>> welcome to europe, frustrations across hungary, and the president said that refugees should stay in turkey. we hear from the father of a syrian toddler, his death, a shock to europe. this is aljazeera, live from london. and also, coming up. thousands of farmers converge on paris, demanding the government does more to help them fight rising costs.

guatemala's president appears in court to face corruption charges, just hours after he quit. and the wins of same-sex couples in the u.s. after a county clerk is jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses. so we begin with the syrian refugee crisis in europe. let's look at the latest developments. a chaotic scene in hungary, as refugees are allowed to board a train, only to be halted 30 kilometers away. shocking pictures of bodies washed up on a beach in turkey are calling for allowing more refugees in. a three-year-old died, along with his mother and brother:

we'll have more on that in a moment. but first, andrew simmons reports on the latest situation in hungary. >> reporter: it was a day that started with elation, refugees running through doors that suddenly, unexpectedly opened. they thought they were going to be bound for austria, or germany, most of them with international tickets. they crowded into carriages, but this train traveled for a little more than an hour. and then this unscheduled stop. the police thought they were going to take them to a refugee camp. some dropped onto the rail line. the police moved in, he resisted, all of the force that he could muster to pull the police away.

it happened and enraged other refugees, and unfortunately, the family was taken away. gradually it turned from anger to subdued, refugees posting notes on windows, chanting occasionally, no police, no camps. >> they say, you will go on a train, and they bring us here, we don't know we, we don't need to stay. >> not for the first time in this crisis, there was confusion, stress and sheer exhaustion. then the police moved again. >> these people have been here for more than two hours in a standoff. and now it appears to be ending because we're being forcibly ejected from the platform. we tried to stay here, and board the train, and these people are calling for us to get on the train or at least stay here, but as you can see, there's no way we can stay here, because we're being forcibly removed from the platform.

>> reporter: but this standoff hasn't ended. the police ensured that the media was away from the refugees, but still in the station. and six buses apart, the refugees crammed into stuffy, overheated carriages, remained defiant but powerless. andrew simmons, aljazeera, hungary. new. and andrew is live for us right now, and bring us up-to-date. what's happening there right now? >> reporter: well, it's quite a disturbing scene here actually. and if i can let our camera go through, but this family tried to get away from the police. and they were being pushed toward a bus, and they tried to get away. the children were being dragged on the floor at one point, and medical services are now here. the father has a head injury, it would seem, and the mother, here, is talking, insisting that she does not want to go to

the camps. now, there's one refugee camp, 5 kilometers from here, already at least 30 to 60 people have voluntarily gone on to a bus and been taken there. and the camp as we say is close by. but look at the situation here. a little boy has been hysterical, and the daughter, looking at her fathering treated. they wanted to go to germany, and they set out with hope early on thursday morning. and they were intent on staying on the train, defiant with the rest. there are so many left on there, and we're now finding that people are trying to get away when they're being taken off. so they have been in disagreement, unlike some other families is that voluntarily got on the buses. this family is certainly defiant and not in good shape

at all. and i'm just going to step in now and give these people some prisoprivacy. right away, the police are guarding them as if there was a crime. these scenes, a man trying to have his own protest with his own family on the rail tracks with other families. and we now know that he is back on the train. the police brought him back with his toddler, and we haven't seen the mother. but they're back, and whether that was some sort of a gesture toward the protesters, but we're hearing chanting now, and people apparently resisting. i don't think that this is a mass movement. the police have been trying to do it stage by stage, as in the media's eyes with us on one side of the train, and them on

the other. we can't see who was taken away from the platform. but the position here is, well, disturbing. >> very distressing scenes, and keeping us up-to-date on what's happening there. thank you so much. the image of three-year-old syrian refugee washed up on the turkish beach. the urgency of the confidence growing, refugee crisis. and his father, abdullah has spoken about the ordeal. >> the mortuary in southern turkey, the father and tuesday survived. and they will take their bodies back to the hometown in kobane in syria, the body of three-year-old island washed up on a turkish beach on saturday

morning, and the bodies of his brother and mother, also drown, along with two others on two boats. >> >> translator: we went into the sea in four minutes, and the waves were so high that the captain panicked and dove into the sea. waves were so high, i took my wife and kids if my arms and realized they were all dead. >> reporter: the thousands of refugees who transit from turkey know the risks. they wait for a chance to sail to europe. turkey gives only syrians the right to work if they want it, but many feel europe offers better opportunities. mohamed paid $1,200 to be smuggled here to a greek island. > >> this is no work, we don't

have enough money. we're planning ongoing to germany from greece. they're asking 350 to $700. just a dozen kilometers from turkey. refugees risk crossing here because of the land borders between greece and syria are now heavily fortified. they and the 15 others who died would likely be alive if they were allowed to cross from the european union. the bodies of the boys and their mother are being taken back to syria for burial. they are the latest victims of the that civil war. >> european union leaders are divided on how to react to the crisis. countries like france and

germany want an opportunity for sharing out on refugees. they are resisting the european crisis for settlement. >> reporter: as europe's refugee crisis expands, prance and germany agreed to develop permanent rules for all members of the european union to take in refugees and asylum seekers. french president, francoise hollande spoke at a joint news conference. >> i believe that today what exists is no longer enough. for our countries, i'm not going to name them, it would not be constructive. obligations, so we'll need to go further. >> reporter: hollande seemed to be referring toking hungary.

