>> pope francis addresses the issue of sex abuse in the church on the final day of his visit to the u.s. >> sat loan i can't heads for a record turnout in a vote that could put it on the path to independence. >> turkey's tourism industry

needs a boost for a look at what's putting off sun seekers. >> russia's president has warned any attempt to overthrow the legitimate government in syria could lead to a failed state like iraq or libya. mr. putin's comments come as world leaders gather in new york for the general assembly. vladimir putin said that syrians and only syrians can decide the fate of their country. >> there's no other solution to the syrian crisis than strengthening the nextive government structures and rendering help fighting terrorism, but at the same time urging them to engage in positive dialogue with the rational opposition and conduct reform. >> some of the coalition partners want to see president assad go first before they will

support. >> i'd like to recommend to them the following. they should send this message to the syrian people, it's only the syrian people who are entitled to decide who should govern their country and how. >> meanwhile, the president of france, francois hollande has been addressing the media at the u.n. he said the future of syria can't include bashar al assad. >> i am here in new york, together with my minister of foreign affairs. i will be meeting with all of the partners and stake holders on what is called the syrian conflict, a conflict that led to some 250,000 deaths and for which bashar al assad is the main person responsible. even though now and the for the past few months, isil has been responsible for terrible atropicaatrocities.

>> a solution requires all be involved without excluding anyone. that being said, france considers that the future of syria cannot be with bashar al assad. >> there certainly be talks taking place. there are no negotiations at this stage and that's because i think it's very clear that different players have different priorities, vladimir putin making it quite clear that he believes everything he's doing, sending forces to syria, is totally legal, because he says they're invited in by the government of syria that holds the seat here at the united nations and that's the government of bashar al assad. he says what others are doing, like the u.s., training those moderate rebels, is not legal, because they are not supported by the government of assad, and similarly, the airstrikes that's the coalition that what the u.s.

is doing is not endorsed by the government. he says, president putin he is doing everybody by the charter and is on good legal ground in syria. you bring ukraine into the equation where he's annexed another country, that brings that into some doubt whether russians actions are all completely legal. the big questions here is really two things, one, which enemy should one fight first, should it be isil or should it be assad. certainly the russians are saying everyone should forget about assad and put all their efforts fighting isil and join with president assad and deal with that enemy. the other side, which is the u.s. and western nations say no, isil is only there because which president assad, he created the conditions that put isil in place. there is now some discussion, though, among some european countries about political transition, the way forward and perhaps whether assad could have

a role certainly in the transition phase and then move to some sort of ceremonial role. some countries agree with that idea. what's the view of the european union. i asked the high representative. >> i think it would be impossible to imagine for the future as many are saying be a a role for assad, but it's also true that over owe the point is how do we start the change in government? how do we make sure that we manage to unite forces within syria and outside syria against daish? that is the question mark. >> is there any consensus other than that view? ok, so we've got people disagreeing about whether assad should stay or should go, but about this political transition that you were talking about.

>> well, i don't think there is consensus. i think we'll get a clearer picture of exactly what the leaders believe when they speak in the u.n. general assembly in under 24 hours time, because at the moment, they are still doing the summit on the sustainable development goals, goals for the next 15 years for the world. the big speech is one by one on the world leaders on all the events of the world start here in new york on monday morning new york time. you're going to hear a speech then from president obama, followed by president putin, who rarely comes here to new york. you're going to hear from the iranians from president rouhani, from the gulf states, the emir of qatar. we'll carry those live. it's important i think to follow those very closely and see if there's a slight shift in these positions, and behind the scenes, certainly the j special envoy is trying, i think some creative thinking to try and

