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serbia there after several sevel hundred people broke out of a nearby camp. hungary's prime minister says he was prefired throws the country's board we are croatia should large numbers of refugees start coming from there. thousands of refugees and migrants are trying to pass through hungary, with most attempting to reach germany. thousands more remain stranded at the main train station and also in bicske north we was the capital. several hundred have given up trying to get a train and are trying to make the journal on foot. the distance is significant, 640-kilometers through austria to reach the city of munich. a fast track protest are cescking center is to be set up in greece near athens. that's in response to the huge numbers arriving in mainland greece, a thoroughfare for those wanting to travel onto western europe. the center will determine who is a refugees fleeing persecution of car and entitled to asylum in europe. anyone considered a economic

migrant will be sent home. the u.n. high commissioner for refugees says europe must drabbing down on human traffickers and protection the victims of people smuggling, calling the crisis a defining moment in europe. >> my appeal is for the european states to recognize that these are exceptional moments, that this requires exceptional measures, that europe as a whole has to respond in solidarity. and that this is also a battle for values in which europe cannot fail. jacky rowland is in luxembourg where e.u. foreign ministers have arrived to discuss the crisis. >> reporter: pressure is really growing now on european union leaders to come up with some kind of a coherent, coordinate ahead preach towards the 10s of thousands of refugees who are turning up in europe. up until now, the approach has been very patchy. we have seen in particular the frontline countries like greece and italy and hungary struggling

to deal with all of these daily arrivals pretty much. whereas the countries in western europe are often the defamation countries for those refugees, thus far haven't been coordinating their policies. it's difficult to see, though, how the leaders will be able to reach some kind of a common poll at this when you bear in mind the huge differences of opinion that he want exist across the en union, some countries are saying we need to have an organized system for sharing the new arrivals throughout member states and you have other countries, particularly eastern european countries and the united kingdom who are very wary about the idea of taking in large numbers and particularly reluctant, refuse to go accept any kind of -- refusing to accept any kind of quote as. that's the position that we are at as ei ministers are due to meet on saturday to really try to figure out some kind of a

common responsible to the crisis. let's speak to mohamed jamjoon live in bicske for us, tell us what has been going on the in the last cup hour couplef hours or so. >> reporter: lauren, first let meal at thletme tell new the fas more refugees have become taken to buses parked outside the main entrenches in bicske. many have been taken off the train which is now obscured from our view because of this empty cargo train next to us. but i will tell you, we don't yet know if there are any other refugees still aboard that original train. we are seeing well, children, men being accompanied by riot police being taken up the stairs, being put on these buses. they don't know where they are going next. we have not gotten any comment from the police here as far as where these folks are going next. it's a pretty sad scene here and not just here on the platform, you a company of hours ago we drove about a kilometer down the

road and we were witness to some medics trying to resuscitate a pakistan i we have gee who had been on the train and fled with his brother, he collapsed they tried resuscitating him for 10 minutes and finally gave up and that man died. his brother was wailing from grief as he was looking down on his brother asking the medics if he was, indeed, gone. so a day full of extremely grief stricken people here. many of the children that we have seen in wajahat their mothers, they are asking questions as to where they are going next. many of the mothers keep telling me or have told me in the past few hours, they don't know what is going to happen to them. and/or their children. there is still confusion and tension and doesn't lack too subside any time seen soon, we'll try true find if there are till any refugees aboard the train in the minutes and hours ahead. lauren. >> mohamed, i don't know what your position is there and how allowed you are to show us what's going on, i don't know if

the camera can perhaps pan around we can here quite a lot of commotion in the background but maybe you could tell us what the official line is from the government while you show us what's going on there. >> reporter: let me see if we can pan the caa ca camera. is there a way we can pan around and show the police and refugees. there were some coming up from this area, the area that we are looking at many journalists are gathered around and that's one are the exiting points for the refugees that his can have been accompanied by riot his in the laugh couple of hours when they have taken them in groups usually groups of dozens on to the buses waiting in front of the train station, now, as far as the officials we have not gotten any confirmation as to where these refugees are headed. there have been a lot of rumors here, many of the refugees have told me they believe that they are going to be taken to a

