sudan's president is expected to sign a peace deal with rebel forces in juba. ♪ ♪ hello i am jane dutton in doha with the world news. greece struggles to cope with thousands more refugees, we'll speak to the u.n. refugees agency. china's rate cut fails to restore confidence a midst another volatile day on asian stock markets a south african judge slams eight policemen as liars and murderers.

♪ ♪ south sudan's president is expected to sign a peace deal ending a two-year civil war. thousands have been killed and over 2 million people forced to leave their homes in fear of their lives. south sudan's president is under heavy international pressure to sign the deal, the u.n. security council is threatening immediate sanctions if he doesn't put pen to paper. gabriel elizondo reports from the united nations. >> reporter: it's south sudan's president -- if he backs out of the peace deal the united nations says it will act and do so quickly. that was the message from the u.n. security council. >> they pressed their. [ inaudible ] to act immediately if the president doesn't not sign the agreement tomorrow as he had undertaken 67 the u.s. has draft aid u.n. security council resolution calling for

targeted sanks and an arms embargo if he does not sign the peace deal. but there could be disagreements within the council over the proposed u.s. initiative and diplomats say any action on the resolution would require further negotiations which could take days. the u.n.'s top official for humanitarian affairs told council members on tuesday, that the situation on the ground is grave and getting worse. get giving horrific examples of crimes against innocent civilian. >> i am very concerned about the atrocities that continues to be reported the scope and level of cruelty characterizationed against a villans suggests a deep depth antipathy allegations including rampant killing, rate, ab instruction, looting, arson, forced displace think even burning people inside their own homes. >> reporter: thousands have been

killed since december 2013 when fighting began, 2.2 million internally displaced people in the country with 200,000 now living in u.n. safety shelters for civilians and there are 616,000 refugees in neighboring countries. and 4.6 million people were 38% of the population of the entire country, don't have enough to eat. there is hope by all sides the peace deal coul coocoo be the ft step to getting help to those that need the it the most. as four scour tie kuhn sill they wail wait and watch closely what happens on wednesday before deciding what, if any action they'll take. gabriel el sano, at the united nations. >> let me take you through the deal expected to be signed by the res.

create a new power-sharing returning for government as the new first vice president. and it opens the way for rebel fighters to be reintegrate ed in to the army, both sides sign up to the she's fire to take effect in 72 hours and eventually the creation of a demill demilitarie in the capital june actual apologizing unconditionally for the 10s of thousands killed and soon it is signed we will let you no he. two workers from the human humanitarian group doctors without borders were killed in two separate attacks in south sudan. the exact circumstances of their deaths are still being investigated. syria's president says he's confident that russia will continue to support his government. bashar al-assad made the comment during an interview with

lebanese television. >> translator: throughout its history the united states is known for playing games. selling off allies, abandoning friends. but one official would say today will be contradicted by another the next day or by himself later on. this is how the americans operate. but the russian policy was never like this. even back in the soviet era, or nowadays, we have strong confidence in the russians as allies. they have proven themselves throughout the crisis, for four years that they are sincere and trans in their relationship with us. two nay toe soldiers have been shot dead in afghanistan. the gunmen were wearing afghan military uniforms, it's the first so-called insider attack on international forces since april. greece is struggling to cope can thousands more refugees around 2,000 people are arriving

every day on the greek islands. the government has chartered a ferry to take them to the mainland. the objective seems to be to get them off greek soil as quickly as possible and over to the border to mass going i can't on to the next stage of their journey from there they they had to serbia from where andrew simmonds reports. >> reporter: by the day the numbers are harder to digest. here in what's called the one-stop center an entrance to serbia from mass going macedonn 10,000 people have passed through in less than five thousands, further up in hungary an e.u. member state more than 2,000 a day are a requirement 100,000 have come through this year compared to 33,000 in the whole of last year. the numbers are staggering. and so too is the inability of the european union to come up with a coherent strategy in sharing the responsibility of

helping refugees. it's chaotic registration centers such as that one are worrying european unions, only 72 hour vehicles as being issued. very little checking. look at the numbers, they are extraordinary. it gets more compl complicate t. germany predicts it will deal with 800,000 is al jazerra sigh lum applications this year, it wants a fair quota of member states taking in refugees. once more the e.u. wants a tougher policy to turn back people who are categorized as economic migrants. in northern serbia, on the trail to try to cross in to hungary, most of these people are refugees from syria. they are frightened about what is ahead. >> we need to go to hungary and work. food. my mother is sick, but she should work.

