from italy,irst france, and germany have signed a document calling for a review of the current eu rules on granting asylum to the document, signed by the ministers of the countries, underline that the migrant crisis needs to be reassessed. the news comes amid a growing influx of people to the eu. we go to berlin with the latest. reporter: an unprecedented

number of migrants have crossed the borders not only in the last few days but over the last few months, an estimated 416,000 asylum-seekers in germany coming to germany so far this year. the number is expected to go up to 800,000 and could even reach a million. germany has been relaxed on the so-called dublin agreement, saying it would and send refugees act of the countries they arrived in europe. it has become a target destination for refugees arriving in europe because it is thought to have open borders, rich country, work opportunities, very welcoming. angela merkel has called in other countries across the eu to step up. this puts a lot of stress on local authorities trying to deal with this many people arriving in germany. that is what the bundestag, the german parliament, was agreeing to become a meeting to discuss with the interior minister

putting together a multiyear package, saying it was an ambitious timetable but he hopes to have it fixed by the end of october. the main point is to create new refugee shelters across germany to speed up the asylum procedure and also to return failed asylum-seekers back home. it would also streamline the process of getting aid from the german government to municipalities around the country that needed. it needs parliamentary approval, which hopefully will happen quickly. speaking to me from berlin a short time ago. in hungary, hundreds of migrants have been protesting for a second day as anger mounts over the decision to prevent them traveling towards germany and other eu nations. gathered outside budapest's main international train station, they chanted slogans at police and blocked them from boarding trains. the hungarian capital is the latest focal point of european

tensions over the steady flow of people arriving in europe fleeing poverty and more. -- and war. reporter: chanting for their freedom, but the second date migrant protesters at the budapest railway station as they are prevented from going to northern europe. many are fleeing conflict in the middle east could others from economic hardship. most are hoping to get to germany, europe's biggest economy, where they believe they have more chance of landing work. >> here and there and their and there. and there and >> not to stay in hungary! reporter: refugees would seek asylum in the first country they interpret with thousands of migrants in budapest were able to board trains in germany. in a reverse of the policy, the station has been shut to migrants since tuesday morning. the hungarian government has

confirmed its intention to stick to eu guidelines. >> you have to follow existing european protocols and rules. nobody is allowed to board a train and leave the country without a recommendation. a train ticket would not substitute european regulation. reporter: with over 2000 people stranded in budapest, migrant arrivals have lowered to dozens. many are exhausted after traveling for weeks. >> in other world news, president barack obama has secured enough support to ensure a nuclear deal with iran will go ahead. mikulskibarbara announced her support this wednesday, becoming the 34th senator to back the deal. the accord will see sanctions relief on iran 14 -- for tehran agreeing to backpedal the nuclear program. he was john kerry speaking earlier. president obama

and i are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the framework we have put forward will get the job done. in that assessment, we have excellent company. last month, 29 of our nation's top nuclear physicists and nobel prize winners, scientists, from one end of the country to the other, congratulated the president for what they call "a technically sound, stringent, and innovative deal that will provide the necessary assurance that iran is not developing nuclear weapons." >> philip crowther is in washington and we can cross live to him. that evening to you. we have been listening to john kerry, rather optimistic response. talk us through just how important is this 34th vote from the maryland senator. philip: absolutely crucial, that vote from senator barbara mikulski.

it came one hour before john kerry made his speech, almost an hour-long speech, in philadelphia. it was supposed to be a speech to further encourage democratic senators to side with the white house on this one, to vote eventually for the iran deal. by the time he spoke, he already knew that his beach was going to turn into a bit of a victory lap , because this is all the white house needs. this is all democrats need, 34 votes in the senate. one vote over one quarter of one of the houses up on capitol hill for this deal to go through. still, what will probably happen, the most likely outcome over the next two, is that there will first be a motion, resolution of disapproval on behalf of republicans in congress. that will almost stop the nuclear deal. but then there is the presidential veto from president obama. he is allowed to do that. this 34th vote you heard about, that will stop republicans from being able to override that presidential veto.

in other words, it does mean that the iran nuclear deal goes through. it is a foreign policy victory today for president obama. >> as far as the republicans are concerned, are they still united in their distaste for this deal, and what can they really do from here on out? philip: there's not much more they can do really right now. this was a big effort on behalf of republicans and the israeli government as well and on behalf of the pro-israel lobby, the very powerful pro-israel lobby here in washington, to get democrats to side with republicans. at the end of the day, the way the vote count stands for now, and the vote is still a few weeks away, all republicans will be voting against the deal, and only two democrats side with republicans right now. this means there are still 10 undecided democrats. the white house is trying to go even further with this. they need seven more democrats to stay on their side, and that

means the motion of disapproval on behalf of republicans won't even be able to happen. we have a little victory today for the white house. there might be an even bigger victory that they are looking for. >> philip crowther keeping us up-to-date from washington. thank you. and other international news, the former congolese warlord has pleaded not guilty to all charges at the start of the war crimes trial in the hague. including rape, murder, and recruiting child soldiers. earlier this wednesday, the chief prosecutor used for opening statement to tell the ,ourt that the general nicknamed the terminator, had ordered the debts of thousands of victims in a campaign of terror in eastern congo. this report from the hague. reporter: he was sometimes closing his eyes while listening to a long list of atrocities -- murder, pillage, rape,

