President says hes hoping to secure a ceasefire in syrias if the province when he meets with his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in moscow on thursday the leaders are expected to discuss the latest escalation in fighting between turkish and Syrian Government forces dozens of turkish troops were killed in an attack in the region last week lets go straight to sit in the who joins us live i believe from djibouti goes through on turkeys border with syria assam just tell us what else did president juan have to say. Well the persons are gone is trying to keep the diplomatic door open for negotiations for their best turkey believes that russia is an important player in order to provide peace and security for those millions inside that but of course depending on the latest developments the relations have been a little bit have been tense in a while and the 2 leaders have gone into 2 were expected to meet but. There were rumors that they were not going to meet but finally its announced by the turkish president said today that are going and putin are going to meet in moscow the russian capital on march the 5th which is it 2 days ahead from now turkey before me it before having this leader to Leader Meeting so he is trying to gain leverage on the diplomats the table plus 30 years trying to gain ground gain leverage by advancing on the ground and giving casualties to the Syrian Government forces basically by trying to hurt the air forces of the Syrian Governments syrian army thats why for the last couple of days the Turkish Military has intensified its attacks via drones armed drones and some air Defense Systems from turkey including some f. 16 s hitting some targets inside there while the f. 16 s are staying in turkey so turkey is also trying to pressure the European Union on the other hand by opening its gates to the Syrian Refugees to be able to cross through europe. For as for the ones who seek refuge and thats why turkey is that it is getting too difficult for me to take control of those millions of people in turkey the syrians who are trying to cross to europe you know turkey and the e. U. Countries have signed a deal in 2016. Which ended up by turkeys sealing its southern borders. For the Syrian Refugees who are who are plenty who are usually used as a transit troops to cross to europe including some afghans and pakistanis and based on what the Turkish Interior Ministry told yesterday a bowl 100000 refugees if locked to western side of it and managed to cross from turkey to the other side which is denied by the week or so it is of course so in short after all those sentences i can say that turkey is trying to gain leverage through diplomacy which is soft power in a way and through military which is the hard power on the ground before meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin and i also have to add that to morrow turkey is going to have at the legation a guest from the United States u. S. And white James Jeffrey whos a former ambassador to the turkish capital in ankara is coming with a delegation with a senator from the United States and he will be coming to heart and he will be coming to to have some meetings with some in joules plus the turkish officials to morrow and also press is going to going to be here so with the western support again turkey is trying to gain leverage. For its most call in that coming meeting and of course thank you child has died after a boat loaded with refugees and migrants capsized off the greek island of those balls 47 other people who were trying to reach the greek island from turkey have been rescued thousands have been trying to cross into europe after turkey said it would no longer force its border but its right now to John Psaropoulos who is on the island of lesbos john what weve been seeing there. Well the numbers and also overwhelming today we have 2 both arrivals on the island here are less worse and 2 more further south in the south e. G. And not an overwhelming rate of flow across the waters today but in the previous 24 hours between sunday morning and this morning we did have close to a 1000 arrivals in these to jian and the government says that they prevented another roughly 10000 arrivals on the land border with turkey so there is a heightened level of anxiety especially here in these to jian especially on lesbos which has traditionally attracted more than half of the a. G. M. Flows from turkey of refugees the islanders here are mostly keeping come but some people are particularly anxious quite resolved in fact to disrupt the normal operation of the morea refugee camp and of newsgathering on the island there are Many International networks here and lots of International Print media and they have been blockading morea camp theyve been blockading a harbor where a refugee boat was towed yesterday this is the report we filed on that phenomenon yesterday. This boatload of Asylum Seekers came ashore on the island of lesbos on sunday Police Stopped us from interviewing them on camera but this congolese man told me turkish people smugglers promised him and his wife a free ride while they were in church for sunday service this man from sierra leone says he was walking on the beach as the boat was being prepared he was told to jump in for free as well its unclear if someone is paying the smugglers to do that on the islands north shore a boat load of afghans paid 500. 