he's been on the greek island. many refugees have arrived. >> reporter: there's been a dramatic increase in the number of people that are arriving to the greek island. the committee has been working on the island since july. when i was there last, it was a thousand people a day was the estimate. it's gone up to 3,000 people a day was the last number. the conditions are rather poor. the main transit camp, the international committee is working to bring it to international standards. but it's still not where it needs to be for the number of people that are arriving every single day. we need to find a solution to allow the people to continue their journeys. more people need to be allowed to continue further on into europe. we need to find safe and legal routes that will prevent people from taking such a dangerous journey in the first place. we need to find ways to address the conflicts in the countries of origin where the rev tugays are coming from. >> a country says it will only take in christians as it has no mosque

an increase in the number of people that are arriving to the greek island. the committee has been working on the island since july when i was there last, it was about a thousand people a day, was the estimate. that's gone up to 3,000 people a day with the last number that i have heard reported. the conditions are rather poor. the main transit camp, the international rescue committee is working to bring it to international standards. but it's still not where it needs to be for the number of people that are arriving every day. we need to find a solution to allow these people to continue their journeys. some more ferries need to come to allow people to continue further on into europe. we need to find safe and legal routes that will prevent people from taking such a dangerous journey in the first place. we need to find ways to address the conflicts in the countries of origin where these refugees are coming from. >> three firefighters have died battling wildfires in washington state. nearly a hundred fires are bur burke. they are scorched around 300-hectares of l

increase in the number of people arriving in the greek island. the international rescue committee has worked on the island in july. when they were there now, there was about 1,000 people a day. it was the last number i heard reported. conditions are rather poor. the main transit camp, the international rescue committee is working to bring it to international standards. it's not where it means to be for the number of people arriving. we need to find a solution to allow people to continue their journeys, allowing people to come on the journey. we find that that will prevent people taking a dangerous journey in the first place. to address the conflicts. where the refugees are coming from. they'll take in 200 refugees from tens of thousands. slovakians says it will only take in christians, more than 2 million fled the country since 2011 >>> greece received the first 13 billion from the latest bailout. funds were proved after the german bailout in favour of the european package. arriving on the day that a 3.2 billion payment was made. the rest of the

. >>> chaos on the greek island of cos.attempt to register hundreds of frustrated migrants. >>> a report from colorado where the very agency responsible for protecting the environment has poisoned a prison teen river system. ♪ ♪ >>> libya's prime minister harassed announced he's stepping down. leader the country's international recognized government made the shaka announcesment if a television interview within minutes his spokesman was trying to stay it's all a mistake, rob matheson has the details. >> reporter: this is the moment abdullah says he will resign. during an interview with a private libyan tv station he's asked what he would do if people from all over the country come out to demand his resignation. he replies people don't need to protest because if he is an obstacle to the protest of libya, he resigns. that is likely to have an impact here in geneva where libya's two rival parliaments are face-to-face again. the u.n. wants both sides to merge in to a single government. the deadline is only two weeks away. there

and the greek islands, especiallare a favorite destination of many. >> right, of course we know that greece is dealing with a number of problems right now, not least an economic crisis. it really doesn't have, perhaps some would argue, the infrastructure and resources to deal with the influx of migrants on the scale that we've seen in these dire conditions. many people when they arrive to the islands, what more needs to be done to help them. >> much more needs to be done. we need to find a solution to allow these people their journeys. they need to allow people to continue further on into europe. we need to find safe and legal routes that will prevent people were taking such a dangerous journey in the first place, and we need to find ways to address the conflicts in the countries of or je origin where the refugees are coming from. >> thank you very much. >> thank you so much. >> now the netherlands given the green light after germany's parliament voted it through earlier. berlin voted 4-1 in favor of greece's financial package. but there was a rebellion i don't know within the ranks

thousands are waiting to cross to the greek island of cos. many of them are syrians. we have two w choices here. our future or death. we have to cross the sea and begin our future. their next stop is already inside. the island is just four, to away. the journey and small, rubber boats begins in nightfall. growing numbers of migrants are choosing this shorter escape path across the sea. but they are not exactly welcome in cos. thousands are already stranded here. they wait to be registered in the brutal heat, and with not enough water or food. without being registered, they cannot continue their journey to the mainland. the authorities are overwhelmed. have documented their reasons for fleeing on their mobile phones. >> then, i decided to come here. to save my family. there were a lot of fighting in syria. anchor: only a few of them want to stay in greece. >> we come here. after that, we will go to europe or germany. anchor: most of them will travel on to macedonia and try to make it to central europe from there. like these people, in a town on the macedonian greek bord

