as turkey allows thousands of desperate asylum seekers amassed along the country's shared border athens accusing the. political. unprecedented elections in israel benjamin netanyahu declares victory for his party but actually polls indicate he may well fall very short of a majority. does it for me my colleague you know neal will be here in about an hour's time with a full look at the news this is our national public. hello and welcome to cross talk or all things are considered. showdown in syria as the damascus government continues its drive to liberate the country turkey's illegal military presence has created a major international crisis and no one is between a rock and a very hard place. some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow going these and he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as alter of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at me internet media project and in athens we cross to our exclusive r.-o. he is the director and writer for the duran dot com. in effect

pacification but now it is allowing thousands of people to cross its borders to greece hungaroring athens and the e.u. as a war of words continues today we are all the voices of refugees being heard you can send your thoughts from twitter. greek authorities say they have stopped thousands of refugees from trying to enter the country since the turkish government announced the opening of its western border in late february turkey's president directly i had one or wants to and i quote him here share the burden of coping with people who have fled syria afghanistan and other war zones he says that the european union is not meeting the terms of a 2016 deal granting aid to turkey in exchange for it hosting refugees but while turkey's gates are open greece's remains shut prime minister kitty accor smith's attack it says that greece's borders are also europe's borders and so far the e.u. has publicly supported athens the dispute is also playing out on live with people sharing opposing hashtags such as greece attacks refugees angriest defense europe meanwhile hundreds of refugees are still trying t

security turkey allows thousands of desperate asylum seekers to mass along the country's shared border athens is accusing her of exploiting refugees in pursuit of its political goals. poland sets itself on a collision course with the european union for a 3rd of the country declares itself to be an l.c.d. t.v. . live from moscow thanks for joining us on our to international this hour welcome to the program we do have some breaking news to begin this run down the taliban has said it's resuming an offensive operations against afghan security forces that comes after the country's president refused to commit to a peace deal struck between the u.s. and that is the 1st group now under that agreement it was to pull out of the government in kabul would release $5000.00 imprisoned members of the group ashraf ghani said the release can't be a prerequisite for talks looking at the report was the chords he is. 18 here is $1.00 trillion dollars over $150000.00 dead gonna start in the u.s. the road to peace has been long bloody and costly but a new dorm is on the horizon and it's being hailed as a victory.

also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at me internet media project and in athens we cross to. he is the director and writer for the duran dot com. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate glenn let me go to you 1st here. we've spoken many times about the situation in syria in particular and it would give this real quickly there are 2 opposing media narratives one coming out of the on the ground and what you'll see in western media what's the difference well it's a good question i guess from the west the main thing you get is that this is all about human rights so it's about assad's government attacking. attacking it's on its own country you know with some foreign troops present for some reason. and i guess from the other side. the more story you get from russia recognizing that this is largely a regime change war and i guess this is this is quite important because by recognizing that this is largely been a war to topple the assad government recognizes that the west also have certain culpability i mean for for many many years no

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and what athens was going to do about this who sort of clarified that the ceiling in that respect. yes definitely not sweet. creek up the mess in athens and now it's that they were going to go ahead with the building but it's tensions that set in the north that nice thoughts and if. response unit that's very very against the building and not the camp they fail and at the government steps in faction i'm broke right that i'm in to deal with great attention and it's only escalated the situation i don't just feel betrayed by the government be honest i suspect and i wrote. a man who was standing outside that proposed construction site last day that tension center and they just told us how they felt like they've been betrayed and 2nd it's been a kind of series of events which that's what's happening now and that is a real sense of distrust and then a community with that central government in athens to who were elected saying they would deal with the situation on the island try and help and i have this you know like that hasn't happened yet and things don't get lots so in terms of why goo

