it began here, in the streets of budapest.fe, his past, his upbringing led him again and again to look through a piece of glass and make images like these. but first, some context. and schnitzel. did i mention schnitzel? >> it's beautiful here. they said that, of course, that budapest is beautiful. but it is, in fact, almost ludicrously beautiful. a riot of gorgeous architectural styles, palaces, grand public spaces, former mansions of various princelings, the remains of a long-gone empire, still here. still here. if there was such a thing as building porn, it would be this. just looking out the window as you drive or trolley by, you think, i want that. who lives there? who lived there? what's it like inside? and where did they go? from high up gellard hill, you get a sense of the layout of the city. divided, split by the danube river, buda on one side, phest on the other. hungary's capital literally divided in two. literally a crossroads of worlds. >> which is which? >> if you look down, you're in buda. if you look up, you're

continues to block migrants from boarding trains west out of budapest. officials say they are just ules.wing eu r 50 african union soldiers from uganda are believed to have been killed in an attack by should bother m militants. the controversial move to drill for oil in the arctic. we hear from the boss of shell who says it is needed to meet global demand spurred the race to host the olympics heats up with los angeles now in the running. that means more competition for paris come also in hot pursuit for the games. that and more on the way. first, our top stories. here in paris, a man is being held in custody linked to the dramatic fire in paris that left eight people dead. thechildren were among victims. authorities say the five-story building has been evacuated and secured. some 15 households will need to relocate due to the damage. it took over 100 firefighters to contain the blaze on the ground floor that spread upwards through the five-story building by the stairwell. authorities have opened a criminal investigation. we are focusing on the possibilit

reporter: it comes from budapest. it comes from other eastern countries. it comes from poland and balkan states and comes from great britain where hysterical debate about migerapts has opened up now. so it will be very difficult to come to a solution this fall. angela merkel wants to take up political leadership, will have a very hard time. anchor: thank you. we have been hearing a lot about syrian refugees, but many come from africa, fleeing war, ethnic persecution or seeking a better life. sometimes there are cases where that life is not better. the challengeses are great for young women who may fall victim to criminal gangs who have developed networks across europe. reporter: pamela kept close of the money she earned back in italy. she gave it all to her parents. pamela is hiding her true identity. she says she was worked to work the streets to pay off her debts. after work, her pimp locked her in a small room so she couldn't run away. >> each time whenever i was "on the road," i cried, i called on god to help me. i was forced to do it. it wasn't very e

reporter: earlier in budapest, more chaos at the train station. after police ended a blockade, people scrambled to board the train's thought to be headed for austria, but the station announced all direct service to many western european countries was canceled, and many were wary of getting on board. >> complete and utter chaos at this point. we're getting conflicting information about where this train is actually headed. the billboard says very clearly that all trains to western europe are canceled. reporter: hundreds of migrants are still waiting in the budapest station to leave the country, many of them sleeping on the ground. among them, a newborn baby girl. her father is worried about her safety. "i'm afraid for my baby because the conditions are so bad and so cold. i want to reach britain or germany safely." so far, authorities are not providing any help. for those still stranded, the dream of safety and security in europe remains far off. brent: correspondent max hoffman is following this story for us in the hunt gary and capital. here is wh

>> well, i'm just outside the capitol budapest.ctually on the main m-1 and m-7 motor way and this is -- these are hundreds of people who have marched something like ten kilometers from the center of budapest from the rail station here. they say they have no option but to do this and it may sound farfetched but their intent on marching to the border but as i speak only a matter of 30 seconds ago there has been a development and if we can just see past these people over here you will see blue flashing lights and roadblock and appears they are blocking the motor way and a bit of a changing mood because we are now seeing all the demonstrators and all the refugees here who have been in such good mood in good spirits walking in considerable heat and the police have been cooperating every step of the way. they have been effectively, you know, helping people along, controlling the traffic and actively encouraging what has been going on, channelling them along with friendly relations but now there is a question mark whether or not there is

