we are in one of the main crossing points, that's greece across the aegean. thousands of refugees try cross in these rickety makeshift boats. turkey is saying with this money they will try to ensure that the refugees that are currently in turkey or the refugees that are returned to turkey will have more opportunities, will have a better life. they want to invest in the health care for refugees, in education, in bigger camps for refugees that are here. but there are millions of them here. there are 2.7 million syrian refugees that have been here since the start of the syrian crisis, what turkey needs to do according to turkey is increase the amount of coast guard patrols, naval patrols, increase the number of patrols by the gendarmery here, over the weekend we heard turkey say they had caught some smuggling rings, stopped about 120 syrians if crossing into greece, that's really a drop in the bucket. even with increased patrols it is going to be very hard to stop that flow, that flood of refugees, no matter what the weather, warm or cold, try to cross into gree

the future. it won't be a bright future for these people. greece'sneighbors have made clear there in -- th eir intentions by sealing off the route, and it's already making a difference. on tuesday, not a single migrant was reported entering macedonia, croatia, or serbia. in this camp along the border, more than 10,000 migrants are being sheltered in muddy tents, and volunteer health workers are worried about the children. >> we fear that the number of children suffering from these conditions, these particular conditions -- the humidity, the smoke inhalation. that it will cause them severe damage to their lungs. dheepthika: turkey and greece came to a tentative agreement ring the eu summit on monday, under which every new migrants arriving in greece -- agreement during the eu summit on monday, under which every new migrant arriving in greece would be sent back to turkey. the deal includes financial and political favors. it human rights group says is illegal. it is unclear what eu leaders plan to do with the migrants already increase. catherine n.: ang

>> european leaders hold an emergency summit on the refugee crisis as thousands are stranded on the greece-macedonia border. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also ahead, tunisian security forces under attack after armed men launch a raid across the border from libya. palestinian teachers defy a security crackdown to protest in ram ala. they're on strike for higher pay. >> reporter: i'm meeting a tea taster to find out in the climb change has an effect on tea >>> leaders from europe and turkey are arriving in brussels right now for an emergency summit on the continent's worst refugee crisis since the second world war. our correspondent is in brussels covering the summit. there are high expectations there today. >> reporter: yes. there are. it has been builder's krumplyg time for the ur-- you crunch time for the refugee crisis. a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel and that sort of thing. the president of turkey said that he saw a possible turning point in the crisis. they believe all of these leaders here that they're zeroing in on the possible solution to this crisis. one dependent o

the smugglers. do not risk your lives and your money. it is all for nothing. greece or any other european country will no longer be a transit country. >> the prime minister alexis tsipras has criticized other member states for their response. >> when it comes to the refugee crisis, greece has taken a disproportionate burden compared to its exhibits. however, our response was immediately and beyond our obligations to the european union, but also, it's our duty to our own values and culture. we may have refugees who are in need of help, our culture dictates we protect those people and not be violent against them. it turns out other e.u. cultures are not the same. >> joining us to tell us what's happening to those refugees, hoe door, they are being blocked there and not allowed to pass through, what is the situation generally like at the camp behind you? >>> certainly it is a very difficult situation and gets worse by the day. this is a makeshift camp, it is already at full capacity. they go to the woods to light a fire in the evening when the temperatures drop dramatic

the e.u. and turkey reached a tentative agreement that will see all migrants arriving in greece from turkey sentk. and then a syrian in turkey would then be resettled in the e.u. many are in the refugee camp where health workers say 70% of the children are sick. al jazeera's diplomatic editor, james bayes has the latest now from the united nations in geneva. >> reporter: the u.n. refugee agency are saying they were not privy to this plan, and they are seeking urgent clarification from the european union. they say they are very concerned. they gave a news conference here at the u.n.'s european headquarters in geneva, and there i asked the regional coordinator for the refugee crisis, whether this e.u. plan, in his view, could be illegal under international humanitarian law. >> yes, collective expulsion of foreigners is prohibited under the convention of human rights. an agreement that would be tonight mount to blanket return of any foreigners to a certain country is not consistent with european law and not consistent with international law. >> reporter: meanwhile ban ki-moon has added his voice to

and twho some have camped for two weeks in certainly difficult positions. >> speaking to us on the greece, macedonia border. china is expected to raise defense spending by up to 8% this year. the exact numbers will be announced on saturday at the communist party's annual conference and xi jinping is positioning himself as the country's most powerful leader as adrian brown reports. >> reporter: president xi jinping made the rounds of state media recently. adoring journalists could barely contain their excitement. but as they gathered around him he issued his own blunt news alert, your job the president reminded them was first and foremost to serve the party. >> his purpose there was to say that the media has to fall in line with the central party which means him, that no decent is allowed in the media. >> reporter: online the adulation is even more forwarding. ♪ this song dedicated to the president says if you want to marry, marry someone like uncle xi jinping. the state news agency has turned to rap releasing a cartoon video to promote party slogans. ♪ the lyrics don't exactly roll off th

