nine balkan countries took part. those at the table defended recent decisions to allow only syrians and iraqis through. migrations, greece's minister responded by saying the migrant bottleneck in his country could soon break. catherine n.: europe is being called out on its overall response to the migration crisis by amnesty international. they slammed the european response as shameful. some amber states are facing more criticism than others, and a couple have -- some member states are facing more criticism than others and a couple have received praise. dheepthika long ru -- laurent. in therichest bloc world has not been able to come together and find a sensible, agreed, coherent, safe way in which people can access europe at a time when they are fleeing from war and persecution. on the whole, europe has failed human rights and failed migrants and refugees. hungary was singled out for building a wall of thought -- along its border with syria. european countries, including the balkans, germany, austria, sweden, and den

because this is the frontier to the balkan route. from there you can reach western europe. otherwise you're stranded on this side and it has been close, i would say, even though a trickle of refugees have been able to go through over the last 48 hours, maybe of 600 have been able to make it through. that is the frontier to western europe. it has been fortified, secured. there are two fences on each side of the railway crosses. a fence with barbed wire on this side, then a gap in the middle which we have seen military vehicles patrolling up and down and another fence with more barbed wire on the other side of that. very difficult to go through, if you want to sneak in maybe undercover of darkness which many have been trying to do simply because they are also afraid that they will never make it to where they're going. they don't have money to continue their journey and they're in a hurry. what we saw here is certainly something that is going to divide further opinions in europe. that's what some of the refugees were telling me. they are very much aware that in this is not the

decision to limit the number that it lets in every day has sparked a domino effect right through balkans. these countries are also allowing only a certain number to enter their borders each day and that threatens to turn greece into a huge refugee camp. at least 22,000 have been stranded in that place in the last week. on the border with macedonia where we saw those scuffles a little earlier. hoda abdel hamid is there for us earlier. hoda what is the situation there now? >> reporter: things have settledown and certainly the tension that we saw earlier in the day has called down. it is nighttime. a lot of families are in their tents. some people are queuing at the various food points to get a hot meal if they can. the amount of people makes it they wait for quite a time for that. but you also see along the road, coming here towards this camp, more and more people marching. the situation is certainly calmer. have that still emotional anxiety among the refugees everybody asking all the time when is this border going to open? is the border going to open? and certainly they are worried that m

and then to return to the balkans to report don kozak go. and then to be part of the team of the 2014 for a pulitzer for coverage of the edward snowden files. the butchers' trail has received favorable reviews with a gripping narrative style. calling the book he visited page turning account to say the fascinating tale is difficult to put down in the reeds of the best written of the true climb. -- prime. [applause] >>. >> banks for having me here in in they referred to in the ad said distinguished and then i went prematurely gray in my early thirties. and the press took a leap of faith to publish this book and they didn't realize how big a leap with a payback in said wire there so many names ending with -ic? [laughter] but under european politics then i saw a number to was is hitler. but what the publisher said that there are too many names but it says so much about the problem of the west and western intervention. so because so many ended with -ic it seems, gated it was my hope to break through that barrier for what is of mass atrocities and

austria and balkan nations agreed to restrict numbers. iran gears up for elections on friday, seeking political gains. it is the first election since the nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions. defeat theusal to encryption key on the iphone. up, one contract for several different jobs. how french employers are learning to share their workers to get around strict labor laws. we start with eu ministers meeting in brussels today to try migration policy. up plans withdrew several balkan countries, including fingerprinting all and trent and hungry will -- hungary hold a referendum. heightening border controls, and that means many migrants are stuck in greece. william hilderbrandt has more. william: greece has thrown down that con -- gauntlet. on, greece will not agree to deals if there is not a mandatory and proportional distribution of refugees among member states. worries it ise paying the price as europe fails to find a common approach to solve the migrant crisis. >> what we refuse to do is accept the transformation of our country. into

germany would face losses of between 77 and 235 billion euros over the same time frame but some balkanountries have already deployed barbed wire and soldiers at their frontiers to stem the flow of refugees and collapse is all-too-real possibility with the german government warning that only days remain to save schengen. reporter: the pound has seen its biggest drop against the u.s. deliver in seven years. the british people are set to vote on whether to leave the european union in june and odds are rising, driven by a decision made by the mayor of london himself. >> whispers of the word brexit in london's financial district were enough to send the pound falling to a seven-year low against the dollar on monday. and it reached its lowest level against the japanese yen since november 2013. after comments from london mayor boris johnson, uncertainty is spoockeds spooking the markets. >> we've seen the biggest fall in sterling for a good few months on the back of boris johnson saying he will support leaving the e.u. and that has seen the sterling fall pretty heavily. it's really a currency

