The Austrian army has been sent to assist in introducing tougher border checks amid the growing migrant crisis, Reuters cited the country's vice-chancellor as saying.

At least 2,200 soldiers will assist police in tackling the refugee crisis on the border, according to a statement from the Austrian government.
The soldiers will be deployed when their help is required, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said, Krone newspaper reported.

"If Germany carries out border controls, Austria must put strengthened border controls in place," Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner said in a joint news conference with Chancellor Werner Faymann. "We are doing that now."

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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been asked to step down by two top ministers, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Sky TV reported.


Malcolm Turnbull reportedly called a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra, the Australian capital, on Monday.

Turnbull announced his resignation, saying that he was declaring a challenge to Abbott for the Liberal party leadership.

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The Czech Republic beefed up police forces along its border with Austria on Sunday, following a similar security measure by its western neighbor Germany to stem a huge flow of desperate refugees. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said the move was "to ensure that laws and rules inside the Schengen zone are not violated," the Associated Press reported. He said his government will continue to assess the situation and will take further steps if needed.

Sobotka also said Germany's decision to temporarily reintroduce border controls on its Austrian frontier "could be expected ... as a reaction to tensions inside the Schengen area caused by the migrant crisis." Germany's move dealt a blow to two decades of open travel in the 26-nation bloc known as the Schengen area. The move also meant the Czech Republic was "now the only bypass" for refugees, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec reportedly told public Czech Television Sunday.

"We are doing our best to send a clear signal that we will observe the European law on our borders ... and boost the performance of our people on the border so that we would be able to return migrants to the neighboring country," said Chovanec, Agence France-Presse reported.

The Czech Republic in Central Europe has been a transit country for refugees and migrants wanting to travel to wealthier European countries like Germany and Sweden. As Europe's largest and richest economy, Germany has been a magnet for people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East. Police said more than 13,000 refugees arrived at the main train station in the southern city of Munich on Saturday alone, Reuters reported.

Denmark has closed its borders with Germany after chaotic scenes saw hundreds of refugees walking on a high-speed motorway in a bid to reach refugee promised land.

All road and rail links between Denmark and Germany have been closed to prevent thousands of migrants entering as the rift in Europe deepens further. The migrants were heading north to Sweden, which has become a top destination for refugees after promising to issue residency papers to all Syrian asylum seekers.

Having already reached Germany, which has offered similar promises, the migrants decided they wanted to get to Sweden but were forced off trains. It has led to the Danish government concluding those entering the country are economic migrants as well as refugees. A police spokesman said: "We are trying to talk to them and tell them that it is a really bad idea to walk on the motorway."

Germany has reintroduced border controls with Austria, its interior minister has confirmed, halting all trains and deploying 2,100 riot police to help carry out checks.

Speaking at a press conference called at short notice, Thomas de Maizière said the controls were being applied with immediate effect "to bring some order to the entry of refugees".

While the exact nature of the checks remained unclear, the minister described them as a "safety measure" which was within the remit of the Schengen Agreement.

"In Germany the rules will be applied in order to protect refugees," De Maizière said. "Germany has shown a lot of willingness to help, there have been many helpers and volunteers, but this helpfulness must not be overstretched."

A spokesperson for an Austrian rail company said German officials had begun halting all trains trying to cross the border into Bavaria from 5pm local time (4pm BST), while the situation involving traffic going the other way remained unclear.

Reporting on the unexpected move earlier and citing unnamed officials, German daily Bild said the closing of the border represented "a dramatic shift in refugee policy".

Der Spiegel reported that only those with "valid travel documents" would be allowed to enter the country from Austria "until further notice". Refugees arrive in Munich

Tens of thousands of refugees have been arriving in southern Germany in recent weeks, with some reports suggesting around 13,000 reached Munich on Saturday alone.

According to Bild, the central government was sending 21 riot police squadrons, each of 100 officers, to help secure the border, after local officials issued a plea for more help from the federal force.

Kronen Zeitung, an Austrian daily, reported that there were concerns in Vienna of a backlog as people were subjected to additional checks to "determine immediately who is entitled to asylum".

It quoted unnamed government officials, who said: "Angela Merkel has assured Chancellor Werner Faymann in a telephone conversation that there will be no chaos."

Thomas Stobl, a senior member of Ms Merkel's Christian Democrats party (CDU), told Die Welt that he welcomed the return of controls.

"The controls that have been introduced on the border with Austria are the right thing to do," he said. "They'll enable us to at least slow down the acute inflows of refugees."

The United States has broken up a threat against Pope Francis, who will visit Washington and other US cities this month, it emerged on Sunday.

No details of the threat were given.

US authorities are concerned about the visit because the Pope likes to get out among the huge crowds that gather to see him, said Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

"He's a very compassionate man. He likes to get out with the people," McCaul said on ABC's "This Week" talk show.

"With that comes a large security risk. We're monitoring very closely threats against the pope as he comes into the United States. We have disrupted one particular case," Mr McCaul said.

Austrian train operator OeBB says Germany has stopped all trains coming in from the country, and Germany's Interior Ministry has abruptly introduced "temporary" border controls with Austria. More than 2,100 extra police have been dispatched to secure the borders.

Austria's national train company OeBB also announced earlier that it is suspending services to and from Hungary, which is where most asylum seekers arrive from, on their way to Germany. It was unclear if smaller operators would follow suit.

Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has announced that the country is immediately introducing border controls, following an internal vote between the country's ruling coalition partners.

"At this moment Germany is temporarily introducing border controls again along [the EU's] internal borders. The focus will be on the border to Austria at first," the politician said at a news conference in Berlin.

"The aim of these measures is to limit the current inflows to Germany and to return to orderly procedures when people enter the country."