our documentary series slavery routes starts march 9th on d. w. . this is news live from berlin uncertainty and tensions on the greek turkish border this morning thousands of migrants are camped there hoping to enter the european union they're running out of options though after ungar of the ploys a 1000 special officers to prevent greek border guards from pushing them back into turkey. also on the show russia and turkey agreed to

a cease fire for syria's good live region an attempt to stop the fighting there after turkish forces were killed in the region by syrian troops last week. and hitting it off with the locals on their 1st official trip to ireland prince william and kate go gallic in goa. i bride thomas great to have you with us this morning germany's foreign minister says that turkey must comply with the terms of the 26th migration deal that calls for it to stop migrants from crossing from its territory into the you this comes after turkey deployed special forces to block the return of any margarets who illegally entered the e.u. greek police have been forcing such migrants back into turkey after they break

through that country's border defenses. faces of despair thousands of refugees have gathered on the border the focus on the turkish town of a day and many are forced to camp out in the open some of these people have been displaced by the long running conflict in syria it is in europe you can work there are jobs you get a decent salary the kids can go to school you can lead a normal human life that's all i want. or that i made it to the great side then i took my phone my money took my clothes off they beat me and sent me back to turkey this is just wrong money. we want to be able to breathe freely when i was 12 years old i had to leave school my parents were killed in the war.

others have come from afghanistan and pakistan they find shelter where they can dozens crammed into this abandoned bus station turkey's president has carried out his threat to open the border to europe if nature did not back his military operation in northern syria. the red crescent and red cross are helping out where they can on the ground handing out food and water and providing basic shelter. yet ready to do what they needed to restore you can. see this moment is if you can before the victory in the middle of the game we are ready to do whatever is necessary to provide dignity for the bulls if this is the norm in. ankara for its part is determined that those who do make it across to greece will not be sent back into turkish territory. $40000.00 special forces officers are being deployed to the river on the border fully equipped to prevent

people being pushed back. greece is equally determined to prevent a flood of new arrivals the authorities say some 35000 migrants of connacht to cross illegally into great territory in the past week athens insists those he reaches shore oil will be deported we have team coverage of this story this morning with d.w. correspondent on the turkish side of the border and we have did abuse knox and her for us he's on the greek side today to both of you what's the situation where you are this morning i'm in the town all of a deer in a few kilometers away from turkey's border with greece and in this area here right behind me yesterday there were about 200 people mostly families with small children

from syria from a fantasist and they were determined they told us to stay the night they were determined to stay here and wait for that chance to cross into greece but now as you can see this area is completely empty we were surprised to see that when we arrived earlier today i've been trying to talk to some police officers here of course and not very willing to talk to his journalists but one officer told me people were being brought away from this area he said they were being sent in buses to the cooler border crossing the main border crossing between tuckey and greasy or other sources say people were being sent back to you stumble in buses but that's very representative of the situation here at the border it's very difficult to understand what's happening and don't where people are being taken but it seems this is something to actual floridians here are trying to control a lack of clarity on the turkish side of the poor

a max what's happening where you are today. well we have a similar situation here brian there's also a lack of clarity there's a very little information that's being provided to us by the greek authorities by the greek security forces only very few hard facts come out and they are very difficult to verify now we've been told as you also heard in the report that roughly 35000 people were prevented from from entering greece it prevented by greek security forces these people can mostly from pox on earth conason so people are countries. where in normal conditions people would or in general people would not be able to actually claim asylum in the european union so very few serious people who want to normal conditions would be able to claim asylum in the u. but as i said it's very difficult to verify these numbers there's very little information out there and this is where i'm standing right now actually here just

roughly a few 100 meters away from the border crossing this is the closest we can get to to any of the action and this is all that we actually can can see in with us from here on the ground max we have seen the video of the of the greek police pushing migrants that they detain on greek territory back into a turkey are they still doing that as is that is what happened is happening with the turkish police once they do arrest margarets are they sending them back into turkey today and in the past few days. all the greek authorities as i say don't really comment on the situation and they certainly would not admit to any illegal pushbacks but if you look at the numbers that are coming out 35000 and even more people who were prevented from entering greece at the same time only 250. people roughly.

