this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight in new border crisis for europe a crisis with the blessing of the turkish president turkey has allowed thousands to cross its territory and headed for greece instead of an open door they're finding riot police armed with tear gas and europe's leaders say that it will stay that way also coming up israelis cast their votes for a 3rd time in less than

a year will they break the political deadlock between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rival phinney gun plus europe sees a sharp increase in coronavirus cases including a big jump here in germany we'll find out how people here are confronting the threat and will ask how much for caution how much panic and in german bundesliga soccer likes it is held to a draw at home and this is the chance to put real pressure on leaders byron munich . i'm bring golf it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with tensions at the border between europe and turkey and fears that a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis may be in the works it began when turkey confirmed over the weekend that it will. nonstop migrants in its territory from

heading towards the country's border with the european union since then thousands have been on the move towards greece for some the journey has already turned deadly the greek coast guard today announcing that the drowning of a child after a boat capsized in route to the island of lesbos other migrants are facing strong pushback is they try to reach europe by land and sea. repelled at sea tekkie released this footage of the coastal city of bodrum authorities say it shows the greek coast guard pushing back a boat filled with migrants it's one of the tactics we call thirty's are using off to turkey opened its border allowing migrants to try and enter the e.u. greece says it has stopped almost $10000.00 attempted crossings over 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 authorities across the river.

it's not a command that's likely to be a bait. we'll keep waiting here because we left our homes those of us who had homes however 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. 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. is. no one. but greek police were waiting on the other side. german chancellor angela merkel criticized turkish president rejected at a one to use in the migrants as political pawns. in this thing given all the understanding and a willingness to provide more support. i think it's totally unacceptable to deal with this at the expense of migrants job adjustment as it's often wouldn't they've been encouraged to go to the border only to end up at a dead end that's a given. and our policy and the policy of the e.u.

turkey deal is not aimed at conducting politics at the migrants expense defeating a politics. with migrants stuck in a no man's land the pressure is on for politicians to find a way out of the stalemate. are for more now i'm joined by our correspondent kareen strauss she is in brussels tonight good evening to you merida so we know that greece has said this is not a greek problem this is a european problem so what is the european union doing about this. well frontex their european border agency has said our has confirmed today that it will lounge. record border intervention yes they call that because chris has asked for that also the e.u. interior ministers roomies on wednesday here in brussels and discuss the situation that you foreign ministers will also meet later this week and e.u.

commission president was enough underline will travel to the greek turkish border tomorrow all along with your top leaders to discuss with the greek government and also to assess the situation and we need the greece is said that it is temporarily suspending asylum applications now that goes against e.u. law also has there been a response from the european union. others an emergency clause in the european treaties and agrees actually this emergency calls allows them to do so so the commission president is the final line has declined to comment on that so far she said she will discuss that tomorrow with the greek government but usually if we look at the e.u.'s salame law everyone has to write whenever he or she arrives here and europe to apply for asylum that's also guaranteed by the un refugee convention and the un refugee agency has a stress today that there snow

a legal basis for greece to do spent. marina we know that there is a fear of a repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis here in europe or member states in the european union are they prepared to take in more migrants at this point. it's actually very likely that many a member states will will follow a very hardline approach when it comes to taking in migrants we've been seeing that in the last couple of years and there's no reason to believe that this will change dramatically and also we have to look at what is happening on the greek islands for example europe has promised to speed up asylum application process but hasn't done so far and we're proceeding for example income aria unless bus so on european soil is what some observers describe a living hell for migrants and we know that the turkish president said that the european union has not done enough has not kept the deal that it has with turkey

what's your take on that is that true the thing is that it's not surprising that turkey is once more support when it comes to sharing the burden when it comes to migration because with the situation in italy of deteriorating maybe there are hundreds of thousands of refugees from syria waiting in front of the turkey's borders in front of its door maybe they want to come to turkey to seek refuge but we also have to look at the issue and this issue is that you turkey deal this year turkey deal was struck 4 years ago by the european union and turkey and the e.u. has always known that it's a sport tie in with this deal that this wouldn't be a stable deal but it hasn't done much within these 4 years to solve the problem and now we're may be seeing another migration crisis like in 2015 and the e.u. hasn't prepared for it well i don't respond to readers' trials but the latest from

brussels tonight on what could be the beginnings of another margaret crisis for europe where you think you. in israel polls will close in just over an hour in the country's 3rd election within a year it's another attempt to end a political stalemate like the last 2 times conservative prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his center left opponent by the guns have been running neck and neck neither side previously won enough seats to form a government but many hope today's high voter turnout will make a difference and change there. he needs all the votes he can get fears of a coronavirus 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 a produce this is a democracy you have a great right that you should exercise with confidence the thing is 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 the 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 to be much more united much as one another once 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. today of we will make history. we have at least 15 seats and we're getting close to 16 seats with everyone's efforts. yes our votes the boats of the joint list are the ones that will prevent

