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starts march 25th. this is deja news coming to you live from berlin between hope and hopelessness refugees and migrants stranded on the border to europe amidst a standoff between the e.u. and to cuba who should take responsibility for that report live from the border where the crisis is unfolding also coming up spiraling violence in syria as if the
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province will top the agenda of talks between the presidents of turkey and russia today as the region's chilling power brokers seek to edge ways from a direct confrontation. and honoring the victims of the research attacking any political leaders join survivors and their families for a memorial in the west end of the now far right gunman shot dead 9 people in a shooting rampage. containing the coronavirus and people are told to keep their distance but is everyone ready to comply here or you will continue kissing coronavirus will not stop me i'll continue to kill some hot dogs and you. really care about italy's on the loose to keep the virus in check.
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out in a very warm welcome to you i'm under that you are good to have you with us. greece is it plans to deport any refugees and migrants of arrived on his territory illegally since last friday back to their own countries now this as a new crisis looms on the external board of the european union more than $12000.00 refugees are now camped out on the turkish side of the border with greece they headed there after turkey said it would no longer up or does 2016 agreement with the e.u. to keep them on its territory the e.u. for its spot says it stands by athens and amid fears of more people arriving on the border could prompt a repeat of the 2015 refugee crisis now the damage is a max reports from kasten is on the greek side of the border where they've been clashes between security forces and refugees. exhausted and with nowhere to turn to these young pakistani men managed to slip into greece. the
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turkish military force them to the border he tells us they've been walking aimlessly for the last 10 hours. were being moved from one side to the other the military is doing that were stuck in the middle in the beginning we were 20 to 25 people but only 3 made it the others were arrested they know that if the greek police they too will be arrested. others didn't even get that far. like these migrants who gathered behind the border fence in turkey in an attempt to cross greek security forces used tear gas against them and allegedly even deadly force. these images from the other side of the border were given to us by the turkish government injured migrants being carried around from the thoughts. on caresses group security forces shot live rounds into the crowds killing one and injuring 5
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others a claim the greek government has called fake news pressure continues along the greek frontier almost a week after turkey said its border to the european union was open to everyone it's a cross. for the tough handling of the situation greek authorities have not only received praise by european leaders but also the highest cleric in greece archbishop the most traveled to the border town custom yes for a special service and honor of the greek security forces and those living in the border region if this is the move. this you know that. we're proud of you. proud of your struggle if not only for the army not only for greece and i mean one of. our european friends should be here as well our partners and allies. because we have to support these borders together if you miss the old being
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mozzie of it and it was the user may. assume other. people here in the border town of custom yes for a long have felt abandoned by the european union local mayor. is calling for a common and sustainable solution to deal with migration but for the people waiting at the border he has offered up a little hope anybody can bet even a c.m. . and after that got them here is no chance for these millions of refugees to end up in a 0 and increase game for men i guess not a lava. i wish for all the soil there is a major orders more of those this thing happening right now it's impossible not only for us or him or not but it's all in europe to receive these large numbers of people it is more. defined as a more deeply than body night in. here and his friends have made it to europe but
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their final destination germany is still a long way to go. walk on we don't have a corps no money no money and nothing to drink. just walk with god. as they continue their journey they have no idea if they are going to make it but they know they want to get away from this dangerous from tear as fast as they can. or to buy. a who's on the greek side of the border joining us now is another of our correspondents who johann she's on the turkish side of the border by you you have been a monitoring the situation there for days what is the latest situation on the vine ground right now 2. i'm about to come on mate says away from one of the major crossing points here between tacky and greedy the pasar
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quilla border crossing now turkish police are not letting us journalists anywhere near the border anymore which makes reporting on the situation off refugees and migrants nearly impossible from what we understand there are still thousands waiting at this border crossing. waiting to cross into greece crossing into the european union the turkish interior minister just put this figure at somewhere between 4005000 people at this location these people come from. all kinds of countries you know from a gonna stand pockets on iran there are syrians there are people from african countries here they have been many of them have been living here in turkey for years but they say life is too hard for them they want to move on they will want a better life in europe that that big hope and still people smaller groups of people arrive here in this area they try to get to this border crossing the spite
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the news of the terrible conditions that people people have to sleep outside in the cold there is not enough to eat and to drink from what we understand and there have been violent clashes as we just heard in your report yesterday so the security situation is also very tense still people keep coming here in the hope that this border one day will be open for them who did you see who has now accused of using the desperation of these refugees and migrants for political gain and it's accused it says it's a monster to blackmail how has to accuse responded to these accusations. well the government a spokesperson rejects to that he's doing right now amounts to blackmailing their line of argumentation is that tuckey has taken in nearly 4000000 refugees most of them from syria and it has reached its and limits and this is to show europe that
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the capacity there is no capacity for taking in more people and that is very closely related to the situation in syria as it lived where turkish forces are right now involved in deadly clashes with russian backed syrian regime forces hundreds of thousands of people there have fled to areas near the turkish border there hoping to cross into talking the war that there still remains a close with this is the scenario the warning here from the turkish government towards europe look there is another human here in catastrophe in the making if you do not pay attention to this if you do not help us there in syria is it's going to get worse as there are more refugees that will come and try to cross into europe. hujan at the greek turkish border thank you very much for that update from there turkish president dawn and russian president vladimir putin are to hold talks at the kremlin today on the spy ring violence in northwestern syria turkey and russia