hundreds of syrian refugees have been transported from a greek island to the mainland. a cruise ship charter by the greek government last week in response to a huge surge in the number of new arrivals. helps has made a plea for from the european union and authorities struggle to cope. 21,000 people landed on greek shores last week, more than came in during the first half of last year. germany says it's asylum applications more than doubled in the first half of 2015 with more than 200,000 people seeking refuge. germany received more asylum seekers than any other country in the european union. syrians make up the largest number but there are also people escaping iraq and afghanistan and eritrea. for a look at the legal angle on guest is ams, my european law professor. thank you for being with us. when you look at the situation in greece, the syrian hydrants are clearly being treated differently from migrants from other places. why is that? why do they have different treatment? refugeese syrian receive different treatment because there is clearly a situation of asylum-seeke

says 124,000 people have reached greek islands so far this year. almost eight times more than during the same time last year. emergency services have rescued 28 refugees arriving from sub-saharan africa and trans with them to the spanish mainland. all are believed to be in good health. sarah: germany is also facing a surge of migrants in the country . it is a favorite destination for many making their way to europe. the interior minister visited bavaria to view the situation for himself and this is what he had to say. >> it is a challenge, but we are not daunted. the federal government, states, and venus a palette able to cope. we need to implement the approved solutions but we may require new measures that we will discuss with federal states. we will stick to our principles. those who need protection will be allowed to stay. those not requiring protection should leave fast. sarah: a bomb blast in northeastern nigeria has killed 40 and injured dozens more. the explosion struck a market and the village 50 comal -- 50 kilometers away from the town ea

thousands are waiting to cross to the greek island of cos. many of them are syrians. we have two w choices here. our future or death. we have to cross the sea and begin our future. their next stop is already inside. the island is just four, to away. the journey and small, rubber boats begins in nightfall. growing numbers of migrants are choosing this shorter escape path across the sea. but they are not exactly welcome in cos. thousands are already stranded here. they wait to be registered in the brutal heat, and with not enough water or food. without being registered, they cannot continue their journey to the mainland. the authorities are overwhelmed. have documented their reasons for fleeing on their mobile phones. >> then, i decided to come here. to save my family. there were a lot of fighting in syria. anchor: only a few of them want to stay in greece. >> we come here. after that, we will go to europe or germany. anchor: most of them will travel on to macedonia and try to make it to central europe from there. like these people, in a town on the macedonian greek bord

. >>> meanwhile, dozens of refugees have arrived on a greek island. witnesses say eight. boats came on saturday each carrying up to 60 people. many were women and children. they paid $1,500 to make the trip from turkey. around 3,000 refugee refugees ae each day. >> we travel from afghanistan, then we come to turkey, then greece. so we see lots of dead bodies, lots of -- don't ask. it's really -- >> the thousands of refugees arriving in europe have taken one of two routes. those taken the northern route fleeing the fighting in the middle east. from there, they travel through turkey and across the narrow sea border to the greek islands. after making their way through greece, they try to cross into macedonia. the other main route is ethiopia and on to libya. 3,000 refugees have been rescued off seas in lib y the italian coast guard said they were going to the aid of 20 vessels. several hundred people have died trying to make the dangerous journey across the mediterranean. we have this update. >> reporter: as many as 3,000 refugees traveling on 18 separate vessels are rescued

migrants on the greek island of kos started over claims that syrian refugees have gotten preferential treatment. greek officials are struggling with the influx. anna hayward reports. >> it's unclear who started it. but there was no holding back. as anger, frustration and suspicion boiled over under the intensity of the summer sun. many have come hoping to get the papers to allow them to leave kos for mainland but the policing station was closed and disappointment and desperation turned into chants of freedom. some here say others are getting preferential treatment. >> no papers. what papers? please, please can you help? >> reporter: the situation on kos has become increasingly urgent. even a loaf of bread is precious. some have found a shelf and oshower but the situation is criticized. >> there is no electricity, no water and no food, no food. in camps, girls and boys, they're lodging and no food. >> this boat left for athens on friday. another passenger ferry where syrians will be given priority has been engaged, it will act as a floating representatio floati. greece was not prepared

