♪ ♪ sets aside billions of dollars to speed up the processes of thousands of refugees. ♪ ♪ hello, you are with al jazeera. i am martin dennis in doha. also to come on the program. early results in guatemala's presidential vote show the actor/speecomedian jimmy morales ahead way slender lead. turkey retaliates with air strikes after another deadly attack on soldiers. who is fighting whom. we'll explain where the fight

against isil in iraq isn't just a two-way conflict. ♪ ♪ but first, european leaders are struggling to cope with the worst jeff recipients crisis since the second world war. germany says it will provide more than $3 billion in extra funding to help local governments cope with the record numbers of refugees. the government will also speed up processes of asylum applications. austria, though, is tightening its controls, vienna says it plans to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees stranded in hungary to enter the country. and we have some news just coming in, we are hearing that the hungarian prime minister has just spoken and he said that hungary cannot accept quotas on

migrants pay posed by the e.u. so this is obviously going to add a very important strand on the ongoing debate that is gripping the whole of europe with regard to this refugees crisis. our correspond he want mohamed jamjoon ha. we have already her what the prime minister has said, but the austrians that have said the situation allowing refugees to cross their territory could be e be about to change. >> reporter: absolutely right, martin. certainly all of this just going add more layers of complexity as you just mentioned to this very chaotic, confusing situation here on the ground. now, here at the train station this morning there are no more he have refugees. we would told by officials here last night and this morning no refugees crossed over in to austria from hungary. but there are still, we are

told, hundreds of refugees here in this area that they will be taken on a special train from here to sienna at some point today. also to give you some more figures that we are hearing, there are 7,000 refugees waiting to cross from serbia in to hungary. they are there at the border and last night we are told that at least 2,000 refugees crossed over from serbia in to hungary. now, when you pair that with the comments that we are hearing from the prime minister today again it makes the situation more confounding for the refugees, for everybody here as far as how is this going to continue. the austrian chancellor says they want to return to normality. they extraordinary measures must be stopped at some point. when they will be stopped. what it means at this point we just don't know at this hour. but all day yesterday, last night, we were talking to the refugees here at the station, and at the border they were telling us that despite the

treatment that they got in hungary which so many of them told us was terrible they were so gratified by the treatment that they had been reaching in austria. here is our report. having suffered so much, the welcome was unexpected. the hospitality almost shocking. >> now i am feeling like i get my freedom. >> reporter: just two days ago, he was among hundreds of refugees locked in a tense standoff with riot police at the train station in hungary. >> today is the day. >> reporter: despite their demands, the refugees were ultimately rounded up and taken to a holding facility. released the next day, he and his cousins walked 11 hours to make it to austria. now the man who fled his war-ravaged homelands of syria a month and a half ago is overwhelmed by the generosity on

display. >> we get the treatment. we get food. we get water. actually, i like it that people, i like the country, if my family is not front, i swear i will stay here. it's from the last -- but my family in the whole land, that's why i am going. >> reporter: as medics provided care, volunteers distributed clothes to the cold and toys to the children. all these dozens of refugees here are waiting to get on this next train to vienna, everybody we have spoken with here today says their treatment here in a l austria has been exception. so much better than hungary. here even before they get on the train there is another place where they can get water. >> i try to help the people. >> reporter: austrian lawyer explained why he had to come here. telling me not just about how proud he is, but also how sad he feels. >> it's a great experience. and sometimes i feel very small.

especially when you see these little babies, yeah. i cannot understand that people are angry with little babies who freeze and stay at night in the cold and in rain, yeah. this is -- this goes over my understanding. >> reporter: on a day like today, kindness trumped hostility. officers were there to protect, not persecute. as refugees were led onto trains instead of being forced off. desperation for at least a few merciful hours, was left behind. >> and mohamed, just a few more details coming then from the hungarian prime minister, as i say he has just been speaking within the last couple of minutes, he suggests what the e.u. should do is set up a funds to help countrys like turkey handle this what he calls a mass migration problem. now, in so many ways, the

