♪ treatment for refugees as they try to make their way through the hungary/macedonia border. ♪ hello, this is al jazeera live from doha, i'm adrian and also ahead calls for peaceful protests and venezuela with their leader giving a lengthy jail sentence. what is expected to be the tightest election in decades and a symbolic to have the palestinian flag to be raised at

its headquarters. ♪ foreign ministers from four central european nations meeting in prog or a rift or the refugee crisis and check and hungary and poland reject quotas by eu commission which wants 120,000 additional asylum seekers shared out between 28 member states and they say they may follow hungary's example and build a border fence to stop thousands of refugees traveling through the balkins and 4,000 refugees going through macedonia each day trying to reach europe and mohamed reports. >> reporter: from the islands they took the ferry to the mainland and traveled through the night and reached the border in the morning and it's pouring with rain and many are not prepared for this weather,

children are soaked to the bone yet the refugees are still determined to continue their journey but it's one full of obstacles. macedonia border police had blocked their path and frustrations grew once more. the rain continued to pour. impatient the refugees pressed forward and the police pushed back until it became too much to cope with, this is not the first time for the macedonia border guards to use force. ♪ others could just not wait any more and yet generousinged their lives and some said they were running out of money, others out of time. the macedonia police eventually let everybody in and in the rush probably by fear that the border will close once again they left their personal belongings like scars and napkins for babies, sleeping mats, shoes for children and even their tents that they will probably need

because they still have four countries to go through. for a while the border stayed calm, aid workers and volunteers however were getting ready for another human wave, most of the refugees stuck on the greek islands have been evacuated, about 20,000 people are expected to stream through here in the coming hours and days and some people living in the area have also come to help, sophia says the plight of the men, women and children are close to home. >> translator: why are we doing this? because our ancestors are refugees and i'm seeing what my grandfather and mother experienced. >> reporter: and after weeks of travelling clean clothes are more than welcome for ali and his parents left syria 25 days ago. they entered greece through the island of roads. she feared her baby would not make the crossing. the sea was hard. >> translator: we are not

extremists and know it's going to be difficult here, m so people don't want us but it's still better than syria. >> reporter: it's that belief and hope that gives them the strength to continue a voyage full of uncertainties, on the greek, macedonia border. the wife of an austria politician say hungarian police have been feeding them like animals in a pen in a border camp and filled this footage of the refugees surging forward against the fences as they send food packages to them and happened in the hungarian town and it was filmed on the same day the u.n. commissioner of refugees said the conditions there were getting worse. the u.s. president barack obama ordered his administration to increase the number of syrian refugees allowed in the country and united states have taken in 1 1/2 thousand syrians since the

civil war this 2011 and say the government needs to do much more, white house correspondent patty reports. >> reporter: as tens of thousands of refugees continue to try and scrape their way through europe the obama administration announces it will increase the number of syrian refugees it takes in during the next fiscal year to 10,000 but that is not as big of a change as it might sound. >> the state department said the goal for next fiscal year is 5,000-8,000 refugees and is it an increase of 2000 and what does this mean for those in iraq and afghanistan? >> i don't think i quite get the math on 5, 8 and 10 thing. >> the goal is for next fiscal year with a tote f of 5-8,000 refugees from syria so is this just 2000 more? >> my understanding is i guess i can't account for what they previously said about what they are hoping to do for next year. >> reporter: it will take up to

two years for the refugees who have been selected to make it to the united states. meanwhile the fight continues, more accusations of the assad regime dropping barrel bombs and i.s.i.l. fighters making advances and opposition says russia is sending ships, armored personnel carriers into syria claiming troops are also fighting on the ground and they deny there is a military build up. >> translator: we've helped and will continue aiding the syrian government in e equipping the syrian army for what is necessary to prevent the libya scenario and other side events that occurred in the region because of an obsession by some of our western partners with ideas of changing unwanted regimes. >> reporter: if russia does increase its involvement it could be a huge setback to u.s. strategy which depending s on assad gaining strength. >> the trick to this is trying

