trying to push back hundreds of refugees in macedonia as europe is divided on how to cope i'm lauren taylor, this is al jazeera, live from london. weeks of speculation confirms that the military supplies have been sent to bashar al-assad's forces in syria. a rescue in japan was flooding at least 100,000 from their homes. scientists reveal they found the remains of a new species of humans in south africa.

hello, we start with the refugee crisis. and clashes between refugees and police, as authorities in europe struggle to control the situation. a drought in zambia saw the refugees have been halted in their tracks. macedonian police have been filmed beating refugees. austria announced a suspension in its train services, because of massive overloading president obama adds his support saying the u.s. will begin preparation, taking 10,000 syrian refugees next year. the mexican government says it's not starting the possibility of

accepting syrian refugees. thursday saw the largest numbers to cross into macedonia. we have a report from the greece-macedonian border. >> from the islands in we took the ferry. travelling through the night. it's raining. people are soaked to the bone. yet the refugees are determined to continue their journey. it's one full of obstacles. macedonian border police blocked their way. frustrations grew once more. rain continued to pore. impatient, the refugees press forward. the police push back until it was too much to cope with. this is not the first time for the macedonian border guards to use force. others could just not wait any more. yet again risking their lives. some said they were running out of money, others out of time.

macedonian police eventually let everyone in, in the rush, feared that the border would close once again. they left their personnel belongings like cars, nappies for babies, sleeping bags. shoes for children and the tents, that they would probably need, because they have more countries to go flow. for a while the border state comes, aid workers and volunteers were getting ready for another human wave. most stuck on the greek islands in had been evacuated. 20,000 people are expected to stream through here, in the coming hours and days. some people lived in the area also came. the plight of these men, women and children hit close to home. >> translation: why are we doing this? our ancestors are refugees. i'm doing what my grandfather and mother experienced. >> reporter: after weeks of

travelling these people have clean clothes that are welcome. his parents left syria 45 days ago, entering greece through the island of rhodes. they feared their baby would not make the crossing, seas were high. >> translation: we are not extremists, we know it will be difficult. some don't want us, it's better than syria. >> reporter: it's that hope that gives them the strength to continue a voyage full of uncertainties. mohammed jamjoom is on the hungarian border with serbia and sent this update. >> at the beginning of the day weather conditions were miserable. they have gotten worse throughout the day. tonight it's the rain. temperature is colder, you can see the refugees, tonnes of them, put on to buses. they'll be taken to a refugee camp a few kilometres away from here.

we tried to get access to the camp, to talk to the refugees. we have not been able to connect with the camp or have other journalists covering the crisis. human rights watch and others say conditions in the camp are terrible, they are appalling. the hungarian government must do more to help the refugees that more to help the refugees that filed into the country. all of this said, the hungarian government announced that they may be imposing a state of crisis or state of emergency next week, making it easier for the government to deploy troops to the border. we know for the past week they planned to do so. that could happen as early as next week. they want to do all they can to staunch the influx of refugees. we were on the border yesterday and today. doesn't seem that it will stop any time soon . >> italian police released a

video tha refugees filmed crossing the area. they hope to highlight the dangers on boats. limited numbers crossed this week because of weather. authorities are preparing for a resurgents in numbers as the continues change. >> for most of 120,000 that arrived in italy by sea, the dock is where they made the first steps in europe. for days, the port has been quiet. bad weather easing, preventing the boats from attempting the crossing with north africa. fewer faces among those waiting for the food handouts. those wanting to move on through italy don't liner for registration if they don't have to. those here waiting for verdicts on the asylum applications. those that arrived from senegal 15 years ago and works for a courier company, they have been here for a long time.

he supports the sentiment for a 2 billion fund for africa, and says it will not be easy to make it work. >> if you want to help africans, stopping some coming to europe and avoid migrants getting mixed up with refugees, you have to satisfy the needs at home. nearly 3,000 live here, waiting for asylum seekers applications to be processed, as well as distributing refugees away. the plan is for e.u. officials to set up hot spots in places like this, to speed the process. surely a welcome help for the mayor, and recognition that the local response has been inadequate. >> translation: of course, there has been inefficiencies by police. italy has been left alone in facing the problem. since tragedy in april, when 800 died at sea, and the pictures of

the young boys on the beech, something changed. >> reporter: even before the crisis, catania was not a rich town. the new plan is to relieve pressure ire on places like this. they are plans, requiring agreement from the faces of a divided european union. no one disputes a lull in numbers being temporary, based on the wether, weather that is turning. interior ministries have 20,000 arrives expected to come in the next few weeks, whether italy or europe is ready for not. >> well, the refugee crisis centers on the long and at times dangerous journey people are making to escape war-torn countries. they'd be able to fly to europe without a valid visa, prompting the journey by boat. refugee air has formed, trying to charter flights to offer people a safer passage. the cofounder explained the

