♪ fear on hungary's border as fleeing syrian refugees plead for help. ♪ hello this is al jazeera live from doha and ahead russia says it will continue to send weapons to the syrian army as a way to help the fight against i.s.i.l. a call for peaceful protests in venezuela after opposition leader lopez is jailed for inciting deadly rallies. >> there are no homeless. there are no poor people.

everyone is equal. >> reporter: with love from the south pacific last traditional tribes is in the spotlight at the venice film festival. ♪ millions more refugees could head to europe if the syrian war is not stopped according to the u.n.'s children's agency unicef and says 8 million people are internally displaced in syria and many could try to escape the fighting by fleeing west. hungary is offering to host talks on crisis between the eu and balkin countries and there has been panic at an austria rail way station on border and they were crushed against barriers as they plead with police for help. the wife of an austria politician filmed chaos at a nearby border camp as police threw food to refugees over the barriers and macedonia's foreign

minister says the country may follow hungary's example and build a border fence to stop people traveling through the balkins and more now from al jazeera's hamid who is on the greece/macedonia border where 7500 refugees entered macedonia in the last 24 hours. >> reporter: they took the ferry and traveled through the night and reached the border in the morning. it's pouring with rain. many are not prepared for this weather. children are soaked to the bone and yet the refugees are still determined to continue their journey but it's one full of obstacles. macedonia border police blocked their path and frustrations grew once more. the rain continued to pour. impatient the refugees push forward and 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 again risk their lives and some running out of money and others out of time. eventually the police let everyone in and with the rush with fear that the border will close once again they left personal belongings like scarves 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 state is 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 and about 20,000 people are expected to stream through here in the coming hours and days. some people living in the area have also come to help. sophia says the plight of these

men, women and children hits close to home. >> translator: why are we doing this there is ? because our ancestors are refugees and seeing now what my grandfather and mother experienced. >> after weeks of traveling clean clothes are more than welcome for little 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 high. >> translator: we are not extremists and know it's going to be difficult here, some 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. >> pictures from hungary and this is where refugees are waiting for transport to austria. hungary's foreign minister says that 400,000-half a million

refugees could enter and pass through hungary before the end of the year. germany's foreign minister says this challenge cannot be born by one country alone. we have to invoke european solidarity. it's an issue we will continue to watch here on al jazeera. european union leaders could be called to a specific summit meeting if their foreign ministers cannot agree on how to deal with the refugee crisis, politicians from four central european countries are meeting in prog today as a rift grows on how to deal with the refugee crisis and hungary's foreign minister says there could be up to half a million refugees within the country's borders by the end of this year. the check republic, po atlanta and slavakia blocked a plan to allocate quotas to refugees to european countries and u.s.

president barack obama says the u.s. will take in at least 10,000 syrian refugees next year and white house says the number is a significant increase from the 1500 syrians that it let insofar but the total number of refugees in the u.s., the u.s. takes in each year isn't going to rise, the syrians will just take up a larger proportion of the annual intake which will remain 70,000 and a slow process as each person has to be vet before they are granted asylum and 300 more syrians are expected to be cleared by october. white house correspondent patty pressed spokesman josh earnest on the issue at a white house news conference. >> the state department had already said the goal for next fiscal year is 5,000-8,000 refugees so isn't this just an increase of 2000, what does this mean for those fleeing iraq and afghanistan? >> i don't think i quite get the

math on 5, 8 and 10 thing >> the next fiscal year was a total 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. what we had identified is a opportunity for us to scale up our response and to talk about how the united states could accept more syrian refugees into this country next year and that was a direct from the president of the united states and what they are working on and what the state department will do. >> do you approve how the hungarian government is treating their refugees? >> i think we can all acknowledge it's a terribly difficult challenge and we are hopeful that other countries will do what the united states and germany have done.

>> russia says that it will continue to provide weapons and aid to syria to help it fight the islamic state of iraq and the levante and foreign minister sergei fedorov's comments come a day after he confirmed that moscow was providing support for the assad regime and international currenty voiced concern about russia's possible military build up in syria and let's go live to moscow and peter sharp is there and what did sergei fedorov have to say, peter? >> reporter: well, sergei fedorov the foreign minister is making really this case for giving these arms, this heavy arms shipment to syria solely to fight the threat from i.s.i.l. his spokesman said the threat is evident and the only force capable of stopping that threat on the ground is syria. he is saying that air strikes alone won't be enough and this is why this hardware, this military hardware is going in that direction but it does really i think beg the question

