barnaby phillips reports on the political dead lock. >> reporter: the opening of spain's new parliamenteel of the first day of school, lots of interesting new boys and girls. the greens arrived on bicycles. but the police said they would have to leave them outside. and the man with the ponytail, who's left-wing party is a new political force. spain is waiting to hear under what terms he would go into a coalition government. the old parties are damaged but still live. sanchez, leader of the socialists, and mariano, the outgoing prime minister, who still hopes to lead a new coalition that excludes padermobjections. >> translator: the people's party has the responsibility to lead the new government. we call on the socialists and the citizens party to join us in a government that could last for the full four-year term. >> reporter: but the spanish people delivered a very inconclusive result in december's vote, and now it's not easy to see how such parties can work together. >> [ inaudible ] highest level in spain since 1977. in my point of view, i think the most probable scenario is to have

. >> our coverage begins with barnabie phillips who has the latest from london. >> i think both optimists and pessimists will be able to table different things from is this latest i.m.f. report. yes, they believe the global economy will see modest growth overall, but they are saying that that rate of growth is .2% less than they thought it was going to be, only three months ago. they are scaling back, if you like. they see positives. they see the united states, the united kingdom, some countries in europe, enjoying a modest continuing economic recovery. growth in p the united states staying in the 2.5% region over the next couple of years. china, they see continuing to have a bumpy ride. growth ofen just over 6%, it sounds good but when you remember the kind of double digit growth that china did enjoy, that does amount to a substantial slow down. bad news too for brazil, they see a contraction there. of 3.5%, and that will have a major impact on the whole latin american economic area. low oil prices, yes, they will be with us. the i.m.f. believes for the foreseeable future, and that is a

in the first of two reports looking at begging around the world, barnaby phillips sent this report. >porter: it's not what you would expect to see in wealthy sweden. beggars on many street corners in the capitol, and in the south. they are roma, lured to sweden by the strong economy. roma beggars are often accused of belonging to criminal gangs. but gina says she is begging to send money back to her children in romania where she couldn't find work. >> my work is begging, because i can do nothing else. i just stay down, i don't look in the eyes of the people. i feel very, very shame. very, very shame. >> reporter: the swedish government already struggling with an influx of refugees from syria and elsewhere, has created a task force to look at the problem of roma beggars. >> they are allowed to stay, and we won't ban begging, but if you come to sweden, you must find yourself a legal way of living. you cannot suddenly make a settlement in parks and private property. swedish law must be upheld. >> reporter: in an illegal camp on the outskirts of town, gina and her friends, they have been

barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >> banksy, depicts the young girl from les miz. miserables. thousands of migrants have been using that border town as a gateway to the united kingdom. >>> pope francis apologized today for all the sins catholics have committed against other christians. it was part of the pontiff's efforts to heal wounds. the pope made the comments at the end of his week long prayer for christian unity. he also announced a rare trip to sweden in october. it's now january 26th in australia, the date known as australia day, to mark the arrival of white settlers. but members of the indigenous community says the holidays representative genocide. >> 26th of january is not a day to celebrate it's a day to mourn. for people here it's invasion day, the anniversary of the moment that europeans effectively white settlers arrived in australia and started pushing aboriginal people off their tradition lanal land and y see no reason the celebrate that. the date shouldn't fall on a date people here see as a very sorry occasion. injustice they feel continues to this day. abori

barnaby phillips reports. >> many people thought they would stop coming once winter arrived, but they hasn't. the steady flow of refugees make their way across the border from macedonia into southern serbia. snow and ice has not stopped them. some say that they suffer tragedies along the way. >> i have lost my father. >> in southern serbia the police register the arrivals. not the long lines we saw here in the summer, but there are some 1,500 people in this camp. it's funded by the e.u. but aid groups say european governments are most concerned with deterring people from coming. >> the over all action from the different european states and european member states to close the border, to push people, that's not something that we see today. we see the services of smugglers, and bringing people behind borders without any assistance. >> invarybly they say they want to go to germany, and they're in hurry because they fear more borders will be closed to them. europe's leaders must know if people are still coming under these desperate conditions its likely that this year will be every bit mom

