points, western europe is one of them. weather -- that was an issue -- but also be had a falling market and the u.k. the u.k. was seeing 6% decline in volume. asare seeing market decline, well as issues in the nordic region, where they had flat volume. the market once again is feeling the pressure. france, poland were bright spots, but they were hurt. but russia -- russia is where we want to focus. this is a market that keeps on doing dismal. overalleeing russia helping the bond earlier this year. we saw the russian currencies stage a bit of a comeback, but it suddenly declined at 10%, the worst since december. slump comes during carlsberg's usual summer sale. it is hurting imports and carlsberg is seeing regulation as well -- they are trying to camp down -- to clamp down on booze and russia and that will be hurting them. they are trying to act, closing to breweries in trying to limit supply. but when you get it in ukraine and -- when you get hit in ukraine and russia -- i or to show you a chart to show you how much carlsb

hundreds of people seeking a better life blocked by officials from entering western europe. >>> sparked by piles of garbage protests fill the streets of beirut once again. >>> and journalists from al jazeera vow to clear their names. >>> i'm george howell in atlanta. this is cnn "newsroom." ♪ ♪ >>> good day to you and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we start the show this hour with the migrant crisis in europe, three children near death in austria, they are now recovering in a hospital after being discovered in a packed van. police found 23 other migrants inside when they intercepted that van near the german border on friday. the driver was arrested. meanwhile, four suspected smugglers are being detained for a month in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants. their bodies were found in a truck on thursday. the hope of many on the trek through hungary is to get to austria and then on to western europe but hundreds of people are finding themselves trapped in limbo at a train station and to budapest we go. you have spent the past few days really fol

now, western europe is not uniformly affected by this fa phenomenon. the biggest countries are not providing the largest contingent of foreign terrorist fighters. now, it is true that those european countries having the largest proportion of muslims with respect to the total amount of population are those more affected. i was recently visiting bulgaria and cypress for this particular member, two european member-states where you have largest proportion of muslims with respect to the total population. you have cases, transit cases of radicalization, perhaps bulgaria and -- turkish population lives but those communities are centuries-old communities, centuries-old community. we don't have a problem with those. where is it that we have a problem? we have a problem mainly in belgium, france, germany, the netherlands, u.k. you might also add norway, sweden. so what, i didn't mention italy. i didn't mention spain. big countries but not with large continuing gets. so what about those countries i just mentioned besides spain and italy? what is it that they have

growing number of people trying to reach western europe. people have been boarding trains in hungary. in the hope of arriving at munich vie vienna in austria. word is that those from syria were made to continual on in a connecting train while everyone else was asked to wait in a different part of the station. >>> authorities stopped several trains packed with refugees. andrew simmons followed the journey of hundreds of people as they went from budapest to western europe. >> reporter: yet another queue for wary refugees, yet, this is a break through, hundreds allowed to board trains for germany. this is happening a few hours after the hungarian government told al jazeera there could be no travel across eu borders but visas. none of these have visas yet they are crammed board a train and about to leave. yet there's confusion and delays for several hours, it's because the austrian railway was not happy with the overcrowded conditions and wanted to transfer passengers to other trains. this man talks about his elation after one month of travelin

as an's have been transiting macedonia heading for western europe. international terrorists were probably not behind the bangkok bombing is the verdict of authorities in thailand as the investigation moves forward. at least 10 people were involved in the attack as they describe as carefully planned. one person turn himself in but was later released after questioning. reporter: circled in red, the images show the suspected bomber's progress through the streets of bangkok. he has nothing on his back which success -- suggests he made his getaway after placing the bomb. police have offered a reward for the vehicle driver if he comes forward. the military government made the announcement they thought it was unlikely the bombers were international terrorists. they also said they did not think chinese people were being directly targeted. the shrine is popular with chinese visitors. they say anything was possible when it came to which group was responsible for the bangkok attack. it could be many issues. political and missed groups are all responsible. i hav

their goal is to reach western europe.astor varga does what he can, but it's a drop in the bucket. and once the fence goes up, things will grow even more difficult here. >> it's like a dam. what happens when there's too much water? it finds a way over the dam, and breaks through it, if there's no other way. that's what will happen with the flow of refugees. they'll break through the dam at its weakest point. europe isn't taking this seriously enough. they need to step in. reporter fences are a less than : ideal solution to the problem. once the fence here is complete, the migrants will just head for nearby romania to make the crossing into hungary. then they'll be in the schengen area, with open borders to western europe. for the migrants, no risk is too great to escape war and poverty at home. damien: now to our special series in which we profile europeans who live by the sea. and this week we're off to the far north -- to the arctic -- where according to some, a new, quite literally "cold" war is brewing. the consensus i