. >>> frustrations spill over on the greek island as greeks struggle to contain the migrant crisis. >castro also took the hopes and dreams that our parents once had for our future. >> and americans make emotional pleas for cuba to return property taken from their parents. ♪ >>> we begin this news hour in yemen where pro-government forces are making major gains against houthi rebels. they have pushed them from the last town in this province still under houthi control. then when you add in aden, and these two provinces, that means most of the south is now held by forces loyal to the exiled president. still heavy fighting in other central provinces, and the houthis remain firmly in control of the capitol sana'a, which they captured last september. caroline malone has the latest. >> reporter: watching over the province now entirely in the control of pro-government forces. local resistance groups backed by a coalition of countries lead by saudi arabia, are recapturing parts of yemen. they fought houthi rebels and forces loyal to the former president saleh out of town, and say that are now

and the desperate journeys to the greek islands. >> hello, the country is moving swiftly towards early elections. after losing it's majority in the june elections, president erdogan could give the mandates for a new government to another party, but he hinted he won't do that. >> unfortunately, turkey has not founded a new government yet. in this regard we're going to need to ask the will of the people to find the solution. i'm conducting this process within the frame of the constitution, and i'll continue to do so. >> well, this political crisis has taken place along continuing violence across the country. the police arrested two men who threw a bomb into the policemen during istanbul's best tourist attractions. and in the southeast of the country, eight soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack. al jazeera's bernard smith has more details. >> the eight soldiers killed in southern turkey were in a vehicle that rolled over, drove over a roadside bomb that the security services say was detonated remotely, and they're blaming fighters from the pkk, there were other soldiers in t

new arrivals, some still in life vests on the greek island. where do you come from?> syria. >> reporter: from syria? >> yes. >> reporter: how was it coming over? >> not good. >> reporter: why? >> because of the waves. >> reporter: what are you looking for? >> the nearest police station. >> reporter: i think you probably have two or three more hours ahead of you. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: where are you from? >> syria. >> reporter: good luck. >> peace. >> good-bye >> our boat was going up and down, and it was during the night. children, women, pregnant. that was the worst part, i believe. for everyone. >> reporter: we have been on the road for perhaps an hour now traveling from the capitol towards the most popular landing spot closest to turkey, and as you can see the sun just coming up, maybe 150 new arrivals all together. more than a thousand newcomers on this island every day. men, women, and children. the beaches covered in life jackets and the remains of rubber boats, relentless waves of people washing up on the shores of greece. [ shouting ] >> reporte

houses have been locked in a foot -- thousands have been locked in a football stadium in a greek island. this is the situation of migrants in the middle east to our waiting for greek officials to process their claims for asylum. the greek government is sending a cruise liner that will act as a temporary holding center for the migrant it is sending extra police after violent scuffles broke out yesterday. the migrants say that the conditions are becoming intolerable. in on all penned sides, migrants on this greek island stuck in an abandoned stadium on wednesday as riot police freshly arrived from the mainland and struggle to maintain order. we cannot stay here. required -- the situation is very bad. reporter: few want to remain in greece, but there have been just three police cars to handle registrations for travel papers. food. we just need to move -- i want to go to europe, like germany, like holland, like any country there. reporter: local authorities have been overwhelmed, leaving many to find refuge wherever they could, and charities bringing in whatever help they can. they have dec

reporter: tensions running high on the greek island of kos. police sprayed migrants with fire extinguishers to prevent a stampede. hundreds were looking to move into a football stadium and register with local authorities. desperate to move off the streets and beaches of the tourist island where they had been camping for weeks. >> no toilet, no workers, people have been waiting for more than 10 years -- 10 days. what can i say? if this is europe, we're going back to syria. >> i don't have money. please help me. i want to go. i don't want to stay in greece. i want to go to europe. we are bigger people, bigger problem, syria. reporter: for many like her, greece is a steppingstone to a better life elsewhere in europe. kos's mayor say there are 7,000 migrants on the island with is a population of just 30,000. many of the migrants are fleeing violence in afghanistan and syria, and they have been streaming into greece via turkey. around 124,000 people have entered the country so far in 2015. most of them through eastern islands. laura: a breekthrough

