cool for shoppers strip shelves in stores in several countries in preparation for potential self isolation from coronavirus. taking grease fire accusations at each other as the situation worsens especially border with are allowing tens of thousands of refugees to attempt to get into the new. and was a blow as confronts the world's chemical weapons watchdog to demand a fair hearing after being branded roku following their investigation of the alleged attack. why would a pair of top inspection team leaders both with impeccable records both incidentally from the west background who have never set

a foot wrong suddenly go wrote. a very warm welcome to you with writing the 6th of march and you're watching r t international with me in the carriage. now another 2000 cases of corona virus around the world have been confirmed in the past day here in russia medical services are on alert especially in case cities where arrivals from the most affected nations are required to self isolate for 2 weeks one of the other effects being seen worldwide as shoppers emptying shelves to stock up on essentials in australia the media's being accused of whipping up hysteria with some stalls rationing toilet paper after a rush of panic buying. strips bears a strong as for paying for a pandemic take a look at this we went out to take a look for ourselves yesterday and there wasn't a toilet roll in. every kind of shopping it's happening all over the

country the great soil of paper pad it is. in full cry shoppers swarming stores and clearing selves and. as coronavirus called australian newspaper even left 8 of its pages and take the jesting its readers use them as an alternative to toilet paper with more on a supermarket on float around the world his piece all of. it's called how mr calvin and german literally translates as hamster buying but it doesn't mean that people here are berlin across the federal republic it being stocking up on adorable furry friends it means they've been hunted by essential in fear of the coronavirus empty shelves in supermarkets across berlin have become a common sight as people hoard fresh fruit and vege as well as nonperishable goods like pastor rice toilet paper hygiene products and other basics have been flying off shelves as people prepare for potential self isolation as the covert 90 crisis

spreads around the world while emergency testing tents of being set up at hospitals to identify those with the virus the german government is being giving its assessments of the current situation or sticking to it but he means you know china's coronavirus outbreak has become a global pandemic is always a question of finding the right balance on the one hand between the restrictions necessary to contain the virus and on the other enabling every day life to continue what's clear is that we have not yet reached the peak of the outbreak it's not just the moon systems that the virus has been attacking the economy is also taking a real pounding the german airline lufthansa is canceled hundreds of flights with around $150.00 aircraft currently grounded the german economy one of the most robust in europe is facing the real possibility of sliding into recession we asked people here on the streets of pearlie whether they are afraid of the virus. the

supermarkets have been blonde and you take. would you concur in order to have something at home that yes i will wait for a bit it's important not to be so hysterical for work that is there greasy i mean once you have a small staggered home which would last for 14 days supply instant food and food is all right but every female i think it's massively exaggerated i'm not doing penny buying and in my usual grocery shopping it would be nice if others who did the same then it would not need to drive to multiple stores this is because you might be doing your own that there is an epidemic many people die every year and now we have this coronavirus theatre it's absolutely sickening it is silly which is be the hardest hit in europe all schools and universities have been closed for 2 weeks in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus panic buying is also being seen in the united kingdom where there's also huge economic called so over the impact in

a nation with a paltry system of sick pay compared to other european countries you could see some forced to survive on just over 100 euros week the reality is we don't know what is going to happen next with this new virus the best advice we have is to avoid panicking practice good hand washing hygiene and avoid touching bases before all of us of the early. counts of cigars are the backdrop this friday along some of the border between greece and turkey both countries are firing canisters and there are increasingly fractious deadlock over swelling numbers of my colleagues trying to get into the e.u. we call 30 shared this video accusing turkey of dropping tear gas using drones some refugees managed to use the lack of visibility to make it across the border thousands began heading for the e.u. several days ago after turkey claimed it could no longer contain them right now