00 each to get out of turkey their deals with smugglers had been struck weeks before turkeys president the chapter you put on ordered the opening of borders with neighboring belgariad and greece both members of the European Union what did the agents say to you. This was the 1st day of significant arrivals since turkey opened its borders towards europe they werent enough to create a logistical problem for the greek with origins but they were enough to make many of the people of lesbos anxious that they may once again face the sort of uncontrolled refugee flows experienced in 2015 and this time refugees would have nowhere else to go the arrival of a dinghy filled with refugees at the small fishing harbor of fair to me led to a blockade as local residents prevented them from disembarking the coast guard brought the dinghy here after its engine failed t. V. Cameras were unwelcome and some of the scene had to be filmed at a Distance Police were unable to register other arrivals at moria camp the largest in greece it too was blockaded by angry islanders whove seen its population growth 4 fold to over 20000 since the new democracy government was elected last year to the given people believe the government the next quickly over 7 months there wasnt any increase in air quality of life truss. Has been lost in the island is turning into a giant hotspot. But other viewpoints were also on display this group protested at coast guard headquarters calling for refugees to be showed more humanity and greater support a stark reminder that migration is a defining political issue not just here but throughout europe now greece is in emergency territory after a National SecurityCouncil Meeting last night the government announced 3 key measures the 1st is that they are going to start accepting new asylum applications for at least a month the 2nd is that theyre going to be turning people around and sending them back to their countries of origin whenever possible without even recording their arrival here which has been the normal modus operandi the normal legal procedure and the 3rd of course is that theyre going to be strengthening the borders to maximum alert now the borders both at land and at sea or at maximum manpower thank you that thats John Psaropoulos that life. 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Hello there its looking quite wintry across northeastern parts of asia at the moment plenty of snow around japan and certainly from this system across the card i would like to see some heavy snow fall here but all the while the winds are from the north threat to for the snow showers almost anywhere although tokyo should have a sparkling day during choose to lots of sunshine temperatures at 16 degrees but as we head on through into wednesday well see changes will come to that in a moment weve got some heavy rain across southern parts of china in fact thats likely to be extending into northern parts of vietnam of the next 24 hours so well see an increasing risk of showers in hanoi was ahead on through into wednesday change your window ration is going to bring some the risk of some showers into tokyo certainty in the afternoon and temperatures in just 10 degrees also we got some heavy rain across parts of north korea extending into the far east of russia but system moving further towards the south across china but i think it should stay largely clear of taiwan the risk of showers will increase during the day so move into south asia not a great deal you can say its looking fine part for a few showers down through the Western Ghats look at sunshine in new delhi with highs of 27 here in the Arabian Peninsula still keeping a little bit on the cool side for doha highs of 24 for a woman in dubai highs of 30. I was raised in france. These are my grandparents. These are my parents and this is mean. Fighting both isis and us. The 1st of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. The father the sound and the jihad. One on his ear a. Whole. Youre watching aljazeera reminder of our top stories this hour turkeys president richard says he hopes a ceasefire will be achieved in syrias if the province when he meets with his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in moscow on thursday the leaders are expected to discuss the latest escalation in fighting between turkish and Syrian Government forces. The child has died and another boat after another boat loaded with refugees capsized off the greek island of those balls 47. 00 people were rescued Greek Security forces have prevented thousands of refugees from landing after turkey said it would not enforce its border with European Union countries greece and garia. I was rabies are voting in their 3rd general election in just 11 months its hoped it would bring to an end months of political turmoil israelis have had a caretaker government since the 1st inconclusive election last april Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has twice failed to form a Coalition Government in september the blue and white partys leadership benny gantz was asked to form a government and also failed. Its a pro day this is a democracy you have a great right that you should exercise with confidence the thing is completely under control today weve taken all the precautions that are necessary people can go and vote with complete confidence. This is a celebration today for these really society i hope that everyone with good food of course i support myself that respect in the decision of any voter its about time that well be much more united much will be one another in a list of wants to against the odds that a small piece we go will. Stick no