. >>> i'm charles stratford in ethiopia in a mine shaft and looking for a stone hoping to bring this country great wealth. ♪ european ministers have called for an emergency meeting on september the 14th to try to solve the region's growing refugee crisis, the blocks uncoordinated response so far has been described as incoherent. according to the u.n. 300,000 people arrived in europe this year and that number continues to climb and hundreds of refugees most syrian are continuing to line up for trains in macedonia, exhausted crowds slowly being allowed to board, train services run twice a day dropping people at the northern most border between macedonia and serbia. meanwhile greece is continuing to have ferries packed with refugees from the island for the mainland. they have come under fire for not processing people properly instead shepherding them to macedonia. hungry under fire for this fence that it is buildings along its southern border to try to stop refugees to making their way to northern europe and they criticized the fence saying it doesn't represent their values and hungry

. >> i am charles stratford. deep inside a mine shaft, hunting for a precious stone that is hoped could bring this country great wealth. >>> european union ministers will hold emergency talks in brussels next month on the e escalating refuge tee crisis. >> singing out hungary, building a fence along the border with serbia. rights groups say changes in the laws will encourage more people smuggling. andrew simmons has more from budapest. >> reporter: for now, this is home for people who left war zones looking for sanctuary. they can go no further. many weren't warned not to buy international rail tickets. police stopped them from boarding trains. this syrian mother spent the last of her savings on non-refundable tickets. now, she regrets not paying people smugglers instead. >> i feel angry. all countries helped us except hungary. macedonia let us cross. every day, we walked hours to reach the border and my feet became swollen. i have to carry my baby all the way. i am exhausted. >> she has little help. there are on

charles stratford has been talking to some of these people. >> reporter: we see more and more injured people in the camp these days. men, women, and even some children who left their homeland months if not years ago. most say they are determine life-threatening risk, so get through barbed wire fences and cling to the side of a train for a better life. most won't speak on camera. one of them says he injured his leg as he ran to leap on a train weeks ago. he describes what it life used to be like in darfur. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: he knows the risks he takes every night here in france. >> some people die, some of them broke their legs and sometimes, like they fall in the ground. >> reporter: it's difficult to know exactly how many people are trying to cross every night, or even make it to thor side but medics here say they are treating an increasing number of people for hand and leg injuries every day. we weren't allowed to film patients being treated. this french charity says doctors are treating around 40 people aday for injuries they get trying to break through the fence. >> every

charles stratford has the story. >> ahmed it's taken him four months to travel across western asia and europe. >> we want asylum deal in u.k. to make our life eas easily, tof the situation is good for example if the situation is better. so we are want to go back to our country. >> many of the people living in this camp seem to be genuine asylum seekers fleeing political persecution and conflict in their respective countries. they say the reason they want to be in the u.k. is they want to be in an english language speaking country, to get refugee status it's easier than in france. >> the u.k. needs to look closely who it wants to take for asylum. if they don't fill the bill send them back to wherever, i don't know, make the decisions. and france need to do the same thing. if today you decide to ask for asylum in france because you are tired of trying not succeeding to go to u.k, your first appointment to register your asylum request is in philosophy! >> there are many people here wanting a better life, better world here in u.k. they say it's easier to find work in the u.c. that be in fr

a massive seen forming off the gw parkway in stratford lake. news chopper 7 was over the scene moments ago. no word on the circumstances, but chris papst was there and we will have a live report any moment. meantime, the top story, tragedy on the air. a young repair and photographer gunned down during their live report. alison parker was 24 years old, adam ward 27. they worked at wdbj in roanoke, virginia. as journalists, the heartbreak strikes close to home. deny, we hear from their loved ones and we learn more about the man who took their lives. jay korff is digging into the suspect's past, richard reeve is talking to people who the victims, but we start with brad bell who has been covering the investigation from the start. agonizing day today. what can you tell us? these are the last moments before the brutal attack. isoutine interview about or a met smith mountain lake. we will not show you what happens next, the ambush isonting of reporter al parker and photographer adam ward on live tv. the interview subject, vicki gardner, was shot in th

. >> i'm charles stratford, a fight to save hundreds of years of christian churches >>> foreign ministers from the e.u. and balkan states are meeting in vienna with the current refugee crisis topping the agenda. set to discuss a unified number coming to europe. the e.u.'s asylum system is dysfunctional. barnaby phillips is live for us outside the meeting in vienna. what are you hearing from there? >> we've been listening to the austrian foreign minister and the german counterpart in the last half hour or so, and the message quite strongly from them is they feel that the european union needs to do more as a whole, that there are countries in the e.u., frankly, which are not picking up their fair share of quotas of refugees, not taking on board their responsibility, and what they are saying is these countries may not find themselves on the front line, but they could find themselves on the front line a few months hence, depending where flows of people head. there's a real sense that european solidarity is under great strain because of this migration crisis. in the came way that it's been und

