notified israel when israel bombed syria russia never shot down israeli jets or missiles even when they posed a danger to russian personnel at israel's request russia tore up a deal to sell syria s three hundred ad defense systems which would have made israeli air raids much more difficult a war. israel expressed its concerns as soon as the end street hundred deal with syria was signed. israel concluded that with these new air defense systems syria would have been able to cover all of israel's airspace that means that damascus could have shot down israeli military planes just seconds after takeoff the israeli said they cannot let that happen they expressed their alarm and asked moscow to break the deal russia's answered israel's concerns by first suspending the contract and then withdrawing from it completely and returning four hundred million dollars that it already received from the syrian government. russia helped broker a deal to keep iranian and hezbollah forces in syria away from the golan heights from the israeli border at israel's request in golan heights the russian military at

and israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu focused his speech on iran. china has accused donald trump of slander after he said beijing was trying to meddle in the upcoming u.s. congressional elections trying to tell the u.n. security council this week that china was and fearing because of his tough stance on trade. tesla's see the mosque has been charged with fraud he's accused of misleading investors with a tweet and all that said he had secured funding to take the electric car make a private regulator seeking financial penalties on trying to remove a mosque from his position police in the netherlands have arrested seven men on suspicion of plotting an attack they've raided homes of the towns of on him and where it's the suspects were allegedly trying to obtain rifles dates and war materials for silverside this those are the headlines my geria is coming up next. the environment doesn't know any boundaries what goes up into the environment goes around the world. pesticides are pushed on the grounds that it's a very modern way to do plumbing and we've mad

and israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu focused his speech on iran china has accused u.s. president dollar trump of slander after he said beijing this trying to meddle in the upcoming u.s. congressional elections trump told the u.n. security council this week that china was interfering because of his tough stance on trade. the u.n. special envoy to yemen says he hopes airport will reopen next week martin griffiths made the remarks late on thursday meanwhile the government of. says it won't allow the u.n. mission to continue investigating human rights violations of the country it's accused the u.n. of bias after a report issued on alleged war crimes the conflict in yemen escalated in twenty fifteen when the saudi led coalition started backing the government and launched airstrikes against the hope these. well those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us faultlines is coming up next thank you very much for watching. twenty five years dr the thought of zero world tells the behind the scenes story of norway's rule the oslo accords they wanted to have what they froze

sixteen s were to carry out an air raid in northern syria but the israeli message was misleading because israel informed russia it would strike targets in the north of syria but instead they had targets in the western province of latakia just a minute after the call israeli jets conducted as strikes in the taqiyya province following the call the russian it was when she received an order to move south and exit the supposed to target zone with such short notice the russian plane was unable to reach a safe area eleven minutes after the attack began syrian air defenses started firing missiles already in combat position at twenty one fifty nine one of the f. sixteen started to maneuver towards the coast and approach the ill twenty series and defense systems registered the maneuver as the start of another attack and opened fire the it which when she was hit by a missile and four minutes later disappeared from radar as russia believes it was the actions of the israeli jets that put the old twenty at immense risk because the . pilot was aware the russian planes would be a preferred target for the anti

by second explanation of the missiles trajectory and he says that intelligence suggests that israel israeli jets hid behind the much larger russian plane deliberately and leading to the missile locking onto it and locking onto it instead and this goes directly against israel's previous claim that israeli jets weren't even in the in the airspace of syria at the time that you they say that these jets were in israeli airspace so and they also said that the syrian missile system was firing indiscriminately ok it was a very comprehensive press conference and they showed a lot of detail that israel image is now that they've got this information and this evidence what a russian going to do about it well actually they made a statement about that just just today let's take a listen to what they said. they're going to that's on the qui sure that the implementation of these measures will cool some. of them from judge moves through no servicemen otherwise will be forced to react according to the situation at the time. now another thing russia did to retaliate against this was basically that they plan t

