from warsaw, here is lawrence lee. >> having your own restaurant may be a wonderful thick but it's a constant reminder of what he lost. his native nigeria his career was interrupted after a racist attack left him with a broken arm, incessant abuse from polish fans, as well, he gave it all up to raise a young family and his son is getting the abuse as well. >> i came to pick my son from his school and one of his friends said to him, alex, monkey was here for you. my son was so embarrassed, he was seven years old. i was looking to do something she didn't say anything. >> racism in poland is not here, but getting worse. je suis idiot. they chanted here, which is not flattering. don't let this happen to you, poland must stay catholic. coming to poland, he says the attacks in paris have given the far right all it needs to feel morally justified. >> there are people who are with the refugees feel so broken, they feel invalidated by what happened, they try to make the point that muslims are peaceful people. >> this is not just poland, rocketed in europe after the charlie hebdo shootings, an

from warsaw lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: having your own restaurant may be a dream come true for many people, but for the owner of this place it is a constant reminder of what he has lost. his career was interrupted after a racest attack left him with a broken arm in abuse. he grave it all up to raise a young family and now his son is getting the abuse as well. >>> i came to pick my son and one of his friends said to him, alex monday key is here for you - monkey is here for you. my son was so embarrassed. he was seven years old. i was looking at the teacher to do something. she didn't say anything. >> reporter: racism in poland is nothing new but it is getting worse. they shouted about france here which is hardly sympathetic. in this demonstration in a city last week they chanted rape, beaten, murdered by the islamic hoardement. don't let this happen to you. we must stay catholic. >> reporter: this man says the attacks in paris have given the far right all it needs to feel morally justified. >>> they are people who are with refugees, feel sew broken, they feel that they invalidat

cathy dulukea file by miles stepto and lawrence lee. >> mrs. duluke ahere? is miles stepto here followed by lawrence lee and morgan fits gibbons >> good afternoon, miles [inaudible] san francisco native member and inturn at san francisco bike coalition. i'm here to express bike coalition strong support of improvements as part the wiggle cor door project and urge the board to approve this project so construction can begin immediately. or as soon as possibly. [inaudible] for this project was held april 3 the year which is a [inaudible] and major accident occurred 3 days prior on scott and fell between a car and 3 people on bikes. given that, we know the traffic diverter proposet supported by local neighborhood associations, san francisco bike coalition members and [inaudible] is more critical than ever. it is nearly 3 years since the first public meetings were held where the members pushed for improvements for biking and walking. it is time to make the changes real. the project brings green landscaping [inaudible] pedestrian visibility and a better biking expe

al jazeera's lawrence lee has visited two towns on the austria slovenia border. lawrence lee sent this report. >> nowadays in the slovenian town, church bells is the only thing you can hear. the river marks the border between austria and slovenia. 1991 when yugoslavia was falling apart, the town was shelled. church tower was hit, civilians were killed. for a few days it was urban warfare. now, it's on the refugees route. when syrians and iraqis began arriving, people went out of their way to offer food and clothing. desperately for finding somewhere for his wife and kids to hide. he says the town wants to help because they know just a little what the syrians have gone through. >> translator: at that time we were experiencing the same destiny as the syrians are right now. we were ak tacked by our own people. >> hidden in the mountains is another expression of solidarity. this group of men come from every possible conflict zone you can imagine. some have been here for many months as their asylum claims are processed. it's set up so the men are in good physical as w

lawrence lee, al jazeera. >>> iraqi politician a controversial ally of the u.s.g the 2003 invasion of iraq has died. he died of a heart attack. he helped persuade the u.s. that saddam hussein has weapons of mass destruction. but much of what he presented as evidence turned out to be false. still much left to come, including shell cover up. the oil giant is accused of making false claims about its cleanup in nigeria. >>> and rome's fountain reopens after a million pound makeover. ♪ >>> time now for a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. israel's parliament has raised the minimum prison sentence for stone throwers to three year. anyone found guilty could serve a maximum of 15 years in jail. >>> russia's state media says debris found at the site of the crash in egypt does not belong to the aircraft. >>> and the u.n. refugees agency says around the world a child is born stateless at least every ten minutes. it is warning of a looming crisis of statelessness for syrian refugees who have fled from neighboring countries to escape the war. >>> a tropical cyclone ha

lawrence lee, al jazeera, in warsaw. >>> at least six children are reported to have died after a boatg racism in poland to greece sank in if two incidents off of the turkish coast. they were among a group of asylum seekers. the turkish coast guard rescued 51 others aboard the vessel. >>> two more palestinians are dead after another day of violence in the occupied west bank. were shot by israeli security forces after allegedly attacking israelis. another man was shot dead here hebron in which six soldiers were wounded. >>> pope francis has spoken out against corruption against what he calls tribalism in kenya. he told thousands of young young people that corruption is an obstacle to progress. catherine soi has been following his visit. she sent us this report from the kenyan capitol. >> reporter: you would be forgiven for thinking this is a concert, but it was a rock star welcome for the pope. [ cheers ] >> reporter: he said today was a highlight of his trip, the day he got to meet and listen to young people and the poor, he has been focusing on unity, reconciliation and family values.

