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i ll have all of the sport, as sponsors react to the news that has shocked tennis, big name backs are pulling the plug on mar shia sharapova after she admitted to failing a drug test. hello, the u.n. is questioning the legality of an agreement which would see refugees and migrants in europe sent back to turkey. the high commissioner says it wants to know more about the safeguards in place to protect people. first jonah hull tells us about that deal between the e.u. and turkey. reporter: finally at the end of a long day and night, the break through they hoped for, the european union has reached an agreement with turkey that they believe marks the beginning of the end of europe s refugee crisis. this is a real game changer. the days of irregular migration to europe are over. our objective is to discourage illegal migration to prevent human smugglers to help people who want to come to europe to through encouraging legal migration. reporter: the agreement me ....
we re in mexico where a group of women have come up with a unique way to fight sexual harassment. the u.n. is questioning the legality of an agreement that would see refugees and migrants in europe sent back to turkey. the refugee agency says it is concerned about whether safeguards will be in place to protect people. they reached a tentative agreement that will see all refugees and migrants arriving in greece sent back, and for each refugees returned a syrian in turkey would be resettled in europe. in that leaves 34,000 trapped in greece as they try to reach e.u. countries. many are in a refugee camp where health workers say 70% of the children are sick. our diplomatic editor has the latest now from the united nations in geneva. reporter: the unhcr are saying they were not privy or party in any way to this plan, and they are seeking urgent clarification from the european union. they say on first reading, though, they are very concerned. they gave a news conferenc ....
activists are attacked trial trying to get into chechnya. and barack obama welcomes justin trudeau. and i ll be here with all of the day s sport, including liverpool face manchester united in the liverpool league if what is being called the mother of all football games. the european refugee crisis has claimed more lives. five people including a baby drowned as the boat they were in capsized while they were trying to make the dangerous crossing interest turkey to greece. this latest tragedy and so many others have been on the minds of the european union interior ministers. they say they are worried about the decision by some europe ran countries to close their boarders completely. leading to this sprawling greek camp. up to 14,000 people are stuck there, and conditions have been described as deplorable. hoda abdel hamid has been in the rain and the mud with the refugees on the greece macedonia boarder. reporter: it s very difficult for people to come to terms w ....
a draft resolution concerning sexual exploitation abuse. and today the heads of the u.n. humanitarian agencies issued a statement saying after five years of a brutal and senseless conflict, more than a quarter million of syrians have been killed, and over happen of the population have been forced from their homes out of fear and want. some 4.6 million are existing without aid or food. in the past few weeks, the humanitarian chiefs add we are seeing signs of momentum, fewer bombs are falling, humanitarian access has opened up in some places, negotiators are preparing to come together and talk a general summation there for events happening at the united states in new york and also geneva during the course of the next few hours, that spokesman for the u.n. body there, referencing the war atrocities that are said to have been committed in south sudan, the subject of that damming report from u.n. human rights campaigners. let me remind you, as we begin this news hour her ....
young football lover, the story of a palestinian child who lost his family in an attack by israeli settlers. when the syrian war began five years ago, the country s kurds saw an opportunity to fight for and establish their own autonomous region. a senior representative of the pyd says they are poised to announce just that. the group wants a federal region under kurdish control. they are said to hold three quarters of the border already. it s a about 800 kilometers long. it is a huge geographic call area. the declaration has been rejected by the syrian government and the opposition as well as turkey. ankara says it supports a united syria, and unilateral moves simply aren t valid. this latest development comes as the syrian go and the main opposition attend talks in geneva, which the pyd is not attending. one of three autonomous areas set up by kurdish groups two years ago, a representative says the situation could work. the situation in north syria is going to be ....