to arrange a process where he feels sufficient pressure and is congoled by external allies to begin to move off the stage but in an orderly fashion that allows the state institutions to remain. >> what allies do not want to see happen but u.s. says it has to for negotiations to be successful, world leaders fighting over the future of one man whose fate will determine what happens to millions, patty with al jazeera, washington. saudi-led military forces carried out air strikes on headquarters of a yemeni t.v. channel in the capitol sanaa and the building was reportedly being used by houthi rebels and supporting the former president saleh as a weapon store and says peace talks will go ahead next week with all sides in the conflict and saudi-led alliance have been bombing since march and negotiations between the government and houthis broke down in june, more now from kris

from new york. >> reporter: the government and the houthis and the party of the former president all agreed to peace talks, the talks will take place in the next week at a location somewhere in the region that is yet to be announced. the purpose of this meeting is to create a framework for ceasefire for a political transition based on security council resolution 2216 and we know from speaking to the yemen ambassador to the u.n. that was a very important point for the yemeni government these talks be based on that resolution that was paced by the security council back in april and calls on houthis to withdraw forces and lay down arms and appears the houthis have agreed to this but should point out the last time talks were announced between these parties was in geneva a little over two months ago and parties went to geneva

and never sat down and never accomplished nothing and speaking to security council they are optimistic and hopeful this will turn out differently and say the envoy for yemen has been doing shuttle diplomacy and feels to get them together and hope and pressure coming from the international parties to reach some sort of a deal. there is a lot of concern about the humanitarian situation in yemen which has gone from bad to worse with some 80% of the population now in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. their situation exacerbated by the ongoing conflict. >> the head of burundi's armed forces survived assassination attempt and seven other people killed in the capitol and four body guards and a police officer are among the dead. supporters of a prominent venezuela leader calling for peaceful protest of jailing and

lopez was sentenced 14 years in prison after being found guilty and inciting violent rallies that led to deaths last year and lawyers and supporters say it's a miscarriage of justice and caroline malone reports. >> tears of sadness and disbelief in support of the venezuela opposition leader. lopez was convicted after a closed trial that ended suddenly even though many defense witnesses had not made it to the stand. he has been given the maximum sentence for inciting violence in protests last year. >> translator: 13 years is a long time but 8 seven days go by quickly and 8 seven days we can have a national assembly with amnesty that puts lopez out the street by the sovereign decision of the venezuela people. >> reporter: prosecution said lopez encouraged violence when his people rallied against the president nicholas maduro, 40

people were killed. there are groups of people who agree with that view. government supporters gathered before the verdict calling for the court to find him guilty and to keep him in jail and held in a military prison since arrest last year. >> translator: lopez does not represent anything to us, what we simply want is that he remain a prisoner and pays for his mistakes, there were many deaths because of him. >> reporter: lopez is a harvard educated politician and he was a mayor of caracus and strongest opposition candidates. the united states government and u.n. and international human rights groups have all called for his release. carolyn malone, al jazeera. a court in india found 12 men guilty over the 2006 mumbai

train bombing as convicted of murder and conspiracy and one of 13 has been accused and 189 people were killed after a series of bombs ripped through first class carriages nine years ago. sentences will be handed down on monday. they face the death penalty or life in prison. security forces in turkey have blocked delegation of politicians marching toward a kurdish city and southeast city is under a military imposed curfew and 30 people have been killed there since military operation occurred last week and more from istanbul. >> reporter: we are getting reports of a very difficult humanitarian situation and are being told there is no electricity and no water and lack of food and medical supplies and people can't leave their homes and cannot go on the streets and cannot transport those injured or dead to hospitals because of reports of

snipers but different to confirm reports because it's difficult to get in and under military siege for a week and it's rooting out what it calls pkk terrorists and say they killed at least 32 militants including one civilian but when you speak to the other side the pro-kurdish party they will tell you at least 21 civilians have been killed and pictures coming out on social media and accuse sniper fire of this with the fighting going on in the city but a very difficult humanitarian situation, that is clear, the number is very difficult to confirm and they will continue this operation until it clears the area out of pkk militants and comes at a time in the last week here in turkey, the most violent it has been in the last couple of years, the concern of course to the people here everyone a little worried and people will also tell you this perhaps could be solved politically with snap