. >>> and the syrian refugee families making the precarious crossing from turkey to the greek islands♪ >>> hello, turkey's president says the country is moving sw s swiss -- swiftly towards early election. it follows the failure to form a working government. the president could give the mandate for a new government to another party. he has hinted that he won't do that. >> translator: unfortunately turkey has not founded a new government yet. in this regard we again need to ask the will of the people to find the solution. i'm conducting this process within the framework of the constitution, and will continue to do so. >> reporter: that political process is taking place alongside continuing violence across the country. police arrested two men who threw a bomb outside one of istanbul's biggest tourist attracti attractions. and eight soldiers have been killed in a roadside baum attack. bernard smith joins us live from us tam bull. and if you can start be telling us more about these two separate attacks. >> reporter: hello, felicity, i just lot the connection to you, but i heard that first

still to come, chaos on the greek island. new challenges for those who already struggled to lead their home country. >>> and stunning energies in the scale of the exposes since expose--of the explosions in china's port city of tianjin. >> al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective. weeknights on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories here in al jazeera. the united states reopens its embassy in cuba's capital havana. >>> many gather in support of the recent reforms by the prime minister. >>> and egyptian police disperse demonstrate necessary cairo on the second anniversary of the break up of protests. >>> in syria a cease-fire in the damascus countryside has been extended until sunday. rebels and it's ally hezbollah began on wednesday. for now negotiations to evacuate fighters and deliver aid. we have more from b

now arrivals some still in life vests on the greek island.here do you come from. >> syria. >> from syria. >> yes. >> how was it coming over. >> not good. >> why. >> because the waves. so it was quite hard. >> what are you looking for? >> police station. >> i think you probably have two or three hours more waughing. >> okay, thank you very much. >> good luck, where are you from. >> syria. >> we are from syria. refugees. >> ciao. >> we went 45 on a boat, a rubber boat, inflated so it was going up and down, and it was during the night, children, women, pregnant, that was the worst part. i believe for everyone. >> we have been on the road for an hour now traveling from the capitol towards the most popular landing spot. and as you can see the sun just coming up, we have past five groups maybe 150 new arrivals all together, groups that multiply throughout the day, more than 1,000 newcomers on this island every day. men, women, and children, the beaches covered in life jackets and the remains of rubblier boats. relent less waves washing up on the sh

the greek islands have long been a popular tourist destination. but it appears the popularity as a destination for migrants is growing by the day. sarah: and many of the migrants arriving in europe have their sights set on the u.k., but thousands end up in what is known as the jungle. earlier, british foreign minister philip hammond defended himself against criticism for using the word "marauding" to describe the migrants. mr. hammond: we have a significant number of people around the area moving in numbers, and because they are moving en masse in numbers, they can pose a threat to the security of the tunnel, which was the context in which the question was asked. sarah: for more, let's go to rome from the u.n. refugee agency. thank you for being with us. we are that some of the line which being used to describe this crisis, to describe the plight of migrants, such as "marauding," they have been described as a swarm -- how damaging is this type of language? beat: we would appreciate much more just language. we are talking about human beings, first

the greek islands have long been a popular tourist destination. but it appears the popularity as a destination for migrants is growing by the day. sarah: and many of the migrants arriving in europe have their sights set on the u.k., but thousands end up in what is known as the jungle. earlier, british foreign minister philip hammond defended himself against criticism for using the word "marauding" to describe the migrants. mr. hammond: we have a significant number of people around the area moving in numbers, and because they are moving en masse in numbers, they can pose a threat to the security of the tunnel, which was the context in which the question was asked. sarah: for more, let's go to rome from the u.n. refugee agency. thank you for being with us. we are that some of the line which being used to describe this crisis, to describe the plight of migrants, such as "marauding," they have been described as a swarm -- how damaging is this type of language? beat: we would appreciate much more just language. we are talking about human beings, first

we are on the greek island of lesbos, nearly half of all reef gees arrive on that island and we are on the turkey border, many refugees are from syria, turkey is their first stop on that journey west. we were talking about before we came on the air about the fact that in that particular town now, syrian refugees outnumber the local turkish population. >> yeah, a government spokesman describes it now as a syrian town, 110,000 syrians now living here against the local turkish population originally was 108,000. it's more than doubled in four years since the syrian civil war started. in all, turkey is looking after some 2 million syrian refugees, and turkey's e.u. minister has warned that his country is now at capacity. he says that if fighting intensify ins aleppo in northern syria, then there could be yet another million or so refugees heading this way. he's warned europe to expect more. one of the reasons a conference is being held in austria is for the european leaders to work out how to share the responsibility for looking after increasing numbers of migrants, many coming through turk

