>> at least 33 turkish have been killed in an airstrike by the syrian regime inin the northwestern part of the country as a result, turkey is now allowing refugees to cross its border. we'll be getting more shortly from our anchor. coronavirusses of as the outbreak continues to spread around the globe. other victims of the epidemic seeing the stock market stumbling in response to the growing anxiety. polanski willn

skip tonight's french equivalent of the oscars, as women's groups say they will boycott the event as polanski is facing a new rape allegation. ♪ least 30 top story, at three turkish soldiers have been killed in an airstrike by syrian regime forces in the northwestern part of the country. beenyrian troops have backed by russian forces as they try to regain the idlib the turkeye in response, later retaliated against the syrian targets, and the u.n. attorney general is now calling for an immediate cease-fire. russian president vladimir putin has been speaking to his turkish counterpart, erdogan, on the

phone. the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly. peter has the latest. >> these pictures released by the turkish army purports to show syrian government targets being pummeled and idlib it province. dayomes after the deadliest for turkish soldiers since anchorage first intervened four years ago. >> has a resulult of the airstrikes, 33 soldiers have been martyred. >> russia says it air force was not involved in the syrian reregime's attack and blames turkey for stationing its troops alongside what it calls terrrrorists. anchorageficials said would n no longer stop syrian refugees from reaching europe under a deal signed with the euu in 2016. this footage released by turkish media shows hundreds of people moving towards the greek border.

greece has reinforced border patrols. >> we can cross freely, the police has told us, and everyone told us toto the border is open. you can go now. >> hundreds of thousands of syrians and idlib has been forced to flee their homes and headed towards turkey which is alalready home to morere than 35 million refugees. seeking internatioional support, presidident erdogan previously threatened to tear up the 2016 agreement which had the eu provide aid. said that few funds have materialized. let's get the latest from what isankara, and turkey hoping to achieve by opening its borders and d allowg refugees too cross? turkey has nonot spelled out what itt wants, but i can wewell

imagine it once europe and support that is more than words. the nato sesecurity general said that today, nato condemned yesterday's attack on turkey and we stand with turkey. that will not cut it. tuturkey wants military suppppot frfrom the europeansns in natat. for instance, if nato or the european members of nato were to idlib,a no fly zone over that w would stop russian andd syrian aircraft from flying in wououldovince, and it tout the battlefield in the fafavor of turkish borders and e pro-turkish syrian rebels in idlib. it would make it much e easier r turkeyey to drive the syrian government forces out of idldli, a haven forib into

his syrianan oppositionn supporters. those oppositioion supporters ad there a are estimated to be more ththan one million displacaced opposition supporterers in idli, they wouould not have toto fleeo turkey andnd that would relieve the refugee pressurere on turke. there is a precedent for such a no-f-fly zone. francee, briritain, and set up a no-fly zone for iran during the years of saddam hussein, but i am not sure that nato is prepared to do this. >> what is the latest in regards to the situation on the ground in northern syria right now? : the turkish defense minister has just said that yesterday's attack, turkish forces hits more than 200 syrian government's targets. there has been a lot of thrhrowg

on the battlefield in the past 48 hours.. the proro-turkish syrian opposition courses havave gained andound in northerer idlib,, the syrian rebels took the town whicich is on the aleppo to da mascus highway, thereby, cutting the highway which is a major, very important for the government, and i expect a major counter attack f from the government forces later today or in the next few days. the government is not t going to low w the rebelsls to continue cutting that highway. on the o other hand, the syrian government forces didn't gain ground in southern idlib. the attack in which they killed 33 turkish soldiers was around a small village in thehe southern province. theyey did not drive the turks t of that village, thohough.

today pututin and erdogan held a phone callll. according to a a kremlin statements, ththe two presidents agreed t to take "neww measures" toto try to dede-escalate the situation and idlilib. the first of t tse meaeasures cn be seen. russia and turkekey will resume negotiatations in ankara this afternoon.n. on negotiations brokoke off tuesday a afternoon without any agreement. it remains to be seen whether they will get an agreement in the negotiations. >> reporting from ankara, thank you. we have a big new story today, noel country is safe from the coronavirus. that stark warning coming from the head of the world health organization has the epidemic continues to spread faster outside of china than inside. the number of cases in france

leaping from 18 to 38 and 24 hours, and president emmanuel macron warren -- warren's epidemicns of an coming. nigeria becoming the first country in sub-saharan africa to have a case. james reports. foreign nationals who have visited italy over the past two weeks -- israel is tightening restrictions after a man tested positive for coronavirus. the prime minister called for all schools to close from the second of march until upcoming spring break to help contain the virus. the world health organization says the epidemic has reached a urginge point, coununtries to redoublble effor. >> no country should assume it