elections being held on the first of november, we will have to see what happens and incredibly sensitive times here at the moment. just ahead here on al jazeera we will tell you about a stolen land scam in zimbabwe where families paid to build their own homes have told they have to pack um and leave. and to venus have daily life for one of the south pacific masked daily tribes. ♪ dollars worth of drugs every day - i liked it. it's hard to believe that a friend would set you up. people don't get federal life sentences... and beat them. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it.

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al jazeera, foreign ministers from four central european nations meeting in prog to discuss how to deal with refugees and check and hungary and poland and slavocki. they blocked delegation going to the city and under curfew after they began an operation with kurdish fighters last week. venezuela opposition leader has been sentenced to just under 14 years in prison and lopez found guilty of inciting violence during protests last year and his lawyers say it's a miss marriage of justice. one of guatemala presidential candidates says sunday's poll was rigged and he is reaching for a runoff vote on october 25 and he is neck and neck for second place with the former first lady sandra torez and one

of them can go through, the millionaire businessman says some votes have been counted more than once and they dismissed the allegations as baseless. people in singapore are voting right now in the hotly contested general election in the city's short history. the prime minister cast his ballot earlier, his ruling people's action party has been in power for 50 years but for the first time opposition candidates are running in all constituencies in the election and thought they could win some seats. as rob mcbride reports from singapore. >> voting at this constituency has been brisk with other constituencies through the island republic and a line of people when the gates first opened at 8:00 in the morning, this is the east coast constituency and it's interesting because it's very marginally thought between the workers party.

in the last election in 2011 the two sides came within 10% of each other and this constituency is known as a group con -- constituency and looking like 2011 and at a poll and group constituencies changed from the government falling to the opposition and it was the biggest upheaval that this political system has seen since its independence. the main opposition party, the workers party has seven seats out of 29 and hoping to get in double figures but realistic in what they can achieve and in the hostings and polling and they have been telling people to vote for us and this is what we will do as a government and vote for us so we can be a stronger opposition, a check and balance against the government as this system moves steadily but very slowly it seems to a multi-party

system. >> a man who attacked the u.s. ambassador with a knife has been jailed for 12 years and he was found guilty of attempted murder after assaulting mark at a brek breakfast function and needed 80 stitches to his face following the attack. japan's prime minister held an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss severe flooding in the eastern of the country, at least three have been killed and more than a thousand or 100,000 rather have been forced to leave their homes and one of the worst effected places is north of tokyo as rachel reports. >> reporter: it was a long night for hundreds of people after water tore through their city. rescuers worked in darkness but couldn't reach all those who needed help. at daybreak japan's self-defense force as well as police and

firefighters stepped up their response and with the rescues came more detail about what happened. >> translator: it was so quick, the water busted down our door and flooded everything. we were at a shopping center so we had everything we needed. >> reporter: record breaking rain across the region caused the river to break its banks. and the mayor says 6 1/2 thousand homes have been flooded or destroyed, the japanese government says it's doing all it can. >> translator: the government is trying hard to rescue those who are waiting for help as soon as possible. >> reporter: the local governments of the effected areas have set up temporary accommodations for those forced from their homes. while the flood waters eased during friday much of the area is still under water. it's not clear when people will be able to return to their

homes. the weather bureau says 400 millimeters of rain fell in two days, it is warning of mudslides and further flooding i'm rachel with al jazeera, tokyo. >> reporter: the united states is to send another 75 soldiers and further military equipment to egypt sinai peninsula to support international peace keepers who have come under attack from gunman in days and includes a light infantry platoon and more than 700 u.s. soldiers in sinai currently. palestinian flag will now fly outside the u.n. headquarters in new york and voted in favor of resolution and the flag will be up in 20 days, just in time by a visit by the president abas later this month and diplomatic reporter james base reports. >> reporter: the representatives of the nations of the world had before them a vote about internal u.n.

