Towns the grim reality of 8 year old u. S. Asylum. Welcome to the program we begin in syria where a ceasefire brokered by russia and turkey in Northwestern Province appears to be holding for now at least the breakthrough was reached after 6 hours of talks between russias president Vladimir Putin and turkeys leader richard type in moscow the 2 back opposing sides of the syrian conflict well theyve agreed to establish a 12 kilometer wide Security Card or along it lives m. For highway which connects the government stronghold of the takia with syrias Financial Hub aleppo and also agreed on a joint patrol along that motorway later this month well the Syrian Government offensive in italy has pushed nearly a 1000000 civilians towards turkeys border its not clear how and when theyll be able to return to their homes to start with step bason almost talks in moscow. It was clear from the start that this was going to be a tough meeting the partnership between put an end to one which was carefully nurtured in the past appear tense now but to turkish and Russian Military facing each other in italy and turkish and Syrian Forces taking a high number of casualties but a direct confrontation has been averted for now with a cease fire if. We dont always agree with our turkish partners on what happens in syria but every time including moments we manage to find Common Ground on controversial issues and find an acceptable solution based on the high level of our bilateral relations thats whats happened this time. As well negotiations in moscow were on the way fighting and continued an airstrike blamed by opposition activists on russian warplanes killed 15 civilians including women and children a few hours before the landmark meeting took place. Undoubtedly a meeting on it live is of great importance in fact the situation in the region is very tense i know that the worlds eyes are on us. Early a ceasefire as brokered by russia and turkey havent held for long he has blamed Syrian Government forces backed by russia for a start of hostilities several times before but some analysts believe that put in might be less willing to back assad as strongly as he has done so far person in. Russia help to solve it lives problem as long as it didnt lead to a direct confrontation between russia and turkey or russia to a large extent has fulfilled its obligations towards assads regime so after that russia will likely try to make steps towards ankara. The test will come on march 15th when joint patrols of russian and turkish troops are planned around the m 4 highway and the buffer zone they announced in the meeting on thursday will have to materialize tense but constructive thats how president putin has described the 6 hour talks with his turkish counterpart the complex relationship between the 2 leaders is seriously being tested. And although time sions have been reduced today nobody can predict how this dangerous diplomatic game will and that plus an aljazeera moscow. Will a cease fire deal is being seen as a diplomatic triumph for turkeys president and offer some hope for the internally displaced families as poured some hot say near the turkish Syrian Border until a few days ago there were huge concerns that turkey may not be able this time to get what he wants from the russians particularly about about it live so the gov the cease fire to be implemented plus the safe corey doors and also resettlement of the civilians back into their areas and i think this is going to be widely seen as a major diplomatic victory for president but as of at least for the time being because of one hand it will it means that he will have to be concerned about his soldiers deployed in the north west some province of it live because with the ceasefire with the buffer zone with the Demilitarized Zone there will be no risk whatsoever for any attack targeting those positions but i think also turkey has been very concerned about the potential for a protracted conflict in it live that would pave the way for 4000000 civilians those who were displaced to cross into turkey i think now with this agreement there will be able to go back to some of the villages. Well even though russia and turkey about different sides of the syrian conflict they have many common interests and shared goals the ties between the 2 were 1st tested after turkey downed a russian warplane in 2015 moscow retaliated with economic sanctions an export bans but since then the relations between the 2 have improved turkey bought a russian s. 400 air Defense System defying the u. S. And other nato allies russias use its jets and bombs to routinely support the Syrian Military offensive while turkey has been backing the rebel fighters but so far moscow and have avoided a direct military confrontation. But Joshua Landis is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma he says the rebels have much to move under this new deal. The russians got quite a good deal here i think that the syrian syrian circles seem to think that its a victory for them just as the turks are claiming that its a victory for turkey because the m 4 highway goes right through the middle of the elite province and through the middle of the very strategic city of just. Which is held by rebels and that highway is supposed to be policed now by russian soldiers as well as turkish soldiers and the rebels are supposed to move all forces are supposed to move 6 kilometers away from the highway to the north and to the south this would mean that russia gets to police this area and rebels have to move out and its a rebel controlled area right now so in some ways this is an advance for russia and turkey doesnt control the rebels we have to remember that the rebels