Stories from europe including britains brightest brains say theyre struggling to make a living forcing thousands of University Lecturers to go on strike across the u. K. And this boy limpid president thomas back tells us its full steam ahead for this years games back insisted tokyo a limp exhaust film course to begin in july but the corona Virus Outbreak. Turkey has shot down a syrian warplane of ablett in the northwest as Government Forces try to advance deeper to capture the last major rebel held area of the 3rd syrian find a jet downed in 3 days turkey is escalating a campaign and its threatening to bring it into direct confrontation with the Syrian Governments ally russia the violence is taking an increase in increasingly on. A heavy toll on civilians and people were killed by an explosion in the city elsewhere fighting is intensifying in the south its happening and there are despite a ceasefire thats been in place there since 2018 there are reports that at least 5 people have been killed as a mob out of reports now from hot tie on the turkish syrian border. Operations spring shilled is in full swing Turkish Forces striking the syrian armys i mean it. Turns and Defense Systems theyve also shot down a warplane in southern. The escalation in fighting comes as turkey says its determined to stop Syrian Army Troops from advancing towards the city of idlib the rebels last stronghold of fischel is here say the military campaign has severely undermined the syrian armys capabilities. Undeterred syrian troops took. The city sits on 2 highways the m 4 an m 5 and has changed hands many times over the last few days as fighting continues u. S. Special envoy for syria James Jeffrey and u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Kelly craft visited the border area with syria and met members of the syrian White Helmets the u. S. Is contributing more than 100000000. 00 to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in northwestern syria humanitarian aid is only a response the real answer is an immediate cease fire and durable cease fire so im very happy to be here this is obviously a moment that we need to make certain that we stress that the Americans Care but at the same time that there has got to be an immediate cease fire. And his father from province their family members are among thousands of people who have fled their villages and settled all the border with turkey. When we were walking out of the village we were hit by ernest reich i lost my hand and i miss my home my school. For the time being mohamed and his family have nowhere to go their makeshift camp could turn into something more permanent if the fighting doesnt and as International Calls for an immediate cease fire gather momentum turkish and russia leaders will meet on thursday to try and agree on a buffer zone and the demarcation line that will constrain the movement of the syrian army but damascus remains adamant its offensive wont and until it regains control of all the territory held by the rebels has some are as is iraq had time. Russias Foreign Ministry has put out a series of statements defending the Syrian Government offensive in a dip its describing the battle as a fight against terrorism the turkish president is traveling to moscow for talks with russian president Vladimir Putin on thursday steps also has. 2 days before an important meeting here in moscow between flooding may put in a turkish president tire berta one put in spokesman Dimitri Pascoe said he hopes that constant coordination between the turkish and Russian Military will minimize a clash between the 2 countries the meeting comes amid heightened tensions between russia and turkey in italy in syria and erdogan has said that he hopes that during the talks which are already being described as going to be very difficult he hopes that the cease fire will be a great wooden only agreed to meet or the one after tens of turkish soldiers were killed in it live last week and also turkey started an offensive against the Syrian Forces initially erdogan had invited quitting to come to istanbul but the meeting now will take place here in moscow which can be seen as a diplomatic win for the russian president a lot of meeting which was also supposed to take place this week between erdogan put and the german chancellor Angela Merkel and french president in mind of well mark on has not been confirmed by put in but his spokesman sas that put in is willing to meet with iranian president rouhani and erdogan in the socalled style now formally soon of also responded to where you and report from the commission on syria which has accused russia of for war crimes against civilians in syria and the task of says that these allegations are on untrue and he calls the report one sided the e. U. Has promised 800000000. 00 to greece to deal with a refugee and migrant search from turkey its off to turkey said it will allow hung. Hundreds of thousands of people to foster a greece is dealing firmly with people as a house a good name found in the border town of. Its only a journey the length of a football field to cross the border from turkey to greece here but its an almost impossible one in a smugglers boat there is also a land border which the Syrian Refugees managed to cross a few days ago soon they were deported back to turkey they remain undeterred. Degree soldiers took our phones our money and our bags i went back to stumble fact that my bags and return to. This riverbank in the village of di ron has become a campground of hope these families look at the merchant river and see all the possibilities europe represent. Syrian refugees his wife and 3 Young Children have used branches donated blankets and tarps to build a shelter to shield against the unrelenting cold wind day and night for 4 days business that it is we need to take a threat im 34 years old and ive seen nothing good maybe my children can see something good we need some space to see our future the Un Refugee Agency u. N. H. C. R. Says countries must not use excessive or disproportionate force against migrants they must process asylum applications in an orderly manner and the International Community needs to increase its support of turkey the country is home to almost 4000000 refugees 3. 