International criminal court agreed to take up a case that will see us taliban and afghan officials investigated for suspected war crimes. And in sport indias women make circuits in history without a ball being bowled through to the t 20 world cup final. Against england in. Negotiations the escalating violence and an impending refugee crisis for europe we begin this news hour would syria turkeys president is meeting the russian leader in moscow with the hope of reaching a ceasefire and if the province fighting there is threatening to drag the 2 countries to direct conflict little into the east here. The syrian army has had heavy losses therefore we definitely need to discuss everything all of the situation that has developed so that nothing like it happens again destroys russian turkish relations which we i know you as well pay much attention to and really appreciate. Well on the ground the bombardment has killed at least 15 civilians russia is backing Syrian Government soldiers and turkey is supporting rebels in the fight for the town connects the main highways in the province to lead to a humanitarian crisis and turkey says it cannot cope with the influx of more people turkey is deploying 1000 special Police Forces across its northern border to stop greece from sending back refugees well well go to her in a bit to talk about the situation on the ground there is the situation on the ground and the turkish point of view 1st so lets go to steve austin who is standing by for us in moscow step explain for our viewers in the situation that pollution is in between its syrian allies on the ground there in Northern Syria and how it views its relationship with turkey. Well ok its a very difficult day for fortune here as well as for her to watch shows that this one on one meeting they had to last us for more than 3 hours it has finished now finally bazza we dont know yet what has come out of it because immediately the leaders went into a bigger meeting with the delegations from the foreign and defense ministers so we have to still wait and see what has come out of this very difficult meeting but of course for president clinton its a very complicated chess game that he is playing with aside from syria on one side and her to one on the other side he stressed at the beginning of this meeting that said nothing should come in the way of this relationship he has with turkey and erdogan also even praised the relationship as being at its top right now looking at the trade and defense cooperation but of course the positions on the ground tell a fairly different story the positions havent changed russia still sasa that the turkey should disarm the militants they call them terrorists and turkey is accusing syria for attacking back by russia for attacking civilians and thats of course why this whole humanitarian disaster is also taking place so we dont expect a huge breakthrough here but it seems that the poison is definitely sensitive for this a cry for humanitarian solution just before the talks with iran you got a call from the president before from the European Council stressing that puts and should remember this humanitarian crisis so it looks likely that putin will listen to this and will come up with some kind of ceasefire but of course the talks are being very difficult because theyre much longer than they were scheduled in the 1st place thanks then steadfast in their life from moscow that spring and how she will have gotten now whos in a hot time on the talking syria border hussian both sides have been trying to shore up their positions on the ground in Northern Syria going into these talks whats the latest on the battle front. Well on the battle of fronts you have mounting tension particularly in sort of east now reporting that the turkey backed rebels are pounding Syrian Government positions of the very center of sirte r. K. Been an attempt to drive those forces out from the city the city now is under the control of the Syrian Government but the battle of iraq about has become synonymous with whether its going to take a bigger say in the near future or the northwestern part of syria the rebels are adamant they will hold ground but the Syrian Government says that taking full control of saddam is crucial for it to hold control over the crucial highways in 5. 00 and 4. 00 theres been also fighting in the Northern City of marjah that must mean and also the southern part of the country is about as thats where theres been some fighting over the last few days with the government offensive to the cups of many villages and towns so as those talks are underway now in in moscow to diffuse tension all the indications that were getting from the ground in the Northwestern Province of idlib suggest a growing tension with no indication whatsoever that we might see a diff use in in a time soon as you talk to us if you can about unquote its position going into these talks obviously its under a lot of pressure its war eat about the number of refugees who may try to come into turkey it already is home to 2 to more than 3000000 to what position here. Well initially turkey and russia had nothing in common when it comes to syria because they both back opposing sides of the conflict russia backs president Bashar Al Assad turkey backs the. Rebel groups this particular the Syrian National army but into a 1018 they managed to set aside their differences and struck many dias those deals were very instrumental to the evacuation of civilians to the implementation of cease fire agreements and one of those focal points of that approach man between the 2 a country was it live 208018 where the established a cease fire observation post and a