made it who slipped into greece and so you see very very big difference in numbers here these people are according to authorities being brought to 2 different prisons there should be trial the mission sent back to they have no right to claim asylum as greece has stopped all asylum procedures for a month at the moment but there have been allegations passed yes that's true that greece and. illegally pushed back many many migrants throughout the last few years and there are reports that this might be the case now even a yulia over where you are is there any indication that the turkish forces there the turkish authorities are preparing for the arrival of more refugees you've said that and we've seen the empty location behind you that the ones who are there have been moved on but is there the indication that more could be heading to the greek border area. well there is no official information

on the that we saw small groups of people still arriving yesterday they were trying to make it to the border because as surprising as may sound some people still cling to this sliver of hope that will open this. pass now what the turkish official stance here is right now is that this land. remains open which essentially means that the refugee deal the 26th. with brussels is off the table it's not existing anymore here but we are seeing brussels and now trading blame for the situation and basically husing each other of not upholding their respective commitments so it's going to be interesting to see how this is playing out i think it's also very closely related to the situation in

syria is it look right now last night russia and turkey agreed on a ceasefire for it it appears to be a fragile one and we have to just wait and see what's going to happen that i think these 2 situations are very closely related you harm covering some certain some unclear developments right now on the turkish side of the border and marks on the greek side thanks so much for now to both of you. the french foreign minister has accused the turkish president of using refugees and migrants to quote blackmail europe now that's a sentiment being echoed here in germany as well the migration crisis 5 years ago calls a seismic shift in german politics fuelling the rise of the right wing populist alternative for germany but a new study just out shows a majority of germans would be willing to accept more refugees on one key condition

here's the latest on german public opinion as the new margaret crisis unfolds. scenes of thousands of migrants seeking to cross europe's borders bring back memories for many germans of the summer of 2015 chancellor angela merkel refused to close germany's borders and the country took in more than a 1000000 refugees it proved a controversial and fateful decision now turkey has ceased abiding by a 26000 deal with the e.u. aimed at holding back migrants in return for financial aid on cross as it can no longer cope with more than 3000000 refugees who fled the syrian civil war. most germans are against renegotiating the pact according to a new poll by the end for test institute just over 30 percent say the e.u. should offer turkey greater assistance nearly 60 percent say the e.u. should not give turkey any additional support then there's the question of what to do about the situation on the border between turkey and greece which is

a member of the e.u. a majority of germans is against stopping the migrants from crossing into the e.u. over 40 percent of those polled say the migrants should be denied entry well over half say they should be allowed to continue their journey to europe nearly 60 percent of those polled in germany said the migrants and refugees should be permitted to enter greece and then be resettled among the e.u.'s 27 member states. but germans are almost evenly split over whether individual countries like germany or france should go it alone and take them then even if other you members are opposed to the response to the migration crisis on europe's doorstep remains a heated issue in germany one that could also determine the future direction of chancellor merkel's conservatives as they search for a new party leader and as we've been reporting the migration issue has also brought very much back into focus by the tearing situation inside syria fighting in the

provinces created some 1000000 new refugees and sparked fears of a confrontation between russia and turkey which backed opposing sides in that conflict last night the 2 countries' leaders they reached an uneasy truce for syria . for 6 hours talks continued then aired on and putin stepped out in front of the cameras to announce a security corridor or joint patrols and above all a cease fire. but suffered a severe wound tonight at 12 am that is midnight between the 5th and 6th of march the cease fire will take effect and all steps will be taken to abide by it. if in the budget that the talks began at midday there was little left of the friendly reporter that was apparent only days before air go on and putin looked tense the situation is complicated. russia and turkey are at