many are staying at a makeshift camp along the border and the numbers are growing. fast turkish authorities have drafted in additional police while officers on the greek side push back. looks next at how both sides are feeling the situation. greece and turkey have long had an acrimonious relationship now as greece feels its borders are under attack this time by migrants leaving turkey sparks are flying on the ground here is where the battle lines are being drawn but perhaps the real conflict is being fought through the power of the news and social media with both sides labeling claims and counterclaims as fake need turkey has accused greece of using live ammunition killing and injuring my clients who are trying to cross the greek police and border units have fired plastic bullets and

live ammunition on migrants waiting between the cash danny's impassive border gate the 5 men who were wounded had been shot in the food growing head and chest by live bullets. turkish state media even says it has evidence of violence perpetuated by greece. and that is the type of excessive force which decree border police using their started using live ammunition on refugees and migrants be to be people of archippus give us the turkish side creates and disperses fake news targeted against greece today they created yet another such false who'd with injured migrants and one dead supposedly by greek fire i categorically deny it turkey also claims that those trying to cross this border are syrian refugees but greek authorities say the majority of from countries such as afghanistan from pakistan from morocco on social media videos purporting to show migrant

crossings are circulating as click bait it is a wall of words they have borders and they have the right to protect them. the greeks have been europe's shield for much longer than most people realize ever since there has been islam. the e.u. is fighting against refugees turkey is fighting to protect refugees it seems the world is divided over who is at fault although one side turkey is apparently dumping my currents and forcing them to cross the border on the other hand greece is allegedly using brute force to repel them both accuse the other of using tear gas as a weapon to fight the push migrants towards or away from the border but as the wall of fake news is playing out on the ground it's the my clients who are suffering being batted back and forth between turkey greece and the e.u.

schalit even ski for ought see casting yes on the greek turkish border when the european parliament several furious and pays are demanding the e.u. and all cooperation with turkey for causing the latest crisis this is again a good lesson for us that european union and doesn't solve our problems it only makes the problems worse we paid $6000000000.00 euros to the turkish regime and what do we get after some of the several years we only get blackmailed again so it does the other gun just wants more money from us and this has to stop in february it is clear that mr hat. are not a reliable partner so and so i think that you should keep the interim council because i think that your piano taxpayer certainly have lost a lot of money i mean in my view would be an appropriate response for the e.u.

to suspend the turkish customs union with immediate effect. and . we may well be demanding this in the not too distant future. on turkey's opposite border with syria moves are being made to defuse weeks of escalating violence. it's the leaders of russia and turkey agree to cease fire in the war torn atelier province following extensive talks in moscow the 2 powers are backing opposing sides in the conflict which has brought them perilously close to direct confrontation muifa national has more on the discussions. it took a total of 6 hours 3 of them ted ted between ludmer put another job type at 11 that's a lot for top men and then the 2 countries delegations including foreign and defense ministers joined their leaders and the discussion continued it was clear from the beginning it is not going to be an easy chorus aish and both leaders came out to journalists with the outcome of thursday's crucial talks on syria the key point is

that the 2 sides came to an agreement to deescalate the syrian turkish crisis in syria's war torn even a province and to set this in concrete putin and out of the gun signed a document detailing a cease fire on the ground in a glib that starts from midnight march 6th your jews saught at midnight beginning on the 6th of march a ceasefire will be implemented we will take all necessary steps to ensure at last our goal is to do everything possible to prevent the humanitarian situation from deteriorating in the region. so the ceasefire is certainly agcy point but there were some other steps agreed upon between russia and turkey the 2 sides decided to establish a so-called safe corridor 12 kilometer wide 6 kilometers north and 6 kilometers south from syria strategic and 4 highway connecting aleppo and lattakia and to

start joint patrol of this area to secure it to make it a safe zone starting march 15th flight reporting described thursday stalks with the head of the gun in general as a positive move through the thick of the solution to this group but we don't always agree without turkish partners in our evaluation of the situation in syria but critical moments having high level bilateral relations we've always managed to find common ground on controversial issues and have found acceptable solutions. a while ago the turkish president announced a special gather rain on syria in istanbul but not only between russia and turkey but also with france and germany that's what meant putting convinced his turkish counterpart that they do not need mediators and this is why we saw mr as a gun coming here to moscow kremlin and having a discussion with white men putting the executive director of the one paul pace institute told r.t.

