camps, they're scattered across lebanon and jordan. and the region is buckling under the strain. you've got close to 2 million refugees in turkey, 600,000 in jordan, 1 million in lebanon, a tiny country the size of wales, where one in four is a refugee from syria. you have to share the responsibility globally and the european union and the u.k. must do more to resettle some of those refugees. so the announcement today from david cameron was welcome, but it's a first step. >> the reality is though, i mean, is europe ever going to accept, as you pointed out just in lebanon 1 million refugees, scattered across the country, not just in camps, is europe not able to take in every single one of those refugees, how can a resettlement program be managed? >> of course europe can't take all those refugees and all those

a trash epidemic triggers protests in lebanon. much more. >> ifill: over the weekend, republican and democratic presidential candidates were out campaigning, dodging slings and arrows, and positioning themselves for the fall. with labor day in sight, presidential candidates are surging and stumbling. >> i love nashville! >> ifill: republican donald trump, in super tuesday state tennessee over the weekend, still leads in early state polls. but the biggest surge belongs to rival ben carson. in a des moines register iowa poll, trump attracts 23% of likely caucus goers, with carson now just five points behind him. a new monmouth poll, also of iowa republicans, today shows a trump-carson dead heat. as they surge, wisconsin governor scott walker slows in iowa, dropping from first place a few months ago, to third place now in one poll, fifth place in another. on "meet the press" this weekend, he talked tough on immigration, suggesting new controls be placed on u.s. borders, north and south. secure the border, enforce the laws, no amnesty

more than 1 million are in lebanon. we spoke to some of them at a u.n. refugee center in beirut. >> reporter: behind each face is a different story. new newlyweds who fled the war in syria and naers who can't look children in eyes because of how helpless they've become. little boys asand girls whose future depending on the generosity of strangers. she tries to comfort her 9-month-old baby girl. she tells us how together with their husband they attempted to cross the sea from turkey to greece. she pulled out at the last-minute frightened for the baby's safety. her husband decided to go it alone. he can seen in this video together with other refugees crammed in a rubber dinghy as they travel by night trying to get to europe facing possible death at sea in search of a better life. >> translator: he was petrified, but he said he was risking his life for us so that we may have a better life. >> reporter: the little girl is called norasham, which means the light of syria. this man is from aleppo and has six children and they all live together with his brother'

jamal is at a refugee camp in lebanon. how are they coping with the influx there, jamal? >> reporter: they are coping. how they're doing that is quite remarkable, because these people have been here for three, up to four years in the most dire conditions. the children have been gathered around us all day here, and although they are happy to see people, they are smiling, and they appear to be oblivious, actually, to the suffering that they're in, but as you can see they really are children in europe who the parents take to playgrounds or have playstations at home or things like this, these kids don't have any education or school and have nowhere to play but outside their tents, if you can call them tent, actually. this is the -- if you look onto the ground, you can see this is the sewage system here. they play in that. you can see there aren't any proper showers or any sanitation here either. this is what's making living here so difficult. that's why when they heard that there was the slightest possibility to travel to the europe they flocked to beirut pleading with author

syria, lebanon and jordan have been engulfed in the dusk cloud.sing breathing problems for hundreds of people. refugees from syria living in basic conditions in lebanon were badly affected. in syria itself. the storm meant that jets and held tops carried out fewer airstrikes. people from as far away as cyprus were advice today stay in doors. >>> guatemala's former president is to remain in jail until his trial in three months time. he is facing charges of bribery and fraud. meanwhile the nation remains gripped by the race to replace him. daniel reports from caught mall a city. >> reporter: judge miguel angel galvez gave early indication that his he thoughts there was ample evidence for the former president otto perez molina to go to trial. charging him with criminal association, taking bribes and customs fraud. he ordered him to be held in preventive custody. the former president resigned last week after an arrest warrant named him in a massive scandal. in which businesses gave bribes to avoid paying full taxes on their imports. perez was elect ed

from syria -- from lebanon to syria and lebanon and also in afghanistan.ese issues and they are far more important. so we thought the regional issues if they want to reduce the presence in the region and pay more attention to east asia, they don't want iran to be disappointed. they will explore everything possible. >> bilal, i want to add to harlan's question in terms of recommendation. we've heard a lot of talk about israel compensating for gcc for the iran deal as though it is somehow detracting from their security rather than adding to it. my question is whether the provision of more sophisticated weaponry of upper busting bombs and whatnot to israel in particular, but also gcc will simply increase iran's threat perception and have the reverse effect to cause the kind of arms race and more conflict in the region. >> i couldn't agree with you more. we are what we are, but the implementation has been miserable. the iranians have played a weekend masterfully and the weekend masterfully and the americans have played a strong hand miserably. we are what we a