rescue operation in the crash area is currently under way we consider this israeli provocation as a hostile action as a result of israel's irresponsible actions fifteen russian servicemen have been killed we reserve the right to respond to this incident. and i spoke to israeli journalist jani ben monaghan who believes the blame for the downing of the plane should be attribute to syria's defensive. of course they it was an accident it's not israel fault way of to remember those who shot down their russia on the airplane of the syrians and know these israelis i think we are facing a very serious crisis. well in russia and think that the israeli defense forces are now studying and drawing the conclusions and investigating what the exactly happened but. if there will be a need these will of course will apologize by the way things look now. these early position is not of course the spokesman of the israeli government but the israeli position is that the syrians are to be blamed. they didn't do a professional job and this was a mistake by the syrians and not these well but of course is were they will investigate what happened

and israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision from washington to end decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he says the money should instead be used to quote rehabilitate the refugee u.s. had been agencies largest donor have condemned the decision. former u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have led tributes to john mccain at a memorial service in washington the late senator died last week of brain cancer now obama and bush praised him as a consummate states man who embodied the country's values politicians from across the spectrum attended the service with one notable exception president donald trump who had engaged in a bitter feud with mccain was not invited. john mccain serving senator an american hero lies in state. the great and the good from across the political divide paying their respects. was a rebellious young. in his case that's understandable what faster way to distinguish yourself when you're the son and grandson of admirals then to munich. eventually though he concluded that the only wa

notified israel when israel bombed syria russia never shot down israeli jets or missiles even when they posed a danger to russian personnel at israel's request russia tore up a deal to sell syria s. three hundred air defense systems which would have made israeli air raids much more difficult. israel expressed its concerns as soon as the s three hundred deal with syria was signed israel concluded that with these new air defense systems syria would have been able to cover all of israel's air space that means that damascus could have shut down israeli military planes just seconds after takeoff the israeli said they cannot let that happen they expressed their alarm and asked moscow to break the deal russia's answered israel's concerns but what is happening is that had it not not only good for the operation but also for the actions of the israeli airplanes and the misleading of the thing regarding the theater of operations none of this would have happened so it's clear for the foremost goal that israel is to play now how or where most call goes from there is is what remains to be seen. but a

venting to happen and sorry for the time being prime of ac it seems israel is to be blamed russia's foreign ministry summoned the israeli ambassador over the incident the director of the not source think tank on my walk of told us the relations between russia and israel are likely to play out. well what we expect . as a first response is to limit is really capability inside syrian and probably lebanese airspace the israelis are not going to be given free hand anymore we think it would be the natural response because they will be there they must have been a lot of pressure on russia from syrian. leadership from the syrian government saying look these people are raining tree you can't stop them you don't upgrade our systems our systems are too old and you don't participate in this now russia has been a victim of these additional egan's itself so it can make. you know a step forward in this and can draw a line and say ok no more is really. intervention otherwise we will take action and we will we've always warned against russian servicemen being targeted and now it happened we're not going to allow this anymore so this is

while the russian defense minister who has held a phone conversation with his israeli counterpart in which he stated israel bears for sponsibility for the downed russian plane and the death of the crew members on board meanwhile the israeli military said early on tuesday it had no reaction saying it does not comment on foreign reports we get all the latest details now from our middle east correspondent for the paula what's the very latest you can tell us face. well here as well it's extremely frustrating we're receiving no reaction and no comment as you mentioned from the israeli foreign ministry the defense ministry or the israeli defense forces now we're just in the run up to the most holy day in the jewish calendar your key put and in the next twenty four hours everything in this country will close down so if we don't get a reaction in the next two three hours it's unlikely we'll get any kind of reaction for at least the next day or so and so what this does suggest is that the israelis recognize that they are in a very precarious situation and they trying to work out behind closed doors what would be th

israel and anyone who consents to it and condones such acts, this law is just like other israel he laws -- israeli laws that legislate theft of property and funds of the palestinian people. we have always fully and positively engaged with the various initiatives in the international community that engage with israel, including the arab peace initiative. we continued on this path with the administration of president trump, from the start of his tenure with the same positive engagement. we welcomed his launching of the initiative of peace. i have met with him numerous times. we awaited his initiative with utmost patience. we were shocked by his decisions and actions that completely contradicts the rule and commitments of his administration to the peace process. in november 2017, his administration issued a decision . to close the plo office and washington, d.c.. he announced his recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel and transfer his -- and transferred hishe even boasts ts refugees settlement and security of the negotiation table. all such decisions threaten the national cause and constit

