that seems a little crazy but you've got to start somewhere. this is the news line from berlin a major shake up in the u.s. presidential race to go to church who was an early leader in the contest in his bid for the democratic party's nomination how will his departure affect the rings just ahead of a pivotal day of primaries on tuesday also coming up. greek police used tear gas and water cannon to drive back migrants trying to cross from turkey thousands of

people are pushing towards the borders after turkey said it would no longer prevent migrants from trying to reach the music. and israelis going to the polls for the 3rd time in less than a year and another neck and neck race for prime minister benjamin netanyahu hopes to sway voters with a pledge to annex parts of the west bank is for the likes of. i'm aaron chilton thanks for joining us he put a church has officially ended his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination. the former mayor surprised many when he rose to the top tier of candidates come in joint 1st with rival bernie sanders in the iowa primary who teaches ending his bid after a disappointing performance in south carolina's primary on saturday his decision comes just before super tuesday when 14 states hold nominating contests that could

produce a clear front runner as. we did such made the announcement in front of supporters in indiana let's listen to what he had to say today is a moment of truth after a year of going everywhere meeting everyone defying every expectation seeking every . the truth is that the past has narrowed to a close for our candidacy it's not for our cause and another of those values is responsibility and we have a responsibility to consider the effect of remaining in this race any further our goal has always been to help unify americans to defeat donald trump and to win the air of florida for more let's cross to washington carla bleicher is standing by carla good to have you with us now but it was a dynamic presence in the campaign so why is he throwing in the towel now but it just hasn't been doing well and holds recently and he also did not fare well in the

primaries and if and south carolina most recently while he did have a surprisingly successful start in iowa earlier this year he could never really went over a significant amount of black and latino voters now he got out just in time before super tuesday which would have been another big investment not least of all financially and as he said he just did not see a way forward for his candidacy anymore. all right now i want to have a listen to another remark from budget touches speech that seemed to say a lot let's have a listen now. i am more and more convinced that the only way we will defeat trump and trump ism is with a new politics that gathers people together we need leadership to heal a divided nation not drive us further apart we need a broad based agenda that can truly deliver for the american people not one that gets lost in ideology so what should we make of those remarks

well those could be sort of a hidden dig a few well against says fellow democratic nominee bernie sanders sanders of course calls himself a democratic socialist and is known to have elevated more moderate voters on the other hand this could also be a failed show of support for former vice president joe biden buying of course as one of the big moderates and the race and put it church is said according to journalists who have left by in a voice message after after his decision to drop out of the race so i don't know what was said between the 2 it will be interesting to see but it's path going forward while it certainly will in the be interesting in the run up to super tuesday. in washington thank you for that greek police have

deployed tear gas against hundreds of migrants trying to force their way across the border from turkey thousands more are on their way after un corus said it would let migrants cross into the e.u. turkey has been calling for more use of ports in tackling the migrant crisis amid syria's ongoing civil war. no man's land between greece and turkey greek police deployed water cannon to drive back people trying to cross the border into the e.u. . athens says it has blocked around 10000 migrants who are trying to leave turkey after president richard said his country had opened the gates to europe. the greek authorities have sent an automated text message to mobile phones along the border areas of greece urging people against trying to enter. turkish soldiers have been seen patrolling with wire cutters to cut the fence and guide the illegal migrants here. this was only stopped because greek

soldiers patrolling at that point intervened and repaired the damage fence. these people from afghanistan have made it across to greece but that doesn't mean they're safe. in the times we struggled. in. during. the greek police are resting migrants they find on their side of the border they'll either be sent back or even jailed for entering the country illegally. the coronavirus continues to spread quickly around the world with the total number of infections now more at then $88000.00 globally several countries are reporting

their 1st cases including mexico and the czech republic astray thailand as well as the us have also registered their 1st deaths from covert 19 in italy the worst hit country in europe corona virus infections have jumped 50 percent to nearly $7500.00 . not a tourist in sight the canals of venice without its famous gone. no sound of fans cheering in milan's football stadium either where 5 major matches have been postponed due to the coronavirus. as new infections climb dramatically in europe's worst hit country italian 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

its doors shut due to the fears of contamination from the flow of tourists. i want to look to see the mona lisa. wayne but unfortunately it's still so i'm a bit like this the french government has banned gatherings of more than $5000.00 people closing down trade fairs and large sporting events even though a half marathon and 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 it was it only in recent days the u.s. australia and thailand have reported the 1st test on their soil but with more than

