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compulsory way. [ clapping ] >>> let's join rosiland jordan, who is in -- rosiland jordan, she is -- jacky roland, she in strasburg for us. a strong and passionate speech in favour of taking refugees.
compulsory way. [ clapping ] >>> let's join rosiland jordan, who is in -- rosiland jordan, she is -- jacky roland, she in strasburg for us. a strong and passionate speech in favour of taking refugees.
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despite fierce opposition from some central and eastern states within the block and jackie roland hasllowing the day's developments in brussels and the vote was pushed in the end by majority of countries sitting at that table jackie but not a great deal of unity. >> for, indeed. the very fact they have to go for a majority vote wasn't itself a failure in some ways because the whole principal of the eu is to reach decisions by consensus, this idea of unity, solidarity and all country voices being equal, in this case it was the stronger country particularly led by germany and brussels itself, the european commission that held this vote with the result that those decenters while they voted against in the end as we were just hearing that from tell commissioner timerman they will now be obliged to abide be the decision and likely to increase resentment in those countries and increase the feeling of being bullied and pushed around but the rich and western european countries. >> of course the 120,000 would be given asylum as part of this deal, jackie, a very small number when you look at how
despite fierce opposition from some central and eastern states within the block and jackie roland hasllowing the day's developments in brussels and the vote was pushed in the end by majority of countries sitting at that table jackie but not a great deal of unity. >> for, indeed. the very fact they have to go for a majority vote wasn't itself a failure in some ways because the whole principal of the eu is to reach decisions by consensus, this idea of unity, solidarity and all country...
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. >> jackie roland are in luxenburg where they are there to discuss the crisis and what are you hearingthere? >> at the moment comments being made by foreign ministers as they arrived and the whole issue of the refugee crisis is not really due to be discussed in earnest until saturday but clearly it is something that is very much at the front of people's minds and i was just listening to the german foreign minister before i came up here to talk to you and he was saying there was a need for a common european policy on refugees. we have already had suggestions from his luxenburg counterpart that a refugee agency should be set up so there could be a coordinated response from the whole of europe because at the moment we have seen this really chaotic response and, in fact, the head of the u.n. refugee agency was saying that this is really a defining moment for europe, a moment at which really we can see the test of what exactly european values are, what does the european union stand for. and it seems in resent times that whenever there is a real crisis, we saw it with the greek debt crisis a
. >> jackie roland are in luxenburg where they are there to discuss the crisis and what are you hearingthere? >> at the moment comments being made by foreign ministers as they arrived and the whole issue of the refugee crisis is not really due to be discussed in earnest until saturday but clearly it is something that is very much at the front of people's minds and i was just listening to the german foreign minister before i came up here to talk to you and he was saying there was a...
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our correspondent jackie roland is in brussels and in the thick of it and a lot of angry farmers behind yes, they are angry and i would say they are feeling quite confident and upbeat as well because they saw what happened last week when french farmers brought their tractors to the streets of paris. within a very short period of time the french government introduced new measures in favor of farmers so that really is encouraging the farmers here and have timed this demonstration to coincide with the meeting of agricultural ministers and pushing very hard this argument about the milk prices and also seeing pig farmers here as well. they are concerned not only with the collapse of prices for milk but the very negative effect that the political standoff between russia and the eu is having on agricultural because of course the russians are retaliating by banning the import of eu and having a big impact on farmers. >> so if they were french farmers demonstrating last week and got successful result whose are these farmers and what do they expect the commission to do? >> well, farmers here are
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jackie roland is where foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis, jackie, how close are theycoming to any sort of comprehensive agreement on this situation? >> they are still a very long way away from coming to any kind of comprehensive agreement at the moment. really as the head of the u.n. refugee agency puts it in my ways this is defining moments for europe and really a moment where the international community where ordinary people around the world watch europe's down fall and what does it mean and are there common values for which all of the countries aspire or when the pressure is on when crunch time comes does it integrate into a mass of national interests and no real sense of solidarity and common purpose. these are the kinds of questions that are being asked at the moment. inside europe so much so that a number of senior european leaders have started talking about having for example maybe for european refugee agency which would enable policies across europe to be monitored and to ensure that it is looked at by everyone and also a proposal now there should be a place w
jackie roland is where foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis, jackie, how close are theycoming to any sort of comprehensive agreement on this situation? >> they are still a very long way away from coming to any kind of comprehensive agreement at the moment. really as the head of the u.n. refugee agency puts it in my ways this is defining moments for europe and really a moment where the international community where ordinary people around the world watch europe's down fall...