refugees camp. that that he i they say say couf miles way. but that's not confirmed owe officials. as far as the government here earlier today as has been reported extensively on al jazeera english, we know that the parliament met, we know that they enacted laws making it easier to jail refugees that cross over in to hungary, cross over as of the government is saying illegally. that's something that is worrying many of the refugees that i have spoken with, also expecting on monday more laws will be passed of these laws should enable soldiers to deploy to the border, the southern border with serbia also to try to stem the influx, the tide of refugees coming in to hundred gare, so these are all very worrying developments for the refugees we have been speaking with. you know, there was so much fear here throughout the day from the folks that i was speaking with on the train, but since this train here, this empty cargo train pulled up and obscured our view, it's been much more difficult to communicate with the folks that were on that train. it's been nearly impossible.

i have lost contact with many of the parents that were on that train. we don't know where they are. we don't know if they are still on that train, we have not heard from officials too fast who exactly is on these buses. but it is something that is developing and we will keep you informed in the next few hours, lauren. >> mohamed jamjoon, thank you very much indeed. andrew simmons has been following the refugees making me theimakingtheir way from bid beo austria he sent had update. >> reporter: this is an extraordinary thing, it's more like a marathon than a protest march. people with determination, belief that they can get to the border. despite all of the fears, such as sharp contrast to bicske, where there is desperation and fear. however, there is an underlying feeling that this could go wrong. but the police could stop them. they certainly don't believe that they can trust earn in hungary, although people are helping them, they are giving them water here, they are giving them food. and they are smiling. but could it go wrong?

could they really get to the boarder? could they be allowed across it? these are questions that aren't answered. the important thing for these people is they are moving. and they believe that they can make it. a turkish court has change charged four people before over the death of the drowned syrian toddler whose immaterial only a turkish beach caused worldwide out rain, the two yearly and his fa year olds brother and more all drowned when their inflatable boat capsized shortly after em bankerring for the greek island of kos. they were laid to rest in kobane on friday. the boy's father spoke again about their ordeal. >> it was my third attempt of making the cross with the same smuggler, i board a six-meter boat with my sons and wife there were 12 people on the board and the captain, he convinceds me the boat was in good condition to making crossing. >> after about four minutes we

were in rough seize and a big wave hit the boat. the captain jumped overboard and i tried take over but then another wake hit and we capsized i tried to catch my wife and boys and resuscitate them, but i couldn't. they were dead. joying me now in the studio is alison harvey the legal director of the immigration law practitioners association in london. i think we have to look at the legality of how this all works in europe of the it's obvious there are different systems in place in different european countries and some of the european countries want a common asylum policy. how would it work in practice legally? >> in theory we have a common european asylum policy. legal instruments that bind all states of europe. the trouble is the instruments with a level of generality still permits different practice. but in theory, if a person comes to you seeking asylum. you should not send them away. to a place where you cannot be

sure they are safe until you have determined whether they need asylum, if they do, you should grand it to them. the what you are seeing in hungary are pima frayed of being sent back to serbia from wednesday they are afraid of being sent onwards back to syria. >> and some of those that -- the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic and slovakia have said they are against members tory and permanent quotas for solidary measures saying they are unacceptable. what wiggle room is getting a quota or agreed procedures. >> at this stage the european commission having put proposals for quota quotas which were very ronaldly object is his individual states showing leadership and potentially shaming other others in to doing their part think it's come to the stage where we are expecting our up to move as one.

whim not happen soon enough to address the current crisis. >> the people on the road that we are seeing at the moment leaving train stations and deciding to walk, presumably what they are aiming for is just a safer place or somewhere where the system is easier to navigate. >> yes, i think the priority as far as we can he see in hungary are first the fear of being sent back, because the package of lousy mention in including laws that deem serbia to be safe against the evidence. it isn't safe. there is a risk of being sent onward back from wednesday you came. they were also to make accelerated procedures in hungary that should not give people a fair at this point to put their and as a say why they need international protection, so they want to go somewhere where their need to protection will be heard and their claim on our international obligations regular nices. >> what do you think of the idea of a sort of a an e.u. kind of commissioner or some kind of figurehead who will be in chargechargeof the broad policyt

