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for the latest headlines go to www.aljazeera.com. >> confusion and chaos as refugees are caught up in europe's conflicting approach to handling the crisis. i'm lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up: one policeman is killed dozens more are injured as a nationalist protest in ukraine turns violence. televised conconfessions inn
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china. and peruvian pirates. european government is struggling to come up with a uniform response to the ever increasing number of refugees on their borders. the current approach is described as incoherent as each country deals with it in their own way. in greece around 2500 refugees on a ferry have disembarked after being picked up over the weekend. all the people on board were collected after 70 search and rescue missions around islands in in greece. country's border with hungary follows the incident in which 71
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bodies were discovered in the back of a lorry. growing number of people trying to reach western europe, that station on the border of europe, very crowrde crowded and organi. across the border to muniing ick, germany has considered it will grant asylum to all refugees. hungarian capital, andrew simmons is there. >> this is the latest train to arrive on the austria hungary border. people without visas have been allowed to carry on if such numbers.
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an extraordinary thing happening in budapest, thousands have been kept really tucked with nowhere to go. not allowed to get on trains. stuck living rough in the pavement outside the three main rail stations in the hungarian capital. but now we have a situation where the only thing delaying things here is how overcrowded these international trains have become with so many people on board. not just srnz. thersyrians, there's alsoiraqisd afghans as well. the hungarian government contacting the german government to clarify the status of syrian refugees, suggesting that germany will seven asylum
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applications from people fleeing the syrian war. whether or not there will be effectively a free-running rail service across the border or not, because there's a raft of new measures being taken by the hungarian government to try and stop the flow of refugees across the border from serbia into hungary. >> german chancellor angela merkel has better than speaking on the crisis and hit out how other countries have handled the crisis. >> we have a humanitarian responsibility. we need to establish centers and talk to countries that are in civil war and ensure there is a fair distribution of refugees across europe. not like what is currently happening across serbia macedonia and hungary. >> the french prime minister has visited calais. on a very wet day he visited a
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derrick center for refugee children. the french government has given another $5.5 million to have help the center. >> translator: we had to divide out equitably between european countries. debates have been intense but we have a framework. france as germany supports it. too many countries are not taking their share. it's against european union spirit, we cannot accept it. >> an explosion outside parliament has killed few and wounded more. nadim baba reports. >> reporter: the moment when an angry demonstration turned
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deadly. these pictures filmed from inside ukraine's parliament building showed the scene after protesters threw a grenade at riot police. several were injured by explosive devices. many were taken away by ambulance. the violence also injured journalists covering the protests. a crowd had gathered ahead of a parliamentary vote on giving special status to parts of the donetsk and luhansk region. some politician he tried to stop proceedings. but the new bill backed by president petro poroshenko and his allies did pass on its first reading. part of a peace agreement reached in february this year was supposed to end the fighting between ukraine' ukraine's armyd russian backed separatists. these scenes in the capital are
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a reminder of just how controversial it is. nadim baba, al jazeera. authorities have arrested 197 individuals for spreading an online rumor about a stock market crash. those found guilty could face three years in jail. adrian brown has more from beijing. >> on state tv journalist confesses his guilt. his crime: to report that the government was planning to end its efforts to rescue the market. on the day that article was published the shn shanghai share index suffered its biggest loss. >> we are going to be in an extremely volatile market.
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>> also disgraced accused of insider trading. borrowing to buy shares. china's legal system relies heavily on confessions. in total, 197 people have reportedly been punished for spreading rumors about the recent stock market falls, china's devaluing currency and the failing explosions in tienjin. instead it's been focusing on thursday's big military parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of japan's surrender. preparation is for that event have coincided with a tightening of already strict internet restrictions. two chinese language social media sites for our sister network al jazeera arabic are
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now blocked. the government won't say why. during troubled times like these those regulations are often used by the authorities to block news stories that they say expose state secrets or endanger the country. in short, many people say the government fears a free media because it would undermine its authority. this economy relies on the web for growth. but the rising demand for internet freedom is now testing the government's control. adrian brown, al jazeera, beijing. >> it's been months since the islamic state of iraq and the levant was cleared from iraq's eastern proves of dee diyalla. but shia sunni and kurdish communities in the region. zeina khodr reports. >> their town of jalalla was cleared of i.s.i.l. ten months ago.
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they believe the kurdish forces who recaptured the area want to make jalalla part of the region they govern in the north. >> translator: the kurds are destroying our homes and they want to change the demographics so arabs won't be the majority there. >> the representatives are seeking help from the head of diyalla's provincial capital who is himself from jalulla. but the authorities in baghdad are not addressing the issue. representatives from the sunnies say they don't have much power. >> translator: the parties who are now in control operate outside of this state and some have military wings. we hope this will change as part of the reforms promised by the government. >> reporter: there has long been an uneasy relationship between the sunni, shia and cushtkurdish communities.
