>> australia removes children from a detention after a scathing report reveals abuse. hello. we are live from doha. also to come on the program. >> embarrassed to be austrian, embarrassed to be european. >> thousands calling for the humane treatment of refugees arriving in europe. president obama calls for

changes in alaska. plus, the music gambia's government doesn't want people to hear. but first, australia's government is being urged to remove children from its detention center. welfare groups want allegations of abuse and rape to be investigated by a royal commission. the center was built by australia in 2012 to house asylum seekers. but allegations of abuse have been wide spread. a new senate report says that 30 allegations of child abuse have been made against staff at the center. there have been 15 allegations of sexual assault or rape. and four allegations relate to the exchange of sexual favors for prohibited goods. >> the committee recommended that the private company which

operates the facility should be disqualified from doing so. we can speak to paul reynolds who is ceo of save the children. he join us on skype from melbourne. thank you for joining us. save the children has been closely involved with a lot of these allegations of atrocities being carried out. this report is being welcomed by you, but what stands out as the most important recommendation made by it? >> well, the most important reppation from our perspective is the need for independent oversight in relation t to them. the report details overwhelming evidence about the harm that is being done particularly to children and their families and

without a proper independent oversight mechanism, our concern is that this is going to continue. >> the australian government counters that criticism with the statement that this is actually the property and the domain of a sovereign government and that it's not its own responsibility. >> well, we would cite that's a legal fiction. no refugee is there except for australian border policy and, of course, all of the facilities in relation to refugees is being paid for by the australian taxpayer. australia cannot outsource its responsibility in relation to what goes on. >> you say oversight is the most important element of this recommendation from this report.

how should the australian government improve the degree of oversight? currently they are using this private contractor which just had its contract renewed for another five years. >> that's right. which means it's only now more important that there is this independent oversight mechanism put in place, given that all services in relation to the processing center will be provided by a for-profit contractor without that independent oversight, we think that the sorts of abuses we have seen will continue and we should not be relying on ad hock committees that is also recently found abuse going o. >> your organization has been involved. what's it actually like? many reports suggest it's more like a prison. >> well, it's now being opened up, but it's been a closed

processing center, not unlike security prison for a long time. and that's probably what's done the most harm to children and their families. the sense of being locked up without any hope of a future and given that many of those people have been in that situation for hundreds of days, that has really done enormous mental harm. that's been the key outcome we have experienced working with asylum seekers and refugees. >> so would you describe it as a prison? >> it is. it's exactly like a low security prison. >> and that is clearly not the kind of facility in which vulnerable people should be kept in while their application for asylum is being processed. >> absolutely not. particularly not children. children should not be detain in that manner. there is no reason why an open center cannot be put in place. the government has recognized

that and is moving towards an open center. but that is up to now been way too late. the sorts of harm we are seeing, not a surprising outcome when you have a closed system without appropriate oversight. >> paul reynolds, thank you very much. >> thank you. let's get to our correspondent now, andrew thomas, in sydney. andrew, we have heard the ceo of save the children describing the detention facility as a prison. how much access do you as a journalist get to it? >> in a word, none. i went to naru three years ago when that camp was being built by the australian military. we have footage that we shot in 2012. the government was keen to

advertise, to publicly size that this off-shore camp was being built because they wanted to act as a deterrent. it has worked. the boats has stopped coming. when the government changed, they kept the camp opened, but closed down access to it completely. media organizations, we have tried many times. they are now told they have to apply through the government and they pay a fee of $8,000 australian with no guarantee that a visa will be granted. even if it is, with no access to the detention center. no media organizations have been able to visit. australia's human rights commission a reputable organization, a wing of the

government trying to hold the government to account, they have also been denied access to them. even with this most recent report, one of the sentences from the australian green party that was part of the committee looking into this, she was able to go to nar. while she was there, she was spied on by guards the entire time. her room was bugged, her car was followed. this information was relayed back to bosses of the detention center. you get an idea what a black hole this camp has become. and, therefore, how difficult it is to access and the dark things that have been going on there and that this report now highlights. >> and the private company that is running this detention center is coming in for a huge amount of criticism. and yet, we understand it's just had its contract renewed by the government for another five years.

>> on monday its share price jumped by 6% on that news. not only was it having its contract to run the naru camp extended by five years, but the camp in papua new guinea, another place, i should say especially when it comes to the camp in papua new guinea, there are 900 men there in that camp for two, almost three years, not one of them has resettled as a refugee. they have no idea, really, of where their applications are going, how long they may take. australia's government says this is a matter follow the papua new guinea government. but that government is not in a capacity to properly assess these refugee claims. so really, they are languishing.

