paris here in france twenty four i'm at ut a kim and these are the headlines. they can't sing is underway in israel's elections exit polls giving prime minister benjamin netanyahu the edge over his center left rival but he got. a syrian c childas died as thousands of migrants rushed ross acrososs the turkish greek border the border protection agency says it will deploy helps agrees to deal with the such. the grave the death toll from the coronavirus tops three thousand with david ninety thousand infected countries around the w world is stepping p the containment measures. well

fast today counting is underway in israel's thought election in less than a year several exit polls give prime minister benjamin netanyahu a solid edge over his main rival banning guns. but it's still unclelear whether netanyahu's right wing likud party and its allies will get a majority in the one hundred and twenty seat knesset. of the two inconclusive elections very to turn out this time was the highest in twenty yet. well let's cross live to jerusalem to talk to france twenty fourth air is not clara erisa what's the latest stuff. the licicense to use them a lot of soul sesearching o on the left and at of joy on the rice because the exit polls give benjamin

netanynyahu. thirty seven states that's an increase of three or four seats on the last time around and they give the right wing bloc all together you knonw i was proportional representation system there's always a coalition government. they give the right ring wing block sixty states it needs sixty one and that's very good news for it'ss not it's not perfect news or it's not great news yes. because last time you know what beganan over this wasa vice in april almost a year ago now and that's was sixty six and then netanyahu couldn't get that extra one vote. to come across from the opposition parties so what thaha means i think is that we aren't going to know it f for a little while if he actually. really does have that majority. now you mention that there's a lot soul searching of a center left what do these exit polls tell us about ththe center left in isra. they tell us that the center

left. but the reason it has to do a lot of soul s searching is that particularly for the three left wingg p parties- enclosing the labobour party whihich say shop- thihis is s founded the sa of israel. the vote entirely collapsed and it's reached six seats i think the lowest it ever has and thahas three parties all to give up. only reaching a bunch of six states what that means is that. m. benny gantz cannot reach any more than sixty six. he cannot reach as high as netanyahu is now. even if i've big delay when the king mike other one who holds the balance of power. even if you came to join been against any guns could not form a government. sorry that's why netanyahu is celebrating tonight because he thinks by hook or by crook i'll do this. and he knows that by hook or by crook. the center. can up to us. the cares a live at that thank you very much for the update it's not clear that reporting. live from jerusalem. beieing ina

grid needs his project manager at tele. you conrad adenauer program jewish. cooperation now at we just heard from eris that tell us there have been three elections in on the year. under year in israel what's different this time around. these elections. the public has spoken the israeli public regardless of the fact that these quite tired from being busy with three consecutive election campaign went out to the ballots. and voted we see that to turn out the national the national nile turnout exceeded the 70% for the first time. since a couple of years and actually reached the highest peak since the last twenty years. and also the other good news that. in in about two one year from now israel was not with the government. we are heading to a new government headed by the

prime minister benjamin netanyahu. now it's not clear at the moment if benjamin netanyahu on his right wing list have a majority in parliament yet. if we end up with a similar situationon to te lost time who will be the major play is now going forward. i think that the benjamin netanyahu's great changes to form the next government according to the year updated goals. and he has some sixty seats in the password which is hard in the states of the of the israeli parliament. so he just needs just one more seat and i think this is it reach you can form and there are government. and i would guess that it's maybe a big the lebanon would consider again his thoughts and maybe join a future government headed by netanyahu i know i don't think that the government led by as many guns is a viable option as

of now. because as we heard and as we soul the central air left. their camp if that is the only political mob has virtually disappeared and collapsed to only. forty seats in the knesset. at do you think there is a chance that leave world- a black with benjamin netanyahu considering a president reuven rivlin cold the campaign period all full and grubby and that a power sharing deal might not be. a very likely. yes i think about two weeks we need to take into account that the election campaign is one thing and the practical their politics i is another thing. that we know that meant anything out of it to live on are used to be working hand in hand together for almost three decades so i think that's giving. giving into consideration the current circumstances i think that they can manage and resolve their obstacles. and may be available

month when join forces again with the cold and of course we still have to wait and see what will happen when the actual votes were being counted. but i think that's the right to a jury sinus camp in the knesset has gained a vast winning and i think that's a i think the little one you could join forces again with a cold. and form and join the future governed by and by nothing you know. the character did ski thank you very much for that we'll have a much clearer picture. in n any case in the hours to come. a syrian child has died as thousands of migrants rushed across to the turkish greek border. it comes off this hockey easase restrictions on those wishing to cross into europe. more than ten thousand people have amassed on the land border well for thee self hundreds reached the greek islands. the conflict in syria's northwest it lit province have forced nearly a million syrians to flee to turkey. on sunday ankara launched a military offensive against the russian backed

