that made it an awesome dragon. to call the whole truth. on. this is deja vu news live from berlin and migrants in turkey move towards europe as anchor opens the border the turkish government says it will no longer stop them from entering the e.u. the action has been prompted by fears of all out war as turkey retaliate against syria for a deadly air strike. and the world health organization raises its risk assessment

for the coronavirus to the highest possible level as a pathogen crosses the globe we'll hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global economy. i'm michael okuda welcome to the program turkey has opened its border allowing thousands of people to move closer to the european union they have been arrivals by land and by sea along borders with greece refugee boats have arrived on greek islands closest to the turkish mainline and groups of people have turned up at the land border turkish officials announced they would no longer stop migrants from crossing into europe after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government airstrike in its lead province that prompted retaliatory strikes from ankara against syrian targets turkey. decision to open its border has

fueled fears of a revival of the 2015 migration crisis. or the border fence from turkey to greece when greek security forces arrive some of them turn around and look for another place to get through. the border is open we took off right away to come here. more and more people have been making their way towards the greek border since the late thursday hoping to cross into europe ankara has made it clear it won't prevent syrians from leaving turkey and heading towards the european union. greek authorities have responded to the groups of people arriving at his borders with tear gas leaving many people stuck in no man's land between. the decision to open the border came from. it was an apparent response to an airstrike by syrian forces that killed 33 turkish

soldiers in syria's province. in recent months turkey's president right has repeatedly warned. his country's western border to refugees if brussels didn't help ankara in its fight. now anchor has made good on its threats flouting a 2016 margaret pact with the e.u. that dramatically slowed migration via the e.u.'s eastern border but brussels still says the deal is in place we have to be notified by our turkish partners that they are changing their holy see so far when it comes to. migrant issues this the latest escalation has again showing how quickly the war in syria spills across borders and how easily ordinary people can become caught up in geopolitical conflicts. correspondent durian jones is standing by in

more dorian what more can you tell us about the situation on the turkish border with europe. but we understand there's probably a few 1000 people on the turkish border with. greece there's been this stream of people ever since the new. opening its borders if not the levels of the 2015 migrant crisis where up to a 1000000 people left turkey to prove greece area the numbers are still pretty much limited although afghans has said that the considerable numbers are on its border front here hasn't been breached i think today will be critical in terms of become far more serious given the fact that it is very bad weather freezing rain that will likely to turn many people and this will add to concerns for those people. who at the moment have nowhere to go now and it looks like neither turkey nor the syrian government have backed down what happens now. well i think there

is concern now particularly as. ultimatum to damascus that it has to withdraw its forces from its recent gains in it live and that ultimatum expires at the end of today now. has been very clear all week that if damascus doesn't withdraw its forces it will force them to withdraw now that brings the risk of a further escalation in fighting possibly all out conflict between turkey and syrian forces and that ultimately could bring russia into the game given the fact that moscow is the main military back of all syria and its russian jets are have created a no fly zone for turkish air force now that brings a risk of a possible confrontation between moscow the 2 leaders to me of putin and president reject tapered once both yesterday and the 2 leaders are reported have agreed to meet sometime in the near future and it's well likely that possibly could her hold off from launching an offensive against them asking until that meeting when that

meeting will be is still unclear but many people see that as critical to determining the latest crisis and possibly the way the whole of the syrian civil war will ultimately end. dorian jones in dorian. 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 at least 57 countries or territories have now reported infections authorities have also confirmed the 1st death of a british citizen a man who had been quarantined the border cruise ship anchored off japan china is reporting 47 new deaths more than the number on friday and the u.s. is perspire winning a summit with leaders of south east asian countries due to fears of the virus it had been set for las vegas 2 weeks from now. in just 2 months more than 50

countries have reported cases of coronavirus beginning in china's hu bay province the disease has now reached every continent except antarctica prompting the world health organization to upgrade its global risk assessment we have no increased. risk of spread and the risk of impact of 19 to very high. italy has registered the highest number of cases of the virus in europe so far with the tourism industry already feeling the impact. iran meanwhile has seen the highest death rate from the outbreak outside of china but reports differ from within the country with the b.b.c.'s persian service reporting $210.00 deaths and the country's health ministry putting the number at 34. the spread of the virus is most rapid in south korea however where the number of infections has surpassed 2300 even sub-saharan africa has or saved its 1st case yet to be.

