>> chaos in macedonia as riot police try to keep refugees from crossing over from greece. i'm lauren taylor we're live from london. also coming up. a massive explosion hits the afghan capital killing foreign workers. french investigators question a man who wa open fired on a train. and flames are used to smuggle cocaine out of peru every day. find out how the government

plans to deal with the problem. >> hello, thousands of people mostly refugees from the war in syria, are continuing to mass on the border between macedonia and greece. they would again fire stun grenades with the crowds. more than 42,000 people have crossed over in the last two months. some have been allowed to board on trains heading north but others remain trapped. many spend the night in the open along the border. >> 48 hours after macedonia shut its border to refugees the gathering crowd makes a break for it. they didn't come this far to be held back.

hundreds do get through, sprinting across across open fields as arm police units fire percussion we made, in this case directly at a mother and her two children. [ crying ] >> until thursday this was an inadvisable open border, railway tracks leading threw greece, macedonia through serbia, the e.u. and germany and beyond. now refugees and ahmad and his family have no idea why they're dealin being treated this way. >> this is not terrorists. this is not terrorists. we are humans. where is the humanity? where is the world to look, see everyone here. these are families. we don't need anything. just cho cross. we don't need money. let us cross. let us cross. i want to cross to germany.

>> among them are some who have been sent back from macedonia alleging harsh treatment by the local police. >> you say that the police mistreated you? >> see, see here. this is police. >> this is the police in macedonia. >> yes. >> the same mother and her daughters are trapped and terrified. >> what has happened to you? tell us. [ sobbing ] >> family, family. >> your family got cross and you're stuck here? >> they begs to be allowed to cross. >> we just heard the sound of small arms fire going up above the heads of people hidden in bushs of refugees waiting to get through macedonia.

they have escaped violence, crossed the sea and did not expect violence from armed police. >> it is a sign of the e.u.'s complete inability to deal with the vast refugees. for these people it must feel like heartless indifference. >> this update. >> from amnesty international watching as we were what was going on. the point was made that clear breaches of international law first of all in denying access to people who want to make a claim for asylum and giving them--failing to give them proper procedures to do that, and also forcebly returning the people back to greece without examining their claims. but of course no one can compel the macedonia government to do anything about it, even as more and more people arrive here all

the time, and they will simply keep coming. one question we don't know the answer to now is what will happen to the people who did make it across? in the eyes of the macedoniaen now they are illegal migrants. of course, the irony if you like is that athletes people really don't want to spend any more time inside macedonia than they have to. they want to get in. they want to pass through, they want to leave as quickly as possible. >> dozens of refugees have landed on the greek island of lesbos in deflatable dinghies. eight landed within an hour on saturday each carrying up to 60 people. they reportedly paid $1,500 to make the one-hour boat trip from turkey. up to 1,000 land each day. >> there has been an explosion in the capital.

the latest in the wave of attacks across the city. three american contractors are among the dead following the attack on a military convoy traveling through kabul. scores of others were injured. it happened close to the main road not far from the u.s. embassy. we're in kabul with the latest. >> the car bomb went off at one of the busiest times of the day in an average on a busy street in a residential area just outside of a hospital not far from a school at a time when people were leaving work, heading home. the target was an armored convoy carrying civilian contractors for nato, the number of civilian cars, afghan civilian cars were damaged in that. civilians and those creditors among the dead. and more than 100 civilians injured in that blast. it comes as afghans are on edge, security is a very big concern here. just two weeks ago three blasts, three attacks in kabul over a 24-hour period killed more than

50 and wounded more than 250. that was the deadliest day in the afghan capital in several years. but the security situation remains precarious. the taliban has remained responsible for this latest attack as they often do if there are civilian casualties involved. afghan police sound four rockets just on the outskirts of kabul province. they say they're destined to be fired into the city and impact the province just southeast of here. the afghan intelligence service captured a truck and driver. that truck laden with seven tons of explosives materials. so the security services remaining on high alert here and afghans very concerned about the security situation. >> at least ten somali soldiers are dead after a suicide-bomb attack in the support city. the bombers ran their car into the gates of an university

campus currently being used to train soldiers. two were killed in the attack and two more are in police custody. al-shabab has already claimed responsibility. reports are coming in of a large explosion in mogadishu. police also heard gunfire, the explosion, with some reports say was a car bomb, took place near near the security ministry and a large hotel. tell us more about both of these incidents and how significant they are. >> well, in the later incident in mogadishu, the car bomb targeted a restaurant that was frequented by officials and the military. the police in mogadishu are confirming three people killed in that explosion. and about seven others injured.