>>> >>> the number of refugees trapped in greece could reach 100,000 by the end of the month warns the e.u. migration commissioner >>> you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also on the program victory for cruz and sanders in the race for the white house but donald trump and clinton are still out in front. a digital detox. we visit a retreat to help people live without smart phones and gadgets >>> thousands of people hoping to cross the border into macedonia and continue their journey north. barring their path is say bashed wire fence as politicians try to find a coordinated response. more from the greece macedonia border. >> reporter: the latest estimate we got from ngos on the ground is that the number of those stranded here is closer to 14,000. their living conditions are bad as usual. organizations cannot cope with the sheer volume that increases on a daily basis. a lot of people now pinning their hopes on the monday summit between the e.u. and turkey hoping to get clear guidelines as to what they need to do to get refugees status and be relocated somewhere else than this camp.

the news hour. our top stories. 30,000 refugees trapped in greece. that number will more than treble by the end of the month earns u.n. commissioner. victory for cruz and sanders, but clinton still out in the front. >> reporter: i'm with the news from the english premier league. the team five points clear with nine matches left after their latest win >>> in a field on the edge of greece hundreds of ten thousands of people some sleeping in the open, all of them hope possessing to cross the border into macedonia and continue their journey north. barring their path is a barbed wire fence and a political impasse as european politicians struggle to find a coordinated response. our correspondent is on the greek side of the border. tell us about the situation right now on that border. i can see thousands of people still stranded there. >> reporter: absolutely. the latest figure is now probably about 14,000 people are here. some of them have been here for two to three weeks and their living conditions are getting worse. many have complained that they have los

and there is growing concern for the health of 14,000 people camped on the greece-macedonia border. one charity said 70% of the children there are ill with respiratory problems being the biggest problem. many of the refugees have little more than a tent to shelter them from the rain and cold and the camp has poor sanitation. the disease control experts say they're taking precautionary measures. >> they should deport us. >> i appeal to the entire world to come and see us and conditions that we're in and to have compassion for us. it's enough. enough. have some compassion for these children, for the women. have compassion for all the single mothers. >> a representative for the u.n. special envoy to syria say that talks with the syrian government and the opposition will begin no later than monday in geneva. the syrian army has recaptured the site of aleppo. the al nusra front took a village on monday but were quickly pushed out by government forces. isil was behind deadly rocket attacks another boy in the same vehicle was injured. >> an assault and attack on a nearby village wher the nu

tensions are flaring on the greece-macedonia border as people are prevented from passing through. they have blocked a railway line. the south korean defense ministry says north korea has fired several short range projectiles towards the east sea. the launch comes hours after the u.n. security council voted to impose tough sanctions on pyongyang. malaysia's transport minister says he will work with a team from australia to determine whether debris is connected to the missing flight mh370. these pictures of debris were found last year. they were released by australian transport bureau. >> we would like to get hold of the debris as soon as possible. that's why we are working with australia in a fast manner. on the other hand, we also send a team to investigate. they are working together to inspect and check the debris >>> more on the u.n. security council resolution on north korea. scott heidler alongs at the new sanctions which-- looks at the new sanctions. >> reporter: it is the main gateway here to north korea from china. even though there's winter there should be more north korean

the late est to cross over depes on the date arrived in greece. these people here the 17th and these the following day >> translation: i've been here 16 days. i've no more money. my son went to germany and the whole trip took him ten days. i didn't think it would be like this. >> reporter: the daily cap of 500 to travel through is rarely met. people roam around here in search for answers. over the past three weeksment camps spread from a transit one designed for a 1500 people, that's where the big tents are, to this ever-sprawling multi colored tent village. the makeshift camp stretches across both sides of the rail track. the long queue on the right is for food. the area of high extension is to the north. a double fence separate both countries. the macedonian side empty. all five of this family sleep in this space >> it is not fair. >> reporter: perhaps there are no better words to express how most feel. >> i am very sad. >> reporter: why? explain it to me? >> we can't get anything. the smallest needs of life i don't have. even drinking water i do

the ongoing refugee crisis on the greece-macedonia border. we speak from the international organization on migration. good to have you with. greece, the poorest country in europe, is it fair that it seems to be shouldering most of the responsibilities for refugees at the moment? >> it is interesting greece, which is coming under so much pressure to get its financial house in order, is now coming to the rescue of the german leader angela merkel because it is the holding pen for the migrants trapped there. it certainly was in a different position. it will be a very interesting political time now >>> what should richer nations be doing to help and what do you see from the e.u. side and turkey in the coming days? >> i think they were reluctant to bail out greece, but i think you will see them rushing to support them because the crisis of the refugees is causing havoc across europe. they will do anything to stem the flow. the turkey is getting a huge bail out and i think we will see similar support for the greeks >>> the u.n. refugee agency has cri