ukraine are very much like the political arguments and tensions between the united states and western europe once you have the series of strikes in poland and the possibility that the soviets might go in as they had done in hungry and czechoslovakia. number ofhave been a people at the conference that look at this issue in a way that will be helpful. in this book you describe the scene with gorbachev and reagan. what about the personal interaction between these two men? what was it like? james graham wilson: it certainly evolved, i would say. the first encounter, was, perhaps, i do not think it was as warm as it then became. there was a moment when gorbachev made a joke about reagan having been in a bunch of b movies. redange took great umbrage and tried to say i was in some good ones, too. there is this moment when they encounter each other and you see gorbachev getting out of the reagan, bundled up, and bounding down the stairs. encounter, which gorbachevtch on tv, said, i hope you do not catch cold. reagan had outrun his interpreter so he had no idea what he was hearing. .e just stood ther

as an's have been transiting macedonia heading for western europe. international terrorists were probably not behind the bangkok bombing is the verdict of authorities in thailand as the investigation moves forward. at least 10 people were involved in the attack as they describe as carefully planned. one person turn himself in but was later released after questioning. reporter: circled in red, the images show the suspected bomber's progress through the streets of bangkok. he has nothing on his back which success -- suggests he made his getaway after placing the bomb. police have offered a reward for the vehicle driver if he comes forward. the military government made the announcement they thought it was unlikely the bombers were international terrorists. they also said they did not think chinese people were being directly targeted. the shrine is popular with chinese visitors. they say anything was possible when it came to which group was responsible for the bangkok attack. it could be many issues. political and missed groups are all responsible. i hav

now, western europe is not uniformly affected.he biggest countries are not providing contingent of foreign fighters, nor it is true that those european countries having a larger proportions of muslim muslims. two european member states where you have the largest proportion of muslims with respect to population. turkish population. those communities -- we don't have a problem with those. where is it that we have a problem? we have a problem mainly in germany, netherlands u.k., finland. so -- i didn't mention italy, i didn't mention spain. big countries. large contingents. what is it that those countries i just mentioned outside of spain and italy? what is it that they have income of our interest for our analysis today? what those countries have in common different is that the vast majority of muslims in the country are second generations. in my country lorenzo's country of origin -- i would say milan but he's not fan of milan. i went to see this match and he was happy about milan losing the game. [laughs] >> sorry about that. this

reporter: every day, hundreds set out from thessaloniki in hopes of crossing the balkans to western europe. they're supposed to apply for asylum in greece, but that's an unattractive option. and the greek police also prefer to let them continue. ahmad shehabi heard about this back at home. he prepared online for his journey, so well that he can even help others. >> he wants to cross with us macedonian borders, and he want to -- he wants to go to germany. reporter: from the station at idomeni, near the border, it's about three hours on foot to macedonia. they're all afraid of encountering border police. macedonia is also trying to keep out asylum-seekers. >> there is police there. they didn't allow do that people to cross border. reporter: but this group is lucky. after about two hours, they cross the border. after a brief rest, they continue onward. their relief is visible. >> this is our location, we are now inside macedonia. this is the first step. reporter: but then they run into an unexpected problem. they don't know where to continue. >> do you speak english? reporter: the group is ge

their aim is to move on to western europe. but they face a race against time and against the hungarian authorities, where previously the border with syria passed on march the field. the government is building a four meter high fence. the first line of barbed wire is almost complete. more than 2000 special police officers are due to start guarding the fence. even now the journey is fraught with obstacles for those who try to attempt it. >> there is nothing, ok? >> but they don't want to stay in hungary. >> we want to go to germany or the united kingdom. but the police are everywhere. >> and contrast a hungary, germany has just relaxed its official policy on refugees. those from syria will not be sent back. but they still have a long road to get there. sarah: germany expects some 800,000 refugees to arrive at its borders this year. they are welcomed by the majority of germans, but in the fat -- in the past few days there have been violent demonstrations by a small minority in the country. angela merkel has called the recent spat

