>> 9:00 p.m. here in the french cap. your are watching live in prison "france 24." here are our top stories. laid to rest. a little boy who drowned with his mother and brother as they attempted to reach europe is buried in his home town in syria. david cameron says legitimate cases will not be turned away. talks at the white house.

u.s. president barack obama hosts the new saudi king for the first time. the iran nuclear deal, yemen and terrorism dominating their discussion. >> good evening. we begin in the syrian town of kubani where a funeral has been held for a 3-year-old boy who drowned off the coast of turkey. images of the boy's body washed the beach caused shock' cross the globe. the boy's father pleaded for a solution to the conflict gripping the country. he described the family's terrible ordeal at sea wednesday night. here is what he had to say. >> i lifted up my children and my wife to help them breathe,

but there was nothing i could do. nothing. mother died last. there you go. that's my story. i hope the world will learn something from it. i hope these people will be helped, that these massacres are stopped. we are human beings just like we werers. why are we trying to get to europe when our country is more beautiful? that is just how it is. >> the father of the boy speaking there at his funeral in syria. during the course of the last few months, a growing number of syrian refugees have been leaving lebanon and heading towards turkey, which is the only country that doesn't require visas for syrian nationals. from there they try to reach e.u. country. a "france 24" team has more on

the journey being made by thousands of people every single week. >> 26-year-old yusef is from homs. now he lives in a camp a ilometer from the syrian border. >> many people have left turkey because it is of the living conditions here. my cousins leave in 10 days. >> he is pretty much packed already. >> everything i will take with me in these two bags. all the rest, elway leave it here. i won't need it. >> he is far from alone. in the camp where he leaves, nearly 20% of the families have left for europe via turkey. every day more decide to leave, as witnessed by a tour operator . >> in the last two months, the number of syrian refugees

buying airline tickets increased by the 0%. > but the vast jormente of refugees try to reach turkey by sea. a month ago, a ferry ran twice weekly. now there are as many as 10 boats departing each day from the docks, carrying about 10,000 people a week, 90% of whom are syrian. >> i am going to turkey. >> with who? >> with my son. >> after turblingy, to greece -- turkey, to greece. >> after greece? >> i will try to reach germany. >> i heard that germany are sending botas to get us. >> there are many other reasons for the sharp increase in refugee departures this year, including the fact that according to the u.n. commission, in the last year the share of syrian refugees in

lebanon living on less than three euros a day increased from 50% to 70%. >> many syrians have crossed the hungarian border in their journey. various camps have been set up. in one camp close to the serbian border, clashes broke out as hundreds of mipe grants broke through a barrier and out of the camp. there were sense scenes today in the hungarian capital, where hundreds of my grants broke through a riot police cordon. they headed to the tracks there. tense scenes. we are getting all the latest on that situation there and what else is happening in hungary from our team on the ground there in about 10 minutes from now. the british prime minister, david cameron has announced that the u.k. will admit thousands more refugees from

war-torn syria. he said his government will increase spending on humanitarian aid by 130 million euros. >> it was a photo that backed david cameron into a corner. the body of a 3-year-old syrian y washed up on a turkish beach put pressure on him to do more. cameron announced the u.k. will take in thousands more my grants from refugee camps bordering syria. >> in taking refugees. every one we take we can offer a new dance and life to. i think it is important to take them from syrian refugee camps. i want to send the message out is that the best way to get a new life is not to make this perilous journey, not to set out from the turkish coast or not to trail across continent

and purr your lives at risk. >> the u.k. is providing an extra 100 million pounds in humanitarian to syria. the total amount of aid now stands at one billion pounds in britain's largest response to a humanitarian crisis. the response drew mixed reactions. >> i think it is really too small. we should be looking to take in 100,000 people. >> it had good for them to continue that. >> according to the u.n.'s high commission for refugees, britain is expected to take in 4,000 extra migrants, in addition to 5,000 sirnls who have already -- syrians given status over the years. it is far less than the number the e.u. is calling for. germany is expected to take in 800,000 refugees this season. >> the european union has few

rules on how my grants should be handled. that is why some countries are accusing others of not doing their bit. the foreign minister spoke about this issue dividing europe. >> we have to get into a mode of cooperation. the spirit of this and future meetings has to be one that says europe can't allow itself to be divided up even in the ace of such a challenge. >> that was the german foreign minister speaking. our reporter joins us from brussels. e.u. foreign ministers have been meeting today in luxembourg. are you getting any signals about a common approach to this crisis? >> they did start on quite a