lebanon's crisis could finally be over. and a disturbing report suggesting that there is a link between alzheimer's disease and surgery. >> again a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. the president of the european commission has called on mep states to agree on how each country will provide homes to 160,000 refugees by next year. >> i hope that every will be on board. no rhetorics, action is what is needed for the time being. >> hundreds of refugees continue to board buses, trains and boats to continue their journey to western europe. syrian troops have pulled out of their last air base after two year battle. the forces loyal to president bashar al-assad. we have the latest. >> this was one of the last military strongholds. it was under attack by isil fighters. al nusra front has made gains along side rebel groups. they seized the city of idlib bringing them close for government held areas. the death and destruction has been staggering. an estimated 220,000 people have been killed and life expectancy has dropped

iraq, egypt and lebanon have all taken in refugees. compare that to the number in europe trying to get there and it's significantly smaller. the u.n. refugee agency says that more than 350,000 syrians have applied for asylum in europe in the last four years. but even accounting for those trying to make their way to europe every day as a percentage, europe is taking around 3% of the syrians, in urgent need of help. >> two u.s. government officials say russia has positioned tanks at a syrian air field that's apparently at the center of a military buildup. they say seven russian strarchtion been seetankshave br latakia. russia ahas been sending two flights a day. rosalyn jordan is in washington, d.c. i guess in d.c. they have known for a while about russia's support for president assad. >> reporter: that's right, barbara. in the past half hour, what they are seeing of this station, including russian made tanks in a russian air field near latakia, is the creation of a forward-operating base, our fob. but we don't know what the purpose of e

and also lebanon to a lesser extent. so they argue that within the next ten or 15 years the primary objective of foreign policy should be stabilizing the region. iran should be the country at basic produces. the argument is cannot be dismissive of the insecurity around us. thethe official view of iran and the dominant view of iran. but there is an alternative you, which recently is gaining more popularity. in the think tanks, and of course the university among the pundits, they would argue that iran is already -- we don't have any more resources. and basically we are the primary force in fighting daish. and that is not our fight. basically. and they would argue such a fight would make us the target of a daish attack if daish has not yet attacked. it is not because they are not capable the because they have not made the decision to do so. vital and necessary. with a rack and domestics -- damascus, basically in syria so if sunnis are really interested to have daish as the representative, why we should bother. but after all

more than a mimion are in lebanon, in -- million are in lebanon in crammed camps near the border. jord j jordan, and other areas have crowded refugees. what is the situation there at the camps, jamal? >> it is very dire and desperate in the camps, if you can call them that. there isn't real infrastructure, these are people that have been living here for several years. let's take a walk around maybe showing the viewers how the situation is like. you have shallow places, such as this. this is where toilets flush through. you look to the left and the right. you can have families of 8-10 people in the sheters. we don't have much against the hot assumer months. it's difficult in the winter months when it snows a lot. that's why many heard, there were resume hours that they would open their doors to rev disease. many blocked to beirut. searching for a home. here is our report on some of those beam. >> reporter: behind each face is a story. newly weds, widowed - fathers that couldn't look their children in the eye because of what they have become. this woman tries to comforts her 9-month

also syria and lebanon, to a lesser extent. so, they argue that within the next 10 to 15 years the primary objective of foreign policy should be stabilizing the regime. iran should be a country that basically produces security. the argument is that we cannot andn island of security dismissive of the insecurity around us. that is the official view of iran and the dominant in iran. but there is an alternative view that is recently gaining more in the think tanks. you find this of course at the university and among the pundit. -- pundits. they would argue that iran is already overstretched. we don't have any more resources to allocate. basically we are the primary and that this is not our fight. they would argue that this would make the -- make us the target of a large attack. we have not yet been attacked, not because they are not capable but because they have not made the decision to do so. they can easily penetrate into our territory and explode bombs. so, why do we have to do that? the argument is that our engagement should be

