♪? >>. >> the president of mexico condemns an egyptian attack that left two citizens dead. hello. this is the world news from al jazeera. germany puts a stop to the influx of refugees implementing temporary border controls. turkey's government imposeds a new curfew on 2 citizens as attacks from security -- on security forces continue. >> where did the bricks go? what's being done to save the great wall.

he job description security forces say they accidentally shot at a convoy of tourists killing 12 people and injuring 10 others. the minister of interior says the shooting happened in a security area of the western desert. the security forces say they mistook the convoy for what he called terrorist elements. john hallman gave us the reaction from the mexican government a little while ago. he was late sunday here there have been no government official coming up, the next kay government said he was demanding an investigation over what

happened here said he ist the people who have been injured there isn't much of a diplomatic relationship. what there is is a positive trading and cur structural thing. what seems to be a tragic accident more than anything don't at this stage appear to be something that's going to magnify in the coming week. >> in or news, the afghan taliban said it freed more than 400 prisoners. the talibantable said it used gunmen and bombers to storm the president in t president. three afghan police officers killed as well. live to kabul. jennifer, i have conflicting numbers here not the really. the numbers are still unclear. the deputy puts the number at

escaped prisoners. they often exaggerate the numbers and put the escape at over 400 numbers. some say taliban commanders and we know there were 10 suicide attackers attacking that prison in gasny from 2:00 a.m. to about naun local time. they also put improvised explosive devices, roadside bombs along the road leading to the prison. the police had to demine that. and convi conflicting numbers. hospital officials anine police killed and 13 wounded. but no doubt, it was a very serious attack by the stalin stalin you wouldn't think, jennifer, the prison being a bastion of security but it must

say it's something that an attack like this can happen. >> right. it has been a defendant terrible year for the afghan security forces. they are taking terrible casualties of 50% over last year. about 22 soldiers a day are killed around afghanistan. the fighting has been fierce not only in the south and the east. traditional taliban strong holds and in the north and kundos. the talibantable took over a couple of areas in the last couple of days. the afghan security forces having a difficult fight against the talibantable and this fight in gazny against a prison which should be a fortified places a difficult one. again, we are not sure whether all of the prisoners, all 350 or so prisoners were freed at the taliban claim and a provincial official claims or whether it was just a fraction, the fact that the taliban could make such an attack and it was one of a number of attacks in gazn tichlt overnight showing how difficult

a fight the security forces have. >> jennifer glasse, thank you. the eu is due to hold talks in brusselses over the stream of refugees trying to get into europe struggling to cope coming in every day. three with checks and train services have been suspended. more from paul brennan vieina sunday afternoon. these syrian refugee families were among the last to leave before rail services were suspended. there will be no more trains between german and austria until the purchase of numbers can be reduced. at the other end of the leip, in munich, day after day authorities have welcome new rifles with open apples and compassion. the reception center are now at full capacity.

>> we have since the 31st of august, 63,000 refugees who arrived in munich. hours after the rail services were halted, germany's interior minister made an unscheduled announcement, temporary border controls. >> this debt became necessary, the great willingness to help that german has shown in recent weeks by full-time employees an especially by the many thousands of volume up tears must not be over strained. the meds you'res taken are also a signal to europe. germany is taking on its humanitarian responsibility, but the burden caused by the huge numbers of refugees must be distributed with solidarity across europe. >> reporter: proposals for mandatory quota to see share the refugees among all pooern union countries have failed to gain traction. some eu nations threatening to veto such a scheme. >> france has offered to take 1,000 from munnib, a gesture

which the mayor of munich describes as trivial in the circumstances. >> i don't want to just park these people anywhere. we are still talking about human beings. i want to take care in my city people don't have to sleep under bridges. that's why it's important to get solid air. it's a trivial offer to take 1,000 people to france. that's an inappropriate offer but it's not my job to deal with the european partners. this is angela merkel. >> europe remains deeply divided. some accuse them of being economic my grantsz. >> i didn't come to german because i like german. i am sad to have to leave my country. mohammed's cousin agrees, no one is happy to leave their country. there is nothing i want more than to go back. when syria is rebuilt, i will

return there. >> the eu president said germany's new border controls appeared to be admissible under shengin rules but he expressed the hope the temporary measure would be short-lived. interior ministers from the 28-nation block will hold an emergency meeting monday to discuss the next step. paul brennan, al jazeera. >> of course, what it means is german sus spends those is that refugeeses are stuck at the main railway station. carrying to the train stations has been suspended. about 600 my grandz and refugees remained on the platforms on sunday. there has been no diplomatic bake through since that conflict began in 2011. some believe the scale of the refugee crisis could build momentum for a political solution. james bays has more.

