Europe including time to talk britain and the European Union finally begin discussing how they will trade together october exige. Coronavirus continues to disrupt global sport says asian football bosses hold an emergency meeting at some of the opening theresa promoter g. P. C. Isnt been called for in concert and tyler. Thank you very much for joining us turkeys decision to stop holding back thousands of refugees is causing new tension at the borders of europe the European Unions migration commissioner has warned no one can blackmail or intimidate the block and the german chancellor says using refugees in this way is unacceptable but. It comes as easy images. When released by turkey showing greek coast guard officers firing into the water near a migrant boat in the i j and see thousands of refugees have been attempting to cross into europe after turkey said it would open its borders for refugees and migrants and speak to their is john whos in the last post on the greek island of les paul so john 1st of all whats the reaction from the greek isles gone to this video being released by turkey. Well officially the greek government has dismissed these videos and others like them in the 1st gleick as propaganda. Videos released by the turkish government because god has no particular comment to make on these videos i spoke earlier with the coast guard spokesman but also there is a general government position that was stated yesterday by the migration minister on television he said greece is protecting its borders we are protecting our country he spoke with satisfaction about the fact that up until now thousands of people have been prevented from crossing at the land border with turkey but he also said that the coast guard and the helical a. V. Have prevented both crossings in the aegean as well so i think that without knowing where and when these particular videos were filmed you can take it as implicit but the greek coast guard is no longer doing just search and rescue but as it has been doing in the last 5 years of this refugee crisis it is doing prevention as well which is a very tricky business at sea because it can result in casualties clearly and the 6 scene youre seeing behind me here by the way is turning being set up for the latest arrivals we are standing on the north shore of lesbos there are some people here silent seekers who are waiting on the beach with their children to move into these terms of overnight yeah and youve been speaking to some of the people whove arrived recently john what are they telling you and what sort of help ah they getting one see a 5 on land in greece. Not a great deal that theyve been fed here on the beach today we saw a food handout taking place but theres nothing else here for them these tents of the 1st. Structures to be set up for them since theyve arrived and some of them have already spent one night here as youve as youve seen there have been riots all day at the islands only refugee camp and moria there have also been blockades. Preventing Police Vehicles and coast guard vehicles from reaching that boy section of the island those here who want the camp to close down and who want these people these refugees to be shipped off the island the reason theyre reacting in this way is theyre seeing the numbers theyre seeing whats going on in the rest of greece 24000 illegal entries were prevented since saturday morning the greek government has said. Theyre afraid of that happening so they want this entire crisis to be nipped in the bud as it were ok john thank you for that update status al jazeera is John Psaropoulos reporting there live from the greek island of less posts like haiti fallen is a migration on a century says the renewed influx of migrants and refugees has left less poles a breaking point. I think one of the main points to keep talking about that response now 132015 has a lot exactly and thats not such a dire city now people in that force at high and that angry and angry standing out not just to its people rioting but whats known as arians whats janet strand situation feeling on the ground its incredibly tense it feels like everyone at breaking point that i number of journalists were out attacked yesterday that went out because its my number and you know why things have been attacked and other cars and destroying so. Its a real breakdown kind of community and it really feels like the tension that cant continue to rise to teach us the way its not just to be honest and down with a new more right of under our america thats going to happen so thats the Current Situation right now on that front mostly i was. Ins and outs that they were going to go ahead but the building tension sunset in the north that my thoughts and its created a huge response from like us who are very very against the building in front of the camera they fail and the government sent in action on growth right i mean and you know with great intentions its only escalated the situation i dont feel betrayed by the government and the border tensions between europe and turkey come as turkey has stepped up this fight on another front with the Syrian Government is vowing to keep up its attacks on Syrian Forces trying to battle their way into it lebanon lets say hold their advance but present typo on 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 or one is due to meet his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in moscow on thursday where he hopes a deal can be arranged to halt the fighting groups so there you go this is our system to allow it 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 aljazeera is hashim i had bar is in had in turkey with more on our wants military operation. This explains why hes been defiant today saying that Operation Spring shield will continue warning the Syrian Government against tough retaliation if they continue their offensive and asking 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 and this explains why the president of the un was saying today that if the cease fire was to be implemented in the syrian troops pulled behind the Demilitarized Zone that could be conducive to a new 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 in 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 on the 5th of march to try to diffuse the tension. Plenty more ahead on this news hour including feeling the strain well look at how the corona Virus Outbreak has but the Global Economy into vital to. The dramatic end to a Shopping Mall siege in the philippines where 30 people were taken hostage and sport 2 of the biggest names in basketball go head to head in the n. B. A. The United Nations special envoy for libya haasan sodomy has resigned from his post salim a says hes stepping down because of ill health he tweeted to say he has tried to be not libyans and prevent foreign intervention during his time as the u. N. Envoy for the past 2 and a half years and speak to Andy Gallagher who is live for us at u. N. Headquarters in new york and it is this resignation come as a surprise it seems to be a complete surprise certain into the officials here at the United Nations that tweet came down a few hours ago obviously then we started asking questions of people here at the United Nations they then confirmed it an hour also later and they seem to have found out by the same way everyone else to mr salami was resigning for Health Reasons via twitter he has so now sent an official letter to the United Nations and then are talking about the transition in the peace negotiations Going Forward but this is salami of course is a very highly regarded negotiator someone whos been working for the past 2 and a half years to try and broker some kind of be still in libya which is an extremely complex situation and the United Nations will be now looking for a transition but lets