it's morning in budapest and hundreds are still waiting. the hungarian capital's main railway station remains close today refugees. ♪ ♪ hello, i am jane dutton you are watching al jazerra. also on the program, the u.n. warns that war is an economic blockade could make gaza uninhabitable in less than five years. condemnation of texas police after immaterial expwrez emerge that appear to show them shooting a man with his hands up. and the congolese warlord known as the terminator is on

trial for crimes including murder, rape and recruitment of child soldiers. ♪ hundreds of refugees are still being denied access to budapest's main railway station. look at these live pictures and just see how many people there are waiting to move on through. but they have been prevented from doing that. the police are preventing anyone without a valid e.u. visa from entering the station. they hope to board train to his germany as andrew sim ups now sw reports. >> reporter: germany may have been a destination this that he could reach on monday, but not anymore. the refugees had feared this would happen and it did. >> tell us what is the solution. everyone can be in our situation. everyone can have our road. police make us our solution. please find for us a solution.

>> reporter: such dramatic contrast to monday. now the police instead of letting people on board of trains are stopping them from getting access to the station. look at the atmosphere. 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, carry odd right through the day. but perhaps the dilemma the refugees are in is conveyed more by the sight of exhausted families who had bought their tickets only to be turned away. they settled in the shade, whatever they could find it, refuse to go move. once again the i have bee the ie movement in europe and the biggest crisis since the second world war is playing out in front of people in a capital city. >> it's a shame. normal hungarian people don't want this. we want to help them i came here

to see and maybe i can help. >> reporter: a german politician on a fact-finding tour says she's a pauled. >> it's a complete failure of rue man rights in europe. this is what i have to say, massive human rights violations here. people sleeping on the streets for days 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 the crowd here trying to get information, but he's frustrated. >> the police don't like the syrians. in serbia, in hungary, in macedonia, in greece,. >> reporter: so what is your message then? >> my message is please help syrians. 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 in syria. just that. >> reporter: a young voice carrying a simple message, but words that seem to carry little weight here. andrew simmons, al jazerra, budapest. >> around 2 1/2 thousand people have arrived at the port in athens. the greek government chartedded a ferry to transfer the refugees rlingrefugees. most have fled from syria. hundreds of refugees crowded the tracks near the euro tunnel entrance in calais, there are nightly attempts to break in to the channel tunnel by people trying to get to the u.k. onto other news now, gaza could be uninhabitable in less than five year's time. that's the warning contain ed in a u.n. report. the trade and development office says unemployment and poverty is at an all-time high. it blames three wars, and an

8-year israeli blockade. the report warns that aid is important but it won't be enough to stop the decline. the deputy director of the palestinian center for human rights joins me live from gaza. what is your response to those claims that it will be uninhabitable in five year's time? >> this is fully true as we have been warning of the policy of the closure of the gaza strip boarders by israel since 2007. actually, human rights organizations have been warning of the consequences of the sanctions and the closure imposed on gaza, we have been warning of the unprecedented level of unemployment, unpress dented level of poverty and unprecedented level of isolation. together this is a recipe for what is going on on gaza right now. what is, of course, what is need

today gaza, what is need today gaza is to list the meet -- immediately to lift the blockade of the closure imposed by israel is the main cause of all sufferings of gaza. >> but that's not going to happen any time soon. do you sometimes feel that this is intentional, that you are being made to suffer and you just wonder what the end game is here? >> well, this is very intentional and what is -- as we see it right now, let's say on the aftermath of the war, the most recent war a gaza that left more than 2,200 people killed, mostly civilians, a large scale devastation on the infrastructure, housing, more than 1,000 -- during the war 1/3 of the population were displaced. right now more than 100,000 people are displaced. the so-called mechanism or the

gaza reconstruction mechanism proved to be a complete failure and as we see it is only a recipe for maintaining the blockade a gaza. >> again, sir, just tell me -- sorry, i am intrigue today know how people live. if they have suffering extreme poverty. don't have food, homes how are they surviving. >> they are not surviving. the situation is so deteriorated as thein' said it's unprecedents today us and the attention -- the intentional policies of the international community and israel, that led to this process, what we say is the humanitarian crisis and the humanitarian ca a ca as it tougs man-made and the answer is only through man-made policies.

