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finding the route in to the e.u. refugees arrive at is serbia's border with croatia hoping bypass hungary's razor wire fence. ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha. i am elizabeth. also ahead. israel's presume minister did he supplies more security forces on the al mosque after days of vie legal. we visit a remote pakistani village devastated by floods. resident say they have been forgotten by the government.
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the most renowned dissident artist. ♪ ♪ dozens of refugees have arrived at the pro asian border in couch of a new route in to the west attorney europe. they were seen walking in to croatia after arriving by bus. on tuesday hundre hungary imposd strict new border controls and erected a fence to control the flow of asylum seekers, forcing revel gees strapped ed in serbia to find out routes in to the european union. german chancellor angela america is calling if an emergency european union meeting on the refugees crisis. but europe are mains divided. alaustria has become the latest country introduce restrictions following germany that has already brought in border control on his their eastern frontiers, so vock i can't has
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started spot checked, fearing it could be a new transit pope for refugees and as we mentioned, hungary has now shut the mainland route for refugees in to the e.u. it finished building a fence along the board we arer is beer. protests are continuing at the border which has been shut to refugees since monday night. hundreds of people spent the night out in the open on the railway line, andrew simmons sent this report from the hundred garcihundredhundred gah. >> reporter: hungary has taken the cries this is to a new direction and makes life i remember hard for refugees. main were stuck in no man's land with no way in to hungary and no way back to serbia. >> they don't understand us, i told the army to describe our
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situation, it's humanitarian situation situation but they don't understand. >> reporter: by shut its main border crossing from serbia in to the european union, hungary has provoked outrage from its southern neighbors. but the government herein cysts its new asylum laws of justified. >> those who haven't applied on their journey to the hundred hud hundred guardian. [ inaudible ] and they don't have proof of that, they are automatically glowing to be turned back. >> reporter: op six partied attacked the government for its action. >> the order of the lif a stronr than the order of the law. it's outrageous that's happing. we will not forget these mess your honor fromeasures from then government 67 the far right said it had done too little too late. one spoke heckled by two
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protesters. >> refugees are welcome here. say it loud and say it clear. >> reporter: refugees on the other side of the fence were appealing for water and food. the hungarian prime minister viktor orban believes he's taking the lead at a time when e.u. members still can't reach an agreement on share quotas for settling refugees. and the rift between east and west and the european union has never been bigger. it's shaking the union to its very fountain dealings. while e.u. leaders are slow in making deceptions on the ground. here the situation is once again deteriorating quickly. andrew simmons, al jazeera,. let's move to other news knew. israel's prime minister is considering tougher penalties for people who throw stones at security forces. coming days after fighting between palestinians and israeli security forces. around the mosque in occupied
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east jerusalem. the site is considered holily by muslims, jews and christians for muslims it's their third holiest site after mecca and madina saudi arabia. it contains the mask and the dome of the raw. jewels call it the temple mount because of the jewish temple that his stood there in biblical times. it's the holiest site of judaism. palestinians feel israel will change the rules which allows juice to visit but not pray. >> reporter: for many worships at the al-aqsa mosque, this is the israeli security forces violating islam's third holiest site. for days now they have mounted operations against palestinians inside al-aqsa mosque. tensions have also spread to jerusalem's old city. israeli army media is reporting that hundreds of extra officers will be sent to jerusalem on wednesday, senior officials are warning the violence has the potential to escalate further.