from poland, from russia, from the balkans, and central europe. , millions of people by the early 1900s from many countries to our country, to our cities, to work. from the other nations north of us and south of us, more people have come, the people of the americas, the people of the world. as the people of the world have filled our nation, they have contributed to it. the people of china and japan have brought their architecture. spain and mexico across their styles and we use the styles of the french. much of that which is american is of the world. in sports, we have rugby and baseball, both in the games. tennis from central europeans, ice skating's -- ice-skating from northern europe union. spaghetti from the italians, corn from the american indians. then, there is our language. they close we wear, the books we that these and many more along to the world are part of the life of our nation. from all of these come we have developed things that are uniquely american. forms ofarchitecture, steel, concrete and glass. american forms of dancing, american things, the movies, the jew box and

home to hundreds of people from the balkan who his know they will soon be going back there.pened last september. and since then, more than a thousand people have come and gone. germany says their countries are safe. so they cannot claim refuge here. mean beinmeaning he will be reto albania soon. >> after 10 months of living here i received a paper that said transfer then went to the office to get the document i need to be back to albania. they said i have to wait. my baby is born here, but the problem is i do not work. the children classrooms are well equipped but frequently empty. a testify. to the transitional process here. the process of registration and checking identities has been streamlined since last year. every day officials check as many as 200 documents. >> translator: this is a relatively bad fake i.d. card. you can tell by the size, it's significantly different from the real i.d. cards. on average, we find as many as 10 fake i.d.s every day. >> reporter: because the number of people coming to germany has place aid strain on facilities like they, the authorities

decision to limit the number that it let's in every day has now sparked a domino effect through the balkans. all these countries are now allowing only a certain number of migrants to enter the borders each day. that threatens to turn greece into a huge refugee camp. at least 22 refugees and migrants have been strand there had in the past week and athens says that could rise to as many 70,000 next month. well, around 6.5000 people are massed at the camp on the border with macedonia where we saw those scuffles earlier. we have this report. >> impatient and exhausted. they march over the railway gates demanding once again to be let through. but soon things got out of control. some refugees manage to tear down part of the area. others hurl stones at the macedonia forces on the other side of the fence. they responded with tear gas. but rumor has spread around the camp that the border had opened. hundreds of refugees ran towards the fence. this family were sitting around their tent when the rumor reached them. >> like everyone else we ran towards the gate. people shouting open the borders. i coul

at theathens is upset over the meeting with the balkan states this week. they agreed to close borders and take steps that would effectively trap many refugees in greece. >>> tens of thousands of people have been stranded at the border between greece and macedonia for days. we have more from the greek-macedonia border. >> here on the ground one gets the impression the situation is already gradually imploding. certainly it's becoming more and more complicated not only for the refugees that are stranded here at the border, and other reception centers along the road buts are for the greek authorities. 12,000 refugees and migrants are already on the territory not counting those who keep arriving on a daily basis. the border is closed and has been closed since thursday morning, and there is no indication when it will open again. the afghans have discovered that they will not be able to go through any more. either they go back and try to find another solution or they will be using smuggles people di some said they sold their property to be able to make the journe

braving freezing temperatures, these refugees have reached macedonia, the first stage of the western balkan route. they're driven on by the fear that borders along the route could close down ahead of them, and they're more than glad to leave greece behind. >> in the camp it was really bad. there is no good food, no warm place. they just told us there are some houses like this, but there is no heat. 48 hours we spend there and they gave us some paper to let us go into europe. >> but only those who are from iraq, syria or afghanistan are allowed into the country. all the other asylum-seekers are facing a brand new fence provided by hungary. some still manage to cross it by night, such as these two young men from libya. they have been stranded in macedonia for over 30 days now, crossing the country by foot, only to get stuck at the border to serbia. >> a friend of mine tried going through the wood, but he got picked up by the police. >> samir from aleppo in syria has better luck. for 25 euros, authorities offered him transport by train to the serbian border. his ultimate goal is to reach germa