something that would work? >> at the moment we need the will of member states we have a great deal of leadership fro fromment unhcr you murder mr. go gutierrez speaking out clearly. but it's left about the point of a commissioner someone doing actions that people fare is the right thing, particularly perhaps the civilians, because at the moment it's from the citizens of europe that are crying that their political leaders are not doing enough. in hungary the united nations have criticized the parliaments forville vying refugees but at the train station in budapest citizens were bringing water, food, teddy bears saying the government's reaction is not ours. >> that's interesting, alison harvey, thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on the subject. at this. still to come on the news

hour. where did the money go? afghans complain that bill wraps of dollars of aid failed to fix the country's crumbling infrastructure. moroccoan as they had the polls in a vote. wide reviewed as a test of the government's popularity. in sport, roger federer cruise to his the third round of the u.s. open. can the top seed novak djokovic join him? later from the flushing meadows coming up later. saudi arabia's king salman is in the united states. the relationship between the u.s. and sawed a saudi arabia has cooled since the king didn't a gent a joint g.c.c. ming that barack obama invite hemmed to earlier this year. sing salman is expected to raise concerns the saudis have over

the iran nuclear deal. al jazeera's white house correspondent patty culhane has this update from washington, d.c. >> reporter: it's clear that the white house and the saudi arabian officials here are trying to send the message that the relationship is back on track. we saw president obama come out to the front door to meet king salman to walk him back in to their meeting. on the agenda for saudi arabia they want to know what sort of military hardware they can buy from the u.s. there are some reports it could be up to a billion dollars. they say say they need it and need to be reassured that they can counter iran's influence in the region, for the obama administration they have two things that the president mentioned. he first talked about yemen, he wants to see more humanitarian ada loud in. he wants to see more emphasis put on a political solution. and on syria, they again talked about the need for a political solution there, but the senior aid to the president fold reporters what is and is for the saudi to his stop funding the most extreme members of the opposition a very fall agenda they were hoping to get to over

a meeting that is expected to last several hours. >> patty culhane there. united air an emirates says 45 of its soldiers were killed fighting in yemen. now a room. >> reporter: it is the uae's biggest single loss in decades. using social media the country's state minister for foreign a fires says it was an attack by a sure as to surface missile. shia identifieses and he is forces opposed former president saleh killing dozens of emrati soldiers. the soldiers are singing yemen's national an testimony and the pledge of loyalty to the new army. the deposed president have no friends there. this brigade is part of the republican garts, a force

created and led by i los is lan, but this is loyalty to em yep action government if exile. victory over the houthi fighters and their ally is his not far -s his not far away. >> translator: victory is near. >> reporter: commanders and security officials in the province are also discussing future plans. >> translator: you are the yemenis armed, you are the security forces and popular resistence that restored the state and its pride. >> reporter: they have september thousands of fighters and weaponry loyal to president hadi who is in exile in saudi arabia. only two towns in the province are under houthi control that's why the fight to clear them could be swift.

and many predict the next target for this new fighting force could be the capital sanaa and the houthi strong hold of saleh. despite the significant military losses they continues to put up a tough fight. the battle for yep sen far from over. al jazeera. just one more for on that. there are reports that the uae has raised the number of troops killed in the last for 45. >> reporter: we are trying to confirm those numbers for you. meanwhile, bahrain says five of its joels were yield i killen generally. eight people reported dead in syria. 22 more injured after two car bomb explosions in the southern city. amongst the dead a prominent leader of a religious group and one of his brothers believed to be a target of the attack. he was an outspoken critic of assad and a campaign against forced conscription of them no the syrian army.

