this is news to live from berlin a growing humanitarian and political crisis at turkey's borders with the european union. this was the scene at one border crossing earlier this morning where greek police are blocking thousands of migrants from entering the e.u. and thousands more are on the way after turkey said they were free to go or for spong it is their. u.s. president trump imposes new restrictions to stop the new coronavirus as health

officials will announce america's 1st death from donors doctors in the state of washington don't know how the man became infected. and democratic presidential hopeful joe biden when south carolina's primary and gets a boost ahead of super tuesday slate of primary. a michael look who glad to have you with us pressure is building on turkey's western border as thousands of migrants and refugees seek to enter the european union rate police at the border crossing or a locking the way for hundreds of people the u.n. says at least 13000 people are stuck along the frontier in a tweet turkey's interior minister claimed more than 76000 people had left the country for the european union for greece and bulgaria have not reported such large

numbers. our correspondent yulia han is covering the story on the ground and filed this report from the turkish border. the sign at the greek borders says well come on but that's just not the case it's the 2nd day of people heading here hundreds now wait to be allowed across but sometimes the look out for a chaotic makeshift camp has sprung up open to the elements people try to stay warm lighting fires and dense smoke drifts through the air sometimes it's tear gas fired by the greek police. this is one of the major crossing points between taki and e.u. member greece it's been heavily guarded in the past few years but as soon as turkish authorities announced they would no longer stop refugees from trying to cross into europe hundreds of people started arriving here and they easily passed this border fence on the turkish side at the same time greek border police beefed

up security and the border of the day remains closed so this is the situation now hundreds of people many with children and just a few belongings stuck in the no man's land between the 2 countries. he has and his family set a little further away 5 years ago he fled from the syrian city of homs to turkey it's here where he met his wife and it's here where their daughter was born and now they're on the road again with us just a little. bit of that we had on the news that the borders to europe are being i have been in the. immediately buy and taxi from is mansour here in indiana which is me and then share of them that now we're waiting for them to actually open the border. of their biggest. they paid $410.00 for the trip that's around 60 you. rose

a lot of money for this family at least they brought some supplies water bread she says. many have nothing at all the desperation is most visible when a few local volunteers arrive to distribute food diverted not to be thought of there isn't enough for everyone low enough coffee cup on top is down the care manager is vital the whole world must see this if you ask me this is a shame for the entire planet these people have been left to stay outside in the cold. most of those waiting here came with the firm belief that the border was indeed open and that the tax the europeans opposed had moved in their favor with the car realisation that this is not true makes it all the more bitter oh you don't see us we are you and you used to talk a little purposes they should not use refugees like this do you think you lame.

perhaps a beautiful young lady now we know that this is all a game you know it was you know it was a result we just want someone to tell us what will happen. knowing what's in store this is what everybody here once feared us who even he'll watches the news from syria. and the many others who now say they want to stay until the border is opened. even though they sense that is unlikely to happen. the corona virus has claimed its 1st victim in the united states a chronic ill man in his fifty's doctors don't know how he became infected australia and thailand also announce their 1st fatalities from this stretching epidemic. in washington state fears of a new outbreak at a cat home in a seattle suburb it's not far from the hospital where the u.s.

recorded its fast coronavirus fatality. president donald trump said more cases were likely but there was no reason for americans to panic but we're doing really well very very professionally our country is prepared for any circumstance we hope it's not going to be a major circumstance it will be a smaller circumstance but whatever the circumstances. we are prepared. officials announced heightened warnings against travel to affected regions including iran it's a lay on south korea where cases are rising fast. as that country's military was brought in to help with the disinfection in the southern city of daegu or thirties advised south koreans to stay at home over the weekend many churches have scaled back services moving sermons online. in italy europe's west affected country frustration is growing in northern towns under

lockdown travel in and out is limited and schools and businesses remain closed give us back our freedom residents here demanded that town has been locked down for more than a week. or so the 1st few days there was perhaps a little more tension in the town because people were understandably a little scared but now the news has faded and people are getting increasingly frustrated now the fear of what will happen next year has overtaken the fear of the virus. even in the nearby city of milan not under lockdown residents are worried about the economic impacts of the coronavirus usually packed with tourists this weekend the city was relatively deserted italians are hoping the outbreak will be cut quickly so they can get back to business as usual. for more we welcome mohamed moneer he's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k.

