they paid $400.00 taki for the trip that's around 60 euros a lot of money for this family at least they brought some supplies water bread she says. many have nothing at all the desperation is most visible when a few local volunteers arrive to distribute food not just the thought of there isn't enough for everyone. in the coffee shop but it's on the can manage here is vital the whole world must see this if you ask me this is a shame for the entire planet these people have been left to stay outside in the cold the luck of. most of those waiting here came with the firm belief that the border was indeed open and that the tack. the europeans of both had moved in their favor the realisation that this is not true makes it all the more bitter i don't see as we all learned years apart a little purposes they should not use refugees like this insanity lane. perhaps a bit younger now we know that this is all a game nobody knows what the results are we just want someone to tell us what will happen. knowing what's in store this is what everybody here once feared us who even heal watches the news from

hope it is the same message that people send to takis house can. at night in istanbul. the arrival of the olympic flame in japan has attracted huge crowds despite tokyo 2020 organizers requests at to avoid large gatherings hundreds of people came out on sunday to catch a glimpse of the torch in northern japan amid the coronavirus pandemic the flame initially arrived on friday but is making a tour of the areas most affected by the 2011 tsunami official torture lies starts on thursday. and let's take a look at some of the other headlines from around the world a strong earthquake hit croatia and its capital's a grab causing widespread damage and panic a 15 year old was reportage and in critical condition and others were also injured european seismological agency said the earthquake measured 5.3 on the richter scale . the west african state of guinea is voting in a fierce need to spew food referendum on changing the constitution the amendments could boost gender equality and bring other social reforms but critics say the poll is a ploy by 82 year old president alpha condé t

this is one of the major crossing points between taki and e.u. member greece it's been heavily guarded in the past few years but as soon as turkish authorities announced they would no longer stop refugees from trying to cross into europe hundreds of people started arriving here and they easily passed this border fence on the turkish side at the same time greek border police beefed up security and the border of their remains closed so this is the situation now hundreds of people many with children and just a few belongings stuck in a no man's land between the 2 countries. feed us and his family set a little further away 5 years ago he fled from the syrian city of homs to turkey it's here where he met his wife and it's here where their daughter was born now they're on the road again a question that. we had on the news that the borders to europe are being i've been in the. head of immediately by a taxi from is manager here. is we have done share of them that. are actually open the border. they're big years. they paid $400.00 for the trip that's arou

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 were caught by the greek authorities were often stripped of their i.d.'s as well as their clothing and other belongings and were sent back some

killed lose hope it is the same message that people send to takis health care. at night in istanbul. thank you. you're watching t.v. news we'll have more headlines at the top of the hour but before we go country music fans are mourning the death of legendary singer kenny rogers he died friday of natural causes at the age of 81 the grammy award winning singer songwriter racked up 2 dozen number one hits and sell of a 50000000 albums in the u.s. a line will leave you now with one of his biggest hits the gambler. on a warm summer's eve from a train though. where the camera. both too tired to sleep so we to turns a stare at the window at. the border.

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 is stamboul and these people now many of the being of truck in this legal limbo land for over a week they have no sanitation of to speak of little shelter or food and th

you could be in danger if the migrants came to the border with high hopes in tarrasch them pot by taki now they're facing the reality that the e.u. skates will remain closed. time for some football now and bersih dortmund have risen to 2nd in the bundesliga after a hard fought 21 win at bursley of munchen glad back the victory injects new life into dortmund's title charge and leeds gladbach out of the top 4 supporters unveiled more controversy or battles but this week they were not deemed offensive and the game was uninterrupted. the german football association received the wrath of that supporters after a recent royal the fan behavior but others were focused on not catching the coronavirus the match officials included. the game quickly caught everyone's attention though after just 8 minutes dortmund sign told them has up i'm glad back that here precisely because you can do things like this one nil to the visitors a muted celebration against his old side. a big goal for this big top fallback will . but hose got back hit back early in the 2nd half in la standalone hands a bundle in the

after don't lose hope little seats and made him lose hope it is the same message that people send to takis health care when at night in istanbul it. here's a look now at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour a strong earthquake hit croatia and its capital zagreb causing widespread damage and panic a 15 year old was reported in critical condition and others were also injured the european seismological agency said the earthquake measured a $5.00 magnitude. in west african states of guinea is voting in a fiercely disputed referendum on changing the constitution the amendments could boost gender equality and bring other social reforms but critics say the polls a ploy by 82 year old president alpha condi to hold onto power. watching the news all be back with more news of a top down. each step tells my story. of the people who climbed to me built dedicated to me i am not too dumb to party. on this line. in the centuries they built me they created something truly right. now too much.

