foreign ministers are meeting in the croatian capital to discuss the worsening conflict in syria europe's concerned all this renewed fighting will create another refugee crisis blocs foreign policy chief describe the situation in libya as a serious threat to international peace and security. this is an important meeting because we need to see what are the measures the opinion can take you know to support greece we have expressed to you very thing with great sentence we have to see how to. quell that make sure that the situation on the greek turkish border does not escalate and at the same time it is important for syria for this edition syria to be tackled you know a responsible manner by all the actors syrians from aid labor among the thousands of people trying to cross from turkey into the e.u. trying to go through greece and bug area but side they've been met by violence rubber bullets and tear gas turkey has deployed a 1000 police officers to its border with greece well than 50 people have been killed in mob violence in zambia triggered by a series of poison gas attacks gangs have been

europe. i'm brink off it's good to have you with us tonight a possible end to the fighting in northwestern syria turkish president to one and russian president vladimir putin say they have agreed to a cease fire for the countries we could live region that ceasefire takes effect at midnight tonight the deal was announced after 6 hours of talks between. the 2 leaders today in moscow. earlier we spoke with our russia correspondent really sure when about that meeting but these talks seem to have been rather tense they went on for over 6 hours 1st there was a tete a tete meeting between putin and then ministers from both sides from both countries joined those talks they've agreed on a ceasefire to come in to force at midnight they've also agreed to create some sort of a security corridor or in is live and they've also agreed to start carrying out in joint patrols between russian and turkish forces in the province the 2 leaders also emphasize the importance again of fighting terrorists in syria fighting terrorists in that in that province and as well of the territorial sovereignty of syria now of cour

syria. in europe you can work their jobs you get a decent salary the kids can go to school you can lead a normal human life that's all i want. or that if i made it to the great side then i took my phone my money took my clothes off i beat me and sent me back to turkey this is just wrong and money. we want to be able to breathe freely when i was 12 years old i had to leave school my parents were killed in the war. others have come from afghanistan and pakistan they find shelter where they can dozens crammed into this abandoned bus station turkey's president has carried out his threat to open the border to europe if nature did not back his military operation in northern syria. the red crescent and red cross are helping out where they can on the ground handing out food and water and providing basic shelter. we are ready to do what they need to restore the committee. missing in this moment if you can do. it. again we are ready to do whatever is necessary to provide dignity to the. stuff. that ankara for its part is determined that those who do make it across to greece will not be sent back into turk

syria . again. europe could be looking at another my current crisis now that turkey has reopened dates buddhas with greece tens of thousands once more trying to cross into the even 5 years on from the peak of the 1st michel crisis this time there is less of a welcome video has emerged showing the greek coast guard firing on my current boats. here on with the land border there are accusations of brute force all denied by the greek authorities even germany is warning migrants not to come there is no point in coming to germany we cannot tell you when in germany everyone agrees something like 20152016 crosses must not be repeated but that decision has been criticized by some quips in germany with protests demanding that the borders are kept take but 5 years ago. being welcomed by some e.u. leaders chancellor angela merkel famously said that they could come to germany and more than a 1000000 date now there was a steady stream of my currency teaching children and the elderly but the vast majority without a doubt

in 2015 or 2 important things have not changed in the last 5 years the board syria is still on and most refugees at europe's gates they come from syria. shots and tear gas at the greek turkish border tensions are rising here as a new chapter in the migrant crisis unfolds turkey accused greece of killing a migrant and wounding others on wednesday athens says the allegations are fake news people desperate to reach the european union are stuck in limbo on wanted by both countries with no safe place to return to. live in monte home i don't have a home i have nothing to go back to if i ever turned i would have to start from the beginning so going forward is the only option for me and my son. said i want to. go to good as we've been here for 4 days there's no food nothing then they didn't open the border i need to go back it's been days. he you council president shall michel met with turkish president wretch of tayyip erdogan in ankara for crisis talks europe has now offered an additional $170000000.00 euros for vulnerable groups within syria but he will fishel say that at obama's decision to open turkey's border

