>> more than 4,000 people now cross the border from hungary into austria. hello from doha everyone, i'm kamal santa maria. just how the continent will respond. in other news, the united arab emirates declares three days of national mourning for 43 soldiers killed in yemen. in ethiopia, four and a half

million people could need food aid. so the situation right now is that austria has opened its border to refugees and the numbers of growing. more than 4,000 people have already crossed from hungary after that very difficult journey which we've been highlighting over the last 24 to 48 hours. we're going to talk immediately to mohammed jamjoom who has been making his way towards that border. how far are you now and what's happening? >> reporter: well, kamal we're about ten kilometers away from the border with austria but as you can see behind me there is a huge line of cars that goes on for kilometers behind us as we well. hungarian media is quoting hungarian officials saying that austria has closed off the border to anybody except the refugees that have gone through.

and the refugees that are expected to go through within the next couple of hours. so that is causing huge gridlock right now. so much so that we have not been able to make it to the border. we should have been able to make it within 45 or 50 minutes, that's why we are stopped on the side of the road talking to you kamal. >> you've sent us some pictures that you've received from people who were in bicske. will you roll them while we're talking. judge. >> reporter: yes, i've been in >> reporter: i've been talkingtf the mothers i was in touch with throughout the day she got through to me started sending me messages, she's not sure exactly

what the facility is, believing it could be a school gym, they are still being held there by hungarian officials. you see in these pictures you see people sleeping on blankets on the floor. men, women and children all crowded into that room. also they sent me a picture of some bread that they received. she told me this bread wasn't fit even for animals to eat. it still is a dispris situation for thedesperatesituation. they are just waking up from a long tumultuous night. kamal. >> again, we've seen pictures, we're looking at them, fire in the background and police moving in. talk us through this, what happened there? >> yeah, here's a situation that's really underscoring that

this crisis is at this stage far from over. even though it may have improved somewhat from yesterday, there are still issues that are being dealt with. in rushka, we were told that some of the refugees that are being held in a registration center are very angry, they set fire to maybe one, maybe two of the tents, it was a dramatic scene, it is citizens. we have since heard the tension has subsided, things are under control. all this started yesterday when a few hundred refugees that were being held at the center escaped, tried to get into the motor way, so they could escape into austria, then the refugees remaining at the processing center, made demands and if

those demands weren't made they would try oescape. clearly a lot of anger in that processing center. we're trying to get exactly what's happening and if the refugees that are there will be taken in buses and taken over the border in hours to come. >> mohammed jamjoom, hopefully we'll get to talk to him again when he's closer to the austria-hungary border. a report from andrew simmons who walked with the refugees from budapest to the border. have a look. >> a simple idea of leaving the budapest railway station behind, has taken the authorities by surprise, particularly the police. it may seem far fetched to think they could reach the australia

ran border by foot, moraustralat because it's 170 kilometers away. there are hundreds of families keeping up with the leading groups. disabled people are taking part too. you could be forgiven by thinking this is somewhat of a marathon, not the desperate flight of hundreds of men women and children. organizers spurred everyone on. hungarian volunteers donated water fruit and biscuits have been setting up rest points

along the way. spokesman of the united nations for refugees. >> definitely they are not prepared what is happening now. hundreds of people are walking towards austria, this is a long long journey, still 150 kilometers to the border. >> reporter: on the day hungary approved draconian legislation, they carried on. a will to succeed and a belief there is a better life on the road ahead. ten came an offer of buses to take them to a border town. within minutes they'd arrived. they wanted to walk on but they're exhausted and the offer of these bus he and the assurances they have been given seem they think good enough to get on board.

