join the fight. the band. this is due to really news live from berlin migrants in turkey begin moving towards europe after turkey opens its borders in a reversal of the deal ankara says it will no longer block migrants from entering the community the exodus is being fueled by soaring tensions in the region after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government and strike also coming out south koreans rushed to protect

themselves against the coronavirus as official records and now by huge jump in cases infections are increasing there faster than anywhere else. class china's olympic swimming champion sonny young is banned from the sport for 8 years after breaking anti doping rules. and today is the final day of screenings of the 70th birthday in film festival day that is an essay fan scott rocks for a down at the red carpet. well you see all the films now it's just up to the jury to pick the top prizes would be for tips for which film we think might walk away with the golden bear something political something funny or maybe just something we find out later in the show.

i'm rebecca it is welcome to the program hundreds of people in turkey have begun moving to the country's border with the e.u. they've been a rival. today at several points along grace's border with turkey the 2 countries share both a land and say border refugee boats have again been arriving on greek islands closest to the turkish mainland and groups of people have been turning up at the land border 2. after dozens of turkish troops were killed in an airstrike by syrian government forces in the region of turkish officials an ounce they would not stop migrants from crossing into europe the tensions are fueling fears of a revival of the 25th day migration crisis. refugees slip under the border fence from turkey to greece when the greek security forces arrive some of them turn around and look for another place to get through. more and more people have been making their way towards the greek border since late thursday

they want to cross into europe and korea has made it clear that it won't prevent syrians from entering the european union. or must. we heard the border is open we took off right away to come here just the. turkish president. and decided to open the border late last night as an apparent response to an airstrike it kills 33 turkish soldiers in syria's province in recent months he repeatedly warns the e.u. that he will open his country's western border to refugees if brussels didn't help anchor in its fight in italy for weeks syrian troops loyal to president bashar al assad have been attacking turkish backed rebels with russian support in response turkey sent thousands of ground troops to italy province there's been heavy fighting and since last year after thursday's syrian attack on the turkish military anchor our nato for

a special session the head of nato has offered verbal backing to nato member ankara and has called for syria to exercise restraint. we also call all new to russia on syria to fully respect international law because you have seen warming over civilian targets this latest escalation has again shown how quickly the war in syria spills across borders escalations quickly cause ripples far beyond them. let's go straight over to data correspondent yulia han she's just arrived at the turkish great land border where a lot of people have been arriving here live tell us what's going on down there right now. well yes so many refugees have had it here during the day off they had news reports that turkey would no longer stop refugees from trying to cross into europe now right behind me is the borders zone between taki where i am i'm greece on the other side so there's some kind of

no man's land in between and this is where many refugees have gathered today right now it's quite difficult to say how many people all there are in this area but i've spoken to turkish reporters who've been here earlier during the day and they put the figure add 200 to 500 people interesting lee not too many syrian refugees and many people we've spoken to are actually from afghanistan or iraq and they just told as you know that they took a leap of faith after they had the news that the borders to europe would be open they grew up their belongings and they made their way here some by buses some individually apparently also smugglers were involved only to learn that they will not be allowed in that they won't make it to europe so frustration here right now is high with many people who are hoping you know to cross into greece but now actually they they don't know what to do because they also don't want to go back to

tacky so it seems that the even though the turkish side does appear to be now open the greek side is still closed and they're not still not be able to let people through but yulia how have authorities been reacting to the arrival of the migrants there. well the greek authorities have tighten border control today security forces here at this crossing where using tear gas to hold people back one afghan lady told us that she was actually beaten we can very 5 this claim but the greek authorities here have made it very clear to people that they won't let them in we've also heard from the. greek prime minister who said illegal crosses illegal crossings won't be tolerated and greece will not bear the responsibility for actions other countries' actions there in syria now these are harsh words of cause all of these all of the latest developments for the people

here for the refugees who came here mean a huge amount of uncertainty many people don't know where to spend the night it's already in dock here it's getting colder some people have been burning things to stay warm. and sounds like a dire situation down there on the border. on the turkish great border thanks very much for the update. the world health organization says there is now a very high risk of the corona virus spreading globally warning it could reach most if not all countries in the world the organization says the increase in cases and countries affected is worrying at least $57.00 countries or territories have reported cases of the virus or already as have confirmed the 1st death of a british citizen a man who's been quarantined aboard a cruise ship anchored off japan south korea has seen a sharp rise in new infections with more than $500.00 new infections bringing the total there to more than $2300.00 and nigeria has registered the 1st case of the

