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border with croatia. >> reporter: buses offloaded the weary dozens at a time picking up few belongings on foot again, 37 degrees in the late summer heat and went through the fields towards the european union. >> no problem for refugees. you can walk into croatia. >> reporter: most said they were syrian, not much talking though, just grim determination and quick feet. so the violence and contempt which the hung hungarian and the roots for the time being through here and into the eu is open, the question of course is whether croatia is going to start shutting the doors as well. indeed the serbias are on buses

with macedonia and capitol belgrade and hungarian border and suddenly 7,000 or more had crossed this border and unremarkable spot marked only by a couple of rocks. but it was the european union and whole families passed by and some didn't know which country they were in. >> do you know where you are right now? >> i don't know. >> no? >> so this is croatia and inside the european union. >> okay. >> reporter: croatia saying it would let everyone in and through suddenly appeared wrong footed by the numbers and having got this far the refugees were again frustrated at having to wait, the riot police here didn't have the same aggression as those on the border with hungary but all the same it looks like yet another flash point in the making. >> doesn't allow through the village. he stay here. he tell us and tell us to stay

here and the train is coming but the train will be not coming. >> reporter: think back to the standoff at the rail station in budapest and hungry southern border and now this held yet again by law enforcements at croatia's southern edge, apart from the humanitarian implications this is the european union and most symbolic, lawrence lee, al jazeera with the refugees in the serbia, croatia border. influx of refugees in croatia is starting to take a toll and some of the latest pictures we are getting near the border with serbia and refugees have been waiting hours to board a train to continue their journey towards the european union and people pushed and shoved to board the train and climbing through windows to ensure they had a spot and croatia government will close the government if another 8,000 people enter in one day. there is more european countries reintroduced border checks

thousands of refugees land every day on the beaches of greek islands and they are prepared to risk everything for a better future in europe. >> reporter: anyone who thinks that the closer of european borders will deter this human wave would be wrong. as we watched on the shores of lesbos the boats came in. >> the border between you and germany. >> you heard there are problems but will this stop you? >> you will keep going? >> keep going and arrive germany to achieve my ambition. >> reporter: carefully wrapped in makeshift waterproofing smartphones are vital tools, serving as both roadmap and guide. photographs and video on social media feed their expectations. this is a small ler's facebook

page and faces on calm seas safe for all ages of around 1,000 a head. there is a fancy yacht for hire but that costs much more, the promise is clear, get your tickets here to a new life in europe. the reality is different. cheap, over crowded boats, accident bound. sometimes the people aboard only learn how dangerous this journey can be when it's too late. this man and his baby survived but in resent days close to 100 lives have been lost in greek waters. many of them children. here comes another boat. now, volunteers guiding them in, local greeks ready to pounce and steal the engine, what triggered this mass movement of people the war in syria or germany's implied promise to take them in or false promise of people smugglers and no matter what started or perpetuated it there

is no easy way of stopping it. >> translator: we know the border situation is difficult but god willing things will get better and god show us the way to go ahead and protect these kids. >> reporter: whatever calamities may lie ahead as europe borders open and shut and what tragedies are yet to unfold in these waters as long as there is war and poverty and as long as there are smugglers getting rich on the opposite shore they will keep coming. jonah with al jazeera in greece. after syrians afghans are the largest group among those seeking sanctuary in neighboring countries and europe and 41,000 refugees from afghanistan applied for asylum in the eu last year second only to syrians. globally more than 2.6 million afghan refugees are living in exile outside the country. and afghanistan refugee crisis is the world's most protracted and going on since 1979 when the soviet invasion started four

decades of civil war. let's speak more about this with the u.n. special representative for afghanistan nicholas is live from the united nations and thanks for taking the time to speak to us and as we were saying there during the past through decades we have seen the soviet invasion of afghanistan and subsequent wars in the country that forced millions of afghans to flee for years now and what is behind this latest exodus? >> reporter: i think clearly the suddenen up surge reflects the level of dispondency and particularly young about the future and as you correctly pointed out afghans have both fresh memories of a hard and resent past but also an opaque future. there is a degree of uncertainty as to what the future holds. today i was briefing the security council, trying to

