turkey is claiming greek forces opened fire on refugees after shared border leading to the death of a greek strongly denies those allegations on rest increasing go after church migrants to try and cross into the e.u. . follows a surge in fighting in the syrian province of idlib which is bringing turkish russian forces closer to a direct clash the 2 countries' leaders will meet in moscow later this thursday. spread of corona virus in the u.s. might be less to do with good hygiene and more to do with the lack of affordable health care for millions of them are.

alive from our international news center here in moscow this is r t a very warm welcome to the program my name's unanimity. turkish authorities claim a man has died after greek forces opened fire at migrants trying to cross into the e.u. allegations greece vehemently denies turkey earlier opened its border to a line through tens of thousands of refugees most of whom are for the syrian but it's being fiercely resisted by greece e.u. officials charlotte do the border. could be looking at another my current crisis now that turkey has really been. greece tens of thousands once more trying to cross in the evening. but 5 years on from the peak

of the 1st michael crisis this time there is less of a welcome video has emerged showing the greek coast guard firing on my current boats. here on the land border there are accusations of brute force all denied by the greek authorities even germany is warning migrants not to come there is no point in coming to germany we cannot tell you when in germany everyone agrees something like the 20152016 crisis must not be repeated but that decision has been criticized by some groups in germany with protests demanding that the borders are kept open 5 years ago migrants were being welcomed by some e.u. leaders chancellor angela merkel famously said that they could come to germany and

more than a 1000000 did now there was a steady stream of my currency keeping children and the elderly but the vast majority without a doubt way young men many from countries like afghanistan and pakistan who appeared to have heard merkel's inflight and took their chance for a better life in europe the migrant crisis has since been a source of tension between e.u. members the open borders within the bloc were brought into question and while some countries welcome at least sheltered them and politicians called for all member nations to share the burden some countries work out right opposed to put this to my took very seriously about illegal migration which is a very central topic of the european union it's a very central task for all of us as member states to. legal migration to europe

and to develop local aid in the countries of origin or. possible future ahead of us must be defended by all means agreed to the otherwise hopeful future of central europe is one we simply call migration. we would count on the fact that the new europe will protect its borders either on the ground like in hungary see like you need to the because the problem is not how to redistribute the current migrants to avoid the arrival of thousands of others european countries were vilified for being anti migrant in 2020 it seems that the e.u. is changing it's our 1st priority is making sure that order is maintained the greek external border which is also a european border my duty is to protect the sovereignty of my country i hope this crisis will serve as a wake up call i would like to comment cause for having altered the policy of

greece when it comes to protecting its border and that is to say not to allow all illegal migration. the message is clear this time you are not welcome the e.u. has had enough it will now protect its borders and the previously liberal ideal of welcoming migrants with open arms has been swallowed up by a much more aggressive position so the ski. casting is on the greek turkish border. charlotte's been going through there the latest migrant emergency stems from spiraling tensions on turkey's border with syria in the it lead the escalation so that will be the focus of talks between the russian and turkish presidents later this thursday in moscow the country's armies are operating in close proximity to one another on opposing sides raising the risk of a direct clash ahead of the meeting to. boiled over in the turkish parliament

m.p.'s from the ruling and rival parties brawled after an opposition m.p. criticized president for the military intervention in syria. describing the opposition dishonorable treacherous for questioning turkish military operations. allows for the fighting back in syria it's long ceased being a local call between the government and the insurgents. has been looking at the other states weighing in and how it's affecting the region. and you wave of refugees flooding towards europe nato losing his patients turkey russia relations plunging to new lows this is all fallout from the evil of crisis serious last rebel held province dominated by terrorists is a province which is the largest al qaeda safe haven since $911.00 tied directly to iman also hearing this is a huge problem private seems to be

a magnet for terrorist groups all of them are new sense of menace and a threat to the civilians damascus with russia's help us fight in them on the ground it says to protect civilians turkey one of the strongest arm is alongside militant groups is fighting the syrian military on the syrian territory also it claims to protect civilians. separating hardcore terrorists for a moderate armed groups opposing assad was turkey's responsibility according to 2018 memorandum but it was never done the results of almost 18 months of this agreement was the displacement of all moderate opposition militants by terror groups high attari of the islamic party of take a stand and put aside deen officially recognized by the un as terrorists the