concept earlier. >> we are just a piece of a larger complexity that is the refugee situation here in europe. we want to the charter one airplane to show the model works and we want others to replicate the model and bring it to their own countries to replicate if. towards the end, the airlines should be able to do it themselves towards the end earlier at a news conference, it was asked for details on the numbers of refugees that the u.s. would take. >> the state department already said that the next fiscal year is 5,000 to 8,000 refugees. is that just an increase of 2,000. what does it mean to those fleeing iraq and afghanistan? >> i don't think i quite get the math on the five, eight and 10 thing. >> reporter: the fiscal year, a total of 8,000 refugees from

syria was the goal. is this just 2000 more? >> well my understanding is - i guess i can't account for what they previously said about what they hope to do for next year. we identified an opportunity for us to scale our response, and talk about how the united states could accept more syrian refugees into this country next year. it was a directive from the president of the united states, that they are working on. that's what the state department will do. >> reporter: what about the government with the refugees how they are treated? >> i don't think i'm going to sit in judgment of individual countries, they deal with what is a terrible challenge. and we are hopeful that other countries will do what the

united states and germany have united states and germany have done. >> it's been the subject of the intense diplomatic speculation. russia confirmed it is flying military equipment to syria. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says the shipments are made alongside humanitarian aid in accordance with existing contracts. russian aircraft are flying into an airfield. around 100 russian soldiers have been spotted there. some construction work is taking place. several russian ships have been unloading equipment at the naval base. 100km to the south. russia backed the syrian president throughout the country's 4.5 years civil war. and says he must be included in a settlement. al jazeera's omar salah has more. >> reporter: there's a major russian military build up at an airfield and in latakia, it is said to help bashar al-assad and

its forces. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov admitted russian aircraft are delivering military supplies and humanitarian aid, but denied military build up. >> reporter: we'll help and continue to aid the syrian government, in equipping the syrian army with all that is necessary to help those in the libyan scenario. and other events that occurred in this region, because of an obsession by western partners, with ideas of changing unwanted regimes. >> the syrian opposition and u.s. officials - russia is sending ships, and carriers. there are unconfirmed reports of troops fighting on the ground in syria. russia is sending naval vessels to the mediterranean. russia maintained the base along the mediterranean, since the

1970s. after the collapse of the soviet union, it was eager not to lose the spot. in eastern syria, fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant say they are making levant say they are making gains. this video from i.s.i.l. showed the group overrunning a small base near the military airport. and took control of military potions, including a regiment. inside the city, i.s.i.l. and government forces were in at least three neighbourhoods. most of the city is under i.s.i.l. command. government controlled several areas. they are struggling on multiple fronts. the government relies on iran and shia militias, the main fighting forces. they depend on russia for military survival. coming up, the latest from washington as republicans try

but fail to block the iran nuclear deal, and a symbolic moment as the u.n. votes to allow the passing flag to be raised at its

a reminder of the top stories, russia confirmed it has flown military equipment into syria, coming days after speculation that there has been a build up of russian presence in the country. police have been filmed battling

refugees who gathered at the border with yooes. greece. president obama said he will begin preparations to take in 10,000 syrian refugees next year. >> 100,000 have been forced from their homes in japan. we have more from tokyo another natural disaster strikes north of tokyo. this time it was an inland sea of water, which hit the area after lunchtime, taking everything in its wake. the muddy wall of water uprooted trees, shaking houses from their location. in the city, rescuers couldn't keep up with pleas for help. only a lucky few from moved to safety. as it unfolded on television, the national broadcaster urged people in cars and houses not to

give up hope, but to do what they could to survive. we had heavy rain in the past, but i've not needed this much water in decades. >> the river broke its banks after a second day of rain. some areas in the region recorded double the usual september rain in 48 hours. the weather bureau said it's the kind of rain fall that happened once in half a century. the entire area moves off the coast. it lingers across the area. these heavy rains are unprecedented. it's a normal situation. it's imminent danger. serious disaster has occurred. >> the prime minister urged the government to be as ready as possible for the disaster. >> the heavily rains are unprecedented, and likely to condition. the government will take every

possible measure. more than 800,000 people have been urged to evacuate their homes. the the rain has eased, it forecasts to continue into tomorrow. authorities are waiting to see what daylight brings the united nations general assembly voted to allow the palestinian flag to be raised at the hours in new york. james bays is there, joining us live. talk us through how it all happened. >> well, there was a vote of all the members of the united nations, the 193 members on not just the members state, but the observer states of the united states and united nations so they can fly their flag. there are two of those states. one is the holy seer, and the other is palestine. they are the controversial ones, as we speak, the palestinian

ambassador is looking relieved by the float and pleased. it's a vote for the palestinians able to fly outside the united nations. 119 countries voted for the proposal. 45 ab stained, including many european union states. there were eight countries that said we don't agree with this. some of them were objectable, including israel, who said that the could not fly the white flag and were not flying the flag. there has been customer practice. that shouldn't change. this change. this is suggestion of a flag.