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yes turkey allows thousands of desperate asylum seekers to amass along the country's shared border athens is accusing anchor of exploiting refugees in pursuit of its political goals. and poland sets itself on a collision course with the european union after a 3rd of the country declares itself to be an l.c.d. t.v. free. live from moscow thanks so much for joining us tonight and i think that charles daniel hawkins welcome. it was start with breaking news this hour afghan police say at least 3 people have been killed and 11 others wounded in an explosion at a football stadium in the eastern province of course no one has claimed responsibility for the attack earlier on monday though the taliban said it would resume operations against the country's security forces that's after president garvey refused to commit fully to the terms of a peace deal between the united states and islamist groups. the reduction in violence has ended now and operations will continue as normal as part of the us taliban agreement or mujahedeen will not attack foreign forces but operations we can. when you against the

officers and equipment surveillance planes in vehicles within the next $5.00 to $10.00 days and also athens has made clear that they would step up their level of the talents to a maximum this is playing out with by rubber bullets being fired by tear gas being used against against migrants and also they have been reports of a syrian man who was shot dead allegedly by by greek security forces now the greek authorities deny this but all the looking at a very aggressive situation on the borders. on the line these chief executive is heading to the border area today what kind of response to people in greece want to see from the new. you have to know that greece has been shouldering a majority of the burden of the refugee migration crisis since 2015 we just returned from the island of lesbos where there is a the notorious morea camp 20000 people are living there in a school of camp and dire humanitarian conditions this is terrible for the people who are stuck there but also it affects the locals who are furious that not much has changed there within within the last past 5 years and they feel aband

or earlier i spoke with the director of medical programs for doctors without borders in athens he described what his colleagues are experiencing on the ground on the island. and rationing the. situation. 41 humans and women and men have a place for 6095 people these people are in overcrowding situation or the question stay home there is no home these people they have lack of access to what it winds there's one with a point for 1300 people days wondering that 200 people and they want to shout for 200 people so there's no access to water and sanitation and thirdly these people are having an additional problem of i just think of care seems united those 19 the government stops a lot of the people who watch this go you know this isn't their last days they go down in the grass that leaves it from 7 o'clock in the evening every sort of ducking of only these people cannot move on the grounds that mean more difficult conditions and more exposure to these people to ladies 1st that was the director of medical programs with doctors without borders in athens well as more countries impose walked alice be

as turkey allows thousands of desperate asylum seekers the mouse along the country's shared border athens is accusing her of exploiting refugees in pursuit of its political goal. poland sets itself on a collision course with the e.u. off the referred of the country declares itself to be l d t for you. live from moscow to you thanks for joining us here in our international i'm daniel hawkins good to have you with us this hour. and we start with breaking news coming in afghan police say that at least 3 people have been killed 11 others wounded in an explosion at a football stadium in the eastern province of course no one has claimed responsibility for the attack but earlier on monday the taliban said it would resume operations against the country's security forces so if the president got he refused to commit fully to the terms of a peace deal between the united states and the islamist group. the reduction in violence has ended now and operations will continue as normal as per the us taliban agreement or mujahideen will not attack foreign forces but operations will continue against the kabul

athens from release although we understand there are a few others have managed to cross the sea to miss most other probably places some house cost of health cross the river is this a loss of life so we don't know how this would peter out probably tough hand by authorities might dissuade scores of others to join but if i suppose if one opens its big get here i mean you can see for the coming weeks thousands more trying to cross the borders it's is going to see a lot of pressure put on the you to do something about it something that it hasn't done up until this point. forward earlier than once what the turkish authorities want is some cover for their operations immediately they want europe to become a stakeholder for their operation in europe saying apparently that they want to make sure that no more refugees would cross the border between syria and turkey and that in a sense justifies for them arming the likes of joe biden. affiliated against the syrian army proper hence consolidating the problem rather than solving the problem because the only way this problem is being solved by syria e

