walters in new york. the news continues next live from london. refugees vow to keep trying to reach western europe as the u.n. questions whether the e.u.'s deal with turkey is legal. this as health workers say 70% of children stuck in one camp in greece are now sick. ♪ hello, you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, two people are killed in turkey by missiles fired from syria. two israeli policemen shot by a man on a motorbike in occupied east jerusalem.

we're in mexico where a group of women have come up with a unique way to fight sexual harassment. ♪ the u.n. is questioning the legality of an agreement that would see refugees and migrants in europe sent back to turkey. the refugee agency says it is concerned about whether safeguards will be in place to protect people. they reached a tentative agreement that will see all refugees and migrants arriving in greece sent back, and for each refugees returned a syrian in turkey would be resettled in europe. in that leaves 34,000 trapped in greece as they try to reach e.u. countries. many are in a refugee camp where health workers say 70% of the children are sick. our diplomatic editor has the

latest now from the united nations in geneva. >> reporter: the unhcr are saying they were not privy or party in any way to this plan, and they are seeking urgent clarification from the european union. they say on first reading, though, they are very concerned. they gave a news conference here at the headquarters in geneva. and there i asked the regional coordinator for the refugee crisis whether this e.u. plan in his view could be illegal under international hm law. >> yes, collective expulsion of foreigners is prohibited under the european convention of human rights, or an agreement that would be important mount to blanket return to any foreigners to a certain country is not consistent with european law or international law. >> reporter: the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon has added his voice to the controversy, he

was speaking in berlin, he says he believes some e.u. makeses were shunning their rogs ponsableties. >> reporter: meanwhile the greek coast guard continues to pick up hundreds of refugees crossing from turkey. mohamed is there and sent this report. >> reporter: one by one, they stagger off of the boat and on to the greek island. men, women, and children. exhausted by ru leaved to land on lesvos. they are among 400 refugees from syria, iraq, and afghanistan. rescued from at least four rubber dingies by the greek coast guard. >> translator: peace that is all we seek. war uprooted us from our homes. all we want is a future for our children. >> reporter: by early afternoon, more than 500 has reached lesvos. their journey may be across this short stretch of water, but it's a dangerous one.

hundreds have lost their lives this year. to try to minimize the loss of life, greek coast guard boats go out to rescue the refugees. >> this significant movement facilitated by criminal networks, by the smugglers is happening because there aren't any credible alternatives. >> reporter: from the port, the refugees are taken by buses to a center on the edge of the island. here they are registered and given temporary accommodation. the greek government is trying to reduce con against shun at the border with macedonia for putting refugees in camps like this one for as long as possible. they have also stopped giving them special ferries to take them to athens. greece the first stop in the european union is now packed with refugees. >> my message for the world is open the border and open your

heart. and open your eyes, and look around you. open your ears, listen to people. >> reporter: e.u. leaders are taking the solution to the refugee crisis in persuading the turkey government to stop letting refugees cross to enter greece. it will be a while before the impact is felt here. there's growing concern for the health of the 14,000 refugees at an overcrowded camp on the greece macedonia border. one charity is saying 70% of the children will are ill. many of the refugees have little more than a tent to shelter them from the rain and the cold, and the camp has poor sanitation. greece's health ministry has sent a team to the camp in what it says is a precautionary measure. refugees at the camp are

saying they are determined to continue with their journey, and not return to the countries they left. >> translator: we are going to stay here. it's impossible for us to return back to turkey, because we have got nothing left there. we'll stay here and go forward and hope that either germany or sweden will accept us. >> some people like love to go turkey, and some people don't want to go to turkey, and some want to stay here, and some say that no, if we stay here, we don't want to stay here, they should deport us to afghanistan. >> translator: i appeal to the entire world to come and see us, and the conditions that we're in, and to have some compassion for us. it's enough. enough. have some cam passion for these children, for the women, have compassion for all of the single mothers. it has been a busy time for the turkish prime minister in the aftermath of that summit in brussels. he is speaking now in the