now you see countries putting in place unilateral measures along the balkans to take matters in theirn hands. >> some of these measures are the result of a european meeting ten days ago when new restrictions are brought up. surely they knew when they made those decisions that there was going to be a bottleneck. >> well, i think what is interesting to note about the meeting that took place, it was police directive. it was an operational decision between the e.u. member state austria and series of non-e.u. states, which were balkan countries deciding operationally how they would close the borders and who they would allow through. what is interesting is the gap between what is being decided and the police directives and what they're putting into practice and what that is translating into at the border. they are expected scenes of chaos. >> what you're say something that police officers and commanders are making decisions of this magnitude without politicians aware of being involved in this sort of decision making? >> well, it's difficult to know where applications are involved and they'r

are stuck in a huge bottleneck waiting for macedonian authorities to let them continue through the balkans. a handful are being allowed to pass each day, only those from syria and iraq. we have the latest. >> the situation has actually calmed down. there are still 100 people, young men sitting there on the railroad tracks just in front of that gate where the rioting happened earlier today. they are now chanting open the borders, some holding white flags. behind the fence is a heavy presence of macedonian police and military who have been deployed there as soon as those riots happened. earlier, we also saw a helicopter circle that area twice at low altitude, by and large, people have moved back to their tent. it is raining and it is wet cold here today and i have to say that even as the situation has calmed down, emotions are running high. the camp is overcongested and if people were facing uncertainty earlier in the day before the events that happened, well now, they are even more uncertain and more scared. many have come up to us asking do you think what happened will affect us or will ac

home to hundreds of people from the balkans who know they'll soon be going back there.enter was opened last september, and since then more than a thousand people have come and gone. germany says their countries are safe, meaning they cannot remain here. which means that men will return soon. >> after ten months of living here i received a piece of paper that said transfer, then i went to get the documents i need to go back to albania. but they say i have to wait. my baby was born here. the problem is i do not work. >> the children's classrooms are well equipped but frequently empty. a testament to the transitional nature of their experience here. the process of checking identities has been streamlined since last year. every day officials check as many as 200 documents. >> this is a relatively bad fake i.d. card. you can tell by the size. it's significantly different from the real i.d. cards. on average we find as many as 10 fake i.d.s every day. >> because the number of people coming to germany has placed a strain on facilities like these, the bavarian authorities will

this is the reception center, home to hundreds of people from the balkans who know they will soon be going back there. the center was opened last september and since then more than a thousand people have come and gone. germany says their countries are safe so they cannot claim refuge here, meaning this man is resigned to returning to albania soon. >> translation: after ten months living here i received a piece of paper that said transfer. then i went to the office 21 to get the documents i need to go back to albania, but they said i had to wait. my baby was born here. the problem is i do not work >> reporter: the children's classrooms with well equipped by frequently empty. the process of registration and checking identities has been stream lined since last year. every day officials check as many as 200 documents. >> translation: this is a relatively bad fake id card. you can tell by the size. it is significant lip different from the real id cards-- significantly different. we find as many as 10 fake ids every day. >> reporter: because the number of people coming to germany has place

the real hope on the ground is on imposed solution from the outside, much like in the balkans 20 years, but until the u.s. aad russia can come to , probably over the length of time assad will be allowed to remain, i think it is unlikely we will get to a solution. katty: is it just assad that is a sticking point for the white house, or is it a broader issue that even if they could agree on assad, this white house is so reluctant to get more militarily involved, that even safe zones are no-fly zones are nonstarters? about 80% ofsad is the challenge, but if we can get over him, the technical, military aspects of this, let's say, creating a safe zone in fighting troops to do that, that is an eminently accomplish double task. able task.ish katty: where were these troops come from? >> i would like to say local nations. jordan, turkey, iraq, nodding conceivable if we can tear down the islamic state in iraq. the saudi's have made noise about participating in this. it would have to be a u.s.-nato core of 5000 6000, but you could bolt on another thousand and create that kind of safe zone. katty:

. >> 7,000 refugees are stuck there and are demanding they be able to cross the four balkan countries have announced a daily cap on how many can pass through. people are trying to make their way to northern and western europe, but border controls are forcing many into already overcrowded camps. let's go to our correspondent at the camp. this is on the greek side of the border. give us an idea of how the refugees there are coping. >> certainly they are trying to do their best. behind me, you see there are people who have blocked the railway tracks simply because they say this is the only way they have to put pressure. they are hoping that by doing that, the borders with macedonia would open, even though not many are aware it is not just macedonia who have shut its borders. every single country all the way to austria. now people are, the transit camp is overcrowded, people are setting up their tents in the field surrounding this crossing point. there's a long cue of people waiting to get food. n.g.o.'s don't have enough food for so many people. they have about 2,000 meals and there are

refugees and my grant on its soil could more than triple next month because of the cap imposed by balkanountries up the migrant route. as many as 70,000 could find themselves trapped in greece next month unless other eu countries help relief the burden of numbers. paul brennan reports. >> reporter: this is the greek macedonian border. it was set up as a transit camp intended for 1,000 people, maximum. now, 7,000 desperate refugees are stuck here in squalid conditions, many for more than a week now. >> there are thousands of people here. >> children jostel for a bottle of water, an orange and perhaps a sandwich, queueing for everything is a daily grind. the queue to be let through the border crossing is longer. tempers sometimes flare. >> i have to wait, to take food, i have to wait two hours. it's a very bad life. >> at night, the child is very cold, you know. it's not really life here refugeesed blocked the rail line chanting their demands to be allowed to pass. riot police were unmoved. athens says unless these people are allowed to travel onward, the number trapped in greece could ris

from poland, from russia, from the balkans, and central europe, from italy.illions of people, by the early 1900s, from many countries, to our country. to our cities. to work. from the other nations, north of us and south of us, more people have come. the people of america, the people of the world. as the people of the world have filled our nation, they have contributed to it. the people of china and japan have brought their architecture. the people of spain and mexico have brought their styles. and we use the styles of the french. much of that which is american is of the world. in sports, football from rugby. baseball from rounders, both english games. tennis from central europeans. ice-skating from northern europeans. spaghetti, from the italians. chili from the spanish and mexicans. corn from the american indians. then, there is our language. the clothes we wear. the books we read. these and many more things that belong to the world are a part of the life of our nation. yet, from all these we have developed things which are uniquely american. american archi

the controls are much stricter, and registration really happens to go through that balkan root in macedoniaanymore in greece. unless you find a unified position on that, unless there is a route that is open for these for them to go to their final destination, it's a situation that is very difficult to control. and i speak to the people on the ground, the ngo's and humanitarian groups who say that people will go through, because human trafficking has flourished ever since the borders closed down. >> hoda thank you. ♪ >>> let's take a look at the conflict in syria now. government forces are said to have taken control of a key town in aleppo province. troops have seized the town from isil fighters. control of it is important because it's the only access to rebel-held aleppo. rebel fighters who oppose the government currently control the main highway to the city. the government is said to have had help from russian air strikes to. >>> in other fighting, dozens have been killed in russian air strikes on the damascus countryside. syria's main opposition says moscow has increased its attacks ahead

it announced that the balkan route was not open anymore for afghan nationals. now they have been evacuated from here, but they're still in limbo somewhere in greece. some of them trying to go through illegal ways across the border, but syrians and ires at least officially were thought to be still welcome across those borders. i have been here for several days and each time the border opens, just a trickle of those people were allowed across. the controls are much tougher, the paperwork required is much tough her and just to give you an idea, only 300 syrians were allowed across the border from a greece to macedonia and go all the way through to croatia. on the other side of the border, you have people stranded in northern macedonia on the border with kesh i can't, you also have people stranded and every country tells you well, we would open the borders if the next count beery also says it will open the border. what you are seeing is actually more people being deported all the way back, then syrians and iraqis allowed through. earlier here, there was some repres

. >> reporter: this is a reception center in bulgaria, home to hundreds from the balkans who know they'll go back there. the center was opened since september. since then, more than 1,000 have come and gone. germany says the countries are safe, and they cannot claim refuge. meaning this person is resigned to returning soon. >> translation: after 10 months i received a peace of paper saying transfer. then i got the papers and i had to wait. my baby was born here. i do not work. >> reporter: children's classrooms are well equipped but empty, a testament to the nation of the people here. a programme has been streamlined since last year, every day officials check as many as 2200 documents. >> this is a bad fake i.d. card. it's different to the real i.d. cards. we find as many as 10 fake i.d.s every day. because the in of people coming to germany placed a strain on facilities like these, the authorities will keep the center operational for 10 years, and speed up the process. >> translation: why a faster people, to make way for those persecuted by the war. and secondly so those that stay do not