countries that you have been covering in the last week or so have -- their policy has been dictated almost from the bottom up by the sense. expressed by its people rather than from the leadership itself. >> reporter: and i should just announce that we have been told here in the last few minutes that the austrian interior minister is going to hold a press conference later in the day. we are not sure exactly when. in which all the announce little regarding the refugees crisis as to how the measures will be rolled back as the chance her said the power seems to be coming from the people on the ground here in some way because there was so much attention paid to the plight of the refugees these past few days, this week that even though prime minister and hungary have been so did he points about not wants to be take the refugees in, not want

to go open the border. at the end of the day there was such a spotlight on him. such mounting criticism from the e.u. and other international members, other members of the i wantal community and aid groups that he base class was forced to help them in some way, you saw buses taking folks to the border. although even though there were buzzes, it's not clear today if anymore refugees will be taken to the border. it's not clear if the border going to hungary now is officially closed again, there are still a lot of questions here and all of the refugees that i have bee been speaking w. the ones that came to you austria, they are grateful but they are earned can. they told me repeatedly that perhaps they are the laugh group that will be able to cross in to germany thereafter. they are worried about family members that they are separated from that are still trying to get in to hungary, so still a very chaotic situation, still a lot of moving parts and still a lot of desperation on display even though things, at least if a fewer hours yesterday, seemed

to get better and some of these folks to who have suffered so much had a little bit of hope up still in them because of the treatment they got here, martin. >> okay, mohamed for now, thank you very much. mohamed jamjoon our correspondent reporting from austria. the swedish prime minister is calling on european country to his do more. sweden takes the most refugeees in comparison to its population than any other european country. thousands of people have been at rallies supporting the refugees in stockholm. they receive all residency in sweden. meanwhile, israel has started building a fence along part of its eastern borden with jordan too keep people out who are fleeing from syria. benjamin netanyahu rejected calls to take in h refugees sayg israel is too small and must protect its borders. israel has already fenced off its frontier with egypt to stop

african refugees and along the occupied golan heights bordering syria. the votes are still be counted in guatemala's presidential election. some votes are trickling and jimmy morales is leading the 25% of the boat followed by manuel at 21%. now, the election comes as former president otto perez molina is being investigationed for alleged corruption and is currently in prison. daniel that weimer is our correspond erred is there in guatemala. he joined us live now. so the ca media that is for the moment safe there any chance then that he could become the out right winner? >> reporter: there is a good chance he could. he has to fight a second round on october 25th.

he's untainted by many of the political scandals think battle for second place, the person who will join him in that fight in october is unclear. as you mentioned manuel is just interest in second place but about-a percentage points ahead of the former first lady sandra torres, we still have about 30% of the votes to be counted. it's now something like seven hours after the polls closed so we are really waiting to see what happens in that battle for second place. we may not know for several hours, whatever happened it's likely to be contested by whoever it is finishing in third place asking if a recounts or likely to be calling for fraud. the people of guatemala waiting to see whether the loser of this first round will accept the final results. >> right, because of course you have to win 50%, don't you, in order to be able to be declared an out right wish. but tell me, daniel, how many of

the 7 1/2 million guatemalans actually both tore vote given their frustrations with the whole political class following the corruption scandal? >> reporter: well, martin, voting is not obligatory any guatemala as it is in many other countries in latin america, it seems the turned out is very high. people are faith and critical. cynical of the 14 candidates that they could choose from. they do still believe in their electoral process and with all these crisis we have been having here in recent weeks, the corruption scandals, people losing faith with their politicians, they do still see voting and the electoral process as part of their way forward, who whim he americaning we'l emo wait and see but they did turn out in large numbers to cast their votes. >> thank you very much daniel. now, turkey says its jets have bombed kudish fighters a

day after an ago track tabbing on its troops think the armed kurdish group p.k.k. says it killed 15 soldiers on sand. president erdogan warped there will be a strong response to the attack. >> translator: the informs from our chief is very saddening. i hope the statement of the army, our new strategy will be adopted in the fight against terror. we'll don't fight against terror with determination. well, the prime minister chaired an emergency meeting shortly after the attack. there has been a surge in violence between the army and the p.k.k. after a ceasefire collapse ed in july. turkish police have used water cannon to break up protests. the crowds had gathered to denounce air strikes against the p.k.k. those strikes were launched after two turkish policemen were killed in the nearby town on

sunday. we have a lot more to come here on al jazeera. including the official account of what happened to the missing mexican students has been joked as a new investigation is launched. and we'll introduce to you an ultra athlete who has just run across the entire united states. this is a great place to work.

