>> europe battles an escalating refugee crisis as governments struggle to come up with a way forward. hello there i'm barbara serra. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up on the program: one program i policeman is kills others are injured as a nationalist program in ukraine turns violent. televised transgressions in china as 1 97 are jailed because

of their actions on social media. and trafficking the traffickers, on the trail with peruvian police as they track drug smugglers. hello there thank you for joining us. the eu has called an emergency meeting for two weeks time to thrash out a exon policy to deal witexon policy tocommon policy g policy of refugees. each country deals with the growing problem in its own way. meanwhile, the refugees keep coming. picked up by the coast guard over the weekend, all those on board were collected from 70

operations over the weekend, including from lesbos samos and kos. following last week's incident in which 71 bodies were discovered in the back ever a lorry on the hard shoulder of a motor way. growing number of people trying to reach western owrp an. traveling from the capital of hungary, budapest, to try to reach germany. word there that authorities were separating refugees. let's bring you live pictures now from budapest. this is a train station in the capital where hundreds of people are attempting to board trains towards austria. most of the refugees want to end

up living in germany, saying it would consider refugees fleeing war torn syria. andrew simmons is there . >> this is the latest train to arrive on the australi austriann poured. there has been such an extraordinary situation happening in budapest with crowds running towards the railway station because thousands have been kept really stuck with nowhere to go, no allowed to get on trains, stuck living rough in the pavement outside the three main rail stations in the hungarian capital. 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 syrians.

there are also iraqis, bangladeshis, pakistanis as well. there is no precise answer why this came about but it does coincide with the hungarian government contacting the german government to seek clarification ton sawtojtonton the status of n refugees. whether there will be a free running service across the border or not, there is a rash of new measures by the hungarian government to stop the flow of refugees across the border from serbia into hungary. >> german chancellor angela merkel has hilt out on how the

other countries have treated the refugees. >> translator: we have a humanitarian responsibility. we need to establish registration centers and talk to african nations. 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. >> well, as well as germany, the united kingdom is one of the most desired destinations. the french prime minister has visited the city of calais. on a very wet day, manuel valles visitorred, a protestor tried to disrupt the announcement but was dragged away by police. jacky rowland is in the camp

known as the jungle. she filed this report for us. >> reporter: this is one place that didn't end up on the itinerary, they called it the jungle, they live for sometimes months on end in really very squalid conditions. now french prime minister although he didn't come here, he did acknowledge that this really is an unsustainable situation and more must be done. >> translator: we had to divide up equitably between european countries the reception of those who are eligible to asylum. debates have been intense but we have a framework. france as germany supports it. too many countries are trofg take theirefusingto take their . >> now the european union is going to set aside 5 million euros, that is about $5.5

million, to build what they call a humanitarian camp somewhere around here that to be used to house and provide basic needs and basic shelter for these people. and it's due to be opened by the beginning of next year. but when you bear in mind it's still august and already, the camp is really flooded here, really, for the people here, in the jungful calais, that money anjungle of calais, that moneyc. >> greece picking up nearly 2500 people from the mediterranean sea in the past two days alone. greece has been under pressure to register refugees as they move west. john siropolous explains. >> another group of syrian refugees arrive in the greek

islands, many of them escaping army service or conscription by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. mohammed is a 25-year-old student. he says his family dislikes syrian president bashar al-assad but doesn't want to die fighting him. he wants to finish his studies. >> the situation in syria is very, very bad because the war is big. and there are many, many groups in syria. >> and what's happening now on the streets? >> the people killed. the people killed. in any -- any-anyplace in syria. >> these numbers monitored by the united nations overwhelm even the greek countries. they have forced germany to declare it will ignore a rule to return asylum applicants to greece and process syrians

directly. 300,000 refugees have crossed to europe this year, almost all qualify for asylum. officially they must remain here and apply from greece. in practice they are walking croot intern you european borders. across. >> practically speaking when thousands of refugees are on the move you cannot close your borders and pretend you have treaties and conventions that would allow you to stop the flow of migration. >> want europe to sort out who is a refugee in middle eastern consulates. >> the idea is to use humanitarian visas through which europe assures three things, safe passage foyer refugees,

