In colombias capital as the country easiest coronavirus restrictions but there are concerns it could cause infections to rise. We begin in south korea where typhoon has made landfall just a few hours ago its now traveling inland words are expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain hi shirley a battered japan forcing more than 1800000 people to leave their homes tens of thousands of buildings have been left without power its the 2nd storm to hit the region in a week rob mcbride joins us live now from pearl hang in south korea rob so just bring us up to date with whats happening 1st in south korea where you are. So i guess has come ashore it came ashore at the city of also in that which is further south there was some debate about whether it would stay out at sea but it has come ashore and is now working its way further north from us but holding it to the east coast of the peninsula as it moves. Up there they came ashore obviously with very strong winds to wrench all rain it was mitigated somewhat because of the past over the Southern Islands of japan but still very powerful obviously japan has taken a real battering from this storm as its moved up the winds of change slightly more from the south when it was coming ashore it was the winds were coming straight out of the east here and bringing a lot of the sea with it right over the sea wall there are reports of flooding in parts of south korea and also of course many structures here of already being weakened because of typhoon my sack that passed through here just a few days ago and obviously the whole of the peninsula is still soaking wet because of these typhoons that have come through on top of the longer than normal seasonal summer rain so we can expect with the tarantula rain thats going to be happening all the way up the peninsula again more flooding and rob what about the situation in north korea which has already been hit by several typhoons in recent weeks. This is a real concern for north korea because obviously they are far more vulnerable to these kinds of extreme weather events they simply dont have the same kind of infrastructure and preparedness that south korea does its agriculture its far more reliant upon we know that that has been badly affected so Food Security is an issue interestingly the states broadcaster there is almost been covering this is a live event which is very unusual for north korea normally events especially if its bad news take time to go through the senses and there are going to be days later but we do know that they are covering this and we have just learned that the city of one sun this is one of the major cities on the east coast of north korea its once again inundated its completely flooded this was a big issue with the last typhoon a lot of officials were reprimanded by kim jong un so we do know that they are having yet more problems from this typhoon. Live for us there in south korea rob thank you. Theres been a dramatic rescue in california moving wildfire trapped hundreds of people at a poppin aside in a National Forest a kind of on a national god was forced to step in it comes as the state is also experiencing extreme heat which is increasing the intensity of the blazes rob reynolds reports now from los angeles. They barely made it out alive a galloping wildfire trapped more than 200 people at a remote campground in the rugged Central California mountains when fire blocked the only road out the California National guard mounted an emergency nighttime rescue mission sending in helicopters to airlift the campers to safety this picture shows dozens of evacuees crowded into a National Guard chinook helicopter that fire grew so quickly so fast it trapped people at mammoth pools reservoir up in the mountains the creek fire broke out on friday evening and quickly exploded in size by sunday it had burned more than 18000 hectares tinder dry forest and underbrush fed the flames several small communities in the area were evacuated as hundreds of firefighters battled the blaze Authorities Say 63. 00 people were hurt fleeing the flames 17 were admitted to local hospitals and injuries including both broken bones lacerations scrapes bruises those going to things another blaze called the eldorado fire is threatening homes near San Bernardino east of los angeles it broke out on saturday and grew rapidly burning more than 1200 hectors and forcing some residents to evacuate the multiple fires are burning as a record smashing heat wave scorches california and other western states a Community Near los angeles reported a blistering 49. 4 degrees. Robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. Security forces in better routes have detained dozens of protesters that are large antigovernment rally in the capital tens of thousands of people gathered across minsk calling for president Alexander Lukashenko is resignation protests have continued every day since last months disputed election which look at shanghais opponents say was rigged when a smith reports now from neighboring lithuania. There is still some safety in numbers for the 10s of thousands of protesters on the streets of minsk. The ministry of interior in valorous has warned them that demonstrations are illegal closing off city squares and streets but that hasnt stopped people descending on the capitol for a 4th week of protests against the continued leadership of president Alexander Lukashenko he claims he won the aug 9th election with 80 percent of the vote the opposition say the poll was rigged and they want to read from. Those protesters