>> a standoff between refugees and riot police in hungary continues for a second day. eu leaders prepare for emergency talks. you are watching al jazeera. their deaths shined a spotlight on the refugee crisis. now the bodies of a family that drowned are being sent home. the former president sent the night in jail after resigning over a corruption scandal.

australia's shock debate, should culling be brought back to reduce the risk to swimmers and surfers. the standoff at a train station between refugees and hungarian riot police is continuing almost 24 hours after it began. this group of mainly syrians and afghans are refusing to go to one of the largest refugee centers. the scene of a bitter showdown on thursday. calls for a unified european response continue. the e.u. foreign ministers are holding talks. the european commission is visiting the greek island to take in the refugee situation there. the leaders of poland, czech

republic are meeting for an emergency summit in prague. that train has been stopped for nearly 24 hours. what's been happening there? what have people been saying? >> it's a very sad situation here. if i can just try to set the scene and describe what's going on, there are still what appear to be hundreds of refugees on the train behind me. i will step out of the way so we can pan in and show you. we have seen several refugees holding up signs saying like no camp, they don't want to go to a refugee camp, they don't have water or food. they just want freedom. some wrote with shaving cream, it says no camp, no hungary, freedom train. they want to be back on that train and see it moving and going to another country and to

stay outside of hungary and get as many to germany. it is quite a sad situation. there are still police and riot police surrounding the train. now we are hearing many chanting no food, no food. they are hungry. it's getting worse by the hour. >> on thursday we heard the prime minister saying that he just doesn't want them in his country. what's he going to do to resolve this crisis now? >> reporter: that's the big question. he's come under so much pressure from the e.u. and other leaders within europe. but the prime minister sounding more defiant by the hour. today parliament in hungary is going to meet, the first of two sessions, one today, one on monday, trying to come up with new laws that will be enacted to deal with the situation. we expect that by monday there will have been passed a law in

which will allow army personnel to go to the border here with syria, try to prevent refugees from coming in. despite the pressure, despite many calls from many different countries, especially here in the e.u., for the prime minister to take a softer approach, that doesn't seem to be happening. >> thank you. a man whose wife and two sons drowned trying to cross to europe wants to go back to syr syria. the image of the three-year-old washed up sparked international outcry. the bodies will be sent home for burial. >> reporter: a mortuary in southern turkey, a journey's end for two syrian brothers and their mother who drowned. the father and husband survived. he will take the bodies back to

their home town in syria. the body of three-year-old washed up on a turkish beach. his five-year-old brother and mother drowned along with 15 others on two boats. >> we went into the sea for four minutes. the captain saw the waves were so high, he steered the boat and we were hit. he panicked and head into the sea. the waves were so high. i took my wife and kids in my arms, i realized they were all dead. >> reporter: the thousands of refugees know the risk. here, men, women and children from syria, pakistan, afghanistan and elsewhere 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 from here to a greek island. >> translator: there is no work, we don't have enough money. we are planning to go to germany from greece. there is work and life there. i couldn't find any work here. the house rental in turkey, they are asking for $350 to $700. >> reporter: greece's islands are an easy reach. refugees risk crossing here because the land borders with greece and bulgaria are now heavily fortified. the ones who died would likely been alive had they been able to cross to the european union over land. the bodies are being taken back to syria for burial. they are the latest victims of that country's civil war.

>> the aunt of the drowne drow d toddlers spoke. >> if i didn't give the money, he wouldn't go. anyway, he said to me i want to go. to start with, he was only by myself. he want to go. the wife said to me a week ago, she said i really don't want to go. i don't know how to swim. and i'm scared. >> more refugees arrived from athens. the government hired ferries to bring people to the mainland. the population has doubled and its mayor is calling on the government to declare a state of

emergency. the refugees are looking to make their way from greece up to western europe. guatemala's president will be held in jail. it's alleged he took bribes. the vice president has been sworn in as an interim leader ahead of elections on sunday. we report from guatemala city. >> reporter: this is a sight that rocked guatemala. just a few days ago he was the president of guatemala. now he's remand in custody in a jail cell. there is alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal. a growing social movement, regular protests want him out. >> we have been demanding the resignation of corrupt politicians. now there is corrupt officials.

even the president of guatemala. >> reporter: this is the man who replaced him. the new interim president with a background in the justice system. and there are presidential elections this sunday. guatemala has never seen anything quite like it. it isn't over yet. there is great hope and expectation that they can put their corrupt past behind them but no clear ideas about the way forward. corruption is not new in guatemala, but never before have so many heads of such senior people rolled. >> i think that's what driven the social movement. for me it's pretty clear, it's against the corruption of the system, against this system, that is built up for politicians to steal and steal and steal public money. >> reporter: these people have achieved more than they thought possible.

but what do they want now. >> translator: a better future. they invest in hospitals, medicine, food for the patients and education, too. >> translator: we are waiting for them to return everything they stole and we are talking about a lot of money. we need hospitals. he did nothing for guatemala. >> reporter: guatemala has hope on the sunday elections with uncertainty about what lies beyond. search teams in malaysia found more bodies after a boat sank on thursday. 16 people are confirmed to have died while another 30 are missing. the boat capsized in the strait. we report from the coastal town.