next came news that the awt ausn chancellor had allowed the refugees to cross the border. a deal had been made but after past experience many people didn't trust what they were hearing but it does appear to be for real at last. andrew simmons, al jazeera, in hungary. while these thousands of people make their way across europe, politicians are meeting in luxembourg to discuss the crisis. france and germany asylum, italy's are foreign minister said the freedom of the shangen zone could be jeopardized. jacky rowland, hard to see there's consensus with everything that's played out in the last 48 to 72 hours

demonstrates the complete division. >> well, there are differences of opinion between countries in the european union about how to handle this realize unprecedented refugee crisis. europe hasn't seen anything like this really since the balkan wars 20 years ago. there are things to look at here, one is asylum rules. the rule has been a person entering the european union and wanting to claim asylum must do so in the country of arrival. people have been arriving across the sea, greece in particular a country whose economy is in terrible shape and is not really in a position to help and receive all these people. people who want to travel further west, germany said yes, we will accept 800,000, the ability to actually register asylum seekers at some kind of european level.

but kamal there are other problems as well, that was highlighted about the issues as well, on the one hand yes, there is a need to move these refugees, and sort this chaotic situation out. we have seen just recently how a gunman on a train would have carried out attack possibly had he not been stopped by a number of passengers on the train. clearly there are a lot of different and very complex issues facing europe here and they need to be sorted out in a way that will provide sanctuary for people who need it but also will provide security within the borders of europe. >> jacky rowland, thank you for that. we'll move to other news. the united arab emirates has declared three days of moirng for 4mourningfor 45 soldiers ki.

their bodies have arrived in abu dhabi now. thousands of demonstrators throughout the street of iraq for the sixth successive friday. demanding reforms, better basic services and end to corruption. zeina khodr reports from baghdad. >> reporter: just last week, this was a spot where iraqis spoke with one vote. their prime minister promised them reform now they have grown impatient. some say haider al-abadi is a bad leader. >> if he can't reform the system then he should either resign or leave iraq. let him stay in his dowa party. >> reporter: many here blame the head of the party, nouri

al-maliki who was head of the party for eight years, for institutionalized corruption. they believe he is one of the powerful parties behind the scenes preventing hard preventir al-abadi from taking control. >> he needs to review political pressure from his party. >> people seem to be losin losig hope. abadi's political career and credibility are at stake. people wonder whether he is the person to carry out reforms. abadi has reacted to certain issues, he reduced the budget, reduced the number of official positions. little other than that has changed. we sony the task to you but you failed. there are other at the rally who

presented an alternative. they say shia militias and political backers who are in positions of power are the legitimate leaders. >> translator: this is the last chance for abadi, he can't give us tranquilizers and expect us to be sient. >> it is now where a struggle for power. disoard, al jazeera, baghdad. >> in the news ahead we're exhausted refugees in the greek oiled where hope and excitement soon turn to despair. and why jordan's tourism industry is in big trouble.

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>> back with the top stories here for you on al jazeera. austria has opened its borders for refugees, they say the number will double from 10,000 in the next few hours. common eu asylum system. more on the refugee crisis in europe. it's thought there are almost 25,000 refugees on the greek island of lesbos alone.

hoda abdel hamid has more. >> they arrive on overloaded boats from turkey, the refugees are syrian. >> i didn't want to leave. these are my children, they stopped going to school in university, there's no life, only fear, we had no life. >> reporter: a few meters away, another boat on the horizon, another, and more. this rubber dinghy's engine was broken so they were adrift. we heard them scream and shout. for a moment, there's an outburst of joy. but there's also so much anxiety. in a faint voice she says, i'm scared. no one cares about us. >> translator: we have no value anymore, we become a

commodity, people make money off our back. we are a trading commodity. >> reporter: the entire northwest of the coast is like this, pile after pile of life jackets. a tiny little life jacket. one can just imagine the baby on board and here is the ruke rubbr dinghy they come across with. the first thing they do is puncture it, they're afraid to be sent back. but there's absolutely no one here. >> i was.expecting the police to help us out at least for the first night. we don't have food or water. i never felt my life would turn out this way. there is no way to europe but through smuggling.

