tear gas and barbed wire, chaotic scenes in hungary, as unrest flairs at a reception center for refugees. hello once again from doha, this is the world news from al jazeera. south sudan's president says he will sign a peace deal to end nearly two years of civil war, but he still has reservations about it. saudi troops cross into yemen to attack houthi positions. we want the people that come here to say that --

[ gunfire ] >> and two u.s. journalists shot dead during a live television broadcast. hungary the latest european country to witness scenes of desperation and chaos at its borders. police fired tear gas in an effort to restore order. so far the response to the crisis has involved barbed wire, armed police and dogs. it is sending 200 extra officers to control the situation and is considering using the army. they say that each day more than 2,000 refugees arrive in that country. so far hungary has registered a hundred thousand refugees. in 2014 it was 12,000, in 2012, it was just 2,000.

the government is building a razor wire fence as well along the border. andrew simmons have the latest from belgrade. >> reporter: news about this tear gas being fired at the registration center is causing a lot of alarm here at this camp. this is the last point where people reach before they make their journey to the hungarian border, crossing akrong razor wire points and hoping they won't encounter any difficulties. i spoke to one syrian woman who said she inning tends to stay here until she is sure it is safe. others intend to cross at night. there is more and more numbers here. we are reaching a point of record every time around, and what we're hearing from the border is that this incident was over fairly quickly, but 3 to

400 people were being asked to give their fingerprints at the registration center, and that means they will have to seek asylum in the countries they are in. they want to move on to countries such as germany, u.k., france, and austria. we're hearing the position of the government of hungary is quite hard lined and they are now considering deploying the army. they have already announced that extra police, dogs, horses, mounted police will patrol the border in addition to the 1,000 police already there. >> let's get a wider look at the story of what is happening in hungary, emma hayward has that. >> reporter: u.n. helpers chant the hungarian serbian border.

hundreds of refugees frustrated with police trying to play down their handling of the crisis. thousands of refugees are crossing from serbia to hungary every day. mr. refugees have fled the war in syria and then have crossed the aegean sea to get here. hungary, though, does not want these people and says it will tighten security along its borders. few like mohammed see it as their final destination. >> translator: my goal is to reach germany. i want to avoid the asylum sweeking procedure and giving them my finger print, because if they take my fingerprints, i won't be able to seek asylum in another country. >> reporter: many want to reach more prosperous countries like germany.

at the weekend, hundreds of people with far-right views fought with police, angry at the number of refugees arriving. >> translator: we must put all of our efforts into taking clear there is no tolerance for people who question the dignity of others. there is no tolerance for those who are not willing to help where legal and human help is required. >> reporter: so far, though, across europe, there is still no agreement as to how to help the tens of thousands of people arriving every day. emma haywood, al jazeera. developing story out of south sudan. our correspondent is on the line from the capitol with news of a break through? >> reporter: yes, that's right. the president has just a few moments ago signed the peace deal, and he has done so in the presence of his regional

counterparts from kenya and uganda, however, the [ inaudible ] is a 12-piece document. among them is the demilitarization of the capitol. but another point is that this appears to be rewarding rebels for [ inaudible ] the governmenting, taking up arms and fighting against the government against south sudan, and the government has warned that this is a dangerous precedence and might encourage other groups to also take up arms in an attempt to get power. the peace deal has been signed, the government has outlined its reservations about the deal, however, it is now in effect, and the government is going to have to abide by it, i suppose. >> what is the process of moving forward now? >> reporter: well, for now the immediate thing is the [ inaudible ] which has to happen within 72 hours and after

that there is [ inaudible ] come in to place [ inaudible ] demilitarization of juba that i mentioned. that is supposed to begin in three months. and it sets out the process for future elections and how the government will look, a break down of government and rebels representing each state. so it has outlined what is going to happen for the next few years. >> thank you. the president has signed the peace deal, we'll talk to you about that later on. saudi arabia said its troops have crossed into yemen. they have attacked houthi positions. as hashem ahelbarra now reports. >> reporter: these are the first saudi soldiers to move into yemen. they have taken over mountainous areas and hills overlooking the southern region. but saudi military commanders

say the incursion is just for a short period of time. in the meantime, artillery has been pounding houthi positions non-stop for days. shia rebels insist they still are the means to fight back. this is a houthi commander storming a saudi military post along the border with yemen. the soldiers seized the building after heavy clashes. they are seen here, blowing up military vehicles before leaving the area. moments later, a saudi war plane strikes. [ explosion ] >> reporter: fighting has flared up across the country. houthi fighters backed by troops loyal to former president saleh are trying to recapture some of the areas they lost in the south. here they ambushed pro-government troops and destroyed vehicles that were