conscription of child soldiers. 18 charges we have heard today, and this makes it the biggest icc trial ever in history. after having listened to the stood upbosco ntaganda guilty." not he is seen as a key figure in in ongoing mineral war eastern congo. he would have ordered his troops , soldiers of the lpc, to hunt the people who are living nearby the goal lines -- gold mines. back in 2002 and 2003. the prosecutor from the icc hopes with this trial to end impunity in eastern congo. the defense hopes to prove the innocence of bosco ntaganda and will do so, start doing this by

tomorrow. after that, the first witness we can expect is the 15th of december. frenchhere in the capital police have arrested a man in his 30's after eight people including two children were killed in a fire in an apartment building. investigators believe the blaze in paris' 18th district could have been started deliberately. the fire was the deadliest the capital has seen in a decade. reporter: behind his makeshift screen, firefighters bring out the bodies. eight in total, two of them children. helpless local residents could only watch as their neighbors tried to escape the inferno. >> woman threw herself out the window. she was screaming and screaming. she threw herself out the window here she killed herself. there were flames, people screaming, people hanging out

their windows shouting "help, help!" reporter: early wednesday morning, fire started in the stairwell of this apartment block. it trapped residents over five stories. seven were rescued by firefighters. but what initially looked like a house fire starting to look like a deliberate attack. the building's owner says the property was modern and safe. renovatedade was about five years ago and the inside of the building was refurbished about six or seven years ago. all the plumbing, the stairwell, the bathroom -- it was a massive job. reporter: so why, then, did this building see not one but two fires last night? for the were 2 callouts same address last night. firefighters attended the number and in the hall they found a bunch of papers burning. they put out a few papers.

they call that a second time at 4:30 in the morning and this time, it was totally different scenario. this is now a crime scene and police have arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with the deadliest fire paris has seen for 10 years. there was yet more violence in the yemen this wednesday as at least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded during an attack on a mosque. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility. we will keep you up-to-date as details come in. the red cross, meanwhile, says 2 of its employees have been shot dead by an unknown attacker. openedhought the gunman fire on the pair, yemeni nationals, as they returned from work. lacked a sixemenis applies due to the conflict that has been raging for months now. it comes week after gunmen office, onece -- of several attacks it has faced

in the southern port city. lebanon's interior minister has warned protesters that future decisions will be broken up by force if needed. it comes after police forcibly removed demonstrators staging a sit-in at the environment ministry calling for the minister to resign. protesters are part of the "you stink" movement, sparked by concerns over rotting rubbish in beirut. government has failed to find a solution for the garbage after it closed the main landfill in july. >> any occupation or sit-in or attack on a public institution will be dealt with decisively from the first moment. under the law and by force, if the occupier is -- occupiers or protesters do not respond. is 9:50 in the french capital. time for a reminder of the top stories this hour.

signed aance, germany joint document calling for eu rules on drafting asylum to be reassessed. meanwhile, in budapest, migrants continued protests over the decision preventing them from moving on. the former congolese warlord bosco ntaganda pleaded not guilty to all a charges against him could this at the start of his war crimes trial at the international criminal court in the hague. at the french capital, police arrest a man in his 30's after eight people, including two children, were killed in a fire in a paris apartment building. evening hasy this been migration to europe. the macedonian government is swiftly moving migrants across the country, but on arrival in serbia, migrants and refugees are required to register with authorities there. a tobacco factory on the border town has turned into a reception

center as police struggled to keep up with the numbers arriving. reporter: hundreds traveled to get in so they can get out of serbia. >> why have they sent the army? i am just a migrant. i will need my document and i will leave, no more, no less. reporter: those who make it across the barrier are searched and registered. they received a 72-hour passed in which they need to book into hotels and travel on public transport. met when he crossed into macedonia and has made it inside . now he has been separated from his sister, wife, and three children. my family was registered yesterday but i am still here. maybe i will join them in two days. not sure i will see them again. maybe i won't. they will go to belgrade and after crossing the border, how will i find them bac?

reporter: she doesn't like waiting in this camp despite access to water and the rare shower. he does not like the idea of relying on charity. >> i'm not a refugee. i am a migrant. and i will respect the conditions of the country where i find myself. and i will work and i will study it i will not take the country's money without working. i do not like the term "refugee." i will work, and i want to do my part. reporter: the weight in the mcgahee is long. tempers flare. many complain they are being treated in an inhumane way. are more debtlice by the crowd every time they atch someone -- are roared

by the crowd every time they touch someone. the paper that will get them through serbia. >> for more on this, we go to belgrade. good evening to you. you are following migrants on their route looking at the trials and relations they are facing. talk us through where you have stopped now. reporter: so we are now in belgrade, which is where the people you saw in that report ended up. they take losses to get here. this is a breather destination. they can afford to check into hotels and wait for people they've been separated from. the man you saw in that report i can gladly report has been reunited with his family. some people if they don't have the paper pay extra to also stay somewhere. but there is also people who have no money and they are staying in a public park in