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have troops on the ground there but they're supporting opposing sides the recent weeks of escalating military action in the province have left dozens of tickets troops dead and created a dynamic where a russian and turkish forces could wind up in direct confrontation and of thursday's meeting president said he was hoping to secure a cease fire. flying the russian flag and sarah cab a key town and live province with russia's help syrian government forces have pushed out opposition rebel forces backed by turkey. as the syrian government intensifies its assault on the country's last remaining rebel stronghold both russia and turkey are counting the casualties turkey is especially under pressure it's lost more than 50 troops in the past month including
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33 soldiers killed in a single air strike last week. turkish president wretch of tire air to one has vowed to continue turkey's offensive should syrian forces not withdraw to live frontlines established in a 2017 a court. but turkey needs the fighting to stop so it can create a safe zone in ad libbed that's key to air once planned to repatriate nearly 4000000 syrian refugees currently living in turkey. the recent heavy fighting in it lead has also triggered a fresh refugee crisis on turkey's doorstep displacing around a 1000000 more syrians. at the moment it's russian backed syrian troops that have the upper hand in its lead with moscow determined to see the syrian government regain full control of its territory. the day of his door in jones joins me now from istanbul to really what is president a do on hoping to get out of his store in russia. well his top
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priority is to secure a cease fire in lip possibly a permanent one that will be his main priority but beyond that it's his objective to create a safe haven with the in. looking for a region of something like 30 kilometers from turkish border into syria hope will be a refuge fully believed to be 3000000 also syrians trapped in they will believe that will exit this into turkey if the massacres did succeed in his object objective of taking control of the province but moscow has dismissed this idea out of hand he is talking about a much smaller zone possibly of about 3 or 5 kilometers into syria that's unacceptable so bridging that divide is will be a key part of these talks of what is the key problem behind this difference between . moscow is that the 2 countries have fundamentally different approaches to ending the conflict moscow sees it as
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a military solution they have backing damascus they believe the rebels are defeated and victories within their grasp no there has to be a political solution and this is the main divide between the 2 countries approach proceeds a political solution is offering the opportunity eventually of the 3000000 or so syrians inside turkey eventually returning back to syria now even though i have different approaches it's clear that the 2 countries do value the relationship they have been developing in the last 2 years and they will be looking to the personal chemistry that he believed to exist between putin and want to deliver some kind of compromise not just. have any international support. well in up until the last few weeks there has been little international infusing some idea of a safe haven but with this latest refugee crisis on the european union's border it does appear to have caught the attention of european leaders and now they are
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increasingly speaking in favor of this idea german chancellor angela merkel at the beginning of the week for support yesterday we saw the dutch foreign minister bloc also tweeting in support of our own core belief that there is momentum now developing but i'm also aware that its european partners have little interest in deploying military forces to enforce. the necessary no fly zone if there is a risk of confrontation with russian forces during jones thank you very much for that. but some other stories making news around the world michael bloomberg has announced he's ending his campaign for the democratic party nomination in this is us presidential election and he's endorsing joe biden that comes after the results of super tuesday primary elections need for more biden and senator bernie sanders the clear frontrunner has. former united nations sector general javier perez has died at the age of 500 the peruvian diplomat served as the
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50 and chief between 982 and 1901 he was known for his peacekeeping efforts including brokering an end to the iran iraq war in 1988. turning now to the latest on the coronavirus in the us california has become the latest state to declare an emergency as a number of new infections rises california joins washington state and florida and letting their governments free up more resources in the battle against the virus meanwhile is truly has banned travel from south korea the country with the highest number of cases outside china switzerland has reported its 1st a death toll from the corona virus and the u.n. has warned that almost $300000000.00 students globally face wreaks a total new to school closures because of the virus and that includes italian students off the government ordered schools in the university used to remain closed
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until the 15th of march the move comes as the national death toll rose to $107.00 the deadliest outbreak outside china. for children across italy wednesday was the last day of class the government has shut of primary schools and colleges for 10 days in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. it's a pain luckily my daughter is 12 her brother is going to college so he can take care of her. many students will continue their studies but online so. i know this decision will have an impact. i hope students can return to school as soon as possible and i will work hard to ensure that this essential public service is provided to all our students even if that means for me is just insane for me thought to feel in our student student. it's really has been hit hard by the coronavirus with over 3000 confirmed cases by far the most in
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europe in just over a week the death toll has risen from 7 to over 100. this military hospital in milan is preparing to take in those afflicted by the outbreak faced with a shortage of care providers the government has asked retired doctors and nurses to return to hospitals. officials are also questioning doubt on virus profiteers police in turin seized quite folds of mosques and suits that companies had hoarded and attempted to sell for inflated prices. the government's response to the crisis has gotten personal it issued a decree advising against hunch shakes hugs and kisses but amid the outbreak many italians want to be consoled and say they won't keep that distance. you're going here or your i will continue kissing this coronavirus will not stop me