coastal city alongside his greek counterpart. of course cooperation and coordination between these two countries is going to be absolutely crucial if the deal between turkey and the e.u. is going to work. so the turkish prime minister speaking about the moment. we're going to hear as well from the greek prime minister a bit later on, his country, in the midst of an economic financial crisis, and also dealing with a humanitarian crisis on its soil. let's go live to mohammed jamjoom. he is in the city, and we can see, there the turkish and greek prime ministers are speaking about their meeting. what are they hoping to accomplish? >> reporter: it was interesting, because throughout the day today there was never any formal presentation of what exactly was

on the agenda going on in this building behind us, which is the office of the turkish prime here. but it was widely expected by all of the people outside here, yourty and the journalists, that in fact what was going to be highest on the list of priorities, was of course the refugee crisis. yesterday they were both in brussels when that agreement was made. you know, turkey and greece have been so effected by the refugee crisis, and still thousands refugees are going from places like this, crossing in these makeshift boats every day into greece, that it is really incumbent upon turkey and greece to come up with ways to better cooperate to try to solve the refugee crisis, if in fact this agreement that was outlined is to be implemented any time soon.

it's somewhat ironic that this meeting is taking place here in this location in this city, because just a couple of miles away from where we are standing, is an area this city in which any given hour, if you go there, you be hear that there were dozens of smugglers, and there are hundreds of refugees trying to find a way to pay smugglers so that they can be taken out of turkey, and delivered into greece. so it's going to be very difficult, even if agreements are reached here today, it is going to be very difficult to try to ensure that they can actually sconce the flow of refugees going to greece every day. we have heard the turks many times say they are willing and ready to try to step up patrol by naval vessels, but the coast guard, in fact today, on several occasions we saw senior turkish

coast guard officials. all of this just to underscore it seems as though that is very high on the agenda, trying to find commonalities by which both countries can try to solve this problem. we will be hearing more in the moments ahead, but also we should try to in part that the refugee crisis wasn't the only thing that was going to be discussed also trade relationships, you had delegations here today, not just the prime ministers, but also several members of the cabinets, including finance ministers, and foreign ministers from both countries, so it will be interesting to hear what exactly was reached, what exactly they will do going forward. >> mohammed jamjoom, thank you very much. ♪ now spokesperson for the

u.n. special envoy to syria says talks with the syrian government and opposition will begin no later than monday in geneva. meanwhile the syrian army has recaptured a village south of aleppo. according to the syrian observatory for human rights fighters with the algn algnus -- al-nusra front took the village on monday, but were quickly pushed out by government forces. at least three rockets fired from syria have landed in turkey, killing at least two people including a child. the shells landed in a border city. an israeli man was stabbed in a suburb of tel-aviv, the allege attacker, a palestinian were killed by police. a palestinian man allegedly opened fire from a motorbike and opened fire on police. he was killed by police.

let's now speak to nadim baba in west jerusalem. a further spike in tensions today, nadim, take us through exactly what has been happening. >> reporter: that's right. apart from those incidents you just outlined, there have been reports in the last half hour of what the israeli media are calling a stabbing spree by a palestinian attacker who has reportedly been shot dead by security forces. the stabbing attacks happened in three different locations. the latest we're hearing is that at least one person died in one of those stabbing attacks in jaffa. as you were saying, not long ago, in -- just east of tel-aviv, a palestinian attacker actually stabbed a rabbi in a

store. there are conflicting reports. some are saying that the rabbi managed to get the knife off of his attacker and kill him, others say he was killed by security forces. almost simultaneously in east jerusalem this attacker, a palestinian on a motorbike shot a boarder police member in the head we understand. he is seriously wounded in hospital. when he tried to flee, he then shot another police officer who was also seriously wounded. and just hours before that, inside in the walls of the old city, a 50-year-old palestinian woman was shot dead by members of the police after she allegedly tried to stab one of them. so a whole series of events on tuesday, which are a reminder of this low-level but ongoing violence, which the palestinians

are calling the jerusalem intifada. >> thank you very much nadim baba from west jerusalem. there is more to come for you on al jazeera, we look at how south africa plans to bring down its soaring unemployment youth rate. and venezuela rescuers race to find 28 gold miners who have disappeared. ♪