we don't know what happen in hungary. maybe. [ inaudible ] take them. [ inaudible ] >> we are very worried because we have heard a lot of news that they say that hungary they are hitting people. >> reporter: hungary is going to become an even bigger pressure point in this crisis and its government is already criticizing the e.u. for not giving it enough money to cope with the record number of people intend to go cross its border with serbia. andrew simmons, al jazerra, in serbia. from the u.n.'s refugees agency, he joins me on skype from the hungarian cap budapest. good to have you with us. i am hearing that the government has discussed how the army could help protect hungary's southern border. do you think that is advisable? what are your thoughts on that? >> there were reports -- different reports from a few days, but what we have seen

since last days is that the numbers keep coming in, these are clearly refugees and the visible change in trend is women and children and families like yesterday when i was talking to my colleagues who are monitoring the situation o border with sera they said over 1500 had come in, there were some desperate people that came across and begged that others just cannot continue the journey because they are tired and exhausted. so we are looking for humana preach from the governments in the e.u. >> okay. you talk about those enormous numbers and from the u.n. hcr. melissa fleming has been quoted that it's vital that the human rights and dignity be respected. but surely for a country do that, they need the resources. they need some sort of e.u. policy to protect them. how is it fair on these poor countries do that? >> indeed. i think in the history books, problem i europe's treatment of

the small proportion of refugees who are crossing and knocking at the doors, while the record number of displacement around the world will be remembered at its claims of high center of human rights will be judged on its treatment. but as i said, we are looking for a human treatment because no one country can deal with this issue collectively. and it's very clear, you know, this is a refugees population on the move. people that i have met on the border hungarian ander is bean border are coming from syria, women and children and kids, it's iraq and afghanistan, how you treat these people, it's not a single country's issue, and they shouldn't be left dealing with it on their own. >> you just wonder where -- sorry while you are talking you are looking at an old woman climbing through a gate, people lie on the tracks living rush -- living rough rather. where is the dignity in that?

it's been described as the biggest disaster since world war ii? >> it is. globally the numbers are big, yes, we have 60 million people that were forcibly displaced last year. 42,000 per day. but as i said. not everyone is trying to reach europe and these people who are on the move, they are desperate, exhausted because they are not being properly assisted in the neighboring countries of syria or other places where there are. [ inaudible ] so e.u. needs to come up with an approach, which is more dignified in terms of treating these people. i met a few people on the border some of those had clear family links in europe. so if there are more legal avenues like a sister who was going to meet a brother, and then there was this wife whose husband is in germany. then there was this six-year-old unaccompanied child whose

parents were lost in a boat tragedy in the mediterranean. [ inaudible ] >> how are they going to deal with them? doesn't seem like the war in syria is going to stop any time soon so the numbers will keep a raving. this call for a coordinated e.u. policy, what does it look like? when is it going to happen? >> it should happen soon. because these people, who arrive over here, when you talk to them on the border, even a minute's wait for us in terms of proper reception is too much. they are just desperate. tired and exhausted. they cannot continue. and the question they is where is the humanity in europe? are we in e.u.? where is the humanity? we keep searching for it. it has to come sooner rather that the later, these are refugees on the run. >> where is the humanity indeed. thank you very much. still to come on al jazerra.

accusations of illegal elections. >> reporter: artists are trying to make it more beautiful they are also trying to raise social awareness.

