francois hollande saying the coalition needs to act on a clear basis.he was referring there to the geneva peace accord of a couple of years ago. forgive us a little bit of self-indulgence. as you know, at al jazeera, we have a great interest in the emir of qatar. the emir said qatar needs a partner for peace. there is no partner for israel, the issue is creating a breeding ground of terrorism, and it is a breeding ground and loss of confidence in organization he like the u.n, organizations like the security council and the general assembly haven't been able to do more to help the situation in syria. on the issue of the transition out of power of bashar al-assad, which is one of the ideas out there, there was a note of skepticism floated by the emir, something that is in the ent may not be ultimately practical. if you might allow us a little bit more indulgence. the qatar government is going to invest $35 million in the deposit of the u.s. to create more jobs. it was the iranian president hassan rouhani, who heads for a memorial service for the

chris: francois hollande made announcements. reaching out to a million households will see their taxes lowered. that is part of the effort to boost economic activity. the french president said it would top 1% by the end of the year and 1.5% in 2016. france achieve zero economic wrote in the second quarter after expanding only 0.2% in all of 2014. he put his political future on the line that a durable turnaround in the jobless rate would be a condition for him seeking a second term. reporter: the headline economic announcement francois hollande, 2 billion euros worth of tax cuts for 2016. lower earners will see their income tax burden reduced. >> it will be done through cutting out spence is. we cannot cut income taxes by raising other taxes. we can't worsen our deficit because what we are trying to do is bring it down. reporter: hollande valley to overhaul labor rules for he is refusing to budge on the 35 hour working week or minimum wage. reforming from his labor market has been one of hollande's most ambitious targets since hi

francois hollande: whatever you decide here, france will support it. france wants to help put this plan together. but france also believes that the entire international community must take into consideration the gravity of what is happening in the middle east. i give my word, france will be by your side, for the middle east is about diversity, plurality, culture, about civilization, a way of looking at humanity as a whole. while its essence are threatened, there are no barriers. there are no barriers. there's only the essence of responsibility. annette: let's talk now with james andre. what else did the french leader had to say? frenchbasically the leader was saying now it is time to tackle the root causes of this migration. that this is indeed a shock to everyone, especially since this photo was published in turkey, the toddler found dead on a beach. now he says it is important to go further to protect these minorities. he outlined a three-point plan, one of them humanitarian aid to the community for displaced refugees inside and outside the war-torn

the french president aland -- president francois hollande says he will allow more as well.ay after an ambush in turkey by the pkk that claimed the lives of two soldiers. there were two more today. violence has flared across southeast turkey as tensions escalate. time to shift gears now and talk about is this headlines. to do that, i will hand you over to gerhard. september and in the united states that marks labor day. it was made a legal holiday over 120 years ago as the government tried to repair ties with the u.s. labor force. it was very strained based on the protest of labor -- railroad workers. president barack obama said today that moore had to be done for workers, like allowing sick leave. >> if you are sick and have to take a day off work, the united states is probably not the ideal place for you. it is one of the world's few high income countries that do not hire paid sick leave for employees. president barack obama has not quite managed to change that, but in a labor day speech he said he is doing what he can. president obama: fortunately only congress can give t

francine: thanks so much. , francois hollande in the hot seat.alking about the migrant crisis in a news conference. we will have the details on . he has been talking about possible strikes in syria, and about the refugee crisis, saying that france will take 24,000 refugees. we have hans nichols as the main refugee -- asked the main refugee center in berlin. we will talk about the situation, next. ♪ this is a great place to work. not because they have yoga meetings and a juice bar. because they're getting comcast business internet. comcast business offers convenient installation appointments that work around your schedule. and it takes- done. - about an hour. get reliable internet that's up to five times faster than dsl from the phone company. call 800-501-6000 to switch today. perks are nice. but the best thing you can give your business is comcast business. comcast business. built for business. francine: welcome back to "the pulse," live from london. here are the top headlines. china's foreign exchange reserves fell by a record month last month

francois hollande wants to finance for green energy. up to 5000 migrants have arrived at the serbian order with hungary in just one day. hunt gary and state television says at least 3000 have already entered the territory. -- hungarian state television says at least 3000 have already entered the territory. japanese rescuers are racing to save residents just north of tokyo. the region has been hit by heavy rain. hundreds of homes have been flooded or hit i landslides. rivers have overflowed there. more about the impressive rescue operation. >> a daring helicopter rescue just north of tokyo. aid workers luck residents to safety. they were left stranded on balconies and rooftops after a new by river -- a nearby river burst its banks. waist-highere left in rainwater. >> i have been living here for 10 years and it is the first time the river has overflowed that much. the first time i have seen such a thing. >> there are areas that are only accessible by boat with water levels above two meters. our teams from the fire station are in charge of