secondly it will neutralize smugglers, and thirdly certainty that they know who comes on european soil and the fact that some of them may be jihadis. >> asylum application reached 123,000 in july an all time high. experience proves that policy follows facts. the question is how far behind them it will be. john siropolous, al jazeera, athens . >> an explosion at a demonstration outside ukraine's parliament has killed at least one national guardsman and wounded many more. the protest came as politicians voted on a controversial law giving eastern regions more powers. nadim baba reports. >> the moment when an angry

demonstration turned deadly. these pictures filmed from inside ukraine's parliament building show the moment after a grenade was thrown. many were taken away by ambulance. the violence also injured journalists covering the protest. a crowd had gathered ahead of a parliamentary vote in giving special status to parts of the donetsk and luhansk regions in part of eastern ukraine. inside the chamber there were angry protests, the new bill backed by president petro poroshenko and his allies did pass on its first reading. it's part of a peace agreement reached in fruary of this year, supposed to end the fighting between ukraine's army and russian bak backed separati. these scenes in the capital are

a reminder of just how controversial it is. nadim ba baba, al jazeera. the chinese government has arrested 197 people for spreading roormspreading rumorsk market and the tienjin blast. adrian brown has more. >> on state tv journalist juan n chow lu apologizes. >> in this kind of market, the information can have an impact whether the information is correct or incorrect. we are going to be one way or the other in an extremely

volatile market. >> lu shu phan accused of insider trading, he reportedly made a half million in profit after borrowing twice that amount to buy shares. in total, 197 people have reportedly been punished about spreading rumors, china's devaluing currency and the explosions in tienjin. but criticism is not featured in chinese state media. instead it is focusing on the celebration for the 70th anniversary of japan's stand

down in world war ii. regulations are often used by the authorities to block news stories that they say expose state carets or endanger the country. in short, many people say the sr economy. the rising demand for internet freedom is now testing the government's control. adrian brown, al jazeera, beijing. >> still lots more to come on the program, including the refugees who can't afford to pursue higher education. and guatemala's president being called to resign.

>> in order to save my children, i had to try to save everyone else's. >> chicago mothers, fed up and fighting back. >> what we've essentially done is created an outdoor community

center. >> changing the city one block at a time. >> i'm out here to encourage them, to tell them there's a better way. >> welcome back. here's a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the eu has called for an emergency meeting in two weeks time to discussion the growing refugee crisis. growing number of people entering the country. an explosion at a demonstration outside ukraine's parliament has killed one national guardsman and wounded many more. politicians voted on a controversial law giving europeaeasternukraines more pow.

china has arrested 197 people spreading rumors over the stock market crash and explosion at tienjin. david mercer joins us live from guatemala city. david if you could, give us context on the allegations against the guatemalan president. how much antipathy against the president. >> there is huge antipathy. i just want to point out very quickly this press conference was the first time in a couple of weeks that the president has appeared in public to talk about these allegations against him.

he issued a video conference about one week ago, where he came out quite defiant but also looked a little bit nervous. now he came out as confident in what he was saying. basically the long and short of it is he's not going to step down, calling for guatemalans to be respective of the process and the presumption of innocence. by that, he's alluding to the demonstrations, the largest of which took place a few days ago, last week on thursday, where an estimated 100,000 people came together from across the country in guatemala city to tell the president they want him to step down. and this is surrounding allegations that he is thought just involved but potentially the ringleader in this multimillion dollar corruption scandal. he came on air today and told

guatemalans he is not involved, he hasn't taken one centavo, one cent, from this corruption ring and that he appeals to people to let justice run its course for him. barbara. >> sow may be denying the allegations. as you were saying, sounding quite self-assured but that's going to be enough to appease the thousands, all those people that have turned out to protest what he has allegedly done and who are still calling for his resignation. >> reporter: it's definitely not going to appease people, no. there's going to be more frustration and more anger after this. he's also using some legal maneuvering to try the resist this impeachment process against him, in fact filed an np

injunction tinjunctionto the cot today with the hopes that this will stop the impeachment process from going to the courts. this is not going to make the people happy. he says he is following a law that will either fight the accusations of against him and he is under legal right to fight those accusations. he has said it is imperative that general elections go ahead this upcoming sunday and what's happening in the country in the political crisis should not stop that. barbara. >> david mercer, from guatemala city, thank you. it's been months since the islamic state of iraq and the levant was cleared from the iraq's eastern province of diyalla. but the push has deepened the subdivide noong amongst the shi,

