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please find for us a solution. >> desperation in hungary as police stop refugees from boarding trains out of the country. i am lauren taylor, this is al jazerra, live from london. also coming up. more protests against the government in lebanon as demonstrators occupy the environment ministry. >> a pinch like this, slip it under my collar. >> police officers in los angeles have given body cameras in an effort to rebuild trust. ♪ ♪ >> a dissident gambian rapper
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going viral in senegal. ♪ ♪ the main relate way station in budapest has been closed to stop them travel to go germany and austria. they found what they called economic migrants will be sent back to the country they just arrived from. hundreds of people are there and are demanding that police let them board the train so that they can leave hundred gare, security forces have been blocking the entrance to the station. this is the number of refugees trying to reach the european union continues to surge. italian navy has rescued 200 refugees in two separate operations in the mediterranean sea. at least four people were found dead. the international organization for migration estimates that nearly a quarter of a million people have land ed in greece in the year to september. italy has also seen more than 110,000 arrivals. those record numbers are showing
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no sign of easing, andrew simmons reports now from budapest. >> where are you go? where are you go? germany. >> reporter: germany may have been a destination they could reach on monday, but not anymore. the refugees have feared this would happen. and it did. >> tell what is is the solution. everyone can be in our situation, everyone can have our road. please make us our solution, please find for us a solution. >> reporter: such dramatic contrast on monday. now the police instead of letting people aboard the trains are stopping them from getting access to the station. and look at the atmospheres these sullen people just waiting with no word of what might happen, so many of them who have already bought tickets being barred from entry in to the station. the demonstrations vocal but not aggressive, carried on right through the day. but perhaps the dilemma the refugees are in, is conveyed more by the sight of exhausted
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families who have bought their tickets only to be turned way. they settled in the shade, whenever they could find it, refuse to go move. once again, the issue you of he free movement in the europe and the biggest refugees crisis since the second world war is playing out right in front of people in a capital city. >> it's a shame. because normal hungarian people don't want this. we want to help them so i came here to see and maybe i can help. >> reporter: a german politician on a fact-finding tour says she's appalled. >> it is a complete failure of human rights in europe. this is what i have to say. massive human rights violations here. people sleeping on the streets for days and and days and days. hardly any watering hardly any food. >> reporter: at the border town last week, we met this 13-year-old syrian boy he had escaped with his sister. four days later we spot him in
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the crowd trying to get information. but he's frustrated. >> the police don't like the syrians in serbia, in hungary, macedonia, in greece. >> reporter: so what is your message then? >> my message please help syrians. the syrians need help now. you just stop the war and we don't -- we don't want to go to europe. just stop the war for syrians, just this. a young voice tea carrying a sie message but words that seemed to carry little weight here, andrew simmons, al jazerra, budapest. one hotspot in the refugees crisis is at the border of hungary and all industry actual there is a heavy police presence there as authorities try to smash organized people smuggling rackets. rob reynolds reports from the border town. >> reporter: austrian police stopped cars and trucks near a
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major border crossing with hundred gare, checking for smugglers, illegally transporting refugees. a hungarian taxi was stopped inside a family of six apparently from the middle east. officers check papers and escorted the family in to a police post for questioning. reporters were not allowed to speak with them. police also questioned the taxi driver, it's not known whether he would be charged. a senior police officer says refugees smuggling rings are large, so 50 indicated and adapt quickly to police tactics. >> organized crime means many different people are working together in this kind of network, in these criminal networks for us eights i challenge to find out not only to arrest the drive, but to find the chief. >> reporter: the reason for the stepped-up scrutiny was parked a
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few hundred meters way. this is the now infamous truck in which 71 refugees died of suffocation last week. forensics workers are still collecting evidence. soiled clothing removed from the truck hangs on a fence. austrian authorities say two more persons have been arrests in connection with this case, one in hungary, the other in bulgaria. they are thought to be part of a human smuggling ring that operate third degree truck and was responsible for the deaths that occurred in it. most refugees want to go to germany, the european union's wealthiest country with liberal refugees asylum laws, a record of 3,500, many of them from syria, crossed in to southern germany from austria since monday. >> translator: quite honestly i have seen no responsibility on germany's part. it's been said those arriving in germany are most likely to receive asylum or the status i've refugees from a civil war country. that's no surprise.