mr munir we're seeing the virus continue to spread further in many countries give us a little perspective which is largely expected and is the worst yet to come based on all as scientific calculations and prediction and it is pretty clear that the widest has not reached 2 weeks of peak and this is especially important event we are now seeing communities proud as a proud between people that don't any known history or the contacts that is very inside man also 'd because the disease has reached tootin economies in many developing countries where there is a leaky and a weaker health care system so based on all of these clues it is highly likely that overall impact of this white house on public on the economy and the environment will be a lot more in in coming weeks are there new insights on how the virus is transmitted and why is it spreading so quickly well this is why this has

a few peculiar collector a stake in the 1st one is being really productive rate it has a very high productivity 8 major means a whole many people can be infected from one state person so in the cold 19 infected person it has a capacity to in fact at least 20 people in the vicinity which is 3 times more than in seasonal flu for example not only dad but this why does appear to be less lethal so therefore it has more tendency to spread between people between the communities so based on these overall. nature of this this why does it appear that it is spreading very lavishly and it would surprised at a broader scale if the control millions were not be put in place in all those countries mohamed when you're really appreciate your time thanks so much. a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world afghanistan's government says it's not committed to releasing prisoners as agreed in

a deal between the u.s. and the taliban the agreement signed in doha yesterday aims to allow u.s. troops to pull out of the country and facilitate talks between the taliban and the us supported government in kabul. with most votes counted the corruption opposition party olando looks set to win slovakia's general election clinching nearly 25 percent of the vote the poll was dominated by public anger over the $28000.00 murder of a journalist who was leading a high level corruption probe in the e.u. country. french riot police have fired water cannon in tear gas at yellow vests protesters in the western city of nod it was the 68th saturday of action by the anti-government movement into a game in what the group called useless public projects. voters in the u.s. state of south carolina have given former vice president joe biden

a convincing win in his quest for the democratic party's nomination to face president donald trump in november front runner bernie sanders finished a distant 2nd biden's victory in jack's new life into his campaign after a disappointing results in previous tests. and. the night of celebration for democratic presidential hopeful joe biden and his supporters was after several disappointing results another us states the former vice president finally secured a solid win in south carolina and received a clear boost from african-american voters. the war of words on the the was. was tied and gained a whopping 72 percent of the delegate vote for south carolina. the only other candidate to gain delegate votes in the state was bernie sanders widely viewed up

till now as a front runner sanders admitted defeat in south carolina while also reminding supporters of the campaign successes so far. you can or we're no more. a water state lot of states out there and tonight we did not win in south carolina. all attention now shifts to the results of the upcoming super tuesday votes 14 states will throw their support behind their top democratic candidate. for democrats and other americans who want to take over the government from incumbent president donald trump momentum leading into super tuesday is critical to turning the tide of u.s. politics. to sport now and the bundesliga whereby in munich inflicted a 6 nil defeat on hoffenheim but the story of the day was that the match was

interrupted twice due to an offensive banner in bryant's sandlot but the players ordered to walk off the pitch. this match was supposed to be about teenager joshua xerxes making his 1st start in place of the injured robert levin dosti byron starting with an off insist on slot storing 4 goals in the 1st half including one from xerxes to put the match out of reach. thomas ruled ahead 2 assists now with 16 a league high and fully pick the cittie own netted a brace. but the action was overshadowed in the 77 minute due to biron fans insulting hoffenheim zoner dietmar ha with the fits of banners the official inforced a policy normally used to combat racism 1st warning buyers about the abusive behavior of their fans by and players attempted to calm them down even byron's top brass try but that didn't work and the players were ordered to walk off the pitch.

he should commit to peace time i am deeply ashamed from byron's perspective because of these idiots all i can say is that the moment has come today in which the whole bonus league all of german football has to take a combined step against these idiots wouldn't forget mission yesterday we had some room us that. old one is new york up try to connect and wanted to sign to send a sign against it will help and we cannot let this happen you know a lot of people came here to see a football game once the banner had been removed the teams did eventually return for the final. 13 minutes but refused to play instead of just having a kickabout between themselves to run down the clock buffet hives owner deep more hot joined by irons players on the pitch after the match in a sign of solidarity against any sort of abuse taking place in the honestly. you're watching news in berlin up next our series doc film looks at the impact of

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