will not get cases. that could be a fatal mistake, and quite literally, this virus andpandemic potential providing the tools to help every country to prepare accordingly. meanwhile, saudi arabia is stoppiping foreigners from enteriring the country f for the pilgrimage. the virus has hit at least 488 countries, with first cases newly identified in norway, lithuania, netherlands, and nigeria, the first country in sub-saharan africa to be impacted. >> it has just been confirmed to me that there is a patient in the netherlands infected by the coronavirus. it is a man who has been treated in isolation. >> meanwhile, the u.n. high commissioner for human rights voiced concern about the widespread use of quarantine to help the spread of the virus. >> horan time should be proportionate to the risk. seyfried thend

rights of those in time should effective, access to health care, the right to be informed, and freedom of expression. >> for the first time, new infections around the world surpassed those in mainland china. universitiess and in iraq have closed their doors after nine cases were recorded in the country. it is a part of the government's sweeping measures amid concern about the capacity of the country's dilapidated health system's ability to respond to the crisis. our team on the ground sent us this report. >> the iraqi government is taking no chances. with many of its hospitals ill equipped or in disrepair, facacg the prosospect of a coronaviruss pandemic,, it isis doubling down iraqis to follow its advice. >> containing the disease and

limiting the spread of this virus depends on the level of citizens' awareness ofof the military of health's instructions. our measures arereufficient t to limit its spread and we have very few cases. if everyone follows instructions, the outbreak will not spread in iraq. >> baghdad's is the arabb worlds second most popular city, and the fear of the virus meansns it streets are now deserted. only pharmacies doing any business at all. >> we must follow w these precauautions and we e all haveo protect our families from thth virus. >> the most t important thing is personal hygiene, sterilization, and hand hygienene. the secondnd is to minimize peoe going to o overcrowded places sh as shopppping malls.s. hospitals have e also been actie inin communicating the preventative measures. >> schools, , universities, cinemas, and cafes all closed

until march 7.7. banned t travel to and from all of the worst hit countries. 10 doctors,er than but 10,000 inhabitants. now, anda pro-democracy activist jim ely has been arrested in hong kong for illegal assembly and intimidation. he is accused of being involved in a banned antigovernment rally last august. he is a self-made billionaire that has been bankrolling hong kong's pro-democracy movement. >> he is one of hong kong's most and anofile businessmen outspoken champion of the country's -- territory's pro-democracy movement. he was charged with participating and then a legal march last summer and will appear in court on may 5. if convicted, they face up to

five years in jailil. today, we arrested toree local men agege3 72, of expected participation of a nonapproved gathering on the 31st of august, 2019. he owns the apple daily newspaper which is often critical of hong kong and chinese leadership. the paper has claimed that august 31, he had followed a crowd on a central route for two hours singing hymns and praise. >> it is getting tense, but we have t to go on. >> itt was one of the worst days of clashes last y year, with police firing tear gas at protesters. authorities have arrested more than 7000 people for their involvement in the protests. many on charges of rioting that could lead to a prisison sentene

of up to 10 0 years. it is unclear h how the p people still in custody. mali prime minister is in france aimed at strengthening ties. the trip comining after mali's ambassador was summoned to t the foreign ministry in france whihich expressssed indignation about the comments he made. thomas waterhouse has more. >> false. unacceptable. baseless. shocking. those are the words c chosen by french officials to describe these comments made by the mali ambassadodor on the senates on wednesday about the excessive force he has saying he is witnessed by the french soldiers. > they are also the foreigngn legions and that is where the problem lies.

you see them in the red light --tricts of band behaving in a way that does not correspond to the image of the national army that we know. thomomas: the ambassador is returning to mali this friday after having been summoned to france's foreign mininistry that expressed fury at his remarks. one pererson saying t that makig such allegations while french personnel is risking their lives ." "indecent foreign legion troops is about 5100 soldiers stationed to combat islamic insurgents. this week's dispute comes at the tell and of the wider storm about french military's presence in the region. they gathered in protest with the placards that read "france, get lost."

but just days after those rallies, president macron to keepthe backing french boots on the ground. >> in france, the filmmaker roman polanski skipping on a war ceremony to the french equivalent of the oscars. this is because a protest prompted by a new rape allegation against the director -- and women's rights groups are calling for a boycott of this evening's ceremony. the pressure was apparently too much to handle despite being nominated for 12 awards at friday's ceremony, the french equivalent of the acacademy awards, filmmaker roman polanski said he would skip the event to of planned protests prompted by a new rape allegation against him. also, polansky nominated for a

dozen of awards despite the multiple allegations of sexual assault he has faced. >> let's put things into context. it is roman polanski who does not respect the rule of law. he has always refused the face of justice. he continues to be under an international arrest warrant because he escaped the u.s., so we are still waiting for a trial after he admitted to sodomizing a 13-year-old girl the. said hehe chosese not to attend because activists are threatening to "lynch him." after polansky's film "an became and a spy," favorites. actors said the only thing that mattered was his work. is stilly, polanski around to inspire us with his

film work. >> despite his absence at the friday ceremony, protests are expected to go ahead in front of the venue in paris. patrick, that is the name of the french iconic first -- but after 41 years in-service, the high-speed train exciting to many railway enthusiasts is finally being retired. >> most people who work on retirerail ways before 40 years on the job. theere we are entering train named after the son of the first tgv driver, and left the factorory in june 1978. >> it has traveled some 13.5 million kilometers, roughly 337 times around the earth.

