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as a record number of refugees arrive. resettle over how to the people who are already here. a second day of clashes at a mosque. israel says it sent security forces. jordan says it is a provocation. australia's fourth prime minister in just over two years. tony abbott out as his
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government struggles in the opinion polls. european states are rushing to bring back border controls amid record arrivals of migrants and refugees. hungary has closed its main crossing from serbia, where thousands of people have been arriving on a daily basis. this afternoon, more than 7000 in a singlerrived day. austria is sending troops to patrol its border with hungary. germany, slovakia, and the netherlands have also brought back passport checks, bringing to an end decades of free movement within the schengen zone. checks at thece
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border between germany and austria monday morning, a throwback to the re-schengen -- pre-schengen era. is ancision from berlin emergency response to an unprecedented wave of people entering the country. some 16,000 silence acres arrived at munich's railway station over the weekend. experts say it is just the tip of the iceberg. thousands of refugees have arrived. to stem: in an effort this flow of refugees, rail services between austria and germany were suspended on sunday night, leaving hundreds of people waiting on the platform in vienna. planes -- trains started running again on monday morning. by reestablishing checks at the border with austria, germany after the czech republic to follow suit, as well as slovakia, which reinstated
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checks at the hungry border, -- the hungary border, too. --y refugees find them stuck themselves stuck in the country, unable to continue their journey. more still are arriving from hungary. authorities are overwhelmed and have called in the army to join police in managing the crowds. they have reinstated checks at the hungarian border. laura: in brussels, an attempt, with some answers -- attempt to come up with some answers. eu ministers have been arguing over how to relocate 150,000 people currently stranded in italy, hungary, grace -- and greece. countries are reluctant to accept quotas. hungary's prime minister said strengthening the eu's exterior borders should be the priority. i'm joined by a german member of
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the parliament. sent out the message that hundreds of thousands of migrants were welcome, then the border was closed on sunday night. what happened? >> [indiscernible] including inepted, my hometown, munich. apparently our chancellor thinks it is enough. in my opinion, we could accept more. i think there is much more space in germany. i do not agree with this. laura: estimates range between 800000 and one million syrian refugees in germany this year. how many would you like to take? >> i think even such a huge number would be possible,
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provided that we are very careful in integrating these people. it is a very difficult task, i agree. ,t is almost impossible to find so quickly, some houses for them and solve logistic problems. but it is a problem which comes to us. laura: is it naïve to expect migrants to stay put in countries under the quota system, countries like greece and slovakia, where there is very little economic opportunity? rather than coming to countries like germany, the united kingdom? >> these countries have to take many more. there should be a quota system, so that every country accepts
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according to its possibility. laura: do you think the german government is reflecting the will of the german people? we saw very large turnouts for the movement. there is a burgeoning -- increasingly stronger far right movement in germany. is there a risk he will push people into the arms of the far will pushisk you people into the arms of the far right? >> these people are not saying anything at the moment. what you see, especially in my hometown, is people are very happy to help. nations.e lots of the the population is -- lots of donations. the population is really engaged. laura: you are not seeing any backlash against germany welcoming such large numbers of refugees, for example in a small
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town where a school was supposed used as a refugee center and was burned down by accident? wanted tonight, they in a veryefugees small community, but that causes problems. these problems have to be solved we have to make such things. we have to have positions which are not very popular. otherwise, it is impossible to welcome such a large number of people. it is not done automatically. i think one has to make some compromises. laura: is the schengen zone dead in your view? >> unfortunately, yes. policythe european
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reacts in a proper way, it is possible we could still distribute the refugees in a way that is good for everybody. not one or two or even three countries can accept all of the refugees. we have to distribute them. europeans say that have an obligation to help the syrian refugees. what about other arab countries, countries like saudi arabia? should they be doing more? >> they should definitely do more. but take countries like jordan. they have accepted as many refugees as they do -- as they have in their population, far more than europe as. laura: -- far more than europe has. laura: what they are not being integrated into the population
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-- but they are not being integrated into the population. >> unfortunately, that is true. such that people can survive. laura: thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. laura: the french president, francois hollande, has been speaking about syria. he says france will take arts in airstrikes against the islamic state group. paris will begin to take part in those flights. france is already part of the coalition led by the united states, bombing the islamic state positions inside iraq. now it is time to turn to syria. he is taking part in a joint press conference with the nigerian president. let's take a listen. in mali andvention
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the support to the countries we support we bring to the countries in the lake chad region, france committed to the fight against terrorism a long time ago. we are also taking part in the coalition in iraq, allowing us to launch airstrikes if necessary. in syria, it will be necessary. laura: in other news, mexico wants answers from the egyptian government after a convoy of forest was mistaken for -- of tourists was mistaken for terrorists. vehicle: it was a 4x4 like this one that the tourists were traveling in when they were shot at by age of security egyptian shot at by security forces. they came under fire in a fatal ambush, mistaken for terrorists.
