♪ hungarian police detain 9,000 refugees crossing from serbia as several countries tighten border controls. ♪ hello, this is al jazeera, live from doha, also ahead israel's military forms a compound in occupied east jerusalem injuring six palestinian and russia president says his government will continue to provide military help to the syrian regime. ♪ and the winner is we meet the

pakistan woman who won a u.n. award for her work with refugees. ♪ police in hungary rounded up 9,000 refugees crossing in the country from serbia on monday and hundreds more left stranted after they have tough border controls blocking the mainland route into the eu and a four meter high fence is being error -- erected on the border and you cannot cross in a country not in the eu and they put border checks in place on monday and meanwhile the eu foreign policy chief is meeting with the u.n. high commissioner for refugees to discuss the crisis and called for unity in relocating asylum seekers across eu member states.

>> our unity or lack of unity internally has an impact on our credibility externally and on the effectiveness of our action externally. we managed to build unity on the external action in the last month in a very complicated but positive way. i come to what we do, united as europeans on our external action on my grags -- migration and refugees and we need action in the european union otherwise we are off. >> in the middle of this chaotic situation member states try to take their own members and borders try to be more or less differently monitored, some in a very harsh way and others in a softer way but it is as if europe each country is a piece in the puzzle but when you put the pieces together you discover

the pieces are more so there is not such a space as europe and i think together to be able to grant protection to those in need of protection. >> live now to al jazeera's mohamed who is in the hungarian serbia border and the fence is up now today and seems there is near security at that border than there are refugees. >> thanks, that is exactly correct. right now more soldiers out here, policemen then there are refugees. although we heard in the last 20 minutes there were a couple of dozen that crossed this way, this path that is just behind the fence next to us probably they were going to the official border crossing which is about two kilometers in that direction although from what we understand from local officials that crossing they are not letting refugees come into hungary as well and at least a few hundred

begging authorities at that crossing trying to get them to cross into hungary and that has not happened and yesterday we walked with several refugees as they were trying to cross from serbia into hungary hearing stories about how concerned they were if they were able to cross into hungary as the deadline loomed this fence was about to be sealed. here is our piece. food, he knows he barely has enough time to eat. >> translator: we are afraid they are going to close the border and not let us in, with the death and destruction we have seen and families come so far we are hungry and please let us through. >> reporter: the refugees are running against the clock even the wounded must find the stamina to continue and he shows me scars from the injuries he sustained in iraq. after escaping death he decided to get his family out by any

means necessary. >> translator: we are trying any way we know how and we came all this way to get to europe and we will try any way possible to keep going, to get all the way here and then to be stopped, no, we have to keep going. >> reporter: despite the hardships his wife and children are still hopeful they will be able to make it over the next border. others though are not as optimistic. crossing from serbia into hungary they must walk on the railroad tracks about three kilometers and most refugees we have spoke with are too afraid to appear on camera and worried they will not be able to get into hungary and worried if they do they will not be able to get out in the coming days and nonetheless everybody very aware that the border from serbia into hungary will be closed in a matter of hours.

when we get to the border it is effectively sealed. construction of the fence nears completion and police, some of them mounted on horse back are out in greater numbers. soldiers guard gaps that just hours earlier refugees walked through. while families barred from entry decide to make a path toward another possible crossing point a carriage outfitted in razor wire is here to stop the influx once and for all. just one more roadblock for these refugees on a road that seems to get longer everyday. and just now we are seeing several refugees as they are coming up, the track but their path is being blocked by this rail road car with razor wire with the authorities yesterday evening so the gap in the fence they have been trying to complete in the last week so it would be completely shut off for the flow of refugees.