it's in both russia and turkey's interests to ensure that the cease fire holds we should all breathe a sigh of relief because truly russia and turkey were on the brink of direct conflict it was careening out of control and i think it was very wise to have called this bilateral meeting to hammer it out because the danger of getting into war and possibly including nato was very real the whole issue of the of the war torn in the province is not that different in the war torn aleppo province which amazingly settled down once it was liberated from the from the control of ji hardest of extremists of al qaida and that's the exact same thing in the province the important thing is that the m 4 in an m 5 highways will be open up that's important to certainly to russia into syria but let's also remember the air one is having some problems back home there's a huge brawl in the parliament just yesterday with 2 with the parties fighting each other the opposition parties are not thrilled that everyone has essentially

embedded turkish military forces with al qaida to serve as human shields to prevent the syrians from retaking their own territory he's gone way out on a ledge and i think he's finding himself at the end of his political rope perhaps. 2 whistleblowers are planning a new legal challenge to the well chemical weapons watchdog software no p.c. w. inquiry branded the inspectors rogue after they went public in the wake of that study of an alleged attack in duma in syria 2 years ago they now want a scientific caring man and a letter to the director general they accuse the watchdog of ignoring their work. inspect to be annoyed tried on many occasions to meet with you you may also know open haps not that these requests were all denied the reason given by a senior official was it's my role to protect the director general you will never get to speak with him and if you try to go around me to get him there will be consequences letters to the director of the global chemical weapons watchdog

courtesy of the gray zone project there the latest development in a ping pong exchange of correspondence between david and goliath whistleblowers and the o.p.c. w. inspector a ny have tried to resolve our concerns with you in private however this saga has unfortunately escalated to a point where we are now publicly portrayed as adversaries inspectors are now being smeared as the into this is of these values for nothing more than daring to speak out the smearing started back in february with a report in response to what the organization called a breach of confidentiality leaks that casts doubt on the o.p.c. w.'s conclusions about duma they said the gas cylinders were likely place there rather than dropped from an aircraft and that one area was likely not even subjected to a chemical attack but the report barely even touched on any of that the authors were too busy trying to tear the whistleblowers inspectors a and b. to pieces. inspectors a and b.

are not whistleblowers they're individuals who could not accept that their views were not backed but evidence their behaviors even more egregious as they had manifestly incomplete information about the doom and vesta gave their conclusions were erroneous on informed and rone erroneous uninformed that doesn't seem very becoming for 2 guys who are apparently the inspection team leaders why would a pair of the top inspection team leaders both with impeccable record both incidentally from the west and group background who have never set a foot wrong suddenly go rogue did these old circumstances not ring some warning bells they sure are confident in their qualifications but it goes farther than that inspectors a and b. categorically rejects one of the o.p.c. w.'s biggest claims against them that they have pretty much nothing to do with the investigation and no access to important information when i joined the team shortly after the start of the deployments to do inspect a b.

and i continued playing a central role in the overall investigation the final report didn't exactly benefit from the editorial turnaround information was slashed details removed and facts don't explain why it's not like the inspectors didn't try to get answers to their questions before pressing the big red leak button something had gone wrong inside the o.p.c. w. center and we wanted you to know it's that simple they even think there might have been a bit of deception at play the investigation was conducted by a british investigator and a lawyer from the us. the activities of the fact finding mission were managed by o. chief of cabinet from france whose views are echoed in both the narratives does it not strike you was somewhat biased in that the 3 individuals represent the 3 defendants the 3 countries who were responsible for the missile strikes in response to the allegation of a chemical attack in duma and o.p.c. w a leak and some back and forth later there are still so many questions and few answers