there in the 1st agreement other such accords the rebels were supposed to withdraw from a big hunk of the southern part of it the process they never did that and they didnt do it because turkey doesnt control them and and so its easy for turkey and russia to make an agreement about what where the rebels are going to be be positioned but ultimately turkey doesnt really have control over them so its it will see what happens between negotiations between turkey and rebels in the coming days you know in turkey has deployed a 1000 Police Officers to its border with greece to try and hold the push back of refugees migrants from that tens of thousands of people who have been trying to cross into europe since ankara opened its borders last week but greece doesnt want them the red cross as the migrants are now being used as political pawns natasha getting reports now from on the Turkey Greece boat. The wind sliced through coats the cold left fingers numb it the Syrian Refugees from it lived along with other migrants have been camped out on this riverbank in a dern a turkey for days theyre stuck here trying to figure out how best to cross into greece and continue on to western europe to find the good life im still young but i have to of course i must live on my life here or in city of course and the situation this is sort of another i mean i think to go out from city because it was a pretty good country before late in the day as the wind picked up Police Officers walked through the tents and clusters of people telling them they could take buses to a warm place suspicion spread as fast as the wind gusts only then we just think it was inaudible to we want be taking buses because they take us to the rev and they will give us to the creeks they take all our belongings and money and be tests and they will send us back we human beings not animals the turkish minister of interior has announced 1000 members of turkeys special Police Forces are deploying to the merge river border with greece this is an effort to prevent greek troops from pushing back migrants who reached the country by boat the interior minister says greece tried to send 4900 people back to turkey and injured 164 get it military anger limit. We will not provide an opportunity for the maltreatment of the people there i would like to express that weve taken the necessary measures to protect our borders from a push back and to prevent several attempts by greece which were in violation of the international. The greek government has not responded to the accusations but its deployed additional troops along its side of the border refugees say greece is just a transit point for them many like ibrahim. Have crossed into the country and been deported back to turkey with awful memories ibrahim says a few days ago greek police shot him in the needy with a rubber bullet and beat him. Militant women attired men attired were all tired of the please open the gate as news or bill as these refugees are there more anguished about their loved ones back in at least in turkey they have found a refuge from the 9 year war in syria they toss your good name aljazeera and dirname turkey meanwhile on the other side in greece more Asylum Seekers are arriving from different parts of the world but the country has suspended all applications from month and responds to turkey opening its borders that mean the families seeking shelter in europe having to spend their nights out in the cold John Psaropoulos reports from les moss. Now this boatload of Asylum Seekers arrived just before sunday there are 42 of them 36 afghans 4 from african countries and 2 syrians they are going to spend the night here in this courtyard of a small chapel by the sea. But theyve been given a tarpaulin to bed down on theyve been given some blankets and an evening meal and that is it there is nowhere else for them to go and that is a problem because when they arrived it was raining and their clothes soaked among them 12 very small children and infants who could easily get very sick here tonight where the air is damp theres no fire going theres no source of heat other than body heat they could have spent the night in a tent or in a local depo set up by the unit unfortunately that depo was burned 3 days ago by a group of angry locals who dont want to have any sort of Reception Center here on the north shore of the island for more Asylum Seekers because the fact that turkey has opened its borders to europe and is actively sending Asylum Seekers to greece has angered many people and one particular faction has decided to also try and sabotage the normal procedures that are undertaken by charities by the police and by the coast good the worst of all of course is that these people whom weve been speaking to earlier on not aware that greece is no longer accepting asylum applications as a result of turkeys border opening and that they will be picked up in the morning by buses they will be held in detention taken to athens on board a military transport ship and then the greek plan is that they will be deported back to their home countries. Lets also to come here on the news hour including officials in the philippines say theyre worried about the country becoming a haven for crime syndicates from china. Hoping the government will soon start dancing to their tune well tell you about a unique protest but pensioners in the republic of congo and in sports the lucky escape from serious injury despite this collision north americas top pocket. New cases of the coronavirus have risen significantly in parts of europe more deaths were reported in italy the netherlands france and the u. K. On thursday several Public Events have been cancelled and all schools in italy are closed for at least 10 days the Economic Impact continues to worsen with the airline and Tourism Industry bearing the brunt john hall as more. The economic costs of coronavirus are mounting everywhere with the squeeze on International Travel affecting airlines in particular the german carrier tons of has grounded hundreds of planes and for u. K. Regional carrier fly b. It was all too much the already struggling airline succumbed to bankruptcy and it may not be the last cruise operators would also be suffering thousands of passengers are stranded aboard the grand princess off the coast of california tests carried out on board the vessel belongs to the same company that owned the virus stricken diamond princess held off the japanese coast last month with 700. 