angry scenes on the greek island as officials struggle to deal with growing numbers of refugees and migrants>>> nuclear reaction. protests in japan as the two-year shutdown following the fukushima disaster comes toen an end. >>> plus orange river. we'll report from colorado where a chemical spill from an abandoned mine is poisoning water supplies. ♪ >>> but we're going to begin this program with some breaking news out of nigeria, because in the last few minutes we have heard at that least 47 people have been killed in a blast in the country's northeast. apparently the explosion happened in borno state according to both military and witnesses to the attack. al jazeera's correspondent joins us on the phone live from the capitol. what more do you know about this attack? >> reporter: well the attack happened close to a cattle market which is on the way to [ inaudible ] in borno state. i have been through that area, and that area is completely overrun by boko haram before they were chased out by the military a few months ago. so there has been some military activity around the area, and this atta

jonah hull is on the greek island where boats full of people arrive each night.'s start in vienna with this report from barnaby phillips. >> reporter: it looks like nothing out of the ordinary a truck parked on a busy road leading into vienna. but this is the scene of a crime. when police approached this abandoned vehicle on thursday morning, the drive was nowhere to be seen. they saw blood seeping out of the back, and they were overwhelmed by a terrible smell. inside, they found the decomposing bodies of people who had been locked in and suffocated. we don't know the country of origin, even counting them is a slow, gruesome task. >> translator: how many people were in the truck? at this point in time, i can't tell you exactly. we think it will be more than 20 people. it might be 20 to 50 people transported in the truck, and all of the people have died. it is very likely they are refugees and highly likely they were people being trafficked from east to west. >> reporter: the summit was likely to be dominated by the refugee crisis, but this brought a grim urgency

in july. 70% of those actually coming from syria so the latest pictures there coming from the greek islandurbing pictures for many to see. moving on and they do not have a war or suffering famine but the second largest number of asylum seekers arriving in europe and make the dangerous trek across the border to find refuge in ethiopia and we have this report from northern ethiopia. >> reporter: there is no let newspaper the stead up fleeing from their country and the heavily disputed border with ethiopia is the route for them and found a family at one of 20 crossings on the north enborder ethiopia has with aratrea and had to walk three days to get here. >> translator: life has become unbearable in aratrea and never wanted to leave the country and i'm a shimmel shepherd and no interest in politics but government officials kept harassing me. >> reporter: 300 refugees arrive in ethiopia everyday and they are first taken to screening centers where they are efficiently registered before going to refugee camps and most of those fleeing are young people and an exercise for both men and women who f

fighting among frustrated migrants as thousands continue to arrive on the greek islands. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> atpeople are known to have been killed in a blast in northeastern nigeria. military and witnesses there have confirmed the explosion was in a market in the town in borno state. 50 people were herd. there has been no claim of responsibility for the regions where hundreds have been killed by suspected members of boca huh think rah. ahmad idris is there and september this report. >> reporter: the female suicide bomber was looking cause maximum damage and that's exactly what happened. 47 dead if 5 52 injured you can hospitals are saying the fatalities may go higher because of the severity of injuries. she targeted a very busy market. today's market lies between areas that have been attacked severely by boko haram in the past this. at that attack was coming at a time when the nigerian military alongside traps of niger, chad are stepping up their operations against boko haram. although boko haram did not claim responsibility for the attack but finger are being pointed to them. we have seen how

be it in anied tarn, off of the greek islands or now on the side of an austrian motorway.t we heard from angela merkel and i thought the autrian hosts was a much greater determination to push for binding quotas for european union countries. according to their size and economic capability they would come to some sort of agreement to take in thousands of refugees. now this has proven very contentious in the past. important wealthy countries like denmark, and the u.k. say they want to have nothing to do with it. but angela merkel is quite clear that this is an important moment and a great challenge for the european union. >> translator: there is a need to solve the issue and tackle the issue of migration in the spirit of europe, in the spirit of solidarity. there are more refugees than ever since world war ii. we have managed to live together in peace since world war ii, and we also made the peace process in the bakkens irrevocable and irreversible, but it's up to us now and it's our historical obligation to give shelter to people in need of help and shelter. >> reporter: so

jonah hull reports now on an island that is struggling to cope. >> this is the letter to the greek primer, asking -- saying that we are dealing with a major humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: in the mayor's office the chief of staff explains that the island is sinking under the weight of refugees. they have promised help. how much help have you received? >> actually to be honest, we haven't received yet a single euro. >> reporter: with what appear to be the best of intentions, the municipality is doing what it can be minimal resources and expertise to house and process refugee numbers that are now a third of all arrivals anywhere in the e.u. every month. >> reporter: are you phoning your family? >> yes. >> he talking with his family, that he is safe and no problems until now. >> reporter: dishing out food in the camp is this man until recently feeding the homeless in athens now feeding the recently stateless. >> translator: it's all the european union, ngo's. where are the ngo's? >> reporter: when you look around you in this camp, do you wonder whether you made the right decision to leave