how is russia going to ensure that those weapons really heavy weapons and sophisticated weapons are being us used against i.s.i.l. and not being used in the 4 1/2 year civil war that cut the lives of 200,000 people is the question at the moment and sur sergei fedorov is saying the pentagon suspended its cooperation and operational cooperation with russia at the moment. and the kremlin and the foreign minister especially are asking that be renewed because at the moment there are u.s. and russian forces operating in and around and above syria. >> peter sharp there live in moscow. nine iraqi soldiers have been killed and a dozen more injured in a suicide car bombing on the outskirts of the city of ramadi. the attack is suspected to be

the work of i.s.i.l. fighters who were targeting a joint army base northeast of the city and fighters also shelled the area, four iraqi army vehicles were destroyed. 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 a military operation began last week and we have the journalist of matthew and you have been there for a week now, the city is under curfew, tell us something of what is going on in the city and what you have seen there. >> yes, no one can leave the city and people remain in the neighborhoods for fear of

snipers and positions on rooftops, everyday the city looks more and more like kobane in the streets to be free of snipers to the shields of itch position at the entrances here and the food is running out, milk and bread and access to hospital is small. >> turkish government sorry the turkish government says there are p.k.k. fighters there, that is why they imposed this curfew on the town. what are you seeing in terms of actual fighting, is there any going on? >> reporter: yes, every night they are fighting and not fighting against p.k.k., they are fighting against ipch and

members of the group are between 20-25 years old and they are fighting against police. police is using every weapon like mortars against them and civilians are all stages of the situations. >> matthew many thanks indeed and freelance journalist matthew speaking live there in southeastern turkey. saudi-led military forces had air strikes on a yemeni t.v. channel in the capitol sanaa and the building was reportedly being used as a weapon store by houthi rebels and president saleh and peace talks will go ahead next week between all sides in the conflict, the saudi-led alliance has been bombing houthi rebels since

march and negotiations between the government and the houthis broke down in june. still to come here on al jazeera a generational divide in singapore sets the tone for one of the tightest elections in decades. and indian students show off their invention which is aimed at making sure that sign language isn't lost in translation, we will be right back. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself,

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austria rail way station and they were crushed against barriers pleading with police to help. the u.n. children agency says millions more refugees could head to europe if the syrian war isn't stopped and russia says it will continue to send weapons and aid to syria to help it fight the islamic state of iraq and the levante and foreign minister sur sergei fedorov comments is a day after they said they provide support for the regime. marching toward a kurdish city, the southeastern city is under curfew after the military began an operation against the military fighters there last week. supporters of an opposition leader are calling for peaceful protests against his jailing, a judge sentenced lopez to nearly 14 years in prison for inciting anti-government rallys that led to deaths last year and his lawyers and supporters say it's

a miscarriage of justice as caroline malone reports. >> reporter: tears of sadness and disbelief and supporters of venezuela opposition leader and 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 in 8 seven days we can have a national assembly that approves amnesty that puts lopez out of the street by the sovereign decision of the venezuela people. >> reporter: prosecution said lopez had encouraged violence when his people rallied against the president nicholas maduro, 40 people were killed. there were 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. he has been held at a military prison since his arrest in february 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, he was a popular mayor in the district of caracus in one of the 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 has found 12 men guilty of the 2006 mumbai train bombings and convicted of murder and conspiracy and one of 13 accused acquitted, 189 people

were killed when a series of bombs ripped through first-class carriages nine years ago and more from jamil east of mumbai. >> reporter: the blasts were the worse to take place in mumbai at the time, seven bombs placed inside pressure cookers and put on several trains which went off over the course of 11 minutes in the rush hour and victims were daler commuters people going to work and school. police initially blamed the attack on a band islamic student movement but then shifted it to groups and neighboring pakistan which it blames for the 2008 mum by attacks as well and the blast the verdict has taken nine years and one of the reasons for that is actually because of judicial delays and plain judicial proceedings. the prosecution examined 200 witnesses on the stand while the defense examined about 50 people themselves and at one point the supreme court of india got involved after one of those accused challenged his arrest

under antiterrorism laws and led to a two year delay until it resumed and wrapped up last year and 15 people are still at large including whom they believe to be the master mind of the attack and still are trying to get those people caught so they can have their day in court. sentencing is expected to take place on monday and many of the surviving victims and their families say they want nothing short of the death penalty. japan's prime minister has held an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the severe flooding in east of the country. at least three people were killed, more than 100,000 were forced to leave their homes. 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 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 says 6 1/2 thousand homes have been flooded or destroyed. the japanese government says it is 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 affected areas have set up temporary accommodation 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 and rachel with al jazeera, tokyo. >> 40 minutes of voting left in singapore in the most competitive election in decades and the party has been in power for 50 years but a wealth gap and demand for change from younger singapore people led to opposition gains in years, for the first time opposition parties have candidates in all regions as rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: people were already lining up when the polling stations opened. voting here is compulsory but the wider choice of candidates for a general election that is usually predictable has added a new dimension. casting his vote the prime minister long, the son of the founding father of singapore.