loggerheads in the syrian province of it lip. their syrian leader assad's troops are fighting rebels with support from russia the rebels are supported by turkish troops but everyone in putin say they are committed to deescalation and. feel if this is what i say in the years in the bill we hope this agreement will lay a foundation for the suspension of fighting in libya but. we hope to end the suffering of civilians there and to avoid a greater humanitarian crisis then you know when they said. it was the outcome of hours long difficult negotiations now the ceasefire will face its big test if and how long it can hold. those brief you know some of the other stories making the news today the top prosecutor in ukraine has resigned after a no confidence vote against him in parliament. faced criticism for allegedly

blocking probes of corruption cases president a lot of mayors a lansky described him as ineffective. u.s. senator elizabeth warren has dropped out of the race for the white house her decision comes after a poor performance in the latest round of democratic primary elections her exit leaves bernie sanders and joe biden locked in a 2 way race with. a distant 3rd. we're turning now to the latest on the coronavirus european union health ministers are holding a special session in brussels today to discuss further measures to contain the virus in the u.s. president trump is expected to sign an 8 point $3000000000.00 measure to help tackle the outbreak israel and the palestinian authority have put the city of bethlehem under quarantine after 7 cases were confirmed there in the u.n. is calculating that some $300000000.00 students globally have already been affected by school closures because of the virus. well coronavirus cases in south korea

they have now ballooned to more than $6000.00 in the capital seoul transport officials are taking stronger measures sending disinfectant teams into trains and stations and forcing commuters to wear masks and to wash their hands. south korea's transit networks are using strong medicine to combat that deadly coated 90 epidemic special teams are working overtime to sanitize the entirety of seoul metro with stations prepared to shut down if anyone with the corona virus is confirmed to have been there and there's a good bit of public outreach going on as well. among the measures taken by small metro to prevent the spread of the virus are public service announcements in 4 languages promoting containment several times for our commuters are encouraged to

wear their mess sanitize their hands and practice healthy safe hygiene. subway authorities have brought in extra staff to cope with decontamination efforts there keeping a watchful eye on overall working conditions. the health of our workers is a top priority also in making sure they win mosques and fairly wash their hands and in the course of their work minimize unnecessary contact with passengers of thousands of you might cause it was when the couple was in a subway rider shipping saw has significantly dropped since the onset of the virus but commuters have also changed their behavior kelly that long as all i find myself avoiding anyone who's coughing and doesn't have a mask on so using the subway has become a bit disturbing and i used to hold on to a handrail but not so much now everything has become more challenging and i think it's. the money knowledgeable kind of there are few people on the subway now which makes it more comfortable to use but i think about the people who try to come out

and how inconvenient that must be to be stuck condole as if a man had down at. the national railway has also seen its ridership and schedule drastically reduced with the government discouraging non-essential travel hygiene is a top priority there too with coal rail cleaning its trains several times a day and disinfecting stations on average twice a day. but tonight it will come down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus handrails tables response rooms and other areas that come into frequent contact with passengers authority disinfected in addition. as of monday we are selling window seats 1st to keep passengers as far apart as possible. some government officials had earlier suggested locking down the city of daegu the source of the vast majority of cases now cleanliness containment and mitigation

have come to define south korea's strategy against the coronavirus. let's go down to the correspondent who put that report together for us frank smith joining us from south korea's capital seoul good day to you frank so moving very quickly to contain this virus can you tell us about any other precautions the government's taking well sure the big one this week was a a 10000000000 dollar package passed by the national assembly to help mitigate and contain the crisis that the communications part of it is you know also really ramped up as they're encouraging people to stay indoors wash their hands for 30 seconds regularly wear their masks and avoid public yeah the rings i'm also working on another report about the behavior of paramedics so 3 has sent to 8 separate ambulances from the capitol down today q to cope with the cluster of the outbreak

