we want the world to see this, says the father of the syrian toddler whose death has shocked europe. welcome to europe - frustration for refugees trying to cross hungary as president orban says syrians should stay in turk gri hello, i'm felistie barr, and this is al jazeera live from london. coming up, guatemala's president appears in court to face corruption charges hours after he quit a win for same-sex couples

in the u.s. after a county clerk is gaoled for refusing to issue marriage licences just a soldiers protecting his people. congolese rebel leader says he's not guilty of war crimes. hello. the father of 3-year-old syrian boy, ireland, washed up on a kurdish beach, photos shocking the world calling for action in the refugees crisis. his father spoke in detail, describing the terrible detail of the trip from turkey to cos. he wants the world to take notice and proven more death, bernard smith reports. >> a mortuary in southern turkey, a journey's end

for two brothers and a mother who drowned, trying to make it to greece. the father survived. the 3-year-old's body washing up on the beach. his 5-year-old brother and mother drowned, along with 13 others from two boats. >> we went into the sea for four minutes, and the captain saw that the waves were to high. he panicked and died into the -- dived into the sea and fled. i took over and started fleeing. the waves were so high. the boat flipped. my wife and kids, i took them in my arms. i realized they were dead. my kids were the most beautiful children in the world. wonderful. they wake me up every morning to play with them. they are all gone now. now all i want to do is sit next to the grave of my wife and children. for thousands of refugees

that transit through turkey, they know the risks. here, men, women and children in syria, pakistan, afghanistan and elsewhere wait for a chance to sail to europe. turkey gives only syrians the rights to work if they want it, but they may feel europe offers better opportunities. this person paid $1200 to be smuggleed from here to a greek island. >> there's no work. we don't have enough money, we plan to go to germany. there's work and a life there. i couldn't find work here. for house rental in turkey they ask $350 to $700. >> greece's aegean islands in are within reach, a dozen kilometres from turkey in places. refugees risk crossing here, the land borders with greece and turkey are heavily fortified. this person and others that

died would likely be alive had they been able to cross by land to the european union. >> the boys and their mother are being taken back to kobane for burial. they are the latest victims of that country's war ireland's aunt spoke about his death, saying she regrets encouraging his father to make the journey to germany, where they had relatives. >> now abdul e, i said to him "mohammed is there now." before this massive syrian went, and i said to him "do you want to go do the same thing that mohammed did? i will support you with money. and to be honest. i do regret that. i shouldn't send them. they did not have money. if i didn't give him the money, he would not have gone.

anyway, he said to me "i want to go, to start with." he was only by himself, he want to go. his wife said a week ago "i don't want to go, i don't know how to swim and i'm scared. how about if we drawn in water?", i said to her laughing "just put your life jacket on, you'll be fine." he said to me "i want to take the family to me." mohammed told him if he brings the family it will be better. i know i not bring the family right now, he decide to do it hungary's prime minister

issued a stark warning to refugees, telling them not to make the dangerous journey to europe. because they will not be accepted. it comes as the train was stopped from reaching a town. al jazeera's andrew simmonds has been follows that journey. >> reporter: it was a day starting with elation, refugees running through doors that suddenly, unexpectedly open. they thought they'd be bound for austria and germany, most with international tickets. cramming into carriages. waiting patiently. the train travelled for no more than an hour, and an unscheduled stop at this station. where do you think you're going? >> they stop us here. >> refugees were convinced they'd been cheated and the police would take them to a nearby refugee camp. some jumped down onto the railway line.

police moved in. this father and wife and child resisted with all force. they were pulled away. the family taken away. it enraged others. the situation turned from anger to subdued anxiety. what follow said was a long standoff. refugees posting photos at windows, chanting occasionally "no police or camps." >> they say you will go to austria, and they bring us here. we don't know why. we don't need to stay on the camp. we don't need to stay in hungary. not for the first time in this crisis there was confusion and sheer exhaustion. the police moved again. the people have been here for a period of more than 2 hours, in a stand off.

now it appears to be ending. we are being forcibly ejected from the platform. we tried to stay here and board the train. the people are calling for us to get on the train or stay. conceding there's nowhere we can stay here, because we are being forcibly removed from the platform. the standoff has not ended. police ensured the media was kept away from the refugees but still in the station. eight hours after it started, 30 agreed to leave the train. guarded all the way by police. >> sit down, sit down. everybody. >> reporter: as they feared, the destination is understood to be the nearby refugee camp, but the vast majority remain in stuffy carriages, defiant but powerless. the secretary-general says european countries are party to the refugee convention and must act to protect their rights on european soil. >> the responsibility to take care of refugees lies with the member states themselves.