fortified terrorist areas of the military turkish observation post as per the agreement doesn't bother turkey's nato partners nope not at all we support turkey's efforts to reestablish the ceasefire agreed in 2080 and to protect those innocent civilians fleeing the regime's monstrous assault the turkish military and the syrian opposition are 1st of all fighting to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe tremendous a poor attempt but that's still not enough for at argonne he once morn. what we did is we opened our borders because you promised as assistance but did nothing and we will not close these doors because the e.u. must keep its word. if european countries want to resolve the issue they must support turkey's efforts for political and humanitarian solutions in syria for

their own strategy seems to be working europe is considering how best to undermine russia's efforts in syria and this is the question now also needs to be raised regarding syria they are pretty much of rare of what russia is doing in syria what's russia is doing is fighting extremists and ad lib it says but as the consecrate has at least there is still room for dialogue. maria fanaa political scientist marx abrams say's turkey has already failed in its previous agreement to separate terrorists from the moderate opposition in syria. though it means your group in continues to be an. offshoot of these are al qaeda linked militants here and i'm not even really sure that turkey regards as terrorists we're in so she called for turkey to

distance itself from these militants here to go out into weaken turkey actually go on the top of it is strengthen their position it has worked more closely with that cover before and i think that it's higher we are likely that berta one will suddenly decide to follow the terms of sochi these fighters in influence are absolutely critical to a lot for him to protect his power into syria. which has been a long time called. stopping the spread of coronavirus and the anxiety that goes with it is proving tough for nations worldwide in the u.s. where the number of deaths has reached 11 it is claimed the expensive private health care system is making matters worse. a global threat that is putting whole

societies to the test moments like this can bring out the best or worst in governments individuals and systems the corona virus has been spreading through the united states causing widespread panic and a panhandler makes homes and incompetence killed the truth is we have no real idea how many americans are infected and emerging infectious disease that is now reached outbreak proportions and likely pandemic proportions we know that there are 88 cases in the united states there are going to be hundreds by middle a week is going to be thousands by next week donald trump says that america has no choice but to keep the deadly virus that day my administration is working very closely with state and local leaders to confront the corona virus we're really working hard ordered to prevent the uncontrolled spread of the disease i ordered sweeping travel restrictions and did them very early as you probably have heard earlier than people wanted me to do them and it turned out to be

a wise decision the united states just like all other countries is calling on people to take precautions however for some that may not be an option this is what the center for disease control is saying if you yourself are infected stay out of work don't send your children to school if they're infected but what about the one in 5 americans that have no health insurance if you have a cough it could be an ammonia you should see a physician certainly if you're a person in a risk group elderly or underlying condition during the flu season you should see a physician that's going to vice but it comes at a hefty price that some americans cannot afford many americans are more afraid of paying up than getting sick $1.00 study shows that 40 percent of americans didn't get a medical test or treatment within a single year and that 44 percent didn't go to the docs when they were sick or injured the case of oz mel martinez as coo is a test of. to this he did the responsible thing after going to china he decided to

go and get a test but with his limited insurance and ended up with a giant bill how can they expect normal citizens to contribute to eliminating the potential risk of person to person spread if hospice was a wasting to charges $3270.00 for a simple blood test i don't want now later his bill got reduced to roughly 1000 $400.00 but that's still a pretty sizable some if you don't have insurance plan on dishing out about $1200.00 so we decided to ask people here whether they would be able to shell out during an epidemic right now we look a little underprepared hopefully we get better prepared for those who do not have health insurance it costs roughly $1300.00 to be tested for the coronavirus how do you feel about that that's a big piece a change government should ship it it's craziness i mean we have to change that it should be free especially in a time like this why would you take your kid or your self to the doctor i wouldn't go and have it done i mean i have insurance but it's it's obscene you know for