50 deaths iran has the world's highest outside of china that epidemic is impacting businesses and daily life and shaking the country's already struggling economy. but i've got a model you're one of us our people are panicked a little under stress is led to a drop in sales people have also become more hygiene obsessed and buy less food from bakeries restaurants and caterers are on i think go. as markets around the globe take a hit some countries are more vulnerable than others. time to look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the final group of people on the diamond prince's cruise liner quarantine near tokyo have left the ship the 130 crew members will remain in quarantine for 2 weeks at a japanese government facility about 700 of the ship's approximately 3700 passengers and crew have tested positive for the corona virus. the opposition

party ovando has won a resulting victory it's lucky his general election the party's popularity soared in recent weeks thanks to its anti-corruption agenda the election was dominated by public anger over the 2800 murder of a journalist who led a high level corruption probe in the e.u. country. dozens of people have been arrested during protests in kazakhstan over the death of an anti-government activist in police custody opposition leaders called for the demonstrations after doing a good deal died last month in a jail cell authorities say he suffered heart failure. opinion surveys in israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his left of center challenger many guns running neck and neck ahead of monday's parliamentary election it will be the 3rd election in less than a year 2 polls in 2019 gave neither side enough seats to form a government tanya kramer sent us this report from israel. young student activists

campaigning for the right wing to could party on the university campus and to select they want to see benjamin or bibi netanyahu from the next could ition government and the ongoing political stalemate. yes or sharply what's in your this is a sense that the election is about yes unknown to b.p. i would like to see the election dealing more with ideological content and political messages but politics is politics jim carey i'm a very day according to their party pick out the elections of rerun of benjamin netanyahu suspend he guns and the polls are predicting almost the same outcome as the previous 2. there's also some election fatigue in the air and the last few days before the election the threat of the coronavirus has made more headlines in the israeli media than the upcoming vote. the main issue is that we are going

without a government for a year now the country is dysfunctioning the knesset the israeli parliament is out of order nothing works and obviously people wants to put dispirited behind them and move forward to have a government that will can work for the israeli people to remain prime minister netanyahu needs to win big this so called magician of israeli politics has made one election pledge after another he enix ation of parts of the west bank based on trump's middle east plan a new settlement housing all to cater to this heartland nationalist voter base. his opponent benny gantz has made netanyahu says indictments and upcoming trial over corruption charges and election issue but also his center left bloc is unlikely to net as a clear the no. bad enough minutes there is no real renee here we just need bibi to leave and say thank you very much i was a great prime minister i finished my job he can reach an agreement that you cannot

be judged on what he has done and he can go home. so do i think that the know is the best person or if no but he is the best man for the job right now in 2020 and i voted for in the last 2 stalemates all vote for him again i don't give voting because every vote counts every vote counts what every what counts in this repeat election it remains to be seen whether israelis would see a clear path to a new coalition government after the polls. turning to the bones legal now we're rb leipzig lost ground in the title changed after a one all draw at home to buy or leave a. second in the table but now there are 3 points behind leaders byron munich. white sick fans believe it's their year to win the title and they were pumped up for this top of the table clash with leverkusen. locke i haven't seen company had the better momentum coming in with

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much wanted from outside the box missing another chance to score remain the same until the end of life 6 share the spoils with leverkusen with an evenly matched draw. you're watching news from berlin up next documentary better brain health we are what we eat there's more news at the top of the hour i'm erin tilton here in berlin thanks for watching. and. language courses. video. any time any.