do you feel excited about the future? >> yes thousands of refugees flee war zones to reach europe, the u.n. called for a strategy to treat them with dignity. >> coming up in the next half hour, south sudan's president is set to sign a piece deal to end the 20 month civil war. the fallout from the thailand bombing, the government looks apt the economic impact. and once famous for tequila,

this memp can city -- mexican city is trying to reinvents itself as the technology capital of america the u.n.'s high commissioner from refugees is calling for a unified strategy to deal with the massive influx of refugees, the united nations says the number of refugees crossing into macedonia is about 3,000 a day. they blame the surge of people on war and instability in the middle east. >> it's vital that the people are treated humanely, and that essential assistance is provided by responding to their basic needs and orp respecting their dignity, human rights as asylum seekers. >> jonah hull is in athens with thousands of syrian refugees arriving. >> of the many stages in there were long journey before and

still to come, this 12 hour ferry crossing has perhaps been the most comfortable and stur. they have paid $50 euros each to the ferry operator and a people smuggler, and they arrived safely on dry land. >> we escape from our country. >> reporter: are you happy to be here, do you feel relieved to be here? >> yes, we are so happy here. >> we are 10, 10 in won family. >> turkey, greece, and now macedonia. to serbia. then... >> have you heard about the troubles on the route. >> i have heard so much. >> have you heard about that. >> yes, yes, yes. >> this is the fifth ferry load to arrive since last monday. it's 12.5,000 people. many make pt trip by any means.

>> there are well over 10,000 people waiting to get on to ferries, and that is growing by 1,000 new arrivals across the see from turkey. >> authorities are overwhelmed. it allows the refugees to pass through the country and leave. >> this is the paperwork. telling you that you could stay in greece for three months and leave. >> and is that what you lan to do? >> yes. probably. >> reporter: they'll need transport north towards the macedonian border, and the bus companies know an opportunity when they see one. >> reporter: what are you standing out here. >> a bus. >> reporter: a bus from where they can connect to another bus. >> the next bus. >> reporter: some take the metro to the train station.

7-year-old zana is the only english speaker in the family of eight. >> people die and... >> reporter: in syria. >> what did you see there, bad things. >> yes. >> reporter: do you feel excited about the future. >> yes. yes. >> reporter: for the young, perhaps there is excitement. there's movement in the countries. the adults with them. nothing ahead is worse than what they left behind. >> jonah hull. thousands of refugee in the largest camp. nearly 400 people live in the refugee champ. in 2013 an agreement was made. as reported, many have returned to a life of hardship. >> built on a strip of the beach, this has been home to

those displaced by conflict and drought. recently the population has grown with refugees returning from neighbouring kenya. this woman and her daughter returned a few months ago after living in the camp for 21 years. >> all we have here is peace, nothing else. we have no help to settle back and no aid from anyone. >> just before the first group of refugees returned, a number of charities came together to build the shelters for them. >> no one lives here. all the houses have been abandoned. the families settled here moved out complaining they were too tiny, and did not offer enough protection against the heat. it's the difficulty in assessing shelter and other services that is causing concern about the ability of returning refugees to live in dignity. >> most have been forced to swap one refugee camp for another.

most say there's little they can do for them. >> it required huge resources to settle them. they have a schooling system. they need medical care. there's so many services they require. these young men are an exception. they have been trained. they may have to build boats. the majority have been left on their own. hundreds of them take to the streets. they have lived in the kenyan refugee. >> i'm facing the same problem i fled from. i'm a refugee. i thought they'd be given farms, here i am a labourer. >> near the kenyan border near somali is the largest camp, and is home to 400,000 somalis.

it was hoped that voluntary reforms over a few years will empty the camps. but with a situation in somali, as bleak as it is, it is unlikely many more will be coming back soon the urn security council has warned south sudan president against reneging on a promise to sign a peace deal. salva kiir is expected to sign the agreement. in the next few hours, last week he delayed signing saying that he needed more time to consider it. we have this report from the united nations. >> if south sudan's president salva kiir backs out of the peace deal, the united nations says it will act and do so quickly. that was a message from the u.n. security council. >> they have to act immediately. if president salva kiir does not

sign the agreement tomorrow. as he had undertaken. >> the u.s. drafted a u.n. security council resolution calling for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo. salva kiir has not signed the peace deal. there could be disagreements with the council, and diplomats say action on the resolution would require further negotiations which could take days. >> the u.n.'s top official for humanitarian affairs told members on tuesday that the situation on the ground is grave, and getting worse. giving horrific examples of crimes against incident civilians. >> i'm very concerned about the atrocities that are reported. the scope and level of scrulty that characterised the attack suggests a deep depth of antipathy going beyond political differences. allegations include rampant killing, rape, abduction,

looting, arson and forced displacement. and acts such as burning of people inside their own homes. thousands have been killed since disease 2013, when -- dins december 2013. there's 2.2 million displaced. 200,000 living in u.n. safety shelters for civilians, and there's 616,000 refugees in neighbouring countries, and 4 hoy 6 million people, where 30% of the population don't have enough to eat. there's hope by all sides that a peace deal is the first step to stop the violence and get help to those that need it most. >> in the words ever the u.n. special representative inking a deal is a first step and stability will not come to the country overnight. as for the security council, they'll wait and watch what's on wednesday before deciding what, if any action they'll take.

