this is from migrants in turkey move towards europe opens the border says it will no longer block them from entering the e.u. and the potential exodus is being fueled by soaring tensions in the region after more than 30 turkish troops were killed in a syrian government task right also on the program the world health organization raises its risk assessment for the coronavirus to the highest possible level of pathogen sweeps across the globe a number of infections is soaring but health officials say the outbreak contained

panic over the illness has been driving a global stock south. of the border migrant rescue ship that has been quarantined by its elite because of coronavirus the crew of the ocean fighting must now wait 2 weeks before they can start saving lives again. and today is the final day of screaming stop the 17th international film festival the w.c. i mean. down at the red cups. well we've seen all the films now it's just up to the jury to pick the top prizes chips for which film we think might walk away with the golden bear something political something funny or maybe just something weird. later in the show. to the program. turkey has opened its border allowing hundreds of people to move

closer to the european union there have been arrivals today points along the border with greece refugee boats arriving on greek islands closest to the turkish mainland and groups of people have turned up at the london border because officials have announced that they would no longer stop markets from crossing into europe after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government strike in the province the action has fueled fears of a revival of the 2015 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 career has made it clear it won't prevent syrians from leaving turkey and heading towards the european union. we heard the border is open

we took off right away to come here just the. turkish president wretched 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 fighting. 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 in it late 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 know russia and

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. to the border then t w correspondent julie han is at the edge d.n.a. on the border between turkey and greece where people have been arriving welcome what's going on. well yes i'm right so one of turkey's land border crossings with agrees during the day many people have a had it here from other parts of turkey basically after they heard news reports that turkey would no longer stop refugees from trying to reach europe people came individually some say they were brought here by buses others told us that smugglers were involved and now people are basically here right behind me in this

aboard a zone some say the no man's land between tacky where i am and grease on the other side now it's very difficult to say about how many people we're talking we can't really see far into that area but we have talked to other reporters who were here earlier during the day and they sad several 100 people have definitely gathered here during the day and we kept seeing people here actually moving through the surrounding feels towards this border area surprisingly not too many syrian refugees we've talked to afghan people to people from iraq who told us they don't want to stay in taki they want to move on to ward 0 so they are taking this leap of faith by the end of the day it seems there is no way for them to move into greece the border is closed so for people here

a lot of uncertainty right now they definitely don't want to go back to turkey that's what they told us. out of turkey. through the turkish. well a greek authorities have tightened border controls the security forces here earlier today have been using tear gas basically to keep people away one afghan lady told us that she was beaten that's of course something we can't independently verify but greece has made it pretty clear that they will keep their borders closed the greek prime minister also said illegal crossings will not be tolerated you know all the latest developments for the people here who came here who were hoping they could cross into euro i mean uncertainty it's sausage raining heavily here it's cold many

people will probably have to spend the night here in these temperatures. how those opening. fights. well right now at the turkish authorities are basically looking the other way and they know very well what kind of an effect these pictures all of the people on the move a refugee moving towards europe what kind of an effect they have with that european governments now taki the president president and one is a under a lot of pressure they're in is live with a humanitarian catastrophe right it is borgia this said direct deadly conflict there with syrian regime forces with moscow as well so now he wants and he needs international support he wants to establish an international no fly zone over syria so for all of this he needs the europeans he means germany for example he needs

a france so what we are seeing now is being widely interpreted as a move by taki to increase pressure on the europeans to act and help turkey and it lip. yulia han army on the border between turkey and greece thank you so much we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a major fire has broken out in one of paris is the busiest railway stations a police evacuated the garda level as a precaution but said the blaze was under control it's believed to have been started by opponents of a congolese singer in protest of his concert taking place in the area. muslims in india's capital new delhi held friday prayers under heavy security after a week of deadly violence religious riots have claimed at least $38.00 lives clashes broke out earlier this week of 3 new citizenship law that's widely viewed as anti muslim. teenage climate activists gratitude burkas 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 not be silenced while the world is on fire. of the coronavirus having a devastating effect on global stock markets germany's blue chip dax index plunged almost 4 percent and shares a wall street wanted to freefall your attempts and i want to 6 trillion dollars off the value of one who stocks in just 6 days the dow jones continued its downward spiral on friday investors fear the virus will deal a world economic growth it's the worst week for u.s. stocks since the global financial crisis in 2008 we decline on wall street came hot on the heels of slides in asia and europe get more on this from d.w. financial con correspondent a yes quarter at the new york stock exchange a welcome yes so we've just heard the vi to be the world's leading travel trade