benyamin netanyahu from forming a government and the joint list is the one that will make history at. 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. and for more now i'm joined by tanya kramer she is on the story for us in jerusalem good evening to you. what are the chances that this election will break israel's political deadlock what do you say. well i think no more in less than an hour as you said then the polling stations will close and we'll see the 1st exit polls being carried here by the main t.v. stations i mean all the polls have projected in the past states a neck and neck race but that the slight advantage for benyamin netanyahu came up in the latest polls but what is very significant tonight is the high of voter

turnout there's been a lot of talk about election fatigue but it's reported here that as of 6 pm was the highest voter turnout for the past 20 years and i think that shows that is very does really want to see an end to this political deadlock we know that the polls show netanyahu and his center left challenger benny gantz once again running neck and neck it seems like nothing has changed really does god does he have any chance to be prime minister netanyahu this time around. well he came out very strong in the september elections and his main complain of pew and why it. was carried on you know the issues of security is a former chief of staff under netanyahu by the way and also. on the message of you know pointing at the indictment of netanyahu and the upcoming trial

but i think the main issue with this election is that it's again a referendum so to speak or yes or no against or for netanyahu and this is and of course the main issue is them who will have the largest bloc of the right wing religious bloc or the center left over that by pew and white. so who can form the coalition at the end so at $2200.00 local time the 1st exit polls will be populist and then i think we get an indication where this election will be heading we will be watching that this evening with you tanya kramer force in jerusalem thank you. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world amy club a char has announced that she is ending her democratic presidential bid and that she will endorse former vice president joe biden it comes ahead of super tuesday when the total of 14 u.s. states holding their primaries the united nations envoy to libya is stepping down

because on salami took up the post nearly 3 years ago he says his resignation is due to health reasons and that he cannot continue with the stress of the job on the vatican has opened its archives on the wartime papacy of pius the 12th they were kept secret for decades amid accusations that he turned a blind eye to the holocaust that again says he worked behind the scenes to save jews dozens of scholars are in rome to pour over the archives documents. well as the number of cases of corona virus around the world continues to increase rapidly travel and border controls are under the spotlight the world health organization says that the world is in quote an chartered territory although its director maintains that the outbreak can still be contained the total number of infections around the world is now nearly 90000 more than 3000 patients have died

indonesia and several other countries are reporting their 1st cases today officials in italy the worst hit country here in europe says that the number of deaths has jumped up from 34 to 52 the number of patients who have recovered from the virus worldwide is now more than 45000. well across europe far right and nationalist movements have been fast to turn the corona virus outbreak into a chance to push their anti migration rhetoric and to call for stricter border controls you know the reporter for the record baggio has been looking into that so this is not a pretty story for the region how are far right parties how are they trying to use this you know this virus to their advantage well one way is by trying to draw a link between the virus and migration women example in italy you need the leader of the popular far right a physician part of the league he has every people link the virus to migrants

coming by of the mediterranean for instance here he posted a video of a migrant rescue ship docking in sicily along with the message it is simply in saying that the landings continue as if nothing had happened meaning as if current virus hadn't happened and he's a criticizing the government and saying it's ridiculous that they act surprised by the numbers of cases in italy implying of course if you let migrants so many migrants in then there's going to be so many cases but let me stress here that there is no proven link between migrants and refugees and the spreading of the medicine tells us that virus new viruses don't discriminate based on nationality fright we have also seen for right parties across europe calling for the suspension of the european union's sharing agreement and our viewers know that agreement allows for the free movement of people and goods across borders in the e.u. that's right to slovenia suggested dot also in france marion le pen the leader of

the far right national front party suggested that and the idea of having tighter borders has also been rated by here in germany by the far right turn to for germany party and we have a tweet here by lisa vida who is the head of the f.t. in the german parliament who says it would be more than the. diligent if necessary measures to contain the virus were not taken or were taken too late due to worship calls a one sided fixation on the dogma of the open borders of course governments european governments are taking measures to contain this virus but we are also seeing that here there's a quite clearly an effort by fire right parties to tap into the panic and the fear surrounds virus to push what they've always wanted so much more dangerous it's true that the corona virus as we know it's also part of the story here that we're talking about tonight and that is the fate of those migrants who were at the turkish greek border now well certainly the current of ours is not going to make

things any easier for them sure we've seen that the current virus has been at least cited by greek authorities as one of the reasons reasons why they thought it was necessary to tighten controls on migrant groups within hungary for instance. just and now that applications for asylum asylum applications will be indefinitely suspended because of fears of the current virus and people who may be coming in from iran but let me reiterate the most of the migrants we've seen those reports they are they don't even come from risk countries and if some of them reportedly do come from iran but they probably have been in turkey for since before this outbreak yeah with the fear of the virus certainly adding to the calls for the borders to be closed that's for sure so we could budget as always thank you thank you. all right we're going to stay with the corona virus now which continues to spread around the world the virus has now infected nearly 90000 people worldwide killing more than

