the island of cyprus is divided.ecognised by turkey, and the south is the greek—speaking republic of cyprus. the entire island has become a hub for egg donation treatments because of its location between europe and the middle east. many from europe who come here are dubbed fertility tourists. the treatments are up to a third cheaper and come as a holiday package. for infertile couples from the surrounding middle east where egg donation is mostly illegal and hugely taboo, northern cyprus offers easy access to these treatments and provides absolute discretion. strict anonymity laws protect their identities. right throughout the muslim middle east, there is a religiously—based prohibition on the use of both donor sperm and donor eggs. the justification for that ban in that whole kind of sunni muslim region is that you want to protect the marriage. that the addition of gametes from outside would confuse the lines of lineage and would also kind of infiltrate into a marriage in a way similar to adultery or something like t

the island of cyprus is divided. is only recognised by turkey, and the south is the greek—speaking republic of cyprus. the entire island has become a hub for egg donation treatments because of its location between europe and the middle east. many from europe who come here are dubbed fertility tourists. the treatments are up to a third cheaper and come as a holiday package. for infertile couples from the surrounding middle east where egg donation is mostly illegal and hugely taboo, northern cyprus offers easy access to these treatments and provides absolute discretion. strict anonymity laws protect their identities. right throughout the muslim middle east, there is a religiously—based prohibition on the use of both donor sperm and donor eggs. the justification for that ban in that whole kind of sunni muslim region is that you want to protect the marriage. that the addition of gametes from outside would confuse the lines of lineage and would also kind of infiltrate into a marriage in a way similar to adultery or someth

so this part of the story was i encounter this guy in cyprus.ad been there for two years. -- tonntry on bun band the u.n. ban. there are people who are here, people with cameras, who are agents, and they say look, this is the u.k. or america or some advanced country, only to, and discover they had been swindled. so this guy came, discovered he has lost everything, and becomes very depressed, so he becomes very drunk, and he fell down from the top of a four-story building and died. in the aftermath of that event, i started to think about the journey, because he mentioned that the main motivation for him coming to cyprus was because he was in love with this woman, so i wanted to re-create that journey, you know, what was the dynamic between them that would have made him, you know, make that leap, to try to get rich again come back and marry her? >> the book also talks a lot about loneliness. the main character is very lonely. protagonistshe despair is the disease of the despair isagonist, the disease of the soul, i want to say love is the cure, ce

they include denmark, poland, slovakia, czech republic as well as cyprus. a ban on travellers from most of europe entering the united states has come into force. president trump indicated that the uk may soon be included in the measures.

not to mention a number of lawsuits this is just one there's also lawsuits in mexico and cyprus sorry cyprus and israel and amnesty international bringing one of those cases in israel so i think it's a delaying tactic it's inconsistent consistent with what we know of them they're a slippery company they have said they want they want to put up a vigorous fight but i suspect that that vigorous fight may not be by turning up and actually sitting in front of a judge and jury and confronting the evidence that's been presented to them my ex suspect it will be a lot more of their tactics of discrediting delaying as well as looking for a way out and of course they've also brought count a lawsuit in israel against facebook so yes i think this is quite. what we expect and what we continue to expect a minister so we're saying that the proposed what we said in the introduction to the program this company does think it's above and or beyond the law because it can discredit people who are taking it to court outside the court system. well the truth is a fortune at the moment they are above and beyon

chance of them bank going bankrupt and banks introduced the same thing that we saw back in 2011 with cyprus and they had the balan's 1st. the limit on the amount of money that you could withdraw so in lebanon we saw something like $4050.00 a day that they're allowed to take out and they focus on a guy name are who asked for a surname to be withheld. he says he's not standing around helplessly he is trying to move what is left of his savings out of lebanon via a financial instrument meant many in the country have not embraced until recently big coin quote suddenly everything turns upside down and all the options are open said mark wright what's amazing is that this discussion of what's a better store of value gold or a bit coin and in lebanon we have a taste test case people are selling gold to buy bitcoin that proves a big point is a greater and more portable store of value than gold and that's going to be the story all over the world people can't take their gold across the border it's too heavy it's too obvious they can't take bitcoin and that's what people are doing their fling with their

