the. black. plague. the be. glad. this is you know reading news live from berlin border crisis thousands of migrants make their way to europe after turkey opens its borders for many of them are met with tear gas from greek police european leaders say the continent's borders will were may close as the greece for a new wave of refugees from war torn syria and beyond plus europe sees a sharp increase in coronavirus cases including a big jump in germany will find out how people here i could fronting the french or

the pro caution is giving way to panic and a 3rd time to use the term israelis cast their votes again for a 3rd time in less than a year while they break the political deadlock between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main challenger many gods or at least another stalemate. mark thank you so much for your company everyone a border battle and a humanitarian crisis all along the european union's eastern border have intensified thousands of migrants are trying to make their way from turkey into greece since the turkish government opened its borders to the e.u. for greece is pushing back athens is suspending asylum applications for one month.

saying it will turn back anyone who enters the country illegally this footage that you see right here released by the turkish authorities shows greek coast guard blocking a boat filled with like ruins. and earlier we spoke to our correspondents yulia han in istanbul as she told us what she made of that footage that you just saw a word of caution here because this footage is coming from the turkish authorities and they clearly have a political interest right now sharing such videos but then again greek border guards the coast guard they clearly have orders of absolutely not tolerating any illegal crossings they have fired tear gas at people at one border crossing where i've just been in the past days if used water cannon and i also got some information today that i think is worrying it's coming from local producers

in the area from fellow journalists and they said some refugees on a boat have reached out to them and these refugees said that they were intercepted stopped by the grae coast guard the guards then jumped into their boat took off the engine of the boat and dumped the engine into the water then they pushed this boat back to the turkish coast these refugees they were terrified because they couldn't make it to the coast without. a motor in an engine in their boat so they were trying and get some help in the end somebody called the turkish coast guard and coast guard and they came they help the refugees this is the stuff being and you know if confirmed these illegal pushbacks at an e.u. border they would be a violation of human rights and of refugee law. speaking to us earlier well as we've seen greece has now become the front line in this new chapter of the

migration crisis let's take a closer look now at those tensions on the greek border with turkey and how the e.u. is planning to respond. they shout peace from the turkish side of the border. grieco 30 say they stopped almost 10000 attempted crossings over a 24 hour period. they fired tear gas to disperse the crowds gathering at the border fences the migrants can hit a message from greek border across the river. it's not a command that's likely to be obeyed. we keep waiting here because we left our homes those of us who had homes or whatever things to sell got money for them so they could get out if we have to go back we will have to sleep in the streets. what

can we do we're stuck here we can't go back home well i. on sunday some groups tried a hazardous route across the river ever us with some success greece accuses ankara of organizing a campaign to push people through the greek turkish border. this migrant from cameroon waded across the river to reach greece she says she'd been told to leave turkey and along with refugees from syria she was taken by pass from istanbul to the turkish border. more syria. really is. really good. but greek police were waiting on the other side.

on tuesday european leaders are going to assess the situation for themselves. tomorrow that representatives of the 3 european institutions the poly among the council and the commission that is president that it's a solid presidential michelle and me we're going to get there to greece to show the full support of the european union as i said the challenge greece is facing is a european challenge and has our full support. with migrants stuck in a no man's land the pressure is on for politicians to find a way out of the stalemate. or a sign about some of the other stories making news around the world. japan says it's working closely with the u.s. and south korea after north korea fired 2 short range missiles into its eastern sea a launch as were the 1st since november and traveled

a distance of around 250 kilometers south korea says it's on guard for additional missile tests. a hostage taking incidents at a shopping mall in the philippines as and it peacefully a group of people has been freed unharmed and their captor was has surrendered rather to authorities that's according to the local mayor police say the hostage taker is a disk one told security guard earlier he shot and injured one man. all now so the coronavirus which continues to spread around the world the virus has now infected nearly 90000 people a worldwide killing more than 3000 and italy the worst hit country in europe officials say the number of people infected with the virus has jumped to nearly 7800 and here in germany the number of cases has nearly doubled to 129 here's