just hear what the spokesperson had to say. The secretary general has received a message from mr salami expressing his attention to leave his post as special representative for libya the secretary general has always had full confidence in mr salamis work and the great efforts he has made to bring peace to libya the secretary general will be discussing with mr salami the way to ensure a smooth transition so as not to lose any momentum on the gains that have been made so andy what does this mean then for u. N. Efforts to end the war in libya what happens now well the talking about the progress that mrs salami made but you just have to remember he was in geneva with the 2 main rival factions here from libya and made no progress at all he actually talked about the arms embargo thats been in place for years is becoming a cynical joke so when the United Nations say hes made great progress its hard to see what progress he has made when so many regional powers are involved in this bitter struggle to control libya so they now have to look for a new person they have to approve a new person meanwhile their indiscriminate bombing is going on in tripoli civilians being killed all sorts of regional powers slipping arms through breaking that embargo so whoever does take on the task of trying to bring peace to libya and this is an extremely complex situation has a huge uphill battle mr salami is not a young man hes been working on this for 2 and a half years he said the stress of the job the stress of trying to negotiate peace in libya was simply too much and he thank you for that and the galligan life or is that the United Nations. And out of wealth is italy has announced a huge leap in the number of deaths from corona virus in the past hour the toll has risen to 52 thats speak to john hall in london for us so organized significant increase in the death zone in italy what more are we hearing about. Well yes with the steady worsening of the situation in italy and the spread of the virus to other Member States in the e. U. I can tell you that the European Union has raised its Risk Assessment for covered 19 warning now of a moderate to high risk of sustained transmission among e. U. Member states all in all 20042400 cases reported across 18 Member States of course the worst of those as you were saying there is italy in those numbers represent a jump by 18 in the death toll in italy to 52 over the past 24 hours and indeed the number of transmissions jumping from 1694 yesterday on sunday to 2336 so things are certainly not slowing down in italy but important to note that the outbreak in italy remains confined to a number of hot spots in the north of the country so cold it isnt nationwide there are individual isolated cases across the rest of the country and it is that sort of pattern of contagion of transmission of this virus and to some extent the evidence that it can be contained that led dr to address the director general of the World Health Organization earlier in his Daily Press Briefing to give a somewhat more upbeat assessment than weve been hearing lately he pointed to the fact that this virus is unique both in the fact that it can be transmitted human to human but also in the fact that it can be contained the flu virus for instance he said could not be contained containment has to be the way forward and he pointed to evidence of a slowing transmission rate. In china into evidence of some 8 countries that have reported cases in the past that have reported no new cases in the past 2 weeks and that is the result of containment measures being put into place depending on the severity of the outbreak country by country everything from hand washing to social and public distances distancing policies Sports Events and concerts cancelled not sort of going all the way up to what was instituted in who by province in china around the city of a total citywide lockdown right in the European Union journal also updating its risk level to high what sort of measures are being taken. Well i mean everythings being done at this point in the country by country level and a case by case level and more and more were hearing that countries and governments are becoming much more proactive the British Government holding a high level emergency cabinet session during the course of the morning here on monday and will release a socalled battle plan on tuesday for instance everybody of course looking to the World Health Organization to take a lead on scientific advice and theyre as i say again today the assessment from the World Health Organization showing a growing outbreak of the virus across the globe but with this slight caveat this slight note of optimism dr todd was talking about chinese transmissions dropping to 206. 00 cases on sunday down from much much higher figures he said that it is now the case that transmissions outside china are 9 times higher than any transmissions taking place inside china he pointed to perspective he said its not time to talk about a pandemic yet that moment when the virus becomes uncontained impossible to contain at this moment he said those 8 countries have reported no new cases in 2 weeks 34 countries have 10 cases or less containment has to be the number one priority he said this is not a one way street we can push this virus back it depends on your actions there is no choice he said but to act now john i thank you 5 day john holl not for us in london. And a key adviser to irans Supreme Leader has died from corona virus as infection numbers so its 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 then bizarre i. V. Is in tehran and explains why irans been its own elites have been so affected. The latest this gentleman who passed away mohamed mir mohamed he was in his seventies so at risk of certainly succumbing to the virus at risk of of passing away and unfortunately that is whats happened he was a member of the Expediency Council and a group of advisors to the Supreme Leader made up of technocrats military officers government officials and since the beginning weve seen that the government has been largely affected at least 20 members of government at least 20 Senior Leaders biassed and its here in iran have come in contact with this disease have come under it have contracted the coronavirus since this began and this includes the Vice President a female member of president of the on his cabinet as you said m. P. s deputies spokespeople and one of the reasons we might be seeing this is because the corona Virus Outbreak happened in tandem with the timing of the parliamentary election here in the country a few weeks ago so weve seen many Senior LeadersMany Political players serious political players would have been going to clone ground 0 for the disease here in this country for this virus in iran and the reason they were going to hold regularly during the time of the election is because poland is a city of religious seminaries and because of the religious form of government here in iran it is a Major Political heartland so you would have seen people going there to take part in an Election Year its a part in trying to get support and funding for their candidates and for their parts and that is one of the reasons weve seen that this corona Virus Outbreak here in iran has had exponentially more impact on leaders here in the country now the leader of the church at the center of the current Virus Outbreak in south korea has publicly apologize for the 1st time south korea has the largest number of infections outside china at 4335 rob mcbride has a report from seoul. It was the 1st long awaited Public Statement by the founder and leader of the shin changi church lee man he frustrated himself before journalists to say sorry whatever the. Word outlaw 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 secre