>> welcome to the al jazeera news in doha. the dairy farmers in the european union said that they're not able to milk price for all

they are a worth. >> i'll be reporting the problems in ghana including illegal logging, and what is being done about it. >> so france and germany are presenting a united front in what is the biggest refugee crisis since world war ii. greece wants help with the arrivals. 15,000 people currently on the greek island of lesbos. he said that it is on the verge of explosion. the greek minister has expressed concern about the situation in lesbos. what have you seen? >> well, it is a very difficult situation here.

this island. the flow of refugees coming in does not stop. they usually come--they land on this speech in the northeast coast. as we speak now there are two rescue operations going on in this channel between here and turkey. the greek coast guard has been deployed over the past few hours, maybe 300, 400 people have arrived. this is an extremely difficult situation also because this island was not prepared for that. as you listen to the mayor here, he would say that that figure of 15,000 is a bit low according to his estimate. he would put that figure between 20 and 25,000. he also said that we simply don't know how many people in reality on the island because unless they register, well, we don't know who arrives where and when. >> any tension going on from what you've seen amongst the refugees themselves?

>> yes, there is a lot of attention especially among the syrians and the afghans. the syrians represent the bulk of the refugees coming here, about 53%. then the second largest group are the afghans about 12%. what is happen something that the syrians are given priority. they also have a transit camp specifically for them. and the afghans say that they're stranded there. that each time they try to process their paperwork, each time they try to ask a question of the authorities, they are told if you're an afghan you have to wait. they are much poorer than the syrians. many come to and say help me, i need money. the registration is taking very, very long. some of the people of the refugees tell you that they've been stranded here for about a week. some tell you up to two weeks.

the question everybody asks all the time when are we going to be able to leave? why are the greek authorities not better organized? we're running out of cash. >> thousands of refugee 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 untieable take control. there are not enough resources to speed up the process. refugees are left by and large to their own devices. stranded for weeks and growing more vulnerable by the day desperately trying to find answers. >> is it just like this all the time. people come up to you. they don't know what to do, how

long this will last. >> we can barely walk a couple of meters and people come up to us, begging to help them find a solution. >> afghan nationals complain they're made to wait even longer. many say they have run out of money. >> they ignore us. >> this is especially hard for parents. this syrian curd who escaped kobane is worried about his children. >> 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 is the solution? >> without the registration document refugees cannot check into a hotel, even if they had the cash. so many set up shop wherever they can. at any port, lately syrian

families were taken to this transit camp. here, too, there is chaos, and it is congested. living conditions are very poor. there is no running water or sanitation. >> in syrian we were hit by barrel bombs. here we feel we're dying every day. i have three children, and they're sick now. how long is this going to last? we escaped war. this is worse. why are they doing this to us. >> the frustration spills on to the streets. but no matter how loud they shout the anguish is far from over. al jazeera, lesbos. >> we'll tell what you european leaders are trying to do to come up with a plan. france and germany have decided to take in tens of thousands of refugee. french president françois hollande said that france will accommodate 10,000 people. but he did without support the agreement will collapse. >> france is willing to do its

part. the european commission will propose distributing 120,000 refugees over the next few years which means 24,000 people for france to take in. we'll do it because it's the principle to which france is committed. we'll do it because it's a proposition that we ourselves established. >> germany chancellor angela merkel said that asylum seekers have to go back, but her government has made another $3 billion available to cope with the refugee crisis. >> we have to do lots of things to manage this challenge, but we need the help of the e.u. it's only with european solidate that we'll manage that. europe wants to show itself in a good light, and we have to fight the reasons for the influx of the refugees. the civil wars, the terrorism. we have to work against it together. >> director of the refugee study

center in oxford university said that the way they're handling the arrival of refugees is embarrassing. >> europe needs a new deal in responsibility sharing. they greed that it does not work and they recognize that the situation that refugees are arriving in is not working. but how to get that deal. some are willing, but others are not willing to participate. the czech republic is not participating. the u.k. is not prepared to share that responsibility. it's a real challenge for the meeting on the 14th of september being prepared for european politicians. the situation is deeply problematic. the hungarian government is reluctant to take in muslim

refugee. these policies are appalling. they're embarrassing for europe. while we have some element of leadership, some countries are way behind. it has to be the case that all of europe cooperate. angela merkel said we have to show our compassion and it simply cannot be based on religion. it has to be based on common humanity. >> iraq's finance minister has come under fire. pro government forces retook the city from isil in april. >> the defense minister in iraq was in a convoy southwest of the city tikrit when he came under attack. this is an allegedly an assassination attempt. only one shot was fired. he survived.