charles stratford went there. >> the ethiopian high lands are often called the roof of africa. it is a beautiful landscape. a discovery in recent years has got precious gem experts around the world very excited. opals. and of exceptionally high quality. we meet a group of miners as they head back to their village. the work is very, very hard this man tells me. look at the blue in that! seto has been mining for two years. he and 12 other men work in this 40 meter long tunnel. the group earn up to $2500 a week for stones they find. sato has been digging here for about 20 minutes now and he's just hacked into a piece of rock and you can see here, this is the opal. and the guys who work this mine say that on a good week they can pull out around 50 kilos of these stones. there is nothing to support the roof of the tunnel. seto says the last time a miner was killed was three years ago. landslides happen when it rains. it is frightening when you're inside the tunnel. but i don't want to stop this work until i'm successful. >> reporter: the government has supplied the miners with basic

carlstadtcharlescharles stratford. al jazeera. >> searching for a mine that killed a soldier tuesday more. turkey continues it's aerial bombardment against pkk. to yemen, a spokesman of the popular resistence announce its fighter are now in full control of three provinces in yemen. the death toll has risen to 2,000. the fighting continues the u.n. refugee agency said that hundred thousand people have fled the country over the past four months and it has only a fifth of the funds that it needs to cope with the number of people leaving. israel has held a special session of parliament as it struggles to contain growing criticism that follows the killing of an 18-month-old palestinian boy and 16-year-old israeli girl in separate attacks. >> this session of parliament was called by israel's far right coalition government. the meeting described as a chance for mps to soul search following the killings of a teenager and a baby in separate attacks by jewish extremists. opposition critics were saying it was too little too late.

charles stratford, al jazeera, calais. >>> the corruption case against south african opposition leader has been thrown out of court. he already has a hate speech conviction and he was facing charges of racketeering fraud, corruption, and money laundering. >> the judge said i'm free and south africa should know from said that i'm free. and on thursday i will be in parliament summa will know us better because we are free. free to execute any responsibility given us to by our people. there are no allegations, none whatsoever. but i know, because we are dealing with dogs they are going to manufacture something new. they are free to do that. let them manufacture whatever you target against me they will never win in a neutral court of law. >>> our correspondent is where the trial was being held. >> reporter: free to go those were the words of the judge. certainly music to his ears. the left the court smiling after the matter was instruct off of the court role and that's because one of the coaccused in this trial was unavailable due to illness. the judge said he was presented with a number of

. >> i'm charles stratford. hunting for a precious stone that is hoped that will bring this country great wealth. >> you're watching the news hour on al jazeera. hello again. the top stories the hungarian government is defending its actions to strength it's border control to stem the flow of refugees. a government spokesman said that they need to insure that they're entering legally. fighting erupted outside of ukraine's parliament leaving several of the national guard injured. they were demonstrating over a draft law of a special status in the east. >>> chinese state media saying around 200 people have been punished for spreading rumors over the stock market crash. the report didn't specify the punishment but journalists stock market officials are among those targeted. >>> well, many of the people facing the reality of fingerprinter, border fences and reception centers are not economic migrants but refugees from war and conflict. we spoke to one man who fled his home in syria in hope of sanctuary in europe. >>

charles stratford is a prisoner meeting the conservationist facing a battle to replace the structures. >> reporter: it's the spiritual home for million of ethiopian orthodox christians around the world. the 11 churches were carved out of the mountainside. in the 12th century, during the reign of the prince king. the ancient places of worship, representing sites in jerusalem and places in the bible. the king built built them to pilgrims didn't have to risk the dangerous trek to the holy land. these churches are of immense archeological and historical importance. the places of pilgrimage for ethiopian christians around the world are literally crumbling away. the rock in this area is highly susceptibility to moisture. in this church men use a syringe to inject grout into cracks in a pillar. >> in terms of seismic activity, resilience, i mean, a slight earthquake would destroy the place. the fact is when you are dealing with natural strata in the terms of an historic building rather than a mine or a tunnel, there's little you can do. you can't line it with steel bars and concrete, you'll

let's go to charles stratford first. tell us about what they are saying about the situation there. >> reporter: i have just come from speaking to medics and they are telling us that they are seeing an increasing amount of injuries here an indication of just how desperate and determined people are here to try to cross those fences to cut through those barbed wire fences and try to make it on to the trains. they are saying that doctors are treating around 40 cases a day. and they were often getting the same person back with the same injuries repeated injuries the next day. saying for these people they are so desperate to make it to the u.k. that obviously health is not a big priority. you are seeing cuts on hands, broken limbs. we spoke to a group of men from darfur darfur who was saying that they believe around 30 to 40 men and women make it across each week. i said how -- how can you confirm that? and they say, because sometimes you'll hear it within the camp you'll hear celebrations among the people in the camp. some pe

charles stratford, al jazeera, northern ethiopia. >> you can read much more about that story as well as the day's other top stories on our website www.aljazeera.com. >> police call it an unpro poked cold blooded execution. why they say that police targeted a man and shot him from behind. >> why don't we just drop the qualifier and say that lives matter. >> backlash after a sheriff renames a popular protest movement for his rhetoric. >>> there could with an impact

