By floods from the nile river and ill be telling you about the impact of the floods on neighborhoods and the government response. Not so black and white wire fair housing activists in the u. S. Say president on this claim to an outdated vision of americas suburbs. Many have called it genocide now 2 soldiers from miramar may have provided the evidence needed to bring the case to the International Criminal court there are reports the 2 men are in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice for the killing of muslim Human Rights GroupFortify Rights says it has seen taped confessions from 2 soldiers who say they deserted from the me im army and the lengthy videos the mad admitted to massacres rapes and the destruction overhang of villages the Rights Group Says theyve also named all those soldiers and senior commanders involved in the triune mohammad has covered the range of prices extensively and he has more. If these 2 soldiers are indeed giving these kinds of details to i. C. C. Investigators that could have a huge impact on a potential case its been well over a year now that the i. C. C. Has been trying to build a case they launched an investigation they have opened a case but it has been tricky for the i. C. C. Because of jurisdictional issues because me and maher is not a signatory to the rome statute they are not a member of the International Criminal court they do not recognize the i. C. C. Bangladesh however a which has helped the i. C. C. In building this case is a member of the rome statute and the fact that in the reporting there has been about this we heard that these 2 soldiers fled to bangladesh its really going to be interesting to find out just how much of a role bangladesh played in trying to get them to the i. C. C. Of course having direct testimony from soldiers involved in what many have called these horrific atrocities committed against the rohingya that would be a Huge DevelopmentRohingya Refugees since the beginning of the crackdown that was launched against them august 25th 2017 have used the word genocide to describe what happened what was perpetrated against them so if now there is direct testimony that means that me and mark could be a lot more liable ok lets cross over to the hague is live for us whats the i. C. C. Saying about these 2 moves to. Theyre not saying much to be honest they have the night that just 2 men are in custody of the Court Despite earlier we report what weve heard that they would be in custody so theyre not in custody what that means is that they most likely a Witness Protection Program or at least here in the hague as witnesses if this report is true that they have arrived here earlier this week the bus acuteness office the sas that while the investigation is ongoing does not make any comments and theyre also urging people not to speculate about any witnesses or people involved in this case because we have to understand its a fairly fairly soon sensitive case were talking about genocide and were talking about possibly so the 1st formal military members of the on maher from the me on my army willing to testify so of course theres a lot of concern about this safety but the i. C. C. Has far reaching Witness Protection Programs and also been a campaigning about Youth Programs recently because they want to urge people to come forward and these kinds of very sensitive and very wide and high profile cases but i have also been traveling to africa for example to explain to people that if you want to come forward and testify in a very sensitive case that you will be fully protected so its very possible that these 2 former soldiers from me on maher here in the hague and that this Protection Program can start this could form part of an Ongoing Investigation by the i. C. C. Just bring us up to date with what we know about this investigation. Yeah exactly its were stuck for a while of the process indeed to myanmar has not signed the rome statute which is the basis of this International Criminal court but the courts found a way around it so they said this if part of the crimes against humanity have been taken place in another country you have signed the rome statute for example bangladesh then the i. C. C. Has the jurisdiction and in this case there were mass deportations of hundreds of thousands of rohingya the Minority Working Group in the me on my they have been taken and forced out of the country to been let that show the fact that they crossed the border the charges here have considered that a way around this problem and they now find that they have this jurisdiction so last november they urge the investigators to continue the case and if they indeed have these 2 very prominent witnesses who have in their testimonies given very details testimony about what they did themselves but also what senior officials within the army have done then of course this is a crucial moment for this investigation and thats from bringing us up to date from the hague and im tony im ovies the executive director of legal action worldwide and she was in bangladesh as a u. N. Investigator at the height of the crisis she says this crude opened the door for higher ranking members of the army to confess their crimes. Whilst they may be very no in the ranks i think we should note that more will come so what and that has been shown to be actually a chain of who moms and also lets just the flight back this Mountains National court of justice case we had in the 10th assemble and elected to send but last year and since so many defending the mia. School that actions and there was no admissions this is really an important moment thanks for the regime but i think the International Justice and we should see that the International Community is both will be supportive of this and weve seen that trying to netherlands now joining as an intervention to the ice sheet case and lets strip it of the most important thing will the rain as we notice a crowded space in the