called the behavior of the hungarian authorities anti-muslim. hungary says the crossing will remain shut. the foreign minister is due in belgrade on friday amid angry recriminations over the scenes yesterday. thousands of people have since been leaving the border crossing from hungary and moved on to

serbia's border with croatia. what started as a trickle on wednesday became a flood. 24 hours later. ,hese migrants are in croatia there is a rumor that a train is coming to take them to the capital. right police hold -- riot police hold some 200 people back until they are overtaken. a train has arrived. there is a scramble for the door. the rush came after hours of waiting in the fields or on tracks. now that the passage to northern europe is barred by hungary, migrants are grateful for croatia's decision to let them pass. >> we are happy because of the croatian -- especially after the announcement by the croatian prime minister about the

refugees and allowing them to cross croatia. reporter: emergency teams say the situation could change drastically overnight. i day after croatian authorities spoke of corridor's for migrants, the interior minister told reporters that the country would not be able to receive more people, and the president announced citizen safety and croatia's stability must come first. >> the entry point into croatia must be under constant supervision. we must know where the refugees are at all times. it is not good if they are entering to cornfields if the border is not functioning as it should. i demand tighter border control and it should only be crossed at certain points. reporter: with 20,000 migrants over the next two weeks, the eu's newest member appears to be changing his tune. anchor: technology permitting, we should be able to go to our correspondent who is on the serbia-croatia border.

tell us a little bit more about what you have seen. well, i'm standing at the edge of the cornfield that we just heard about, migrants walking through. buses arrived here and our right by the croatian border. at the official crossing point, they don't have the necessary documents to cross. it is about three kilometers to cross at the unofficial or illegal, if you like, border crossing point. for the past three days croatia has been tolerating this. it seems as though that is still going on. since we have been here we have seen at least a dozen buses arri ve in the migrants get off and start walking and they haven't been coming back so i guess that means they are being allowed to get across the border. as we were hearing from the croatian authorities, that might not be going on for very much

longer. anchor: in terms of the atmosphere, the reaction of the refugees, how is what you have seen their compared to what you saw yesterday at the hungary-serbia border? reporter: even this morning we were still at the hungary-serbia order, where a lot of people are very wary of coming by this route and say they would prefer to stay waiting and hoping for hungary to open its gates. clearly hundreds of people at the very least have decided to try coming this way. -- they pay 35 euros to get from the hungarian border to where i am now, which is a lot considering the tight budgets these people are on. they were not expecting to be blocked at the stage of their very long journey and they don't have a love for these extra kinds of expenditures and a lot of people are concerned about the extra cost entailed coming by this reply croatia and there is great uncertainty as to

whether they will make it through. anchor: burkina faso next, were wringingas been out across the capital after reports of several deaths. protesters took to the streets to protest of the coup general guard officers. the new leader is a close ally isethe former president blaz compaore. reporter: a coup condemned by the people. protesters braved the streets after burkina faso's military declared it took control of the country. the army opened fire on the crowd, injuring those who stood in their way. >> we don't want any soldiers taking power in this country. no soldiers. we are going to continue the struggle to the last drop of blood. reporter: yeley presidential

guard known as the -- the elite presidential guard, known as the rsp, appears to behind the coup d'état, which is saw president on wednesday.ed >> the current situation is really regrettable for a country which at the moment is on good terms with the international community. even we don't understand what is happening now. we can't understand how the same people who in the past supported the population are taking them hostage. it comes weeks before presidential elections were due to be held on october 11. the coup leaders announced a military general loyal to former aore asnt blaise comp head of state. houstonr uprising

last october. -- ousted him last october. anchor: he was ousted in a popular uprising. before that, he had been in charge for 27 years. during that time, he was accused of committing widespread abuses and trying to change the constitution to extend his reign. reporter: october 31, 2014. after 27 years in power, blaise compaore resigns as president of burkina faso to his attempt to amend the constitution to allow him to run a fifth consecutive term sparked a massive uprising. chemistry is broken into parliament and a national television of his amending the president'-- demanding the president's resignation. to thee gave way opposition demands, making way for a government that saw michelle cofounder -- michel k

afando elected president and isaac zida prime minister. the national assembly passed a controversial out preventing regimefrom compaore's from running for election, which antagonized the ex-president's camp, including the rsp, troops is still loyal to compaore. zida himself had called for the military unit to be dismantled, with little success. his latest attempt in june 2015 sparked a minor political crisis. rsp troops stormed the compound taking the president and prime minister hostage. later, they declare the end of the transitional regime. in chile they are