practice. >> we shall now consider draft resolution. >> reporter: it was a highly charged and symbolic one, should the u.n. fly outside its headquarters the flags of observer states like palestine. before the vote the u.s. ambassador told her colleagues they should say no. >> raising the palestinian flag outside u.n. headquarters is not an alternative to negotiations and will not bring the parties closer to peace. >> reporter: she did not stop her resounding victory for the palestinians, 119 countries in favor, 45 abstentions including many eu nations and eight countries voting no. moments after the vote condemnation from the israeli ambassador on what happened to be his last speech to the general assembly. >> the question we face is not whether the palestinians will raise the flag but whether the u.n. will raise a white flag and

surrender the principles of this institution itself. >> reporter: his palestinian counterpart said this was an important moment about more than just a flag. >> raising the flag will signal to our people every where who are watching us tonight that their freedom is inevitable and that international community supports them in their journey for justice for their rights and for the independence of their state of palestine with jerusalem as its capitol. >> reporter: the palestinian flag will fly for the first time 20 days from now, that's when world leaders are gathering here in new york and happens to be the day that president mamood-abas will make his speech to the u.n. general assembly. this is the place outside u.n. headquarters in new york where the palestinian flag will soon fly aside the other flags of the nations of the world, the timing

in itself is a victory for the palestinians, james base, al jazeera, at the united nations. thousands of people in zimbabwe appear to be falling for scams and forced many from their homes as we report from there. >> reporter: these families thought buying land in zimbabwe at below market price was a sure thing but, in fact, the land they bought their homes on was sold by swindlers and never owned the land in the first place and rightful owner and officials want them to pack up and leave, confused and angry many people say they have no where to go. >> where they are coming from, that is my worry because how can we leave with some brothers and sisters. >> reporter: some of those who refuse to leave had homes demolished by city council and

they were destroyed in minutes and here was a bathroom and a toilet, thousands of dollars gone, hard work of an entire family now in ruins. it's estimated thousands of poor people across the country have been scammed. government officials say stolen land is a big business. >> police are in the process of arresting those people who basically turn themselves into landowners into thousands of dollars and encourage them to build on land in the reserve for schools and so forth. >> but it's no consolation for those who lost all their money. >> very painful and wonder how they want us to survive and it's a basic need for every one. >> reporter: some areas families don't get evicted and told to pay the market value of the land and some say they cannot afford it.

>> translator: they want $50 per square meter and if you have 200 that is 50 times 200, where do we get that money. >> life here is difficult especially for the poor. companies are shutting down because the economy is struggling, workers are being led off, prices of basic commodities keep going up and owning their home means a little bit of security in tough economic times and some families don't even have that. harry with al jazeera. now, films are giving audiences at venice film vest -- festival and some left their homes for the first time and travelled to the premier and we were met in venice. >> reporter: until two years ago the people had never seen a film, now they are the stars of one. in a production they helped

cowrite a story of love and tragedy based on their experience which echoes the tale of romeo and juliet. last month they had no passports, no birth certificates but made it to venice to see themselves on the big screen. >> this is a multi culture environment we have never seen with tall buildings and cars everywhere and crowds of people. it's very, very strange and everything looks so strange compared to our culture where we live with nature. ♪ the scenery is seductive, lush and stunning, no special effects needed and warned tourists may flood in after seeing their home on the screen and they want the world to understand their culture. here at one of the most expensive hotels in venice surrounding by rich europeans sipping cocktails they tell us

their community is the happiest on earth. >> in our culture there are no homeless. there are no poor people. everyone is equal. money is very rare. we have overcome traps of money. we have overcome the lows of government. because we want to maintain the happine happiness. >> reporter: the directors and their children lived with the tribe for seven months, learning about their way of life. >> and they don't live with a foreign culture because they have to, because they are too remote and don't know about anything else, it's a choice. they, in fact, live an hour's drive from the town where there are shops and people and live on money and all the rest of it and they choose not to have anything to do with that. ♪ proud to show off their customs on the red carpet and on screen

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