in the last few days there was actually a holding facility, a collection point in that direction and that makeshift campsite has basically been cleared out completely. now i'm going to try to see if we can just pan over, is there any way we can pan over a little bit and try to show some of the refugees as they are coming up, now to the fence and we expect they will be told that they will not be able to be allowed in. now, the journalists are coming up, to the fence as well and the police are there and this is the situation we have seen again and again since yesterday. refugees walking up to serbia's border with hungary trying to get to hungary and this is an unofficial crossing and telling they cannot and then they walk a few hundred kilometers sorry two kilometers in that direction to an official border crossing but

that border crossing as of now sealed off and we have been told there are at least a few hundred refugees there pleading with authorities to please open the gate and let them into hungary to make the journey in the days ahead. >> desperate situation for the refugees and thank you so much, reporting live on the hungarian/serbia border, spokesperson for unicef, the united nations children's fund and says action must be taken to protect refugee children before winter arrives. >> very often we see that children are left in a kind of limbo for up to six months not being able to access full healthcare, proper schooling, psycho social support and every minute we wait the trauma worsens and their ability to survive and thrive after these journeys they have been on

worsens and time is of the essence and winter is approaching and we need to move much faster. israeli police stormed the compound known as temple mountain and the third time since sunday and 26 palestinians have been injured and tuesday marks the end of the jewish new year when jews are allowed access to the site. the site in jerusalem is one of the most contested religious sites in the world and holy to muslims, jews and christians and home to two of the most important sites in islam and the mosque where we have seen more violence on tuesday and dome of the rock and maintains this is where the final temple will be built when the messiah comes to earth and we will seek to scott hidler now who is live in jerusalem. scott, the situation of course was very tense just a few hours

ago, tell us what happened exactly and why we are seeing this escalation right now. >> yeah, it was quite tense and this was probably about three, four hours ago and it happened just before the gate was to open that allows non-muslims, jewish people who want to come up in pray in the compound as well as tourists and happened before that the israeli occupying police, they said they went into the mosque because they were worried there were some people in there that might have had stones and wanted to preempt a conflict of when they let the tourist and non-muslims into the compound and that is when we saw this clash. we know 26 palestinians were injured in this, according to the palestinian red crescent and a couple arrests made as well. that window of when those non-muslims are able to come in the compound has closed and

ended a half hour ago, from 7:30-11:30 and kind of focused on this. this is the third day of violence we have seen in the compound, the third day we have seen occupying israeli police enter the compound and enter the mosque but right now what we saw in the last hour they are cleaning um because there is a barricade in the main door in the mosque behind me but since then it has remained calm. >> it has been a flash.for many, many years and what have been the political reactions on both sides to the escalation intention? >> yes, it is racheting up and a couple reasons for that and look at this time of year, it's the jewish new year and a lot more of the jewish faith want to come in and visit this part of the compound. they are not allowed to pray there, some more right wing will try to pray there and it's illegal and raises tension because you have more coming in. israeli prime minister been --

benjamin netanyahu called for a meeting and abdulluh said to stop the violence and that it happen as quickly as possible and heard from palestinian factions on friday they will hold rallies after the prayers and all those reactions going on right now and definitely heating up but right now here at the site of where this is it's calm and the pattern we have seen in the past three days, just when it's supposed to be opened up just before that there is a clash and again that happened in the last three days and right now it's cleaned up and it is calm. >> occupied east jerusalem. mosquito will provide support to the syrian regime and urged other countries to join in concern by the u.s. that russia's involvement will worsen the situation in syria.

russia has been aggressively stepping up support for president assad and believe it has positioned tanks at a syrian air base near latakia and two cargo flights a day within the last week and roslyn has more from washington d.c. >> reporter: officials say they don't know why the russian military is expanding its air strip at an air base near latakia and sending in the number of troops that are on the ground and said to be around 200 although pentagon officials won't confirm that, but the pentagon is concerned and the obama administration is concerned for that matter about the possibility of russian forces one supporting the syrian military in a civil war against the moderate opposition and two possibly coming into conflict with the u.s. led coalition that has been going after i.s.i.l. in the northern part of syria. now, while russia and the u.s.