. >> just if i may interrupt, lebanon, 25% of the population now of lebanon are syrian refugees. jordan, turkey, egypt, they are taking their share, aren't they? >> the levant is, absolutely, but the u.a. isn't, qatar, kuwait, saudi arabia, they haven't taken a single refugee. saudi arabia has paid over ate 9 million pounds. my country has promised 900. we've paid $900 million, $100 million coming. why are the arab nations not stepping up? culturally, this is their problem. the interference, if you take the situation with syria, you've got the factions fighting, the arab spring, and in this place, they talk about getting people around the table. there's been a 1400 year war between the various factions out there. how they think they can get around the tail and sort this out, we can't. the arab league and nations have to step up and take their responsible. >> we heard at the european parliament, saying, acknowledging that france and other european countries, nato countries have a big responsibility to pay, bearing in mind their action in libya and maybe inaction in syria. is it no

across beirut, across lebanon, the sense of things breaking down here.capital, an historic sandstorm has descended, the like of which few people here can ever remember. the capital is pock marked with piles of rubbish. on the face, hum drum municipal dispute but it's actually about government corruption, the sense of things not working. (shouting) >> again today, protests. >> reporter: so the lebanese government has snapped. they've had enough. they're pushing this exodus out of their country by banning syrian refugees from working. so come with me to the palestinian refugee camp in south beirut and see the effect of this. >> i want to go to england. >> reporter: to england? yes. >> reporter: mohamed, historian, teacher and double refugee. he's fled from the palestinian refugee camp of yamuk in syria. proud, but has his doubts. you like churchill and margaret thatcher? >> yes. but mr. cameron, i don't understand him. >> reporter: his father fought with the british army in the second world war to norway. but they can't take much more of this. >> if possib

the world food program has said it had to cut its food aid in half in lebanon. refugees are telling us they have to make really, really tough decisions, do i eat or clothe my children? you get to a point, a point of desperation where you feel the only thing you can do is to leave. in the hope that you have better future for yourself and for your family and that decision is different for each individual. but it's that combination of the time that they've been there, the restrictions and the fact that actually the aid effort isn't being fully funded. >> really good for your thoughts, thank you so much for coming in, thank you. >> thank you. >> and still to come on this newshour. thousands gather for the funeral of a palestinian mother who died a month after her 18 month old son was burned to death in an arson attack. >>> european farmers demonstrate outside brussels parliament. >>> and prince al hussein of jordan believes he can be the king of football at next year's presidential elections. >>> first, i.s.i.l. fighters have captured parts of the last major oil fie

lebanon has the third highest number of refugees in the world. it's got the highest number per capita. it is a small population. and that's evident when you come to places like these. because the services are either very, very thin on the ground or they do not exist. i'm going to pan slightly, you will see a group of children here. this is a school day. these kids should be at school. i'm going to ask a few questions, how old they are. how old are you? you are six? this is one six-year-old child. and there's plenty other. they go to an informal education system here. however, by far it's not the same as going to normal schools that essentially have proper syllabuses and exams and so forth. you can see most of them, if not all, are barefoot. the services provided in these refugee camps are far from adequate, to say the least, in terms of not only the education as the u.n. reports, but also in terms of health services, social services and things like that. it's also important to note, jane, even inside the city, for example, in the capital, beirut,

over a billion syrians are registered as refugees in lebanon, but many say life is tough and jobs areard to come by. work do not have access to , so they rely on aid. there are no refugees camps because the lebanese government refuses these camps. some include the concerns that building camps, you are acknowledging the potential permanence of refugees. reporter: it is a situation that has only gotten worse as many international agencies have been forced to drastically cut aid due to budget shortfalls, forcing many refugees to set their sights on europe as they seek better living conditions. there are stories about something close to a thousand people per day who have left the country. many of them are living by boat from tripoli to go to turkey, and from turkey they take a land route to greece and onto the balkans. reporter: to try to prevent the exodus, european union leaders eurosnnounced a billion of aid begin to the refugees through the united nations and the world food program. it is hoped that more help will entice the refugees to stay where they are and not come to europe. anch