the health of 14,000 refugees at the overcrowded camp on the greece macedonia border is causing majoroncern for one charity saying 70% of the children there are ill. at least two people including a child have been killed in turkey after mortar shells were fired from across the border. >> south korea has announced sanctions against north korea after it's recent nuclear tests and rocket launch. individuals accused of being responsibility for developing weapons of mass destruction, will be placed on a blacklist, yesterday north korea warps of preemptive strikes in response to the exercises between the united states and south korea the families of the missing passengers from malaysia airline 370 have been holding a vigil to mark the second anniversary of the plane's disappearance, white balloons of the people onboard were released at the vigil in kuala lumpur. the malaysian parliament stood in silence the families demands answers as they protest outside a buddhist temple. more on the investigations and the anniversary. the second anniversary of the disappearance of the flight was marked i

hoda abdel hamid, al jazeera, along the greece macedonian border. >> more people are risking their lives to get there. the italian coast guard has release cued 51 refugees in the aegean. taken to the greek island of samos. >>> the police in northern france have forced refugees from their makeshift homes in the camp at cam 8 known as the jungle. it is close to the euro tunnel, and many hope to reach the u.k. emma hayward is there with the story. >> reporter: as workmen and the bul bulldozers moved in, sod those trying to stop them. attempts were made to pull down makeshift shelters and anger boiled over. activists and some refugees and migrants retaliated targeting the police. throwing stones and settling fire to part of the -- setting fire to part of the camp. police used tear gas and water cannon to try to push them back. >> translator: you could see the protesters didn't hesitate to set fire to tents and shelters or to throw stones at police. it is not acceptable. it is normally restoring security. >> the camp nome as the jungle, is being torn down. many hope this will become a gateway

have been stuck for weeks. >> reporter: this time the government in greece has been able to convince migrants and refugees to move from idomeni. some people are convinced that this border will not open. they have been explained that the evacuation is voluntary. the majority of people are still refusing to go. they prefer to stay here where they have been for weeks. for now they are blocking the railway tracks leading across the border. they're hoping their blockade will help the authorities on the other side to let them in. >> translation: people came here to cross, not stay in camps. some people have been separated from their families. i have two children in germany. what if the relocation program sends me somewhere else? what do i do? >> reporter: the refugees are losing patience and they fear the e.u. program to relocate them across the continent it will take months t we are human beings, they say, as they make an appeal to the world to end their suffering. it may take some time. >> translation: there are some challenges in this relocation program. they are due to logistic issues.

living conditions are deteriorating, as the number of new arrivals continues to grow. greece's prime minister alexis tsipras says he will use the summits in brussels to push for a major change in the bloc's boarder protection. let's go live to hoda abdel-hamid. explain to us the significance of declaring a state of merge in idonomi. >> the state of emergency means it paves the way for emergency funds to be released to the two municipalities along the boarder where the crisis is unfolding. the first batch of 200,000 euros will be released. more to follow. that will have them in this organization in this camp. there has been local n.g.o.s and international aid organizations. they'll be able to provide tents, and more understood and doctors that are very much needed because of the dire conditions. children are vulnerable to the change of weather and temperature. it's been raining heavily, and a lot of children have gastroen ter itis. and it will help the farmers. the makeshift camp is on private land. farmers are losing. and to make sure there's no animosity from the locals to the

hoda abdel hamid is at the camp on the greece macedonia border. bout what the conditions must will like for so many people. >> reporter: it has been a rainy and cold night followed by a rainy and cold day, and really this camp has turned into one big mud puddle. as you said there are concerns about the health conditions of this camp, specifically for children, about 5,000 of them among the at least 14,000 refugees who are stranded on this border with macedonia. i have seen children walking barefoot or with open sandals. it has been very difficult for them, but also very difficult for the adults as well. now some are coming to term with the fact that the borders are now closed, the balkan route is no more, some are still here hoping something will happen. and they are also weighing their options. there's a relocation program, that is the only option they have at the moment. but for many after waiting so long, two to three weeks in some cases, it has been a very difficult time, they have run out of cash, and waiting here in greece is of a huge concer

coming up in the next half hour. greece has considered a state of emergency to cope with the influx of refugees. in sudan one of the most famous political figures has died. plus learning to disconnect. we will tell you about a program in south korea helping teenagers unplug from technology. we begin with the race for the white house and republicans and democrats have been voting in five states to choose their nominee for the presidential election. republicans have been voting for their preferred candidate in main, kansas, ten cubingy and looudz. ted cruz-- ten tucky and louisiana-- kentucky and louisiana. democrats has a primary in louisiana. bernie sanders has won the kansas in nebraska. hillary clinton clinched the louisiana primary. the latest now from al jazeera's correspondent who is live for us in washington dc. we've got trump and cruz now in the lead and both now urging the other republicans in the race to drop out. >> reporter: that's right. it's a very interesting saturday here in the u.s. in this election. these