>> we have had some impact and like people to listen and absorb more always but we got our messages across. >> reporter: he presented his people's action party as the of course choice to manage the economy and provide strong leadership. subtle references were made to the political instability taking place in neighboring malaysia. while the haze that has hung over singapore for much of the election period has been a reminder of the forest burning going unchecked in nearby indonesia. the ruling pap party has played on the need for unity at a time of regional understand certainty often portraying this republic as the tiny red dot at the heart of southeast asia and combine that with the worse environment it makes a strong argument for staying what you know and are the people generally happy or

no? >> there is a lot of in terms of people wanting to have a choice but when things are really good i don't know that the choice is actually required sometimes. but this campaign has seen a maturing of singapore's opposition parties in a tightly controlled city state not used to decenting voices. spurred on by a largely younger generation wanting more choice opposition rallies have been well attended. >> in the past this pervasive term is used of fear have kept people to listen to what the opposition has to say so i think that is the key difference that in some ways and results themselves and whether they make the gains they have been hoping for this election represents a work in progress for those with opposing views. rob mcbride, al jazeera,

singapore. the head of burundi's armed forces survived assassination attempt and seven others were killed in the capitol and four body guards and a police officer are among the dead. thousands of people in zimbabwe are falling victim to land barrens and forced many people from their homes as we report. >> reporter: the families thought buying land at zimbabwe below market price was a sure thing but the land they built their land on was sold to them by swindlers, individuals who never owned the land in the first place and now the rightful owner and officials want them to pack up and leave, confused and angry many people say they have no where to go. >> i wonder where they are coming from, that is my worry because how can they leave some brothers and sisters. >> reporter: some of those who refuse to leave had their homes

demolished by the city council. a bulldozer destroyed this house in minutes. that is what the living room and two bedrooms, over here was the bathroom and the toilet, thousands of dollars gone, the hard work of an entire family now in ruins. it's estimated thousands of poor people across the country have been scammed. government officials admit the sale of stolen land is big business. >> that is why the police are in the process of arresting those people or turn them into landowners with the unsuspecting residents of thousands of dollars and they can build on land in the reserve for schools and so forth. >> reporter: but it's no consolation for those who have lost all their money. >> i wonder how they want us to survive and this is the basic need for every one. >> some areas families do not

get e -- evicted and have to pay market price for land and cannot afford it. >> if you have 200 square meters that is 50 x 200, where do we get the money? >> reporter: life here is difficult especially for the poor. companies are shutting down because economy is struggling. workers are being laid off. prices of basic commodities keep going up. for most people owning their own home means a little bit of security in these tough economic times and now some families don't even have that. harry with al jazeera. finally a film shot is giving audiences of the venice film festival a rare insight of a tribe and it's a love story in a remote village and some of the cast attended the premier and charlie met them 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 they made it to venice to see themselves on the big screen. >> this is such a multi cultural environment we have never seen, 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 and lush and stunning with no special effects needed and worried that tourist may flood in after seeing their film on screen but they want the world to understand their culture. here at one of the most expensive hotels in venice surrounded by rich europeans

sipping cocktails they tell us their communities in the south pacific 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 repetition of the happiness. >> reporter: the directors and their children lived with the tribe for seven months learning about their way of life. >> they don't live with the full 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 live on money and all the rest of it and they choose not to have anything to do with that. >> reporter: proud to show off their customs on the red carpet

and on screen tanner is proof that no matter how foreign stories of love and lost are universal, charlie with al jazeera, venice. more real news from al jazeera online at al jazeera.com. >> president obama pushes forward after winning a major victory on the iran nuclear deal, but opponents say they will try again to block the agreement. >> a shooter strikes again on one of arizona's busiest highways, police continuing to ask for the public's help to find the person targeting cars. >> i'd be lying if i said that i knew i was there. >> vice president joe biden gets emotional explaining why he may not be ready to