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this is dean of the news line from berlin and greece's prime minister says the emir's migration deal with turkey is dead another day of clashes along the greek turkish border as thousands of people seek to enter the european union d.c.u. accuses turkey of using migrants for political ends we speak to one of the architects of the original deal also coming up european health ministers urge member states to put solidarity above national interest in the battle to stop the coronavirus the epidemic is spreading fast across europe. plus breaking barriers in
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the busy streets of nairobi playmate a young woman who's holding her own in the male dominated private bus industry. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program tensions are intensifying on grace's border with turkey as thousands of migrants seek to end to europe the european union has told them they'll not be allowed to enter and has accused turkey of using the migrants for political ends great prime minister carry out cos mr tucker says the deal between the a you and turkey is quote dead. greek police fire tear gas to push back migrants desperate to get through this border fence those who make it are promptly detained.
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bartolo. and among the people stuck in the no man's land between greece and turkey hope has turned to rage. there are rumors of not only a month if you want to see is firmly in this country is now for everything and we are. in the turkish town of a dear ne near the border migrant families prepared to spend another winter night in the open. they rely on the help of local volunteers for food and warm clothes but there isn't enough for all. these illegal but they were coming from 50 kilometers away just to help them under the name of god. you're coming us instead of them. only here to help us volunteers it's the 2nd time we've. tried to do our best
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all we can do clothes food we're trying to help these kids there's no benefits for us like them it all got out. on friday he he said this front here is would remain shut and urged migrants not to come to the border don't go to the border. the border is not open if someone tells you that you can't go because the borders are open you can go freely to he would have to agree to cyprus that's not a void situation in which you could be in danger but turkey says it can no longer cope with the number of refugees it has deployed special police to prevent greece from sending back those who managed to cross these people remain trapped as both turkey and the new accuse each other of using them as spawns in a bigger political game. plenty w.'s fight to get hard
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can oust he's a migration specialist who's considered one of the architects of the originally you turkey deal came brady asked him how a new deal might end the crisis at the green tech age borda well since the deal was a simple non-binding statement based on interests what we need to do is find another statement based on the interests of all the key players turkey greece the e.u. not to forget the interests of refugees and migrants i've had a lot of meetings with politicians in the last few days and i think most of them recognize that this agreement was very much in the interest of germany as a major country of destination just as it is very much an interest of greece we have out this agreement greece on the scene to gnc has only 2 options one is everybody to the rise in the next year we're lending greece and everybody the lanes in greece will stay in greece or greece breaks international law engages in life
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threatening pushback operations with life rafts and small boats full of refugees including children. to terrify them from coming that will not work it would be illegal and it would mean the refugee convention drowns this un duty and so in order to have an acceptable choice we need an agreement based on principles that involve being able to return anyone who doesn't need protection to you but that also involves supporting the country that has most refugees in the world and to be honest my sense is that in germany most people most politicians and most people understand this other european countries might feel that they are not concerned nobody comes to these countries and so perhaps they just don't want to pay for refugees in turkey. that was geared around canals the architect of the original migration deal between turkey and the european union let's turn now to some of the
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other stories making headlines around the world 3 members of the saudi royal family have been arrested for allegedly plotting to oust king solomon and his designated heir one is the former crown prince mohammed bin nayef another is one of king cake the king's brothers both have been charged with treason. u.s. president donald trump has named republican lawmaker mark meadows as the new white house chief of staff to be the 4th since trump took power in $27.00 tane outgoing chief of staff mick mulvaney will be the northern ireland envoy. and publish a hardship book group has plans to release the autobiography of filmmaker woody allen the move comes following criticism and a staff walkout of allegations allen molested his daughter the book was due to be released next month. we're paying countries have seen a surge in new coronavirus cases with serbia and the vatican reporting their 1st
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cases the death toll from the virus jumped to almost $200.00 in italy which has the biggest outbreak in europe on friday a meeting of european health ministers agree more money will be dedicated to the cause of fighting the virus. south to roll is one of europe's most popular winter holiday destinations but after a number of german tourists returned from the region with the coronavirus the robert cock institute issued a warning against travelling there. killings in some on a tuesday and so one of the criteria is of course the number of infections there but there's also the speed of infection spreading in certain regions and an important criterion is how many infections have spread out of that area to other countries interest to and. under the current form but the institute's guidelines to counter the virus are being criticize some hospitals say the quarantine measures are too extensive and impractical berlin's shepley to clinic