their aim is to move on to western europe. but they face a race against time and against the hungarian authorities, where previously the border with syria passed on march the field. the government is building a four meter high fence. the first line of barbed wire is almost complete. more than 2000 special police officers are due to start guarding the fence. even now the journey is fraught with obstacles for those who try to attempt it. >> there is nothing, ok? >> but they don't want to stay in hungary. >> we want to go to germany or the united kingdom. but the police are everywhere. >> and contrast a hungary, germany has just relaxed its official policy on refugees. those from syria will not be sent back. but they still have a long road to get there. sarah: germany expects some 800,000 refugees to arrive at its borders this year. they are welcomed by the majority of germans, but in the fat -- in the past few days there have been violent demonstrations by a small minority in the country. angela merkel has called the recent spat

also enjoyed very good weather last year in western europe.have not had any of those advantages this year. coming back to russia, it certainly is a sink of a problem for carlsberg, because they own a 36% market share in the country. beer has been declining 9% this year. has become a huge problem for russia. carlsberg. and the shares of carlsberg have been trading in tandem with the ruvell since january -- ruble since january. francine: when you look at the share price, they track russian gdp and they track the price of oil. ruble hass what the been doing. is it that carlsberg is struggling to beer? it they are not selling enough compared to last year? tom: the economic turmoil has been impacted by lower oil prices. also, they have raised the excise cuty. -- duty. the's made operations in country difficult for all the major brewers. carlsberg is more exposed to russia than the others. francine: major challenge for big brewers in general. that would lead to more m&a. assume sonk you would but traditionally we would have seen some of the major br

now western europe is not uniformly affected by this phenomena. the big ohs countries are not providing foreign fighters, nor it is true that those european countries having a larger proportion of muslims with respect to the total among population are more affected. two european member states where you have the largest proportion of muslims with respect to the toal -- total population. you have cases of radicalization. turkish population list -- we don't have a problem with those. where is it that we have a problem? we have a problem mainly in belgium, frank, germany, netherlands, u.k., finland. i didn't mention ialy. i -- italy. i didn't mention spain. big countries. so what is it that those countries i just mentioned, what is it that they have in common of interest for our analysis today? what those countries have in common and different from italy and spain, poland, you name it, the vast majority of muslims living in those countries are second and first generations. in my country in lor -- lor -- lorenzo's who are -- [laughs] >> he was happy ab

the idea being that germany is not fit to stand among the members of western europe. book calledis conquest and couture. there is something flawed within german culture that led them to anrt this war and engage in -- against the belgian civilian population. what is interesting about the first world war is that the print culture is so advance that even in putting together this exhibit, we were sort of swimming in sources. it is not the first time that propaganda is used, but it is certainly a very treasure trove of propaganda. a lot of this propaganda in this belgian cases aimed at trying to get americans to put pressure on the civilian government to join the war. so, america is neutral all the way until 1917. 1915e materials from 1914, are trying to show that america needs to fight because it is an unjust conflict. but there is a clear case of evil represented by germany. that needs to be stopped. re further damages done to the belgian and french civilian population. all of these cases are overstated. it is true that germany would commit reprisals against civilian pop

during most of the 19th century, the migration from europe is coming from northern and western europe. around the 1880's, that begins to shift. we see most of the migration coming from europe is coming from southern and eastern europe. you also begin to see a large-scale migration from certain countries, particularly china and japan but also in the philippines. migration is the first congress.ricted by congress passes the chinese exclusion act, first time prevents aliberately particular group from emigrating to the united states. it is not until 1943 that the chinese are allowed to imgrate again. 100 immigration floods, which is insignificant, i think you will agree. it is really not until the 1960 plus we begin to see the number f chinese who come to the u.s. >> whether or not the u.s. can learn from other countries or whether other countries learn from the u.s. about what we do with immigration, how would you respond? we tend to view the american experience as exceptional. see echoes of the american experience and american policy in other parts of the world. , there is greater natio

in western europe, there were tens of thousands, maybe even millions. and, yes, the american people supported reagan. he didn't drop from the polls. but in terms of deploy the missiles and standing help with the soviets, the american people should the stood by reagan the whole way. the election of 1982, it was a setback in the house, they picked up that incentive and i think in many ways, that was the beginning of the end of the domestic opposition to ronald reagan because you saw it melt away after that. '84 becomes the ultimate referend referendum. if he loses in '84, and the hallmark of his campaign is that foreign policy. he talked about the economy and putting people back to work. really with the hostages in iran and losing the cold war, that was up in the minds of many voters in 1980. if he loses in 1984, is that this should be history. but in '84, he went by a remarkable landslide. that becomes the referendum which proves that '80 was not a -- >> i would say while that was happening and making what i'm about to mention possible, there's the other

