anchor: this is "dw news" coming to you live from berlin. a rail network succumbs under a crush of refugees. austria cuts train services at the hunt gary and border, unable to cope with thousands of people desperate to keep moving. tens of thousands urged to escape floodwaters in japan as a typhoon unleashes torrential rains, overflowing rivers, washing away homes, and sending contaminated water into the sea. welcome to the family -- scientists confirm that remains discovered in south africa are a new species of human. the bones are at least 2 million years old, and experts say they

could redefine our understanding of the human evolutionary tree. i'm sarah harmon. welcome to the program. an influx of migrants is testing europe's infrastructure. hungary's makeshift refugee structures are filling and refilling far faster than they can deal with. greece, macedonia, and italy continue to struggle, and the crisis is taking on a new urgency as summer slowly turns to fall. reporter: finally, they have made it out of hungary and arrived in this austrian border town before the country's national railroad suspended service on thursday citing overcapacity.

these lucky few are looking forward to fresh opportunities. >> i want to go to germany. it's a strong country with a strong economy. i can have a job there. reporter: some finally receive needed aid and have access to amenities at this red cross shelter set up at a popular concert venue. >> the people who come here are very tired from the strain of their travels. they are hungry and thirsty. we are trying to offer them all the necessary care as quickly as possible. we have beds here so they can relax and get some sleep. reporter: meanwhile, in the hunt gary and capital, many are still stuck at the main train station, where there is desperation and panic -- in the hungarian capital. police have blocked many refugees with train tickets who

had hoped to travel. 50 migrants were allowed on one train, only to be forced to disembark again in the north of hungary. farther south, hundreds of migrants leaving greece on what are trudging through cold rain into macedonia -- hundreds of migrants leaving greece on foot. they found no shelter and were met only by hostile police. with cold-weather descending on europe, it's clear that without the cooperation of these transit country, the situation for the refugees may only get worse before it gets better. sarah: our correspondent is at a refugee camp on hungary's border . she joins us on the line. it is cold and wet. it is night. how are migrants coping? reporter: they are not coping well. the camp we are talking about is

not really a camp but rather a meeting point for those refugees who have just crossed the border. it is in the middle of the forest. it is dark, rainy, cold. the refugees have to stay in tents. one of the refugees told me that during his walk across the border, she lost contact to his daughter, and now he does not know how to get in touch with her or line her -- find her, so a lot of refugees are very desperate. sarah: what are eight workers doing -- what are aid workers doing to help? reporter: the aid workers are volunteers who are doing everything they can to help. they are good organizing food and water, and sometimes they can even support with waterproo raincoats, but it is impossible

for them to keep up with all those refugees in need. hungarian authorities, i hate to say, are not helping a lot. basically, they provide water, but that's about it. there's no food or blankets from the authorities. no nothing. sarah: what can hungary expect in the coming days? >> authorities and volunteers are expecting more refugees to cross the border from serbia to hungary in the next days. if it continues to reign, we will see more refugees on the street -- if it continues to rain. many are leaving because they cannot coat with the rain

anymore. i saw many seeking shelter at local train stations. it is unclear if the police will allow them to stay. sarah: we thank you for your report from that refugee -- that makeshift refugee camp. chancellor merkel visit a reception center for refugees in berlin, where she was greeted enthusiastically. many were eager to take a selfie with the chancellor. during her visit, merkel emphasized the importance of integrating refugees into germany's labor market as quickly as possible. many of those refugees are from syria, and reports of a possible escalation in the conflict there are causing concerns. russia's foreign minister confirmed his country is sending military equipment, but he says that is in line with existing contracts. moscow denies allegations of a military buildup after u.s. intelligence suggested russia had landed a number of aircraft at an airbase south of a

stronghold of support for the syrian president. two navy ships had purportedly docked at russia's only naval base in the mediterranean, leaving western nations speculating about moscow's intentions. a tropical storm has weakened and moved out to see, but left behind a grim postcard in eastern japan. two days of rain has triggered severe flooding and landslides that have forced more than 150,000 people from their homes. the storm produced what one official called once in half a century rains. property damage is going to be extreme. reporter: two days of solid rain was just too much for this river. it burst its blanks -- banks

here. military helicopters were sent to rescue the stranded. many had desperately climbed as high as they could to escape floodwaters. wide areas of japan had been deluged by a typhoon. several people are missing, including a woman believed to be buried in a landslide. as the storm weakens, authorities say the danger is not over. "these heavy rains are unprecedented. we can say this is an abnormal situation and there is imminent, serious danger. serious disasters such as landslides and letting have occurred, and it is still ongoing now -- landslides and flooding have occurred, and it is still ongoing now." the scale of the downpour has left rescue workers scrambling. the government says it is on high alert.