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angry scenes on the greek island as officials struggle to deal with with the growing numbers of refugees and migrants. and investigators find possible migrant seal fragments in the wreckage of the malaysia jet that crashed in ukraine last year. >> retesting some 28 athletes are suspended for suspected doping. >> so we with begin this news hour, where 47 people are thought so have been killed in a bomb blast in the northeast. the explosion happened in a market in born know state, according to witnesses and the military. let's join al jazeera on the phone lines and what more do you know about this? >> well, actually, the suicide bomber targeted a market, in an area the area used to be a flash point, where bomb caha ram had launched several attacks. now local sources in that area, are talking about 47, and because of the damage of this attack, people are talking about possible more fatalities in the state. >> they say of course, very much used to violence, what does the security situation like there? well, basically, the last two months in particular, have seen a decrease in the number of d

how are the outlying greek islands, the ones close to turkey coping? >> not very well at all is the short answer to that. i'm standing at the port. we're waiting in the next hour or two, three perhaps for the arrival of a fer require, a large passenger ferry with 2,500 syrian refugees onboard, coming to us here in athens from the aegean islands. they are the front line in this massive influx of humanity, taking the greatest number of them. this boat load now the fifth, many more are making their way by other private ferries and even by airplane, as well. 50,000 people in july alone, the august figure will be much higher. now we've been in touch this morning with the authorities on lesbos. the mayor's office confirming to us there are around 10,000 people living in two very rudimentary reception centers in pretty bad conditions. they said they have not received a single euro of money from central government to help them, although they've asked repeatedly. they say those numbers are swelling by a thousand every single day, so this unrelenting flow of peo

now arrivals, some in life vests on the greek island. where do you come from? >> syria. >> reporter: from syria? >> yes >> reporter: how was it coming over? >> not good. >> reporter: why. >> because of the waves. so it was quite hard. >> reporter: what are you looking for? >> the nearest police station >> reporter: i think you a 2-3 hours walking ahead of you. >> thank you. >> reporter: where are you from? >> syria. >> we are from syria, refugees. >> we went, like, 40-45 in a rubber boat, inflated. it was going up and down, and during the night children, women, pregnant. that was the poor part, i believe. >> reporter: for everyone. we have been on the road for perhaps an hour, travelling from the capital, towards the popular landing spot closest to turkey, and you see the past five, six groups together, groups multiplying throughout the day, more than 1,000 newcomers on the island every day. men, women, children, beaches covered in life jackets and the remains of rubber boats. waves of people washing up on the shores of greece. you happy to be here in greece? >

he's on the greek island. that is on the g.m. kocoast, a w miles from turkey, a critical inpoint into the european union. you have been down on the beaches again, have you seen more boats arriving from the turkish shore? >> we have been on this stretch of coastline since before dawn. in that time, six or seven hours now, we have seen 10 boats making shore. there are another three that we know, we see them in the binoculars, there would have been many more at other places through the night. perhaps you can see the remains behind me of two large black plastic dinghies, the beech strewn with orange life vests, numbers arriving staggering. an average of 600, up until the end of june is well over a day. island authorities overwhelmed and absolutely struggling to cope. as far as the people getting out of the boats are concerned. they are exultant, frankly. when they hit shore, they are relieved, excited, it's as if the ordeal is over, in many ways it's beginning again, apart from the long and difficult road ahead of them to get to the