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the hungarian prime minister said within the last half hour the e.u. should set up a fund to help countries like turkey to cope with mass migration, he says he will not accept proposed e.u. quotas for refugees. votes are still being counted in guatemala's presidential election, early votes said a second run round off in october. this comes as the former president otto perez molina is being investigated for i'm haded corruption. bombing a day after an attack on its troops the armed group p.k.k. says it killed 15 soldier on his sunday. for many people coming to greece, the first points of arrival is one of the islands which is quite close to turkey

and local governments there are struggling to cope with the growing numbers. that's led to frustration among the stranded refugees as hoda reports from the island of lesbos. >> reporter: it's the same daily chaos at the port. thousands of refugees trying desperately to register. without it, they cannot leave the island. the process is extremely slow. the wait is long. the sun is baking. and emotions boil over. some collapse to the ground. nearly losing consciousness. authorities appear unable to take control. there are not enough resource to his speed up the process. and refugees are left by and large to their own devices. stranded sometimes for weeks. and growing more vulnerable by the day, desperately trying to find answers. >> just tell me. >> reporter: it's justify like this all the time. people come up to you, they don't know what to do. where to go, how long this will

last and they just ask you to help them. give them a piece of information. >> i give you -- >> reporter: we don't know as much as they don't know. >> i give you a number. i ask, you ask me. >> reporter: we can barely walk a couple of meeters and others come up to us beg to go help find a solution. yes. >> it is not a solution. >> reporter: afghan nationals complain they are made to wait even longer. many say they have run out of mon. >> i whenever we talk to the responsibles, they ignore us. >> reporter: it's especially hard for parents. this serbian cured who escaped co ban is a worried about his children. >> translator: what should we do? we left to save our children from war. i don't have food or milk for them. what do we do with them now? what's the solution? >> reporter: without the registration document the refugees can't check in to a hotel even if they had the cash. so many set up shop whenever they can in the port or in eye sidewalk around town.

lately serbian families were taking to this transit camp. here too there are scales and it's congested. living conditions are very poor, little running water and sanitation. >> translator: in syria we were hit by barrel bombs, here we feel we are dieing every day, three children and they are sick now. how long is this going to last? we escaped war, this is worse. why are they doing this to us? >> reporter: the frustration often spills on to the streets, but no matter how loud they shout. the anguish is far from over. hoda, al jazeera, lesbos. north and south korea have begun talks on reuniting families separated as a result korean war in the 1950s, red cross representatives from both countries are meeting in the border village, the negotiations will include arrangements on when and how many people will possibly be allowed to meet

their relatives. >> translator: the state severed family ties, i came hear in the severe hope that they will tell my story so my families living in the north will at least see my face. the u.s. has delivered more equipment to recently trained sunni tribal fighters in anbar province. these men are expected to join the counter offensive against isil, but iraqi government troops and allied shia m militis are trying to make advances while fighting a separate political battle. as zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: u.s. weapons given to the iraqi army are now being used by iranian-backed shia militia men on the front lines against isil. these men who operate you were the government-backed popular mobilization forces have been doing most of the fighting in the absence of a capable

military. but their growing strength and presence particularly in anbar has raised concerns in washington. >> translator: the international coalition and it's a regional partners are pressuring the baghdad government to reduce the number of fighters in the popular mobilization forces from one off 3,000 to 70,000. and they want the number of the sunni fighters to increase from 15,000 to 50,000. this has caused tensions between the leadership of the popular mobilization forces and the government. >> reporter: the u.s. has been training and swimming sunni fight, he new weapon have his allied and local officials allied to the iraqi government are making clear these men will become part i've state militari' rut us. some shia militias say this is tantamount to create a separate arm on sectarian lines.

