>> a master of humanity. new influence provide home plans to you provide homes for thousands of refugees. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, u.s. concerns over reports that russia may have deployed military aircraft to syria. attacking president obama's nuclear agreement with iran taking place outside of congress. >> for my life, whether it be

long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> more than se--more than six decades on the thrown. queen elizabeth is the country's longest-serving monarch. >> hello, tacklic europe's refugee crisis is a matter of humanity and human dignity. that's according to the president of the european commission. he's calling on the states to agree to agree to provide homes for 160,000 refugees by next year. the critics say it won't be enough. he warned half a million refugees have entered this year mainly from syria and libya. tens of thousands have made the dangerous journey across the m mediterranean sea. the last four million syrians living in turkey, lebanon,

jordan, iraq and egypt. >> another group of weary people cross the board of th border of macedonia. the european parliament has been discussing how to cope with the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have already made the dangerous journey. for the commissioned president the task ahead is clear. but he needs to sell it to politicians and people across europe. >> we really hope that this time everyone will be on board. action is what is needed for the time being. >> germany would take in more than 30,000 refugees under the

scheme. people like these families boarding a train in the station. the jerem germany government are asking for other states to take their part. in a symbolic gesture france has welcomed a small group who has crossed the border from germany. but there are other people in france who say the government is encouraging illegal immigration. >> the immigrants should have access to jobs in a country like france that has seven million people out of work. it spits in the faces of the french unemployed. >> it is a debate that is testing to the limits the idea of european unity. there is a lot of hostility to these proposed compulsory quotas. and there is argument that the influx of people from the middle east to africa will change the character of europe forever but not everyone arriving on the

shores of southern europe will be allowed to claim asylum. these new arrivals in spain, for example, may ultimately be classed as economic migrants. not refugees. and the e. usaid that people simply searching for work and a better life will be sent home. al jazeera, strasbourg. >> well, the european union plans to set up a $2 billion fund to help stop the influx of people from africa seeking a better life. the commissioner leader said that the plan to address the issues in nort north africa which are causing people to flee. well, thousands of people are making the dangerous trip across the mediterranean. >> it is a deeply effecting

sight. a family prepared to risk everything to make it to europe. children far too young to be doing something like this. a baby who will never remember this night if he or she makes it. we counted 17 people from one afghan family. all to be squeezed into this dinghy. they're on turkey's aegean coast about 12 kilometers from the greek island of kos. >> we're afraid of dying, of course, this woman says. some died recently. but dying is much better than starving here. but there is a problem. their on board motor won't start. they begin packing up. they've tried making a life in turkey for the last three years,

they say. but apart from syrians, turkey does not accept refugees. there is no way for them to settle legally here. >> i will go back to afghanistan if there is no work. i promise you. i love my country too much. my daughter is a student, and i cannot afford to pay for bus fair or give her pocket money. in europe they know about humanity. they will help us. so we'll try again and again. if they catch us 100 times, we'll try 100 times. >> the family is desperate to leave and decides to try and fix the engine. they're making their own way to kos to avoid being ripped off by smugglers. but the engine won't stop. the family will sleep here tonight. then a few minutes' drive along the coast we find another group.

they're wet. clearly the trip has not gone well. and they're frustrated to be back in turkey. they are syrians. they salvage their life vests but their boat is left to drift off. to see what these people go through to try to make it to kos, well, it's impossible not to be moved, really. now they've been forced to come back to turkey because they didn't make it this time they'll risk it again. they'll risk their lives again to try to make it to europe. it's passengers are paddling furiously. some are bailing out water with shoes. kos is in the distance. it seems tantalizingly close. maybe these people will make it, but then the turkish coast guard

appears and the refugees are taken on board. their dreams of living a new life in europe are frustrated for now. bernard smith al jazeera on turkey's aegean coast. >> well, a camera woman in hungary has been sacked for being caught on camera for tripping up refugees as they fled. video posted on official media show her sticking her leg out at people rush past her. a separate video shows her kicking a girl. >> syrian troops have pulled out of their air base in the northwest.

