And infections around the worlds grose. Thank you for joining us psyches decision to stop holding back thousands of refugees is causing new tensions at the borders of europe the European Unions migration commissioner has warned no one can blackmail or intimidate the block it comes as these images were released by the Turkish Coast guard showing greek coast guard officers firing into the water near a migrant boat in the a. J. And seen thousands of refugees have been attempting to cross into europe after turkey said it would open its borders for refugees and migrants amid the war of words a child has drowned after a node of boats loaded with migrants capsized off the greek island of less goals 47. 00 other migrants ride to reshuffle and from turkey were. Rescues creek Security Forces say they have prevented 10000 people from entering algiers johnson happiness is following the story for us from the greek island of lest he says greek authorities have a different version of whats going on with migrant arrival some taking officially the coast dismisses these videos as turkish propaganda and deliberate attempts to blacken the name of the helena coast. And the helmet coast guard has also released its own videos of Turkish Coast guard ships escorting rubber dinghies filled with Asylum Seekers to the international was a line between greek and turkish territorial waters making sure that their pointed in the right direction and sending them off to greece there are videos shot from the decks of greek coast guard vessels showing clearly the Turkish Coast guard vessels in the background so the greek side is trying to say. We are trying to do our jobs of search and rescue at sea but were also dealing with an asymmetrical situation here. Im officially i think the greek coast guard. Would not deny that the boat seen in these videos of greek coast guard vessels but i think also the greek government hasnt made any secret of the fact that it is looking at new tactics because its dealing with a new situation yesterday the migration minister very clearly said on National Television the following. The holy navy and the coast could have prevented many many cases of migrants crossing the. Maritime borders prevention at sea is not a straight forward saying if it can be a very dangerous thing one can easily imagine the sorts of tactics being involved in preventing the numbers of those from climbing to 2015 levels which is the goal of the greek coast guard here and turkey is vowing to keep up its attacks on Syrian Government forces trying to battle their way into it labe unless they hold their advance but president says hes hopeful they can soon be a cease fire turkey has stepped up its military operations just over the Syrian Border after more than 30 of its troops were killed in an attack there last week at owen is due to meet his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in moscow on thursday while he hopes a deal can be arranged to stop the fighting russia they have other ministers are certainly. Allowed to call on russia and iran one more time we do not have any problem with you in syria. But if the Syrian Government forces do not withdraw turkey has determined as soon as possible they will not have a heat lift on their shoulders. I had bar is in had taken in turkey with more on earth who wants military operation. This explains why hes been defiant today saying that Operation Spring shield will continue warning the Syrian Government against tough retaliate if they continue their offensive and asking of them to pull out from behind the Demilitarized Zone so the Turkish Military is continuing its operation particularly in the province but however i think this is going to be a chance also for turkish president to see whether the russians are willing for some sort of a compromise this explains why the president of the land was saying today that if the cease fire was to be implemented and the syrian troops pull behind the Demilitarized Zone that could be conducive to you deescalation and you political settlement that will put an end to the escalation of that weve been seeing over the last few days in the area so on one hand he had to show how aggressive he is when it comes to Operation Spring shilled and that this is going to continue of the upcoming days but of same time he was reaching out to president Vladimir Putin saying that this could be our last chance when we meet or the 5th of march to try to diffuse the tension police in afghanistan say at least 3 people have died and 11 others have been injured in a blast in the Southern Province of cost and theres no immediate claim of responsibility the attack follows a u. S. Taliban agreement aimed at ending the nearly 2 decade war in afghanistan on dab to have medias in kabul she says if the taliban is behind the cost province attack it still doesnt breach the u. S. Had a bandana. What we know about the attack is that there was a blast near a stadium in host province and according to the interior ministry 3 people were killed and 7 others injured now we dont know who is behind that attack it could be some spoilers there are several armed groups operating in this country who were against the deal between the taliban and the u. S. That you mentioned sundin 2 days ago but even if it were the taliban does that that does not breach da greenman because in that agreement the taliban have to hold off from attacking any foreign troops any military bases where you have foreign and afghan troops any. Government institutions here in kabul and in the provincial capitals but