migrant refugees are blocked on the northern borders of greece. the u.n.ays the situation as they are on the brink of humanitarian disaster. authorities continue to pull down half of the sprawling migrant camp known as the jungle. we will go live there in just a moment. coming up for you this hour, apple takes its encryption battle with the fbi to congress. we will tell you what the iphone maker has to tell you as lawmakers and business. search games for past awaited we will look at the life and work at the musician affectionately known as cabbage head. for now, our top story live from paris. genie: we will start with the results from the super tuesday voting in the u.s. with more big wins for republican donald trump. he won seven of 11 states that had nominating contest yesterday, solidifying his status as the parties front runner. our kate moody has more on his wins and losses. ate: another triumph for trump. he cemented his front-runner status of the republican race with seven victories in states on super tuesday. >> i'm a unifier. people may find that

here. >>> there's growing concern for the health of the 14,000 refugees at an overcrowded camp on the greeceedonia border. one charity is saying 70% of the children will are ill. many of the refugees have little more than a tent to shelter them from the rain and the cold, and the camp has poor sanitation. greece's health ministry has sent a team to the camp in what it says is a precautionary measure. >>> refugees at the camp are saying they are determined to continue with their journey, and not return to the countries they left. >> translator: we are going to stay here. it's impossible for us to return back to turkey, because we have got nothing left there. we'll stay here and go forward and hope that either germany or sweden will accept us. >> some people like love to go turkey, and some people don't want to go to turkey, and some want to stay here, and some say that no, if we stay here, we don't want to stay here, they should deport us to afghanistan. >> translator: i appeal to the entire world to come and see us, and the conditions that we're in, and to have some compassion for us. it's e

through it and returned all the way back here. >> thank you very that update and speaking to us from the greece-macedonia border. the united nations has reported a sharp rise in allegations of sex abuse against its staff, a new report cataloged 99 accusations of abuse and u.n. missions in central african republic and the democratic republic of congo, ivory coast and mali accounted for the majority of those claims and we report. >> reporter: united nations peace keepers were supposed to come to the rescue in central african republic but accused of sexual exploitations and number of sexual exploitations and abused last year was 99 compared with 80 the year before. in a statement that says this regretly marks increase in new allegations signifying that more needs to be done to reduce the number of allegations and more importantly the number of victims effected bisexual expectations and abused perpetrated by u.n. personnel and names 21 countries involved in sexual abuse and the u.n. has been critical signed for not doing enough prompting the secretary-general to speak out on the issue last year. >> i believe

in turkey reaches a tentative agreement that was the refugee migrants arriving in greece, sent back. and for each syrian refugee returned, a syrian in turkey would be resettled in the e.u. that leaves more than 34,000 refugees trapped in greece, as they try to reach e.u. country. many are in the refugee camp where health workers say 70% of the children are sick. diplomaed it editor reports from geneva. >> the european union has had plans to deal with the crisis before, they have all failed. h is more than 140,000 people have arrived by sea. that going much further than anything tried before for the first time they say those that arrive will be september back. it is controversy, already the refugee agency has expressed concern and questioned it's legality. do you fear that currently the proposal in this shot the european convention of human rights. on the agreement that would be tantamount to blanket return of any foreign news to a country that is not consist. is not consist with international law. >> even tougher criticism which was negotiated in the early hours of the morning is come

greeces hollande: it is that will take the largest portion of refugees, and we must help greece. to avoid the refugees arriving in greece, we need to work with turkey, so the plan is simple and difficult to put into place. working closely with turkey and to show our support for greece. that is france's position that we will present today. >> turkey is ready to be a member of the e.u. as well. and i hope this summit, which we will not focus on the regular migration but on the turkish accession process with the e.u. genie: there have been more migrant deaths at sea. another 25 drowned over the weekend, including three

correspondent: battered by the migrant crisis, struggling , thingsally, in greece are what they used be. this is often's old airport, now a refugee camp. with angry, frustrated migrants are denied entry to the rest of europe. macedonia has slammed its border shut. people here are going nowhere for now. the situation here is pretty desperate. some are threatening to go on hunger strike if the border to macedonia doesn't open. is building across greece, and it isn't even known as what is the migrant season. sanitation is bad. many are sick. has come under international fire for the poor treatment of migrants. under pressure, the authorities say they are doing their best. for e.u. helpaled and they need it. coastline, stop boats from turkey, and deal with the bottleneck of asylum-seekers on their islands, athens, and on the macedonian border. a stable situation. we are in europe in 2016. it is beyond believe we are looking at this as if it is a third world country. more than 25 thousand people are stranded in greece. the fear is that that number could triple by the end of the month. tha