. >> reporter: the $18 million school replaced the honey spot house as part of the stratford mad academy complex, remembered by many as a hero. >> and i know that she's up there right now looking down with her kids in heaven. >> reporter: in stratford, catalina trivino, nbc connecticut news. >>> hurricane katrina was the most devastating natural disaster in u.s. history. ten years later, new orleans has come a long way back but still has some work left to go. >> today former president george w. bush visited the city and remembered the destruction and talked about how many people came to help new orleans in the aftermath of the storm. >> the darkness from a decade ago has lifted, the crescent city has risen again and its best days lie ahead. >> for a time, many blamed bush for what they perceived as a lackluster response and blamed louisiana's governor for failing to take precautions. several neighborhoods are flourishing again but there are 60,000 homes that still need to be rebuilt or repaired. >> it is hurricane season now. i know janice will have much more on erika later on. how is th

kennedy university hospital, in stratford, is treating a gloucester township woman who recently travel to western africa. the hospital calls it the a travel related illness. the evaluation is continuing as they keep her in isolation as a precaution. >>> former pitch man for subway sandwiches is expected to plead guilty to child porn charges. jared fogle will plead guilty to charges related to child pornography. jared became famous for losing weight by eating subway sandwiches. authorities raided his home seizing several computers and dvd's. >>> subway cut ties with jared shortly after that raid and sent this out yesterday, a tweet they sent out. quote we no longer have a relationship with jared and we have no further comment. >>> also happening today a preliminary hearing for tameika mason, "eyewitness news" was there when the 27 year old turn herself in last month for a, fatal hit and run of the four year-old boy. police say that lah teave wilson ran in the street in kingsessing and was struck by a car in april. mason faces charges of homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and

charles stratford went to meet them. >> he fled fighting in libya five months ago. he wants political asylum in france. >> i find myself in france. before i was in italy, but now it is france. i speak a little bit of french, so that helps. >> he is one of 250 men, women and children that took over this disused school building in paris. most may go grants from africa, syria and afghanistan say they had no choice to open the building, because police kept forcibly removing them from makeshift camps. local people bring food and volunteers are helping them with asylum applications. >> if you have no pity for migrants, next time no pity for poor people, next time, no pity for handicapped people, next time, no pity for women and children, et cetera, et cetera. >> the mayor's office is willing to enter do dialogue with respect to eventually finding the migrants somewhere to say. the situation at the school not only highlights the migrant crise in france, but in widening europe, also. >> nationalists and anti e.u. parties have seized on the issue across europe. french in my

charles stratford has been visiting the town. ♪ >> reporter: it's the spiritual home for millions of ethiopian orthodox christians around the world. ♪ >> reporter: the 11 churches were carved out of the mownside in the 12st century. these ancient places of worship represent holy sites in jerusalem, and stories in the bible. the king built them so christians didn't have to risk the dangerous pilgrimage to the holy land. these rock hewn churches are of immense archaeological and historical importance, but the places of pilgrimage for ethiopian christians around the world are literally crumbling away. >> reporter: the rock in this area is highly sup septemberable to moisture. men use a syringe to inject grout. >> in terms of seismic activity resilience, i mean a slight earthquake would destroy the place. the fact is, that when you are dealing with gnat are strata in terms of an historic building, there is very little you can do. you know, you -- you can't line it with concrete and steel bars. you will destroy the monument. lose the historic surface and you are simply back into rotted

. >> reporter: charles stratford is on the french side of the channel in cali. this is his report. >> reporter: he insists we hide his identity. he has seven children and a wife in afghanistan. it's taken him four months to travel across western asia and europe and he says he is determined to make it to the uk. >> we want asylum in u.k. to make our life easily to bring our family. if the situation good for example or if the situation is bitter so we are, want to go back to our country. >> reporter: many of the people living in this camp seem to be genuine asylum seekers fleeing political persecution and conflict in their respective countries and say the reason they want to live in the u.k. is they want to be in an english speaking country where getting status is easier than britain and france and they are saying they are not addressing real asylum claims. >> they need to look closely at what needs to ask for asylum and look at the people in england and look at request and if they don't fit the bill then yes send them back to wherever, i don't know, make a decisi

plus, i'm charles stratford reporting from northern ethiopia, where conservationists are struggling more than before to save 1500 years of christian heritage in the churches of lalabella. >>> and here in doha, with all the sport, including usain bolt brought back down to earth after once again proving he's the fastest man in the world. >>> of the thousands of refugees arriving on european shores, the vast majority are the conflict in syria. european countries are not the only ones affected. the country is at capacity, and up to a million may flee syria. according to the united nations, by mid august of this year, 158,000 people reached greece by sea. that puts arrivals there ahead of italy, where so far 90,000 have come ashore. leaders of the western balkan nations are meeting in vienna in a bid to find the common strategy to deal with the worst refugee crisis to hit europe. down the road from the conference, dozens have been found dead in a truck on an austrian highway. barnaby phillips has more. >> a grim discovery by a motor way south of vienna. austrian police coming across what they