. >> reporter: lebanon, 25% of the population now of lebanon are syrian refugees.dan, turkey, egypt, they are taking their share, aren't they? >> absolutely. but the uae hasn't, kuwait qatar, why are they kn not. the situation in syria, you have the factions fighting, you have the arab spring, and in this place they talk about getting people around the table. there has been a 1400's war. how do they think they can get around the table and sort this out? we can't. and that's why the arab league and the nations have to step up and take responsibility. >> reporter: we heard from marine le pen saying, in fact, acknowledging that france and other nato countries have a big responsibility to pay, baring in mind their action in libya, and maybe their inaction in syria. >> we should provide camps and humanitarian relief actually in the arab states in those countries in the edge and then get the people around the table. we no what sar cosey and blare did. and we're feeling that terrorism in our own country. >>> thousands are still making the crossing to the greek islands. be

the ton of garbage in lebanon is the highest it costs in the world. to start a new political statement, you know, a new political discourse in lebanon, based on responsibility. if you are a minister in the government, you have to act upon your responsibility. that's our message. for the time being our demands are clear. we want the resignation of the minister of the environment. we also want all security forces held accountable for the violent acts today and in the past days. >> reporter: thank you very enough. >> thank you. >> reporter: barbara that is one of the main messages of these protesters, obviously aside from their demands for the resignation of the ministers, and the contractibility, one of the main demands or chants have been to maintain peaceful protests and to maintain the peaceful nature to their demonstrations. however, lebanon is a very polarized society and has always been because of the sectarian makeup of it and the strong parties and affiliations, and that's what can trigger things to become very violent indeed, as we have seen no

protesters in lebanon demonstrate outside parliament. m.p.s are meeting to address the issue leading to a protest movement called you stink. it's been campaigning over uncollected rubbish. there's a growing movement against corruption. >> >>> like many, this boy is not enrolled in schools or college. he blames the government. accusing officials of trying to get rich, rather than serve the people. he is one of several activists who started a hunger strike last wednesday. they vn camped outside the minister are of environment. they are part of a protest movement demanding the resignation of the minister. initially over the rubbish crisis and now over a wide er corruption crisis. six days into the hunger strike, he fainted and was taken to hospital. there the police paid him a visit. >> i lost consciousness. they brought the ambulance. when i got to the hospital, they put me on a drip. the police came and questioned me, asking why i am on strike, telling me i should end it, because it's a waste of time. >> this was the first hunger striker.

the line from lebanon through jordan and southern israel. this is the heart of the worst of it. second day in a row. and up in the south-east of turkey, we are down. dusty if nothing else. what we need to wait is the windows change. while it's hot and dusty, the chillier weather, the cooler weather is blowing in. i think tomorrow will be the day we see things thin out for the worst affected places, if not everywhere >>> thank up >>> let's return to an earlier story, that of the fall of an air base in north-western syria, in idlib. two al nusra front. we san talk to -- can talk to a strat eejing communications director and former u.s. department of state analyst. he joins us from dubai via skype. how scant is it that this air base has fallen to al nusra front after two years of government forces trying to take it? >> well, this is another major blow to the regime. bashar al-assad's forces in the strategic location of idlib just lost the capital, idlib city, earlier, the summer as a rebel coalition, the conquest army made a series of gains and advances against the bashar al-assad

too modest by comparison to the efforts undertaken by turkey, jordan, lebanon, who are hosting over 4 million syrian refugees. but i am encouraged that some member states are showing now their willingness to significantly step up our european resettlementest. this will allow us to have resettlement efforts more systematically it has to be done and it will be done, europe has clearly under delivered its uncommon solidarity with regard to the refugees who have arrived on our territory. to me it's clear that the member states where most refugees have first arrived. at the moment this is italy, greece, hungary, cannot be left alone to cope with this enormous challenge. [applause] this is why the commission already proposed an emergency mechanism in may. not now, back in may. to relocate initially 40,000 people seeking international protection from italy and greece. and this is why today we are proposing a second emergency mechanism to allocate the further 120,000 people from italy, greece and hungary, this has to be done in a fulls are you way. -- compulsory way. >> i call on member state

lebanon has been struggling to cope with the scale crisis.eron promise today speed up the process to accept 20,000 200 refugees over the next five years. >>> raw en prime minister tony abbott is facing a challenge for the leadership of the liberal party. communications minister, malcolm turnbull resigned from the cabinet on monday and asked abbott to step aside. he says he's losing confidence in the prime minister's management of the economy think andrew thomas is following developments from sydney. so, andrew, what is tony abbott's responsible to this leadership challenge? >> reporter: we are still waiting, shiulie, he was supposed to get a press conference an hour and 15 minutes ago, that was the word from his office in response to mall company turnbull's statement over two hours ago that he was challenge the prime minister on for his job, that hasn't happened yet practice press conference, we can assume he's phoning piss m.p.s finding out if he has their support. that is what matters in australia. if you have the m.p.s, you stay in you don