made their way home on sunday Security Forces seem to take advantage of the thinning crowds pulling out people apparently at random according to witnesses and bundling them into vans. Another video has emerged on social media of masked men in civilian clothes beating up people on the streets of minsk. In warm no breaking down the door of a cafe where the owner had given shelter to protesters. To measure the regard people started running inside the door and then out on 15 to 20 people in black mask started to smash the glass into some people our human rights experts from the United Nations say theyve received hundreds of torture a shes a torture impeaching the us. This is older couple kovar of the Opposition Coordination Council sentenced to 10 days in jail she appeared in poland on saturday after she says she was forcibly taken to the border and then priya. They came to the center where i was isolated they gave me a had a mask and took me out of prison they made me lie in the back seat and they drove me away from that as a nation center. At the president ial palace in minsk that was tight security to protect luka shanker from his own people. We wont forgive we wont forget their shouting the video is emerging out of minsk on sunday night suggests that whatever tolerance the government had for the protesters is wearing thin that could increase pressure on western powers to impose sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko and senior members of his administration lithuanias foreign minister says in an interview that the European Unions lack of action over belarus is undermining the credibility of its foreign policy. Its with al jazeera villainess well theyre on a concept call it was a leading belorussian activist who fled to poland after last months election and she says the protests will continue on to look at shankar steps down we are working very hard with the International Community we get to meet International Leaders we describe. Because we want our community and community to. Like to leave if possible because he will make sure hes not the. Enemy in he is the one who are pushing. People. With the International Community. Who are really. The changes. Before and never give up. For 26 years and. Before weeks before the way he treats people the way he pushes people the way he the mob and we. Nation with. The power libyas rival sides are meeting in morocco 2 weeks after they amounts to a cease fire agreement delegations from tripolis un recognized government on the east and base to brooke Parliament Holding talks south of robots a larger meeting including countries backing the 2 sides expected on monday in switzerland yeah thats to we urge you to be pragmatic and practical to reshape and find an ultimate solution the libyan people are eager for peace and im hopeful that within a couple of days the delegations will bring the people positive developments. Well morocco is playing an Important Role in the mediation efforts as much more double wide reports now from tripoli for ochen foreign minister spoke and both of the legations also spoke it seems that there is a positive atmosphere apparently bought this is only this seems to be only the beginning of a series of meetings to be house to buy more or call it seemed that work was also keen to invite both rival leaders the head of the tripoli high council of the state of the missionary and the speaker of the crew have to Eastern Parliament Aguilar Saleh later there is no definite time for that to be meeting but as you know that morrocco is also in a way or another tries to make sure and to stress on the fact that the agreement that was sealed in morocco in 2015 known as the libyan political agreement is the main bases for any political settlement to the crises in libya now this invitation to the rival delegations by america is a whole moral can initiative and its a parenting with other International Efforts to sustain or to make sure the seas fire dick aeration is being implemented on the ground. Time for a short break here in aljazeera when we come back anger among iraqs young medical graduates as they face high unemployment despite the country battling with a coronavirus pandemic. And in sports a shocking decision in tennis as the world number one Novak Djokovic just kicked out of the u. S. Open striking a line judge with a ball. All right stay with us. Hello once again its got something of a change on the way for parts of north america as we go through the next couple of days exists every cloud just moving across the canadian prairie some wetter weather on less showers longer spells of rain just sinking down across the mountain states through montana some very heavy rain turning to snow as it moves over the high ground and sliding a little further south with the denver getting up to 33 celsius the heat continuing here through monday by south com choose day 3 degrees so you can see something of a massive change there will be some significant snowfall on this said but a wet weather into central parts of the u. S. Over towards the lakes not too bad over towards eastern seaboard of the a few showers down towards the southeast and cooler we could do with a right on the other side of the country because im afraid were not going to see any of that in california i still get up to 31 celsius not as hot as it has been still plenty hot enough well see a few showers meanwhile across the southern parts of mexico over the next couple of days weve got a Tropical Storm just off shore here not really causing too many problems a rash of showers through