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speak. good evening. we begin with the latest on the biggest wave of migration europe has seen it's the end of the second world war. croatia now says it cannot cope with the numbers. authorities are transporting hundreds of migrants to the hungarian border. the hungarians reacted angrily, calling illegal. thanks for joining us. just bring us up to speed. is there any clarity this evening as to where the migrants who were there where you are go from here? all, i'm at the railway station at the moment.
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there is a crowd of migrants waiting for a train. they say they had been told that train will take them to the croatian capital, near the border with slovenia and the schengen zone. other migrants thought they were being taken there but it turned out they were taken to the hungarian border. only two buses were initially let in by hungary, which said they would take them right away to hungary's border with austria. it seems some kind of deal has been done between croatia and hungry because there are at least a dozen buses ready to leave and they are upfront about taking the migrants to hungary. one migrants said they will be taken into hungary and take into camps on the hungary-austria border. sources are saying it will be taken straight into austria. there is not yet full clarity.
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it seems as if something is moving, at least some sort of partial solution found to get hundreds of migrants out. anchor: the croatian government saying it can't cope. what is the feeling amongst ordinary croatians you are speaking to? reporter: at least here people feel very sympathetic. a quarter of a century ago, we were refugees too. that bearsmall town the scars of croatia's war with serbia. they feel very sympathetic to people who have been fleeing wars in syria and afghanistan and iraq and other places. nor themhe migrants think this is any place for them to stay. i think the migrants and local people are hoping a solution is found to resettle them somewhere where they might have more of a
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chance of finding a home. anchor: thank you again. tensions are still running high in burkina faso. unrest has fled to various parts of the country following a coup earlier in the week by a general still loyal to blaise compaoré, who was ousted last year. two days after seizing power, the military is lookingrkina faso to come to terms at home and abroad. it has stated it does not intend to spend a long time in power. the west african nation reopened its borders at the same time it announced the release of those it was holding. >> we have freed ministers. we have freed mr. michel kafando
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, the former president of the transition. we have established contact with all members of the international community so we can engage in talks. alexander: the military men seize power when they stormed into a cabinet eating on wednesday before making the announcement on thursday. said the coupre was triggered by a proposal to dismantle the presidential guard. madeunta claims to have releases. the president and prime minister are still not free. >> the president is confined because they put him under watch at his home. why the leader is still being held in the presidential palace by elements of the junta. he is being held with some of
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his security detail. alexander: they have not freed anyone from now. they even arrested people during the night. the whereabouts of issac zilda have not been individually verify. arrived todents mediate talks. the coup has been condemned by france, as well as the united states and united nations, which has demanded the resumption of a democratic transition. anchor: the african union says it is suspending burkina faso. that follows a meeting of the fit four-member body and addis ababa. burkina faso has been suspended with immediate effect so sanctions could be imposed. to political analyst gilleles.
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the talks, are they likely to achieve anything? what is there to negotiate with a junta that has derailed the democratic process? think the leader of , wasunta, gilbert diendére the real number two of the regime. you hear the results of the long presidency of blaise compaoré. the situation difficult. -- the situation is difficult. on one hand, i don't think it is the transition that it was supposed to be. would be leader for a few weeks or a few months, but at the same time, they have quite strong control of the
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security system. he has been head of the collegian and the regime and has a lot of friends as well in the -- region.s it is not going to be very equal. anchor: what about people who are helping to mediate right now? talks are still going on. did those presidents who came in from neighboring countries to try to help? they got experience -- have they got experience when it comes to achieving desirable outcomes in these negotiations? hases: a west african state quite a long history with dealing with this. it is the region where we had moved in recently. mali, guineae before. they have experience in dealing with these situations.
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thes difficult because transition that happened last year and the fact that what happened really is a major setback. at the same time, as i said before, the person who is now also someone who is quite clever and has some leverage. i think it is very important to state what is happening is a grasp of power by force. there is no justification for it. anchor: what about the threat of sanctions and the expulsion from the african union of burkina faso? is that likely to change anything as far as the junta's mind concern? overs: i was just going rules about coup. there's no surprise the west african union come in regards to
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burkina faso, it is important to what it says that the european union and u.n. would have information on the necessity to touse this group, but not so detain, to attempt another transition. i'm not sure they want to stay in power, but i think they want to control the transition and two give more power to the presidential guard. thank you very much for helping us. speaking very much with us. inpeople have been killed the northwestern pakistan city of passion what.
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taliban militants were neighboring -- were from neighboring afghanistan. reporter: inspecting the airbase after the attack. ofday at dawn, a group taliban gum and enter the site. they terrorists broke into three cells. one heading towards the mosque were soldiers and families were having morning prayers. >> a terrorist entered the mosque. a glass window and fired and threw a grenade. after some time he entered the mosque again and struck many people. some people were killed and others wounded. mosque, he wase talking on a mobile phone in another language. the victims inll the mosque were soldiers. >> we arrived over there.
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we came under attack and killed to terrorists. then we went towards another site were two other terrorists were hiding. from a wall,icks they began firing, and shot me in a foot. reporter: the army says it killed 13 terrorists. the attack was the deadly since last december when the televangelist 150 people at an army-run school. the country has been leading counteraction in the area. the attack shows the militants are going to keep fighting. anchor: aftershocks are being filled in chile following the 8.3 magnitude earthquake which killed several people.
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a state of emergency has been declared and soldiers are patrolling the street to prevent looting. caused severe damage with weights close to eight meters high. has allowedliament us to fight oversee. since the second world war, japan's constitution has only allowed soldiers to be deployed for self-defense purposes. it raises questions about why japan needs to review its pacifist constitution, which has kept these for 70 years. up --gns are running wrapping up in greece. the latest opinion polls show it will be a tight race between the syriza party and the conservative and democracy party.
