they will not like what they are hearing in slovakia. they say they'll only take christian migrants. how can countries like that get on board? >> well, it's going to be a difficult one for the european commission. i think that's - first of all, it's a shame that the scheme has to be mandatory. this should be among the states. i think really the idea of a mandatory scheme is a bit of a shame in itself for europe. that's the only way forward. the other question is how can we convince central and eastern european countries, but countries like denmark to accept the scheme. i'm afraid the commission will need to use retaliatory measures, from countries that benefitted from e.u. assistance, and i can imagine that the commission could cut down some economic assistance, but there are also the possibility retaliation measures. hungary begins in 2024. slovakia has a bit to be the next secretary-general. the e.u. could withdraw support to the states, and there's the voice of the pope. they are countries that will be recalculated when the joys of th

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 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 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. auth

sergei ratushnyak is a former mayor of the town of uzhhorod on the border to slovakia. says the right-wing extremists are just after a bigger cut of the smuggling profits. that's what the shooting was about. he shows the camera team his country house, a former military facility. as mayor, he got to know the area and where the choice properties were. >> a truck full of contraband from ukraine to the eu costs 150,000 euros in payola -- and another 90,000 in hungary, which makes 240,000 euros in all. for that, they'll turn off the big scanner for five minutes. reporter: it's a business expense that pays off. from tusa, the cigarettes are distributed throughout the eu. the young customs head commissioner vasyl tatosh is not discouraged. >> we'll never be able to win the fight completely -- nobody can. but we're doing everything we can to put an end to the smuggling. reporter: it's a ray of hope in ukraine, one of europe's most corrupt nations. damien: a friend came to visit me the other day in berlin and she brought a photo from 1992, when we were last in berlin together, o

roman romania, the czech republic, slovakia and hungary all voted against the mandatory quota system. laurence lee is looking ahead at what will be discussed at the meeting. >> reporter: as far as europe's reputation for handling a crisis goes, not to mention its aim as a liberal idea, the summer refugee crisis has threatened the foundations of the union. it's witnessed people running for their lives and have to endure drowning at sea. the police in macedonia accused of beating refugees for daring to pass through. hungary on the pretext of protecting christian values in europe constructed this fence the european union sought to tear down and the authorities tried to refuse the right of refugees to move on. one simply got up and walked off from budapest train station things began to change. hungary began to cave in. the people that walked from serbia over the border into croatia were put on buses. those durned on the hungarian border was near austria. so many people, volunteers stepping in where governments did not could barely believe the response from europe have been so disorganized

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 opposed to it. >> jackie, we're talking about 120,000 refugees. there are many more in europe, aren't there. >> there are many more in europe, and that's not to mention those who apparently are still planning to come. according to some estimates, there could be a half a million people who are in turkey, who are still planning to try and make that journey to the borders of the european union. very much that whole issue is going to be addressed on wednesday when the heads of government arrive here. tuesday's meeting was all about what to do with refugees already in europe. wednesday's meeting is how to keep more refugees out of europe. they'll be looking at speeds up deportations and improving measures for fingerprinting and screening people and also looking at pouring more help into countries like turkey, like the eastern balkans, the countries th

let me ask you about these comments from the leaders of slovakia and the czech republic.have been open and direct about how they feel about the deal. the minister of c the czech republic says it goes against common sense. >> the thing is, this is eu law now. what they decided on tuesday night, the interior ministers, it has been approved by the eu parliament, eu ministers, and part of eu law. it's not even on the agenda. they could not revoke it if it were on the agenda. they are barking up a tree there. >> maybe it is an opportunity for them to vent tonight. what is going to come out of this summit? is this basically trying to smooth the edges and calm the nerves? >> they are focusing on things they can agree on. that leaves the whole quota discussion and where we should put the refugees out of the picture. it is about the foreign policy aspects. that is where everyone agrees. they need to slow the flow of migrants. the current flow is unsustainable. they are focusing on how to do something about the problem in syria. the french president wanted another syrian conference

slovakia will take a small number of refugees. a prime minister reacts to the hungarian leader saying christian ethics demand helping people in league. germany and sweden prepare to take hundreds of thousands. the e.u. is not of one mind about what to do. people scrambling on to boats, heading west to escape the fighting and tim ult in the wider region. the ambassador joins us, former u.s. ambassador to the czech republic. and acting director of amnesty international international's european institution office. are we seeing splits inside the e.u., that normally they try to cover up and not show us publicly. >> well, the e.u., unlike the united states, which has had - now into our third sentedury of integration. it is relatively knew to the process of resolving these issues. we have been through a very tense notion around greece, and now with somewhat different alignment, we have another one around the migration issues. we are seeing the split. interesting common factor is that germany, the reluctant european superpower is in the