israeli. but should we expect to hear any official comment on this from israel. well the israelis very rarely comment on anything that happens within syria the russians and the israelis had a corporation agreement of sold since two thousand and fifteen and they very rarely commented on any actions within syria is any a very recent admission that they said they've struck two hundred targets within syria itself however that's the only real thing that we've heard from them what's happening right now what it feels like is that this is very much a russian led thing this it we've heard from my colleague where you tell the truth about the foreign ministry reaction about the defense ministry reaction about the kremlin's reaction it seems that the russians are really pushing all of this against the israelis what the israelis will do next remains to be seen we simply don't know what that means for that russian israeli agreement is this going to be developed into something larger all is there some sort of pragmatism involved it seems and i am rash actually soft pedaling what

and israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu focused his speech on iran tesla c.e.o. elon musk has been charged with fraud he's accused of misleading investors over a tweet an organist that said he'd secured funding to take the electric car maker private regulators to seek financial penalties and trying to remove mask from his position china has accused u.s. president trump of slander after he said beijing was trying to meddle in the upcoming u.s. congressional elections told the u.n. security council this week that china was interfering because of his tough stance on trade and twelve people including three officials are facing trial over portugal's worst ever wildfires the blaze in the central lady a region in june last year killed sixty four people accused face charges of negligent homicide well those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream is next. getting to the heart of the matter the three big challenges facing human point in the twenty first century. climate change and technological disruption facing realities whatever is there to fear is not me it is the pe

the israeli military says it has no reaction to the incident does not comment on what it calls for and reports meanwhile russia's ministry of foreign affairs has summoned israel's ambassador over what exactly happened off the coast of syria or earlier the russian defense minister said moscow reserves the right to retaliate for what it views as hostile israeli action of a middle east correspondent. across the store. fishel zz are keeping mum about what kind of responsibility they take and what really happened last night when these fifteen russian servicemen were killed when their military plane was shot down this is just a few hours ahead of the jewish holy day of your key poor and the country will come to a complete standstill for twenty four hours so it's highly unlikely that we're going to get comment in the coming hours or indeed for the next day at least and there are suggestions that this is because the israelis are scratching their heads and trying to figure out an appropriate response in terms of what has happened this is the worst situation from the israeli and certainly from the russian point of view there is constant coordination between the two armie

warned israel the attack violated syria's sovereignty earlier russia's military held israel responsible accusing israeli fighter jets of using the russian plane as cover after they launch a bombing raids israel on the other hand blamed. fire from the syrian air defenses but prime minister netanyahu expressed regret for the loss of life while in washington secretary of state michael impale renewed calls for a political settlement. has our report from moscow. amidst the confusion of monday night's israeli air strikes inside syria there was an unforeseen consequence. syria's air defense units trying to hit israeli f. sixteen fighter jets instead hits a russian electronic surveillance plane the ill twenty mike the one shown here fell into the mediterranean killing all fifteen russian servicemen on board. russia's defense ministry is furious blaming israel for water it is calling hostile actions because this is. the israeli pilots were using the russian aircraft as a shield and pushed it into the line of fire of the syrian defenses as a result the aircraft which has a much more effective reflecting surface t

and israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu focused his speech on iran china has accused u.s. president trump of slander after he said beijing was trying to meddle in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections told the u.n. security council this week that china was interfering because of his tough stance on trade test to see. has been charged with fraud is accused of misleading investors with a tweet in all this that said he'd secured funding to take the electric car maker that regulators are seeking financial penalties and trying to remove musk from his position twelve people including three officials are facing negligent homicide charges over portugal's worst ever wildfires sixty four people died in the fires in the central lady a region in june last year amongst them commanders of portugal civil protection agency an employee of a company in charge of the maintenance of a road where some fifty people died and police in the netherlands have arrested seven men on suspicion of plotting an attack but he's been invaded homes in the towns of on them and after a month long investigation

process of change which is in keeping with arab hopes while also carefully respecting israel's vital security. the israeli military government, over these areas, will be withdrawn and will be replaced with a self government of the palestinians who live there and israel has committed that this government will will have full autonomy. prime minister begin said to me several times, not partial autonomy, but full autonomy. [applause] israeli forces will be withdrawn and redeployed into specified locations to protect israel's security. the palestinians will further participate in determining their own future through parts in which their own elected representatives, inhabitants of the west bank of gaza, will negotiate with egypt and israel and jordan, to determine the final status of the west bank and gaza. israel has agreed, has committed themselves, that the legitimate rights of the palestinian people will be recognized after the signing of this framework last night and during the negotiations concerning the establishment of the palestinian self-government, no new israeli settlements will be established in th