a reconfiguration whereby the locus of power shifts from western europe to north america. the story constitutes a neglected a crucial pivot in the history of capitalism. the newly independent united states committed to the free-trade war material. they equipped insurgent armies across the hemisphere. victorious movements swept aside barriers to international trade and foreign capital. the arms trade was the leading edge of capitalist transformation in the western hemisphere. over the next two and a half hours, i will try to convince you of that. [laughter] just kidding, 40 minutes. by doing three things. first, i will tell you how this dam functioned. second, i will tell you how it was demolished by a very improbable coalition of monarchists and republicans. then i will say why the haitian revolution would have never prevailed without the arms trade. let me begin with the dam itself. insurgents needed many kinds of war materials if they were going to overthrow european empire. they needed reams of cartridge paper, tons of lead, hundreds of grass cannons, tens of thousands

migrants try to cross the border, aiming to reach western europe through the balkans. migrants hasof been a very real news story in germany the past few days. just during the course of this past weekend. early on, i spoke to our correspondent in berlin. set to beeting was about ukraine. because of recent events in protestersti-asylum clashed with the police. there were neo-nazis amongst them. angela merkel said that it was discussed adding that the protest would go on in front of refugees that had gone through so much to be there. were others that were not worthy of germany as a country. president hollande said that the eu commission needed to do a lot more to put pressure on the countries to make sure that existing regulation was lamented. -- implemented. and that we need a common strategy to deal with this crisis. >> this weekend alone, thousands of migrants arrived in serbia. many of those who have come to serbia in the past few days have been women with babies and small children. catherine clifford tells us more. >> it is a early morning and this group of migrants

the sister cities around western europe artisans trained under a master or a decade. the state imposed demeaning regulations and quality tests and contracts from great emergence and large mercantile firms sustained the whole enterprise. nothing like this existed anywhere in the new world. nothing like it could be created from scratch in the middle of an independence war. gunpowder presented comparable problems, equally daunting problems, although of a different kind. during the 18th century gunpowder consisted roughly of 50% charcoal -- 15% charcoal. charcoal provided the fuel. although there were pieces of wood that were preferred, it could be found anywhere. sulfur came from okino's, but readily available international trading circuits. but the problem came with saltpeter. it was the magic oxidizer that superchargecd the explosion. --supercharged. the best saltpeter in the world came from india. everyone in the world agreed with that. what is astonishing is that india was also responsible for 70% of the global saltpeter production. the british gain control over almo

first during most of the 19th century, the migration from europe is coming from northern and western europe. around the 1880s, that begins to shift. and we see that most of the migration that's coming from europe is coming from southern and eastern europe. you also begin to see a large scale migration from certain asian countries, particularly china and japan, but also increasingly, the philippines. chinese migration is the first migration to be restricted by congress in the 1880s, they pass the chinese exclusion act. that's the first time that congress deliberately prevents a particular group from immigrating to the united states. and it's not until 1943 that chie naez a chinese are allowed to immigrate again. they are given a small number of slots, and it's really not until the 1960 that has you begin to see an up tick in the number of chinese immigrants who come to the u.s. >> you can take this either way, whether or not the u.s. can learn from other countries that have a high immigration rate or whether other countries learn from the u.s. about what we do with immigration. how would you

it's very strong in western europe, in australia, and also when you cross over to the atlanta there is strength over in the united states as well. this those that two-month snapshot, the #was quiet. there was a bump august 2nd when we thought there might an verdict, and then today a huge up swing in the end. that's talking about impressions, the number of times that the tash tag is seen on people's timeline and searches. it's up in the hundreds of millions there. and we have to thank you for all of that support you give us. be sure to remember that the people who are most effected by what happened. the family like mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed. this is mohamed fahmy's wife. she was caught outside of the court. the final tweet we've seen from baher mohammed, himself, who managed to get there before he was taken away to jail. keep shouting for us, my colleagues. i'm sorry, for now on we will not be able to keep in touch with you. we will keep shouting. that's what we will do for our colleague who is are in jail. this was posted in februar february 2014, a global day of action. that's wha

again, there have been cries for solutions to prevent such deaths for those trying to get to western europe. attempts to prevent from from coming under such desperate circumstances in the first place are not working. >> i think the condition is not to make more border checks. i think those two solutions to find legal ways to europe, because on the one side, you can protect the refugees and on the other side, it's the best -- >> austrian police say that a bulgarian hungarian trafficking ring was most likely responsible. >> based on the findings of the investigation work carried out by the burger land criminal investigation office, together with the hungarian authorities, the public prosecutor that i should arrest warrants of four people overnight. >> in spite of the danger, thousands of people keep coming every day. they embark on dangerous journeys, desperately searching for a better life. already, the number of refugees and migrants crossing the mediterranean to reach european soil have passed 300,000. they will keep coming while war and strife continue unabated. al jazeera. >> as you hear