lawrence lee, malta. >>> burundi, pierre nkurunziza made a rebid for power. al jazeera's catherine soy is in bujumbura and sent this update. >> the military and the police have been in this neighborhood, have been conducting door to door searches. they have also settle up set up checkpoints. the atmosphere in parts of the city is very intense. people are afraid they've left their homes and gone to safer neighborhoods. bodies have been found in the streets, rivers, bushes, almost everywhere, some security forces, government officials are however also been tart targeted. the government says it's trying to stem out a growing rebellion, escalating violence has been brought to the u.n.'s attention and this is taking an ethnic dimension they also worry about the progovernment youth group whose members have been accused of carrying out some of the atrocities. the government here is down playing concerns, officials we talked to said all is well the government is doing its job and just trying to keep the country safe. and any other country doing same would not get as

lawrence lee has been on the move getting us more from the slovenia/croatia border. >> reporter: fences, the european union has for year campaigned against them. in northern ireland and other areas. inside europe itself security just like everywhere else is trumping high moral talk of human rights. greece has a fence, macedonia is making one, hungar has fenced itself off and slovenia is buying the barbed wire. all of this is calling into question was the greatest achievement, border free travel, otherwise known as schengen. schengen turns 30 this year. in 1985 when it was created to for the soviet union was about to collapse, and books were writing, an end of history in which nothing really significant was going to happen and conflicts were a thing of the past. what a long time ago. that now feels. the question really is whether a europe without borders and security checks is really such a good idea in such a violent world. so is schengen the lack of border controls which allows for attacks in europe. they say we told you this would happen. >> schengen is not working because it must be

lawrence lee, al jazeera, warsaw. >>> still ahead, the head of the catholic church talks corruption and on his visit to africa, and we'll tell you why this miss world contestant is speaking out against china. ♪ than a century of bad choices. >>> time now for a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. russia's foreign minister says he has questions over whether turkey has real intennings to fight what he calls terrorism in syria. meanwhile turkey's president says he wants to meet vladimir putin next week, but the kremlin has yet to respond to the offer. >>> and the french president has lead a ceremony in paris to remember the 130 victims killed in the november 13th attacks. >>> in belgium a sixth suspect has now been charged. >>> two palestinians have been killed after ramming their cars into israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank. one was shot dead by a civilian after driving at two soldiers near a settlement northeast of jerusalem. he was identified as the brother of a man killed on sunday after carrying out a similar attack. several hours later another palestinian man was shot d

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lawrence lee reports from a village where refugees are said to outweigh local residents by a sum of 7 >>> a tiny settlement of farmers. but such is the pressure to house refugees here that this big disused office complex was deemed ideal for 750 who have made the desperate journey to live for a few months. >> translator: i'm nervous and excited not only me but the whole team, but that's a part of it, if you take your job seriously. we are really excited about their arrival tonight. >> reporter: inside they certainly tried to make it livable. the charity acutely aware of the politics of housing so many refugees, in a village of just a hundred, gave work to 40 local people, held countless townhall meetings, and hired an architect from the ruined syrian city of homs to help with the design. and you think this will be a nice place for the refugees to come for a few months? >> i think yes. it's a little bit hard because only one building and it's really big for -- and -- inside it's a lot of people will come, but i think it will be really nice because they will have only a short time until

lawrence lee, al jazeera. >> in the u.s. dozens of wild fires continue to burn in california with warnings that the risk of more fires is set to increase over the coming days. the valley had seen widespread damage. five warnings remain in place, including los angeles. a reputed new york mobster has been found not guilty of a role in an airport heist that took place more than three decades ago. thats with inspiration to the film good fellas. prosecutors alleged eh waited in a decoy car, and he robbed $6 million worth of money and jewelry from a building at j.f.k. airport. >> police fired tier gas at protestors in agrees that threw bombs during demonstrations. thousands gathers outside the parliament angry about budget cuts from the left wing party. reports. >> it is a wake up call, a first general strike since it came to power results in violence with police, a sign of continuing anger. >> many people believe the party ignored workers on the left when it reverses the policy three months ago. unemployment is stuck at just unde

lawrence lee al jazeera. >>> a group linked to i.s.i.l.esponsible on a shia muslim mosque in the northern district and police say gunmen opened fire on worshippers and one was killed and three others injured, the second time the bangladesh and shia community has been targeted and last month a teen was killed in the capital daka and hundreds have take own the streets in protest of a border blockade and led to fuel short analyzes and pushed up prices and for weeks the minority opposing the new constitution have blocked roads along the border with india and closed cultural and ethnic ties for people on the side and katmandu accuses them of enforcing the blockade. holding talks next month aimed at relations and have been strained since august when two south korean soldiers were wounded by a land mine near the demille shaktar -- de-military zone and this is in china and popular with tourist and as we report from the river enterprising north korean traders are doing good business. >> reporter: the unofficial way through north korea's backdoor wi