recently provided by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. yemen's warring factions have dismissed international efforts to agree on a ceasefire and start political talks, for the time being, though, each party wants to win the war so it has the upper hand in negotiations. developing story out of the united states where two employees of a u.s. television station have been shot and killed while broadcasting live. we have edited the pictures down, but just a warning you do hear the shots fired. the reporter is allison parker interviewing a woman about tourism in the area when the shots are heard. [ gunfire ] [ screaming ] >> the cameraman was also killed. they cut back quickly to the

studio. tom akerman is following the story live from washington, d.c. tom, tell us more. >> reporter: the latest we're getting from local news stations in the area is that the gunman is being chased along a major interstate highway. it's not clear what the progress of that chase is, but apparently, based on picture -- an actual frozen image from that video, they were able to identify the apparent gunmen. it's a blurred photo, but you can see a man just wielding a gun, and the -- the shots that rang out that you heard also wounded the person who was being interviewed who was the head of the local chamber of commerce. the interview was not a political one. it was dealing with local tourism, so it's not clear what the motive is. the general manager of the television station says that they don't know anything about what -- what motivated this, and

right now, it's a community and the media in that local area in mourning. it is extremely rare for a working journalist to be -- unlike in many other countries -- to be killed while working or even for professional reasons in the united states. so that's what is giving this so much notoriety and of course the fact that it was actually broadcast live. kamal. >> quite harrowing stuff, isn't it. tom thank you. still ahead, here on al jazeera, one of iraq's shia military leaders makes an unflattering assessment of the u.s.'s effort to flight isil. i'm jennifer glass in kabul, where art sins are trying to make glass more beautiful and raise social awareness.

♪ top stories for you here on al jazeera, south sudan's president has in the last few minutes signed a peace deal with rebels, despite serious reservations about it. afghan leaders gathered in south sudan to support the peace process. hungary sending 2,000 extra police officers to its border with serbia, to try to help stop the tide of refugees crossing into europe. it has also put up a fence but it has done little to stop the

refugees. two television journalists in the united states have been shot and killed in washington while conducting an interview. al jazeera has spoken to one of the most powerful military leaders in iraq. he leads the strongest shia group fighting against isil. he is criticizing the united states roll in the fight, accusing it of creating a sunni force to divide the country. more now from zana hoda. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: u.s. military advisors in iraq have been training and equipping sunni tribesmen in anbar province as part of their strategy to defeat isil. hundreds are already on the front lines. the obama administration believes their role will be crucial to recapture the mainly sunni regions. a top commander of the popular

mobilization forces which groups shia paramilitary forces that have largely replaced the army on the ground. >> translator: if the americans are concerned about the sunnis then they should not violate iraq's sovereignty, they should give the government the capabilities to train them. america is creating a sunni force. this is a plan to divide iraq. >> reporter: he heads the military wing which has a strong presence in parliament. he doesn't hide his relations. sunni politicians fear that people like him are growing in strength. >> translator: there has been a good start. the u.s. trained 7,000 sunnis in anbar, but they still didn't give them proper weapons. these men are under the control

of the defense ministry, but we hope that one day parliament will approve the national guard project and each province will have its own force. >> reporter: the people in anbar have a long history with the shia lead government. he denies the government agreed with the u.s. to stop his forces, but said without them the battle can't be won. >> translator: the battle in ramadi is in its sixth week and if there was cooperation between all, it will be easily won. >> reporter: today some describe him as one of the most powerful men in iraq. he has long dismissed the u.s.'s role in fighting isil in iraq, but now he is openly criticizing an integral part of u.s.

strategy. egypt's president in moscow has been meeting with vladimir putin. this is his third trip to russia. rory challands is following the story in moscow. hello. what did they talk about today? any word? >> reporter: the most intriguing thing to come out of this press conference was to do with the fight against what both of these countries are calling terrorism in the middle east, and i'll read a quote from what vladimir putin said. he said the essential importance of creating a brood anti-terrorist front involving key international players from regional countries, including syria was noted. now russia has long been pushing for the syrian government, the assad administration to be included in the international fight against the islamic state, and it seems from what he is

saying here that egypt is at least agreeing in principle with this. this will be going against the specific wishes of saudi arabia. saudi arabia say there is no future for assad in syrian politicians. and egypt and saudi arabia are very close. egypt is very heavily reliant on money from saudi arabia, so this probably won't go down that well with the saudi arabiians. apart from these matters they talked about mainly grain and wheat supplies. russia is looking to boost its wheat supplies to egypt. egypt gets some 40% of its wheat this russia, i think turkey is a bigger customer. and there was always noted the supply of the warship to egypt. >> interesting relationship between those two countries. thank you. rory challands on the egyptian