ongoing war and i get Security Forces that is not part of the deal and the taliban had said earlier today even though its not confirmed but there were reports that they said that the shoes they had over the past week which was leading to that agreement is now over and they would resume their normal operations i guess afghan targets israelis are voting in a general election in 11 months people hope this will bring an end to months of political turmoil it had a caretaker government since the 1st inconclusive election last april Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has failed twice to form a Coalition Government in september the blue and white quanties leader benny gantz was asked to form a government and he also thanked. This is a Celebration Day for these free societies i hope that if you want to go and vote of course i support myself that respect and the decision will be any voter its about time to be much more united much will be one another analyst one state against the odds that a small piece go where. I suspect no one will use any kind of violence whether its by war we do it by thieves and it us all respect democracy yes but these things. Go both its a proud day this is a democracy you have a great right that you should exercise with confidence the corona thing is completely under control today weve taken all the precautions that are necessary people can go and vote with complete confidence. When i speak to lodge there is how a faucet has at the headquarters of promise and its now sneaker body in 10 of the so how to tell us about the mood way you are and how confident are they that they can get the support they need this time to build a successful coalition. Will certainly benjamin it knows projecting a lot more confidence this time around than he was in the previous 2 elections in those 2 elections this day this election day was characterized by pictures streams of netanyahu imaging and messaging on social media and the like going around the country telling his supporters that he was on the cusp of defeat and trying to motivate them through fear to the polls this time hes saying were nearly there what netanyahu needs what his likud party needs is fairly good and for its prospective allies to get 61 seats in the Israeli Parliament the knesset which has 120 seats you need a 61 Seat Coalition to all but guarantee being able to form a government he says hes just one seat away this time and hes going around the country filming him selfe in cause phoning individual voters going into homes trying to scramble to get every last vote that he can certainly turnout is significantly higher than the previous 2 elections so for all the talk of israelis being sick and tired of this slow motion electoral grind perhaps theyre just got to the point where theyre coming to the polls in order to try and overcome that and get some kind of decisive resolution this time around an hour ago it was at 56. 3 percent turnout that is more than 33 percent higher than in the last election and so what about benny gantz what is he what are his chances. Well gantz and his blue and White Alliance have been really playing the netanyahu playbook from the last couple of elections on this day theyre saying that turnout is significantly lower in their areas and they send out a sort of an all points message to their supporters to try to get them to the polls saying that they would send their candidates to these areas even very senior that the 4 most senior figures among them trying to say that we are within but that the prospect of a big support for blue and white coming to the polls doesnt look to be coming true and trying to get the voters to the polls in that way whether thats genuine or whether its scare tactics its a bit early to say what is clear though that despite the fact that this is the 1st coronavirus election thats taking place the fear is that might have been around to keep people away from Mass Gatherings polling stations among them doesnt seem to be affecting people indeed israel has set up 16 separate special coronavirus polling stations for people whove been quarantined and those were held open for an extra couple of hours until just a few minutes ago because there was a lot of demand and because it was pretty slow going as they were cleaning those polling stations down in between each voter one other thing to bear in mind is how the palestinian israeli joint list parties will fare they are saying that theyre targeting 16 seats in the knesset after getting 13 in the last election if there is a high our senior israeli turnout and they managed to quote extra votes from israeli jews as well then that could potentially hamper likuds chances are trying to get past that 61 number thank you harry for the harry foster live for us in tel aviv yes ahead on aljazeera and the coast i have government minders in myanmar well hear what people have to tell us. Helping its friends from the white house on the eve of super tuesday. Welcome back here in the Arabian Peninsula still a little bit of a wind blowing down through the gulf region keeping temperatures will cool side 24 degrees but a fine day to buy my summer 30 winter a very light down through the red sea at the moment and projected to stay that way hot them record temperatures there in the mid thirtys meanwhile across all of france that area of snow which affected much of iran is cleared away weve still got the risk of some snow into took man a stand on across into afghanistan but it should be fine in kabul with a high there of 12 but eventually that cold air