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stories. the u.n. is questioning the legality of an agreement that could see refugees and migrants sent back to turkey. they want to know about whether safeguards will be in place to protect the refugees. the health of the 14,000 migrants at an overcrowded camp on the macedonia greek border is causing concern. at least two people including a child have been killed in turkey after mortar shells were fired from across the syrian border. al-shabab says the u.s. is exaggerating the number of fighters killed in a drone and jet attack on one of its training camps in somalia. the pentagon says 150 al-shabab were killed when the camp north of mogadishu was hit. but the somali government puts that figure at 27. al-shabab which has links to

al-qaeda is fighting to overthrow the somali government. they have been blamed for several attacks. moving to tunisia now where the death toll from an assault has risen to 55. 50 armed men stormed posts on monday, 36 of them were killed, 12 tunisian soldiers, and 7 civilians also died. these pictures show the aftermath. tunisia's prime minister has described it as a terrorist strike. >> translator: 36 fighters have been killed and 7 more have been arrested. we have some information of some tunisian elements involved, but there are also foreigners responsible for the attack. now venezuela's opposition has launched a campaign to oust the country's president.

the democratic unity coalition says it will press immediately for a recall referendum and constitutional amendment to force the president out. it is planning to use street campaigns to demand his resignation. in other developments rescue workers are searching for 28 gold miners who failed to return home from work. air force trooping are looking for the men. there are conflicting reports, but eyewitnesses are saying there was a clash with gang members after a significant gold deposit was found. so far investigations have failed to find any bodies. let's get more on this now from virginia lopez in the capitol. initially, the state governor was denying that these 28 minors had disappeared. do we know much more about what might have happened to them? >> reporter: to this point, we're only going on eyewitness accounts, and even though are quite patchy, because opposition

figures are saying that the people in the town are terrified of testifying for fear of repris reprisals. there have also been allegations that this area is controlled by as many as five criminal organizations that are there interested in tapping into the vast deposits of gold and diamond. so again, all of the accounts are quite patchy. there are some eyewitness coming forward and saying there was a massacre and their loved one disappeared as of friday and they have heard nothing more of them. there are alleged survivors who say that they were shot at, and then that they were dismembered and made to disappear. up to this point, that's all we know. officials have sent some investigators to look into the matter, but there has been no official statement coming out. >> reporter: all right. the other big story in venezuela

right now, the opposition is launching a campaign to oust the president. what are their plans? >> reporter: they have a three-pronged approach to trying to oust the president. they are saying that they are going to ask venezuela citizens to take to the streets in a peaceful manner and demand that he resign. they are also saying they are going to push forward constitutional amendment that shortens the presidential terms, and the third option would be to push forward for a revoke ref rough. the timing of these three plans have different timings including the vice president would step into power if the president was removed or resigned before the end of his term. now youth unemployment is a

major problem across africa, and it is expected to double. around 400 million young people could be jobless in the next 30 years, and as hah rue matasa reports, having a high school dip ma or university degree isn't making it easier to find work. >> reporter: this privately run job training center is teaching high school graduates basic technical skills. the center could help them find work. some have been unemployed for years. this man owns the training center and employs a few workers. he says finding work for job seekers isn't easy. >> just for opportunity that wants five people, you find yourself sitting with over 2,000 people coming to apply. many young people are now distressed and they have lost hope. >> reporter: the official unemployment rate is at least