constructive note as germany, france and italy came with a five-page plan, a document they had already sent. usually when the biggest countries in the european union are on the same page, decisions tampa bay taken. what they called for was a more organized asylum procedure in the union itself and a better repatriation policy for those who fail to pass. the word solidarity appears a number of time in that dossier, refugees to relocate in a fair manner among the 28 member states. this is going down very well with the others. the president of the institution will give his state of the union speech next wednesday in strasbourg when he will pile on the pressure on e.u. member states to help with this relocation mechanism that

comes after the united nations refugee commissioner called on the european union to create a massive relocation package, relocating some 200,000 people that were fleeing from war and persecution. however, while this meeting was taking place in luxembourg, a joint decoration was being gned off on and published by four eastern european countries saying they oppose quote eist and want to tackle the problem at its root as opposed to inviting people from other countries to come in. >> we heard from the german oreign minister. he said now is not the time for finger pointing and trading blame we have seen in recent weeks. >> and we are going to see a lot more of that in the next few days and weeks. the german foreign affairs

minister said this was the biggest challenge facing the european union. he said it was much bigger than the greek crisis and it would take weeks and months to take care of. the vice president of the commission was speaking today, and he said it was a moment of truth for european history and called on member states to do more. he said that europe could find a place for those. >> thank you for that report from brussels. let's move on to other world news now. king salman of saudi arabia has made his pirs visit to the white house since becoming mine orange in his country. here has been debate about the deals. under discussion there between obama and the saudi king, the humanitarian crisis in syria and yemen, as well as tackling

the islamic state organization and terrorism. let's take a listen to what the u.s. president had to say. >> this is the latest of several meetings that i have had with his majesty. and the fact that he has chosen to take this first visit to the united states is indicative of the long-standing friendship between the united states and saudi arabia. we continue to cooperate extremely closely in countering terrorist activity in the region and around the world, including a battle against isil. >> u.s. president barack obama speaking there. cinema fans have been descending on the north frenchtown of daville. this is the 41st edition of the american film festival. one of the films screened there is a biopic of james dean.

it tells the story of the actor's friend ship with a photographer, played by robert pattinson, known for his role in twilight. it will run there until september 13 in case you have a chance to check it out. hundreds of my grants are now marching out of the hungarian capital. this after the local authorities blocked them from boarding trains there. they have decided to continue on foot to austria, a journey of more than 170 kilometers. the hungarian prime ministers has spoken about his entire desire to stop the flow of refugees. but a "france 24" team has met one group of people trying to change the perception. >> the truck of the hungarian muslim community is assaulted, and confusion ensues.

>> if you live in europe, you have to be organized. >> ahmed, like many of these volunteers is hungarian, but converted to islam. 66% of his country fear the arrival of migrants, but ahmed is on a personal mission to improve their image. islam in a o cast positive light. muslims are organized people. they must be disciplined when they receive the aid. our government is unjust and inhuman. as a hungarian i ask the world for forgiveness. >> my grants have been camping out at the station in budapest for days. all international trains have been canceled in a bid to prevent migrants from leaving the country. when a hungarian accosts the

aid group, its leader asks everyone not to respond to the provocation. finally, the woman is evacuated by police. >> we are treated badly here. it is unbelievable. if you do not want us to be here, then let us go. thank you and goodbye. the world is silent. nobody listens to us. >> everybody we talked to at this station says there are two things that keep coming back. one they wanted to be treated as human beings. the hungarian police are especially brutal. and two, they want to leave. they want to get to austria and germany. they want to leave hungary. >> we can go to the motorway, about 15 kilometers away from budapest. thanks for joining us. you aupted that report.

tell us about how people are reacting to this crisis there in hungary? >> people in hungary are divided. that figure mentioned in the report, 66% of the hungarian population in a recent poll said they are afraid of my grants. the press here is very anti-my ant -- >> it looks as though we have lost our live feed there to orcorrespondent, who is just outside of budapest, about 25 kilometers away from budapest. he is following my grants -- migrants who are heading towards austria. they have been denied trains, so they have decided to walk, a journey of 170 kilometers in length between budapest and the austrian border. we will see if we can get back to her if we can.