request in golan heights the russian military at israel's request launched a special operation to identify and exuma the remains of israeli soldiers dead for decades and russia got un troops back to the golan heights after six years at the request of israel with the assistance of the russian forces all iran backed formations with heavy weapons or withdrawn from the golan heights to a safe distance for israel more than one hundred forty kilometers to the east of syria in twenty sixteen at the urgent request of the chief of the general staff of the israel defense forces israel received the mega three tank captured in one thousand eight hundred two in lebanon and kept in russia ever since. and then there's the diplomatic cover russia is given israel by backing it up and the un security council or by protecting israel from the bombers parting shots. know russia has been helping israel a lot moscow has always taken israeli interests into account especially when it comes to the middle east settlement. for example in twenty sixteen the outgoing about ministration trying to push the draft resolution on the israeli palestinian sat

response and what in fact went wrong there is continuous communication between the israelis and the russians over israel's operations in syria and there is always a lurch from the israeli side whenever they're about to carry out some kind of strike there's a very close working relationship between the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the russian president vladimir putin but certainly something went wrong this time around and we are waiting to hear from the israelis as to some kind of explanation but hugely concerning thank you for the update that sati is polish. said we are waiting to hear from the israeli side and we'll be bringing you all the details on that as soon as we get it now that downed russian plane that was and i l twenty this patrol aircraft is known by nato as the coots it has a top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers per hour and a wingspan of around thirty seven meters it's renowned for its juror ability the aisle twenty has been in service since the soviet union. well let's go live now to our guest on what the director of no sauce a think tank both focuses on crises

israeli regime has been supporting isis now on its border with israel with syria indeed in on the border which the occupied because they're occupying syrian territory in the golan heights until recently both isis and al qaeda were based there with israeli regime support so i think the the the the arrogance of netanyahu has caused him great difficulty now because he has to be answerable to the russian people and instead of apologizing as usual the israelis are looking for scapegoats we haven't had any. official response from israel so far but let's just remind ourselves of what how israel has responded to previous strikes on syrian soil. israel holds the wrong end its syrian post responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security do you think that netanyahu is going to blame iran again in this situation . well there is really regime being of an apartheid regime and premises and nature they. always blame the victim so when they attack because they massacre of civilians they blame the victim and when they attack lebano

israeli military confirms its jets targeted syrian facilities but blame the planes downing on the syrian government itself along with iran and hezbollah which israel views as a terrorist group we have us damascus to comment on the israeli allegations will bring in their response meanwhile in a phone conversation with benjamin netanyahu so if you didn't stress the israeli operations are taking place in violation of syria's sovereignty these middle east correspondent has more. the russian president vladimir putin has spoken with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and during that phone conversation netanyahu expressed his but great he blamed the downing of the russian aircraft on syria and he also stressed the importance and i'm quoting of continued security cooperation between the sides to prevent a repeat of what happened on monday night now natalia who didn't repeat his political position that he's had for years and that is that israel will be determined to stop iran's military buildup inside syria and the transfer of weapons to his beloved there so certainly netanyahu not suggesting that israel's going to stop its military strikes in syria

condolence to the russian people on this loss and israel is a place with over a million or a million and a half israelis of russian descent that were either born in russia or their parents were born in russia so israel israel in general and israelis are very connected to russia and what goes on in russia and i think there is genuine genuine regret that this happened by the hands of the syrian air force so from a military point of view i think that your correspondent summed it up very well that the discussions were open transparent and professional and that's i think the coordination that is taken place in syria between russia and israel especially when it comes to the iranian threat which is a very serious threat for israelis at the had been significant cooperation before this precedent here isn't that between israel and russia to avoid any kind of catastrophes like this thinking about the golan heights that disputed territory between israel and syria whether it be to make sure things like this couldn't happen now is something that israel could do to reduce the chance of this happening again it's even c

