that means that slovenia were being asked to reduce the numbers being sent on to austria, and slovenia imposed a limit of 2500 people that they would take in. then what they accuse croatia of doing is busting unofficial, you know, impromptu agreement by sending these additional refugees to the slovenian border and creating a no man's land where people were left in the open. it was simply not an option to leave them in that way. so slovenia had to take them in. their hands were forced. the figure we have, far in transthe 2500, some 5,000 refugees arrived on monday and 1200 were on their way. i need to iron out those figures. the 400 behind may be part of that 1200, but you're looking in ex-possess of 6,000 refugees arriving on monday when the slovenians hoped to limit it to 2500. >> difficult which ever way you look at it, paul. thank you. paul brennan there. >> at least eight people have been killed in an explosion near the lebanese border with syria. it was on the outside skirts of a townhousing thousands of syrian refugees. it's been reported that the continues was an attack by the l

slovenia slovenia which trying e number of refugees, and u.n. refugee agency warned that more than 10,000 people most of them syrian are trapped in serbia. helping to maim their way eventually to germany, emma hayward records. >> against the driving rain and cold they waited and waited with little or no protection against the elements. some had been here all night, heaping to croshoping to cross r between serbia and croatia. >> we don't have any more rain coats, as you can see, children of ten days old, hypotherm yah . the cn conditions speak for themselves. >> hungary's decision to seal its borders means refugees having to find new routes and countries quarreling how many people they can cope with, passing through their borders each day. in no man's land between croatia and slovenia, many were left out in the cold, struggling to understand why they weren't allowed to move forward. >> these people here want to cross this area to another place. they don't want to stay in slovenia one moment. they want to cross only, don't want money, don't want f

slovenia sends riot teams to control its border. thousands of refugees continue to arriving. the government says it can't cope. britain pulls out all the stops for china's president, but now it's time to get down to business. all of that plus... [ ♪ ] ..first note of fame. a 21-year-old wins the restage use fredrik chopin piano competition. >>> breaking news from russia - a kremlin spokesperson confirmed serious president bashar al-assad has met with vladimir putin in moscow. rory challands on the line in moscow. what do you have on this, rorie? >> well, this has come as a bolt from the blue, hasn't it. it was an unannounced visit from president bashar al-assad in moscow, tuesday evening. no one new about it before it happened. and, of course, we are only finding out about it now. i mean, as i was leaving work yesterday evening. i noticed that moscow traffic was pretty much on a lock down, and a presidential helicopter moved overhead. it didn't seem likely that the president was in the end helicopter. what did vladimir putin and bashar al-assad talk about. according to the kr

the motivation is that slovenia believes it's delusional to expect a country the size of slovenia with just 2 million people, to cope with the kind of influx over the past three days >> are we not seeing what we saw in hungary. what impact is this decision likely to have on if rest of the eu. >> they urged the europen union to share the burden. there was a summit meeting in brussels where they agreed to push through some of the smeller quinn drinks to rehouse and settle some thousands of refugees. but the flow continues. this is a very different situation here. the authorities simply do not have the cape capabilities to house them. >> in availing afghanistan says it's cam captured fighters. scombrine ne'er dmrasz is followal goments from kabul. what's the latest now? >> the fighting has going on. the taliban killed about 20 afghan and national police police. they thread the taliban and said they have captured those men. the president has advertise watched his -- province to the east saying that he is talking to security officials up in even will make a plan to play off this latest offe

slovenia is considering building fences to stop the flow. >> slovenia has had a restrained attitude of until this point. however, we cannot rule out the possibility of using physical barriers to secure border crossings. decision tongary's close the southern border has diverted migrants through slovenia as they tried to reach germany and other european countries. slovenia is accused of dumping the migrants and ignoring e surge. to allay th >> we send a message to slovenian police, asking for a place where they want to receive refugees. here toe 10,000 people be charted to slovenia. reporter: thousands are arriving by the hour. they are pleading for eu help. milliona country of 2 resolve what bigger member states have failed to do? anchor: in africa, violent clashes between protesters and security in the congo. our people were killed when police opened fire. the government denies any deaths. residents took the streets against the president's plan to seek another term in office. currently, he is not allowed to run again, but a referendum planned for sunday aims to change the constitution

hundreds of refugees are stuck at the croatia-slovenia border after slovenia put a limit on the number of people it could take in. men, women, and children are spending the night in the rain, with slovenia cruising croatia of creating a bottleneck of migrants. thousands are rallying in the german city of dresden supporting pegida, one year after the group was created. the group is against what he calls the islamization of the west. anti-pegida marches for also held. benjamin netanyahu once israelis against vigilante justice after the death of an eritrean man. police say an investigation is underway. let's look at the day's business news with kate moody, who has joined us on center will start by talking about climate change could we are half a month away from the landmark in negotiations in paris. a number of international institutions are pushing carbon pricing is the best way to fight global warming and reduce in-house gas emissions. kate: carbon pricing is pollute. paying to high-level panel is thrown its support behind a tactic. the leaders of chile, ethiopia, the world bank, and in