will creep in temperatures dropping quite considerably elsewhere that stage the winds just a bit lighter down through the gulf 24 the high here in doha across into northern and central parts of africa are largely fine picture a few showers around the gulf of guinea big thing here is a drop in temperatures cina seen temperatures dropping by more than 10 degrees between monday and tuesday down to 15 as a maximum and then as we head into the southern portions of africa weve got some heavy rain affecting northern parts of botswana also into zimbabwe for the south we got some showers affect in johannesburg but further towards the south it should be fine day across cape town and here expecting plenty of sunshine and a maximum temperature of 30 degrees. Where they are on line like probably recovering being one of the worst grabs the Mainstream Media about. Or if you join us on say theres a different diversity and inclusion and a mercy sometimes isnt always sincere this is a dialogue sanctions and the ways in which there were applied to iran are and im on welfare everyone has a voice we as a society that is simply a victim of a. To sit down and listen join the global conversation on now to 0. In the in the in the. Program back our top stories on aljazeera. For teacher released by the Turkish Coast guard shows greek officers firing into the water near a migrant boat thousands of refugees have been attempting to cross into europe after turkey opened its borders the use says turkey is trying to blackmail the block. Take it meanwhile is warning of more attacks against Syrian Government forces unless they reverse their advancing to the province on her as stepped up its military operations after dozens of turkish troops were killed in an attack in the region last week and police in afghanistan say at least 3 people have died any levon others were injured in a blast in the southeastern province of course theres been no immediate claim of responsibility the attack follows a us taliban agreement aimed at ending in the early 2 decade war in afghanistan. Now the corona Virus Outbreak has continued its spread beyond chinas borders saudi arabia tunisia and jordan are the most recent countries to detect cases of the disease the World Health Organizations chief insists it can still be kept under control. In the last 24 hours there were almost 9 times more cases reported outside china than inside china we are in unchartered territory we have never seen before at least respiratory partridge and thats capable of Community Transmission but at the same time which can also be contained with the right measures. Well the European Union has raised the official risk level for corona virus to high more than 2100. 00 infections have been confirmed across to block that includes in italy which has become a global hot spot but many countries are now taking action to protect themselves they are reports that 2 more people have died in france strong coronavirus. Following the story from paris and says as more are rather on whats being done to try to contain the outbreak. Well the french president emanuel might draw announced today that all of his own enormous central travels been counseled this week he wont be going outside of paris and that is so that he can stay in the french capital and release of face what is happening with the coronavirus because of course the concern really is getting greater each day if you like in a French Health authorities gave a Daily Press Briefing in which they talk about the number of cases there are theyve been pretty much going up each day nearly doubling the number as i said now over 120. 00 cases have been detected in france for Charles Ortiz have also put in place a series of measures for example any public gatherings all meetings inside in a contained area in a building for example of more than 5000 people have been banned this is a precaution we saw on sunday the whole marathon here in paris is banned of the last minute because again these felt its have so many people crowded in one area at the start of the race was perhaps unsafe and in all these socalled clusters those around the country the areas where you have a high number of contaminated people schools being closed in those areas of the government really very vigilant being very flexible each day is a different day they say and they have to adjust the measures according to the risk. The key advisor to irans Supreme Leader has died from coronaviruses infection numbers surged again on monday the government confirmed another 12 deaths and 523 new cases as it struggles to contain the outbreak dozens of top government officials have now tests of positive. Now the leader of the church at the center of the coronaVirus Outbreak in south korea has publicly apologized for the 1st time south korea has the largest number of infections outside of china at 4345 rob mcbride reports from seoul. It was the 1st long awaited Public Statement by the founder and leader of the shin changi church lehman he prostrated himself before journalists to say sorry theyre never going to. Call i dont know how to apologize to the Korean People i extend my deepest regret it wasnt intentional we had many new infections that we couldnt stop. The outbreak in south korea has cost new scrutiny on the church at the center of it seen by many christians as a secretive sect and turn the spotlight on its messiah like a leader who calls himself the promised prophet. It may appear christian but its actually different with a different doctrine and system they revere leaman he like jesus