Welcome to the program we begin in syria where it is midnight and a ceasefire in the rubble hell province of idlib has come into effect turkey turkey. And russias president Vladimir Putin who support opposing sides in the syrian conflict agreed to this is sation fighting after 6 hours of talks in the russian capital moscow on thursday but despite the ceasefire agreement president one has said that turkey will still respond to Syrian Regime attacks on its troops turkish and Russian Forces will launch a joint patrols from march 15th along the strategic for highway the road span syria linking damascus with the countrys commercial capital the deal also in visit is setting up a 12 kilometer wide security corridor around the highway the corridor would effectively advance russias presence further north into it lead step mawson reports now from moscow. It was clear from the start that this was going to be a tough meeting the partnership between putin and erdogan which was carefully nurtured in the past appear tense now with the turkish and Russian Military facing each other in its lip and turkish and Syrian Forces taking a high number of casualties but a direct confrontation has been averted for now with a cease fire that clear if. We dont always agree with our turkish partners on what happens in syria but every time include moments we manage to find Common Ground on controversial issues and find an acceptable solution based on the high level of our bilateral relations thats whats happened this time. As well negotiations in moscow were on the way fighting and continued an airstrike blamed by opposition activists on russian warplanes killed 15 civilians including women and children a few hours before the landmark meeting took place. Undoubtedly a meeting on it live is of great importance in fact the situation in the region is very tense i know that the worlds eyes are on us. Early a ceasefire as brokered by russia and turkey havent held for long he has blamed Syrian Government forces backed by russia for a start of hostilities several times before but some analysts believe that put in might be less willing to back assad as strongly as he has done so far person in. Russia help to solve it lives problem as long as it didnt lead to a direct confrontation between russia and turkey or russia to a large extent has fulfilled its obligations towards assads regime so after that russia will likely try to make steps towards ankara. The test will come on march 15th when joint patrols of russian and turkish troops are planned around the m 4 highway and the buffer zone they announced in the meeting on thursday will have to materialize tense but constructive thats how president putin has described the 6 hour talks with his turkish counterpart the complex relationship between the 2 leaders is seriously being tested. And although tangents have been reduced today nobody can predict how this dangerous diplomatic game will and step plus an aljazeera moscow well has been monitoring developments for us from the turkey syria border and says while there has been a reduction in fighting in the past hour the cease fire will remain fragile but we can confirm that the cease fire is now into effect but you know its because of the very nature of the conflict there has been playing out in the province weve been talking about different areas targeted in. The northern part of the problems it might just take a few time before this is further extended very fragile because of the very nature of the relationship between turkey and russia both back groups on opposing sides of the conflict in syria the syrian the russians backed president bashar al turkey on the other hand back to the opposition if you listen to what the statements from both leaders today. Putin was talking with peter lee about the need to defeat terrorists reference to hate the u. S. Which is one of the most important rebel groups operating in its lip province on the other hand president of the above line was talking or putting the blame on the Syrian Government saying that its offensive was the main reason why we have the largest displacement of civilians since the start of the conflict in 2009 and the tookie players have not managed to set aside their differences about how to move forward well likely see to see this ceasefire to be fragile for the coming days and weeks to come well turkey has deployed a 1000 Police Officers to its border with greece to try to help the push back of refugees and migrants into its territory tens of thousands have been trying to cross into the e. U. Since ankara opened its borders last week but greece doesnt want the sasha going to reports now from adair nay on the Turkey Greece border. The wind sliced through coats the cold left fingers numb it these Syrian Refugees from it live along with other migrants have been camped out on this riverbank in a dern a turkey for days theyre stuck here trying to figure out how best to cross into greece and continue on to western europe to find the good life im still young but i have to of course i must live on my life here or in city of course and the situation there is no i dont see it i sort of lets i mean i think to go out from city because it was pretty good country before late in the day as the wind picked up Police Officers walked through the tents and clusters of people telling them they could take buses to a warm place suspicion spread as fast as the wind gusts only then we just think it was inaudible to we werent be taking buses because they take us to the rev and they will give us to the creeks they take all our belongings and money and beach us and they will send us back we human beings not animals the turkish