♪ hello there. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up on the program, seems of desperation as hundreds of refugees scramble on to trains leaving croatia for hungary and slovenia. the u.s. secretary of state announces his country will take in hundreds of thousands of refugees in the coming years. part of yemen's capitol is reduced to rubble by some of the

heaviest saudi-led airstrikes yet. plus celebrating mass with the pope in cuba, the faithful flock to see francis on his first visit. a tight finish was expected in the greek elections and it's proving to be just that with exit polls predicting a slender lead for the governing party ahead of its main rival. the leftist party led by tsipras is expected to get 30 and 3 first -- 30 to 35%. the combined polls from five t.v. stations shows the conservative new democracy party would received between 28.5 and 32.5% f that result holds up, a coalition would be needed to form a government.

so we will bring you the latest from greece on the reaction to those results. just remind you they are preliminary results yet. we will bring you more from greece in just a moment. >> at least 13 refugees have drowned off of the coast of turkey. they were on board a rubber dinghy en route to lessbos. it's believed 26 people were on board. >> in the border town in croatia, there were chaotic scenes as hundreds tried to board trains. police tried to hold people back, but many forced their way on to waiting trains by climbing through the windows. for several days, thousands of refugees have been stuck between hungae, sloughe slovia. countries haven't agreed on how to deal with the increasing

number of people arriving. this update. >> at this moment, everything is under the control but in the last five days. we are seeing chaotic scenes, it took five days for the government to take over the control under the situation. well, in the past few days, there was a lack of food, water, or any other supplies the refugees needed. they are angry, very nervous because they didn't know where they were going to be transported. there was a big problem on the border when the government decided to close the border. at one moment, croatian policemen were going with the refugees. they were arrested by the

hungarian government just shortly, but they let them go to go back to croatia after one hour. so, the situation was chaotic here now, everything is under control. we can say that the first refugee wave has passed. but there were, in croatia, the ministry of defense said they expect the next few days, 15 to 20 ,000 people from serbia to come to croatia again. >> well, as refugees keep arriving into europe, t the secretary of state says his country will accept more refugees. john kerry made the announcement while meeting with his german counterpart in berlin. he said the u.s. will accept 85,000 refugees from around the world in 2016 and 100 more in 2017. more details on this does he

mention whether there would be syrian refugees, or was it quite vague? >> we had an announcement earlier on that the u.s. would accept further 10,000 specifically syrian refugees. this announcement is in keeping with that. it's a rise of 15,000 from 70,000 to 85,000 refugees from around the world. >> figure of 10,000 extra syrian refugees will be encompassed -- included in that figure. another 5,000 from around the world from elsewhere in the world. i think they mentioned africa and elsewhere. an extra 10,000 syrian refugees will be allowed into the u.s. still well short of the 100 specific refugees the former obama administration officials called for to be accepted into the u.s. last week. remember, the u.s. has only accepted 1500 syrian refugees since the con flu i can't in syria began four years ago. >> it's obviously been incredibly devisive, this issue of quotas that certain current

trees should accept a certain number depending upon size and wealth. as of being -- has it been divisive or controversial in the u.s.? >> it's not an issue 1 hear much about, it has to be said. as far as presidential collin topics, hill every clinton said the u.s. should accept more refugees. it's not a burning issue here. obviously, with the republican underway, campaign underway, there is a lot of pandering to the lowest commondee denominator going on. it hasn't been a defendant huge issue. there was that letter from the obama administration, former obama administration officials who said the administration must do more but seems this is it for the moment. an cpa 10,000 from syria, 15 from around the world and going out to 100,000 in 2017. >> the latest from the washington, d.c. shihav, thank you. let's go back to our top