of course during the course of the last years international donations to -- to aid gazans and palestinians have been very much important, but unless these donations are not associated with real political actions -- >> that's what i was going to say nobody is really helping you. who is out there that is helping new. >> this is the problem. this is a problem because the priority is given to political considerations rather than to human rights and international law. the answer to gaza is not through dumping moneys, we have great potential in gaza for economic development. but, again, what hinters economic development in gaza is merely israeli policy. is merely the closure and the other restrictions imposed on gaza. as of now, let's say a year after the war on gaza, at least at least 2% of the needed

material allowed to be in gas a no single house of those of those that were destroyed during the war were allowed to be rebuilt so far. so the reconstruction mechanism for us proved to be a complete failure. as of lets a -- of the other account of economic transactions with all what has been said by israel about alleged measures introduced recently, but with all of these recently introducd measures have to answer to the needs of 1.8 million of the population. >> okay, excuse me for interrupting you, thank you very much for talking us through a dire situation which the u.n. feels is going to get much worse. investigators in the u.s. state of texas are examining videos that appear to show police shooting and killing a man with his hands up. a series of fatal police

shootings in the last year have sparked protests. an increased scrutiny of police tactics. now a report. >> reporter: u.s. law enforcement has had a very bad year. and this latest video could be imflammatory. gilbert flores puts his hand up. and is shot. we won't show the moment of his death, which was filmed by a passerby in a car, but what we don't see is everything else that happened before that moment. >> two deputies attempted to arrest the individual and he resisted. they also used -- tried to use nonlethal weapons to try and detain him. and after a lengthy confrontation, both deputies fired shots causing the man's death. >> reporter: the local sheriff's department has many more questions to answer. but wans wants to stress that the officers were experienced.

and were responding to reports of domestic abuse. they say they found a woman who had been cut in the head with a knife. and flores is also seen running through the yard. >> both deputies involved in the shooting have been with the sheriff's office for more than 10 years. and they both have been placed on administrative leave. which is standard procedure. >> reporter: despite calls not to link this to any other high-profile deaths at the hands of police. >> this is a very unique situation. >> reporter: bun lawyer says there could be more disturbing details to come. >> there is actually another video with a better angle and a better view that is very clear. >> reporter: in this currents climate of distrust, there will be many people waiting to see that video as well. al jazerra. the u.n. special rep tour on freedom of expression has condemned the sentencing of three al jazerra journalists in egypt. they were given three years in

prison after retrying. australian peter greste who was depart ed in february was tried in absent shape that. the u.n.'s david kay described their convention for operating without a license as inter consistent with international human rights law. the clubs president says there is one simple message for the egyptian government, free al jazerra staff. al jazerra is demanding their meet release. former congolese rebel leader is on trial at the hague for war crimes. the charges against him include murder, rape, and recruiting child soldiers, barnaby phillips is life for us at the hague. barnaby, tell us more about him and what he has allegedly done in the past. >> reporter: he had a checkered

career in the awful chaos that has blighted eastern congo for almost 20 years now. he participated in the original rah bell i don't knows against the former president and he was a warlord in the early 2,000s, the charges against him pertain particularly to the period two noun two, 2003, in the eastern province of. [ inaudible ] but he carried out in a very active military role long after that. at one point he was actual live general in the congolese army, following. [ inaudible ] with the administration, he later broke away again and rejoined other rebel forces. he handed himself over to the i. g.c.c. had been on the run, if you like, from the i. g.c.c. for some seven years, he handed himself over at the american embassy in rwanda, next door to

congo, for reasons which are not still entirely clear clear. >> i hear there will be a couple of child soldiers there today. what can we expect from the case going forward? >> reporter: it's a an important case, he faces an array of charges, war crimes, crimes against humanity, sexual crimes against children. it's the first final that anyone has been indict ed in one of these international tr tribunals for section crimes against children that were part of their own forces if you like. allegations is that he used girls within his force as sexual slaves. it should be said that he denies all the charges against him. we are expecting some 88 witnesses to be called by the prosecution. but it's going to take months and months at least this trial. it's a slow process.

it's taking us a long time to get to this stage. over the next two days, jane, we'll hear opening statements from the prosecution, from the defense lawyers and we hope from bosko himself. all right, we'll be checking in with you, barnaby, thanks. much more ahead on al jazerra. hundreds of students in south africa row test over their university's language of instruction. >> reporter: and i am catherine soi in central kenya. coming up i will be telling you why more than 200,000 teachers are on strike and why the government will not heed to their demand.