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for instance is not strictly adhering to their recommendations in brussels where elbow bombs have replaced handshakes european health ministers met to discuss the virus the number of cases has been rising throughout the e.u. the ministers agreed on more money to quell the outbreak better information sharing and strict rules for distributing protective gear and what impious and we can't let money determine what we need so urgently for our health care providers in order to protect them it's and i would also like to see more europe wide mechanisms for dealing with isn't this. more people have died in italy from coronavirus than any other european nation it also has one of the world's oldest populations the national health institute says the average fatality age from the outbreak is 81. meanwhile china has published figures the reveal the huge effect of the corona virus on its trade with the rest of the world chinese exports went down more than
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17 percent and imports fell 4 percent during january and february compared with the same period a year ago china has also seen a record decline in manufacturing output resulting from factory closures less than half the plants the close to a back up and running at the start of march food imports to china are also down shop play. every year on the 8th of march international women's day marks the global struggle for women's equality in many countries of the world women are threatened raped and murdered simply because of their gender in mexico for example 10 women are murdered every day on international women's day huge demonstration against femicide is planned in mexico but for months mexican women have been taking to the streets almost every week to demonstrate against them and sides and sexual violence. and women in africa also
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face widespread discrimination and sexual abuse that on top of everything else also limits their economic opportunities one example is the transport industry which is dominated by men but many women are now testing the boundaries we met a woman in nairobi who's braving the challenges and making a bold statement. for carolina song the day begins at 5 am it's dark and the neighborhood isn't the safest but her job demands an early start . to the conductor on one of my roadies buses on my tattoos as a local. single mom the job pays the school fees for 2 sons and adopt a child and her sister. it does mean a lot because even a minute can you imagine when that we're taking my 1st one in 401 we were good to 15. who are only $70.00. and then my mother said what
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in that. matter sector is tough the wages vary by the day and conductors like caroline are the lowest. when she started out she ended quicker than a 6 year as a day what's more touchy workers face daily harassment from the police their colleagues and the passengers while caroline of learn to stand up for herself she often had to step in for other women and. there was a lady who sits next to a man and she wore a shirt that's not sure there mine was like. this one i had gotten for out. then i saw their mother what was my choice is that going alone. after several reports of sexual abuse and i wrote these busses a new law making sexual harassment punishable by 10 years in prison made the transport system safer. and n.g.o.s the flown initiative also supports women my
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caroline by encouraging transport workers associations to improve their working conditions as commendations we look at do they provide any customer service training if they don't to provide the training they have any hour when it's about sexual harassment we do sensitisation training and we help them develop at such a fast. and when you see. how many women this has made the business more attractive it's still a man's world but women are slowly finding their place. i prefer out there because the very 1st they're very one is. very very transparent without being. conspiring and focused and like many women carolyn hope such a one day be able to get a license and finally be in the driver's seat. and turn into some sport now and in the bundesliga stand out game this weekend pits 2 title hopefuls against
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each other 3rd place dortmund travels to 4th place mentioned on saturday in their pursuit to dethrone by in munich neither side can afford to drop points off the field both clubs hope their fans behave after offensive banas caused controversy in recent weeks. the us your dog has already beaten back twice in the league and cup they season now they go to grab back needing another win to keep the pressure on at the top. a one no home win over freiburg last weekend was more labored than dortmund hoped. star forward erling browed holland was surprisingly only a substitute but is expected to return to the starting line up fellow january recruit emirates sharon has also impressed the glad back coach. we know dortmund added 2 important players in january and that means the challenge
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is even more exciting for us dortmund are a very strong team who have the ambition to be german champions. klatt back also have an outside chance of the title but have not beaten dortmund since 2015 having lost 9 straight league games against them it's black bats 1st bundesliga home game since an offensive banner against tottenham invested dietmar hope set up a fan rebellion across the league the club say they can be no repeat don't wonder concentrating on what black but can do on the pitch system doing good glad back a flexible with their tactics when it comes to the opponent system they've done that often they are very good at it i must say that would result in. the battle of the brochures could end the title dreams of one of these teams the blunders leaguer is reaching crunch time. and her mind of the top story we're following for you in pain fresh clashes between greek border guards and migrants trying to cross from
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turkey the e.u. has told migrants the border will not be our expense. you're watching daytime any news from berlin coming up next doc film the woman with the blood hounds a swiss fed trains dogs to fight poaching in congo and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on our website that stephenie dot com i'm rebecca ritas thanks for watching. on a mission to save the. marvel comics of started in 1039 they created a vast empire of superheroes with human weaknesses. who have had their share of closures for the moving story joy into more of the source more. t.w. .

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