find a way, a form of words for this transition that perhaps everyone could sign up to. i have to say, though, given four and a half years of war and 250,000 people, no diplomats are particularly optimistic. >> james, many thanks. you can see the full interview on talk to al jazeera. it airs first at 14:30g.m.t. on monday here at al jazeera. >> pope francis has met with victims of church sex abuse in the final day of his visit to the u.s. it's the first time that he's tackled the issue on this strip and comes ahead of his final mass, which is expected to draw in more than a million followers. let's go live now to philadelphia, al jazeera's alan fisher is there. what's the pope been saying exactly? >> well, the pope throughout this trip has been talking about

inequality, climate change, poverty and immigration. most people wanted to hear him talk about the child sex abuse allegations, which have surrounded the church for a very long time, but particularly since 2002, when the dam seems to burst over allegations of widespread abuse in the church. he touched you on it briefly when he was in washington, praising the bishops for their courage. it was always his intention to meet some victims. that meeting took place within the last couple of hours and at a gathering of bishops in philadelphia, he insisted that the church must do all it can to protect young people and uncover those responsible for the abuse. >> >> i have heard in my heart the stories of the suffering of the youth that was sexually abused, and it continues to be on my mind that people who have the responsibility to take care of these tender ones violated their trust and caused them great pain. god weeps. these things cannot be contained in secret. i commit to a careful oversight

to ensure youth are protected and all responsible will be held accountable. >> many people are still critical of the pope's handling of this issue, aren't they? >> well, they believe that this pope has been farther than others in the catholic church in trying to always the issue, but insist that the problem remains where the pope says those who are responsible will be uncovered, the church continues to withhold documents that it has on child sex abuse cases because of legal and financial reasons. they say if they really want to make sure that the perpetrators behind the abuse are caught, confronted, put in front of a judge, they should make all those documents freely available and open for the authorities to go through in detail. they want to see that his words are backed up with actions. it's important that the pope address this issue. he's in the last few hours of his trip here to the united states, three cities he's been to. we are expecting about a million

people here at the open air mass in just a few hour's home. this will be his largest public gathering before he heads back to rome. if he goes without addressing the child sex issue, people would be very upset. this gives him a chance to enjoy his final hours, but people will be watching closely over the next days, weeks and months to see whether pope francis was just saying that he's going to make sure everyone is held responsible or whether the catholic church actually does something about it. >> alan fisher live in philadelphia. >> voting is underway in an election that could pave the way to catalonia breaking away from spain. opinion polls said that a pro independence coalition could win a majority in the regional government. jonah hull is in borrows loan? >> it is an election for a new parliament here in the autonomous region of catalonia in the northeast of spain. it's not a formal referendum, but the parties have taken the

unique step of forming a coalition against the government. it's sole platform is against the government. >> i voted for the coalition. since i was little, i've known this is what we ever to vote for. >> we are absolutely convinced that democratic mandate that we will get today in the polls will be respected. whichever it's going to be. i hope, this is also something that is going to be perceived as such by the european states and our friends and where we want to be. >> he coalition may win a majority of seats if not votes. coalition leaders say that within 18 months of a win, they plan to complete a process of institution building constitutional change before a

final declaration of independence from spain. >> just ahead here on al jazeera. >> i'm ready to go back home, if possible, but don't know where to find my family. >> hungry, thirsty and some of all alone. somalia struggles to cope with the flow of refugees from yemen. >> we'll tell you why women in rural kenya are developing a thirst for success. we'll be right back.

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jazeera, vladimir putin has warned that any attempts to overthrow president assad's regime in syria could lead to a failed state like iraq or libya. putin's remarks come from the u.n. general assembly in new york. >> pope francis addressed the issue of clergy sex abuse at a meeting with bishops in philadelphia. he vowed the catholic church would provide careful oversight for young believers. it's the first time he has tack would the issue during his u.s. tour. >> a pro independence coalition in catalonia say victory would give them a mandate to break away from spain. >> iran's supreme leader is demanding that saudi arabia apologizes for the stampede during the hajj in which more than 750 people were killed,

