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's bound to retaliate putting on her on the potential collision course with serious backers in moscow. also coming out south koreans rushed to protect themselves against a coronavirus as officials report another huge jump in cases infections are increasing their faster than anywhere else. trillions of dollars are wiped off stock markets fueling fears about global recession as

a corona virus spreads to more countries and the golden bear for helen during the british actress takes home the lifetime achievement award at the berlin international film festival. i'm serious i was gonna it's good to have you with us nato has held an emergency session today as tensions grow between turkey and the russian backed syrian government is vowing retaliation after syrian forces killed at least 33 turkish soldiers in an airstrike in northwestern syria and it's calling for an international no fly zone to protect lives a civilian papa population a further military action threatens to put on her on a collision course with moscow. a major escalation in dozens of

texas troops dead the wounded 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. this martyrs rest in peace. takis response was swift turkish officials released footage showing their retaliatory strikes saying they have fired on all known syrian government targets. meanwhile turkish officials say that opening the border to the millions of syrian refugees who want to go to europe reversing a pledge turkey made to the european union in 2016. and near the turkish greek border refugees are ideal waiting to cross into your. i heard the news and that's why i came to say that i want to go to europe.

on the way for over $22.00 and a half hours. this. is the we were living in istanbul we want to go to greece the international community is scrambling to respond to these developments with the fate of these refugees still unknown. let's get more on the story now we can speak to military analyst pavel felgenhauer in moscow and correspondent yulia han in istanbul good to have you both yulia let's start with you there what more can you tell us about the latest developments. well we've seen a number of clashes that between takesh and russian backed syrian regime forces in recent weeks and it led but from what we understand this airstrike a yes a day has caused the largest death toll for turkey in a single day since it 1st intervened in syria 4 years ago now turkey has been

retaliating against syrian regime positions that's according to the presidential palace in onkar there has been a national security meeting last night chaired by present himself this gives you an idea of just how serious of an issue this is for turkey so there are no signs of backing down here from remember the present add on has given damascus a deadline to retreat to previously agree cease fire lines in the it live by the end of the months which is today or tomorrow there has been also a phone call as we understand between president and one of president putin with no immediate outcome they have reportedly agreed on setting up a top level 6 meeting sooner or later but considering the situation on the ground right now there are no signs that bush will back down that he will retreat so

it's safe to assume that we are going to see rather more confrontation than less in the coming days all right so the situation in puzzle let's come to you in moscow now as we just heard there has apparently been this phone call between presidents everyone and putin talking about the need to normalize the situation but at the same time russia is very clearly supporting the syrian government here is also sending additional warships to the region what message is not sending. well the message from moscow is be the same for the last. 2 step mom on snake be a bit more and this is not the course the 1st time aired then you know where on the phone. moscow saying that they have no terrorists threat and it should be dealt with and who is a terrorist they will decide the said together with the asset government and anyway this is a sovereign syrian territory and the syrian government internet which they believe

is the legal syrian government or us that is free to do what it wishes on its own territory and should not be opposed by outside turkish forces so that's a guy so it's a basically say that would draw patently in the talks that continued for some time between our russian and 3rd to shed spurts some russian rules of new maps were put forward for redrawing the soco the escalation zone to take into account the late the successes of the syrian arab army the s.s. forces so. a much smaller the area they don't not do not control the most likely leaving a bit at that there is border still without them isis control but these proposals are not good enough for the turks ok so you see i want to come back to you to ask

you about the hundreds of thousands of people who are on the move here not just only fleeing the fighting in italy but also those refugees who are in turkey heading towards europe what does all of this mean for them. well 1st of all the hundreds of thousands of refugees currently stuck in it live near the turkish border staying there in the overcrowded refugee camps and the very very horrible conditions that these people for the time being will remain there because it because turkey has not opened its borders for these refugees what you also mentioned are refugees that are apparently currently on the move here in turkey towards a euro turkish official told reporters last night that turkey will no longer be able to stop the 4000000 refugees residing in cite turkey already from trying to reach europe and though we are seeing the consequences of this now there are t.v. images of people gathering at takis land border with greece and bulgaria people

trying to move to the greek islands in boats and these of course our picture is that will cause quite some concern in europe they might also force hero to act when it comes to or at our correspondent in istanbul and pablo felgenhauer in moscow thank you both for joining us well nato secretary general again sultan berg is calling on russia and syria to halt the offensive in its lead his comments followed an emergency meeting of the alliance as embassadors stoltenberg says nato member stand in solidarity with solemn member turkey. need dollars provide support for turkey today we old month air defenses we have a works. helping to patrol the skies and rule so i hope or 3 sits on the proof supporting all the ways but constantly looking into what more they can do to