the resolution passes the flag. what is pa happening in new york, in the united nations, that's the leaders. you'll have leaders around the world, including president obama, and vladimir putin in in new york. and that 20 days, actually makes the day that president mahmoud abbas will be hear at the united nations, giving a speech to the u.n. secretary general assembly. the timing is a victory. >> james bays, thank you indeed. the. >> conflicting reports are coming from turkey about the number of people that died in a town under curfew. [ gunfire ] . the government says between 30 and 32 fighters and a civilian died in gunfire in the south-eastern town. but the kurdish people's democratic party says that 21

civilians have been killed in the last week. the town was placed on curfew after an an increase in violence between the state and pro-kurdish forces. >> iraq condemned an incursion into northern turkey. the forcers crossed the border in pursuit of fighters. the iraq foreign ministry says it was a violation of sovereignty and an abuse of bilateral relations. >> the yemeni capital has been hit by a series of air attacks. jets from the saudi-led coalition hit the houses of houthi leaders and military bases in and around the city. there's no immediate reports of casualties. >> the united nations special envoy said all sides of the conflict agreed to peace talks. kristen saloomey has been monitoring the situation. the three parties, the government of yemen, the houthis, and the general

people's congress, the party of the former president agreed to peace talks. the talks will take place next week at a location somewhere in the region that is yet to be announced. the purpose of the meeting is to create a framework for ceasefire, for a political transition, based on security council resolution 22.16. we know from speaking to the yemen ambassador to the united nations that it was an important point for the yemeni government, that they were based on the resolution passed by the security council in april, calling on the houthis to withdraw the forces, laying down their arms, appearing that the houthis would agree to this, and it's the last time talks were announced between the parties was in geneva, a bit of over two months ago. the parties went to geneva, never sat down and reaccomplished nothing. speaking to members of the security council, they are optimistic. they say that the envoy for

yemen has been doing shuttle diplomacy. and they feel that the time is right. there's a lot of hope and pressure coming from the community to reach a deal. there's a lot of concern about the humanitarian situation in yemen, that has gone from bad to worse with 80% of the population in need of some form of assistance. exacerbated by the conflict. >> president obama has hailed the senate nuclear vote. it's allowing iran. al jazeera kimberley halkett is live on capitol hill. >> how significant is this? >> it's very significantly. what is supposed to be a largely benign legislative procedural

vote dippicly that is what the vote is, that's what this was. it turned to the pivotal vehicle on the agreement. what happened as you pointed out is that the democrats along with two independence banded together and used the clout as well as their might to reject the deal. that means that it no longer advances through the procedure in the senate. and now effectively it is implemented on september 17th, and does so without being checked by the u.s. congress. >> what does it do to opposed the deal in the arsenal mix. not surprisingly it was largely driven by democrats. this is called filibuster. republicans are saying they'll fight this. that is what they are vowing to do. not through the senate. but in the house of representatives. where they decided they are not going to vote on the resolution

to reject the government. they'll try something differentment kind of a three-pronged approach in strategy, a challenge, if you will. what they are arguing is the obama administration has not disclosed to congress key information that there were side deals made between iran and the i.a.e.a. until congress nose the contents and details, it cannot vote. it opens up a possible legal challenge to the implementation of the agreement. that is a strategy taking place in the lower house of representatives now, and they are moving forward with that incrementally. time is running out. we play from september 17th, when the agreement is due to be put into effect thank you very much indeed, kimberley halkett the nigerian army received 128 people suspected of belonging to boko haram. all have been arrested due to

counterinsurgency operations. human rights groups accused the military of arbitrarily detaining civilians. they have rejected claims of tort trur and extrajudicial killing of prisoners. the northern ireland's largest party has stepped aside after failing to convince the governments of power sharing scientists discovered the remains of human-like species in a cave in south africa. it could have evolved 2.8 million years. it will reshape understanding of how humans developed. tonya paige explains. >> >> reporter: it was unveiled in front of the world's leading scientists and media. a new link in the evolutionary change. this is a home owner, one of our

earliest relatives and new species of primitive hominem. part ape, part human. >> it walks on two legs like you and eye and has long legs. the feet are like yours and mine. but if they were standing next to us, you would not think they were a human. they were 5 foot tall. the brain was the size of my fist. small and primitive in shape and high soldiers like an ape the fossils were found at a cave, at the cradle of human kind, a u.n.e.s.c.o. world heritage site in south africa. never before has so many fossils been found in one place. there are 15 partial skeletons. what is significant is what it tells you about the behaviour. scientists say the remains were put there suggesting a burial ritual. something until now scientists thought we, homosapiens did. >> we have evidence of symbolic

behaviour that they are doing, yet that emotional basis, the social basis, some recognition that a dead member of their own group, species is special in some way. that is what we are seeing here. it may be one of the first steps towards humanity. >> reporter: it is revolutionary. there was thinking that the brain grew bigger before, at the same time the body became like ours. but with this it's the other way around. scientists don't know how old the fossil is. but it could have emerged around 2.8 million years ago. and could have been on the earth 200 million years ago. the south african's deputy president was delighted. it confirmed south africa as a rich source of answers to one of our greatest mysteries, where and for whom did we come

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