this is day 2 of the news of live from berlin trapped in no man's land with nowhere to go migrants in turkey a mass at a crossing to the dui after ankara says it will no longer hold them back but greece is blocking its borders determined to stave off a new wave of refugees. and the world health organization raises its risk assessment for the coronavirus at the highest possible level as a pathogen crosses the globe we'll hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global economy. and the hope of

a new era dawning in afghanistan as the u.s. and the taliban compare to sign a deal aimed at ending almost 2 jack jade's of. a michael thanks for joining me turkey has made good on threats to allow migrants to move closer to the european union and chris says 18000 people have crossed the border since friday there's been a rival's by land and by sea along borders with greece and bulgaria but both countries have boosted security at their borders with turkey and thousands of migrants are now stuck in no man's land between the 2 sides 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 the province. correspondent

yulia han is in right at the turkish border you've been speaking to people at the border today what are they telling you. hall sure they don't think yesterday that concluded their own words now let's see if they are basically stranded here in this new landslide tween attack ish buddha and the great on the other side now it's bitterly cold just 7 degrees celsius and people are making my associate warm out there braving the woods and while some of them are even sleeping because they haven't slept at night as you can maybe see right behind you there is still a family there from the down just on i just noticed that bit they say they see no

future in town so that's why i think once you come to hear of this brazen impulse of going to germany they have families children some of them lost 6 they told me out they just you know got a few days later belonging to the back and back house that sold what they brought yet they keep asking me when will they open it would it of course nobody knows the all so the situation here for the people right now means a lot of uncertainty frustration and desperation an. incredible image of how early thirty's on the greek side of the border responding. to greek oh sorry to see how it made it clear that they won't allow any illegal crossings that we take out stepped up a bit of control grease border clearly has been repeatedly firing tear gas on how

to spray this morning it's not entirely clear what it is but whenever the big fall or something this is of course was causing people to run away at schools in quite some time yet i speaking to one young lad he's a fellow down a study about this situation let's listen to what he had to think. i came here with . this. because grace rightly fired on us through justice we had. we had those we have this person. we have things like whoa here. i don't know why they're doing this we don't have these in our own country we don't have a future no i don't plan to that's why. we don't here to make a life make. but they don't because. it is there any sign of turkey or the e.u. changing their stance on the border situation. blowout what

we're seeing now is that shift already is looking the other way when it comes to the refugee strikes across europe is seen in general as a measure by i'm proud to try and put pressure on to say to the allies he was over the situation in syria it's all been so hockey soldiers are entire it clashes with the syrian regime was this humanitarian catastrophe in my hands was accident months in need of international force it was deliberately stepping stone this is the pressure and you know increase the pressure on e.u. governments it's out why e.c.n. asked something that it temporary but at the same time have right now built body knows how this will play out the people just tell me that they are 2 minutes late

or look at the helpless hope that eventually greece will open the pool again but the question is of course what if they tell me what will happen now and where will these people go. on in. the turkish greek border thank you so much. 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 reach around $800.00 within the space of a little more than a day new data from china reveals the economic fallout with the country posting its weakest factory activity on record and the u.s. is bespoke summit with leaders of southeast asian countries due to fears of the

virus it had been set for las vegas' 2 weeks from now the virus continues just 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 corona virus beginning in china's hu bay province that is she says now reached every continent except antarctica prompting the world health organization to upgrade its global risk assessment we have no increased. risk of spread the risk of. 19 to 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 near 600 within the space of just 24 hours even sub-saharan africa has received its 1st case too. the. presence of the 1st case of virus disease in niger often in nigeria w.h.o. has so far refrain from calling the global situation a pandemic saying the label would be unhelpful we need to start from containing aggressive containment while preparing for any eventualities whatever we have no it doesn't dictate that we move into mitigation a lot 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 over a year. the united states and the taliban are set to sign an agreement on saturday aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan and sending american forces home it follows around a year and a half of talks between the u.s. and the taliban in doha qatar and comes after a week in which both u.s. led forces and the taliban committed to a reduction in violence the details of the accord have not been published but at its heart is a commitment by the u.s. to start a phased withdrawal of its remaining troops from afghanistan said to number between 12 and 13000 in return the taliban has promised not to allow afghanistan to be used as a base for terrorist attacks against the west the deal also in visages is the start of peace talks between the taliban and the afghan government something the taliban

has refused to take part in up to now. rained down on afghanistan on the night of october 7th 2001. the opening salvo in the war of a question that would last almost decade. on my orders the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime who an international alliance followed in the subsequent weeks carrying out an intensive. training camps. penned by advancing taliban forces on the ground the taliban stronghold. in november. celebrations. from the you'll cover oppression. that i'm so happy that until now it was like a prisoner of my bed and i'm free meanwhile so was osama bin laden the man the

u.s. desperately wanted remained. of escaping from the tora bora cave network between the battle lines the violence unleashed on anniston afghans was beginning to a marriage of family homes bombed in the chaos of war. when we're in a situation. where we're in a combat zone. unfortunately sometimes mistakes are made. and 2014 most foreign troops withdrew. into the vacuum step to results in taliban who mounted a ruthless guerrilla campaign retaking territory and stepping up its use of suicide attacks by the end this long war had left 40000 civilians dead. after the blast it was a horrific scene many people were on the ground and i managed to get myself to the ambulance i don't know what happened next no phone from and from when the 1st hints

of a truce were revealed enemy fighters helped on the street. to collect one after so many years of violence and vengeance. a lot of them for more let's go to the t.v. correspondent in kabul the agreement between the u.s. and taliban is expected to be signed shortly or people there are hopeful that this will finally at long last lead to peace. people see it as the 1st step towards peace it's the 1st real tangible step towards that it's the 1st thing that they can set as a marker but the question about what happens after it comes down to 2 different viewpoints one is sort of like the more urban elite who are worried about political issues you know can they continue to live their lives as normal can they continue going to cafes continue to mix with the media still be free will they be able to

still watching t.v. in movies and things like that and then you know people in the rural areas are really suffer from this war suffering from drone strikes and 13 and landmines. you know how they're trying to recruit their young men who really just want peace more than anything they're saying let's just start with that and we can figure out the politics later so it sort of just question you know are people willing to figure out the politics later or do they want to make sure that everything is guaranteed and set right away as soon as things start to take off. for peace as a result of this deal is it a realistic one. realism it's hard to tell you know because there are so many potential spoilers in this peace deal. on don't really seem to be used boiler because they've bought literally everything they wanted all the united states is that they won't allow it to be used a foreign terror groups which it really hasn't been since 2001 and into in return

for that they're getting a reduction if not a complete withdrawal of u.s. forces so they have no reason to risk this now the people that are risk our government who would feel sort of left who can feel that they will be left out or are taken out of the job as a result of these negotiations or. ron paul's been accused of supporting the. thank you so much i. think you. little change of pace now the top prizes at this year's berlin international film festival are set to be awarded this evening the final competition premiere was for there is no evil a production from iran the film combines 4 stories that deal with the death penalty and resistance to the regime director mohammad was not allowed to travel to berlin at the press conference he was represented by an empty chair.

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