barnabie phillips al jazeera. >> the country is the biggest supplier of users around the world. heroin and opium are widely available for afghans themselves. most of these men are homeless. they receive three meals a day, use training suits. around a 600 then are living here. >> i have been using drugs for 22 years i am tired of this dark life, i want to start a new one. >> i compare my previous life, i feel inhuman. seven many here praise the treatment, but some complain about the quality of food and lack of proper medical services. outside they get fresh air every day, and the chance to exercise. keeping fit and busy is important for their recovery. visitors come twice a week. the government plans to host more than 10,000 patientser year. the government leaders have yet to approve a budget of $4 million a year. this is one step on the long road the program starts with a 45 days and we have the process. >> for example, they will learn carpentry, and it all works. now it is six month as long period of time. so after that we teas teach tha career. afghan zahn is the word's bigges

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. >>> still to come on the al jazeera news hour.t up, syrian peace talks are less than two weeks away, but the government air strikes continue. >>> why hong kong's leader was heckeled. >>> and in sport another untimely departure from football's world governing body. ♪ national mood >>> he didn't talk that much about race tonight did he? >> actually i would say not at all. i just wanted to add one thing to this, which is the idea that the government is usefulful that the role of government is very important for things like cancer research, which did get a pie part son response, and other >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - "news wrap-up". clear... concise... complete. >>> hello again, a reminder of the top stories. the u.s. secretary of state has helped to

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, sweden. >>> and you can see the first of that two-part series of peoplethat's begging for life later on thursday. >>> schools in pakistan's province have been forced to close for five days due to cold weather. more than 22 million children will have to stay home. a large number of children has caught the flu and pneumonia. >>> power supplies in the occupied west bank were hit. farmers retrieved animals which had drowned. >>> coming up in sport, tennis authorities launch an internal review after allegations of match fixing in the sport. that's coming up with jo. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, again. let's get the sports news. >>> jane, one of the five men standing in next month's fifa presidential election, says it is time for the job to go to a candidate from asia or africa. he is an outsider in the race, and says he is open to the idea of forming an alliance with one of his rivals. >> win or lose, it's not me or any of the four. it is about restoring the image of fifa. it's about making sure that the credibility, the integrity comes back, and that we win back confidence

. >>> barnaby phillips is live right now in london. barnaby can you tell us how the u.s. the global economy rsz fairing in this latest report? >> reporter: as you said, del, it's a very mixed picture, and if you wanted to be pessimistic, you can take things away from this report, if you wanted to be optimistic you could take things away from this report. yes, the imf is saying there will be modest global growth over the next two years, but they are also scaling down their estimate of that growth by .2% compared to what they were saying only as recently as october. modest growth in europe, in the united states, growth of 2.5, 2.6% in 2016, 2017. bad news for china, as you were saying. bad news for brazil, a contraction there of 3.5% predicted in 2016, which will really weigh on the whole latin america economic area. for europe the imf said the refugee influx is now a major economic challenge that has to be tackled. >> we have been trying to get handle on how bad things are in china. what over all is the report saying about china? >> reporter: well, what it says is that wha

barnabie phillips reports. >> many people thought they would stop coming once winter arrives but they haven't. the steady flow of refugees make their way across the border. into southern serbia. snow and ice has not stopped them, some say they have suffered tragedies along the way. >> i have lost my father, and also my young sister in the mediterranean sea. >> there are some 1,500 people in this camp, it is funded by the e.u., put aid groups say governments are most concerned with deterring people from coming. >> unilateral actions and member states to suddenly close border have pushed people toward modern recruits that is something we are seeing today, more and more people are starting to smuggling routs and the services of smugglers to cross through. and trending people through without any assistance. >> they say they want to go to germany, and they are in a hurry because they feel more borders will soon be closed to them. the leaders must know if people are still coming under these conditions it is likely that this year will be every bit as momentum as the one that just passed. >>