one to use any kind of violence whether its my war would have it by deeds it is us all respect democracy aspect these things. Among countless following election developments. The plans have opened in west jerusalem this particular polling station has had a steady stream of people already now whats going to be crucial in this election is voter turnout if this polling station is anything to go by voter turnout might be quite high but will it be enough for a decisive election result thats really the key now there are 2 key players here theres the blue and white party led by benny gantz and theres the incumbent Prime Ministers party could lead by Benjamin Netanyahu neither of them seem to have a majority and thats why were in this 3rd election within a year or so its all about Coalition Building both parties have to try and get other parties to try and support them in order to be able to get that majority of 61. 00 seats in the knesset the israeli parliaments now also what were hearing from a lot of analysts is that perhaps this particular campaign was flawed on both sides they say that the party was actually far too confident in its electioneering and almost played it like it had the election in the bag already and the Benny Gantz Campaign the blue White Campaign was perhaps a little lackadaisical that it wasnt really getting out the vote getting its supporters to come out and vote all of that now is it remains to be seen how much of an impact it has now the polls close at 10 pm local time after that theyll be exact polls and were expecting final results to come in in the very early hours of Tuesday Morning a key advisor to irans Supreme Leader has died from corona virus this infection numbers so 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 tested positive same joins us from tehran via skype zain why are we seeing so many infections among the political elite. Well the gentleman who passed away as you said was a Senior Member of the government mohamed mir mohamed he was part of the Expediency Council a body of advisors to the Supreme Leader now since the beginning of this outbreak weve seen the number of cases among Senior Leadership in iran much higher than youve seen in other countries much higher than would have been expected in much of the reason for this is likely because iran had just been involved in a parliamentary election and the place where this outbreak 1st began in this country is a religious city of seminaries and because of the religious government in the country it is also a Major Political heartland has been throughout the life of the Islamic Republic of iran so you saw many people from the political sphere of serious political players making their way to home around the election time electioneering campaigning for their candidates campaigning for their partys securing support from the religious establishment and thats hardly likely seen so the virus spread so quickly among many leaders now they also have access to test kits which is why were probably seeing it 1st in irans leadership but that is likely one of the issues that the election happened around the same time that this outbreak did in iraq and iran saying that were also seeing reports that some 450. 00 have asked raddatz and iranian waters what can you tell us about that. I mean really this is the tip of an iceberg if you see here fishermen hundreds of them from time allotting trapped on keesha island iran is a place that shares waters with many other countries in the region so this kind of commercial back and forth of treatment is common and now were seeing an appeal by these fisherman to the Indian Government to the government to try to get them out to try to airlift them out now it has to be said that these 400 people may just be the beginning of what has become a much larger problem in iran and there are many people to travel to the country even though sanctions might make it seem that it isnt a common place for people to go but for instance business tourism and religious tourism make up to as much of much of the visitors that come to iran and really 829210 1000000 people by some estimates and what weve been seeing on social media is appeals by people from all over the world from Asian Countries from europe and north america people who are coming here for religious tourism to visit cities and shrines people who change here to visit other parts of the country provinces in the wintertime also enjoy Winter Sports in much of this area and what were seeing is that people here are stuck flights are closed or canceled flight operators that are still flying have minimized their flights exponentially so what tickets are left are very expensive and there are very long delays land borders all around iran have shut largely to any sort of passenger travel naval ports are no longer except in passenger ships so what were seeing is potentially the next sort of International Dimension of this crisis as people stuck here continue to try to get out like that said that same bus traveling across developments from tehran becky. Well theres there are cameras have been allowed to a tightly controlled government organized visit to northern 1000000 where the army denies a Genocidal Campaign against the rangar 3 quarters of a 1000000 of the mainly Muslim Minority were forced to escape into neighboring bangladesh 2 and a half years ago Lawrence Louis reports from mongo a township in the northern states for came. We are heading into restricted territory foreign journalists require permission to v