high commission of refugees in budapest. the next 24 hours should bring some clarity and how the european union plans to handle the migrant crisis. the european commission president is expected to propose member nations accept "binding quotas" to take an asylum seekers. it is a plan that we know not every ountry in europe supports. reporter: the swedish prime minister and german chancellor share a vision of europe. both believe it should be open to refugees. their countries have taken far more asylum-seekers than other eu members. but both agree, the rest of europe urgently needs to play its part. >> i have rarely been so convinced this is a challenge that will define the future of europe, whether we will continue to be accepted as a continent of values and individual freedom. in this question, when the whole world is looking to us, we can't simply say syria is too far away, were not going to deal with the problem. -- we are not going to deal with the problem. reporter: the leaders said more solidarity is needed among eu mem

we are at the train station in budapest. rushedreds of migrants into the railroad station this morning when the gates opened at about 8:00, and they rushed to the first train. that the trainr was not going to germany, but was in fact going to serbia. a loudspeaker in the railroad station announced in english that all international traffic had stopped toward western europe. there is still hundreds of migrants in the railroad station and outside as well. they do not understand what is going on. total confusion here, total chaos. about 50 policemen inside the railroad station in small groups. there is a rumor spreading on facebook and on the social networks, some hungarian citizens are helping refugees. the hungarian authorities were trying to trick the refugees and that a train would come into the station, it would be announced that that train would go to vienna, and the refugees would board but in fact they would be taken to a refugee camp in eastern hungary. i have not been able to confirm that. the railway company says they

arwa damon, cnn, budapest. >>> the head of the u.n. refugee agency called europe's asylum system completely dysfunctional. >> we have been saying time and time again we need more legal avenues to come to europe, the gulf and other places to allow for more humanitarian opportunities and have education programs, flexible visa policies. can you imagine if you are in a cairo, for instance, take a low-cost airline to anywhere in europe, you can travel with 40 or 50 euros and you have no danger. but these people are forced to go on boats. they pay 4,000, 5,000 euros. it doesn't make sense. we need a response to this situation and in my opinion only europe as a whole based on solidarity can give that response. no country isolated can do so. >>> in the midst of this drawn out crisis there is one story that has been breaking hearts and we are about to show you two disturbing photos. tens of thousands of refugees are risking their lives trying to cram on to rickty boats and never make it. a warning these images are upsetting. look at this. a boy

joining me from budapest hungary is al jazeera's correspondent. welcome to the programme.he hungarian prime minister viktor orban has been uncompromising about the refugees, he doesn't want them in the country, if that is so, why haven't they been loaded on trains and taken to germany, which indicated that it will take them? >> that's exactly the question we have heard from so many refugees here. most of them syrian. they say "why are we here?" if the prime minister doesn't want us here, and others in hungary don't want us here, why not let us get on the trains and go to germany, especially if they'll take us in, accept our applications for asylum. it's a huge problem. the move at the train station - it is miserable. parents are here would don't know what they are going to do when it comes to their kids. they are trying to distract them from some of the suffering that is all around them. putting together a makeshift toys for the children. i can tell you that the kids know that this is a dire situation. they want to get on the trains as well. but, one of the problems that t

, about 25 kilometers away from budapest. he is following my grants -- migrants who are heading towards austria. they have been denied trains, so they have decided to walk, a journey of 170 kilometers in length between budapest and the austrian border. we will see if we can get back to her if we can. i'm checking in and out if we have any word there -- no, it doesn't look like we will be able to cross back to her. we will bring her into one of our bulletins later on. let's turn our eye now to business news. "france 24's" marcus karlsson is here in studio. let start with news out of the united states. >> investors have been asking for months when u.s. interest rates will be heading higher, and today, this friday, we got through a piece of economic data that could shed more light on this issue. the u.s. economy added 173,000 jobs during the month of august. that was fewer than expected. but looking beyond the headline, analysts say the report was fairly strong. that is probably because of this number right here. the unemploymen