>> it's too exawtin exhaustive r mustafa and his brother. >> i didn't know this, i would have decade in syria under the bombs. it's less humiliating. >> the mayor's estimate is there's about 25,000 people here. the island can't cope anymore, last asked for emergency funding. it's a long process, tensions often flare and for the new arrivals, the only option is to wait their turn before continuing their journey across europe. hoda abdel hamid, al jazeera, lesbos islands. >> a drought in ethiopia mean about 4.5 million people need

food aid, agriculture generates about half the country's income. this is from charles stratford. >> life was difficult for this family of 9 even before the rains failed. he and others across ethiopia will face a tougher struggle to sphierve. to survive. >> there's nothing we can do. we have to sell the cows to live but the cows are sick because they don't have enough to eat. >> an organization built the well in the 1990s. it broke down around six months ago and people say no one in the village knows how to repair it. ethiopia is heavily dependent on farmers like balcha, around three quarters of the population are farmers.

ballcha was harvesting enough to provide foot for his family and pocket around $3,000. this year i will get virtually nothing. a walk through ballcha'ha's maie here. if you look down at this plant, look at the size of this could be. now this by now should be around about a foot long. these plants are dying. and experts say it doesn't matter how much it rains between now and the end of the season. there is nothing that can be done to save them. meteorologists are blaming the drought on a condition called el

nino from thousands of piles away in the pacific. >> temporal distribution of rainfall during june to september is very low as compared to past events. >> the government says it has allocated $35 million to deal with the crisis. the united nations says the drought could leave 4.5 million people needing food eighth this year. >> when we were informed of the problem, the authorities started an outreach program for the affected people. at this moavment we have on and off ask surplus food at depots and we are distributing it. >> poor in ethiopia survive on 1.25 dollars a day. they will need help from their

foreign donors to survive. charles stratford, zwa. >> after the steun triggered by a massive earthquake damaged the reactors and caused major radiation leak from the plants. and stay with japan, justed a provision which loui allows bs to be killed for scientific purposes. -- >> they have killed a lot of whales under the scientific program but they shouldn't uses that cks going to be sustainable. and so they've got a lot of data which they haven't used to

actually why they're killing the animals in the first place. japan is the only country that does this with the rationale for science. inuit group from canned and australia, they are wielg under the traditional they apply the reeved management procedure prees. but japan didn't put that option, they said they would like to do it on scientific basis and that's where they've fallen flat nearly. >> it is the start of the school year in israel but classes in christian schools have been

closed because there bats a failure. steunlts are out protesting when they should be testing. hundreds of schools, part of a growing protest movement against the israeli government that have 33,000 students. the entire family was out proas being. >> their aim is to you shut down all these schools. they what should i do with my family if the conceal school slowtsz down? >> they should be enjoying their first week of liquidates. but like the 46 other classes

that strike, the students are on strike. some feel that the budget custody, unofficial recognized to official. >> if we will change to a traditional school, if not in charge of all these things then why are we here? >> administrators have said there is a steady funding over the last couple of years of. the did government says they're not trying to shut the schools. >> translator: christian schools in israel get similar budget. 65% and 75 pens fx th one-thirdf

university students in drake will comb in schools. and the pace evere these shoes remain shut. scott heidler. israel. >> fewer visitors than normal which has left one of the most important archaeological property which makes it more wonderful. >> horses that should be out pulling urge petra's dim and mayor roar gorge used to be bustling down to the ruined, the

treasury, but because of problems from syria and iraq, it's based on aperception that they weren't rail. everything on the internet was positive, absolutely no one was saying anything detrimental about this country. and sense since we have been here, no hassle. >> nearly 3,000 tourists western to see have against i.s.i.l. this area in front of the treasury was usually packed with touristtourists, and the numberf tourists vitting petourists vis.

petra residents who use this for now if i'm lucky i make around $30, that is just enough to feed and look after reply, jordan, the government says it now has obudget to promote pe petra abr. >> our campaign will being campaigned internationally. the largest, traiskt start coming abandon with the 0 pilot. >> anne 00 employees have been laid off this year.

but many who live and work in this region believe the beauty of petra will bring more to the area. >> the breaking news have it yoaz on dmament e-demand come here again. >> to okinawa, where the presence of u.s. troops remains contentious. >> no osprey! >> and, in a culture resistant to change, how one woman is blazing new trails. >> in the future, i hope to see mixed race people commonly accepted. >> journey to japan. >> i'm roxana saberi in hiroshima. a city known to many through history books and images seared