minister of interior has announced 1000 members of turkeys special Police Forces are deploying to the merge river border with greece this is an effort to prevent greek troops from pushing back migrants who reached the country by boat the interior minister says greece tried to send 4900 people back to turkey and injured 164 give it military anger limit. We will not provide an opportunity for the maltreatment of people there i would like to express that we have taken the necessary measures to protect our borders from a push back and to prevent several attempts by greece which were in violation of the International Law and. The greek government has not responded to the accusations but its deployed additional troops along its side of the border refugees say greece is just a transit point for them many like ibrahim have crossed. Into the country and been deported back to turkey with awful memories ibrahim says a few days ago greek police shot him in the knees with a rubber bullet and beat him. Women attired men a target were all tired of the please open the gate as miserable as these refugees are theyre more anguished about their loved ones back to live at least in turkey they have found a refuge from a 9 year war in syria. Aljazeera and dirname turkey. The red cross has described the situation at the border as unexceptable and they have cold for migrants and refugees to be protected every company every. Like the European Union has the right to set up only this but these bodies must never affect the dignity of the human beings its very very sad that we have seen again. Human beings treated as a political weapon as a tool for politics. And these are not suitable. For the World Health Organization is one that some countries are not doing enough to fight the corona virus despite it being a threat to everyone both rich and poor countries 3000 people have died from the outbreak and there are more than 95000. 00 reported cases globally efforts to contain the virus have led to shortages closures and restrictions around the world the European Union is saying that europe is experiencing delays in the supplies of medicines and facemasks compounding existing shortages of drugs on the continent many countries rely on china the source of the outbreak for drug ingredients and then nearly 300000000 students have been affected by School Closures 22 countries across asia europe in the middle east have suspended classes and then opec countries of agree to cut oil output by a further one and a half 1000000 barrels a day in an effort to maintain prices but theyve made that conditional on russia and other countries joining in the moscow is yet to signal support for the cuts joe hall now reports. The economic costs of coronavirus are mounting everywhere with the squeeze on International Travel affecting airlines in particular the german carrier has grounded hundreds of planes and for u. K. Regional carrier fly b. It was all too much the already struggling airline succumbed to bankruptcy and it may not be the last cruise operators would also be suffering thousands of passengers are stranded aboard the grand princess off the coast of california tests carried out on board the vessel belongs to the same company that owned the virus stricken diamond princess held off the japanese coast last month with 700. 00 cases on board and 6 death as coronavirus increases its reach with south africa registering its 1st case and the u. K. And switzerland their 1st fatalities each day brings heightened levels of response but the World Health Organization says its concerned some countries arent taking the threat seriously enough this is not the time for excuses this is a time for pulling out all the stops countries have been planning. This for decades now is the time to act on those plans. The presence of Community Transmission means efforts to contain the disease are failing this is a man a vote money is being thrown at the problem in the United States with congress approving an 8000000000. 00 war chest the International Monetary fund says its making 50000000000. 00 available in aid to low income and emerging Market Countries to fight the epidemic. But economic gloom with the rising threat of recession has brought some glimmers of opportunity. One Ecommerce Firm in south korea said it was struggling to keep pace with demand as shoppers desert the street and move on line. In the past we used to go out with a truck half full but these days theres so much to deliver there are packages left over after filling the truck completely elsewhere the retreat of whole communities into isolation continues in bethlehem palestinian officials have closed the church of the nativity weeks before the easter season that draws tens of thousands of visitors and worshippers to the traditional birthplace of christ eternally in schools didnt open on thursday and wont for some time to come similar scenes in india iran france and japan in all around 300000000 students in more than 20 countries face weeks of disruption Desperate Measures in what field to many like desperate times when the wisdom of. When this emergency is over we will look back and i am convinced that we will be proud of how an entire country has faced this with courage and determination for now though this emergency is just Getting Started jonah how aljazeera the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has declared a state of emergency after 7 cases of the virus were confirmed in bethlehem and the occupied west Bank Authorities have banned terrorists and pilgrims for the next 2 weeks all 7 of those infected are palestinian employees at a Bethlehem Hotel and also been reporting on measures being taken any night at state senate as approved billions of dollars worth of funding to combat the spread of virus there shabba townsend joins us live from washington how is that money going to be spent. We can itemize it for you 3000000000. 