00 cases on board and 6 death as coronavirus increases its reach with south africa registering its 1st case and the u. K. And switzerland their 1st fatalities each day brings heightened levels of response but the World Health Organization says its concerned some countries arent taking the threat seriously enough this is not time for excuses this is a time for pulling out all the stops countries have been planning for a scenario like this for decades now is that time to act on those plans. The presence of Community Transmission means efforts to contain the disease are failing this is a fine man a vote money is being thrown at the problem in the United States with congress approving an 8000000000. 00 war chest the International Monetary fund says its making 50000000000. 00 available in aid to low income and emerging Market Countries to fight the epidemic. But economic gloom with the rising threat of recession has brought some glimmers of opportunity. One Ecommerce Firm in south korea said it was struggling to keep pace with demand as shoppers desert the street and move on line. In the past we used to go out with a truck half full but these days this so much to deliver their packages left over after filling the truck completely elsewhere the retreat of whole communities into isolation continues in bethlehem palestinian officials have closed the church of the nativity weeks before the easter season that draws tens of thousands of visitors and worshippers to the traditional birthplace of christ italian schools didnt open on thursday and wont for some time to come similar scenes in india iran france and japan in all around 300000000 students in more than 20 countries face weeks of disruption Desperate Measures in what field to many like desperate times. When this emergency is over we will look back and i am convinced that we will be proud of how an entire country has faced this with courage and determination. For now though this emergency is just Getting Started jonah how Aljazeera Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has declared a state of emergency after 7 cases of the virus are confirmed in Bethlehem West BankIsraeli Military has sealed off the City Movement in or out tourists and pilgrims were banned from the area for the next 2 weeks. And the u. S. Senate has approved an 8300000000. 00 funding bill to combat the spread of the virus President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law on friday people have now died across the country a state of emergency is in place in california and Washington State where the deaths have occurred 3 and a half 1000 people stranded on a cruise ship off San Francisco after a passenger whod been on board died from the virus she had a chance he joins us live now from washington d. C. So she have congress has now approved this 8000000000 dollar war chest and president we know is set to sign it on friday talk us through how this cash will be spent. You know just in the last few minutes mike pence would sign that when he visits the centers for Disease Control in atlanta on friday this is the same bill that we were discussing this time yesterday when it passed and the house 8300000000. 00 of which 3000000000. 00 goes into research and development of vaccines diagnostics 2. 32. 4000000000 dollars goes into all the federal local state agencies dealing with the current virus 1300000000. 00 for usa id to help the global fight against the virus 20000000. 00 for Small Business loans but theres a particular of item in this in this provision that is it was given a lot of attention to 300000000. 00 to ensure that a vaccine when its found will be affordable you know the last few hours i was saying this is a really good deal for the pharmaceutical companies because what it means is they get the benefit of billions of dollars of subsidies to do research billions of dollars of of state funded research what they can use but when they get find a vaccine or a vaccine is found they cannot pay into it and charge anything they want for it and with this provision it means the taxpayers will pay them for administering the vaccine to the taxpayer great deal ad and its now being reported were getting the story the behind the scenes story of what was going on the original bill how the provision which said if pharmaceutical companies charge too much for the vaccine then they will have the intellectual Property Rights stripped the pay will go it will become nationalized and that was in the original bill huge amount of lobbying from the industry from republicans and of course if i was you going to strip pages how instantly both democrats and republicans thats now gone what happens is the pharmaceutical Companies Win no matter what they get 300000000000. 00 and lots of subsidies nothing in this bill there to help people pay for testing nothing in here to help people who even heed the most simple advice stay at home if you feel