War ii plus. Im lucia newman in havana, koo cuba, on the eve of Pope Franciss first visit. Im here to tell you why politics and religion do mix we begin with the refugee crisis. Continents are struggling to deal with the growing immigrations. Hundreds of refugees are stranded at croatias border with slovenia. They were forced to reroute through croatia after hungary closed its border with serbia. Croatia is sending thousands back to hungary, and north to sovereignia. People are left stranded in croatia, hoping to make it to germany, where they know the bid for asylum will be assessed. Live to the croatiasloughinian border. Lawrence lee is there. People are effectively stranded at the crossing. Yes. This is one of the a number of different places that you described, where countries are dumping groups in different places. All these people were brought here more or less from zagreb in buses and are in sort of a no mans land. Thats the border with slovenia. Its a no mans land. Within a cou
Overseas. Im in havana, cuba, an the eve the popes first visit to communist cuba, i tell you here why politics and religion will mix. We begin in croatia, defending its handing of a crowing refugee crisis. 14,000 entered over the last 14 days, the government says it cant cope, and is sending people on buses to the border with hungary. 8,000 arrived. The policy angered hungary, it spilt a razor wire fence. Croatia is not backing down there hasnt been an agreement with hungary in some way compelling them to accept the refugees by sending them to the border. Lets look at why croatia is a refugee bottle neck. Thousands crossed because the route into hungary was blocked by the razor wire fence. Croatia is sending it back to hungary. They dont want to stay in any of these countries, moment are heading to germany, where they believe theyll have a chance of being granted asylum. What is the situation there. How to people feel about good evening shunted from pillar to post . Well, its eased a l
Chris krebs, for issuing statements defending the integrity of the recent elections. In a tweet, the president accused the director of the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of having made a highly inaccurate statement in relation to the poll. And the president has decided to halve the number of us troops in afghanistan and iraq before he leaves office. He stopped short of a threatened full withdrawal. The move has faced criticism from both republicans and democrats who fear it will damage fragile peace talks with the taliban. As fighting continues between Ethiopian Federal forces and tigrayan insurgents in the north of the country, thousands of refugees have poured over the border into neighbouring sudan. The un says they are urgently in need of food and fuel, but a Communications Blackout in the region means there is limited access. Now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. Hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. Coming up, matt hancock says hes proposing roving teams
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