asked them about what you know what it was like in those early days at this point when people in cyprus 1st turned to bitcoin when we saw the bail ins and in cyprus and after that bail and by the way it then became law of the land in europe so if this crisis this you know coronavirus crisis leads to a financial crisis that is the next plan for europe and america can still princess way out perhaps but. let's turn to our event on confiscate a bull in las vegas last week with a controversial mayor amongst the mix after january 10th 2001 how funny tweeted running bit coin after that time how important is it that the only people who joined in on this thing with him were the gamers were they out was worth the price as were the freaks like if it had been like p.m.g. infidelity bank saying ok let's let's get in this together would it have changed the nature of decline do you think probably i mean i think there's a history so to me who was one of the. list co-founders and was one of those people to write really. made the point but most innovation comes from the sidelines so if you want. change c

or in finance to complete a $10000000000.00 takeover of america's cyprus semiconductor last week the committee on foreign investment in the us a subsidiary of the treasury department they advised president trump to block the deal saying that it poses a risk to u.s. national security but cyprus said tuesday they were informed by the committee that there are no unresolved national security concerns with the merger now the deal will still need to clear several other regulatory hurdles including approval from china state administration for market regulation with the deal and sony in hopes to become one of the world's top 10 semiconductor makers on the news infineon stock traded on the german dax and it's roughly up 4 percent while cyprus saw gains eclipsing 45 percent on tuesday. and finally in an increasingly connected world customer reviews can help prop up local businesses in some cases even think that but yelp there are of us and website which boasts roughly 170000000 unique visitors is trying to take on fraudsters who are gaming the system on tuesday yelp released its 1st consumer a

makers on the news and finance stock traded on the german dax and it's roughly up 4 percent while cyprus saw gains eclipsing 45 percent on tuesday. and finally in an increasingly connected world customer reviews can help prop up local businesses in some cases even think them but yelp there are of us and website which boasts roughly 178000000 unique visitors is trying to take on fraudsters who are gaming the system on tuesday yelp released its 1st consumer alerts report which lays out situations where the company's team found fraudulent reviews or activity the actions against fraud can range from putting alerts on a customer's reviews or of businesses page all the way to an outright closure of a user account so far hundreds of alerts were put on different business pages after receiving positive views coming from the same ip address that means generally the same person or some sort of system there 300 businesses even received alerts because the owner was accused of purchasing or encouraging these reviews now the op has gone as far as closing 550 user accounts so far this year in relation t

yet you can go because if you can go freely to a would have to agree to cyprus. it's not. the situation in greece could be in danger void discoloration of job creation i want moving to. please don't tell me because it's not true. there's been an explosion outside the us embassy in tunis he is capital officials say 2 suicide bombers attacked a patrol in the street outside the embassy killing one person several others were injured including at least 5 security guards to disease ministry of interior has put security forces on high alert sandy and president who has confirmed that more than 50 people have been killed in violence since december during an address to parliament he blamed some community leaders for inciting the killings the unbiased follows a series of attacks which gangs used poisonous gas to target their victims they even the unconscious. well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera off to talk to stay with us. to see. after nearly 2 decades of the longest running u.s. war the united states and now gone taliban have signed a historic agreeme

greece and cyprus have created a new alliance with israel as have egypt and jordan. [applause] naru, a, honduras, recognize jerleds as the capital f -- jerleds as the capital of israel. come join. look to the budding trend in the middle east. israel's gulf nations are warming to her. prime oman received minister benjamin netanyahu for a visit. that same year, the u.a.e. played the israel national anthem, not once but twice. [applause] last year, our berani friends allowed israeli journalists to visit for the first time since 1994. [applause] saudi, crown prince said "i believe -- i believe the palestinians and the israelis have the right to have their own land." [applause] and i remember being in that room when ambassadors from ohman, bahrain attended the white house ceremony unveiling the plan for peace where president trump and benjamin netanyahu both offered remarks. [applause] these are small examples. just a few glimpses of harmony and there's still much more progress to be made. at i think these anecdotes is real shift amongst israel's neighborhoods. the more t