as to what really happened we've always thought p.c. to be a 1st response to the claims in the meantime we spoke to former f.b.i. agent on whistleblower clean loudly her suspects a smear campaign out there pct. the allegation and an accusation that these 2 inspectors who were amongst the top experts they were the 1st hand investigators that actually examined the evidence the l a geisha in that they went rogue makes no sense at all and again given that they were amongst the top professionals in it with the expertise in engineering and in chemical weapons these were the top people so it really is really defies belief ability that they would have gone rogue they and their close to retire you know they have done a many many years of faithful service to the o.p.c. w. they believe in the mission of truth in times of war truth becomes the 1st casualty and syria is no different at this point it would have to be one side is not telling

the truth here and. the entity that changed conclusions of reports would be the suspect did entity that is not telling the truth. still to come something fishy is going on in the war to the ground worthen the government says it will deploy the navy to repel any your fishing vessels want to complete. any woman left in the race for the u.s. democratic election nomination faces a big battle from her own poetry we'll tell you why among all stories that after the break. we're feeding our hopes our dreams our desires our money to complete this creates a war do we get back to no liking that's that's

a bad deal so when is technology jumping out of this week when is the goji healthy need to keep me healthy to keep me informed or to keep me you know he connected and i missed it so we will live in an area of the post screed area where we will live with less at all these screens and it will be more in harmony or it will help us more. show the same wrong. but all wrong just don't hold. any belief yet to shape out this day to come to advocate and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground.

welcome back unknown gunmen have opened fire at a memorial ceremony in the afghan capital was headed by presidential challenger abdullah abdullah and he escaped unhurt but the health ministry says 27 people were killed a number of politicians were also at the remembrance service in cobol for a minority shiite leader is how the band swiftly denies carrying out the attack on the area's been sealed off the interior ministry's there is one of the attackers has been killed in that account of how operation is going last start today the u.s. and the taliban signed a peace deal paving the way for further talks on a way out of the 18 year old looked in afghanistan. a suspected suicide bomber has struck near the u.s. embassy and to near 0 reportedly wounding 5 police officers the embassy and local officials say emergency services are responding to an explosion but the cause is

not yet confirmed you know if a teletubbies are known about at this stage local media is reporting that a suicide attack on a motorbike approached a police patrol before detonating other reports suggest a 2nd attackers on the run. britain says it will deploy the navy to prevent e.u. fishing vessels from entering its waters is becoming a key sticking point in the breaks it trade talks as it is that are you know explains. the town of poole on england's south coast is one of the u.k.'s oldest fishing communities and the local economy relies heavily on the fisheries industry it's a calm and a daily town but life could be about to be brutally disrupted if the political rhetoric is to be believed the u.k.'s tory government have warned the e.u. that if their ships try to access british waters they'll deploy the royal navy to keep them out setting the stage for a confrontation on the high seas we have increased

a. sufficient the u.k. is currently in a so-called transition period in the gauche a should have begun which will determine what kind of deal the u.k. will leave with at the end of december this year but when it comes to fishing the 2 sides are still far apart in that demands the u.k. wants the e.u. to follow british law and for negotiations to take place annually similar to an agreement they have with norway they you however wants to have a long term agreement with quotas on fishing missy uses the deaf or secretary warned the e.u. against trying to use fisheries as a negotiating chip while the french of hit back saying they're more than ready to get nasty if the u.k. isn't willing to play ball all we played with emotion was drama was passion we seem bold and we know how to make it a very i think about both sides both sides very nice about them playing nasty could

mean the french blockading channel ports and some british fishermen say that the french are provoking the u.k. into taking harsh measures if france decided to take that action. i think that it would just from my palm. we need to self manage ourselves and on we're fully prepared for things like that i don't think it would worry that the u.k. fishermen until we should have our own waters back in the past we have an atom and if it's belgium's fired everyone gets bigger quote than the english fisherman so shanks got to be done if the english freshman done an affair that would be arrested on the other side of the channel the food of mistrust is neutral and the sense is that a confrontation is inevitable but on a sort of book with their financial we haven't really been informed we hope this case is looking up because if there were no negotiations it would mean

