John Kerry tells Russia its support for Syria's Assad risks 'extending conflict' by AP
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As the UN general assembly begins its 70th session, Richard Spencer reflects on the architectural history of its headquarters in New York
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Bowe Bergdahl hearing begins in Texas by Harriet Alexander
American soldier held by the Taliban for five years will attend a hearing to decide whether he should face a court martial for desertion, and possible life in prison
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Hungary has declared a state of emergency in two southern counties bordering Serbia, and has arrested dozens of migrants and refugees for illegally entering the country. The move comes hours after new laws were enacted to deal with the migrant crisis. Henry Ridgwell reports from the flashpoint border crossing of Horgos in Serbia.
As a former Soviet state that shares a border with Russia, Estonia is watching the situation in Ukraine with growing concern. As VOA’s Carla Babb reports, the country's political and defense leaders say Estonians feel safer knowing the U.S. is stepping up its military presence in the country.
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Hundreds of refugees pushed up against the gates of Fortress Europe on Tuesday, chanting “open, open, open.” Hungarian police officers stood ready as the crowd in the no-man’s-land between Hungary and Serbia became increasingly angry.
On Tuesday morning, the area was a major highway and the main border crossing between Hungary and Serbia, now it is completely shut and an officer said it’s the “property of the border police” and journalists are not permitted.
A little further down, refugees staged a sit-in demanding to be allowed to cross the border.
Thousands of people wait on the Serbian side, desperate to enter the European Union after making the costly, dangerous and difficult trek from their homes to Turkey and up from southern Europe to reach this point.
They will not be willing to simply turn back and Serbia says it cannot deal will the influx.
“The Hungarians never told us that they will close the border,” Serbian Social Affairs Minister Aleksandar Vulin told the Associated Press as he toured the border area today. Serbia is insisting the border, and entry to the European Union, stay open.
Hungary has said it will process asylum claims for those who present themselves at official checkpoints but so far none have been accepted, according to Zoltan Kovacs, a spokesman for Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Orban has been clear that he believes most of these people are migrants, not refugees and has openly said he expects few claimants to be allowed through.
Along the road from the border crossing, clothes, blankets and backpacks lay discarded in the tall grass and ditches. For months this has been a thoroughfare for refugees who made it across the border from Serbia undetected by Hungarian police. Most headed directly for western Europe.
That will now be nearly impossible as Hungary sealed its border with a 110-mile long chain-link fence lined with layers razor wire. Today it declared a state of emergency in the country’s southern counties, moving more troops and introducing tough new laws to stop refugees crossing through its territory. Today alone it arrested at least 174 people who will now be prosecuted.
Kovacs says Hungary is “regaining control over the natural borders” of the country. While both the army and the police were deployed to the border, he says, there is no intention to use force.
“The most important thing is that people get access to the asylum process,” said Babar Baloch as spokesperson for the UN refugee agency. He says an estimated 80 percent of those crossing are from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, countries embroiled in severe conflict.
“What we want is Europe to act in an unified way,” says Baloch.
But so far that’s not happening and EU leaders are disagreeing about how to deal with the crisis. Germany has mostly opened its doors and insisted on a quota system that would see every country in the Union take its fair share of refugees. Hungary has rejected that and locked down its borders.
While EU leaders debate what to do with the 180,000 refugees estimated to have crossed through Hungary this year, thousands more are on their way.
Every day, boats full of desperate people arrive on the shores of Greece and Italy and on Tuesday at least 22 people died off the coast of Turkey. Almost all have their sights set on western Europe.
They are unlikely to turn back, and already there is talk of other routes through Croatia and Romania—but Hungary is planning a new fence for its border with Romania, determined to lock down the country.
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It seems Elton John and the Kremlin are singing two different songs — a spokesman for Vladimir Putin’s government has expressly denied that a conversation has taken place between the outspoken singer and the Russian President a day after the Briton said otherwise.
John posted a photo of Putin on his Instagram on Monday, with a caption that said Putin had called him to speak about LGBT rights and that the two would eventually meet in person to continue their discussion.
But on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that he had no knowledge of the phone call and questioned the “authenticity” of John’s post, theGuardian reports. “I don’t doubt that if there is such a request, the President will be ready to meet with Elton John among others to give answers to all the questions that he might ask,” Peskov told journalists on Tuesday. “But we haven’t received such signals yet.”
Elton John, who has played many shows in Russia since 1979 and has a large fanbase there, has been an outspoken critic of the Moscow government’s staunch anti-LGBT stance.
Earlier this month, the “Candle in the Wind” singer joined forces with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to discuss homophobia at a conference in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. There, John told the BBC that he wanted to speak with Putin about his views on LGBT rights, admitting that the prospect of a conversation might be “pie in the sky.”
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China was carrying out land reclamation in contested waters of the South China Sea this month, more than four weeks after saying it had stopped such activity, a U.S. expert said on Tuesday, citing recent satellite images.
BENGHAZI/SKHIRAT, Morocco (Reuters) - Delegates for Libya's internationally recognized government said on Tuesday it was recalling its team from U.N.-backed peace talks with rivals, complaining about amendments to a draft agreement meant to end their conflict.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants killed three Turkish police officers overnight in a bomb attack on their armored vehicle as they traveled along a highway in southeast Turkey, security sources said on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of Afghans are queuing through the night at the passport office in Kabul, before setting off on the long and dangerous journey to Europe. Many take a bus to the Iranian border, the first leg of a 6,000-kilometer journey. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
Aliyev Goes On The Attack Against EU Valuesby support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has thrown down the gauntlet in the face of criticism from the European Union, accusing the bloc of being "anti-Azerbaijani" and mocking European values amid the ongoing refugee crisis.
The country had to endure a near-death experience before it was ready to confront its privileged groups.
The Russian leader urged other countries to send military assistance to the Syrian government fight 'terrorist aggression'. He claims the migrant crisis would be 'even bigger' without Moscow's aid.
The crime lord and blonde woman were captured in the act as she visited him to check he was being treated well in prison in Sverdlovsk Oblast, central Russia. Suspicious prison bosses set up the camera.
Opposition in the Harare based Parliament House were sent text messages during the speech warning them not to interrupt after it was twigged veteran leader (pictured) was reading the old text.
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Mr Corbyn, who arrived in the Commons to near-silence, asked members of the public to suggest questions to ask the Prime Minister today, and got 40,000 responses.
Two British holidaymakers narrowly escaped being crushed to death when a 40-ton humpback whale launched itself onto their kayak. . Report by Jennifer Cordingley.
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A Hungarian crackdown at the border with Serbia created a major backup of migrants trying to reach the European Union and forced many to consider new routes on Wednesday, threatening a domino effect that could pull Croatia into the continent’s crisis.
Hungary has declared a state of emergency in two southern counties bordering Serbia, and has arrested dozens of migrants and refugees for illegally entering the country. The move comes hours after new laws were enacted to deal with the migrant crisis. Henry Ridgwell reports from the flashpoint border crossing of Horgos in Serbia.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with Russian media he would only quit power if the Syrian people wanted him to and not under pressure from the West.
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