lawrence lee is there for us.uropean union leaders, the teams there, what are they offering, specifically to the african countries? >> reporter: yes, they -- they are offering money to be blunt about it. clearly the main purpose of all of this from the point of view of the european union is to stop come peopling in such great numbers. they want far fewer people coming, because they say europe can't cope with the numbers. they are dealing with a million asylum claims at the moment. and they say it is far too much. obviously they will say they don't want anymore humanitarian crises, but they want to stop it happening. so rather than say we're going to block all of the entrance roots, they are trying to sweeten the pill a little by offering 2 billion euros initially to african countries. but underneath all of that is the much sharper end of this, which hasn't really been spelled out in terms yet, but which is going to involve much harder policing of internal borders inside africa to try to stop people getting to the

you lawrence lee reporting from valletta in malta. mohammed jamjoom reports from lesbos on the uncertain future facing many of those that succeed in making the crossing to europe. >> reporter: these days it seems like they have both all the time in the world, and no time to spare. with souls as tattered as their clothes are frayed they wait on a seemingly endless bureaucracy to decide will they be called migrants or are they considered refugees. at this camp, where the wait stretches out for days to be registered, the four moroccan many say the designations are practically meaningless. >> translation: i have brothers and sisters. i'm the oldest in the family. i came to serve them. i left so i can get them out, making their lives better. >> reporter: afraid their relatives in morocco will face reprisals if they are identified, the men, in their 20s, all college educated, asked to be anonymous. >> translation: i have a diploma as a technician, i was not made enough money to take care of my wife and child. it was impossible to live on th

europe sees pete people on both routes as increasingly unwelcome. >> as you have heard from lawrence lee, slovenia has started to put up a barrier to make it harder for refugees to get in. an estimated 180,000 people flowed through slovenia alone. >> one of the locations is this place along you the river, refugees crossed the ice cold water last month to get to slovenia. slovenian authorities called it a technical border, not a bashed bshed wirbarbed wire fence. instead of barbs, it has rairses. razors. 20 to 30 thousand refugees coming to slovenia in the next few weeks, it hasn't happened yet, the transit camps in slovenia right now are half empty, even with a slight increase in the number of refugees, in the last few days. >> al jazeera's yasmina cos. >>> days after 20 hard line conservative lawmakers complained to president hassan rouhani that the issue was too harsh. house democratic whip dennie hoyer, says, they must know with certainty that they cannot get away with shirking any of their tblitionobligations to dismantl. we are joined vee skype by trita parsi, founder and president

are al jazeera's lawrence lee visited towns on both side of the austria-slovenia poured. >> now in thepportunity, it's location has helped define retgena's past and its presence. in 1991 when yugoslavia was being turned apart. for a few days it is urban warfare. whether syrians and iraqiansian, people went out of their way. he says the town wants to help, because they know just a little about what so many syrian have gone through. >> at that time, we were experiencing the same destiny as the refugees are now. we were being attacked by our own people. >> over the alps into austria. this group of men come from every possible conflict zone you can imagine. some have been here for many months as their slum claims are processed. it's set up so the men are in good physical shape. it's as peaceful as running away from war could hope for. >> you joke together you speak together every time from gambia syria, afghanistan, somalia, iraq, it is so flies, the place is so nice, not far from people nobody is disturbing you here. >> the driving force behind it is wolf gang. wolfgang. >> i remember as

lawrence lee reports from the village where they are said to outnumber local residents by a 7-1 margin. >> in a tiny settlement of farmers in rural northern germany. but such is the pressure on space to house refugees here are that this big office complex sitting uncomfortably in a small place was deemed ideal for 750 who have made the desperate journey to live for a few months. i am nervous and credited not only me but the whole team, but that's a part of it if you take your job seriously, we are excited about their arrival tonight, we will welcome them together. >> inside they certainly try to make it livable the charity of housing so many. held countless town hall meetings to reassure. an architect from the ruin city i think, yes, it is hard, because only one building and it's really big for -- inside a will the of people will come. but i think it will be nice because they will have only a short time until they go. >> this sense of being outnumbers would be met by furious residents. yet here, mostly, their minds seem far from closed. >> i am all for it. the people need a roof over t