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>> it's extremely dangerous because the extremists on the israeli side have been supported by the israeli occupying authority and their security forces, including some ministers in trying to change, you know, the situation and the status quo on the compound of the al-aqsa mosque. >> reporter: the al-aqsa compound is considered hole toy muslims, jews and christians. jews are allowed to visit the plaza around the mosque on the eve of the jewish kne new year t they are not allowed to pray within eights walls, after an emergency meet on the ground tuesday, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel was committed to maintaining the status quo, but also said palestinian youths would not be allowed to prevent juice from visiting. we will use all necessary measures to fight against those who throw stopes, fire bombs, pipe bombs and fireworks in order to attack civilians and police, is up actions will be
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met with very sharp, punitive and preventive responses he said. palestinians say among jewish groups who enter the compound of settlers and far right jewish activists and this is what makes them angry. >> translator: i am hear making shush they development desecrate the sanctity of the compound. you see how the settlers storm and nba and we are here to protect this holy place, the settlers come here to provoke us and cause sabotage, they hit the women playing here too. >> reporter: social media reports that the israeli prime minister is planning to visit al-aqsa mosque have been denied by his spokesman the last time a high-pro smile spokesperson visited the site when aerial sharon as the leader of the opposition it was an ax action that sparked off the second palestinian uprising. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. for more on this, let's go to our correspondent scott heidler who is in occupied east
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i can't ruse level what is the situation at al-aqsa that morning, scott? >> reporter: it's very calm compared to the last three days before today. we have seen several of the tour groups that have really been at the heart of why there has been a conflict here. nonmuslims jewish tourists come in and the friction arrives when they start to pray or when they try to pray, which is illegal. but we have seen several tour groups go through today. there is a window in the morning, 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. where they are allowed to come in and we have seen at least a half dozen tour groups come through, 20, 25 people in each one, so far it's gone okay. israeli security forces he is court them, a couple in each of these groups and it's gone through the plaza in front of the al-aqsa mosque so far. peacefully today. again, that's normally where the friction would be, but so far today it has gone without any incidents. >> meanwhile prime minister met hoo has held a meeting about how
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to respond to the stone throwers. has anything come of that, scott? >> reporter: we know that there will be more police on the streets of jerusalem as a result of that. as a result of this -- and it's been a couple of weeks in coming that they have tough ended the sentences against those who are accused of stone throwing. and also the treatment has become much more harsh, proved to be much more harsh with them. this is based on some legislation or rules put through over the last couple of week. but also i think it's been highlighted by the israeli prime minister because on monday evening, an israeli man died of his injuries in a stone-throwing incident. he crashed hits car and then later died of his injuries that's why the prime minister is focusing on this even more so today in addition to the violence we have seen at the mosque over the last couple of days, elizabeth. >> scott thank you very much for that update. that's our correspondent scott heidler monitoring the situation in occupied east jerusalem for us, thank you, scott.
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the owners of a crane that collapsed in the plus limb holy city of mecca in saudi arabia have been banned from taking on new building products, top officials from the ben laid inning organization has been banned. more than 100 people were filled when the crane fell in to the mask, from mecca we have a report. >> reporter: one of the world's biggest construction companies s has been banned from doing business in saudi arabia. the orders were swift and tough. suspending all of the contracts and licensing from the bin ladin group. it was the main contractor for the multi billion dollars expansion project at islam's holiest site. the grand mosque in mecca. but on friday a massive crane fell on the eastern side of the mosque killing 107 pilgrim asks wounding more than 200. an initial investigation blamed the incidents partly on high winds, but also negligence and misuse of the massive equipment.
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it is the busiest time of year for saudi arabia. millions of muslim pilgrims are expect to arrive here. the bin laden group was established in 1931, five years after saudi arabia itself was founded. it handles multi billion dollars projects in the kingdom, including the $7 billion expansion of king abdul's international airport. and internationally its projects have included airports in koalaa lumpur, cairo, damascus as well as hotels and universities elsewhere. the owners of the company have built a network of the connections in the country. it also enjoyed influence and became close to the government. but saudi arabia got a new king last year and the new administration took power. this is a big blow for the ben lad en group and it could be even worse, the finance ministry is reviewing all of its contracts in the kingdom and that means that the company could lose big money and its
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reputation. omar, al jazeera, mecca. libya's internationally recognized government has recalled its team from peace talks in morocco. it complained about amendments made for a draft agreement on a unity government. the u.n. is trying to broker a deal between this government and arrival administration that controls the capital tripoli. coming up in the bullpen, what to expect from a u.n. report on crimes during sri lanka's long civil war. sure, tv has evolved over the years.
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good to have you with united states i think elizabeth puranam in doha. dozens of refugees have arrived at the croatian board never search of a new route in to west attorney europe. hungary introduced new stricter border controls on tuesday. forcing stranded refugees to find another route not e.u. israel is considering tougher penalties for people who throw stones at security forces coming days after fighters between palestinians and israeli security fors around the al-aqsa mosque in occupied east jerusalem. the owner of a crane that collapse ed in mecca last week have been banned from taking on new building projects in the kingdom. more than 100 people remember killed when the crane fell in to a section of the grant mosque. now, the u.n. is due to publish its report in to alleged rights abuses and war crimes during shri lanka's sieval war.