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jackie roland, aljazeera, paris. >> in kentucky, found in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses same-sex couples. she has refused to issue marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight after the supreme court gave the green light to same-sex marriages, davis cited religious reasons, and hundreds >> two british journalists have been released from turkey from what authorities call a terrorist organization. they were arrested last week. they have been filming fighting between security forces and youth members of the pro kurdish group, pkk. and an iraqi fixer working with them is still being held. he said that his detention is unjust and calling for his immediate release. >>> guatemala's congress has accepted the president's resignation to face corruption charges. prosecutors allege, a customs scandal, in exchange for bribes. in his resignation letter, he said he has a clear conscience. the scandal ripped apart his government days before a national election on sunday. in the capital of guatemala city. >> the scandal has been dubbed the lie, going up to the very top. accu
jackie roland, aljazeera, paris. >> in kentucky, found in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses same-sex couples. she has refused to issue marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight after the supreme court gave the green light to same-sex marriages, davis cited religious reasons, and hundreds >> two british journalists have been released from turkey from what authorities call a terrorist organization. they were arrested last week. they have been filming...
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well the syrian toddler that jackie roland was talking about symbolizes the suffering of refugees hasburied along with his brother and mother. they were laid to rest in their home city of kobane and they drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of turkey trying to reach the greek island and the father who survived the dangerous crossing spoke of the moment he lost his family. >> translator: it was my third attempt at making the crossing with the same smuggler. i boarded a six meter boat with my sons and wife, there were 12 people on board and captain and he convinced me the boat was in good condition to make the crossing and four minutes we were in rough seas and a big wave hit the boat. the captain jumped overboard and i tried to take over and another wave hit and we capsized. i tried to catch my boys and resuscitate them but i couldn't. they were dead. >> reporter: still to come here on the news hour, the new saudi king heads to the u.s. for the first time, at least as king, for a meeting at the white house. unable to play at home because of war we will tell you what syria's l
well the syrian toddler that jackie roland was talking about symbolizes the suffering of refugees hasburied along with his brother and mother. they were laid to rest in their home city of kobane and they drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of turkey trying to reach the greek island and the father who survived the dangerous crossing spoke of the moment he lost his family. >> translator: it was my third attempt at making the crossing with the same smuggler. i boarded a six meter...
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compulsory way. [ clapping ] >>> let's join rosiland jordan, who is in -- rosiland jordan, she is -- jacky roland, she in strasburg for us. a strong and passionate speech in favour of taking refugees. >> yes, jean paul juncker told it like it is to fellow leaders, making the point that during the history of europe, there has been huge movements of refugees, he referred to spanish refugees, those who fled into france, and reminded us that there's countries in eastern europe. some of which are resistant to the idea of accepting refugees, na in the years of the soviet block, there were polling, czechs, slough a fleeing from eastern europe to western europe seeking asylum. this is a long-standing tradition, and he made the point that people who today feel that they are safe could, in the future potentially find themselves in a situation where they too should be seeking urgent help. and he called on europe to live up to responsibilities, and not accept the lessons of a recent history. >> young girls talked about imposing legal -- jean paul juncker talked about legal migration, what do you make of that
compulsory way. [ clapping ] >>> let's join rosiland jordan, who is in -- rosiland jordan, she is -- jacky roland, she in strasburg for us. a strong and passionate speech in favour of taking refugees. >> yes, jean paul juncker told it like it is to fellow leaders, making the point that during the history of europe, there has been huge movements of refugees, he referred to spanish refugees, those who fled into france, and reminded us that there's countries in eastern europe. some...
