>> what he means by other ways is being smuggled across the border. although he wasn't sure if he could afford that option. there are warnings of the hungarian hard line policies on the refugees will only encourage

more people smuggling. >> this is clear that they do not want to stay in hungary. they want to go to the western countries. it is clear if the operatives prevent them from leaving the country, they'll opt for the services of human smugglers. >> they'll keep order. those people should not be there. again, following european protocols after being apprehended at the border at illegal migrants. they have designated places to stay and wait until their case has been judged. >> but now everyone here has struggled with the reality. many say that they've been through worse danger and hardship. >> we're joined live from budapest and all these people we were seeing in the report camped outside of the railway station, how much information are they getting of had a is going to happen. i assume rumors are being spread like wildfire.

>> that is right, felicity, they're utterly confused by the situation. rumors that they're going to be dispersed by riot place, sudden flareups of tempers, as you saw in the report, and i could show you some of piece peopl--these people now trying to bed for the night, and it's an appalling situation for them. this is just really only half of the story. this vast area in front of the railway station is mirrored downstairs in a concourse where there are even more people in what is known as a transit zone, which has been there since this crisis began. it's been as full as it's ever been. these people need feeding, they need water, and the sanitation is awful. limited, indeed.

they don't have a real mandate now. really, the volunteers of the people of bu budapest. all of this going on as a situation the hungarian government described as unacceptable. they are clear in their intent to pass new laws which are going to be quite draconian. they're going to be in complete contrast from the italian and germany and french foreign ministers, who want a solution, a review of existing asylum law. quite the contrary here.

hungary says no way, no way. it doesn't want refugees here. it doesn't want them. it wants to exclude them and turn around and describe what it calls economic migrants from its borders. it will put up effective detention centers, effectively places where people will be held on the border on the no man land's side that's three and a half meters high. and the economic migrants will be sent out. they could face criminal charges. as far as the refugees are concerned they'll have a very quick hearing in which serbia will be cast as a safe country, and they will be--most of them turned back to serbia. it is a very, very difficult situation these people face after more than 1,000 kilometers from the greek border, being with them all the way up on this journey desperate in so many

stages walking along railway lines, feet with sores in the burning heat, so many here now and it's a dead-end. they want a way out, and they want it quickly from the hungarian government appears to say no. they're hoping that it will they'll get some of the refugees out, but it doesn't seem likely. >> andrew in budapest, thank you. we go to the deputy europe director of amnesty international. thank you for coming in to the studio. europe is in disarray of what to do with the refugee crisis. how likely is it that these country will com--countries will come together for one policy. many are saying we don't want refuging coming through the border. >> we're documenting crisis

after crisis in country after country. while they're all very important and strategic and important for the people there, it is important to keep in mind that these are all symptoms, all part of a larger deficit in europe, a leadership deficit. the only thing we need to see now is a joint multi country europe-wide response to this crisis comprising of two elements. one is a realization together whether we like it or not, whether it's popular or not, whether politicians are eagle for sell it or not, we'll have to play a larger role in this global refugee crisis. it has to be done in a way that is safe and legal. secondly, more pressure has to be lifted off of the countries on the border of europe. there is a possibility that this might happen. >> how can that be organized. some how you have to have safe

transit. the majority leading syria. we're talking about a center send off on syria's borders in the camps in jordan, lebanon, how could it work? >> right now there is a huge discrepancy in a number of places. very few in the u.k. many in germany. that's one. that's directly taking people from those camps in lebanon, turkey, and bringing them to europe. secondly, there are options of visas, for example, humanitarian visas preventing them from having to buy tickets through smugglers and traffickers, that's an option we're exploring and governments are looking at. and there are a few others. it's not impossible. the crisis is not that people are coming. the crisis is how dysfunctional the response is to the people coming here to europe. >> what would you say that it's

all falling in europe's lap? why not all the countries in the world. why aren't the rich gulf nations are helping out more. you could argue the u.s. and other places in the world could say we'll take some of these refugees? why should it be up to europe. >> it's not just up to europe. europe is taking in a fraction of the share of the global traffic. we're talking about 19.5 million refugees worldwide. turkey and lebanon is taking in millions. europe is not. arguebly tens of thousands. the little child who died on the beach, those are the people who are trying to escape the horse of conflict, and they have a right that we all internationally agreed on to protection. when they reach europe they should be able to get it. >> thank you so much for your time.

