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you see the this goes on for kilometers without end. do take off their life jackets and erupt in joy that they made it t. we've seen the same thing over the past few days. when i ask the refugees well, are there many more people waiting on the peaches i beaches, they say there are a few hundred people waiting, so this flow will continue. once they arrive here, and once this eruption of joy that they're finally safe, and i think the fact that they take off this life jacket, at the throw it here. they don't want to see it is very symbolic about what it means to them to have searched land in the intransof europe. for them it means safety. it is still not easy.
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from here they have to walk 40 to 50 kilometers. that's where they will have to wait for quite a long time before they can get registered. before they can get their paperwork processed. then after that they will be able to move to mainland greece and continue their journey across western europe. but many of them will be quite surprised about how slow things are. >> it's the same daily chaos thousands of refugees trying to register. without it they cannot leave the island. the process is extremely slow. the weight is long and the sun is making. emotions are boiling over. some collapse to the ground nearly losing consciousness. authorities appear unable to take control. there are not enough resources
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to speed up the processes and many are left on their own devices stranded sometimes for weeks, growing vulnerable by the day desperately trying to find answers. >> it's just 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. they just ask you to help them, give information. most of the time we don't know. >> we can barely walk a couple of meters and others come up to us begging to find a solution. afghan nationals complain they're made to wait even longer. many say they have run out of money. >> it's especially hard for parents. this syrian curd who escaped from kobane is worry about his children.
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>> what should we do? we would love to save our children from war. we don't have food or milk for them. what do we do now? what is the solution? >> route registration documents they cannot check into a hotel even if they had the cash. many set up shop around town. here, there is chaos and it is congested. living conditions are very poor. >> in syria we were hit by barrel bombs. here we feel we're dying every day. my three children are sick now. how long is this going to last? we escaped war. this is worse. why are they doing this to us? >> the frustration often spills out on to the streets. no matter how loud they shout the anguish is far from over. >> so that is the situation that we've seen has been going on for
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weeks now on one of the greek islands. from there they try to move into different parts of europe. and one of the reporters we had following them, they're in on the serbian border. we saw them waiting to move off from greece where you are. they've been on the move for so long, and you're moving with them perhaps yet? >> well certainly at the moment we are. it is an chaos i can situation. there was an assembly point where there was an extraordinary appalling settlement where people have been stuck by the police for three days, some of them. now there are successfuls, very heavy ones. the police formed up a line around mainly syrian protesters and separately some afghan
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protesters. then everyone got together and demanded that they got away from the camp because the buss were not coming to collect them to bring them to a proper refugee center where they could be registered. now the rumors are that the refugee center, which is nearby, is quite full at the moment. as you can see right now the police are lined up. the motor ways over there where there is a large group of people who have run over the bridge at least 30, 40 people i can see them all around. they've gotten away because they realize having walked all the way over here they got to the actual refugee center, and they thought they were going to be locked up. they panicked and came back. the police tried to round them up. they've got some of them here. but it's unclear where they're going to end up. >> i can't remember how long it's been since you've been on the road with these people, but it's been some time now. as you shuttle backwards and
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forwards and see the different groups and different nationalities, do you get any sense that this is changing, that things are getting better for these people in general? >> well, this is basically groundhog day. i was here a week ago, and it was a better situation than this. we've had a weekend that was historic. we've seen all these convoys of buses. 40,000 refugees leave hungary. it's been a remarkable event. what's happening now is that refugee camps further north are virtually empty. the station, the main station in budapest has only got a handful of refugees there now. what really is striking is the spear some of the numbers coming in to the country because they're still coming in. something like 3,000 a day. what we're seeing here now is really the hungarians insisting
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no more special deals. you know, game is up. people have to be registered. it is sort of one step backyards, if you will. worse than that, it's even more draconian on the 15th of september. only a few days away when the new laws that were passed in parliament last friday actually put into force. the army will be deployed here. these people have the new laws in place. this will all be subject toville charges for illegally entering the country. there could be a three-year jail sentence. really all of this good will they're sighing is contracted very vividly with the hardness of the situation here in ungary, where the authorities are following political orders to come down on these people and come down heavily. i have to say that also contrasts with a very large