saying the victims should not be blamed and their families deserve an apology. let's go live now to jeddah. saudi arabia and iran of course rarely see eye to eye on anything. how will saudi arabia react to this? >> well, the first reaction is coming from the u.s., where the saudi foreign minister said that the iranians shouldn't play politics into this tragedy. he called on the iranian leaders to be more sensible and thoughtful for the victims who fell, saying also that the kingdom has nothing hide and that they will share the results of the investigation but have to wait to see the results. they also stressed to the kingdom has invested a lot of resources into expanding and making the pilgrimage easier for

the muslims who come to perform the hajj ritual. of course it comes a day after saudi arabia said the kingdom was not to blame and this was beyond human control, so therefore, the saudi's shouldn't be held responsible for it. >> how long is the investigation into the stampede going to take? do we know anything more about the in theties of those who lost their lives? >> we don't have a confirmation about the nationalities. what we have is that every contractor that brings pilgrims to the saudi kingdom declared nationalities. we know that more than 130 iranians are among the dead. we know a number of turks, a number of pakistani pilgrims, indians and a few from arab nationalities. however, the saudis, the

authorities have not declared it officially. the health minister said that the pros of identifying the dead is still on going, they need a few more days, they said because it is a huge number of dead and also the pilgrims when they passed away in that horrible moment lost their i.d.'s, wallets, therefore nobody is recognizing them. they are waiting and calling on all the contractors to come and identify those killed. he said it will take two to three days before they identify all of the dead pilgrims. >> many thanks there from jeddah. >> 17 syrian refugees drowned after their boats sank off turkey's coast in the early hours of sunday morning. the overcrowded boat carrying 37 people was on its way to the greek island of kos. twenty people were rescued. >> 245 refugees have been rescued from two rubber boats in

the mediterranean sunday. so far, the italian navy has rescued 500 people in seven different operations launched since saturday. >> hungary is close to completing to second fence to close its borders to refugees. the new one is a continuation of the fence with serbia and runs along hungary's border with croatia. as we report now, it's all part of a much wider militarized strategy in response to the refugee crisis. >> whatever else you might think about the hungarian government, it is nothing if not determined. at this border crossing, the refugees dumped on the other side by croatia and from there, hungary takes no chances. they are under the gaze of the police and heavily armed soldiers. a helicopter claimed to be combat ready, as well, circled overhead. those already on buses are guarded by the police.

those who need to use the bathroom regardless of age or sex are escorted there and back. they waited for hours until hungary was ready for its next move. clearly they would have nowhere to run if they wanted to. it's all open fields and nothing more. but all around, more military vehicles were busy laying more and more fence. of course the military components of hungary's response to the military crisis has all other countries worried about the signals it might send out. to the hungarian government, efficient way of handling the of handling the crisis or ensuring that no refugees actually get into hungary. hungary would also argue it's a more organized way of dealing with large numbers passing through than the croatia border where the facilities are pitiful. do these small children with their parents really need to be confronted by big men with big guns when they have already run

from war? >> while they are waiting, we try to cheer them up with fruit, water or sweets. if we really have to, we give them a toy to help ease the tension. >> the convoy sets off at some speed accompanied from behind by the humvees. the convoy went to the nearest rail station to wait again. children wet themselves on their mother's laps, but there was no getting off, because the police would not let them. some people didn't seem to mind the soldiers, as long as they were heading to germany. >> it's like an army government country. not good. it's ok. it's ok. >> back in line again, police all around. the same on the platform and no doubt all the way to the austrian border and back to the checkpoint, the soldiers are piling more and more rolls of fence on to their carrier.

