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this is al jazeera. hello there. this is the news hour live from london. coming up, hungary cracks down on refugees. and four people charged over the the death of a 3-year-old boy whose photo highlighted the plight of syrian refugees. the
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united arab emirates blame the houthies. >> i have all your sporting. they say blonds have more fun as he sets the pace in friday's practice ahead of saturday's italian grand prix. >> hungary's parliament has massed air law thanked cause refugees to be jailed. meanwhile, refugees have broken down barriers and clashed with
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riot police. hungary has closed its border after many broke out of the camp. its prime minister said he was also prepared to close the country's board with croatia should large numbers of refugees come from there as well. several hundred have gotten up getting out of germany by train and many are trying luck by foot. 640 kilometers through austria to reach the city of munich. >> the dread and dispair only grew throughout the day. we want to leave screamed this mother.
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please let us leave. i have a baby aboard screamed one man as tears streamed down his face. we need to get out of here. some wave travel documents and others held up signs. they pegged authorities to let them continue their travels. while riot police prevented journalists from getting near the train one woman asked that i
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share their stories. our view was obscured and communication became much harder. fears grew and hundreds fled. a short distance away we came upon them. a medic trying to resuscitate a refugee who collapsed after leaving the train with his brother. >> we found out that he was from pakistan. his brother is here as well. we're about a kilometer away from the train they've been on and they're scattered all around right now and police are looking
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for them. they were put on buses to a destination unknown to a future full of uncertainty. >> some of them are taking the future in their own hands pause they're marching in hungry towards the border of austria. they have got to be exhausted, barbara. we'll go carefully here. bedon't want to wake people up but you can see they're just settling down. some are sense. they're in the grass here.
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it's beginning to rain and there's a lot more rain forecast overnight but they've got plentiful supplies of water. there's fruits, biscuits, energy bars. and they're really rallying around to support this initiative initiative. so many people are here right now. youth spend about 40 minutes before everyone would pass. look over there and you see -- >> apoll gees for that. we're having trouble with him. he's of course just outside budapest with those marching to the border with austria.
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from they just don't know if the authorities in hungary will let them go through. they are all on that march right now and we'll try to get the link up to andrew later in the program. a turkish court has charged four people over the death of a drowned syrian cobbler whose
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image caused worldwide outrage. it was the third attempt. i boarded a six meter boat with my son and wife. he convinced me that the condition was in good condition. we were soon in rough seas and a big wave hit the boat. they're now dead. fast track processing center is to be set up. it's in response of course to
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the huge numbers arriving in mainland greece for those wanting to travel into western and northern europe. anyone considered a migrant will be sent home. the u.n. high commissioner for refugees says europe must crack down on human traffickers. he calls the crisis a defining moment for europe.
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pressure is really growing now on european union leaders coming up with a coherent approach to the refugees turning up in europe. up until now the approach has been very patchy. we've seen france, italy, and hungry struggling to deal with all these daily arrivals pretty much whereas countries in western europe, destination countries for those refugeeings have not really been caught. it's difficult to see though the leaders will be able to reach some kind of a policy when you bear in mind the huge differences that exists.
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particularly we buck sandt and refusing to have imposed quotas so that's the position where we're at. >> joining us now is daniel gorivan from syria. i'm wondering how much of what is going on in europe right now and those terrible pictures including the 3-year-old washed up on the shore in turkey, how much of that is having an impact on the people? all the refugees there?
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these are not ill informed decisions people are making. they're just very, very desperate and it's a reflection of the increasingly bad situation in these neighboring countries. we've seen migrants come from the conflict in syria for years now the syrian war is now in its
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fifth year. we've already seen 380 migrants reach europe and last year it was only 145,000. why are so many more coming this year? they're having to drastically cut the number of refugees. coupled with that there's a restriction on the ability of refugees to earn a living and they're try try to work and are in prison.
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in those countries the surrounding syria? do you think that will put them off into the dangerous journey into europe? the source of the problem is the
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raging conflict in syria. coming up. venezuela's opposition leader soon will learn his fate in caracas.