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about, power sharing agreement. more refugees taken from greens, taken to a train station and conning their june i further north in to the eve e.u. to nato soldiers have been shot dead in afghanistan, the gunmen were wearing afghan military uniforms, it's the first so-called inside attack since april. it's been another volatile day on china's stock market. beijing cut interest rates on tuesday in an effort to restore confidence and address fears that the economy is faltering. in the chin as capital beijing, clearly it's not working. >> reporter: clearly not, jane, it was a very volatile day in lots of ways for the asia pacific. when they opened markets in japan, south korea, singapore, up not much, about half a 1% to

it at least 2%. all eyes on the shanghai composite which fluctuated by making gains of 4% and then losses of nearly 4% throughout the five hours of training. it ended the day a short time ago 1.7% down on the mark. if you add that to the last four days of trading since last friday, the market here has lost 20%. and that's despite the interest cut that was made by the chinese central bank late on tuesday that you have just mentioned a quarter of a% made it easy for the banks to loan money to those companies that have a gap in their finances. also not gaining as much interest with that weight cut. still a volatile scenario, people being very careful and. >> thank you for that. many people who bought shares with their life savings are worried about losing

everything, adrian brown reports from beijing. >> reporter: struggling to understand what is happening to china's economy. all he knees i knows is that his are worth 70% than a week ago. he sells eggs in a market in east beijing, he tells me he invested $20,000, all of his savings but remains hopeful about a recovery. >> translator: i already put all of my savings in to the stock market. what i can do now is just wait for the index to come back. i won't buy or sale at this stage just keep watching it. >> reporter: his story is now being replicated many place as cross china. when it comes it making investments the options for most chinese are limited. property and shares. the problem now is that the prices are both are falling. a falling stock market and economy that's slowing. the owner of that restaurant

says as a takings are half what they were in june when the stock market began to fall. he says the landlord won't reduce the rent, so he's closing next month. >> my business is not doing well because the stock market is falling, many companies in the area have gone bankrupt. >> reporter: it is an anxious time. and not everyone wants to talk. many people blame foreigners for manipulating china's stock market. this trading room is popular with pensioners that are encouraged by the government to buy shares. >> i don't even dare to calculate how much i lost. the market keeps falling. yesterday i lost 10%, today another 10%. i don't know when this could end. >> reporter: the stock market is a sensitive issue now. and these people know it. officials demanded to see our pictures ordered us to delete several images before they returned our identity cards.

when ping became president he unveiled his vision think he called it the china dream. loosely defined it means making china more rich and powerful. some still believe that will happen. >> translator: the china dream is our goal. that goal will be definitely achieved. if not, our country will go backwards. people's lives are still getting better day by day. >> reporter: china's a leadership has engineered recovery before. and the people it governs still have faith it will do so again. adrian brown, al jazerra, beijing. south korea says it is willing to discuss ending sanctions against the north on tuesday both sides reached a deal to end a tense military standoff. sanctions imposed in 2010 cut most ties with the north including tourism, trade, and private aid. eight police officers in south africa have been convicted of murdering a taxi driver. the case has raised broader

questions about police prue at that timely. tanai page was in court in pretoria. >> reporter: the judge called these former police officers liars and murderers. he said they killed a man for blocking a road with his taxi, this mobile phone footage helped convict them the judge said they acted with purpose in hands calving the man and dragging him 200 meters, these images we want vial when proved damage. >> convicted of murder. >> reporter: what happened once the footage end is almost worse. the pathology says this he was badly beat nene police cell. he died of head injuries and internal bleeding the judge said the police officers lied and submitted ridiculous versions of events in their defense. south african police are often accused of using extensive force, many people say they don't truss them.

though it's unlikely to change with this verdict at least one family says it now has justice. but justice isn't enough for this family. >> translator: we need compensation because left behind four children and an elderly father who all need to be supported. >> reporter: but there is a sense of relief over the guilty verdict. the publicist has been let down before attest to his hold police to account. six month earlier police shot dead 34 striking miners, no one has ever been charged. a month after the taxi driver died. seven police officers caught on camera shooting a protesters with rubber bullets were acquitted of his murder but the national authority had this mess. >> brutality within the police force will never be toll traded police are expected to protection the community. expected to prevents crime. expect today investigate crime within the framework of human

rights. >> reporter: by the end of the verdict the defendants had their heads bowed low now in custody the people suppose to protection are now convicted killers. local elections in argentina have prompted accusations of broad and large protests. police broke up a demonstration on tuesday but tensions still remain. >> reporter: i am here in independence square in the province in northern argentina where thousands of people is gathered to protest against the government. they are saying that fraud was committed on sunday's elections for the govern shi governorships prop since. the center of the clashes between the protesters and police on monday night when thousands gathered to protest against election consults. >> translator: there were families, people with children, the police did not have the right to do what they did. >> reporter: people here say that several irregularities were committed among them a at least

