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thousands of refugees head to croatia, the morning after hungary fired tear gas and water cannon to push people back from its border. ♪ ♪ hello, this is al jazeera live from do huh, doha i am adn finnegan. also ahead fees of coup in enter keno faso. a million people forced from their homes in chile after a powerful earth character a tsunami alert is in place. and unruly scenes in japan's parliament as a controversial security bill that seeks to he
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can panned the role of the military is debated. thousands of refugees are now crossing in to croatia from serbia. setting up a new path to western europe, it follows tough border control measures that were introduced by sure are hungary. on wednesday as police fired tear gas and water cannon at people trying to enter from serbia actual 5,600 refugees have entered in the past 24 hours alone. croatia says that it can cope with seven thousands but not 10s of thousands of refugees. divisions are growing in the e.u. with no sew signs of a soln to the crisis. they were trying to breakthrough a razor wire fence after hungary made it illegal to enter the
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country without permission. more now from al jazeera's mohamed jamjoon. >> reporter: as tempers 34r5eurd and fires ignited the riot police stood firm. unwavering in the hard line they promised to take. water canyons may have pushed the refugees back in to serbia. but they failed to extinguish their anger. most of the crowd has now disbursed here on the front line of the stand off with hungarian riot police on the other side of that fence, but the mood does still remain tense. in fact, there are men who have womb up in the last few minutes urging the young men who have been protesting this past hour to police move back to let cooler heads prevail so the situation calls down. the mood changed almost moment to moment. veering from defiance to june lance. when the gate in to hungary opened. hundreds of refugees began streaming in. thank you they chanted and cheered in unison. but they were met not with
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welcome, rather force. parents were stunned as their children. the young just as affected as the old. kids cried from both the tear gas and the trauma they had experienced. she never imagined she would see her eight-year-old daughter beaten by police. >> translator: they hit her with a baton on her head. the police hit her. we were from aleppo we came from death in syria and look what happened to us here. [ crying ] >> reporter: he is from iraq and thought he was finally free and clear to cross out of serbia. it was the first he felt happy in days. >> translator: we fell when running and they kept on hitting us, they also kicked us, i got hit in the eye here, he also got hit here, my hands and legs are injured. >> reporter: while bus rides to croatia were offered, many were too scared to venture off. after a day like told nothing
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was certain and several dared not move. under the cover of darkness, it was harder to see the wounds but the pain was no less severe. >> let's join mohamed now live at the border in serbia. with the border with hungary. mohamed, obviously the day after that all of that trouble at the border, how many of the refugees where you are are now thinking about moving on towards croatia to continue their journey. >> reporter: most of the refugees i have spoken with in the past hour they want to be able on get to croatia but there is confusion about how it will happen. we know in the last 20 now hours at least 5,000 refugees were able to cross from serbia in to croatia. but there is a lot of concern about what happens after they would cross in to crow aaron a if that were to happen. a lot of refugees were saying what happened after that.
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can we get in to slovenia. will we be fingerprinted can we get to our preferred destination of germany or austria of a that. even though the then to depart s border crossing they are unsure if going to croatia is the wisest thing d to do. the gate has been reinforced more razor wire on it. hungarian riot police on the side. serbian policemanning the gate from this side. there are still refugees saying this they want to be able to cross in to hungary and they are asking if the e.u. will exert enough pressure for hundred gar toilet them in and cross through and get to austria that way. they were reinforcing the border and they are not allowing refugees in. this whole border area has been sealed for the next 30 daze and it is now considered to be a state of medical or state of crisis in hungary in two
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counties including the one just behind us on the side of that fence. reinforcements there. more security measures, more policemen patrolling the boarder and refugees that cross in that did manage to get in yesterday, many of them have been did he taped. so we have also spoken to refugees here that are worried about friends, family members that they lost in the scuffles that happened. they are worried that their family members or friends may be in jail in hungary. they have not heard from them. so still a lot of confusion at this hour. more refugees coming here, a lot of them do want to able to get to croatia but are worried if that will be the wisest possible course of action no for them to make the hours and days to come. >> of course refugees who are already on the road who are in serbia heading towards that border, there is still a flow of people making that way through the country will end up there with no way to go that will create a bottleneck and humanitarian problems as well. how far is it from that point to the border with croatia?