$200.00 you know a lot of people who should be tested might not get it because they're afraid of of the cost i mean is that right of course not and that's why unfortunately they'll probably end up in an emergency room will cost us a lot more than $1300.00 in medical costs this is just another indicator of how to control health care costs why does it cost so much money i mean i don't know is he like it has a price said the most important thing for a mask would be if someone is infected to prevent them from infecting others and the other is the health care provider to protect them now that's also very good advice americans are taking it and at this point drug stores are limiting the amount of sanitizers and wipes individuals can buy now those who are stocking the virtual shelves at amazon wal-mart and e-bay are testing to see how much the market will bear this is capitalism's classical function called supply and demand. there's outrage people feel like this is a greedy get out at a moment where we're facing

a very serious public health crisis the governor of california has joined the outrage against amazon but even that online retail giant says it's fighting against 3rd party sellers and that they will reemerge we always say it sounds simplistic but it's true washing of hands now this is a device that hopefully everyone can afford people in the united states are in a panic but we have a health system that is completely. wrongly constructed to deal with a pandemic that affects people of every wealth status everybody gets health care when they need it they don't have to have the money to pay for it unless we have that in the united states where the only developed country in the world as far as i know that does not have that and because we don't have it we're now at it facing a major crisis because of this 5th demick the tests that you need to get for the

coronavirus you have to pay for it's very expensive to get these tests and and that's ludicrous when the whole society suffers if people don't get tested they should be free clearly they should be free. well not everyone being told to help keep hold of virus that they despite risk directions on visiting the european parliament and me please make an exception for walking gas that's our team reports optimism. eh eh.

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just approaching 18 minutes into the program welcome back slumming it's over a new law to cut carbon emissions teenage activists. in brussels despite a ban being in place on visits to the european parliament to try and contain the spread of 19. when the e.u. presents this climate law and net 0 by 2050 you indirectly as me surrender when your house on fire you don't wait a few more years to start putting it out. and yet this is what the commission are proposing today sessional it sends a strong signal that real sufficient action is taking place when in fact it is not . visitors to the european parliament came into force on monday over a virus fears leaving several lawmakers over why mr berg was allowed to make her

speech everyone should be treated equally if the european parliament grants an exception to granted to invoke this house were not to be taken seriously my assistant is not allowed to come to the plenary session in strand's group next week but rather to look real busy tomorrow deserted looking european parliament has banned all visitors due to the qana virus the only exception grow to somebody who will be here to do a press conference tomorrow on her own after her fair fridays for future computers won't be allowed in well in light of the criticism e.u. spokes person denied any specific exceptions were made now we also spoke to portuguese know melo who was one of the lawmakers questioning the decision to allow the swedes appearance. i have nothing against greg but i just do not accept

a exception rejean is she more. who released. a year or so who has been very from 'd the fall into the parliament well i suppose not there are many credible scientists there will be here speaking about so why great. just because you think she is more fashionable all just because some people still think at least a little over just because she has more arrests in her well you talk about climate change and listen to the scientists a lot of what they say when i listen to i listen to them and see you know generally around the world political agenda obviously but saying generally peace is necessary to save the planet obviously we all say it is necessary to save the moment but you know the idea about what we must. look to

really change something or it seems but because you are talking about people that mostly you talk about jobs welcome back we've got news we're talking about reasonable in doing so. for the scientists. on to the democrat dog fight in the big us presidential election roland which saw former v.p. joe biden propelled into pulled position on super tuesday while senator elizabeth warren's campaign was dealt a crippling blow she feel to make the top 2 in any of the 14 voting states and is under pressure from bernie sanders supporters to drop by to avoid splitting the progressive vote president trump couldn't resist taking a dig either. so selfish for elizabeth warren to stay in the race she has 0 chance of even coming close to winning but hurts bernie badly so much for their wonderful

liberal friendship will he ever speak to her again she cost him massachusetts and came in 3rd he shouldn't you know just expanding our point warren is this appointment likely come ponded by the fire chief finished a distant target in her home state of massachusetts bernie sanders team claims her decision to stay in the race course the self styled democratic socialist victories in 3 states and bigger wins in several others they also point to parlay ellsworth the $26000.00 race in which warren accused the green party's jill stein of helping to sway the election in donald trump's favor. anything you do that helps donald trump get one inch closer to the white house is a danger to all of us vote 1st time moves donald trump closer to the white house would love to see the venn diagram of people who are still mad at jill stein for being a spoiler in 2016 and those now insisting the war on one be helping by the name she