a look at how germans are dealing with the threat of cold it 19. germany and the corona virus in a big city like berlin the infectious agent might be lurking anywhere invisible to the naked eye but potentially deadly. so far there's no sign of widespread panic here although it didn't go up with you can't protect yourself from it completely but if you follow a few basic rules then hopefully it'll pass you by but still it's worrying me because of all the closing of the sheffield will he has a look i just try to follow hygiene rules and wash my hands i also try to teach this to my pupils that's it really. a person hates time worried about it sure i read the newspapers and listen to the radio you do have to stay on the alert. know it's think it's between you and i think it's really being played up ok it is dangerous a few people are getting sick. but they've had only mild cases in which the monks

planck institute for human development in berlin risk researcher gant has some clear advice. and sponsors are here to relax or try to avoid dying the things you probably will die of. the. dust is that would be things such as the ordinary case of flu smoking or people you see on the street in their car who insist on using their smartphone while driving. but it's not always behaves rationally especially when it comes to shopping. a few people have started panic buying staples such as canned goods and pasta and especially cleansers and disinfectants. so the shelves might be picked clean. unusual for germany. because one day especially in our supermarkets in the section

for hygiene articles where the soap and does in fact it's our we've had shortages some items have sold out and it is also called here. the constant reports on the radio t.v. and other media play a part where suspected cases and deaths are tallied up for the. it creates the impression that it's the biggest problem we have it's not. just scripts to quickly get it you know someone on top of this is missed. although the extent of the coronavirus epidemic is hard to assess for now panic won't help. voting is underway in israel's 3rd election within a year well as the country tries to end the political impasse once again polls show conservative prime minister benjamin netanyahu in a tight race with center left opposition leader any gods on the previous 2 elections neither side won enough seats to form a government but with voter fatigue sitting in many hope that the 3rd time's

a charm. he needs all the votes he can get fears of a corona virus outbreak could put a dent in turnout but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is urging people to head to the polls anyway go vote go vote it's approach this is a democracy you have a great right that you should exercise with confidence of the corona things completely under control today we've taken all the precautions that are necessary people can go and vote with complete confidence thank you it's not just a virus that could make people stay home analysts say voter fatigue has set in this is israel's 3rd election in 11 months and support has splintered among many parties netanyahu has popularity has waned after corruption charges were brought against him in november his likud party is projected to claim only a quarter of seats in parliament polls put him in a virtual tie with his center left rival benny gantz. it's about

time that we be much more united much more was one another unless the ones against the other one group hoping to make gains is the joint list an alliance of arab israeli parties they've taken heart from recent polls. young today of we will make history. we have at least 15 seats and we're getting close to sit. seats with everyone's efforts. yes our votes votes of the joint list are the ones that will prevent spend even netanyahu from forming a government and the joint list is the one that will make history. netanyahu may yet come out slightly ahead but with no hope for a clear majority his conservative party is bracing for more coalition talks and perhaps more deadlock the concious will now it's round 3 for israel's elections let's get you the latest tiny at cramer did

a correspondent is standing by in jerusalem tiny a wonderful to see what are the chances that this election right now will break israel's a political deadlock well i think it's going to be a very interesting election evening because up until election day today all the polls have shown a neck and neck race in the last days a slight advantage for benyamin netanyahu but also a neck and neck race between the 2 blocs because he is or you look mainly of the religious right wing blog that by the likud party in benjamin netanyahu and the. center left bloc led by many guns and his blue and white alliances this is what we will be looking at both have been complaining in the past weeks and months but it has been a very fatigued come pain but i have to say voter turn out got some think is during the day is slightly higher than in september so i think israelis really want

to see an end to this deadlock there's a lot of impatience you know to see that there will be a new coalition government being formed after this election and turn your prime minister and netanyahu is about to stand trial on corruption charges how much of a role does that play in the voters' minds. well i think you have to come see i mean there are those who say this isn't possible for a prime minister to sit in a court to stand trial and at the same time to be a prime minister those are many people i think who would go and vote you know for the opposition for blue and white there are also some people within the liquid party but they're not such a strong voice yet but of course you have a lot of supporters that are. for prime minister netanyahu the acting prime minister there saying like he said this is all of which this is you know due to the

hostile media. law enforcement and they're saying all these allegations are not true so they will be definitely watching for him no matter what. your correspondent tiny kramer thank you so much for your continued coverage and make sure to stay with us up next as business africa has been for so long and i'll see you again at the top of the hour. literature invites us to see people in particular. and i'm going to see how it sounds as they find the strength. right to vote. for find beautiful. on youtube.