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The Danish Prime minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen has said force will not be used against migrants who were trying to travel through his country to seek asylum in
Sweden. The Danish national railway company cancelled all train services to and from Germany on Thursday after a standoff development between police and hundreds of
migrants. Michael Ruben reports from Copenhagen.
The head of Denmark's national police force said officers were facing a special challenge because refuges who'd arrived in the country wanted nothing to do with the
authorities and wished to carry on to Sweden. Migrants leaving Germany and choosing Sweden over Denmark because the Danish recently slashed benefits for new arrivals
amount about 50%. And it restricted the right of family reunification and residency. According to Danish police, the Germans have now promised not to send any more
refuges across the border unless they want to seek asylum in Denmark.
The Hungarian army has started military exercises to prepare for a possible future role guarding the country southern border to prevent the entry of migrants and
refuges. The Prime 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 the collection 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 on another site. The rubbish went uncollected and public protests began. The
demonstrators have been angry at political system, they say, is corrupted and inefficient. The slogan they directed the authority was simple, you stink. Now the
cabinet has approved the proposal by the agriculture minister to resolve the crisis. Two new temporary landfills will be created and town council shall take on
responsibility for waste management.
The head of NATO says he's concerned about reports that Russia is increasing its military presence 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's one remaining press freedom group. Our America editor Candice Piya reports.
Critics say Ecuador's new media Lorries among the religions most repressive. The director of Fundamedios Cesar Ricuart said his organization had been targeted because
it reported physical attacks on journalists and curbs on press freedom. Last year four newspapers in Ecuador closed because what they said it was pressure from the
government. But President Rafael Vicente Correa has defended his approach to free speech, saying private newspaper, video and 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 between government forces and pro-Russia rebels has been generally respected
since the beginning of September. In a communiqué issued after a conference call, the four leaders called for the role of the OSCE special observe mission in the
eastern Ukraine to be strengthened. A ceasefire deal was agreed in the Belarusian capital Minsk in February but they happened regular outbreaks of fighting.
The French business Conglomerate B has announced its spending nearly a half of billion dollars and upgrading its rail service which links Ivory Coast to Burkina Faso.
The Ivorian prime minister said the improved service would help economic growth by increasing trade between the Hinterland and the commercial capital Abidjan.
The rating agency Standard & Poor has downgraded Brazil to junk status as the government tries to deal with growing debt and amid continuing political turmoil.
Daniel G is our South American business correspondent.
There are two reasons that were alluded by Standard & Poor. They spoke of the deterioration of Brazil's fiscal position, so that the economic problem, basically
Brazil has spent too much money in the past and is running out of money. But there's also the political side which Standard & Poor says there's a further lack of
cohesion within the president's cabinet. What they mean by that is that President Dulma Vana Rousseff is losing support from her 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 site understood to contain hazard chemicals. Reports spoke of a serious
explosions and a number of storage tanks were set be on fire. But a hundred people were evacuated.