you that you can't go because their borders open you can go freely to ewood of through greece or to cyprus that's not to avoid a situation in which you could be in danger the migrants came to the border with high hopes encouraged in part by turkey now they're facing the reality that the european union's gates will remain close to them. earlier. now he's a migration specialist who is considered the architect of the originally you turkey deal w.'s came brady i asked him how a new deal might help in this new crisis at the border. well since the deal was a simple non-binding statement based on interests what we need to do is find another statement based on the interests of all the key players turkey greece the e.u. not to forget the interests of refugees and migrants i've had a lot of meetings with politicians in the last few days and i think most of them recognize that this agreement was very much in the interest of germany as a major country of destination just as it is very much an interest of greece we have out this agreement greece on the scene to gnc has only 2 options one is everybody t

someone tells you that you can go because if there's open you can go freely to ewood of greece to cyprus that's not true avoid a situation ingrid you could be in danger the migrants came to the border with high hopes encouraged him punished by taki now they're facing the reality that the european union's gates will remain close to them. the earlier we spoke to borzou daragahi he's a correspondent in istanbul for the independent newspaper we asked him about reports that turkish special forces have been sent to the border to prevent migrants from returning to istanbul. i'm not sure exactly what their orders are and what their kind of direction is in terms of rules of engagement but i've heard that as well from other migrants they went to the border they tried to cross they couldn't they started going back and they were told by the turkish authorities no you stay here for now and they're not being allowed back some are being able to go back if they pay their own way if they get into a taxi and pay their way back to stumble or other cities but some no longer have i.d.'s those who crossed and

someone tells you that you can't go because they borders open you can go freely to a route of greece to cyprus that's not to avoid a situation in which you could be in danger. the migrants came to the border with high hopes encouraged in part by turkey now they're facing the reality that the e.u. skates will remain closed. fighting in syria as it lay bridgend has displaced nearly a 1000000 people since late last year a cease fire negotiated by russia and turkey took effect on friday many syrians remain skeptical that a truce will hold but a few have ventured back to their homes to pick up the pieces of their former lives once the town of 30000 streets are desolate many of its buildings destroyed or abandoned a syrian opposition flag one of the only things stirring fighting between rebels supported by turkey and russian backed syrian government troops has brought the town to its knees displacing thousands. after the recent cease fire deal some of that i was residents have returned to see what remains. i heard about the cease fire so i came back to check up on the state of my home there is damag

tells you that you can go because the borders are open you can go freely to a root of who agrees to cyprus that's not to avoid a situation in which you could be in danger if the migrants came to the border with high hopes encouraged him part by turkey now they're facing the reality that the e.u. skates will remain closed. sport alan bersin a dog man have risen to 2nd in the bundesliga after a hard fought $21.00 win at percy and munching glad back the victory breeds new life into dog man's title charge and leeds gladbach out of the top 4 supporters unveiled more controversy or banners but this week they were not deemed offensive and the game was uninterrupted. the german football association received the wrath of that but supporters after a recent row of the found behavior but others were focused on not catching the coronavirus the match officials including. the game quickly caught everyone's attention though after just 8 minutes dortmund sign told him has not been black backlash here precisely because you can do things like this one nil to the visitors a muted celebration against his old s

tells you that you can't go because their borders are open you can go freely to a route of greece to cyprus that's not true avoid a situation where you could be in danger. the migrants came to the border with high hopes encourage them pot by taki now they're facing the reality that the e.u. will remain closed. for more let's go to istanbul now where did the abuse dorian jones is standing by what choices do these people have who have essentially been stuck between the closed border on one side and the turkish forces on the other well they have very few options they really are caught between is increasingly bitter dispute between turkey and the european union and they are facing a very tough situation we have a few that do manage to cross the border we hear reports of that being stripped taking all the money away and also their legal identification which means that they are when they are from back to turkey they are in legal limbo also we have the turkish reports of talk show telling these people you have to go into greece will try to cross the border or you will be removed from the fact that

