spain, bulgaria islands and canary islands with immediate effect —— balearic islands. and their carers are calling for more support from the government as the number of uk cases of coronavirus continues to rise. they're among the group most vulnerable to the effects of the virus and many say they're worried about who will care for them as the outbreak worsens. jayne mccubbin has been hearing their stories. it's hard to avoid the fear, but what do you do when your loved ones rely solely on you? hello, dan. hello. tell me who's in this picture. ok, in this picture is my wife, amy, and my daughter emily, who has spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and is a wheelchair user. i'm currently looking after both. but i love them absolutely both to pieces. love the stardust of them. but you're worried. but i'm very worried. because as it stands, if i were to contract coronavirus who's going to step in and do the very personal care which both of them need? i can't leave it to a friend or neighbour, it has to be to a care professional, and, unfortunately, they are a very rare breed. right

member states for example roumania bulgaria island i'm not part of the schengen zone so these citizens can travel but also switzerland and norway included in this ban and great britain is also not included but the commission says it's not quite clear how this will work in practice because they have no information how this travel been will be implemented does it concern only european carriers or does it concern american carriers also and you know there are many mixed carriers like united and loved ones ok of him and friends and the commission does not know how this was actually booked for starting on saturday morning were guard less it could be very difficult for the european economy bad so what is the e.u. doing to address that. yeah there will certainly be an impact. on the economy ok you can already see that this morning all the stock exchanges in europe down the track holders expect things to get worse obviously and the european central bank is meeting today to come up with them countermeasures but the limitations because interest rates in europe already at 0.0 so the e.c.b. might d

so-called shagun zone not all european countries are in the 2nd zone for example romania bulgaria great britain island are not in the zone but switzerland and norway are the rest of the e.u. countries and it's not clear how it will work because if you fly to london 1st and then the right of states maybe then you can enter the united states it's not clear what the what the real the conditions are in this travel ban is not only a particular for european citizens it's all it's a valid for canadians australians who've been in the schengen zone and now want to fly to the u.s. it's still very unclear and also lift on the biggest carrier in germany said they don't know exactly how it will work but for sure there will cancel a lot of flights in addition to the 23000 flights they already canceled in the last weeks and bad so what have you ladies been saying about the decision you know they were disapproving this decision today and said we've been not contacted this is very unilateral that doesn't make sense because the coronavirus is a global threat now we have to cooperate and not to seek confrontation. and n

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

enforce its border with european union countries including greece and bulgaria let's talk or a sponsor officer joins me now from the island of les pauls john what have you been seeing. well it was standing on the north shore of the island just behind a lovely shingle beach and as you can see there is a food service going on behind me here the all sorts he's a handing out food to about 70 or 80 people who are stranded on the speech here because they have no way to take them in to the islands refugee camp morea camp for the usual fingerprinting and identification process which is the necessary 1st step upon their entry into europe to doing other things like applying for asylum and that's because moria right now is being blockaded by local islanders who are angry at the increased arrivals that we've been seeing in the last 24 hours so some of these people who spent the night here. probably going to spend another night here it's part of the increasingly palpable clash of needs and emotions that we've been seeing on the island in the last 24 hours and that's what we filed in our latest report. this boatload of asylum seekers c

islands close. mr turkey on sunday the e.u. border and coast guard agency or frontex has already deployed hundreds of its staff to greece and bulgaria and is looking to deploy even more in response to al-jazeera as questions the agency said we are monitoring the situation closely and of raise the level for all borders with turkey to hi we're also monitoring the situation in cyprus says say we are in close and constant contact with the greek authorities regarding additional support we can provide in this rapidly evolving situation. is in a d.n.a. on turkey's border with greek she says the situation is increasingly desperate for people trying to cross the border. for about 45 minutes we could hear sound bombs just to give you some contacts this road behind me leads to the official checkpoint with greece greek police were firing tear gas at refugees and migrants at the border who were throwing stones at them they've been caught in a no man's land able to cross the turkish official border but in between a spot unable to cross the greek border and it has been a very tense and frustrating few days for people who say turkey told us the bor

and bulgaria has announced that it's prepared to send $1000.00 troops to secure its border with turkey over concerns that migrants want to cross over it also uplift reports now from the greek island of lesbos where he says the increase in arrivals is creating political tension. this boat load of asylum seekers came ashore on the island of lesbos on sunday police stopped us from interviewing them on camera but this congolese man told me turkish people smugglers promised him and his wife a free ride while they were in church for sunday service this man from sierra leone says he was walking on the beach as the boat was being prepared he was told to jump in for free as well it's unclear if someone is paying the smugglers to do that on the island a boat load of afghans paid $500.00 each to get out of their deals with smugglers had. been struck weeks before turkey's president the chapter you put on ordered the opening of borders with neighboring belgariad and greece both members of the european union what did the agents say to you. this was the 1st day of significant arrivals since turkey opened its borders towards europe they want enough to create a logistical problem for the greek wi

greek island of last fall's greek security forces have prevented thousands of refugees from landing after turkey said it wouldn't in force its border with european union countries greece and bulgaria. the european union is also raise official risk level for corona virus to high more than $2100.00 infections have been concerned across the block and that includes france which is close the loop museum and cancel several major events israelis are voting in their 3rd general election in less than a year it's hoped will bring an end to months of political turmoil israelis have had a caretaker government since the 1st inconclusive election last april by minister benjamin netanyahu twice failed to form a coalition government. there's been another setback for the deal signed on saturday by the u.s. and afghan taliban the group says it won't hold talks with afghanistan's government unless there's a prisoner swap a goodish and of the agreement was exchange of thousands of prisoners but the government is refusing to make the release of captives a precondition for talks with the taliban or. the siege of the philippines has ended after hours of negotiations police tackle the gunman shortly afte

