glaxo wellcome to the journal. journal.come to the israel carries out airstrikes in syria, reporting hitting a missile ship bound for has blood. -- hezbollah. at least one dead, many injured, and hundreds evacuate after a train with toxic and nichols derails in belgian. a train with toxic chemicals derails in belgian.

israel has reportedly carried out an airstrike on syria am a targeting shipment of missiles bound for the lebanese militant group hezbollah. warnedhu had reportedly that israel would take action to prevent the transfer of chemical weapons or other arms to has blood. toael air force has appeared start again. officials begin honestly said that it was a target in southern lebanon. has blood as a militant shiite organization that has israel as his arch enemy. it is allied with iran and syria. there are unconfirmed reports that israeli jets flew over lebanon to launch the attack. the lebanese army says pairs of

israeli planes entered its airspace three times on thursday. shortly before the first reports of the attack, u.s. president barack obama said he was worried about syrian chemical weapons being delivered to has blood -- hezbollah. there is no sign he will send in troops. >> i do not see a scenario in which on the ground in syria, american boots, when only be good for america, but also would be good for syria. instead, the united states is considering giving arms to syrian rebels to a them in the civil war. obama says if hard evidence emerges of the syrian government using chemical weapons, that would be a game changer. the uss five of the soldiers have been killed in a guinness five of its.s. says soldiers have been killed in afghanistan. authorities,afghan

the soldiers vehicle was struck in the volatile district in the kandahar district. firefighters in a coastal region of southern california are battling a massive wildfire and head of the fire season. the fire west of los angeles covers an area of 100 square, alters -- square kilometers. weather forecasters are hoping increased humidity rejected on the weekend will give crews manning the fire lines much needed assistance after the blaze nearly tripled in size on friday. >> firefighters were printing the blaze by creating their own trolled burns. , low humidity, and

high temperatures made their work more difficult. on thursday.e out it spread further over the course of friday. affecting 4000 homes in the area, firefighters were deterred when winds gave an about-face. hundreds of thousands of evacuations. the big issue. aircrews were dropping water and fire retardant. they had to be called back because of for vision and strong winds. wildfires are common in the wildland, they usually come after summer. severe drought over the past year has made the land usually drive. -- unusually dry. the world jewish congress is holding its annual assembly in hungary.

hundreds of hungarian nationalists took to the streets to protest the meeting. politician from hungary's clinical party spoke at the far right demonstrations. the rally ended without incident. it is election year here in germany. the future of the free democratic party is at stake. after winning 50% of the vote four years ago, -- is now polling only around four percent. not enough to staty. on saturday, they presented themselves as defenders of the middle class and opponents of higher taxes. he came out fighting, taking opposition plans to raise taxes yet again. it is a message that residents of the party faithful gave him a

rousing round of applause. , sugar taxes, that is what they want. any relief --we cannot break the middle class with taxes. the promise of no more taxes will a popular, election time. the fiscal conservatives are sticking to principles heading into this year's federal election. polls placed in the 45% margin needed for parliament. the keynote address have the desired effect, rallying the rank and file. he has proved his leadership skills. he showed we are strong and

ready. we are ready to start this campaign. the speech was fantastic. he stated what we stand for. we oppose. including, in a maze of freedom, and higher taxes. >> they are putting together the party's principles. the parties leadership candidate delivers his campaign address this sunday. >> before political correspondent covering the conference. we asked him how confident the ftp is, given its weak standing in opinion polls. >> it is a strangely chastened rt -- party. frightened perhaps by the opinion poll ratings that it has had. therefore, the demands of the are relatively modest.