00 in to research and development of vaccines diagnostics over 2000000000. 00 for the various state local and federal authorities were dealing with the current virus 1300000000 dollars for usa id to help the global fight against the virus 20000000. 00 being made available for us for small loans to businesses and this is a particularly u. S. Itemization in the in the bill 300000000 dollars to help that if a vaccine if and when a vaccine is found that it will be affordable to do citizens in the u. S. The us has a for Profit Health care system in this has been an issue that has been of great concern to many even if a vaccine is found how can people afford it when they have to Pay Insurance Companies for the privilege of going to a doctor this is a particular congressional compromise that the pharmaceutical industry pays both the republicans democrats and democrats heavily this means that the pharmaceutical companies will get millions of dollars for research and development theyll get state research into finding a vaccine but then theyre able to pay to charge whatever they want on the taxpayer will cover to cover the cost is still quite clear they want fair and reasonable prices mean whether that just means those who are insured 30000000 americans and even insureds it doesnt necessarily cover them as far as we can tell and this is what were hearing from various progressive lawmakers on congressional and congress this doesnt cover the price of testing right now were getting lots of stories of people who are going for testing and being charged thousands of dollars thousands of dollars by the Insurance Industry but the white house is saying that this is all going to be covered but its not clear how and it doesnt cover how people can actually he need the main advice that were getting Public Health advice were getting from authorities which is if you feel ill stand home but how can people stand home if they are going to miss wages and they have child care and so on and what have they they risk losing a job so that a lot of questions here that still remain unanswered about the congressional congressional response but we are also because of this perhaps because of the electoral season we are getting more focus on some of these issues than normal because of the fight between progressives and and centrists in the Democratic Party babs. Thank you very much chad were chancy in washington thank you. Youre watching aljazeera live from london well still ahead it was very hard when i 1st entered after the demolished because i can hear voices in this and in the walls calling for me from the father from my sister. Israeli forces demolished the homes of 2 palestinians they accuse of attacking an israeli settlement and in the philippines the senates a big gamble why some are worried an investigation into the chinese offshore gaming industry could impact a lucrative source of business. Hello and welcome by the flooding rain which has been affecting parts of the strata is largely on the way still some heavy rain across parts of queens and heading towards a brisk been but also our weather conditions not looking too bad weve got a few showers along the coast of queensland extending up into the top and generally across more Western Areas where the conditions not looking too bad analogy drawn for perth there with 27. 00 degrees we will across in new zealand quite conditions during the course of friday but as the weekend moves imber going to see strong winds developing from the northeast blowing along the western coast of the south on and there will be some rain into the far south developing joe in the course of the day at that stage largely fine picture much of a strike just a few coastal showers to contend with towns like these seas and downpours with temperatures of 32 degrees and the northeastern parts of asia here weve got a deep area of low pressure just clearing away from japan 3 really deep lows in the North Pacific at the moment but improving across northern japan near blizzard conditions moving away conditions further south in tokyo with highs of 14 some rain across more central parts of china thats going to push further towards the east about states it should be fine across much of japan for the Korean Peninsula with highs of 12 in seoul. 3 Chinese Developers are accused of destroying a Pacific Power dont. Want to waste investigates on aljazeera. We know whats happening in our region we know how to get to places that others cannot i was just totally tear gassed by the police on purpose and fires going on in. My mind. The weaving you tell the story is what can make a difference. The the all. Welcome back you have al jazeera live from london a look at the headlines this hour a ceasefire is come into effect in syrias rebel held province of idlib turkey and russia agreed to this is sation a fighting off the 6 hours of talks in moscow they back opposing sides in the conflict fighting in the northwest of the country has been escalating in recent weeks all turkey has now deployed a 1000 Police Officers to its border with greece to try to halt the pushback of refugees and migrants into its territory precess those trying to enter a doing so illegally and then our other top story the World Health Organization says some countries are not doing enough to fight the corona virus despite it being a threat to all nations rich and poor 3000 people have died from the outbreak and there are over 95000 reported