this is t.v. news a line from berlin migrants in turkey move towards europe as ankara 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 retaliates against syria for a deadly air strike. the world health organization raises its risk assessment for the coronavirus to the highest possible level as the pathogen crosses the globe we'll hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global economy. and after 10

days of world premiere is in store turns on the red carpet the jury prepares to name the winners of this year's berlin international film festival. i'm michael thanks so much for joining me turkey has opened its border allowing thousands of people to move closer to the european union they've been rivals 5 land and by sea along borders with greece refugee boats have arrived on greek islands closest to the turkish mainland 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 profits that prompted retaliatory strikes from ankara against syrian targets turkey's decision to open its border has fueled fears

of a revival of the 2015 migration crisis. slip under 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. we heard the border is open we took off right away to come here just. more and more people have been making their way towards the greek border since 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 2 countries. our country's borders are impenetrable so there is no reason for unhappy people to start gathering at our borders and crossing points. the decision to open the border came from ankara 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 have tyo to one has repeatedly warned the e.u. he will open his country's western border to refugees if brussels didn't help ankara in its fight in italy. 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. use eastern border but brussels still says the deal is in place we have not to be notified by our turkish partners that they are changing their only 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 dorian jones is standing by for more on 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 it's 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. front here hasn't been breached i think today will be critical in terms of become far more serious but 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 no where 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 our. 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. 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 backer of 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 or rather me of putin and president reject i purred once yesterday and the 2 leaders are reportedly have

agreed to meet sometime in the near future and it's well likely that possibly could hold off from launching an offensive against them asking until that meeting when that meeting will be her 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 nations on earth at least 57 countries or territories have now reported infections and the total number of confirmed cases stands at over $80000.00 the spread of the virus is most rapid in south korea where the number of new infections neared $600.00 within the space of just 24 hours new data from china reveals the economic fallout with the country posting its weakest factory activity on record

and the u.s. is postponing a summit with leaders of southeast asian countries due to fears of the virus it had been sad for las vegas' 2 weeks from now the virus continues to spread to new regions the latest continent to report cases of the coronavirus is africa in just 2 months more than 50 countries are reported cases of coronavirus beginning in china's hu bay province the disease is now reached every continent except antarctica prompting the world health organization to upgrade its global risk assessment we have no increases the assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of the impact of 192 very high global. 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 $34.00 the spread of the virus is most rapid in south korea however where the number of new infections neared $600.00 within the space of just 24 hours even sub-saharan africa has received its 1st case too. the. presence of the 1st case of viral disease even i just opened in nigeria w.h.o. has so far refrained from calling to global situation a pandemic saying the label would be unhelpful we need to start from containing aggressive containment why in preparing for any eventualities what they have but we have no it doesn't dictate that we move into to get an unknown 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 results could take over a year. i'm joined now by. moscow's associate professor of cellular and molecular sciences at northumbria university in newcastle a professor moskos so thankful that you made some time for us today the w.h.o. has upgraded the global virus spread rist a very high what does that mean oh we at the point where the virus is essentially out of control. first of all i would be very grateful if you don't use terms like out cultural that would be true it was a situation where we don't know how to translates if we don't know how to look after the people who get the virus we don't have the facilities to treat the module so we know it may have thought situation. but we forward this needs to stop the forest don't show during human to human transmission in pretty much all

continents 000 just stated so about this effect of late both very high risk and sales. of around 15 percent of patients get seriously ill is what we understand why is the why is that 1st of all and what kind of prior diseases or conditions might lead to a severe form of illness after infection. yes so i'm actually looking up the date of it was published from the chinese c.d.c. 'd not a few days ago and specifically they are saying in their experience with the chinese population that most impacted co-morbid condition so if you have an additional condition to this would be cardiovascular disease so those people are the highest risk the next highest risk group is diabetics followed by people with chronic

lung disease which after out people with hypertension as well the numbers stop that terror loss counselors are a little bit more. you know of rest of us sort of understandable because people don't how very well functioning in your system if they're being treated for counsel . it has to be emphasized that the biggest risk a group of the over eighty's which i think everybody would agree generally speaking people over 80 years 'd old particularly 'd good at fighting infectious diseases then the risk tails off quite substantially i should go down the age groups to less than one percent. professor moskos with with the new thunder university newcastle thank you so much for joining us you're very welcome uncertainty over the coronavirus saw global markets experienced their worst week since the 2008 financial 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 previously expected it comes at a time when the global economy is already facing a slowdown stoking fears that the covert $1000.00 outbreak could trigger a global recession. now let's get 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 the agreement 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 police in paris have arrested dozens of protesters who set fire to scooters and garbage bins outside a concert venue authorities had banned the protest against a congolese singer the blaze prompted the evacuation of the dion one of the french

capital's busiest train stations. throughout. this year's berlin international film festival are set to be awarded this evening. and i have seen all 800 films in competition and they said their predictions as to which grab the golden bear. well i've seen a lot of great films during this festival but my tip for the golden bear would have to be the iranian film there is no evil that takes on the issue of the death penalty in iran and the psychological toll that it takes on the executioners there that's why filmmaker mohammad resolutely from iran he was not able to actually make the premiere because he's not allowed to leave iran he was banned from making films but he went ahead and did it anyway so i think that the courage of this filmmaker combined with the themes that the film takes on and this is a very political film festival i think that might really give it

a good foundation for the jury here but what really put it over the edge for me was just the incredible story telling i mean this is classical storytelling it's heartbreaking it's beautiful and for me i wouldn't mind seeing that again you know and i managed to talk to the director before before the festival it's an amazing story that he made this film in secret i think that's a great chance of winning i'd agree but i think there's one from the could have an edge on it and that's an american film never rarely sometimes always by lies to him and this is another political story it's a story of a 17 year old girl who wants to have an abortion without her parents' consent and crosses state lines with her cousin to do so it sounds like it's a very polemic movie but it definitely isn't it's more of a gentle coming of age story almost and i think the really the craftsmanship was shown in this film the delicacy at which she tells the story and maybe even the fact that it is a female director who did this film could give could give it the edge come saturday night's awards. 2 of our film lovers there you're watching news from berlin up next

is a deeper look at the berlin ali in our arts and culture program more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's d w dot com i'm michael okun in berlin for all of us here thanks so much we'll see you in 45 minutes. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship but just want to be shot now and if your newspapers when official information has attorneys i have walked off the streets of many cat interests and their problems are all the same 14 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. corruption work on the 4th just a sign.