out that what is happening is great to hear the voices that price for justice but the russian president Alexander Lukashenko says he wont step down the spite of rising tide of protests against his leadership but speaking to Russian Media until tuesday he did not rule out holding an early president ial election because shankar claimed victory in a disputed election last month which is opponents say was rigged since then mass protests have been held across the country despite threats by Security Forces that the action is illegal but are russian opposition candidates for atlanta to kind of scalia says president s alexander has and can no longer has the legitimacy to engage in Diplomatic Affairs she told members of the council of europe that any tweeting signed when the wouldnt be upheld by future governments might concert my nation my people now need help. These need International Pressure on this regime on this one and you need to know this firstly clean and on to power. Being need some actions on individuals who issue and exit your screen now or this violates International Norms and schuman rights and by the russian state t. V. Says a prominent opposition activist missing since monday has been detained near the border with ukraine but mrs say they saw what he had holistic over being snatched off a street in minsk by masked men and taken away in a van on monday state media are denying those reports for us journalists and revised which is in mens with more on Maria Kolesnikov us disappearance. We know mostly from i didnt state media will from the sources because her lawyer still hasnt got any summations who are in the last 24 hours weve seen this morning the video with one of her team member who was explaining then that he has chosen to become tricked now we know there are 2 of them down in ukraine and Maria Kolesnikov i couldnt leave the country because she simply tore off her pa sport so she couldnt last into ukraine because of the incident so basically it proves once again that. The park. Wasnt will and will to leave the country should that couple of days to get to me that she will be staying here till the end feels of a great and today what we saw once again proves that the roots and authorities just try to keep out of the country the main opposition figures so that they would not leave. Even if they dont they defaulted but still they are very well known here people respect them average i talk to them on the street during the brought to this incident rules again that the Bulletin Board will continue the brush and now one journalist added to one of the main Media Outlets she was the rock then there are 1 sort of the bachmann and the basically. The last sunday we see that the repression has gone back and that will continue in the next hour the next day. Severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan days after the government declared a 3 month state of emergency Officials Say about 100 people have been killed by more than 100000 homes damaged flooding this year has far exceeded records set in the 1940 s. Causing the nile to rise to levels not seen in a century but the u. N. Is warning the situation may get worse with more heavy rain expected until the end of the month even morgans in khartoum where she says many people are demanding more assistance from the government. Were here in the southern parts of sudans capital hard to me and the residents here tell me that up until nearly 2 weeks ago these areas including about 2 to 3 kilometers away all of it was dry land but as you can see right now theres not a speck of dry land inside they say that the nile river has overflowed its banks and when into the neighborhoods damaging houses filling homes that are concrete destroying homes that are partially concrete and that are weak forcing people to get displaced now according to sudans government at least 100 people have died as a result of the flooding over the past month and more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced people who have been affected by these floods which is the highest in more than a century say that the government response has been weak and the government says that they are trying their level best but some things were out of control the liver to see them in the hole where using sandbags to block the areas that are being swarmed however we cannot use them along the whole river over the past few days water levels reach record highs even bridges were flooded residents in affected areas have been evacuated and warnings were sent to those exposed now while the government says that they have tried to respond with some preventive measures but people are saying that theyre now looking into the neighborhood resistance committees common sees that have been active during sudans revolution mobilizing people and who are now working on the Response Plan forward for those affected theyve been trying to mobilize food donations via social media by going through neighborhoods to try to get people to come together to help those who have been affected by the floods people are saying the people who are affected are saying that they want to see more government response they say that theyre demanding medications theyre demanding shelter theyre demanding food theyre demanding clean water and theyre concerned about the long term impacts of the floods theyre worried that they wont be able to rebuild the destruction that has been caused by the floods especially in the country in the midst of an economic crisis and they say that the government needs to respond more and show its presence more so that they know that when the water south receding they can go back to their lives and they can start rebuilding with help from the government rather than being left out in the open with their future unknown. So i had an aljazeera india and china accuse each others armies of firing shots and violating agreements in a disputed himalayan border region. And back home or