agree that i.s.i.l. is a threat to both of their countries and to their ally security needs the u.s. and coalition have not invited russia to take part in the fight against i.s.i.l. mainly because the u.s. believes that russia would do so only in an attempt to prop up bashar al-assad which the u.s. opposes. that said the u.s. does not want to go into how it knows the russians are apparently making attempts to build what it's callina forward operating air base but it says that it is watching these developments with concern. >> malcolm has been sworn in as australia's new prime minister and the liberal party voted out the leader tony abbot in a surprise revolt after resigning from the cabinet and went on to win the party vote and andrew thomas has this report from sidney. >> reporter: things happen fast in australian politics and 24 hours after he said he would challenge tony abbot for the top

job malcolm was sworn this as australian prime minister having beat him in an internal party election and tony abbot got too distracted by silly things and wasn't able to present a positive vision of where the country is going and here is a little of what malcolm had to say. >> australia of the future has to be a nation that is agile and cannot be offensive and future proof ourselves and we have to recognize the disruption we see driven by technology, the volatility and change is our friend, is our friend if we are agile and smart enough to take advantage of it. there has never been a more exciting time to be alive than today and there has never been a more exciting time to be an

australian. >> reporter: they are in the same political party so what policy differences there will be will not be huge but nuisances but he is a liberal party and tony abbot was very much on the right but will be changes and likely to take the issue of climate change more seriously than the prime minister tony abbot did and supporter of gay marriage and tony abbot never was and that is an issue with divisions in the party. in the coming days the new cabinet will be formed to give us a firmer idea of the direction of malcolm's government. still ahead on al jazeera parts of indonesia declared state of emergency after raging fires cause dangerous levels of air pollution plus. ♪ from singing songs of resistance to fleeing the war the story of syria's legendary piano man. ♪

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malcolm sworn in as prime minister and on monday the liberal party voted out tony abbot in a surprise revolt. a talented musician who escaped from a refugee camp in syria is trying to make it and risk his life crossing the mediterranean to make it to greece from turkey and victoria has the story. ♪ this is the refugee camp last year singing songs of resistance against assad's regime and the talented piano had concerts in the bombed streets of the besieged district where 18,000 palestinians are trapped. but since escaping from yamook he has been trying to get to europe and traveled to turkey and on monday he posted a

picture of himself on facebook wearing a life jacket. he wrote dearest mediterranean i'm aham and i would like to safely ride your waves, people here just want to go to europe and ride in dinghys prone to overturning in seconds and we would like turkey to open the borders with greece and board the land in safety away from the boats of death. this is what aham left behind and the camp for palestinians has been besieged for more than three years by the syrian government because rebel groups are also based there and its people are starving with no running water and no electricity. the situation got worse in april this year when i.s.i.l. fighters stormed here and beheaded residents and raped women and ban music and set fire to aham's piano and on monday a friend of his wrote on facebook, the legendary piano man escaped and today he makes his way from

turkey to europe by the deadliest border the mediterranean, i hope he changes his mind, there must be another way, a way that is more safe. for now all they can do is wait for news in hope he makes it across the water safely, victoria with al jazeera. and the president is in france asking for help to fight the group boko haram and met on monday and has two more days of negotiations planned and france provides logistic support to them and neighbors and the boko haram crisis is no different from the fight against i.s.i.l. as da'esh as it's also known. >> translator: boko haram is linked to da'esh as we know and receives aid and support from this group, fighting against boko haram is fighting against da'esh, it's no longer possible to distinguish terrorism from regions and it's the same terrorism inspired by the same

death ideology. >> it's important that those with the commission can be in opposition to ensure that boko haram is rerouted. >> reporter: boko haram is thought to be behind two suicide attacks and students are now being scanned and searched before being allowed into classes and we have more. >> reporter: not your typical day at school but these are dangerous times. boko haram's attacks have been concentrated in small towns in cameroon's far north so many children in the largest city dwalla were not expecting this. >> translator: they put us in a line and started searching us, we are scared because there could be a bomb and when we