fourth two ballot boxes set on fire. >> translator: we have no doubt fraud was committed. there were voting tables where the opposition candidates had more votes than what they reported. >> reporter: the governor's race was won by juan man sewer from e ruling party. they have difficulty accepting that they were competed. people here are furious believe the lex has been stole friend them. the presidential elections only two months a was, for many thers is an example of the tension we will see between the opposition and the ruling party. an already difficult relationship between colombia and venezuela appears to be worsening. venturvenezuela's president hasd the border and hundreds of colombians have been departed. >> reporter: for years now -- deported. >> reporter: for years now. government officials say at much

as 40% of all imported goods find their way in to neighboring brazil, chrome bee a and everybody the caribbean islands. continues ban has been an ongoing problem, the heavy subsidized food and pet troll means if you can drive across the boarder and resell products you stands to make an extraordinary profit. in an unprecedented move venezuela's president has expended the dloash our uno clef the main border crossings part of an effort to end smuggling and paramilitary activity in the country. >> translator: we are not going to on tolerate it anymore, we have reached our limit. i hope we can build a new relationship at all levels so you can see the complexity of the process which isn't just a straight forstraightforward borr herb it's a new policy. >> reporter: the closure have left dozens of families stranded

and also led to the deportation of more than 1,000 colombians, many have lived in venezuela month years. >> translator: they kicked us out at 5:00 mount morning. they kicked us out like dogs, they didn't let us take anything. they didn't even let us bathe. they said let's go. leave. get out of here. i lost everything. everybody my clothes. we left without a thing. >> reporter: colombia and human rights groups say the deportations are unnecessary and authorities used excessive force. they say closing the border is untimely and unlikely to do much to solve the problems. >> translator: i want to once again reiterate come loca reit't situation for the residents who live on either side of the border.

>> reporter: but venezuela's government looks set to maintain and perhaps even extends restricts at other border crossings unless cloc come lee a builds a better border. afghanistan's ca capitol is short of many themes but what they have a lot of is concrete blasts barriers. >> reporter: on the barriers that symbolize the deteriorating security an effort to create stability. warning that the people and god are watching. across the street, they are painting hearts. a symbol of healing the nation. it's all the work of artist and a group of volunteers. with a few hundred dollars of their own money for points are paints and surprise. they are work to go change the blast walls that make him under

siege in his own city. >> when you put a picture on a wall, the wall disappears and you are in a new space. >> reporter: he wants that new space to be about a new afghanistan. that he and his fellow painters can help create. it's time follow afghanistan and for the world to contribute something else other than weapons and war. there have been two wars for the past 36 yearsing it's time to give art and artist a chance. >> reporter: he wants everyone to participate. when a policeman takes an interest, he offers him a brush. he does the same for an old man just passing by. >> translator: even people would have no education can understand the message when they see this. >> reporter: and that's the idea. he wants to introduce what he calls artistic literacy. this is the first of a new series called heros of my city. celebrating its people. these are street sweepers, other

murals will be of school children and an old man on a bicycle. a hero for not adding to pollution and traffic. >> it has always been heros with guns or with sword. so we want to celebrate the people that we see every day who are working on the streets. >> reporter: while they may have started with an anti corruption painting, they hope their work will be uplifting and help bring afghans together. >> translator: because of the at this situation the city is in fear so we are trying to do something which grabs the attention of our people in a good way. >> reporter: those who take part say it's therapeutic, a way to contribute and share with fellow afghans. he is hoping his project gets bigger. he's planning to inter right international graffiti artists to paint here or share their designs for the afghans to paints. his dream is to make this city the graffiti capital of the world.

there are plenty of blast walls but no guarantee of is a at this for those that want to make them beautiful. general gear glasse, al jazerra, kabul. lots more to come on al jazerra, but the website is always there, aljazerra.com. i'm ali velshi "on target", the push to ban the box. checking the wrong box on a job application could ruin your chance at a second chance. plus market whiplash, the wild stock market swings and why we should have seen them coming. last night i explained why america's economy was in better shape than the last time the stock market wiped out trillions in wealth. it's true.