austria has found itself a way past, once ahead to the rest of western europe. so what are leaders doing to try to deal with the situation? >> reporter: well, there seems to be a kind of mixed message. on the one hand as you mentioned earlier, australia ran police doing random checkaustrian polid some 200 refugees, in one instance, refugees were packed into a vehicle. the government's senior police official said it was just luck that the people didn't die in that situation. and what andrew simmons was talking about, trains have gone through vienna and essentially then waved on to munich and other parts of germany. there is this kind of dichotomy in the euft aren austrian respoy don't want any hideous response like the 71. but they are happy to go to where they want to go which is germany. >> sentiment that's echoed in pretty much all european countries now. rob reynolds, thanks for that. as rob was mentioning germany the chancellor angela merkel has been speak going the crisis and she's criticized how other countries have treated refugees. >> translator: we have

let's cut their europe in the 1950s, mid 1950s, western europe with northeast asia now. here are some sellers if you look we'll hard but there's major difference is too. europe at this time is coming out of two global wars, two major wars in its region are as satu mentioned, 500 years of war which adorn the continent apart and i just entered into a time where we feared another global war will occur in the cold war. we can talk about the division of korea being a vestige of the cold war but is not the cold war. it is not nuclear armageddon for the world. and to our historical issues that remain, but we are quite away from the tension of world war ii. something they secure the situation while there are problems is not like western europe in the 1950s. , western europe also come at the time was blessed with some leaders that were very committed to political integration. i don't see those leaders currently in northeast asia. and i mean really you are making your whole career out of doing political integration in the region. the nonproliferation concern about france and west g

around 20 million were living in western europe. that means 1.25%.nd yet i'm using the data provided by the previous institute earlier this year so they can be outdated but for you to get a reference now there are 40,000 individuals, nationals in western europe who made the trip or tried to make the trip from their countries to syria and iraq. that means on the one hand -- on the other hand that means europeans are at least 16 times overrepresented among foreign terrorist fighters. .. >> >> but from another type of jihadist. now if we have this in mind with the mobilization and second generation and at the same time, we pay attention to the remarkable diversity of socio-economic backgrounds among those who had been arrested in the european countries over the past year. with all sorts of socio-economic backgrounds. what difference is it to show the place that the muslim communities have. denmark is the same as the netherlands or belgium. even in the case of spain. we have university college. those who are businessmen or small business. it is and does

exercises shown as far as [inaudible] last time we were doing this in europe, our job was to protect western europe. one thing we want is the logistical challenges. eastern europe has a differing gauge railroad then western europe does, so moving supplies is more difficult. so we are learning lessons like ability to sustain ourselves over time and our interoperability and capabilities nato has and how to integrate those is another question. we are using a center that we have to do that and we have a large exercise going on with our partners to continue to work this problem. do you have any details about the helicopter crash that occurred in okinawa? gen. odierno: we are still waiting to find out what happened. i don't know yet exactly what happened. i was briefed on it this morning but the briefing was we had a helicopter crash and we are not quite sure what happened. we have investigators there taking a look at it. reporter: do you know what type of training was taking place? gen. odierno: training of special operations forces with several different nations. reporter: there were two japanese self-

the crowd that's here at the budapest station want to make it to western europe.g in these types of conditions, but they can't get on the train. those we spoke to who have tried bought train tickets, some managed to board, but then removed because they don't have a passport or visa, and they're not allowed to travel. something they can't comprehend. germany said they will host and take on hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers. here in hungary, they're prevented from leaving, why they're resorting to smugglers and criminal gangs who certainly don't have their best interest or their safety in mind. >> so arwa, do they have any gauge if they arrested four people how many others there might be trying to smuggle people and what are the charges for those four? >> reporter: well, at this stage we don't know if anyone else was directly involved in this particular smuggling and criminal ring. it does seem as if it spans across more than one country and they will presumably once they are charged and gone through the process be charged with human trafficking.