virus in sub-saharan africa. as take a closer look now at south korea where as we've saying infections have shut up shop play. a struggling to keep the onus from racing further out of control fans of the virus also put putting a damper on the country's pop music industry. snaking around the block queuing up for face masks south korea has the highest number of coronavirus cases i cite mainland china this store is packed with people trying to get their hands on masks nearby the streets are almost empty as the general public take precautions pretty much what the group will work for a welfare organization but it has shut its doors for the time being and says it will remain so until the corona virus outbreak has subsided so i have to find another place to work but i'm finding that difficult because of the outbreak because the. my university is forcing me to go home who i've only been here for

a week so i mean better than nothing but i'd rather not go back one woman square here in the center of the south korean capital seoul usually functions as a hub of activity including cultural events and rallies but demonstrations in public yeah the rings here have been banned schools museums theaters and sports venues have all suspended operations as the government tries to stem the spread of covert 19 and that government is now coming under increasing pressure. and the k. pop scene is also taking a hit megastars b.t.s. have cancelled 4 of their so-called searched due to the i break they're the biggest boy band in the world right and i and are seen as an emblem of south korea's cultural and economic power. the country exports entertainment world white abroad to south koreans and people from other eastern countries say they're facing discrimination as

a result of the virus. i wish people around the world will come to realize that the problem is with the spread of the virus itself. and that it has nothing to do with asians in general. are the targets of. hospitals in south korea are stepping up their efforts to contain the virus as the continues to affect more and more countries around the world. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a major fire has broken out in a one of paris's busiest railway stations police say the garden station in the southeast of the city was partially evacuated as a precaution the fire was started by protesters venting their anger at a concert taking place in the area by congolese singer. muslims in india india india's capital new delhi held friday prayers under heavy security after a week of deadly violence the religious riots have claimed at least 38 lives

clashes broke out early this week over a new citizenship wall that is widely viewed as anti muslim. german carmaker volkswagen has struck a deal to compensate car owners affected by its diesel gate scandal volkswagen will pay a total of $830000000.00 euros in damages to more than a quarter of a 1000000 drivers outfit of the cars with software that manipulated emissions ratings. the teenage climate activists created to merge has appeared at a rally in the english city of bristol where she denounced politicians for failing her generation she told the rally attended by thousands that she would quote not be silenced while the world is on file. the court of arbitration for sport has found chinese swimmer son young guilty of a serious doping offense and that he destroyed his own blood samples in 20 i think

the reigning olympic champion will now be banned for 8 years for breaking anti doping rules most likely bringing an end to the 28 year old international career. soon young says he's innocent and the guilty verdict handed down by the court of arbitration for sport is unfair the chinese olympic swimming champion plans to appeal the decision to quote let more people know the truth the truth is young destroyed blood samples after testing authorities visited his home in 2018 yon's justification for doing so was based on the fact that some of the testers did not have proper accreditation young was supported by female the international governing body for swimming who agree the test was invalid but the anti-doping agency wada disagree and claim that destruction of samples is a form of tampering the court of arbitration for sport agreed with wada banning young for the maximum 8 years the athlete fails to establish that he had a compelling just if occasion to destroy his sample collection containers it was

not for the athletes to decide alone that and i don't think tests shall be invalidated china's swimming association continues to support young in his version of events despite the guilty verdict. but for now china's greatest swimmer is out for 8 years a life span for many athletes and his peer paul stretches back horton who refused to share the podium with young at the world championships has been vindicated for this day as he took in 2019. but it's over to the bell an international film festival now a day that will you correspondents i'm in s.f. and scott ross for down at the red carpet. gentleman it's the last day of saying or maintain competition films give us your predictions for who will get the golden bear. hi rebecca yes my prediction i think will be the

film from iran is called there is no evil it's essentially for short films all dealing with the theme of the death penalty in the psychological toll it takes on iran's executioners now that's why iranian filmmaker mohammad. he is actually he wasn't able to make the premiere of the film because he's not allowed to leave iran and was even banned from making films but he did it anyway and i think the courage of the filmmaker combined with the important themes in this film and not to mention his great filmmaking style it might win over the jury here at the bit in oh yeah i think that's probably good a good pick but for me i go for another film i think it might be a sensation this year could be the 1st time in 20 years an american film wins the battle and all i'm going for never or rarely sometimes always it's a film by an american filmmaker lies a hit man and it's a story about a 17 year old girl who crosses state lines in order to get an abortion without her parents' consent now that makes it sound like

a political polemic but it definitely isn't instead it's a really gentle touching film that's sort of quietly devastating i think a combination of political theme and being an amazing movie and also being directed by a woman could put it over the edge come tomorrow night's awards oh are all looking forward to that i mean s.f. and skull rock spread thanks very much. no watching day company's business africa is up next and don't forget you can stay out today on our web site that's state of money dot com for the next hour i'm rebecca read as thanks for watching. it is for you to. make children just for. beethoven it is for. beethoven is for fremont.

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