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>> reporter: police on alert at border crossings like this one, might save some refugees' lives and may put some smugglers behind bars. but commanders admit more police won't solve europe's refugees problem. >> of course it's a big challenge for austrian police, there is no question, it's also a big challenge of austria i think. but solutions can only come from the politics. approximately ticks, politicians, from the government of course. political solution that his so far just haven't happened. rob reynolds, austria. refugees are getting help from aid groups as they passed through the so-called bull can route. police are manning the checkpoint at the greece border with macedonia. the mass dean vinnie red cross has set up a temporary aid camp nearby, where people are getting first aid and help with their documents, many come here before reaching serbia and hundred gare on their way to germany and
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other western european countries. the red sox says the route might soon see about 3,000 people per day. a ship carrying thousands of refugees from the greek island lesbos have been arriving to athens. they have chartered two ships to try to receive the pressure the greek island where many have been arriving each day. ♪ ♪ police in beirut went head to head with activists from the you stink movement on tuesday. these demonstrations are the latest in lebanon's ongoing problems. al jazerra's jamal has more from beirut. >> reporter: hours before the deadline, active vives from the #youstink movement occupied the environment ministry in don't beirut. calling for the minister to
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resign. for weeks now, people have been protesting against the government, angered at the inability to deal with the rubbish crisis that has left beirut's streets filthier than ever. on tuesday, activists decided to escalate their act of civil disobedience to get their voices heard. the standoff at the environment ministry lasts for more than nine hours, throughout that time the minister himself was hold up inside his office. skirmishes began to take place halfway through security forces beating a protester after they sealed off all the entrances and exits to the building. then just before the sunset, they began to remove the activists from inside the ministry. at least three people were carried way on stretchers. >> they used batons and kicking
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and especially on the stairs and in breaking us apart. >> reporter: this 15-year-old activist described to me how riot police first beat journalists who were reporting from inside the building before they then kicked him out. he told me despite being detained during last week's protest. he will continue to take to the streets. as night fell, hundreds of people gathered in the square outside the ministry in solidarity with the few who managed to remain inside. chants against the government and the security forces range out as the crowd got angrier. what started off as protests against the government's inability to deal with the country's rubbish crisis has now by all intents and purposes been transformed in to a protest movement. not only against the government, but against the entire political system. now the more that these standoffs take place, and the more that the security forces
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meet the protesters with force, the larger it appears this protest movement is becoming. jamal, al jazerra. bbeirut. ray turkish soldier has been killed and another wounded by cross-border gunfire from isil held third series it happened in a south eastern turkish province. turkish police have raided the officerses of companies with close link today a u.s.-based muslim cleric, he used to be an ali of president erdogan, he's lived in exile since 1999 and denies that he has ambition to his overthrow erdogan. united nations special. [ inaudible ] on freedom of expression is calling for immediate release of the two of the three al jazerra journalists detained. they say their trial and retile has been inconsistent with international human rights law,
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they have been in prison for three years for aiding a terrorist organization, they charge they deny. fahmy and mohamed were jailed on saturday while greste was sentenced in absentia. ukraine's president has paid tribute to soldiers killed in a grenade explosion outside parliament as two more servicemen died from their injuries. president poroshenko has defended the constitutional reforms and condemned the violence, abdel hamid reports from kiev. >> reporter: a day after details went wrong at the protests in front of the parliament building are still emerging. a grenade and several petrol bombs were lobbed at police by demonstrators. mainly from far right groups. three died and more than 100 injured. the ward in this hospital at kiev is filled with anger. >> translator: we were surprised. we thought the most that would happen is some pushing around and shouting. it's shock this is happens in a peaceful city. it was organized for sure.
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>> reporter: it happened as ukraine's parliament was voting on measures giving greater autonomy to the east. the focus of a separatist movement. for president petro poroshenko, they were preplanned. >> unfortunately, we provide the constitutional changes in the election campaign. and in any country unfortunately, the politics try to play this game, to gain additional percentage to the election. have nothing to do with the interest of the country. >> reporter: ukraine is head towards kne municipal elects ate end of october. this city hasn't seen any violence, since the ousting of former president victor yanukovych nearly 18 months ago. the fact that the clashes happened here in front of parliament, make many wonder whether the in fighting inside the building will once again spill out on to the streets. many have come here to pay tribute to those who have fallen in the line of duty. bringing flowers and candles.