number understood to have come through slovenia in the past 24 hours. that is huge. that is a record number that this country has had to accept. so those 400 police officers will be a welcomed edition a addition as far as slovenia authorities are concerned. they will provide reception centers that can house 50,000 refugees, in other words, places that will provide protection for them from the weather epees given that the winter is pressing in. >>> the camp behind me is one of three on the slovenia-croatian border. it is not much of a camp, really. it is a sort of housing point where the numbers come on through, and then eventually when space is freed up further down the line they then get moved on. but what you get is the bottlenecks, and one of the places where they cross in to slovenia, they are kept in the meda meadow. the conditions were dire and volunteers are telling us that they're restricted from going in and providing them with warm food. one of them said that at 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. they were able to go in with hot soup and feed two train loads

thaqueues of refugees continue to funnel through slovenia through to austria. we have reports from the border. >> their progress has been hampered by bad weather and restrictions. from the refugee camp on slovenia side more than 2,000 men, women and children gave up waiting and came streaming down the hill towards the austrian vo front tear. >> we don't want anything. we want to complete our journey. >> austrian soldiers and police along a barrier using translators. the atmosphere was anything but calm. >> this group behind me has come walking down the street from the slovenian side and they're not registered on the austrian side and they're just trying to push their way through. clearly it's not going to succeed but the authorities are having great difficulty in maintaining order. the breaking point the arrival earlier on tuesday of hundreds more refugees to the slovenian border camp hosting two and a half thousand people. until then the camp had been orderly. there are many with donations providing food and clothes. >> these people hit my heart. i emptied my

slovenia.> reporter: more than 70,000 refugeesed crossed ceph sloughesloug slovenia. the final port of call. time for a recharge and a rest, but they still have a way to go. >> why don't they apply for asylum here? >> i don't know, but one worked said slovenia is a poor country. but that's what they want. we cannot stop them. >> ali from afghanistan knows where everyone wants to go. i don't know what happened to germany. i don't know germany accepts these people or not. >> that depends upon how long this open door policy continues. on the austrian side, this 24 hour operation takes refugees to towns across austria where many have germany on their minds. 11,000 turned up on bavaria's doorstep alone. the german region has threatened emergency measures: a worry for austria's authorities. >> if german reduces the stream of refugees come from austria, then we would be faced with a great challenge because people contin continue to stream in here from croatia to slovenia to austria. >> reporter: chann

many of them syrians, entered slovenia from croatia so on saturday.'s decision to seal the border on friday night has meant mean are many are trying to enter slovenia. since friday about a thousand people have made it to austria from slovenia. austria also struggling to deal with the backlog of people trying to make it further north to germany and sweden. there is now a risk that thousands of asylum seekers will be strand ed in croatia as the we want air preaches. >>> right wing parties have made big gains in switzerland's parliamentary elections. the anti-immigration swiss people's party is emerging as the largest immigration has been a major to him i can fo topic fo have expressed concern about the refugees. last year they limited the number of immigrants from the e.u. >>> a clean up now under way after tie few k.o. p.p. u. swept through and damaged homes and power players. at least three people have been killed and 60,000 people forced to leave their homes, winds are now weakening. it will be classified as a tropical storm by the end of the day. >>

. >>> and slovenia ss the eu inform help. as 12,000 refugees arrive in just 24 hours. >>> former u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has faced intense republican questioning in a marathon congressional hearing investigating her actions over attacks in bengha benghazi. u.s. ambassador and three others were killed in 2012. kimberly halkett reports. >> it is the second time hillary clinton has appeared before a congressional committee to answer questions what happened in 2012 in benghazi, libya when four americans died. but the head of the committee insists those questions were different. >> this was diverse in scope. >> i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done. >> reporter: this is the 9th investigation in more than 17 months. four and a half million have been spent but turned up few new details. democrats he charge the true motivation of the congressional committee is to destroy carolina's presidential ambitions. >> americans are squandering millio

austria says it will build a fence along its border with slovenia to stem the thousands traveling across the country to reach your. turkish police stormed the istanbul headquarters. the opposition claims the move is to silence them. also coming up, volkswagen begins to account for the image and scandal. -- for the in missions -- for the e-mail scandal. the daring escape of the pilots that spent decades behind bars. that was in the dominican republic. first our top stories. iran has said it will for the first time participate in international talks over syria. iran's response comes a day after washington declared itself ready to engage with its longtime book. mohammad javad zarif will join john kerry. -- russia's farm minister foreign minister. serrated -- surgeon like rough. there is what our correspondent had to say. >> with the united states -- it is really more involving saudi arabia. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry persuaded the saudi foreign minister that it would be beneficial for these talks, for iran to be included. because iran has very direct channels with president bash