syria. >> in europe, you can work, there are jobs, you get a decent salary. the kids can go to school.ou can lead a normal human life. that is all i want. >> i took life -- they took my phone, my money, and they took my clothes and beat me and sent me back to turkey. this is just wrong. >> we want to be able to breathe freely. when i was 12 years old, i had to leave school and my parents were killed in the war. >> others have come from afghanistan and pakistan. they find shelter where they can, and dozens cram into this abandoned bus station. turkey's president has carried out his threat to open the border in europe if nato did not back his notary operation in syria. the red crescent and red cross are helping out where they can on the ground, handing out food and water, and providing basic shelter. >> we are ready to do whatever that is needed, because what we are missing in these moments is the deep feeling for the human being in the middle of this. we will do whatever is necessary to provide dignity to those stuck in this moment. >> ankara is determined that those who do make it acro

but europe has their own allies in syria, they can support them. do you have the nato alliance, you can support them by providing material assistance in stopping the killing. turkey, a lot of syrians talk about how much they like what turkey is doing, even though turkey is coming into their country, it is the only way to survive. it is the only way to be protected. it doesn't matter who protects us, just protect us. just protect us. i even have a video of my father being killed by the soldiers who made that. pictures,brother's and just to make it clear, my father looks like any other human being on earth, normal dad, i loved him, he loved me and my brothers as well. there is evidence of them being killed. and now we have five legal cases, prosecutions against the war crimes in syria, and it is in germany, france, norway and sweden. we have to support these cases and we have to start here in the united states, because the u.s. has more power in europe -- more power than europe and doing any prosecutions. just and germany two days ago have started th

bullets and tear gas, as it closes its border to thousands of refugees trying to escape from syria into europepressure grows on priti patel to explain bullying allegations, after the resignation of her top civil servant at the home office. a league cup hatrick for manchester city, as they triumph over aston villa. good evening. there's been a significant increase in the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus, with 12 new cases in england and one in scotland. the health secretary has said the government could take emergency powers to close schools and cancel large public events if the disease can't be contained. the total number of cases in the uk is now 36. the virus — a respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia—like symptoms — has infected more than 87,000 people in 60 countries. our first report is from our health editor hugh pym. one of two schools that will be closed tomorrow, because members of staff have tested positive for the coronavirus. at this infant school in berkshire parents have been told it won't open until health officials are certain it is safe. the task now

being in brussels for talks with european union leaders over the border crisis and war in syria he wants europe to take more responsibility for refugees crossing from syria to escape the war thousands of refugees have been clashing with green border patrols since their then reopened to turkey's northwestern border with greece 10 days ago in contravention of a 2016 deal with that. at least 43 people have died in 4 kenya faso after gunmen attacked 2 villages in the north of the country the military has been sent to secure the villages in the north region which is close to the border with mali there's a top stories coming up next it's the stream of have more news for you in half an hour thanks for watching the by. ok and you are in the stream of fury in the streets of a femicide in mexico protesters are asking what they saw happen for the government to take the issue seriously we want you to share your thoughts on how to address violence against women you can let us know in our life chat. he set up is that from mexico lawyer and journalist and you are in the street. in mexico women are taking part

is concerned that the fighting in syria will create new flows of refugees heading for europe and you foreign ministers are meeting in the croatian capital zagreb today to discuss those developments you foreign affairs chief yes a borrower is backing a dutch plan for a buffer zone to stop attacks on civilians in rebel held province but he says the block has no power to enforce the measure the german foreign minister who is also supporting security guarantees for civilians in the region greece's warning minister is expected to press his counterparts for their help in coping with the latest arrival of migrants at the greek border. our you correspondent garrick mathis is following that meeting of foreign ministers for us good morning to you georg what's the e.u. prepared to do to help greece cope with another potential migrant crisis unfolding at this hour on its border apart from financial aid to help with the refugees that are already in the country brian there is now order also a force of 100 border officers from from texas the e.u.'s border agency on their way to greece supposed to a

being in brussels for talks with european union leaders over the border crisis and war in syria he wants europe to take more responsibility for refugees crossing from syria to escape the war thousands of refugees have been clashing with greek border patrols since their then reopened to turkey's northwestern border with greece 10 days ago in contravention of a 2016 deal with that. at least $43.00 people have died in bourke enough so after gunmen attacked 2 villages in the north of the country the military has been sent to secure the villages in the north region which is close to the border with mali there's a top stories coming up next that it's the stream i have more news for you in half an hour thanks for watching the by. ok and you are in the stream of fury in the streets of a femicide in mexico protesters are asking what they stop and for the government to take the issue seriously we want you to share your thoughts on how to address violence against women you can let us know in our life chat. he said up is that from mexico lawyer and journalist and you are in the street. in mexico women are