and place it bullets in turkey as police try to disburse protesters angry over the state take over, over newspaper. greeceefugee crisis a regional leader calls for state of emergency along the macedonia border as thousands remain trapped. strong condemnation from pope francis over the murder of 16 people including four nuns at a retirement home in yemen plus ♪ from rumba we will hear about the democratic republic of congo's symphony orchestra. >>> and i'm joanne in doha with all the sport and looking to keep their hold at the top of the english premier league after two teams behind them had a dramatic draw in north of zimbabwe. ♪ turkish police fired tear gas and plastic bullets at protesters outside the offices of the country's biggest newspaper and have control of the publication in a crack down and a religious group whose leader of the government is accused of treason the european commission is urging turkey to respect media freedom and carolyn malone reports. >> reporter: police in istanbul used tear gas, water cannon and plastic bullets against people demonstrating for media freedom and taking a stan

people in the past once they land on greece's shores they were able to move around. w they're locked up in the centers and the u.n.h.c.r. as well as other aid organizations are not working inside these centers. they still provide help on the shore line, but really very controversial, but what we understand from authorities government data is that the number of migrants arriving on the shores have significantly dropped. whether or not this is going to be a pattern or whether the flow of migrants will eventually stop because the weather conditions are quite bad now, we have to wait and see, but the greek authorities have said on thursday not one migrant or refugee landed on greece's shores >>> thank you for that. radovan karadzic says he will appeal against his on 40-year sentence. he was found guilty of ten of the 11 charges at the international criminal tribunal for the former group. it was a verdict against all serb people and radovan karadzic was only convicted it is said because he is a serb. egypt has released images of personal items that belonged to a murder edd

even those who made it through the border between greece and macedonia were stopped at the border between macedonia and greece. the route has been closed for a while already, at least few few have managed to reach hair final designation somebody in northern-- designation in northern europe. anyone coming from damascus is not allowed in, anyone from southern iraq, northern iraq and baghdad are not allowed in. this is unilateral decisions taken by individuals states. the refugees are hoping to find a unified position so tloeflt they know what they can do and the greek government announced that it is preparing reception centers for 17,500 people, more or less, but that is half of the amount of those who are already stranded around greece >>> thank you for that. turning to other world news. at least eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing. at least three police officers are in the dead. 27 others were injured. eyewitnesses say police stopped the attacker from entering the compound. more from our correspondent. what more dames do you know about this latest attack? >> reporter: it is

the two leaders met in the turkish court. greece and turke agreed on the measures to regulate the return of migrants along the border. that bilateral agreement has rarely been enforced. sources in brussels say that will have to change immediately if the new deal is to succeed. turkey's prime minister has defended the seizure of an opposition news agency following a wave of condemntion. he said there was no doubt freedom of speech was protected in turkey. the government took control of the agency days after seizing popular opposition -- the popular opposition newspaper. they are linked to a muslim cleric who is an outspoken critic of the turkish president. the president accuses him of conspiring to topple the government by building a network of supporters, charges he denies. earlier, we spoke to a turkey analyst and put it to her that the government has taken over the newspaper at the weekend and now the news agency. we asked for more about what is behind these movements. guest: this is another ongoing step in the increasing freedom

the top stories on al jazeera. police chiefs from greece and several balkan states are meeting to discuss the growing refugee crisis. this comes a day after refugees and police clashed on monday at the greece-macedonia border. thousands are stuck there because of growing border restrictions. the u.s. secretary of state has confirmed that both sides in the syrian conflict have violated a truce agreement made four days ago. however, john kerry says the breechts have not been significant enough to break the suss agency of-- cessation of hostilities deal. the australian cardinal george pell has tested for a third day-- testified for a third day. he denied knowledge of system child abuse. four people have been killed by a suicide car bomb attack in the yemeni city of aden. it was driven into an area where officers were >>> south africa's main opposition party has gone to court to try to reinstate corruption charges against the president. he has charged with corruption over a 4 billion dollars arms deal 11 years ago. the case collapsed in 2006. i

more than a million have entered the e.u. via greece as the countries tighten their borders, it is struggling to cope. the u.n. is warning of a critical shortage of food, water, and medical aid. refugees here sleep anywhere they can as they wait to cross into macedonia. >> it is not enough, because this is very small, two person, two person, inside, and you see all people outside they sleep. >> reporter: macedonia allowed 170 refugees in on tuesday, little comfort to the thousands waiting to get through. here food and drinks are being distributed, but it is still not enough. >> there is people that bring food. food is not the problem. we need blankets and like services and a place to stay. >> reporter: the aid package still needs to be passed by the e.u. parliament and member states, and the european commissioner for humanitarian aid says the route causes of this crisis still need to be addressed. >> obviously this emergency support cannot and will not solve our problems. there are no magic formulas. now, more than ever, member states i