provide that further support for the church and just the meeting we have today is suit clear demonstration over and they will salute it to the expression of support from all that it will ours to our nato ally turkey. now here in germany the health ministry has confirmed almost 60 cases of the coronavirus that is a significant jump from just 16 at the beginning of the week 56 countries or territories have reported cases of the virus switzerland has banned all large large public events including the geneva auto show south korea has seen a sharp rise with more than $300.00 new infections bringing the total there to over 2000 nigeria has registered 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 in a bid to stem the spread of the disease this week south korea surpassed china with the number of new daily corona virus infections the south korean public health

response is largely focused on the city of daegu where the disease spread rapidly among members of a secretive church but all over the country people are worried. snaking right in the block queuing up for facemasks south korea has the highest number of coronavirus cases outside mainland china and people here in the capital seoul are worried. for a moment from political of course i'm concerned because there aren't enough maps. but i'm still thankful because we can at least get our hands on fears. and all of the that it we can do is trust the government when they say they'll ramp up this the pie you can do away with it we're going to. take a pulp seen as taking a coronavirus hit megastars b t x have counseled 4 of their soul concerts shadow 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 the 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 what if the government is thinking about measures we can take for these situations. and protecting the global economy is becoming as important as protecting people from the virus itself. so they honestly don't think that even if it may seem excessive for 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 study. 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. while global markets are heading for their worst week since the financial crisis in 2008 investors are ditching risky assets on fears that the coronavirus could trigger a global recession germany's dax plummeted by with a 5 percent in morning trading asian markets closed well down on friday with the nikkei index ending the week almost 10 percent lower and the u.s. markets took a dramatic tumble on thursday after the world health organization warned that the epidemic was now at a decisive point and let's go to do to see delaney she's at the frankfurt stock exchange for us i shall see put this into context for us how significant are these drops. we haven't seen this level of panic in this level of volatility and markets really since the financial crisis here in frankfurt the docsis down more than 12 percent this week the dow jones industrial average had its worst one day

point loss in history we're talking about trillions of dollars that are being wiped off of global markets here and a lot of investors say that given the level of uncertainty and the level of unpredictability with this virus these routes could really continue to explain it to us i mean why exactly is this panic being caused by a group of farmers. well if you think about a global pandemic that could really impact every part of the global economy just so if you think about people and their work people could not be able to go to work factories could stop producing consumers could stop spending back could really have a significant financial impact on the world's companies that are already here in europe and in the u.s. have been struggling with the quarantine measures that were put in place in china that really. cut sales for a lot of a lot of companies abroad but it also boiled their supply chain so there are 2

struggling without financial impact and now they're facing the same wrist in their home countries so i think that's creating a lot of fear but we also came into this week with a lot of complacency from global investors a lot of market participants really thought that the disease would be continued to china and now they're having to really reconsider their their their exposure to global markets so could we be looking at a global recession. a lot of economists are saying that could be in the cards the global economy was already on the throttle ground the project ground coming into this especially here in europe italy germany were on the brink of recession this could really took them a. a lot of people are expecting policymakers central banks to step in but there's really only so much that that could do it's really more of a band-aid on this issue. just the delineate the frankfurt stock exchange thank you

. china has perhaps the most advanced system of censorship in the world the internet the news media are tightly controlled but there's widespread anger over the government's attempts to suppress warnings about the corona virus outbreak and then cover up the death of the doctor behind those warnings of course one of my ts but in a spoke to one activist who's put his personal freedom at risk to take the government to task over it it is of course approval cation few people in china would dare to walk around with a who didn't openly demanding freedom of speech yet since the outbreak of the coronavirus would ya is far from alone in taking issue with china's censorship. to the treasury i think in the whole world you won't find a better example of an example that's happening here and now and concern so many people if the communist party and state media had not tried to cover up the outbreak we would not be suffering like this. board abouts. who has signed an open

letter by some 700 citizens demanding freedom of speech the letter was drafted after the death of young a doctor who warned other health care professionals in chat groups about the disease and was silenced by the police later he died of the virus his death triggered an outcry on social media and led to demands for an end to censorship the police made him sign a pledge not to talk about the disease again a copy is circulating on the internet. many cattle who remember him who are posting demands for freedom of speech on social media see themselves and. they say what i would have done the same i would have signed and kept silent and now we are seeing this huge crisis so remembering him has become an act of resistance. she sort of got out of. speaking up is not without risk for