"the heavy rains that are unprecedented are likely to continue. the government will prioritize safety of people's lives and take every possible disaster measure." the typhoon has been downgraded and has moved northwest into the sea of japan, but it leaves what will be a monumental cleanup job. sarah: let's take a quick look at other stories making headlines this hour. turkey says more than 30 kurdish militants have been killed in clashes with government forces in the southeast. kurdish sources dispute the figure saying most of the deaths were civilians. tensions have surged since a cease-fire collapsed in july in the region. saudi led warplanes have bombed targets throughout yemen's capital. witnesses say it's the fiercest series of attacks on the city in over five months of civil war.

the raids reportedly targeted the homes of political leaders and military strongholds. northern ireland's parliament is in crisis. the pro-british first minister has resigned along with most of his ministers after a senior figure of a nationalist party in the power-sharing government was arrested in relation to a murder, but he has just been released without charge. now, to a new find that has many archaeologists excited -- the discovery of a new species of human unlike any researchers have ever seen before. skeletons found in south africa are thought to be at least 2 million years old. scientists say they are similar tho of modern humans and that the discovery could redefine our understanding of our evolutionary tree. take a look. reporter: the new species of human ancestor is named after the word for "starman" in the

local language spoken. researchers have discovered over 150 fossil elements. the early hominid resembled us in many ways. the bones were found undamaged deep underground, a stark indicator that other hominids brought them there, rather than predators or floods. the bones' final resting place is only accessible via a narrow gap in the rock. researchers suspect these hominids buried their dead. until now, scientis believed only modern manserformed that ritual. >> we discovered a new species of hominid within our own species, -- within our own genus, homo. a tiny little head, the size of an orange, with very human-like

sized teeth, but also shaped like much more primitive animals. reporter: it was 1.5 meters in height with heat similar to ours but a brain only around the size of an orange -- feet similar to ours but a brain only around the size of an orange. scientists hope to learn a lot more about our distant cousins in the near future. sarah: for more details, a paleoanthropologist in south africa joins us now. professor schmidt, this is a huge discovery. we just heard this species might have buried its dead. just like humans. how do scientists know that? prof. schmid: it is a little far reaching to say a burial. there is just no other possibility they could go in

because if they went in on their own, other animals should have then there also, but they only found about 1800 fragments of only hominids, and no other memo -- no other mammal was there, so we have to find an explanation for this, and the only thing that makes sense is disposal of the dead. sarah: tell us more about the excavation process. prof. schmid: the last part of the entrance is a vertical shaft of about eight meters and 18 centimeters in diameter, so only very slim people can go in, so we had archaeologists who were virtually underground and could go through the shaft. they were guided by television. they brought up the fossils to

be tested. it was so astonishing that we only saw these hominid fossils. sarah: looking at these pictures, that is definitely not a job for someone who is claustrophobic. i understand you found 15 individuals so far, ranging from infants to the elderly. what else have you learned from the rising star cave? i'm sorry, we're going to have to leave now and go to a break. we apologize or that and hope to get you back later in the program -- we apologize for that. "dw news" is going to take a short break. we will be back in 60 seconds with more world news. don't go away. ♪

sarah: welcome back to "dw news ," coming to you live from berlin. i'm sarah harmon. raging lads in japan or's tens of thousands to evacuate their homes. typhoon etau forced people onto their rooftops and contaminated water into the sea. several people are missing. austria suspends cross-border rail traffic with hungary as thousands of migrants overwhelm the train network. the massive overloading has made austria the latest country to take unilateral action in europe's migrant crisis. staying with the migrant crisis, gerhardt from our business desk has more on the economic impact. gerhardt: thank you. calls are getting louder to step

up action against human trafficking. the threat of refugees to europe has become the largest mass migration movement since the second world war, and, naturally, criminals have found ways to turn human suffering into a lucrative business. >> traffickers charge syrian refugees and average 2500 euros per passage to europe -- a lot of money for syrians. since the war started 4 years ago, four out of five syrians have been living in poverty, but many from area, eritrea, afghanistan, and other war-torn countries managed to scrape the cash together to make their escape -- many from syria, eritrea, afghanistan, and other war-torn countries. around 1.2 million migrants have made the journey and are thought to have forked out as much as 16 billion euros to reach europe,

and that estimate is conservative, factoring in only payments made until june this year. arrivals shot up more than 290% compared to the same month last year, which means estimates of traffickers' earnings are probably millions of euros short, and that still pales in comparison to the cost of human lives. at least 2300 refugees are thought to have died on the crossings to europe so far this year. gerhard: the united states is making plans for america to take 10,000 syrian refugees next year . is the refugee crisis being debated in the u.s. in a similar way as it is being debated here? reporter: well, it starts to become a bigger topic. it obviously depends on whom you talk to. on wall street, i would say a lot of people are more on the conservative side and are not