the migrants came to the border with high hopes encouraged in part by taki 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 door and what are you hearing from the border now. yeah it's been another day of confrontation and violence hundreds possibly even thousands of migrants have been trying to penetrate the greek frontier and being pushed by. 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 been stuck between the closed border and turkish forces have in this no man's land i guess. well really they are called to in this increasingly bitter power struggle between turkey and th

thousands of people a testing year of buddhas by the sea from libya to its early and from taki to greece and then continuing overland to europe. affluent countries. these scenes are from hungary as refugees attempt to travel west we are humans well documented the way that what you see us look everyone here they are families we don't need anything just to close the. other human off you're just doing like on the one this is not a human being dirty joke. in response europe is building more rules today there are 5 existing fences across the continent with at least one of the 6 either in construction scheduled. most of these rules separate e.u. nations from countries outside the union but some fences a planned between member states a move that's against the spirit of the e.u. according to the e.u.'s foreign policy chief europe was built on the idea that walls have to fold down europe was built on the idea of coming together. that are more refugees and migrants travelling around the ward within africa within asia than those that are coming to europe this to say we have europeans to put things

volunteers hoping to save lives with a disinfectant, but just imagine trying to prevent the virus takid in camps like this, rperfect breeding ground disease. so the children of serious long war, like her and her brother, arew facing a nger. their mother fea all displaced families will be an ea target for the coronaviru >> from what we have heard about how it spreads, we hope god takes it away from us. it is overcrowded here and hard to take precautions. you can't keep the outside clean. correspondent: a doctors overwhelmed as i is, something we saw this month. they fight for every precious life, but onl half the health care facilities are operational. for soany trapped, no hope of social distancing. for now, there is a ceases fire in trner of syria, but if e virus strikes, it could be catastrophic. he ♪ johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming theld first major weader to confirm a diagnosis. in a video on social media, he said he currently has mild mptoms and will be self-isolating and working from downing street to lead the national fight against coronavirus. his heal

well i'm it's one of the main the border crossing points between taki and greece and there have been some quite dramatic scenes further away from me here at the border where hundreds of migrants are still trying to cross into greece into e.u. territory now we can't move any closer because turkish soldiers have sealed this area off they're not letting journalists in right now but according to the reports we're getting and we heard shots were fired earlier greek border guards have used tear gas again against refugees to keep them out there are some reports that something have been fired from the takesh side as well it's a little chaotic as i mentioned and refugees in the area refugees migrants have been trying to cross they sent us journalists covering the situation videos on what's up with the dramatic scenes actually the refugees are saying greek a border guards have fired. at them they say several people have been injured and here on the turkish side we saw several ambulances passed so people have been injured and the situation that remains very tense it seems some dramatic scenes o

they encourage maybe more people to come here until the european union you know reacts in the way taki one some to react are you leon are reporting from the turkish side of the turkish border thank you very much . want to know about some of the other stories making news around the world. powerful tornadoes have struck the u.s. state of tennessee killing at least 9 people one of them cost severe damage in the capital nashville destroying buildings and ripping downed power lines tennessee is $1.00 of 14 states set to hold presidential primary elections today. chile's president has threatened to reimpose a state of emergency as antigovernment protests gain momentum violent clashes hit the capital santiago again on monday a south american country has been protests seen protests rather over economic inequality and the high cost of living since october. residences several neighborhoods survey of the janeiro are cleaning up after rainfall triggered flash flooding 4 people died and thousands were forced to abandon their homes during the storm water and mud levels rose above one meter in many h

migration crisis on its border with turkey the talks were called by greek prime minister meets with takis who is accused turkey of encouraging migrants to head for the greek border said over the weekend it would no longer stop migrants in its territory from trying to enter the e.u. the head of the european commission it was a left on the line says it is up to europe as a whole to protect greece's border. those who seek to test europe's unity will be disappointed we will hold the line and our unity will prevail now is the time for concerted action and cool halves and acting based on our values turkey is not an enemy and people are not just means to reach a goal we would all do well to remember both in the days to come i think greece for being our european speeder in these times. and by f.p. to you commission president there was thanking greece for being europe's shield ok let's talk about all of this with our correspondent yulia she's on the turkish side of the border crossing to greece and we have our political correspondent kate brady with us here in our studio yulia i want to start with

they encourage maybe more people to come here until the european union you know reacts in the way taki one stem to react are you'll yohan our reporting from the turkish side of the greek turkish border thank you very much. want to bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world powerful tornadoes have struck the u.s. state of tennessee killing at least 19 people one of them costs a very damaged in the capital nashville destroying buildings and ripping down power lines tennessee is one of the 14 states set to hold presidential primary elections today. evoke a no on the indonesian island of java has erupted mt merapi spewed a cloud of ash and lava some 6 kilometers into the air the eruption briefly prompted the closure of a nearby international airport but geologists have not raised the alert level from robbie in asia's most active volcano. the world health organization says it's controlling an ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of the congo it's reporting a sharply lower number of new cases and the disease has now been confined to one province th

