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The Danish Prime minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen has said force will not be used againstmigrants who were trying to travel through his country to seek asylum in Sweden. The Danishnational railway company cancelled all train services to and from Germany on Thursday after astandoff development between police and hundreds of migrants. Michael Ruben reports fromCopenhagen.
The head of Denmark's national police force said officers were facing a special challengebecause refuges who'd arrived in the country wanted nothing to do with the authorities andwished to carry on to Sweden. Migrants leaving Germany and choosing Sweden over Denmarkbecause the Danish recently slashed benefits for new arrivals amount about 50%. And itrestricted the right of family reunification and residency. According to Danish police, theGermans have now promised not to send any more refuges across the border unless theywant to seek asylum in Denmark.
The Hungarian army has started military exercises to prepare for a possible future roleguarding the country southern border to prevent the entry of migrants and refuges. ThePrime Minister Victor Orban has promised to introduce strict new border controls.
After weeks of protests, the government in Lebanon has finally agreed a plan to reassume thecollection of rubbish in the streets of capital Beirut. Ben Lucia reports.
Lebanon's largest landfill site shut in July when the government seemed unable to agree onanother site. The rubbish went uncollected and public protests began. The demonstrators havebeen angry at political system, they say, is corrupted and inefficient. The slogan they directedthe authority was simple, you stink. Now the cabinet has approved the proposal by theagriculture minister to resolve the crisis. Two new temporary landfills will be created and towncouncil shall take on responsibility for waste management.
The head of NATO says he's concerned about reports that Russia is increasing its militarypresence in Syria. Jens Stoltenberg says it would not help solve the conflict. In recent weeks,there have been signs Russia could be intensifying its role in Syria.
The government of Ecuador has started proceedings to shut down Fundamedios, the country'sone remaining press freedom group. Our America editor Candice Piya reports.
Critics say Ecuador's new media Lorries among the religions most repressive. The director ofFundamedios Cesar Ricuart said his organization had been targeted because it reported physicalattacks on journalists and curbs on press freedom. Last year four newspapers in Ecuadorclosed because what they said it was pressure from the government. But President RafaelVicente Correa has defended his approach to free speech, saying private newspaper, videoand TV owners had been abusing their powers.
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The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, French and Germany say a truce in the eastern Ukraine betweengovernment forces and pro-Russia rebels has been generally respected since the beginning ofSeptember. In a communiqué issued after a conference call, the four leaders called for the roleof the OSCE special observe mission in the eastern Ukraine to be strengthened. A ceasefiredeal was agreed in the Belarusian capital Minsk in February but they happened regular outbreaksof fighting.
The French business Conglomerate B has announced its spending nearly a half of billion dollarsand upgrading its rail service which links Ivory Coast to Burkina Faso. The Ivorian primeminister said the improved service would help economic growth by increasing trade between theHinterland and the commercial capital Abidjan.
The rating agency Standard & Poor has downgraded Brazil to junk status as thegovernment tries to deal with growing debt and amid continuing political turmoil. Daniel G isour South American business correspondent.
There are two reasons that were alluded by Standard & Poor. They spoke of thedeterioration of Brazil's fiscal position, so that the economic problem, basically Brazil hasspent too much money in the past and is running out of money. But there's also the politicalside which Standard & Poor says there's a further lack of cohesion within the president'scabinet. What they mean by that is that President Dulma Vana Rousseff is losing support fromher allies and congress and from some people inside her government as well.
Firefighters in the state of Arizona are battling a large ablaze in the city of Phoenix at a siteunderstood to contain hazard chemicals. Reports spoke of a serious explosions and a numberof storage tanks were set be on fire. But a hundred people were evacuated.
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