it came over the loud objections of four countries: the czech republic, romania, hungary and slovakiae foreign minister blasted the plan. >> ( translated ): slovakia will file a legal complaint against mandatory redistribution of refugees on the basis of-- we will not implement these decisions of the interior ministers, because the quotas are meaningless. the system will not work and slovakia will not be forced to adopt quotas. >> reporter: the european deal to resettle 120,000 migrants has been criticized by the u.n. refugee agency, the u.n.h.c.r. it's spokeswoman said the relocation plan will not be sufficient to solve the crisis. "it's just 120,000 over two years", she said. considering that as of today almost 480,000 people have arrived in europe this year by boat, and 84% are coming from refugee-producing countries, this is clearly something that is not enough. the commission president is reportedly promising measures to speed up deportation that failed asylum seekers. so many of the people in victoria square could have paid a fortune and risked their lives for nothing. for the p

the czech republic, poland, slovakia reject quotas. the commission wants 120,000 additional asylum seekers per year to be shared out between 28 member states. meanwhile, macedonia's foreign minister says his country may follow hungary's example and build a border fence. up to 4,000 refugees are making their way through macedonia trying to make their way to europe. >> from the islands they took the ferry to the mainland. traveled through the night and reached the border in the morning. it's pouring with rain. many are not prepared for this weather. children are soaked to the bone. yet the refugees are still determined to continue their journey. but it's one full of obstacles. the border police blocked them. frustrations grew once more. the rain continues to pour. impatient, the refugees press forward. the police pushed back. until it became too much to cope with. this is not the first time for the macedonian border guards to use force. others could just not wait any more. yet again risk their lives. some said they were running out of mo

quota plan means refugees that are vulnerable placed in cities, places like slovakia, where they could be subject to attack. this dismngs featuring signs saying "hang the refugees." we ask the mayor what his opinion is now of the european union. he he said he'd show us and took down the e.u. flag and stuck it in a cub order. how ironic that it could end the far right and the growing friendship with russia. >> an agreement has been announced ta could lead to a peace deal in the long-standing conference. negotiations have been taking place in cuba between the columbian government and f.a.r.c. rebels. they have reaction to the deal. >> it's a moment columbians never forget. the deal struck by the president and the f.a.r.c. leader renewed hope on the streets of bogota, that peace is at reach. >> i think this time it will happen. we've been at war for 50 years. we were at law when i was little. we continue to be. it's time to end this, and our children deserve a better future. many are unhappy that the rebels will not see a day behindbars. >> i want harsher penalties. so many suffered. it's

it will likely, though, face push-back from eastern european countries like hungary and slovakia that voiced fierce opposition to a quota system. thousands are flooding the border. these are live pictures right now of refugees at a makeshift camp on the border as the evening sets in. they try to make it to german after being shut out of hungary. jackie has more on today's developments. >> the first thing that's significant is it was not a consensus. that's really the way in which european union sdis-making is generally made. the idea that everybody will agree together. it was clear they were not going to get a consensus decision on this highly divisive issue. in the end they decided to go for majority vote. we understand that the countries that voted against the proposal were the czech republic, slovakia, hungary, romania, and finland apparently abstained but the other countries voted for it. the political implications of this clearly is that yes, they have this decision. however, on the other hand there's more bitterness by the countries of eastern europe who will feel they were bull

none of them want to stay in slovakia, poland, or estonia. all of them would like to go to germany.hould they deal with this issue up all of them want to go to germany, the u.k., canada, and america. mr. milibrand: it is fundamentally a syrian problem. people expelled from the country by war. 78 million lights out across syria, 7 million people displaced within the country, a war without end, and it is getting worse. teams in greece meeting the people as they come off of the mediterranean. we have teams of people. one story said in syria we were already dead. ,rankly, slovakia, hungary anywhere is better than being in the middle of aleppo. they're trying to get out of the zone where they feel like their chance of survival is zero. the middle 1990's you could go into small villages in germany and find clusters of refugees, same in sweden. what are the lessons from the last refugees crisis in europe on how best to handle people when they arrive? mr. milibrand: there are 2 big lessons, you have to address the problem at source and in europe. you have to stabilize the countries. thankfu