whom he has spent 4 years in prison and has been warned repeatedly that he might be sent back any time most likely for many years who is suffering from liver disease and thinks he might not survive another sentence where you have so you know they also told i was that your parents are already 83 years old and they're in poor health so if you go to prison again your whole family will perish. but who has decided not to comply he is under constant surveillance police guard the entrance to his apartment and he had to sneak away from them to meet you they didn't the doctors are saying when there are many people around you can take off the mask. take a deep breath. who is a marathon runner but recently has been mostly staying in people are advised to stay at home in some cities they even forbid him to leave their houses after

signing the letter was confined to his apartment by the police now the restrictions have been eased but he never knows whether the next day he will be allowed to go out again. june it's been quite a while more than 40 days it's so depressing for you most people have never experienced this suddenly they're experiencing something that we dissidents had known for a long time just bakes perience what it means to be lost at home and you're not able to go out at all. for now he hopes to get back to regular training when things get back to normal he wants to run another marathon. well since filming that report with matty yes but i know we have heard that activists who jia is now back under house arrest. now to some other stories making news 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. indian police have arrested more than 500 people following religious riots in the capital delhi that claimed at least 38 lives clashes broke out early this week over a new citizenship law that is widely viewed as anti muslim. the city of prague has renamed a square in front of the russian embassy after a murdered russian opposition leader boris nemtsov the squares renaming marks the 5th anniversary of 9 deaths he was shot to death in moscow. you're watching news still to come on our show a lifetime achievement award for dame helen mirren the berlin international film festival honors the british actors with the golden bear.

but 1st to the u.s. where african-american voters will become the focus of attention when the race for the democratic presidential nomination turns to south carolina this weekend as alex on the phenomena travel to the state to meet some of the voters who will be helping decide who takes on president trump later this year. a typical southern breakfast in a church in this city off north charleston and one brown is one of the religious leaders gathered here there are eager to hear from the democratic candidates about how they intend to address issues important to their communities and the community are sure there are 3 main issues that are folks that we're focused on health care economics image a kitchen and if you're not speaking to those issues how can you reasonably expect our people to come out and think for one. some don't seem happy with what they've heard so far i am a bodden supporter. but with but. joe biden has not.

engage. in young folks we need to count to get in the unified front and have the best candidate to move forward in south carolina african-americans are a force to be reckoned with they make up almost 30 percent of the state's population and the majority of the democratic electorate but that doesn't mean that black voters are a monolithic bloc while older folk an american seem to back former vice president joe biden younger voters who hope for wheel change prefer more progressive candidates and music born in downtown charleston bennie starr is a hip hop artist starting his career he says he found many doors closed only because he's black that's why he's become politically active ideas that aren't seen as progressive. as viable to us because we're living in

a time now where the wages are going up it's harder and harder and harder to get the things we need just for a basic level and that doesn't mean the majority of black voters are. just struggling right. but we can feel the struggle we know the struggle because of our experience and it's very close to us. benny starr takes us to an exit bishan devoted to his 2nd album a water album climate change is an important topic of his songs and an issue he bonded over with candidate senator elizabeth warren founder to be extremely thoughtful stream we empathetic and willing to listen when to listen in a way willing to learn or willing to learn new things because he doesn't have the lived experience of black people right. and one brown is still on the side at home to support we meet him again in his church preparing meals for people in neat his

main concern while the candidates keep their promises once they win the nomination i don't see any of the candidates coming to to talk this to me or the people in this community and soul will come will drop in to solicit all these folks get the crowd riled up for the primary on saturday that they will never see them again what they want to see in south carolina is a candidate who doesn't forget them and whose policies speak to the people here. the court of arbitration for sport test found chinese swimmer son yang guilty of a serious doping offense for destroying his own blood samples and 2018 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 yang is a long distance swimmer he's won $23.00 gold medals including 3 in the olympics. 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 a golden bear it's the latest in a long list of awards for the actor who has an oscar a tony and 4 emmys to her name. the golden bear is no run of the mill prize for british actress helen mirren the berlin international film festival has a special place in her heart. it's such an incredibly the stooges festival it's one of the filmmakers take big screen really seriously it's always quite nerve wracking to have your film shown here in berlin because you know that you know the critics all very. accurate and unafraid of expressing themselves and. helen mirren has made a career out of playing strong women. that are. often determined and often standing up to men.

in this admired for so many things one quality that stands out is her ability to repeatedly select the right roles to play. 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 believe a plea 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 her. and now the has crowned its own queen with a golden bear i. let's get a recap now of our top stories on d w nato secretary general again stoltenberg has alliance members stand by turkey after the killing of 33 turkish soldiers by syrian forces in northwestern syria airstrikes threaten to put uncorrupt on a collision course with moscow which supports the syrian government. and as the corona virus spreads global markets are heading for their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008 after the dow index suffered its biggest point drop in history asian markets closed well down and germany's dax tumbled more than 5 percent in early trading. coming up next our show in good

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