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reporter: the last campaign rally in central athens. come the general election sunday, the new democracy party could beat out rival party syriza. an ends time now to put to it. the syriza experiment ends on sunday. reporter: now and in the polls -- you and in the polls -- neck and neck in the polls. for either majority group is increasingly unlikely, which means working with other parties will be essential. currently in third place, the neo-nazi party golden dawn. they could get six percent -- 16% of the vote.
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parties are trying to woo undecided voters. they let with the bailout terms, 25% unemployment, and an economy limping along, many greeks said they may not go to the polls. >> i feel disappointment and despair. i still have not decided who i'm vote for or even if i'm going to vote. we started the year with optimism and now are at the opposite end. sose elections are having quickly to cover up the you term that -- the u-turn. sunday, i'm voting for staying in bed. reporter: the second election was called this year. alexis tsipras resigned eight months into his term. anchor: for young americans who ordered a train -- three young americans who boarded a train and paris to answer dan
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stop a -- amsterdam and stopped a gunman. president obama heaped praise on those young men, he said represent the very best of america. president obama: because of their courage, because of their quick thinking, because of their teamwork, it is fair to say that a lot of people were saved and a real calamity was averted. they represent the very best of character, andan it is these kinds of young people who make me extraordinarily optimistic and hopeful about our future. anchor: president obama speaking there. millions of people are gathering around television screens around the globe as the rugby world cup kicks off. england are launching the
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20-nation event, playing fiji. more than 80,000 people packed into a stadium to watch that game. the excitement about the tournament is entirely justified. reporter: you can feel the energy and excitement across the country. you have all the countries coming in fairly well-balanced. the beauty of the championship that has south africa and new zealand and australia is australia won this yweear. they upset the apple cart. new zealand, who always goes consistently. south africa, a point to prove after not performing so well in the last championship you look at domestic chores. ireland back in the world.
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under schmidt, the coach, really performing well in -- well. they were disappointed in how they performed in their warm-up game. i think there are classic contexts out there and all the teams will think they have a chance of going all the way and winning it. what a compelling game. anchor: that game still underway. keep you posted. markus karlsson is here. we will start in greece. : this appears to be on a nice edge. the two main contenders in this race, the syriza party and new democracy, they are already very close, indeed, according to the polls. we look at economic stakes. whoever wins will come under pressure to get a program back
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on track. it is a key condition of greece's bailout but the country has been undershooting targets. isorter: this coastline among the most coveted pieces of real estate in greece. almost all of it is for sale, including its luxury marina. in the past four years, the greek state has been auctioning off its treasure. 17% power hippodrome, public corporation, said the terminals there are for sale. so are the beaches. fears they could give them a way for p it -- away for a pittance. >> i have to show my cause. i need money at any cost. you will come to me and offer me the most possible price and i will accept it. reporter: so far, the greek
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state has not been able to make the most. forns' old airport was sold 915 million euros after being valued at 3 billion euros. the state has made 3.5 billion euros selling its assets, a far cry demanded by the 15 billion in bailout packages. 14 regional airports were sold to a german group. this official is hoping a local referendum will reverse the sale. >> in spite of the state's bad management, the 14 airports are profitable. a 500 million euro profit, which is what the german company wants to make, we could make that, too. >> the message is clear. they do not want to be sold at any price. marketsamerican stock
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trading sharply lower. the federal reserve decided to keep interest rates near record lows at zero on thursday. it means more uncertainty for markets . their also reacting to the gloomy global outlook. the fed said it will refrain from raising rates because big bleaker global economic picture. china is in the spotlight. we talked to chris beauchamp. of whetherquestion bey would hike rates would the fair assessment of where the economy is going. wages are fine but on lyman -- and unemployment is falling.
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they decided not to raise rates. projections, things can be more difficult as they go to the final quarter of the year. markus: there is less than an hour to go of stock market trading in the u.s. this week. the dow jones industrial average is down 1.5% at this hour. oil prices have been dropping on the fed meeting at thir -- as there is an expectation that slower world growth will lead to lower demand of oil. real pressure on energy prices in the midwest. we saw stock markets trading slightly lower look at the dax in france. more than 3% down. also -- harris also --
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paris also hotly hit. with volkswagen, the expectation is that slower global growth will lead to fewer car sales globally. let's continue with that german brand. american officials are accusing them of cheating omission tests. ordering the company to recall nearly 500,000 vw's and audi cars. the epa says the car's program to detect when they go through test andon only then will they kick in fully. volkswagen is cooperating. week.the end of a glitzy the frankfurt motor show got underway.
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many manufacturers are unveiling high-end luxury models. catherine: the roar of the v8 has been replaced with the near-silent tom of the electric hum of the electric car at the frankfurt auto show. workers were to reduce o2 missions. >> we will deal once again the question, what are appropriate incentives to get electric cars on the road? catherine: high-end manufacturers are jumping on the bandwagon. audi unveiled its first fully electric suv. they plan to enroll 12 electric waddles. >> before the end of the decade, we will bring 20 electric and hybrid cars to the market, from small cars to the audi a8.
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gilles: catherine: mercedes -- catherine: mercedes and bmw are expanding their presence, taking on tesla. >> having the most respected names in the automobile industry come out and say electric is the way forward and make a very public commitment to build electric vehicles for us is a huge win. tesla is leading the way. catherine: the market share for electric cars for the first half of 2015 barely reached 1% in the u.s. and france. tax incentives are helping to change that but sales are struggling to take off and the return of cheap oil hasn't helped. markus: let's talk you through a few other stories we are watching. a surprise resignation of the time -- the italian airline alitalia. the chief executive is bowing
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