story now and that is those elections in greece. we have had some preliminary exit polls who but the leftist party at around 30 to 34% of the vote. to the greek capitol and speak toays's barnaby phillips. what does that tell us, barnaby, about what a potential future greek government could look like? >> what is most most likely, barbara, is that syriza will lead again that tsipras will return as the greek prime primary. it's not definite within the margesins that the new democracy could finish first but pretty unlikely. i think within the camp, they believe that they have won this election but where the complications come is the fact that it's impossible for them, we are absolutely certain of this, to win an absolutely

majority to have 151 seats out of 300 in the greek parliament and their preferred coalition partner, the small right-wing party, independent greeks in the previous parliament may not have got enough seats combined with syriza to form a working majority. what does that mean? looking at a 3-party coalition, a messy process. you are looking at political instability. exactly what grease does not need at a time of comic crisis. let me bring in my guest at this point. her name is irina kosti. she worked for parliament watch, the website. political instability to come? do you agree? >> the yes. i think that from the exist poll results, it shows it cannot form a stable government because we just cannot have the even a simple majority of 151 seats together

with a coalition partner of choice putting inside the game, the previous coalition partner of independent greeks, the right-wing party formerly anti-memorandum -- anti-austerity and as a check choice socialists, strong party that has ruled grease in the last 40 years for about 25 to 30 years. >> okay. >> so this results, the exit polls results leads us to a long night counting seats with syriza taking around 133 to 135 if nine -- >> what we were also seeing anecdotally, it seems there were

few greeks, less greeks going to the polling stations than in january or certainly than in the july referendum. do you sense a mood of disen chantment, disappointment. >> yes. voters were not as willing to go and vote in today's elections because they felt that they were disappointed and the word of the last preelection rally, the rally of january, was hope. i don't know if there is much hope left for all of those people that supported and believed alexis tsipr a s the. >> what we have seen is a hardening on the vote on the far right, golden dawn, a fascist party and the extremes are entrenched here as the economic crisis goes on. you will have to note 7%, let's say that golden dawn seems to

get to exit polls may be the lower margin because a lot of people are afraid to declare that they vote golden dawn. it's not the same with the communist party. the left wing, what was always a lot more proud in grease. so maybe we will have, i think a 9% of golden dawn which means more seats to the third party in parliament. >> thank you very much. so follow us throughout the twist and turns of what will be a long night ahead here in athens, barbara. >> barnable phillips, thank you. saudi-led airstrikes have hit yemen in one of the heaviest bombardsments since the military campaign began. preparing to for a major tush

for those who have held the city for a year now. meanwhile, dozens of houthi fighters have been killed in taiz. here is more. >> chaos on the streets of taiz. a man is heard shouting desperately asking for help. his father has just been shot intention fighting in taiz between houthi rebels and government troops. the injured are rushed to this hospital which is overwhelmed with increasing numbers of casualties. activists accuse the forces loy loyal to the former president of target the civilians. the war has claimed the lives of thousands of yemenis. this house was targeted by a coalition airstrike. neighbors say a family of 11 was

killed in the attack. it's the secondary strike targeting the old city asked a world heritage site. the victims were buried in a cemetery in the old quarter of the city farmers live in this area. it shouldn't have en about targeted. schrapnel flew all over the area. >> the owner of had house was a farmer. he had a garden outside his building. the bomb that hit his house created damage in an area of 5 meters forces loyal to president hadi backed by troops from the coalition led by saudi arabia have launched an offensive to capture the proof incidents. on the eastern border.

they are expected today try and sees capital next. still ahead on the program, a violent protest in nepal following the introduction of a new constitution. plus this is the guanas canal, one of the most polite praises in america. there are places all over the united states that are just as bad if not worse that this. i am gabriel. >> story coming up. tonight, saints and sinners. friends in holy places. this murder brings the mafia and the church sure, tv has evolved over the years.