the hungarian prime minister, victor orband, accused germany of causing the crisis. >> the problem is not a european problem. the problem is a german problem. nobody would like to stay in hungary. we don't have those who would like to stay in hungry, or slovakia, or poland or estonia. all of them would like to go to germany. >> hollande taunted german leader, saying that they were out of step with their citizens. >> the european leaders, and the prime ministers, they are unable to control the situation. >> reporter: german chancellor, angela merkel, said that europe needs to share the refugee burden and treat the refugees according to the human rights agreed to in international law. >> the world will decide how

europe will be seen by the world. we are a community of values, and the geneva convention is part of this community that we can not wish away. >> reporter: hollande cited the photograph of a child laying drown on the turkish shore after his family's trip to greece. a picture that shocked many around the world. >> i don't want to restrict ourselves of the emotion that comes when we have that three-year-old child and his brother and other families who died. i'm thinking of the other victims who died who were never photographed. >> reporter: the french and german proposals will likely be discussed in greater detail when the eu leaders meet in luxembourg on friday and saturday. aljazeera, berlin. >> still to come on the playground, just a soldier protecting his people. bosco ntaganda denied crimes.

and more trees growing than previously thought.

>> the top stories on aljazeera. in hungary, trying to get refugees off the train, heading towards the austrian border. ther father of a three-year-old syrian boy found drown on a beach in turkey speaking of his harrowing experience. shortly after the boat left

turkey, it was hit by waves, and the captain swam off. >> reporter:. >> and european leaders are divided on how best to respond to the situation. the european commission's vice president vice president has called the situation an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. thousands of fathers, and more than -- farmers and thousands of tractors have converged on paris to lessen the cost of production. the government is responding with billions in aid and moratoriums on payments. >> it's milking time at this dairy farm in northern france. he has 150 cows, and he does most of the work himself with help from his family. but despite working from dawn to nightfall, he finds it increasingly hard to get by. >> i love my work, but the

future looks dark. if you can't make a living from your work, your heart doesn't beat when you get up in the morning, it's unbearable. >> it's a familiar story for the farmers all over france, which is why they have rolled tractors to protest the rising protest the rising costs and falling prices for their products. many of the problems facing the farmers are global. but they say that all of the taxes and rules and regulations imposed by the french government are making it even more difficult for them to compete in the marketplace. and when farmers complain, the government listens. the agricultural lobby is powerful in france. politicians ignore it at their peril. >> we muss urgently respond to the problem of debt, the moratorium will be given to farmers, and this is on behalf of the banks and the state. he drove through the night to reach paris, and he said that

the trip has been bell worth the effort. [ speaking french ] >> people are on the side of the road, and some people have come up to us to say, we support you, we understand you. don't give up. that fills me joy. >> reporter: but the farmer's campaign doesn't stop here. they have other grievances, this time aimed at the european union. they want changes to farm quotas and regulations, and they will be taking those to brussels next week. jackie roland, aljazeera, paris.

>> in kentucky, found in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses same-sex couples. she has refused to issue marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight after the supreme court gave the green light to same-sex marriages, davis cited religious reasons, and hundreds >> two british journalists have been released from turkey from what authorities call a terrorist organization. they were arrested last week. they have been filming fighting between security forces and youth members of the pro kurdish group, pkk. and an iraqi fixer working with them is still being held. he said that his detention is

unjust and calling for his immediate release. guatemala's congress has accepted the president's resignation to face corruption charges. prosecutors allege, a customs scandal, in exchange for bribes. in his resignation letter, he said he has a clear conscience. the scandal ripped apart his government days before a national election on sunday. in the capital of guatemala city. >> the scandal has been dubbed the lie, going up to the very top. accusing the president of handing over huge bribes to avoid paying the duties of passing through guatemala

customs. the vice president is already under arrest. and six members of the cabinet have resigned for their alleged roles in the scandal. the others are on the run. a new vice president vice president has been chosen to serve until january, and whoever rins the elections on sunday is due to take office. this week, the congress lifted the president's immunity from prosecutor. that was by the attorney general, ordering his arrest. guatemala is no stranger to corruption scandals. what's different this time, it's being investigated and those implicated, including those at the very top, are resigning and expected to answer the accusations against them. though the country is in turmoil, some find that very refreshing. with the elections just days away, the guatemalan votes are increasingly being taken to the street, angry at politicians in general. dennis molina said that he's innocent of the charges, and he's now free to charge them. guatemala city. >> a county clerk official