let's bring in andrew simmonds in budapest. what do you hear about the trains full of refugees na have been stopped. >> what we are hearing - i'm on the outskirts of budapest now. there are reports coming in from a town 40km outside of the capital. reports that the trains - one of the trains was stopped there. and police boarded the train, were searching people and tried to get them off the train, and there were chaotic scenes now, with the refugees chanting "no camp, no camp." there is nearby what is called a camp which is - conditions are not good, but people are put into that camp. they are not - they have the right papers, but they are not imprisoned there by any means, but this is quite extraordinary, really, because everyone was expecting to go to the border and get into austria. the international train service has been suspended. the train appeared to be a scheduled train. the destination, which is another town further up the line, where you can move on from there to an area which is a border town, where the railwaysling

brent: that was max reporting from budapest.olice in budapest say that they have freed 24 migrants from a van that had been welded shut. teenagers from afghanistan were held at -- headed for vienna. officers had to break the van open. police say that it's a journey have been longer, some of the migrants could have died. the driver, a romanian, has been arrested. the people in the van had a narrow escape, but the risks that they were prepared to take shows how desperate some people are to find a better life in europe. that presents the european union with some major challenges. the situation is escalating rapidly. this summer has seen a dramatic increase in the number of people headed for the continent. let's show you what the numbers show us. greece alone has seen a 750% increase in the number of migrants entering its territory. but most do not want to stay there, they would rather reach more prosperous countries further north, with many saying they would like to come here to germany. the part where there are few border patrols,

hundreds of refugees stopped from entering budapest railway station, and taking the train to other partsf europe. >> our requests are very very simple. we need just relief. just to pass. what do they want from us? >> hungary wants to try to enforce e.u. rule which is say people should seek asylum in the first country they get to. just a few kilometers from the border hundreds of people on the serbian side, are still waiting to make their way across. just as tens of thousands have done before them, so far this year. at this temporary shelter there's a chance to rest and reflect. can the next part of the journey. some here have germany in their sites. >> i think germany could take in 1 1/2 million syrians but only under the condition they get jobs because we don't want to be a burden. >> and many refugees have been arrivalling in germany by train every day. >> regarding the arrival of syrian refugees quite honestly, i see no responsibility on germany's part. it has been said those arriving in germany are most likely to receive asylum or the status of a refugee from a civil car war country.

these are images we are seeing outside of budapest. thursday police allowed migrants to board trains, but try to force them off at holding camp to the west of the capital. that prompted chaotic scenes as hundreds of people struggled with police, some clinging to train tracks in desperation, refusing to leave for get an update of the situation. we go to andrew berner, who joins us on the line from berdych test -- from budapest. what can you tell us at this hour? ofrew: so far a number events are happening and budapest. there are a number of standoffs between police and refugees in that part of the country. aere i was last night, western hungarian town where the train was stopped, the migrants locked themselves to the train carriages and have refused to order buses to bring them to an overcrowded refugee center 10 kilometers away. pictures show that the refugees are declining food and water from authorities, and they have kicked a number of food carts into the tracks of the platform, and they say they want freedom and are demanding to be

reporter: outside budapest, migrants voiced frustration. they want to leave for germany and austria, but they were prevented from boarding trains. -- we can make our solution. please find a solution. i have nowhere. i have to speak. [shouting] reporter: he appeared to convey the moods of the hundreds around him. inside the station, groups of migrants were turned away, despite having bought valid train tickets. >> the budapest railway station will be shut down -- reporter: hungary has insisted eu rules prohibit them from letting migrants with no visas travel west. yet another group in serbia was boarding a bus to budapest. only the first stop on the way to western europe. these migrants are heading into the unknown, and they say they have no choice. >> i worked hard. but to stem the flow of migrants heading into serbia. august, 2000 men, women, and children have been arriving every day in hungary. anchor: france 24 correspondents migrants who have been arriving from syria. initially, they arrived in greece. now, thousands are heading into ne

the main railway station in budapest has been closed to stop refugees from traveling on to austria andny. hundreds are there, though, and they are demanding that police let them board trains so they can leave hungary. security forces have been blocking the entrance to the station. and this as the number of refugees trying to reach the european union continues to search. at least four people were found dead in the mediterranean sea. the international organization for migration estimates nearly a quarter of a million people have landed in greece in the year to september. italy has seen more than 110,000 rivals. those record numbers are showing no signs of easing. emma hayward has more on the situation in budapest. >> reporter: they are stuck for now, but clear about where they want to go. >> germany! germany! >> reporter: hundreds of refugees stopped from entering budapest railway station and taking the train to other parts of europe. >> our requests are very, very simple, just we need -- just relief. just to pass hungary. we need nothing from the hungarian government. what does she want