. >>> frustrations spill over on the greek island as greeks

. >> meanwhile, a brawl has broken out on the greek island of kos where thousands of refugees and other migrants are waited to be allowed into mainland europe. it's thought the fight was started over claims some refugees are getting preferential treatment. emma hayward reports. >> reporter: it's unclear who started it. but there was no holding back. as anger, frustration and suspension broiled over under the intensity of the summer sun. many had come hoping to get the papers to allow them to leave kos for the mainland, but the police station was closed. disappointment and desperation turned into chance of freedom. some hearsay others are getting preferential treatment. >> no papers. what papers? please. please, can you help? >> the situation on kos is becoming increasingly urgent. even a loaf of bread is precious. some people have found shelter and even a shower, but the facilities are being criticized. >> in kos, there is no electricity, no water and no food. no food. there is too little children in camps and women and girls and boys. >> reporter: hundreds of migrants are being moved o

hit, ag the hardest greek island close to turkey. >> this is something we often do in the municipality. we are collecting money, despite our limited resources. there are many people here who, emotion, they are helping these people, but they have nearly nothing to get these days. toa cruise liner has arrived serve as a place to process and accommodate some of the migrants. to have a life. everybody wants that. >> scenes like this are being seen in several places. in the serbian capital. meanwhile, the italian air force videos showing more boats crossing the mediterranean . there is a split among european leaders about how to deal with the crisis. some want to offer aid. others want more security to keep migrants out. south sudan has pulled out of talks to end an almost two-year split. there has been a wave of tit-for-tat ethnic violence in which tens of thousands of people lost their lives. time for a change of pace from transparent suitcases and lipsticko shoes with heels. something about these useless inventions have one them -- won them fans. craig's inventions we don't need. that's

. >> if you're used to running a quiet tourist-filled sun-kissed greek island and you suddenly get thousands and thousands of people coming uninvited to the island, you are unprepared, aren't you? >> true, but it's been months for that. we have said to the local authorities and also the international authorities that the situation was really not good, and the minimum was not fulfilled. it's true that those islands are not made for that, but together with europe they should welcome them to give the minimum to the people arriving. i mean, again it doesn't request that much -- a huge population of logistics. a country can totally reorganize it, and i believe they can organize the welcoming of a few thousand people in a proper way. >> this is a country in europe that's been going through the biggest economic crisis of our lifetimes. how would you expect them to be able to, a, prepare if they didn't know it was happening and secondly, financially to be able to afford this? >> i mean, from the testimonies we have taken, most of them just want to transit to greece. we're talking to have the minimum

this man just prior to the attack. >>> greece is taking the cost of people to be ferried to the greek island of thes al niek t . >> the political instability comes amidst a turkish rebel campaign. yo han tamir says the failure to form a government reflects the division within turkey. >> the polarization within turkey is within a concerning level. the ruling party has been accused by many segments of the party and wider. now we've got this results after the june 7th elections but the parties are so far apart from them, they simply couldn't find a common ground. but one more point: it seems like the president erdogan, even though he did not run in this last election, from the beginning, it seemed like the president erdogan was not happy with the results of the elections and he wanted the earlier elections, and now we are almost there >> the syrian regime continues its air strikes on the southern city of duma. volunteers from the civil defense unit could be seen driving in the city streets on tuesday. they were urging the people to leave as the bombing continue. sunday killed more than 120 peop

. >>> a ferry has left the greek island of kos, it was chartered by the greek government to take themmainland. but thousands of people have been left behind. this report is from jonah hull. >> rescued by the greek coast guard. here is another precarious vessel in distress, many others do make it across. this is a family of syrian refugees who finally arrived on the shores of kos, an island in the european union. >> very dangerous. [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: did you pay somebody to give you this boat. >> yeah, $1,000. >> per person? >> yeah, 500 for children. >> reporter: the shoreline is littered with the remnants of overnight rife -- arrivals. it is sometimes a perilous crossing from turkey. on monday night six people, including a child are confirmed to have drowned when their dingy overturned. this boat arrived at 2:00, according to a witness who saw at least 50 people get off and go down the beach. this is fast, it's reliable, and relatively safe. and it's estimated those aboard will have paid around $2,000 a head to make the journey. and this is the sort of budget airline equival

they say more and more syrian refugees are heading to greek islands by way of turkey. they say 1.8 million syrians have fled to turkey. they're urging greek authorities to improve conditions at refugee camps. >> i've never seen a situation like that. i've never seen a situation like that. this is european union and this is totally shameful. >> greek prime minister alexis tsipras said his country can't handle so many migrants while it's tackling an economic crisis. >> translator: greece is facing a crisis within a crisis. the influx is beyond what our state infrastructure can handle. >> tsipras is asking the european union to help. >>> north korean state media say their country will soon have its own time zone. they say leaders will launch it next week to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of japanese colonial rule. north korea will put itself 30 minutes behind south korea and japan. >> the same time zone was established on the korean peninsula in 1908. it was replaced in 1912 after the japanese had annexed the territory. state-run media say japanese imperialists commi