turkey and lebanon is taking in millions. europe is not. arguebly tens of thousands. the little child who died on the beach, those are the people who are trying to escape the horse of conflict, and they have a right that we all internationally agreed on to protection. when they reach europe they should be able to get it. >> thank you so much for your time. >> in syria state television is reporting a car bomb attack in the government's stronghold. it says ten people have been killed and 22 injured. the bomb went off in a suburban area, the biggest attack in the city since syria's war gen began in 2011. men were taken from a constructionside site of hababia on thursday. >> the islamic state in iraq and the levant said it carried out twin attacks in yemen's capital where 28 people were killed in the bombings targeting the mosque in northern sanaa. the red cross said that it's shocked by the killing of two of the workers in yemen. they attacked while traveling from sadaa to sanaa. >> meanwhile, saudi airstrikes have target admit base in sanaa. supporting pro government fo

here in lebanon i can't go to school. you need money. all i'm asking is for help to relocate us.esn't matter where, just out of here, we are not living, this is not life. >> reporter: as the refugees move north through the european union they are enduring terrible conditions and resistance and hungary and eastern european country oppose plans to take in more refugees and germany which opened its doors appears to be closing them and reintroduced border controls and temporarily suspended train services to and from austria saying it's struggling to cope and saying refugees can't choose where they want asylum and a view shared by many in germany. >> translator: we have taken the most refugees in europe and if we have space we can take more but you must distribute them fairly in the eu and not all should come to germany. >> translator: we need to change origin to have conditions to make a life worth living and germany can take more refugee, we have the capacity. >> translator: we have massive problems with migrants and they cannot cope because of different cultures and sooner or later

. >>> a deadly sandstorm across the middle east, including lebanon, syria, egypt, jordan, and parts of turkey and cyprus. 12 have died. and thousands have been hospitalized with breathing problems. meteorologist, kevin corriveau here with more. >> they're saying this is an unprecedented event on how large of a scale we're talking about, a dust storm in the area. people really tried to protect themselves the best they can in a situation like this. very very dangerous situation. if you have any respiratory problems, also for bronchitis, a major kickoff in the area right now. let me show you how this plays out. we have the area of low pressure to the northern part of iraq, and that means a counterclockwise circulation across much of this region. and what happens, with the very very dry conditions and with the very very warm conditions, a lot of the sand and dust has been pushing down toward the south. and over toward the west. and even parts of cyprus. look at the video that has come in from syria. and look at the color of the sky, afte first of all, but visibility has been reduced to les

more than one million syrian refugees live in lebanon -- making up a full quarter of lebanon's population. cameron's visit comes as the united nations warns the conditions for refugees in lebanon and jordan are so dire, some are considering returning to syria. ahead of cameron's visit to lebanon, tens of thousand of people marched in london saturday to demand england do more to help refugees. long time and austerity, antiwar lawmaker jeremy corbyn spoke at the rally just after he was elected leader of the opposition labor party. >> we has ordinary, decent people stand up and say to our government, recognize your obligations in law. that would be good. recognize your obligations to help people which you are required to do by law. that would be great. but above all, open your hearts and open your minds and open your attitude towards supporting people who are desperate, who needs somewhere safe to live, want to contribute to society, and are human beings just like all of us. he first announced his candidacy three month ago, odds makers initially put jeremy corbyn's odds at 201 to win. on sat

the first question is what are we doing to help lebanon, to help gordon, turkey. the u.n. appeal for the humanitarian assistance for perspective. >> the people in place. >> there's 327,000, large, large numbers, compared to 4 million, 1.1 million going to lebanon. that's about a quarter of the population. entire country, a poor country, a country with precarious demographic balance, various economies as well. and the u.n. asked for a little over $4 billion for that, they got about a billion and a half. the shortfall was two-thirds less than what they said they needed to provide for humanitarian assistance to this crisis. so is it any wonder if people can't have the basic shelter and food, education for their children in these countries of first asylum, that they'll move on and try to seek both humanitarian assistance, and ultimately secure protection further afield. >> a good reminder that the people were not getting the attention they needed. bill, thank you >>> bill is director of the refugee programme. the evolution of the e.u. since 1950s has been driven by a pan europ

