>> angry refugees protest in the center of budapest. >> hello there, i'm felicity barr. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. at least 38 killed by isil suicide-bombers in the yemeni capital. talks in colombia as a border dispute with venezuela deepens. and a feared congolese warlord goes on trial in the hague.

>> hello, france, germany, and italy have called on their european union partners to create a strong respond to the immigration crisis. they've called for a fairer distribution of refugees throughout the continent. many continue to die in attempts, 11 syrians including three children drowned when they are boat sank. refugees and hungar hungary are thousands were blocked from boarding trains to their destinations. at the macedonia border several

hundreds refugees broke through a cordoned area. there were over a thousand refugees waiting to carry on for their journey in serbia and later on for hungary. >> the demonstrations have becoming more heated. one minute the group is in the demonstration and then scuffles broke out. it's the demonstrators themselves. they're getting closer and closer to direct conflict. no police as one group tries to calm the situation by forming another line between the police and the refugees. eventually the police pushed forward clearing the road and the demonstrators backed off.

it didn't come to all-out confrontation. throughout wednesday protest have been getting louder. hungarian railways have been ordered not to sell tickets to anyone without visas or the right passport for their destination. it's an excruciating situation for these families, having to sleep on a walkway in the hopes that the hungarian government's policies might change. that looks more and more unlikely. one level down from the station's main a approach. this is called a transit zone. it's been in place since the crisis began, but it's never been an as full. >> i will stay here. i will sleep in the streets. i just want to go out of here. >> we may take another way.

>> what he means is being smuggled across the border. although he was not sure he could afford though option. there are warnings that the hungarian government's hard line policy on refugee also only encourage more people smuggling. >> they do not want to stay in hungary. they want to go to the rest of the european countries. they will offer their services to human smugglers. >> they have designated places where they can stay and wait. >> now everyone has to struggle with the reality of their situation. many say they've been through worse hardship than this.

>> al jazeera, budapest. >> british foreign secretary now president of the international rescue committee said that some of the stories that they had come across. >> strategically in a wa, they head to greece, lesbos. what they are telling me are stories of losing fatherrers brothers to war, and then children abused on the passage to europe, and then in the worst cases seeing their way to the shores of europe. >> it's the end of war in syria, which has caused millions to flee the country. that's exactly what the u.n. envoy is doing, reportedly trying to do with a new road map

for peace. leaked documents detail a number of initiatives being considered including the implementation of a cease-fire and elections overseen by the u.n. after this there would an transitional phase where opposition and government officials. both sides would agree on the exclusion of 126 government officials. then there would be national dialogue under the care of the united nations. the document does not mention the role of president "adrenaline tv. well, they're saying some of the difficulties. >> you have cease-fire, the devastating humanitarian crisis. refugees are displaced as

refugee crisis around the world. it is very serious and confronts the break down of isil and the syrian state. the ideas are great, but how do you translate the agreement into a concrete initiative? how do you convince assad to surrender his executive authority, and how do you convince the opposition to keep assad in place even with symbolic power? >> in the members, 36 suspected human traffickers have been arrested in a multi national crackdown. they're accused of smuggling people across the border. of the thousands of illegal high grants who entered u.s. last

year, thousands were children without their parents. >> the islamic state in iraq and the levant said it carried out two attacks in yemen. it attacked a mosque in northern sanaa. the second was in a car outside. ambulances had arrived, and people would pleat area. shocked by the killing of two workers in yemen, gunmen attacked while they were traveling from saada to sanaa. last week the aid agency were able to there.