to a story in journalist return from china after being caught in a diplomatic standoff. Goodbye how shannon actually we wont say goodbye to the amount of writing this with it just circulation brought the wind damage so far northeastern china has a lot more rain to come on the still more rain the 4 showers through south korea and north korea and japan slow moving stuff or at least more moving northward so it will tend to pass over the same place again and again as for china the east is fine but in the west the rain is brewing once again this still is drifting slowly east was but shanghai remains dry and the country as a whole clearly does not malays here is taking a bit of a hit also from the showers that are all going slowly sas they have colds with the sun is always an area this wetter than elsewhere and this is the area that i were running through northwest in borneo down towards sumatra and then a scattering of virtually anywhere else was maybe the exception of java java still looks relatively the not completely dry which is right this time via. The monsoon rains are slowly receding now so theyve more or less gone from pakistan afghanistan North Western india but have not gone from northern india and they certainly gone from the west and gas this is a concentrated area anywhere from down towards carola there is significant rain so be yet more flooding. Jump into this stream and julian on Global Community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on and on line be part of the debate any person you keep coming steve you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the semicolons that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to need to transform lives the way we could see it business if were going to adapt to climate break down this street on out is the. The watching out is either a reminder of our top stories this hour 2 men who say they deserted from the me and my army have reportedly given confessions detailing mass killings and the destruction of the hanging of illegitimate theyre now said to be in the hague and could help the International Criminal court. But the russian president Alexander Lukashenko says he wont step down but hes not ruling out holding any elections or claimed victory in a disputed votes last month which is opponents say was rigged. Severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan days after the government declared a state of emergency Officials Say about 100 people have been killed more than 100000 homes damaged. India and china accusing each other soldiers of firing shots in a new confrontation along their disputed himalayan border china says indian troops crossed the line of actual control as its known in the Western Region on monday and opened fire and its soldiers took what it called countermeasures but indias military has laid the blame with china accusing it of what it called provocative measures to escalate tension both sides usually avoid using firearms in the area but surely you has more on the reaction from beijing. Now china has called this a serious provocation and violation of the border agreement we know that things between these 2 sides have been tense for some years but if this is true this will be one of the 1st times firearms have been involved in about 40 years there had been agreement to keep firearms out of it but we do know that things have been escalating with both sides building up troops for the past 2 months staring at times at each other eyeball to eyeball the longest disputed areas both sides and able to agree over this line of actual control which is further complicated by this complex topography along the region now when our firearms have not been used but things did escalate in june where there was a skirmish between both sides and these 20 indian soldiers will last china says that its conducting negotiations and dialogues with the indian side there have been talks at Different Levels for the past few weeks including very high level talks in moscow between both the defense ministers from both countries just last friday but it seems that those talks have been very limited in terms of what progress they have been able to make and india also says that china has captured 5 indian civilians and Chinas Foreign Ministry when asked about this said they didnt have any information saying simply that they were continuing dialogue with india that they wanted peace but Chinas Foreign Ministry has predictably laid the blame for escalating tensions completely with the indian side elizabeth around them is in new delhi and she says the indian Army Maintains it did not go across the line of actual control. They are saying that it was the chinese army that tried to close in on one of indias positions and when they were dissuaded by their own troops that they fired a few rounds in the air theyre also saying that despite grave provocation that indian troops exercised great restraint that they are committed to disengagement to deescalation that china continues to undertake provocative activities to escalate and theyre also saying that the latest statement by the chinese army about the firing is an attempt to mislead its a mistake and the International Audience now this happened just 3 days after that meeting between the 2 countries defense ministers at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit it was the highest level meeting between the 2 countries since the current standoff began in may as we also had both sides saying that the other agreed to deescalate the situation after that but we have had so many rounds of talks at Different Levels since may and each time they maintain that they are committed to disengaging and get weve had more incidents including the most serious between the 2 countries in june when those 20 indian soldiers and a number of chinese soldiers were killed we do have a meeting between the Foreign Ministers off the 2 countries coming up again coming up rather again