calls for all european nations to act as the e.u. prepares its plan to resettle thousands of refugees. ♪ ♪ hello i am darren jordan with the world news for al jazeera. australia says it will take in thousands of refugees and begin airstrikes against isil in syria. tension in turkey, officers of a pro-kurdish political party are attacked hours after the killing of 14 police officers. plus. >> reporter: whether it's been long or short, shall be devoted

to our service. >> more than six decades on the flown, u k's queen elizabeth becomes the countrily's longest serving monarch. the president of the e.u. commission is preparing to present his plan on how to tackle the refugees crisis that's dividing governments in europe. essex peck the is expected to pd each country's income and unemploy rate. germany has already backed the idea. so has sweeped, which takes the most number of refugees in relation to its population. italy which is one of the main arrival points for thousands of refugees crossing the mediterranean is also in favor. and so are the french. and spain. plus the plan has met stiff

opposition from countries like hungary which has built fence to his keep them away from eights border. poland and slow yak i can't says permanent and mandatory quotas are unacceptable. 400,000 refugees are expected to cross this year. >> all these refugees should be gift the opportunity to rebuild their lives but has to be a committed effort to do that. refugees relying on human traffickers are dieing and suffering and drowning in the water. and we have to combat and avoid this. we need to increase the opportunity for refugees to his arrive in europe legally. >> thousands more people are still making their way north through europe. mohamed jamjoon reports. >> reporter: at europe's southern gateway these refugees are some of the thousands who cross from greece in to macedonia on monday.

mark a new record in this humanitarian crisis. with no end in sight not influx, the u.n. is sounding the alarm bells once more. calling on the e.u. to guarantee relocation for 200,000 refugees. >> we have proposed that there be european union-led mega reception and registration centers established in greece. we would support that. established also in italy and also hungary whereby the pima driving there could go to these centers, be received in decent, humane conditions. they could apply for asylum there. >> reporter: flemings comments come on the heels of warnings from e.u. president donald tusk who says the current situation in europe was part of an exodus from worn-torn countries add that go it could last years. hungary remains one of the flash points of the crisis. on tuesday, hundreds of refugees forced their way through police

at a camp near the border with serbia heading for the capital. attribute pest's main station, thousands more are still seeking transit through as they try to make their way to austria and germany. in austria, volunteers and medics are still welcoming refugees and distributing aid, but uncertainty over hungary's stance has added a layer of confusion to an already chaotic situation. the refugees who his arrived here in vienna have told me they are gratified by the treatment they have received in austria so far, many are still very concerned about relatives they say are still in either serbia or hungary, they are worried they won't be able to get here in the days to come. meanwhile, from germany the ultimate destination for so many refugees, comes a stark reality check. >> translator: neither greece nor italy can accommodate the refugees arriving on their borders, we have discussed the crisis and a change in the asylum policy.

sweden and germany agree that we need mandatory quotas for the people who get asylum. we must also insure they are distributed fair lay cross the e.u. unfortunately, we are very far from that goal. >> reporter: with criticism of the e.u. only mounting and more he have refugees arriving every day, it seems this near impossible situation is nowhere close to being over. mo happen he had jamjoon, al jazeera, vienna austria. >> and some of those refugees who his broke fast the police blockade in hungary were later stopped. the police reportedly fired tear gas and took them ba back to the camp. they are trying it make their way on foot to the capital budapest. the u.n. refugees agency estimates at least 150,000 refugees as across the border from serbia in to hungary since the beginning of the year. greece's government has been firriefirst ferries hundreds of refugees to the main land. lesbos is under increasing

pressure, hosting 18,000 people waiting for their chance to travel onwards. the australian prime minister says his country will permanently reset zettel 12,000 refugees fleeing conflict in syria and iraq. tony abbott said that h he wantd to described protection for women and children and people of persecute i had minorities and says italia will extent their airstrikes in to syria. turkish national assists that attacked the headquarters of the pro kurt dish people's democratic party, the angry crowd are protesting against rekent is attar by kurdish rebels. demonstrators accused them of being the armed wing of the p.k.k. some offices completely gutted by fire. meanwhile, at least 14 turkish police officers have been killed and two wounded in a box attack on a mini bus in the eastern

