The border, preventing greek Border Guards from pushing back people who are trying to enter europe. In the united states, the former frontrunner andnd progressive champion Elizabeth Warren ends her campaign for the democratic president ial nomination. Sen. Warren i will not be running for president in 2020, but i guarantee, i will stay in the fight for the hardworking folks across this country who have gotten the short end of the stick over and over. That has been the fight of my life and it will continue to be so. Brent endorsing either Bernie Sanders or joe biden could be crucial, but warren says she is not ready to give her support to anyone just yet. And after r a histori peace deal tweeeen t the u. S. And taliban forces, an afghan filmmaker says that women may face new threats and she is determined to tell their stories. Brent im brent goff, and for our viewers, welcome. There may be a possible end to the fighting in northwestern syria tonight. President erdogan and russian president Vladimir Putin say they have agreed it to a ceasefire. The deal was announced after six hours of talks between the two leaders today and moscow. Earlier, we heard from our russia correspondent emily about that meeting. Emily these talks seem to have been rather tense and they went over for six hours, and first there was a tet a tet meeting and then ministers from both sides of those countries joined those toxic. Those talks. They agreed to security corridor in idlib, and joint controls with the two leaders also emphasizing the importance of fighting terrorists in syria, fighting terrorists in that province, and as well as the territorial sovereignty of syria. As one expert to i spoke to ahead of these talks said that there have been ceasefires in idlib before and the question is whether this will actually last. Brent that was Emily Sherwin reporting from moscow. Foreign ministers from the European Union met today to discuss the situation in syria. Our eu correspondent is on the story for us tonight and he joins us, good evening to you. How did the ceasefire agreement to down where you are . Georg any ceasefire that eases the suffering of the people in syria will be welcomed is what a high diplomat judge just told me here, so overall, a minister content with what they see, but as emily just pointed out, the number of details will still have to be hammered out, and we will have to see in the next couple of days, and ministers will look into that on friday, and very closely into the details on this agreement and they do hope that it will be sustainable. Brent there is a ceasefire, is there an eu plan for how the situation in idlib can be improved . Georg well the European Union already yesterdayay announced an extra 170 Million Euros to Financial Aid for aid organizations in syria. 60 million of these will be directly targeting idlib, so there is extra Financial Aid on the table, and the number of ministers said that they would be strongly in favor of a nofly zozo, knowing g of course, thate knows that any such resolution for a nofly zone would have to go via the United Nations and would need russia to agree to Something Like that. Brent we know that turkey has always called forces support called for support for nato for policies for syria. Do you think we are closer to seeing the europeans back erdogan in idlib . Georg i number of Foreign Ministers said that one has to recognize erdogan is dealing with some 4 million migrants and refugees from the other part of that region. That is why there is a lot of money going already into aid organizations to help erdogan. What the Foreign Ministry ruled out today was direct aid, and it is unclear whether the European Commission may put some extra money on the table for turkish aid organizatioions. That is unclear, but what i is very clear is that the European Union made clear that migratory pressure cannot be used to blackmail the European Union. Brent our correspondent georg matthew on the story tonight, thank you. The Syrian Government which is backed by russia has been conducting a massive offensive to displace rebels from Idlib Province. Idlib is the last rebel stronghold in syria. The violence has displaced about a Million People from their homes and driven them towards the turkish border. Our next report highlights the plight of ordinary syrians who continue to bear the brunt of this conflict. With this vehicle serving as both a getaway car and a home, tarps are the only shield against the coldld. Fafamilies livive, cook, and slp crowded togethther. At this camp n north of aleppo, 200 families are stranded in no mans land. Abdullah and his five brothers are among those who fled bombing and destruction. We live here in this three wheeler. We do nonot have a anything lef, and we hope someone cacan help. Not a day goes by without fresh attacks, suffering, and death in Idlib Province as syria and russian fighter jets prepare the ground for advancing troops. They bititterly fight back with the help of turkey which is been bombing syririan bombing positis for days. The satellite images show escalation at the expense of the most vulnerable, who are now forced to live in cramped conditions. A year earlier, this region was a completely deserted. Almost completely deserted. The situation here is tragic with no medical aid, no clinic near here. We have nothing here. Families have even set up their tents on train tracks. The u. N. Says it is the most dire crisis in the world. Brent tonight, the crisis on the border between greece and turkey is getting worse. Turkey is sending 1000 riot police to the border, and their job is to block any return of refugees who have been pushed back by greek authorities after trying to cross into the European Union. Migrants and refugees headed to the border about a week ago after turkey said it would no longer stop them from trying to enter europe. Faces of despair. Thousands of refugees have gathered on the border, the focus on the turkish town. Many are forced to camp out in the ocean, and some of these people have been displaced with the longrunning conflict in syria. In europe, you can work, there are jobs, you get a decent salary. The kids can go to school. You can lead a normal human life. That is all i want. I took life they took my phone, my money, and they took my clothes and beat me and sent me back to turkey. This is just wrong. We want to be able to breathe freely. When i was 12 years old, i had to leave school and my parents were killed in the war. Others have come from afghanistan and pakistan. They find shelter where they can, and dozens cram into this abandoned