protesters have taken to the streets of iraq for the sixth successive friday demonstrating against the government over a lack of basic services. al jazeera's zeina khodr has more. >> reporter: frustration is growing, people are losing patience. it's been over a month since they start today take to the streets every friday. demanding change. and now we are hearing criticism directed against the prime minister al badi. at first, these people had faith in the prime minute sticks they believed that he could bring out change. he did promise a reform package, but little really has changed on the ground. al badi is facing opposition from within his ruling alliance, and after talking to people here, a lot of people have been saying that he should withdraw from his party and he should join the party of the people. and this was what -- and i can tell you that they are talking about giving the prime minister

a timetable and maybe in the future we are going to hear calls for his resignation and this is a very dangerous time in iraq. millions of moroccans are voting in landmark elections it's the first regional vote since the gent election of 2011. it's also being seen as a test for the ruling party to see how popular it really is. >> reporter: it's a ballot ma racmoroccans hope will delegate more power to goal lost. each community will have a local governing self authority responsible for its own budgets. people here say they are fed up their lives being run by politicians based in the capital. >> translator: our politicians care only about themselves and making money. that's completely insane. it has to stop. we need change. >> reporter: morocco has been struggling with poverty, unemployment and corruption for

years. the new local councils are seen as the best way to encourage people to take part in how things are run. >> translator: regional councils are a good alternative. people are now saying they will vote for a candidate with a good record. and above all, who is not corrupt. >> reporter: the elects, though, could be undermined if voters stay away from polling stations. high turn outs are rare in morocco. >> these elections will serve as a kind of barometer that will a who you the regime to measure the level of trust in the whole reform process that is under way since 2011. >> reporter: 2011 was the year when mass demonstrations spread across the arab world. calling for democracy and change. the so-called arab spring. a new constitution was adopted in ma rack ow morocco and the ce

party won the elects the same year. a process many believe helps the country weather the storm that engulfed the region. it is ray contest between two many parties the con zeb it every justice and development and the secular authenticity and modality. faither is expect today win a majority so it remains to be seen whether ma rack owe's arch rivals can set their difference as side and form a coalition. for decades afghanistan has received billions of dollars in aid. but it has not improved poverty or the crumbling infrastructure, jennifer glasse reports. >> reporter: when the taliban fled in 2001, he had high hopes for the new government and came back to work. for years she had been a crane operator at one of the biggest factories in afghanistan building houses. the joba loud her -- joba loud

her to raise and education her children she said things are much different now. >> my two sons graduated from school both jobless sitting at home. coming here every disa disappointment. we want to work but there is no work. >> reporter: much of the machinery was in dis disrepair. she wanted to show us how the crane worked but there is no lex tris toy turn it op. made of steel and cement. this factory used to employ 6,000 work, he now there are only a few here with little to do. the equipment is silent covered in plastic because there are no investment here a few came to look but gave no money. with financial backing, the factory could produce a thousand affordable apartments a year.

to help east the short anyone kabul. he said the factory was further hurt because the man that ran it was corrupt, stealing equipment and soliciting bribes. >> translator: he got a lot of money and ordinary people want to work for them there is nothing. people who do work here get only $100 a month. and our former president, he took more than $30 million. >> reporter: that man is now in prison. but that's little consolation for those here now. they remember the russians fondly. and are critical of recent aid efforts that have failed to build sustainable projects. while about 16,000-kilometers of roads have been built, much of the country remains inaccessible and many roads everybody in the capital are in poor condition. electricity must be imported. and afghans can't a to run expensive u.s.-built diesel plants. homes and businesses in can't there are, for example, are struggling with only a few hours

of electricity a day. the u.s. ambassador says the u.s. aid money has improved health and education here, but acknowledges not all has been spent wise. >> i it's not that already not enormous challenges or mistakes along the way. it's not that there are not problems, it's that we are, in fact, moving this thing forward, we are not standing still. >> reporter: back at the factory a new manager is trying to bring in investment so the workers can starred building again. like much in afghanistan getting things to run for now will depend on outside help. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. still to come on al jazeera, corruption allegations guyed mall a's president continues to defend himself in court. australia's shark debate should culling be brought back to reduce the risk to swimmers and surfers. plus. >> reporter: i am daniel lak on the ottawa river in eastern dan

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♪ held going, reminder of of the top stories here on al jazeera. a fast track processes center for refugees is his to be set up the greece' main port near athens. a turkish court has remained in custody four syrians after a prosecutor charged them over the deaths of 12 people including a three yearly boy whose boat capsized as tremendous tried to reach the greek island of kos. hungary's parliament has pass aid series of laws that could see refugees and migrant jailed if they cross in to its country, hundreds have started walking saying they are headed for austria. mohammed january john sent this from bicske west of the hungarian capital butte pest. >> reporter: the dread and despair only grew throughout the day. we want to leave screamed this syrian mother.