3000 in italy which is the worst hit country here in europe officials say the number of people infected has jumped to more than 2000 and here in germany the number of cases has shot up to nearly 130 here's more on how germans are dealing with the threat of coven 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 of it's anywhere up with that 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 he's put off all the time as a chef you know i just try to follow hygiene rules and wash my hands i also try to teach this to my pupils that's it really. has to hafe i'm worried about it sure i read the newspapers and listen to the radio you do have to stay on the alert from

box and the stink is fits 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. with the max planck institute for human development in berlin risk researcher gant geek atlanta has some clear advice. and sponsors relax or try to avoid dying in the things you probably will die of. 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 when hallways 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. was under especially in our supermarkets in the section for hygiene articles where the soap and disinfectants are we've had shortages some items have sold out and it is also called here 3 of 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. to scripts to quickly get a script and it was a it's this is least. although the extent of the coronavirus epidemic is hard to assess for now panic won't help. but here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world japan says it is working closely with the u.s. and south korea after north korea fired 2 short range missiles into its eastern sea

the launches were the 1st since november and travel the distance of about 250 kilometers south korea says it's on guard for additional missile tests a court in delhi has postponed the execution of 4 men convicted of the violent rape gang rape and murder of a 23 year old woman on a bus 7 years ago the 4 had been scheduled to be hanged on tuesday but one of them in filed a petition for mercy with india's president. art sports news in the german bundesliga rb leipzig lost ground into the title chase after a one all draw at home to buy your labor coups and remains 2nd in the table but it's now 3 points behind leader 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 or. in the car i haven't seen company had the better momentum coming

in with a 6 game winning streak plus it van seen in europe for t.-mo vanna and the home sites title ambitions to remain tangible they needed maximum points especially being at home but it was leon bailey who needed for the physicals in the 29th minute laver cruises the demon mary intercepted a bad pass did the leg work it found chi habits who set up the league from point blank range his 5th goal this season. life's it didn't need long to respond and were helped by a mary who took down vanna said he nupur free kick and christopher on cuckoo didn't wasting finding patrick shaikh who level to score with the beautiful header that was just out of her desk he's reached was after the break life as it had a good look then a touch passed in cuckoo but predicts he says not this time it prevents what could

have been the game winner. with 2 minutes to go live 6 marcel sabates ahead too much wanted from outside the box missing another chance to score remain the same until the end leipsic share the spoils with leverkusen with an evenly matched draw . for the british wife carrying championship yes wife carrying championship took place over the weekend and into pickle yuki style the weather was dreadful but that did not deter the competitors who took the race and their wives extremely seriously. just. threw her all wrong. a muddy field in southern england was the venue for the annual race the british wife carrying championship may sound like a bit of fun but these howdy couples were desperate for glory. it doesn't have to be a wife it can be a neighbor's wife or it can even just be your girlfriend in the past women have

also been allowed to carry men either way it is a test which prepares you for life's travails whether today's terrible i mean it's hail it is dale's brain is pain and really it's a good introduction to marriage the sports originated in finland. to make it even tougher couples are doused with ice cold water along the route any carrying technique is allowed as long as you don't drop your partner. some may see the sport as politically incorrect in modern times but the winners disagree but. you know like for you if you want to be. a barrel of beer was the prize alongside the chance to compete in the world championship in finland later this year they say you can do wonders for a marriage. well this is g.w. news and these are our top stories a new migration crisis is unfolding on the border between turkey and greece

thousands of refugees and migrants are trying to enter the european union after turkey announced that it would not stop them from leaving. putting is under way in israel's 3rd election in less than a year polls show prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his central that challenger but he guns running neck and neck 2 elections held last year ended in a stalemate with neither side winning and the seats to form a government. the corona virus is spreading to new countries even as the rate of new infections slows in china italy the worst hit country here in europe says more than 2000 people are now infected the total number of cases worldwide is nearly 90000 and more than 3000 patients have done. the vatican has opened its archives on the wartime papacy of pius the 12th and they've been kept secret for decades have made accusations that pius turned

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