>> reporter: search and rescue operations are continuing on friday to look for dozens of people feared drowned after a boat capsized off the western coast of malaysia. a maritime official says that they have expanded the search area to 550 square kilometers. there are vessels as well as aircraft involved in the search operation. on thursday evening we were able to see some of the survivors that had been rescued overnight. they looked extremely traumatized. they were handcuffed and chained as they were being transported to a location closer to the capital. many did not have shoes and they were weeping. we spoke to one man that said he was indonesian, he was in his 40s. he had been in malaysia working on a construction site. he was on his way back to

indonesia on an overcrowded boat when it capsized in rough seas. he seems to fit the profile of many of these passenger, all indonesian whose had been working in malaysia. many were working here illegally. the deputy prime minister of malaysia held a press conference earlier on friday. he said that these survivors would be allowed to return to indonesia after they had been processed. he said that law enforcement agencies needed to crack down on people who were facilitating these people, these illegal workers who come from indonesia and work in malaysia. >> they are here because they are poor people. but at the same time our legal system has to be respected.

>> reporter: it's been more than 24 hours since this boat capsized. they are doing their best to continue the search and that they are hopeful that they will find people that are still ali alive. still to come on al jazeera, polls open for regional elections in morocco. plus -- >> i'm in australia along a coastline that's developing a reputation as the shark attack capital of the world. some are calling for a cull. but would that be ethical.

>> let's take a quick look at top stories on al-jazeera. the standoff in hunger r yeah continues. guatemala's former president will be held in jail while he's investigate would for corruption. prosecutors allege he took bribes as part of a customs scandal. he says he didn't do anything wrong. search teams found more bodies from a boat that sank. 16 people are confirmed to have been killed, another 30 are missing. saudi arabia's king is in washington for a long delayed meeting with president barack obama. the meeting is set to be dominated by the wars in syria and yemen.

>> reporter: when the king took over saudi arabia, u.s. president barack obama showed him the courtcy of paying his respects in person by changing his travel schedule. but when the president invited the king to attend the gcc summit, it was announced he couldn't come, perceived in the u.s. as a snub. now they will try to move past it. the saudis are coming with a military wish list because of the iran nuclear deal. >> they are looking for a variety of support. they would like the united states to export a bunch of new weapons to them. we have difficulty saying yes to that because of the commitment to israel and its military edge which is a long-standing policy for exports to that region. >> reporter: they are talking about military hardware, negotiations for these are still ongoing. a senior administration official

says not to expect any may your announcements. for its part it wants saudi to stop supporting the more extremist of the opposition groups in syria and they will urge restraint in yemen as the civilian casualty count grows. the president made that request before without results. it didn't stop the u.s. from providing an additional $500 million worth of bombs and bullets to replenish their arsenal last month. the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia is changing because of falling oil prices. >> from being a price taker in the global oil market, the u.s. is increasingly the price maker because the global swing producer now is actually u.s. shale production. and, therefore, the u.s. is far less dependent on saudi arabia or the region or opec as a whole

than it used to be. >> the two leaders have to figure out what a less dependent relationship will look like with the changing dynamic in a changing region. turkey's parliament voted to continue military operations in syria and iraq for another year. current mandate against isil and kurdish fighters expires in october. it let's foreign soldiers on to bases in turkey. it also means foreign troops can enter iraq and syria, if necessary. polls have opened in the regional elections. the region have been given more powers. it will test whether the ruling justice and development party still has support. >> reporter: he's young and hoping to win the support of the poor and the disenfranchised.

a win will increase his chances to run the capital. this is his biggest political battle. >> people care about the elections because it's a matter of youth, future. this city is full of youth, unemployed. they face many difficulties. they want to change their daily lives. they need to vote. >> reporter: but willing the hearts and minds won't be easy. the main rival, the ruling conservative justice and development says it has for years championed the cause of those sidelines by the political elite. the party's leader is the prime minister. his popularity has been on the rise over the last few years. >> translator: since we came to power four years ago. we had been leading a coalition