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on monday columbo announced plans to set up its own truth and reconciliation commission, the government favored the majority. the minority complained of discrimination especially for jobs and economic opportunities. and this led to the formation of the liberation tigers of tamil, also known as the tamil tigers in 1976. a pivotal moment came in 1983 when a tamil tiger ambush killed 13 soldiers, hundreds of tamils were killed in reprisal attacks. a ceasefire deal was sign ed in 2002, but that didn't put an end to the fighting. in 2008, then president went for all out military offensive. crushing the rebels in one year. nadine barber has more. >> reporter: when the army competed the ltte, otherwise known as the tamil tigers in two
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2009 it end aid bitter civil war that lasted more than 25 years. ever since there have been accusations from human rights groups that war crimes were committed by both sides. the president then always maintained that he was fighting terrorists a term he used for the tamil tigers, but the united nations report after the war found around 40,000 ethnic tamil civilians were killed in the army's offensive. on wednesday the u.n. human rights council finally delivers the results of its investigation. it's already said the findings are of the most sear yeah nah neigh true calling for a judicial process backed by international mo monitors that could indicate senior officials. the president who defeated that president in january has made tentative steps towards reconciliation. >> by agreeing to couldn't and not fearing for cooperate also partly because they are not responsible for what happened in the past. i think sri lanka will benefit from this. we are going to open ourselves
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to the world and also be able it get the support of the world in dealing with this problem. >> reporter: rights groupings say sri lanka failed to stop continuing incidents of torture by the police and military against minority tamil civilians. on monday the foreign minister announced plans to launch a truth and reconciliation commission, similar to one in post a par tight south africa. >> having a dual structure, a companionate council composed of religious dignitaries from all major religions in this country. and a structure composed of commissioners. >> reporter: but tamil politicians in sri lanka wants an independent body involving international judges and it's far from certain that that will happen. nadine barber, al jazeera. >> thousands of ethnic that lays havmalaisehave marched. the so culled uprising is in response to last month's
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practice test against the prime minister. he has been facing increasing demands to step down over a corruption standal but hard liners are accusing the ethnic chinese minority of driving those demonstrations. egypt's foreign minister has written an open letter to the people of mexico expressing condolences for the accidental killing of its tourists on sunday. he described the victims as innocent. the injured were treated this hospital in coul cairo where thy were paid a visit by the actioning prime minister. eight mexicans were among 12 people killed when an egyptian conveyed opened fire in the western desert. dawned trump is the front runner in the race to become the republican nominee in the united states next year. the controversial businessman delivered a speech on national security and foreign policy. ahead of a republican presidential debate. alanishealan fisher reports fron pedro california.
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>> please help me welcome -- account. >> reporter: he's the man who generates most coverage, support, controversy, donald trump came to california to talk national security. but it were his words on immigration that provoked protests. there were people here who have paid up to a thousand dollars a ticket to hear donald trump speak. but just a few meters away there are dozens of protesters who are ainge angry at his message on immigration and they are determined to drowned him out and for the most part they are succeeding. for a speech heavily promoted there was little of substance, just promises of things to come and donald trump saying how great he is at everything. mr. trump, al jazeera what would you say to foreign governments or people in foreign countries who would be scared of a trim the presidency? >> i don't think anybody would be scared, we'll run things popperly. >> reporter: in the crowd some liked what he said.
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but weren't sure he had their vote. >> our military is depleted so badly i agree with him we need to do something about. >> reporter: has he got your vote. >> at the moment. i am still on the fence. >> it was good. he's kind of stayed on some old topics but i liked what i heard. >> reporter: does every your vote? >> of course. >> reporter: as the trump supporters left there were shouted exchange with those that appease his immigration stance a sign of how donald trump commands loyalty but how divisive he can be. alan fisher, al jazeera, san pedro, california. to pakistan now where people living in remote mountain villages say they have received almost no help since a flood destroyed their homes six weeks ago. residents of the district in the northern area say melting glazers are an existential threat. nicole johnson reports. >> reporter: towering mountains dominate this valley. climate change is transforming the landscape.
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glazers are melting. and in summer the floods come. it can be rough traveling around here. especially when roads have been swept away. it's a two hour drive to reach the village. but you wouldn't know it was here. it's buried under layers of rock. all 96 houses have been smashed to pieces. by a flood that drove huge boulders and stones down the valley. >> translator: there is a very big glamour i glazer in the mou, flood and rocks came from there. no one from the government has come do help us, no aid. not even a at the present time. >> reporter: people survive here by raising cattle and growing apples and walnuts, but all the farms have been destroyed. the only shelter is a few tents. and the shade of a tree. his house is half buried in the
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rock. >> translator: it was a heavy flood we lost everything. you can see my house. it's under the mud and rocks, you can see its roof out of the mud. >> translator: we ask the government to resettle us in a safe place. if we rebuild our houses the flood will detroit them again. this place is no suitable to live anymore. >> reporter: autumn is coming and with it cold nights. in a few months this whole area will be covered in snow. families won't be able to survive it in tents. >> translator: all it area was our greenville i believe with trees of walnuts and apples but there is an area of glazers and every year there will be a flo flood. >> reporter: familiar any have about his hear for generations they feel the glazers retreating and feel the summers getting harder and they don't believe there is a future for their chirp in this valley. nicole johnson, al jazeera.