they confirmed one of the dead is a policeman. the vehicle carrying the explosives were from part o of

the al-shabab members. >> thank you very much, indeed. for that update. french president françois hollande has thanked a group of passengers and hailed them as heroes. a gunman managed to fire a shot wounding two people before being tackled to the ground. >> tied up and subdued. mobile phone footage shows the gunman who tried to cause carnage on a french high speed train. the man had been confronted first by a french passenger and then over powered by a group of american travelers, including off duty u.s. military personn personnel. their spend spencer stone was injured with cuts to his neck and hand, but his condition in

hospital is not serious. >> spencer ran a good ten meters to get to the guy. we didn't know that his gun was not working or anything like that. spencer was running any way. if anyone would have gotten shot it would have been spencer. we're lucky nobody got killed, especially spencer. >> they prevented a potential massacre. the gunman was armed with an ak-47 rifle, nine magazines of ammunition, and a box-cutter blade. >> my thoughts were, i'm probably going to die any way. so let's go. i'd rather die being active trying to get him down than simple sitting in the corner and being shot. >> the gunman's identity has not been confirmed but he's believed to be a 26-year-old moroccan man. government had created a file on

him placing him on the watch list. the man is a member of a radical islamist movement. >> together with the prime minister and the president i want to express our gratitude and admiration for the two american passengers who were especially courageous. >> because the gunmen boarded the train in brussels, belgium authorities have competenced a terrorism investigation into the circumstances of the intended attack. once again the effectiveness of the intelligence services is under scrutiny but also the security of europe's rail network. high speed rail passengers traveling between france and england must go through stringent security, including baggage x-rays, the reason being the channel tunnel, 50 kilometer stretch underneath the english channel, and the risk of a bomb attack on route. but across the rest of the french network, including

passage through belgium amsterdam and the netherlands there is no security provisions. >> there has been a memo to regional leaders to raise the level of alert. in the meantime, bravely medals have been awarded to the american and french passengers who overpowered the man and françois hollande has invited them to the presidential palace. >> still to come on al jazeera, the u.s. said it believes isil ago second in command has been killed. full details ahead. and tragedies in air shows in britain as a plane comes down.

>> a reminder of the top stories. stun grenades on the border. macedonia police intend to push back hundreds of refugees trying to cross from greece on its journey from northern europe. deadly explosion hits kabul at least 12 people have been killed and more than 100 injured. and the passengers who overpowered a heavily armed gunman in northern france are hailed at heroes. seven people have died after a jet crashed into several cars near an airshow in southern england. the fighter jet, which dates from the late 50s came down on a main road in the coastal city of brighton. it hit trouble when it tried a loop during an arbatc display.

an explosion in china, it is located one kilometer away from a residential area, but so far no casualties have been report reported. a greece-macedonia border is one of the key crisis points. the mediterranean sea is another. a major rescue efforts after receiving s.o.s. boats carrying 18 different boats of refugees. 100,000 refugees arrived in italy after being rescued from the mediterranean this year. we have this update from southern italy. >> as many as 3,000 refugees traveling on 18 separate vessels are rescued off the coast of libya. the refugees traveling on 14 rubber dinghies, they sent out distress signals saturday

morning, which was picked up by the italian coast guard. this is not the first time we've seen so many vessels carrying refugees. this is clearly a tactic by human smugglers who wait for good conditions before they send out as many boats as they can, sometimes with deadly consequences. the fact that the coast guard to do it al jazeera that these are opposite tall weather conditions to perform such a weather separation, it feels very dangerous. many migrants die or risk their lives just as they see their rescuers approach. we've seen at the beginning of 200 refugees have died when they all moved the same side of the boat to take a look or call out for help or send distress sign signals. when the boats appear on the horizon to rescue them, we have seen this many times before.

this operation is going well and it will be performed without casualties. >> in iraq thousands of protesters have demonstrated on the streets in the capital of baghdad. they called for the government to follow up on reforms. they want erupt officials sacked. prime minister hyder al abadi recently announced an anti-corruption drive. isil fighters have killed 53 iraqi soldiers and allies in fighting in the largest province. the soldiers were ambushed in are a bad di. they have been trying to recapture the city since the armed group seized control three months ago. the. >> he wassist's man in iraq in charge of overseeing the

command. the white house released this statement: >> hayali was reportedly killed near mosul on august 18th as he traveled in a vehicle with another isil operative, who also died. this isn't the first time that the u.s. has claimed to have killed hayali: a former officer under saw dam hussein who served in an u.s.-run prison, hayali