reporter: with over 2000 people stranded in budapest, migrant arrivals have lowered to dozens. many are exhausted after traveling for weeks. >> in other world news, president barack obama has secured enough support to ensure a nuclear deal with iran will go ahead. mikulskibarbara announced her support this wednesday, becoming the 34th senator to back the deal. the accord will see sanctions relief on iran 14 -- for tehran agreeing to backpedal the nuclear program. he was john kerry speaking earlier. president obama and i are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the framework we have put forward will get the job done. in that assessment, we have excellent company. last month, 29 of our nation's top nuclear physicists and nobel prize winners, scientists, from one end of the country to the other, congratulated the president for what they call "a technically sound, stringent, and innovative deal that will provide the necessary assurance that iran is not developing nuclear weapons." >> philip crowther is in washington and we can cross live to him. that evening to you. we have bee

. ♪ hundreds of refugees and migrants are being barred from budapest main station going to trains goingstria and germany. around a thousand people have gathered outside the station with security guards blocking the entrances. hungry has been criticized by other european governments for its treatment of refugees and building a fence to stop people from crossing over and we go life to that train station in budapest and our correspondent simmons travelling with this flow of migrants and refugees and so people are still calm but they must be exhausted. >> that's right, marteen, every square of shade is being used up on the surroundings of the rail way station and let me take a step out of shot to show you how people are feeling, a feeling of total deoslation and anger and frustration of this rail way station being closed is replaced by a mood of utter desperation really. they have already bought tickets most of these people, whole families, large families spending up to a thousand euro or more on tickets. and many of these tickets, in fact, the vast majority, in fact, one day tickets, cheap

that's what is happening locally in budapest where you are.n terms of the bigger european picture i think you have details that have just come through about three eu countries coming together it will eject what it calls immigrant crisis. they will say that they will blame for inciting arrival of these mass numbers coming from greece across the mediterraneans and the hungarian government if anything is getting harder line all the time there are new bills being voted on in parliament on thursday and friday. there will be detention centers, we'll call them reception points along their fenced border with serbia in which the refugees putting in those fenced camps will either be quickly turned back or they'll face criminal charges for illegally entering the country. this is not a good situation at all, david, and throughout europe obviously earlier in getting the policies together. >> very good illustration from you and the team. we thank you for the tensions that are arising. thank you. >> 11 refugees have died off the coast o. the refugees were tr

andrew simmons is with refugees walking from budapest.st let's speak with mohamed jamjoon who is where the train has been stopped and a couple of hours ago, mohamed, just behind you there, a good train, an empty goods train was moved in apparently to block journalist's view of the train containing refugees. >> reporter: that's right, adrian. and this train that is obscuring our view and keeping us from speaking to a lot of refugees, as much as we were before. is still right here behind people the riot police are still here. first i want to tell you, though, about a very sad scene we encountered just about 10 minutes ago. we drove about a kilometer down the tracks that way, and we encountered a couple of ref and seerefugeesfrom pakistan, one hd he was trying to be resuscitated the medics worked on him for several minutes and finally gave up. ended up dieing, so there has been one casualty here today at least. now, this refugees was one of the hundreds who we have been told left the train in the last hour it's not yet clear exactly where mo

there's a chaotic scene in budapest. charlie d'agata is on a train that's pulling out of budapest right now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're on board one of the first trains to leave budapest. the migrants on board aren't even sure where it's going. throughout the morning we heard that they're accepting international tickets for destinations in hungary, and some of the migrants are taking them up on their offer. as soon as those doors opens, migrants by the hundreds went flooding in. word spread fast, spilling onto the palace forms and packing onto the train in the hope that they were headed to germany, austria, anywhere be here, but nobody was telling them anything. this man wondered why let them in if not to let them go. doesn't it feel like they're tricking you? >> we do. that's why we're hesitating whether to take the train or not. >> reporter: hesitating because migrants are worried instead of going to richer countries in europe, they may be taken to a holding camp in hungary. >> if you have to make a