slovakia won't implement a deal for the 120,000 refugees. it was pushed through in brussels despite opposition by four member states. >>> yemen's president returned to aden after six months in exile. his return following steady gains made by coalition forces led by saudi arabia. >>> the leader of the coup in burkina faso has ignored the deadline. >>> at least 38 fighters have been killed in syrian government air strikes on the ancient city of palmyra. the observatory says it's the most sustained attack on the city by syrian forces since isil took control there in may. most residents have already fled the city. isil fighters are destroyed several works of art. >>> iran will work with russia to help to enthe syrian conflict. they made the comments at a news conference in moscomoscow. while both wanted a political solution, president assad must be part of the solution. >> translator: tehran and moscow plan to use all the possibilities and potential together with syria to help it come out of the crisis. iran and russia will continue the contact

after 15 days they were tired, exhausted, worn out out and would make their way to slovakia where they would told the story of what was taking place. that would make its way to washington d.c. and eventually to fdr itself. the hope was, now, now he will be galvanized into action. what would happen next? it all depend on fdr, the commander-in-chief. think about fdr about fdr for second. this man was remarkable, he was the most amazing commander-in-chief the country has had. he was brilliant at strategy and decision-making. it was out of his imagination that came that kept alive the british and soviet union. it was out of him that came the invasion of north africa in 1942. it was out of him that came the d-day itself. it was out of his fertile imagination that came the arsenal of democracy that would ultimately doom the german. he was out of his imagination that uplifted americans that worried about the fate of democracy. he seemed to be able to do anything and everything. only. only one thing seem to escape his fertile imagination. that was the fate of the jews dying and the final solut

you have poland, hungary, czech republic and slovakia, whoer dead-against. leaders have been expressing themselves very unequivocally, there does appear at least to be extremely little space for compromise. >> and the germans seem to be taking lead again but this time in terms of shutting down the borders and imposing border checks. other countries are following suit as we've mentioned. the hungarians and the czechs and the slovakians. >> yes, what germany has done really is created somewhat of a precedent within the shengen area, that's 26 members of the eu where up until now people have been able to travel without having to show any documents across borders as if it were one big country. of course freedom of movement is one of the principles that's at the heart of the european union. it is privilege that is particularly more valued 50 members of the eu, members of eastern areastern europe, to fid earn money. so effectively what the germans are doing here is not only putting in place a logistical measure, they're also sending a warning i think to the countr

spain get slovakia to go level with them on points at the top of group c.jordie alba scored a win, handing slovakia a first loss in qualifying. >> translation: we were able to solve the problems posed. we were able to take the board quickly. most of the counter attacks were well. it's something that we could be happy about >>> elsewhere, ukraine is now three points behind second placed spain in group c. england secured identification from group e, beating san maureeno. wayne rooney was the leading scorer, netting a 49th goal to go level. the rugby world cup starts in under two weeks, with australia winning the final warm-up game. while resting key players, they led by four at half-time. the 2-time world champions tore apart the u.s. after the break cruising to a 47-10 win. auskick off their world cup campaign against fiji on september 23rd >>> now, it's game on in hong kong, where some of the top tart players have been playing in the biggest tournament that the city has seen. organizers are hoping that it will put hong kong on the professional circuit. >> r

the prime minister's of the czech republic, slovakia, and austria will meet to discuss the crisis. of this comes ahead of wednesday when european -- when the european commission will put forward a new proposal for immigration. the french president is set to hold one of his press conferences today. he is expected to take questions about europe migration crisis and the french economy. his approval rating stances -- stands at 19%. six point behind his rival. ,s oil continues to drive low the speculation is that saudi arabia will drop its peg from the dollar. saudi arabia dismissed its calls -- that call. there.ilcote was commodity that is so linked to the dollar, the peg seems fairly firm but speculation has been on the rise. ryan: when you look at the one-year forward contract with the rial, and they are at the highest they have been in 12 years. the reason for that is the speculation as an indicator that more than ever, in the last decade, investors think they will abandon the peg. we spoke with the central banker of saudi arabia who was at the conference and he really wanted to tal