charles stratford went to meet them. >> he fled libya five months ago. he wants political asylum in france. >> i find myself in france. before i was in italy, but now it is france. i speak a little bit of french so that helps. >> he is one of 250 men, women and children that took over this disused school building in paris. most are migrants from africa, syria and afghanistan say they had no choice to open the building, because police kept forcibly removing them from makeshift camps. local people bring food and volunteers are helping them with asylum applications. >> if you have no pity for asylum seekers, next time no pity for poor people, next time, no pity for handicapped people no pity for handicapped people next time, no pity for women, et cetera, et cetera. i think the way we treat asylum seekers is a barometer on our level of democracy. >> the mayor's office is willing to enter into dialogue with respect to eventually finding the migrants somewhere to say. the situation at the former school not only highlights the migrant crisis in france, but in w

charles stratford, al jazeera, cali. >>> still to come on al jazeera. >> we have to solve this thing but we have to get going. >> reporter: president obama, the next step to presidency and it's a big one. embracing the free market. ♪ >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. ♪ hello again the top stories on al jazeera, anti-houthi fighters in yemen have retaken the biggest military base from rebels and dozens of fighters were killed in the operation. pakistan has executed a man on death row for murder despite appeals from international rights groups and shafqat hussain was hanged in karachi for killing a child in 2004 and family says he was 14 when he was arrested and tortured to confess to the kram. france announced new measures for 100 guards at the channel site as well as new immigration checks in the u.k. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is now in singapore promoting the w

charles stratford went to meet them. >> reporter: he says he fled fighting in libya five months ago. he wants political asylum in france. >> translator: i find myself in france before i was in italy. but now it is france. i speak a little bit of frown of. so that helps. >> reporter: he is one of around 250 men women and children that took over this disused school building in paris. most of are migrants from africa syria and afghanistan. they say they had no choice but to occupy the building because police kept forcibly removing them from makeshift camps. local people bring them food. and a group of volunteers are helping them with their asylum applications. >> if you have no pity for asylum seekers he next time you have no pit foy poor people, next handicap people, well, et cetera, et cetera. so i think the way we treat illini lum seekers is a pretty fair brought ter meeter of our level of democracy. >> reporter: with respect to his finding them somewhere to stay the situation at this former school not only high highlights the migrant crisis here in france but in wider europe also. n

. >>> charles stratford in a mine shaft leak looking for a stone that could bring the country great wealth. ♪ now, the issue of how to respond to record numbers of refugees is causing increasing tension and division between european governments and hundreds of thousands of people are caught quite literally in the middle. hungry has described criticism of its policies as shocking and groundless. now that was in response to france's foreign minister who said eastern european countries refusing to accept refugees was scandalous and singling out hungry for criticism. and into the weekend germany's vice chancellor branded the refugee policy a disgrace and plenty to talk about at a meeting called two weeks time and greece is chartering ferries packed with refugees from the island to the mainland, they have come under fire for not processing people properly, inshepherding in and most are syrian and getting on trains in macedonia. the services run twice a day, dropping people at its northern border with serbia. but it's what happens when they get to hungry that is causing particular concern. hun

in a moment we will join lawrence lee in dover but first let's talk to charles stratford in the french port of cali. >> reporter: i'm standing jane just above the camp that locals and people that live in these tents call the jungle. now, the area is if you like segmented to various sections according to the people who live there and to the back is sudaneeze and behind me is an afghan contingent and afghan group and to my right there is a vast area which is a lot of aratrayians and ethiopians living there and as we reported the conditions they are living in are atrocious and they are focusing on security there are a lot of questions asked by the people as to whether exactly their needs are really being addressed. there is also a lot of fingers being banded around and we spoke to a police representative this morning that said last night there were 600 attempts by migrants to get access to the tunnel but he was keen to stress these are not 600 individuals, these are individuals that may repeatedly try to do that on any given night. he said there were 20 arrests. we asked him what critics