>> forces loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi say they're making gains. it's in the northern province where these forces have been building their presence. fighters from all over yemen are converging there. journalists have been posting images online of what they say are saudi coalition reinforcements. they include forces. >> they were sent in mareb. we're ready to engage in any fighter. >> the possible advance towards the houthi held capital of sanaa. they want to retake the city.

that's where airstrikes have once again targeted the air base. strikes like these have helped anti-houthi fighters gain ground in southern aden. >> we call on coalition forces to support us and provide us with weapons of ammunition, and we'll win the battle against those aggressors. >> but the fighting in tase has taken a heavy toll. >> we had intervenous fluids from sanaa, bu along with drips. but they never made it. >> there is a shortage of medicine in the city of taiz. >> we need a quick intervention by aid organizations to save us from the epidemic spreading inside the city. >> as all five continued to

think, the yemeni continue to suffer. >> talks being held in colombia over the border dispute. over a thousand colombians have been deported in the last month. it comes after two were hurt in a shootout with colombian smugglers. >> it's lunchtime in one of the 12 shelters set up. hundreds of colombians recently returned and have been deported from venezuela get in line for their meals. after 23 happy years in the neighboring country she said that the climate there for colombians has changed so much she took her entire family and ran. >> they're saying colombians are smugglers, thieves, i'm sure some are, but we're not all criminals. they wouldn't even sell us food any more. president shah chez did not

humiliate colombians the way maduro is doing now. he supported us and gave us a home. >> over the years hundreds of thousands colombians have fled the border recently venezuela has been blaming them for siphoning out cheap subsidized goods in the country's chronic shortages. since they closed the board over a thousand have been deported, and 5,000 more have crossed back with anything that they could take. >> the government stopped deporting people six days ago, but the colombian families continue to cross the border and authorities here are having a hard time managing the flow. >> we're setting up housing and work for all of them. either here or in other parts of the country. we're hoping that this would be temporary. maybe another eight or 15 days. the foreign ministry said that

it would give citizenship to the families and relatives. >> there has always been a steady flow of people both ways. they made a living smuggling cheap goods and selling them here for a profit, but said it was not people like her who should be blamed for venezuela's woes. >> it's not our fault. we're just making a meager living. instead they should be going after the powerful cartels, and there are chick problems, but we are the ones paying for them. >> the colombian government has received little help from the international community to solve the crisis, and with parliamentary elections around the corner in venezuela the government there looks set on maintaining and perhaps extending the restrictions. al jazeera. colombia. >> the former congolese rebel

leader has been accused of killing at least 800 people. between 2002 and 2003. al jazeera's barnaby phillips sent this report. >> he was a feared warlord who went by the nickname of "the terminator." but now in the international court he only has his lawyers to defend him. >> in the murder of civilians. >> it took 15 minutes to read out all the charges against him. a litany of gruesome crimes. he listened calmly. >> do you plead guilty or not guilty to each of those 18 counts you are charged with? >> not guilty, he said. >> he led armed groups for more than a decade.

the prosecutor alleged that he ordered his troops to carry out rape and murder and he even carried out murder himself. >> justice for the innocent lives lost. ravaged and destroyed. >> he's being charged only with crimes at a took place from 2002 to 2003 in etouri province. the icc does not have the resources to investigate further. the icc has looked at the possibility of holding the trial in the eastern congo so people could see justice being done at close quarters, but that raised several practical problems including keeping safe witness who is had already received threats.

they say this is an important moment for international justice. >> this is a strong warning to others in congo. we hope that he her loud and clear they catch up with them one day. and we hope we can stop the crimes. >> the icc is often criticized. both for focusing only on africa, and for failing to bring more prominent leaders to justice. but for many people 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. >> and still to come on the program, commemorating the past with a message for the future. marking 70 years since the end of world war ii. and how vibrant colors are bringing life back to gaza strip.

>> a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. scuffles this hungary between refugees and rit riot police. calling rebeliev for more.

>> president obama's iran nuclear deal. >> the israeli government pulled out all the stops to try to stop the iran deal from going forward even before the agreement was reached. the israeli prime minister ben hallorabenjamin netanyahu lobby ied congress with his speech. the pro israeli lobby apaec spent tens of millions of dollars on tv ads and lobbying. hosting rallies like this one in maryland on tuesday urging supporters to get involved.