austria, slovakia, the netherlands announcing they're tightening border controls hours after germany imposed checks on its border with austria. hungary acting to shut down a main gateway closing border with serbia. we'll look at the countries that decided to build fences or build walls to stop illegal crossings of their borders. we'll take up the crisis with fox news national security analyst k.t. mcfarland. >>> and defense of democracies president clifrt may on the issue of how this crisis may well influence our presidential election. >>> and the obama administration is now backtracking on imposition of sanctions against china. for weeks now, the administration had been suggesting it would impose sanctions against chinese companies and individuals as punishment for chinese spying on american corporations and the u.s. government and cyberattacks against u.s. networks and data files. but the white house today announced that the president hasn't made a decision, and will not sanction companies or individuals until president xi jinping completes his state visit to washington. we'll have

four countries in central europe -- hungary, slovakia, and the czech republic among them, voted no. they are dealing with their worst refugee crisis since world war ii, as tens of thousands of people fully the war in syria. -- the people flee the war in syria. today, a first of its kind honor flight featuring only female veterans. in world war ii as well as the korean war and vietnam war were welcome to d.c. today. 70, most ofrs than them paired with younger female veterans. they were taken to arlington national cemetery and the women in military service to america memorial. and the weather cooperated for the honor flight for the women and the pope. brian: the temperatures are comfortable, in the 70's. the clouds kept it nicer. will be full,sun in the 80's, will need sunglasses and sunscreen. and that's the first day of fall, so go figure. from our great shot photographer, van, who sent that in moments ago. we are still shy of the average today. 77 degrees. the sunrise will be tomorrow at in the morning. the days are getting a little shorter. 55 in frederick, 63 leesburg, winchester

awes tree i can't and slovakia have become the latest to bring back checks on their boarders. germany's chancellor said it's designed to produce a more orderly flow of people and not to keep them out. but now there's news from brussels that followed an earlier agreement to redistribute 40,000 people from italy and greece >>> for many, the journey into the european union has only just begun. >> while grateful for the food, nassan knows he has barely enough time to eat. we're closed they're going to close the border and not let us in. with all the death and destruction we're begging hungary to please let us through. >> along serbia's border are hungary, they're running across the clock. even the wounded must find the ability to continue. >> after escaping death he decided to get his family out by any means necessary. we're trying any way we know how. we came all this way to get to europe and we'll try any way possible to keep going, to get all the way here from south iraq and then stopped, no, we have to keep going. >> despite the hardships, his wife and children are still hopef

the prime minister of the czech republic, slovakia, will discuss the process.the agenda for francois hollande, currently holding one of his 20 year news conferences. becomes as his approval rating stands at just 19%, six points behind his rival nicolas a cozy. -- nicolas sarkozy. francois hollande has been talking quite a lot about refugees. he is taking a 24,000 refugees and is talking about possible strikes in syria. caroline: absolutely. these are the two top stories coming out of the first half hour of the press conference. first, france will welcome 24,000 migrants in the next two years. president hollande expects the number to reach about 120,000 in the next two years. they will work on 24,000, so france's following the example of germany and what angela merkel is doing. president lond said that humanity is needed, and the migrant plan in france will be discussed in the parliament in the next few days. that was very expected -- that was the first question that president hollande faced during his press conference. planning to help with syria as soon as tom

the czech republic and slovakia have also announced plans to restrict crossings on their borders and so has poland as well. the poles have said they're ready to close their borders without any warning if they feel under threat. there's coppy ca copy cat actiog on. germans have twice in recent weeks taken these actions without consulting brussels or the austrian or hundred gairn officials. hungarian officials. asylum seekers must register for asylum in the first eu country of stop. germany made it clear they would allow refugees to come directly. now making another unilateral decision. now one could argue it's pretty much an emergency. the tens of thousands of people flooding into germany in the last couple of weeks. we are almost watching the fundamental principles of the european union coming up done before our eyes. it's a time really when european leaders, people like the president of the european commission and the foreign affairs commission are calling for greater unity and for europeans to step up to the mark. but in fact we're seeing actually disarray at the moment in terms of