as if it does not want to frighten off the voters. a general fear among german voters that to change horses midstream would be something dangerous. mighte in the opposition be a risky thing to do. that is what they seem to be banking on. >> thank you. tens of thousands of public sector jobs are on the chopping block and portugal. spending cuts to meet bailout targets --those who keep their jobs will have to put in an extra year before retiring. the prime minister says not meeting the terms would cause the country to lead the euro -- leave the euro and have catastrophic consequences. >> the mood is dark. the government has announced a plan for more austerity

measures. higher taxes and less benefits for a country already deep in recession. this paper says people on pensions are being punished. many portugal are deeply unhappy. market workers here say they measures punish the wrong people. >> i think it is necessary to save money. the government should get it from those who still in the first place. they know who those people are. >> most of the changes will come into effect next year. the prime minister says he wants to show the eu portugal is committed to reform. ,0,000 jobs will be snatched and the retirement age raised to 66 years old. >> the party should stop their fighting. it is time for them to work together and get people more jobs. we will never get out of this otherwise.

>> many of portugal are deeply angry. there were part tests -- they were protest about the plans. lex sports news now. -- >> sports news now. , both coaches rested key players. --tal inouye a season defining clash in the champion's league. the fight to represent the leak in europe next season looks like it will go down to the wire. two teams scrapping for european places. they met on friday night in a finally ballasts -- balanced

match. >> they did not get closer than this. they were doing much better. but he did get to test the keeper. the coach gambled on attacking football in the second half. he hit the woodwork. the goal to settle the match. 1-0, the final score. a top four finish. the top to warm the further win league. here is what the rest of the bonus leak got up to. nuremberg lost.

hanover drew at home against mines -- mainz. frankfort made life difficult for struggling dusseldorf on sunday. what the table looks like after those results. joyceampions followed by funds. shock in freiburg will fight it out for the champion league place. down in the bottom half, they're not out of trouble yet. cool for now i'm in serious trouble. -- world heavyweight boxing champion is preparing to defend

to this titles in germany in a few hours time. he weighed in at 113 kilos head of the bout. dr. steel hammer is looking for his 60th career win. challenging him for the belt is italian francesco and yeah -- pinetta. the two know each other quite well. they were sparring partners last year. authorities in belgium say at least one person is dead, and over a dozen were injured. the train was carrying toxic chemicals. one of the wagons caught on fire. it is not clear what caused the derailment. authorities have evacuated 300 residents near the scene. >> it took 16 hours for the fire to burn out. the site is still closed off. authorities have begun investigating the cause of the

accident. firefighters are trying to cool the smoldering carriage -- air ages -- carriages. 's 13 cars train derailed as a change tracks. to wagons land on their side. the impact lead to explosions stretching hundreds of meters. toxic fumes escaped from the flames. were forcedpeople to evacuate. because that came was a danger of explosion. >> my godmother lives here. i hope we can get her out of the house. >> locals do not know when they will be able to go home. officials want to make sure the danger has passed.

>> that wraps up this edition of the journal. stay for more news and information. >> hungrier members the holocaust. participant may along the banks of the danube for annual show of solidarity. >> i have arranged to meet up with one of the best-known philosophers. she is a holocaust survivor and went on to carry on work of the scholar of totalitarianism.

the march passes through the central leopold neighborhood. this is where budapest's jewish revelation was rhonda in 9024. only a few survived by flee to palestine or switzerland. she saved her life by jumping into the danube. decades have passed, but she is still haunted by fear. that for many years even after the war, she was unable to set foot in the district. even the thought made her physically ill. she said it was not until 1956 that she could bear to enter the area. this chapter and hungary's history is palpable. so is the anti-semitism. this woman asks how she can bear living in hungary.

she replies she cannot imagine living anywhere else. she says she is a citizen o and will continue living in budapest. she's referring to the anti- jewish sentiment that is part of the resident in budapest. another woman tells of her fear when she saw all the supporters on freedom square for a weekend demonstration. it is the far right party. they are showing a show of strength on the other side of town. their views are anti-semitic and racist. accor brigade is holding a parade, with the theme "step on the gas." , across town,me marchers are a member the ring -- marchers are hammering the holocaust.

