read the comic john. stores march turn. this is d.w. news live from berlin trapped in no man's land with nowhere to go migrants and turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer pull them back but greece is blocking its borders determined to stave off a new wave of refugees also coming up south korea sees its biggest surge a new coronavirus cases could the onset of warmer spring weather slow the spread we

ask an expert from the united nations organization dealing with the outbreak. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us turkey has followed through on threads that will no longer block refugees from heading to the european union ankara says 18000 people have crossed the border since friday there have been arrivals by land and by sea along the borders with greece and bulgaria but both e.u. countries have boosted security at their frontiers and thousands of migrants are now stuck in no man's land between the 2 sides the move by turkey to open its borders to migrants comes after dozens of turkish troops were killed in a syrian government airstrike in is a province. well do w.

correspondent junia han is monitoring the developments at the turkish greek border and she joins us now for the latest so you you've been speaking to people at the border today what have they been telling you. well it's been very tough for people here just imagine they came here after they heard the news that turkey would no longer stop refugees from trying to reach europe and then they arrived here and they realize the border is closed so they're basically stranded here and you can see it's many many people in this no man's land between the 2 border as there are many families here with small children it's a bitterly cold people are making far to keep a warm i can hear the children cry they are cold they are hungry some of them are sick most people just took

a few belongings basically coming here from other areas in turkey because they really had this hope that they could cross the border they could move on and go to graze i've been talking to one family of from found a son for example and they told me they have been living here in turkey for quite some time but they don't see a future here they're hoping to go 1st to greece and then maybe on to germany but of cause the reality here is so much different from the dreams people have as i said it's very cold that's one of the the biggest problems here and of course the question also is what happens next with these people they don't know we don't know the uncertainty here is huge and many many people a very frustrated and desperate now yulia one about on the other side of the border in greece how have authority has there been responding to this unfolding

human crisis. well the greek government said they would not tolerate any illegal crossings they have stepped up a border controls and here at this border crossing where i am greek border police has been firing up pepper spray or tear gas it's not entirely clear what it is they are using but they have fired it repeatedly all morning and whenever they fire it you know it would cause chaos and people basically ran away i've seen that people coughing very badly some of them look to me as if they're about to faint of course they had tears in their eyes as well i've spoken to one young man from of coniston earlier let's listen to what he had to say. i can get them to go on but as you see the situation i'm not going so i don't know that there's going to be a good fire the most purposes you have chances that you have one is that we have

this about this and good for good both of you have enjoyed things like ok. i don't know why they're doing this. so enormous amounts of frustration and desperation junia is there any indication that perhaps turkey or the e.u. could change their stance on the border situation here. well that remains very unclear as we speak but you have to understand where that's coming from i mean the interpretation here is that turkey is doing is turning a blind eye to all the refugees who are trying to pass to europe to increase pressure on its nato allies on the e.u. over the situation in syria as a province they want them to act turkey wants an international no fly zone for syria so the turkish government and i believe knows very well what kind of an

effect pictures like these ones have all of people trying to reach 0 in robert bode saw violet land border crossings they know what kind of an effect they have they want to use these pictures to put pressure on europe so we have to see what happens next but some human rights organizations amnesty international for example has already criticised the situation and the political behavior here is saying that again people are being used as a bargaining chip in a political game w.'s yulia han at the turkish border we appreciate it thank you very much. now the united states and the taliban are set to sign an agreement in the next few hours aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan now the deal follows a year and a half of talks between the u.s.