is turkey allows thousands of desperate asylum seekers to amass along with countries shared border athens is accusing anchor of exploiting refugees in pursuit of political goals will fill you in on the latest we know about that tonight plus 2. problem sets itself on a collision course with the e.u. after a 3rd of the country's declared itself to be an l g b t free zone. by their pretty to talk about tonight the life martin to nationals world to central moscow it's kevin 0 in here thanks taking the time to watch him here for the next half hour with our latest for you starting with the news on the stand afghan police say that at least 3 people have been killed earlier and 11 others wounded in an explosion at a football stadium in the eastern province of cost no $1.00 has claimed responsibility for the attack as of yet but earlier on monday worth bearing in mind the taliban said it would resume operations against the country's security forces after president gani refused to commit fully to the terms of that very recent peace deal between the u.s. and the islamist group. the reduction in viol

today, in athens, greece handed the olympic torch over to japan in a ceremony held behind closed doors lights the cauldron at tokyo's olympic stadium onjuly the 24th seems increasingly unlikely. dan roan, bbc news. that's it from us, but before we go — let's just show you this message, on display tonight at wembley stadium. thank you, nhs. we'll leave you with that thought. good night. the return of football has been further delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. but a meeting today, has determined that finishing the current season remains the priority. the fa, premier league, efl, all scottish football and the women's game have all agreed on a postponement until the end of april. this is the part of the statement that explains today's developments in english football. the fa's rules and regulations state that "the season shall terminate not later than the 1 june. however, the fa's board has agreed for this limit to be extended indefinitely for the 2019/20 season. additionally, we have collectively agreed that the professional game in england will be further postponed until no earlie

medical operational support units a doctors without borders in greece is joining us via skype from athens thanks very much for your time with us on inside story an al-jazeera a doctor a post on us. doctors without borders a saying that the overcrowded and horrific living conditions in the hotspot camps on greek islands provide the perfect storm for a corona virus outbreak can you tell us about the conditions refugees and children are living in and why you believe that the risk of the virus spreading is so high hello from athens the situation it is very different go and it goes like a war to prescribe what's going on with the rabbits camps of that made for 6178 people and guarantee that more than 40 but those of. these people about 60 percent of their and women are. we talk about people where we don't have shelter people don't have access to water sanitation we talk about people a lot of access to health care when it comes to children we have a lot of children with chronic disease it's a no clinic and that's because we are receiving almost every day 800 children suffering from our best rec

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a claim denied by athens. they've been accused of using migratory pressure for political purposes.rdogan through open turkey borders with greece. is on thenoris border. thank you for being with us. tell us about the situation of the migrants and refugees stuck on the border where you are at the moment. i am at a bus station, a hub for migrants that are stuck in the border area at the moment, just outside the border city. we are at a border crossing on the edge of turkey and the border with greece. there are several hundred migrants from various countries. syrians, iranians, people from iraq and uzbekistan. people as well. they are being driven here in buses paid for by the turkish government. they are also being moved around at various times by the turkish police. we saw scenes were turkish police were telling people that they have to leave. they can't stay here. they will have to go back to the cities where they were living in turkey or they will have to go towards the river that separates turkey from greece where they can, i assume, attempt to cross the border illegally. people h

. 140 students were planning to present a dance at the event which hands the torch from athens to tokyo. one other regional at this in canceled students. >>> dozens of people on board the "grand princess" will be screened for the virus after some passengers previously on the ship tested positive. one of them later died. about 242400 passengers and 110 crew members are on board. media outlets say dozens are showing flu-like symptoms. california's governor said people will not be allowed to disembark until test results come back. thee ship was on its way to san francicisco from h hawaii. this couple from calififornia i on boardrd. they're celebrarating their wedding anniversary and sayay they'ree feeling fine. >> we've been very proactive with washing our h hands. many timeses a day.. the crew cleans everyrything.g. handles, chairs, eveverything. all day long. in the operator of the "grand princess" is the same one as the ship that was quarantined off yokohama, japan. six people who were on board the "diamond princess" have died. >>> on the u.s. east coast, new york city is asking residen