a new deal at the end of the year in this case would be excluded from british waters this would be a disaster for the fishermen of the whole to france but also for french fishermen in general. about since you're so obviously it is a deal or no deal but i think that if you are going towards a no deal the u.k. as ourselves the european union not only france would lose a loss anyway it is not in our interests or u.k. interests we must find an agreement with great britain. e.u. u.k. negotiations only began formally this week but already the question of fisheries could derail talks and lead to tit for tat retaliations that harm both french and british fishing communities and damage relations between these longtime allies. including. a lot of u.s. election focus right now is on how the democratic party choice is pretty much down to white to men in their seventy's but it's hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard is

still in the race she won 2 delegates in american samoa and say makes it through to the next democratic debates but the party executive wants to shift the goalposts on that more plain explains the democratic party's machine has been widely exposed for playing favorites when it comes to presidential candidates the latest example of this is the treatment of tulsa gabbert as a result of these super tuesday vote tulsi gabbert gained a delegate and was the 1st eligible to appear in the televised debate so the d.n.c. then changed the rules we have 2 more debates of course the threshold will go up by the term we have the much debate almost 2000 delegates will be allocated the threshold will reflect where we are in the race as it always has the rules keep changing in order to make sure that tulsi is locked out her supporters poured out their rage on to twitter god forbid told c. gets back on the debate writes translation tosi finally hit the debate

qualifications so we got to do something about that despite the fact there's literally only 5 people left in the race. you must really not want to debate stage pathetic the bias against tulsa gabbert is rather extreme media reports pretend that she doesn't even exist they claim that elizabeth warren is somehow the only female candidate and you're going to say something about elizabeth warren is she going to benefit by being the only woman left now that any club or shares out elizabeth warren recently dropped out of the race so if the democrats want to keep with their message of inclusion they should have telsey gabbert on the stage but they seem to have a lock her out just like they've done in the past furthermore tulsi gabbert is currently suing hillary clinton for publicly smearing her as a russian asset now some people suspect that the bias against tulsa gabbert is rooted in the fact that back in 2016 she endorsed bernie sanders and did not line up behind hillary clinton furthermore it's worth pointing out that she's been

rather critical of the debate process and the lack of inclusion back in november tolson gabbert used her permitted debate appearance to go after d.n.c. favorite candidate camila harris and her record as a criminal prosecutor the facts were damning and the harris campaign shut down shortly afterwards however it seems to be tulsi is antiwar stance taken as she is a u.s. service member that is the real on forgivable clincher she wants to and regime change wars and cut military spending congress and just passed a $738000000000.00 war budget instead of providing for the health the safety the security of the well being of our people and our planet the democratic party's leadership seems to disagree with her they favor regime change operations and bloated military expenditures the democratic party favors continued military operations around the world done in the name of defending democracy and at home

they don't mind arbitrarily changing the rules to make sure that democracy doesn't get in the way of this vitally important war agenda caleb mop and r.t. new york thanks for joining us here on out to international we're back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines. in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the u.s. and the world. max keiser and stacy herbert's dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one every week. tax student debt trade was corporate money universal basic income and more catch up with what's front running this sunday exclusively on. the democratic field is now rowing is it a bernie versus biden race from this point on and get either one being donald trump

in the fall we'll take a look at that on this edition of. politicking on larry king super tuesday was a stunner with joe biden scoring a series of impressive wins redeeming a canada see that some with written off as dead meanwhile bernie sanders is pushing forward vowing he'll not be stopped by the establishment to campaign trail experts join us today to talk about the state of the democratic party in this turbulent election cycle it's impact on donald trump's reelection bid they are susan estrich campaign manager for michael dukakis is 88 presidential run she's also an attorney author of political commentator and read dickens who served as white house assistant secretary press.