Demilitarized Zone it was later ripley katydid in october 2019 if you remember in october the russian the Turkish Military started a cross border of operation called spring in north in the northeastern part of syria particular between tel and us elaine and its aim was to push the factions particularly the white b. G. From those areas russia interfered stepped in at a deal had been put in struck a deal in sochi on the 20 the 2nd of october that paved the way to this whole notion of a buffer zone 30 kilometer deep with both countries but during those areas it was absolutely seen as a momentous. Historic moment for both turkey and russia know this trying to do exactly the same thing in live however it remains to be seen whether russia is winning this particular moment to give further concessions to president. Because since the start of the latest military campaign called spring shilled russia has been very equivocal of the operation saying that the Turkish Military has been further stoking violence and instability and it lip thank that has come about i will check back in with you when we hear more out of those talks between potion and. Thank you lodges there has spoken to the president of the International Federation of red cross and red crescent societies hes visiting the border between greece and turkey and hes condemned all sides for using refugees as political weapons i had the opportunity to to go and tool to see to see just here on the border and to talk with some of damage for of course you mean its just. About disparate stories in this very moment according to the news i read struck in the media a lot we know up on at least or solution so this is something that shouldnt top and that and i would like to obvious truth that we dont tend to in politics but when politics are threats the dignity of the human beings what you do you also can remind. Us that we shared one humanity and when i listen to that today the head of you will be in commission talking about the shield meaning that dont yet decided i went on so this is. Something that there its. On the city could be avoided because yeah human beings ive seen children ive seen women not and theyre not theyre not weapons. Well lets have a look now at why russia and turkey are at odds over the deal they made its aimed at preventing an all out war and the last rebel stronghold in september 20th team is meant to mention they signed an agreement to create a deescalation zone and it. They agreed to establish a 20 kilometer demilitarized buffer zone between the Syrian Government forces and the rebels and the removal of what they described as radical terrorist groups but russia and assad and the Assad Government rather accuse turkey of failing to fulfill its side of the deal and separate moderate opposition fighters from what they call militants and turkey is angered by the recent government attacks banks by russia which have killed hundreds of civilians since december it wants the syrian army to pull back use of is an International Security analyst and a retired turkish colonel who joins us by skype from thanks so much for coming on the program 1st off what do you think are the chances that a cease fire will work this time as i just mentioned there have been efforts to create a dimitroff zone before will this be any different. Actually before disarming take place inside moscow together with mr putin and their daughter from the real critical person whos already met in moscow and qatar but that didnt produce in the result for a ceasefire and from my point of perspective russia wants to create a new version of such a beach means that turkey throw all that this forces and accept the new reality and take them to the border of turkey and after the 3430 soldiers has been killed by the Regime Forces the Turkish Office to start the immensely and turkey strike almost all air Defense Systems including tanks are the reason im sure helicopters on some airplanes which became very costly also for regime and also for the russia for just use them. As the church of set the shadow of the battle field trips fall down to the diplomacy table if that does not fall down to the diplomacy table what you are talking nonsense for this reason i believe that this time the shadow of the battlefield and the turkish assault now is on the table of the diplomacy for the season i do believe that they may meet this might produce a result for a ceasefire in the next coming hours from my point of course back given your battlefield and experience can you talk about the difference of this latest operation by the turkish troops in Northern Syria the previous 2 it was all about moving the y p j which of course turkey sees as an extension of the p. K. K. Why is this operation different. Because the previous spawn was against a nonstate actor which turkey claims the right b. G. As a terrorist group for this isnt fighting against a nonstate actor its completely different when you fire the syrian army for this use and everyone especially including the russian analysts they were thinking that turkey be not be able to penetrate through the Russian Air Defense system inside syria but man you take a look at the last d. R meant a relay killed together with the turkish air fighting aircraft 30 different take care you into consideration the air Defense System or also that 30 already strike you mentally and heavily built a Defense System of the Syrian Regime for this isnt everyone realized that spots 30 minutes later followers should be taken to consecration because so far although the regime accept this 3 airplane 3 helicopter 150 and main battle tanks has been lost from the regime perspective for tissues and no one was expecting that turkish aid force will infiltrate by using an electronic bill welfare to do a real defense area of Syrian Regime so that is the main difference when you compare it with korea was operational which turkey has done so far but again your analysis thank you for that that he says alabama there an International Security analyst thank you youre welcome. 