>> the manual who heads the u.n. system admid missed the organization has failed to tackel the situation in syria, one of the main reasons for the conflict is a tragedy for syria and the shameful symbol of divisions. history's judgment will be harsh. >> after more than 4 and a half years of conflict, the figures are shocking. as many as 250,000 people dead. 4 million refugees in the region and now thousands more flooding into europe is the u.n. continues to spend billions to help syrians. the fighting will not stop until there is a political solution that brings us here to the u.n. security council. it has passed resolutions os syria. for example, on removing chemical weapons and trying to ease the dire humanitarian

situation. if there is to be a political solution, there needs to be agreement on that here, too. >> for four and a half years, the central disagreement has been on the roll of the assad and his inner circle. russia backed by dhooin refused efforts to force him out of power. others on the security council maintain he has no place in the new syria. one former british glomat working as an advisor to the syrian national council said it's just possible ref uming e crisis in europe could break the deadlock. >> you are dealing with these kind of massive policy problems. not straightforward and simple. >> you can start getting into a mindset where it's too xlk kade and difficult and where things change is in a situation like this where suddenly public om changes. there is an opening. it's at that point that effective diplomats will step in and say here is an opportunity.

>> a fresh round of diplomatic activity is underway. u.n. special envoy again speaking to go all sides about a possible political transition. finding a new creative solution to such a devisive issue is going to be extremely difficult if not impossible. james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations. >> turkey has restored a curfew on the mainly kurdish city as a new order came into effect in the district of di aviti. part of a campaign to stamp out kurdish separatist fighters. three police officers will killed on sunday. the details whyw gerald tan. >> defying curfew orders, residents in the southeastern turkish city scuffled with police. tear gas and water canon with were used to deter protesters, now under lockdown.

the latest flash point in an ongoing point pitting the government against kurdish fighters. the pro-kurdish people, democratic party are hdp insists there is a better way. >> it's very unfortunate for turkey to return to the days of the 1990s with such strict security measures with the method to reds off these problems without such extraordinary measures stands right beside us. the government also renewed a curfew just two days after ending a 9-day lockdown during the military operation on the city. tens of thousands of people flooded the streets of the funerals of 16 people killed in the bombardment. >> such a shame. they are committing a sin by putting us through all of this pain. we will never what the president is doing to us, tanks and shells killed us all. >> the government said most of

those killed were fighters from the kurdistan workers' party or pkk vie license is on the rides between the security forces and the pkk. two separate attacks on the southeast on sunday kill police officers in what's become a near daily pattern since at two-year peace deal crumbled in july. turkey's leadership is voy to go stamp out the fighters using whatever means necessary. >> today, the biggest test ahead of us is our fight against the terrorist attacks that pose a grave threat against the solidarity of our people and unity of our country. >> solidarity is the beingt how the conflict is inviting public opinion. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> in the news ahead: go ahead.

hundreds line up to boost the beleaguered army as the battle for control drags on. >> and sport grease's prime minister and a conservative rival neck he can and neck in the next election.

♪ so the top stories 4 on al jazeera. mexican president has condemned a government attack on a tourist convoy in egypt that killed 12 people.

two mexican tourist after the vehicles were shot at in the western desert. afghan taliban said it freed more than 400 prisoners from a prison in central gasney province. in the 150. during the attack at least three afghan police were killed. the eu has held talk in brussels over the continuing stream of refugees. german is suspending all trains traveling to and frust austria as it reintroduces border controls to deal with the influx . saudi-led forces, 1078 soldiers have decision denisendn mireb. trying to drive out some handou rebels. aim to go retake sanaa so the exiled president and cabinet can return.

a report than a humanitarian crisis. >> survival is using any means possible this includes the old way of doing things. for five months, supplies have been scarce where once there was plenty, these are difficult times. people are having a hard time finding water. we walk for 50 kilometers a day to get supplies to villages and rural areas. the tough conditions haven't stopped people from flock to go military camps. hundreds of people have come to this training ground hoping to join the military, itself suffering from limited resources. >> we are training people in a way that makes them able to secure the city and get ready to defend it from any possible attacks. >> the fighting ended a few weeks ago. at a time is clear it is a city that has produced three yemeni presidents, with armed

conflicts. now, it's looking to its past to face the future. al jazeera. >> police in malacia have arrested more people in connection with a bomb in bangkok last month. the police chief says two malaysians and a pakistani have arrested and are air cysting back in august. with more. >> the inspect general has confirmed they had three suspects in custody. two men and one woman believed to be involved in last month's bombing in bang cobbling. the 3 suspects include a pakistani national. >> we are not sure whether the suspect in this country. we are not so sure. in this country. we are investigating it. >> the arrests were made several days ago. police say they acted on a tip

off from thai. authorities. the bomb blast took place at the very popular shrine in downtown bangkok. locals and tourists alike were killed. the single worst bomb attack in thailand. thai police have several suspects in their custody but they have yet to establish a motive and no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. nepal's government is facing renewed criticism for the slow response to the april earthquake. hundreds of thousands are living in makeshift shelters worried about how they have survived. millions of dollars are pledged to help the vict ims. very little has been spent. a report now. >> some tarpolian sheets and a handful of branches to hold the sheets. this community forest has been transformed into a temporary shelter. people from surrounding villages