cases. Or now israels military is demolished 2 palestinian homes in the occupied west bank the army is saying 2 of the residents played a role in an attack on an israeli settlement last august when one person was killed 14 homes were destroyed last year in similar punitive measures human Rights Groups have long criticized israels practive the practice of destroying homes saying its collective punishment its illegal under International Law had to abraham has more from one of the demolished houses. This is what is left of the family house of us and hes a 25 year old palestinian who has been arrested by the israeli army the army says he has been involved in an attack that killed an israeli woman near the illegal settlement of the whole of last augusts years and house was one of 2 houses demolished early on thursday another palestinian while it had is also accused of taking part in the same attack the walls of his apartment were knocked down it was very hard when i 1st entered after the demolished because i can hear voices in the walls calling for me from father from my sister so it was very hard every single corner in this house every single block every single. Wall has the story has a memory the Israeli Forces have demolished 14 houses in 2019 they say its a form of deterrence many of the cases the person who is accused of committing crimes against the israelis is dead. Most of the locations he is arrested in many of the occasions he is not even convicted there who are the families this is not the appearance this is collective punishment this is a crowd some people came here to show support there seems to be a sense of defiance here although families know theyre not allowed to rebuild their houses. Or amount to the United States as both warren has suspended her run for the democratic president ial nomination dropping out 2 days after a poor performance in the super tuesday primaries or finished a distant 3rd place and failed to win her home state comes a day after Mike Bloomberg announced he was pulling out warrants decision needs joe biden and Bernie Sanders as the only 2 real candidates in the race with. Uncatchable distance behind. One of the hardest parts of this is all those people. And all those little girls who are going to have to wait 4 more years. Thats going to be hard. The International Criminal court is to investigate allegations of crimes committed during the war in afghanistan these include claims of atrocities by u. S. Troops Afghan Forces and the taliban and the more than 18 years of conflict the court has to look into prisoner torture and mass killings of civilians the petition to open the cases already led u. S. President donald trump to impose visa restrictions on those involved in i. C. C. Investigations of u. S. Personnel. Denounce the ruling this is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable Political Institution masquerading as a legal body because all the more reckless for this ruling to come just days after the United States sided historic peace deal on afghanistan which is the best chance for peace in a generation the United States is not a party to the i. C. C. We will take all necessary measures to protect our citizens from this renegade unlawful socalled court. Or now to a story in the philippines the senate is investigating a reported surge in Crimes Involving chinese nationals working in the offshore gaming industry senators say the philippines is at risk of becoming a haven for chinese criminal syndicates but as jim a lot of reports to us now from the capital manila there are fears the investigation could impact a lucrative industry. Philippine senator Richard Gordon says crimes are being committed in the philippines by chinese mainland nationals and here he is presenting what he says is evidence of how Residential Homes in manila are being used for illegal Online Gambling operations this video shows at least 50 chinese nationals are arriving at one house late at night the Philippine Government allows Online Gambling companies to operate under special licenses calling them philippine offshore gaming operators pogos but less than half of them do not pay the required Franchise Tax to the government and hundreds work like this in secret which law enforcers here admit is difficult to monitor other senators are also linking offshore Gaming Operations to a growing number of crimes they say billions of dollars in cash is flowing into the country through Money Laundering activities customs agents say more than 200000000. 00 have been brought in over the last 5 months more than half by chinese nationals Human Trafficking and prostitution are also on the rise police say almost 200 women have been rescued from prostitution more than 170 of them are chinese nationals who were trafficked into the country theres also been a sharp rise in what they describe as casino related kidnappings and more theres more than 90 percent of those involved also came from china we were are. We are one we. Always are. War we are. Police reject those allegations and cases that are reported to us. Are probably the bridges were conducted suspects were arrested. All of the victims are chinese nationals senator say thousands of people are now staying in the country undetected and without proper working permits but the president of the good attaches administration has defended the proliferation of chinese Online Gambling operations he says the country is benefiting through an increase in jobs and how your real estate values but many disagree. Senators are asking that its hard to administration to close all chinese Online Gambling operations they say over 100. 