during most of the 19th century, the migration from europe is coming from northern and western europe. around the 1880's, that begins to shift. we see most of the migration coming from europe is coming from southern and eastern europe. you also begin to see a large-scale migration from certain asian countries, particularly china and japan but also in the philippines. chinese migration is the first to be restricted by congress. congress passes the chinese exclusion act, first time congress deliberately prevents a particular group from emigrating to the united states. it is not until 1943 that the chinese are allowed to immigrate again. china is given a tiny quota of 100 immigration slots which is , insignificant, i think you will agree. it is really not until the 1960 that we begin to see the number of chinese who come to the u.s. >> whether or not the u.s. can learn from other countries or whether other countries learn from the u.s. about what we do with immigration, how would you respond? how would you respond? maria: i think we tend to view the american experience as exceptional. bu

growing number of people trying to reach western europe, that station on the border of europe, very crowrde crowded and organi. >>> across the border to muniing ick, germany has considered it will grant asylum to all refugees. hungarian capital, andrew simmons is there. >> this is the latest train to arrive on the austria hungary border. people without visas have been allowed to carry on if such numbers. an extraordinary thing happening in budapest, thousands have been kept really tucked with nowhere to go. not allowed to get on trains. stuck living rough in the pavement outside the three main rail stations in the hungarian capital. but now we have a situation where the only thing delaying things here is how overcrowded these international trains have become with so many people on board. not just srnz. thersyrians, there's alsoiraqisd afghans as well. the hungarian government contacting the german government to clarify the status of syrian refugees, suggesting that germany will seven asylum applications from people fleeing the syrian war. whether or not there will be effectively a free-runn

hundreds sleep on the floor here at the station as they a means to move on to western europe. sought pest mayors that to dismantle the camps. allocated have showers and toilets but basic coming from migration aid. their volunteers are overwhelmed. visit one parliamentary described completely unacceptable conditions. talking about mobility and now of course it is gatherianed government is hostile to put it refugees. >> after receiving a record migrants this month puppet -- put up a wire forensic with serb kwrafrplt but they have not let way. stand in their police said over 3,000 crossed saturday alone. strategy a s other bill to toughen the asylum to ess that was submitted parliament friday. t with limit the refugees' ability to move and give the to hold them wer back. here were also harsh words for hungary. >> european authorities have a and stern discussion. reserve answered back. >> the latest from interviewed performance. at the eastern railway station reportedly being allowed on to trains bound for vienna and germany. they have been trying to buy tickets at the internation

the country had been struggling to cope with refugees trying to cross into western europe. >> it's difficult. it's like everest. it's difficult to see anything. it's difficult to stay there and no future for my children, and i lost my job. i lost everything. i'm engineering. my wife is a teacher, no income, no everything. >> i saw actually one camp which is roughly one kilometer behind me, which is guarded by the police, but i haven't seen any barbed wire. i haven't seen any tensions between roughly around 100 serbian police officers and border police, and several hundred migrants. what is happening that those people are being gathered there at that location, and then being taken on foot to the location right behind me and as you can see, there is one u.n. agency bus and these buss taking and shipping these refugees and illegal migrants from this place to a town which is five kilometers north from here. i've seen a number of relatively happy faces among refugees and among migrants, because apparently, they are happy, because they cross another hurdle on their trip on their way towards the e.

dr viewers in western europe are preparing to deal with a temporary front. >> it looks like it will start in the morning hours, spreads to the north and west. it will start to affect more of the inland areas of the continent. you can see the line extending over the southern tip of the scanned favian presence la. so already we are seeing some of these rain and storms moving through those areas, now, further toward the south, we are going to see the clouds continuing to move to france and germany. we are going to see this spencefy into the possibility of strong storms t. reason why is we have high pressure further down to the south. that's driving in the warm air. as low pressure comes in with the cold air from the north and the west, that mixing is leading to instability and so we will see the storms really picking up from this particular setup. we are looking at the possibility of seeing strong winds, some large hail mixed in with this as the storms become very, very tall into the atmosphere. you can't rule out an isolated tornado and flash flooding as those showers dump all this rain int

the report from serbia on the march to western europe. but first, the greek island of lesbos. reporter: at the edge of europe, each new day offers the hope of a new beginning for people fleeing conflict and chasing opportunity. that makes reaching land in less posts not just a moment -- and leslesbos not just a moment to remember, but want to treasure. one to treasure. on aing a stretch of ocean dinghy was a risk for each of these families. the boats carry the young and the old. ter the initial euphoria, it is hard not to notice the mixture of emotions. the second one succeeds to come to this. reporter: that will show you really want to get to europe. >> yes. friend!g to germany, my reporter: it is still a difficult journey ahead. but this is a time to give thanks, even if they are still searching for a home. one step closer to a new life. tracks from serbia to hungary. every day, thousands are on the move. >> if i go that is good for me. reporter: is that we want to go, england? >> yeah, i like this country. reporter: difficult for his brothers and nephews to it is hoped that