today, slovenia is saying that soldiers is the only thing to do with the influx of migrants. what will the european union do? also on the show --make way for the winter. canadians have elected a new prime minister. justin trudeau promising a new start after a decade of conservative rule. will he keep his word? and a promise to clean up world soccer. big changes, but will they be enough to restore faith in a new game looking pretty ugly. i am brent goff. it's good to have you with us. the gates to europe under military guard tonight, slovenia issuing an sos to the european union saying it has no choice but to deploy soldiers to deal with the influx of refugees and the map helps tell the story of how bad things are becoming. both slovenia and croatia -- you see right here -- are bearing the brunt of unending mass migration. it is becoming more slim -- more severe given serbia's decision to open its borders to allow migrants to pass through to western europe. soldiers will police the borders of the government pleads with the european union for reinforcements. we begin where peop

they need to transfer them towards slovenia, but now the problem is that slovenia said it can only receive00 people per day. so it's clear that some problems could be expected. croatian interior minister said they are expecting a meeting in two days, that all policy directors from european countries which are faced with this refugee crisis are going to meet and they are expecting some decisions after that meeting. right now they just can receive and send all of these people constantly towards western europe. >> if i can get you to turn around, it appears that people are being plucked from the crowd, is that the case? what you are seeing? >> reporter: now police is trying to keep them here. because they need to go through a registration process. after that they are going further into the camp. i was there a couple of hours ago about they get registered, then they are given some food, hot drinks and other supplies, and medical assistance. there are two tents for these people. and many are actually ill because they were out for hours, and they were walking with -- some of them were walking in

paul brennan live from slovenia.nk you. >>> a rise in crime in the nation's capitol has officials scrambling for answer. some cities are reporting homicide rates that double last year's. some washington residents including a 13-year-old victim of gun violence, wants to make sure that d.c. does not again become the nation's murder capitol. the sound of sirens blaring. the sound of a city in crisis. officers racing to the scene of yet another violent crime. the most powerful city in america seems powerless to stop the killing terrorizing the community, destroying families. august 30th, this 36-year-old mother of seven came face-to-face with the violence. >> i hear gunshots, i'm thinking about six. >> reporter: her 13-year-old daughter was sitting on her neighbor's front step with two other kids when gunfire erupted. >> the man walked in front of us, and the car started shooting. >> reporter: i understand you laid down over the little girl to protect her. >> yeah. >> reporter: what was going through your head? >> i don'

up to 10,000 people were stranded in serbia hoping to cross croatia into slovenia. in the last few hours, the border opened, allowing many to face another bottleneck with slovenia facing a large on slot of arrivals from croatia. paul brennan reports. >> held up against the driving rain and biting cold they waited and waited with little or no protection against the elements. all hoping the cross the bother between serbia and croatia. >> onslaught of people who just come and come, we don't have the chance to treat, don't have any more rain coats, as you can see, people of ten days old, hypothermia, we don't have a blanket to give them. we need action. i mean this is -- the images speak for themselves. >> the balkan countries are in turmoil. hungary a's decision last week to seal the borders face new routes, that has resulted in croatia, serbia and slovenia coping with how many they can receive and how many their neighbors should receive. croatia has opened its borders with serbia, a decision which will ease the pressure but for how long? in no man's land between serbi

the new destination of choice, slovenia. many have found themselves stranded in croatia over recent days as slovenia limits daily intake to 2500 migrants. there was a five-hour delay before this train was given clearance to leave croatia for slovenia on sunday evening. those progressing further to the border with austria count themselves among the lucky ones. >> everything give to people. claire: croatia and slovenia say they will not stop migrants crossing their territory as long as austria also keeps its doors open. the anna has placed -- th queues's border are moving. genie: just elected the first female mayor of:. saturday. the neck that made her the most prominent victim yet in the growing backlash against the migrants. record ran as an independent but she is close to rolling ofistian democrat party chancellor angela merkel. to turkey where the prime minister says authorities have confirmed the identity of one of the ankara suicide bombers area close to 100 people were killed in that attack earlier this month. jasper mo