. >>> u.s.aaustria and slovakia, armenian'germany's vice chancel, producing a more orderly flow of people. at 22 gmt on monday, hungary is expected to introduce much more stringent border checks. european union minister meeting in brussels to come up with a common strategy to deal with the refugee cries i. >>> the aunt of the three-year-old syrian boy whose drowning shocked the world, urged the eu to open its doors. >> it's heartbreaking. and again: to live for, to save alan and galeb his brother and rihanna, not too late to save a million of them. they need that help. >> jacky rowland joins us live from brussels where european ministers have been meeting on the refugee crisis. jacky it's been the aim for months if not years to come up with some kind of european policy to handle this. any break through yet? >> reporter: not that we've been able to detect or hear anything about so far.but certainly, this crisis is ripping into the european union to be in disarray, it's really laying bare some differences between various eu member states between what values and principles mean. what the cri

the system of work and slovakia will not be forced into a quota. germany and france are among those who have called for greater solidarity. >> i believe that europe is a set of values and principles. people who do not share those values, those who do not want to respect those principles -- reporter: a firm warning from the french leader that came after the eu president spoke of a critical time and of the need to en what he called the arguments and the chaos. hungary's prime minister has been one of the most eagerly opposed -- most bitterly opposed to the recycling. -- resettling. gulliver cragg sent us this for. -- report. gulliver: while the talks go on in brussels, the migrants keep coming. thousands are still crossing from serbia into croatia. the croatian responses to send the north to the border with hungary and a few other crossings. the hungarians are not happy about that, but they are providing buses to take them across hungary as quickly as possible to the austrian border. the process at the border takes quite a long time because the hunga

foreign ministers of the czech republic, slovakia, and latvia looking at ways to resolve the chaos. the hungarian prime minister says until there is european stance, member states are forced to protect themselves from "the brutal threats of mass migration." in africa, a deal has been proposed to end the political crisis in burkina faso. west african mediators are proposing to hold new elections in november and proposing also to provide amnesty for the military leaders who seized power. leaders have described the proposal as shameful. more on the mediation proposal. after a long sendoff -- [indiscernible] >> a list of propositions rather than an agreement accepted by all the parties. propositions include transition -- most of the presidential guards claim the military regime selby -- shall be protected. compete inlowed to the next election. series issues when it comes to employment. -- even if the prepositions are accepted at the summit. >> let's get some reaction to this proposal on the situation. we can speak to a member of a protest group which was a key part last year in the oust

her biggest problem is not with the people in germany oez posing her as the states of hungary, slovakiathe czech republic and poland who do not want to accept any of the quotas and relieve some of the pressure from germany of taking in all of these refugees. >> thank you, rob. >>> you're with us on the al jazeera news hour. stay with us. in just a moment we will be off to the japanese city where torrential rain has flooded thousands and thousands of homes. >>> we have the sport and recognizable face. floyd mayweather is building up to his final fight dominated by doping clam claims. we've got that, and we've got robin. >>> a tv station in yemen has been destroyed by saudi attacks. there were rocket attacks in the city of mowri where 20 people lost their lives. we have more. >> reporter: military jets strike houthi positions in yemen's capital of sanaa. coalition forces led by saudi arabia say they are targeting ammunition depots on the outskirts on the city. the fighting has escalated across the country. in the central city of teys, forces loyal to the exiled president hold their ground

to go level with them on points at the top of group c, scoring to give spain a 2-nil win and hand slovakia their first loss in qualifying. earlier, england secured a place and the final until france. three matches to spare. morino and rooney with the first win. the all-time scorer with 49 goals. >> ukraine three points behind second place sweden in group c. switzerland behind england after their win over sloughean i can't. a new coach took over from fabio capello. african teams are continuing their journey toward the 2017 cup of nations, the champions, ivory coast and their big-named international starts are gearing up for a qualifier against siera leon. this is taking place here over the fears of ebola. the current african champion. >> it's like a small championship. there are four games for qualification. so each game counts a lot. we have to be focused. we must respect our opponents and that's the best way to avoid unpleasant surprises. >> batswana take the hoepdz making it to the finals in two-years time with a knock in moritania. a historic day for south sudan who claimed their first

slovakia fears it could be a new transit point. hungary shut the main paint into the e.u., and finished building a fence along the border and declared a state of emergency there. >> protests are continuing at the border which have been shut for all refugees since monday might. hundreds spent the night in the open on the railway line. let's spoke to mohammed jamjoom, joining us from serbia. tell us about the situation. we saw earlier pictures of tents put up there and people milling around. what has been happening? >> for a hero, we are between the border that goes into serbia, and the border behind us which goes in to hungary. what we are seeing is hundreds of refugees, dozens of dents. a short while ago i was up at the gate, and there are refugees chanting "open the door", plaideding with the -- leading with the hungarian government to let them through. there's a lot of confusion. mostly from syria and iraq. and they don't understand why hungary is taking the stance towards them. a man i spoke to said that he's very worried about