andrew simmons is at a terminal in budapest.e than 3,500 getting through austria and on to germany. but now the police are acting as guards stopping them from getting into the station even. until they are sprawled all over, some demonstrationing some are just lying on the floor exhausted. many have tickets valid tints, large families paying up to 1,000 euro whether they will get their money back is open to question. in the past small numbers have gotten on the trains. this is a crisis without any explanation at all. the government has explained to the people, nor have the police. the railway company has said that the police have closed the station, and because they couldn't operate around about 9:00, now we are seeing railways allowing other passengers into the station, but the police are resolved to stop the refugees from getting in. many of them are insistent they will stay here until they are allowed into the station, and onboard plains andrew simmons, meanwhile, hundreds of have arrived in munich, germany, volunteers provide

they were stranded for days in budapest. officials held an emergency meeting and decided to spend 6 billion euros to help municipalities open up refugee shelters. >> translator: we will accept refugees, but all of the eu members should cooperate in helping them. >> most of them are heading to germany because of its stable economy and open door immigration policy. more than 400,000 people have arrived in the first eight months of this year. however, some people in germany are unhappy with the decision to take in the migrants. they say 6 billion euros won't be enough to cover the costs. >>> now we move to hungary where migrants are venting their frustration and anger. they are unhappy about how officials are handling tm and they've made a dramatic break for freedom. police have set up a blockade at the border with serbia. they wanted to escort the migrants to a refugee camp. but many are making their way to other countries. >> we just want to cross the border and get to the country we're distinned to go to. germany is acceptin

. >>> trains start rolling again in budapest, but their journey won't take them very far. >>> and the president wraps up his trip to alaska, with another call on action over climate change. but it would be overshadowed by the state's dependence on oil drilling. ♪ >>> good morning, this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. a kentucky clerk who refuses to issue marriage licenses because of her religious beliefs will be in court in about 30 minutes. kim davis and her staff will appear before a federal judge to face contempt charges. she refuses to issue marriage licenses to anyone to avoid having to give them to gay couples, and this morning her office is closed. john terrett is live outside of the courthouse where kim davis will appear soon. what is happening right now? >> reporter: good morning, stephanie. as you said this is the federal district courthouse in ashland, kentucky, alongside the banks of the mighty ohio river, and it is here today that kim davis will come to answer charges that she is in contempt of court for refusing to hand out marriage lice

views are today's main story spirit hungary restarts real traffic in budapest but refuses protestingy migrants outside back in. this after thousands boarded trains for austria and germany monday despite not having visas. a second foreign man is arrested , linked to last month's deadly bombing at a shrine in bangkok. the motive for the blast that killed 20 is still unknown. new satellite pictures of syria confirm that the asian temple of bel in palmyra has been destroyed by the islamic state group. thiscoming up for you hour, more worries over china's economy slowing down. a film festival in nairobi is trying to challenge perceptions of shanty towns and slums. that and more on the way, but first the news. genie: first, hungary is slowly restarting all rail traffic from its main terminal in budapest. earlier today it shut the station, clearing it of migrants who were trying to or trains for austria and germany. many of those migrants are protesting outside. german chancellor angela merkel has spoken out on the migrant eusis or it she says all countries need to share responsibilities fro

i saw this in budapest.i said, we have to do something i said, well stop -- have to do something about it. inry, i got the bad flu hungary. so whatever makes them open the borders, i don't know. but it is been an explosion. -- any, manyere journalists. they were shocked. not government-backed on human rights. there are quotations made behind one of the cofounders of a party [indiscernible] and so on and so on. thece mentioned that in plenary. they stood looking at me and shocking silence. amy: annette groth, thank you for joining us from stuttgart, germany. she is just returned from hungary where she saw thousands of migrants stranded at the budapest train station. when we come back, we're going to vienna, going to london, and we're going to be right here in theunited states looking at various countries policies around refugees. our guest in london just wrote aps and "the new york times" opene." stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goo