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there have been fault lines for years. that war has brought a new reality, one that has created a new authority on the ground. shia militias also known as the popular mobilization forces have become the real power here. they led the fight against i.s.i.l. but were accused of reprisals against the sunnis. the action he of these are groups many feel are a continuation of years of sectarian policies by the shia-led government. >> translator: this is why sunnis move to areas where others live. same for shia. the ongoing attacks by i.s.i.l, link to political parties have caused strife. >> the residents in the area of diyalla feel the same. recent truck bombing an attack i.s.i.l. says it carried out hasn't helped reconcile communities. >> translator: our community has been targeted. why the killing?
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now we are suspicious of everyone. those who are responsible want to prevent co-existence. >> sunnis and shias once lived together in this town. now the divide has grown deeper and it is tearing diyalla's society apart. zeina khodr, al jazeera. >> still to come, the high achievinachieving syrian refugeo can't afford to pursue education plus. >> i'm charles stratton. search for a product to bring the country great wealth. wealth.
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>> hello again a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. the eu has called an emergency meeting in two weeks time to thrash out a common issue, the refugee crisis. to try to stem the growing number of people entering germany. a demonstration outside ukraine's parliament has killed at least one guardsman and injured many more. over the issue of giving eastern countries more power. china has arrested 197 people for spreading rumors about the chinese stock market. top story of the refugee crisis, many of those facing the reality of finger printing and reception centers, countries of war and conflict. we spoke to one man who fled his
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home town in syria for sanctuary in europe. >> i'm mohammed bakal from syria. my country is destroyed, my wife is dead. an aircraft struck our residence. my car was burnt. my wife died inside. because of the assad air strike. we hoped we would make it to europe. they placed us in a boat in the middle of the sea. three times we almost drown in the middle of the sea. the whole family was about to die but i kept praying to god, dear god we are your servants protect us dear god. thanks to god and by the grace of god we managed to make it safe and arrived in greece. in greet greece they put us on . they robbed me, they took 1,000 euros. they left me with nothing,
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nothing. no syrian document and nothing to identify me not a single penny. for five days it was quite disgraceful, humiliating in athens. some young men collected some money to help me come here and here some young men are trying to help me so i can make it and see my own children. it's been 20 days and i haven't washed my clothes. i swear it's humiliating here. what can do i with these young people? to help them? no water to wash them with, no food, no decent water for them to drink. nothing at all. this is their meal. this is what we're supposed to feed our children with. what can keep them alive? is this a meal? is this food? in 24 hours one sandwich. you can eat it all in one bite. it won't satisfy their hunger. this is unfair. very unfair. where is humanity in all of this? we fled a war, now are stuck here in a prison. i'm stuck here, what can i do?
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what do they want us to do? why can't they free us, why? are we here as prisoners? what are we? tell us, yes you are convicts sentenced to death. why are we detained and locked up, why? what is the reason behind all this? my god, if we knew that this is the way they would treat us imprisoned in europe we would not have left the home land. the home land is precious, very precious, everything there is dear to us. >> the world health organization has signed a deal with saudi arabia to provide yemen with humanitarian aid. as part of the deal ryad has pledged $225 million in aid. left 17 million people needing urgent care but hospitals are overwhelmed and many clinics have been damaged by the violence. saudi led air strikes have been targeting houthi rebels since march.
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jordan's satari camp's tough conditions have not deterred students from finishing high school with top marks. doesn't guaranty them a place at university. >> these syrians who are refugees in jordan's satari camp have passed with good grades but none of them can afford to attend a university. they've approached charities for scholarships but have had no luck. some have been waiting for scholarships since last year, kasem got the highest grade in the camp. >> i used to study outside, i had no space in my prefab shelter. we needed some quoi quiet placeo study. we didn't care we had a goal and wanted to achieve it.