cover the bosnian war and with "the guardian" and sarajevo is and how in 1989 he returned to the balkans for the cause of the conflict. he is world affairs editor at the guardian with the 2014 pulitzer for coverage of the edward snowden trial. his book the butcher's trail has received favorable reviews with abundant how detail with a narrative style. to call the book a big page turning account in the new york journal said this fascinating tale is difficult to put down and read like a true crime. please will come julian borger. [applause] >> thanks to politics and in prose for having me here. i really loved as they referred to me has distinguished. as a when prematurely gray admire early '30's. [laughter] and to hear the press with day leap of faith to wonder how big a leap day had to say why are there so many names? but in those rankings but when i saw that there was number two. but what the publisher said that the world said so much about the problem of the west in perhaps because it seems so complicated it took three years. and to break through that barrier and it is universal from thi

the naval academy was professor jason reviewed the gorgeous account of the manhunt and capture of balkan war criminals which included slobodan milosevic who were indicted by the international criminal tribunal in the hague. he writes in the washington independent review of books, the book is loaded with horror stories. stories of procrastination and obfuscation. and stories of courage, determination and success in bringing many ethnic cleansing masterminds and functionaries to justice.andy notes that much of what is new in board's book is his extensive interviews withspecial forces soldiers , a wide range of war crimes investigators and intelligence officials. nick littlefield and david next on's recounting of the life of the late senator ted kennedy was reviewed in us today by his washington bureau chief susan page. she notes, the book doesn't just show how the sausage is made as the clichi about making laws goes. it also details how the pigs were chosen, what knives the butchers wheel and which sauerkraut recipes are used to make the main dish more palatable. she continues, the authors

if you they go left, all of these other west balkan states get implicated. if they go right, it's bulgaria. so we're, you know, there's probably sitting thinking, am i next? and when will it happen? how will i deal with that? so, now that i've said far too many things about what's going on, let me again elliptically say five things we have to do and these are all difficult things. in themselves, each one of them is an extremely difficult thing to do. and we also have to deal something else that makes each one of them more difficult, which is we have to do them, we have to have an integrated response. if the only thing you do is try to block people from getting to greece, what the only thing you do is you basically create a holding pen, a warehouse of millions of people in turkey. and in lebanon and in jordan. if you only going to protect macedon macedonia, okay, then people are going to spill over all around macedonia. if you don't doing in about syria, i'm already giving away, you know, what needs to be done about syria, syria will keep producing more and m

this is the frontier to the balkan route. from there, you can reach western europe.therwise, you are stranded on this side, and it's been closed, i would say even though a trickle of refugees have been able to go through over the last 48 hours, maybe 600 at the most have been able to make it through. so this is now the frontier to western europe. >>> hoda hamyd resulting from edamane, the border between greece and macedonia. some of the balkan countries building fences, after more than a million people passed through on their way to germany. hearing the screams of the people trying to get through with children. >> that's about the largest escalation of the crisis we have seen in recent weeks. we will take a look at the weather now here two different storm systems are poised to cause problems to start this week. let's bring in nicole mitchell for more. >> one more troublesome than other. the broad look across country we have an area moving more into the northeast. now, a lot of this is going to be lighter rain through the day today. but you can also pick out that last

brent: you have these balkan countries that of closed their borders. greece has blasted a gathering of western european countries today. is there any movement of people to speak of? >> i think they were quite surprised of what was happening today in austria. they hosted a conference on the refugee crisis without inviting greece and also some other key member states in the european union. an unfriendly act and a migration minister also said that this is something like a coup d'etat. it can be that european leaders agree on a common policy for tackling and solving the refugee crisis. in just a few days after that, some ministers decided that this agreement is not valid anymore. brent: is greece, tonight, on its own? >> the refugee crisis, they say it is somehow linked. many greeks will wonder if european agreements are still valid. this may have an impact on the financial crisis as well. brent: our correspondent on the greek macedonian border this evening. the human rights watchdog amnesty international, it has been particularly critical. citizens of nor

as we have done in afghanistan, in the balkans and many other places in the world before. but in addition to be able to do that, also in the future, we are focusing more and more on how can we build local capacity. or how countries which are affected themselves to increase their ability to defend themselves. and that's actually exactly what we now are doing in afghanistan. because now nato has ended our combat mission. so we now have 12,000 troops in afghanistan who advise, train and assist the afghans because in the long run, it's better than the afghans themselves, take care of their own security. we support them, but they are in the front line, and actually for over one year now, the afghans have taken responsibility for their own security themselves. we will do the same, as we will start to train iraqi soldiers. we give support to jordan, to tunisia, exactly based on the same idea, we should project stability, not always by deploying our own combat forces but by training local forces, countries in the region and enable them to defend themselves. and therefore, it's ver