countries which two generations ago were at war, that really would be a victory for i.s.i.l., lawrence leeazeera, on the edge of the zone in slovenia. >>> do stay with us on the news hour and still to come on this program, pro-government fighters in yemen step up the battle to take hold of the country's third largest city. egyptians are given time off work to hold elections but it's unclear how many will bother to turn out. and in the sports news joe will tell you why nba champions the golden state warriors is on the verge of becoming one of the greatest teams of all times. ♪ conservatives in argentina are celebrating the election of their first president in more than a decade and just managed to win enough votes to beat daniel, the chosen successor of the outgoing president kirchner and we have more from buenos aires on the country's first ever presidential election runoff. >> reporter: the impossible was possible they said sunday night when he became the elected president of argentina. one month ago his chances were slim against the ruling party candidate. but in one month the center rig

lawrence lee has more now from berlin. >> reporter: spring turned to summer and autumn to winter andhave not stopped. through all weather on this miserable trip. the eu has all year been accused of doing too little to make the journeys less dangerous. while european leaders were full of sympathy when the three-year-old body was washed up on a beach the main preoccupation has been how to stop refugees coming from turkey to greece as all. suddenly a plan is on the table, the german government is usual in the driving seat presenting this as an attempt at regaining control. >> i think it is not a fair and humanitarian solution to induce people to risk their lives and the lives of their children in crossing the mediterranean or going on the balkin route on the track and offer perspective for legal entry in the eu and at the same time improving the situation of refugees in turkey. >> reporter: this is the known as little istanbul and germany has more years taken in migrant workers and deal means it may have to take on a lot more and sped up entry process to the eu turkey is also demanding

lawrence lee has more from berlin. >> reporter: spring turns to summer, autumn to winter, still theyave not stopped. through all weather, on this miserable trip. the e.u. has been accused of doing too little to make the journeys less dangerous. they were full of sympathy when the body of a 3-year-old was washed up on the beach. the main point was to stop the refugees. the german government in the driving streak presenting this plan as an attempt to regain control. >> it's not a fair humanitarian solution to induce people to offer their lives. we have to offer perspective to illegal entry, but improving refugees in turkey. >> reporter: there it berlin known as little istanbul. germany has, for years, taken in migrant workers. the deal may mean they take in a lot more. as well as a sped-up entry process to the e.u., turkey is demanding visa-free access to europe for 75 million people. suddenly for turkey, the refugee crisis is an opportunity. turkey has been trying to join the european union since before the berlin wall came down in 1989. for all that time it's been blocked by germany

straight to lawrence lee live. what have the europeans come up with so far? >> reporter: well, what they've come up with primarily is a way of trying to pay african countries, frankly, a small amount of money in return for african countries help repatriate citizens already in europe. that plan isn't going terribly well. the malta p.m. says that things in his view hadn't been quite as confrontational as he expected, which is hardly positive. in a short time this morning there will be a skip where they will have the trust fund for over two billion dollars. it's really only a sweetener of money in return for african helping with this repatriation program. there are things that they will say and talk about that they will achieve. they want to make it easier for those in europe to send money back. that's a banking question. i'm sure there are things that they can organise in seasonal labor and helping students in europe. on the really big issue, which is getting africa to help drag people back, potentially against their will, at the moment they can't get an agreem

lawrence lee >>> emergency teams are still searching for survivors after a huge land slide in northern myanmar. 113 people are confirmed dead and a hundred others are still missing after a mountain of mining waste near a jade mining state collapsed. >> reporter: emergency and rescue workers as well as soldiers have been at the site of the land slide pulling out bodies trying to find survivors. local officials say they're no closer to know what exactly caused the land slide to happen but they say it was a 60 metre pile of waste soil that collapsed burying minors and those who were sleeping early on saturday morning. it was thought 70 huts were buried leaving five standing. many are dead are jade miners, poor workers looking for jade scrap in waste soil. this is the rocks debris and earth left over by big mining companies after they've combed an area for the bigger more valuable pieces of jade. the jade industry is profitable in myanmar which has some of the world's finest jade. the environmental advocacy group global witness estimate that the jade industry in myanmar was valued at 31 bi

lawrence lee, al jazeera in warsaw. >> despite a no round of peace talks, southern thailand continueso be plagued by violence. armed groups are fighting nor independence from buddhist toy land. 6.5000 people have been killed since 2004 in the region. we have this report from southern thailand. >> walking into the mosque is painful. it's where her father and 31 others were killed by the army 11 years ago. the military said they were all separatist fighters. she says her father was innocent. >> why wouldn't the army try to catch them alive? they were all killed. the authorities used full force to deal with the situation. it was too much. >> it was one of two major i wants in 2004. 85 protestors died during a demonstration outside a police station. almost 80 of them were suffocated in police trucks. since then, violent attacks by separatists have increased. a new round of unofficial peace talks is underway between the thigh army and the umbrella organization representing most of the ethnic muslim groups. >> independence is still the goal of all the groups. right up to this moment, no gro

