrested. armed police are patrolling areas of the indian

capital delhi hit by the worst sectarian violence in years at least 38 people were killed in clashes earlier this week between protesters for and against a new citizenship law that is widely viewed as anti muslim. and the city of prague has renamed the square in front of the russian embassy after murdered russian opposition leader boris nemtsov off the squares renaming marks the 5th anniversary of 9 sobs death by shooting in moscow. italian authorities have placed a 2nd migrant rescue ship under quarantine effectively means a 2 week break in rescue operations for both ships but their crews say their help is desperately needed by people trying to leave libya. is among those quarantined on board the ocean viking which recently rescued almost 300 migrants adrift in the mediterranean off really good morning. paula.

2 2 274 survivors world vowed to depart the migrant trust you ship that was the good news. then came the bad news the italian authorities have imposed a quarantine on the ocean biking. they're concerned that one of the rescued migrants might have been carrying the corona virus and that it could have spread since then the migrants have been under quarantine in the port the crew have to spend 2 weeks in quarantine to onboard the ship anchored about 5 miles off the coast of sicily the volunteers are using the time to tidy up. people are very busy right now. i'm trying to make myself useful. but. the vests are hung up to dry here before the next mission everyone is lending a helping hand they're busy carrying out repairs but the quarantine period means

time away from the mission rescuing migrants at sea off the coast of war torn libya we are very much aware that the situation in libya is quite desperate and people are still leaving in boats that are very fragile and on sea where the our frustration is quite high because we are unable to be there in the central mediterranean to be able to conduct of the search and rescue operations that are needed and lifesaving at this moment. some of the volunteers work out to let off steam. others prefer meditation their goal is to stay healthy and focused so they can get back to work as soon as possible. and for more on the story we can speak to heidi said she's the spokesperson for sea watch a different migrant rescue organization and sea watch is also now under quarantine as of yesterday i d. how concerned are you and your colleagues about the corona virus. you know

how my health measures and we have medics on board. the necessary precaution anyway and zones like taking temperatures and hand washing but we have no reason to suspect that anybody on what has been exposed to the virus don't know we understand that our guest actually it isn't but yesterday 190 people have to go into quarantine we don't really hear or see it just the patient right cruta now these were in other words you said public health officials are taking precautions here how much of an issue is this for you were how does this affect your work when you can't go out on missions. i mean this is the reason that we exist and we know that now more than ever there is a rescue gap in the central mediterranean which is obviously something that is condoned and still it's a union who is now relaunching a neighbor mission not to rescue people or to enjoy. so every minute that there is

no n.g.o.s in the central mediterranean increases the risk of people i'd of dying or being in the back and heidi how have things been on the ship for people who are under quarantine. i mean it for us it only started yesterday so we got into our anchorage position quite recently 9 lives the ocean biking but it's obviously quite frustrating it seems like a very disproportionate measure. that also seems in line with the political climate that already in italy discriminates against and you know best and so we feel that this is and also sorry in line with public opinion that you know migrants bring disease this is not the 1st time that people wearing hazmat suits come on board a ship with a disembarkation so it seems that the climate around the coronavirus. isn't particularly tight is it now it in heroes and stopping us from being able to or works or not particularly concerned about people having been exposed to the virus

but more about the consequences of us now being delayed for 2 weeks all right we'll have to leave it there heidi said dick from sea watch thank you for joining us. you're watching did i but you knew still to come on our show actress helen mirren talks showbiz brags that and what it means to be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the prelim international film festival. but 1st the court of arbitration for sport has found chinese swimmer sonia guilty of a serious doping offense for destroying his own blood samples in $28.00 the reigning olympic champion will now be banned for 8 years for breaking anti-doping rules possibly bringing an end to the 28 year old's international career now yang is a long distance swimmer and he's won $23.00 gold medals including 3 in the olympics . all right let's talk about this landmark decision now

we have press herrington from sports with us higher press time what reason did the court give in this guilty verdict well they basically said that i did not have a good enough reason to destroy his own blood samples back in 2018 when you know 4 testers came to his house to give him a test only one of them were actually had the proper accreditation and that was the whole issue they. soon had and he alternately destroyed his blood samples pheno the international governing body for swimming they sided with sony and then wada the world anti-doping agency wanted to appeal and this week we just saw basically the court of arbitration for sport handed out the maximum syncing 8 years he's 28 years old and i think it's definite it's safe to say that his career is over one thing they won't do though they will not strip him of the medals he won in the world championships in 2019 and that's when a lot of the controversy became public because some swimmers refused to share the podium with so i mean he's 20 as you said it could mean that his career is over and