so perhaps he has all the muscle and francois hollande and obama do not have as much. genie: xi jinping also gave a speech on monday. focusesina daily" today on his pledge to set up a $1 billion fund essentially for peace and development. it is the china-yuan peace and development fund. on sunday he will cochair the u.s. conference on women's rights. some people are happy about this. hillary clinton tweeted that it was shameless that he was going to cochair this given the recent government crackdowns on women's rights in china. her tweet upset chinese authorities. if we look at an article in "the christian science monitor," it describes an article that came out yesterday in the communist party one paper "the global times." that the marks were a lot like donald trump's. this said that her statements were vulgar. and if hillary, copying trump -- genie: big news coming out of nasa in the states. on planet mars, we have apparently found flowing water under some circumstances. flo: is very cold, salty water, but according to nasa, liquid water is flowing on the red planet.

french president francois hollande says france will now be welcoming some 24,000 refugees. this is part of eu plans to welcome more than 100,000 in the next two years alone. the socialist leader held a press conference and taking in refugees is a duty france is ready to shoulder. he and angela merkel have come up with a plan to distribute refugees across europe. >> france will do its part. the european commission is about to propose dividing up 120,000 refugees over the course of the next two years. france, that will mean 24,000 people. and this is what we are going to do. we will do this because it is the plan that we ourselves worked to establish, and it is a plan we want all eu countries to adopt. annette: listening to that press -- thence with our french leader was saying that france is taking in 24,000 refugees. that is a low number compared to what germany is saying they will be taking in. >> this is according to a mechanism that was agreed upon with the german chancellor angela merkel whereby there would be mandatory measures to take in refugees. 1/5cally france is t

the policy had been implemented by nicholas sarkozy, but was shelved by francois hollande. two thirds of payroll is spent in the health sector with the localplit among authorities and state bodies. thegreement is expected by end of september. some are willing to give it their support. others are against it. the central bank in the u.k. is taking the market turmoil in china with a pinch of salt for now. the bank of england kept at .5%. rates steady investors look for clues on whether they would change its outlook. the bank says recent developments in china have increased risk globally. they don't point at a slowdown for britain. we are going to go to latin ,merica's biggest economy stocks are down in sao paulo, brazil. this follows a decision to slash brazil's credit rating to junk status. it referred to the growing debt and mounting turmoil, spillover effects of a corruption scandal. it seemed to be weighing on the president possibility to kickstart the slowing economy. reacting to the downgrade, the government says brazil will get back on its feet. >> we are putting in pla

francois hollande has says everything is being done to get the bottom of how the fire started. it was the deadliest france has seen in the past decade. >> next, to budapest where thousands of migrants are stranded at the train station. authorities say they are sticking to european union rules preventing migrants from leaving for germany and other richer eu countries. that comes after there was a relapse earlier this week when hundreds of migrants were allowed to buy tickets and board trains and budapest. to get a bit more on what's happening there, let's bring in andrew burn. what is the situation like at that main train station and budapest? at the the situation station remains the worst -- thousands of refugee camps at this makeshift center outside the station. they do remain locked out and there remains a police cour rridor around the building. they say they should be love to born trades dashboard trains for germany. the hungarian government says they are sticking to the eu rules on this. no one will be allowed without a passport or visa. station is at the there is a complet

what he did say, that francois hollande is very much behind him. there say real sense now that he's trying to suggest hollande is now pushing for this reform and trying to produce growth spurts. interesting to hear what holland says about that transition as well. >> so far, president hollande is talking about the migrant crisis. we'll bring you more flashes on that and the rest of the speech as we get it. let's discuss that with the chief european economist at barclays. thank you for joining us. in that interview, had he said we are converging with the german economy. isn't that a little optimistic? >> they're lucky with that, i think you have to keep in mind, with china and germany and france, the reform is something that france has to catch up but remember, germany's reaction is goods. france is mainly goods, services, as much as spain. and for the chinese to slow down, it's investment into more consumption that could have a positive effect for france. >> a crucial point that a lot of people talked about this week, the fact that we criticized holl