from the u.s. state of kentucky has been found in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, refusing to issue any licenses to any coups, gay or straight. she's citing religious reasons for her decision, and hundreds of people have been protesting outside of the court while her case was being held. joined live from kentucky, give us more of the background for the jailing of the official. >> reporter: this is an extraordinary religious rights story which sprung up her in the u.s. cast your mind back a couple of months ago. the supreme court rules that same-sex marriage is legal across all 50 states, but here in roanoke, kentucky and the country, there's a county clerk who is issuing marriage

licenses who is having absolutely none of it. her name is kim davis, and she will not issue marriage licenses to anybody, and today, she was dragged into court here by the aclu and the civil liberties union here in ashton, kentucky, and everybody thought that she would be fine and the judge would rule on a compromise, but no, she's being jailed. and it's a slippery slope. so in her views, she's in the hands of the u.s.er marshals, and the judge says, you can get out if you tell your staff to issue marriage lines. it's an extraordinary story. >> she's not the only one refusing to issue the licenses, and what's going to happen to the others? >> well, her staff are still in there. and the case itself, the one that the media is interested in, finished two hours ago, but her deputies are being grilled by the judge, by the legal system. and they will be

cross-examinations, i have no doubt by the attorneys for those who want same-sex marriage, and it's possible that they will go ahead and not obey the law of the united states, and the judge might end up sending them to jail. and there are others across the country who have taken a similar stand. and the message maz gone out to them, be very careful because you could find yourself in jail as well. >> marking the 70th anniversary of the japanese slurpedder, the end of world war ii. ♪ a show of military might, thousands of troops, a procession through the capital. but the chinese president announced that he was scaling back the military. made a pledge to cut 300,000 soldiers. this will be the third time

that beijing has cut it since modernizing it. >> in the interest of peace, china will remain committed to peaceful development. we chinese love peace. and china will never seek domination or expansion, and it will not inflict itself on other nations. >> now, there are more trees growing around the world than thought. a lot more, in fact, because there are more than 3 trillion trees on earth. that's eight times the previous estimates. the density of forists in 400,000 maybes to come to that figure. how humans are still felling 3 billion a year, and only planting 5 million to replace them. they said in 300 years, we would cut down the very last tree. thomas crouther, from yale

university school of forestry, and he said we lost roughly half of the trees to the hands of mankind >> it would suggest that we have a lot more than suggested. and that's not to suggest that we found new trees, but we have used newer techniques and newer stimulus to provide a more robust estimate. and the scale of the effects was very much surprising to us, and we found that the scale of the human impact was surprising. we are losing between 10 and 15 billion trees each year, and at the current rate, it means that the forests are going to be deflated at a fast arrest but now that we have an understanding of the world's forests, conservations and environmental practitioners can set targets and goals, and they have to step up their efforts

to stop the damaging impact of humans around the world. we were surprised to find that throughout the course of human civillingization, the number of trees has fallen by almost 50%, and that's a huge reduction, and we didn't expect to find anywhere near that. >> hundreds of women in uganda have been forced into catches because they're being accused of practicing witchcraft. the community leaders are trying to stop the women from being off the sized. >> reporter: this settlement is known as cuckoo camp. it's a safe haven for women accused of being witches. she left her home after she was blamed for her niece falling sick. >> i was sad. and they accused me of so many things, and their intention was

to kill me. the chief stepped in to say that i should not be killed. >> she's one of the minority of women who have been accepted back into a regular community. she's now living with her brother and his family after 20 years of being in a camp. >> being home with my family has helped me. now that i am with them, and i am happy here. >> the government is working to reintegrate more women back into their communities. and managed to wind down one camp, but there are still five left. because this culture is very difficult to do away with it. and so what we do is use it as a means. working with a community, working with civil society. and also, particularly working with the traditional leaders to get them to appreciate and understand that it's totally

wrong is a human rights violation. >> some of these camps have been around for more than 100 years. and the idea that a woman can be a witch is deeply ingrained. any woman can be accused. but also to have children and be elderly who are outspoken. the government's plan is to close the rest of the caverns or transform them into regular communities over the next five years. she's afraid of returning home because of the trauma she went through. and like all of the women here, she just wants to be accepted. cuckoo camp in the northern reaches of uganda. >> from australia, it's believed that this sheep was the world's wooliest. it had 40 kilos of wool shorn off. it was wandering around the outskirts. and his coat was so heavy that he was struggling to walk. it's estimated that it had been

growing for five years. because of the record set in new zealand, it was carrying 29 kilos, but it may have just raised the bar, and i'm not doing the voice. >> . >> for more stories on the website, go to aljazeera.com. wildlife poaching is big business worth more than 17 billion dollars a year and growing. the slaughter is being fueled by demand from asia. ...where rhino horn is a status symbol and believed to even cure cancer.