$562.00 people have now died due to the virus and the country has reported nearly 15000 cases over in cyprus while it's reported its 1st coronavirus death more than 80 people are infected with the virus there for one has suspended all unnecessary movements outside the home and is clamping down on travel across its borders and switzerland has reported a 25 percent jump in corona virus cases in a single day with infections there at just over $6000.00 well the outbreak is straining hospitals in many countries health care systems are struggling with stopping shortages and doctors on jussi have to navigate strict no contact policies to avoid infection one solution to breath problems could be robots one company in china hopes to turn its automated white is into hospital helpers. a hot pot restaurant in china the food may be old fashioned but the service is straight out of a sign fine novel robots bring fresh vegetables and raw meat to be cooked in a pot at the tables for years now this restaurant chain has featured electronic waiters made by kenyan robotics the company has donated hundreds of robo

tells you that you can go because their borders open you can go freely to a route of to greece to cyprus that's not true avoid a situation in which you could be in danger the migrants came to the border with high hopes encouraged in part by turkey now they're facing the reality that the e.u. states will remain closed. and for more now let's go to istanbul where dorian jones is standing by for us dorian what are you hearing from the border now. yes been another day of confrontation and violence hundreds possibly even thousands of migrants have been trying to penetrate the greek frontier and been pushed back very robustly with the greek security forces using tear gas and bolts of using rubber bullets but that doesn't seem to be stopping them the migrants tally 18 using stones firing stones and wood at the greek greek security forces chanting open the border open the border and we have to understand that many of these people migrants are the old and also young families who are increasingly trapped in this incredibly escalating cycle of violence and what choices do the people who have now be

single day $562.00 people have now died from the virus in the country as reported daily 15000 cases cyprus has reported its 1st full coronavirus death and there are more than 80. norrin case is there vietnam has bods nearly all foreigners from entering and shut down inbound international air travel and switzerland has reported a 25 percent jump in cases in a single day infections there stand just over 6000 some positive news now though china has reported 0 locally transmitted cases for the 3rd straight day authorities say all of the 41 new confirmed cases were brought in from overseas after weeks of fighting the disease with tough measures china is now sharing its experience with the rest of the world and providing much needed supplies. from being at the receiving end of coronavirus aid from other nations to helping the rest of the world battle the disease china has its domestic outbreak largely under control and is now supplying millions of mosques and other badly needed items to struggling governments around the globe beijing hopes the aid will help build political ties and diffuse criti

you that you can't go because the borders are open you can go freely to he would have to agree to cyprus that's not a void situation in which you could be in danger but turkey says it can no longer cope with the number of refugees it has deployed special police to prevent greece from sending back those who managed to cross these people remain trapped as both turkey and the new accuse each other of using them as spawns in a bigger political game. plenty w.'s fight to get hard can oust he's a migration specialist who's considered one of the architects of the originally you turkey deal came brady asked him how a new deal might end the crisis at the green tech age borda well since the deal was a simple non-binding statement based on interests what we need to do is find another statement based on the interests of all the key players turkey greece the e.u. not to forget the interests of refugees and migrants i've had a lot of meetings with politicians in the last few days and i think most of them recognize that this agreement was very much in the interest of germany as a major country of desti

tells you that you can go because their borders are open you can go freely to a route of greece or to cyprus that's not to avoid a situation in which you could be in danger you'll see a bottle of the chief diplomat for the european union while turkey for its part says that europe is trampling on international law and is even violating its our values and they do have a point there because at the moment greece has suspended all asylum applications now the united nations is that is actually against international law as human rights groups are also criticizing europe and greece for taking a position an open letter signed by 85 respected human rights groups and charities was distributed yesterday and look to put this in perspective the united states under president donald trump has not stopped accepting all applications for asylum on its border with mexico so europe's going further than even trump and more to that greece is that now is that is it is extending its fence along the border with turkey by 40 kilometers it's a razor wire fence with high tech cameras so europe is effectively building a

tells you that you can go because the borders are open you can go freely to ewood of greece or to cyprus that's not to avoid the situation in which you could be in danger the migrants came to the border with high hopes encouraged in part by turkey now they're facing the reality that the european union's gates will remain close to them. let's cross over to turkey now where balls are down a guy here standing by is a correspondent in istanbul for the independent newspaper thanks very much for joining me these tensions are continuing even intensifying what are you hearing from the border. i mean the same as your reporters have said you know there's a lot of migrants and refugees from mostly from south asia a lot of afghans some from the arab world they're gathered there trying to get across they are mostly very desperate people escaping war and economic deprivation they see in europe a hope for their own future and for their children's future and you know it's a it's a real humanitarian dilemma for everyone what will can you tell us about the cycle turkish special forces who feign sent to th