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arvivors are being treated in cairo hospital, where they told their ambassador about the circumstance of the attacks. ambassador to egypt was able to speak personally with six mexicans who are currently being treated in hospital. they all hold him separately that they had been hit by an airborne attack. they were evacuated in military and civilian vehicles and then taken to the hospital. the egyptian interior ministry has recognized the joint military and police operation and that they were pursuing "terrorist elements." the prime minister was at the hospital to visit survivors. i express my condolences firmly with the egyptian patients and our mexican guests.
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i also told the mexican ambassador to express my condolences. initially,nd authorities said the tourists were in an off-limits zone, something the tour operator denied. mexican president enrique pena nieto demanded a thorough investigation of the incident from the egyptian government. the king of jordan has warned israel against provocation at the al-aqsa mosque. jews sought to access the site to mark the jewish new year. israel says it and security forces -- it sent security forces to protect them. ourthe latest, we go to correspondent, irrespective -- irris. this is an extremely sensitive
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region. talk us through what happened. irris: for the second day in a row, we have seen clashes inside the holy mosque itself and the compound. let's evaluate it. we have seen people -- palestinians holed up in there. we have seen exchanges with rubber bullets from the israeli side. we have seen rocks thrown. we have seen arrests. haven't seen anyone killed. for thew-level tension second day in a row. it is a jewish festival. we do cvs periodic -- see these tensionsflare-ups in during jewish and muslim festivals. we will see whether it is more serious or whether we will go back to how it was before. it is a flashpoint for a reason.
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it can go to bloodshed in the blink of an eye. i think that's what we have to be aware of. laura: what is the israeli government planning to do about it? irris: the israeli government is worried, concerned about ongoing throwing of rocks and mortar bombs at citizens. we saw a jewish family last night going home from their new year dinner and rocks were thrown at their car. the driver lost control. all three people in the car were injured. he was very seriously injured. overnight, he lost his life. the israeli government -- when this jewish festival ends, the israeli prime minister is holding a security cabinet meeting to see what can be done when stones are thrown at civilians on both sides of the line. laura: thanks very much, irris. moving to afghanistan. an audacious prison break by
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taliban,inan -- by the freeing hundreds. four policemen were killed in the rates. reporter-- raids. reporter: you afghanistan -- it third majoran's prison break since 2008. they blew up a car with explosives at the front gate before rushing inside. >> six armed men in military uniforms entered the prison after they broke the lot at the main entrance. they shouted to the prisoners, "we are the taliban. we have come to free you from this jail." reporter: afghan authorities have not really detailed those who escaped, though many are thought to be part of the taliban. waslast large-scale escape in 2011 in kandahar.
