hundreds of people are stranded between slovenia and croatia as those countries struggle to deal with the refugee crisis. this is al jazeera, live from doha, i'm adrian finighan. also ahead. japan's parliament passes controversial security laws to allow its soldiers to fight overseas. restore the government or face sanctions, to coup leader in burkina faso.

criticized for comments he didn't make. on the campaign trail. we begin with europe's growing refugee crisis, cubs in the southeast of the continent are struggling to deal with the influx of people. croatia has now begun to send refugees to hungary, which we have just heard is calling up military reservists. al jazeera's lawrence lee is in that border crossing point between croatia and slovenia. how did all those people get to the sloa viennaia slovenian bor. >> what is starting to become very evident, over today and the last few days for all the political differences that have

emerged between these countries in southeastern parts of europe how to deal with people, obviously, croatia, serbia, the one thing they all have in common is the policy of saying, you can pass through our country and out the other end. but actually, the best phrase i can use to describe it is people-dumping. you've g.o. goes the macedonians and then serbia dump them on the border with croatia, and then many were picked up in buses from zagreb and in the border with slovenia. there are aid workers from croatia and slovenia overnight and suddenly these people arrived. the first thing they want is soup and after that they are a little more relaxed.

they have been handing out clothes that have been donated from the public. there are hundreds and hundreds of people here now. that is the slovenia border and right there on the border are sloslovenias riot police, therea roourms goinrumor going on thate taken to brezitsa, they have stuck them there, anybody who does get across is put on a bus would have to go there too. of course formally, slovenia says it is not against finding a corridor but in the immediate term they're stuck here now. >> sloslovenia heavily criticizd for using pepper spray against some people there on friday night. how do you expect this situation to unfold as the day drags on?

>> well many yo, you know, i tht represents the absolute dichotomy if you like of what these politicians are saying. on one level they're saying yes of course they're refugees and we plus do what we can. but in the same voice they say you must protect the shengen border. the protection of the borders, i do feel that ultimately the answer to this has to lie in germany which clearly as we know has taken in so many more times refugees than anybody else. from here to munich, if you cast your mind back, people applauding the refugees that they arrive is only about a five hour drive and this is start of the shengen area. straight to all i austria arouno

germany. as soon as they say that, that's going to be the signal to these countries to start letting them through. in the meantime, they are not doing much but passing the buck to the next company. country. >> some of those refugees have been taking to zagreb. mohammed jamjoom was there as they began the next stage of their journey. >> we are free now. >> in croatia the taxis were waiting but obstacles still remained. for refugees taken to zagreb by train confusion was only compounded. >> every question last a thousand different answers. there are no right answers, no

clarity on what we're supposed to do. >> on an extremely hot day, optimism was apparent but the waiting still seemed endless. >> i'm sure there will be a solution but we don't want it to take too long. a lot of people without money food or water, a lot of women with babies. >> even though they did get aboard they didn't know where they were headed. >> croatia to slovenia. >> the refugees on these bus he say they are expecting to be taken to slovenia. they have no information that the border to slovenia has been closed. mohammed says, no matter what he won't stop until he gets ohis mother in germany.

>> after this distance we can't go back. >> on croatia's border with slovenia, volunteers hold out food and clothes are donated. kindness helps to temper desperation but the traveler is nowhere near over. mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera, on the croatian borders. japan has passed a law that says the soldiers can fight overseas, for the first time since world war ii. shinzo abe says,. >> translator: this are bill

is important to protect people's lives and peace and prevent war. children in the future generation and for their peace. >> let's get some analysis now from rob mcbride in tokyo. >> given what has been at stake there are wide ranging reaction, the government of president shinzo abe is still insisting that japanese troops will only be used in an active pas pacifi. , the opposition has vowed to continual their fight against these changes. they are in law, it will take a change of government to change the laws back again. the next election doesn't take place until a year from now. they are threatening to fight these controversial new regulations in the court.

internationally the response will be fairly predictable. the united states will welcome this seeing the strongest reaction is likely to come from china, possibly returning to a more impressive fans but those o take a more independent role in the use of its defense rnl, in build upof.china itself. >> the earlier this week soldiers from the presidential guard of burkina faso stormed into the cabinet meeting and >> injured in protests

insistence coup. >> we have come to see the sick to identify all those who have been injured in this deplorable situation, we had but wients, we have been taking their details and getting their phone numbers. >> witnesses say the gunman opened fire to try to reduce professionallors. >> the coupe was, cam poor, attempting to prolong hiover coe vote unfair because politicians connected to compaore have been

barred from running. the coup leader says the vote will take place at a later time. >> we don't intend to extend our power, do more than what needs to be done unlike some people think. the united states has strongly condemned the coup and the african union is giving coup leaders until tuesday to restore government or be faced with sanctions. >> areas targeted are controlled by opposition forces. the london-based monitoring children say 15 dead were children. is u.s. and russian diplomats