war broke out in the balkans. peacekeeping mission was widely criticized and did little to stop the bloodshed. as that conflict was still raging, a genocide on another continent. the u.n. and it's small peacekeeping force in rwanda unable to stop one of the word's worst atrocities in modern history, the death of hundreds of thousands of people in a matter of weeks. as secretary general, he blames some of the failings on the system, and in more recent years he continued to call for reform. this interview with al jazeera in 2009. >> we need the drastic change. we will not be able to lift the reform. we will not be able to cope with the new situation. we are living a new situation which is completely different than the situation which was existing in 1945. >> when butros left, he wanted a second position. but by then he had lost favor with president bill clinton and madeleine albright. it was decided he should be passed over for a man seen as younger and more dynamic, kofi annan. >> boutros boutros-ghali dies at age

recent decision to limit the number it let's in every day has sparked a domino affect through the balkans. all these countries are now only allowing a certain number of migrants to enter their borders each day, and there are boat loads of people who keep arriving from turkey. well, that threaten toss turn greece into a huge refugee camp. 22,000 refugees and migrants have been strand there had over the past weeks and that could rise to as many as 70,000 next month. 70,000 people are amassed at the camp on the border of macedonia where we saw those successful a little earlier. we were there. we have this update. >> reporter: the situation has calmed down. there are 100 people mainly young men sitting there just in front of that gate where the rising happened earlier today. now there are now chanting open the borders, open the borders. some of them are holding white flags behind the fence there is a heavy presence of macedonian police and military who have been deployed there. as soon as those riots happened. and then earlier we also saw helicopter circle that area at quite a low altitude. b

and the balkan states of macedonia, serbia , croatia and sloaf slovenia, to identify and quickly deport those not considered war refugees, for migrants like jacob the current backlash against migrants ignores the real source of the problem. >> in my country there is a war, i will die, i must run away. this war must stop. just stop. immigrant or symptom coming here. for example, i will say, i don't like to stay here, i don't like it, no, no. >> next, breaking through the flood gates, the desperation crossing european borders and how refugees seeking shelter find themselves facing new exploitation. tensions are rising in central europe whe protests by the far right in germany and counterprotests from their opponents, point to an emerging chris is that's governor out of the rival of tens oarrival oftens of thousan. what's more important, those who would exploit them in their hours of need. >>> the trail that saw more than a million refugees, all along that route, there are helping hands. but where many see human struggle and need, others see opportunity and profits . take the owners of thi

and the balkan states of macedonia, serbia , croatia and sloaf slovenia, to identify and quickly deport those not considered war refugees, for migrants like jacob the current backlash against migrants ignores the real source of the problem. >> in my country there is a war, i will die, i must run away. this war must stop. just stop. immigrant or symptom coming here. for example, i will say, i don't like to stay here, i don't like it, no, no. >> next, breaking through the flood gates, the desperation crossing european borders and how refugees seeking shelter find themselves facing new exploitation. >> hunted to the brink of extinction. >> we need an urgent method that stops the killing. >> now fighting back with a revolutionary new science. >> this radiocarbon dating method can tell us if trade of ivory is legal. >> it could save a species. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> techknows team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> i'm standing in a tropical windstorm. >>...can affect and surprise us. >> wow, these are amazing. >> techknow, where technology meets humanit

they said accepting the trip played into what he calls israel's propaganda. this after four balkan countries slovenia croatia serbia and macedonia all introduced tight restrictions on people from afghanistan, syria and iraq. families are now's sleeping in bus terminals. >> for shelter dogs dogs took center stage at the tennis opens. cell sa o paulo and they picked round string practice and exhibition matt matches. they trained for months. they said they wanted to promote awareness that even abandoned street animals can be given a second chance at life. pretty cool. >>> some of the technology available nowadays can be complicated and downright confusing. now aarp is offering free classes on how to use those mobile devices. they focus on seniors using modern technology so they can keep in touch with their families. >> when you give a loved one a new smart phone they may not be sure what to do with it or how it works. that is why aarp aarp's hands-on training sessions for seniors shows that it is a phone but with many modern ways with many modern ways of staying connected no. >> >> the first th