counting the cost of the the center of the country. a violent aftershocks continue to be felt on tuesday, although the tsunami warning has been lifted. locals here were celebrating independence day on wednesday evening when suddenly an 8.3 magnitude earthquake hit, felt in many towns across the country. like in this supermarket. set. this television new >> right now we can see the movement of our cameras in our studio. let's go to the streets with the traffic cameras. ministry the interior said one million people had to leave their homes and a lost 250,000 -- almost 250,000 cameras were cut off from water and electric city. president michelle bachelet said the disaster could've been a lot worse. >> everyone has said, as i understand, that this is the fifth strongest earthquake in

strongeststory, the this year and one of the strongest in the world. despite this, the response has been good and this has been noted because there are times when the response has not been sufficient. reporter: authorities are keen to emphasize a more efficient response than five years ago. in the initial aftermath of a magnitude quake, the government misjudged the damage and declined offers of international aid. then a tsunami led many who survived the initial quake to be swept away by the massive waves. anchor: we are going to head back for more detail on our main story now, the coup in the west african nation of burkina faso. former army officers loyal --

current on the officers loyal to former blaise compaoré president staging that -- former president blaise compaoré staging that too. i'm joined by the head of african studies at columbia university in new york. that blaiseing compaoré had nothing to do with this. do you believe that? them for theyieve are the close allies of the former president. i'm not sure that they staged a coup. staged a coup to renegotiate, i transition.erm of and the location was in it. nevertheless, when mr. ended, it reign

raised to a lot of people that they could turn a page in the country. in terms of stability, this doesn't look very good. but i think it is a consequence of the way in which the ousting of compaoré happened. if you look at what he is doing all over africa, and burkina faso is a great example, the africans have been able for the last 30 years to learn how to resist authoritarians. they have also learned how to fight back and if you authoritarians. but they are -- defeat authoritarians. but they are not equipped with the system -- at least what we are experiencing, showing that people are not ready to come

with a solid alternative accepted by everybody. the lesson of what has happened this the youth is very good at fighting back but they are not ready to assume power, not ready to contribute to the building of the new they hateause politics. but you cannot change the regime and political system without being involved in the political process. the problem is defined actions to do that. anchor: youth would argue they weren't given the chance given that the former president was only thrown out a short period of time ago and now they are back in power by force. >> but i'm not sure in this case -- the fact is, they got rid of

--paoré, they decided not to participating in the new leadership because they don't trust the political process. the result is you have the same actors coming back, including, pickedy, people who were to conduct the transaction. are blaise compaoré's allies, and the prime minister is coming from the same military group that took power. the problem is, where is the alternative leadership? youth ready to be involved in the political process instead of having a very moralistic view about politics?

anchor: thanks very much for joining us. >> you are very welcome. anchor: "france 2 a high schoolt who was arrested after his teacher mistook his home a clock for a bomb has received a wave of international support. d was commended on his skills by president obama and received an invite to the white house. reporter: after proudly building his own clock, the last thing the science man expected was to be led away from his school in handcuffs. to impressilt this my teacher but when i showed it to her she thought it was a threat to her. it is really sad that she took the wrong impression of it. ahmed says while police did not press charges come he has been suspended and is looking to transfer schools. family and classmates defended the 14-year-old. >> proud of him.

car, my my electricity. >> he fixed my tablet. he's a smart kid. >> the nicest kid, you wouldn't hurt anybody. reporter: the arrest was suspicious them given local politics. yor stood by the arrest. she had early your -- earlier toimed muslism are looking -- muslims are looking to impose sharia law. have reacted either way. it was a suspicious device. earnest: in this instance it is clear that some of ahmed's teachers felt him but it is not too late for all of us to use this as a teachable moment and search our own conscience for biases.