the. president the 1st case of. disease. w.h.o. has so far refined from calling the global situation a pandemic saying the label would be. helpful we need to start from aggressive containment why in preparing for any eventualities what they have what we have no it doesn't dictate that we move into me to get. it will be a mistake big mistake while more than 20 vaccines are in development globally the 1st results are still weeks away and the final result could take a year. corresponded mathias bulling to ease in beijing. we understand the chinese health officials have released new numbers on infections in the country what's the latest

well obviously a experiencing some technical difficulties with mathias will certainly try to have him later on in the day let's get to some of the other let's stay with that story for a moment uncertainty over the coronavirus saw global markets experienced their worst week since the 2005 mantle crisis friday's losses kept a wild week on wall street asian and european markets also fell sharply a spike in the number of coronavirus cases has raised concerns that the virus will have a much larger economic impact than even sleek specter it comes at a time when the global economy is already facing a slowdown stoking fears that the $1000.00 outbreak could trigger a global recession. let's now have

a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world the u.s. and the taliban are set to sign a landmark deal today aimed at ending their 18 year war in afghanistan degree meant would see thousands of u.s. troops leave the country in return for security guarantees it is still not clear whether the afghan government will agree to the deal. asia bibi the christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in pakistan has met with french president emmanuel kong after she was offered asylum in france bibi who has been living in canada since her acquittal last year said she needed time to consider the french offer. the countdown is on at the berlin international film festival as the jury gets ready to award the top prizes this evening 18 films are in the running for the coveted golden bear christian hilda's at the berlin ali and weighs in on some of the set of all favorites. the man in the

head yes that's johnny depp and yes that's sigourney weaver. along with some high a covey about them and even hillary clinton who brought a 4 hour documentary with her to the subject clinton herself. plenty of stop power on the red carpet despite mutterings that the new co heads off the berlin on a condo shotty aren't my have to hissen bake one to downplay clits and glamour. but the 2 euros 1st festival which is also the 70th 1000000000 dollar has been a success by the topics and themes may have been docked the films have been very good. one favorite is stand tall the chief film there is no evil from iran it deals with the question of how people can hold on to their innocence living under a repressive regime or trying to. get. their

act i. could not attend the but in allah iranian authorities denied him permission to travel the golden bough would be modern a well to stuff prize it would also be a powerful political statement. it's been striking this here how many high quality films were by women often centered around strong female characters. the american film never granny sometimes always and in c.d.'s was a bosch i wanted after. mine and perform well from argentina as a tennis tryna starring in a cathy vast as a woman who threatened. to leave us as a favorite for the silverback for best actress. best actor could go to at least show him the film but in the next plots he plays

a nasty gangster who stabbed aggressive and yet vulnerable. one a sure winner this year the audience $340.00 films in 11 days an estimated 300000 tickets so it by the end of the festival proved that but in this one city that is crazy about movies. now the court of arbitration for sport has found chinese women are soon young guilty of a serious doping offense and that he destroyed his own blood samples in 2018 the reigning olympic champion champion will now be banned for 8 years for breaking anti doping rules which will probably end the 28 year old's 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 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 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 his. 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 shyness swimming association continues to support yon in his version of events despite the guilty verdict but for now china's greatest swimmer is out for 8 years a lifespan 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 2019. you're watching news from berlin up next is our technology program shift living in the digital age more news at the top of the hour as always thanks for joining us. is the human race destroy itself. we are ruining the basic elements of our existence. refusing to push water and. water she's lying.