mexico through the yucatan peninsula into Central America some really lively showers to just around haiti cuba and some very wet weather for a time in jamaica. Rewind returns. With updates on the past about to say missed documentaries i would compare it to a onion we havent done in the 3 to spot the house and this is the temple mount of the old city rewind continues with losing louisiana what was once a Thriving Community only water with lettering above evil white on the southern tip of mes yana it lies submerged 30 feet below us on aljazeera. To move. Forward. Welcome back our top stories this hour a typhoon has made landfall in south korea its now traveling inland words are expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain earlier battered japan forcing more than 1800000 people to leave their homes. More than 200 people have been airlifted to safety in the u. S. State of california thats after they were trapped in a forest by a fast moving wildfire. And libyas warring sides are meeting in morocco delegations from tripolis u. N. Backed government in the eastern base to book Parliament Holding talks south of about ahead of a larger meeting in montreaux switzerland on monday. Now saudi arabia says it has intercepted and destroyed an explosive laden drone from yemen who the Spokesman Says several drones were sent to attack airport in response to an increase in saudi air strikes in yemen the saudi u. A. E. Coalition has been fighting yemens who the rebels since 2015. Mama dollar ton as the latest on the yemeni capital sanaa. This will tell you 3 attacks according to the host hes a Spokes Person come just days after the minister of defense of sun our government wants saudi arabia that they hold they will carry out more retaliatory attacks inside saudi territories and that they have entered the 4th phase of their retaliatory operations again is what they describe the spike of saudi air strikes on civilian areas and and this also these operations come just also hours after that was held by the ministry of transportation to mark the 4th year of the saudi banzai until National Ports the ring the press the number of shocking figures have been revealed the claim that the at least 80000 civilians have died because of the band that. Their right to travel abroad has been denied due to the ban and also mentioned the around 450000 civilians i was still waiting for their turn to travel abroad. They need. Medical intervention currently according to the announcements by u. N. Humanitarian coordinator that the health of the authorities or the relief humanitarian efforts will be halted especially because of the donations that have been halted by the donors so this will make things worse in regarding the humanitarian situation in the war torn country a fire in syrias province has killed 3 children the oldest was just 6 happened in a tent for internally displaced people in the rebel controlled town of brega a Civil Defense unit helped put out the fire and rescue the mother who suffered burn injuries. Health workers in iraqs capital have been protesting of the pay and a shortage of equipment coronavirus cases are risen with a record 5000 infections reported on friday the Health Ministry says hospitals are overwhelmed by the sheer number of cases to her jabari as the latest now from baghdad. Despite the sweltering heat in baghdad and a pandemic aliya at non traveled almost 200 kilometers from to crete to demand a job graduated from medical school over a year ago and she has yet to get work that im not progressives that sent a lot of b. S. Started all our lives not just for the past 6 years now ive been sitting at home doing nothing when the country needs medical professionals i feel useless now why did we study all our lives we demand the government give his job especially doing this been damaged according to the Iraqi Medical Association aliya is one of 31000 people who have graduated in the Health Care Field but have new jobs this at a time when iraq is facing a sharp increase in the number of covert 1000. 00 cases iraq has one of the lowest number of doctors and nurses per capita in the world for every 1255 people there is one doctor and there are only around 30000 working in the country critics say that figure could be doubled if the government did more this is another issue doctors face in iraq being attacked by family members of patients who pass away theyre often accused of not doing enough to save lives the issue of safety is one of the main reasons these doctors have gathered here not only with those the market but the iraqis have suffered from a deteriorating Health Care System which hasnt been looked after for decades more than 400. 00 doctors have been the victims of attacks or targeted killings since 2003 no more than a 1300 doctors have contracted covert nineteens these conditions are not acceptable in july the government formed a committee to find ways to employ medical graduates but the finance ministry refused to fund more jobs citing a lack of money and the Prime Minister criticize the increase in violence against doctors. And. The assault against our medical staff will be 1st with severe legal punishment we are calling on tribal leaders not to allow these assaults to be commuted under their names thats done fertile to placate Health Workers doctors across iraq say they will start a partial strike on it by the end of the week the government has failed to address their demands they will expand that and 12 for one has covered 900 cases are rising that could have disastrous consequences and its something Everyone Wants to avoid dorsetshire pari al jazeera back to. Corona virus infections in several European Countries are surging from reported another 7000. 