the ceremony took place at the panathenaic stadium in athens.o spectators were allowed in the stands. two japanese olympians who won gold at the 2004 games in athens were supposed to take part, but their visit was canceled. the flame will arrive in northeastern japan by plane on friday. but the idea of holding the games as scheduled is drawing criticism. the pandemic has forced a number of qualifying events to be canceled or postponed. greek gold medalist katerina stefanidi spoke to reporters after the ceremony. she said the crisis has put some athletes as a disadvantage and she called for flexibility regarding the timing of the games. >> i am not concerned about whether or not the olympics will be held this year for whwhen thl be held. i want the message coming out to be portraying the true severity of the situation and volatility of the situation. >> the head of the french swimming federation is also calling for the games to be postponed. he says training facilities in the country have been shut down. the international olympic committee is def

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athens faces an excess essential threat. athens is threatened by the persian empire. they are about to conquer athens, the city state. convinces his captains to go to a battle where they are outnumbered 5, 10-1 in these try reams the rowing captains of that day launched. here is the advantage they had. all of the rovers in his try reams were free men, not slaves. the persian fleet 5 times the size was road by slaves, said to his captains tomorrow you must roe for your family. tomorrow you must roe for your city. tomorrow you must roe for freedom. they destroyed that persian fleet. it is an extraordinary story of accomplishment and charisma, but within three years after that victorious battle, arrogance overtakes him and he ends up alienating his countrymen, he is banished from greece and ends his life in the court of the persian emperor. it is a greek tragedy. it is a story of how you can be given incredible gifts. if you allow your ego and arrogance to overtake you will metaphorically end up, let's go to a different part of the world. we are now in the year 1400-1405

to rise on the border between greece and turkey were a buildup of migrants is being described by athens as a threat to its national security turkey opened its border with the e.u. on saturday leading tens of thousands to head to greece has the extra troops and is vowing to increase the deterrent as violent clashes broke out between police and migrants 'd. i. greek territory for the rest of the day. and in my mind this is really me go a way of entering one country. all turkey's decision is linked to the increase of its military presence in syria or at southern border it violates a deal reached with the e.u. in 2016 under which anchor took charge of the millions of asylum seekers in return for financial aid well turkey is accusing you of not fulfilling its promises it also says it can't cope with the amount of people fleeing syria's war greece says it's already blocked more than 10000 migrants from illegally crossing its border or the greek government also claims turkey is using the migrant crisis to put pressure on europe over the syrian conflict margaret stock of the board have been des

ploy its military to protect border points they're using tear gas to turn the migrants away athens fears a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis and it's suspending asylum applications for one month valuing to return anyone who enters the country illegally well now many migrants who attempted to reach the e.u. are camped out in the turkish border province of a deer and while some are still hoping to cross into greece while others plan to turn back. they shout peace from the turkish side of the border. grieco 30 say they stopped almost 10000 attempted crossings over a 24 hour period. they fired tear gas to disperse the crowds gathering at the border fences the migrants can hit a message from greek border or thirty's across the river. it's not a command that's likely to be obeyed. we'll keep waiting here because we left our homes those of us who had homes whatever things to sell got money for them so they could get out if we have to go back we will have to sleep in the streets. what can we do we're stuck here we can't go back home. on sunday some groups tried a hazardous route across the riv

authorities say some 35000 migrants have tried to cross illegally into greek territory in the past week athens insists those he reaches shore oil will be deported we have team coverage of this story this morning with did you correspondent you're on the turkish side of the border and we have did abuse max sander for us he's on the greek side today to both of you what's the situation where you are this morning i mean that's how an all of a deer in a few kilometers away from turkey's border with the grease and in this area here right behind me yesterday there were about 200 people mostly families with small children from syria from a fantasist and they were determined they told us to stay the night they were determined to stay here and wait for that chance to cross into greece but now as you can see if this area is completely empty we were surprised to see that when we arrived earlier today i've been trying to talk to some police officers here of course and not very willing to talk to his journalists but one officer told me people were being brought away from this area he said they were being sen