played an instrumental role in the capture of mosul. thassist a secretive organization, but intelligence gathered over the years indicate that the group's power is not centralized. many of the leaders are babies of al-qaeda and iraq which has a former command structure. it proved to be a weakness. isil leaders seem to have learned from that experience. they are believed to have created a system that gives leaders flexibility so that over all operations are not effected if a top official is killed. on the ground the coalition and local partner have few successes to claim. it has been over a year and isil remains deeply entrenched in mosul where it controls all aspects of life. there are those who believe that despite the death the u.s. has no long term strategy to defeat isil. >> i think the challenge has been who are we backing on the

ground? there is a larger issue in terms of having a regional solution having all the players on the same page. >> in iraq, militias are leading the fight in mainly sunni areas. opposition from some politicians in baghdad to the arming of sunnies has increased sectarian tensions. the lack of reconciliation has allowed isil to capture another provincial capital in may. retaking ramadi and much of the anbar province has done little. >> dozens of people mostly civilians have been killed in fighting and airstrikes in yemen. the airstrikes were carried out in yemeni city of taiz by planes from the suedy led coalition.

egyptian state media said that several leaders of the muslim brotherhood have been sentenced to life in prison. two leaders were convicted for crimes related to the stormer of a police situation. they have already been sentenced to death in separate trial. peace talks between india and back stan have fallen over before they even began. there has been rioting tension between those two countries over the disputed kashmir regions in which india and pakistan are accusing each other. >> a supreme court kung in brazil has asked for an investigation into president dilma rousseff's 2014 presidential election campaign. there may have been money from the local company.

>> the unemployment rate is at a five-year high and a series of corruption scandals has led to anger. >> angela used to be a part time trainer more for fun than out of necessity. but since her husband last his job three years ago she has become the sole breadwinners will selling children's clothes from home. even at discounted prices few clients are buying these days, and she can barely make ends meet. >> i constantly have a shake. i'm always tired. there is no future. there are no jobs. no end in site sight. we need to chews which bill to pay each month. we had to negotiate a discount at the school. >> this story is typical of the

brazilian middle class that flourished over the past decade and now is losing its privileges. this is the biggest market in latin america. it sells just about everything at unbeatable prices but even here vendors are struggling. this man comes from the northeast, once a stronghold of president dilma rousseff. >> we need to remove the lady in charge. she's sinking the country. we cut many things. we canceled the internet. we don't call our parents that often. they live in another state, and it's too expensive. i'm really worried. there is no end in sight. it's like a monster behind the door, and he does not go away.

>> they plan to move back home. life cheaper there. then they'll plan on haifa baby. everyone is feeling the pinch, and much of the blame is on the president. >> i live that moment when i was 13 years old. i was very young, but all the time i believe in the future. >> president dilma rousseff started the campaign to win back her people. but with so much disenchantment hers is a struggle in which few politicians have succeeded. al jazeera, sao paulo. >> the president of venezuela has closed a major border crossing and declared a state of emergency in the country's western region after three army officers were killed after

searching for drug smugglers. the crossing will remain closed until the attackers are caught. >> the vice president of guatemala has been taken under arrest to a military prison. >> protesters chanted thief outside of her car, roxana balbote was driven inside the barracks. peru's congress has passed a law to allow the shooting down of planes carrying drugs. the policy was panned in 2001 after the army fired on a plane carrying missionaries. >> tons of cocaine airlifted daily out of peru. the police and army could only

intercept them on the ground. since 2011 they were banned from attacking shipments of drugs in the air after a plane carrying american missionaries was accidently shot down killing a woman and her baby. now congress has reinstated the measure in an unanimous vote to allow suspecting planes to be shot out of the sky. the use of force is necessary and the act o amount of drugs. >> of those 320,000 keel lows there has been a phenomenon over the past three years. before it would exit the country through the sea. today it goes out by air. they estimate 180,000-kilos enter peruvian air space. >> peru is the world top cocaine

prose do youer and exporter. for the most part planes airlift the drugs. experts say that the bill may threaten millions of dollars in aid and anti-drug cooperation between the united states and peru. the u.s. embassy here said it will not commend on the bill. however, many legislatures believe that the relationship between peru and the united states won't be effected. >> the job we have to do with the drug traffickers is joint. we always have the support of the united states government, and i think this situation will not be damaged. this relationship needs to be strengthened. >> the president has to sign the bill. most of the peru's cocaine is produced in central peru.

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