despite the condition and on going uncertainty the refugees in the camp in greece are determined to continue journeys rather than returning to the countries they have left behi behind. >> translator: we are going to stay here. it's impossible for us to return back to turkey because we have nothing left there. we will stay here and go forward and hope that either germany or sweden will accept us. >> translator: some people like turkey and some people don't want to go to turkey and some want to stay here and some say that, no, if we stay here we don't want to stay here. they should deport us in afghanistan. >> translator: i appeal to the entire world to come and see us and the conditions that we are in and to have some compassion for us. it's enough, enough. have some compassion for these children, for the women, have compassion for all the single mothers. >> reporter: for more on this i'm joined by steven professor at essex university and welcome to the program and great to have you with us and described as an extraordinary plan what is your take? >> it's potentially going to be a big legal p

. >> many remain stranded on the greece-macedonia border, but the deteriorating continues are taking its toll on the health of many young refugees. >> after days of waiting at the closed border between greece and macedonia, hundreds of refugees take matters into their own hands. they walk along the fence that keeps them back. in the hope that they'll find a way to macedonia. >> we are sick and tired of this life. we fled war and came here only to be humiliated again. >> this is what they're trying to leave hyped. the refugee camp that is becoming a by word for misery. many spent the night in small tent pitched around the filth. >> for thi many this is life of daily endurance. days of rainfall has added to their misery. the flimsy tents this live in offer little protection from the rain and cold. to stay warm they buy wood from greek villages. >> just look at how we're living. our children are sick. we have no tents. no assistance. all we want is to get to germany. >> health workers say they have treated more than 100 children for different ailments in the past few days. >> most of th

guest: at the moment, there are controls in greece. cipate controls will be in place for a considerable amount of time. the banking system lost about 40% of its deposits. about 107 billion the country. mark: at the same time, greece is dealing with what many are calling a humanitarian crisis. 25,000 refugees stranded. what is the economic and social costs of what many are calling a crisis? there is no doubt that there is a crisis. we have approximately 4000 people a day. there are some businesses that benefit from that. island ands on the so forth, in general, bookings are down for the summer. certain islands are going to be severely hit. the cost to infrastructure is very high. in addition, there's a greater risk people do not anticipate. you: i have to interrupt rudely. we will have you back. the former secretary for privatization in greece. ♪ mark: live from london and new york, this is the european close. i'm mark barton with vonnie quinn. stocks finishing up the day on this wednesday session. let's take you through all the market a

most paid the perilous journey across the sea from turkey to greece. more than 3,700 people dried trying. that hasn't deterred others. in fact the numbers are growing. since january this year more than 140,000 people crossed into europe and it is not even peak season. numbers are expected to spike from april as winter becomes spring. turkey has born the brunt of this refugee crisis taking in more than any other country. that's about 2.7 million people and it spent more than 9 billion dollars trying to keep. here is what e.u. leaders are proposing. under the plan all refugees that make the illegal krsing to greece will be sent back to turkey. it is a one for one deal. for every person forced to return to turkey, an e.u. country will resettle a syrian living in the refugee camp there. as for those who are sent back, they will be pushed to the back of the queue. in return the e.u. has offered 3 billion dollars in aid for refugees. that's half what turkey is seeking it has offered it revive talks on turkey becoming a member of the e.u. and allow turk visa f

reran our system and now all these countries say we close the borders and we stop the people at the greece. no, that is a game. some say terrorists come with the visitors, no, terrorists are in syria and kill the people every detail. so the countries and armies, go over there. she is a terrorist. we don't need somebody from europe or the other countries to what we do, what it's necessary to do here. no, no, no. we need help, a different help, sleeping bags, blankets, food, we need money to build, and build projects. i like the song from john lennon. imagine. i'm not a dreamer. i'm not a romantic. nobody can stop this war, nobody, but it's necessary to stop the crime, this crime, for all over there, it's crime. i don't know the name from the guy who can't stop this word, but i wish to this guy. >>> fighting in taiz between government troops and houthi rebels has intensified, forces loyal to adou rabbo mansour hadi are trying to take the city. it has been under siege for 10 months. it is an important battleground in the fight. >>> farmers in lebanon are becoming an indirect casualty of confl