others see this as a humanitarian crisis, but here, it's a siege. al jazeera within the hungary, croatia border. >> people fleeing the war in yemen are beginning to cross the gulf of aden to reach camps in somalia that are already crowded. there are fears now that somalia could struggle to cope with the influx. we have this report. >> it's meal time at this transit camp for yemeni refugees. this is all they will get today. those here are the latest to arrive. he is one of them. he was injured in fighting in the yemeni city of aden. >> i was driving an am ambulance when i got hit by a mortar. i was operated on three times. i couldn't provide for my family anybody. >> they are trying to escape the

violence. hundreds have been moved about four hours drive away. the town's only university is now their home. an official from the yemeni embassy in somalia comes to check on them. he is unwelcome. the refugees are desperate and tempers are quickly lost here. >> we want to be taken out of this country. somalia isn't safe. we can't live here when we don't feel secure enough. somalia has no capacity to care for us. >> among the refugees are unaccompanied children, separated from their families in their rush to escape. many still don't know the whereabouts of their families. this 12-year-old is one of them. >> we eat sometimes and other times we don't. we have nothing, no milk, no juice, i'm ready to go back home if possible, but don't know where to find my family.

>> the flood of yemeni refugees into somalia are overwhelming communities. thousands of somalis are returning home to escape the war there. >> it's a situation made worse by more than a million people displaced. the u.n. says at least 3 million people in somalia are in need of aid. despite their own problems, the local community continues to give to the refugees. this tribal king has been leading the efforts to feed them. he has just brought them a fresh supply of food. >> what we give the refugees isn't enough. they require urgent and adequate help and most importantly, shelter. most people here are happy to have survived. they say life in somalia is hard, but still better than life in yemen.

>> china has been criticized for imprisons women's rights activists, and yet china's president xi jingping is sharinging a sessions on gender inequality. as that debate takes place, entire societies could be improved. as part of our women make change series, al jazeera has spoken to a woman leading a water access initiative in kenya. >> all men, but men do not feel the pinch of going to get water from the river. this is aville, the only source of water here is this river. it's very dirty, very

contaminate, so every attempt to drain the rather, it is full of e-coli. >> i hear the problem. her mother was sick, so she came to be treated. they told them if we get water in the facility --

it choice the county, the counties changes kenya, kenya changes the world. >> the full report is sunday. i think you've missed that now. it airs again monday at owe 330 gmt. >> turkey's tourist industry is having a difficult year. it is vital to the economy. security problems are hitting it hard. >> for decades, guaranteed sunshine and beautiful scenery have drown millions of european tourists to southern turkey. regional instability is putting people off. the number of british tourists

is down 35,000 this year. hotels are feeling the heat. >> there is a lot to do. first we have to manage this crisis successfully. our image isn't good. the world thinks we are in the middle of a war in the middle east, being fought by terrorists all the time, but look, here on the aegean, everyone is having fun on the beach. the tourist ministry should be working with us to do something. >> the government, which wouldn't give al jazeera an interview, has launched a t.v. and on line advertising campaign. turkish school holidays were extended by two weeks to try and boost tourism revenues. >> turkey's tourism industry is one of the biggest in the world and a major employer. in 2014, turkey made $34 billion from foreign tourism. so far this year, revenues are down 14%, according to the country's statistical office. >> many tourists we spoke to said they'd have second thoughts about coming here.

>> we have booked this holiday 10 months ago, having been to turkey six times in the last six years. this year, had we not booked the holiday, i wouldn't have booked it here. that was concerning. >> hotel occupancy rates were down an alarming 8% in the summer. the number of visitors to the city is actually up, but that's put down to more people stopping off while in-transit on turkish airlines. >> about security, do you have any concern about it? >> no, no, no. before at home, i think about it, but here, no, no. >> we're worried about what happens in politics here in turkey, yes, but now while i'm

here, i feel comfortable. >> from istanbul to the aegean, foreign tourism finances more than 50% of turkeys $47 billion deficit, money this country can't afford to lose. bernard smith, al jazeera. throughout asia, it is believed to be far more common than most people think. >> rape is a major problem in all countries across this region. >> women's experiences of violence are well documented, but the motivations of men have been largely in the dark. >> when you speak to men and ,