shows being cancelled because of the virus how does corona influence the mood on the stock exchange today. well we do see another wild session as we've seen them all week long and if you look here at the board we are just down about another 1000 points or almost 4 percent sold those has been a really pretty brutal week so far the dow jones industrial average should just reached a new all time high a good 2 weeks ago and since then we are down by more than 4 and a half a 1000 points so it's quite extreme what we are experiencing these days so an extreme swing but our markets at sort of record lows orally and we just seeing some wild reactions well i mean what we shouldn't forget 1st of all is that we've really been on the rise for weeks and months touching one all time high after

another saw to a certain respect it was to be expected that a downturn would happen at some point but this is really very unusual that we're seeing right now nobody really wants to use the work of panic but this is something that really is is making traders here quite nervous ok so carotid coronavirus goes around the world why does that affect stock markets. well i mean what we're seeing and that's one of the reasons for the downturn is that we have more and more real economic effects supply chains are affected we see cars sales for in asia for example really falling apart we have less travel so a lot of companies also u.s. companies are affected to you in this week we had warnings from companies like and master card microsoft the airlines and so on and so forth and so we do see a real economic impact and that's the reason for the sell off so are we looking at

we sort of looking into the abyss here could we be looking at a global recession. well it is possible that we might see a global recession a lot depends for sure if we can control the virus some any time soon the big question also will be what happens to corporate profits oh that will also be crucial for the stock market but if you talk to economists most of them are saying even if we are hitting a recession that only should be short lifters the hope. is still here and if you talk to economists that we might see a global recession but most people believe it should be a short term. course of the new york stock exchange thank you the world health organization says there is now a very high risk of corona virus spreading globally and warning that it could reach

most if not all countries in the world and the organization says the increase in cases in countries affecting is worrying at least $57.00 countries or territories have now reported cases have confirmed the 1st death of a british citizen a man who'd been quarantined aboard a cruise ship anchored off japan south korea has seen a sharp rise infections with more than $500.00 new cases bringing the total there to more than $2300.00 nigeria has registered its 1st the 1st case of the virus in sub-saharan africa. so we'll take a closer look now at south korea where infections have shot up shots shut up shop play forces that are struggling to keep the illness from bracing for that out of control fear is also putting a damper on the country's pop music industry. snaking around the block queuing up for facemasks 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 variable i 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 it 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 19 and that government is now coming under increasing pressure.

and became seen as also taking a hit megastars b.t.s. have cancelled 4 of their so-called searched you to i break they're the biggest boy band in the world right now i and her seen as an emblem of south korea's cultural and economic power the country exports entertainment world light abroad to save koreans and people from other reason 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. the. hospitals in south korea are stepping up their efforts to contain the virus as the outbreak continues to affect more and more countries around the world. health organization

and they have placed a 2nd migrant rescue ship under quarantine means there are 2 week break in rescue operations for both ships but crews the say the help is desperately needed by people trying to leave libya they don't use them in trucks or issues amongst the quarantined on board the ocean viking which recently rescued nearly 300 people adrift in the mediterranean. really good morning. from bar. 2 274 survivors world vowed to depart the migrant rescue 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 2 on board the ship anchored about 5 miles off the coast of sicily the volunteers are using the time to tidy up. people are. 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 living in boats that are very fragile and on sea where the frustration is quite high because we are unable to be there in the mediterranean to be able to conduct of the search and rescue operations that are needed lifesaving at this

moment. some of the volunteers work out to let off steam. others prefer meditation their goal is just a healthy into focus so they can get back to work as soon as possible. so let's go aboard the quarantine ship the ocean viking where we're going to interview correspondent to be drug. what's the situation and a confirmed infections. you know as they asked me to raney and doctors without borders complied with the preventive measures but from their perspective there is no justification for the ocean biking to be current team yes there has been wanker on our eyes case in egypt and i think there has been one in nigeria however there's been no coronavirus case in libya i've just spoken to dr steve the whole who's the doctor on board of the ocean viking he's an american comes from california a very experienced medic and then he could live with

