frustrations grow amongst stranded refugees in greece as the government scrambles for ways to help them welcome. this is al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha. also two women are killed in istanbul after tloelg grenades-- throwing ingredient aids and firing at turkish police. north korea is accused of launching projectiles. also could this be a small clue

in solving one of aviation's biggest mysterys there's frustration and anger among refugees who are stuck on the greek border with macedonia. up wards of 10,000 people are waiting at the crossing where their path to western europe has been blocked. >> i feel miserable. i feel miserable. i am absolutely depressed. to face this hard situation in such a place in europe, okay. we didn't have such an idea or to be treated like this in place which is called europe. i am very sad for that. i am sorry to face such circumstances. we run to this to find another kind of death but this is we are

dying but sleel greece for its part says it is making preparations to help 100,000 refugees tranneded around the country-- stranded around the country. >> translation: we have to consider and get ready for 100,000 refugees our correspondent has more from the camp. >> reporter: there are a few reception centers set up by the military over the past week or so here in northern greece, but i think the main issue is that first of all the refugees will have to understand that they might have to stay here for much longer than they had predicted, that their plans might change because so far the greek authorities have not been able to convince them to stay in those reception centers where living conditions are much better than here. this is a makeshift camp and

no-one was ready for this amount of people that are now here as you said at least 10 thousand. they have the capacity of only a thousand five hundred people here. just to give you an idea about the problem here and the humanitarian situation unfolding. the tensions are increasing among the refugees. we just in a walk around here. we saw people fighting because they are exhausted. the queues to get food are extremely long and there is another queue that is also as long to get their registration paper fixed by the greek authorities. many told us that when their turn has come to reach that crossing, that only allows 500 people per day. they were turned back because the macedonia authorities are not accepting the greek registration paper. >> reporter: a summit within the u.k. and france will be starting

shortly where the refugee crisis is expected to top the agenda. specifically, they will be discussing the situation in calais. the french authorities have been dismantling part of the camp leading to a standoff with many of the people living there. they want to reach britain to claim asylum two female attackers have been killed in istanbul after throwing grenades and shooting at turkish police. it happened in a suburb of the capital. armed police cordoned off the area. attacks on security forces have increased in turkey over recent months. our correspondent is reporting for us. what is the latest information you have? >> reporter: we understand that those two attackers have been killed after a standoff with security forces. as you mentioned, they had opened fire at a police vehicle that was carrying officers as it

was approaching the police station. we saw video of them holding what appeared to be some sort of automatic rifle firing at the vehicle and then one of them lobbed what looked like a hand ingredient indicated towards the police station. as they tried to escape, one of the attackers was injured and there was a standoff for just over about an hour/an hour and a half in one of the neighboring buildings before armed police managed to kill them both. so far as injuries are concerned from the police side, two officers were injured. however, we understand those to be light injuries as officials have reported and nothing more than that when this kind of incident happens in turkey, indeed, when it happens any place, the police and the authorities will want to know who these women were related to, who they were talking to, what their footpath print is on social media.

>> reporter: of course. from the information we know now and obviously it is still early hours because investigations have to take place, but this area has a large kurdish population. there has been a rise, a significant rise, in attacks by armed kurdish separatists groups, either splinter groups from the p.k.k., which is the main armed group that has been fighting the turkish states for decades now, and the most recent attack was, obviously, prior to this was the suicide car bomb in ankara which targeted army vehicles in the middle of the capital killing several people. then, obviously, no group until now has claimed responsibility, but the fingers are being point towards those armed separatist groups and that's where the police will be focusing their efforts in the coming hours iran says the gulf cooperation council has made a mistake in labelling hezbollah a terrorist group adding that it will undermine regional peace