province of adair. they are blaming the p.k.k. on sunday kurdish rebels killed 16 soldiers and wounded six others. the prime minister has vowed to wipe out the p.k.k. >> translator: we will be cleared of the terrorists, whatever it takes we will be cleared. our nation should trust its government and state. i ask your support for the strug that would we are engage gagedea calm manner. it looks like president obama has enough votes for the iran nuclear deem. republican senators were hoping to block the deal. here is kimberly halkett. >> reporter: after a five-week recess the u.s. senate was back in session and almost immediately began debating the merits of the agreement with iran to restrain its nuclear

program. >> this agreement allows the industrialization of the program of the world's leading state sponsor of terror and does so with our approval 67 most republicans are opposed to the deal negotiated between iran and six world powers that promises to release 100 billion in frozen iranian assets, saying it doesn't do enough to stop iran from developing a nuclear weapon. democrats argue right now it is the best option for limiting iran's nuclear activities. >> this isn't a peace treaty with iran or a gift out of the goodness of on you hearts, if we trusted iran we wouldn't need the video cameras and inspectors and seals and all manner of technology to make sure that iran complies. we are not asking iran to promise us anything and taking it at its word. we are demanding iran prove to us it's complying with every last letter of this agreement. >> reporter: it's an argument that has resonated with more

than 40 senators who have now come out in support of the deal. and could poe step how oldly block a vote on the agreement in the u.s. senate. something the white house is strongly urging. >> what we certainly expect that those necks of congress that support the agreement to take the necessary steps in congress to prevent congress from undermining the agreement. >> reporter: that's because if the resolution to reject the agreement with iran passes both the senate and house of representatives, president obama would be in the uncomfortable position of having to veto the legislation it's an issue of appearances a rejection of the agreement in congress could underline the long-term acceptance of the deal. and despite the ability to block a vote there are some senator that his believe congress should have its say. that's why it's expected this legislative process will play out with debate on the agreement with iran as well as the potential vote on whether or not to reject it.

kimberly halkett, al jazeera, capitol hill. 22 indian nationals have been killed by airstrikes in yemen's port which is controlled by houthi rebels. the strikes were reportedly targeting fuel smugglers, saudi arabia and it's a allies have been carrying out an air common in support of troops loyal to yemen's government in exile. protesting iprotesters in le called for a demonstration outside parliament. they are meet to go address the protest movement you stink. protesting over piles of uncollected rubbish but become a wider stand against corruption. >> reporter: like thousands of help knees, he is unemployed. at 18 he's also not enrolled in any school or college. he blames the government. accusing officials are trying to get rich rather than serve the people. he is one of several activists who started a hinge irrelevant strike last wednesday. they have been camped outside the minute industry of en

requirement. they are part of a larger protest movement demanding the residence us nation of the minister, initially over the rubbish crisis now with wider themes of corruption and uncompetence. six days in on the topinger strike he fainted and was taken to the hospital there the police paid him a visit. >> i lost consciousness so they brought the glance, when agree the to the hospital they put me me on a drip. the police came and started questioning me asking why i am on strike. telling me i should end it because it's a waste of time. >> reporter: the first hunger striker, he has one basic demands. >> i want the minister to resign because i want to start the principle of accountability. i don't have any plan-b. when my voice becomes lower physically, maybe it will become louder. >> reporter: aside from the rubbish crisis, lebanon has been caught not political paralysis. the country has been without a president for over a year.

that and the failure of the government to provide basic services like electricity or clearing people's waste is what's pushed so many people to take to the streets. on wednesday, the speak are of parliament will chair a meeting of political leaders to try to resolve some of these issues, but analysts say lebanon's political history shows it's unlikely things will change. >> they have no solution. and the primary reason is thousands there is no accountability in the system. as i said, every time they get together they co lewd gets the citizens. so what we need is a third force that could actually break this and hold them accountable. >> reporter: at the prime minister's office what has now become a daily events. people bringing their rubbish bags and dumping them on the prime minister's doorstep. as we have explained it's not just the rubbish crisis here outside the state-run electricity company. protesters have gathered as well.

power cuts can last for 12 hours a day in some parts of lebanon and more and more people have had enough of the political system and it's a failure to provide for them. back at the hunger strikers' camp. he tries to keep his comrades entertained. he raps and freestyles hoping his words and gestures sends a clear message. al jazeera beirut. coming up later we'll have more on europe's refugee crisis. we'll tell you why some refugees in belgium prefer their makeshift camp over a government shelter. and the iraqi troops whose able she want way of life has been destroyed by isil. more on that. stay with us.