a leader who is a counselor who helps former followers of changi such as and sue young who described the crowded conditions inside a typical Church Gathering im in here honeycutt the diploma you would be 5 centimeters away from the next person and you would have to say amen after every sentence the pastor speaks its the best environment for the virus to spread all of the shin changi churches have been closed and some have been attacked an online petition demanding the groups disbandment has well over a 1000000 signatures some local leaders have called for shinto and g. s elders to be investigated for possible homicide and for hiding the identities of some of its estimated quarter of a 1000000 members she in changi says its being unfairly persecuted and Health Officials have warned against driving the organization further underground that would make the tackling of this outbreak harder. Him none the government has done a lot to contain this and well do everything we can to support that effort. But the shinto g. Church still insists it has suffered the most with its members making up more than half of all the confirmed cases in south korea with broad aljazeera so. A siege at a philippines Shopping Mall has ended after hours of negotiations. Police tackled the gunman shortly after he released said he hostages and walked out of a mall ending 10 hours of Negotiations Police said the gunman was a former Security Guard at the complex who had recently been dismissed now aljazeera as cameras have been allowed on a tightly controlled government organized visit to northern myanmar where the army denies a Genocidal Campaign against iraq inka around 3 quarters of a 1000000 people mostly from the mainly Muslim Minority where forswear scaping to neighboring bangladesh 2 and a half years ago almost all are living in neighboring bangladesh in some of the biggest and most crowded refugee camps in the world al jazeera as foreign story reports from mon tao township in the Northern State of rakhine. We are heading into restricted territory foreign journalists require commission to visit the northern part of Rakhine State this is where myanmar Security Forces launched a brutal crackdown against the mainly Muslim Minority in august 2017 soldiers and buddhist small boats were accused of raping killing and setting fire to rooting homes the buddhist majority myanmar government said it was responding to attacks and killings by an armed group called the are a kind of salvation army. At the Uns Highest Court myanmar has denied charges of genocide and has been ordered by the International Court of justice to prevent further violence while the case is being heard. On this tightly controlled highly choreographed trip the myanmar government tries to show that all is well here in village after village brought to meet journalists in classrooms under the watchful eye of government mind ins on camera that seemed scripted or we have 3 communities here living like a family thats why i dont think we will be affected by conflict off camera they were only slightly less reticent telling us they feared violence could flare again it was impossible to speak to anyone without being overheard by police in another village we were made to see government cash being handed out to. Local administrators say its to help the villages rebuilt the damage holds this mosque still hasnt been repaired more than 2 years after the latest campaign of violence against the daughter and you can see all around us clear evidence of destruction by fire this place of worship would have served the people of this community who at one point numbers around 5000 people now there are only 200 living here around to 3 quarters of a 1000000 to bangladesh and remained there. When who do not think repatch aeration is a fallujah because as you know we have 2 Reception Centers and we have a transition camp we are always ready to receive them we even plan to open kindergartens 8 many Rights Groups say conditions in myanmar dont guarantee a safe return for the remainder of the last attempt to repair treat 3000 refugees from bangladesh in august failed because through him they refused to return saying they feared further attacks if they did the myanmar government wants them to accept alternative identification documents which rights activists say deprives them of their rights. That. Alterian more to form of myanmar government. What theyre doing. Degrading their citizenship status. So. Who are living to be. The rohingya have little to return to they face government restrictions on travel employment even Family Planning many doubt the situation will change anytime soon headed down like this the jungle leadership is trying to control it instead with a civil in the movie it is a fanning its you know this kind of populist wave to get electoral support is a very disgraceful thing until then the remainder will remain one of the worlds most persecuted minorities Florence Louis aljazeera chip Rakhine State myanmar. Britain and the European Union are beginning to go see a sions on their future relationship after a break said after leaving the e. U. At the end of january the u. K. Is conforming with regulations during a transition period and wants a free trade deal without sticking to european rules the e. U. Says access to its markets comes at a cost iraqs Prime Minister designate has withdrawn his candidacy a month after his appointment mahmoud allow he says politicians were obstructing his efforts to form a government earlier parliament failed to approve his cabinet for the 2nd time in a