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♪ ♪ held going, good to have you with us. a quick look at our top stories. hungarian police are preventing refugees from passing through the train station in budapest onward to central europe. they hope to board train to his germany, which is committed to accepting hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers this year. the u.n. report is warp that go gaza could be uninhabitable in less than five years based on currents trends. if blames three wars and an israeli blockade for record poverty and a humanitarian crisis. former rebel commander bosko is due to go on trial at the international criminal court. he is facing 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the rape and abuse of women and children --

child soldiers in the democratic republic of congo. teachers in kenya are on strike after the government refuse today increase their salaries. last week the supreme court ruled that they should get a 60% pay raise but the government says it can't pay. let's talk to catherine soi, she's in central kenya. how is it playing out today, catherine? >> reporter: the teachers are saying they will not relent. they will not go back to class until the government heats to their pay demand. heeds to orders by the supreme are spiel court for their salary increase as you said of 60%. let me tell you about where i am it's a school on the outskirts of nairobi. we are all by our self except those students you see there, just a handful of student, there are 800 students in this school. they came as usual to school but were turned away and told to go

back home after the morning parade. and this is a situation that has been replicated in other public schools across the country. and like i said, teachers are saying they do not want to strike but the government is forcing them to do this. joining me to discuss the crisis is the head teachers of this school. he is also the chairperson of the kenyan national union of teach nurse this union. thank you very much for joining us. my first question is $17 million. that's how much the government needs to pay the teachers. now, the government says it doesn't have money, we have had government officials saying this. they say that the demand is unrealistic and needs more time to look for other sources to get this money that you need to sit down and dialogue and come to a consent census for the sake of the children. why would you not do that? >> well, for one we have won the case in the supreme court. and president and deputy president of this country are beneficiaries of the supreme

court ruling, which was done in the year 2013. so we want them to observe the rule of law because if they don't follow the rule of law, who will in this country? and that is very. [ inaudible ] just remember that there was $114 billion that the president paid for. [ inaudible ] and it was not by. [ inaudible ] it's a very little amount of money compared to 140 billion that the president paid for inning i believe. >> reporter: just take us through the life of an ordinary teacher with a currents salary? when a teacher december floyd he gets 16,000 shillings, 16,000 shillings, that is without the other deductions like the taxation. 16,000 shillings this person is renting a house of maybe 8,000 or 10,000. and he has a family. i would like to tell me what kind of a house somebody can

live with 16,000 or what kind of life you can live with that in kenya. when the chairperson or the c e on. of the teacher's salary commission is getting 950,000 per month. just compare the two. living in kenya and they are buying from the same supermarkets and the same shops. yeah. >> reporter: and where does that leave the children? i know it's been a struggle for teachers, but then at the end of the day it's the children who are going to suffer. so how will you get to a consensus. what will happen to the children? [ inaudible ] as they were leased we told them we loved them the only person that as a problem is the teacher at the end of the day you have to cover the syllabus, you have to create your own time after all these problems in the government. so. [ inaudible ] better for the children. mothers have children in the school and they are home. >> reporter: thank you very much. that was the head teacher of

this school and, jane, he did mention a figure of 16,000 shillings, that the lowest paid teacher and 16,000 shillings is about $150. and all this means that the teachers need to fulfill social needs, they need to buy, they need to pay rent, they need to basic surprise, food, and things like that. and let me just tell you one thing before i go, jane, this is the last time of the school calendar. it's a pour he very important term it's a term where they write their primary and secondary exam. it's also the time where other students sit for their exams to take them to the next class. so at the end of it all it is the children that will suffer if the government and teachers do not sit down and come to a consensus as urgently as possible. >> you might be right, catherine soi, thank you. some news just in. 16 turkish workers have been kidnapped by masked men in