depending on their employer, workers will not be covered by the same labor law. >> francois hollande has promised to move fast. the new deal is expected to be ready within months. >> we will look at the markets next. shares in china staged a rally, which rolled over into europe and the united states. let's bring you up-to-date with american shares this hour. a real boost as the american markets are catching up after the labor day holiday on monday. we are seeing ge shares trading higher as well after that deal was cleared by the european commission, the deal for als tom. that show you where european markets set up shop. a pretty healthy looking bounce wa 09/08/15 09/08/15 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> i would like to take this opportunity given to me by new zealand to express my deepest for theand apologize accidental death. amy: thirty years ago, french secret service blew up greenpeace's rainbow warrior

french president franÇois hollande said that france will accommodate 10,000 people.but he did without support the agreement will collapse. >> france is willing to do its part. the european commission will propose distributing 120,000 refugees over the next few years which means 24,000 people for france to take in. we'll do it because it's the principle to which france is committed. we'll do it because it's a proposition that we ourselves established. >> germany chancellor angela merkel said that asylum seekers have to go back, but her government has made another $3 billion available to cope with the refugee crisis. >> we have to do lots of things to manage this challenge, but we need the help of the e.u. it's only with european solidate that we'll manage that. europe wants to show itself in a good light, and we have to fight the reasons for the influx of the refugees. the civil wars, the terrorism. we have to work against it together. >> director of the refugee study center in oxford university said that the way they're handling the arrival of refugees is embarrassin

flo: he lost to francois hollande in 2012. let's look at the front page.e says, i learned a lot from that defeat. the newspaper organized a meet and greet between sarkozy and several readers. he's not usually one for admitting that he made mistakes but let's take a look. he says, i have some regrets about his presidency. lots of things i would do differently, political decisions, on the economy and intervening in libya. the main thing he says is the way he acts. i used to be a bulldozer, that is a direct quote from the interview. i was so sure of myself, i regret that. today i like to take my time. this is what he said, have you m?en how calm i a nicholas sarkozy says he has changed a lot. he told those readers it is a burning passion and i cannot rein it in. molly: let's stay here in france. certainly fans are drawing their eyes to the french a poorall team, they had showing in the european basketball championship. flo: let's take a look at the front page of the sports daily. one word, cruel. tony parker looking stunned here. france lost to their arch riv

the french president aland -- president francois hollande says he will allow more as well.ay after an ambush in turkey by the pkk that claimed the lives of two soldiers. there were two more today. violence has flared across southeast turkey as tensions escalate. time to shift gears now and talk about is this headlines. to do that, i will hand you over to gerhard. september and in the united states that marks labor day. it was made a legal holiday over 120 years ago as the government tried to repair ties with the u.s. labor force. it was very strained based on the protest of labor -- railroad workers. president barack obama said today that moore had to be done for workers, like allowing sick leave. >> if you are sick and have to take a day off work, the united states is probably not the ideal place for you. it is one of the world's few high income countries that do not hire paid sick leave for employees. president barack obama has not quite managed to change that, but in a labor day speech he said he is doing what he can. president obama: fortunately only congress can give t

about it ♪ france and germany have decided to take in tens of thousands of refugees, president francois hollandein an address to the nation france will accommodate 24,000 people. he also said paris will send people to syria starting on tuesday. >> translator: we propose an international conference for the refugees and we are ready to hold it in paris. i'm going to come back to that which we have to do in your europe. france and germany and respected foreign ministries working on a long ranging plan and put to the eu ministers on the 14th of september. >> but hungry rejected taking in asylum seekers, rejecting the quotas that have been imposed by the european commission. prime minister viktor said the eu should set up a fund to help countries like turkey to cope with the mass migration and eu should help his country protect its borders and austria tightening controls and end emergency measures that allowed in thousands of refugees stranded there and angela merkel say they will have to get it back and made $3 billion to cope with refugee crisis which merkel says will change the country forever and

in a statement, the french president francois hollande said his country had to intervene to protect frenchitizens from isil and what he called the murderous bombardment of the assad. >> i am here in new york and together with my minister of foreign affairs, i will be meeting with all of the partners and stake holders in what is called the syrian conflict. a conflict that led to some 250,000 deaths and for which bashar al-assad is the main person responsible. even though now and for the past few months, isil has been responsible for terrible atrocities. a political solution requires that all stake holders are involved without excluding anyone. >> being said, france considers that the future of syria cannot be with bashar al-assad. >> pope francis in the united states is promising to restore faith in the catholic church and to hold perpetrators of sex abuse to account. the catholic leader made the pledge during an address in philadelphia just after he had met u.s. survivors of clerical sex abuse. this is the first time the pontiff has taken the subject up on this u.s. trip. it comes ahead of