meanwhile, this is a deterrent. australia made it clear. they say that a mark of success is that boats have stopped coming to australia. they have seen what has happened to those that have tried. and that has been the case, there was talk now in australia that some european leaders are looking up what us a trail is doing because they would like to follow that example. nongovernmental organizations look at that and say if that's the case, if everyone tries to race to the bottom, where does that leave some. world's most vulnerable people. >> thank you. we are going to follow through on this story and investigate it a little further. but in the meantime, let's look now at the crisis which is particularly affecting europe right now and the german chancellor. she's confident that europe can rise to the challenge that's being posed by this current refugee crisis. she says the continent must help and promote a strategy of

tolerance. >> translator: we will apply the full force of the law against those who verbally abuse others, who attack other people, who set their shelters on fire or who want to use violence. we are against those who call for hate demonstrations. >> hundreds of refugees arrived on the train were welcomed by people in munich. the authorities say they will be transported by bus to registration c centers. germany has taken in more asylum seekers than any other eu country. 800,000 this year. around 20,000 people have taken part in a rally in vienna. the austrian capital calling for the fair treatment of refugees across europe. the protesters marched through the streets holding candles and banners encouraging eu leaders

to give refugees asylum. >> reporter: thousands of people gathered in the dome, vienna's ancient cathedral for those who die in a truck. and for the thousands of other whose died on land and sea trying to reach europe. the deaths of the 71 refugees have horrified the european public. over the weekend, police began checking trucks and vans entering the country from hungary i officials said they found at least 200 refugees packed into vehicles and detained five suspected human smugglers. the interior minister ordered the action. >> translator: we are people traffickers become increasingly brutal. and we have to fight that with tougher measures. >> but getting tough snarled the

highway with a traffic jam nea nearly 30 kilometers long. >> say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here. >> reporter: thousands of people welcomed in protest demanding better treatment for refugees. people here are not only grieving for the refugee whose died, many are upsetted with the leaders of the european union for failing to deal effectively with the refugee crisis. leaders of austrian human rights groups organized the march seeking to apply pressure on politicians. >> i'm embarrassed to be european. we can't pick up a few hundred thousand refugees? they are fleeing for their live we need to stop what our politics are doing. >> i want the government to be more sensible, sensitive, toward

the foreigners which have pain and suffer. give number a chance to live. >> reporter: but prayers and protests are no substitute for a coherent refugee policy. european leaders will hold a summit on the issue in two weeks. between now and then, the river of refugees will keep flowing. >> the u.s. president barack obama says climate change is a problem that needs to be addressed now. he made the comments at the three day visit to alaska. >> u.s. president barack obama is dragging the national spotlight to a place it rarely goes, the far northern state of alaska. >> over the past 60 years alaska has warmed twice as fast as the united states. last year was alaska's warmest year on record, just as it was

for the rest of the world. and the impacts here are very real. >> he will tour melting glaciers and towns with vanishing coastlines, talk to people who are right now dealing with the impact of climate change, a chance to try and reach the third of american whose tell pollsters they don't believe climate change is real. but this trip has some environmental activists calling the penalty a hypocrite because he approved drilling for oil in the very place he is touring. the administration says they couldn't stop it because president george bush first approved it while in office. but environmentalists say that's just not tour. >> he never shied away from executive action. he's been on the defensive trying to claim that these were bush era leases to drill in the arctic. but really, it's been his decision. if he cares at all about protecting that progressive legacy, he can cancel this lease. it's not too late.

>> reporter: president obama made climate change a central part of his legacy. at the same time, he is pushing for more drilling. when he took office, the u.s. produced just over 5 million barrels of crude each day. in 2014 that number jumped to 8.7 million. that is a 39% increase. the president defends that saying it will take time to get more green energy. >> our economy relies on oil and gas. we should rely more on domestic production than foreign imports and demand the highest safety standards in the industry, our own. >> reporter: the president's mission in alaska, to focus on the impact climate change is having on land while not highlighting the cause of it just off the same coast. >> we have a lot more to come on al jazeera including the guatemalan president who says

he's calm despite the political storm swirling around him. plus, after a tragic 2014 with two air disasters, malaysia airline's rebrand hits the green light for takeoff.

>> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target >> hello again. these are the top stories here at al jazeera. australia's government is being urged to remove children from a prison on the pacific island. it follows a senate committee report saying the camp is unsafe

and inadequate. around 20,000 people have taken to a rally in vienna calling for the fair treatment of refugees across europe. the german chancellor says the continent as a whole must help and promote a strategy of tolerance. barack obama says climate change is a problem that needs to be addressed right now. he was speaking at a conference in alaska. he wants action before a u.n. summit later this year. guatemala's president refused to step down and there are calls for him to resign over his alleged involvement in a multimillion dollars corruption scandal. >> reporter: guatemala's president is refusing to budge. he told reporters he's innocent of corruption allegations that he won't step down. >> translator: i'm going to act