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the latest attack comes as the militant group deals with neck or money is shift -- with an acrimonious shift in leadership. group's attacks on governments and foreign troops have intensified in recent months, crushing hopes for peace as western militaries withdraw, leaving afghan security forces to cope on their own for the first time. laura: australia is set to swear in his fourth prime minister in just over two years. tony abbott was forced out of the job by members of his own party. not comfortable is to replace -- malcolm turnbull is to replace him. stage to leaving the make way for a new man of the moment in australian politics. malcolm turnbull has wrestled back control with the backing of the parliamentary group. >> malcolm turnbull was
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successful on 54, tony abbott 44. reporter: the prime minister designate paid tribute to his predecessor, but he had recently been scathing of tony abbott's leadership. >> we need to have in this country, and we will have now, an economic vision, a leadership that explains the great challenges and opportunities that we face, describes the way in which we can handle those challenges, sei ze those opportunities, and does so in a manner that the australian people understand. l denied: turnbul speculation that he plans to hold a snap election, instead vowing the government will be out its current term -- will see out its current term. expressedt had confidence he would win. after trailing the labour
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opposition in two doesn't opinion polls, his -- two dozen opinion polls, his party had had enough. he served the shortest tenure as prime minister in almost 50 years. laura: a televised debate before the vote. live pictures coming to us from greek national television. polls show the syriza party, led by former prime minister alexis service -- alexis tsipras, is that and that with -- uiis neck and neck with the new democracy. tsipras was criticized for accepting an austerity deal. studio. to kate in the airbus making a move into enemy boeing's territory. kate: they have opened up their
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first factory in the united states, airbus, which is based in the french city of toulouse. alabama, parte, of a high-stakes gamble by the country -- the company to grab a larger share of the lucrative american market for new planes by creating 1000 skilled jobs in one of the poorest states in the u.s. our correspondent sent us this report. reporter: this is the first, made in america airbus plane. this u.s. factory is officially open as airbus enters what is traditionally boeing territory. the key question -- warirbus declaring a turf on boeing by opening its factory here in the u.s. heartland? it airbus president tells me is simply about a european company with global ambitions. >> we are just implementing our strategy, which is to become a global player.
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we are very strong in europe, china. we need to have an industrial footprint in america, which is the biggest market in the world. competitive in a few years, but the overall costs will be similar to our european costs. getting closer to a customer -- that doesn't make you win. but when you have the best product, if at the same time you get closer to your customers, you create jobs in america, you win. we want to win 50% of the next aircraft which will be required by the market over the next 20 years. indicese major european ended their trading session mixed this monday. a rocky day on the asian markets. dax ending the day in positive territory.
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wall street is trading downwards. the dow fell 100 once earlier -- 100 points earlier in the session, though it has recovered a bit. apple says iphone sales are on track to beat last year's. playing will they or won't they finally raise interest rates after nine years. the central bank is thought to be close to backing away from record low levels. it is being closely watched by markets around the world. let's take a look at some of the day's other business headlines. chief executive of fiat -- the chief executive of fiat chrysler has canceled an appearance this week. he said he had to focus on reaching a new labor contract with the united auto workers union of detroit. they are working on a new
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benefit system for the workers working at the so-called big three automakers factories in detroit. which event is planning to close 90% of its operations in -- deutsche bank is planning to close 90% of its operations in russia. the german bank said the chairman of its russian unit would be leaving moscow. arean and u.s. officials looking into claims of bribes. s plan to buy aa' french equipment maker has feared its final hurdle in the u.s. -- has cleared its final hurdle in the u.s. the takeover will create the of mobileggest buyer phone equipment. it is expected to close next month. in the run-up to the climate change summit we have been taking a look at how energy
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around the world. morocco is one of the few fossil fuelth no reserves, meaning it is largely dependent on in order to energy -- on imported energy. harnessing the power of desert winds. farmurbines at the wind doing their part to wean morocco off foreign energy. in 2014, the kingdom imported almost 95% of its energy. >> it is the largest wind farm in africa. reach 2000trying to megawatts of wind energy by 2020. reporter: this plant is just one part of the kingdom's goal to have 42% of its energy consumption in 2020 come from renewable sources.
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with the electricity demand expected to rise further in the next 20 years, the need for a local, more affordable energy is as pressing as ever. >> when it comes to wind power, countries leading -- our country's leading internationally. the cost is lower than producing electricity from coal. reporter: however, issues with connecting renewable power to the existing transmission grid, as well as institutional morocco is still faced with challenges. laura: -- kate: from the donald to "the terminator." arnold schwarzenegger will replace donald trump as the host of "celebrity apprentice." he launched the competitive to show -- tv show in 2004.
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step down as host -- he stepped down as host to focus on his campaign. nbc ended its relationship with the candidate after controversial remarks about hispanics. you might remember from's catchphrase -- remember tr ump's catchphrase "you're fired." could we be hearing "you're terminated" next? laura: trump going on to who knows what. who knows how far he will go? it's exciting. thank you very much. we are going to take a short break. more headlines coming up.
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09/14/15 09/14/15 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> let us be a force of change in the world, a force of humanity and peace in the world, and a force that recognizes we cannot go on like this with grotesque levels of global inequality, grotesque threats to our environment all around the world, without the rich and powerful governments stepping up to the plate to make sure our world becomes safer and better.

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