bus station. Turkeys president has carried out his threat to open the border in europe if nato did not back his notary operation in syria. The red crescent and red cross are helping out where they can on the ground, handing out food and water, and providing basic shelter. We are ready to do whatever that is needed, because what we are missing in these moments is the deep feeling for the human being in the middle of this. We will do whatever is necessary to provide dignity to those stuck in this moment. Ankara is determined that those who do make it across to greece it will not be sent to turkish territory. A thousand special forces officers are being deployed to the river on the border, fully equipped to prevent people from being pushed back. Greece is equally determined to prevent a flood of new arrivals. Authorities say some 35,000 migrants have tried to cross illegally into greek territory in the past week. Athens insists those who reach its oil will be deported. Brent with me here at the big table tonight is paul, a political scientist and writer in berlin. He is also the author of an article europes morality is dying at the greek border, which was published today by u. S. News publication, foreign policy. Com. The European Union is praising greece, calling it a shield. What is a moral about that . European union is grounded in liberal values, and saw itself very much of a project to establish peace in europe and with human rights and Civil Liberties at the center. Over the decades, europe, and the European Union has taken literally millions of persecuted people into its ranks and made them feel at home and protected them. What happened here is after the 2015, 2016 refugee crisis with over a million refugees entered european space, that was a phenomenal humanitarian act on the part of europe. It was difficult and it raised a live shackles, but at the same time, it was a great tribute to what the European Union is all about. Brent people are still able to come to the European Union a a apply for asylum, that has not changed. Paul that has changed. Greece has set for the next month, it will no longer accept applicants for political asylum. It was one of the human rights that the eu is based on. Brent what about the greek argument, they are saying just the sheer numbers of people coming over at once is overwhelming and their argument is, we cannot process people and an orderly way, therefore, we paul i do not think it is that many that they cannot to be done and it is absolutetely true that the greek and administstration s overwhelmed. Years ago, the European Union should have been in there helping greece, italy, spain, bulgaria much more than it has. The greeks have felt left alone. Brent the European Union, you say it is immoral. Is it also does honest as a place of shared values because it has been impossible so far to get all eu members to agree to take a fair share of immigrants, migrants, and refugees . Paul this has been a problem for the last five years since the migration crisis in 2015. Above all, german chancellor Angela Merkel has pushed for there to be a distribution among countries according to population. That has not worked. As far as im concerned and what i argue in the article is that a coalition of willing countries has to come together. Brent which countries is that going to be, because germany is not going to open the gates anymore. That has been made clear. Paul germany never really opened the gates in the first place but i think that germany can and should take a number. What we are talking about is to alleviate the crisis at the border, and that would be 20,000 or 30,000. There are 130 municipalities in germany that are ready and willing to take those refugees. Brent could any political leader in germany do what you are advising when you look at the latest polls which shows that the public is divided, 5050 on accepting new refugees. If you do not have the mandate, how can they go on a limb and opened the gates . Paul first of all, it is the fundamental of human rights and not to be swayed by opinion polls. Second, the 50 who are willing, there should be no problem. Only Angela Merkel and her interior minister would have to give a green light there. Political asylum is a federal prerogative and they need the green light for them to do it. Brent we will see. What you are advising is a political hot potato in berlin. Paul, we appreciate you coming and sharing your insights. Paul thank you. Brent other stories making headlines around the world. 11 people have died and 20 are injured after a building collapsed in the pakistani port city of karachi. Rescue teams are searching for people believed to be trapped under the rubble. An explosion and f fire at the refugee camp in the gaza strip has killed at least nine palestinians and injured 50. The blaze broke out at a bakery before engulfing a crowded market. Initial investigations suggest a leak from gas cylinders may have caused the explosion. Activists from europe have demonstrated outside of the european commimission in brusse. The protest comes a day after the eu unveiled a new climate the law that proposes making the eu Carbon Neutral by the year 2050. The activists were calling for sister action. Swifter action. The latest on the coronavirus, one session from the parliament will be rescheduled to brussels next week as a result of the outbreak. In the u. S. , california joins Washington State and florida and declaring a state of emergency as the number of new infections rises. Meanwhile, australia has banned travel from south korea. The u. N. Has calculated almost 300 Million Students globally have been affected by School Closures because of the coronavirus. South korea is reporting another spike in new virus cases as it battles the biggest outbreak of the disease outside of china. Today, beijing offered south korea all necessary assistance to fight the epidemic. China points to its expertise treating tens of thousands in the city of wuhan, the global epicenter of the outbreak. Doctors on n the front line say erere is stilill a lot they do t know. We have discovered special cases suchch as a systematic asyptomatic characters who tested positive for the virus but they have no symptoms. And some patients arere negative afafr treatmenbut t after a time, a few of them test positive for the virus. That is still an unsolved mystery. Brent south korea, the cases have ballooned to more than 64,000 in the capital, seoul. They are sending disinfecting teams into train stations and forcing commuters to wear masks and wash their hands. South koreaeas transit networorks