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♪ now a reminder the top stories here on al jazeera. exit poles from greece's tightly fought election shows the left wing party is likely to win but will probably have to form another coalition to govern. there have been chaotic scenes in croatia as hundreds refugee try to board trains leaving for hungae and slovenia. they haven't been able to agree on how to deal with the huge numbers of people moving across europe. saudi higher led airstrikes have pounded yemen's capitol in one of the heaviest bombardment since the military campaign began in march. syrian rebels trained by the u.s. to fight isil have reportedly entered aleppo province. syrian says say they crossed in a convoy of cars and air protection from the united states. this comes one week after the

u.s. admitted only five of its trained rebels were still fighting in syria. washington's program to develop a so-called moderate force to fight isil has been fraught with problems. dozens of its fighters have been kid kidnapped or killed since july. proceed government forces and opposition rebels have agreed to a temporary truce in four contested areas. rival sides will stop attacks in two villages in idlib and rebel strongholds on the outskirts of damascus. a truce failed to take hold. iraqi house authorities say 165 cases of cholera have been registered with four deaths in the latest outbreak centered around abu ghraib. >> more cases are registered. people worry there is a choera.

epidem epidemic. the last, eight years ago affected nearly 7,000 people the prime minister has ordered daily water tests and other measures to try to contain the disease. it's not enough for some. >> my husband went into hospital two days ago. he had dissentary and was vomiting because of the water. we haven't had clean water for two years. it was cut off so we had to dig wells. >> hospital lab oratory ex experience athe crisis could have been avoided if there were simple measures for clean water. >> those who are suffering, 4 people died yesterday as a result. the fact that the director of baghdad has visited the hospital here to look at the situation but we are not putting in proper measures. >> reporter: health experts say the outbreak may spread because of the high number of displaced people living in local refugee camps. they have escaped fighting add

doctors fear the disease will be difficult to contain if it spreads in the camps. >> doctors at this hospital are worried they won't be able to cope with a large outbreak of yholera. they say the government isn't doing enough to provide clean drinking water. one of the things you need is chlorine tablets. they say the government isn't supplying them with enough. imran khan, abu ghraib. >> pope francis met castro. thousands of people gathered in revolution square to take part en masse. cuba has been agentie christ fo decades. helped along by pope francis. our latin american editor has more from havan a. >> according to official sources, 300 ,000 believers and non-believes blafd the blading son in havana's plaza of the

revolution to see pope francis who spoke to them in their own language. he is from argentinargentina. before he arrived at the tape, he drove past the stage inon right now in his pope mobile. at that point, three young men in their mid 20s rushed the pope mobile and tried to speak to him. one managed to do so. they were carrying leaflets they tossed out before they were stopped by security agents hurled on to the ground, slightly beaten and taken away. we are told these were dissidents who wanted to sfeekt the people. the message has been of reconciliation. he talks about reconciliation between the united states and cuba and cubans amongst themselves. and those who have left either for political or economic reasons. >> supporters of the coup have attacked a hotel where a meeting between regional african leaders was taking place. the presidents of several west

african countries had arrived in the capitol following a military coup earlier this week. they have been discussing how to reinstate an interim government to be led by the president. nicholas has has the latest from the capitol. this may be the ends of the kroup but not end of the crisis as hundreds of protesters are gathering around the hotel where the negotiations are taking place inside general general dictionary who have organized the kroup, the president of senegal and they are trying to chaly out details of this agreement. no news yet. we know for sure that it's a return to an interim government and that elections are likely to take placement this is a very important news for the people many have only experienced one president in the last 27 years. they want the opportunity to vote. they ramie defiept on the street saying they will go to the ballot box to get their voices

heard. >> after years of delays, nepal has adopted the first democratic constitution. thousands turned out in the capitol to celebrate a demonstrator was killed on sunday when police opened fire. let's take a closer look at the constitution and this development. it was a key demand of maoist rebels when a 10-year civil war ended in 2006. >> were hopes the con stiltution would uj ite nepal. it has caused divisions. it staebz a federal and secular goffing system which divides the country into seven states. that's opposed by some groups which want to reestablish nepal while others fear they are being marginalized. more now from kathmandu. >> i am standing in front of the