prime minister david cameron's been visiting a refugee camp in lebanon, hosting syrians, and lebanon has been struggling to cope with the scale of the crisis. mr. cameron promised that the u.k. will speed its resettlement process. >> this morning i was in the valley seeing that hospital at and meeting with some of the syrian refugees that we will resettle in the united kings dom. i recognize that the humanitarian crisis is putting huge pressure on your country, public services, schools and housing. the united kingdom has provided 300 million pounds to lebanon since the crisis began, including food, medicine and shelter support. we will assure 29 million is spent right here helping further to shoulder the burden. >> of course, money is a big part of the whole story, as well, from those paying to make those very dangerous trips to europe to those who are giving money to the various humanitarian organizations. al jazeera's counting the cost program looks at the numbers. >> europe's refugee crise is undoubtedly a humanitarian one, but there is a financial cost to go with it and numbers o

i feel the same way about lebanon. lebanon has been so buffetted by the tensions. next step is for all of us to do more. that's what president obama announced. europeans will figure out who can best afford it and who can best handle it. but we really ought to emphasize stabilizing the countries in the region that don't have their own oil revenues and aren't filthy rich so that we do more than just maintain people. we need to create more employment there, more education there, more opportunity there. if we give that level of assistance to the jordanians and the lebanese, they've proved they can make the most of it. they'll actually do something with any extra aid we give them. >> germany says they're going to take 800,000 refugees. should the united states take a lot more than we're taking? >> we should take more. what we have to do and what the germans will do i think -- and they're used to this. for decades and decades, they had all the turks moving in and out, in and out. and they had to work through all that in eu membership issues. we need to satisfy the americ

a political dialogue begins in lebanon to address antigovernment protests. a new protest has been called this evening in beirut. queen elizabeth ii becomes britain' is longest-serving monarch, with 63 years on the throne, now edging out queen victoria. as promised, markus karlsson is back on set with another look at the day's business news. first, we are asking whether apple still has the "it factor." reporter: apple is unveiling a range of new products in san francisco at an event. the company has had enormous success, especially with the iphone, of course. sales in the second quarter spiked more than 30% in comparison to the same time last year. apple has grown into the world's most valuable company. but there are questions about whether it will be able to stay ahead of the pack. stock market performance the last two months has been lackluster, and that's why investors are watching today's events closely. our correspondent is standing by via skype from silicon valley. great to have you on. any surprises from this event in san francisco? does apple still ha

. >> reporter: but lebanon, 25% of the population of lebanon are syrian refugees, jordan, turkey, egyptmean they are taking their share. >> they are absolutely. but the uae isn't, qatar isn't, saudi arabia, kuwait, they haven't taken a single refugee. the united kingdom has promised $900 million. there is another $100 million coming. why are the arab states not stepping up. culturally, ethically, this is their problem. the interference if you take the situation in syria, you have the factions fighting, the arab spring. and in this place they talk about getting people around the table. there has been a 1400 year's world. how do they think they can get around the table and sort this out? we can't. and that's why the arab league and the nations have to step up and take responsibility. >> reporter: but we heard from marine le pen saying, in fact acknowledging that france and other european countries, other nato countries have a big responsibility to pay baring in mind their action in libya, and maybe their inaction in syria, so is it not a european responsibility? >> what we said today, and

aid we are spending in lebanon.t has been an important opportunity above all to say a big thank you to the lebanese people for all they are doing to shoulder the burden of refugees reiterateria and to that we are doing all we can to support them and the syrian refugees in the years ahead. genie: now to turkey were a controversial curfew has been lifted in a kurdish town 12 hours after it was put back into place. turkish authorities lifted the curfew after briefly re-imposing a following a deadly nine-day military lockdown. we had a problem with that package from clare murphy. we will try to get it later in the broadcast. now to algeria, where the head of the military intelligence agency has been replaced. he was fired by the president after a power struggle that has gone on for years. the move is seen as a way of sidelining the spy achieves influence in politics. oliver:": he was -- the shadowy figure rarely appeared in public. view images of him exist. he was more than 25 years ahead of the powerful military intell

jamal is at a refugee camp in lebanon's beqaa valley. many syrians call the camp home. first, let's join hoda abdel-hamid at the border between greece and macedonia. many are waiting behind you at that crossing. many of them children. some of them unaccompanied miners. >> well, there are a lot of children among the refugees, i'd say the vast majority are travelling with parents, elder brothers, uncles or sisters. today the situation at this time seems a little calmer, in the spents that there are less refugees, that is not an indication that the flow is stopping in any shape or form. it's because it takes a long time to move the refugees from islands in to the mainland, and then usually when they reach it. they try to get a rest. and they have money sent from home. they make their way and continue their journey, there's a lot of children among the refugees. >> reporter: when boats land on greece's shores, children are crammed in the middle. some are a few months old. for the others, it's an experience that will mark them as much as the war. >> we were really frightened