have we seen a reaction from hammer from chinese officials well the only thing that i've gathered so far is that he will definitely appeal the decision with the swiss federal tribunals. i don't know if that will work because he had one of the only public hearings in the court of arbitration for sport there are a lot of translation issues and so forth so i would assume that the decision from the court will stand you know but i think more stories will come out from china obviously is probably slow they're probably still digesting you know the news because he basically is the michael phelps of china he's a hero in china just to put that in proper perspective he's looked up to it in marred by many but now obviously it will be a different story you touched upon this that he is a controversial figure among his peers what reactions have we seen from federal fellow swimmers womack orton was the australian swimmer that started that refused to share the podium with him in 2019 and another summer did as well and in a separate you know event during that competition i. i did see what the australian

swimming team had to say because you know everyone's focusing you know mccourt being australian the coach says something that shocked me he said that they're not concerned about the verdict either way they're going to focus on trying to win gold in tokyo 2020 you know but i don't really believe that you know i have the numbers he has a few world records olympic records as well i'm sure they're happy to see him not in the pool just to get that idea out of the back of their head that someone's in here and he's a cheater you know so now we have to wait and see you know what happens with his appeal process but all in all i think the athletes feel that the playing field has been leveled already taking news in the world swimming as chris harrington from sports thank you for your analysis of. motor sports now lewis hamilton endured a day to forget formula one pre-season testing in barcelona on thursday as the world champion broke down and his mercedes the reigning drivers' world champion had previously spoken in glowing terms about the improvements to the mercedes staring but it was the engine that cut his day short sebastian vettel set for aries fastest

lap time of this year's pre-season but he wasn't trouble free the german struggling at times with his new car. now the 1st award has been handed out at the berlin film festival to a queen of the screen helen mirren is this year's recipient of the lifetime achievement golden bear it is the latest in a long list of awards for the actor who is an oscar a tony and for emmys to her name. the golden bear is no run of the mill prize for british actress helen mirren have been an international film festival has a special place in her heart. it's such an incredibly to stooges festival it's one that filmmakers take big stream of the seriously it's voice quite nerve wracking to have your film showing here in berlin because you know that you know the critics very. curate and unafraid of expressing

themselves. helen mirren has made a career out of playing strong women. often determined and often standing up to men. thank you. marin is admired for so many things one quality that stands out is her ability to repeatedly select the right roles to play. so when i read a script i read the last page 1st to see if my characters on the last page i don't bother reading it from the beginning i literally go straight to the last page is my character on the last page if it is it's a good sign. and then i go back and read the script from the beginning for many years a career high was her majestic performance in the queen in 2007 she won an oscar for her portrayal of elizabeth the 2nd and even received praise from the real queen

. this present queen never got fat never got thin never drank too much never ate too much you know she's been unbelievably consistent. in great you know under great stress very stressful circumstances very often so i grew to respect her enormously i have to say in researching how i am now the belinelli has crowned its own queen with a golden bear. thank . you. this is news and these are our top stories turkey has struck syrian government targets in retaliation for the killing of 33 turkish soldiers in an airstrike in northwestern syria nato envoys are meeting in an emergency session as tensions grow between and russia backed syria. global markets have

fallen for a 6th straight day over fears that the coronavirus epidemic could trigger a world recession losses in asia on friday followed the previous day's tumble on u.s. and european markets germany's dax share index dropped by more than 5 percent. the court of arbitration for sport has found chinese swimmer son yang guilty of a serious doping offense for destroying his own blood samples in 2018 the reigning olympic champion will be banned for 8 hears possibly ending the 28 year olds international career. british actor helen mirren has been awarded the berlin international film festivals honorary golden bear for lifetime achievement throughout her career and has played strong women winning an oscar in 2007 for her role in the queen. this is debut news from berlin for more follow us on twitter or visit our website d w dot com. coming up monica jones has more on the dive in global stock markets amid

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