lawrence lee, al jazeera, on the slovenia-austria border. >> israel place say one israeli has been injured and one palestinian man killed following a stabbing attack west of bethlehem, one several attacks on sunday. it happened at a traffic junction south of annapolis. she had tried to stab an israeli, an israeli civilian has shot dead a palestinian man near the kafar settlement. he reportedly tried to ram his car into israelis. 15 israelis and 91 palestinians have been killed. >> people are voting in argentina's first ever presidential runoff. the opposition change coalition will try to beat the ruling party. whoever wins this correct will have some major challenges ahead. it's estimated half of argentina's working population and working wage make less than $1,700 a month. argentina is still reeling from its 2001 financial meltdown when it faulted on $93 billion of foreign debt. we are most of. >> there are winds of change in argentina this sunday. as for the first time in 12 years, the opposition has real chances of winning the presidency. the former president of the football club is the

lawrence lee, al jazeera. >>> let's bring in a representative from doctors without borders from senegalat do you think this deal means? >> well, we are a bit concerned that these negotiations, especially because in the past, such argument has been -- has been negotiated already, especially with countries such as libya, egypt, or morocco, and this has resulted in greater humanitarian needs, more violation of human rights and critical situation involving migrants and asylum seekers in transit countries. so of course there are good intentions in this proposal. more development aid, more [ inaudible ] many people would actually prefer staying in the country than being forced to migrate, but there are those who don't have a choice, and the situation we are facing in europe is a big refugee crisis, because most of these countries are not equipped to offer decent asylum conditions for these people. >> in so many ways it can boldly be called simply massive bribe. $2 billion, you keep your people, we'll give you money to make their conditions better or at least try to keep them where they are. >

lawrence lee, al jazeera. >>> the syrian government says it has taken control of a strategic highwayaleppo. the route allows it to supply its forces based in the western part of the city. the road was cut off by isil forces last month. but the government has lost ground on another key supply line in northern hama. and there have been weeks of fighting since the government and its allies pushed into the region. zana hoda reports. >> reporter: this is just one battle in a war that is focusing on syria's highways, the opposition has advanced in the hama countryside, taking control of most of morrick, a town on the main road in the west of the country. there have been weeks of fighting since the government pushed into this region, but the rebels managed to make background in this region. morrick is close to a main highway. the government wants to take full control of the hama countryside to be able to protect itself strong holds and push further north. >> translator: the regime pushed into northern hama and southern idlib to remain the highways. they need land routes. they cannot air dro

lawrence lee reports from the border. >> reporter: by now everyone had their say, except the refugees, here they were, 700 in the freezing rain on the slovenian border with russia. they knew about paris, and now their journeys had become harder. with everything here, and saying that we are from these people. and saying thank you to american that helped us, we are against the tourists. >> with european leaders admitting the borders leaked like a bucket. they admit one of the attackers could have made the journey with everyone else. even if so many of the people here pose no threat. >> all it took was a syrian passport on the ground in paris, one fingerprint from an attacker that proved that he came through greece, and had made the crossing. that's changed absolutely everything for every won of these people. now, the authorities are not only trying to prove whether or not they are refugees, they are trying to prove whether or not they are part of i.s.i.l. >> saturday marks day one of the new security regime. countries like slovenia will have to do a lot more joined up thinking with the

lawrence lee reports from berlin. >> reporter: spring turned to summer and autumn to winter and they haven't stopped this miserable trip. the e.u. has been criticised for not making the journey different. the main preoccupation has been to stop refugees coming from turkey to greece. suddenly a plan is on the table. the german government is in the driving seat presenting this as an attempt at regaining control. >>> i think it is not a fair humanitarian solution to induce people to risk their lives and the lives of their children in crossing the mediterranean or going on the balkan route on the trek, but i think we have to offer entry into the european union but improving the situation of refugees in turkey at the same time. >> reporter: germany has for years has taken in turkish migrant workers and the deal means it may have to take in more. as well as a sped up entry process, turkey is demanding visa free access to europe for its 75 million people. suddenly the refugee crisis is an opportunity tore turkey. >> reporter: the turkey is has been trying to join the european union before t

lawrence lee reports. >> welcome to the signing ceremony -- >> reporter: so this is europe's offer tollion in cash about a ten of what europe provides in aid every year. in return, they expect african nations to help repatriate many thousands who europe sees as economic migrantings, rather than refugees. even hungary's prime signed it, even with something of a smirk, but had already made clear what many europeans think, africans should be made to stay out of europe. >> migration is not a win-win situation for those countries from where they are coming and where they arrive, and we don't speak openly about it. so we should change the language and do not consider migration as a positive thing, because it is totally against the impression of the european citizens. >> reporter: yet as africa's leaders arrived, it became clear how large the gap was between what europe was offering and what africa says it needs. they demand entire reform of the economic relationship between the two can't -- continents on crucial issues like agriculture. based on that 2 billion euros look to many like chicke