please let us leave! they and her daughter just two of the many here who escaped death and did h destruction at . i have a two month old babe a board he screamed as tears streamed down his face, my family needs hem. we need to get out of here. 24 hours after the standoff began, these refugees still refuse to leave the train. that had stopped in bicske, hungary. when i asked them where they wanted to go, the answer was clear. [ chancing ] >> reporter: some waved their travel documents. others held up signs. where is humanity read one. they begged authorities to let them continue their journey. and implode the media to shine a light on their suffering. while hungarian riot police prevented journalists from getting too close to the train, one syrian woman sent me photos from inside.

asking that i share their stories. here you see not just hungry babies clinging to their parents, but girls shattered by a journey without end. and boys, softed by the life of a refugees. water was eventually distributed but refugees said they needed much more. when an empty cargo train pulled up our view was obscured and communication became much harder. fears grew. and hundreds fled. a short distance away, we came upon this. medic attempting to resuscitate a pakistani refugees who had collapsed after leaving the train with his brother. the medics have given up trying to resuscitate that refugees. we found out that he was from pakistan. his brother is here as well. it's a terribly sad situation. we are just about a kilometer away from the train that the refugees had been on. a few hundred have since left and from what we have been told, they are scattered all around right now. and the police are looking for

them. back at the platform, tensions only rose as refugees were rounded up. taken off the train they believe would deliver them to freedom. put on these buses to a destination unknown to a future full of uncertainty. mohamed jamjoon, al jazeera, bicske, hungary. as we heard earlier saudi arabia's king salman has arrived at the white now a long-awaited visit with president obama. the immediating is being held behind closed doors and expected to focus on the wars in syria and yemen. our senior analyst joins us now from doha. this is maybe about a big arms deal, but it's not confirmed. is that likely do you think? >> overall they are trying to give a positive or optimistic or carefully optimistic, you know, assessment or impression to the public that both sides mean

well, that both sides are attempting to brim their differences. that both, in the words of president obama, are worried about a number of things, such as the human cost in yemen and syria. and so on and so forth. the overall, the kind of the accents, if you will, is meant to be positive. but what goes on behind closed doors certainly the agenda is quite heavy. heavy with both the questions of the bilateral and the questions of the regional. >> it's interesting the balance if you like is different from what it used to be because it's no longer -- saudi arabia is no longer the world power that it was before. how does that change the relationship? >> certainly this is very important. not only that saudi arabia is no longer the oil power that it was once upon a time, although it still? so many ways, it's that the does self sufficient in materials of its oil consumption and that was the big question, how depend

can't is the united states on gulf oil. it's you also a question. american oil companies because that's the case because they are quite involved in the region. that's why if you hear some of those tv champions the way they looking at this relationship some of them are talking about said saudi arabia spending in the next decade or two, whatever, $2 trillion on various things in terms of its, you know, energy section, in terms of training and education, infrastructure so on and so forth. in all of those sectors of the saudi economy, including banking sectors that there is a role for the united states. hence i think the bilateral relationships will be important. >> specifically on yemen, what kind of mood do you think there will be in that discussion what will they try to achieve there? >> what we hear here in the

middle east and from some of the sources that sort of have been leaked rate, left, out of places, lauren is that there is a disagreement between saudi arabia and the united states on the question of yemen. that president obama has in a number of ways told both the yemeni president and i expect he would tell the saudi president he's not happy with the fact that the saudis and the yemenis might want to attack and occupy or liberate if you will sanaa from the houthis who have taken it over about a year or so ago that's big thing because the united states thinks it will be bloody and plunge the situation in to a worse situation. more militaries pressures the united states thinks the houthis are ready to implement united nations security council resolution it, remains to be seen tonight and tomorrow whether the saudi king or the