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number of ordinary hungarians who rallied around to get food push chairs, buggies, medicine, all sorts of stuff has been brought to help these people. but the humanitarian side of this is really hit and miss and voluntary. it is not constitutionalized. it's a absolute mess. there is no real coordination. what we've seen is the police really just in charge, and suddenly changing their minds and letting everyone come here. and this refuge situation where the refugees don't know what to do, and they don't know what to do next apart from maybe run. >> we saw some of them rallying it's a polarizing situation. andrew simmons there pretty close to the serbian border in
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hungary. >> we mentioned britain has announced plans to take in as many as 20,000 syrian refugees. david cameron made the announcement on monday after a month of insisting that aid contributions were more beneficial than bringing refug refugees to britain. >> because we're not part of the e.u. agreement or relocation agreement. britain is able to decide it's own approach. we will continue with our approach of taking refugees from the camps and from elsewhere in turkey, jordan and lebanon. this provides refugees with a more direct and safe route to the united kingdom rather than risking the hazardous journey to europe, which has tragically
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caused so many lives. >> the foreign minister has fired upon in tikrit. we have more from baghdad. >> in a convoy southwest of the city when the attack took place. he was visiting troops. he does this on a number occasions but it goes to show how dangerous that area is. this is allegedly an assassination attempt according to iraqi state tv. only one shot was fired. now this was a success story for the iraqi people and the iraqi government who got rid of isil
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fighters from one of its strongholds but it goes to show that there are anti-government groups that are still capable of mounting attacks. >> expected to join the counter offense against isil. but they are mistrusted by government troops and by allied shia militia. reports that the political battle is slowing down. >> u.s. weapons given to the iraqi army are now being used by iranian backed shia mill state military apparatumilitiamen. they've been doing most of the fighting in absence of a capable military. by think growing strength and presence particularly in the sunni province of anbar have raised concerns in washington.
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>> they wo want the number of fight tours increase to 50,000. this has caused tension between the mobilization forces and the government. >> they have been training and equipping sunni fighters as part of the strategy to defeat isil. a new consignment of weapons has arrived some shia militia leaders say this is tantamount to create a separate army. >> we're working for these volunteers to be integrated into mill institutions. they'll be subjected to all military regulation. >> but on the ground the
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government and allied forces have made little progress. isil has not created fortifications bu. >> the u.s. made clear it does not wants shia militias to lead the fight in sunni dominated areas. but the leaders of those groups say that they can't win the fight without them. >> this is not the first time that they joined forces with the u.s.
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>> could normalization change cuba forever? >> i'm afraid for cuba. >> we ask cubans about their hopes and fears. >> i would love to see my business grow into a transnational company. >> time to recap the global headlines. germany and france have grayed to accept thousands of refugees in a move that has divided e.u. countries. britain said that it will take
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in people from neighboring camps and syria but not those who are already in europe. people still arriving many to the greek island of lesbos. >> hockey's defense minister has come under fire. his guard escaped unhurt. the u.k. has said that it has used a drone to attack and kill three members of the islamic state in iraq and the levant. two of them were british nationals. the prime minister david cameron said that he had been makin makmaking plans for barbaric
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attacks. >> in brussels there is a crisis in the dairy industry. there have been demonstrations and farmers are saying it costs more to produce the milk than they can sell it for. the markets have been flooded with cheap imports. >> announcing $560 million of aid to help the farmers. jacky rowland has the latest from brussels. >> coming from all over europe bringing their tractors into the center of bruce he wills. they're trying to turn the city into a type of barnyard. there are bailthere are bales of hay and plastic cows. they say it costs them more to produce a liter of milk than what they're able to get from the marketplace. they timed this demonstration to coincide with a meeting of european agriculture ministers,
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and they're hoping that the ministers will hear the message and take action. >> turkey said its kurdish group pkk said that it killed 15 soldiers on sunday. the president erdogan has warned there will be a strong response as he put it to that attack. >> it was a consecutive attack on armored vehicles with landmines. the information from our chief of general staff is very saddening. i hope with the statement of the army a new strategy will be adapted in the fight against terror will continue to fight against terror with determination. >> a thousand soldiers more than 200 armored vehicles have arrived in yemen to join saudi-led coalition forces against houthi rebels. one of their aims is to regain control of the areas under houthi control since 2011.