investors are keeping an eye on china's stock market. it reopened a day after an interest rate cut in cash injection into the banking system. global stock markets lost trillions in a 4-day sell off. and fears that a chinese economy could push the world into recession. >> when china's central bank cuts interest rates by a quarter of a percent on tuesday, it was hoped it would happen on thes the market. wednesday morning when the markets open in asia pacific it had an effect on many regional neighbours. the focus was on the shank hei come posit and the further south, the hang seng in hong kong. they fluctuated down on wednesday, and taken some losses, not the big heavy losses that we saw on monday. japan, korea, taiwan and australia are up.

between half a percent and 1.5 percent. >> the interest rate cut allows money to be loaned to businesses, to exporters, who have a shortfall in their cash flows, as exports are on the way out. for the christmas market, very important time to bolster and help the industrialists. >> thailand says it's business as usual following a deadly bombing. the message cams as numbers fall following attack on the shrine. scott heidler has more. >> reporter: it was an attack like thailand has never seen, 20 killed, dozens injured in a soft target attack in central bank cock, at a shrine popular with tourists and tiaz. who is behind the bombing is a mystery, there's speculation on

their motive. that incident did more than kill and maim. >> i know that they have to avoid using it. and we looked at the incident. we know that this is the kind of open terrorism we are facing. >> they have been cleaned up and covered up as they are prepared. >> the impact on this nation and the people are realized. and the full extent will not be known when there are answers. >> image and confidence is critical to the military government. with a slowing economy. tourism is an economic engine. how the investigation goes, if there's another attack. there could be consequences for the economy. now and in the future. >> if a situation like this happens, it would dampen

tourism. short-term impact would be bat for tourism. also it can bear impact on foreign investment confidence as well. >> reporter: some of the early theories blamed groups outside thailand. >> this person lives a few kilometres from the blast side, across an ally from a mosque her father founded more than 60 years ago. >> anyone who is finger pointing right away without evidence, we consider the accusations. it is not right for them to do so. >> regardless who is behind the bombing, some feel that he is learning from it. >> if it's going to be a turning point. it will be the official. they'll prepare for the future. >> a future the government and

the people of this nation hoped they were insulated from. one where civilians were targeted. >> plenty more coming up on al jazeera. including the police brutality under the spotlight. a judgment is handed down to eight former police men. a report on a new tactic used in el salvador, as it tries to purge the streets of gang violence. violence. ♪

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you're watching al jazeera new us. coming up, the u.n. has called on europe to device a unify said response to the refugee crisis. germany expects the number of asylum seekers to reach 800,000 by the end of 2015. the u.n. security council has warned south sudan's president against reneging on his promise to sign a peace deal. salva kiir is due to sign the deal in the coming hours. investors are keeping an eye on the stock market, the day after an interest rate cut. global stock markets lost trillions in a 4-day sell off. >> houthi dehli based in yemen -- houthi dehli based in yemen have launched an attack. we have more on this story. >> an armoured vehicle is hit by a rocket.

this is the southern saudi arabian province. along the border. houthi dehli say they launched this attack to target the troops. fighting intensified in the south central city of tiaz. this is where the fight for the control of yemen will likely be decided. hewitty dehli put up fires resistance here. despite losing crucial death threats elsewhere. as the fighting conditions, more are killed and buildings destroyed. look at this. they destroyed buildings, killed children, women and old people. they are destroying tiaz. it is on the main highway that links the south to the capital in the north. forces loyal to the president say we are taking tiaz - it's a matter of time.

>> i tell the yemenis despite the attacks by the houthis, using rockets and weapons, they assured taiz that they'll be liberated soon this is another front line. pro-government fires at houthi conditions in the oil rich province. they have recently been sent here with new weapons to recapture the city and secure oil and gas installations. this is what government forces are hoping to achieve. they are on the offensive to recapture the province, and say they have dehli ready to retake tiaz. as they succeed. abd-rabbu mansour hadi forces advance from the south and the east to retake the capital and push the allies.