and the taliban in qatar both sides have committed to a reduction in violence of course centers on the u.s. starting a phased withdrawal of its troops from afghanistan 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. all right let's get a check now some of the other stories making headlines around the world 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 which was directed at a congolese singer the blaze prompted the evacuation of the got into the only one of the french capital's busiest train stations. muslims in india's capital new delhi held friday prayers under heavy security after a week of deadly violence the religious riots have claimed at least $38.00 lions'

clashes broke out early this week over a new citizenship law that's widely viewed as anti muslim. bibi the christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in pakistan has met with french president cron after she was offered asylum in france. who's been living in canada since her acquittal us here says she needs to consider the french offer. our that's turn our attention now to the latest developments in the corona virus outbreak as it continues its global advance there are now confirmed cases in 57 countries or territories and the number of confirmed cases stands at over $80000.00 it's spreading fastest of south korea which reported more than $800.00 new cases bringing the total there to over 3000 several cities have installed drive through testing stations where drivers can be checked for the virus without leaving their

cars they've been asked to remain at home while they wait for the results. the virus is also still spreading in europe here in germany people who have come into contact with confirmed cases have been asked to stay at home in italy entire towns remain sealed off as the country struggles to stop the spread of the disease. settling into new routines self quarantine or even look down are seeing more and more people stay at home in the hope of avoiding the coronavirus many trying to maintain normal life as best as they can in italy julia mackey is holding her classes online asking her pupils file a video link about their homework. selfie to the family the students are happy taking pos in online classes because they don't have to get up early to get public transport or get called outside we are lax it may seem upset but students are

happier doing classes this way than at school if i did it so to cause the kennel in our school our. marquee is a teacher in a tone north of milan that is now under quarantine the school organizes virtual classes for its 450 students so they can keep up with their work in the west german city of heinsberg parents were told to keep small children the tome after kindergarten teacher tested positive for the virus the. whole family is in quarantine until infection can be ruled out. temperature twice a day. for health authorities call us and ask us for the latest figures and they might asked some extra questions. while miller culson seems to avoid its getting the virus a 1000 others remain in quarantine in the area being confined within 4 walls will become familiar to many more before the global outbreak has peaked. well for

more on the new coronavirus i'm joined now by dr margaret harris from the world health organization dr harris thank you so much for being on our program now is there any hope that with the warmer weather coming over the so over the springtime we might actually see a slowdown in the number of cases of the virus which is what we see in flu can we be hopeful good morning we don't know enough about how these fires behaves different temperatures to be up to make that sort of protection as it's very clear this is because this is an entirely new virus it arrived in the human population in december of 2019 we have learned a tremendous amount we have seen that it can be contained it can be stopped by taking strong public health measures but we don't yet know with the seasonal

temperatures have any effect because we are seeing it in woman countries. now it seems that the vast majority of people who have actually died from the new coronavirus tend to be order individuals or people with prior health conditions but also men apparently are at the greatest risk of dying why is that. so it's certainly the more severe cases and sadly the people the severe cases that go on to cause the death of people are happening in older people with preexisting conditions with lung disease with heart disease diabetes no the populations that we've seen these numbers in a maybe populations that have got more male smokers for instance and if of course you know if you're a smoker you'll way behind the eightball as far as lungs are concerned every time you smoke you damage your lungs so this may be the reason they can it will take

more scientific. investigation and autopsies understanding people's lifestyle circumstances to understand whether this really is something that is worse in men all whether it's that was simply a feature of the particular population that was in well we know that researchers are trying to develop a vaccine how soon could we see one available for people. know many a vaccine takes years to develop we've certainly we've put together an emergency collaboration of scientists we put this together actually after the great west african outbreak of ebola because we realize that being able to accelerate something like a vaccine made an enormous difference in being being able to stop an outbreak and we've got something called the research and development blueprint which allows us to get moving very quickly however you still have to test any vaccine in healthy

people and you have to test that for some time to ensure there are no serious side effects because so be nothing worse than having something that caused more harm you must make sure it's something that does what you wanted to do which is prevent the virus at the same time remaining have the same time not having any serious side effects dr margaret harris from the world health organization we appreciate all your insights that's a pleasure. well the top prizes at this year's berlin international film festival are set to be awarded later on saturday the final competition at premier was for there is no evil production from iran the silm combines 4 stories that deal with the death penalty and resistance to the regime director mohammad rossa loaf was not allowed to travel to berlin at the news conference he was represented by an empty chair. you're watching d.w.

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