Beirut, thousands protest over what they say is a dysfunctional government. We go to colombia where one Students Initiative is turning her carcrazed hometown into a bike friendly environment. Security forces in macedonia have stand preventing thousands of refugees from crossing the border from greece, now letting groups go through. Theyre supplying buses and trains to take them on to serbia, which is the next stop in their journey to e. U. Member country. It was a very different scene saturday when hundreds of refugees and applying grants made a run for the border. Security forces were overwhelmed. Many people are trying to get to hungary, a major entry point into the e. U. Hangary itself is building a fence along its border with as her i cant, so the russia is on to get through before that fence is finished. Al jazeeras Andrew Simmons is in macedonia where many refugees have now boarded trains, taking them on to serbia. Two trains have left and now these people are left behind, trying
Cleanly. We go to colombia where one Students Initiative is turning her carcrazed hometown into a bike friendly environment. Security forces in macedonia have given up trying to stop the thousands of refugees from crossing the border from greece. They are now letting groups of people through and supplying them with buses and trains to take them to serbia. Thats the next step in their journey to e. U. Member countries. Al jazeera is in macedonia. Two trains have left and now these are the people left behind, trying to get their papers. All it is is a starch, allowing them 72 hours in macedonia, for them to be moved on up to the serbian border. Lets take a look around here. There are mainly men here. Women and children were given priority to get on the trains, but the system was quite disorganized, it was hit and miss. There was considerable tension with the police and people. The people were quite calm compared to the confront Aljazeera America which has happened on the border. They now
Slums. Ill be telling you how this card is helping people here get clean water cheaply. In sport, bolt is officially still the fastest man in the world. He wasnt the favorite this time, but bolts still good enough to win a third world title in the 100 meters. It is warned that the growing refugee crisis will rip out the solve of european union. Germanys vice chancellor has called for the e. U. s asylum policy to be revamped, saying Member States need to share the burden fairly. Germany said its prepared for a Record Number of 800,000 asylum requests this year. It had previously been expecting about half a million. The refugee crisis is continuing to build along the border between greece and macedonia. Thousands of reef gees are desperate to cross into macedonia and some are finally being allowed in. We have a report on the macedonia side of the border. Theres no end, it seems to the suffering, the exhaustion. Its a different place, a railway platform, waiting for another journey. At on
Hello, some of them havent eaten or slept for days, they have been cramped together in the rain waiting on uncertainty only to face Police Batons and stun grenades. And for the 2,000 refugees who his finally made it in to macedonia, their journey has barely begun. They have now boarded trains and bus to his take them to the border with serbia actual the refugees are aiming to head further north to hungary, a member of the european union, for thousands who already reached serbia have headed to a packed refugees center. And thats where they have to apply for asylum. And the time pressure is on, hungary is building a razor wire fence to the border with serbia to prevents people from coming in. Macedonian government seems to have made a uturn, what is happening there no ne now . Reporter you are right the initial response from this government was to immediately shut the border. And what we are seeing now is a totally different situation, quite the contrary, we are now seeing if you look ov
Katrina, a look back at the storm that devastated new orleans and part of the gulf coast. We begin night with unease by Global Investors as stocks start in the red. Markets in hong kong and china are dropping. Japans nikkei is dropping another amount as well. Slowing economy, the wall street journal says that chinese is pumping money into the markets to ease drops there. Week saw major lasts that followed 530 point drop. U. S. Markets havent tropped that far that quickly in four years. Were going to have much more on this story, coming up a little later in our broadcasts. We go to france where three american men are going to be recognized for acts of bravery, french president Francois Hollande will present them a medal of bravery, this man they subdeed wasubdued had hundreds s of ammunition. When most of us would run away, spencer, anthony and alex ran in. Is. It was either do something or die. Reporter Airman First Class Spencer Stone and alex scarlatos, are being recognized as heroes