. >> charles stratford reports from the channel tunnel's french encumbrance in calais. >> ahmed insists we hide his identity. it's taken him four months to travel across western asia and europe. he must get to the u.k. >> we want to go to the u.k. to make our life easily to bring our family, if the situation is go so we are want to go back to our country. >> many of the people living in this camp seem to be genuine asylum seekers fleeing political persecution and conflict in their respective countries and they say the reason they want to live in the u.k. is because they want to be in a english language speaking country where getting refugee status is easier than in france. >> so the u.k. need to look closely at whom it wants to ask for asylum, maybe take those people in england look at their request, if they don't fit the bill then yes send them back to wherever. i mean i don't know. make the decisions. and france need to do the same thing. you know if today you decide to ask for asylum in france because you're tired of trying and not succeeding to go to the u.k. your first appointment

charles stratford, al jazeera. >> now with all the day's sports news. here is raul. >> thank you very much. manchester united has made a winning return to the champions league on tuesday. then united 40 million-dollar signing would score two goals to give the home side a 2-1 lead at the break. belgium international then added another in the second half to lead the final score manchester united 3, club 1. >>> in other matches. >> now the international athletics federation is gathering in beijing where they'll elect a new president on wednesday. the election comes at a critical time for the organization, which has faced accusation of rampant doping in athletics over the past 15 years. the championships will get under way in the chinese capital on saturday. well, just two men in contention to replace diak as president. first is britain's sebastian coe. he served as a member of the u.k. parliament bottom chairman of london's olympic games. s he's has vice president of the iaaf and chairman of a sports marketing company. >> well, here's the rival of sebastia

charles stratford, al jazeera, ethiopia. >> after the break. the star player who went out of the competition before she'd even begun. >> hello again, the colorful puli kali festival has been performed for 200 years. but as divya gopalan reports, it's faced with new challenges. >> each group judged by their dancing the music the size of their bellies and their costumes. each group has their own distinct tiger design which is a closely guarded secret until the time of performance. they've hired local artists to paint the patterns on them. they can have up to 50 tigers and backed by dozens of musicians. and this is what makes it so expensive. over the years, cost cutting measures are regular house paint instead of the traditional dyes on their bodies. many are struggling to find the funding to participate. this 200 year old festival is at risk of extinction. >> now to andy for sport. >> final tennis grand slam of the year. seventh seed ana ivanovich was knocked out. 2014 australian open fienlt hast has missed five months of the season due oinjury.

speaking exclusively with al jazeera's charles stratford. >> how realistic after so much blood has been spilt, how realistic is it to expect true reconciliation between two people after so much violence? >> well, i think south sudan deserves this. the people themselves deserve peace. there were reasons for the war. i believe this peace agreement has addressed these reasons. if you take it chapter by chapter the system of governance is addressed. we hope to move the same. there will be reforms, and they will be instituting the army, the security, and also the--this impunity, which has gone on for long. i think it has been addressed we hope nobody again creates war in the south sudan. >> both sides. have within committed to committing grows human rights atrocities. can you guarantee transparency? can you guarantee cooperation and accountability in investigating these claims and bringing those responsible to justice? >> well, we make public the a.u. report, the commissions report. this is because we're committed to combating impunity in the country. and up until now this has not even been

charles stratford is there. >> the tunnel is in that direction and the trains as they move slowly through here migrants at night try and hop this fence try and cut through it at various different locations in this area. and try and literally grab hod of the train as it goes by in some instances. and that's why we've seen so many deaths in recent months. now we were here last night and there was quite a heavy police presence there were quite a few migrants that were eventually dispersed. the french authorities have just put in extra lighting, we've just heard a helicopter go over and there are police scattered around this area. i spoke to an knowing worker ngo worker and i asked her what needs to be done, who is responsible for these migrants as they sit on french soil? >> why is it that the french government has the responsibility of stopping people that don't even want to be here. it doesn't make any sense. really it doesn't make any sense. it should be the job of each country to, in a sense to stop people but the idea is that we don't want to stop people. we want to see who wants to com

that are on the inside. >> and some of it of course as we heard from charles stratford in that story is that migrants think they are likely to -- or more likely to get work in the united caning united kingdom. >> well there are a whole range of factors involved and this is a mixed migration flow. meaning there are some that are purely economic migrants. there are others that are coming from areas producing very large numbers of refugees already. syria, eritrea, somalia, afghanistan, and iraq those five countries represent 66% of the arriveal in the mediterranean this year. >> and those numbers are likely to keep growing. so that flow towards europe is probably going to continue at -- at a very high pace. so what kind of obligations -- >> those five countries that i just mentioned have produced 25 million displaced people that are either displaced internally within those same countries or within the immediate region. so what the european union hastion of that. nothing like what turkey or jordan have experienced. >> yeah huge parts of their population are now those refugee populations

charles stratford went to meet them. >> yakub said he fled five months ago. he wants political asylum in france. >> i find myself in france. before i was in italy. i speak a little bit of french so that helps. he took and about 250 took over this unused building. they said they had no choice but to occupy the building because police kept forcibly removing them from makeshift camps. local people bring them food and a group of volunteers are helping them with their asylum access? >> >> if you have no pity for them, next time, you have no pity for handicapped people. next time, no pity for women, et cetera, et cetera. so i think the way we treat asylum seekers is a barometer on our level of democracy. >> the may ors office said he is willing to enter into dialogue to find them somewhere to stay. the situation at this former school not only highlights the migrant crisis here in france but in wider europe, also. anti-eu parties have seized on the issue. french national party leader says france can't afford to take in more migrants. the party's popularity has groan