that goal way not be easy, houthis and forces loyal to the former president say they have deployed a force in the mountains, to stop any advance by government troops. >> lebanon's government says it will knests 100 million to solve a waste not guilty problem triggering large protests, finding a developer for a landfill site. garbage lined the streets for weeks, after the largest landfill sights were closed. >> the armed group i.s.i.l. released images said to show the destruction of the temple. explosives are seen, laid around the temple. the temple was almost 2,000 years old. >> eight south african police

officers have been found guilty of murdering a taxi driver from mozambique. two years ago he was handcuffed to a van, dragged through the streets and beaten in a sell. tania page was in court in pretoria. >> the judge called the former police officers liars and murderers. and killed me for blocking a road with the taxi. the mobile phone footage helped convict them. handcuffing them into their van. and during them 200 meters. they went viral when he emerged. what happened once the footage ends is almost worse the the pathologies said the man was badly beaten in a police cell, dying of head injuries and internal beating, the police officers lied and submitted

ridiculous versions of events. south african please are accused of using of excessive force. many don't trust them. it's unlikely to change with the verdict. a family says it has justice. >> justice is not enough for the family. >> translation: we need compensation. he left behind four children and an elderly father that need to be supported. >> reporter: there is a sense of relief over the guilty verdict. the public has been let down before. the police shot dead 34 miners. there was a protest. they were acquitted of his murder. the national prosecuting authority has this message. >> they expected to prevent

crime. they are expected to investigate crime within the frameworkful human life. >> by the end of the verdict the heads were bowed low. the people they were supposed to protect are predicted killers. >> el salvador's supreme court prepared the country's street gangs, and those that financed them. kimberley halkett had the story. >> reporter: another oat break of gang-related violence. over the weekend. 14 members of the revolutionary's gang were strangled and stabbed to death in prison. >> they did everything in a silent way. during the day everything was completely normal, and as i explained at six in the afternoon, we started as we do every day to do the routine count. in that way we perceived deaths.

officials believe the murder were purged. they were ordered from outside the prison. location 25km north-west of the capital. self. it was an internalal ilim nation. both -- internal elimination. we believe that it will point to that. the president is entirely under control. >> el salvador have been trying to combat violence for years. in eight months, almost 4,000 people have been murdered. this has put pressure on the government making crime a priority. the latest tactic. street gangs in el salvador will be treated like terrorist groups, it will allow gang members to be churched and eligible for longer prison sentences. former gang members say the ruling is nothing more than a

strategy. there's nothing left but the core issues. once governments restart to extremes to labelling groups when they commit acts of violence, it's a grave concern. what ends up happening is these become ploys that are intent on dehumanizing individuals. >> el salvador's government says the 18th street gang carried out attacks against public institutions, including bus drivers, believed to be an attempt to force the government. the government has so far refused to do. >> argentinian politicians are accusing each other ever fraud in last week's election in the northern province. police broke up a demonstration on tuesday, as teresa ball reports, tensions remain. >> i'm here in independence square in northern argentina,

where thousands gath ired to protest against the government. fraud was committed on the elections for the governorship of this province. this was the center of the clashes between the protesters and the police on sunday night. thousands gathered to protest. >> there were families, people with children, the police did not have the right to do what they did. >> people here say that irregularities were committed. among them. 32 boxes were set on fire. no doubt fraud was committed. they were voting tables. the candidates had more votes than what they reported. >> the governor's race was won by juan mansour, and the government here says that the opposition as a difficulty in accepting that they were tweeted.

people are curious, they believe the election has been stolen from them. the presidential election two months away, for many this is an example of tension they see between the opposition and the ruling party. >> a tech start-up scene is floorishing in one city. it's trying to make a name for itself as the silicon valley of latin america the star wars model. office guitar, table dennis. nerve guns. all the trappings of the of modern tech company present and the correct. this is not silicon valley, it's mexico. the birthplace of tequila is reinventing itself as a latin american technical tall. electronics account for half the exports. 500 are jostling for position. oracle who make java are one of the u.s. girls wanting a piece

of the high skilled graduates forming a tight-knit community, a short hop from the californian mothership. >> we are looking for people able to work at the state of the art of software, advance that state of the art. that's what we look for. we found that we can get it here. >> what they have long been a production line hub for international firms, start-ups around the city, like texans that make games and films are using what they learnt from the big boys to go it alone. >> what has happened reflects stories like mine. first, i work in manufacturing. then i develop software for ibm. it is now selling creative technology using what we learn from the companies that came here. >> through the plan to worldwide domination, lumbering strips

provide life opportunities to tech solutions. this californian and his team do that. >> it's a huge opportunity, it is, from an economic point of view, it is a tremendous amount of industry here. very little technology. taking those together. there's an enormous amount of low-hanging throughout. state authorities want in. they are trying to find a high-tech home, and spruce up the city in the process. the government is working on a plan to bring the run-down center into the tech boom. part of it is rebuilding abandoned buildings like this to rent out of the start-ups or as public hubs with resources like 3d printers. with a new tech frequentedly infrastructure in place. exports from the u.s. reaching 4

billion, that's a long way off. at least the city has vision for the future and a reminder you can get all the latest news and analysis on the website. for the address aljazeera.com. eera >> for some reason as she was working this is what he did. withwolf whistles). the more peep that hear the story, the true story, no matter if you know nothing about the south, you knew that was long, you thought that child was brutalized that way. before you have reconciliation, you have to