International criminal court agreed to take up a case that will see us taliban and afghan officials investigated for suspected war crimes. And in sport indias women make circuits in history without a ball being bowled through to the t 20 world cup final. Against england in. Negotiations the escalating violence and an impending refugee crisis for europe we begin this news hour would syria turkeys president is meeting the russian leader in moscow with the hope of reaching a ceasefire and if the province fighting there is threatening to drag the 2 countries to direct conflict little into the east here. The syrian army has had heavy losses therefore we definitely need to discuss everything all of the situation that has developed so that nothing like it happens again destroys russian turkish relations which we i know you as well pay much attention to and really appreciate. Well on the ground the bombardment has killed at least 15 civilians russia is backing Syrian Government soldiers and tu
And the discovery of oil in congo has environmentalists concerned about what drilling will do to the rain forest. And in sports olympic organizers insist the cancellation of julys tokyo games isnt being considered the torch relay through also set to start this month despite the coronavirus so. We begin this news hour with the latest on the diplomatic tensions due to turkeys intervention in the syrian conflict and the European Union Foreign Policy chief joseph brellier is an honor to meet with turkeys foreign minister. They are there and to president richard type bell says he told turkish officials the situation at the border with greece was unacceptable turkey and greece a trading accusations about the growing crisis there thousands of refugees and migrants at. Trying to cross into Greece Athens has dismissed reports its Border Security shot dead a migrant on the battlefront Turkeys Defense Ministry has confirmed 2 of its soldiers were killed in syrias if the province Turkish Forces re
Drills. Boarder closed after an armed Group Targets Security Forces and kills civilians Training Camp attack. The removal of the terrorist fighters, degrading alshababs abilities to meet objectives. U. S. Air strikes over the weekend kills 150 alshabab fighters money for violence. The Main Objective is humanitarian, we dont want to see women and children dying. Turkey greece to help stem the flow of refugees to europe, but asks for billions more in e. U. Aid good evening, im antonio mora. We begin al jazeera Americas International newshour with the stand off between kim jong un and president obama. North koreas leader is threatening a Nuclear Strike against the u. S. And south korea. Pyongyang says it will launch an indiscriminate attack if the u. S. And south korea proceed with joint military exercises in the region. They begin the largest exercise on monday. The annual manoeuvres lasts for weeks and involves thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of forces. Washington insists
The greek government denies it, but the bbc is told that two syrian migrants who were trying to illegally enter greece from turkey have been shot dead. Are you sure they were dead, i say. Theyre dead, it was in front of me, and he shows me where they were hit. Let me bring you up to date on every element of the coronavirus outbreak. First italy where all schools and universities will close on thursday and will stay closed until 15 march. There are more than 3,000 cases in italy, and 107 people have died. Reuters is also reporting that cinemas and theatres may close. And there may be a suspension of events of any nature that entail the concentration of people and do not allow for a safety distance of at least one metre to be respected. Bethany bell is in milan. Schools and universities in the north of the country, areas that have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus, have been closed for a number of days already. Now it appears the government has taken the step of closing them across