at that Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on thursday at least 22 people are dead after a rockslide was triggered at a mining signs in northern pakistan 20 injured miners were rescued from korea but there are fears that dozens more are stuck under the rubble there is well known for its hard Quality Model which is exported globally. To australian journalists have returned home from china after a tense diplomatic standoff which left them fearing arrest Chinese Police had demanded interviews with the men and initially barred them from leaving reporters one from state broadcaster a. B. C. And the other from financial review sort refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while the safety poncho was negotiated it comes after the arrest of another australian journalist chong wei who works for chinas state owned channel c g t n Marcus Stroman is the president of australias media union the Media Entertainment an Arts Alliance he says china is using journalists as diplomatic bargaining chips. Were very glad that the 2 of them are back home and safe because in china theyre clearly not safe and this is a very disturbing pattern weve seen. Chung they is in custody not a number of reasons that we are unclear of and also we have another member of a unique engine losing john has been sober for 18 months facing its been charges so unfortunately this looks like a pattern that the Chinese Government is using journalists as just tools in a diplomatic can you hear very little about what happens up to journalists are detained we know that that has received consular assistance but thats thats about it and this appears to be a pattern of intimidation by the chinese authorities to try to get the story of china told in the way it wants and i mean it also appears to be a bit of tit for tat tied in with trade disputes chinas long struggle weeks United States maybe a stray here is seen as a as a pawn or a patsy for the United States its very unclear whats going on and its very disappointing because i mean china does not have a Civil Society where freedom of the press exists so its disturbing that that pattern is being rolled out against western and other journalists you know a diplomatic game that is very dangerous for our members and other journalists to cover china a new round of braggs that talks have started in london as the u. K. Acknowledges its plans to run a gun parts of the Withdrawal Agreement and would break International Law it wants to override customs rules designed to ensure theres no hard border between Northern Ireland and ireland are sleaze in westminster but he says talk of changing the customs roles has added more tension to these negotiations. Its now emerged that the governments of this country might want to run a gun parts of the Withdrawal Agreement to the absolute consternation of the European Union because its a breach of International Law say the europeans so the talks start this afternoon Michel Barnier is there in the room with david frosts them for us explaining whats going on meanwhile in the house of commons while these new sets of rules are being outline to the europeans a load of very worried consult of m. P. s say well hang on if we break this International Law then what does that say about our reputation as a trustworthy partner with other countries Going Forward one senior conservative us north not in secretary because its all about Northern Ireland is this is east or is this not a breach of International Law the large sector stands up and says yes it is a breach of International Law in quite a very limited and specific way. It is frankly is pretty unbelievable at this point in the process the u. K. Side is basically saying hes prepared to break ins national law to try to force the europeans into some sort of compromise on on its own red lines and plainly it doesnt number things it is potential to cause and yet another written saw the conservative party it could lead to very acrimonious no direct civs and an awful relationship between the u. K. And the European Union because a shadow over the u. K. Is reputation to the rest of the world as being a trustworthy part that and on top of that it also brings back in supply the status of the border inside the un in the violence and theres a great deal of people inside islands who are going to be very worried that what it might mean about the potential for hard border going up splitting the un in the voting yes again into so its very very high stakes controversial stuff this from the british side. Donald trump is being accused of playing politics for suggesting the Coronavirus Vaccine will be ready by next months just ahead of the u. S. President ial election despite the president s adjustments the chief executives of 9 Drug Companies have promised not to rush through trials of experimental Coronavirus Vaccines our White House CorrespondentKimberly Hall that has more on the president s insistence that a vaccine is coming soon the u. S. President continues to project optimism he will be traveling to North Carolina and florida today in the last 24 hours as he held that press conference here at the white house he did continue to say that perhaps this could be ready by the end of october and that is of course the timing that would be significant for him because he wants to try and get this out before the november 3rd election but the c. E. O. Is making it very clear that they will not commit to a political timeline now one of the reasons they dont want to commit to a timeline is the human trials are still underway and this involves tens of thousands of people and there has been some difficulty we understand of getting enough people to test the vaccine so the other big question of this is when this does come out who will get it when there are all kinds of things to work out the president has taken into account now seizing upon all of this is the president s rival democratic president ial