week how well to be quite a thorough. I tried by all possible means to save iraq from drifting to the unknown and to solve the Current Crisis but during negotiations i faced many obstacles that are irrelevant to the issue of the homeland and its interests i swear to god i didnt surrender and i didnt put my own interests above the country regrettably some parties were negotiating for their interests without paying heed to National Issues that i see even the biggest say in the democratic president ial campaign the u. S. Voters in 14 states will decide on super tuesday who they want to run against donald trump in November Alan fischer reports from austin in texas. We are going to win the democratic primary attacked by well you have died the 1st School Nominee contests are over the attract big fields heavy t. V. Advertising and Media Attention but they provide just 5 percent of the delegates super tuesday is super important a 3rd of the delegates and offer a real test of Public Opinion from north to south coast to coast and beyond california has moved its primary up to join the super tuesday when you take that and the other states and added to the already rich delegate count available here in texas there are 1357 delegates up for grabs thats almost a 3rd of the entire total so a good super tuesday gives the candidate the 3 ms media money and momentum. In short this will bring clarity to the democratic race for president we have very rich delegate states like california and texas that are going to be hugely important and we kind of need to know whats going to happen in those states as well as the alabama and other smaller states to kind of get a sense ability about whether what were seeing in those early states is reflective of a general sensibility this super tuesday also throws up Something Different its the 1st time Michael Bloomberg will appear on the ballot middle class kid who built a Global Company from scratch the former new york mayor has bombarded the airwaves with ads spent millions of dollars on his campaign this will be the 1st test of his electability the strategy that mayor bloomberg is putting into place is a very unorthodox one and super tuesday is really going to tell us whether he is going to have the support nationwide even given spending half a 1000000000. 00 so far to win the nomination a candidate has to win 1991 delegates no one can seal the deal on super tuesday but a good performance certainly move someone farther along the road on the number of. Candidates will drop out putting common sense of accountability the focus of the nominating process goes on till june to raise wages but democrats will be hoping they can name the person who take on donald trump in november long before that. Our democracy to the point alan fischer aljazeera austin texas. The headlines on aljazeera. Released by the turkish girls gone shows great officers firing into the water near migrant poles thousands of refugees and migrants have been attempting to cross into europe after turkey opened its borders the e. U. Says turkey is trying to blackmail the block meanwhile turkey is warning of more attacks against Syrian Government forces unless ery various air advance into edley province ankara has stepped up its military operations after dozens of tech a shoebox were killed in an attack in the region last week. Heres our system to allow us to call on russia and iran one more time we do not have any problem with you in syria. But if the Syrian Government forces do not withdraw or turkey has determined as soon as possible they will not have a heat left on their shoulders police in afghanistan say at least 3 people have died and 11 have been injured in a blast in the southeastern province of culls there is no immediate claim of responsibility the attack follows a us taliban agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war or dr hamid has more from kabul. Even if it were to taliban as that does not breach the agreement because in that agreement the taliban have to hold off from attacking any foreign troops any military bases where you have foreign and afghan troops and the. Government institutions here in kabul and in the provincial capitals but ugh go in war and i get Security Forces that is not part of the deal. Israelis are voting in their 3rd general election in less than a year theyve had a caretaker government since the 1st inconclusive election last april Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and his political rival benny gantz have both failed to form a Coalition Government the number of People Killed by the corona virus in italy has risen to 52 up 18 in the past 24 hours its a nice the hardest hit country in europe with more than 2000 cases the European Union has raised the official risk level for the virus to high franciscos its famous mover and not museum and council several events are upset with the headlines on aljazeera coming up next year its inside story disturbing this. Should public transport be Free Luxembourg becomes the 1st country to abolish fares for everyone is that the solution to traffic jams and pollution but will the cost of a ticket be paid in other ways this is inside story. And i welcome to the program im nick clegg in many cities public transport is often the easiest and cheapest way to get around its more environmentally friendly because petrol and diesel cars are on the right its also free if you visit luxembourg its the 1st country in the world to make public transport 0 cost for everybody but not everyone is on board that selects you have brought in