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this is the news live from berlin a growing humanitarian and political crisis at turkey's borders with the european union greek police if used tear gas and water cannon to drive back migrants upon crossing point thousands of people are pushing towards the borders off to turkey said it would no longer prevent migrants from trying to reach the. barely dry on the new lease on peace treaty with the afghan taliban but the cracks are ready beginning to appear in the deal we take a look at how ford marie afghans see the troops.
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i'm anthony howard thanks for joining us thousands of people have massed that turkey's western border after turkish president. said he will no longer stop micron's from trying to reach the e.u. the u.n. estimates at least 13000 people stuck along the borders between turkey greece and boag area at one crossing point greek 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 curb the influx of refugees from syria. correspondent is covering the story on the ground and filed this report from. the sign at the greek borda says well come on but that's just not the case it's the 2nd day of people heading
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here hundreds now wait to be allowed across the i was there but it's a chaotic makeshift camp has sprung up open to the elements people trying 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 their remains closed so this is the situation now hundreds of people many with children and just a few belongings stuck in a no man's land between the 2 countries. feed us and his family set
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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 a question that. we had on the news that the borders to europe are being i've been in the. head of immediately by a taxi from is manager here. is we have done share of them that. are actually open the border. they're big years. they paid $400.00 for the trip that's around 60 euros a lot of my. and for this family at least they brought some supplies water bread she says. many have nothing at all the desperation is most visible
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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 management 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 that the realisation that this is not true makes it all the more bitter. and used for little purposes so they should not use refugees like this. a layman. who helps a beautiful young lady now we know that this is all a game nobody knows what the results are we just want someone to tell us what will happen. knowing what's in store this is what everybody
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here once feared us who even heal 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. person for the international. in a dana line of what can you tell us about the situation on the ground right now. hi yes our teams sent most of the afternoon today in the dark for late as arkle a is one of the 2 official border crossing points how the turkey you border and what we saw which started it is 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
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traditionally what we see on that route are young single males predominantly from afghanistan pakistan bangladesh but what we have sought today was a much more diverse group of migrants of many nationalities iranians syrians he said essentially asians and a host of assoc in actual reality so it was quite a mix also a lot of families and small children travelling in what has been a very cold weather and difficult circumstances. what are the conditions like for these people as the cycling from so 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 so far not far from the river and the
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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 15 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 tom to look out 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 have taken to the streets demanding an independent new prime
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minister by sight the designated candidate mohamed alawi is part of the same corrupt system that has failed them. the opposition party has won of or sounding victory in slovakia's general election the party's popularity soared in recent weeks thanks to its anti corruption agenda the election is dominated by public anger of the 2018 murder of a journalist who led a high level corruption probe in the e.u. country. the number of countries hit by the corona virus climbed past 60 on sunday and infections and deaths continue to mount around the globe italy says its confirmed infections doubled from saturday to sunday to nearly 1700 and deaths of infected people rose to 34. well this weekend the u.s. and the taliban signed a long ago she had agreement to end the war in afghanistan but the road to peace has already hit a rough patch afghanistan's president president ashraf ghani says his government
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has not played to release thousands of taliban prisoners despite that being part of the deal. these signatures given at a historic summit in qatar its capital doha milestone on afghanistan's road to peace after almost 20 years of war. but that road was always going to be rocky under the deal the afghan government will release thousands of taliban prisoners ahead of talks between afghan factions but afghanistan's president ashraf ghani said his government never agreed to that and it wasn't for the u.s. to decide. now where that would be better you know no commitment has been made for the release of 5000 prisoners. but we have repeatedly said this issue clearly with the u.s. envoy in my colleagues that and other officials that mommy this is the legitimate
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right and self-determination of the people of afghanistan a request has been made and it can be part of the negotiation but it cannot be a precondition yet the my demand for instance. for many afghans the hope of an end to the violence is tempered by fears for their country's future. with the ability to get you know if the us leaves afghanistan we afghans are worried about her return to the brutal situation that the taliban will stop their attacks again. so we call on the taliban to sign the peace deal with the afghan government as soon as possible and i'm inside these. women and girls especially suffered severe repression under taliban rule. kabul veterinarian toher rob rezaei is worried about the threat to women's progress if the group we gain strength through talks with the government. i don't feel very optimistic because i don't know who will come to power if there is peace with the
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taliban. looking at the history i feel less hopeful that i'll be able to continue my work if there is peace with the taliban and the war will come tar. it's now a waiting game to see how talks between different afghan groups play out following saturday's deal. like reside people here hope they won't have to pay for peace with their freedom. sport down south africa's biggest soccer match celebrated its 50th anniversary when kaiser chiefs travelled to orlando pirates 90000 people packed the stadium for the dobie just an atmosphere that was both ferocious and friendly. the. funds of both sides were at fever pitch ahead of sub-saharan africa's biggest game. does not that result of reader who was brought out of every play that they know did us that they
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have to really you can make your car your own you can't do you good here today that class is going to suffer today because they do not fit what's so hard to get their eyes. i don't doubt 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 good luck. with group was too good to get i feel like i've been drugged by their good keeper the credit goes 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 yeah like these would
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be a game is a game we have to know that sometimes we sometimes we knew it's. easy to say perhaps when your team is top of the league. in the bundesliga on sunday there were more fan protests against hoffenheim spilling it on a date my hope on young billings game with all spoke was twice stopped off to a young fans displayed offensive banas fancy hope as the embodiment of what's wrong with modern football and a threat to german football tradition the game itself finished also on sunday 2nd placed abi lots they could only draw with leverkusen on saturday latest bind thrashed hoffenheim but that match was also halted off the anti hope artists don't manage freiburg glad backs off a spirited. pettibone in the big one cologne with 2 good fish on friday and had to shed 6 goals frankfurt's trip to bremen that was postponed due to the visit as you
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wrote of the commitments. take a look at how this weekend's results have affected the bundesliga standings and defending champion spine stretch they laid up to 3 points and clawed back a hot on not lot 6 heels at the other end colline continued upward trajectory mines pulled clear of beijing bottom side pad aboard a scaled down version of the tokyo marathon has taken place on on crowded streets because of the corona virus outbreak organizers decided to limit the race 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 roadside spectators if you. won the men's rights for the sick and here in the road it was. running for israel said of course record to win the women's for us . every monday before we go you can get always news on the go
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