welcome back. australia s prime minister is stepping up his country s commitment to ease the humanitarian crisis in the middle east and help stem europe s mie fwrant crisis. tony abbott pledged to expand his military fight against isis. the group is a major cause of the refugee crisis, he says. australia will take in 12,000 refugees from iraq and syria, as well. german chancellor angela merkel is calling for quotas to ensure that each european nation takes in what she described as their fair share of migrants. many oppose that and say they don t have the resources. chancellor merkel says all eu countries need to act in the spirit of solidarity. translator: i ve rarely been