this is the news live from berlin a growing humanitarian and political crisis that turkey's photos with the european union greek place have used tear gas and water cannon to drop back migrants of one crossing point thousands of people are pushing toward borders often took a set of no longer prevent migrants from trying to breach the e.u. . corona virus continues to spread around the world several countries have registered their 1st from the virus across europe to news and events are closed oh pencil. and ink is barely dry on the newly signed peace treaty with the afghan

taliban but the cracks are already beginning to appear in the deal but take a look at how ordinary afghans see troops. i'm anthony howard thanks for joining us thousands of people have massed at turkey's western border after turkish president recha tayyip erdogan city 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 grace and bowl garia at one crossing point great police used tear gas and water cannons to drive back migrants and once move breeches a deal between turkey and the e.u. meant to curb the influx of refugees from syria. well a correspondent is covering the story on the ground and far 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. the back 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 a no man's land between the 2 countries. feed us 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 a little. bit of that we had on the news that the borders to europe are being i've been in the. bit of immediately by taxi from is met you 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

little as. many have nothing at all the desperation is most visible when a few local volunteers arrive to distribute food diversion not to be cut off there isn't enough for everyone. and the copy up on top is done with. humanity is frightful 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 but that the realisation that this is not true makes it all the more bitter. and used for little purposes they should not use refugees like this it is inhumane. perhaps abuse or not we know that this is all

a game nobody knows what 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 here 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. 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 and most of the afternoon today in the dark today as arkle a is one of the 2 official border crossing points out of turkey e.u. 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 process 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 essential asians and a host of acetone actually maladies 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 the site coming 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 iranians we ran into were in their late twenty's they were had jobs in istanbul but thought they'd give it a try 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. but 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 antigovernment protesters in baghdad students had taken to the streets demanding an independent new prime minister they say the designated camp that candidates. is part of the same corrupt system that is filed by. the opposition party has one of her sounding victory in slovakia's general election the party's popularity soared in recent weeks thanks to its corruption agenda the election was dominated by public anger over the 2018 murder of a journalist who lit a high level corruption probe in the e.u. country. malaysia has sworn in a new prime minister following a week of political turmoil caused by the resignation of the previous head of government we have been gassin needed the support of several opposition parties to secure the premiership is a point and follows the visit nation of veteran politician mohamad was played

a major role in malaysian politics for decades. while the number of new coronavirus cases is on the rise in europe italy says it's confirmed infections doubled from saturday to sunday reaching nearly 1734 infected people have now died bit in many countries governments are trying to stem the spread of the virus by banning lodge gatherings and shutting down museums and churches and schools too in the most affected regions. not a tourist in sight the canals of venice without its famous gone there was no sound of fans cheering in milan's football stadium either where 5 major matches have been postponed due to the corona virus as new infections climbed dramatically in europe's worst hit country they're telling government is imposing more drastic measures. quarantined areas are controlled by army checkpoints in some regions and

emergency aid has been promised to the sectors hit hardest by the rapid spread of the virus in france tourists gathered outside the world's most visited museum the loo for in vain and sunday they were not allowed in the building after the museum staff voted to keep the stores shut due to the fears of contamination from the flow of tourists. you. know you do good to see the mona lisa. wayne but unfortunately still the sign of it isn't like this the french government has banned gatherings of more than 5000 people closing down trade fairs and large sporting events even though a half marathon in paris was officially called off hundreds of runners defied the ban and ran the full course. come off the side signed up to take part in the marathon and since i had nothing to do this morning i thought i might as well go and run it was my goal and if i can do it why not we have to stop all this

paranoia with what's happening and we have to keep things in perspective it's just as well from what i say that only in recent days the u.s. australia and thailand have reported the 1st tests on their soil but with more than 50 deaths iran has the world's highest toll outside of china that the demick is impacting businesses and daily life and shaking the country's already struggling economy. but i've got a mother and you're one of us our people are panicked a little under stress has led to a drop in sales people have also become more hygiene obsessed and buy less food from bakeries restaurants and caterers. as markets around the globe ticket hit some countries are more vulnerable than others . this weekend the u.s. and the taliban signed a long negotiated agreement to end the war in afghanistan but the road to peace has

already hit a rough patch afghanistan's president ashraf ghani says his government has not played stipulates thousands of taliban prisoners despite that being part of the deal. these signatures given at a historic summit in qatar as capital doha milestone on afghanistan's road to peace after almost 20 years of war. 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 my colleagues that and other officials with mommy this is the legitimate

right and self-determination of the people of afghanistan. our request has been made and it can be part of the negotiation very cannot be a precondition yet the my demand flintstones. for many afghans the hope of an end to the violence is tempered by fears for their country's future. but you don't think that you know if the us leaves afghanistan we afghans are worried about a 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 just about. women and girls especially suffered severe repression under taliban rule. kabul veterinarian toher is worried about the threat to women's progress if the group 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's peace with the taliban. looking at their history i feel less hopeful that i'll be able to continue my work if there is peace with the taliban will come. 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. or scaled down version of the tokyo marathon has taken place on uncrowded streets because of the coronavirus. organizers decided to limit the race to a field of around 200 elite runners and advise the public to stay away from the course previously the marathon has attracted more than a 1000000 roadside spectators if you have his blue honey they give one the men's race for the 2nd year in a row. running for israel so the course record to win the one.

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