andrew simmons is live for us in budapest.stand, andrew that you're with some of the people trying to make the journal on foot now. so what has been going on? >> reporter: this is an extraordinary situation, such a sharp contrast to events in bicske. i actual actually nearly 30-kilometers outside the budapest now. on the n1 motorway, would you believe. and look at this. the traffic is resumed again, at one stage the motorway was closed and these people, i have been here now for this location for more than 10 minutes. and this stream has continued throughout. and look beyond it. it goes right the way back. well over 1,000 marchers of mainly syrian origin. refugees fleeing war. there are a range of people here. men, the majority, but there are also families, just look i think to the side here. this little boy here making his own way. his mother or certainly another woman down there. there is an extraordinary atmosphere here, one of massive resolve. one of determination. one of a degree of fear because no one trusts the police. t

hundreds flooded vienna from budapest but they will not be staying. many are already in route to germany who has said it will accept all asylum applications from syrians. police and protesters in ukraine clash as parliament backs a controversy a lot more autonomy to separatist regions. and farewell to a movie legend. the u.s. director wes craven dies at the age of 76. >> i am sarah kelly. thank you for joining us. the mass migration of refugees through europe is overwhelming vienna. hundreds of asylum-seekers are flooding train stations in the austrian capital, most having left neighboring hungary. they don't stay long in vienna. most find sanctuary in germany. >> for now at least, this may be the end of their journey. hundreds of refugees arrived at munich real station on board a train from hungary. men, women, children from many different countries but all united in despair and in the hope of finding a better life in germany. >> it is a difficult journey. we are so happy to be here. thank you. >> german police were on hand at the station. they have

[cheers] ♪ just before 9:00 this morning local time hungarian police went through the gates of budapestil way station and a moment of hope for thousands of refugees who crowded on to trains they hoped would take them to austria or germany, instead the train was stopped by riot police at the town of bishca an hour from budapest and they were ordered to get off. that is where one of hungry's main refugee camps is located and some refused to do so. they held up signs saying no camp. one family, a man, his wife and their child lay on the tracks. andrew simmons is in bisca for us now and sounds like it has been a very chaotic situation this morning. describe what is happening now. >> raw emotion, angry scenes and some injuries, minor also some arrests. the train over here stopped and obviously wasn't a scheduled stop, this is bishka and 40 kilometers outside the capitol and there was confusion and people were panicking on board and convinced all of the sudden this was some sort of trap that they have been talking about earlier and they were worried this might happen. but they had been convin

laura: for a second day, hundreds of people have protested in budapest against hungary's decision to keep them in traveling to germany and other countries. 4000 illegal migrants have entered hungary in the past two days. it is one of many flashpoints across europe. gavin hewitt reports. mid-evening in front of europe's central railway stations. men are bunched up hoping for a food delivery. on the steps of budapest station, riot police are preventing them from boarding trains for austria and germany. in the concourse beneath the station, a vast in cap meant, thousands of families are preparing for another night of waiting. -- vast encampment, thousands of families are preparing for another white avoiding. refugee crisis since the second world war. earlier in the day, there were repeated surges of desperate refugees, mostly from syria. they are pushing against police lines, hoping to reach the station platform. some resisted police attempts to try to establish their identity. claimear that if they asylum here they would be unable to claim asylum in germany. germany has become a giant

looking at the live pictures coming out of budapest. police are disallowing anyone without a valid visa from entering the station >>> gaza could be uninhabitable in less than five years, blamed on three wars, and an israeli blockade for record poverty and humanitarian crisis. former congolese rebel bosco is appearing at the international criminal court in the hague. he's facing 18 charges, including murder, rape and recruiting child soldiers. >> andrew simmonds is at the train station in budda pest. let's join him from there. tell us what the situation looks like now. >> right now, there has been yet another demonstration, but there's a big matter amongst the syrian refugees. continuing the demos, keeping up the momentum. right now there's a situation where the syrians are taking the lead and a lot of afghans as well are demonstrating in large numbers. the situation is the minister, the prime minister, says that economic migrants, as he terms them, will have to be sent back, and says that hungary will not be part of a quota system if th