stays in the race for the record if you're blaming warren for tonight's results maybe you should reconsider your defense of voting for jill stein if a vote for jules stein in 2016 was a vote for trump then a vote for war and today is a vote for joe biden sorry i didn't make the rules. yellow for the reaction on this u.s. political analyst a gentleman say is elizabeth warren's turn of fortune's is karma for her previous comments about the green party. i guess for elizabeth warren this is kind of carmel but what we see that is the general chaos in the in the democratic party is quite clear that the democratic establishment are they have a plan their plan is to. is to advance a so-called centrist and that's exactly what they did coming out of south carolina the use of biden's win to south carolina to to create momentum and to

encourage it and i think colin and amy 2 from minnesota to drop out so that all of the fire can be directed toward bernie sanders and a little bit want to play the role in that by staying in the race of the shiba completely devastated michael bloomberg but she also undermined very sad news about the for the focus really should just be on elizabeth warren the focus should be on the kind of machinations coming from the democratic party to try to to to undermine bernie sanders because we all know what is anybody but very. saying we've all looked up at the stars and marvel that one time or another well enjoy it while it lasts say's nothing because it thinks we're about to lose that celestial beauty to a swarm of satellites. today's

launch of 60 starlight's mark falcon 9 a successful flight. there are so many of them it means astronomers get maybe as much as an hour with bright streaks going across less sensitive photographic detectors.

as more satellites are placed into orbit they will become an increasing problem to astronomers on the ground use your smart phone camera to record satellite streaks through the night sky to monitor this problem over time. space x. has been a great industry partner for us so they're very excited and we're excited to learn more about their satellites through the demonstration. ok reminder a cape right up to date with the stories affecting you this thursday on artie's twitter page well worth some of your scrolling time today why from moscow this is r.t. international. the

feeding our hopes our dreams and desires our money to compete discreet what do we get back to no one like you that's that's a bad deal so when this technology jumping out of this week when is that going to be healthy need to keep the house in order to keep you know connected and i missed it so we will live in an area the post sweet area where we will live with less and all these screens and it will be more in harmony who will help us. why do we go to war because we view the key to economic growth as oil and energy we go to war is a vice president cheney said for the oil that's why they invaded iraq for the oil that's why trump says the one thing we want syria we really don't want to go to war with russia we want to just control the oil. and the gas blood and the pipelines through afghanistan so the military is really an extension of controlling of world

energy and oil. greetings and sal you take when the democratic primary race to the 2020 presidential nomination 1st there was many 8 and now there are 2 well actually for us the so-called super bowl of the election season super tuesday is now there's actually in the books and after all the paid advertisements pundit hackery and establishment heart attacks the race has finally been narrowed down to

essentially for months senator bernie sanders versus former vice president joe biden. but they're not alone yet the longshots it would also be horribly dishonest not to include the us representative out of the white tiles that gathered at massachusetts own sarah was a bit worn we are still in the race and have not gone the way of a statue establishment loyalist like amy called the charmed people to judge who ducked out of all the fun on monday in order to endorse the one and only joe biden and speaking of quitters the fall out of super tuesday definitely took the bloom out of former new york city mayor and the whole of garc michael bloomberg who announced wednesday that he was unable to buy himself that i'm sorry he was unable to secure the nomination and that he was dropping out of the race he went on to endorse joe biden for the nomination which definitely feels like a trend this week but bernie sanders and joe biden weren't the only big winners on tuesday night is b.c. tweeted wednesday morning that the dow surged more than 600 points at the open as

biden super tuesday victories boosted health care stocks across the board. author an assistant professor at princeton university matt carb definitely summed up the reality of the democratic race for the nomination when he tweeted joe biden is getting a bounce today mostly from nervous dems who want to believe that a vote for biden is a vote for unity against chaos but tomorrow will wake a while wake up to a close race not between unity and chaos but between joe biden and bernie sanders the best candidate win so with biden bernie gathered in warren still holding on now all set the square off in the broken bottle street fight that will drag us into the convention yeah i think it's about time we start watching the hawks. if you want to know what's going on in the city. you want to run.