there is a humanitarian crisis developing on the greece-macedonia border where the build up of refugees continues. our correspondent reports where more than 78,000 people are still stranded-- 8,000 people are still stranded >> reporter: it is slowly becoming a near permanent settlement expanding by the day. the newly arrived trying to find a spot for a long wait while those been here for a while bring some normality to lives. some are exhausted. those on the tracks hope to keep up the pressure but aware about the riots on monday did not help their cause. some have been stranded for 12 days now. >> translation: we should have been warned that they were only let ago a small number of people in. it's our friends in other countries that give us the news. we don't know what's happening. there are so many rumors on social media. >> reporter: only 30 people were allowed through in 48 hours. one of the biggest challenges is to work out how many people are here. a process has begun to give people numbers so if and when the borders open again there's some sort of order. for aid organizations a lo

we are joined from the greece macedonia border. i can see people behind you with that what can you tell us about the situation there at the moment? >> well, the situation is certainly tense because of every day that passes, life here in this makeshift camp is becoming more and more difficult, people are running out of money, but i think what is really the most difficult for them to live through is the uncertainty they are facing, the worries they have, whether they will go through along the balkan route or not, macedonian forces of sealed off the border, only a trickle of people go through, about 500 over a period of 24 hours, and they are more than 10,000 that are in this makeshift camp alone. many, many more are other parts of greece. macedonia has closed the border simply because austria put new directives that it will not law, has put a cap on the amount of people that will be allowed to transit austria to reach germany, having a domino affect through to the macedonia border here. refugees, certainly a very dire situation. this

it's confirmed about 4,000 refugees that breached the boarder with greece. children left the sprawling camp in the greek village. they walked along the boarder in the hope they find a way into mass gownia. this is what was left behind. it was becoming a by-word for misery. humanitarian agencies offer a place to sleep for some. they are pitched. >> for these people, days of rain fall added on to the misery. they live and offer them little protection from the rain and cold. >> to stay warm, pieces of plastic and clothes. the children are sick, they have no tent, no assistance. >> health workers say they have treated more than 100 children. >> most now have respiratory diseases. some call it a lower respiratory disease. and a few diseases. >> it's the case of a nine-year-old girl testing positive for hepatitis a that has workers worried the most. >> what we don't know and are worried. the vaccination status of the children. coming from an area, the vaccination is not complete or they are undervaccinated. we can have some sporadic case of vaccine preventible dise

they made the crossing from turkey into greece more than 3700 people died trying. that hasn't deterred others. in fact the numbers are growing. since january this year more than 140,000 people crossed into europe and it's not peak season. numbers are expected to spike from april as winter becomes spring. turkey has born the brunt of this crisis taking in more than any other country. that's around 2.7 million people. it spent more than 9 billion dollars trialling to cope. here what e.u. leaders are proposing. under the plan all refugees that make the illegal cross to go greece will be sent back to turkey. it's a one for one deal. for every person forced to return to turkey, an e.u. country will resettle a civilian living in a camp there. as to those sent back, they will be pushed back to the end of the queue. they have offered 3 million in aid but it is half turkey is seeking. it is offering talks on turkey to become a member of the e.u. and offering turks free travel. some influential voice are already critical. the head of the u.n. refugee agency expressed deep con

mohamed with al jazeera, on the greece-macedonia border. >> reporter: turkey's military says it killedghters linked to kurdistan workers party pkk in northern iraq. meanwhile police broke up two separate demonstrations in istanbul on monday and protesting for the car bomb attack in ankara that killed at least 37 people. myanmar's parliament elected a new president time is the first democratic elected leader after 50 years of military rule and the lead of the national party and it barred her from becoming president because her two sons are british citizens and takes office the first of april. and wayne hey has been following the latest developments in myanmar from bangkok. >> no surprise as mps voted on who they wanted to be the next president of myanmar and the largest in party managed to get the president of its choosing, no surprises there because it dominates the upper and lower houses of parliament after it won november's election in a landslide and this was a parliamentary vote by mps and the next president after he is sworn in will be a 69-year-old who is not a member of parliame

scenes of chaos on the border between greece and macedonia where macedonian forces fired tear gas. ousands are stuck there because of the border restrictions. let's take you to northern france on the outskirts of the channel port city of calas. refugees evicted from their camps for day 2. police dismantling parts of the camp known of course as the jingle. home to thousands hoping to reach the u.k. we report from rome where almost 100 syrian refugees arrived safely part of a humanitarian pilot scheme allowing thousands to reach europe unharmed we have this report to kick off today with hoda hamyd from the greece macedonia border. >> i am paibt and exhausted they first marched over the railway gate along the bordernt and exhy first marched over the railway gate along the border glanding to be let through. soon, things got out of control. some refugees managed to tear down part of the fence. others hurled stone att on the other side of the fence. they responded with tear gas. rumor had spread around the camp that the border had opened. hundreds of refugees ran toward the fence. women a