regime. president erdogan says he's hoping to secure a cease fire from president putin this does say he's a bride reports. first some warning shots. then the greek coast guard tries another tactic to push a dinghy full of people back to turkey. since sunday morning more than a thousand migrants have landed on greek islands. adult the tacky lifted border restrictions on thursday more than ten thousand reach the land borders with greece and bulgaria. president edwin once the e. you to take on more of a share of refugees. the number of those who headed to europe has reached hundreds of thousands in the loop the other losers. there will be more. i most. soon this number will be in the millions. but using turkey of deliberately driving migrants across the border greece has suspended all asylum

applications for a month. toby you officials will head to greece on tuesday the nation turkey is in a difficult situation- concerning the- with regards to- the refugees and the migrants but- what we s see now cannot be an answer or solution. i under twenty sixteen deal turkey's meant to stop the flow of migrants to the e. u. in exchange for billions of euros. turkey now hosts some four million refugees most of whom assyrian and another million also is heading that off to the latest fighting in it lit province. president said one says the eu's aid has been slow to comeme but i'm gonna merkel says more than three billion euros have been paid out and she expects said went to up hold the dedeal. well the global death toll from the new corononavirus has topped three thousand with over ninety thousand infected and more than

seventy countries. in iran at least sixty six p people have died including a confidante of the supreme leader. meanwhile the number of italian fidelity's have jumped to fifty two with more than two thousand people infected. will help organizations as containment serve cave in nineteen is feasible and must remain the top priority for countries. kevin viet gives us an overview of the global situation. governments are stepping up measures meant to slow the spread of the corona virus. in south korea which has the largest number of cases outside china. government offfficials have decided to postpone reopening the schools on n march ninth. you do the n next two weeks a are really important to curbing the spread of coronavirus infections at least one more week is essential to ensure a safe environment for students. the south korean army has been called into service as a disinfect streets in the city of daegu. in europe italy remains the country with the

most cases us airlines delta and american have announced they're suspending flights to malign until may. germany has confirmed the increase in the number of infected with german health officials saying the risk of contracting the virus is now moderate. meanwhile e. u. officials say they're over twenty one hundred cases in eighteen member states. the cdc has announced today. that the risk level has risen. from moderate to high for people in the european u union. in other words the virus continues to spread. iran remains the country with the highest death rate outside of china went high profile casualty a membe of the council that advises the country's supreme leader. the one bright spot is china which is reported a big fall i in the number of new cases at the center of the epidemic. but the virus is still spread to more than sixty countries portugal

iceland in indonesia have announced their first cases of the virus as thailand australia and the u. s. reported their firsrst fatalities. well the nunumber of current virus cases in france has j jumped by more than half to one hundred and ninetyty a third death was also confirms thoughts of an eighty nine year old woman in northern the northern department of laws. ass the virus spreads across the country individual regigions are stepppping u up tr response charlie james has more. the corona virus has now spread to at least a dozen regions in franance. and particularly hard hit departments are implementing strict measures to try and contain infections. northeastern was county has shut down some schools until mid march. markets there have also been forced to pack up. further south of bordeaux france's prime minister visited a hospital monday and asked for all citizens t to play a role. let it cool clothes to combat

the circulation of the virus with full efficiency i calall on every french person to be active in this fight still the so called the subject. the first thing which is simple but essential is to wash your hands with soap every houour and meticulously. sevilla arise in kobe nineteen cases has also been counteded in the southeastern area of loads of rock. at me in the west and in the field of france region home to the french capital health officials in britney are also placing constraints on the public. of it than it does get difficult following the example of what was being done in was as in hopes of what gatherings in a closed place off a bit and mass gatherings off a bit and said that we can avoid the rapid spread of the virus- what. videos meanwhile in paris the world famous louvre museum remains closed monday its employees are refusing to work out of fears of contracting the virus from visitors and the paris book fair s scheduled to

take place later this month has been canceled. with case is expected to increase president emmanuel macron has cancelled two of his events this week in orderr to o be available. to respond to the outbreak. welcome first time the vatican is eight c. all cut that may shed light on the corner of. paper pile the twelve. the world war two era pontiff has been accused of failing to help save juice. he e led millions of catholics during one of the darkest periods of history pope pius the twelfth was coronated jujust months before world war two broke out. and his failure to publicly condemn the *-*- it's part of his controversial legacy. now the vatican has made pies his entire archives from that period available for studyy millions of letters cables and correspondence from his nineteen thirty nine to nineteen fifty eight pontificates. the vatican's media director says the catholic church welcomes the