no giant from serbia to croatia, many have now arrived in slovenia. they will accept a few hundred refugee as day. >> croatia asks to process 500 migrants a day. and then austria said that they cannot accept 1500. >> observers says that limit means that people will be stuck in croatia. germany said it's expecting 1 million asylum seekers this year, but making it to these countries does not guarantee that these refugees will be able to start building their new lives. >> as europe speaks, turkey is dealing with record numbers of refugees. it says that they are not a concentration camp and they will not host asylum seekers permanently to appease the e.u. they spoke with angela merkel to does the refugee crisis. >> conditions for refuge refugees there, is healthcare, food, some schooling for children. there are 26 refugee camps for syrians in turkey. those camps have the capacity of 330,000. but there are only 274,000 syrian refugees who choose to stay in these camps. the rest perhaps as many as 2 million are living in the communities in turkey. they call

slovenia is overwhelmed by refugees. croatia open to the borders as well. demonstrations against those refugees in germany as the controversial movement celebrates its one-year anniversary in dresden. they want muslims out. and more bad news for world soccer. executors save able beginning best to getting allegations of bribery behind germany's winning bid for the 2006 world cup. welcome to the program. thousands of migrants trying to reach western and northern europe are stranded in the balkans with countries at the closing their borders or restricting the number of people allowed to enter. many are stuck at the border. the slovenian government says more than 5000 people have crossed the border today and it cannot cope with the numbers. croatia has opened its border. dozens of people trapped there are crossing now. >> there was optimism after croatia reopened its border with serbia. refugees continue their journeys to northern and western european countries. conditions at the u.n. refugee camp became desperate. >> doctors receive many medical cases. this is

. >> refugees have begun to arrive in slovenia. hungary shot its border. hundreds of thousands of people have fled to europe, mostly from syria and afghanistan. >> captured on camera and these refugee have been registered in slovenia which have found themselves the focus of thousands trying to reach northern europe. >> as you can see slovenia is prepared. as much as they can be. people are coming in. they're registered by the police before they're taken to accommodation centers. >> some say that slovenia won't be able to cope with the influx of people. >> it is important that we reinforce the police are army personnel who will be providing the logistical support with transport and surveillance in border areas. >> for now they are bussed straight to the border of austria on their way to germany, the country that many want to reach. hungary's government called the for the closing of its borders. observers say more persecutions could happen now that the hungary croatian border is shot. >> this could cause persecution. that's against the international law. >>

we have reports from the board of slovenia. >> more than 70,000 refugees have crossed slovenia in recent weeks. but fewer than 50 have applied for asylum there. that's slovenia's final port of call. time for a recharge and arrest, but they still have a way to go. >> why didn't they apply for asylum here? >> i don't know. but maybe they don't know what kind of country we have. >> ali from afghanistan knows where everyone wants to go. >> german. >> that depends on how long this open door policy continues. this 24 hour operation takes refugees to towns across austria, but many have german on their minds. 11,000 turned up on bavaria's door step on monday alone. they have threatened emergency measures. >> if german reduces the treatment of refugees coming from austria, then we would be faced with a great challenge because people continue to stream in here from croatia, slovenia and austria. >> thousands of people every day in use tree i can't is a huge logistical challenge, and if any country closes it's borders, then this humanitarian conveyer belt will come to a grinding halt. al jazeera, o

we have that report with slovenia. >> reporter: more than 70,000 refugees crossed slovenia in recent weeks. fewer than 50 plied for asylum there. at the final port of call in slovenia, time for a recharge and a rest. but they still have a way to go. >> reporter: why don't they apply for asylum here. >> i don't know. one woman said it's a poor country, maybe they don't know of the country we have. that's what we want, and we put them away. we can't help them >>> ali from afghanistan nose where everyone wants to go. >> i want to go to germany. i don't know what happened. germany - i don't know if they take these people or not. >> reporter: that depend how long this open-door policy seconds. on the austrian side 24 hours operation takes refugees to towns across austria, many have germany on their minds. 11,000 turned up on bavaria's doorstep on monday alone. the german region threatened emergency measures. a worry for austria's authorities. >> translation: if germany reduces the stream of refugees coming from austria we would be faced with a great challenge. people continue to stream in

>> and slovenia is troying -- trying to limit the number of people crossing. ban kim noon they need to help those fleeing war and persecution. we report now from slovenia. >> against the driving rain and in the biting cold, they waited and witted, with little or no protection against the elements all hoping to cross the board between serbia and croatia. >> it's onslaught. we don't have a chance to treat or the medicines to give out. we don't have any more rain coats. as you can see, people are -- children of 10 days old, hypothermia. we don't have' blanket to give them. we need action. i mean, this is -- i mean the images speak for themselves. >> the balkan countries are in turmoil. hungary's zig last -- decision last week to seal the border means the refugees have to find new routes and that results in countries quarreling about how many people they can cope with and how many people their neighbors can receive. croatia has opened the err -- border with serbia. no man's land between croatia and serbia, winter are almost here. >> they want to cross this area to