>> these are pictures of the military base in idlib after al nusra front fighters took it over. it was one of the last military strong olds and had been under seen for almost 2 years. another major base where it is under attack by isil fighters. they follow the base means the northwest province of idlib is now completely controlled by opposition fighters. the al nusra front has made gains along side other groups. get and destruction has been staggering.

3.9million people have fled from the country, and a further 7.6 million has been internally displaced. the economy has collapsed and 80% of the population lives in poverty, and school aid children have attended school in three years. the country has gone dark with electricity now cut. with nos are of the conflict in sight it looks like the syrians have run out of options. >> the white house said its concerned about the reports that russia may have deployed military aircraft to syria. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has spoken with his russian counterpart saying that russia's involvement could lead to an escalation of violence in syria. we're joined live at the u.n. in new york, tell us more about this, james. >> certainly that is something that is causing concern. the idea that russia may be is

deploying troops to syria. there is quite a lot of important diplomatic developments taking place with regard to syria. among the other developments is the fact that the u.k. foreign sector philipp hammond has been talking about a possible transition from the assad are a scream, and he has made it clear for the first time, and i think this is a change in the stated u.k. policy that assad perhaps could stay in the opening faces of a transition. he said that he and those around him don't have to leave on day one. let me explain to you what i think is behind this. and why there might be a little bit of a shift in some of the positions of the key players. i have to take you back, felicity to 2010 and the geneva communique that was the last thing really that was the community agreed on in the way forward. there should an transitional governing body to take over with full executive power and it

would be mutually agreed by the government and opposition. everyone agreed with that. but the problem is this the president position of president assad almost made it impossible to put that in practice because the government said that th they have to stay. and the others say we don't want to give consent to president assad being there. what is going ho on behind the scenes, there have been negotiations in the region in recent days and weeks, what he's trying to do is trying to perhaps change some of the details of that transitional period perhaps there wil there will be a preparery part of the period where president assad can keep some executive power and then the full phase of the transitional period where he won't have executive power but might be able to retain some sort of ceremonial power. this is, i think, the sort of thinking that the u.n. behind the scenes, the u.k. clearly are aware of this, and that is why i

think the u.k. foreign secretary is changing the language, which in the past has been very simple. assad must go. >> james bays, at the u.n. in new york. thank you. you're watching al jazeera, and still to come. >> mayday, mayday. >> a lucky escape for air passengers in las vegas as a jet catches fire on take off. plus... >> i'm catherine soi. i'll be telling you why there is so much talk about a possible third term of president paul kagame.

>> a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. >> calling on member states of how each should provide homes. >> for many refugee germany is their final destination. all syrians will have their cases looked at. but now denmark has suspended rail services and road links with jeremy after groups of refugees refuse to be processed at the border. alex. what is the latest you're hearing. >> well, yes, we know that there are around 300 refugees coming

from germany to the main island that connects on the e-45, and they've been stopped there to get off they have been arrested by police and walk to sweden. that's an incredible long way to do that, but they do not want to stop in denmark because they know that denmark is extremely tough on immigrants here. there have been refugees arriv arriving, and they, too, have been doing it. they do not want to be registered here, and they want to get to sweden where they know they'll be welcomed. there has been a big stand off at the moment. >> explain how the danish government has been handling the

situation. >> on monday they have lebanese newspapers telling people not to come to denmark because they have cut the amount of benefits that they offer warning that they would not be allowed to bring family members hear saying if anything arrived here they could be sent back to their country. the feel something that denmark has taken a number of asylum seekers. they took about third thousand last year, more than half of those were syrian, and they're expecting another 20,000 this year. there was an election in june. there is a minority government. but if it is supported by a group called the danish people

party that is anti-immigration. they want to close the borders, and that is why we have the situation at the moment that germany, which is welcoming asylum seekers and germany, which is welcoming asylum seekers, and denmark isn't. >> many thanks for that. saudi-led airstrikes continue to hit yemen's capital of sanaa. afte12 iraqi soldiers have been vialed in ambush biles. the roadside bomb targeted their convoy near a checkpoint in anbar. isil fighters shot the group, 16 others were injured.