00 cases on sunday officials there say the spike is partly due to more testing and that there hasnt been an increase in hospitalizations no deaths in the u. K. Theres been nearly 3000 new infections the highest any rise since late may the government says its mostly among young people but there are fears it could spread to the vulnerable well take whatever action is necessary but the 1st line of defense is that people should follow social distancing weve also got the testing in the tracing and theyre happening wreck order rates we can use and we will use local lock downs if thats whats necessary but the 1st line of defense for everybody no matter who you are no matter how old you are is to follow that social distancing so that we dont pass it on to people who will end up hospitalized or worse. U. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has set a deadline of october the 15th to strike a trade deal with the European Union if theres no agreement by then he says britain will move on the u. K. s chief brigs it negotiated david frost earlier warned that britain isnt afraid to walk away if brussels doesnt relent on key issues frost on the unit go sheet and Michel Barnier will hold an 8th round of talks on tuesday the u. K. Left the e. U. In january but still follows most of the blocs rules until a transition period runs out at the end of the year. Thousands of people have been rallying in montenegros capital against the nationalist coalition that won a slim majority in last sundays elections the coalitions now trying to form a government in the tiny balkan nation protesters fear it will push montenegro closer to serbia and russia but the parties say theyll continue with the countrys bid to join the European Union. I misunderstood youre completely sure i think people have gathered here to support peace harmony and tolerance while the nationalists interests we all live in harmony as bad as we dont need to visions money. I mean the side i am against any older flag being waved in our country be albanian Bosnian Serbian turkey should german any order except for their move to new green flower. Nearly 300 people have been arrested in hong kong after riot police cleared prodemocracy protesters on sunday they were demonstrating against beijings new security law which was imposed on the territory earlier this year people are angry about a delay in local elections which should have been held on sunday and jim brown reports. Hong kong independence they chose. Beyond small groups of Peaceful Protesters openly flouting a new National Security law. There were also individual acts of defiance. The demonstrators were also disobeying social distancing rules the Mass Gatherings they were angry because sunday was supposed to be hong kongs election day the government citing code 19 for the perspective of our. Government every time you want to apply for like a protest or marsh they always bend bend us so this time we didnt apply for a. March or protest to police chase really offering their decision to cancel the election has nothing to do with covert 19 i think the government is here to suppress the peoples demands and what the future should look like there was a heavy Police Presence across the county peninsula as officers moved quickly to shut down any opportunities for large gatherings. At one stage firing pebbles at a group that refused to disperse. Shocking image was that of a young girl being thrown to the. Well in spite of what happened here on sunday protests in hong kong have been largely cattail by this new National Security law but the voice of dissent has not been silenced entirely. A number of political activists were arrested on sunday including tam tacky who was detained it is home by officers from the new Security Department hes accused of uttering seditious were. Still trying to talk to the media as he was bundled into a car adrian brown Al Jazeera Hong Kong guineas leading Opposition Leader delhi india alo as announced plans to run in next months president ial election the former Prime Minister says he wants to stop president alpha conde from winning a controversial 3rd term in office a 2 year old calm days near the end of what should be his 2nd and final term but hes running again after pushing through changes to the constitution. For one does president has denied reports his government kidnapped a man widely credited for saving hundreds of lives during the countrys genocide Paul Rusesabagina was detained at the end of last month wonders president accuses him of leading a group of terrorists who say so begin as family says hes been forcibly taken to rwanda and denied access to annoy or his actions during the 994 genocide inspired the hollywood movie hotel rwanda. Colombia is easing some coronavirus instructions after months of being under lockdown many are flouting some of the rules that are still in place but officials in the capital bogota new ways to keep them in check. As the story. Tens of thousands of residents are back on their bicycles for sundays traditional or bike way event in the colombian capital the city is reopening after dinner corona virus infections appear to have passed the peak. Of this regarding the rules the city has dispatched clowns to stop the worst offenders and remind masks and keep a safe distance but that fear is that ok if they move its necessary to keep reminding people as they come out again that