and bring them here, bought them here to help people because they are wet. >> slovenia, a country of 2 million people says it cannot cope as the numbers arriving from croatia outstrip the numbers allowed onward to austria. in direct response, slovenian police reinforced their capabilities. and brought riot police to patrol along the croatian boarder. austria denied restricting numbers. and police say they are protesting refugees as quickly as it allows. >> we want them to have aid, food, so that they can sleep somewhere in austria, and there's no limitation of the of the presence we get from slovenia. we need a correct - all the correct form. >> correct procedure. >> correct procedure to get them. this is the problem. >> the police don't lack compassion, but it seems the system cannot keep up with the reality. for this group the journey is almost over, they are boarding buses and will be taken into austria once they are getting closer >>> still to come on the program, al jazeera is in northern nigeria looking for the challenges in rebuilding after boko haram attacks. plus, britain pu

sl slovenia is plan to go ask the eu for more help.et's look at the philippines where the clean-up has begin. a lot typhoon made landfall and 26 people were killed and a million forced to leave their homes. wayne hay has this report. >> the storm is now off of the northern coast of the island of luzanne. but effects abore being felt in many areas in the form of heavy rain. it is becoming quieter, less intense but some areas still experiencing that rainfall. here, the rainfall was huge. in a 20-hour period, it received two monthlies months worth of rain. remarkably, though, it coped very well. there was some flooding but the water has now receded. while the effects of the storm are diminishing, the danger level is still there. the biggest danger at the moment is the threat of landslides. this is a very mountainous part of the country. because so much rain fell, there is still a danger we can seal some landslides occurring. the government is busy trying to get people who are in evacuation septembers not to rush back to their homes if the

meanwhile, slovenia's prime minister has called for closer coordination between e.u. member states on the refugee crisis. as many as 5,000 people have entered the tiny country since last saturday. we have this report. >> another thousand wary refugees. another ending ordeal. >> they make one thing clear. he's not here by choice. >> we're a afraid of militias. >> you can see on the ground this is a well-worn route, and these are just the latest refugees to arrive in slovenia, and the numbers keep on coming. >> that is a burden that they cannot bear. manpower, mutual agreement. slovenia police have released this video of croatian authorities leading refugees to an illegal border country. >> they've ask people to tell us where they will send these people they just take them to the board, sometimes not in very good condition. this is hard for us. >> the efficiency returns to the camp on friday. refugees were registered and transport made on for them to continue their journey towards the austrian border. there the system failed again. down came a fence. the controlled exod

slovenia has been struggling to cope with the thousands of people coming in. its penalty will act on his own if the e.u. can't solve the problem. in a minute, we'll get an update on the situation at the slovenia-croatia border where robin is standing by. first let's go to brussels and our correspondent there, david. a draft plan has been put on the table, david. >> that's right. this is an initiative essentially by the president of the european commission. he's got a 16-point action plan on the table, but has come out with an emotional statement today. he actually said that every day now counts with winter approaching. otherwise, it won't be long before we see people in the cold rivers of the balkans perishing miserably. pretty emotional statement, i must admit, from the european union. he's going to push through this action plan. he hopes all 16 points will be accepted by the 10 nations that are involved here, including, of course, germany and angela merkel. just to take a few of the headlines out of those 16 points, essentially as yods, 400 border guards wil

, from slovenia to austria, and austria to germany. with each border they cross, they are confronted with uncertainties, making a really precarious journey for refugees, not sure what kind of a welcome they are going to get and where they're going to end up. >> you talked about the provision of food water blankets shelter and buses. is it you get sense this is being laid on because they are being kind to these people or they want to get rid of them as quickly as possible? >> reporter: it's a mixture of the two. and can you see it from the way that these centers are staffed. behind me, there is a combination of workers from the unhcr, clearly, united nations high commission for refugees, the humanitarian side of the effort, their mission is quite clearly humanitarian. police officers tasked with security and making sure that the refugees who come across the border are processed that their names are taken that some details are taken and that the transit of these refugees on wards towards the austrian border takes a smooth process, take a

this will go before slovenia's parliament while the queues of refugees continue to funnel through slovenia, this time to austria. >> the progress has been hampered by bad weather and official restrictions. but on tuesday the pressure of numbers reached critical mass. from the refugee camp on the slovenia side more than 2,000 men, women and children gave up waiting and came streaming do you know the hill towards the austrian front tear. >> we tell them we want to go. we don't know--we don't want anything. just we want to go to complete our journey. >> austrian soldiers and police strung barrier across the road. they use use appealed for calm. there was anything but calm. >> they have come walking down the street from the slovenia side and they're in the registered on the austrian side. and they just tried to push their way through. it's not going to succeed but the authorities are having difficulty in maintaining order. >> the breaking points is the arrival earlier on tuesday of hundreds more refugees to the slovenian border camp hosting two and a half thousand of people. until then the cam