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some are visibly worried. >> translator: i don't want bombs and grenades in my city. the people who work in parliament need to know that it's not us living for them, it's them living for us. our children must stop dieing, whether here or in the east, this nightmare should end. >> reporter: decentral saying is a step to the full implementation of the minute evening agreement but they all say it is shorts. on the ukrainian side some fear it will lead it a loss of sovereignty. >> there is no confusion, it's set very clearly that. [ inaudible ] with state bodies, state administrations will be stance periods for local councils and their executive bodies. it is it is not aimed at any domino effect because existing premises of the constitution say
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hello again, reminder of the top stories here on al jazerra. there have been protests from the hungarian capital after authorities closed the main train station to stop refugees from traveling onwards to to austria and germany. hungary says they will return people that they regard as economic migrants to the country they came from. a sit in in lebanon's environment ministry. demonstrators from the you stink movement are demanding the minister's resignation over the country's ongoing garbage crisis. ukraine's president has paid tribute to soldiers killed in a grenade explosion outside parliament. three soldiers are now confirmed to have died. politicians in australia say children seeking asylum should be removed fray prison on the island of nauru after allegations of negligent and abuse, al jazerra's andrew thomas has more. three years ago al jazerra filmed what would would become
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nauru's defense center as australia's army built it. but since detainees have been held at what has become in effect a prison, the media has bots not been allowed in. that secrecy is one thing the report in to conditions on nauru says should change. because there is secrecy, there can be abuse. the report detailed some of what is alleged, self harm by traumatized children. the sexual abuse of detainees by guards, evening water boarding. the credibility of the former guard making that accusation was questioned at the inquiry. >> no, i have not personally witnessed the actual event. but i have witnessed what i firmly believe to be the actions after. >> so you have seen people with water on them come from a building? >> and -- and water coming out of their mouth, covering up water. >> okay. >> reporter: the report says conditions at the prison are not
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adequate, appropriate, or safe. it calls for a full order to the allegations of abuse. >> there are six several gameses of both physical and sexual abuse against children and that includes 30 kenning detention center staff. >> reporter: the report's recommendation clues faster processes of refugees claims and the removal of children from the prison. >> the minister has acknowledged this morning for the first time that things are not okay inside the nauru detention camp. and but talk is cheap. the minister needs to act. >> reporter: australia's government accepts that sending its refugees to camps in other countries is tough. but as a deterrent, it works, boats of asylum seekers like these have stopped coming to australia. the policy is tracting international criticism. >> the united nations is has said that what is going on on nauru is tantamount to torture in some cases. >> it's beautifully, beautiful stuff. no question about it. but it's seen as a deterrent and a lot of european governments are actually looking to the
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australian model. >> reporter: australia's government has made it clear that they have no plan to his close the nauru camp, the company running it was on monday given a five-year contract to continue doing so. nauru is tiny, a dot in the pacific. the millions it's given to host what is in effect a prison is a sizable part of the economy pitch but it's kept hid just to get a visa in nauru, journalist had his to pay $6,000 with no guarantee of getting one and no access to the detention center even if they do. what this report makes clear is that in such a dark place, dark things are happening. andrew thomas, al jazerra. sydney. al jazerra asked the australian government for an interview but we were told the minister was not available. iraq's military says isil has launch aid series of suicide attacks in anbar province, 12 soldiers and militia men were killed outside the town.