argue to the states and international community to retain their levels of support for afghanistan as it faces a very difficult moment in its history, arguing that investment now in afghanistan would do something to resolve the uncertainties that many of those who are part of that refugee exodus feel about the future. >> you say that the priority in your briefing or the central message was really to encourage the international community to maintain its support for afghanistan at a time when you have such significant demands on global aid not to mention the sort of global political agenda with problems, wars in syria and iraq just how difficult is it going to be to make sure that afghanistan gets the attention it deserves? >> well, i think it will be difficult because undeniably there are press conflict and conflict areas on the agenda and

there are great needs being pressed to donor countries including of course the migrant crisis. my argument essentially is that the migrant crisis is better dealt with by investing in a stable domestic situation where the refugees actually originate from then having to deal with them at the borders of neighboring and further countries. >> and of course the problem with afghanistan is that you still have the government fighting a taliban insurgency and that had a knock effect on the economic situation and seen economic stagnation and vast levels of unemployment and investment pulled out of the country and no doubt behind more and more people wanting to get out. >> exactly. exactly. i think it's not a hopeless situation. there are many afghans who are

investing in the future. the government has advanced a credible reform program and is attending to issues of governance in a thoughtful and comprehensive way. but i think the particular combination of uncertainty about the future clearly very worry some security situation and an economic contraction which has been caused by the withdrawal of the international presence in afghanistan, none of them are issues which can be laid at the door of the current government but for many afghans they keenly monitor what is happening in afghanistan, looking for indications of increasing stability, but on the other hand also looking at the signs of international disengagement and feeling concerned about the future. >> thanks very much, taking the

time to speak to us nicholas the u.n. special representative of afghanistan of the united nations. ♪ at least three people have been killed in street clashes in buck buck and violence broke out after an officer of the presidential guard claimed to have carried out a coup and dissolved the temporary parliament and we have more. >> reporter: gunfire in buck buck capitol and moments after a military leader appeared on television saying a coup had taken place. >> translator: dear patriots and people of burkino-faso we have a transitional government to allow us to put in a just and equal system. >> reporter: almost immediately afterward of the coup spread on wednesday people marched toward

the presidential palace and faso leaders were in a cabinet meeting when a presidential guard stormed in and detained them. the guard which was formed by former president blaze had been publically at odds with the transitional leaders in resent months. on monday a truth and reconciliation commission released reports of accusing of opening fire on unarmed pro esth esthers last year and forced the long-term president out of office last october and at the time many said they didn't want military leaders and it would seem that that antimilitary sentiment is still apparent today. >> translator: it's the god and started the whole thing. we don't like that. if they continue like this we will go out against them. we will ruin everything, we will end everything. >> reporter: witnesses say military vehicles were used to attack protesters who took to the streets opposed to the coup. >> translator: people started to come out and in fronts of us

we saw a military vehicle who drove in the people and started shooting, killing people. >> reporter: elections were planned for next month which the former president and many of his allies were ban from contesting but the military take over could very well change that and throwing them in further chaos. land locked burkino-faso suffered from droughts and coups and has significant reserves of gold it's the economic main stay for many people here. in vent years the west african regional block has imposed sanctions on countries that witnessed coups and guinea face similar situations and people here are now bracing themselves for more instability as burkina-faso has an uncertain future, al jazeera. moving to yemen now where the cob it in held its first meeting inside the country since march. prime minister baha returned to aiden from saudi

arabia where he had fled with the president had had -- hadi and said the government would focus on reclaiming land from the houthis. >> translator: the message of peace still stands and peace is the foundation. up coming negotiations must first and foremost restore the state in a very real way. only after that can we move towards a political process, we must reclaim the state first, we cannot talk about political negotiations when the state has been stolen. >> reporter: much more still to come here on al jazeera and looking at the powerful quake that forced a million people to leave their homes in chile. and we meet the animal heros who help free mozambeke from the danger of land mines. ♪ sure, tv has evolved over the years.