here told us people's phones are being taken away and their money and they're being sent back here to takis so whatever way they're trying to find it's dangerous and it's risky and they might end up back here in tar . it's a dramatic situation and the turkish government is now saying that the e.u. should expect millions of migrants coming its way can you tell us more about that. well that's present add on ramping up the pressure on europe. we know what he wants he wants international support for the situation there in his troops are fighting syrian regime troops he also 102 share the burden of posting all of the refugees he says turkey has taken in nearly 4000000 people from syria and there is another 1000000 waiting at the border he says we call and deal with it anymore so he's now trying his chances he's keeping up the pressure and sees what you're all what the european union will do next. correspondent yulia han reporting from the turkish border thank you so much. well the united nations says that since a syrian government offensive began in december almost a 1000000 people have been dis

well these incidents happened earlier today at one of the main border crossings between taki and greece where apparently hundreds all the migrants are still waiting demanding passage to greece to european union territory we were in the area but as journalists we are not to allowed anywhere near this border crossing so we hurt the shots that were fired we saw smoke and later the reports as they were coming in we understood that greek border police was again using tear gas to hold people back but the greek side also says tear gas have been fired from within the crowd of migrants towards the greek side and later videos have been shed on what's up apparently filmed by refugees apparently showing how injured people had been carried away turkish officials have shared similar videos with us and they are now saying one palace and was killed by the great border guards who according to officials have been using live ammunition now that something the greeks strongly denies they dismissed this as fake news and that's basically the problem here reporting about the situation at the border the 2 sides

beaten up they say their money was been taken from them and then they were sent back to turkey now taki sending these additional forces here to prevent such pushbacks in the worst case basically means that the 2 countries greece and turkey would be playing ping pong with people a turkey has been accused of manipulating the situation and using the desperation of refugees by allowing them to stream towards the e.u. border so what does this latest move mean for the refugees and their situation there. well that's not clear at the moment i'm 2 kilometers away from one of the main crossing points between tuckey and greece journalists are not allowed anywhere near the area so reporting on the situation of the migrants and refugees there has become very difficult and so i can't tell you what it means right now but we know that many migrants are still trying to cross the green border the border with greece is about 200 kilometers along some are trying to cross the river that runs along this border now it remains to be seen what this means but for people here are still waiting out of water the si

and migrants who fled the fighting in syria techie's land border with grace said to numbers follows takis decision to open its borders to europe they're not just gathering at the land border reports from the greek island of as boss where there's been an uptake in people arriving by boat. 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's north shore a boat load 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. this was the 1st significant arri

how bare on the tacky syrian border are all only a fraction of the refugees who've tried to leave taki have successfully managed to cross into greece thousands of amassed at the border since it was opened last week but greece is saying only 1500 have actually managed to enter but that hasn't stopped many people from attempting the sometimes dangerous crossing as sasha can i now reports to us from the border. struggling to find their slippery footing they made their way across the dam barefoot stone by stone. one man slips and his bag bobs away with a swift current of the river. desperation and despair are growing as refugees and migrants take advantage of turkey's open border with greece and both carry out some are taking dangerous risks for the chance to reach the european union. i don't know how to swim while walking i was thinking. those are the only 2 options earlier this week the turkish police began blocking refugees were walking across this bridge closer to the checkpoint with greece now people are resorting to risking their lives by crossing. below. on the other side of the riv

side of the border with turkey thousands of migrants have been camping there since last week when taki declared its borders with the european union open president bush up type at a one has urged greece to open the gates and allow migrants to travel further into europe is used to meet officials in brussels on monday to discuss the issue. so. they do not want to stop in greece they only want to go through your territory to go to europe why are you preventing them we said from the beginning we would open our borders and now i say to greece open your borders and they will go through your territory to go to european countries you cannot shrug this issue aside the families of the victim flight m.h. 17 which was shot down over ukraine in 2014 have attended a silent protest outside the russian embassy in the hague 298 chairs symbolize the number of people killed when the malaysia airlines plane was struck by a missile fired from territory held by poll russia separatists 4 men will be tried in a dutch court on monday accused of murder for their roles in the attack set boston has more. for 6 yea

millions of war refugees and migrants it's looking after tens of thousands mostly syrians exiled in taki heading towards the borders with belgariad and with greece and that's off to turkey and now.