>> we called our senator's office, but it didn't work. >> but senator mcculsky came toward with her support allowing president obama the ability to veto. >> president obama did press conferences and interference. >> the energy secretary tried to explain the complication of nuclear silence. allies even paid for their own television ap ad, but analysts say the defeat will effect apac. >> members of congress have felt free for move away from the aipac line. will that change? aipac is going to continue to follow and be divisive.

>> the administration is still solid flying the deal with the vice president heading to florida and the secretary of state continuing with hi speeches. >> not only with respect to this one issue, but i'm telling you across the board economically, politically, mill at thi at thimilitary and even morally. >> they could keep congress from voting on the deal at all, arguing that would send the wrong message to the world. the fight over the symbolism of the deal because the substance of it will not change. the u.s. is now expected to honor it's part in this historic agreement. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. >> mexico's president has acknowledged his country's anger about crime, corruption and the poor economy. in his state of the union

address, inrekay peña nieto spoke about the escape of el chapo. >> outside of the court in baltimore head of the trial hearing, officers face charges including second-degree murder and plan slaughter over the death of freddie gray. venezuela said it has

secured a $5 billion loan from china to increase oil producti production. venezuela's president announced the deal in beijing where he's attending the world war ii events. the loan will be paid back to china in oil. it exports 600,000 barrels a day to china. 12,000 troops are preparing to march through major league beijing as china commemorates 70 years japan's surrender from world war ii. >> the government made be struggling to control the economy, but it can still rely on the military to do as it's told. most of these soldiers, though, are there for the pomp and ceremony, it will also be the

first time china has marked japan's surrender with such a display of force. soldiers selected for us to interview were on message. careful to play down today's tensions with a country many chinese still regard as the enemy. >> to remember history is not to keep on passing the hatred. it's to learn the lessons from history to create the future. >> troops from russia and central asian republics will participate, and they've been rehearsing their moves in the capital. >> this parade is about much more than the past. it will showcase an expanding military now taking a more assertive stance especially over the disputed waters over the south china and china seas.

>> the people's liberation army has been the target of his anti-corruption programs. >> there have been important adjustments in the military since xi took control of the army. he needs to keep his image for the army, th country and the people. >> it will feature the army and it's latest drone. security will bring disruption. roads will close. the main international airport will shut for three hours. and to insure it all happens under pollution-free skies, factories have been ordered to halt to reduce production.

>> now in the aftermath of war one neighborhood in gaza is putting color back in people's lives. they painted homes with vibrant colors. >> it's unlike anywhere else in the gaza strip. bright colors and decorated with design. palestinians call this quarter of gaza home. this man said after surviving the 50-day war with israel they needed to find a way to bring beauty into the his life. >> i first painted the walls on the inside of the house. it made me so happy, that i wanted to paint the outside, too. my neighborhood wanted to do the

same. >> they would help to decorate and paint the outside of their homes. they say the change has had a dramatic affect on their children. many are left traumatized by the war. >> i'm not a psychologist, but the behavior of our children has improved so much. instead of feeling sad they make sure that no one damages the neighborhood. >> organizers hope that that will help, all across the gaza strip many still live in makeshift shelters in ruins of what was once their homes or containers donated by aid organizations. despite billions of dollars of aid raised by international communities for reconstruction,

the israeli blockade only "laos a small amount of construction materials in. >> we need to change the way we think. i don't want kid to all think of martyrs, tanks and shellings. they should know how to paint, plant, think of life, we should not surrender to our reality. >> a defied message of hope of a place getting used to this kind of beauty. al jazeera, gaza. >> the first danish astronaut is on his way to the international space station. he is flying with a russian astronaut and a cosm cosmonaut

from kazakhstan. you can find much more on any of our stories on our website. www.aljazeera.com. >> at his trial, an fbi scientist testified that hairs found at the crime scene were 'microscopically alike' to joseph's. just months ago, joseph was released from prison, after serving almost forty years behind bars. dna testing had proved the hairs