they have left budapest and are now marching towards the boarder with austria. that's a total of 176-kilometers and you can see from the picks there are all sorts of people, well, children, people on crutches. elderly, so obviously an incredible challenge. andrew simmons referred to it as a march of home. we don't yet know if that hope is justified on behalf of the refugees. we don't know what is awaiting for them at the border or if the hungarian police, authorities stopped those trains leaving from budapest to all industry are germany whether hungarian police will actually act on anything. but for the moment, we see those thousands of people marching towards the border out of hundred gare. >>> four charges for the detective of the toddler on the turkish beach. the three-year-ol three-year-ols five-year-old brother and month never all drowned when their boat capsized shortly after embarking for the greek island of kos. they were laid to lef rest on fy in their home city of cobane. the boys' father who survived once again spoke about their ordeal. >> translator:

david. >> thank you, that's mohammad in budapest. may remember if you have been casting your eyes over news organizations front pages the picture, terrible picture of a drowned syrian boy, tiny boy, while his father has been telling that the harrowing journey that led up to the death of that little boy, and other members of his family. abdullah was one of thousands of refugees trying to make it from turkey to the greek island. here he is. >> we went into the sea for four minutes. and the captain saw the waves were so high, we steered the boat. he died into the sea and fled. i took over and started steering. the waves were so high, i took my wife and my kids in the arms and i realized they were all dead. >> the image of that man's son lying dead in the surf on a turkish beach has caused global outrage. it is adding to pressure on one the british prime minister on his stance of sharing refugees has been criticized by members of his own party. >> it was only every front page of every newspaper. a single photo that could change the debat

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>>> it's morning in budapest and hundreds are still waiting. the hungarian capital's main railway station remains close today refugees. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, i am jane dutton you are watching al jazerra. also on the program, the u.n. warns that war is an economic blockade could make gaza uninhabitable in less than five years. >>> condemnation of texas police after immaterial expwrez emerge that appear to show them shooting a man with his hands up. >>> and the congolese warlord known as the terminator is on trial for crimes including murder, rape and recruitment of child soldiers. ♪ >>> hundreds of refugees are still being denied access to budapest's main railway station. look at these live pictures and just see how many people there are waiting to move on through. but they have been prevented from doing that. the police are preventing anyone without a valid e.u. visa from entering the station. they hope to board train to his germany as andrew sim ups now sw reports. >> reporter: germany may have been a destination this that he could reach on monday, b

a tense standoff continues between refugees and riot police near budapest. hello. i'm adrian finegan. also ahead, the toddler whose picture has become the symbol of refugee suffering, is buried alongside his brother and mother in which the city in which they fled. 22 emiratey soldiers are kid. it's the greatest single loss of life in conflict in the country's history. and australia's shark debate. should culling reduce the risk to swimmers and surfers? . >> all right. if you've been watching for the last hour or so, you'll know we have a developing story. a railroad station in0 hungary where there's a standoff with police. let's go live. muhammad, in the last hour, your view of the train containing those refugees has been blocked by that train behind you there. >> yeah, that's right. this empty cargo train is still here. also what we're seeing are a lot more of the riot police, wearing their helmets, wearing gloves, carrying batons. it certainly appears as though the situation has gotten a lot more tense. there's a lot of developments the last few minutes we're hea

[chanting] hungry shuts down the main rail way station in the capitol budapest, stopping refugees from travelling. ♪ hello, i'm live from al jazeera headquarters in doha, also on the program, calls grow for australia to remove children from a prison holding asylum seekers in malu after a scathing report reveals abuse. barack obama calls for action on climate change on a historic visit to alaska and some call him a hypocrite. stolen art facts worth of millions of dollars to their rightful owners. ♪ but first the hungry are stopping people from leaving the main train terminal to prevent refugees to heading on to austria and germany, around a thousand people are currently gathered outside the station with security guards blocking all the entrances. government officials say they are simply trying to adhere to european union law as outlined by germany's angela merkel in a press conference on monday. well it was a very different situation on monday when some people were allowed on board the trains. andrew simmons our correspondent got on board with some of them. >> reporter: yet another cue