it was one of his guards who was slightly wounded. now this was a success story for the iraqi people and the iraqi government. they got rid of isil fighters from one of their strongholds but it goes to show that there is anti-government forces more than likely to be isil in that area, and they're still capable of mounting attacks. >> the u.s. has delivered more arms and equipment to sunni tribal fight necessary iraq's anbar province. they're expected to join the counter offensive against isil. but they're misstrutted by government troops, and the political battle is slowing down their military advance. >> u.s. weapons given to the iraqi army are now being used by iranian-backed shia militiamen on the front lines against isil. these men who operate under the government backed popular mobilization forces have been doing most of the fighting in the absence of a capable military. but they're growing strength and

their presence particularly in the sunni pro vince of anbar has raised concerns in washington. >> the international coalition and it's region partners are pressuring the baghdad government to reduce the number of fighters in the mobilization forces 103,000 to 70,000. they want the number of fighters to increase to 50,000. >> the u.s. has been training an skipping sunni tribal fighters as part of its strategy to defeat isil. a new consignment of weapons has arrived and local officials allied to the iraqi government are making clear that these men will eventually become part of a state military apparatus. some shia militia leaders say this is tantamount to create a separate army on sectarian lines. >> we are working with the

government for these volunteers to be integrated into security institutions. they will be subjected to all military regulations. >> but on the ground the government and allied forces have made little progress. they're almost daily casualties as they try to advance towards the city of ramadi and fallujah. isil has not only strengthened fortification, it has broken through offensive lines to carry out suicide-bombings. >> isil's tactics may have slowed the pace of operations but a 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 want shia militias to lead the fight. but the leaders of those groups say that they can't win the fight without them. >> this is not the first time they joined forces with the u.s. and shia-led government in baghdad to fight groups threatening the studio state.

these elders may feel confident they can beat isil but what comes after will determine if iraq as a country can celebrate the countr victory. >> china has cut its growth rate from 7.4% to 7.3% adding to global concerns about the world's second largest economy. this will be the slowest pace in 25 years. worries about the shrinking why niecchinese economy has investors concerned because they're the biggest consumers of iron and coal. china has-reducing its imports and there are lower demands for the middle east and africa, milk prices are at an eight-year low. the situation is so bad that

farmers are marching through brussels to highlight the issue while european ministers are holding an emergency meeting. >> farmers have come from all over europe, and they've brought their tractors into the center of brussels. in fact, they're trying to turn the city into a farm yard. if you have a look here. there are bales of straw, even plastic cows to deliver the message that in their views the price of milk is too low. it costs them more to produce a liter of milk than they're able to get for that liter of milk. so they have planned this demonstration to coincide with the meeting of the agriculture ministers and they hope that the ministers will hear the message and take action. >> a comedian with no political experience does not get enough presidential votes to avoid a

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>> the show's called "third rail". we'll be talking about topics that you wouldn't ordinarily touch. people are gonna be challenged, we're not gonna take sides... an approach that treats every single player in a particular story equally. it's something fresh and something new. >> hello again. you're with al jazeera. the headlines france and germany have agreed to take in tens of thousands of refugees. both president françois hollande and angela merkel say that they want to respond to the crisis. they say without it the

agreements will collapse. >> currently 15,000 people are waiting on the island of lesbos. in iraq pro government forces retook the city from isil. >> joining us here, an egyptian journalist, thank you for being with us on al jazeera. what do you know about arrests? >> there is not much information about arrest. we just saw the flash news, and then arrest, but i guess what we can say at this moment is that

we have questions about the whole thing. >> such as what? >> for insentence, the foreign minister has been deputy minister, he has been deputy minister for years. and they have been reports and rumors over his head and some personalities in the same ministry and other ministries as well about corruption so why was he named as minister of agriculture in the first place in spite of rumors and reports. and the reports were proved with documents. that's the first question. >> so do you expect to see more resignations from this agriculture ministry or others? >> well, it seems for me--for me because of a lot of reasons if

seems that the this purge is starting a certain end. i believe the time something very important. i mean, according to what the government is saying, it says we're having up coming elections in six weeks, eight weeks, so the time something very important. i think it aims to deliver a message that the government is talking an anticipate corruption campaign. the second message out of this whole operation since reports have been going around the last few days, that they are in the same case that the foreign minister of agriculture is being investigated now.