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>> the global refugee crisis moved to the need to remove syria's president in order to defeat isil anticipate end the conflict. he's satisfied with these assurances after having spent the last two months consulting with our allies in europe and other places with regards to this agreement. this will prevent iran from
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obtaining nuclear ability. i think his relationship has been better with the republican president rather than the democratic president. but i was i remember in riyad and visited with the king there, so president obama didn't show a lot of form towards really saudi arabia. of course they have an important relationship. both countries need each other. it takes two to tan go and i think they both need each other.
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i hear actually very warm language from both the president. >> i was discussing this issue from our white house correspondent. we need with them and then they go out and we hear them saying something else. the problem with the policy is that there are too many people speaking about the policy.
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we know awhat they're doing in bahrain and iraq. so of course they're being the father and mother of the gulf if you like is definitely about
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that. do you think potentially that could become another point where the saw district attorneys and americans become strained in the middle east? >> the americans are not very happy with the intervention as such. i think the americans understand very well that yemen is a red line for the saw district attorneys. it can really threaten their
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security. it's fine the iran yon agreement could bring security to the area but nevertheless the other sense is that we hope the money would be used to bring the infrastructure in iran to help the iranian people and not to actually interfere more in the
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area. there would be lots to sign paid from saw district attorney to buy arms as well. >> it's the uae's biggest loss
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in decades. it was an attack by a surface to surface miceal. forces loyal to saleh said they fired them in eastern yemen killing dozens of soldiers. they are created and led by saleh's son. it's a new chief of staff says victory over the how tee fighters and their allies is not far away.
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you are the security forces and popular resistance that restored the state and its pride. the saw district attorney led coalition has isn't thousands of them to the national army and fighters loyal to the president of yemen who is in exile in saudi arabia. the houthies and their allies continue to put up a tough fight. the battle for yemen is far from over. >> meanwhile, bahrain says five
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soldiers have been killed in yemen on the southern border of saudi arabia. are we expecting any kind of reaction to this on the streets? >> yes, we were just outside the palace of justice where the trial is being held and a group of lopez supporters have gathered there being very vocal about how the whole trial happened and were actually saying if he wasn't free, they would then take the streets to
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protest. this trial according to the defense has been riddled with ash administrator decisions with delays that are very hard for them to understand. he's also in jail for the right to protection and that this of course is no crime according to the defense. when are we expecting a verdict in this trial? well, there were rumors that the verdict could come as early as tonight but i just heard that one of the four students also being tried along side lopez didn't show up to the trial. it is rumored he might have left the country which could have ever given a perfect excuse of a
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further delay of a trial. coming up, along a coast line in australia, it's developing a reputation of the shark attack capital of the world.
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>> barack obama has been in washington agreeing on the need to move the president of syria in order to defeat isil anticipate end the conflict. saudi arabia also offered hesitant support for the iran nuke lair deal.
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some go to a collection center at the border and others go directly to budapest where they ends up at one of the main stations. most people are at a station where they sleep on the floor or in a nearby park.