former british ambassador to syria peter ford believes israel has no grounds for attacking syrian targets. the israelis can have their own opinions but they can't have their own facts and the fact is that iran and hezbollah and syria have not launched a single unprovoked attack on israel since at least two thousand and six when i was defending lebanon against an israeli attack since that date not being one single unprovoked attack from the syrian side that that is the fact it's really is not on this thread from iran or hizbollah this is a pretext to attack syria i very much doubt that israel will change its behavior because israel is given the kinetic political cover by the united states in the un security council just imagine if the boot was on the other foot and that with syria or iran that was launching strikes on israeli coastal cities just imagine that to get some idea of the enormity of what israel is doing but of course there is no way of calling israel to account because of the u.s. veto in the security council monday night incident was not the first time israel has been in action against syria

shouldn't risk what has hitherto been a pretty good working relationship between russia and israel the israeli prime minister's office said in a statement that prime minister netanyahu expressed his sorrow over the death of russian soldiers and said that syria was responsible for the downfall of the plane he also noted the significance of the continuation of security coordination between israel and russia that has prevented many losses of lives on both sides over the last three years at the moment need a leader seems willing to allow this incident to upset the status quo or a challenge how does iran moscow. well the plane will shut down shortly after russia struck a deal with turkey to set up a buffer zone in rebel held in the province averting a government offensive the u.n. security council has been discussing syria in the last few hours a diplomatic editor james bays has the latest in the security council chamber the russian ambassador vasoline the bones thanked his colleagues for their condolences on the downing of the russian jet but then he wanted to move on and talk about the russian tu

israel. it takes two to tango we did not have the israeli side i had met. bin before he was elected on one of my missions to to his friend april one thousand nine hundred two in april nineteenth two we met be in. the he came for breakfast and then which an embassy and we asked him what is your approach to the palace here he said i am keen to see some kind of a negotiated settlement in one thousand nine hundred ninety two the israeli labor party led by yitzhak rabin won the general election rabin continued israel's policy of settlement building in public he spoke optimistically of progress in the peace negotiations did will be possible to reach an agreement was the palestinian delegation to stop the sh'ma and before me the first and most important task for a government. process. shimon peres was appointed foreign minister. you see beilin here on the left was appointed his deputy and duri severe on the right the general manager. beilin was given the green light to start the secret to direct negotiations with the p.l.o. in no way the point about millie was bec

journal israel stood by our side in a heroic way we wouldn't have survived without israel's assistance however the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vehemently projected these reports he says that israel's assistance has been purely humanitarian we do not interfere in this terribly bloody conflicts we do however provide humanitarian aid to young boys and girls it is expensive but we will continue to invest. of course the syrian government has been accusing israel of providing weapons to the rebels for some time back in may syrian state t.v. before said that the militants handed over hundreds of israeli made weapons israel vehemently denies these reports but some of the findings have elsewhere and on numerous occasions we reached out to the post who told us they were forced to remove by the army citing security reasons. r.t. . if you have all told this is heard these days to hide something once is being published. it probably appeared in such a major media outlet because it has some truth it's not such a secret it's been done many times before no one wants to publicize it the syrian rebels don'

israel when israel bombed syria russia never shot down israeli jets or missiles even when they posed the danger to russian personnel at israel's request russia tore up a deal to sell syria this plane so that the syrians don't shoot or they took chris hughes in the plane and this plane so that the syrians if they shoot it would be shot down there is a fine line between the two analogies this is why he said this is close to criminal negligence you know and and great unprofessionalism and one and so what is happening is that had it not not only been for the operation but also for the actions of these really airplanes and the misleading of the thing regarding the theater of operations none of this would have happened so it's clear for the foremost goal that israel is to play now how although we are more school goes from there is is what remains to be seen. thousands of protesters attended a pro e rally in english city of liverpool on sunday crowds called for a second referendum on practice set which would give people the chance to reject any deal negotiated by the conservative government