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. >> well, jackie roland has been following the day's developments in brussels. >> one thing that this meeting on wednesday is intended to do is to look at the practical measures that can be put into place to restrict the number of people entering the e.u. and install better controls of who is entering. there will be discussions about deploying new e.u. forces to help the police, the immigration in countries on the front line like greece and italy, who clearly have been struggling to cope with the number of people coming in. that is also controversial because it is a question of national sovereignty should the greeks and italians be policing their frontiers or should europe. a lot of controversial issues still to be discussed. another thing will be the desire to pledge more money to some of the countries through whom the refugees travel in the balkans like macedonia and serbia, but also crucially to those front line countries, turkey, jordan and syria, who really have been carrying the biggest burdens so far in terms of sheltering the refugees. >> well, as the diplomacy continues, refu
. >> well, jackie roland has been following the day's developments in brussels. >> one thing that this meeting on wednesday is intended to do is to look at the practical measures that can be put into place to restrict the number of people entering the e.u. and install better controls of who is entering. there will be discussions about deploying new e.u. forces to help the police, the immigration in countries on the front line like greece and italy, who clearly have been struggling...
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. >> thank you for that, jackie roland our correspondent is there in the middle of the malay and as youee from the live shot of the situation and the reason why jackie is covered in smoke is because of the burning stacks of hay and tires that farmers so angry of to get the attention of commissioners who are meeting to speak of agricultural policy and that is live today. guatemala where a clear leader emerged from presidential elections there and comedian jimmy morales will contest the second round in october but not clear who will join him and tores are neck and neck and we report from the capitol guatemala city. >> reporter: the political landscape but not much, some call him the antipolitics politician and the comedian jimmy morales untainted by political scandals and finished ahead but not with 50% needed to avoid a runoff and will have a second round on october 25 against the person who lost 2012 election or former first lady sandra tores and the people have chosen but have they chosen wisely? >> it's going to be a lot wiser than our last elections to votes and hopefully better poli
. >> thank you for that, jackie roland our correspondent is there in the middle of the malay and as youee from the live shot of the situation and the reason why jackie is covered in smoke is because of the burning stacks of hay and tires that farmers so angry of to get the attention of commissioners who are meeting to speak of agricultural policy and that is live today. guatemala where a clear leader emerged from presidential elections there and comedian jimmy morales will contest the...
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jackie roland, al jazeera, paris. >> two british journalists have been released from prison after theye arrested for allegedly being members of isil. the vice news correspondent and cameron man phillip were arrested last week. they have been filming fighting between security forces and youth members of the prokurdish p.k.k. working with them are still being held, the news says his detentions is calling for his immediate release. china has marked the anniversary of the surrender at the end of world war ii. while beijing was displaying it's armed prowess the president said he was scaling back the military. made a pledge to cut 300,000 members of the army, will it be the third time they have cut the number since 1980's. here is adrian brown. >> not as president but commander and chief, and so use this occasion, his first parade since becoming head of state to announce a 50% cut in the size of the p.l.a., currently it is 2,300,000 strong, it is now going to be reduced by more than 300,000. analysts say there is a number of reasons for this, they want an army that is fit and modern, and he
jackie roland, al jazeera, paris. >> two british journalists have been released from prison after theye arrested for allegedly being members of isil. the vice news correspondent and cameron man phillip were arrested last week. they have been filming fighting between security forces and youth members of the prokurdish p.k.k. working with them are still being held, the news says his detentions is calling for his immediate release. china has marked the anniversary of the surrender at the end...