president visit to russia. chinese stock markets have closed lower despite a central bank cut in interest rates, but other asian markets did make small gains. volatility in china has shattered investor confidence. south korea says it is willing to discuss sending sanctions against the north. on tuesday both sides reached a deal to end a tense military standoff. sanctions cut most ties with the north. sri lanka has been described as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, so the new president has promised to change this, and allow for greater transparency in reporting. >> reporter: this woman is all too familiar with what happens when a journalist speaks out of

turn in sri lanka. she says on the 24th of january 2010, her husband was abducted by people loyal to the then president. >> translator: for the last five years i have been fighting for justice for my husband against the sri lankan law. >> reporter: this journalist has always been doing the same. he is the editor of a newspaper known for publishing stories the government would prefer left untold. he has been intimidated, received death threats and been forced to write anonymously. >> translator: to come out of this oppression to become more independent than before, it's important. >> reporter: a large number of journalists supported the then

candidate. they did so believing in his vision of politics and the role of institutions like the press. he relaxed many of sri lanka's restrictive media relations. including opening the northern region to journalists, it's an area where separatists fought the government for years. they also allowed access to websites which were banned by his predecessor. sri lanka's new president has promised a more open government, but his decision to reinstate the press council has raised questions about how far he is willing to go when it comes to freedom of the press. unlike other monitoring bodies around the world, sri lanka's press council has legal powers and can send journalists to jail for up to two years. they appointed new council members in june.

one of them told al jazeera the agency is necessary. >> translator: just because the press council has the powers of district court it doesn't mean it can grab a journalist and put him or her in jail. so far no one has been imprisoned. it's a blatant lie being spread. >> reporter: analysts say the decision to reappoint the press council goes against what he stands for. >> they should not have done that, because they came as the people's government, so something that they should have thought twice before they appoint. >> reporter: journalists here say they will continue to try to speak the truth as they fight for those who dared to do the same in more restrictive times. zimbabwe's president has been heckled by opposition mp's in his first state of the nation

address in eight years. the 91 year old spoke for less than half an hour setting out plans to revive the economy. the u.n. says about 1.5 million zimbabweans will face hunger and need food aid this year alone. >> overall economic performance to date indicates modest growth -- [ shouting ] >> -- particularly in agriculture, mining, in the sectors of agriculture, fining, tourism, construction and telecommunications. [ shouting ] israeli immigration officers have arrested 20 refugees in tel-aviv shortly after being freed from detention. they are accused of violating

their terms of release. >> reporter: the 20 asylum seekers were arrested just hours after being freed from a detention camp. 1200 people have been released in the last two days, bussed to various parts of israel. under their release terms former inmates are banned fromlying and working in two israeli cities including tel-aviv. those arrested insist they were passing through the cities to other towns. the resort city is also off limits, and the mayor has promised to stop refugees from entering. this man spent 18 months at the camp, he escaped fighting in darfur. he is now banned from returning. >> translator: i'm not allowed to go to work where i lived. if i'm caught i will be returned here immediately. i don't know where to go. the minute you leave here,

that's it. >> reporter: 1700 people have been detained here under israel's so-called anti-infiltration law. now the supreme court has ordered the release of anyone held for more than a year, but only under strict terms that limit their options. this is where many refugees want to go, israel's business hub, tel-aviv. the city has large existing african communities and growing levels of anger at the treatment of refugees. many people arrived here after escaping war and economic hardship in countries like sudan and eritrea, but large numbers live in limbo. they can't be legally deported, they are not allowed to work, and few are being granted asylum. israel automatically grants citizenship to jews, but wants to restrict the number of africans entering the country. the government constructed a fortified fence along the

egyptian border in 2012, and has offered financial incentives for those agreeing to leave. the alternative is a life in detention or a tough existence in israel's towns and cities. afghanistan's capitol, kabul, short of many things, but what it does have plenty of is concrete blast walls. they are the perfect blank canvas. jennifer glass reports now on how artists are transforming the barriers. >> reporter: on the barriers, an effort to create stability, this anti-corruption message warns that the people and god are watching. across the street, they are painting hearts as a symbol of healing the nation. it's all the work of this artist and a group of volunteers, with a few hundred dollars of their own money for paint and supplies, they are working to change the kilometers of blast

walls. >> when you put a picture on the wall, the waldis appears 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 for afghanistan and for the world to contribute something else other than weapons and war. we have been through war for the past 36 years. it's really time to give an 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 on old man passing by. >> translator: even people who 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 his people.

these are street sweepers, other murals will be of school children and an old man on a bicycle. >> it has always been heros -- here rose with -- heros with guns or swords, so we want to celebrate the people we see every day working on the street. >> reporter: they hope their work will be uplifting and help bring after gansz together. >> translator: because of the security 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 this project gets bigger. he is planning to invite international graffiti artists to paint here or share their designs. his plan is to make this the

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