that means more difficucult conditions and m without borders in athens. eric is a member of the european parliament for the green party. he spoke with me from the island of lowe's -- lesbos about possible stepsps. i also think it'ss not a a mamatter of p possibilitieses. it's's justt a matterr of politl will.. we have empty hototels all a ard eurorope. we havee to -- we will have to support ththe hotelel industry. they'll be in economic crisis which also effects them. i think if we speak about hotetels, we canan also speak at cruiuise ships, who are empty at the m moment, we havave the possibilities to deal with the sisituation, herere to evacuatee reregee campsps and we should do that actually, not only b becaue of humumitarian issuess there bt also because the f fight against corona should b be foughtt everywhere. and i don't understand why everybody is talkingng about social distancing in europe. overcrowded d refugee camps cant stay overcrowded. it's also in our interest in the fight against corona. >> talking about the greek migrant camps and the pan

let's bring in our panel joining us from athens is up a star as face is he's the director of the medical operational support unit of doctors without borders in greece from aman in jordan morial chop is the country director for the norwegian refugee council and from geneva in switzerland is the spokesman for the united nations refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. welcome to you all thanks very much for your time with us on inside story mr barr in geneva all start with you because as we heard and mohamed report just a moment ago the u.n. h.c.r. has now temporarily suspended sending refugees on to resettle in new permanent homes abroad and that's because of travel disruptions caused by coronavirus just talk us through how this decision it was made and why. the faster. i think let's get back to the reality of this health emergency and the outbreak. about a lot of concerns about of measures being put in place this is a time let's put our concerns into care and let's not forget the world's most wanted well this will be a call that all of us will be making here today in terms of the the travel suspens

sticking in the region athens is deploying extra soldiers to its border with turkey in a bid to prevent refugee refugees from crossing into greece that's as thousands continue to mass on the frontier tensions have escalated over the weekend with clashes erupting between police and migrants following turkey's decision on saturday to open its doors to europe. oh. god 0 7 god love. him in my mind this is me go away during one country. well turkey has seen a growing sea of migrants crossing its borders after a decision to step up its intervention in the northern part of syria despite a deal reached with the e.u. in 2016 turkey now says it will no longer restrain hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers on its territory from reaching the e.u. meanwhile greece says it has blocked some 10000 migrants from illegally crossing its border but thousands more remain massed along at the greek government has accused turkey of using the migrant surge to pressure europe over the syrian conflict a spokesperson for athens called the development a threat to the national security of the country the escalatin

turkey of using the migrant surjit to pressure europe over the syrian conflict a spokesperson for athens called the development a quote threat to the national security of the country the escalating situation now poses the toughest test for greece since the 2015 financial crisis middle east analyst tomorrow cough believes the refugee problem will not end as long as the fighting continues in syria were urged to the turkish authorities find some cover for they operate sions immediately they want europe to become a stakeholder forth their operation in europe saying apparently that they want to make sure that no more refugees will cross the border between syria and turkey and that in a sense just defies for them arming the likes of journalism a strong. against the syrian army profile and getting the problem rather than solving the problem because the only way this problem is going to be solved by sea rather storing it's you know territorial integrity and people going back to their homes as long as there is fighting and they won't always be fighting as long as there is a bit of syrian outside

as turkey allows thousands of desperate asylum seekers to mass along the country's shared border athens is accusing on career of exploiting refugees in pursuit of its political goals. another big story poland setting itself on a collision course with the e.u. after a 3rd of the country now has declared itself to be an l g b t free zone. hello there so let's talk about some nightlife marts international's world news center here in moscow my name's kevin owen thanks taking the time out to watch here for the next half hour the latest for you starting with the situation afghanistan lot to report there tonight afghan police say that at least 3 people have been killed and 11 others wounded in an explosion near a football ground in the eastern province of cost no one has come forward as yet to say they're behind that attack but parallel to it in other news earlier monday the taliban said it would relaunch operations against the kabul government after president ghazi refused to commit to the terms of a peace deal between the u.s. and the islamist movement. the reduction in violence has ended no