. >>> chaos on the greek island of cos.tempt to register hundreds of frustrated migrants. >>> a report from colorado where the very agency responsible for protecting the environment has poisoned a prison teen r

they say there is total chaos on the greek island shown on this map as authorities struggle to cope with the massive influx. the u.n. describes the conditions as shameful. thousands of people are living without water sanitation, and adequate accommodation. >> new migrants arrive on shores every day. the country is ill-equipped to handle the situation. housing centers are filled to capacity long ago. the prime minister is asking europe for help. greece is a country in economic crisis facing a humanitarian crisis. the government cannot accommodate all the migrants. we need help. greece has built housing for 1100 asylum-seekers. those migrants are forced to live in tents. the u.n. is calling the situation shameful. >> the level of suffering is unbearable. people arrive in the european union. we have not seen anything that is acceptable and standard of treatment. there is absolutely nothing waiting for them. >> volunteers try to provide support wherever they can. speaking to the press tsipras spoke to those distributing evenly. this is not a greek problem. it sits on europe's border and rece

. >> another group of syrian refugees arrive in the greek islands, many of them escaping army service or conscription by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. mohammed is a 25-year-old student. he says his family dislikes syrian president bashar al-assad but doesn't want to die fighting him. he wants to finish his studies. >> the situation in syria is very, very bad because the war is big. and there are many, many groups in syria. >> and what's happening now on the streets? >> the people killed. the people killed. in any -- any-anyplace in syria. >> these numbers monitored by the united nations overwhelm even the greek countries. they have forced germany to declare it will ignore a rule to return asylum applicants to greece and process syrians directly. 300,000 refugees have crossed to europe this year, almost all qualify for asylum. officially they must remain here and apply from greece. in practice they are walking croot intern you european borders. across. >> practically speaking when thousands of refugees are on the move you cannot close your borders and pretend you have treat

a sort of unrelenting wave of humidity, making its way from the greek islands in the south, by the stif city of thessaloniki here. they will not be deterred. >> and people there of course have left desperate situations back in their home countries. what are conditions like there for people there right now as they arrive? >> reporter: not good at all. very, very ad hoc. some of them will be traveling with money, they'll be able to afford to stay in small cheap motels along their route. others simply don't have that sort of resource. they are living rough, on the side of the highways in tents. there's very little in the level of formal assistance, the man who showed me the apparent scars of the beating, saying, is this what the european union calls a warm welcome? they are desperate in many cases to get eventually to germany. >> jonah hull some live for us on the greek side of the border with macedonia. >>> much more to come on the program. also ahead. >> it's surreal. >> definitely not for children. a theme park with a dark political message. message. all sediment, plant growth and decay

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. >> moving to other top story, a brawl has broken out on the greek island of kos where thousands of refugees and other migrants are waiting to be allowed in to mainland europe. it was over the claim that some refugees are getting preferential treatment. >> it's unclear who started it, but there was no holding back. >> with anger, suspicion boiled over the intensity of the summer sun. many had come hoping to get the papers to allow them to leave kos for the mainland, but the station was closed. disappointment and desperation turned into chants of freedom. some say that others are getting preferential treatment. >> no papers. what happens? please, please can you help? >> the situation is becoming increasingly urgent. even a loaf of bread is precious. some people have found shelter and even a shower. but the facilities are being criticized. >> hundreds of migrants are being moved on. this boat left for athens on friday. anothership to be used only by syrian refugees have yet to start operating. but still others wait hoping despite their nationality that they will be allowed on board. e

they say there is total chaos on the greek island shown on this map as authorities struggle to cope with the massive influx. the u.n. describes the conditions as shameful. thousands of people are living without water, sanitation, and adequate accommodation. >> new migrants arrive on shores every day. the country is ill-equipped to handle the situation. housing centers are filled to capacity long ago. the prime minister is asking europe for help. greece is a country in economic crisis facing a humanitarian crisis. the government cannot accommodate all the migrants. we need help. greece has built housing for 1100 asylum-seekers. those migrants are forced to live in tents. the u.n. is calling the situation shameful. >> the level of suffering is unbearable. people arrive in the european union. we have not seen anything that is acceptable and standard of treatment. there is absolutely nothing waiting for them. >> volunteers try to provide support wherever they can. speaking to the press, tsipras spoke to those distributing evenly. this is not a greek problem. it sits on europe's border and re