our documentary series slavery routes starts march 9th on d. w. . this is news live from berlin a growing humanitarian and political crisis that turkey's borders with the european union pre-placed have used tear gas and what it can drive back migrants of one crossing point thousands of people are pushing towards the borders to turkey said it would no longer prevent migrants from trying to reach the. u.s.

president trump imposes new restrictions to stop the coronavirus as health officials announced america's 1st day from infection doctors in the state of washington don't know how many contract of the 5 years. i'm anthony held thanks for joining us thousands of people have asked that turkeys western border after turkish president richard tayyip erdogan said he will no longer stop migrants from trying to reach the e.u. the u.n. estimates at least 13000 people are stuck along the borders between turkey grease and ball garia at one crossing point great police used tear gas and water cannons to drive back migrants it wants move breeches a deal between turkey and the e.u. meant to could the influx of refugees from syria. our correspondent julie. is

covering the story on the ground and filed this report from the border. with 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 to cross that was the look of 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. here gus 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 now they're on the road again with us just then. we heard on the news that the borders to europe are being open but in the. head of immediately by a taxi from is mansour here. is we have done share of them that. are actually open the border. their biggest. they paid $400.00 for the trip that's around 60 euros a lot of money for this family. at least they brought some supplies water bread

alone she says. many have nothing at all the desperation is most visible when a few local volunteers arrive to distribute food. to be dug up there isn't enough for everyone. off the government is down the care manager here is vital the whole world must see this you know 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 at the korea lies ation that this is not true makes it all the more bitter. and used to talk a little purposes they should not use refugees like this do you feel you lame.

hips abuse now we know that this is all a game nobody knows was the 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 open. even though they sense that is unlikely to happen. joining me now is. for the international. dana lot of what can you tell us about the situation on the ground right now. hi yes our teams and most of the afternoon today in the cars are late as arkle a is one of the 2 official border crossing points how the turkey even border and what we saw which started as a steady stream of the several 102000 steps over 10000 migrants of different

nationalities coming to try to cross it's interesting change from the past because since we've been working there on the border providing assistance in december traditionally what we see on that route are young single males predominantly from afghanistan pakistan bangladesh but what we've sought to date was a much more diverse group of migrants of many nationalities iranians syrians he said essentially asians and a host of assoc in the actual reality so it was quite a mix and also a lot of families and small children travelling in what has been very cold weather and difficult circumstances. what are the conditions like for these people as he said coming from some many countries. well you know we talked to some iranians and afghans and syrians last night we were at an informal border crossing

point not sar not far from the everest river and the iranians we ran into were in their late twenty's and they were had jobs in istanbul but thought they'd give it a try and and see you know if they can try and cross through the e.u. . and i mean it was very it's very very cold freezing temperatures there was a family of 16 syrians that we spoke to grandfather in a wheelchair they pushed 10 kilometers down the path and back. and there were fires all along the route down that 10 kilometer path of migrants just trying to huddle to keep warm not knowing where they would spend the night when a walsh thanks so much for talking to dana thank you. time now to look at some of the other stories making news around the world. in iraq one person was killed and

24 more injured when security forces clashed with anti-government protesters in baghdad students had taken to the streets demanding an independent new prime minister i say the designated candidate mohamed alawi is part of the same corrupt system that has failed. the opposition party has one of resoundingly victory in slovakia's general election the party's popularity soared in recent weeks thanks to its anti corruption agenda the election was dominated by public anger of the 2000 and i think of a journalist who lit a high level corruption probe in the country. the number of countries hit by the corona virus climbed past 60 on sunday and infections and deaths continued to mount around the globe italy says its confirmed infections doubled from saturday to sunday to nearly 1700 and deaths of infected people rise to 34.