belgrade. they have pitched tents, washing water trucks, and are regrouping and seeing how they will continue into hungary. >> as you said, this is a stopover point for those who are lucky enough to obtain the crucial paperwork to go on. where do they intend on going? reporter: well, the hungarian border is next, with smugglers walking through the park running out their number on pieces of paper. most people will have to resort to that. to get into hungary alone is 500 euros. go to germany, the end destination for most of them, 1500 euros. others have made arrangements before and are waiting for smugglers to get back in touch with them, have a package deal to get from turkey to greece, and then on towards germany. there is a couple of infamous

hotels which are known for their smuggling connections. those looking for help will find it there, but we have also talked to people who are planning to try it alone and are worried about fingerprinting because don göring police do that if they catch you. some people just don't have the money to pay someone to make sure they make it. keeping us up-to-date from belgrade, thank you. you can followt her progress on our website, france24.com, or on twitter. change of pace now. time for a look at the business news. marcus joins me in the studio. we are starting with a giant strike in india today. : labor unions across india observed a one-day strike this wednesday. 150 million people walked off the job against the government plan to reform labor laws. it is seen as the biggest show of strength yet since prime

minister narendra modi took office. there are reports of clashes in several places in india. this video is from jennie garth in the indian--- is from tri nigar in the indian-controlled area of kashmir. they are trying -- they say they are tried to make life easier for indian businesses. hildebrand has been taking a closer look. how big was india's national strike, 150 million people did not go to work, figure equivalent of the night biggest country in the world. 10 out of the 12 major labor unions organized from affecting most sectors. the strike is believed to have cost of the indian economy 550 million euros. still, protesters say it was necessary. talks between the government and

opposition broke down over the economic reforms proposed by prime minister narendra modi. in ayear mod iwon landslide over a promise to boost growth. he wants a simple high labor laws, the tax code, and use paperwork, a business friendly approach that could attract foreign investors. it is difficult to work every day in india since everything is so complex -- access to energy, paperwork. it is very complicated. this is a country with different laws in every state. modi's policies are expected to make it easier for countries to hire and fire and restrict unions. india was forecast to be the fastest-growing major economy this year, until fresh data suite -- last week showed india growing on par with nearby rival china and 7%. investors say talk is cheap and

if the country's going to reach its potential, modi and oppositional have to agree moving forward. asia, stocking in markets in china clawed back early losses on wednesday. .4 shanghai composite closed percent lower, still significantly better than the start of the session where we saw much sharper falls. stocks got by on speculation that the government is pressuring stick-back investors to boost markets buying shows. downhanghai composite was 12 .5%. the chinese growth concerns put pressure on global stocks tuesday with the u.s. stocks posting their worst start to the month of september in 13 years. it is a very different picture this session as you can see right here. the dow jones industrial average as trading 1.2%. this is investors are digesting solid economic data. we got word from adp, for

instance, that u.s. private firms added 190,000 jobs during the month of august, and that was seen as a pretty solid figure there. in europe earlier we saw european shares jumping higher did the london ftse was up by .4%. mining shares bucked the general trend on concerns that slowing demandin china will dent for minerals. the u.s. president is touring alaska and the arctic, hoping to draw attention to climate change issues. but the trip has sparked criticism and accusations of hypocrisy. it follows the obama administration's decision to let the oil company shall drill for oil in the arctic. the shell executive has come out to defend the project, however. he says his company and the world needs to prepare for the future when current oil stocks run low. hell is not for turning. the oil giant says it's controversial exploration off

the coast of alaska is going well despite adverse weather conditions. oil prices last week tumbled to a 6.5-year low. but the shell president says he is looking at the long-term perspective. >> one of the most frequent questions i get is why explore the arctic now? oil prices are low. why are you out there now? a lot of it is based on the question you just asked, because it takes years to build the capability to do this the right way. reporter: rival oil companies such as bp have suspended their arctic drilling, deeming it too risky and expensive. for shell, the risk is worth taking, even imperative. the transition is real and required and the oil boom will be required for a long time. this taking close look at developing our -- let's take a close look at developing our own resources and control how it is done and get all the benefits. reporter: environmentalist groups have been fiercely opposed to what they say is a destructive drilling operation.

they have repeatedly protested shellactions in recent years. 's president barack obama was criticized for deciding not to deny the drilling permit. last greatis the frontier of oil exploration, containing up to 30% of the d gas and 13% of undiscovered oil. markus: that was oliver farry with that report. here in france, the economy minister as slant a decision by alcatel lucent's chief executive to leave the farm. adds further controversy to the departure from alcatel lucent. he has attracted criticism after media reports that he would collect nearly 14 million euros for his three-year service to the firm. during that time he has been in charge of downsizing the trouble to network equipment maker. he was praised earlier this year after negotiating the sale of alcatel lucent to rival nokia.

but the economy minister says he should have seen the transaction through. >> he has led the merger operation between alcatel lucent and nokia,8úxú

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