walked for days to come here. more than 300 families displaced by april's earthquake are living here walking 13 hours from the village to get here. >> i have a family of nine. my family is back in the village living under the tarp along with my lifestock. don't have food or mattress or blankets. have blocked all roads to my village. nineteen people died from this village and not one house was left standing. receiving $150 from the government. there are no shots. from the forest. the money has long since run out. now, he has to go back and pick up his family. villagers here say that the last time they got food aid was two months ago before the monsoon raids made the dirt road treacherous. >> in july, nepal government raised around $4,000,000,000 for

donors for earthquake victims to rebuild lives and home. a special authority was formed to ex pet ite the process. almost five months gone, not a cent has been spent as the authorities turn before it could even start working. >> by the time the new authorities set and work starts, half a year would have gone by. the by okayracy is working but too slowly. once it is there, we have rarely made all of those documents. more than 130 students cram in two small tent structures. two teachers say that students need text books and stationary. locals are eager to talk to us. they are terrifying accounts of how they came here we used a

rope to repel down to escape from our village but we have nothing here those who died are dead. but how will we survive without food and shelter, she asked? there are hardly any toilets here one person told me how 4 people had to be taken to the hospital for diarrhea and vomiting. they carried the patients. another is not available for patients. in the winter, snowfalls in these hills. many of the quake survivors came here with just the clothes on their back without a proper shelter, they say surviving the winter would be a real challenge. al jazeera, in nepal. a week to go now until greece's general election and the form en prime minister neck and neck with his conservative rival. the outcome could be on undecided voters and televised

debate john is in serapolos with more. >> looking sadder and wiser, tsipros is presenting himself as the alternative to those he defeated once before. >> we will not allow the old which the people threw out the door to come in through the window. we will do away with it once and for all. restructure the debt and spend billions on the poor. none of it came to passes surrendered to an austerity package costing 2% name accusation against the conservatives now is that it will do a better job of implementing it. many are humbled, exhausted and deeply disappointed. >> there was never an alternative. the europe for solidarity and partnership doesn't really want solidarity. >> there was an alternative.

they didn't negotiate right there is still an alternative. >> that broke away last week. it says grease's only real option is to default. it would national eyes the banks and lend freely to restart the economy. all of this would force to leave the euro zone. >> it was impossible. the majority in his leadership. he went there. he tried. it came up against the reality of the union and came up against a brick wall basically. in the end, it was obviosubject bla blackmail. that's the nature.

and it was completely. >> many greeks agree but only a trickle of voter supporters ending up on popular unity's doorstep. many synpathides with the man whose feelings about hisina chiefments are as mixed as theirs theirs. he hails his bail-out as the only deal that would keep greece in the euro zone but said he was forced into it. he disagrees with austerity but promises to implement it. some feel he made a ceeffort to negotiate a deal. others feel he is incompetent. tsipras may eke out another victory but no one is sure who or what will save grease. john tsaropolus, athens. >> california's emergency chief said these wildfires with the most volatile he has seen in 30 years. more than 180 homes have been destroyed causing thousands to flee. the biggest blades dubbed the

valley fire was burned through more than 16,000 hecht editors since it started on saturday. there have been no death did. four fire fighters have been treated for second degree burns. the great wall of china, one of the man-made wonders of the world which is actually slowly disevents teg grating. 30% no longer exists because of: ex posedush to the element and, tourist did chipping away for an ancient souvenir. we went to northern china to see what's being done to save the great dahl. >> it's a vegetable garden that's been in her family for decades. kropdz have been protected from the elements by the naturally occurring stone available in this part of northern china. yes, not all of the stone used here comes from the cuellar ry. some came from the great wall of china. her ancestors took the great wall's cut stone to build their homes. in some cases, more than 100

years ago. >> we are happy to give back any part of the wall if asked. you have to remember, we were so poor back then. modern cheap bricks were not available as they are now. >> she is like hundreds of others in the area whose homes are made from the old and the new. ancient china sits comfortabley alongside its modern descendant. the wall is over 2,300 years old and runs over 21,000 kilometers while nature has eroded parts. others have been worn away by 70,000 visitors each day. many visitors say protecting the wall is important. the great wall isn't just china's. it belongs to the whole human race and has to be protected. >> it's a symbol of china and we have to look after it. >> some of the tourists visiting today are themselves a photo opportunity for the local

chinese. >> the deterioration of the wall and, in part, it's disappearance is worrying those fighting to protect it. >> it's closely connected to the origin of our culture. the wall shows a lack of respect in protecting our culture. >> reporter: authorities have not been ignoring the situation of the wall. the government's restoration and protection plan began in 1957, and it continues to this day because the greatest enemy of the wall isn't just man. it's the elements. they are doing their damage as well. because parts of the wall aren't just made in stone. they are made in brook and wood and they are prone to general wear and tear and the weather. >> reporter: while it's understandable villagers from wei's community would have used the wall as a cheap material, it is being fought not against man but a fight for survival against

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