scrutiny. i i don't think that the church has something to fear we have to wait and the job of the stories and the scores. in the document to open in the in the in the archives and i think that to the final of these the- job of this research. we would be able to understand the better they will act and behave your awful pies to twelve. for decades historians and jewish groups have been asking for these archives to be opened some sayay pirates didn't do enough to save lives. his defenders argue he used quiet diplomacy and encourage convents and other religious institutes to hide jews. with this access there may finally be some clarity. it's okay if we don't like all the answers. what i find really. important here is that we're- able to look for those answers finally. two hundred hihistorians and researchers signed up to examine pririces

records a job expected to o tak. years. to it's timime now for a bit a and could enjoy me on set brian how. joys with some dial for global growth as the cave at nineteen- outbreak continues to wreak havoc on supply chains through the organization for economic cooperation and development. announces total economic growth worldwide could be cut in half for the year due to the corona virus outbreak. paris based think tank has so far only reduced its main growth forecast by half a percentage point but it says that outlook could rapidly deteriorate. on gainsford has the details. it's a gloomy full cost if the corona virus outbreak accelerates economic repercussions could be diana. the oecd warns it could cut global growth in hoff the organization has alreaeady lowered its twenty twenty growth forecast from twowo point 9% to two point four percent. and says this could be slashed

further to one point 5% if the outbreak isn't contained. potentially pushing some countries into recession. this scenario would put japan and europe in recession and the u. s. very close to zero and i think what i should stress at this stage is that this is not a worst case scenario because the popossibilit of wider outbreaks in the southernn hemisphere are not included in this scenario. the oecd is calling on governments to implement supportive fiscal policies to restore confidence. the e. u.'s says it's ready to take steps to protect the bloc's economy. the health risk in europe has been raised to high with cases confirmed at least two thirds of u. states. it is time to date. to be clear that e. u. is ready to use. all the available policy options. if and when needed. to safeguard our growth big gains

these downside risks. italy has the largest outbreak in europe and the italian government has introduced a three point six billion euros stimulus package to tackle the impact of the virus the plan includes tax credits for companies that reported 25% drop in revenues tax cuts and a boost to the health system. the central banks meanwhile are doing their best to calm investors after global stock indexes last week saw their worst decline since the two thousand eight financial crisis. the bank of england pledging to work closely with the treasury to stabilize financialal markets fr the bank of japan says it will be providing quotess ample liquiditity. thehe imf and the world bank also say they're standing ready to help member countries deal withconomic consequences from the corona virus outbreak here in france. finance minister bruno le maire has pledged more for company and call for a concerted international effort among developed economies heraeus. do

yesterday i spoke with the g. seven presidents the u. s. trtreasury secretary steve mnuchin and this week there will be a conference call bebecause of the need to limits on travel. between all the finance ministers of the seven most developed countries in the world. the g. seven in order to coordinate our responses. we will also have thehe eurogroup meetining the finance ministers of the eurozone to coordinate our responses as well. and checking in on today's trading action stimulus expectations definitely showing on u. s. stock indexes monday as wall street and races back from losses of over 10% last week. now getting some eight hundred fifty points defense day up. 5% with apple shares leading the way s. and p. five hundred and the nasdaq not too far behind. european indexes ended the day mixed monday's rebound held back a bit by dismal manufacturing data out of china for february when it's forty one hundred finished the dayay up. just under half percentnt frankfurt's dax in the red buyer about a quarter percent

at the close. british airways and ryanair say they're canceling hundreds of flights as travel demand tanks in the face of virus fears. british airways is spending two hundred twenty six routes from london to major destinations like new york france and germany. ryanair cutting a quarter of its flights in and out of hard hit italy. airline industry's leading trade group once middle eastern governments to provide financial support to the region's carriers as they cut service to hot spots like iran and china. international air transport association says the situation is already costing middle eastern airlines roughly one hundred million dollar stabilised. . we know that i its a serious situation but wee don't want to be party. to you know- a a phenomemena all over panicking. and there is no reason to panic the wall has gone throughgh worse situations than. the coronavirus and have managed it very well. and finally for business apple has agreed to pay up to five hundred million dollars to settle a class action lawsuit.