i'm checking in and out if we have any word there -- no, it doesn't look like we will be able to cross back to her. we will bring her into one of our bulletins later on. let's turn our eye now to business news. "france 24's" marcus karlsson is here in studio. let start with news out of the united states. >> investors have been asking for months when u.s. interest rates will be heading higher, and today, this friday, we got through a piece of economic data that could shed more light on this issue. the u.s. economy added 173,000 jobs during the month of august. that was fewer than expected. but looking beyond the headline, analysts say the report was fairly strong. that is probably because of this number right here. the unemployment rate in the united states dipped to 5.1% in august, which is the lowest we have seen since april of 2008. at the same time, previous

estimates of jobs added in june and july were revised higher, and on average over the past three months, the u.s. economy has added more than it00,000 jobs. on top of that, wages are heading higher, which is seen as a sign of a strengthening labor market at least by some. some say that a strong jobs report could prompt the federal reserve to raise interest rates in the united states. that is why this jobs report was so closely scrutinized this month. american rates are near zero, and the fed hasn't hiked those rates for nine years now. there has been much speculation whether a hike is in the cards when the federal reserve on its governing council meets in two weeks. for more analysis of what the fed may do, i spoke earlier to angus campbell at essex pro. he said the jobs report is a mixed bag.

>> the actual headline figure, which the number of jobs created over the last month is the key number. it is only 173,000. the federal reserve had been hoping to see consistently over ,000 month on month. is just -- consistently over 200,000 month on month. if they want to kick it up, they have to see morrow bust job creation than that. yes, the unemployment rate did fall, and yes, average earnings rates are better. but the u.s. economy is not going at full guns yet. it is not creating enough jobs to warrant a rate hike yet. then you have to consider also on top of that the recent financial market turmoil as well, which they definitely

have to consider. >> but you say you don't believe in a separate hike. we are steegmans the dollar rising. we have seen shares trading lower, which seems to suggest that the market thinks that the fed could go in september? >> yeah, there is still a chance, of course. for me, i don't think -- and consistently here at fx pro we have been calling for a much later rate hike than this year. if it does come this year, we still believe december is almost a little bit too early. we think the first hike will probably come in the first part of 2016. you have to look at the conditions. yes, the labor market is good in the u.s. the economy is growing, but it is nowhere near the level they would be happy with to start raising rates. erging market have shown

nervousness. the i.m.f. said they are very nervous about central banks raising their interest rates at this time. >> let's bring you up to date with the stock market this hour. we have seen the u.s. indexes trading sharply lower on the back of this jobs report. the belief seems to be that the fed may hike interest rates in september, or at least that the chances or the risk of the fed hiking the interest rate in september is increased. that is why we are seeing the dollar trading higher. we have seen though in the past hour or so that the american indexes have paired their previous losses. the dow jones is down by 1.75% at this hour. in europe we saw read -- we saw red across the board on the

back of the jobs report. now, the term low cost is often associated with airline travel, but in france it has spread to the rails as well. the state own train operator is betting big on it. after resists a government decision for long haul travel, it is now all in. >> the french train operator has given a yes to low-cost services. it has convinced the company it is on the right track. they will be standing services to eight stations in the north and west next year. low cost services does not have to mean low quality. >> low cost is being considered uncouth, to rude and except it is the right to travel more. >> as well as expanding

low-cost train services, it is revamping its bus business. ouibus. en renamed they will have 126 day and night routes, connecting 146 destinations. he oui brand is supposed to be easier to use. they project the low-cost service to carry 10 million passengers next year and 18 million by 2018. the rebrand is in response to last year's financial statement. its net profit grew by 1.5% to just over 600 million euros due 014, this was mainly to revenue. the company has shown five years of continuous deadline. >> we will see if the passengers say oui as well. let's bring you up to date with

a few other stories we are watching. e lewis tansa -- the lewis tans said they will immediate profits. he said customer numbers had remained high. spor called on the pilot as union to help resolve a conflict that has led to a dozen walk-outs. the irish aircraft company has been bought in a deal worth $2.5 billion. a chinese firm won a bidding war. buying passenger jets from the likes of airbus and boeing and leasing them to airlines is seen as a growing business in asia. the chinese market is among the best opportunities in global aviation. online betting company, g.v.c. another d to take over

company. the chief executive says you need scale to operate in the online betting market. we are going to finish with this. you may not know it, but today is force friday if you believe disney. three months or 116 days before the latest movie in the "star wars" series comes out, disney has started selling its official mts. if you didn't already know it, the movie is called the force awakens. luke has this report. >> it's back. and it's bigger than ever. or at least for "star wars" merchandising tie-ins.

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