lawrence lee in berlin >>> the european union is being asked for financial and technical help to deal with the influx of people. the prime minister has also appealed to the opposition for support. >> translation: the greatest miffed of population since world war ii has caused an unprecedented refugee crisis that changes the balance throughout europe. this refugee flow passes through our country. this requires a high sense of responsibility and seriousness, not only by the government but also by the opposition >>> voters in burkina faso are heading to the election. it comes after a year of turmoil during the longstanding president was ousted. a western african nation have gold reserves, most people make money from cot i don't know living. it remains on its neighbors to get its exports to market. has only two kilometer of paved roads. they hope the election will bring about some change. from the capital now. >> reporter: a last minute hunt for the political campaigns in burkina faso draw to a close. with three-quarters of the country's population of 17 million under the age of 30 years,

lawrence lee joins us from the capital of malta. what is the e.u. trying to get agreements on at this meeting? >> ostensibly you could say they're trying to present it as a way of turning a crise into an opportunity. that's the way it's being spun, the crisis being the numbers of people who have died in the mediterranean from the african crossing. remember, this meeting was called after 800 died in april in a single incident near lampedusa, the opportunity of making average can he be countries more livable, providing opportunities for the poorest and not making the crossing in the first place. knew that 2 billion euros is planned in aid and development money and these sorts of things. that's in some ways, the very optimistic way of looking at it. the fact that this summit is being head ape fortress gives you an idea that underneath all that, there is talking about increasing border security inside internal borders inside africa to stop people getting to the sea in the first place. the details are much less specific, a lot of talk about the eu border

lawrence lee now from the croatia/slovenia border >> reporter: the european union has campaigned against fences. in north island, in the occupied palestinian territories. inside europe itself security just like everywhere else is trumping high morale talk of human rights. greece has a fence, macedonia is currently making one, hungary had already forensic rpd itself off. even slovenia is buying the barbed wire. border free travel was the greatest achievement, otherwise known as schengen. schengen turned 30 this year. in 1985 when it was created academics were writing books calling the end of history a source of boring but safe state of affairs in which nothing significant was going to happen and conflicts were a thing of the past. what a long time ago. that now feels the question really is whether a europe without borders and security checks is really such a good idea in such a violent world. so the populas say it is schengen, lack of border controls which allow for attacks in europe. they say they told you this would happen >> schengen is not working because it musts be like it was once

. >> lawrence lee reports from berlin. >> multi-culti is what they call. arab turkeys have been added and joined by balkan countries, who are the subject of hard choices by the german government. argon and this person who is albanian says the new law works out whether a hostile germany is better than a life in poverty, where they came from. >> on the one hand they see that he is a purchase better life. they have security, they have hospitals, doctors, and all of these. for the children. on the other side they feel a homesickness. they feel strangers. >> the numbers suggest that many balkans made the journey than syrians. the feeling grew that economic migrants used the syrian crisis as a trojan horse to come into germany on a false claim. the new asylum laws serve more than one purpose for german chancellor angela merkel. they help to keep the right wing coalition together, which believes germany is becoming a soft touch for anyone that wants to come here. angela merkel can argue getting rid of tens of thousands can free up money and space for tens of thou

lawrence lee, slovenia >>> crimea has declared a state of emergency after its main power lines from ukraine were blown up. it's the second such attack in as many days. ukraine's state energy company says the damage was caused by either shelling or explosives. china has accused the u.s. of political provocation with its patrols in the south china sea. the advice foreign minister made the remarks at the meeting with the leaders in the summit. it has been a focus of discussions at the summit. it didn't take long, did it, before we got comments about the south china sea issue. >> reporter: absolutely. what we heard it was very interesting to see how there was a rhetoric shift here at the summit. on the first day there were bilateral kind of mini sum its with the members and the united states and china and in those meetings it was discussed the south china sea territorial dispute was discussed but there wasn't direct finger pointing. the last hours of this summit and we are hearing much stronger language coming out, particularly from the gentleman you just spoke about. what was interesting in th

lawrence lee, how are things working out so far? >> reporter: well, from the european perspective, not i think as well as they might have hoped. clearly the europeans need to go away from this summit to be able to say something to their own populations about trying to sort the problem out, the burden, as they would see it. there's so much disquiet in europe about inability to manage the numbers, even sweden is closing its borders as well from this morning. it is an enormous problem for europe and they will no doubt talk up that's successes within half an hour or so from now they're going to sign this trust fund, nearly two billion euros which they want to offer to africa in return for the help to repatriate thousands and thousands of illegal migrants. they will be saying to help sending money back more successfully. that's very important to african economies. maybe helping students from africa learn in europe. these little things around the edges, they may say that they're able to achieve, but the really big issue, which is getting

lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: in parts of berlin, multi-culti as they call it.have been joined by people from the balkan countries, and it is that they are the subject of some hard choices from the german government. the new law has left their community trying to work out whether a hostile germany is actually any better than a life in poverty where they came from. >> on the one hand they -- they see that here is a much better life. they have security. they have hospitals, doctors, and all of these schools for our children, but on the other side, they feel this home sickness because they are here -- as kind of strangers. >> reporter: the numbers suggest that even more kosovoians and albanians made the journey than syrians. the feeling has grown that economic migrants have used the syrian crisis as a trojan horse to come into germany on a false claim. the new asylum laws here serve more than one purpose for germany's chancellor, angela merkel. they help her keep her right-wing coalition together, which increasingly believes that germany is becoming a soft touch, b

lawrence lee, al jazeera. >> cuban migrants abandoned at sea were rescued. they were left behind by traffickers after their boat broke down. we have the details. >> for three hours, their boat was adrift. the group of 15 men and five women were found without life jackets or any kind of safety equipment. the traffickers they paid to provide safe passage left them after the engine on the vessel failed. >> the coast guard found the boat adrift and when an inspection carried out, we found 20 beam aboard of cuban nationality, immigrants. the greatest surprise is when we were shown the people who transported them abandoned them in the middle of the sea. >> the recent thaw in relations with the united states has paved the way for business in cuba. international companies are program bling to enter the market. the u.s. company sprint kind a major deal, the first of its kind between the two countries, but cuba is still under embargo and most feel left out. >> i left cuba because of the economy. the economy is very weak and everyone needs to follow a dream to live in

lawrence lee sent us this from slovenia's border with austria. >> by now, pretty much everyone has hadies on the significance of pairps except the refugees. par paris. 700 lined up on slovenia's border. they knew about paris. they despite isil. they knew full well their journeys would become harder. we see are from you peoples. we will say thanks for everyone, the ones who held us and are against the terrorists. we hate them. >> with european leaders admitting their borders leak like an old bucket, it's claimed one of the paris attackers could have made it hiding among everything else on false passports. >> means now, if so many of the people here patient pose no threat, absolutely nothing can be taken for granted any more. >> all it took was one syrian passport, one finger prints from one of the stackers that proves he came through grease and had made this crossing. >> that's changed absolutely everything. no, the authorities aren't wholly trying to prove whether or not they are legitimate -- not only trying to prove they are legitimate refugees but whether or not they are part of isi

lawrence lee, al jazeera, berlin. >> liberal party leader justin trudeau has been sworn in. half of the cabinet posts have gone to women. he promises to restore canada said reputation as a peacekeeping nation. >> a report has revealed that the pentagon paid millions of dollars to sports teams across the u.s. in exchange for displays involving the military. the teams could now be forced to return the money. >> their call it paid patriotism, the years displace like this have been commonplace at u.s. sports events, armed services unfurling flags, performing the national anthem and being applauded by fans. turns out it came at a price. >> unfortunately, we, thanks to in depth vehicles, a lot of that patriotism is paid for. in fact, as much as $6.8 million that we saw the department spend on contracts since 2012. they obviously should not be doing this. >> a senate report released on wednesday revealed the demonstrations were taxpayer funded, a multi-million dollars program intended to promote the armed services and boost recruitment. >> there's a lot of good things that professi

lawrence lee, al jazeera. >>> iraqi politician a controversial ally of the u.s.e 2003 iraq invasion has died, the 71-year-old died of heart attack at his baghdad home and ahmed chalabi helped persuade the u.s. that hussein had weapons of mass destruction and what he had turned out false and the bush administration distanced itself from him and he had been trying to make a political come back in iraq. u.s. president barack obama defended his decision to send special forces into syria and saying it's merely an extension of what they are already doing. in his first comment since the deployment was announced they say they will not be fighting in syria but working as advisors and trainers. >> we are run special ops already and really this is just an extension of what we are continuing to do. we are not putting u.s. troops on the front lines fighting fire fights with i.s.i.l. but i've been consistent throughout that we are not going to be fighting like we did in iraq with a battalions and occupations, that doesn't solve the problem. >> reporter: the president of the ce

lawrence lee joins us. us about the agreement that was signed, lawrence. >> reporter: at this point, i do wonder whether europe's leaders actually they have achieved anything particularly remarkable. maybe they thought africa would roll over the prospect of a couple of billion dollars and in return africa would help bring back economic migrants and protect its borders. but africa pushed back really hard and leader after leader tried to change the conversation into one that went into a much deeper dialogue that had to do with the historic political and economic relationship between africa and europe. so what you had in the end was an action plan very long on vague promises but very short on concrete action. >>> welcome to the signing ceremony of the agreement -- >> reporter: so this is europe's offer to africa, $2 billion in cash about a tenth of what europe provides in aid every year. in return they expect african nations to help repatriate many thousands that europe sees and economic refugees. he had alrea