in accordance with the law. the law allows me to do two things. the first is to present my resignation and make myself available to the courts. the second is to face due process. >> reporter: it was the first time the president appeared in public since the attorney general asked the courts to strip him of his immunity so he could face possible prosecution. >> translator: i'm available to face this due process and respond to them. not only head on, but with my head high. if there is anyone hurt more than anyone else, it's me. >> reporter: the president has been battered by a multimillion dollars corruption scandal that led to the arrest of his former vice president. last week six cabinet ministers resigned and congress is preparing to vote on whether to strip the president's immunity from prosecution. for the past four months people have gathered to protest against government corruption and demand the president resign. on thursday an estimated 100,000

people from across the country packed into guatemala city central park. the protests will continue until the president is out of office. but the president said he should not be judged prematurely. it's amid this crisis that they head to the polls. on sunday millions will vote for a new president. but their faith in politicians is already gone. the lawyer for the jailed al jazeera journalist fahmi called for canada's prime minister to intervene in his case o saturday fahmi along with two others were given a three year jail term. human rights lawyer says she's had support from canadians on the ground, but believes the government can do more to help. two british journalists and a producer have been charged by a turkish judge for being members of isil.

they were arrested on august 29. they have been filming fighting between security forces and youth members of the pro curdish pkk. all will be kept in jail. there's been an explosion at a chemical plant. one person is believed to have died. local media says the single blast was heard shortly before midnight. >> the incident at the industrial site occurred at 11:25 local time on monday evening, about 1530 gmt. one reported death, that of the factory manager and the few photographs that were available on the internet were soon removed by the authorities. they reported the blast b you

that report was also withdrawn so little coming out of the area. the location is 460 kilometers southeast of the capital beijing. and it comes weeks after that huge blast which killed as many as 130 of the 300 injured and still has at least 15 people missing. the authorities are trying to clamp down on such incidents and vowed to inspect those locations that are deemed to be industrial areas or chemical plants and will prosecute those breaking the rules. it comes, of course, off the back of another small explosion in the same province last week. the authorities want to try and stop this in the lead up to huge national day celebrations on thursday where they are welcoming over 30 heads of state, over a hundred international del cases, one of the largest celebrations and commemorations this country will hold in memory of those that

died and also fought during the second world war. >> two major air disasters, malaysia's national carrier begun the process of restructuring. it's hoped the formation of a new company will help turn the airline around. >> the launch of the new airlines was a very low key affair. this was a change to malaysia airlines. the old company, malaysia airlines system was bankrupt. so a brand new company under a new chief executive. but to the consumer at the moment, the carrier remains malaysia airlines even though a rebranding exercise is under way. the reality is malaysia airlines was in trouble long before the tragedies of mh 370 and mh 17. it was a bloated organization that continued to lose money year after year despite going

through several restructures. it was mainly owned by the government. now, it is wholly owned by the government, it is restructured, trimmed its fleet and staff members by 6,000. but now the hard work begins. trying to win customers back. >> the body of a woman who died in sierra leone tested positive for the ebola virus. they announced just last week that the last confirmed patient with the virus had been discharged from hospital. more than 28,000 people have been infected with ebola and more than a third of them have died. amnesty international says the human rights situation in gambia is deteriorating. there's a clamp-down on freedom of expression.

we have the story from senegal. >> reporter: it's a song radios won't put on air. and yet it's going viral, spreading on-line throughout the country. the lyrics denounce the freedom of speech, rampant corruption. >> after seeing my people be quiet and not being able to speak out against police brutality, not being able to speak out against corruption, people going missing for no reason, not being able to speak out about the level of hardship in this country, i believe in the voice of the people. being the voice of the people i have this responsibility which is on me to speak out against what's going on. >> reporter: behind these lyrics is ace. after being involved in gang violence, his family sent him

back to gambia. he saw the biggest gangster of them all. the president. human rights organizations accused him of being a ruthless dictator. he threatened to slit the throats of all homosexuals. he freed hundreds of people from prison. this is when he released his song. although it wants officially banned, his family started getting threats. with his wife, daughter and manager, he fled the country by road to senegal. >> you look at what happened to other people, missing, nobody knows where they are at for a long time. tortured. considering that my song is bigger than what anybody else ever did, [indiscernible] i believe they will use me as an example for any other artist who dare to try to do what i did. >> reporter: thousands have made senegal their home.

here, too, they fear the security services. we have spoken to a number of artists, journalists and activists, none would speak on camera, too scared of the repercussions it would have on families at home. they have not given al jazeera permission to report inside the country. tourists are welcomed to visit. they received 60,000 british nationals on holiday last year. >> i think that what is happening is invisible. people don't know about the sense fear. even you can feel it, you can touch it. people really are scared about talking, people are scared about thinking different, what the government is saying. this kind of fear. >> away from gambia and no longer afraid, rapper ace is looking for a safe place to express himself. he's been refused a visa entry into the united states. hiding in senegal, he has not

lost hope, determined more than ever to make his music heard. you can keep up to date with all the developing stories and get a lot of background information on the website. i'm ali velshi. target tonight. inheriting debt from your parents, if you think it can't happen in america, think again. in the united states, health care is a multibillion dollar industry that makes a lot of money for doctors hospitals