this is run by volunteers from the legions of greece's unemployed. it's not her first day here. >> if they see and they get to know that this is something that we must do, help people who are hungry, who are in the cold, i think that more people will come. >> despite the generosity of the people of greece, fee refugees want to stay in this country. a sir you know refugee arrived in athens one and a half months ago. >> we have breakfast here but it's not our intention to stay here. we want to go to germany. my brother has been there five and a half months and we want to join him. >> they have been blocked because european nations have failed to agree on how to deal with one of the worst humanitarian crises in decades. while helping the little they can, many greeks are worried about what will happen if people keep coming and the borders remain closed. al jazeera, athens, greece. >>> we'll show you live pictures of the border crossing with macedonia in the north of greece, something like 14,000 people trapped there at the moment, only 320 or so being all

all the while calling on greece to secure its borders. francois hollande also called for syrian refugees to stay in neighboring countries. >> the syrian refugees fleeing the war must be welcomed. countries as close as possible to their own, meaning in turkey, in lebanon, in jordan. and we need to provide the support, and the second principle, our guiding principle is that when these refugees arrive at the european borders, we need to make sure where they come from, what they are doing, and be sure of their rights, especially when it comes to asylum seeking. shona: donald tusk is in turkey this friday, where he is set to talk with turkish president aired again -- turkish president erdogan. migrants were warned not to come to your. he is wrapping up a regional tour in summit. -- in brussels. 12,000 migrants and refugees have set up camp in greece on the border with macedonia. at least 30,000 people fleeing conflict or poverty are stranded in greece. overall, after several states, especially in the balkans, severely restricted the number of m

i'm marriam and live from london and also coming up, calls for state of emergency on the bord border between greece macedonia and people are stranded and industrial hit a 25-year low in china. and 63 years after the death of stalin why some russians are increasingly thats nostalgic for the soviet years. ♪ hello turkish police have fired tear gas and plastic bullets at protesters outside the offices of the country's biggest enough. authorities have seized control of the amman publication on a crack down of a religious group whose leader the government is accused of treason and they are urging turkey to respect media freedom and carolyn malone reports. >> police in istanbul used tear gas and water cannon and plastic bullets for people demonstrating media freedom after they raided a popular newspaper replacing editors with state representatives. >> translator: where in the world have you seen this before, this didn't happen even when hitler was in power let alone turkey and the incidents going on in syria are not much better. >> reporter: hundreds of protesters tried to block the entrance to the zama

arwa damon, cnn, on the greece/macedonia border. >> always appreciate arwa's reporting there. ns of thousands of refugees from syria have crossed the sea from turkey to greece in the first two months of this year. and for many, that januaourney dangerous and a nightmare. >> translator: we were about 60 people. we did not want to go on the boat, but they got us on it. in the middle of the sea, the boat started sinking. i called the greek coast guard. a few boats arrived. they saved my siblings. the driver is the one who sanction the boat. >> omar told us after the boat started sinking, the turkish coast guard rescued his siblings. after two weeks of separation, the family was finally rae uneu in greece. >>> this is "cnn newsroom." still ahead, super saturday is now over but the battle is just heating up for florida. a preview is up ahead. >>> you're watching cnn worldwide. >>> a warm welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." good to have you with us. i'm george howell. the headlines we're following this hour. >>>

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there are still stark differences between the 19 countries. greece and spain have jobless rates above 20%. germany, meanwhile, has the lowest at just 4.3%. the french unemployment rate stands pat at 10.2%, and to drink that figure down, the government is pushing for every overhaul of labor laws. president hollande defended this controversial reform. in short, the government looked to make it easier to hire and fire. that sparked bad blood. the president said he is open to compromise, but he is calling for quick action. >>? the past few years, i have prioritized employment, and i will continue to do so. for me, that is the essential. stable and durable employment. i want our country to advance. there is no other way than to move ahead. nothing would be worse than inaction. >> the president of argentina is also calling for action. speaking in congress in buenos aires this tuesday, he is calling on lawmakers to back a deal that could see the country return to debt markets. the government struck this $4.7 nt to pay nearly billion to four investment funds

anchor: the country seeing the biggest influx of migrants is greece. will go to our athens correspondent. leslie: we have the spokesman for the government saying that greece is on the margins of a significant agreements but of course the prime minister again theressed importance of the meeting for him. substantial aid to greece to deal with the thousands of refugees already making this journey. 91% of the arrivals are from refugee producing countries. that is where the group from air is hoping it will come through. anchor: let's talk about the workability of the plan. those officials have been overwhelmed already. mean of one in antwaun out plan? how workable does this seem? leslie: any solution that would alleviate the burden on greece aroundmoments which has 36,000 refugees and migrants trapped on its soil. some optimism. thehe moments they fear decisive action from the eu. and from turkey. the only way the state has been able to cope with all these the wave ofby solidarity that has been sweeping the country. ordinary greeks rallying to help. 65% of