that made improvements in different sectors. >> reporter: they face liberal leftist and nationalist parties, all campaigning to win council seats. but for the time being, they need to convince the mostly unemployed youth to vote. poverty and unemployment remain high in morocco. >> elections won't change anything. people like me will not benefit. even if you cast your vote, your voice won't make a change. >> reporter: no party is expected to win a majority. the party that comes first would need to form a coalition to run councils. but the ruling pdg believe the higher the turnout, the higher the chance to win. thousands of people took to the streets asking for political reforms. the religiously conservative development party emerged as the

biggest political block. now its leader is campaigning nationwide with one message, his party is confident it will keep its political gains and stay in power. sri lanka's coalition cabinet has been sworn in. the president of the freedom party formalized his oath to lead. they formed a unity government after last month's election. they promised a new era of clean government and political reforms. a hindu ceremony has been held where an explosion killed 20 people last month. the statue has been restored after being damaged in the blast. police expect to make further arrests. french investigators made a breakthrough in the search for the missing malaysia missing

flight mh 370. they found out debris belongs to the aircraft. a piece of the wing appearedded on reunion island. it plane disappeared with 239 people on board. a former leader has told the international criminal court that he's never killed a civilian, he's on trial for war crimes committed in democratic republic of congo between 2002 and 2003. we have been listing to his testimony at the haig in the netherlands. >> reporter: we heard from lawyers for the witnesses. they painted a chilling picture of what the militia was doing in 2002 to 2003. they spoke about the wide spread rape of young girls in their teens and they spoke about how

some victims were forced to dig their own graves before being buried alive while distraught family members looked on. later we heard from himself. he spoke calmly for 20 minutes. he said denot recognize this picture of him which the prosecutor was putting forward. he said he was a disciplined soldier and that he led men under strict command. this is what he had to say. >> translator: as an officer, i have always fought with people in uniform. i have never attacked civilians. on the other hand, your honor, i have always protected them. >> reporter: so what happens now in this trial. the court has adjourned until

september 15. that's when we expect the first witnesses to appear. but all the experts here are warning that this trial could go on for years. a woman has been jailed for failing to issue licenses to same-sex couples. she cited religious reasons for her decision. hundreds of people protested outside the court while her case was being heard. edward snowden has weighed in on the controversy of hillary clinton's e-mails. she's been accused of handling classified data on a private server. he made the comment during an interview with al jazeera. >> anyone who has the clearances

knows how classified information should be handled. if an ordinary worker at the state department or central intelligence agency or anything like that were sending details about the security of embassies over unclassified e-mail systems, they would not only lose their job and clearance, they would likely face prosecution for it. >> you can watch the full interview on a weekly program called "up front" launched on friday here on al jazeera. an unprecedented number of shark attacks has reignited the debate whether or not culling could make it safer. after 14 attacks between sydney and brisbane over the past year. the latest incident, a man was knocked off his surf ski by a shark.

>> reporter: on the morning of july 31, just 20 meters from shore, former boxer craig eison was mauled by a shark. he managed to fight back. >> i went whack, whack, whack. >> and it worked. >> for ten seconds he was latched on. >> he lost so much blood, he almost died. he spent all of august in hospital. full recovery would take years. >> i wouldn't go back in the water, no way. i'm not going in there until i know ritz safe. >> there is fear along the coast of australia. the short stretch has seen 14 people attacked by sharks, two died. >> it's like jaws. there is a lot of fear. surfers are reruck ontario to go in the water. >> it could be this year ease'sl

ninò is attracting shark. after a ban on hunting, more sharks are reaching maturity than before. what can be done to protect surfers and swimmers? that question provoked fierce debate. some say nothing. the ocean is the shark's territory, people have to accept the degree of risk. >> i have enjoyed the fact that the crowds have come down. you can surf with a couple of mates. it was unheard of once upon a time. >> reporter: but many want firm action, even a cull through shooting sharks or shark netting. at a community meeting, a majority were in favor. >> the cull word takes out a lot of shark. we can isolate the seven sharks

that have been around for a while. but when you take out one or two of them, they do it in other parts of the world as well. >> reporter: but culls are controversial. when one began in the west of australia, hundreds protested. although great white numbers have grown in recent years, they are much lower than they once were. >> i don't like the idea of a cull of an animal that's been lowered to what i consider threatened levels. >> craig says he wouldn't want the particular shark that attacked him killed. he feel it is gave him half a chance. but he does want action, people deserve more protection than sharks. two-time super bowl winning quarterback tom brady has successfully had his four game ban lifting over the deflate-gate scandal. a new york judge ruled the star

can't be held responsible for his team's use of under--inflated footballs. it follows a number of failed talks. if you want more sports news, current news, general news, log on to our website, www.aljazeera.com. i'm ali velshi "on target", man versus machine, see how the need for speed turned america's volatile stock market upside down. revenge of the nerds, meet the brains behind the computers that can make hundreds of million in milliseconds this last month has been a challenging and turbulent time for investigators in the stock market. we see them going up or down.