efforts. the block of gulf countries made a decision a day after the peach of the leader of the group. he accused saudi arabia of directing car bomb attacks inside lebanon. north korea has been accused of firing projectiles after being slapped with new sanctions. the projectiles were launched from wonsan towards the east sea. our correspondent following this. >> reporter: the ministry of defense saying a number of projectiles had been fired into the sea. local media in south korea are reporting more fully. they do sometimes get briefings from unmaimed military officials. they're talking about a range of 100 to 150 kilometers. six to nine projectiles. it is unclear whether they were

short-range missiles or from a multi rocket launch system which was up veiled by the military in a major parade in october pyongyang last year. it is understood analysis is underway on that point. the minister of defense is saying that its military remains in a heightened state of readiness watching out for any further actions by its counterparts in north korea. we are coming into a period of annually heightened tensions between north and south because there are military exercises due to get underway in the next due days between u.s. and south korean forces on the korean peninsula. it is expected to be bigger than usual this year and also might clue rehearsals for a pre-emptive strike. north korea has come out saying it reserves the right to protect areas. we expect a round of heightened tensions.

this is the first north korean reaction to the resolution passage. it may be there is more to follow in the days appeared weeks to come the sanctions imposed on north korea by the u.n. security council are the toughest in two decades. they include mandatory inspections of cargo leaving by air, sea or rail. the u.s. spent weeks negotiating the sanctions with north korea's traditional ally, china. a piece of aircraft discovered on the southern african coast will be analysed to determine if it's from the missing malaysia airlines flight mh370. it could help solve what happened to the missing aeroplane. >> reporter: it may not look like much, but this piece of debris that wash up up could hold clues to one of the biggest aviation mysterys in history, missing flight mh370.

>> we would like to get hold of the debris as soon as possible. that's why we were working with australia in a fast manner. >> reporter: the malaysia airlines aircraft which vanished was like the ones seen here. the jet went off radar on march 8 two years ago. 239 people were on board. since then australia has led a huge and costly operation to scour the indian ocean where the plane wreckage is believed to be >> around 90,000 kilometers has been so far with a total of 120,000. we hope to locate the aircraft to help us understand what happened to the flight. >> reporter: last july a wing fragment was found in the indian show an. it is the only confirmed evidence of the plane's fate.

families of some passengers have started legal action over the plane's disappearance. they're pleading for the governments to keep the search going and to find answers that will help them with closure a high court in south africa has reserved its judgment on whether to reinstate corruption charges against the president. the judge didn't say when the verdict would be delivered. he was first charged over a four billion dollars arms deal in 2005. in 2009 the prosecuting authority dropped the case pause of political interference. the opposition party says the dropping of the charges was irrational and wants him to stand trial. george pell has said he failed to act in relation to child abuse. he said he should have done more. it is a commission into how the

catholic church handles child abuse in australia in the 70s and 80s >> with the experience of 40 years later, i agree i should have done more. people had different attitudes then. there was no specifics about the activity, how serious it was and he wasn't asking me to do anything about it. but just venting and mentioning it lots more still to come including. >> reporter: i'm in alabama awhere a controversial law that prosecutors expecting mothers who is taking drugs is coming under increasing scrutiny hassle of the world's languages could be lost by the end of this century. this century.

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welcome back. top stories from al jazeera. two women who opened fire on the police in istanbul have been killed. it happened in a suburb of the capital. armed police have cordoned off the area. the south korean defense ministry says north korea has fired projectiles. the apparent launch came hours after the u.n. security council voted to impose tough new sanctions on pyongyang. tensions are flairing on the greece macedonia border as thousands of refugees remain stranded prevented from passing through by police. greece meanwhile says it will make long-term plans to help at

least 100,000 stranded refugees on its soil. a new life in europe is the dream many refugees from collect-torn dream off. many have returned home. our correspondent has more. >> reporter: it is a busy day here. packed with iraqis for whom life hasn't worked out the way they had hoped. their visit to europe they say was at best a disappointment at worst a dangerous place to stay. some experienced racism, others were frustrated by delays in the resettlement process of the most just didn't feel welcome. so they've come back to iraq, but to the violence and unrest but also back to a place they