back deploying its military to protect border points and using tear gas to turn the migrants back athens fears a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis and suspending asylum applications for one month vowing to return anyone who enters the country illegally now many migrants who have attempted to reach the e.u. are camped out in the turkish border province of a dinette some are still hoping to cross into greece others plan to turn back. unable to cross into the e.u. a group of refugees returns exhausted to this parking lot near the greek turkish border crossing a cars are cool and. some haven't eaten all day. they did not expect to be stuck on the turkish side of the border they brought back photos of the front here zone which journalists cannot access one afghan refugee claims the greek police fired tear gas to push them back. their families were there and everybody is panicking everybody is crying. in a very difficult condition there's no support for the migrants. they've made a camp fire to keep warm many here traveled from afghanistan but they don't have protected status in turkey and a

or earlier i spoke with the director of medical programs for doctors without borders in athens he described what his colleagues are experiencing on the ground on the island of. rationing the. situation. for the 1000 schumann's and woman a man i living in a place for 6095 people these people are in overcrowding situation on the question of stay home there's no home to speak with they have lack of access to water bodies there's one water running for 1300 people there's 104200 people and they watch out for 200 people so they have no access to water and sanitation and thirdly these people are having an additional problem processing health care seems united those 19 the government stops along these people like cisco ok you know this isn't their last days there is a knock down of the gas that means that from 7 o'clock in the evening of these are going to be only these people are going to move out because that means more difficult conditions and more exposure to these people to least as doctors without borders from athens erik marquardt he's a member of the european parliament for the green party

or earlier i spoke with the director of medical programs for doctors without borders in athens he described what his colleagues are experiencing on the ground on the island of. rationing the. situation. 41000 schumann's and women and men living in a place for 6095 people these people are in overcrowding situation on the question stay home there's no home where they have the lack of access to water boarding says one was applying for 1300 people days wondering that for 200 people and one child for 200 so there's no i just to watch and sanitation and serve you these people are having an additional problem of asking for care since tonight is the one thing the greek government thought along these 2 blocks risk ok you know the sion their last days they did knock down the cash that means that from 7 o'clock in the evening at this early going to going these people cannot move on the couch that means more difficult conditions and more exposure to these people to have a 6 i was doctors without borders there in athens eric mark wotte is a member of the european parliament for the green party he spoke

border athens is accusing us of exploiting refugees in pursuit of a political goal. and this is the big story today briefly on poland sets itself on a collision course with the e.u. after a 3rd of the country has declared itself to be an l.g. t.v. free zone. hi there so lots to talk about life from arts international's world news center here in moscow it's me kevin i am with you for the next half hour thank you for your company to take you through those top stories as reported from russia tonight and 1st afghan police say that at least 3 people have been killed and 11 others wounded in an explosion at a football ground earlier in the eastern province of cost no $1.00 has claimed responsibility for the attack as yet but worth bearing in mind early on monday parallel to that the taliban said it would relaunch operations against the carb all government after president danny refused to commit to the terms of that big peace deal drawn up between the u.s. and the islamist movement. the reduction in violence has ended now and operations will continue as normal as part of th

with turkey where thousands of refugees have been gathering brussels has also promised to provide athens with a 700000000 euro package to help. well with the crisis the buildup began after turkey said on friday that it would no longer prevent asylum seekers from attempting to head to europe and that decision followed a dramatic surge in violence in syria's province athens has reacted angrily to our close move greece is now turning away anyone attempting to enter illegally and has suspended asylum applications a decision that the u.n. refugee agency says lacks any legal basis artie's has more european commission president delaying was in the border towns between greece and turkey she took a military helicopter and was assessing the situation from above in the air now she announced in a press conference that the e.u. would fully support its member state of greece in this time of crisis she talked about the frontex rapid intervention team being brought in this would mean. craft i'm border guards all coming to greece to shore up the efforts here she talked about some 7w7cw euros in fact to s