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[applause] >> let's go live no to you jacky roland who is also in strasburg and has been listening to commission president. a fairly emphatic and category i can speech, wasn't it, jacky, in which he said to european country, you better step up you have to take eight least 160,000 in the first instance? >> yes, jean-claude younger really did shoot from the hip in this speech. he really told it like it was. he reminded people across europe of their quite recent him. he made the point that after the spanish civil war in the 1930s, he reminded people of all the spanish refugees who turned up in southern france. more recently, in the years when there was the eastern block, the warsaw pact countries, he reminded how refugees from poland in the 1/9/50s fled west from the czech republic and slovakia, some of the countries mo resisting the idea of taking refugees in the past people from those eastern european countries sought political asylum in western europe. he also warned about the creeping suggestion about how some countries might be willing to accept christian refugees buzz not those fro
[applause] >> let's go live no to you jacky roland who is also in strasburg and has been listening to commission president. a fairly emphatic and category i can speech, wasn't it, jacky, in which he said to european country, you better step up you have to take eight least 160,000 in the first instance? >> yes, jean-claude younger really did shoot from the hip in this speech. he really told it like it was. he reminded people across europe of their quite recent him. he made the point...
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jackie roland, aljazeera, paris. >> in kentucky, found in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriageenses same-sex couples. she has refused to issue marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight after the supreme court gave the green light to same-sex marriages, davis cited religious reasons, and hundreds of people were protested outside of the court while the case was being heard. while the polls open in just a few hours in morocco's regional election, the first since the central government gave its region autonomy. and reports from tangier, popularity of the ruling party. >> he's young and hoping to win the support of the poor. the party, the win will increase his chances to run the region, morocco's capital. this is his biggest political battle. >> people should care about these leaks. because it's a matter of your future. >> unemployed, they face many difficulties. and they want to change their daily lives. they need to vote. >> reporter: but winning the hearts and minds of moroccans will not be easy. france's main rival, the ruling justice and development says that it has for
jackie roland, aljazeera, paris. >> in kentucky, found in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriageenses same-sex couples. she has refused to issue marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight after the supreme court gave the green light to same-sex marriages, davis cited religious reasons, and hundreds of people were protested outside of the court while the case was being heard. while the polls open in just a few hours in morocco's regional election, the first since the...
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. >> jackie roland is in luxembourg, and has that report. >> many have acknowledged that the system does not work. in particular, the rule governing asylum, up until now, a refugee must register in the first country of entry, it's obviously not practical bearing in mind refugees are arriving in greece, italy, hungary, but they're heading towards germany. there are times now to look at the way of creating an e.u.-wide asylum system whereby a refugee might register at point of arrival about commitment to staying in that country. they then would be matched up with another place in europe that could provide them with shelter and protection. but at the same time the e.u. would be looking at, as well, at ways of identifying people who they believe are not qualified to receive asylum. they would draw up a list of countries that they do not consider to be in states of war workers people are not being persecuted. if it is believed that people have come to e.u. purely looking for work, they would not be granted asylum. but how this mechanism would be worked needs to be worked out in more details,
. >> jackie roland is in luxembourg, and has that report. >> many have acknowledged that the system does not work. in particular, the rule governing asylum, up until now, a refugee must register in the first country of entry, it's obviously not practical bearing in mind refugees are arriving in greece, italy, hungary, but they're heading towards germany. there are times now to look at the way of creating an e.u.-wide asylum system whereby a refugee might register at point of arrival...
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our correspondent jacki roland is there for this e.u. meeting. jacki, the views are quite disparate aren't they within europe? it's a major challenge for this 28 member block to come up with a common policy. >> it is certainly, a proposal has been put forward to them by that the president of the european commission, and that proposal is that refugees should be divided between e.u. member states according to quotas that would be based on the size of the population, the relative pros severity of the country and also how many refugees it's already taken. those proposals have been rejected outright by countries in eastern europe. germany had for a while essentially opened its doors to all comers, but we have to bear in mind the sheer numbers of people who have been taking advantage of that, 63,000 asylum seekers have arrived in germany so far this month, that's more than arrived during the whole of 2014, so you can see that there are logistical reasons why germany has closed its border with austria. it goes beyond the logistics, the whole idea of free
our correspondent jacki roland is there for this e.u. meeting. jacki, the views are quite disparate aren't they within europe? it's a major challenge for this 28 member block to come up with a common policy. >> it is certainly, a proposal has been put forward to them by that the president of the european commission, and that proposal is that refugees should be divided between e.u. member states according to quotas that would be based on the size of the population, the relative pros...