he went about 216 kilometers on -- an houou before modern technology boosted it. >> it has made generations o of children and parenents dream. joined thets have company because of their vocacation and they have seen te magnificent train go by. it is the pride of france. >> for years, france has had a love affair with tgv trains. investment and tourism to oncee remote towns. for millions, patrick was a popowerful symbol of all of tha, and after he finishes a farewell tour in march, it is fair to say the curtain has fallen on one of the most exciting chapters of french railway history. >> that was a cute fact of the gvy, i did not knonow the t train was called patrick. as we have been talking about

earlier,r, the coronavirus has been causing massive problems. our correspondent here with me. >> stocks headeded for their wot week in 2008 since invevestors try y to make nse of the outbreak. new cases spring up worldwide and markets in europe posting some heavy losses. the ftse and london down more than 3%. and shares seeing losses around 3% as well. the followed some losses on major asian indices, and some very heavy ones as you can see, and tokyo, losing more than 3.5%, and south korea, citing more than 3.5% as well. europe and asia are all now in correcection territorory, so they arere downt least 10% fr previous size. damage and d dtraction i is

playing a big role in the l loss but it is above all the difficulties in planning ahead. at theous glances up closing board as the bell brings the end to another frenetic day on wall street. anxieties mounting over the coronavivirus outbreak. >> over last weekend, we heard that there were new cases in italy, south korea, and iran, and this caused investors to rethink what was previously the consensus.s. now ththe fear is, this is broader, vaster than anticipated, and could have real spill on effects throughout the global economy. >> fear is from the virus have spurred a global selloff. over the last six days, global share off the client have wiped off more than $3.6 trillion. on thursday, the s&p index posted its worst day since the 202011, while the dow experiencd

its greatest one-day drop in history. this ructions to the travel sector and manufacturing, global supply chains badly hit. of u.s. companies say 2020 r revenue from china to plummet by more than 50% if the epidemic extends through august. putting a timeframe on the virus is guest work -- guesswork. >> for investors, they are still waiting for new -- they are not rushing to get back in to the market. i think the markets will be trending down until the virus has shown some signs of under control.l. >> with china's central bank already taking stimulus measures, the countries will be looking to ways to stem you u le the markets. >> to get more on the losses, we are joined now by craig, a senior market analyst at wanda.

thank you for joining us. what explains the heavy declines we have been seeing? craig: there are a few factors. one, the simple factor is this is now spreading fast and wide, and we do not know how bad it is going to get. it is inevitably going to cause disruptions, which is going to take economic consequences and a big consequences to certain sectors and companies. we have already said for example, sporting events and other events in italy being canceled and we are likely to see that now if we see a similar spread in other countries. and they are not causes of basic, economic consequence. under is purely complacency, but the coronavirus has been spreading now for more than a month, but when it appeared to be contained within china, that was an offer for investors to buy, and send it back to record high levels. and there is this complacency that it could not possibly spread outside of china, and

buyingre, the continued was justified. that was never justifified becae once we see accelerating cases in some of the countries like iran, and once we see cases popping up all over the place, the panic sets in, and it has because of the levels. now we are at the worst weekk since ththe global financialal crisis, and there is no indication at this moment in time that things will get better. >> that is what i was going to ask next, do we have any sense of when these losses might actually come to an end? >> the difficulty with this is it is purely headline driven,. and will potentially take some of the heat out of the clients eclines, andout of d we may see less extreme declines on a day by day basis, but ultimately that will depend on the news. everything is news driven. if we continue to see

acceleration, say we see more cases in france, germany, and we see signs that it spreading across parts of europe, we will see more days like we have seen over the course of this week. similarly if we see cases like that in the u.s. as well and it continues to move across the world. we are likely to see more cases like today. any sign of stabilization or containment, or de-escalation in these countries that have been particularly sensitive so far, we will start to see bounces in the market, and we will see the bargain hunters coming in, but i think this could be gradual because my fear right now as we will not see signs of deceleration, but only signs of acceleration, and that will continue to pressurize markets. seenst question, we have chinese authorities especially proactive with stimulus measures to try to boost the economy. should we expect other governments to follow suit? >> absolutely. we have seen hong kong to do the same, and singapore.

this is not traditional efforts banks, and this is not for politicians to look at central banks and cut rates. that will not use the funding pressure for small and medium-sized business measures. and whether they are deciding to spend or save, so we need to seek support from small and medium-size businesses. governments need to instill confidence and consumers that this will not lead to a recession, otherwise, it will become more self filling. >> craig erlam, thank you for the insights. turning now toaoa story' and frfrance where a countrys angle to a storyng now inin frae e were a country's annual agricultural conference. they're not enough nenew recrui. >> between them, they have all made the same conclusion -- they

are all struggling to find people who are qualified. change is needed in this agricultural company. they sell as produce, and

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