there are five celebrity journalists, and a half does high ranking officials as well. i believe that the message is is now targeting the supporters of sisi rather than the opposition. we've seen the opposition being slaughtered during the last two years. now i believe that he's targeting with this message. supporters or special kind of supporters who would like to have a space for themselves to ask yeses and to pose as not just blind supporting the government blindly. >> thank you very much for joining us. well, the former chaddan dictator is accused of crimes against humanity. rights groups that he impressed

and tortured many. he lived in senegal freely until his arrest two years ago. senegal and the african union created a special criminal court. senegal drew on the principle of jurisdiction which allow courts to prosecute serious crimes even when they're in a different country. >> back in july when this trial started he was screaming saying that this trial was a masquerade. he was removed from the court, and he dismissed his lawyers. now the presiding judge gave him a new set of lawyers, and today again he refused to come into court.

the judge recorded security forces to drag him inside the court and literally there were five men masked that dragged him into the court, pinned him down to the shares as the court was reading out the names of the hundreds of witnesses that will speak. among these people are victims and also former tortures. >> the world's forests are disappearing faster than they're generating. >> most of this wood was illegally acquired. this is saw mill on the forest reserve. we have to film secretly because these works don't want their activities exposed. they receive word from chainsaw

operators as they're known here. they're organized, armed groups go into the forest to cut down trees illegally. more than 80% of the timber sold within ghana is from illegal sources. >> people want to get out it is very difficult to. >> we go deep in the forest to see the damage for ourselves. the illegal operators are preparing to wherever it takes to shop down trees. this is known as a high value tree. it is 200 years old and will sell for $275 u.s.

in the forest reserve farmers are burning the forest. the commission has cut down these cocoa trees as a barning to others. this entire area used to be forest. officials admit that the efforts on tackling these issues have been slow. >> what we try to do is more giving them incentives. by using a rapid response team, but a big part of the solution is government coordination. >> they're also replanting on degraded land. this is a teak tree forest. the political commitment is

lacking. >> they're not given the free hand to manage the there is so much. if you delve deeper, you realize that our politicians are behind. and we must be very bold to talk about it. >> it's a complex situation and environmentalists fear that the forests are disappear in the next couple of decades unless the government takes more immediate reaction. al jazeera, ghana. >> well, one clear leader has emerged from the first round of guatemala's presidential election. tv comedian morales has emerged.

>> there is now some clarity on the turbulent political land cape. some call on jimmy morales untainted by political scandals. he finished ahead but not with the 50% needed to avoid the run off. >> he'll fight the second round on october 25th against the candidate who lost the 2012 election or the former first lady sandra torres. the people have chosen, but have they chosen wisely? >> we'll be wiser than our last elections to vote, and hopefully we'll have better politicians in the next four years. >> the man they elected as their last president resigned last week and reappears in court on tuesday to hear whether he'll be tried for involvement in a massive corruption scandal. a scandal that has left the

adequate mall lan electorate. >> i'm voting, but at the same time i don't agree with any of the candidates. but the people have spoken, and they have a clear idea of what democracy is. >> the only the any president is not as bad as the last one. he damaged us, and i don't want that for my children or grandchildren. >> the new president will not take office until january. in the meantime the country is being led by the interim leader later on monday he'll appoint a new government. >> guatemala is still in crisis. but people are hoping that clean elections with all sides expecting results and a judicial system inviting corruption and politician to court a sign that the country is moving forward.

the election result is a step towards greater stability. but guatemala remains full of surprises. >> mexico's attorney general said that she'll ask for a new investigation into the case of 43 missing students. an independent report has condemned the government's inquiry into the students missing almost one year ago. we have reports from mexico city. >> the night mexico can't forget. almost a year ago in the southwestern town the police in collusion with the local gang attacked a busload of students. they killed some and abducted 43 others. the government had hoped to head off the following wave of mass outrage declaring that the students were killed and their remains burnt in this rubbish

dump. but now a much anticipated independent report from international experts has dropped a bombshell. that official version is scientifically impossible. >> the group considers there is no evidence to support the hypothesis that the 43 bodies were burned there. we're not saying that other things could have happened, but that event as describe didn't occur. >> the investigators don't know where the students are or if they're alive. what is clear is that federal forces and the army were aware and in some cases even witnesses to the atrocities that did nothing to intervene. despite this mexican authorities did not allow the investigators to talk to army witnesses. key video evidence was also destroyed. >> what's been revealed here is further evidence that the government investigate in this was creepily grade and really made little effort in getting to