welcome back. the e.u. commission president is preparing to unveil his plans for resettling 120,000 refugees across europe. it's expected to be based on quotas. an idea that's been rejected by several member states. turkish national assists have attacked the headquarters of the pro kurdish people's democratic party. the angry crowd are protesting against recent attacks on security forces by kurdish rebels. u.s. president barack obama appears to have got the support needs to stop an attempt to block the iran nuclear deal. republicanrepublicans were hopio derail the agreement in congress. but obama has enough democratic

congressmen. officials in belgium are said to be receiving 150 asylum requests every day. which is creating a strain on resources. in the capital brussels, some refugees prefer to live in a makeshift camp rather than eye government shelter just next door. here is jacky rowland. >> reporter: among the trees, a village of tents have strung up. the first refugees as received two weeks ago. and the people are brussels have rushed to help. vanessa has been here since day one. she and the other volunteers have set up a whole range of services for the refugees. >> so here you have the kitchen with a lot of. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: they offer the refugees hot meals throughout the day. the food is donated by local people and charities. there are now about a thousand people in the camp. as it has grown there have been complaints from some quarters. >> really we don't listen to the

complaints. we don't. because we are sure that we are doing is good. we keep doing the good work without listening to people. >> reporter: more volunteers are arriving all the time. different people offer different skills. this spontaneous action by hundreds of ordinary people have caught the belgium authorities off guard. did he latedly they have opened up an overnight shelter across the road. but very few refugees have chosen to go and sleep there. across the road people are lifing up to recommendingster for asylum they are not using the official night shelter because h you have to get out at 8:00 every more than and you can't leave your stuff there. >> it's the decision of the bell just a minute government to organize the night shelter but no other provisions but it's a nice shelter, but that's it. >> reporter: he is from iraq, he traveled across europe and

arrived here four days ago. he has an point to register for asylum on thursday. >> it's okay. i sleep her. it's not too cold. food and drink are here, everything is here. the plight of the refugees has harnessed the goodwill of people from main communities. they say they want to act as an example to people elsewhere in europe, where refugees have been less welcome. jacky rowland, al jazeera, brussels. iraq's human rights commission is hosting a conference to discuss ways of protecting religious minorities. rights groups have expressed concerns for those being persecuted for gripes, mainly aisles. imran cannes visited a refugees cam for iraqi christians who felt their homes in isil-held areas. >> reporter: it used to be a disused lot. now it's home to 130 syrian christian families. they fled mowsal in august 2014

when islamic state of the iraq and levant captured the city. isil offered them three choices, convert to islam, pay a tax or die. in fear, they fled. this is ramon he lives here with his wife and five year old daughter ma till at that. he recalls what happened to him in august 2015. >> it was a horrific experience, in a few hours they swept through 15 villages, we fled with just the clothes on our back, since then we have nothing. in government won't protect us, we wanted to levi rack. >> reporter: this is one of the best equipped places. it's funded by church as cross the city. she is one such volunteer. she says iraqi minorities are under threat.

>> we have no rights. we are iraqi but we don't get to participate. we live as refugees in our own country. >> reporter: despite the good state of this cama lost people here consider this home. home is mosul and the green plains. but most people have lost hope that they will ever see that again. so they stay here in this concrete jungle. they have also lost hope in the ability of iraq's government to be able to protect minorities. a lot of people here, particularly wants to get out of iraq and find relative safety and freedom elsewhere. for its part, the government says that the protection of gyp or at thises remains a priority. but with isil an ever-present threat. almost daily demonstration buys ordinary iraqis demanding reforms ramon cupsers how much of a priority he and his family really are. imran cannes, al jazeera, bag

deed. at least 18 people have died in a major sand storm swing across parts of the middle east. syria, lebanon and jordan have been engulfed in the dusk cloud. causing breathing problems for hundreds of people. refugees from syria living in basic conditions in lebanon were badly affected. in syria itself. the storm meant that jets and held tops carried out fewer airstrikes. people from as far away as cyprus were advice today stay in doors. guatemala's former president is to remain in jail until his trial in three months time. he is facing charges of bribery and fraud. meanwhile the nation remains gripped by the race to replace him. daniel reports from caught mall a city. >> reporter: judge miguel angel galvez gave early indication that his he thoughts there was ample evidence for the former president otto perez molina to go to trial. charging him with criminal association, taking bribes and customs fraud.