or western europe or china at this point.mily: all right, former apple there.n scully lulu chen will be sticking with me. adam, we will watch your reports for tidbits. speaking of apple, ceo tim cook's goal for apple pay is to reach 1.5 million u.s. locations by the end of the year. today apple pay teamed up with pay anywhere -- payanywhere to reach that goal. here is the ceo. >> we are the only company in the united states that allows buyers to pay with apple pay. so as a business owner, if you want to accept apple pay on your iphone or ipad, your only choice today is payanywhere. emily: the card reader will be available exclusively in apple stores starting next week. now to a story we are watching -- amazons -- amazon's fire phone never caught on with consumers. now the e-commerce giant is dismissing dozens of engineers who worked on the device according to "the wall street journal." the exact number of cuts is unknown. amazon is not commenting on this report. coming up, it is the 10-year anniversary of hurricane katrina. t

are hoping they are going to cross the border with macedonia, and continue their journey to the western europet people are coming on and coming on over time. for example, for tomorrow, from the island, is coming -- it is announced -- to -- a ferry boat is expected to come to athens with more than 2,500 refugees. eventually those people will come here at the boarder and we'll have same problem again, and situation will not get any better socially? >> crisis on the border. thank you. >>> and a ship carrying refugees fleeing the violence in syria has just docked in greece. there were hundreds of migrants on board. they have been streaming off of the ship over the past several minutes. the vessel picked them up from several islands near the turkish coast. >>> the united states has asked australia to launch air strikes on isil fighters in syria. australia has so far been against any such action, saying it cannot happen without the permission of a legitimate syrian government or a united nations security council resolution. tony abbott says his government has not decided yet on the u.s. request. but

western europe, we still have the rain showers across much of the british isles will be unsettled over the next several days. i leave you with your extended outlook. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for staying with us. >> hello and welcome to "global 3000." at what point does development aid begin to do more harm than good? join us as we tackle this topic and much more. here's a look at what's coming up on today's program. poverty as business -- a critical look at kenya's aid industry. thirsty neighbors -- honduras and el salvador share the same shrinking river. and off the streets and into the kitchen -- a fresh start for homeless children in cambodia. international aid is big busine

odierno: the last time were doing this in europe, i remind everyone that our job was to protect western europe one of the things we learned as the logistical challenges that we have, for example, eastern europe has a different gauge railroad that western europe does. so moving supplies is more difficult. we are great lessons like that. our ability to sustain ourselves over time, our interoperability and the capabilities the nato now has, and how we have to better integrate those is another lesson. we are using our readiness center that we have to do that. we have a large exercise going on there right now with our partners to continue to work this problem. we will do two more. >> other details about the helicopter crash that occurred in okinawa? gen. odierno: we are still waiting to find out what happened. i don't know yet exactly what happened. i was briefed on it this morning, but the briefing was we had a helicopter crash, and we're not quite sure what happened yet. we have investigators are taking a look at that. >> is there was training taking place? gen. odierno:gen. odierno: the training

western europe faces a threat from isis. this is going to require american leadership to stop isis, whether we like to talk about it or not. >> mr. trump is not only critical of the obama administration but also saudi arabia. he says they make $1 billion a day and we get nothing and take a look at this. i mean, they have 227,000 troops, 600 tanks, 313 fighter jets. the defense spending, number three. the u.s. is at 581 billion and china 129 billion and saudi arabia, they are the number three at 88.8 billion, ahead of putin's russia. that's unbelievable. why won't they step up and join this fight against the isis threat that's in their backyard? >> well, let's not forget they bought a lot of that weaponry from us, and thank goodness for that. i think they are reluctant to do more against isis because they don't know what position the united states is going to take. they don't know what their risk might be. that's not to excuse them. it's to say that in the absence of american leadership, whether in the middle east or eastern

al jazeera's andrew simmons as they attempt the next leg of the journey into western europe. >> families walking in the sweltering midday heat. most have run out of water, but they still have the will to carry on. they're so exhausted that some don't even realize the white post they're passing mark the board between syria and hungary. the break in the fence is their entrance into the european union. it's hard to take in the fact that these people have walked more than 15 kilometers in this searing heat. another stage in this long journey, and even though now they're crossing into the european union, the problems aren't over. these people are like hundreds of others have not tried to run away from the hungarian border police. they're rounded up and taken to registration camps, women and children get priority. and the bus leaves behind people who are frustrated and unsure of what happens next. this man is from damascus in syria. he made two attempts to cross from turkey to greece by sea. on the first he was arrested and detained. on the second he was rescued by the greek coast guard. >> th