really, the volunteers of the people of bu budapest. all of this going on as a situation the hungarian government described as unacceptable. they are clear in their intent to pass new laws which are going to be quite draconian. they're going to be in complete contrast from the italian and germany and french foreign ministers, who want a solution, a review of existing asylum law. quite the contrary here. hungary says no way, no way. it doesn't want refugees here. it doesn't want them. it wants to exclude them and turn around and describe what it calls economic migrants from its borders. it will put up effective detention centers, effectively places where people will be held on the border on the no man land's side that's three and a half meters high. and the economic migrants will be sent out. they could face criminal charges. as far as the refugees are concerned they'll have a very quick hearing in which serbia will be cast as a safe country, and they will be--most of them turned back to serbia. it is a very, very difficult situation the

it's morning in budapest and hundrede still waiting. the hungarian capital's main railway station remains close today refugees. ♪ >>> hello, i am jane dutton you are watching al jazerra. also on the program, the u.n. warns that wars and economic blockade could make gaza uninhabitable in less than five years. >>> condemnation of texas police after images emerge that appear to show them shooting a man with his hand up. and the congolese warlord known as the ternimater is on trial for crimes including murder, rape, and the recruitment of child soldiers. ♪ ♪ >>> hundred of refugees are still being denied access to by budapest's main rail way station, many have been camped out out nile. well, children, elderly people trying to get on the train but everybody without an e.u. visa have been stopped it many made a long perilous journey to sear yet to get there. and they are caught up in this bottleneck of the stage with no way out. andrew simmons has more. >> reporter: germany may have been a destination they could reach on monday, but not anymo

. >> but he was released and came to budapest.r many, the journey grinds to a halt. this is the train station in central budapest. hundreds of people wait to board a train to munich. people are still asking if they can travel with just their syrian i.d. and what we've been told here is that, yes, they should be able to get on these trains. but then, the message changes. only those with passports and visas can travel. days go by. more people arrive and no one is going anywhere. then, the government closes the train station, forcing people into the streets. including the musician's family we bough in the belgrade park in serbia. confusion and frustration turns to anger. demonstrations erupt. >> we have been here five days. no food, no sleep. no place to sleep. no anything. police block the entrance to the station, urging people to leave. desperate and defiant, they decide to take matters into their own hands, no longer willing to be left at the mercy of governments and political decisions. we are on the highway that connects budapes

>> budapest standoff. >> when people get to europe they're frankly finding chaos at best and rejection at worst. >> with the european refugee crisis worsening former u.k. foreign secretary david miliband joins us and calls on europe to have a change in heart. >>> appealing for support. >> if we say to iran, hey the deal is off, let's go back to square one, how do you think our negotiate being apparent all of those who have embraced the deal will react? >> secretary of state john kerry defends the deal and promises more aid to the middle east states. >> military might. china commemorates the defeat of japan in world war ii with an unusual and massive display of its growing military muscle. and living the dream. >> when he we were asked in school what we wanted to be when we grow up, i was the only one in my class who said i want to be a cricket player. everyone laughed, because how could a one armed boy be a sports spokesman. >> anything the possible some if you just believe. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. we begin in europe where leaders are making a des

hundreds outside of a train station in budapest. andrew simmons is there. >> we're in the second day of this stand off and if anything the resolve of the averages is getting stronger by the hour. the police are holding line here. there are demonstrations. sporadic ones. they're unable to buy tickets because they have to have visas if and passports to do so. what we're find something that there is more tension developing in the outer side of this concorde. the walkway over there is blocked off by police wearing riot gear. and there was literally a stand off of only a few feet between protesters and police earlier. that seemed very tense, but it blew over. it appears that the refugees don't want confrontation. by no means. they just want a way out of here. the police don't want them here any way. hungary is taking a very right-wing line on this, with stiffer applications. what we have here is no obvious way out for either side. it would seem as the legislation has "s" passed there could be a clearing up of this area of people deported