to key russia conversation around a lasting peace in syria treating the symptoms is dealing with tens of thousands trying to get to the europe the actual problem is syria itself and that's where the great powers need to work together and i still hope that the crawl putin aragon meeting that was supposed to happen on march 5th is still planning to go ahead but we all know how hard it is to resolve the syrian crisis in this more immediate result of what's going on in the loop is a clear and present danger well it's present right now. well if we're talking about reality it's clear that these bombings and the changing areas of control saki which was the m 4 in 5 junction town fell into rebel hands the assad forces now are trying to retake it it's clear that a military solution realistically is quite far away from all sides and all sides claim to care about the syrian people and bringing peace to syria so if the reality is you can't win a military conflict you need to get to the negotiating table even if you forget and put aside the fact that there is children dying on a daily basis and that should be a moral reason to sit at the

continent's borders will were may close as the greece for a new wave of refugees from war torn syria and beyond plus europe sees a sharp increase in coronavirus cases including a big jump in germany will find out how people here i could fronting the french or the pro caution is giving way to panic and a 3rd time to use the term israelis cast their votes again for a 3rd time in less than a year while they break the political deadlock between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main challenger many gods or at least another stalemate. mark thank you so much for your company everyone a border battle and a humanitarian crisis all along the european union's eastern border have intensified thousands of migrants are trying to make their way from turkey into greece since the turkish government opened its borders to the e.u. for greece is pushing back athens is suspending asylum applications for one month. saying it will turn back anyone who enters the country illegally this footage that you see right here released by the turkish authorities shows greek coast guard blocking a boat filled with like ruins. and e

and allow proper proper reception of refugees crossing into europe and let's remember that the real focus here should be the situation in syria and where we would code for a ceasefire europe to use all pressure at its disposal to try and deescalate the situation which is the cause of what's happening there are now 12000000 people displaced by the repression and the violence in syria only a small percentage of these people will say protection or are seeking protection in the e.u. so the e.u. needs also to respond and do its fair share in response to this huge displacement crisis i mean but is that neither the turks or other one as he wants the e.u. to pay attention to the plight of those who are displaced inside syria who could then end up heading over into turkey which already has around $4000000.00 syrian refugees and. do you think that the techie has a point in saying that there's a kind of double standard operating here with the e.u. and that if they only pay attention if if refugees start arriving on the border with countries a risk we see the risk of a strategy of relying on turkey and the e.u. with the e.u. turkey deal

continent's borders will remain closed as they brace for a new wave of refugees from war torn syria and beyond plus europe sees a sharp increase in corona virus cases including a big jump in germany find out how people here are.

of these migrants thanks so much for that you hear from the border area a seeking to enter europe come from syria where fighting is now raging in the north turkey and russia have troops on the ground there and they're supporting opposing sides the recent weeks of escalating military action in the province have left dozens of turkish troops dead and created a dynamic where russian and turkish forces could wind up in direct confrontation preventing that will likely be on the agenda during the russian and turkish talks in moscow later today. flying the russian flag in sarah cab a key town in it live province with russia's help syrian government forces have pushed out opposition rebel forces backed by turkey. as the syrian government intensifies its assault on the country's last remaining rebel stronghold both russia and turkey are counting the casualties turkey is especially under pressure it's lost more than 50 troops in the past month including 33 soldiers killed in a single airstrike last week. turkish president wretch f.-type air to one has vowed to continue turkey's offensive should syrian forc

continent's borders will remain closed as the breeze for a new wave of refugees from war torn syria and beyond plus europe sees a sharp increase in coronavirus cases including a big jump in germany will find out how people here are confronting the threat whether precaution is giving way to panic plus 3rd time's the charm israelis cast their votes for a 3rd time in less than a year will they break the political deadlock between prime minister netanyahu and his main challenger by the gods. marcus great to have you along everyone a border battle and a humanitarian crisis along the european union's eastern border have intensified thousands of migrants are trying to make their way from turkey into greece since the turkish government opened its borders to the e.u. but greece is pushing back athens is suspending asylum applications for one month saying it will turn back anyone who enters the country illegally this footage released by the. turkish authorities shows the greek coast guard turning away a boat sealed with migrants. and earlier we spoke to our correspondent julie holland in istanbul and she told us wh

