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The Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen has said that force will not be used against migrants who are trying to travel through his country to seek asylum in Sweden. The Danish national railway company canceled all train services to and from Germany on Thursday after a standoff developed between police and hundreds of migrants. Macro Braveness reports from Copenhagen. “The head of Denmark’s national police force said officers were facing a special challenge because refugees who’d arrived in the country wanted nothing to do with the authorities, and wished to carry on to Sweden. Migrants leaving Germany are choosing Sweden over Denmark, because the Danes are recently smashed benefits for new arrivals by about 50%, and have restricted the right of family reunification and residency. According to Danish police, the Germans have now promised not to send any more refugees 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's southern border to prevent the entry of migrants and refugees. The Prime Minister Victor Orban has promised to introduce strict new border controls.

After weeks of protest, the government of Lebanon has finally agreed a plan to resume the collection of rubbish in the streets of the capital Beirut. Ben Lowings reports. “Lebanon's largest land filled site shut in July when the government seemed able to agree on another site. The rubbish went on uncollected, and public protest began. The demonstrators have been angry at a political system they say is corrupt and inefficient, the slogan they directed at authority was simple you stink. Now the cabinet has approved a proposal by the agriculture minister to resolve the crisis. Two new temporary land fields will be created, and town councils are to take on responsibility for waste management.”

The head of NATO says he is concerned about report that Russia is increasing its military presence in Syria, Jens Stoltenberg said 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 P, the country's one remaining press freedom group. Our America’s editor Candace Piette reports. “Critics say Ecuador's new media law is among the region’s most repressive. The director of P says a requitty said his organization has been targeted because it has reported physical attacks on journalists and curbs on press freedom. Last year four newspapers in Ecuador closed because what they said was pressured from the government. But President Rafael Correa has defended his approach to free speech saying private newspaper, radio and TV owners had been abusing their powers.” World news from the BBC.

The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany say a truce in eastern Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russian rebels has been generally respected since the beginning of September. In a communique issued after a conference call, the four leaders call for the role of the OSCE special observer mission in eastern Ukraine to be strengthened. A ceasefire deal was agreed in the Belarusian capital Minsk in February, but there had been regular outbreaks of fighting.

The French business conglomerate Bollore has announced its spending nearly half a billion dollars on 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 ratings agency Standard&Poor’s has downgraded Brazil to junk status as the government tries to deal with growing debt and amid continuing political turmoil. Daniel Galas is our South America business correspondent. “There are two reasons that were eluded by Standard&Poors. They spoke of the deterioration of Brazil fiscal position so that the economic problem basically Brazil has spent too much money in the past and it is running out of money. But there is also the political side, which Standard&Poor’s says there is a further lack of cohesion within the president's cabinet. What, they mean by that, is that President Dilma Rousseff is losing support from her allies in congress and from some people inside her government as well.”

Firefighters in the state of Arizona are battling a large blaze in the city of Phoenix at the site understood to contain hazardous chemicals. Reports spoke of serious explosions and a number of storage tanks were set to be on fire, but a hundred people were evacuated. BBC news.