the pictures we are seeing currently out of hungary, the picture which have seen of the poor child dead in turkey are clearly an affront to human dignity. we have to ensure that every country treats refugees with the dignity and respect they deserve at least 15 people drowned off the coast of malaysia. an overcrowded vote capsized near the strait of malacca. it's believed those on board were indonesians working illegally in malaysia. >> reporter: police here in malaysia recovered yet another body from this boat disaster, bringing the number of dead to 15. 20 or so people have survived. most are held at the police hours in this town. 150km north of kuala lumpur. now, authorities say they have

launched investigations into this and are interested in finding out who was operating the service between malaysia and indonesia, whether they were operated illegally or whether there were enough precautions on the vessel. they are looking into the nationalities of passengers. authorities say they are confident all the passengers were indonesian after having spoken to survivors, saying the people rescued were not carrying documents or passports. they were all speaking the indonesian language. if the passengers found to be illegal migrants, illegal workers who had come to malaysia from indonesia to work temporarily, they may face charges. however, authorities say the focus is very much on search and rescue. vessels are still out at sea.

officials told me that in the morning, the air surveillance of the affected area will resume. how far, the more that it goes on, the less chance there is of finding survivors. guatemala's congress accepted the resignation of president otto perez molina over customs charges. he's accused of corruption, using bribes to avoid customs duty. charges will be affected with a clear conscious. the scandal rips apart the government, due to take place on sunday. this update sent. >> things have been moved. this whole week. on monday, ott j perez molina

was the president. today no longer the president. in court on charges of corruption. and a president has been sworn in. that country is facing elections on sunday. politicians doing best are those offering resistance from every day politics. he is shooting up in the opinion polls. because he admits he knew little about politics and sustained by the politicians. so as they say, those, with a great deal of experience are not doing so well in the opinion polls. what emerges is they'll go to a second round in october. it will be interesting to see whether those elected have the qualifications to then run the country the former congolese rebel leader told his war crime trials that they've never killed the

civilian, despite murdering 800 people from 2002 and 2003. speaking at the hague the intention was to protect. barnaby phillips has been listening to the testimony. >> we heard from lawyers for the witnesses appearing later in the trial. they painted a chilling picture. what the militia was doing in a province in eastern congo. in 2002 to 2003. they spoke about the rate of gills in their teens, and spoke about how they were forced to dig their own graves before being buried alive while distraught family members looked on. later we heard from him himself. he spoke calmly for 20 minutes. he said he did not recognise the picture of him, which the prosecution was putting forward that he was a ruthless killer.

far from it. he said he was a disciplined soldiers, and led men under scright command to the province. this is what he had to say. >> i have always fought with people in uniform. i have never attacked civilians. on the other hand, i have always protected them. >> what happens now in the trial? the court adjourned until september 15th, when we expect the first witnesses to appear. all here are warning that this trial could go on for years. >> still to come on the programme... [ ♪ ] ..china pledges to clip its army by 300,000 as it commemorates the end of the second world war. and the women driven into camps

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digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective. weeknights, on al jazeera america. welcome back, a reminder of the top stories, the father of a 3-year-old syrian boy found drowned, on the beach of turkey, spoke of his harrowing experience. the father said shortly after the boat left turkey, the greek island of cos, it was hit by waves, and the captain swam off

european commission's vice president says the continent is facing crisis as more refugees try to reach its shores. in hungary there has been chaotic scenes. police tried to get refugees off a train headed to the austrian border guatemala's president appears in court to face corruption charges, hours after he resigned. prosecutors allege that he was involved in a customs scam, seeing supporters avoid paying duty in exchange for bribes. >> china's president says he wants to cut the size of the army by 300,000. the country is increasing reliance on growing regional tensions and pan pacific rivalry with the u.s. making the announcement at a military parade, marking 70 years since the vonder of japan at the end of world war ii. we have this report a nation's pride and military might on display in

tiananmen square and an opportunity for the chinese to honour those that died. tiananmen square has not seen the pair aid since 2009 the the fourth since 1960. 12,000 military personnel, past and present, representing chinese armed services marched to precision timing. more than 80% of the military hardware on show was unveiled for the first time. tanks, armoured vehicles, dozens drones, aircraft entertained large crowds. security operations surround the event. a few kilometres down the road. not everyone wants to watch the parade from home. many came to points like this, to see the parade, not necessarily passing them on the right, but up in the sky. >> translation: i've watched several parades on tv. it is the most spectacular one, the biggest in terms of size.

this is an historical moment for china. >> reporter: many waited for an anticipated speech from chinese president xi jinping, including specially invited delegations and heads of states from more than 100 countries >> translation: people's liberation army of china is the people's army, it's duty to protect the nation's security and wellbeing and carry out the noble mission of upholding world peace. here i announce that china will cut the number of troops by 300,000. despite the significant statement, many leaders from western nations, and the prime minister of japan did not attend. they see china flexing its muscle. sending a message that it can and will defend itself and any disputed territory that it aims to claim. china was on the winning side during world war ii.