>> we are working for them to be -- they will be subject today all military regulation. >> reporter: but on the ground the government and allied forces have made little progress. there are almost daily casualties as they try to advance towards the cities of rah mad and i fallujah. has also not only strengthened fortification by planting bombs but has broke through lines and carried out suicide bombings. i political battle between the forces fighting on the ground is believed to be contributing to the lack of progress. the u.s. made clear it doesn't wants show huh militias to lead the fight in sunni-dominated areas, but the leaders of those groups say they can't win the fight without them. this is not the first time they joined forces with the u.s. and the shia-led government in baghdad to fight groups threat inning the state. these sunni tribal elders may be

confident they can defeat isil but what comes after will determine if iraq as a country can celebrate the victory. zeina khodr, al jazeera, baghdad. around a thousand qatar i soldiers and more than 200 armored vehicles have arrived in yep, they are joining saudi-led coalition forces in the fight against houthi rebels, one of their aims is regain after province. 20 people were killed in what appears to be an accidental coalition air strike. residents said missiles hit a vigil being held for a man killed by houthi gunfire. mexico's attorney general says she'll ask for a new investigation in to the case of 43 missing students. an independent report has condemned the government's up choir any to the disappearance of the student says almost a year galling, john hulman

reports from mexico city. >> reporter: a night mexico can't forget. almost a year ago in the southwestern town of iguala. knew let hal police attacked bus loads of students. in four hours of coordinated terror they killed some and abducted 43 others. the government had hope today head off the following wave of mass outrage by drawing a line you were the case, declaring that the student were killed and their remains burnt in this rubbish dump. but now a much-anticipated independent report from i want international experts has drop aid bombshell. that official version is scientifically impossible. >> translator: the group considers that there is no evidence to support the hypothesis that the 43 bodies were burnt there. we are not saying that other things couldn't have happened, but that events as it has been described didn't occur. >> reporter: the investigators don't know where the students

are or if they are alive. what is clear is that federal forces and the army were aware and in some cases even witnesses to the atrocities. but did nothing to intervene. despite this mexican authorities didn't allow the investigators to talk to army witnesses. key video evidence was also destroyed. what is been revealed here is just further evidence for many mexicans that the government investigation in this was deeply flawed and real made little effort in to getting to the bottom of this. the student's family have his been outspoken about the lack of help to find their loved ones. >> translator: we are going to discover the truth. we will find the students. that is is the biggest fear this government has because they know there have been a lot of mistakes, they hope the case will be fore forth end. the mexican attorney general responded immediately and positively to the report. >> translator: i have order that different areas of this office from now onto study and analyze

the report and include it in our investigations. >> reporter: if that offer is sincere, the search to find out what happened to the disappeared student is still far from over. john hulman, al jazeera, mexico city. now, most of us will consider finishing a marathon as a real accomplishment. but for some, 42-kilometers just isn't enough. these hardy runners are known as ultras. al jazeera's kristen saloomey met up with ireland's richard donovan who has just run across the entire united states. >> reporter: in new york central park 49-year-old richard may look like any other runner setting out for a morning jog but this was the beginning of the end for donovan of what has been an epic journey across the united states. it started in san francisco on may 19th, he traveled through 12 states to get to this point. that's 3200 miles. or 5100-kilometers.

>> you know, it's a challenge to run across some continent, america, for me, is the continent to run across. and you know, i wanted to embrace all the epic scenery that america has. >> reporter: that included running over the rocky mountains. as well as through deserts, donovan organizes, he ca extreme running events for a living giving him take to make the self-funded trip. on the last day he was joined by heather carr. one of many that helped along the way including his brother that drove the support vehicle. >> there is no rule except you run every step of the way. that is what we did. the start of where we ended one day we start the exact same spot the next day. >> reporter: doctors insisted he take few breaks to give some severe blisters a chance to heal. this is the very last leg of a journey that began more than three months ago. sure, there were a few pause as long the way to recover for

injuries, still donovan averaged 35 miles a day. that's 56-kilometers, more than a marathon a day for days on end. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: he crosses the finish line with alvin matthews a fellow runner who was pair lies ed in a work-related fall. donovan used the trip to raise more than $25,000 on his behalf. >> i had a little bit of doubt in the first month when he had to stop for a couple of days because he had really bad blisters. and i asked him if he was going to still be able to finish. and he couldn't believe that i asked him. he's like, well, of course i am. >> reporter: donovan claims ultra running is about mental strength more than physical. >> how are you feeling? >> a bit of relief i guess. >> what are you going do next? >> i am from ireland, i think the answer to that is obvious, i

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