many people are telling us with regard not just to here but also the other camps in slovenia.ntually, if these countries can all agree on a coordination system, things will start moving. so that we don't have backlogs and the people like the refugees in this country are camp don't have to wait so long in the cold before they can move forward. they can't move forward until the next camp is cleared of its group of refugees. and the next camp that's closer to the austrian border they also are unable to take on the continuous flow without closer coordination between the countries involved in this transit from western balkans in to the european union. >>> the bodies of at least 14 people thought to be refugees have washed ashore in libya. the libyan red crescent team said they were found on bodies east of tripoli. estimated that two and a half thousand people have drowned trying to reach europe in the mediterranean sea so far this year. >>> two turkish fishermen who rescued an 18 month old syrian child and his family out at sea have visited the family videos from the men showed the

as you can see, slovenia is prepared as much as they could be. people are coming in, they are registered by the police. they are taken to the accommodation center. some expert centers. they won't be able to promote that. it is important that we reinforce the police with army personnel, who will provide logistical support with transport and surveillance in border areas. >> for now they are busked to the border with austria, the bit closer to the area where countries want to meet. >> hungary closed the border with croatia, calling it a reaction to e.u. leaders. they agreed a response. just a month ago, hungary shut its border with serbia. some entered the country in court. before being given expulsion orders. more prosecutions could happen. now the hungary-croatian border is shot. >> they are criminalizing people fleeing war and persecution. that is something not allowed under international law. you cannot penalize asylum seekers. >> in the last month almost 190,000 people passed through croatia. for now they are not stopping. the first train carry

in slovenia, they will deploy soldiers to the transit camps. the army has arrived, but the numbers involved are extremely small. we've counted no more than five soldiers here. and their role has been limited. they're helping to hand out food to the refugees along side the ngos and the police. so despite the vote in parliament, the larger contribution is still being worked out. >> the soldiers role right now is to watch over the refugees when they arrive here. if they see something out of place the soldiers must inform the nearest police officer because we are the ones in charge. the army is very busy today, and i'm grateful for that. >> many european leaders will convene on sunday to discuss the refugee emergency in the western balkans. images such as these will certainly focus their attention. paul brennan, al jazeera, slovenia. >> well, a number of refugees trying to reach europe has focused, thousands make the dangerous journey trying to reach ma lay i can' malaysia and thailand. >> shortly after setting from the island, the thai naval cruis

busloads of refugees arrived in slovenia. slovenia and croatia said they will not stop the flow of asylum seekers, so long as austria keeps their doors open. >> survivors of the earthquake was stuck in warehouses. they don't have fuel to dispute the supplies because of a blockade on the border offed india. time is running out to deliver the essential supplies. >> reporter: this village in nepal is three hours away in a private vehicle. for people here, it's a day-long journey. when the quake shook in april, no one died here. most of the homes were destroyed. food was always difficult to find in the village. things were worse. generations have endured hardships here. the earthquake is an added one. the house cracked. i suppose that's how chipped. we were given some tarpaulin sheets. we kept maize there. some general nated. some were rotten. we passed a cracked house for storage. >> reporter: without a functioning market there's nowhere to earn money. a few weeks ago they were told they'd get food directly. >> the people are he

our slovenia. >> reporter: 15,000 is the number understood to have come through slovenia in the last4 hours. that is a record number that this country has had to accept. so those 400 police officers will be a welcome addition for -- as far as the slovenian authorities are concerned. places to provide good protection for the refugees from the weather, especially given that the winter is pressing in here. this camp behind me is one of three on the slovenia croatia border. eventually when space is freed up further down the line, they get moved on. but what you get is these bottlenecks. and one of the places they are being kept in a meadow, and last night conditions there were dire, and volunteers were telling us they were being restricted with providing them with warm food. eventually at about 2:00 or 3:00 am they were able to feed two train loads of refugees. but four or five came through last night. >> joining me is the european union ambassador to the united states. welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> is the e.u. closer to a comprehensive formula, or is it still deeply divided?