we russia and israel the israeli prime minister's office said in a statement that prime minister netanyahu expressed his sorrow over the death of russian soldiers and said that syria was responsible for the downfall of the plane he also noted the significance of the continuation of security coordination between israel and russia that has prevented many losses of lives on both sides over the last three years moscow and jerusalem's deal to allow israel to strike against iran and hezbollah inside syria has worked up till now at the moment neither leader seems willing to allow this incident to upset the status quo will reach alan's how to zero mosque. well the plane was shelled shortly after russia struck a deal with turkey to set up a buffer zone in rebel held province averting a government offensive that the united nations security council has been discussing syria in the last few hours our diplomatic editor james bays joins us live now from u.n. headquarters in new york so these two topics i guess good news and bad news when it comes to syria bad news the plane being shot down but then agai

when the move of the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem was concerned definitely big joy in israel of the israeli government i'm not sure at all that cutting off their money. especially to hospitals in east jerusalem is causing joy in israel and i'm not sure at all i'm guessing because here it's only day nobody is reacting yet officially but i'm not sure at all the closing of the mission in auschwitz or will cause a lot of joy because this is the last stick the americans. are having over the last civilian stick they can come to the point of bombarding in ramallah but i don't think they will do this but that last minute full diplomatic civilian stick that they have was closing their mission and this is in fact in their knowledge cement by washington that they give up on mediating and i think the israelis would not like this because for the israelis to have the possibility of the americans mediating hanging there was good because nobody is stepping in while down americans are working on the deal of the century no infect the closing of the embassy says we will not work on the deal of the century you

israeli f. sixteen was hit russia claims israel only issued a warning about its missile operation just a minute or so before it began not giving sufficient time for that plane to reach the safe zone as a result fifteen russian military. you know who were on board that plane were killed in the downing of the plane thus far the russian defense ministry says it reserves the right to an adequate response to what it calls israel's hostile actions we've reached out to the israeli embassy in moscow for comment on this and so far they have refused to do so we will be bringing you more on this breaking news story in the coming minutes and hours stay with us. now moving to other world news iraq's newly elected parliamentary speaker has expressed sympathy to iran denouncing washington's sanctions against it he said baghdad doesn't support any economic pressure on to iran and will help maintain security and stability in the region artie's donald quarter explains how influences appear to be changing in the region. it's been fifteen years since the us invasion of iraq and what they have to show for it is of

the former british ambassador to syria peter ford believes israel has no grounds for attacking syrian targets. the israelis can have their own opinions but they can't have their own facts and the fact is that iran and hezbollah and syria have not launched a single unprovoked attack on israel since at least two thousand and six when the dollar was defending lebanon against an israeli attack since that date not being one single unprovoked attack from the syrian side that that is the fact it's really is not on the stret from iran or hizbollah this is a pretext to attack syria i very much doubt that israel will change its behavior because israel is given the clinton political cover by the united states in the un security council just imagine if the boot was on the other foot and that with syria or iran that was launching strikes on israeli coastal cities just imagine that to get some idea of the enormity of what israel is doing but of course there is no way of calling israel to account because of the us veto in the security council monday night incident was it not the first time israel has been in action again

shouldn't risk what has hitherto been a pretty good working relationship between russia and israel the israeli prime minister's office said in a statement that prime minister netanyahu expressed his sorrow over the death of russian soldiers and said that syria was responsible for the downfall of the plane he also noted the significance of the continuation of security coordination between israel and russia that has prevented many losses of lives on both sides over the last three years at the moment neither leader seems willing to allow this incident to upset the status quo or a challenge how does iran moscow on the russian military plane was shot down shortly after moscow struck a deal with turkey to set up a buffer zone in rebel held province ever.

palestinian medical officials say israeli soldiers have killed two palestinians and wounded hundreds more taking part in weekly protests in gaza's border with israel. the israeli military says it used the force necessary to prevent border breaches by 12,000 palestinians masked man offense. residents of serious last rebel held providence have taken streets to protest the assad regime. syrian forces are expected to launch. the u.s. and world powers have warned that in lives 3 million residents face a catastrophe if that happens. the international whaling commission has voted down the japanese bid to lift the ban on commercial whaling. japan will continue to hunt whales by making use of a loophole that allows scientific whaling. the hope of escaping poverty and conflict has left millions of migrants from africa and the middle east to seek better lives elsewhere. many turning to europe which saw the peak of the exodus back in 2015. asylum-seekers followed this route here which you see from greece serbia hungary trying to make their way to western europe. this led authorities in hungary to build a fence along the southern border and to imprison migrant