charles stratford is live for us in calais. new measures as you know have been announced do they seem to be working? >> well certainly coming into calais today it's fairly obvious that there are some new security measures being put into place. you can see behind me this fence we're told was erected so we're told with the aid of u.k. money in the last three weeks sorry three months or so. we're also hearing increased security there there are 120 extra police officers, these forces french forces that have been pulled into calais. we also hear of numbers of riot police pulled into calais as well in recent days and propose also by the u.k. government to boost security here, even further and offering what they say will be around 10 million euros to help with the crisis here. i mean, it's a desperate situation here, and obviously the critics of the u.k. and the french government are saying that the people that are living in camps like this are not being in any way humanely and the conditions here are appalling. just speaking to peopl

charles stratford went to meet them. >> he fled libya five months ago. he wants political asylum in france. >> i find myself in france. before i was in italy, but now it is france. i speak a little bit of french so that helps. >> he is one of 250 men, women and children that took over this disused school building in paris. most may go grants from africa syria and afghanistan say they had no choice to open the building, because police kept forcibly removing them from makeshift camps. local people bring food and volunteers are helping them with asylum applications. >> if you have no pity for asylum seekers, next time no pity for poor people, next time, no pity for handicapped people no pity for handicapped people next time, no pity for women, et cetera, et cetera. the way we treat asylum seekers is a measure which our democracy. >> the mayor's office is willing to enter into dialogue with respect to eventually finding the migrants somewhere to say. the situation at the former school not only highlights the migrant crisis in france, but in widening europe,

charles stratford reports on the conditions and attitudes of the migrants. >> while european politicians argue as to how to deal with the crisis. the conditions in this camp are atrocious and deteriorate where more and more coming all the time. everyone we spoke to is too afraid to go on camera they do not want to be identified. when you ask why it's so important for them to gets to the u.k. they say similar things including a perception that immigration policy in the u.k. is easier than it is in europe easier for them to finds a job. they say the wages are better and they want to be part of an english speaking culture. they say that they will continue despite the risks to try and jump some of these fences get in the tunnel and start what they see as being a better life >>> charles stratford reporting from france. >>> four years of california drought - and the conditions unlikely to improve soon we look at the impact the lack of rain has on the rest of the country, plus widespread doping among athletes. a look at a damning new report ahead. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america, here is

charles stratford, al jazeera. >>> you are with the news hour from al jazeera. live from doha. plenty more to come on the program. >> reporter: it has been ten years since hurricane katrina devastated new orleans. we'll look at why, despite all of the help, there is now growing inequality here. >>> and fears in chile over china's economic downturn. mooz look at the world around you, right here on the ocean floor ♪ >> serena williams tunes up for the u.s. open. more on that in sport a little later with jo. ♪ >>> hello again, adrian finighan here in doha. the top stories on al jazeera. as many as 50 refugees have been found dead inside of a truck in austria. their bodies were recovered a few miles from vienna, were leaders were discussing the need for a unified response to the refugee crisis. >>> campaigners are marking 500 days since a group of nigerian schoolgirls were abducted by boko haram. the army is fighting boko haram in the northeast of the country, but has been unable to locate or rescue the girls. a senior united nations official has told the security council that

charles stratford reports from the negotiations. >> reporter: whatever way you look at it, this deal has not been signed by the two leaders, and there are some very realisticing points and we believe that these sticking points are the ones that eve seen for the last few days, and dhar the ones that have prevented this signing today. they include agreement on power sharing. we know that he was pushing for more powers in the vice president position he was due to nil in the transitional government for the proposal. we also know that there were problems in terms or lack of aagreement in terms of the de mille tearization of duba as well. that would pose a problem of sovereignty of his country in the knowledge of a third-party had to come in and police duba. there are serious concerns about divvying up the powers of the upper nile state in the north of that cannot where all that oil is under rebel command. so certainly despite all the international pressure on these two men, despite the threat of sanctions, no deal yet signed, and he's returning to duba for more consultations. >> charles s

61 illegally, be the government will change the law in order to allow landlords to convict charles stratford is at the channel tunnel. >> reporter: behind the security fence is the railway track. the tunnel is in that direction. and the trains as they move slowly through here migrants at night try and hop through this fence at various dpirchts locations in this area. i try and literally grab hold of the train as it gloss by in so many snanlses. we were here last night and there were a lot of migrants here that were eventually dispersed. as can you see behind me here as well the french authorities have put in extra lighting. we've just heard a helicopter go over and there are police data erd sarnd this area. i spoke to an ngo worker earlier and i asked her what really needs to be done and really who are responsible for these migrants specially as thrmps sis on french so i ym. >> why is it that the government has the stop people, but the idea is we don't want to stop people we want to see who wants to come and who has lightd rights to come. deal with that in a humane way and not make people wa