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you are watching al jazeera and top recap of stories for you and chaotic scenes on the croatia border with serbia as thousands scrambling on to trains to get to western europe. three people have been killed in street clashes in burkina faso capitol after an officer of the presidential guard said it carried out a coup and dissolved the country's temporary parliament. yemen's prime minister returned to aiden from saudi arabia to hold the cabinet's first meeting inside the country since march. now a major cleanup operation is underway in central chile after

a magnitude 8.3 earthquake. it struck off shore almost 300 kilometers north of the capitol santiago and a million people evacuated and the death toll has risen to ten and daniel has the latest. >> reporter: chile has had several powerful earthquakes in resent years but still come as a surprise, they are still shocking and often devastating. this quake struck early evening local time and epicentered deep under the sea 230 kilometers northwest of the capitol santiago where buildings shook. effects were felt as far as way as buenos aires on the other side of the continent. >> translator: this is one of the most powerful earthquakes in chile's history, the strongest earthquake this year and among the strongest in the world. but despite this with the information that we have the response has been good and there was also something essential and that was the cooperation of the

people because to evacuate 670,000 people and to do it with speed and without major difficulties implies they are responding to the orders of the authorities. >> reporter: it was followed by several powerful aftershocks and a million people were then evacuated as warnings were issued about the approach of waves caused by a tsunami that followed. >> translator: i lost everything, everything, what can i say? i lost it all. i don't have a shop. i lost my house that was near the beach. i can't even talk. >> translator: people here are prepared. it was too strong. two or three minutes after they started to evacuate. i live up on the high part. there is no damage there. it's all here in the center. >> reporter: all along chile's northern coast and cleanup operation is underway again and chile was hit by a powerful

earthquake in 2010 that killed 500 people and caused extensive damage. there was another last year. the country has taken substantial precautionary measures but no one is ever fully prepared when earthquakes of this magnitude strike, daniel with al jazeera. forest fires that broke out in the hills around the ecuador capitol have spread into the city forcing people from their homes. the government has asked neighboring countries to help put the fires out, reward of up to $50,000 offered to information leading to arrest of arsonist responsible for more than 100 forest fires. now the u.s. federal reserve has left interest rates on hold despite a growing u.s. economy and jobs market. the central banks announced the official rate will remain at near 0 levels for now and the fed last interest rates in 2006 before the global financial crisis took hold and the

decision is despite the u.s. unemployment rate dropping to a seven year low of 5.1% in august and relatively strong consumer spending. resent global economic and financial developments are likely to put further downward pressure on inflation in the near term. these developments may also restraint u.s. activities somewhat but if not led at this point to a significant change in the committee's outlook for the u.s. economy. german police shot dead a man after he attacked a female officer with a knife and he has been named as a 41-year-old iraqi man known as quay and pictures show him in court in 2008 as he was convicted and jailed for belonging to a terrorist group and attempted murder of iraqi prime minister on a trip to berlin in 2004. and freed on bail an ordered to wear electronic tag which he removed before thursday's attack.

guantanamo bay prisoner sent home to morocco after 14 years at the u.s. base and captured by pakistan in december 2001 as he fled afghanistan with another suspected al-qaeda fighter and he was turned over to the united states. he has been held at the base in cuba since may 2002 and has never been charged. his release brings the prison population to 115. it's more than half since u.s. barack obama took office and the last kuwait man in prison was cleared for release earlier this month. south sudan declared morning after 176 were killed in a tanker explosion in western state where a truck veered off the road and thought people were trying to get petrol when a lit cigarette triggered the explosion and al jazeera has more from the capitol duba. >> reporter: this is not a state effected by conflict but