protesters in lebanon angry about the government's failure to provide basic services are back on the streets of the capital. many are meeting for the you stink movement that began because of the uncollected rubbish on the streets but now has expanded to the government. an agreement denouncing the iran nuclear deal. how big of a deal is this rally? >> we've heard 50 speakers, tv

person amounts, they talk about the bad deal. glenn beck, right-wing pundit, keynote speakers running for the republican nomination is ted cruz and donald trump. donald trump was not specific on the deal itself. he was talking about what a great negotiator he is, and how he could negotiate a much better deal. he said if he was president

americans would be in danger of being tired of winning because they would be winning so much. >> it's worth remembering i if this deal goes through we know for an absolute certainty that people will die. americans will die. israelis will die. europeans will die. >> i've been doing deals for a long time. i've been making lots of wonderful deals, great deals, that's what i do. never ever, ever in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. now one of the organizers of this rally said that the fight is not over yet. he was pretty sure that republicans who are against the deal have lost. they said that there is a secret deal around the iaea, which they

say as a result of the procedural moves they should have a vote. this is from an associated press stories that the ap walked back that there are was some deal with iran. a military site by itself without iaea supervision formed the basis of any maneuvers that may still be seen on capitol hill. they're hoping to delay the vote which is supposed to happen today or tomorrow. it seems that president obama has the votes to see this deal through. >> 172 people had a lucky escape when the engine of a british airways plane caught fire on a las vegas runway. several people were treated for minor injuries. an audio recording capture the moment when the captain told air

control about the fire. >> heavy fire services are on the way. >> 2276. >> go ahead. >> 2276, we're evacuating on the runway. we have the fire. i repeat, we're evacuating. >> 276 roger. >> baltimore has reached a tentative $6.4 million settlement for the people of freddie gray, who died while in police custody. six police officers are charged with the death of gray. atlanta's supreme court said that it will hear a case that the arguments of changing the

constitution to allow its president for a third term. >> we respect the constitution but if it's changed to allow him to run again we'll agree with that. >> it's for us to decide and we're happy to change it. >> i don't see why the institution needs to be changed. >> parliament is not in session now. but it has started a process that could see a section of the institution that leads the mandate to two terms amended. members of parliament say that they signed a petition asking for this change. parliament is just the start of a long process. there is going to be a commission set up to look into

parts of the constitution. and the deal with term limits, and they'll determine for themselves. >> they say he's trying to hang on to power using parliament. the president himself has left publicly declared his intention. but simply insists it is the people who want him. >> elsewhere we give the pressure to remove you. so he would have to measure the pressures of the international community with what his people want. >> but some don't agree. the opposition democratic green party has asked the supreme court to block process that has been started by parliament. the position reads the constitution only allows the referendum to change the duration of the presidential term, not the. of terms. >> a process that is clear

evidence settled by people with the government. >> the move is not openly or widely supported here, and chances of a victory are slim, but they say despite their few numbers they won't give up. catherine soi, al jazeera. >> now few people can't imagine being in the same job for 63 years, but that's exactly what britain's queen elizabeth ii has done becoming the longest serv serving monarch. >> my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> it was a promise made more than 63 years ago by a 25-year-old princess soon to be queen. who would eventually recognize the world over and who has been a constant presence in british life against the 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 institutional importance. >> 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 are still interests globally in the britain's famous family. >> you may here about her son or some other royalty but never about the queen. it's always positive. >> i think she--she is very useful.

>> on any given day you're 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. then of course there are those who are indifferent to it, and then those who want the current queen to be the country's class. among them the group republic. out in sheffield. >> living a long time means nothing really. >> and that pledge made by the queen to serve for a lifetime is likely to be kept. her legacy so far is that the old institution of monarchy abandoned by so many nations is

still intact and has been steered into a new era of popularity. al jazeera, london. >> find much more over on our website. the address is www.aljazeera.com. www.aljazeera.com. >> no other sport can kick off mass emotion in indonesia like football, even if the national team languishes near the bottom of world rankings. >> indonesians, they're really crazy. we can see their ranking in fifa is going down, going down, going down. but every game in the stadium, 80,000 people, 90,000 people. >> even local competitions turn smaller stadiums into cauldrons of passion, with crowd turnouts matching the top leagues in the world.