military personnel from 10 nations, including several central asian republics, and russia's asian ally pakistan joined in the parade. a nationalistic display it might have been, but 70 years on, like other global nations, china needed to remember the fallen heroes, paying tribute to the sacrifices. there's a clear message, global superpower that never wants to see another world at war again several people have been killed, and up to 100 injured in a double suicide attack in northern cameroon. the first bomb exploded at a morning market in a small town near the nigeria border. the second went off at a camp housing infantry soldiers battling boko haram fighters in that area. >> liberia has been declared ebola free for the second time.

world health organisation made the deceleration 42 days after the last confirmed case was cured. 42 days is twice the incubation period of the virus. liberia was worst hit by ebola, 4,800 died during the outbreak. the west african nation was declared ebola free in may. six additional cases were identified in june a county clerk official from the u.s. state of kentucky has been found in contempt. court and gaoled for refusing to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples. kim davis refused to issue licences to any couple, gay or straight, after the u.s. supreme court gave the order. he is citing religious regions. hundreds protested outside the court while her case was heard. john terrett is there and has the latest.

>> it's an extraordinary case where a local county clerk is in gaol for her plasts. cast your mind back to june, when the supreme court ruled gay marriage was legal in all 50 states. here in kentucky, kim davis was having none of that, refusing to hand out licences to anyone, on the grounds she may hand one to a same-sex couples. in court today, she was made to answer for this decision, and at the end of the court case, she said she would rather go to gaol than hand out marriage licences to same-sex calls. >> okay, gaol it is. she's in a local county gaol and stay there until she decides, in her capacity as a local official to issue marriage licences to all couples, gay and straight couples. five of six deputies great to open the office and hand out marriage licences, all except

for one. the judge decided not to charge him with conterms of court. >> reporter: one of the largest lakes in northern america is under threat of pollution. blooms damaged the tourism industry, worth billions. we have this report. >> reporter: each summer a growing underwater forest of toxic algae suf kates lake erie. this farmer is doing everything he can do stop that. to prevent fertiliser and other run off from the families's 170-year-old farm. he plants tall grass along the river. using corn that doesn't disturb the soil and after harvesting it, replants the fields with wry grass. it doesn't erode. >> that is designed to keep everything washing off the soil. >> exactly. >> reporter: when the city of toledo declared water unsafe for

drinking, conservation put blame on farmers. they estimate that two-thirds of the phosphorous and pollutants come from farms. >> i guess it upset me personally, because i'm trying to do all i can. to keep the gaol particles out of the river. i'm not going to deny that. urbanization, industry, there's other people that dumped things into the river. >> we'll grab a sample. >> he might have a point. when we watch the conservations test the water from the river, which feeds lake erie, before the water treatment plant. the phosphorous was five parts per million, after the plant, it tripled. >> this one is 15. first greeting was about five. this one was 15. >> the problem is none of the states required disclosure of pollution, that is required in the fox river feeding this green

bay, and the chesapie on the east coast. >> you can't put raw sewerage into the water and think it's good for the water. we have to look at the sources and see the reductions at the lowest cost to bring the lake back to health again heavy rains did not help. this might be a particularly bad summer for algae blooms. summer rains washed over the side of the river that you see across the way. you see the water encroaching into the treeline, taking soil into the river, feeding into lake erie. the algae blooms growing their worst. >> west of the great lakes erie was the first to develop algae blooms, a warning for a system supplying 20% of the world's fresh water. conservationists say until the states report what the sources of pollution are, lake erie will continue to choke hundreds of women in garner

have been forced out of their communities and in camps because they've been accused of practicing witchcraft. the government wants to chase it up and teamed up with organizations to stop the women being ostracised. we have their story. >> this settlement is known as cuckoo camp, a safe haven for women accused of being witches. >> for this woman, she has been here for three years. today her daughter came to visit. she says she left her home after she was blamed for her niece falling sick. >> and the crowd attacked me. i was sad. they came with sticks and other things, and the intention was to kill me, the chief stepped in to kill me, the chief stepped in to say i should not be killed she is one of the minority of women accepted back into a regular community. she is living with her brother and his family after 20 years of being in a camp. >> being home with my family

helped me. now that i am with my brother, if i am sick, he's there to see it. if i have problems, he is there. i'm happy here. >> the government is working to reintegrate more women into the communities, he's wound down one camp. there's five left. it has been difficult to do away with it. what we do is use it as a means, working with community and civil society, and particularly working with the traditional leaders, to get them to appreciate and understand that it is totally wrong. it's a human rights violation. >> some of the camps have been around for more than 100 years. the idea that a woman can be a witch is deeply engrained. anyone can be accused, but it's often those that can't have children, elderly or outspoken. the government's plan is to

close the rest if the camps. or transfer them into regular communities. this person is afraid of returning home because the trauma that she went through. like all the women, she wants to be accepted. two british journalists have been released from prison in turkey after being charged, working on behalf of the what the authorities call a terrorist organization. news correspondent, and cameraman were arrested last week. an iraqi fixer with them, is held on appeal on behalf of all three. the detention is unjust, they are calling for immediate release. >> finally, a long yarn from australia. it's believed that this sheep was the world's woolliest. it had more than 40 kilos of

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