many crossed into serbia to board trains and buses carrying them north into western europe. three american civilian contractors are among the 12 people killed by a suicide bombing in the afghanistan capital of kabul. the attacker rammed his vehicle into a nato convoy outside a downtown hospital during rush hour yesterday. the contractors, from dyncorp, drove military trucks. more than 60 civilians were wounded in the bombing. the taliban denied it was responsible. but no group has claimed responsibility. the british embassy in iran is open for the first time in four years. britain's foreign secretary philip hammond attended the flag-raising ceremony today in tehran. the embassy had been closed since november 2011, when iranian demonstrators stormed the building to protest international economic sanctions. the reopening comes after britain, the u.s., and other major powers agreed to lift sanctions if iran curbs its nuclear program. a similar ceremony took place at the iranian embassy in london. south korea is warning north korea has doubled its artillery strength along their

a new trail of tears from the war zones in the middle east to western europe. if they can make it. for abdur rahman, the day began across from a park in belgrade, packed with fellow syrians. then one bus after another battling other syrians to get on. >> please stand in line. >> reporter: determined, abdur rahman always managed to find a seat. it's a huge responsibility. i'm my family's only hope, he says. his home in aleppo was destroyed in the war. he hasn't been to school in four years and plans to settle in germany and then bring his family. but he's spent nearly all their savings already and doesn't have much left. i walked 30 miles or more one day, he says, so i wouldn't have to pay $30 for a taxi. but he says he has to make it. one of thousands of teenagers and children traveling in difficult conditions for an uncertain future. this is a mass exodus. leaderless and spontaneous as syrians appear to have decided collectively there's no hope back home and to hit the road. richard engel, nbc news, along the serbian border. >>> closer to home tonight, erika has weakened into a tr

on a journey to western europe. waiting in groups, some will try to smuggle through.over to the hungarian authorities. through one of the few openings in the fence. this was not a demarcated border. now a razor wire snakes its way throughout. this is to curb the flow of refugees, making it harder to evade capture, something many dread. worried it will hinder their asylum in western europe and mistreatment by the hungarians that they have been warned about. something many end up experiencing firsthand. waiting for hours under the beating sun with little water, no shelter, and no translator that we saw to tell them what's going on. eventually they are bussed here to the processing center which takes a couple days and is hardly set up to accommodate the numbers coming through. on wednesday, some of the refugees refused to be fingerprinted and were tear gassed by the hungarian police when a scuffle break out and according to the refugees, beaten. out the window at the bus station, these refugees were there that day say, the four days under the rain in macedonia was more b

they have seen a rise in the number of people trying to cross its territory on their way to western europe. many of them are refugees pleaing wars in the middle east and africa. we have reporters covering the story. in a moment we'll speak to andrew simons. but first, on the greek border town, jonah, people have been finally able to get through after days of being stranded there on the greek side. but the journey continues for many more as they continue to come in. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. i'm standing along side the railway tracks at this border point railway, a railway line that is working. we have seen freight trains moving from greece into macedonia. the blockade they put in place with razor wire has been eased substantial this. they are allowing groups of people through in an ordinarily fashion to follow the railway line as they have done for months on foot to the railway station. and all the while people keep arriving here and they will continue to do so. they are being ferried in daily shuttle runs from the southern islands of greece. people arrive just this morning and

and again there have been cries for solutions to prevent such deaths for those trying to get to western europetempts to prevent them from coming in the first place are not working. >> i think the solution is not to make more -- more border checks. i think the best solution is to find legal ways to europe, because on the one side you can't protect the refugee, and on the other side, it is the best [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: austrian police say a bulgarian hungarian trafficking ring was most likely responsible. >> translator: based on the findings of the work carried out by the criminal investigation office, together with hungarian authorities, the public prosecutor issued european arrest warrens for four people overnight. >> reporter: in spite of the danger, thousands keep coming every day. they embark on dangerous journeys, desperate searching for a better life. the number of refugees crossing the mediterranean to reach european soil already have passed 300,000, and they will keep coming while war and strife continue unabated. >>> well, the u.n. refugee agency says that more than 300,000 peop