decided to take in tens of thousands of refugees, that is according to the french president francois hollandes currently addressing the nation right now and he says that france will accommodate 24,000 people. and says france will send planes to syria on tuesday. >> translator: we propose an international conference for the refugees and we are ready to hold it in paris. i'm going to come back to that what we do in europe and france and germany in the course of the few weeks and respected and foreign ministries working on a wide ranging plan and put to them on the 14th of september. >>> hungry rejected imposing quotas on how many asylum seekers should take and the eu should set up a fund to help countries like turkey to deal with mass migration and eu should help his country protect the border and austria is tightening control with allowing thousands of refugees stranded in hungry and german chancellor angela merkel warned that asylum seekers who come from a secure country will have to go back. the government has made another $3 billion to cope with the crisis which mrs. merkel says will change

french president francois holland says they are planning attacks in syria.tain announced it will conduct the first armed drone strike inside the borders two weeks ago killing three isis operatives. >>> time for an early start on your money. asian markets closed mostly higher, but more signs china's economy is slowing down. new trade figures show imports and exports fell sharply for august. here in the u.s., markets will open again after labor day holiday. we are seeing stock futures higher. a good sign after a roughened to the week. dow and nasdaq and s&p fell 3%. we are keeping an eye on oil prices. falling down 3% this morning. it is just one more big swing in oil's spiral. just last month, oil plummeted below $38 a barrel for the first time since 2009. low oil prices mean good news for consumers. the national average for a gallon of regular is $2.39 this morning. that is $1 cheaper than this time a year ago. many actually predict $2 gas by december. >>> later today, pope francis expected to announce revisions to the marriage annulment process for catholic

the news came right after french president francois hollande said he used american intelligence, used to destroy i.s.i.l. intelligence, official believe i.s.i.l. is training fighters to attack possibly within europe. >> translator: other strikes could take place in the coming weeks if necessary with always the same goal: identify targets such as training camps or places from where we know the daesh terrorist groups can threaten the security of our country or launch terrorist attacks. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry says today he is not opposed to iraq's new plan but that russia should coordinate its efforts with the u.s. >>> yet another hardship for refugees, trying to make their way into hungary. they are now feeling the chill of fall. especially at night when they're sleeping outside without a roof over their heads and winter may come before the refugees find a new home. lawrence lee reports from the hungary-croatia border. >> reporter: whatever else you think of the hungarian government it is nothing but determined. hungary takes no chances. they are escorted through in small

he said that angela merkel and franÇois hollande has talking about, he does not want to sign on.and those heading over towards britain. he said no. we'll identify the most vulnerable people. we'll look at very old people. we'll look at sick people. we'll look at young people and disabled people, we'll take it from there. let's hear what he said in the house of commons just 20 minutes ago. >> we are proposing that britain should recycle 50,000 refugees. in doing so we'll continue to show the world that this--that this country is a country of extraordinary compassion. always standing up for our values and helping those in need. because we're not part--this is important. because we're not part of the e.u.'s border agreement or relocation agreement britain is able to decide it's own approa approach. >> so that was david cameron just speaking a short time ago, crossing over to andrew simmons. near the hungary-serban border, there was a stand off between police and refugees. what is the situation now? >> that stand off is going on. right now would you believe what you see here is somet

both francois hollande and answer america want a unified european response to the crisis. the french president warned without it, the agreement will collapse. >> the iraqi defense minister under fire southwest of the city of tikrit. he is unhurt, but one of his guards was wounded. forces retook that city from isil in april. >> farmers marching through brussels protesting falling dairy and meat prices. >> protestors say they are digging in for the long haul in moldova. thousands demand to know what's happened to more than a billion dollars missing from a three banks. want former soviet republic is one of the poorest countries in eastern europe. this is the first time so many have come out against corruption. >> at taxpayers, they footed the bill for the missing cash and was not it back. >> we want to get rid of the mafia. >> those guilty, those who lied should return the money, should return the money from the savings bank. >> they accuse members of the government, the judiciary and influential olli oligarchs. the value of the national currency has gone down and prices of b

president francois hollande has said the country was ready to take and 24,000 refugees over the next two years and at the first ones are already arriving today. florence: they are expecting momentarily. they focus on how france is getting ready for these refugees to come to france. it takes a closer look at how these refugees will be relocated across the country. it is, kate and becomes town -- it is, kate is because some towns have made it clear they want nothing to do with the refugees. 220 towns have volunteered to refugees.to welcome some have volunteered without any conditions, others say they will only take syrian refugees and others say they will only take christian refugees. this is controversial. this really is a historic challenge for france and the way we respond to this crisis will say a lot about who we are as a country. >> some newspapers have tried to make people relate to this crisis to the syrians fleeing war at home. you found a touching example in le monde. florence: a comic strip. very popular in france among young kids. the cartoonist made a comic strip which you