those go to margaret harris of the world health organization she is working with the coronavirus team in geneva margaret we're seeing the virus continue to spread further in many countries give us a little perspective was this largely expected and is the worst yet to come. good evening yes unfortunately it was expected because very early on it was clear this is a very contagious virus what we were hoping for and what we have seen is that many countries have been ever to contain the virus and why that much it is if you containing the fire is you giving yourself time you giving yourself time to make sure that your health system can cope with the number of cases so you can imagine the difference between having 10 people who are sick and the 170 sick that overwhelms your health system if you can keep going up as low yes we do expect all cases but the aim right now is to keep numbers as low as possible so the health

systems can cope with it and with that name other new insights on how the virus is transmitted and why it's spreading so quickly. well we know it's contagious so it's interesting it's a member of this family coronavirus say it's we actually call it code 19 to to distinguish it from the ones of coronaviruses that cause mers and sus the nurse other ones are not nearly so contagious although they are more lethal. so it transmits mostly through droplets and this is a drug that you spit out when you talk when you cough when you sneeze but we know they don't move that are going to be further than one to 2 meters away from you so in other words if you stay at your distance for somebody who's ill you should be protected the other thing that really really really protects you is keeping your hands spotless if you're unsure that your hands are washed all the time and also

you do your very best not to touch your mouth nose and eyes you see i keep trying to keep it away from my mouth those and eyes it's a hard thing we do it all the time but if you really discipline yourself not to do it not just during this coronavirus period but during any flu and cold season this will really protect you we have touched on it there what about these measures used to try to stop the spread of these particles actually getting better we're learning more as we go further into this outbreak well because it is so contagious and it's a tricky one people don't realize they have it early on they do have symptoms and they have a fever they have a dry cough they feel very very tired but they may ascribe to having worked too hard we're all working too hard all they may think they picked up somebody spoke from the office but not realized it's coronavirus so. it is really really important

at this point to identify those symptoms and to i did find yourself with potentially having it and getting tested margaret harris thanks so much sport down south africa's biggest soccer match celebrated its 50th anniversary when kaiser chiefs traveled to a land pirates 90000 people packed the stadium for the darby and produced an atmosphere that was both ferocious and friendly. the. sons of both sides were at fever pitch ahead of sub-saharan africa's biggest game. does not clubs or governors are going to root out everything that they know to do as such they have to remain there you can make your car your own you can't do your good here today the class is going to suffer today because they do not fret whatsoever to doubt that it was that dot dot i was able to open chiefs were looking

for a win to boost their bid for a 1st league title in 5 years while pirates knew victory for them could reignite their own championship challenge. little wonder then that supports as went through the agonies. in the end a heroic goalkeeping performance helps you a one nil win for chiefs. that group here. tonight with group was too good for us up to date i feel like i've been dropped by their good keeper the greater good because that's a good keeper. but despite the tension funds managed to keep things good natured both during and after the game. no up nights we are like these would be a game is a game we have to know that sometimes we sometimes we are as. easy to say perhaps when your team is top of the league. to the bundesliga now and on sunday there were

more fans protest against health times billionaire owner did mohawk or young billings game with balls but was twice stopped after when young fans despite offensive banas the fans fans rather see hope as an embodiment of what's wrong with modern football and a threat to the german football tradition the game itself finished to all also on sunday a 2nd place a lot she could only draw with live accusing on saturday latest bind thrashed hoffenheim but that match was also halted as the ante hall protests dogman edged freiburg glad box office spirited. clung with 2 good full shall go on friday and hetta should 6 goals. frankfurt's trip to bremen was postponed just did visit is in rugby league commitments well a scaled down version of the tokyo marathon has taken place on an uncrowded straits because of the corona virus outbreak organizers decided to limit the rights to a field of around 200 elite runners and advised the public to stay away from the

course previously the marathon has attracted more than a 1000000 broadside spectators he is behind the guese won the men's rights for the 2nd year in a row was. running for israel set the course for her brother to win the wood interests. you're watching news from berlin up next the latest in our film series this time with a film about fun in north korea stay tuned for that. language courses. video and audio. anytime anywhere. w.b.'s.