are using strong medicine to combat the deadly covid19 epidedemic. Special teams are working overtime to sanitize the entirety of seoul metro, was stationed prepared to shut down if anyone with the coronavirus is confirmed to have been there, and there is a good bit of Public Outreach going on as well. Among the measures taken by seoul metro to prevent the spread of the virus are Public Service announcements in four linkagages. Promototing containment, in fofour languagages. Promoting contatainment, wherere there m masks, sanitize their hands, and practice healthy hygiene. Subway authorities have brorougt in extra staff to cope with decontamination efforts. They arere keeping an eye o on conditions. The health of f our workers s a top priority so we are making sure they wear masks and wash their handsds, and minimize unnecessary contact with passengers. Subway ridership in seoul has significantly y dropped since te onset of the virus, but cocommuters have also changed their behavior. I find myself avoiding anyone who is coughing and does not have a mask on, so using the subway has become a bit didisturbing. Ii used to hold onto a handrail but not so much now. Everything has become more challenging. There are few peoplple on the subway now, which makes it more comfortable to use, but i think about the people who are afraid to comome out, and how inconvenenient that stst be to e stuck indoors. The National Railway has also seen its ridership and schedule drastically reduced with the government discouraging nonessential travel. Hygiene is a top priority there to, cleaning the train several times a day and disinfecting stations on average twice a day. To preventt the spread of the coronavirus, handrails, tables, armrests, bathrooms, and other areas that come into frequent contact with passengngers are thorououly disininfected. In addition as of monday, we are selling window seats first to keep passengers s as far apartrs possible. Some Government Officials had earlier suggested locking down the city of dagu, the source of the vast majority of cases. Now cleanliness, containinment, and mitigation has come to define south koreas strategy against the virus. Brent in the u. S. , senator Elizabeth Warren has announced she will drop out of the race for the white house. Her decision comes after a poor performance in the latest round of democratic primary elections. Warren surged to the top of the field last summer with a progressive agenda, but her failure to win primaries in any state including her home state of massachusetts left her campaign reeling. Speaking outside of her home in cambridge massachusetts today, warren said that she had misjudged her place in the democratic field. Sen. Warren i was told at the beginning of this whole undertaking that there are two lanes, a progressive lane, that Bernie Sanders is the end, and four and a moderate lane that joe biden is the incumbent for, and there is no room for anyone else in this. And i thought it was possible that that was not the case. That there was more room and more room to run another kind of campaign. But evidently, that was not the case. Brent that was Elizabeth Warren and why she is ending her president ial bid. We will have more on Elizabeth Warren coming up in the day right after this news broadcast. Now to afghanistan where just last week, the u. S. Signed a historic peace deal with taliban forces, aimed at ending 19 years of war. Even though an afghan Peace Process sounds like it should be a good thing, many women in the country such as this filmmaker, are fearful of the return to power of the taliban and what it could mean for the few gains that women have made. The filmmaker with her t tea, d she i is considered one of t e bestst in afghanisistan. She is b busy planning a new product with her production company, royer film. Her office is already full of international awardsds. She is worried b by thehe politl changes h happening in her country. How will the peace treaty agreed with the taliban affect her and other women. I feeeel concerned when i rememember how w women in our country were simply forgotten during the talibans fiviveyear rurule up until 9 11. If the i International Community views afghanistan an an open and shut casase and it a abandons u, therell be grave consequences. For years, the filmmaker has documented the empowerment of afghan women in films like a letter to the president. The drama follows a Government Official who rescues a young girl from being stoned by villagers. Her actions incite the fury of local warlordrds, and her husba. The character is imprisoned andd dudue to be executeted with onla letter to the afghan president do to save her. [speaking foreign language] the film was afghanistananss entry for the best foreignlangnguage film oscar in 2018. I turned to films when i i he a lot of thingngs to say. We were in emerging from a very oppressive perioiod, so i i stry belilieve in cinema. It is one of the most important art forms for transforming society. The filmmaker says that this work has always been risky and her parts of the country. In 2017,7, she was awarded the International Woman of cordage courage award. She is not the only woman afraid of a possible taliban resurgence. Within two or three months, the future of afghanistan will be in the hands of the taliban. The taliban who have repressed women for years. So how would they give women rights when they believe t that women should stay at home and should not be allowed to go out. We might not win with more suicide attacks and explosions afghanistan. But instead, afghan women like me could lose their freedom. The filmmaker fear is the return of fundamentalism, but she is not giving up. She said she will continue making films, and helps to remain a mouthpiece for her fefellow afghans both women and men. Brent we wish her the best. You are watching dw news, and after a short break, ill be back to take you through the day. We will be right back. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] b. Entities welcome to live from paris world news and analysis from france twenty four im not going these are the main world news headlines. The ceasefire in idlib by midnight local time. Putin and erdogan say theyve reached agreements that could end the fighting. West syria putin also voicing hope that deal with and civilian suffering help contain. Humanitarian crisis we have analysis to come. Thousand Turkish Police officers on the border to stopop the greek authorities pushing back migrants and refugees who crossed over the situation is becoming increasingly tense. Athens and ankara tur