. >> first refugees started arriving in slovenia after hungary closed its border with slovenia. victoria gatenby reports on what it means for asylum seekers. >> this is a village on the croatian hungarian border. in recent weeks, 8,000 refugees crossed from croatia into hungary. midnight local team security sealed off the area. refugees desperate to get to austria or germany face travelling, or being stranded in croatia where temperatures struggled to call. >> there'll be thousands of people bottled up in croatia, not knowing which way to take. i was in croatia a couple of weeks ago, and the humanitarian situation - disastrous. these were the last refugees to get into hungary on friday. before the crossing was closed. >> hungary's right wing government built a racer wire fence on the border as part of measures to stop people crossing into the territory. it was forced to seat belt the crossing point after n e.u. meeting failed to agree on tough rules to stop the flow of refugees into europe. >> this is not the best. only the second best solution. the best solution did not come ab

. >> in eastern europe, slovenia is limiting refugees it takes in from croatia. thousands waiting in a no man's land between slovenia and croatia >> most escaping war, trying to find refuge in europe. >> in many 10 days, we would have 35,000 migrants in slovenia, which is unacceptable for us approximate police fire shots in the air. officers tell them to wait behind barbed wire fences. >> just one thing, one thing, please. open the door, because we are dying here. if you have a heart, open the door! >> croatia says more than 200,000 people arrived from serbia in the last month. hungary and several other former communist states have already closed their borders. >> we are seeing that winter is here, and the numbers haven't gone down, so more desperate people on the move, the winter is going to add to their suffering. >> bundled up in plastic, tarps, blankets, they brave the cold. on foot, and in trains, they continue tackling one obstacle, one hurdle at a time. >> government there and the government there, no humanity. >> thousands have now arrived in slovenia. th

slovenia will be helped to cope with the flux of refugees. david chater reports from that summit in brussels. >> we will see families in the chilling regions of the balkans perish miserably. a 17 point action plan was approved first and foremost the delivery of humanitarian aid. sanctuary inside the european union. the summit also agreed to speed up the protesting and registration for genuine refugees, will no longer be waved on for the next country to deal with. slovenia's prime minister described the situation in his country as unbearable and had a staff warning to his counterparts. >> if we do not deliver some immediate and concrete actions on the ground, in the next few days and weeks, i do believe that european union and europe as a whole will start to falling partfallingapart. >> to restore the image of the eu as a beacon of humanitarian values and eliminate the use of any more razor wire in europe. >> translator: we have all signed the geneva convention and this does not live up to what we signed up to. >> the immediate shelter and hum

slovenia has provided army on the border. paul brennan reports. >> firefighters were swiftly on the scene but damage was already done. mrm provision hemergency provisw ruined. the refugees out in the open have been lighting small bonfires to stay warm. clear skies are better than soaking rain but the nights are significantly colder. >> we are very worried for the capacity really that the people are slowing going, and bottleneck will be problematic. but figure for a long waiting time and then the weather condition. if the weather is still good we can still try do our best providing blanket, providing some food, water. but if the cold weather is getting worse and worse we'll be very problematic. >> reporter: if conditions deteriorate and tensions rising, if the routes to western europe are increasingly restricted. desperation and exhaustion sometimes develop into scuffles between refugees. in slovenia the parliament has voted to deploy soldiers to reinforce police in the transit camps. the army has certainly arrived at the bord

slovenia has set a loyal number of refugees it will allow in from croatia. they are using it as annal attorney 2eu67 land route after surhungary shut its borders on friday. >>> at least 14 people are dead in the philippines. >>> syrian government force have his advanced in their offensive it retake parts after help owe with the backing of hezbollah and iranian fighters. state television reporting that a push to drive rebels out of some areas there has been successful. while in homs the u.k. based observe torre fo toreobservator. 40 of them died in a suicide bomb attack in rah mad on sunday. there are also reports that 100 isil fighters were killed by security forces in the battle for control of the province. >>> now, a survey carried out in iraq suggests around eight out of 10 women have suffered some form of sexual harass think. and an increasing number of professional women are experiencing harassment in public spaces. imtiaz tyab has more. >> reporter: she loves her job, he's been a television news report fore the past six years, it takes her all over bag

slovenia's prime minister described the situation in his country as unbearable. a stark warn to go his counterparts. >> if we do not deliver some immediate and concrete actions on the ground in the next few days and weeks, i do believe that the european union and europe as a whole will start to fall apart. >> reporter: that action is now underway. action that might begin to restore the image of the e.u. as a beacon of humanitarian values. and prevent the erection of anymore razor wire on the borders of europe. >> translator: we have all sig signed a convention on refugees and the -- what is happening does not correspond to the values which we signed up to. >> the immediate imperative is to provide shelter and insure refugees and migrants along the western balkans route are treat ed in a human manner. it cannot be that in the europe of 2015, people are left to fend for themselves, sleeping in fields, wading chest deep through rivers in freezing temperatures. >> reporter: fresh from the greek crisis angela america is now trying to guide the european union through a

the government of slovenia is asking for help from the eu. large crowds of migrants started flooding into the country as an alternative route into the eu since hungary closed off its border with croatia. hillary clinton is set for a real grilling from republicans this is a -- this thursday. she is up before the house select committee, investigating the attack on the compound in benghazi in 2012. that attack led to the death of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. hillary clinton as secretary of state facing allegations that she misled the public about what happened. let's get more from our chief foreign affairs editor, rob parsons. what are they going to focus on? rob: the key moments before, during, and after the attack. they want to focus on what responsibility, if any, hillary clinton, who was secretary of state at the time, had for the security in benghazi. why was there no response to the u.s. ambassador's call in libya for enhanced security? why was no decision taken to remove the consulate from benghazi when others were