call home. >> translation: ive returned to my home because it is too long. >> reporter: the government sources estimate that around 117,000 people left iraq for germany last year. up to 40% have already returned. some blame the squalid conditions in refugee camps, others say it was because they were only allowed to stay in europe temporarily. he returned home. last year he lived in germany and finland before settling in swee done. he waited for eight months for papers to be processed without success. he gave up trying. >> translation: the swedish authorities are not doing enough to help refugees. many like me have had to return

home. i decided to come back to iraq when i heard the swedish prime minister saying sweden would give temporary residence to refugees. once our countries were stable we would have to go back. >> reporter: he arrived in europe with high hops which were quickly dashed. he said he didn't feel welcome. >> translation: europe to me was a lie. i expected something different. people in europe are concerned about the humanitarian situation but there's a lot of racism. >> reporter: airport staff are preparing for more busy days in the weeks and months ahead. the iraqi government is issuing refugees with temporary passports to enable them to come home quickly. it expects that up to a thousand iraqis a month will return home from europe this year scientist new zealand west africa are hoping to find ways to stop the spread of the zika virus. similar technology is being used

to detect the virus as was used in the ebola break out. >> reporter: this team got asked for help with tackle the zika outbreak. they travelled to the worst affected region carrying this suitcase. it is a solar laboratory. with just a tiny blood sample this team can detect whether a person or even a mosquito is infected with the virus. these machines inside the bag allow us to find out the genetic make up of the virus no matter where it is located or whether it be found in the blood urine or any other bodily fluid. >> reporter: currently it takes five days to detect the virus after patients develop symptoms. this equipment can tell whether the virus is present in just 15 minutes. >> translation: detecting early means we can tack emthe virus

soon and alleviate suffering for the patients. >> reporter: thousands in south america have been infected with the virus and it is spreading. researchers believe zika could be linked to microcephaly, a birth defect. >> we have not yet found a direct link between zika and microcephaly but there is an association. we are seeing it in dpings with zika but we don't know the nature of that relationship. >> reporter: scientists believe early detention is i in that this relatively simple equipment can make a difference. it was used during the ebola outbreak in west africa. detecting cases early was crucial in slowing the spread of the virus and bringing an end to the outbreak. given the zika virus, scientists want to bring out these suitcases to affected areas as soon as possible.

the challenge in tackling the virus is the lack of scientific knowledge. something researchers here have plenty of. zika has been in west africa for more than 40 years. the strain of zika in africa is different, though, and it has not been a major health hazard here. brazilians are using kits modelled on this one. the teams are packing their bags one more time to head back to south america to help out hard drugs have taken a toll on many communities in alabama a. in 2006 politicians passed a law to drug test pregnant women hoping to protect their unborn babies, but the law is drawing controversy after the arrests of hundreds of mothers. >> reporter: from an erm age this woman always wanted to be a mother and now she has two boys.

when she gave birth to one year old james last year, things went badly wrong. during her pregnancy she took half a valium. when it showed up she fell foul of the chemical endangerment laws. the hospital where she gave birth to a perfectly healthy son passed on records to the authorities and two months later she was arrested. >> i felt like i was not going to recover from this. i knew in my heart that i had done nothing wrong, but i also know the way the law works. >> reporter: the law was originally written to tackle a methamphetamine emdemocratic wherein fants were being exposed to home-made labs and dangerous chemicals >> reporter: according to an investigation, close to 500 women have been prosecuted under

the chemical endangerment laws. according to one doctor here who treats newborns for dependence says things on pain-killers and a rise on her honour use are bigger problem than meth addiction. he is an advocate for treatment and support rather than prosecution >> we're going to have a lot of babies growing up without their mothers. we know how important a mother's love is. at the same time criminalising these women, making them feel inferior and as bad mothers in that sense is going to leave a mark on them forever. >> reporter: at the public defender's office, lawyers are also concerned about the rights of women and say blood tests carried out without a mother's consent could have dire consequences >> we have to foster a situation where people are encouraged to be honest with their caregivers. if we can't do that, then what you will have is people not