crossings with bulgaria and with greece which you can see up there in the west and thousands of the mistreated in the city of northwest turkey other refugees have gone by sea indies to the greek island of lesbos now this is the point to the southwest turkey is worried about yet another influx of syrian refugees as fighting intensifies in syria's last rebel held province of italy thousands of syrians tens of thousands of troops near the border with turkey mariana let's explore that a little bit more what are your concerns about the situation down there and what might happen given the current crisis in the live. well if the current crisis simply continues which will continue no people will start and turkey opens that door there as well people will start crossing from italy and they will eventually reach grace and possibly service as well because the numbers have also increased in cyprus. where we're going to have money talks a lot of them to cross it will it will depend on the. reaction which so far the only thing that i have seen that they have said is that they will support for frontex and there from the us will deploy more meter personnel so i suppose we have to wait and see what t

island of lesbos 47 people were rescued greek security forces have prevented thousands of refugees from landing after turkey said they would not enforce its border with european union countries greece and bulgaria israelis are voting in their 3rd general election in less than a year the top that would bring an end to months of political turmoil israelis have had a caretaker government since the 1st inconclusive election last april prime minister benjamin netanyahu has twice failed to form a coalition government. corona virus infections have surged again in iran with more than 500 new cases confirmed on monday 12 deaths were also reported among them was a key adviser to iran's supreme leader dozens of top government officials have now tested positive including the deputy health minister and a member of cabinet. the judge has ended his campaign for the u.s. democratic presidential nomination ahead of super tuesday but a judge told supporters in indiana he no longer a sore chance of winning he defeated bernie sanders in the iowa caucuses and finished a strong 2nd the new hampshire but struggled to attract minority voters it's those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after insi

he is on the greek island of lesbos more from him later and from maritime borders we look at land borders natasha going to name on the borders between turkey and greece and also bulgaria tasher an update from you. once these migrants and refugees behind me left their country they're used to being mistreated to having to wait for long periods of time not knowing what's next and they're used to being patient but they're telling us stories that show and explain why they are angry frustrated and have a lot of concern we're in a village called to iraq and you see this river bank behind me full of families and single people who've been camped out for the last several days they're camped out here because as you can see if it's along a river it's called the merchant river on the other side is green it's a short distance by boat it's about a football field away but as we're hearing it's become a rather arduous journey we spoke to a few syrian refugee men who made that journey they said that they paid a smuggler about $25.00 to head across to the greek border they said in fact that greek soldiers were taunting them telling them to come across motioning to them they said once th

islands closest to turkey on sunday at the e.u. border agency and coast guard which is known as frontex has already deployed hundreds of its staff to greece and bulgaria and is looking to deploy even more in response to questions the agency said we're monitoring the situation closely and have raised the alert level for all borders with turkey to high we're also monitoring the situation in cyprus they say we are in close and constant contact with the greek authorities regarding additional support we can provide in this rapidly evolving situation well let's get the latest now with natasha good name who's in it d.n.a. on turkey's border with grey's natasha tell us about what's been happening where you are and just how many people have been attempting to make that crossing into greece from there. for about 45 minutes we could hear sound bombs just to give you some context this road behind me leads to the official checkpoint with greece greek police were firing tear gas at refugees and migrants at the border who were throwing stones at them they've been caught in a no man's land able to cross the turkish official border but in between a spot unable to cros

and bulgaria has announced that it's prepared to send 1000 troops to secure its border with turkey over concerns that migrants will want to cross over john psaropoulos reports now from the greek island of less valse where he says the increase in arrivals is creating political tension. this boatload of asylum seekers came ashore on the island of lesbos on sunday police stopped us from interviewing them on camera but this congolese man told me turkish people smugglers promised him and his wife a free ride while they were in church for sunday service this man from sierra leone says he was walking on the beach as the boat was being prepared he was told to jump in for free as well it's unclear if someone is paying the smugglers to do that on the island's north shore a boatload of afghans paid $500.00 each to get out of turkey their deals with smugglers had been struck weeks before turkey's president the chapter you put on ordered the opening of borders with neighboring belgariad and greece both members of the european union what did the agents say to you. the same. source yes you know this was the 1st day of significant arrivals since turkey opened its borders towards europe they want en

island of last boss 47 people rescued greek security forces have prevented thousands of refugees from landing after turkey said it wouldn't in forces border with the european union. greece or bulgaria. israelis are voting in the 3rd general election in less than a year it's hoped it'll bring an end to months of political turmoil israelis have had a caretaker government since the 1st inconclusive election back in april. let's get more now on our top story the escalation in fighting in syria now the turkish military has been using weaponized drones with devastating effect against syrian government forces the bitty b 2 tactical unmanned aircraft system is built by a turkish joint venture and has become a symbol of national pride it's been exported abroad and has flown missions in libya the unmanned aircraft has a 12 meter wingspan and can fly to a maximum altitude of around 7000 meters it does carry enough fuel however to fly for around 24 hours as well as flying reconnaissance and intelligence missions it could also be armed with missiles including antitank weapons. is a former engineer an officer with the royal air force in the u.k. is also a professor of security at nottingham univ