valley in lebanon. what is the situation? >> we are at one of hundreds of makeshi makeshift camps scattered around the valley, where there's hundreds of thousands of children, aside from palestinian refugees. they have been here for decades, and do not have an education. there is a child here that i want to speak to. you can tell me, how old are you? >> i am 12 years old. in syria. did you go to school? >> yes. >> here in lebanon, do you have a school you go to? >> no. >> reporter: what do you want to be when you groi up? >> doctor. >> reporter: why do you want to be a doctor? this is a 12-year-old who told me he spoke english, he went to school in syria. >> i arrived him the last question, what he wants to be, he said a doctor, i said "why?", he said if his mother or father gets ill, he want to treat them. it's not only the education that is a problem. basic services. when you look around at the places, there's not proper sanitation, there's no clinics, and it's something that is it setting the foundat

power cuts can last up to 12 hours a day in some parts of lebanon. more and more have had enough of the political system, and the failure to provide them. back at the hunger strikers camps. yousef tries to keep their comrades entertained. he wraps, hoping to send a clear message >>> the leader of turkey's pro-kurdish people's democratic party says it's impossible to hold parliamentary elections due in november. he made the comments at the scene of constant fighting between security forces and p.k.k. rebels, since a ceasefire collapsed in july. the remarks followed a turkish nationalist attack. the crowd protest the against attacks on the security forces by the kurdish rebels. demonstrators accused the party of being the political wing of the p.k.k. rebels. the interior of the building was damaged. >> guatemala's former president will remain in gaol until his trial. he is facing charges of bribery and fraud. he re signed after months of protests. daniel schweimler reports. >> reporter: this judge gave an integs during his address that he thought there

lebanon, turkey, iraq, and egypt. but it is struggling to continue. those refugees are living on 50 cents a day. the executive director of the world food program and her role posted at the center of the crisis zone. she joins me now. thank you for being with me. >> thank you so much, poppy, for having me. >> you and i have spoken extensively in the past approximate this. can you take us into these camps and what these refugees are going through. i think it will help people understand more why they are fleeing and risking their lives. >> well, the reality of it is we have been feeding people who have been fleeing the conflict inside syria for over four years now. and inside lebanon, jordan, turkey, iraq, and egypt, there are over 4 million refugees who have been the host of those countries, or the guests of those countries for all of that time. >> yeah. >> and throughout that period we have provided them with food assistance. this year the contributions aren't coming in. at the level that's required. so what that means is it has forced us to reduce the

whereas lebanon 25% of lebanon's population is now refugees and he said very bluntly who are we in europe indeed he wagged his finger quite dramatically at those country rid dragging their feet and you had a warn to go those candidate countries who are saying entry to the european union saying if you are not going to, part of this upper european way, then you can forget your candidacy. >> reporter: yes. and he came up with some stats. he said there is a highly pragmatic factor that people are overlooking in eastern europe there is an aging population, population is getting older. people are not having as many children as before, who is going to pay for the tacks in the future for pay for the care for the elderly, for hospitals, who is going to pay for pensions. germany, for example, at least one think tank it germany has calculate ed in the next few years germany needs to attract about half a million new immigrants every year to keep the economy healthy. of course germany has already read the write on this wall and it's taking in 800,000 this year. and yes, as well that warn to go the cou

it's better than to stay in lebanon and die slowly. without study and nothing to do in lebanon, it's worthless to go there. it's worthless. >> reporter: have you got something to give to europe? >> yes, yes. if i study there, i am willing to give the europe back what they gave me. i give them back what they gave me. they give me shelter, give i them back my whole energy to their country. >> reporter: this is basmani in the city of ismir, the gateway the europe. it's a magnet for many nationalities. >> it's a meeting point for smugglers and refugees. all day, during the day or during the night, they are all coming together here and talking and reaching a price. >> reporter: the regional government estimates there are 70,000 asylum seekers in the region, but the professor reveals the number is really 400,000, half of whom want to come to europe. the figures dwarf those that europe is concentrating resettling. >> we are seeing i think one of the most tragic situations in history. at the moment three million people are in turkey, and at le