sunni and kurdish factions. zeina khodr has more. >> tell them to wait for roads and facilities to be rebuilt but they believe the kurdish forbes who recaptured the area want to make jalalla part of the region they captured in the north. trz the kurds are destroying our >> translator: the curds are changing the dynamics there. >> the authorities in bagged are not addressing the issue with the kurdish regional government and representatives of diyalla's sunnis say they don't have much power. >> translator: the parties who are now in control operate outside of the 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 kurdish communities. fault lines have run through these communities for years, this 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 new power here. were accused of reprisal killings against sunnies. many feel the action he of these groups are continuation of years of sectarian policies led by the shia led government. >> translator: the same is true for shias, the aim of the ongoing attacks by i.s.i.l. has caused strife. >> the residents in diyalla feel the same. more than 100 people were killed in a recent suicide truck tbhoamg an attack i.s.i.l. said

bombing. >> our community has been targeted. why they are killing us? now we are suspicious of everyone. >> reporter: sunnis and shias once lived together in this town. now divide has become greater and is tearing diyalla apart. zeina khodr, al jazeera, diyalla. the camp's tough conditions have not deterd students from finishing high school but as nizren shamala reports, that doesn't deny them a place in university. >> they have all passed the jordanian secondary exam with good grades but none of them can afford to attend a university.

they have approached charities for scholarships but have had no luck. some have been waiting for scholarships since last year person got the highest grades in the camp. >> i used to study outside because i had had no privacy or space in my family's prefab shelter. my friends and i needed some quiet place to study. that means sitting out in the scorching heat and the freezing cold. some found it unusual but we didn't care. >> reporter: when she didn't have enough candles to study at night she had to wait until sunrise. she says it's unfair that there aren't enough scholarships for syrians who want to complete their higher education. >> reporter: we shouldn't give up on our studies or our dreams. syria relies on us to rebuild. we need teachers, dorks, students when we return from thidoctors andstudents when we m

this conflict. >> those adamant for getting a university degree will return to europe for better opportunities. many feel this means they will never rebuild syria in the future. these work tirelessly to try to secure scholarships for syrian students through private donors. a recent unesco study concluded there were 1200 students who were able to qualify, but not able to completely their education in syria because of the conflict. >> we don't want the lack of university scholarships to force our students to face more displacement. we don't want their situation to create a migration to the west

for employment. >> only 100 opportunities were provided over 1,000 applications. worried that they are less able to achieve their dreams or have a say in their future. peru is the world's biggest producer in cocaine. also allowing its military to shoot down suspected drug smuggling planes flying over it. maria sanchez has joined a special force. marching across rivers and marches. commander carlos sets out to destroy a coca processing camp. they fire shots to warn the coca producers, they would prefer to

let the members flee. the traffickers fled, left behind bread and boots. these sacks of coca leaves police say were about to be thrown into the pool to make the taste from which cocaine is made. this lab is big enough to produce $50,000 worth of coca paste each day. >> the size and location of the lab tells us they were professionals. >> reporter: the stench of toxic chemicals like acid and gasoline is ove overpowering. the residual is thrown away contaminating land and rivers. the center of the coca producing area. this center is the heart of the

cocaine producing part of peru. they have a big mandate but not enough resources. >> the complexity of this is to reach the labs. they are in remote inaccessible areas. we need to walk for four or five hours in the jungle. we need air support to move faster. >> reporter: peru's antidrug policy in the region is mainly focused on destroying labs and clandestine landing strips. this year police destroyed more than 120 air fields. two to three 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 number of coca fields in the la two years but authorities say producers are making it more productive with fertilizers.

unless something changes it seems that fighting the drug trade is a battle that for now can't be won. maria sanchez, al jazeera, peru. and much more on our website, aljazeera.com. hello, i'm richard gizbert, and you are at "the listening post". here are some of the media stories we are tracking. pentagon draws up rules of journalistic engagement in the war zone. they are getting flak. the death of a mafia boss in rome. the funeral, c