because of its position in northern cyprus why did he send troops in to support one half of what's happening in libya only to have morocco and algeria remain neutral and russia and france very much on the other side actually i believe that there are several reasons to do it one is that the. national accord government of tripoli was in dire need of a foreign country to help it because it was under pressure from the hostile forces and turkey thought that it could help. the people the government. for 2 reasons because it was legitimate it was backed by the international community by the united nations and secondly the. tripoli government or triple the parliament was donated by muslim brotherhood like minded people and the ruling party in turkey a.k.p. party is also inspired from the muslim brotherhood the 3rd reason was that turkey by negotiating an agreement with the. government they could have. the line 8 that there is a maritime jurisdiction area and cut the the countries that have already partition is to meditate in among themselves without taking into consideration turkey's. many times the

which in the last hour and a half the president has come out and said basically anybody going to cyprus will need a medical certificate saying that they're clear of coronavirus and even if they do have a certificate if they arrive they're going to be put in for 14 days into a government administered quarantine center. the different countries across europe are ripping up the schengen freedom of movement principle and for reasons of national security the saying and. invoking states of emergency are brought bringing up the drawbridge and effectively trying to seal themselves off from the outside world believing rightly or wrongly that that is the best way of trying to limit the spread of the coronavirus of course here in the british capital and sunday gives the opportunity to politicians both on a range of local television programs and in the media itself the newspapers to explain their position it's been a very confused position from the british government and the clear on sunday. yes our health secretary matt hancock has been doing the rounds of the morning television political shows and

really chewy would have to release it to cyprus that's not true void situation in which you could be in danger avoid discoloration of the crisis avoid moving to a closed door but please don't tell people that they can go because it's not true and a court in india's capital has ordered 4 men to be executed later this month after their appeals in a landmark right case failed they were convicted of gang raping and murdering a student on a bus in new delhi in 2012 and then leaving her to die the case triggered mass protests and led to tougher laws against sexual violence and those are the headlines for this hour news hour in 25 minutes time right after the string. to al-jazeera we let me talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they are the endemic corruption and the carrot we listen so if you really put place china as an enemy of ours and that's really that we meet with global news makers going to leak about the stories that matter which is their own. welcome to the stream i'm femi oke i more and more people often sting africa to reconnect with that pos and it's helping inspire t

she's off to cyprus.ul island, healthy and lovely, he's waking up in rainy old essex with no holiday and sadly today, a place of coronavirus. thank you both for your reassuring words. we won't go to essex but we can go somewhere else to talk about the effect of the wider economy. nina is in a warehouse in china is often referred to as the warehouse of the world. you can almost guarantee that something is made or at least part made in china. what happens there matters to warehouses like this one. up to 80% of which its products have come through china. let's have a chat with gary. so far, what has the impact been? at the moment we received most of the orders from uk, but the destruction we experience is where our containers are leaving late from the far east. factories have been closed and late february is noun out being dispatched —— not being dispatched softly what sort of products are you worried about? these items all come from the far east. a lot of our football that come from italy are now being caug

wednesday night when grossly invention bloodbath hosted cologne without the presence of any fans in cyprus 80 a final decision is expected on monday of the german league is hoping to still have a season by the summer. and in english football shall see forward callum hudson or doyle is the 1st premier league player confirmed to have the coronavirus the news comes hours after arsenal manager arteta also tested positive arteta and the arsenal team of gone into self isolation their match against brighton on saturday's been postponed the news of active positive tests has prompted the premier league to call off all games until next month. let's get a reminder now of our top story european union commission president it was left on the line as announced a 37000000000 euro support package to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus crisis she says that you will do whatever it takes the disease spreads across the continent. and before we go we just have one more item for you a heartwarming moment from quarantined italy people in c.n.n. have been confined to their homes because of the coronavirus