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The spread of coronaviruses forcing many countries to impose travel and trade restrictions the body that represents Global Airline says counted the cost during a meeting in singapore it predicts losses in excess of 100000000000. 00 earlier ministers from opec a group of major Oil Producing nations gathered to discuss the impact on the Global Markets the outbreak has led to a sharp drop Global Demand for oil in iran the Health Minister says schools and universities will remain closed for the rest of this month checkpoints are being set up to limit travel between cities it now has more than 3 and a half 1000 confirmed cases with at least 107. 00 people dead and italy has also closed schools and universities for at least 10 days more than 3000 people there have been affected the highest number in europe. Well mcbride begins our coverage with a report about the Rising Economic impact of the virus. Margins in the Airline Industry have always been tight now theyve been getting tighter. The Global Impact of the corona Virus Outbreak has slashed billions of dollars from account books it could be we see all of the countries with cases of more than 10 develop in a much more serious way along the lines that weve seen happening in china in which case we could see the effects on revenues exceed 100000000000 the crisis has been underscored by tighter travel restrictions being imposed by a growing number of countries including now australia we made a decision in relation to travel bans to of course continue the travel bans in relation to my mind china and in relation to iraq we have also had to die decided that we will put in place a travel ban in relation to the republic of korea we will also put in place what enhanced screening measures to deal with those travelers that come from italy any known australian visitor who has traveled to south korea iran or italy in the past 2 weeks will be turned away from australia its added to south koreas increasing sense of isolation as the biggest epicenter for the disease outside china the country used to send masks and other medical supplies to help beijing in its efforts but as the need here has grown so the roles have been reversed. Hundreds of thousands of surplus face masks have been sent from china to the south korean epicenter of the outbreak in the city of daegu and its surrounding area. Recently the epidemic in south korea is worsening and we feel empathy for the south koreas difficulties are also ours china is willing to provide all necessary assistance and. South koreas president ial office says it has received a letter from north Korean Leader kim jong un saying hes praying for the health of the people in the south including the president moon jay in the friendly exchanges in marked contrast to the cooling of relations between north and south in recent months as talks about denuclearization have faltered. State run media in north korea has been heavily publicizing its efforts to stop the coronavirus claiming not a single case has been detected portraying that as a victory by its leadership. And in a further sign of the sacrifices south korea is enjoying makers of its famous local liquor soju are now sharing their stocks of alcohol with producers of hand sanitizers deciding its of more value right now as a disinfectant than a drink robert bride aljazeera sold when a moment well have more from our correspondent in iran which is one of the worst affected countries outside of china but 1st lets go to jonah hole who send london jonathan the netherlands is preparing for some 900 students have seen from northern is going to return how is the rest of europe tackling this crisis and the spread from italy. Well the netherlands since you mentioned it had a 50 more than 50 percent increase in infections during the last 24 hours and as you say bracing itself for the return of those 900. 00 students have been in northern italy italy still though the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak in europe the Italian Government now by decree has closed all schools and universities across the country until the 15th of march 1 of a series of measures italy joining a number of other countries have done similar things with schools france iran partial closes total closures in japan and india as well in all incidentally 300000 students across the world in more than 20 countries now face weeks of discrete disruption and other measures underway being undertaken now in italy these ones until at least early april include the sort of public distancing measures a ban on im not sure how effective the ban is as such but certainly urging people not to shake hands or hug one another to maintain a distance of one meter apart its unclear how that will be inforced public gatherings have all been suspended including cinemas and theatres shut Sports Events are all going to take place in front of empty stadiums without spectators and companies have been urged to allow any employee the who can work from home to be able to do so now its just a snapshot of one country in europe albeit the worst affected perhaps but you know the European Union famous for its open borders the virus is spreading quickly it is going to continue to do so the 1st cases in the last 24 hours reported in poland in h