it is determined that europe will share the fallout from syria's long and brutal war. 0rla guerin, bbcresident joe biden has dramatically revived his bid to become the democratic party's nominee to take on donald trump in november's presidential election. mr biden won a resounding victory in the primary in south carolina, after performing poorly in three previous state ballots. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. so it would seem reports ofjoe biden‘s imminent demise were much exaggerated. the former vice president's southern firewall proved to be rock solid and flame retardant. his first victory tasted sweet. now, thanks to all of you, on behalf of the democratic party, wejust won, and we won big because of you. cheering and applause. and we are very much alive. what made the difference was that this was the first state to vote with a significant african—american population. their support for him was almost as enormous as the food portions in this spartanburg diner. joe biden. biden. you're biden? yeah, i like biden. because he's an honest man. biden is probably my top choice.

migrants trying to cross into greece many of them are refugees fleeing war zones in syria and beyond but after finding europe stories shut they have now become stranded else signed the turkish city of a deer in. her shots and tear gas at the greek turkish border tensions are rising here as a new chapter in the migrant crisis unfolds turkey accused greece of killing a migrant and wounding others on wednesday athens says the allegations are fake news people desperate to reach the european union are stuck in limbo unwanted by both countries with no safe place to return to. live in monte home i don't have a home i have nothing to go back to if i've returned i would have to start from the beginning so going forward is the only option for me and my son. got a lot of. good as we've been here for 4 days there's no food nothing then they didn't open the border i need to go back it's been days. he you council president shall michel met with turkish president wretch of tayyip erdogan in ankara for crisis talks europe has now offered an additional $170000000.00 euros for vulnerable groups within syria but he will fishel

decision that could trigger a repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis here in europe but in 2020 geopolitics look different in northern syria turkey faces an opponent backed by russia turkey needs help from the west will it used refugees to get it tonight turkey in what the critics are calling a desperate politics of extortion i brought guff from berlin this is the day. of the couple of years they underestimated. they thought we were bluffing. since the moment we opened our borders the number of those with headed to europe has reached hundreds of thousands. in an attempt to deal with it at the expense of migrants think. there will be more soon this number will be expressed in millions. also coming up tuesday is the biggest day for democrats who want to challenge donald trump for the white house for a late comer candidate mike bloomberg the stakes on super tuesday could not be high and he's not going to make you fall in love with his policy ideas but his aunts are thing to behold he's good at making commercials can he persuade voters that commercials are enough. what you our viewers on p.b.s. watching in the u.s. and all aro

suspended in south korea over the past year and reduced military operations in iraq and syria confrontation in europe is the next best location for attempting to keep the military industrial complex with all its major election donors in business during the 2020 u.s. presidential elections she clearly feels like look you see everything else kind of winding down your email still use iran and use that kind of thing but at the end of the everything else is kind of winding down so let's keep pumping up this russia we need to start talking about you know how do you justify building aircraft carriers when you're fighting terrorism you can't but if you're fighting a big country then you we are we need that aircraft carrier a big country that has shown no signs of actually being in a fight right now is that this is extremely problematic because it goes against all usage one of our forces but also the buildup of this of the costs associated with managing something like this for president for an administration or country being the u.s. that has gone out of its way over the past few years to showcase just how mu

enter germany 2 important things have not changed in the last 5 years the war in syria is still on and most refugees at europe's gates come from their. shots and tear gas at the greek turkish border tensions are rising here as a new chapter in the migrant crisis unfolds turkey accused greece of killing a migrant and will need no others on wednesday pathans says the allegations are fake news people desperate to reach the european union are stuck in limbo on wanted by both countries with no safe place to return to. a. bit of money home i don't have a home i have nothing to go back to it's over time and i would have to start from the beginning so going forward is the only option for me and my son and i don't want to. go to good news we've been here for 4 days there's no food nothing when they didn't open the border i need to go back it's been days. he you council president shot me shell met with turkish president wretch of tayyip erdogan in ankara for crisis talks europe has now offered an additional $170000000.00 euros for vulnerable groups within syria but he were officially say that this decision to open turkey

europe is he. that will then pressure the europeans to pressure nato to go in help syria or help turkey in syria is that what he's thinking i think that's the thinking yes and if you look at the wall and and statements from government officials and also pro-government pundits and also columnists in the last couple of weeks you see that actually you see this is the magic campaigning to get the support bought from them to and europe parts to give support to turkey i mean he's asking a lot from the europeans also from nato because we're talking about in northern syria now the turkish military facing off with a force that is backed by the russian military that would bring nato in direct conflict with russia possibly. possibly it old or i am not sure and i am also not sure at this point whether there is another better option in this i said basically there is no doll turkey is not a democratic country it has no hesitation to violate human italian principles so again has no his situation to use humanitarian basis to further its foreign policy ambitions under a humanitarian cloak and that has been happenin