25%, the unofficial rate is thought to be much higher. high school enrollment here is very high, but many teenagers don't graduate. some who do finish school can't find work. more than 4 million young south africans were unemployed last year. having a diploma or degree sometimes doesn't make finding a degree easier. there are more than 600,000 unemployed graduates. students about to finish their degrees are worried. >> a person should have like a plan b, c, d, like me. i am always like i might not get a job. >> reporter: the government has created some jobs but many are temporary and unsustainable. >> the problem is in the structure itself. the economics of south africa is [ inaudible ] everyone in it, other people [ inaudible ] such that they are ever going to work in lower-levels of manual labor, but now that the populous is increasing in terms of education

and stuff like that, we get these young people that are not going to be absorbed in the labor markets. >> reporter: rising unemployment level is al problem facing most african nations. almost 200 million people are between 15 and 24 years old. the u.n. says that number will likely double by 2045. most african economies aren't growing fast enough to give them employment. south korea has announced unilateral sanctions against north klee. they specific target people responsible for developing weapons of mass destruction. rob mcbride reports from the south korean capitol. >> reporter: the new measures are designed to put further pressure on north korea on top of the wide-ranging sanctions

already agreed by the united nations last week. key individuals and organizations from north korea and some foreigners giving government support will face sanctions. there will also be further restrictions on trade. >> translator: we will entirely ban foreign [ inaudible ] that will stop at a north korean port within 180 days from entering domestic ports. >> reporter: the restrictions include north korean restaurants operating overseas. south koreans are being urged to eat elsewhere. in the carrot and stick dealings with this north korea, this is a further indication from the president that north korea only responds to the stick. from china's foreign minister, a sign of growing alarm at the deteriorating situation. >> translator: if tensions are escalated or even grow out of control, it will be disastrous to all parties, as the largest neighboring country of the

peninsula, china will not passively watch the peninsula become unstable. >> reporter: government leaders in seoul are showing they are prepared to take tougher unilateral action whatever the reaction might be from the north. out-korea spy's industry has released a report alleging large-scale espionage from the north. north korea has denied similar accusations in the past, south korea says these new ones are further evidence of a growing threat that requires a tougher stance. now thousands of people have taken to the streets in india to celebrate international women's day. the chief of the state joined men and women as they walked through the streets to mark the day. india is trying to improve gender parity. last month the country opened up

combat roles in its armed forces to women. in mexico, a group of woman have come up with a novel response to the capitol's big problem with sexual harass. more than half of women living in mexico city have reported being tormented in public. they are using international woman's day as a chance to demand respect. natasha ghoneim reports. >> reporter: it's often a fleeting encounter, but the anger and shame of sexual harassment on the treats can linker. these women are fighting back with a song and a confetti gun. watch as they confront men who have made offensive comments or gestures at them. the men are surprised. they hid their faces or laughed nervously when we talked to them. >> they are wasting our time. we didn't do anything.

>> reporter: for the last three years, these three women have been confronting sexual harassers performance. they say they are endured harassment on the streets since they were children, and it's time it ended. we live in a world where everything evolves around men. we are not interested in educating men. what we want to do is empower women. >> reporter: but women's rights groups say educating men is key to changing attitudes. there's no law in mexico punishing street sexual harassment, even if there were, in a country where there is great mistrust of the police, getting women to report it, may be difficult, but there are calling to enact a law. >> translator: any changes in the law is going to take time. so it's very important to take direct action, to ed educate, to talk to other women. >> reporter: only a handful of

men have every apologized, although they may not be seeing results on the street, the women say they are seeing results from within. >> translator: now i feel more empowered and more confident about reacting, and i have stopped being afraid of walking in the street. >> reporter: the women are spreading their message via social media, and say they have received support from across latin america. they hope they will spur a movement that is heard beyond the streets of mexico. now leading sponsors have suspended contracts with marie sha sharapova after she admitted to using a banned statement. nay have been quick to distance themselves. sharapova tested positive for an endurance enhancing drug at the australian open. she is the highest paid female athlete earning over $30 million last year.

she will be suspended from competitive pay from march 12th. there is more on that story and everything else we were covering, right here. aljazeera.com. ♪ . >> back to the polls voters in four more states have their say on who they think should represent their party many the race for the white house. the vice president visited the middle east. and turkey and europe reach an agreement that they say will help thousands who are now stranded on a desperate journey.