stratford, northern ethiopia. >>> you want to find out more about ethiopia opal mining, trade you can find out about it on the website and the top stories as you can see at the hungry refugee not fit for animals is a claim by france and all that and more on al jazeera.com. hospital. >>> saturday is the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina making land fall in louisiana. while the category 3 storm brought destruction. nowhere suffered more than new orleans. that's where the levy system that the city depends on failed, bringing kat as trafy to its residents, some 12500 die the in new orleans, or nearby as a direct result of the storm. half the population was forced to flee the area. some never came back, in many places there was nothing to come back to. that compounded the mental trauma that many contend with, even 10 years on, particularly hard hit, is the african-american community, shrunk by almost 100,000 people since hurricane katrina hit. devastated neighbourhoods have been rebuilt. they are teaming with people. many are newcomers moving into the city after the storm. the sense of

thanks so much, charles stratford. >> plenty more to come here on al jazeera. it's described as the unreported holocaust, roma families are suffering in silence over nazi killings in world war ii. >> i'm on the east bank of the jordan river which has recently been declared a world heritage site as a place where jesus was baptized. find out how israel, jordan and the palestinians are working together to try to save it. >> world doping cheats alarm athletes over a decade could be tainted by drugs. >> seven people are dead and dozens have been wounded in bomb attacks in yemen. there's been intense fighting in aden for several weeks now. houthi rebels were driven out of the city by anti houthi forces two weeks ago. local fighters including supporters of the exiled president have been advancing on the town to try and secure areas around the city to prevent further houthi attacks. a saudi civilian has been killed in the border town. people living in rebel held areas of syria are taking desperate measures to protect themselves from government attacks, as well as livin

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charles stratford, al jazeera. >>> we are here with sport. >> thank you very much and the international federation is gathering in beijing where they will elect a new president in around 12 hours time. the election comes at a critical time for the organization which has faced accusations of doping in athletics over the past 15 years and it also comes on the eve of the world championships set to take place in beijing from saturday. there are just two men in contention to replace the president, the first is britain 58-year-old won two olympic gold metals for his country in distance running in the 1980s and he served as a member of the uk parliament before becoming chairman of london's organizing committee for the london 2012 olympic games. and he also is a vice president of the iaaf and is the chairman of the sports marketing company. his rival is a 51-year-old representing the soviet union in pole vote in 1991 when he then competed for ukraine and broke the world record 35 times and won olympic gold in seoul in 1988 and has been president of ukraine's national olympic committee since 200

charles stratford has more. >> reporter: behind the security fence is the railway tunnel. the trains as they move slowly through here, migrants at night try hop through it cut through it in various locations in this area and try and literally grab hold of the train as it goes by in some instances. and that's why we've seen so many deaths in recent months. now we were here last night and there was quite a heavy police presence. there were a lot of migrants here that were eventually dispersed. behind me as well the french authorities have put in extra lighting. we've just heard a helicopter go over and there are police scattered around this area. i spoakd to spoke to an ngo leader, and asked her what needed to be done? >> why is it that the french government has the responsibility of stopping people that don't even want to be here? it doesn't make any sense. really it doesn't make any sense. it should be the job of each country to, in scenes to stop want to stop people. we want to see who wants to come and who has legitimate rights to come and deal with that in a humane way

certainly at this stage it's seeming increasingly doubtful. >> that was charles stratford reporting. news out of yemen where pro-government forces are battles houthi rebels right now for the third biggest city. fighters that are loyal to the president say that at least 50 houthi supporters were killed in fighting in tice southwest of the capital sanaa. the main security headquarters was retain by pro-government forces on saturday. >>> the number of people who are known to have died when they became stuck in the hull of a boat carrying migrants as kro the mediterranean is now thought to be 49. hundreds fortunately were res crewed in two different operations and arrived in the sicilian port of augusta. they were picked up close to the libyan coast. more than 100,000 migrants arrived on the shores since the start of the year and called for the international community to do more to help. >> translator: we have rescued 320 people, but once again, we're counting the victims. we can say we have rescued the survivors, and that's a good thing. early the international community finding a way t

charles stratford has been talking to some of these people in calais. >> you see more and more injured people in the camp these days, men, women and even some children who left their home land months if not years ago. most say they are determined to take a final life threatening risk to climb barbed wire fences and cling to the side of a train to what they dream of as a better life. most like this group of men from darfur in sudan won't speak on camera. one says he injured his leg as he ran to leap on a train a few days ago. he describes what his life used to be like in darfur. he knows the risks he takes every night here in france. >> some people die. some of them broke their legs. sometimes he fall to the ground. >> it's difficult to know exactly how many people are trying to cross every night, or even make it to the other side, but medics here are treating an increasing number of people for hand and leg injuries every day. >> this french charity said doctors are treating 40 people a day for injuries trying to breakthrough the fence. >> every night they try. yes, it's dficult. the he