too crazy, to put it that way, to take in a lot of refugees. a lot of people ask me how germany is dealing with it. now that u.s. president barack obama is talking about taking 10,000 refugees next year, we still have to wait and see if he will get approval from congress about that. it becomes a bit of a bigger topic then. one major concern is that in the end, it might be a burden on u.s. taxpayers. gerhard: any concrete plans or ideas on how to integrate these migrants into the jobs market? reporter: on thursday, there was an opinion piece in "the washington post" by the cato institute, being also on the conservative side, and that person came up with the idea to find private sponsors for the refugees, and in the end, you

would need working permits that the refugees could work and actually help the u.s. economy. we have similar discussions in europe, so a couple of people in the u.s., as well, saying refugees when i have a good education could help the united states. if you look at the overall labor market here, we just not numbers from job openings in the united states, and were talking about the highest level in history, so theoretically, there should be plenty of jobs for at least 10,000 refugees, probably more. gerhard: some very interesting ideas. thank you. a green economy could help push growth in africa according to the united nations environment program. it has calculated the theoretical benefit to a country like kenya. the agency says switching to greener ways of doing business could boost the country's economy by 12% in the next 15

years as opposed to doing business as usual. it could also lift 3 million more people out of poverty by 2030. the kenyan government developed a plan of action considering different approaches, among them areas as diverse as sustainable energy, waste management, and organic farming. all that sounds simple enough, doesn't it? "oh green, everything will be jolly good -- go green, everything will be jolly good." i asked if kenyans agree. >> the government seems to agree with it. it appears this is a strategic and very deliberate government policy. as for the people themselves, it would seem likely as well. a lot of small enterprises coming up, most of them micro-and medium enterprises, are also looking at green solutions, and a lot of them are

calling themselves eco-enterprises as opposed to economic enterprises. gerhard: do you have an example of which ways small and medium enterprises can help the economy go greener? reporter: a symposium was held yesterday which celebrated these eco-enterprises. one of the participants says he converts paste from rice into an eco-friendly form of fuel that can replace charcoaled and it's relatively cheap. when i asked what motivated him, he said it's because a lot of people do not have accessenergy. a lot of innovation is coming up because there is a need for it, but the problem is it is not being traded in large volumes, so not a lot of people are getting access to the cheap and green innovations coming up. gerhard: in the west, consumers

are willing to pay more for environmentally friendly products. how is that in africa? reporter: a completely different story. my grandmother, for example, does not know the difference between a pump that is environmentally friendly and a water pump that is not, but the ones that are accessible to her currently are the ones that have been fronted by these enterprises, so those are the ones she has access to. there is great potential in africa because we missed out on a lot of development, but that means as a continent, there's a great opportunity for us to flood the market with green products, but as it is, what you find in the supermarket is what you get. there's no choice. gerhard: thank you very much. in roughly 50 minutes, we will

bring you up with the latest business news. sarah: counting down the minutes already. thanks. let's get you up to speed now with sports news. starting with tennis and the 2015 u.s. open. the table has been set for a swiss showdown in the men's semifinals. stan wawrinka sailed past the south african in straight sets, the second time this year's french open winner has ever reached a u.s. open semifinal. he is set to face roger federer, disposed of frenchman richard gasquet. federer has won five u.s. titles in his career but has not won a grand slam title since 2012. he has dominated head-to-head matches against wawrinka, and this is what he had to say about the mash-up -- the matchup. federer: huge tournament, biggest in the world, i think

that is what it is all about, so i think we are both pumped up. the only better scenario would have been the idols. -- the finals. sarah: after dropping the first set, italy's panetta pulled off a win and will be matched against simona hallock, who is 10 years younger -- matched against simone a halep, who is 0 years younger. the head of fifa's compliance committee has proposed a plan to reform the world governing body. it was an eight-point plan that includes limiting presidential terms, changing the executive committee election process, and making the salary of the president public. in order to ratify the proposals, the executive committee must recommend the plan to fee for -- fifa's congress.

on wednesday, prince ali bin hussein announced his intention to run for fifa president. he outlined some of the problems world soccer's governing body is facing. reporter: the fifa presidential candidate stands for anticorruption and democracy. >> if we do not act now, it may be too late. without an intact governing body, without a world cup in which all regions of the world participate, without a brand that is attracted to sponsors, we will have nothing. reporter: perhaps his comments are a stretch, but he believes fifa has not carried its weight. >> football has carried fifa, but the beautiful game cannot

carry its government any longer. >> he wants to be the one to guide soccer's world governing body out of its biggest ever scandal. sarah: that was your "dw news." i hope you will join me again in 30 minutes' time for more news and updates. until then, thank you for joining us. until next time. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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