with more details on those border restrictions here is are barnaby phillips. >> temporary border controls have been in place since september. this is main autobahn. every now and then the car gets pulled off the autobahn and the police check who's inside. this is not what the europe ever opeofopen borders was meant to k like. under increasing pressure to bring the refugee and migrant crisis under control. that is what the interior ministers meeting in amsterdam today will be discussing. germany would like these temporary border controls which have been implemented by other countries, accreditation the schengeacross the schengenarea,o denmark, to be sended to 2017, and frontex to have greater control in countries like greece for example, of course the main in-route for refugees from syria and other countries. and some countries at the schengen meeting will express serious e exasperation with greece, even proposing its suspension from the schengen zone. i don't expect that to happen but it does show the way in which european solidarity is creeing unthe strain of the refugee crisis. >> a mur

barnaby phillips reports. >> reporter: many people thought they would stop coming once winter arrivedthey haven't. a steady flow of refugees make their way across the border from macedonia, into southern serbia. snow and ice has not stopped them. some say they have suffered tragedies along the way. >> i have lost my father and also my young sister in the mediterranean sea. >> reporter: in southern serbia, the police register the arrivals. there are some 1,500 people in this camp. it is funded by the e.u. but aid groups say european governments are most concerned with deterring people from coming. >> unilateral actions from different european states and european union member states to suddenly close borders have pushed people towards more dangerous routes, into the hands of smugglers again. that's something we are seeing today. and stranding people behind borders without any assistance. >> reporter: invariably they say they want to go to nermny, and they are in a hurry because they fear more borders will soon be closed to them. europe's leaders must know if people are still coming unde

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, the spanish parlient in madrid madrid. >> a suicide attack near a poliovaccination center has killed 14 people. the pakistan tall been claim responsibility. the taliban attacked the polo campaign several times that was meant to irradicate the disease that still plagues the country. >> security forces were on their way to guard a polio vaccination center when they were attacked. polio health workers and those sent to protect them are the all-too-frequent targets for those who say that polio van sin nations is a cover for western spies. >> they use it as a means under the government, they promote their own agenda of causing havoc in the country. >> bowlio used to be a global problem. 350,000 cases were reported in 1988. from25 countries then the "world health organization" says the disease is now known to exist in only two, pakistan and afghanistan. they were just over 300 cases of polio in pakistan in 2014. as operations to protect polio workers have increased, that number has fall on it around 50 last year. the w.h.o. wants polio stamped out completely an

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, sweden. >> japan's emperor has received a warm welcome in the philippines. not everyone is happy. >> trying to make peace with the past, the emperor of japan welcomed warmly by the filipino president aquino. showing the strides the two countries have made since the 1940ers when japan occupied the philippinesburg world war two. it was one of the darkest periods in filipino history. since then japan has become one of its closest friends, it's largest aid donors and investors. now they're deepening security ties, with shared concerns over china's maritime security, japan and the philippines have started conducting joint military exercises. there will be an exchange of information and transfer of military hardware from japan to the philippines. also in the works an agreement allowing the return of japanese troops. the possibility of japanese soldiers back in the philippines is a horrifying one, especially by these women. they were kept as sex slaves during world war ii. 70 years on and they're still waiting for justice. >> she was 14 when she was taken from hom

. >> well, with more details on those border restrictions here is barnaby phillips and the border city o. these temporary border controls have been in place since september. these are the main autobahn leading into southern germany. and every now and again a car gets pulled off the autobahn, and the police check the identity they see who is inside. now this is not what the europe of open borders was meant to look like. it does reflect a continent where politicians are under increasing popular pressure to bring the refugee and migrant crisis under control. that is what the interior ministers meeting in amsterdam today will be discussing. germany would like these border controls, which have been implemented by other countries across the schengen areas from norway, france, austria, denma denmark, for these temporary controls to be extended into 2017. they would like to see the european front police force to have greater control in countries like greece, for example, of course the main inroute from refugees, syria and other countries. and some countries at the schengen meeting will express

barnaby phillips. >> here on the german-austrian border these temporary border controls have been inplace since september. this is the main ough autobahn leading into southern germany. you can see every now and then a car is pulled off the auto juan, and the police check to see who is inside. this is not what open borders were meant to look like. it does reflect a continent where there is increasing popular pressure to bring the refugee and migrant crisis under control. that's what the anterior ministers' meeting in amsterdam will be discussing. germany would like these temporary border controls from norway to france, austria, denmark, for these temporary controls to be extended int into 2017. they would like to have greater control in countries like greece, for example. the main inroute for refugees from syria and other countries. and some countries at the schengen meeting will express serious exasperation with greece, even proposing its suspension from the schengen zone. i don't expect that to happen, but it does show the way that european solidarity is creaking under the strain of