. >> refugees arrive in slovenia after a major room was closed off. hundreds of thousands of people have fled to europe mostly from syria and afghanistan. >> captured on camera and caught up in europe's political postu posturing over immigration, these refugees have been registered in slovenia, which has been the focus of thousands who wish to reach europe. >> they should be prepared as much as they can be. people come in. they're registered by police before taken to accommodation centers. so far so good. >> some experts say is that slovenia, population of 2 million, won't be able to handle the influx of people. th >> it is important that we provide army personnel with transport and surveillance in border areas. >> for now they're bussed straight to the border of austria, that puts them closer to the country they really want to reach. hungary closed it's border to croatia saying there is a failure of e.u. leaders. hungary shut its border with serbia. observers say more persecutions could happen now that the hungary-croatian border is shot. >> they're

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slovenia's prime minister is frustrated. >> they send people to us in an uncontrolled way. they do not tell us where they will send those people. they just push them through border unexpectedly. sometimes they're not very good condition and this is very hard then for us. >> with the prime minister's visit efficiency returns to the camp on friday. transport laid on for them to continue their journey towards the austrian border. but there the system failed again. no more buses so down came a fence. the uncontrolled exodus continues. robert forester walker, al jazeera, slovenia. >> thursday's deadly school attack, two dead, two more jishedinjured, a racist terrorie attack. the sword wielding attacker wore a nazi helmet and a darth vader mask. the attacker died in the hospital after being shot by police. >>> at least 43 people were killed in southern france when a bus carrying a group of senior citizens crashed. it happened whether the bus collided with a truck when passing through a town. both vehicles burst into flames, the truck driver and his three-year-old son were among t

the crush led slovenia to dispatch the military to border the crossing. the leaders were asking the irur to send police officers. as paul brennan reports the struggle doesn't get any easier when they reach the northern border. their progress has been hampered by bad weather. the pressure of the numbers reached critical mass on the border. for the refugee camp. more than 2,000 men. women and children gave up waiting. >> we told them we want to go. we don't know, we don't want anything. we want to go, to complete our journey. >> austrian soldiers and police, stronger barriers across the road. it was anything but calm. as the pressure grows, this group came walking down the street. in an unofficial way they are not registered. you can see the authorities are having difficulty in maintaining order. the breaking point was hundreds of refugees, hosting 2.5,000 people. charities, n.g.o.s and local organizations combining. >> these people came to my heart. i empty the closet and took the children's stuff. and bring them here, brought them here to help people beca

so slovenia is realery struggling. more desperate people are on the move and the winter is going to add to their suffering. we need a mechanism where we're able to help them from one border to another. >> one of the founding goals of the eu was to build a common future. but it seems a long way off. >>> germany's leader is in turkey trying to stop the flow of refugees to the european union. in return she's offering help in its bid to join the eu. >> germany's chancellor is in istanbul asking for help to stem the flow of refugees who are coming to europe >> i think we've used this crisis to again achieve closer cooperation on many issues both between the european union and turkey and between germany and turkey. >> specifically, the eu wants to increase coast guard patrols and give syrian's work permits. both are difficult demands for turkey to fulfill. so 235r there's no commitment from turkey on either issue >> unfortunately they were left alone by the international community in terms of burden sharing. the issue of sha

slovenia's people will not tell us where they will send those people. they just push them through the border, unexpectedly. sometimes not very good condition and this is very hard then for us. >> when the pliements's visit officially returns to the camp on friday. transport laid on for them to continue their journey towards the australia ran border. no more buses so down came a fence. the uncontrolled exodus continues. robin forester walker, al jazeera, slovenia. >> well, friday's session of parliament was suspended after the opposition let off tear gas canisters. they want the cins to gak out of deals with serbia and montenegro. , chronic mall nutrition. david mercer reports from the guam's world. >> these guatemala children, their mother josefa says it's impossible to break the life of poverty. i wish we had the mine to buy the medicine outside of the hod, with it but we don't. it's very hard. >> a few measures down the road, here too the guatemalan government is absent. with the second round of votes coming on monday. how they will bring the change t