american president was able to convince one another. >> okay, thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. the trial of venezuelan opposition leader on leopoldo lopez is coming on to a close after 19 months, he was charged for allegedly inciting violence at an anti government protest that kicked off weeks of unrest across the country. he could face up to more than 10 years in prison if he's charged. s live for us in caracas, where exactly are we in this trial, than? >> reporter: like you said we could easily be seeing a sentence as close as tonight, this is the final stage, all proof has been presented. they are basically reaching the end of the conclusion stage, but, again, this is a trial that has been delayed numerous amounts of times, so nothing is to give you an idea of defense lawyer says this trial stands as

a perfect manual of thousand violate due process because of the irregular tear at thises that they claim have occurred throughout the who process it's been a closed trial no, witnesses allowed inside, no access to the media. only close relative have his been allowed to go in to the trial. and the lawyer that spoke to us was describing a situation where even if he was going in he would be thoroughly suched. his watch would be taken off to make sure there was no vikings phone or hidden camera. all very uncertain. he could be being a sentence as early as tonight or maybe within the next 15 days. >> what is the mood armed the palace of justice. >> reporter: it's been cordoned off. we are basically about a block away where a crowd of lopez supporters have just arrived.

they are feeling a huge amount of inning killing nation, we spoke to some that is unless lopez was freed tonight they would take to the streets and protest. although the crowd seems quite small. lopez is one of the most fierce critics of the maduro government and rallies a huge amount the support around him. we can seeing street protests or lopez sentenced even be seeing him freed. >> virginia lopez, thanks very much for talking to us indeed. gout mall's former president has appeared in court again after being remand to custody on criewnlcorruption. it comes days ahead of the elect on his sunday. let's get more from david mercer who is live for us. what can you tell us about the second day in court?

>> reporter: we just herbed president molina giving his first declaration in court. he spoke for about 40 minutes, rejecting the charges, he says that he is denied that he was involves he said he didn't benefit financially in in way from this ring. he says he he could have diverted. he could have diverted the investigation but didn't. he said he has made himself available to the justice system. he said there must be hard proof and evidence that is brought to court and that so far what's been present violates his presumption of innocence. and he also highlighted his military experience and the role he played as a senior military ore fcial during the 6-year civil war and the role played in sign the peace accords and what he said was bringing democracy

to guatemala. yesterday while he was listening to some of the taped telephone conversations with him. speaking to people who have been involved in this corruption scandal he looked very worried. incredibly worried at time he was putting on a much braver face to go during his first declaration. >> what's the reaction to this hang going on there. >> reporter: there has been a lot of jubilation in the streets of quad mall a since the immunity was live odd tuesday. people is celebrated what they say is victory. election on his sunday 7 1/2 million people go to vote for a new president, and from the people we have been talking to. the big concern is of all the main candidates none have either the necessary political experience or none of them have

remained free of allegations of corruption. and so it gives people very little choice for the future, now, what he they is also say is that this case against otto perez molina, means that there is justice in the country if a person who was once the most -- one of the most powerful people in the country can fall. then that means that things are working towards a positive end in gout mall a lauren. >> thank you, david mercer live from guatemala city. thank you very much. in south africa, thousands of children don't have books to read. about 80% of schools don't have libraries and many families can't afford to buy them. but one man is on a mission to change that through what you called under ground libraries tania page reports. >> reporter: he is sharing his love of books. and plenty at his under ground

library two rooms at his mom's house crammed with donated books, starting to encroach on his broom so he's tidying up to make space, but it's hard to see how he will have room to fit 40,000 books a business wants to give limb. >> it's a huge donation because we have people who are already eager to bran of out with us in terms of operating under ground libraries. common people. >> reporter: his concept is spreading because many south africans don't have access to books. they are affordable for most people -- unaffordable for most schools and most schools don't have libraries the need is evening greater in his neighborhood because the library was burned down during the a practice test in february. this is also that's left of the old library. >> reporter: it is ivon anything thaironic thatin protesting forr services they destroyed some of the up from structure the community was benefiting from. but he's philosophical about the

fire. >> i believe also like if you can read there, there are worst crimes than burning books, one of them is not reading them. libraries are more of like a zombie ghost place especially to young people. and we as the under ground we are trying to change that. >> oh, mama africa. >> reporter: this is more than just a place to borrow books. >> we are trying also to make reading fashionable. a culture to the youth. he's encouraging debate, role player and writing. >> that's that on this day every south after can hal have the right to embarrass their culture. >> to embrace, to embrace. >> reporter: he's add is to his collision by regular lie walking through town collecting donatings from his neighbors, he believes reading encourage team to dream. >> job well done. >> reporter: and use their creatively in ways that benefit themselves and their community. tanai page, al jazeera, south