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jackie roland, aljazeera, paris. >> coming up next, why more americans are representing staff jobs, and becoming independent contractors. >> i'm on lake erie, why water quality experts say that it could be a bad year for pollution in the great lakes. >> the august jobs report will be released tomorrow. economists are releasing gains, and while critics agree that the numbers are a good measure of the workforce, they're not taking into account of the growing number of americans working in the so-called gig economy. ali velshi is here with it. >> reporter: this is the big change. in the old days, ten years ago, if i told you we would be creating more than 200,000 jobs a month, and unemployment was going down, you would say that was fantastic. but that was in the old steady employment economy. and today the gig economy is a growing number of americans who no longer hold a regular job. they don't have a long-term connection to a particular employer. it has been hard to quantify how big the gig economy is. but it says 31% of u.s. workers now see themselves as free agents, and they identify th
jackie roland, aljazeera, paris. >> coming up next, why more americans are representing staff jobs, and becoming independent contractors. >> i'm on lake erie, why water quality experts say that it could be a bad year for pollution in the great lakes. >> the august jobs report will be released tomorrow. economists are releasing gains, and while critics agree that the numbers are a good measure of the workforce, they're not taking into account of the growing number of americans...
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jackie rolands and following the day's dwoemeevelopments. it appears all countries might abide by the decision, but they're not happy about it, are they? >> reporter: absolutely not. i mean, the key thing, first of all, was that the principle of reaching decisions by consensus was not possible on this occasion. fact that they have to go for a majority vote was in itself a failure of sorts. it basically went against this european union idea of equality, unity and solidarity. the idea, in fact, that the countries if you like with the loudest voices in fact prevailed. yes, you have an agreement, and according to the commissioner today was explaining to you in great detail, according to eu rules that agreement is binding. it opens up a whole can of worms. in fact, eastern european countries are saying refugees won't necessarily stay. you can't tell people. you have to go and be -- have asylum in slovakia. if they set their heart on sweden or germany, so elra the question is how this will work in practice bearing in mind that so many people are o
jackie rolands and following the day's dwoemeevelopments. it appears all countries might abide by the decision, but they're not happy about it, are they? >> reporter: absolutely not. i mean, the key thing, first of all, was that the principle of reaching decisions by consensus was not possible on this occasion. fact that they have to go for a majority vote was in itself a failure of sorts. it basically went against this european union idea of equality, unity and solidarity. the idea, in...
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jackie roland has more from paris. >> reporter: traffic jams as you can imagine are not uncommon in thef paris but a tractor jam is something quite unusual and farmers have come from all over france and blacking the therero fair to the east of the city with a thousand tractors and the message they are delivering is they are finding it increasingly difficult to earn a living as farmers in france. some of their problems are global ones, the tact fact for their produce or meat or cereals are falling but some of the problems they say are specific to france. they complain that the french government is particularly heavy handed in posing taxes and rules and regulations and bureaucracy all of which make it difficult for french farmers to compete with other farmers like poland or germany where they say the rules and regulations are not as heavy. that is demand from the farmers and want the french government to help them make french produce more competitive on european markets and they will be taking the message as well to brussels next week. >>> two british journalists have been released by tur
jackie roland has more from paris. >> reporter: traffic jams as you can imagine are not uncommon in thef paris but a tractor jam is something quite unusual and farmers have come from all over france and blacking the therero fair to the east of the city with a thousand tractors and the message they are delivering is they are finding it increasingly difficult to earn a living as farmers in france. some of their problems are global ones, the tact fact for their produce or meat or cereals are...