. >> reporter: are refugees arriving on the south and from the balkan route in the north. more people and mr pressure >>> north korea has announced it will stop an investigation into the fate of japanese citizens who were abducted decades ago. it is being seen as a retalia retaliatory attack following the rock launch. 13 japanese citizens were kidnapped during the 1970s and 80s. japan has called the halt extremely regrettable. >> translation: it is extremely regrettable that north korea announced to suspend the investigation by the special committee into abductions of japanese citizens. the japanese government is not thinking to scrap the agreement, to restart investigations on the abductee issue >>> environmentalists in the afghan capital say air pollution is causing the deaths of around two thousand people every year. young children and infants are most at risk. from kabul our correspondent reports. >> reporter: strapped to a breathing tube, inside an intensive care unit, 8 month old fights so survive >> she is in a series situation. >> reporter: she is sick with a poten

further back along the migrant route, the balkan current trees into macedonia feared a backlog on theirerritories and quickly imposed their own restrictions. greece was left to shoulder the burden with 22,000 refugees on its soil kufshlth and quickly risingcurrently and quickly rising 3 ,000 more made the crossing to less bos. agenteks says unless these can move on ward, the number could rise to 70,000 nets monthbos. agenteks says unless these can move on ward, the number could rise to 70,000 nets month. they come to the mainlyland but reception centers are full. now, even the ferry terminal is full. people are living and sleeping on concrete floors and they are starting to despair. >> i hope they open the borders. we have children. the people don't have hope here. >> reporter: efforts by turkey and nato are expected to significantly stem the flow of arrivals across the agean. the plight of those in europe is becoming a grave concern. paul brennan, al jazeera. >>> the iranian president hassan rhouhani has won a strong vote of confidence in the country's elections. while the official num

. >> they want to close the western balkans.hat means securing their borders and the macedonian-greek borders. that's not so unlike what the other states want. the problem is these eastern european states want to do it in an uncontrolled way. greece isn't ready for that, as we know, they are just starting to establish hotspots. the key element of that, it of course, is to redistribute the refugees in a fair way. that's why, for example, for minster -- foreign minister warned the states about not becoming a club of renegades. >> that was max hoffman, reporting from brussels. migration is proving to be a divisive topic for europe and its leaders. she is looking increasingly isolated among brussels colleagues. the picture back home is no better, either. she has been forced to take a tougher stance. she is forced to take a very conservative policy as support in her party dwindles. >> for months, she relied on democrats to drum up support, but now policy members are distancing themselves from her when she makes policy statements like

appointed defense tried to hit home during the cross-examination of balkans. >> at that some point while your downstairs that they change. take a very difficult cross exam according to decker. >> you are dancing on an extremely fine line. impact once jurors begin to deliberate wayne state. >> and other key witness for the prosecution today was lanes own discussed a very elaborate worries that he says laing used to convince people for months that she was pregnant and lawyers of his testimony coming up tonight at 10:00 p.m. >> c dots as i 70 through glenwood canyon was supposed to open tomorrow afternoon, but brand-new tonight, that may not see dots as they might miss the goal because there is still a lot of rock on the road and more mitigation needs to be done before the highway is safe again for cars. big boulders and rocks of all sizes came crashing down on the highway earlier this week shutting down i 70 in both directions. the driver gets his 11th dui and colorado a fourth dui is now a felony after the box in one problem solvers politics story. but his record shows he should've been.

here's a look statewide, snow on the mountains and the balkan the heaviest is here and out here on the eastern plains were snow can be better than a foot deep where it starts to wind down. eight, ten, 12 inches with the wind out here. got a watch out near blizzard conditions. we're up and down the front range and another 6-9 in the mountains. up around greeley and you guys are lower, 5-7 inches and certainly estes park and you could see some heavy amounts out there and is recommended the metro i think parker and castle rock, it is too low for you guys did you going to be close to ten to 12 inches. for the metro seven, 8 inches and certainly have the 9-inch the entire month is 7 inches and i think we could get almost that out of the airport. sixteen with snow heavy at times. tomorrow morning know. picks and is noticing taper off until late in the afternoon and it will be windy and cold. here is your seven day forecast just above freezing and we will not going to warm up. maybe a little bit snow shower and friday. saturday looks good and sunday looks windy and cold and dry. the biggest t