laura: the french president, francois hollande, has been speaking about syria.he says france will take arts in airstrikes against the islamic state group. paris will begin to take part in those flights. france is already part of the coalition led by the united states, bombing the islamic state positions inside iraq. now it is time to turn to syria. he is taking part in a joint press conference with the nigerian president. let's take a listen. in mali andvention the support to the countries we support we bring to the countries in the lake chad region, france committed to the fight against terrorism a long time ago. we are also taking part in the coalition in iraq, allowing us to launch airstrikes if necessary. in syria, it will be necessary. laura: in other news, mexico wants answers from the egyptian government after a convoy of forest was mistaken for -- of tourists was mistaken for terrorists. vehicle: it was a 4x4 like this one that the tourists were traveling in when they were shot at by age of security egyptian shot at by security forces. they came under fi

. >>> francois hollande will brief the french parliament on tuesday. after his government began surveillance flights over the war torn country. >> translator: we are part of the coalition in iraq against i.s.i.l. we started reconnaissance flights in syria to enable us to consider air strikes if they were necessary and they will be necessary in syria. >> still ahead in al jazeera, trying to steady troubled waters, sri lanka's new leader. >> plus. >> i'm sahil raman on the great wall of china. why 30% of the historic monument has gone missing and furthermore i'll tell where you it's gone. gone. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way aroun

flo: francois hollande is jumping into the date and -- jumping into the debate. you can see him on the front page. he gets an exclusive interview, where he talks about his commitment to reaching an agreement, the importance of saving the planet. it does not have a price. "let's start a revolution when it comes to saving the environment." molly: thank you for that. thank you all for joining us. for more from flow, you can log on. now let's cross to the russian museums and the moscow all over the city. bringing more than 70 artists together over 30 countries. here is a look. >> above all, movement. that is the guiding principle of bianaear's be an ollie -- li. artists have not come to exhibit their works so much as make them, under the watchful eyes of visitors. this is a belgian artist who lives and works in wexford in southern ireland. >> getaway, getaway. a bit more, a bit more. >> her local beach provides the driftwood with which she sculpts a giant skull. have the eyes, the nose, and the mouth. this represents us, the people. the smile. sometimes we suffer. th

. >> as the main host of the conference, francois hollande says he is confident a deal would be reached, but he warned against empty promises. me whether i am optimistic, and i asked the same question myself. i look at the intentions and statements. there are many that have been made. the presidents of the most encouraging -- of the most heavily polluting countries have made encouraging statements, yet a lot of work remains to be done. >> there will be opportunities to work out a deal in meetings in peru next month. that is due to start november 30. genie: next, to the shakeup in spain. the wealthiest region of caledonia -- of catalonia. separate parties there won a clear majority in sunday's regional vote. they're hoping to declare independence in the next 18 months. the spanish government called the secessionist movement nonsense, but it is still a major blow all the same. here is the acting regional government head. the yes camp has won and democracy has won. this is very important. two victories in one. ds vote and for democracy -- the yes vote and for democracy. to all those who to

france -- francois hollande says this country will shelter 25,000 refugees, among those who have already entered europe. but where to put them is still unclear, and that is being debated in the french parliament today. cities across france have come forward to offer temporary housing, but many cities have no room in their existing shelters. that is the case in paris. , that ise city hall where dozens of people, mainly from a retreat in somalia, settled their tents. they hope for better housing, a room in one of the french capital shelters. but the room is already taken. the city is now looking for other, more unusual kinds of housing, including abandoned buildings. like this empty school, now home for 300 people. >> we are trying hard, adding beds and shelters. there is a plan to open several centers in paris. looking for space is not easy. >> many could get asylum in france if they apply. if they are recognized as political refugees, they can theoretically get a room at one of france's 258 centers. but there, too, getting a bed is a challenge. >> we will get new tenants next week. this

so who is actually up next will be the president of france, francois hollande. and that is who is going to be introduced next followed by -- actually i got that a little bit out of order. the emir of qatar is actually going to be speaking next. my notes are a bit out of order. we'll be hearing from the sheik. >> emir of the state of qatar. invites him to address the assembly. >> translator: in the name of aallah, your excellencies and highnesses. your excellency, president of the united nations, general assembly, your excellency, secretary of the united nations. i'm pleased at the outset to extend my congratulations to his excellency on his election as president of the 70th session of the ga, wishing him every success. i wish also to express our appreciation to his excellency, president of the scientist session of the general assembly for his efforts in conducting its proceedings. i wish also, to avail myself on this occasion to commend the efforts deployed by his excellency the secretary-general, mr. ban ki-moon to achieve new end goals. mr. president it is gra