nominee joe biden not only has he released a new ad contrast to his approach to a presidency with donald trump saying this would be a fresh start versus Donald Trumps darkness but he also released a statement saying that donald trump when it comes to the vaccine refuses to listen to experts 2 and scientists so while the c. E. O. s have come out urging the president ial candidates not to make this political its clear that both men are doing just that. There have been protests for 6 nights in new york state over the case of daniel prude a black man who died after being arrested demonstrators in rochester are calling for the 7 officers involved to be charged and convicted theyve been suspended with pay prude was arrested in march police put a hood over his head and held him down he lost consciousness and later died. Donald trump has replaced an obama era role that salt to end racial segregation in American Housing the president says this will give local governments more freedom from federal regulations how to jocasta reports from maryland. Its a Beautiful Day in this washington suburb of Silver Spring maryland and the election is less than 2 months away that means over picnics the discussion is sometimes politics and i think that we need a change in the United States we need. A new leader its very important for us to take it seriously and were going to make that difference in 2 months neighborhoods like these are critical in picking who is president suburbs contain nearly half of all u. S. Voters and in 2016 they delivered a narrow victory to donald trump but this here he is struggling to keep those votes reach 911 im sorry that there is no one here to answer your comments to call with polls showing trump trailing joe biden in the suburbs the Trump Campaign has aired ads like these playing to what the campaign believes to be the fears of white suburbanites will save our cities and our suburbs are in the future of crime and chaos to rupture and economic collapse that puppet joe biden would actually showed america but american suburbs are going through a dramatic transformation suburbs are now home to more immigrants and more africanamericans no longer the white enclaves of tribes thinking she wrongly assumes that black people and other people of color are not already integral members of suburban communities and also rightly assume that white people in suburban communities are racists who want to keep everyone out. The trump continues to attack democrats and their housing policies cancelling and obama a rule that force cities to report on housing discrimination in their local could be. New orleans had made strides under the obama rule says fair housing advocate delfin at martin she says trump will likely lose votes by demonizing minorities hes not really concerned about how little he again trying to tap into the minds of those who already follow him it remains to be seen whether trumps racially charged Campaign Strategy works to sway those few who remain undecided. Castro aljazeera Silver Spring maryland. This is a deceiver these are the top stories 2 men who say they deserted from the miramar army have reportedly given confessions detailing mass killings and the destruction overhang of villages there now said to be in the hague and could help the International Criminal court well homage on june has covered the Rohingya Crisis extensively and has more having direct testimony from soldiers involved in what many have called these horrific atrocities committed against the rohingya that would be a Huge Development writing to refugees since the beginning of the crackdown that was launched against the august 25th 2017 have used the word genocide to describe what happened what was perpetrated against them so of now there is direct testimony that means that me and more could be a lot more liable but the russian president Alexander Lukashenko says he wont step down but hes not ruling out Holding Elections looks like or claimed victory in a disputed votes last month which is opponents say was rigged to have been mass protests since then against his rule severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan days after the government declared a state of emergency Officials Say about 100 people have been killed while more than 100000 homes are damaged. India and china both accusing the other soldiers of firing shots in a new confrontation along the disputed himalayan border china says indian troops crossed the line of actual control as its known in the Western Region on monday and opened fire but indias military has laid the blame with china accusing it of what it called provocative measures to escalate tension both sides usually avoid using firearms in the area at least 22. 00 people are dead after a rockslide was triggered at a mining site in northern pakistan 20 injured miners were rescued from the mobile quarry but there are fears that dozens more are stuck under the rubble. Too is too early and journalists have returned home from china after a tense diplomatic standoff which left them feeling a rest Chinese Police had demanded interviews with the man and initially barred them from leaving the reporters one from the state broadcaster a. B. C. And the other from the financial review sort of refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while the safety parcher was negotiated those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera at about half an hour after the stream. Al jazeera. I know im melissa chair and guest hosting while fairly ok is away for a few days today will be talking about the computer protect journalists latest Campaign Missing not forgotten and learn about the stories of some of these reporters from people who know them as always on you to cleves post your comments and questions so that you too can plug into the stream. Welcome to our guest today she reached here ahmed and im going to ask each of you introduce yourselves to everyone well start with