the bikers were denied permission for the demonstration. they are going ahead with it anyway. this man says they are only parking here. it is a peaceful gathering. the banners they have brought glorify greater hungary, which included territory belonging to romania and slovakia. territories hungary lost after world war i under the peace treaty. they are in favor of redrawing the borders. this club member says their aim is to make clear that the treaty was an ultimatum that punish hungary for no good reason. imagine the outcry of germany were to call into question its borders with eu partners. in budapest, there is support for redrawing the map. only one person showed up to protest against the biker

gathering. he said it is a insult holding it on the same day as the holocaust commemoration. the activists a it is a fastest -- fascist provocation. all alone, and that makes him said. one of the bareheaded bikers makes no secret of his feelings for the dissenter. he says he cannot believe the man can't infringe on their protests live to tell the tale. more than 20% of hungarians say they plan to vote for the far right in the next elections. back along the danube, the not see's victims are being remembered. at anti-semitic views are the very least being tolerated by the governing national server tends -- conservative party. she explains there are various reasons for turning a blind eye. she says they hope to win votes from supporters.

if a crackdown on the anti- semitic attacks, it would lose voters. she says anti-semitic views are widespread in the governing party. among those at the holocaust memorial is this man. he is the youngest rabbi and is active in community life. he is popular with young families. he is also concerned about his future as a jew in budapest. >> the rabbi says he does not think the government is doing all they could to combat anti- semitism. he says the result is that deeply held prejudices creep into public life. what i want to know is how this

could happen in the european union countries. they pride themselves on the human rights. hungaryld handle question mark sanchez are not the answer. they will not tell. it is up tos time, hungary and -- hungarians to clean up the mess they made. are freewhat is needed elections. but she adds that electoral laws have been written in a way that invites manipulation. among those who turned up for the memorial are these two. the national conservatives govern with the majority. the left fell out of favor after ruining the economy. >> hungary is divided.

there is no conversation between the right and left. think of it. you have to go to the right side or the left side. to myre is no healthy credit debate between the government and opposition in hungary. thegovernment has altered constitution four times in the past three years. the changes include limiting court review of parliament's decisions. , and restrictions on civil rights. almost he posted on the streets are subject to fines or prison. onhomeless people posted the streets are subject to fines or prison. they cook volunteer meals for the needy.

he has been living on the streets for 14 years. he says he has never been treated as badly as now. he says he feels like a fourth class citizen, and that the homeless are not even treated as citizens. he says he can only find work on a black market. the government says there are always jobs available to the homeless, but that is not true. they belong to a student network set up last year via social media. they protested against the fourth constitutional revision, which cracks down on the homeless. to thefourth amendment constitution was a big point in this whole protest.

>> he acknowledges that one of the problems is that the opposition is unable to unite and join forces. >> we are angry. we want change. ,he way things are working here you have to see that this is a long process. no one has ever managed to crumble the current government. >> they hope they can help change hungary in the long run. they often made up in budapest six and seven districts. hubneighborhoods are the of jewish life in budapest. home to its biggest synagogue.

it is an attraction that draws to worse from all over europe. overare in disbelief development and hungary. >> many i have talked to, they are living quite well. it can happen. >> the area is also home to cap this café, an in the jewish community. this is the heart of the left- leaning educated middle class. here i meet up again with him after a podium discussion with the opposition politicians.

many who came say they are worried and want to speak about the right wing extremists and anti-semitism. centerproblem is how politicians can find proper answers to the real problems of the man of the street. if they can find those answers, then the ground from under the populist or extreme as parties will be done. viewssays anti-semitic have contribute to to the success. there might not be more people would anti-semitic views than in france, by the government allows them to publicly allow those views. she says they can speak openly and across the line. that's what they want. she says it shouldn't be allowed. they democratic government went allow these lines to be cross. a democratic

government wouldn't allow these lines to be cross. there is little indication that things are set to change anytime soon. hungary has left itself and opposition party divide in the fight against the far right