and also responsible for what's happening because they are part of the game in syria but they are as well responsible as europe which did a lot to stabilize the regime without having any able to in the tubes and which did a lot to keep the economy at its knees and impoverishing to population and syria. to the u.s. now super tuesday is in full swing across 14 american states where voters have been choosing their preferred democratic presidential candidate as the favorite joe biden has received a major boost going into the latest leg of the race after 2 of his challengers dropped out and gave them their support that has been seen as an attempt to undermine the campaign of a front runner bernie sanders. i am ending my campaign and you are saying joe biden i delighted to endorse and support joe biden. we need to unite our party and our country i'm looking for a president who will draw out what is best in each of us and i'm encouraging everybody who is part of my campaign to join me because we have found that leaders in vice president soon to be president. super tuesday is when the largest number of states head to

they must support turkey's efforts for political and humanitarian solutions in syria their own strategy seems to be working europe is considering how best to undermine russia's efforts in syria and this is the question now which also needs to. regarding syria we're pretty much aware of what is do in syria what russia is doing is fighting extremists in ad lib it says but as the conflict rages at least there is still room for dialogue. ahead of the meeting tempers boiled over in the turkish parliament and peace from the ruling and rival parties brawled or after an opposition m.p. criticized president over the military intervention in syria one verbal hit back describing the opposition as dishonorable and treacherous for questioning turkish military operations with tensions running high we asked chris bambery what he thinks the outcome of this thursday's talks in moscow will be. why i think we have to start by looking beyond syria and seeing that there is more me x. russian talking common than there is divides it the division is syria but there's a lot more that unites them in the current current state of the world

must support turkey's efforts for political and humanitarian solutions in syria for their own strategy seems to be working europe is considering how best to undermine russia's efforts in syria and this is the question now which also needs to be raised regarding syria where pretty much aware of what is doing in syria what's russia is doing is fighting extremists and ad lib it says but as the conflict rages at least there is still room for dialogue. here with tensions running high we asked chris bambery what he thinks the come of this thursday's marathon talks a mosque is going to be and as i say stand by any point been waiting for hours now that a press is going to happen there to come and talk to the media cameras there and what will go to it what happens by the way this is what chris bambery thinks why i think we have to start by working beyond syria and seeing that there is more but me x. russian talking common and there is divides it the division is syria but there's a lot more that unites them in the current current state of the world particularly in relationship to united states and the west in a sense awar

last 8 years for the syrian civil war now president its borders to to europe refugees in response to intensified fighting in syria went from the e.u. exactly. well i mean what we're seeing here. is looking for support not only for the refugees some more money but i think they're also looking for support for its tough stance in syria itself took easing cation a major military operation against the syrian regime of a 30 foot soldiers were killed in an airstrike earlier this week operation a peace shield as they have called it is now. continuing and they've been talking a syrian military air base in aleppo they've killed 2000 soldiers when they shot down 2 syrian planes and the operation is expected to continue until at least meets putin in the next few days the message from currys it has to face this crisis and it's looking for its european and its american allies to stand behind dorian jones in istanbul for us thank you so much story. now the health story of the moment the corona virus continues to spread quickly around the world with the total number of infections now at more than $87000.00 globally several count

to his president is accused of using the refugee crisis as leverage to force europe to support his syria operation. dante this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. exit polls suggest benjamin netanyahu is likud party has won the most seats in israel's parliament and is within the grasp of a governing majority. containment 19 is visible must remain the top priority for all countries the dirty h.-o. says containment is key as infections outside of china balloon and forecasters warn the coronavirus could harm global economic growth. tens of thousands of refugees mostly from syria have been trying to reach greece either on foot or by boat the wave of people follows techies decision to suspend a migrant deal reached with europe 4 years ago jones reports now from the greek island of lesbos which once again finds itself on the front line of the refugee crisis 7. asylum seekers stranded on the north shores of lesbos some have spent the night out in the open the police can't process them at the only refugee camp on the island in moria it's been blockaded by angry islanders who wanted sh