>> in syria state television is reporting a car bomb attack in the government's stronghold. it says ten people have been killed and 22 injured. the bomb went off in a suburban area, the biggest attack in the city since syria's war gen began in 2011. men were taken from a constructionside site of hababia on thursday. >> the islamic state in iraq and the levant said it carried out twin attacks in yemen's capital where 28 people were killed in the bombings targeting the mosque in northern sanaa.

the red cross said that it's shocked by the killing of two of the workers in yemen. they attacked while traveling from sadaa to sanaa. >> meanwhile, saudi airstrikes have target admit base in sanaa. supporting pro government forces trying to take areas in the province. the victory would give them a staging ground to regain control of the capital. >> in the town t the forces loyal to president abd rabbuh mansur hadi say they've been making gains. they say fighters from all over yemen are converging there.

they include artillery, armed vehicles and defense systems against missiles. >> the arrival of the coalition forces were sent to aden, and now they're in marib. they're in gauged in fighting. >> ground forces backed by the saudi-led coalition want to retake the city. that's where airstrikes have once again targeted the air ba base. strikes like these have helped to gain ground. >> we call on coalition forces to support us and provide us with weapons and ammunition, and we'll win the battle against those aggressors. >> the fighting in taiz has taken heavy toll.

the fighting has killed dozens with the healthcare system collapsing. >> we had ente intravenous solutions on its way. but those delivering it were kidnapped. >> as all sides continue, yemenis continue to suffer. >> still to come on the program, a feared congolese warlord goes on trial in the hague. and why norwegian prisoners are sent to the netherlands to serve their time.

>> at least 28 people have been killed in a double bombing in yemen's capital of sanaa. isil said that it carried out the attack. 18 turks are among 20 workers who were kidnapped by men in baghdad. >> u.s. president barack obama

has garnered enough support to insure that congress cannot block the nuclear deal with iran. the 34th senator came out in favor of the deal to make sure that an presidential veto can be upheld. our white house correspondent patty culhane has details. >> the israeli government pulled out all the stops to try to stop the iran deal from going forward even before the agreement has reached. the israeli prime minister lobbied the u.s. strong with this speech deciding it was worth angering president obama, who was not consulted. >> the pro israeli leo whereby spent millions, posting rallies like in on tuesday. urging its supporters to get involved. >> we focused on members of congress, senators, our whole family called together. >> everyone i know has been calling in virtually every day asking them not to vote, for

this deal, not to support it. >> it didn't work. on wednesday the senator from maryland barbara mcculsky announced her support keeping the president's able to veto. the obama administration and it's allies launche launch theilaunched their own lobbying campaign. >> building a nuclear weapon starts with uranium and plutonium. >> they paid for their own television ads. >> good morning to all of you here. >> and they're not stopping. >> it is arrested to conceive of quicker or self-destructive blow to our nation's credibility and leadership not only with respect to this one issue, but i'm telling you across the board economically, politically, mill militarily and even morally. >> secretary of state john kerry

continues to make the case that he can get even more support to keep congress from voting down the bill in the first place arguing that would spen send the wrong message to the world, the substance of it will not change and the u.s. is now expected to honor it's part in this historic agreement. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. >> teachers in kenya are on until they get a payment increase of 50%. >> they are now out of school because of a teacher's strike. the parents are both teachers. they're watching a live broadcast of a news conference. the news is not good. >> the government cannot pay. >> the government will still not increase their salary. that's about $170 million

annually for the more than 200,000 public teachers. >> the government has money. the amount of money the government is losing in a day to corruption is enough to pay the teachers. >> usually the teachers would be teamly with 800 children. but today they're all sent home. hundreds of thousands of children write their final primary and secondary examines. stephen and his friends say that they stayed in school, they understand the tough times ahead, but also support their teachers. >> they should be paid because they have sacrificed. if it wasn't for them people like the president would not be where they are. >> the government has asked the teachers to give it time to look for money needed to pay out. teachers are saying they're tired of dialogue that started two years ago and broken