francois hollande has agreed now to sell two french mistral warships to egypt. they were going to be sold to russia, but that sale was canceled amid tensions in ukraine. warshipstwo mistral coming in. we will have details. stephen, just wrap up your business news roundup, it is not a surprise but a sign of the times around the american music industry. stephen: that's right. there are new figures on cd sales in america. they are down 31% the first half of the year, which might not surprise you. what might surprise you is that there were 41 million cds sold in the united states between january and june of this year. the losses in the music industry were offset by the increase of the streaming of music. the industry weighed -- the industry made 1.6 million dollars. it is a low base compared to cd's. >> poor old cds. they had just lost their time. for we go, a quick update on that sale of the two mistral warships from france to egypt. the french government saying they have not taken any financial losses because of those sales. now it is time for today has newspapers

francois hollande alluded to different ways they are handling the crisis. >> translator: i've considered what we've done until now to be insufficient. there are countries, which i won't name, because we have to work with all of them, that are not acknowledging their moral obligation. therefore, we must go further. >> hollande says he and angela merkel hope to create a system to fairly distribute refugees among all 28 members. they worked on establishing registration centers in greece and italy which have received waves of migrants. the leaders plan to announce the initiative at an each u ministerial meeting on september 14th. >>> a series of events held in beijing tiananmen square to celebrate the end of world war ii or japanese aggression. world leaders who attended ceremony held summit meetings on the sidelines taking prominent position with south korean president park geun-hye, who was one of the few western leaders to p attend. >> i think showing to the world that a close relationship to china. september 2nd, one day before, leaders from 30 countries and other dignitaries also gather

juan: french president francois hollande said his country would focus over the next three months on ensuringre was $100 billion in place to tackle climate change by 2020. meanwhile, the environmental group 350.org and the european green party recently launched the "divest for paris" challenge, calling on institutions, individuals and governments to divest from fossil fuels ahead of the climate summit in paris later this year. on wednesday, the university of california announced they had sold off more than $200 million worth of investments in coal and tar sands companies. amy: to talk about this, we're joined by bill mckibben, co-founder of 350.org. he's the author of several books including, "eaarth: making a life on a tough new planet." he will be speaking tonight at the brooklyn academy of music with naomi klein and other social movement leaders from across the world. the event is called, "off and on: the climate movement and road through paris." welcome to democracy now! what needs to be done right now? start off with the university of california. this is breaking news. >> it is, and it i

intifada -- the words of mahmoud abbas, in talks of france what a lot of good -- in talks with francois hollandepalestinians fear that israel is trying to gain control of a site that is deemed holy to jews and muslims. what is happening is very dangerous, and we don't want this situation to continue. we don't want it to lead to chaos and two and intifada that we really no one. laura: after six months and i saw, yemen's president -- six months in exile coming yemen's president hadi is back in the country. today he met with ministers in the port city of aden. saudi arabia and its allies have been bombing yemen in an effort to drive the rebels back. the united nations says 5000 people have been killed in the fighting, many of them civilians. this situation isn't resolved just yet. reporter: at the moment it is not entirely clear. thewe know is is moments in next few days come he is staying in yemen to mark the anniversary of yemen's revolution on september 26. it is an important date for yemen. it is semantically important that he be there after the 26 and he goes to new york. it is worth reminding

and then up next right in a role we'll hear from hassan rouhani, and franÇois hollande, and the emirof qatar. as we talked about vladimir putin, let's pivot now to iran's president had a sass rouhan hasan rouhani. tell me some of your thoughts what do you think hasan rouhani needs to say on the stage. >> there will be intense scrutiny about what he says about the iran deal particularly here in the u.s. you can imagine every republican critic of the deal looking for words that could be used to show that the iranians are not fully committed to it. >> can he win anybody over at this point? >> i don't know, because you know, it's not just him who is contributing to the rhetoric from iran. it is the grand ayatollah who has spoken about the deal in somewhat disparaging terms. >> the fact that there would be no deal if the sanctions were merely suspended and not outright lifted. >> quite, and that's putting some conditionality on the deal that was not agreed in geneva. so people will be listening carefully to what rouhani will say, although i don't imagine he'll say anything than iran is co