00 are without permits a deeply disturbing trend they say with the risks clearly outweighing the claimed economic benefits dog and aljazeera. A court in india has cleared the way for the execution of 4 men convicted of raping and murdering a woman in new delhi in 2012 judgement was made after indian president ram not common rejected the mercy partitions for men were convicted in 2013 of the rape torture and murder of a 23 year old physiotherapy student in a case that triggered large protests in india it tacked led to tougher laws against Sexual Violence including the Death Penalty well as part of International Womens day here in the u. K. Theres been a debate in the house of parliament and opposition m. P. Jess phillips has once again read out the names of women whove been murdered by men in the u. K. Over the past year. So russia start. Judy where tracing of a little square. It took her more than 4 minutes to say the names of more than 100. 00 women a figure she pointed out rises every year she also called for more action from the government on a type of crime that seems to be overlooked. I cannot help but reflect but how these women. All been murdered in terrorist incidents have these women all drawings of coronavirus. Have these women in all director Sports Events around the years. There would be. Inquiry. The government would stop at nothing. When all the stories are following crime activists grettir timberg accuse European Union governments of not being ambitious enough with their climate goals to join to protest outside e. U. Buildings in brussels on thursday just a day earlier she criticized the green law its the 1st legislation of its kind saying that it doesnt go far enough in its targets teenage activists also met the croatian environment minister before again addressing the European Council we cannot just have goals for 2030 or 2050 we also need them above all needs and put 2020 because right now if high emissions continue like todays business as usual then that remaining budgets will will be gone i mean before we will even have the chance to deliver on those targets. The Easter Island statues are instantly recognizable and one of the best known symbols of polynesian culture they stand about 4 meters tall and weigh 14 tons which makes it all the more surprising that somebody has just driven a pickup truck into one of them incident is causing huge local and anger because the statues are revered as carrying the spirits of the islands ancestors the driver who is an Easter Island resident is now in Police Custody about a 1000 of these statues dollar Pacific Island which lies 4000 kilometers off the coast of chile. Want to recap the headlines here now before a ceasefire is come into effect in syrias rebel held province of idlib turkey and russia agree to this is sation a fighting after 6 hours of talks between the 2 president s in moscow they back opposing sides in the syrian conflict the fighting has been escalating in recent weeks. During the course of our negotiations weve agreed on an International Memorandum and we believe this will pave the way for further cooperation to put an end to the suffering of syrian civilians and create the conditions for a peaceful settlement of the syrian conflict tonight at midnight were going to declare a cease fire to make it sustainable all work will be done affectively and rapidly i must to into the humanitarian crisis in the region all the Syrian People who need help without discrimination will be given i and all the displaced people in the country will be able to be repatriated to their homes. Meanwhile turkey is deployed a 1000 police to its border with greece to try to help the push back of refugees and migrants into its territory tens of thousands of migrants have been massing on the turkish side of the border since last week when anchor announced it would no longer stop them from crossing into the e. U. Turkey has accused greece of using live fire killing for migrants but thats been rejected by athens well our other top story this hour nearly 300000000 students have been affected by School Closures as countries impose strict measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus 22 countries have suspended classes to varying degrees there are now schools posed across parts of asia europe and the middle east some of the for a few days others for several weeks United Nations says the global scale and speed of the educational disruption is unparalleled Elizabeth Warren has suspended our run of the democratic president ial nomination she finished a distant 3rd place in super tuesday primaries and crucially failed to win her home state she exits the race a day off to Mike Bloomberg announced he was pulling out or his decision leaves joe biden a bunnys on his as the only 2 likely candidates for the nomination warren has not said who she plans to endorse what i want east is coming up next investigating a chinese developer destroying pristine environment in fiji. When a Prime Minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that coal means a lot of the countrys fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in. Was a slogan that whatever the problem is the boys jokes and counting the cost on aljazeera. On the pristine shores of this be jeanne on this. Is truly this is not you lend. Me this 3 good but isnt that. A chinese developer is building a large resort and casino basically tell me. Were taking your land. Feel like im living next door along. With no respect for anyone else except for money so locals say the company is breaking the law and destroying their home the sequel to this. One just this one i want to east investigates what price the g. E. Is paying for its tourism development