promises by the employer. the supreme court has sided with the teachers ordering the government to give them the raise. the government has moved back to the supreme court asking for an interpretation of the ruling, the petition is going to be ha hard. teachers say this are just delay tactics. >> with after the destructions-- >> back at home she shows me the basic salary and allowance of $3,000. after taxes and paying off debt she takes off $100. the government increase salari salaries, her pay would be less than $100. >> mexico's president have acknowledged the outrage of 43 students last year president peña nieto made his annual speech at a time when his popularity is at a record low.

president pena nieto spoke about the jail break of el chapo and the purchase of his luxury home. the president i venezuelan president is speaking about the closing of border crossings. he has deported hundreds of colombians who have been forced to find refugee in border camps. the former congolese rebel leader has pled not guilty to 18 charges of murder and rape. barnaby phillips reports. >> he was a feared warlord who went by the nickname of the terminator, but now in an international court he only has

his lawyers to defend him. >> murder and tasted murder of civilians, the crime against humanity. >> it took 15 minutes to read out all of the charges against him. a litany of gruesome crimes. he lived calmly. >> do you plead guilty or not guilty to each of th of those 18 counts you are charged with? >> not guilty, he said. he fought with and led armed groups in the eastern congo for more than a decade. the prosecution alleges that he ordered his troops to rape and murder and even carried out killings himself. >> humanity demands justice. justice for the people of the democratic republic of the congo. justice for the innocent lives lost. ravaged and destroyed. >> he's being charged only with

crimes that took place from 2002 to 2003 in etouri province. the icc does not have the resources to investigate further. the icc had looked at the possibility of holding this trial in the eastern congo so people could see justice being done at close quarters. but that raised several practical problems including guaranteeing the safety of witnesses, some of whom have already received threats. and so it was felt safer to hold the trial here in the hague. human rights groups regret the narrow focus of the trial, but say that this is an important moment for international justice. >> we hope that it sends a strong warning to other group leaders in congo who are still today involved in various crimes. we hope that they hear loud and clear that justice may catch up with them one day, and we hope t to stop the crimes.

>> the icc is often criticized both for focusing only on africa, and for failing to bring more prominent leaders in justice. but for many in the eastern congo who have felt so powerfulless and neglected by the outside world for so many years, the trial is a very welcomed development. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, the hague. >> now norway has started accepting convicted criminals to a jail in the netherlands because it has run out of room in its own prisons. there are a thousand prisoners waiting to be placed in cells. we have this report. >> this is the jail in the north of the netherlands.

>> until recently its cells housed 300 dutch inmates. but now it's actually part of norway's prison system. on wednesday dutch officials symbolically handed over control of the site where staff have been getting special training for several months. >> it's a norwegian run prison, so norwegian law applies in the prison. it's dutch personnel, so we had to train them in norwegian law customs. if there are issues it will be dealt with by the norwegians and norwegian law. >> prisoners in belgium have been held in the southern dutch jail for the last five years and that has been widely seen as a success. norway's justice minister said that it will be harder for families to visit them, but denies that it is prohibitive. >> if you look at the map,

you'll have to travel shorter than to the jails in norway. >> it has already flown in its first group of prisoners to the netherlands. >> although they won't get to do everything that the dutch inmates used to, like grow their own vegetables in a garden, they'll be able to use this gym, about not everyone is happy about them being transferred here. in the dutch senate, which approved the deal this summer, one opposition told me about the prisoner. >> right they're not animals. they have rights, too. they might have friends and family who would want to come. >> most but not all future inmates volunteered to be transferred to the netherlands, and they'll all get to finish their jail sentences in norway

so both governments say that it's a project that works for everyone involved. nadine barber, the netherlands. >> there is more on many of our stories on our website, the address to click on to is www.aljazeera.com. www.aljazeera.com. and economics are becoming new battle lines. an embargo is the latest weapon of resistance for gaza and the west bank, but how does an internationally supported boycott movement deal with local vested interests?