french president francois hollande told reporters at the united nations today that jets destroyed a training camp for isis militants who could have threatened the security of france. france has conducted 215 air strikes on isis positions inside iraq. france and the united states want to see syrian president bashar al-assad removed from power, but russia continues to arm assad in syria's civil war. russian president vladmir putin said in an interview with charlie rose released today that he wants to strengthen what he called "the legitimate government of syria" to ensure stability in the region. president obama meets president putin at the u.n. tomorrow. the international organization for migration says 500,000 migrants and refugees from the middle east, africa, and asia, have now crossed the mediterranean sea for europe this year, and almost 3,000 people have died trying. 17 refugees from syria drowned off the turkish coast today, and another 20 were rescued after their rafts headed for greek islands sank. today, greece ferried 4,000 migrants who made it to the islands to the mainland, where

countries agreed to take in more refugees despite differences over the proposed quota system and francois hollandethey will take in 24,000 people over the next four years but warns without a unified approach the agreement of free travel across european borrow borders could collapse and received 1,000 asylum seekers in the coming days. and cali seen refugees in britain and the mayor will address uk parliamentary group on tuesday, as those two countries try to reach a solution to the problem. still ahead here on the program. >> translator: before coming here i completely lost hope because doctors in iraq said there was though treatment for me. >> reporter: jordan helping more victims recover from severe injuries. plus myanmar martial arts getting popularity in syria. ♪ hello again the top stories on al jazeera, in turkey ten police officers are dead in a bomb attack on a turkish police mini van and happened in the eastern province and government officials blaming the pkk for the attack. more than 800,000 refugees will arrive in germany this year, that is according to the state premier of the country

. >> meanwhile, the president of france, francois hollande has been addressing the media at the u.n. he said the future of syria can't include bashar al assad. >> i am here in new york, together with my minister of foreign affairs. i will be meeting with all of the partners and stake holders on what is called the syrian conflict, a conflict that led to some 250,000 deaths and for which bashar al assad is the main person responsible. even though now and the for the past few months, isil has been responsible for terrible atropicaatrocities. >> a solution requires all be involved without excluding anyone. that being said, france considers that the future of syria cannot be with bashar al assad. >> there certainly be talks taking place. there are no negotiations at this stage and that's because i think it's very clear that different players have different priorities, vladimir putin making it quite clear that he believes everything he's doing, sending forces to syria, is totally legal, because he says they're invited in by the government of syria that holds the seat here at the united nat

in a statement, francois hollande said his kuntz industry had to intervene to protect french citizens from isil and what he called the murderous bombardments of the assad. >> i am here in new york and together with my minister of foreign affairs, i will be meeting with all of the partners and stake holders in what is called the syrian conflict. a conflict that led to some 250,000 deaths and for which ba bashar al-assad is responsible. for now and the past few months, isil has been responsible for terrible atrocities. a political solution requires that all stake holders are involved and without excluding anyone. >> being said, france considers the future of syria cannot be with bash arrest al-assad. >> any isil holds large parts of the country. al jazeera's imran khan is there and sent us this from baghdad. >> the fight against isil has slowed down over the last seven weeks. now, seven weeks ago, the prime minister promised that the battle for would commins t sn't happened. they control large parts of anbar province. in mosul, the airstrikes seemed to have been effective in syria, whic

francois hollande said france will take 24,000 over the next two years. and in germany where 17,000 refugees are thought to have arrived this past weekend alone, angela merkel's government said it may have to handle as many as 800,000 this year. yet whatever numbers the european leaders are now promising to take in, they don't add up. they barely make a dent in the number of refugees who have already flooded into europe let alone those who may well now be encouraged to try to come. the syrian civil war has displaced more than 4 million people. most of them stuck in the border camps. no one knows how many will continue to try to get to europe or elsewhere. and there's no agreement on quotas on where they will be allowed to go. only one thing is sure, the flow of missery is not slowing down. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> quijano: in kentucky lawyers for kim davis filed an emergency motion in federal court today seeking to have her released. davis is the rowan county clerk who was jailed thursday after defying a court order to issue marriage licenses t

and it's something this president has only done once before for french president francois hollande last year. after handshakes and hello the pontiff got into a small, black fiat that took him to the vatican's embassy in northwest d.c. where an excited crowd gathered for his arrival. ♪ the pope's six-day visit to the u.s. begins in earnest this morning at 9:00 a.m. when he visits the white house for a ceremony on the south lawn. then later he'll greet tens of thousands during a pope mobile parade nearby. and tomorrow he'll address a joint session of congress before flying to new york. now to politics. in a new interview with "60 minutes" donald trump defends himself when not denouncing comments made at a new hampshire town hall last week when a man stood up and said quote, we have a problem in this country, it's called muslims. >> you let that pass and i wonder what that tells us about you. >> well i said much more than that. that was part of the statement. he then went on to say other things. >> but the bigotry part. >> look he said mostly about obama. that whole question is about -- i