7 of them are syria. A few kilometers away the European Council president and the greek Prime Minister visited the border we have not used to time wise since the last migration crisis to address the situation effectively. Its about time that we do it now during 9 years of war syrians have heard similar pronouncements and promises from World Leaders before dia and other refugees weve been talking to tell us this isnt simply about turkey opening its borders to europe its about all countries changing their mindset and welcoming them until then theyre determined to push their way in any way they can natasha going to. Die run on the border between turkey and greece. Well as a town she mentioned in her reports greece and all gary have stepped up security on their side of the land border with turkey the great coast guard is now actively repelling boats trying to get to its islands across the Eastern Mediterranean route route on its decision to open the borders breaches an agreement it made with the e. U. In 2016 to resettle refugees and stop them from crossing into europe turkey now hosts around 4000000 refugees and says it cant cope with any more people fleeing the latest violence and it lip. Thousands of those trying to cross the Eastern Mediterranean route making their way to the greek island of lesbos from where John Psaropoulos sent this update. The greek Prime Minister stressed the need for a common asylum policy its been one of his main causes in the European Union since he came to power 8 months ago he said that we have not used time wisely since the last refugee crisis the time has come for us to do this we need to show we are sharing the burden effectively and to show innovation we cannot leave the burden pushed on to the so shoulders of external you Member States this is a cry for help from europes mediterranean coast that the external border countries cannot be gatekeepers to europe without solidarity and support from the rest of the continent lets listen to what he had to say this is a blatant attempt by turkey to use desperate people to promote his jew political agenda and to divert attention from the horrible situation in syria the 10s of thousands of people who tried to end to greece over the past few days did not come from it live they have been living safely in turkey for a long period of time most of them speak turkish fluently. Europe will not be blackmailed by turkey over the refugee issue and the reason were standing here at the passenger port is that just moments ago there was a Police Operation to clear away. Some dozens of afghan young men who were trying to climb this fence behind me and get on to that ferry which is leaving for athens shortly the police just swept the area clean theyve chased people up into the hills it shows you and we saw earlier similar scenes how badly these people want to get off the island to move further inland move on to the greek mainland cross over into other parts of europe and begin their lives. But more head on the news all including Benjamin Netanyahu who claims victory after israels latest election but will he have the numbers for in the jora see. The Prime Minister accused of murdering his wife from political scandal and the suit is making it even thought of the many to put food on the table. And its for the professional cyclists being forced to take a unique approach to staying this summer will be here with that story. The World Health Organization is warning that iran is ill equipped to handle the corona Virus Outbreak on its own it says doctors and nurses lacking vital medical supplies such as respirators respirators and ventilation as being 77. 00 total deaths so far across the country and around is considering stepping up the role of the military to assist with the response its only has overtaken iran to record the highest death toll outside of china the death toll from the virus has risen by 27 of the pos day to 79 and in the u. S. The Federal Reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a percentage point its a measure thats being taken to protect the economy from the impact of the outbreak well have more on the fed rate cut in a bit from she have a ton z. And washington d. C. Areas but 1st its got to john how you stand by for us and london sells more about the situation and it actually is so john to what is happening there how are these responding. Well clearly the outbreak in italy continues to get worse if very much the epicenter of coronavirus covered 19 in europe and indeed it is travelers to and from italy whove been significantly responsible for the transmission of the disease to other countries in Europe Germany spain among others experiencing growing rates of infection as you said its jumped the death toll in italy has jumped by 27 in the last 24 hours to 79 having jumped by 18 on monday so the numbers very much going up transmission numbers have gone up thats confirmed infections to 2 and a half 1000 thats a jump of nearly 500 in the last 24 hours this is a 12 day old outbreak in italy now still confined largely to towns in the north of the country but all but one region of the entire country have now reported some infections why is italy so susceptible well its thought according to Health Specialists in the country that its aging population is a particular challenge people over the age of 65. 