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i will continue to kiss and hug and you. i also continue kissing no problem this is again where's the salience we love each other and we need physical contact will keep it up as long as we can. entire communities remain in quarantine mostly in the countries northern regions the government is hoping its new emergency measures will keep the so-called red zone from expanding south. jealousy following that story for us in rome and joins us from there feel how are people coping phyllis in on the latest details from there. well what we know is that you had school closure up north already for more than a week but now of course it's affecting all students throughout the territory of italy that's $8400000.00 students and so just on the practicality you have parents scrambling to find child minding services babysitters and so on where are they
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going to bring their children are they bringing them to work or are they being forced to stay at home the authorities are saying they're trying to do everything they can to help the parents the minister for family said said they're looking into the possibility of the out choose on the money available for babysitting services families as well as allowing at least one parent to stay as full during this period and will not be counted as part of their annual leave now of families of course concerned about this growth of this virus but understanding that this is part of the responsible behavior that the prime minister just epicanthic called for in a video message to the day should see that it's necessary in order to live it the spread and a spear of course that this might have it impact of overwhelming the country's health system so on the ground and looking at practical steps that are necessary in order to limit the spread of covert nineteen's given its lead and given that it is
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so hard hit by this crisis in europe are for the measures being planned by the government in the coming days. well we're hearing reports about extending that rig so really if you buy those lock down towns in the north of italy we do know that 11 of them in the regions of long body and then the 2 out really along done but now they're thinking of extending it to the area around bear them or not that's in non-body as well that's because vs seeing a spike in cases in that area we're hearing reports of an entire news room of a local paper in florida teen because of concerns spread after one journalist was found to be have tested positive so just to give you an idea the authorities also boosting the health care response we saw in that report about extending hospitals to accept patients from other regions but we're also calling for increased respirators as as well as peace places in intensive care units see my good can go
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home thank you. on the screen there's not much that can stop british secret agent james bond 007 may have met his match in the coronavirus the latest bond for no time to die was supposed to hit cinemas next month but producers decided that was no time to show it and people staying away from cinemas in affected regions and specially in the key chinese market fans of the series will now have to wait until the event. here in germany parliamentarians are today debating how to tackle right wing extremism and hate in the country this comes a day off to political leaders join family members and friends in holding a memorial for the victims of a racially motivated killing spree in the west and don of ha now the incident has left the community of deeply shaken. it's.
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just. the victims were not foreigners the central theme of the memorial service in hono for the murdered members of the city's immigrant community . i am stunned the because of this terrible crime my brother will never again come into our homes laughing and happy. victims relatives and leading politicians joined together to mourn the 9 man and woman shot dead in the far right racist terror attack the mother of the suspected gunman was the town ficta chemical shock who was friends with many of the victims said he wants to see actions not listened to words. yeah i live here and he starts all of us in this town are people who belong to this world to europe to germany to have but also to have now please let us act together against inflammatory language.
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against the hate. because since the 19th of february people are worried about how to keep on living here. on february 19th a 43 year old german man attacked to shisha bars on a kiosk shooting dead 9 people from the times immigrant community and wounding all those the attacker held a legal gun permit he's believed to have shot at his mother before taking his own life prosecutors say the suspect held deeply racist beliefs. $650.00 guests covered at the event in hono many of them relatives of the victims german chancellor angela merkel and president frank father steinmeyer sought with the families steinmeyer appealed to german society to defend democracy. yet a man stands and demands i am in london late every person who lives in our country
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must be able to live in safety and peace our state has the duty to protect this right if it was a mere 2 wounded who has to do more and must do everything necessary. or authorities plan to wreck the permanent memorial to the hon our talk victims in the city's main cemetery some of them already buried there. was.
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nothing for it and we take you to money in northeastern india the remote state is said to be the birthplace of modern pono the sport there was traditionally the domain of men but the number of men playing has dwindled since an insurgency that began there in the $980.00 s. now it's a money women who are challenging stereotypes to survive polio in the state. nice round readies herself a battle between many ways she and her team mates have already won and the sport of kings queens have broken the mold. if when the law if men can play polo why can't we do it too. we want young female players to think like this they watch us play and ask us how to play we tell them don't be scared
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you will also play like us this is how we encourage young girls to play polo of the mind where does the interest. is essentially hockey on horses the modern version of the sport originated here in india as man apostates in the early 19th century. later british colonialists took up polo and spread it around the world but now man of poor has been left behind and without these women training intending to the ponies the tradition mice have died out completely. but out of one community elders and many poor show interest in other sports but not in our state's game polo how are women going to ride horses and play polo that's nonsense that's the mentality they have. challenges still remain polo is an expensive sport money is needed to buy and take care of the ponies. or
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hear more women in the dates to take the reins and help keep men opposed polo tradition and life. and good luck to them that's it for now coming up next is the day of his business is with stephen beard sleep i'll have more news for you at the top of the al i look forward to seeing you then divide. us.
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such. desperate people. families overcome by fear and distrust dramatic pictures from the great turkish border. once again refugees are caught between competing political
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