. >> slovakia's foreign minister was defiant calling the decision autocratic and says his country would not be bound by it. e.u. leaders plan to hold an emergency summit meeting on wednesday to discuss other ways to deal with the crisis. nhk has learned that the operator of the fooukushima pla is getting help from overseas in the cleanup effort. they areartners with a french group to decommission the facility. they will focus on decontaminating areas around the vessel. the toughest challenge will be removing lots of nuclear fuel. the fuel is extremely radio active. they plan to get technical help from the alternative energies and atomic energy commission, or ced. it's funded by the french government with expertise of disabling reactors and fuel reprocessing facilities. under the agreement, the cea will use remot controlled robots that can withstand radiation levels and train workers. they will provide cea with data for the decommissioning process, their second collaboration with a foreign group. last year, it signed an agreement with a british company to deal with the buildup of con tom

austria and slovakia, will be the newest countries for issues over freedom of movement. andrew simmons reports. >> flow of refugees into hungary has now stopped. festivalfirst of all, police pun place razor wire. police were advising the refugees who looked in such a bedraggled shape, police blocked the rail line five, six hours, possibly seven hours ahead of that deadline and they were unable to come forward. they were told to go to the official crossing point which is around two o two kilometers way, officials are saying this is situation now, any refugees have to go to those official crossing points or have to prove they are refugees, if they are economic migrants they will be turned around. at midnight there will be big changes in asylum law which could mean that anybody coming into serbia that will be a safe third country, that's where they'll register as a refugee and their claims of asylum if entered into in hungary won't be valid, they'll be turned around and sent back. so a large number of refugees could be accumulating in serbia and a big humanitarian issue the

some member states, including the chechnya republic and slovakia oppose the quotas. >>> the u.s. defense's department says the intentions behind russia's military build up in syria are unclear. a pentagon spokesperson indicated the u.s. is closely monitoring the build up. this satellite imagery was provided courtesy of strat 4, a geopolitical intelligence and advisory firm who says russia has been sending equipment and personnel to syria's coastal province since earlier this month. he said the equipment includes fighter and bomber aircraft. antiaircraft missiles and tanks and mobile barracks. the russians have described it as counterterrorism measures against islamic state militants. they say such actions are defensive and they will continue proilg support. >>> the pentagon is on the alert. officials say the russian military could build an air site near and launch military operations in syria's air space. u.s. and russian foreign i have fares chiefs are expected to meet on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly. >>> the chinese president expressed common concern during his fi

themselves among the fan, along with, also, the east european states of - neighbouring state of slovakia, poland, and an absolute categorical word that they will not take part in any sort of sharing of the problem on an enforced basis. the problem is getting bigger instead of smaller, the politics are more complex, and the misery for the refugees is the same. the only difference is - moving now from this part of hungry in a faster way soords austria >>> thank you. let's move to other new, an investigation has been launched into a crane collapse in sauds leading to the death of people. the accident happened at a grand mosque, before the annual pilgrimage. we have this report. >> reporter: hundreds of people were inside the grand mosque. construction machinery crashed down, as the crane toppled it broke through the roof of the buildings it broke through the roof of the building. underneath hundreds were praying. they stood no chance of escape. from the other side grainy images give an idea of the stormy whether outside. you can see how far the crane arm fell. people inside couldn't see it

the czech republic, slovakia, romania, and hungary. they all voted against this plan, calling it an attack on their national serenity. refugee territories are saying that these measures are not enough. all this comes ahead of an eu leaders summit set to begin later this week on wednesday. here is more with our brussels correspondent. >> one can never predict what goes on behind closed doors, but the fact that france and germany 120%,ck in the deal, means it could fly. bitter speeches were given, blaming eastern european countries for dragging their heels on this issue. in fact, it is a strange deal, or in the words of the slovakian head of state, the most unprecedented deal in eu, european history. despite that, they will still faceto participate or exceptional circumstances for not participating. the commissioner in charge of the treaty will have to observe the implementation. faced with the seriousness of this crisis and the international pressure from ngo's, they decided to do it that way. thousand comes on top of the 40,000 agreed