00 tend to perhaps we could immune systems tend to possibly have preexisting conditions and therefore to be more vulnerable now in italys case all of the deaths that have happened there have happened between the age groups the ages of 63 and 9523 percent of the countrys population is over 65. 00 so thats italys particular dynamic at the moment don as you mentioned that is the epicenter in europe but of course europe prides itself on its southern border is so whats the situation across the rest of europe. As i say it is a situation that is evolving changing spreading numbers are growing particularly in countries like spain and in germany and here in britain as well of course and i think Health Systems and governments are very much on the alert they have working up to the dangers now and the almost inevitable coming of Community Transmissions on a much wider basis the w a h o the World Health Organization as well is very much alert to the dangers not just here in europe but worldwide youve spoken about the situation in iran the w. H. O. In its Daily Briefing today once again though pointing to the slowing rate of transmission in china where of course covered 1000. 00 originated only 129. 00 cases reported in china in the last 24 hours pointing they say to the ability to contain this fire at the virus the measures undertaken in china have had an effect dramatic measures that they were facing of course a dramatic situation and this points say the w. H. O. To a particular aspect of this unique virus its ability to be contained and the importance of containment they say the importance of all countries continuing to institute containment containment measures is to delay the spread of the virus to buy time to allow countries that have very low cases there are 122. 00 countries who have yet to report any although there were 12 brand new countries that reported in the last 24 hours to allow them time to prepare their Health Systems there is no one size fits all approach said a senior official today each country has a different situation and indeed provinces within those countries face different challenges the only comprehensive approach is containment while the number of cases is low preparing for the worst of the worst of course being the unconscious contained spread of this virus among communities and populations but hopefully with. Health systems able to cope so how were live from london Shihab Rattansi now is in washington d. C. So she had the u. S. Federal reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a percentage point put it into context for us how how big a cost is that its a its a large garden if i could say its the largest 1. 00 off cup since the financial crisis of 2008 its only its actually not since that financial crisis that weve seen an emergency cut actually taking place Jerome Powell the fed chairman saying that insisting that the u. S. Economys fundamentals were strong but he said that the Federal Reserve felt it how to act even though it seems to be aware that momentary policy can only do so much in a situation like this Virus Outbreak is something that will require a multifaceted response theres also a role for Monetary Policy im sure policy can be an effective tool to support Overall Economic activity we do recognize that recount will not reduce the rate of infection it wont fix a broken supply chain we get that we dont think we have all the answers but we do believe that our action will provide a meaningful boost to the economy. But if this was meant to restore confidence it doesnt seem to be working at least in the in the stock market the dow jones down always 2 percent as we speak this is partly because some of this is all factored in the possibility of a rate cut on of the in the rally we saw on monday but also because there is a realisation that an Interest Rate cut and there arent many left at the fed could actually even do is think about how much of effect on broken supply chains because of problems in china or to encourage consumers to go out and spend and spend money and in fact we also heard some market traders the scale of the cut was so large they begin to wonder wait maybe they have some modeling that we dont have and maybe things are much worse than we thought so the usual kind of stock market volatility that weve come to expect dont trump urging more cuts but hes been saying that for a year now at least a year because he wants the stock market to appear buoyant during his Reelection Campaign he seems to think thats a great sign great barometer of the health of the u. S. Economy you could argue with that of course and the truck drove had to make clear that they were just cutting this because of all the pressure the donald trump of the trouble ministration have been piling on the fed to cut rates think that that she had tons of their life from washington d. C. Was donahoe mentioned irans Health Service is being stretched by the outbreak him now the military is being asked to step up its from the isnt around with more. This is very much a message to the public that the government is doing something ever since this outbreak began the government has been criticized for not responding seriously en