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>> reporter: from what we understand it's quite far. it's a few hours at othe at lead that's if you are going by car or bus. and the folks out here most of them they paid their last dime to be able to get where they are right now. so unless they are actually bused. unless there are government buses or aid groups that bus them they say they are not going to pay anybody a private car or smuggler to get them to croatia. so there is that concern as well. springing up around us, this has become a veritable makeshift at the present time city. you have an encampment that strung up here with hundreds of people, does epps of tents and a few kilometers from us at the border crossing we were at yesterday, you also have dozens of telephones and hundreds of pima long that worlder as well. and that has become a bit of a makeshift city as well. aid workers are here today, which are charities but everybody is well ware that
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there needs to be more reinforcements brought here if the refugees stay here it's only going get worse. the humanitarian situation here will get worse the conditions will become more unsanitary on spoke to an iraqi family. seven days ago they had a babe any greece, their baby is with them. they are in a tents. they are saying they need to make sure that there is medical care and nba case their baby gets sick and i am hearing that from a lot of other folks here as well. aim seeing children that were hit by batons when they were trying to cross in to hungary, they are out here and they are worried and want medical care throughout the day today. so certainly a situation if it remains the way it is right now, seems clear it will worsen by the hour and i duh. adrian. >> mohamed, many thanks, mohamed jamjoon on the border from between serbia and hungary. burkina faso's military leader says he as carried out a coup that has dissolved the
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temporary parliament. earlier soldiers entered a cabinet meeting and did he taped the president and prime minister in the capital. the politicians are being held at the presidential palace. soldiers there reportedly fired warning shots after hundreds of protesters gathered near that building. presidential elects are due on october the 11th in burkina faso interim president and prime minister only came to power last year. that was after a popular uprising forced the former leader to resign and to go in to he can sile itoexile in ivory c. he had been president for 27 years, his supporters are not allowed to stand for the elects under a controversial law that was pass ed in april. it made anyone who supported, quote, unconstitutional change up eligible to run. a million people have been forced from their homes in chile after a powerful earthquake off
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the coast the magnitude 8.3 quake struck on we understand. killing five people. it's caused waves of up to 4 1/2 meet, a tsunami alert has been issued for most of the pacific region. the quake was relatively shallow. it hit at a depth of 225 clocker its its epicenter was just under 50 clockers west of the city of ill do the apel. are mayo day reports. >> reporter: the 8.3 earthquake hit people described buildings swaying and shaking. >> the motion began slightly then got stronger and stopping everything we were on the 12ing floor and very afraid because it was not stopping. first it was from side to side, then it was like little jumps. >> translator: everything was moving. so much that i have to hold a post because i couldn't stand. then the aftershock, i had to
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take a cab, but now there is traffic everywhere. the earthquake today was very stopping. >> reporter: in the city of illapel. 46-kilometers from the end 70 the quack homes were damage and the the electricity knocked out. mayor described the city as panics. four-meter high waves have hit some areas and hazardous waves expected along the coast. >> translator: right now there are all the coast is without people and the waves arriving to the places near from the earthquake. it's told to the people that it was in illapel. right now people are in the hills because it's a very difficult place to go but they are moving slowly but everything is agreeing more calm. >> reporter: a series of powerful aftershocks have been felt a long chile's coast line. people living in affected areas have been told to leave their homes. >> translator: most important
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thing today is to support the people, protect them and avoid anymore deaths or injuries. and also insure that all of the appropriate measures are taken. >> reporter: tsunami alerts have been issued for peru, hawaii, knew zealand and parts of california. al jazeera. still to come here on al jazeera. >> we don't need an apprentice in the white house we have one right now. >> talking tough to trump. republican suppress hal hopefuls face-off on tv again. and a slowing global appetite for copper sees prices plunge and that puts thousands of jobs at risk in sam bee a we'll take you there.