. >> authorities in slovakia and austria say they will start enforcing stricter border controls. germany is expected to take in 1 million migrants this year alone. the u.s. has taken in 1,500 thus far, another 10,000 expected to come here sometime next year. many of the migrants are trying to escape the unrest in syria. . >>> each year more than 2,000 men and women return to d.c. after being released from a correctional facility. mayor muriel bowser is proposing more help to make that transition productive both for the individual and the community and she outlined a plan during a visit to the d.c. central jail. >> and we know that they deserve the support and encouragement of d.c. government and the community so that they can get back on track to productive lives. we know that they deserve a fresh start. >> mayor bowser says several d.c. agencies are working together to boost education and employment services for those who are returning to the community. she's also proposing that people in jail awaiting trial on a misdemeanor be allowed to leave jail during work hours to work at

slovakia, romania and the czech republic voted against the proposal. >> i would like to confirm that i will also refuse during the meeting of prime ministers any attempt to bring into life a permanent mechanism for dividing up refugees. i refuse any mechanism we're convinced of the e.u. member countries hold their own sovereignty. it is the individual governments that will hold the stream of migration into the territory. >> their opposition has less to do with the numbers of refugees involved and more to do that they've been bullied by germany and brussels. they say they'll enforce the quotas but it has not said how it intends to do that. >> while tuesday has been about what to do with refugees already in europe, wednesday will be how to keep more people out. prime ministers will look at ways to improve the screening of the asylum seekers and to speed up the deportation of people europe decides have no right to stay. jacky rowland, al jazeera, brussels. >> chinese president xi jinping has arrived in seattle at the start of his first state visit to the usa. he'll spent three days meet

slovakia starred spot checks with borders. fearing that it could be a transit point for refugees. and hungary shut the mainland route for refugees into the e.u., and ed finished building a fence on the border. night time protests are continuing at the border which has been shut. hundreds are spending the night out in the open. they've been frustrated in attempts to get past the fence as andrew simmonds reports. >> with the state of emergency at the border, hungary took the crisis into a new direction, making life harder for refugees. many found themselves stuck in many found themselves stuck in no man's land, with no way in to no man's land, with no way in to hungary, and no way back to serbia. >> they don't understand us - i told the army just to the describe our situation. they don't understand. >> by shutting the main border crossing from serbia to the european union, hungary provoked outrage from the southern neighbours. the government here insists that the new asylum laws are justified. >> those that have not applied on that journey to the border, to any kind of asylum, there

favor, it's taken the highest number of refugees in relation to its population, butt czech h republ, slovakiand poland and rd hungary has opposed the quote as. let's go live to jacky rowland who is in strasburg just as we await the announcement 120,000 is what they are dealing with in thiinthis instance i butts it's0 in all? >> reporter: well, to actually look at the the way the numbers accumulated. back in june there was a meeting similar to to somewhere ministers were asked to rego a voluntary quota system to absolve. the 40,000 asylum seekers already in the e.u. on. that occasion the proposal was thrown out. they were not willing to work with that, ministers right across the board to accept 40,000. three months later that number was quadrupled given the extraordinary summer of travel that we have seen, those journey journeys across the mediterranean. the number we are talking about in the european union, 160,000. bearing in mind that the e.u. failed to get e.u. states to sign up to 40,160,000 gives you the why in which this crisis has spiraled. one thing to say, though, germany, france and

the czech republic and slovakia oppose it. after the meeting, they called on nations to work together. eu members will soon disclose the number of refugees they take in. the ministers will meet again on october 8th. people gathered outside the european commission building demanding more assistance for refugees. some wrote messages calling for increased aid on a wall. a painting of a drowned syrian boy was put on display. images of his body washed up on the shores of turkey sent shock waves around the world. >> please save those refugees. do something. find a solution. >> a demonstrator wore a mask reassembling the hungarian prime minister and used barbed wire to show how some are being blocked. public opinion in europe is split between people for and against accepting refugees. >>> greek rescue crews have discovered yet another tragedy involving migrants and refugees. a wooden boat capsized in the southern aegean sea. 34 people died, nearly half of them infants and children. about 100 people were able to swim to a nearby islan

across the eu with the way of sharing out the refugees but also countries of eastern europe, like slovakia or the united kingdom, bearing in mind this issue, it's hard to see the european ministers could come up with an agreement based on that meeting. >> jacky rowland, thank you. >>> hundreds of people in barcelona have asked the spanish government to take in refugees. they have held a candlelight vigil there, and people willing to donate goods for refugees or even help them. for more information on this story we have a special refugee spotlight page at aljazeera.com. our opinion pieces photo galleries, as i say aljazeera.com in the spotlight section. >>> united arab emirates has declared four days of warning for 45 soldiers killed in yemen. bodies now arriving home, they died outside the capital sanaa. single biggest months of life for gulf soldiers in decades. thousands of demonstrators are in iraq for the sixth successively ofive friday for demand for services. zeina khodr has our report from baghdad. >> just last week this was a space where iraqis spoke with one voice. threw their wei