getting care and um have people having really bad outcomes because they're afraid of the punishment that would domestic to them if they were honest. >> reporter: the charges against cassey were dropped but she says she will continue to fate for those who can't speak for themselves there are warnings that by the ends of this century hassle of the world's 6,000 languages could become exstinkt. one reason this happens is when they're forced to give up their language for a more dominant one. the regions club that's areas. the u.n. says when a language is lost so too is the cultural, historical appeared spifrtual knowledge attached to-- and spirit knowledge attached to it. there are many languages in bangladesh that are in danger. >> reporter: one of the most

visited sites here, the memorial honors students killed by forces during a protest in relation to the language. that was more than 60 years ago. visits remember those who fought for the language. >> translation: it is because of their sacrifice that we can speak bangla today. if it wasn't for them hour mother language might have been lost forever >> reporter: it was an eight year struggle to ensure that students would be able to learn in their mother tongue. while these children are benefitting from the success of that campaign, the same is not true for the country's ethnic and linguistic minorities. the language of instruction in present day bangladesh is almost exclusively in bangla or english. that means speakers of the 38 minority languages in the country are at a disadvantage.

often falling behind in school, unable to keep up with their bangla speaking pierce. this is one trying to prepare children for this experience. it teaches them in the language they speak at home but introduces to some bangla vocabulary along the way >> translation: when they go to a regular school they won't be lost. those who are not prepared often drop out and end up working into the fields. >> reporter: this woman brings her child to the preschool regularly. she pes little bangla herself and doesn't want her child to struggle like she has >> translation: i feel bad that my child can't use his language. you need both. you need to speak bangla but also you need your mother tongue. >> reporter: there seems to be

little space with 98 people speaking bangla china is expected to approve an economic five-year plan this week. growth in the world second biggest economy has been slow and the government is hoping for a recover through consumer spendi spending. >> reporter: china's government thinks it has a save goods double-stranded iour for the sagging economy. the consumer. this is the-- i would still spend the money but according to my needs. >> reporter: in many ways these stores are giant adverts because the growing middle-class are buying online what they see

displayed in shop windows >> translation: i will try the clothes in shopping malls and buy on line because it is cheaper. >> translation: now you can buy everything on line. i don't bother going to real stores to shop. >> reporter: shopping habits are changing. this woman sells cosmetics via one of china's big online shopping platforms. operating costs are low. she buys in bulk ensuring praises are half of those traditional sellers. >> translation: on line shopping is really good. very different from traditional shopping. it is convenient, much cheaper and you have a guaranteed return policy. i think online shopping will only become more popular. >> reporter: traditionally manufacturing and experts have been the main drivers of china's

economy, but that model has now run its course. consumer spending is actually not that high in china. in the u.s. it accounts for about 70% of the economy. here in china it's around 30%. chinese people tend to be big savers. for the economy to pick up, the government needs that to change >> consumption will be very stable over the medium to long-term in china and the reason for that is china has this high savings rate. it was around 4 the% last year of the g >> reporter: unless those savings are unlocked, the flashing lights here could turn into warning signs we will show you the latest pictures of david cameron meeting with the french president francois hollande in france. there is a summit going on

there. top of the agenda, the clearing of the jungle and the refugee crisis. it has long been a problem with the french authorities and u.k. authorities as hundreds, perhaps, thousands of refugees try to make it across the english channel to the county of kent into the u.k. more news on aljazeera.com like it or not. get real, republican party, one day after his super tuesday victories there is no denying that donald trump is now real deal and yet the republican party establishment and a confused news media are still in denial over trump's dominance at the polls. with the momentum he now has