a tougher boarder control over the weekend by the balkan states. the move after migrants streamed through the country. about 600 are stranded on the northern border with serbia. those waiting say they are forced to take action. the afghan crossed here. and held the sit in on the rail traps hopping this will put pressure. companions set up the tent and planned to stay here as long as it takes. the aim is to open all borders we face. >>> greek officials say they are as resilient as after through the twist and turns of the life of a refugee. they are ready for a long wait. many refugees continue to arrive in greece, and find themselves granted, unaware of border restrictions. hundreds arrived hoping to pass through greece. often their arrival they discover no buses heading north. >> there's a stand off between indian place and students in the capital new delhi. officers surrounded the university. some students raised anti-india banners during a rally this month. also in india, a deal has been reached and days of protest by an influential farming commu

colonel richard kemp was commander of british forces in afghanistan, served in iraq, and the balkans. kemp says to stop isis and other extremist groups from seizing more territory our world's coalition leaders must make tough. *unpopular* decisions sot - col. kemp/fmr. british forces commander."currently the leadership is terrified of doing anything that's likely to cause civilian casualities in these countries.. unfortunately the nature of war and the way that our enemies fight.. means it's helped pen this 140-page report published by the friends of israel initiative which *clearly* states coalition forces are following the laws of armed conflict while the enemy *clearly* is *not* among the key findings of the report-enemies like isis have the ability to "exploit communications technology like social media to alter facts and influence *thousands* of potential recruits.-and like all wars through-out history.. . coalitioioleaders must realize.. there *will* be innocent civilian casualties. sot - col kemp "the islamic state, like al qaeda, like the taliban, like hamas, hezbollah.. all t

the time in office testing major conflicts in the balkans and rwanda. they led tributes saying he was a memorable leader. >> the supreme court rejected a hunger strikers request to be transferred to a palestinian hospital. the journalist has been on hunger strike for two months. he was detained without charge or trial. he is refusing supplements or the test. in fragile conditions. the newly elected parliament is trying to agree ceasefires. last year the outgovernment signed a nationwide ceasefire agreement. more than half the armed groups didn't. the ethnic diversity is part of the conflict. they are more than 150 groups across myanmar. eight have armies, and there's dozens more groups. the conflict began in 1949, soon after independence from britain. the power was concentrated in the hands of the community excluding the minorities. the country suffered on conflict since tens of thousands were killed or wound the. they have large numbers of child soldiers in the world. recent months there has been outbreaks of finals in the northern hahn state. wayne ha

peninsula with powerful winds through wednesday and this will cause stormy weather across much of the balkanla as well as parts of turkey in the next 24 hours or so. temperatures will going to be still on the mild size in kiev and athens. in the single digits for central europe, and then quite warm in lisbon at 18 degrees for the high with cloudy conditions on your wednesday. let's go to hawaii. one of the biggest surf of the season will affect the north coast of hawaii on wednesday. there is a powerful low pressure syst in the norther area and this is extending well to the north and west-facing shores of hawaii. we have high surf warnings in place across these locations. waves could hit up to 15 meters. it is going to be dangerous conditions but good news for many surfers. one of the most famous surfing events will likely be taking place on your wednesday. i know that many surfers have been waiting for this opportunity for years. the last time it took place was in 2009. it is going to be a good one for many surfers. and in the southern hemisphere we are talking about excessive heat in weste

austria and balkan nations agreed to restrict numbers. iran gears up for elections on friday, seeking political gains. it is the first election since the nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions.

reason to take action in monitoring and regulating other parts of the border and this is what the balkan states are doing together with russia. brent: germany's harlem and today approved a package of tighter asylum laws. the new legislation calls for faster processing of legislation. quicker deportation of migrants, and the creation of reception centers across germany. and it includes tightening the policies on family reunification. lawmakers hope these new measures will help cut those numbers. our correspondent says an overall solution to the crisis must be the responsibility of the european union as a whole and not just berlin. reporter: within just a few weeks, germany's asylum laws have been tightened twice. none of the lawmakers really expect refugee numbers to fall quickly, but the government wants to show the situation is under control. yet in the end, chancellor angela merkel knows the real solution is to be found if anywhere at the european level. brent: many of the refugees arriving in europe are escaping five years of civil war in syria. now there is guarded hope the guns will