we cant be too close and still need to take care of ourselves i think theyre listening. Yet many say after more than 5 months of lockdown you cant blame people for taking some risks but are let me yeah it might have an effect in increasing contagions its been 6 months since weve been able to do this it has been too long. Restaurants have also started pilot programs across the city over the weekend allowing them to serve customers in open spaces under Strict Health measures. But in other parts of town the situation seemed out of control. As big crowds took over shopping areas jammed to by informal vendors under the current rules shopping areas like this one are only open. To try and reduce the amount of people on the streets on a daily basis but with this kind of growth many fear wont be long before colombia season other spike in infections. There are a lot of people gathering so the truth is im a bit worried lots of people without masks and no police so im not going. To be back on to its base or organized. Other countries in the region that had to be open to have seen a resurgence in the number of cases. In mexico new reports in excess mortality rates suggest the true coronavirus toll there could be much higher. Than the country has recorded 120000 more deaths during the pandemic thats almost double the current official number of covert in 1000 fatalities is somebody reminder that the fight against the virus is far from over alison. Protesters have gathered there a melting glacier in switzerland to push for action on Climate Change the demonstration comes a day before the Swiss Parliament begins debating new legislation on reducing c o 2 emissions the government says nearly all the remaining glaciers in the alps will disappear by the end of the century if nothing is done and 2nd only. We know that in the past 30 to 40 years more than 500 glaciers have disappeared or are disappearing so its an alarming figure we know that it will have consequences on the alpine environment and later in the regions around its one of the largest sources of fresh water and it also maintains the climate as it is now the worlds top tennis player know that joke of it has been kicked out of the u. S. Open after accidentally striking a judge with the ball he was playing a 4th round match when he hit a ball in frustration after losing a game that ended up hitting a female official in the throat after a long discussion with a tournament referee it was confirmed hed been disqualified djokovic has been fined all the prize money he turned in new york but joke of a chance since apologized for the incident he took to social media to say it was wrong and he didnt intend to hit the official the tennis star also said he needs to work on his disappointment and that he needs to evolve as a player. The headlines here on aljazeera typhoon has made landfall in south korea traveling inland where its expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain earlier. Than 1800000 people to leave their homes from. The latest on the situation on the korean peninsula. The winds of change slightly from the south when it was coming. To the winds were coming straight out of the east bringing a lot of the sea with it right over the sea wall there are reports of flooding in parts of south korea and also of course many structures here of already. Passed through here just a few days ago and obviously the whole of the jewelry still soaking wet because of these type. Of longer than normal seasonal summer rain so we can expect with the terrain thats going to be happening all the way up again more flooding. Security forces and better roos detained dozens of protesters that are large antigovernment rally in the capital tens of thousands of people gathered across minsk calling for president Alexander Lukashenko as resignation protests have continued every day since last months disputed election which look because opponents say it was raked libyas rival sides are meeting in morocco 2 weeks after they announced a cease fire agreement delegations from tripolis un recognized government and eastern based to brooke parliament to holding talks south of the head of a larger meeting in switzerland on monday saudi arabia says its intercepted and destroyed an explosive laden drone from yemen who the Spokesman Says several drones were sent to attack port in response to an increase in saudi air strikes in yemen. India has once again reported the worlds highest single day tally of new corona virus infections with more than 90000 cases on sunday the countrys death toll has now surpassed 70000 the government says the rise is due to increase testing. More than 200. 00 people have been airlifted to safety in the u. S. State of california thats after they were trapped in a forest by a fast moving wildfire it comes as the state is also experiencing extreme heat which is increasing in intensity of the fires those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after a real life stage and done so much of. An experimental treatment in russia soap and some multiple sclerosis sufferer. One o one east follows those trying to get in and out of moscow in a time of. Hello and welcome again to rewind. Back in 2006 when we 1st launched aljazeera english our goal was to find stories that other channels simply werent covering here on rewind we revisit some of the best of them to find out how the story has moved on in the u. S. Cents today rewinding to 2009 to the wetlands of the mississippi delta on the gulf of mexico in 2005
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