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hello again, this is al jazeera. the top stories this hour. thousands of refugees are now crossing in to croatia from serbia. setting up a new path to western europe. police say more than 5,600 refugees have crossed in the past 24 hours. croatia says it can cope with several thousand refugees but not 10s of thousands. ray million people forceed from their homes in chile after a powerful earthquake. the off the coast the magnitude 8.3 quake struck on wednesday killing five people but a tsunami alert has been issued for most of the pacific region. burkina faso's military leader says he has carried out a coup and has dissolve the temporary parliament. soldiers from the presidential guard entered a ca net meeting g
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and at the taped the interim prison and prime minister, joining us on the line is a local journalist. the leader of the military has declared this coup presumably went on television or radio. what did he say? >> reporter: they say that the government is dissolved and now the military is the power. so. [ inaudible ] tr there is riotig in the street and many gap shots this morning and violence against the protesters. [ inaudible ] in the revolution and they were attacked by military men. they tried to move everybody out. they don't want information. they stole camera cameras from e journalists. it's a lot of violence in burkina this morning. >> did he say why he had
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statement third degree military coup? no. they didn't explain. there is some many months there is a problem between the military created by the former president. and there is a problem with that because for the government who was just dissolved, there was a problem because he was too close to blaze come pair and they wanted to destroy the. [ inaudible ] and that's why the military say, no, we don't want to be. [ inaudible ] and now they are taken the power. >> and do we know what has happened to the interim president and prime minister? >> no. no information. nothing has come to us. [ inaudible ] we don't know the
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prime minister is a live or not. we have no information. >> just before we let you go, just tell us once again about what is happening right now on thother you say there is a lot f trouble. >> yeah, a lot of trouble, gunshots, military. when they saw five people together. she shoot. i can hear them behind me they are shoot. we have to keep moving from place to place this morning. because they don't want journalist. if they saw us they shoot on us to make us escape. so there is a lot of violence. [ inaudible ] they are very angry. >> thanks indeed for talking to us local journalist there on the line. a group of jewish settlers accompanied by israeli police have arrived at the holiest
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site. stepses remains high there after days of fighting between palestinians and i israeli forces arm the al-aqsa compound in the occupied east jerusalem it's considered holy by muslims, jews and christians. controversial legislation that would allowed japanese soldiers to be deployed for overseas conflict is about to make it past the upper house of parliament. critics believe it could reverse japan's 70 year long commit i want to. [ inaudible ] rob mcbride reports from tokyo. >> reporter: as the legislation has work i'll way through parliament so the protests outside it have become passionate. more aggressive. for protesters like this, the main fear is a return to the militarism that led japan to disaster in the first half of the last century. he is honoringer for a new student movement that would has sprung up to fight the changes being proposed by prime minister
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shinzo abe. >> as long as it's abe's administration, it's possible that the japan goes back to militarism. and there might be a lot of. [ inaudible ] who is more dangerous than abe. it's a real danger. >> reporter: the legislation will change how japan's self-defense forces can be deployed and used. until now, the strict interpretation of the contusion means japan will only use force as a last resort if it is directly attacked. but prime minister abe wants a broader definition. a definition that would allow japanese forces to be used overseas in support of an ali like the united states. for so-called collective defen defense. the prospect of japanese troops fighting overseas once more for the first time since world war two is opposed by more than half of the japanese public.
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according to opinion polls. when abe called a snap lex at the end of last year, he was riding high in the opinion polls. the continues jersey surrounding this bill is cause that go approval rate to go plummet but he seems undeterred willing to trade popularity for an historic shift in japanese for end policy that may stand as his leg at this. there is opposition to the way he's icing his majority in both houses of the part lamb to push through the changes. >> except for two off three are exceptions all the other experts are saying it is illegal. it's unconstitutional. this is also what they have to take in to account. >> reporter: it seems despite the damaging fallout, abe and his allies believe it is a cost japan can and should bear, robnik bride, al jazeera, tokyo.
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a muslim teen aimer in the united states state of texas has been let away from class after he brought a homemade clock in the to classroom. the 14-year-old was suspected of making a hoax bomb. police later said no charges had been filed but there has been massive support for ahmed. after his brief arrest, president obama has up righted him to the white house. and facebook's mark zuckerberg has invited him to his company's head quarters. >> i took it to school to show my teachers this talent that i had. i wanted to show him. and in my perspective, it didn't look like a bomb. >> we live in an age where you can't take things like that to schools. of course we have seen across our country horrific things happen. we have to err on the side of caution, the reaction would have been the same regardless if a device like that is found under the circumstances that it was found in this school. u.s. republican presidential hopefuls have held a second tv debate. the 11 contenders who made it to
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the platform discussed immigration, game marriage and foreign policy. allen fisher reports. >> reporter: he was center stage, center of attention and center of attacks. no easy ride for donald trump the republican front run we are no sign of his support disappearing piss his opponents went on the defensive. >> we don't need an apprentice in the white house we have one right now. he told us all the things weapon today hear back in 2008. we don't know who you are, where you are going, we need someone that can actually get the job done. >> reporter: when asked about his comments in carly pee fee arena's appearance she handed mr. trump them laughter. >> mr. trumped he heard mr. bush very really what nba what he said i have think women all over the country heard very clearly what there trump said. >> reporter: this was not a good night for donald trump many of hills answers will have appealed to hills core of voters he was exposed on a number of issues and those flirting with support for him wouldn't like what they saw and what they heard.