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at least 20 people were killed in what appears to be an accidental collision. an airstrike on sunday. hundreds of school girls have been sent to hospital in another gas attack in afghanistan. about 300 were poisoned. it is the sixth attack in western afghanistan last week. authorities subject that they were carried out by people with links to the taliban. chad's former president had to be forcebly dragged into court in senegal for the resumption of his trial on war crimes. the 72-year-old had to be manhandled into the courtroom after refusing to attend. he's accused of crimes against humanity during his eight years in charge in the 1980s. charges he says are politically motivated. he has met some of his supposed victims. >> she said she was gang raped as she watched her father being
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tortured and killed by chadian security forces. she was 19 years old. however, she said she was abducted and used as a sex slave for chadian soldiers. she was 13. along with other victims they want to tell their stories. stories of murder, torture, starvation, and imprisonment. 25 years on they're walking together in the african chambers, a tribunal set up in the african union in senegal for crimes against humanity. the president is expected in court again on monday. they say he is responsible for the atrocities committed against them. >> it is important for me to see him, that he listens to what we have to say and what his men have done to us. >> the trials started in july. but it was suddenly adjourned on
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the second day. escorted out of the tribunal calling it a masquerade. he refused to recognize the court or the lawyers appointed to him. the supporters and his wife believe he is not getting a fair trial. >> when there is such political pressure to discredit, there is no justice. this trial is completely fabricated. >> when in power he had the support of france and the united states. 40,000 people decide and 200,000 were tortured before he fled to senegal where he has lived in quiet exile for the last 25 years. this is the first time that an african is being charged by africans in africa away from the hague. at stake is the opportunity to set a precedent by making uniform justice accessible to all. by giving voice to the voiceless. this trial may bring an end to
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crimes mitted on the continent that too often remain unpunish unpunished. >> in the trial, they say they speak for the dead and those alive who are too scared to revisit the past. hauntehaunted by the acts. they want him to to be charged so that others might be willing to speak out in justice. >> north and south korea have gun talks reuniting families separated by the korean war of the 19 50's. negotiators will make arrangements for those who are allowed to meet their relatives.
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>> the severed family ties. i came here in sincere hope that they tell my story so that the family in the north can see my face in their village. >> guatemala is going to have a run-off election after three leading candidates split sunday's presidential vote. the tv comic jimmy morales has made it through to round two, but it is unclear who he will be facing. we're in guatemala city with more. >> there is now some clarity on guatemala's turbulent political landscape, but not much. some call him the anti-politics politician. he's comedian 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
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candidate who lost the 2012 election or against the former officers lady sandra torres. the people have chosen. but have they chosen wisely? >> we want to be wiser than the last elections to vote, and hopefully we'll have better politicians in the next four years. >> the man they elected as their last president, president molina, 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 guatemalan electorate disillusioned. >> i'm voting but at the same time i don't agree with any of the proposals put forward by the candidates. but the people have spoken, and have watch clearer idea of what democracy is. >> the only thing my family asks is that the new president is not
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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 has been led by the interim leader. later on monday he'll appoint a new government tasked with guiding guatemala out of the turmoil of recent moss. >> guatemala is still in crisis, but many here are hoping that clean elections with all sides respecting the results and an i couldn't additional system fighting corruption in bringing politicians to court are signs that the country is moving forward. >> the election resulted in a step towards greater stability. but guatemala remains full of surprises and uncertainty. al jazeera, guatemala city. >> and you'll find extensive coverage of the elections in guatemala and, indeed, our entire website split up into regional sections.
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