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>> hello again, the typical top stories on atop storieson al ja. croatia is sending people to its border with hungary. controversial shift to military policy in japan. means that military will be able to fight overseas for the first time since the world war ii. and burkina faso soldiers from the presidential guard stormed into a cabinet meeting and arrested the president and prime minister. mexico's president enrique pena nieto visited six mexican tourists who were wounded in a botched air viek i strike in eg. eight people were killed when

military mistook tourists for terrorists. >> did not spare effort nor expense, ministers who had gone personally to collect them described their condition as delicate but stable and demanded that the egyptian government pay compensation for wounded and the families of their six killed countrymen. >> translator: what happened in the egyptian desert hurt mexico and makes the world indig napt. thiindignant. bring back our compatriots and demand justice. >> reporter: the mexican authorities efficient response around especially their call for a swift and thorough investigation of egypt have also

raised questions of double standards. in mexico there are more than 25,000 missing people and the government has failed to solve the vast majorities of those disappears. simpldisappearsdisappearances. an deducted by local police 43 student43 students abducted by e kidnapping and according to several defendants he was a perpetrator of the disappearance of the 43 students in the state of guerrero. >> but a recent independent investigation said it would have

been impossible to burn that many bodies in the dump. investigation already heavily criticized. leaving the victims of that tragedy now the attack in egypt still waiting for answers. john holman al jazeera, mexico city. thousands of soldiers from gulf nations have arrived in yemen to train antihouthi fighters. the united arab emirates say there are more than 5,000 troops operating in the country. the saudi led group began bombing in march after the houthis began taking over the country. rockets fired into southern israel. one of those hit a parked bus in the town of steros. now he's known for not holding back when it comes to expressing his opinion but as the race for the u.s. presidential nomination

heats up republican donald trump is facing fierce comments after not what he said but what he didn't say. kimberly halkett has the story. >> muslims, you know our current president is one. he isn't even an american. we have training camps where they want to kill us. that is my question. when can we get at him. >> we're going to be looking at a lot of things, a lot of people are saying bad things are happening and we'll be looking at that and plenty of other things. >> antimuslim slogans were painted on a mosque in kentucky. and a student was arrested and

accused of making a bomb. and despite one republican speaking out against trump the white house press secretary is criticizing the party for not rebuking the candidate. >> we have seen far too many leaders in the republican party successfully use that strategy in a rather cynical way. >> but in a statement trump defended his actions saying his opponents missed the exchange. about obama, the bigger issue is that obama is waging a war against christians in this country. their religious liberty is at stake. critics argue that this incident is in sharp contrast to 2008, when another rebel, john mccain was running for president, criticized obama and was stopped short by john mccain. >> i read about him. he is an arab.

not -- >> no ma'am, he's a decent family man citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with. >> he stood up to the party's base when people expressed these feverish imaginings. those sort of sentiments do exist in the conservative base of the republican party and it takes some courage to stand up to it. >> reporter: which is something trump's opponents have seized on: that he did not. kimberly halkett, al jazeera, washington. the annual hajj has begun. holiest site in the saudi arabian city of mecca. >> saudi arabia's government wants it to go well, stepping up all security preparations. showing off some of its forces

and equipment. these men are tasked with protecting the millions of pilgrims who will be performing the hajj. special forces snipers and others are among them. they prepare for different scenarios including bombings, shootings and aarticulates. it is estimated 50,000 security forces are deployed to maintain security. this year the hajj comes at a critical time for saudi arabia. the kingdom is leading a military coalition against houthi fighters in yemen and internal internally the country is facing an increasing threat from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. i.s.i.l. has carried out at least two suicide attacks in the kingdom since may. security forces have also arrested a number of people they accuse to make attacks. some have concerns. >> i think everybody is worried. >> what exactly are you worried

about? >> well, there are some political issues and there are you know conflicts are going on. so i think the saudi people they are doing they're best but you know, there are things that can happen unexpectedly. >> security guard and security people, volunteer everywhere. >> getting into mecca is not easy. this is main checkpoint. authorities are looking for hajj permits and identification. saudi arabia is fighting on multiple fronts in a region that's seen many conflicts and push for influence. for now, securing the hajj is a priority. the message coming out of mecca is saudi forces are ready. omar al saleh, al jazeera,

mecca. ahead of the pope's visit to cuba, president obama and raul castro have spoken. regard easing business between the two countries. pope francis hoped to broker talks between the two countries. in the last few minutes he boarded a plane in rome bounded for havana from where lucia newman now reports. >> at havana's plaza of the revolution the celestial sound of an orchestra and choir, rehearsing for pope francis's mass on sunday, over the eye coulcouldcouliconicstatute of c.

concerning the relatively small number of catholics in this country. regional politician is something in which the argentine poach clearly wants to play a role. poach has offerepope francis hao mediate and is expected to meet with farc liter leaders here in havana. >> this papal visit while pastoral has a clear political purpose in this context. >> historic restoration of diplomatic ties between the united states and cuba and the expectation here is that when he

continues on to the united states from cuba next week he will begin wa again weigh in. >> from here the pope is going to talk to the president of the united states. >> reporter: but will the pope delve into cuba's internal politics and the thorny issue of human rights? watching francis's species the ladies in white seemed uncertain. >> we think he should speak out again this, even if he says nothing, we want to hear. for more than two centuries the vatican has linked religion and politics. how pope francis will place his

cards here in havana everybody is waiting to see. lucia newman, al jazeera, havana. >> unionists and demonstrators in sao paulo. the country has been in recession since august. a family is facing deportation from new zealand after failing to get status as climate change refugees. they say their home the pacific island of killeblass is facing effects of climate change. >> they moved here in 2007 because they wanted a better life. >> life there -- it is not good

there, we are moving to a country, big country to save our life. >> that big country was new zealand where they've since had three chip. their vee i is is as ran out in. >> under the definition, they would be sent back because they weren't in deep danger of being killed. clievment refugees can be economic refugees. fest. >> global warming is very real here. some scientists clam that kurabass could be

uninhablability. >> no adults to grab a little kid, possibly with death. that is the situation the way it is at the moment. >> but a four year legal battle to stay, was crushed by the new zealand federal court. climate change was not enough to give the couple residential status. no evidence that ione tessi offerta was facing any harm. there is a process for. >> i'm scared they send me back, i want to stray here with my finally. >> but ionne tessiota has been

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