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>> power cuts across the camp were major achievements. when she didn't have enough power to study she had to wait until sunrise. syrians want to complete their higher education. >> we shouldn't give up on studying or our dreams because syria relies on us to rebuild after this conflict ends. we need teachers, doctors, students to attend whether we rebuild. >> turning to work instead of graduating from school. with a lack of university scholarships for syrians in this camp and across jordan there are fears that some that are adamant to getting a university degree will flee europe for better opportunities. many here feel they wim never comwill nevercome back to rebuin the future. scholarships through charities and private donors they say a
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recent unesco study concluded there were 1,000 in the camp who were qualified to enroll in universities but never could complete their education because of military conflict. >> translator: we don't want their desperation to create an obsession with migration to the west for work and education. >> reporter: 4,000 syrian students applied for scholarships last year but only 100 opportunities were provided. the refugees say they are worried with every passing year they are less able to reach their dreams or have a say in the future. al jazeera, elmasrak. >> 20 people were killed in a blast at the arawan shrine. foreign man whose nationality is
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unknown. police say they found bomb make material at the apartment of the woman they are now searching for. wes crairch, th craven, the, died on sunday of brain cancer. he leaves behind wife, daughter, stepdaughter and grandchildren. peru is the largest producer of cocaine. allowed to shot down suspected drug smuggling aircraft flying over it. most of the drugs cultivated there are shipped out on small planes to bolivia and brazil. this route is used to supply markets in argentina, chile, uruguay and further afield into
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europe. u.s. state department said over 130,000 kilograms of cocaine were flown out in 2014. >> after a tip from an informant, members of peru's antidrug special police marched in rivers and marshes. they set out to destroy a coca processing plant. they consider letting them go, where most people are involved in the drug trade. just as we were arriving the traffickers fled. they left behind their bread, they left behind their boots. these coca leaves were about to
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be thrown in to create the coca taste from which cocaine is made. this lab is big enough to produce $50,000 worth of coca paste each day. >> translator: the size and location of the lab tells us they were professionals. >> reporter: the stench of toxic chemicals is overpowering. this substance is eventually turned into the cocaine powder. the vestiges are thrown away contaminating land and rivers. this is the valley, center of the world's leading coca paste producer. this 100 man contingent at the palma base is at the front line of the war on drugs in peru. the colonel says they have a big manned bumandate but not enough. >> remote inscabble areas. we need to walk for four or five
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hours in the jun jungle. we need air power as backup. >> focused on destroying labs and clandestine landing strips. 2 to 3 labs are dismantled every week. still more than 300 tons of drugs are transported out of the country each year. the united nations latest drug report says peru has reduced the amount of coca needs in the last three years but critics say traffickers are make the land more productive with better fertilizers. peru is exporting more coca paste and cocaine than ever. it seems like fighting the drug trade is a battle for now can't be won. maria sanchez, al jazeera, peru. ethiopia has one of the
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fastest growing economies in africa and boasts an expanding mining industry. charles stratford went there. >> the ethiopian high lands are often called the roof of africa. it is a beautiful landscape. a discovery in recent years has got precious gem experts around the world very excited. opals. and of exceptionally high quality. we meet a group of miners as they head back to their village. the work is very, very hard this man tells me. look at the blue in that! seto has been mining for two years. he and 12 other men work in this 40 meter long tunnel. the group earn up to $2500 a week for stones they find.
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sato has been digging here for about 20 minutes now and he's just hacked into a piece of rock and you can see here, this is the opal. and the guys who work this mine say that on a good week they can pull out around 50 kilos of these stones. there is nothing to support the roof of the tunnel. seto says the last time a miner was killed was three years ago. landslides happen when it rains. it is frightening when you're inside the tunnel. but i don't want to stop this work until i'm successful. >> reporter: the government has supplied the miners with basic tools and says it wants to improve health and safety standards. it's encouraged them to form cooperatives. they sell most of the raw opals for processing broad. >> translator: since we formed oops the cooperatives we have been able to save money.
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some are buying cars, others are buying houses. >> reporter: this is only one of two gem stonework shops in addis ababa. ethiopia's industry generates around $25 million a year, produce he 90% of the world's opals. this stone on the left is worth around $five per accurate. karat. $5 per karat. all are found had ethiopia. the government plans to establish fracture her infrastro sell cut and export gems. the opal is known as the queen of gems and so men, like seto, continue digging despite the risks involved.
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charles stratford, al jazeera, wello district, northern ethiopia. the festival shows indian men performance dances while intricately painted as tigers. as divya gopalan reports. >> the dancing the music the size of their bellies and that are costumes. each has a tiger costume that is closely garclosely guarded. each group can have up to 51 tigers, backed by dozens of musicians. this is why the competition is so expensive. cost cutting measures, for instance they use regular house paint instead of the traditional dyes on their bodies.
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there will be fewer tigers on the street because many are struggling to find the resources. 200 year festival at risk of extinction. >> and more on our website, any time, the address for you: aljazeera.com. >> the man accused of killing a texas sheriffs deputy in what police say was execution style killing appears in court. president obama is on hi ways to alaska for a climate change summit but he's facing a lot of criticism over his decision to rename north america's highest peak. and european countries appear to be cutting off transit routes for refugees seeking a new life