aljazeera's lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: berlin, the multi-culti is what the germans call it. and they have been joined by those from the balkan countries, and they have hard choices from the german governments. they have left them trying to work out whether a hostile germany is any better than a life in poverty, where they came from. >> on the one hand, they see it's a much better life. they have security, they have hospitals, and doctors and all of these things for the children, but on the other side, they feel this homesickness. the kindness of strangers. >> the numbers suggest that even more cost to the albanians this year than syrians, and the numbers arriving here. the feeling has grown that economic migrants have used the syrian crisis as a trojan horse to come into germany on false claim. but the new asylum laws show one more purpose for german chancellor, angela merkel. for a start, they help her to keep the right wing together and germany is a soft touch for anyone who wants to come here, but merkel could argue that getting rids of tens of thousands of people from the ba

lawrence lee on the slovenia austria border >>> much more to come. polls open for long-delayed elections in egypt. >> over night >>> the government keeping tilt controls over the media as journalists fear for their lives. britain's tennis players delayed their travel plans. all of that in sport >>> people have begun voting in argentina's first ever presidential run off. the poll is between tmaci and occioli. what has the turn out been like? >> reporter: it is a beautiful day which often helps the term. a steady stream of people coming to this polling station in a fairly wealthy area. the opposition candidate is for voting here. something like 32 million are eligible. voting here is obligatory >>> why has it gone to a run-off? why is it such a close race? we have some audio problems with you, but we will persevere. >> reporter: well, this is candidates in that race, a clear majority, so we're left with the parti parties. a very close race because after 12 years of the victory front party kirchner and then his wife in party, people are looking for a ch

lawrence lee on the austria sloo border. slovenia border. >> a rare white rhino has died. the 41-year-old female was undergoing surgery for ann. explaining why the rare white rhino numbers are dwindling. >> it is unfortunate for the northern white, their last refuge in the democratic republic of congo, it's got arguments with its neighbors so for years, the lord's resistance army, southern sudan would camp out in the park to launch their attacks on the dlc they would shoot animals for bush meat and poaching ivory for their elephants and rhino horn would would earn the money with which they could buy more weapons. it's an accident of geography. >> the northern rhino is effectively extinct, what about the southern white? how good or bad is that number when it comes to conservation? >> it sounds like a big number but it's not. this year is the tipping point year when we expel deaths from poaching and other mortalities will overtake. this is the year when overall rhino numbers go into decline. 11 years time really doesn't give us long to try to turn the situation round. >> res

lawrence lee, al jazeera berlin. >> on the greek island where many new refugees arriving every day, sohat situation is like there now? >> the situation is dire. here there is a ferry worker strike going on, which means there's a backlog of refugees even here, the refugees who have gotten permission to go on they can't do so, every aid worker that we have spoken with in the past three days has said that nobody had expected this crisis as far as the crossings would go on this long, because the weather has been worsening and i can tell you even though the weather has been better the sea has been calmer, the temperature has been a bit warmer, the fact is these crossings are still heroing. and it only seems to be getting worse. cheh independent as many as 600,000 refugees to cross from turkey into greece, over the course of the next four months. they are desperate to get more funding just to be able to provide the most basic needs of these refugees that are here right now. >> he went to the first refugee camp accomplished he went there to plead with the european union to provide more aid fo

cathy dulukea file by miles stepto and lawrence lee. >> mrs. duluke ahere? is miles stepto here followed by lawrence lee and morgan fits gibbons >> good afternoon, miles [inaudible] san francisco native member and inturn at san francisco bike coalition. i'm here to express bike coalition strong support of improvements as part the wiggle cor door project and urge the board to approve this project so construction can begin immediately. or as soon as possibly. [inaudible] for this project was held april 3 the year which is a [inaudible] and major accident occurred 3 days prior on scott and fell between a car and 3 people on bikes. given that, we know the traffic diverter proposet supported by local neighborhood associations, san francisco bike coalition members and [inaudible] is more critical than ever. it is nearly 3 years since the first public meetings were held where the members pushed for improvements for biking and walking. it is time to make the changes real. the project brings green landscaping [inaudible] pedestrian visibility and a better biking expe

lawrence lee, al jazeera. >> the palestinian man has been shot dead by undercover soldiers inside a hospital. according to health officials in the occupied west banger. these security camera pictures you are about to see apparently show israeli forces entering the hospital. have a look at the second row to the left. what looks like a man, dressed in the next row, someone else disguised as a pregnant woman, believed doctors say that's the ploy the elite israeli unit used to get in. >> so what do you think when a unit raids a hospital, they came under cover, not even as soldiers to arrest one of the patients that was lying injured in his bed. the crime even when became uglier, when they shot him with five bullets and executed him many the hospital. >> the companion was the patient's cousin. he died of his wounds. the suspect is been wheeled out to the surgical unit, he is accused of stabbing an israeli man. his brother was in the room at the time. >> the first thing they did was to handcuff me to the bed. he was walking out of the bathroom as he was preparing to pray. the undercover security a