a request from the telling authorities the doctor is measuring the temperature of everyone on board twice a day in the morning and evening me too by the way and there's been no indication that anyone aboard has a coronavirus so if the doctor is saying there is no justification for this action and they have an idea why it might have been taken. well i think it's really hard to understand why the italians authorities made this decision this agent and this action seems to to target just rescue ships like the ocean viking returned all those he watched 3 you mentioned before but let's put ourselves into the shoes of these people here on board they come from 40 nations use the lance in the u.s. they come from romania south africa from bulgaria the philippines and they come to that central mediterranean just for one reason to save people nothing else they

know that from their experience there personally that this measure right now is made made me really business is made by the italian authorities may really kill people people are being from libya every day they are fleeing on ships that are not safe you know you don't need a crystal ball to to know that several of these ships will be in distress in the days to come and the ocean biking can rescue men and women and children from drowning just because we have been put under quarantine so people mate die because of this decision and from my perspective this is really a tragedy you think sorry sorry for the ocean viking thank you. and the court of arbitration for sport has found chinese swimmers so when young guilty of a serious doping offense in that he destroyed his own blood samples in 2018 the reigning olympic champion will now be banned for 8 years for breaking anti doping

rules most likely bring an end to the 28 year old's international career. the sunni 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 youngest roit blood samples after testing authorities visited his home in 2018 young justification for doing so was based on the fact that some of the testers did not have proper accreditation young was supported by pheno the international governing body for swimming who agree the test was invalid but the anti-doping agency wada disagreed and claimed the 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 shine a swimming association continue 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 all stretches back horton who refused to share the podium with young at the world championships has been vindicated for the stance he took in 2090. today is the last day before gold and silver bears are awarded of the bold and international film festival at the w. correspondents i mean see friend scott ross for that welcome chaps now you've seen all 18 competition films who do things going to get the golden best. or my tip for the golden bear is going to have to be the iranian film there is no

evil it was a great film you know that the director the courage of the director to make that film and also the important message that's in the film is going to give it a really good standing here at the bit in awe i think because this prides itself as being a political film festival but beyond that it's just incredible storytelling almost told in a fashion of a greek tragedy i've seen a lot of experimental films here at the festival but i was reminded during the film that the power of a good story is just the most incredible experience in cinema yet no i agree and i think it's one of my top picks as well of the golden bear there is no evil but uncle for another one i think it could be a bit of a sensation in berlin tomorrow night with the 1st american filmmaker to win in 20 years allies a hit man with never really sometimes always film about abortion about a young girl who crosses state lines in order to get abortion without her parents' consent it's a quite gentle tale despite this strong political message and i think that could

really give it the edge plus it's a female filmmaker and that can her ok so you've had 9 days of film stars and pots is tough work but someone's got to do it would have been your personal highlights. but i'd like to say the. it was partying with javier bardem and salma hayek put unfortunate was not invited to the party so i'm going to go highlight for me was a film bad tales as an italian film it looks it talks about life in the suburbs of italy it was a very dark comedy very quirky and i think it has potential to be a cult classic that's just give me my bed here i think it's been totally under rated at the festival i also got a really kick out of the dyno chan's of brothers who are about my age young filmmakers and i think they have a big future ahead of them yet is also very very funny movie bankable for movie outside the competition it's a documentary about a pig that's it documentary about a pig but it's not a. documentary this is a film made without any music without any voiceover it's just one half hours with

the pick but she's a real star i mean this is a funny movie it's touching it's suspenseful as i say it's of outside of competition so it's not going to win the golden bear but if there was a golden sow ward i definitely give it to are definitely a film to check and i think scott rocks for. international film festival thank you we will look out for going to the pig. this is d.w. news these are our top stories hundreds of refugees in turkey have begun crossing into europe after turkish officials open the border the decision comes after 33 turkish troops were killed in an strike by syrian government forces in the liberation the e.u. has warned of an escalating conflict. the world health organization says there is now a very high risk of a corona virus spreading globally warn that many countries do not have measures in place to can tell unit and describe the increasing cases and countries affected as

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