along with like -- francois hollande would like not to talk about it.he last 49 jobless number has gone up. the labor market is crucial. we had this strong growth in the first quarter driven by personal consumption, the strongest and 10 years. that was the temporary impact of energy prices, in particular. it is about getting sustainable growth going. the regulatory burden on french companies and their reluctance to expand because of the surge and cost as the numbers go up. there are 2.5 times the number of companies with 49 individuals working in them than there are 50. the cost for the company is huge. they are trying to address that, but doing it in baby steps. that is the political problems that hollande has. -- todifficult that envision that it will change before the presidential election. guy: how does that affect the relationship between germany and france? the view is that we need reform elsewhere. they are concerned that if the ecb does more on that, it will send the wrong message. : the ecb has to pursue that. there is not a whole lot they can

. >> that is why you criticize francois hollande for wanting, talking about military? importantly, it was a criticism against nicolas sarkozy. sarkozy, because in this case, sarkozy and all their consensus ofhe international institutions, that wasn't by the italian government of the past. the legitimation of the intervention was absolutely intervention,n the initiatives against the dangerous dictators like gaddafi. without a strategy for the future. so today, after four years, we have the country -- our betiative in syria could solve the only if we problem for today and for tomorrow. jonathan: that is one of the views on the crisis in syria. it has been a topic of great debate at the 70th u.n. general assembly. everyone remains utterly divided. thatalism dictates compromise will be required to end the fighting and ultimately stand about isis. the realism also requires a managed transition away from assad into new leaders. finally knowledge that nobody but a sobs forces are truly fighting the islamic state in syria. root of thethe problem. he cannot be part of the solut

francois hollande of france, dsked from britain, they regard this as being an overt reply obvious team. world leaders don't want to be seen at the same event where president vladimir putin is. they feel bitterness over what happened in ukraine and crimea. represent what you might say is the beijing tan club. you have the presidents of egypt, venezuela, pakistan and also the central asian republics and also, significantly, the president of south korea. is that is a reflection of the warming relations between beijing and seoul. >> but there's a major security lock down in beijing. what kinds of measures are in place? >> well, you know extraordinary measures. this remember antonio is a parade to which the ordinary people are not invited. along the parade route people have no been told to not stand n their balconies, most roads are closed, it is a two day public holiday, businesses offices have shut. outside the city some 10,000 factories have had to stop production or reduce production and the aim the intention is to ensure that we have perfect blue skies as we did during the apec summit

united kingdom has agreed to take 20,000, france's francois hollande set france will take 24,000. angela merkel says refugees from safe countries will have to go back. hungarian president says they have have a fund to help turkey cope with mass migration and help his country to protect its borders. hungary's foreign minister quit as tensions boiled over with situations near serbia. many have been there for days without shelter waiting for buses to ferry them onwards. aal jazeera's andrew simmons reports. >> families following in the wary footsteps of thousands. they are coming across the border from serbia to hungary. any hope there will be another refugee exodus like the weekend are diminishing. nothing chairchtio changes here. it's getting worse. waiting for buses to take them to a camp to be registered. the police are refusing to move but there's real anger here not just amongst the men but frustration amongst the mothers. children have been here for three days and it's really cold at night. eventually they're lined up preparing to board a bus then this. consume, thiexcuse me,

. >> and just last month france's president francois hollande thanked for the release of isabel pre rvetionn. preen. >> a persian golf that is calm that is pro-business that is quiet and also safe and and sta. whether it's in the arab world, yemen or places where business is conducted on a daily basis will be bad for oman. >> but oman's aging leader is 74 and without an heir leading some to inflat speculate whether omae can be maintained when he's gone. john terret, al jazeera. >>> the man responsible for the coup in burkina faso is pom apologizing. general gilbert. >> we confirm our commitment to return power to civilian transition authorities after definitive agreement to get out of crisis made of the authority. >> warning the plotters they will face consequence is if they don't lay down their arms. ousted president michehehehel ko is taking back his position. >>> 1500 colombians deported in recent weeks, venezuelan president nicholas maduro claiming they were part of gangs. gradually reopen the border while implementing new immigration policies. >>> greece swearing in alexis tsipras again