forecasts a generalized slow down for china and other emerging market economies and more from barnabie phillipsndon and despite the chinese gdp data and low oil prices how is it that the imf still remains upbeat about the global economic growth? >> well, i'm not sure i would use the world upbeat. the imf is talking about the entire economy and when you look at their latest projections there are grounds for optimism and encouragement in some areas and grounds for pessimism in others so it's a more nuisanced picture if you like on the pessimistic side imf yes they are predicting the economy will grow 3.4% in 2016 but that is 2 points less than three months ago back in october so they are trimming their estimates, as you were suggesting they believe that the rate of growth in china will carry on slowing down in 2016-2017 and this will have enormous global consequences. they predict also i should say a very bleak picture in latin american and see the brazil economy contracting by 3.5% this year. they see problems for big oil exporters of course countries like angola and nigeria and sub sahara and a

al jazeera's barnaby phillips reports while there are fewer crossing twine macedonia and serbia, it is still more than anyone expected. into many thought they'd stop coming once winter arrived. they haven't. a steady flow of refugees make their way across the border from adam mascherin into southern serbia. snow and ice has not stopped them. some say they suffered tragedies along the way. >> i have lost my father and sister in the town. in southern serbia the police register the arrivals, not the long lines we saw in the summer, but there are 1, 500 in the camp. it's funded by the e.u. aid groups say the government is concerned with deterring people. >> european actions. pushing people towards more. more and more people are starting the smuggling route and the services of smugglers to cross through the barriers, and trending people behind borders, without any assistance. invariably they say they want to go to germany, and they fare more borders will be closed to them. europe's leaders must know if people are coming under these conditions, it's likely that this year will be every bit of

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, the spanish parliament in madr madrid. >> the world economic forum has revoked it's invehtation to north korea for its up coming meeting in switzerland. this comes on the day when they ask for the toughest sanctions against its neighbor. tensions have been raised after north korea claims to have tested a hydrogen bomb last week. >> on a day when south korea said it fired warning shots to deter a north korean drone, there were promised sanctions against pyongyang for its bomb test last week. they made an annual new year address for the nation and said that it required a tougher international response than previous years, and she expected china, which opposed pyongyang's program, to react accordingly at the u.n. >> i'm certain that china is very relevant if such a strong will is followed by necessary steps. we will not be able to stop six nuclear tests and we cannot guarantee. >> the president said she was considering the need to deploy an u.s. anti-missile system on south korean soil, a move long opposed by china. >> when one country seeks it's own securi

al jazeera's barnaby phillips has more now from germany's border with austria. >> reporter: it's freet across europe gradually coming to a stop. on the austrian border, the german police have been controlling arrivals since september. this is not what the schengen zone was meant to look like. but as the refugee crisis drags on, governments are putting national interest first. in amsterdam european ministers held talks again on how to manage the flow of refugees and migrants. some governments increasingly frustrated with greece, which they say has failed to control its borders with turkey, are now talking about suspending it from the schengen zone. >> reporter: if it is not possible to protect the border, then the external border will move towards central europe. greece must strengthen its boarders as soon as possible. >> reporter: the greeks say they have played an unfair burden compared to the rest of europe. and all the while, refugees keep on coming. these people, mainly syrians and afghans are being processed in austria, before crossing into germany, all ages, all hoping to start

barnaby phillips reports from stockholm. >> reporter: it's not what you expect to see in wealthy sweden. beggars. on many street corners in the capital stockholm and in malmo in the south. the roma lured to sweden by the strong economy. beggars accused of belonging to gangs. geena says she begs to send money back to the children. >> i came to do nothing else. we were not recognising the people. i feel ashamed. very, very ashamed. >> the swedish government struggling with an influx of refugees from syria and elsewhere created a task force to look at the problem. >> they are allowed to stay. we will not ban it. but if you come to sweden, you must find a legal way of living. you can't suddenly make a settlements in parks and private property. swedish law must be upheld. >> in an illegal camp on the outskirts of malmo, geena and her friends say they will be cleared by defense. >> the eviction takes place in the middle of the night. the political forces opposed to the roma beggars are gathering strength. >> these are sweden's parliament buildings. they came to meet a member of the parliament