he ordered him to be held in preventive custody. the former president resigned last week after an arrest warrant named him in a massive scandal. in which businesses gave bribes to avoid paying full taxes on their imports. perez was elect ed in 2011 promise telect ed in 2011.promi. >> there is no one shed of evidence that should allow this case to go forward. >> reporter: crumbs here is not new what has change second degree a successful campaign to end immaterial pew at this. just a week ago otto perez molina was the president. today he's here under tight security. assigned figures work to go reform this country, but nobody, absolutely nobody is above the law. his down fall was swept and came after months of protests which grew as details of the case he

was allegedly involved in came to light. >> we are all just fed up with the corruption. other issues divide us but corruption bridges, we didn't want. >> reporter: while the former president languishes in custody. the race to replace him is mired in confusion. after election on his sunday, tv comedian jimmy morales emerged victorious and will fight another round in october. it's not clear who will face him. former first lady san gray torres and right wing businessman are separated by a few hundred votes. what is clear is that guyed mall a is living through fast moving and turbulent times with many excited if a little nervous about what the future might bring dan he is a al jazeera. pope francis has brought in

radical reforms for the way members can a null their marriages, making it simpler for bishop to his judge when a marriage is invalid in the church. the 1.2 billion member church doesn't recognize divorce the new law places the own out bishops to determine whether a fundamental plow that is made a marriage invalid. catholics seeking annulment used to need approval from two church tribunals but the reforms make it just one. fast tracks by local bishops can grant an a you would. quickly if both request it. it & it should now be free. >> it's very clever and prr pricpractical n old system thers an automatica peel. in other words when the process had happened. it was referred to as appeal as a kind of double check. which was in some ways a good thing but the pope is saying we need to trust the first

judgment. we don't need to go in to an appeal unless there is a very serious reason to. he simplified that. he's also as you say decentralized things a little bit. very often things were referred to the vatican and he's saying to local bishops, say here in london, the archbishop of westminster, you deal with this. this is your responsibility. if you need to refer it back to rome in very complicated cases, that's fine, but you take responsibility. i think catholics know deep down to trust the church the church of jesus the heart of the faith is marriage is for life. but secondly pope francis in these letters today has been very strong about the importance of marriage and marriage say gift for life. he said clearly i am not under mining marriage or encouraging people to separate but receiving out to those that need it.

it's his merciful heart not changing anything fundament. in christian don trick by trying to simplify, if you like, help people to live their faith and marriage more sincerely. finally, few people can imagine being in the same job for more than 63 years, but that's exactly what britain' queen elizabeth the second has done, later on wednesday she will become the country's longest serving monarch. here is even a hayward. >> for my whole life, where it be long or short, shall be devote today your service. >> reporter: it was a promise made more than 63 years ago by a 25-year-old princess soon to be queen. who would eventually be recognized the world over and who mans a constant presence in british life against a backdrop of constant change. >> in a sense, the queen is the social glue of britain. she is the pin that holds the

whole class system together. and of course she's very important, not just as a symbol. but actually she has real constitutional importance. >> reporter: at the time of the coronation, the british empire had begun to crumble. since then, other world leaders have come and gone. there have been royal weddings, divorce and scandal. but despite everything, there is still interest globally in the head of britain's most famous family. >> you might hear in negative things about, you know, her son or her -- some of the other royalty, but never about the queen. always positive. >> i don't think she -- she's very useful in the 21st century. >> reporter: on any given day you are likely to get this. people peering through the gates of buckingham palace. polls suggest the majority of people living here want to keep the monarchy for now at least

there are of course those who are indifferent to it. though or some who want the current queen to be the country's last. >> we are campaigning for an end to the mon aircraf monarchy, woe to take a leaf let. >> reporter: the group republic out dam campaigning convincing e public to give up a thousand-year institution is far from easy. [ inaudible ] >> the fact that she is been head of state for that long is irrelevant really. without a democratic process what's the point. just living a long time is no -- means nothing really. >> reporter: and that pledge made by the queen to serve for a lifetime is likely to be kept. her legacy, perhaps, so far is that the old institution of monarchy abandoned by so many nations is still intact. and it's been steered in to a new era of popularity. emma hayward, al jazeera, in london. and a quick reminder you can

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