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islambad. south korea said any attempt by the north to launch a missile or test a nuclear weapon is a military threat. it follows claims by pyongyang that its main nuclear complex is up and running again. and that it's working on improving its nuclear weapons. the united states has called on north korea to avoid what it's called irresponsible prof provocations. now, environmental assists say that they hope that australia's new prime minister will take the issue you of climate change more seriously than his predecessor did, tony abbott was criticized for rolling back. but the new prime minister is saying he will make his country greener. >> reporter: a wind farm donald thomas thinks is ruin is his health. >> blipping headache, the pain right now in the back of my head
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here. >> reporter: thomas blames the throw frequency noise generated by 128 nearby turan popes. it was to address concerns like thomas that his australia's government under prime minister tony abbott appointed a commissioner to investigate the complaints. but environmental i felts thought abbott was seizing upon anecdotal and spurious health concerns to justify an attack on winds power and they said it was part after a broader campaign against renewable energy in favor of fossil fuels, abbott once described the science of climate change as absolute crap. he scrapped' environment the tax on carbon emissions and declared cool as good for humanity. as for energy and wind farms, for some that is a site of grace, even beauty. but not to tony abbott. wind farms, he and his closest ministers thought were a blight on the landscape. >> up close they are ugly, they are noisy, and they may have all sorts of other impacts which i
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will leave to the scientists to study. >> i must say i find those wind turbines around lake george to be utterly offensive. >> reporter: abbott's government withdrew financial support for wind farms and solar projects and reduced targets for renewable energy productions proposed unambition reductions in the carbon emissions and last friday abbott laughed at a joke caught on an unnoticed microphone about how climate change would sink island. [ laughter ] >> reporter: on monday, tony abbott lost his job. australia's new prime minister malcolm turnbull has a history of taking climate change more seriously. those in the renewable energy sector think he understan undere potential of their industry. chris judd believed tony abbott's policies were embarrassing and retro great. with the new prime minister he's opening that will change. >> we need to look at a clean industry as a new area of growth
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that will fuel the economy in years to come. and we are very encouraged and supportive of that that will be the case. >> reporter: turnbull's first big test on the environment will be international talks on climate change in paris at the end of the year. tony abbott hadn't even said that he would attend. if turnbull does, it will be a first sign of a greener government. andrew thomas, al jazeera. now, an exhibition looking at 30 years of chinese artists has opened in london. four years after being banned from traveling abroad, the dissident artist's passport was unexpectedly returned by the chinese government. neave barker went along to the exhibition. >> reporter: it's the u.k.'s most anticipated show of the year, where activism. and art complied. the exhibition spans 30 years of his work, including art installations, architecture and something in between. in china he's known as the
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designer of the bird's nest stadium. which he ended up dismissing as a propaganda event. i nationally he's seen as witty, bold, and above all political. after the chinese government lifted a four-year travel ban the soft-spoken artist has been able to personally oversee the show's installation, he also had this mess i'm about europe's refugees crisis. >> western countries have to come up with some kind of decision to help each other to get a better more sound way to dealing with the situation. >> reporter: he has long been a thorn in the side of the chinese government. this piece is made from the rubble of poorly constructed government-built schools, detroit by the 2008 earthquake. thousands of twisted metal bars have been painstakingly sorted and straightened, a monument to 5,000 victims, many of them
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children. it's work like this that put him on the chinese government's watch list. surveillance is a recurring theme is his work as too is his time in jail. his work is a sobering account of his 81 days held in a secret chinese prison monitored by guards 24 hours a day. this work casts a cold and critical eye back at the chinese government. >> he's probably the most celebrated artist in the world. certainly one of the best nope. the stand he's taken polight tal are you and culturally and it's link today the art. but the art is underrated. it's important, it's powerful and needs to be able to speak for itself sometimes which is what is happening here. >> reporter: casting a spotlight on the power of art to challenge authority. neave packer, al jazeera at london's royal academy. just a remind their you can keep up-to-date with all the news on our website that you can
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