some unrest there recently and some is political but as the rest of the country a lot of that is economic and one of the symptoms of the failing economy in south sudan is acute fuel short and and possible in the county in western ecuador state these people were really, really desperate for petrol so when this truck overturned in the ditch people were more than likely trying to sifon for personal use when an explosion happened and enormous loss of life. vice president of democratic republic of the national assembly resigned after 7 figures were expelled from the ruling coalition for signing a letter urging not to seek a third term in coming days the five ministers will launch a party to help defend the constitution and make sure the presidential elections are held on time and protests in the capitol to delay elections next year and say he is trying to

stay in power beyond the two-term limit and we have more. we will bring you more later on. let's take you to mozambeke because it's been declared free of land mines after nearly 20 years of intensive work to rid the country of 200,000 of the lethal weapons and legacy of a long civil war. tonya page has more on this campaign. >> reporter: these huge roadents are the likely heros in the success in eliminating land mines and sniffed their way in the record books and the first large country to be completely cleared of the lethal legacy of the civil war. it's been slow, painstaking work that has taken two decades. about 170,000 land mines have been cleared from human rights watch and says it's a breakthrough for the continent. >> mines take away land and

commitment forker ratification of poverty and we can move forward with its people to claim the land and use it for agricultural and development and infrastructure and so many possibilities so it is great news for us. >> reporter: the land mines may be gone but they are fixed on the people of mozambeke is clear and wounded and killed hundreds of people like her foot was shattered when she took a wrong step. 16 years since the antimine ban came into force, 162 countries signed on mines are rarely used in conflicts now but countries like china have millions of land mines stockpiled. when the ban came in effect about 20,000 a year were being killed or injured by land mines, today that is down to about 900. the achievement in being declared land mine free could inspire that it's possible to be rid of land mines.

these indiscriminweapons are to mine and they clear land mines in a number of countries including sri lanka and gola and columbia and i'm from south africa. opposition lawmakers in the japanese parliament failed to keep a law change to permit them to fight abroad for the first time since world war ii, in chaotic scenes the upper law approved the law change despite trying to be physically blocked, thousands in japan protested the vision and say it violates the constitution. swiss land will expedite fifa president to the u.s. and he is the first suspect facing a forced transfer in a corruption case that has shaken world futbol and a uraguay national has been charged by the u.s. justice department.

now mexico has launched the world's biggest distribution of free digital televisions and 10 million to switch from analog and some criticized the government saying there is an alternative movement behind this as we report from mexico city. >> reporter: an unexpected gift for her and her grand daughter and clutching the new televisions the government has just given them for free. >> translator: i'm really happy because they never give you anything. but this time they have. >> reporter: ten million digital t.v.s given to poor families as part of mexico's switch from analog to digital signal and costing 1 1/2 billion dollars and the man in charge explains why it's worth it. >> translator: there will be more and better quality channels and the t.v.s use less electricity and going to be a saving of energy nationwide.

>> reporter: mexicans enrolled in government benefit programs are eligible for the t.v.s and t the line ingoes around the bloc and they will be handed out on the day of our visit and similar scenes played out across the country but despite the general atmosphere here critics said behind it the government has a hidden agenda. all mexican parties are guilty of dishing out food and gifts for votes but the governing preparty is especially notorious. >> translator: the pri party used to hand out food hampers for votes, now it's modernized itself and in a digital era it hands out televisions for votes. >> reporter: of the more than 50 countries that have gone digital mexico is the only one to hand out new t.v.s rather than cheaper decoders, much of the handout also coincided with the run up to the country's mid term elections.

martha said she felt no pressure to support the government in exchange for her gift, the only thing on her mind was turning on her new t.v., john holman, al jazeera mexico city. everything we are covering right here on al jazeera.com. >> this is where i'll be buried. >> right next to her. >> mmmhmm. >> six years ago, roy bosley's wife, carol, died after overdosing on prescription painkillers. she was 60. >> it should have never happened. >> in what's being called a de