. >> charles stratford is in toulouse. what happens next when the piece of wing arrives. >> we gather that the piece of debris left paris around 8 o'clock local time and was expected to take 7 hours by road to reach here. unfortunately, it's taking a lot longer we think, than was initially thought to get here for the simple fact that this is the busiest day in terms of tourism in france of the year. so we expect that it is probably held up in traffic. however, when it does come here we understand that obviously the focus of this investigation that is now being announced will not start until wednesday. we'll look at the - this reported - what has been reported as a serial number on the piece of debris to try to confirm whether, in fact initially it was initially attached to a boeing 777. and then try to determine, obviously, whether it was part of mh370. the malaysians, the malaysian authorities said they are confident that indeed it is a part of that airliner that went down on 8 march in 2014. the investigations here will

charles stratford, al jazeera calais. >> still to come, calls for justice in mexico after a prominent journalist is found dead. >> meet the samaritans who hack for the greater good, doing for their communities what their governments cannot. >> how this friendly football match turns fiery with that details coming up in sport. this is a great place to work. not because they have yoga meetings and a juice bar. because they're getting comcast business internet. comcast business offers convenient installation appointments that work around your schedule. and it takes- done. - about an hour. get reliable internet that's up to five times faster than dsl from the phone company. call 800-501-6000 to switch today. perks are nice. but the best thing you can give your business is comcast business. comcast business. built for business. >> welcome back. let's recap the headlines. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in qatar to defend the nuclear deal with iran at a meeting with the g.c.c. we're looking at live pictures of the venue. we're expecting john kerry and his counterpart to speak. the

charles stratford, al jazeera, calais. >>> the fighting in afghanistan is continuing to kill and injure large numbers of civilians. the u.n. says the total is nearly 5,000 so far this year, which include a growing number of women and children. in a new report, the u.n. says almost 1,600 civilians were killed between january and june. that's an increase on the same period last year. another 3,300 afghan civilians were wounded. that is already surpassing last year's figures. 23% more women are getting hurt, and 13% more children. jennifer glass has been speaking to one family mourning the loss of their son. >> reporter: this man says his days are full of suffering now. his only son was killed by the blast wave of a nearby suicide bomb attack. >> translator: he was a good, smart, and brave boy. he told me all the time that he wanted to be a lawyer. >> reporter: the attack that killed him was on the main road to kabul airport, the target was a military convoy of foreign soldiers, but afghan civilians were injured and died. >> translator: when these suicide attacks happen, the poor people su

one of the barriers is a new language, charles stratford reports from a school set up in the migrant camp to help each. the makeshift school was set up last month. the majority of people in this class this calais have given up resisting their lives, clinging on to trains trying to get to the u.k. many have applied for asylum in france. this man arrived in the camp four months ago. he has a wife and four children in sudan. >> it's very important, language. if you decide to stay here, you speak their language. it's very important. >> reporter: all the teachers here are volunteers, and say around 100 people attend classes each day. >> in french ... >> translation: some come with no french, some with basic english. we have some that can't speak english. that is difficult for us. most in this camp are not interested in the french or staying in france. >> for the students that study here, the school represents hope for the future, and decided to stay in france. the majority of the people in the camp are determined to get on the trains and get to the u.k. riot police blocked groups of men t

child stratford, al jazeera. >>> what a fun program and time now for the sport. >> thank you very much spanish futbol-atletico won the first trophy after winning barcelona and the cup winners beat barsa 5-1 to claim tell spanish super cup and the rivals of 4-0 in the first leg and 1-1 draw in the second leg on monday with an effort to end the drought and the teams will meet again in their league opener on sunday. >> translator: looks like we are carrying the world and the league has not started yet. it's going to be a tightly fought leader and very difficult to win the title again but we must be optimistic and see the team convinced of the difficulty that the season will hold. >> manager eddy says referee mistakes lost to liverpool in the english league are unforgiving and 1-0 winners on monday and it was scored by a new $50 million signing him in the first half but showed the goal should have been called for off side. liverpool one of only four teams have the won their two opening games. >> basically rough side under the new rules. we were sat down in front of the referees and told ab

former on that story, i'm joined by a professor at stratford -- stanford university in the united states. and she has written a book about the leader. how damaging has this been to the national front and to his chances of becoming president? beenthink it has short-term damaging in the sense that we are witnessing the growing pains of a party that is , withng a national party an importance it never had before. but it is coming at a moment where everybody is on vacation in france. it's the middle of august and this is actually the strategy, to try to deal with it and get rid of this problem before the upcoming elections in december. and more importantly, the presidential election in 2017. i don't think long-term it will be damaging, rather the contrary. he always claims the national front is not a racist party. she gets indignant when it is referred to as a far right party. how can she justify having kept a man of the party who has been convicted several times of ,acism and anti-semitism whether he is her father or not. >> that is the paradox. indeed, he has the record for condemnation in