africa. thai police say that neither of the two men they have did he tape ed in connection with the bangkok bombing is believed suspect. this man was arrested section days ago with what police say was bomb-making commitment. his dna and that of another suspect do not match samples from the person the police believe is the bomber. police say -- or believe they say the bomber on a surveillance camera leaving a backpack minutes before the bomb went off 20 people were killed. a ceremony has taken place in the shrine to reinstall the statue of the hindu god blown up on the is he have teenth of august, 130 people were injured in the bombing at this popular tourist attraction in the thai capital's commercial district. the newly formed coalition cabinet has been sworn in. the president of the sri lanka freedom party formalized his oath to lead along wit with the prime minister from the united national party, they formed a

unity government after last month's election, together they hold 191 out two of the 25 seats in lahr past. they have promised a new era of clean government. and political reforms. reviewing knew controls measures after 14 a sacks over the past year. in the latest incident a man was knocked off his surfboard by a shark and mauled. andrew thomas reports from new south wales in australia. >> reporter: on the morning of july 31st, just 20 meters from shore, former boxer craig was mauled by a great white shark. sat on his surfboard with the shark trying to rip off his leg, he managed to fight back. >> i went whack, whack, whack, whack four times. >> reporter: and it worked. >> and it worked.

for 10 seconds you reckon he was latch odd. >> i reckon the whole thing was about 10 seconds, yeah. he lost so much blood he almost died spent all of august in hospital. full recovery could take years arc as for get back in the ocean? >> no way, you couldn't pay me $10 million i won't go. i am not going in there until i know and believe it's safe. >> reporter: there is fear along the coast of the australia. a short stretch north the sydney has seen 14 people attack by sharks, two died. >> life is imitating art. it's like jaws. there is a lot of fear. i know surfers are reluctant to go in to the water. >> reporter: why so many sharks and attacks? it could be the el nino changing water temperatures. bringing sharks closer to shore. or that heavier rain has worked newt rants in see sea attracting small fish that sharks feed on. another theory is after a ban on hunting introduce ed in 1999, more sharks are reaching maturity than before. what can be done to protect

swimmers and surfers, along this coast that. question has provoked fierce debate. some say nothing. that the ocean is the sharks' territory, people have to accept a degree of risk. >> i have actually enjoyed the fact that the crowds have come down and getting like days where you can just surf just the couple of mates that was you were heard the once upon a time. >> reporter: many wants firm action even a cull through shooting sharks or netting that traps and kills them. at a community meeting recently a majority were in favor. >> that cull word con jars up the thought of taking out sharks. we can isolate the seven sharks that have been around for a while and you take out one or two of them. they do it in other parts of the world as well. but culls are controversial. when one began in the west of australia last year, hundreds protested. although great white numbers have grown in recent years, they

are still much lower than they once were. >> i don't like the idea of a cull of an animal that's already been lowered to what are considered threatened levels of population size. >> reporter: craig says he wouldn't want the particular shark that attacked him killed. he feels it gave him half a chance. but he does want action. people he thinks deserve more protection than sharks. andrew thomas, al jazeera. a u.s. soldier who stopped a gunman on a train heading to paris has been welcomed home as a show row. spencer stone stepped off the flight in california to cheers from about 200 people who had gathered to greet him of he was among a group of passengers who tackeddal heavily armed man last month. they were all given france's highest bravery award. >> he put his life on the line and, you know, took this guy down and saved many lives i am pretty sure of. not too many people would do that. >> basically just to show my support for, you know, one of my

fellow airmen who just happened to be a hero. coming up after the break in sport, a very different looking lewis hamilton off the track. but the same results on it. action from formula one's latest stop in italy coming up with raul in a moment.

it's time for sport now, here is raul. thanks, very much. we start with formula one, despite it being the home track of ferrari mercedes dominated the practice on friday ahead of the italian grand prix.