widened further with the eastern european countries of hungary, poland, the czech republic, and slovakia rejecting refugee quotas. on friday refugees rushed the train as police had to hold people back. the train was brought there to transport refugees to vienna, but the scene turned chaotic. a child here seen getting treatment after he was injured in the incident. almost 4,000 crossed into austria from hungary on thursday, but just 450 were allowed on to the train. and hungary is facing mounting criticism over the treatment of the refugees as mohammed jamjoom reports from the south of the country. ♪ >> reporter: in an overcrowded refugee camp, the hungry are frantic for food. in this scene of chaos and confusion in hungary, the authorities distribute what they have by throwing it through the air. t the lucky ones are able to catch their meals. these refugees on these buses are waiting to get into the camp. everybody i have spoken with aboard these busses are worried about what they are going to face. many fear what being fingerprinted in hungary would mean for them. i'm trying to get to

four eastern european countries, czech republic, slovakia, romania and hungary, refuse to agree to the plan. >>> presidential politics. and republican candidate ben carson blamed p.c. culture for the fallout over his statement against electing a muslim president. he said everyone has a right to be president, as long as they embrace american values and the constitution. >>> president obama has declared a major disaster and one of the worst wildfires ever. the declaration helps for funds for the cleanup. the fire is still burning. three people were killed and two others are still missing. >>> we have happy news for a family that lost nearly everything in that fire. >> the couple and their baby escaped the flames with a few personal items before their apartment building burned to the ground. but what annette did not know is that eric has left one important thing behind. a diamond engagement ring for his upcoming surprise proposal. >> as you can imagine, eric was frantic, thinking it was lost forever. but when they went back, to dig through the rubble, eric found the ring where he had hidd

even countries like slovakia, which said they only want to take in christian refugees, which is obviouslyot acceptable in europe. we can only guess what kind of pressure is going on behind the scenes right now. but when you talk to parliamentarians and brussels, they are not hopeful that they will be able to put through what's coming through on wednesday. many parliamentarians say that there may be a kind of opt out for the countries. that is the information leaking from brussels at the moment. some may be able to opt out of taking in more refugees. this is obviously aimed at certain european countries. they would then have to pay into european solidarity fund that would be used to say run these reception centers that people have been talking about in southern europe. i'm sure a lot of pressure is being put on at this point, but we will have to wait and see. >> time will certainly tell. naomi, thank you very much. now to that deadly new milestone in the widening conflict between turkey and kurdish rebels. kurdish rebels killed 16 turkish soldiers in an attack, turkey has responded with ai

romania, the czech republic and slovakia and hungary the only to vote against the agreement. >>> andlooking into a mode outbreak that likely contributed to a deaths at a hospital in pittsburgh. suspending organ transplants add three patients had a fungal infection and died. they are working to find out where the mold that infected the patients is coming from. >>> and now to cecily tynan and the accuweather forecast. tomorrow fall, but feeling like summer. >> exactly. remember at 6:00 we were talking about how the clouds are breaking up as we were speaking. well they broke up enough for pictures like this i want to show you, this was sent in on my facebook major from mike from harleysville. a spectacular sunset and clouds clearing out enough to reflect the longer wavelength colors of red and orange. the blue skies in the backgro d background. the last sunset of summer 2015. the autumnal equinox is early tomorrow morning at 4:21. this is also the time when almost all of the areas across the globe, except for the poles have nearly equal day and night. philadelphia 67 degrees down from t

the czech republic, hungary and slovakia rejected proposals by the eu commission. they want 120,000 asylum seekers to be shared between the states. police closed a highway because dozens of refugees have been walking along it. meanwhile, the foreign minister says his country may follow hungary's example and build a border fence to stop refugees. let's go live to the border. some of the refugees crossing into macedonia have had a hostile reception. >> reporter: well, yes, indeed. because you have on one side they are afraid and do follow the news very closely. so they come up to you and ask you all the time, are the borders going to close, what is hungary going to do. we need to get there as quick as possible so they can continue their journey. and then on the other side, the macedonian police, border guards, are trying to organize this. and it becomes a sometimes extremely difficult. this morning is a different atmosphere. we are about a hundred meters away from that border. the refugees are stopped and in groups of 50 they can walk to the border and make their cro