barnaby phillips has this report from stockholm. >> it's not what you would expect to see in wealthy sweden. beggars on many street corners in the capital of stockholm and in malmo in the south. they are roma lured to sweden by the economy. roma are often accused of belonging to criminal gangs, but gina said she's begging to send money back to her children in romania, where she could not find work. >> because i came here to do nothing else. i sit down. i don't look in eyes of people. i feel very, very shame. very, very shame. >> the swedish government already struggling with the influx of refugees from syria and elsewhere has created a task force to look at the problem of roma beggars. >> they're allowed to stay, and we won't stand begging. but if you come to sweden, you must find yourself a legal way of living. you cannot suddenly make a settlement in parks and private property. swedish law must be upheld. >> in an illegal camp gina and her friends, they've been told that it will be cleared by the police. protesters gather, some support the roma. others want them to leave. [ protest

. >> with more details on those border restrictions let's join barnaby phillips on the border of asau>> this is the main autoban, the police check the identity see who's inside. now this is not what the europe of open borders was meant to look like. it does reflect a continent where politicians are under increasing popular pressure to bring the refugee and migrant crisis under control. and that is what the interior ministers meeting in amsterdam today will be discussing. germany would like these temporary border controls which have been implementb implementer countries across the schengen area from norway to france to austria to denmark for these temporary croam controls be extd to twifnt. 2017. and they would really like main inroad to greece from syria and other countries. and some other countries at the schengen meeting will experience serious ex as operation to greece, even approaching its seclusion from the schengen zone. showing the way european union solidarity is creek under the strain of the refugee crisis. >>> three people have reportedly died in an exchange of gun fire with

let's speak now barnaby phillips live from the austrian border. explain to us what the borders are that are being discussed. >> well, you can probably see the motor way behind me, the busy motor way that leads into southern germany, the police set up a post, i'm afraid it's rather foggy now, but it's a couple of hundred yards down the road, and they are checking some vehicles, pulling them into a tent on the side from time to time. this has been going on here since september, and it isn't as you were saying in your introduction, how the schengen passport free transport zone was meant to work, travel zone was meant to work. people ought to be able to move quite freely within the 26 country block without any controls whatsoever. it is the result of the political pressure that the german government and other governments feel a reaction to the enormous numbers of refugees and migrants that have passed along this route in the past 12 months. more than 1 million have come to germany alone. >> i was going to ask you about that. the e.u. interior meeting

barnaby flps, abarnaby phillips, majorca. >> a futile wait.n has been suspended because of renewed protests over tuition fees. university administrators say registration will resume later this week. zico has traveled from zimbabwe to register. will you be able to wait? >> i hope i can wait until weather wednesday. i hope they will make an exception for international students. >> while the government's agreement to lower fees this yore, protesters want them scrapped altogether because they say they're unsustainable. he can only register for his third clear of engineering if his application for financial assistance from the government is approved. this year his studies will cost him $10,000. >> i had to apply for funding from the government and this was -- and besides expensive to be able to pay for everybody, because the i have to find the balance somehow, really. >> the university's waived immediate registration fees allowing needy students to pay later. the government who says those who are receiving government aid won't have to pay registrat

barnaby phillips, thank you. >>> defense secretary ash carter said closing the military prison at guantanamoould be a good thing. more than 90 men are still held there. that would mean transferring new prisoners to a new facility on u.s. soil. carter said there are some people in gitmo so dangerous, we cannot transfer them to another government no matter how much we trust that government. >> we talked about the complexities of closing down the prison. >> the only way that barack obama closes guantanamo is if he purr suede congress to let him move the last detainees to the united states or he decides that he has the authority to defy congress and move them to the united states. guantanamo doesn't close unless he can move people to the united states and some people argue that is not closing guantanamo, that's moving guantanamo. >> he's saying even if we move them to a super max facility in america, they still will not be afforded the types of due process that are afforded to american citizens or afforded to criminals are war. they would still face the same legal limbo that they do at guantanam