lewis hamilton has dominated the world champion fastest in second practice just under a little under 200th of a second quicker than had i teammate. despite spinning off the track, officer rare i' rareferrari's sd the second time. these two sets to one up. djokovic may well be the favorite to win in new york but the second seed roger federer has looked the most impressive in the men's draw, safely in the third round after seeing off the man from bell jam for the loss of just four games. it was a big night of euro 2016 qualifiers as countries try to take another step toward a place for the finals in france

next june. huge game in frank ford as the world champions germany host group-d leaders poland. in group-d earlier scotland lost to georgia while group-f leaders romania goal less against hungary. the european champions are up against albania. and a win would see them up against portugal. kicking off a long way to go there. now, with more raging in their country, syria's people have had the to celebrate in recent years but now their football team is make a path toward the world cup in russia in 2018. unable to play at home they hosted singapore in oman and it was a broken dead like in the 59th minute with the only goal of the game giving syria a 1-0 victory put them atop group-e in the second round of asian qualifying with two wins from their two match sews far. >> translator: the thing that we are doing is a wonderful thing

based on our circumstances in three months, the syrian team didn't meet with each other at all. we met only for 72 hours it's normal you get errors but in the next four days we will work to correct these errors and change the image of today. the important thing was to get the three points and we are at the top of group-e. golfer jason day has continued his great run of form the world number three shares the clubhouse lead in boston. the australian along with rory mcilroy and jordan spieth is part of golfs so-called new big lee going for his third tournament victory in a row. three birdies and his opening three roles 3 under 68. tougher for number two, he went round in 75 to leave him 4 over par. slightly better for the world number one rory mcilroy he was teddy skip irving 1 under. freestyle kayaking is a mix of white water rafting, figure skating and sear daredevil

exuberance, moan more than 20 countries are pa participating n the championships. al jazeera's daniel lak joined them for some flips and spins. >> reporter: freestyle kayakers gives names to the waves they ride. that curling wild and wet someone ter around here is called the. [ inaudible ] more than fun and games, these are the world championships and the judges perched high and drive on the river bank know just what precise maneuvers them see on the water. flips terms, mick nasties,. >> reporter: occasionally it doesn't go well at all. >> ideally you would like to be in control. these tricks are demanding, you need to be at the right angle, speed, place, and execute it properly to really zero in and get those points. >> reporter: canada's joel kowaliski considers his these home rapids and his father helped organize the competition, what does it take to be a champion white quarter kayaker,

surprisingly says joel, sims approximately. almost anyone can can do it, he says. >> you don't have to be like the hull to be do this stuff, upper body strength my come with doing it, but it's absolutely not a requirement. all you need to do is have a love for having fun and being outside a couple of key connection knees and you can learn thousand go. >> reporter: it's a fantastic spectator sport there is only one way for experience the white without enter that's to do it yourself n my case a total neophyte i have enlisted expert helpful say hello to ho joe from wave monkey. are we going to tip? >> i cannot commend comment on that. >> reporter: let's try. sadly alas, it's not for everyone. we did manage to run the top of the rapids and then think freestyle kayaking is true lint national. most continent have wild rivers,

29 countries represented here. spent i have equipment and travel and visa problems almost kept the only african team at home until we thea field help on a vowed funding site. >> he does have a visa but not enough money for everybody to come. in seven hours all people all over the world came up and clerked enough money for me and the team. it wasn't easy for spectators to get to the remote river bank to watch the fun, but many -- a thousands moreover the week all boding well for a bid by the sports governing body to make these wild and wet antics and spectacular spills part of the olympic games one day. an edaniel lak al jazeera on the ottawa river in eastern canada. that's ghowr sport being back to lohr then london. >> thanks very much indeed that's it for this news hour, ba are bra sarah will be here with more news, by for now.

hungary cracks down on refugees, jail is threaten today some border offenses but the march towards germany goes on. >> reporter: could it go on? could they real get to the boarder? could they be allowed across it? these are questions that are not answered. ♪ ♪ hello there, i am barbara serra you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, the saudi kings holds his first meeting with the u.s. president. the united arab emirates blames the houthis for a missile attack that has killed 22 of its troops in gem