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iraq's prime minister is continue to go face strong opposition as he tries to implement a new reform program. he announced the changes after massive protests over government corruption and a lack of infrastructure. zeina khodr reports from baghdad. >> reporter: this is why people began to take to the streets. the shortage of electrics and the extreme heat was the breaking point for many iraqs. this session tou sector has been by years of war, but people blame authorities for mismanagement and corruption. prime minister al badi said he would take action, this man blamed ministers for not enough no one toy development the network. parliament was satisfied with his answers but caused yet more anger on the streets. >> translator: it seems parliament isn't taking people seriously and under estimate our will. it's making people even angrier. >> reporter: some of the remember of parliament who back the minister were from al badi's
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block of parliament. the shia alliance is headed by former prime minister nouri al-maliki who himself has been accused of corruption. he leads the biggest block in par lamb. >> translator: the state of slaw not united. there is the al badi wing and the maliki wing and they are against each other. al badi was relying on the leader of the sunni block and shia leaders but they are all standing against him. he is siting for reforms alone with the backing of the street and the highest shia movement. >> reporter: they have been previous testing every friday for weeks now to give him support to bring about change. at first they demanded better services now many are demanding for corrupt officials to be held accountable and an independent judiciary. they also want to reform a political systems where appointments were made according to party loyalties and power
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distributed among sects. it's basically a call to end sectarian politics. but little has changed for the people weeks after al badi announced reforms, to meet their demands the prime minister needs the support of the political establishment. but the same politicians who publically backed the people, seem to be standing in his way. >> translator: parliament members are covering up for each other. they are afraid if one minister is fired, then others will also be dismissed. and this means parties will lose their power and seats. >> reporter: this crisis is testing al badi's credibility and his political career could be at stake if he goes there are powerful and popular shia in litsch as and their political wings who are ready to step in. zeina khodr, al jazerra, baghdad. doctors in yemen say the war is having a devastating impact on children, with around 60% said to be malnourish the. >> reporter: victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: a father places his
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babe on scales at this medical center in yemen's capital sanaa. doctors are running a screening program to monitor malnourished children. before the war, yemen had one of the highest child malnutrition rates in the world. now more chirp are in poor health because they can't get enough nutritious food to eat. >> translator: malnutrition was widespread in generally. because of the seem and the airstrikes there has been a big increase, around 30% of the children new used to be malnourd you no it's more than 50 or 6%. >> reporter: the children are prescribed vitamin supplement but the doctors say the supply is low. they need more to meet patient demand. >> our children are facing famine, we can't sit back and do nothing, we call on the united nation to his look at the children who are innocent and shouldn't be experiencing malnutrition like this. look at the children's fear. and little anxiety.
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we are all facing. >> reporter: people are sirring from food and water shore i believes, role tiff calm has returned to place liza den where the houthi rebels were push out last month. but in sanaa a houthi strong hold the fighting continues, until it stops the health air system won't likely recover from months of war, victoria gatenby, al jazerra. pope francis has given priests around the world the power to forgive women who have had abortions. he made the decision as part of the holy year which starts on the eighth of december. los angeles has become the largest city in the u.s. to give police officers body cameras. 7,000 were eventually be contributed as parts of an initiative to rebuild trust after a number of controversial shootings. human rights including freedom of expression are under attack in gambia. as nicholas hack reports,
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activities and performers are being forced to flee to neighboring senegal. ♪ >> reporter: it's a song gambian radios won't put on air. and yet it's going viral. spread on the ground line throughout the country. the lyrics denounces gambia's lack of freedom speech. arbitrary detention and rampant corruption. >> after being set up and seeing my people be quiet and not being able to speak out against police brutality, not being able to speak out against corruption, not being able to speak out against people going missing for no reason, not being able to speak out about the level of hardship in this country, as an artist and rain are i believe that i am the voice of the people and being the voice of the people i have this responsibility which is on me to actually speak out against what's going on. >> reporter: behind these lyrics is young rapper killer ace he grew up in harlem, new york. after being involved in gang
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violence his family send him back to game gee be gambia. there he said he saw the biggest gangster of all. the president. human rights organizations have accused him of being a ruthless dictator he hit headline correctly when he threatened to slit the throats of all homosexuals to celebrate his 21 years in power following eye coup he freed hundreds of people from prison, this is when killer ace released his song. although the song wasn't officially banned his family started getting threats. with his wife, doubter and manager, he fled the country by road to senegal. >> looking at what happened to journalists nobody knows where they are out, missing, for a long time. get tortured considering that my song is probably bigger than what anybody else ever did, i believe my situation would have been even worse, you know, because then i really believe they would have used meazza an example for any other artist or anybody else that dared to try do what i did.
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>> reporter: thousands of gambian dissidents have made senegal their home. but here, too, they fear the game guillen security services. >> we spoke to a number of gambian artists and social activists none would speak to us on camera. too scared of repercussion this is could have on their families back home. gambian authorities have still not given al jazerra permission to report inside the country. tourists, though, are welcome to visits. the country nicknamed the smiling coast, received 60,000 british nationals on holiday last year. >> what is happening in goop bee is invisible. people don't know about this sense of fear. even you can feel it. yotouch it when you are in game gee a people really are scared about talking, people are scared about thinking different that what the government is saying, it's this kind of fear that's everything.
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>> this week on talk to al jazeera, renowned architect david adjaye. he's designing the smithsonian's national museum of african american history and culture on the mall in washington, d.c. >> i think that what the world will see is that the african american story is not a footnote, but probably the lens to really understand america, to this day. >> from a cancer treatment center in rwanda to an affordable housing project in new york, plus dozens of projects in development around
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