reporter: president obama tweeted an invitation for ahmed to visit the white house and other invites floated in, to famous colleges, visit facebook, and to bring the clock to the famous science fair. ,nchor: good evening to you markus karlsson. to the u.s. markus: the u.s. federal reserve is keeping interest rates steady . this is a closely watched decision that investors have been fretting over in the past weeks, even months. like in this looked almost certain but the fed had concerns about a global economic slowdown and the slowdown could impact the united states. at the same time, said chief

janet yellen says that the economy remains stable with unemployment falling. the meeting was preceded by intense speculation. the question was whether the fed would raise rates for the first time in nine years. janet yellen signaled that it could happen before the end of the year but she also sought to downplay the impact of the first rate hike. ellen: i will note that the importance of the initial increase should not be overstated. the stance of monetary policy will remain highly accommodative for quite some time after the initial increase in the federal funds rate in order to support continued progress toward our objectives of maximum employment and 2% inflation. markus: i was fed chief janet yellen speaking. once again, the federal reserve has kept its benchmark interest rate steady, near 0% this month. let's see how the markets are

faring on the back of that decision. we have seen it spiking in the past hour or so after the decision came out from the federal reserve. the dow jones industrial average this hour is up more than 8%. we have also seen the dollar weakening against other currencies like the euro and the yen. something to be expected. the fed will keep interest rates lower for longer. through this side of the atlantic. we finished 5100, ending in negative territory. indices ended in positive territory, only barely. france is learning the meaning of the unicorn. forget the mythical creature, unicorn is what you call the startup firm when the valuation passes $1 billion. that is what has happened to this french ridesharing firm, raising $200 million of investments as it seeks to

expand. the funding means that the overall valuation has passed the magical threshold of $1 billion. it connects drivers with passengers who are willing to share the cost of a car right. we will get more on this story and speak to the founder and chief executive, joining us on the line. line to have you on the and congratulations on the funding round. federic: thank you. markus: you are president in 19 countries. what are you going to do with the extra money? frederic: we are going to invest in new territories, so among them, brazil and other countries in latin america, and asia. new investment is to spur growth and continue our international expansion. markus: you say you have about

20 million users at this stage. what kind of growth are you expecting? frederic: we have seen -- we have been doubling usage every year. today, community of 20 million members, and probably double next year. in terms of usage, 10 million travelers are quarter who are traveling using blablacar. the activity is very simple. usuallyre the car and 100 to 300 orfrom 400 miles. markus: i have to ask you about the fact that you are officially a unicorn. does the $1 billion valuation mean anything for your business, for u.s. a company? -- you as a company? frederic: it means we are making an impact and bringing a solution that can be adapted by

people in many, many countries. that is the real thing we are bringing. resources andg this is becoming global and the valuation itself is a consequence of the fact that we are bringing this to life so if you can. generatee are about to , it is not that much because the cost for cars is about 10% of the gdp of the country, usually. only for atake this country like france it would be $200 billion and we are optimizing usage for resource, which is used -- worth hundreds of billions of money. we are bringing the optimization layer on the underutilized asset. markus: what is next for you?

is there an ipo on the cards? frederic: there is no plan yet. we concentrate on scaling the then something may happen along the way. it may be an ipo. it may be something else. you are able to raise more money and in private markets you don't have to go into the public market all the time. there is no plan yet. we will continue to grow and see what happens next. markus: do you see regulatory risks? uberve seen the likes of facing regulations. the french government has come down like a ton of bricks on uber. frederic: there is no regulation issue as long as you share the car, which is the case for

blablacar. meaning that the cost of the cap an insurance and registration of the vehicle. our drivers don't make profits at all. it is a peer-to-peer activity where people share the cars on their way and it could be the same as when you bring friends or family members and then you share the car together. there is no regulatory risk. thank you very much indeed for taking the time to speak to us on "france 24." frederic: thank you. markus: shares of the american cable operator cablevision are among the winners on wall street this thursday, amid news that the company has been taken over altice.opean rival reporter: he wants to build a

global telecom and cable giant. altice expanded their empire with the acquisition of cablevision for 17.7 million dollars. it will increase the u.s. presence with hopes that over time, the united states will generate half of its revenues compared to 15% today. the takeover is only the most recent in a year-long shopping spree. alticember of last year, made a splash in the french telecom sector. in may 2015, he made his first foray into the u.s. market by taking over the seventh largest cable operator. this was followed by the acquisition of portugal telecom in june for 7.4 billion euros. the third richest person in france, he has managed to sustain his acquisitions by taking on debt. he has earned the trust of banks by consistently restructuring in the business as he takes over.

nevertheless, with 30 billion will haveebt, altice to ensure that its acquisition makes a high return. markus: there we go, a lot happening in corporate france. blablacar;

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