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they hoped they were going to vienna and many refused to disembark the plane ling leading to many tensions. many have been taken to a reception center. it's been very difficult for yournlists to get there to see what they're like. have you had luck and what's it like? we spoke to the people there and they told us that there is no space for them and don't know where they'll sleep and there's
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no blankets. no provisions of good. they're very unsure what they're going to be doing. we also saw about 70 afghani refugees escorted by the police. the authorities in hungary stopped the train and they're now marching to the border to get to awes tree i can't and then germany. is your organization or other emergency missions in hungary perhaps going to the border too
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to try and predict an amassing of people there? >> i spoke to some people who have been to the borders in the past days and there's a general sense that these people will be able to enter awes strew i can't so it will be really very difficult for people to enter. especially since most of them or many of them have been rebelled gadsden regional this in hungary. these people seem to be deceased by approximate lack of information. they've signed so many dockments they've signed and the way they're being treated seems to
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be falling short of international standards. do you think hungary has the resources to deal with all these refugees coming anticipate witness-3 had the latest figures that more than 300,000 have arrived in europe. 5,000 will be able to provide
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adequate reception for a much, much higher number so they're in need of solidarity. we have not seen an add cats response and there's failure on both sides. the failure of the eu policy but on the other hand hungry and the government is also the one to be taking some responsibility for it. >>. >> guatemala's president has
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defended himself against corruption charges. he's being investigated for allegedly taking bribes which saw importers avoid paying duties in exchange for payments. >> i would have received $800,000 u.s. dollars yes. i would not put my dignity or work or effort i've given not even in exchange for $800,000 u.s. dollar. >> he rejected the charges against him and said he had no
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involvement in this criminal ring responsible of defrauding the government. he said he did not benefit financially in any way and that he could have diverted the investigation at any time. he said this shows his innocence and that he had nothing to do with the crime. his role in bringing peace and what he called democracy to guatemala. he looked much manufacture confident today than yesterday
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he's saying they're been instrumental in the change they've been seeing. he said the work is far from over and in order to bring the transparency guatemala needs, people need to keep the pressure on. some say he's a weak leader and have called on him to break
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ranks with his ruling coalition. if he can't reform the system he should either resign or leave rack rack but what he should do is leave his party. the turnout was much lower than previous friday and people are losing home. >> much is at stake. people are questioning his sincerity and whether he's the person to carry out reform. he's acted on some of his
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promises. this is his last chance. he can't expect us to remain silent. he must join the party of the people. the polls have closed in morocco's first regional vote since the general election in 2011 and each community will have a local self-governing
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authority responsible for its own budget. the ballot is a gaming of how popular the ruling party really is. >> a number of shark attacks off the coast of australia have reignited the debate of whether culling is the only way to make waters safe. he was mauled by a great white shark and managed to fight back. >> what can, what can, what can,
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what can, four times. ten seconds he was latched on. it was about ten seconds, yes. >> he lost so much blood he almost died and spent all of august in hospital, full recovery could take years. >> i won't get back in the ocean. >> there's a lot of fear. why so many sharks and attacks? perhaps the fear that question
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has provoked fierce debaiteds. some say nothing but the ocean is the shark's territory. 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. but it's controversial.
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coming up in sports is after the break, former world number one venus williams reaches the last 16 of the u.s. openal years after she made her debut at flushing med does. that's coming up.
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>> at one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> as the amount of drugs grew, guns came in. >> the murder rate was sky high. >> this guy was the biggest in l.a. >> i was goin' through a million dollars worth of drugs every day - i liked it. it's hard to believe that a friend would set you up. people don't get federal life sentences... and beat them. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it.
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>> tens of thousands of israeli students missed the part of the school year this week and several schools have protested the strike. they argue the decrease in funding is being used to force christian schools into the state
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system. there are policies against examination scrolls. they would not have done these cut backs if that was the case. what do i do if the school shuts down? >> and the courtyard here with their fellow students escape joying the first week of classes. but like 46 other schools in israel, teachers and students are on strike.
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they get 60 to 75% and there's been no change in 2015 and we have no intention to hurt them. the ministry wants to help these schools preserve the uniqueness. thank you very much. starting with tennis with the
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world number one who's on the brink of getting his place in the last 16 of the u.s. open. venus williams is the only one left in the draw and it was a two-time u.s. open chaff i don't know setting up a possible matchup for serena.
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and despite spinning off the track, he still managed to post the third kombicest time. you may remember that's always furious with pirelli after a high speed ended his race.
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it's a big night of euro 2016. the world champions germany have replaced poland. al jazeera joined them for some lips and spits.
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occasionally it doesn't go well at all. these tricks are very diamonding but you need to be at the right angle and speed and place and execute properly to get those
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points. all you need to do is have a love for having fun and being outside and a couple of key techniques and you can learn how to do it. sf until they appealed for help on a crowd funding website.
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>> got everything now but he can't go because we don't have enough money to find even on the team.
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speath went around. rory mcilroy finished one over. a gunman who stopped a man in paris came home a hero today. he was among a group of passengers who tackled the armed man last month. they were all given france's highest bravery award >> he put his life on the line and took this guy down and saved many lives i'm pretty sure of.
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ask. >> hungary cracks down on refugees. this as hundreds begin walking out of hungry hoping to reach germany.