assembly building where huge crowds are shouting in jubilation over the promulgation of the new constitution. they are shouting. congratulation all of the leaders for making the constitution from today, this is in stark contrast to what is happening in the southern mraijz earlier today. one was shot dead and protests have been going on. theme were trying to break a curfew. curfews have been going on for weeks with the radfication, it is unclear how the process is going to develop. >> a new law has been introduced in myanmar to regulate inter faith majors. buddhist women must get permission to marry a man of a different religion there are

fears the new law will be used to discriminalnate against minorities. this report from yangon. >> salima and mohammed are from myanmar but live across the border in thailand. he is muslim. she converted from buddism. nine years ago, they married and moved to the thai border town where they say they face less discrimination as a mixed-faith couple. now with a new law in myanmar that regulates marriage, mohammed fears myanmar will become increasingly less to rapt. >> this is the family's business. why do we have to ask permission from the government. if in the future we have problems in our family, do we have to report every conflict to them? >> under the law, inter faith couples have to notify the local government and post a public announcement of their intention to mayor. they will be allowed to we had

if there are no elections. put forward for the committee of nationality and religion critics fear the new law will be used to discriminate against minorities here. >> mabatai insists it is not addition criminalnagory. >> the other three religions, christianity, islam and hin dew enter religious riots shook myanmar three years ago. more than 140,000 people, mostly muslim, are still displaced. a former political prisoner leads a movement that works towards better ties between muslims and buddists. he says the new law will only widen the rift between the two communities and the government has up and downerred to the nationalist group for its own gains. >> whether the government thinks they did the right or wrong

thing, they just want to maintain their power to control the country. that's why they created this problem and they want to continue to use their power that power will mean interfaith couples will find more difficult to be together florence lui, yangon. >> one of the most toxic waterways in america, the government has tried to step in to get it and other toxic sites cleaned up. gabrie he will alozondo has the story. >> reporter: the canal is so filthy and contamnated, most don't don't want to go near it. once a week, he sets out in a kanu to wade right in to it, one of the most polluted and toxic waterways in america. >> restaurant greece, oil, detergevent, basically anything that runs through yourstuer

system ends up in the canal. >> you don't have to look too close to see how polluted it is. that's why degal takes water samples to monitor the toxicity levels. however, it's under the surface where raw sewage run-off leaftates in murky water giving a whole new corrective on how ugly the problem is and it dates back decades. along the bangs, remnants of the industrial plants now mostly closed down that use the canal as a dumping ground for chemical byproducts that formed a tar-like substance, some of which settled at the bottom. >> the guanas canal is so polluted and toxic, it has been designated a super fund site. that's the name given to any area or location in america that is so polluted the federal government steps in to try to clean it up. it's not just here in guanas. there are many more places all over america just as bad if not worse than this. >> these yellow dots are

everywhere there are toxic super fund sites in america that are more than 1,300 of them. but lisa garcia, an environmental laura, estimates there are at least 10,000 more highly toxic sites around the country. >> there are thousands of contaminated or abandoned sites in states and cities that just haven't been designated or haven't been cleaned up. >> are there a lot of people who live afternoon these studies? >> age academic city revealed probably one in 4 americans are living within three miles of either a designated super fund site or potential abandoned and contamnated site. >> back at the guanas canal, the government has begun the complicated and costly clean-up effort but it will be at least another five years until its done. iman says he will remain out on his canoe as long as it takes hoping when it does get cleaned up, it can be an example of the thousands of others that aren't.

gabrie he will alozondo, new york. >> you can find out much more on that story and everything else we have been covering on our website, the address on your screen now, aljazeera.com. kahn crossing wide to clinch the [ ♪ ] hello there, you are at "the listening post", here are some of the stories we are tracking this week - raids, arresters threats. journalism in turkey is more and more dangerous. thai journalist called in for an