baghdad. according to iraqi authorities. zeina khodr joins me now from there. what are you hearing about this, zeina? >> reporter: well, jane, the iraq interior ministry is reporting that 20 people, 17 of them turkish citizens were seized from a construction site in northeast baghdad in an area called. [ inaudible ] this is a predominantly shia area. what we understand from the minute industry is that at dawn masked men who were wearing iraqi uniforms arrived at the construction site, ceased these men, they are still is not calling it a kidnapping, what we understand is from the baghdad operations command an investigation has started. now, we still don't know is this a criminal act? is this act political in nature? or are there any conflict of

interests between business men in baghdad really we cannot rule out any of those three options. we still don't know, you know, the nature of this attack. we don't know the motives, we still don't know who is pons i believe. but what we can say is that authorities in baghdad are confirming that among the 20 people, three were iraqis and 17 turkish workers. >> all right, till us what you get more details and what detaiy happened, zeina khodr, thanks for that. in parts of alaska coastal erosion is disrupting lives in the community. a village of 400 people is slowly following in the sea. we visited this -- libby casey visited to small hunting region. >> reporter: a eskimo larry adams release on the sea hunting most of what he eats but that's getting harder. >> it's real unpredictable

because of the ice change and it's not as thick it's not safe no more. and it's scary. it's real scary. >> reporter: alaska may be the last frontier, but it's arctic coast is the frontline of climate change. not only is it harder for hunters but the vellum is an increasing danger. >> there is no safe place to go right in western alaska those villages are not connected by a road system. so evacuations are not possible when storms come in outside of their communities. >> reporter: 400 people live here. more than a third of them school children. and some of the 85 houses are in danger of falling in to the sea. the army core of engineers estimates it has about a decade until its uninhabited tal. there is a proposal to move seven miles way on to the main land with a price tag of more than $100 million. but the community is undecided. moving say sad and d

task. the tribal chief has to help figure out what to do. >> this play identifies us as a people. >> reporter: so if you move. >> then we lose our identity. we lose for we are. >> reporter: larry adams says he can't imagine moving even a few miles away father from the sea. but the people may have no choice as some of the first victims of climate advantage, libby casey, alaska. south african university has been accuse of the racism because students say lecturers use after can't more than english. it has a history to apartheid. university managers have didn't summoned before parliament to explain. >> reporter: protesting students filled the central square in south africa's africana heartland. africans was viewed by many as of language of the a press or during apartheid and used to be the language of instructions

here, now africans and english are supposed to be on equal footing but these students a lecturerer favor africans. >> it's about language and the way it's connected to the interim stewingsal culture that continues and with apartheid spirit unabated. >> reporter: many of the men who created the apartheid system which enforced racial segregation we want to this university. it was once whites only. the transition to being multi racial hasn't been easy. students had described incidents of racism on and off campus in a documentary called listen in africans. the minister of higher education was so angry when he saw it, that he summoned the university's management to parliament. >> there can be no inning typessal. [ inaudible ] to racism, whatsoever. that's unconstitutional. >> reporter: the vice chancellor says the university takes

accusations of racism seriously he fired a member of staff and sus suspended a student using racial slurs. >> this is a completely different place but we are on a journey. we are imperfect. we are incomplete. but we are resolute and steadfast. >> reporter: in april a student movement succeed ed in having a statue of british imperial history cecil rhodes removed from the university of cape town. they are supporting the students protest. what these students represent is a generation of young south africans who are tired of just waiting for transformation to happen. the university says it will increase the number of black representatives and women on its governing body. but it may not be enough to make these students feel they belong. tania page, al jazerra, south africa. the south african city of burdurbin will host the 2022

commonwealth games. the announcement was made in new zealand. durbin will be the first african city to stage the games, you can see gets sports news and general news on our website aljazerra.com. finally the focus on the arctic, it may be too little too late. and how china is making a play for the frozen north too president obama today became the first u.s. president to set foot in alaska's arctic region, it's in the far north the state where the effects of climate change are apparent. the president is calling for urgent action to combat manmade global warming and is doing it against a backdrop of receding ice sheets that covered the land and sea for much of the year. the president's detractors,