over the company intentionally slowing the performance of older iphones to prevenent rapid battery drain. in twenty seventeen apple admititted havig done so saying it was to o avoid unexexpected shutdowns due to power faililure plaintive those say they were fooled into paying for new phones when all that was needed was a new battery. segment we'll see apple pay thirty five hundred dollars each to users and named in the lawsuit owners of eligible iphone six six s.. seven and s. e. models will be able to file f for a pay out. of twenty five bucks that's- i think not even the cost of a new battery and even it. is them okay maybe secondhand battery someone yeah thank you vevery much brian for that updae so that let's turn out to media watching james. creed and joins me now in centralia. sir what your first let's talk about the greek town border obviously a lot of reactions to the crisis that's right soo a lot of coverarage of fatah today and actual start with this article in the moment. over the weekend which saysys that this is the biggest. humanitarian horror story of the twenty first

century of course this is kind of what's behind this border crisis between. greece and turkey it's a major. catastrophe he might turn catherine it live. with is a standoff between ankara moscow. and moscow for stocking up at pass on assad's forces. and facing off basically with on cross and as a result of that standoff. humanitarian catastrophe of. up to nine hundred thousand people mostly women and children having to flee and that's had a knock on effect than in- turkeys i suppose. burden from at them coming over the border and then. the fact that are going to sort of basically set off you go into europe i'm so what we've seen herere is a sort of n information war. on social media that is replicating the real life- i suppose conflict. this is a video that the turkish authorities of rearchch at. g greek coast guard. appearing to sort of- basically treat very badly a group of both. of which were full of migrants. and it looks like we're going to wait they were

being used. i'm the re fuel at a point of violent and aggressive attitudee at taken by the greek coast guard. so thatt generated a a party was. playing all day long on top of television a and- - many p peope risk. toto it sayingng. i that s was that thisis. ththat said ths is if i could for the exact act. here to is the disk. says one talk commented. another i. think basically is it's an example of greek hospitality- this is how greece's treating refugees shame on europe. so they were kind of reactions people that were coming out with- other actions from within greece's yanis varoufakis the quite well known former finance minister- what kind of quite left wing. he is saying we need to focus on humanity. and dignity not not militarization wools and national hysteria he's talking about resisting the militarization of the greek turkish. border all the reactions that we've been seeing as well- coming from the greek islands actually locals. really just feeling like they've reached saturation point with this ongoing crisis and actually- taking out some

of their our own ngos s some o o evenen some peoeople even talkig about those enjoyoys being malevolent-- bececause- they'ree sort of facilitating. the weight of a a wave of migrgranto there's you know it's bececome a powder k keg really. i i think s this is thehe arere iges of grgreeks on the on the leleft burning. a at a unique set of reception centeter so. at the tensions are very very high indeed. some people kind of defending at turkey in in in one or two tweets saying. they're hosting. three point seven million syrian refugees according to this comment. on stages of the religion of humanity on sort of juxtaposing york's response in turkey's response are. all finished with this remark set one journalist covering it saying you know actually as soon as you cover the turkish greek. at story and in in in any form it becomes toxic it's just an awful lot of bad blood there anyway. and at different points of view. it seems like a lookingng at these tweets- it will turn out to france and the reductions continue- to the french equivalent of the oscars. said out so it's- rights. he got to

the top- aboard last friday it provoked at of the help some who were. at the pharmacy at. at in the sectors are that and with. most attention it's written by vision need they pull into the french. novelist and filmmaker and she it's just a really emotional angry a piece of writing saying. that this is not just about. men's treatment of women are. victims of rape and what not this is something much more to do with the culture of power. and a culture of- on accountability how domino dominate her street the dominated uncles beyond the world of french cinema from her point of view. she cites an issue that the problem of police violence in france. the use of. at the article forty nine point three of the

constitution which allows for. legislation to be. rammed through without actually a vote. at which is what happened on saturday for aspects of retirement reform which is in such as about. button issue over the last few months and basically. the prime minister use this very controversial. a constitutional tool it to get around at the usual- institutional requirements. and so she said look this is an attitude of power- which basically. it's akin to shop or you'll be forced to shut up and when it comes to how. i am people have to deal with the powers that be in whatever sector it is. at her confusion was the system is on bearable the error is plus become unbelievable that stand up and walk as- as a result. acree the current i think you could say. some people think should be running for president many twenty. others action. she's mixing everything up you come talk about cinema and- at the same whatever it is to confuse and it's not out at lax. but a call of call read james i'm

afraid i'll haveve to leave it that thank you much has changed that with media what today what is you coming up in just a few at

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