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trump tried to turn on his tormenters with jab at jeb bush. >> your brother and your brother's administration gave us barack obama because there was such a disaster those last three months that abraham lincoln couldn't have been elected seven a crowded stage made it hard to define clear policy positions there were shared themes but different approaches the clear winner former computer executive carly fiorina with solid performances from marco rubio, chris christy and john kasich, the others will be anxiously watching their poll numbers to see if they can survive in a tightening race and see if the trump bubble has finally burst. alan fish he should al jazeera, at the republican debate in california. barack obama and benjamin netanyahu will meet in november. seven senior political figures have been expelled from the democratic republic of
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congress owe's ruling for signing a letter not asking the president not to seek a third term. a upon ends say he's trying to stay in power before his two-term limit set you remembered the contusion. people have been protesting in parts of the capital. he has been ruling the country since 2011. global commodity prices have weakened over the past few months, the price of copper has taken a hit over china's a falling we members which consumption half of the world's supply. and that has had a ripple affect in countries like zambia which is africa's second biggest producer. >> reporter: thousands of families in zambia's northern city depend on the local copper industry. one of those families is this, but friedrich has lost his job after global copper prices hit a slump.
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>> i am going through a hard time because as a approximatelily man, i have children that are going to school, so it's hard for me to survive at the moment. >> reporter: he's now looking for temporary work. but that doesn't earn him as much as mining. >> this is a mining area. most of the people here depend on the mind. people in the market in the bars, all those running small businesses the little pay they get is from the minders, so things like it feels like a catastrophe. >> reporter: the price of copper is the lowest it's been in six year old and the slow down in primary consumer china's economy means a drop in demand for the melt. the president of zambia's chamber of mines says the government needs to adapt its policies if it wants to increase income. >> what makes zambia in trouble is we depends on one mineral, which is copper.
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so fluctuations in that mineral price do have very deep implications for the economy in general. >> reporter: while higher taxes for mining companies have impacted the industry, mining bosses are also concerned about the country-wide electricity shortage. but authorities say the mining industry won't be severely disrupted as long as regulators understand just how much power is needed to keep the mines running. this is a copper mine one of the wettest mines in the world with thousands of cubic meters of water flowing in to and pumps out of its shafts every day. >> the moment we stop pumping the water then we flood the mind so we need electio electricity e time 67 the mine con suits 14% of available electricity in the country. >> it will put a crimp on obviously how much you can do.
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operationally. and hopefully doesn't get to a situation where you have to have cut backs in production. >> reporter: while industry bosses and the government consider their options and a possible bailout by the international monetary funds. all that matters to friedrich is how to support his family. al jazeera, zambia. a talented musician who was among the thousands of refugees stranded in the yarmouk refugees camp in syria has now arrived safely in greece after fleeing, he now plans to travel onto germany where he hopes to continues his music career, victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: it's been a long and dangerous journey for him. last month he was crap ed in yarmouk a refugees camps for palestinians that's been we siege today three years by the syrian government. now he's made it to europe but at times during the journey from turkey to greets, he wasn't sure if he would survive.
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>> translator: the boat was supposed to hold 40 people by we had 70 on board. honestly i don't think the boat was safely equipped to carry more than 10 people but there was no other way to get to greece exempt sailing the sea, especially if you don't is have money. >> reporter: he says leaching hits home was tragic but necessary. throughout the war in syria, the talented pianist had held impromptu concerts in the besiege the district but fighters stormed the camp in april, they also banned music and set fire to the piano. >> translator: the camp is no long air place where we can play music. i was hoping that we could get somewhere better where one day i can play music again. >> reporter: he is now planning to catch a ferry to athens, from there he will try to make his way to northern europe. >> translator: i hope i can get to germany so i can better serve my country there. i want to serve my people. the palestinian and syrian people through music, i want to keep pushing the messaging of love and peace like i did when i was at the camp. >> reporter: for now he is making this journey alone.
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his two young sons are with his parents in lebanon, he says it was too risky to smuggle them out too. but one day he hopes they will be reunited. victoria gatenby al jazeera. more real news from al jazeera along with analysis and comment at our website aljazeera.com. >> wildlife poaching is big business... worth more than 17 billion dollars a year and growing. the slaughter is being fueled by demand from asia... ...where rhino horn is a status symbol and believed to even cure cancer. only one tng
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