turkey it's a message echoed by the greeks who have suspended all asylum applications for a month athens says migrants are being used as pawns in turkey game to exert diplomatic pressure to ease decision to open its border with greece is directly linked to an increase in military action near to its border with syria ankara says they just can't handle the number of people fleeing violence and heading towards them they blame the european union for not living up to promises turkey's actions violate a 2016 deal with the european union which they agreed to take millions of refugees and migrants in exchange for financial aid the standoff between greece and turkey has led to french president emmanuel micron offering his assistance full solidarity with greece and bulgaria france is ready to contribute to european efforts to give them rapid assistance and protect the borders we must act together to avoid a humanitarian and migration crisis the european council president sharma shell is set to visit the border between greece and turkey to assess the situation on the ground for himself as it contin

the border agency frontex earlier said it's now on high alert and build a ploy extra support for athens it all stems from an intensification in fighting in syria is it a liberal vince which led turkey to claim it can no longer accommodate the refugees its borders with the e.u. race is fiercely resisting insists it will turn back anyone attempting to enter illegally as well as crossing by many migrants have been attempting to reach greece by boats in the past day or so with a breath in making it to the eastern a genome and on monday a video emerges purportedly showing a greek coast guard vessel intimidating a dinghy full of refugees firing warning shots into the water run them and in a separate incident a child drowned off the coast of this boss when an inflatable boat overturned well this latest refugee influx is sparking major concerns in the e.u. as peter over explains. as the situation at the border between turkey and greece escalates the turkish president has warned to expect the number of people trying to cross to increase since the moment we open our borders the number of those wh

as turkey allows thousands of desperate asylum seekers to amass along the country's shared border athens is accusing anchor of exploiting refugees in pursuit of its political goals. with the ink barely dry on the u.s. taliban peace deal to end the long running war the afghan president throws a spiral in the works over a key part of the agreement. and a gross violation of human rights the russian foreign ministry reacts furiously to the detention of the sputnik news agency staff in turkey. from moscow thanks for joining us on our to international this hour welcome to the program. or tensions continue to rise on the border between greece and turkey were a buildup of moderates is being described by athens as a threat to its national security turkey opened its border with the e.u. on saturday leading tens of thousands to head their greece as the florida extra soldiers and is vowing to increase the deterrent as violent clashes broke out between police and migrant. 'd ok. i. always go to the greek kodori have been arrested and detained. and in my mind this is me go way over entering one countr

from doctors without borders joining us from athens greece thank you so much smyth .ll south korea was one of the 1st countries to be hit hard by the coronavirus but in recent weeks the daily numbers of new infections has been fairly steady suggesting that seoul is having some success in flattening the curve of the government response has been swift vulnerable groups can still fall through the cracks leaving many relying on volunteers for support. judge. has been cooking free meals for those less fortunate since 1992 becoming the charity kitchens manager 3 years ago these days rather than offering soup and side dishes inside buddhist temple serves large rice bowls for takeout to prevent the spread of the coronavirus despite the change in menu they say diners are grateful. they give us thanks for providing them these rice balls is not only arise bolter them everyone says thank you i tell them that they can get the right schools without cooperating waiting in line for a short time where in mosques and sterilizing a bit before they can pick up their food and they have to

turkey is allowing thousands of desperate asylum seekers have massed along the country shared border athens is accusing of exploiting refugees in pursuit of its political goals. and israel sees its highest election turnout in 2 decades as voters seek to break the country's most yearlong political deadlock and deliver a working government comment coming up on that. so let's talk about hi there good evening live from r.t. international's world news center here in moscow my name's kevin thanks for taking the time to watch i'm here for the next hour with our latest for you starting with all the news coming in from afghanistan earlier today afghan police say that at least 3 people were killed and 11 others wounded in an explosion near a football ground in the eastern province of cost no one's come far to say they're behind it as of yet but worth bearing in mind earlier monday the taliban said it would really launch operations against the kabul government after president garny there refused to. commit to the terms of a peace deal between the u.s. and the islamist movement. the reduction in violen