there that's really the majority of the cases in south korea and the behavior of paramedics as well as change their wrapping the interior of their ambulances there and attending people you know when they call for coated attendants they're tending the morning to timon isolating the paramedics from each other so that they can respond most quickly and effectively to cope it calls now japan in the region is following this very closely and tokyo is set to issue travel restrictions on south koreans seoul says it will quote launch counter measures are we looking at at south korea restricting trout travel from japan as well. well i think that's really a possibility now one of the things that's happening in south korea is they're they're testing a lot of people something like 20000 people per day are being tested in that light you know indicate why we're seeing such a rise in the numbers of those affected here infected here as opposed to japan

which isn't testing quite at that level the 2 countries do have it and then taking this trip relationship going back to japan's colonise ation of so it created early in the 20th century so it's not a surprise they would have these tit for tat measures but we need to recognize this outbreak is really shared by both countries of course as well as china and frank what about preparedness in south korea do you get a sense that south korea is prepared for an outbreak on the scale that china sea well you know no health expert but i think if we look at china in the scale of it there it's really an impossible task for for health officials and the health care systems around the world to deal with something on this scale down in daegu as i mentioned they sent 8 ambulances there however you know they are short of bit something like reports of 2000 shortages of beds and calling on people to stay at

home unless their symptoms are are quite serious we have seen though is the government step out again with that big budget you know corporations step up with their nation celebrities with donations as well as even small renters offering discounts to to their tenants in order for businesses to sort of survivors this also hits the economy here in south korea frank so most of thanks so much for that from seoul in south korea. well the coronavirus of course continuing to make headlines around the world in all straley a toilet paper sold down after panic buying led to a nationwide run on stocks of toilet paper now one newspaper's come out with a way to relieve the sordid shortage the n.t. times in the northern city of darwin is printed several pages of perforated sheets alongside as regular news readers can cut out the extra pages and press them into

service in the bathroom. all new poll here in germany shows that people are not panicking about the spread of the virus but are growing more concerned only 6 percent of germans say they are very afraid about contracting the virus while 17 percent are somewhat worried those figures are up more than 10 percent from last month however a full 3 quarters 76 percent say they're not really worried about catching the crowbars. but many in germany are making changes in their day to day behavior in response to the outbreak 75 percent say they are washing their hands more often 43 percent say they're avoiding travel or attending large events 11 percent say they're stocking up on food and supplies. britain's kate and william ended their historic 1st tour of ireland with a sporting flourish the duke and duchess of cambridge were in the western city of

gaul way where they tried their hand at some gallic football hurling past times long associate of course with the irish but both royals and locals seemed keen to get along. kate and william looked relaxed on the playing fields of salt the carrot g.a.a. club the british establishment seemingly at ease in avastin of irish nationalism. until ireland hosted france and then england in rugby union speech 6 nations of the termit croke park in 27 the atlantic association had long banned what it deemed to british sports from being played on its premises no british royalty stood harley in hand a symbols of. the could be few more potent that's not to say the irish game came easily to the british pair. but it didn't stop them trying. was. their young hosts were clearly taken with the royal celebrities in their midst

. and. later more unlikely scenes in goal the city center william and kate the duchess clad in emerald green to can one of the traditional irish music sessions for which goalies pubs are famed. before emerging to a warm reception. union john. flying alongside irish tricolors to greet the couple. the convivial atmosphere belied the high security laid on for the royal visit with police shut sheets are deployed on surrounding rooftops but kate and william didn't seem concerned as they enjoyed a warm sendoff. this is the news these are our top stories the crisis on the border between greece and turkey is intensifying thousands of migrants hoping to enter the

you are stuck there as the ploy special forces to prevent greek border guards from pushing back the migrants. a ceasefire in the syrian province of has come into force hours after russian president putin and turkish counterpart. reached a deal in moscow for talks followed clashes between turkish and kremlin backed syrian government forces. u.s. senator elizabeth warren is ending her bid for the white house after a poor showing on super tuesday senator bernie sanders and former vice president joe biden are now the 2 democratic front runners. in this case hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been taken to new york's notorious rikers island jail this transfer comes 10 days after he was found guilty of rape and sexual assault. complained of chest pains after the verdict and was 1st

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