entered they separated us into different groups. >> reporter: some parents did welcome the daily routine. >> this is to protect our children and in school they want everybody to be relaxed and happy to be here. >> reporter: cameroon is a major contributor to the nigerian led regular force that is taking on boko haram. critics say attacks like this one are one of the consequences. the bombs went off the day before the start of the new school year. one man says he saw two children acting suspiciously. >> translator: there were two kids on the other side and had their hands in their pockets and a man is now dead asked one child where are you from but he didn't answer and kept his hands in his pockets and there was an explosion. >> reporter: the people here are no strangers to violence even with more soldiers on the streets the area is an easy mark and boko haram fighters crossing

the border from nigeria. back here the lessons now include briefings on the group and its tactics. the government which has also ban the full face veil as a security measure says it is not taking any chances. al jazeera. parts of indonesia declared emergency zones after raging fires causes dangerous levels of air pollution and we report. >> reporter: on fire, thousands of hectors of forest and bush are burning creating thick choking smoke that is spreading far beyond indonesia borders and airports closed and the consequences appear to be huge but it's the affect on people's health that is most worrying and hospitals are filled with people suffering respiratory diseases and up 13% compared to last year. the doctors have only one word

of advice, evacuate, an impossible task since millions of people live in the effected area. >> translator: people here are slowly but surely killed by the smoke especially the elderly and people suffering respiratory disease and elderly and young childr children. >> reporter: he had to leave his village due to the smoke>> announcer: people don't know what to do any more and hope the government will finally do something, i cannot talk about my future and they have to stop the fire now because all of us are suffering. >> reporter: farmers and plantation companies have been caught deliberately setting their land on fire, the cheapest and fastest way to clear land. indonesia is the biggest exporter in decades and much of the land was clear using fire.

for nearly two decades people here every year during the dry season are breathing smoke-filled air and the government did not change the culture and punishment for ten years in prison for being an arsonist is hardly ever enforced. few have been sent to court for setting their land ablaze and having an emergency task force promises harsher actions. >> translator: i apologize because we have to face this problem altogether. we tried very hard to stop the fires but now they are burning in the south of sumatra and it goes everywhere. let's do this together and let's overcome it together, i'm monitoring events every hour. >> reporter: the government has announced that companies won't be allowed to operate any more when their land is found to be on fire. deliberately lit or not. the worse cases will be black listed. thousands of soldiers have been

sent to battle the fires but most of them are raging several meters deep and makes it almost impossible to extinguish the fire, al jazeera, sumatra. a woman living in a ultra conservative community won award for building a school and we report from the punja province. ♪ the start of another school day, these girls are afghan refugees living in a remote community, it lies close to the mountains and their families left afghanistan over 30 years ago when the soviet union invad invaded. the school principal also fled here to a refugee camp in the

middle of no where. the first thing she noticed is there was no school for girls. >> translator: we struggled to convince people they should allow their girls to go to start. i started with one tent, there were no books, pens, pencils, nothing and slowly they began to send the girls. >> reporter: at first there were a few students and now there are 140 girls, there are not enough rooms. some classes are taught in the stuffy alcoves. >> translator: the children were backwards and didn't know about respect and dignity and hydrogen and were treated like animals and were not asked if they wanted to marry a particular man or not and now the girls are given the opportunity to decide. >> reporter: refugees have been living here so long their temporary camp has now become a proper village but you won't see many women in the market. this is very traditional society. people here are afghan refugees

from the tribe and follow accustom where women are kept indoors and out of sight so for years letting their daughters go to school was out of the question. he was one of the first to support girls' education. >> translator: the school started at a time when the taliban was ruling the area that borders us. everyone was sending their children to a religious school and everyone was scared and when we started this movement even i was threatened but if i die for sending girls to school i will die feeling proud. >> reporter: starting at a young age these girls will learn english and more, however, in this society there is no chance for them to continue to study as young adults and many still believe that would shame the family but perhaps with time that too will change especially if she has anything to do with

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