a sit in in lebanon's environment ministry.rom the you stink movement are demanding the minister's resignation over the country's ongoing garbage crisis. ukraine's president has paid tribute to soldiers killed in a grenade explosion outside parliament. three soldiers are now confirmed to have died. >>> politicians in australia say children seeking asylum should be removed fray prison on the island of nauru after allegations of negligent and abuse, al jazerra's andrew thomas has more. three years ago al jazerra filmed what would would become nauru's defense center as australia's army built it. but since detainees have been held at what has become in effect a prison, the media has bots not been allowed in. that secrecy is one thing the report in to conditions on nauru says should change. because there is secrecy, there can be abuse. the report detailed some of what is alleged, self harm by traumatized children. the sexual abuse of detainees by guards, evening water boarding. the credibility of the former guard making that accusat

after weeks of demonstrations people in lebanon are waiting for both the prime minister and the you stinkign to announce their next moves and in a moment we will go live to beirut and let's look at some of the big moments so far from the garbage revolution. [gunfire] [chanting] we want to show them they can demand for something new and demand for the rights as a citizen and living in a nation, the basic that you have in most nations agree. >> even a simple issue such as collecting garbage from the street which is supposed to come as a normal thing but any population on any government is becoming an issue of sectarian question. [chanting] one of the you stink organizers joins me live from beirut. great to have you with us. what is the next move? >> good evening. well yesterday we went to the ministry of environment and we had made an establishment yesterday by keeping the minister in the ministry eight years in iraq and for eight times in a row this is achievement by itself. what we plan to do is we called for demonstrations in all regions of lebanon to take place and also calling to parti

. >>> more protests against the government in lebanon as demonstrators occupy the environment ministry> pinch like this, slip it under my collar. >> police lo officers in los angeles are given body cameras in an effort to build trust. >>> a gambian rapper going viral in senegal. >>> and in sports, it's all too easy for five-time champion roger federer at the u.s. open. federer off to a winning start in new york. he could become the oldest title winner in close to 50 years. ♪ ♪ >>> the main railway station in budapest has been closed to stop refugees from travel to go austria and germany. hungary's foreign minister says those found to be what he called economic migrants will be sent back to the country they arrived from. hundreds of people are there, and are demanding that police let them board trains so that they can leave hungary. security forces have been blocking the entrance to the station. this is the number of refugees trying to reach the european union don't surge, the italian navy has rescued 200 refugees in two separate operations in the mediterranean sea, at least four people

scattered across lebanon.as the third-highest number of refugees in the world. in fact it also has the highest number of refugees per capita. these aren't only the huge influx of syrians, but also there are thousands of palestinians who have been here for decades. the children during a school day aren't at school, instead they roam around the camps, because there aren't enough educational institutions or enough support services to provide an education. in fact some of them are forced to work at a very young age. this child here is one of those. he works from 4:00 in the morning until midday, and at the end of it, he gets roughly around 5 usd or 4 usd, that is a 12-year-old child who was telling me when he was back home in syria, he went to school, and he learned english there, but obviously for three years now he has been stuck here and he is unable not only to pursue his education, but he is forced to work. it is important to note at least he is at least working. there are hundreds who are forced to work on t

lebanon, andia, yemen.in the next 10-15 years, the primary objective of foreign policy should be stabilizing the regime. thatshould be a country produces security. their argument is we cannot be an island of security and be dismissive of the insecurity around us. that is the official view. that is the dominant view in iran. alternative view, which recently, gained popularity. in the think tanks, among those at the university, they argue that iran is already outstretched. we do not have any more sources to give out. we are the primary source infighting. there are many militia in iraq. that is not our fight. basically. , why wouldargue that we make ourselves the target? they have not yet attacked. it is not because they are not capable of doing so, but it is because they have not made a decision to do so. in other words, they can easily invade into our territory. why do we have to do that? the argument is, our engagement should be minimal. in the coastal area, and i run, basically, in syria. sunnis are really

. >> riot police in lebanon removed demonstrators from the environment building in beirut. they have been staging a 3-day sit in. demanding a resignation over garbage piling on the streets. it has expand the. the government reports from the capital. >> hours before the deadline, activists occupied the environment ministery in downtown beirut. calling for the minister to resign. for weeks now, people have been protesting the government. angered. it is an inability to deal with a rubbish crisis leaving the streets filthier than ever. activists escalated acts of civil disobedience. the stand off lasting more than nine hours. throughout that time, the ministry themselves is holed up in the office. >> skirmishes began to take place halfway through, security beating protesters after they sealed off entrances to the buildings. then before the sun sets. they began to remove the activists from inside the ministry. >> at least three people were carried away on stretchers. >> this 15-year-old activist described how riot police - before they kicked him up. he told me despite being deta