Says its suspending trials for its covert 1000. 00 vaccine after an unexplained illness. The u. S. Sanctions that could drive a wedge between hezbollah and its lebanese political allies. Thanks for joining us in overcrowded greek islands camp that had become the makeshift home for thousands of refugees is now a small during ruin and a desperate effort has begun to work out what to do with those now homeless fire burned through the hours for hours rather through moria county and a state of emergency has been declared on the island of less photos laura birdman the reports of. The fire with still burning through moria camp at the new day began on the. Greek island of bloods posts. Around the camp thousands of refugees again in 31 sleeping wherever they can. And from the movie nights more than 12000 people fled as flames began sweeping into the largest refugee camp a grief. Many looked own as the homes were destroyed. The past really gets the 5 made more difficult by storm were. Here out there. Today for our 1st i need to know you. Going to. The camp in those posts just off the coast of turkey was known for its cramped and unfounded tree conditions. Built for about 3000 people it housed more than 12000. People who lived in huts in tents with limited access to Running Water the government says the fires were deliberately lit by some camp residents angry to continue to lock down due to the coronavirus pandemic many of the asymptomatic people have been put into a quarantine area on the far eastern side of the camp and that area earlier this evening was attacked by individuals who seemingly do not believe that it was actually in the camp and that it is being seen as a reason to continue a 6 month lockdown in the camp some attacks on some vehicles to move people out of the camp or to move them around in a suit and some of the people that were in this current area were fleeing from that violence and in the process of that several fires are set on the perimeter. Between 20152016 thousands of people made the journey across the mediterranean from turkey to the island of less both then he fled for more persecution and poverty hoping to find safety in europe. Since the 1st of march 23 have been quarantined away from moria camp due to the pandemic but the people who found refugee more in the very little they had is gone and what was already an uncertain future is looking even more bleak nor those among the aljazeera. Chriss Prime Minister says people who were in the camp will not be allowed to leave the island but will be put up in emergency housing in tents we dont. Believe that a bad experience can quickly turn into an opportunity for a better reality and this will happen in less boss once the damage in moria has been assessed and in consultation with the European Commission we will take concrete initiatives our priority remains the health and safety of all both residents and migrants. Afghanistans Vice President has survived what appears to have been yet another assassination attempt which killed at least 10 others. Has unharmed and thanked Government Security forces for what he called their fight against terrorism sara reports. A familiar scene in afghanistans capital. Roadside bomb explosion this time told that seeing the Vice President. The attack happened during the morning rush hour is a roll of solace a convoy was traveling through the town money area of kabul. He survived was appears to be an assassination attempt but several others are dead and at least a dozen injured were rushed to hospital. And explosion happened near the shops selling gas cylinders my push count was on the road i just heard the explosion and rushed to the street leading to my home and then i found myself covered with blood and whatever that i was in the car i lost one of my brothers and the other one is hurt what kind of government is this is no ambulance and the police havent even arrived yet ive taken a child to this clinic when the blast happened. The Vice President and former intelligence chief is one of the most targeted men in afghanistan back in his office with his hand bandage he had this message to his attackers but. I want to assure you in a message that im fine and safe but some of my security guards injured and they are in hospital i do not know about the casualties about our people and once again im sorry about this and i want to thank all of those who see in the messages about my health i want to thank all the Security Forces were fighting against terrorism and acting as a shield to face these terrorists attacks and im proud of them no ones claimed responsibility the taliban was quick to denounce the latest attack on saleh has managed to survive a number of assassination attempts over the years. They needed the storming of his office in kabul last year by 3 gunmen who killed 20 people including sourness family members. Hes part of the governments Negotiation Team with the taliban with the latest talks to be held in qatar the wise president with this strong wise. And also having an influence on the ongoing Peace Process hes certainly going to become much harder in his. Negotiating with it which is which is expected to be going to have some sort of impact but as far as the start of negotiation is concerned i dont think it will have a heart to process the negotiation process should proceed as the 2 sides agree to move on because right now a bit is a slight hurdle there is a difference of opinion between taliban and the Afghan Government under the leaves of a handful of prisoners sourness Young Saunders reportedly with him in the call and his own home and blah series called and as investigators. Sort of height at. Trials for one of the worlds most promising coronavirus treatments are on hold because of the unexplained illness of one of the participants developers astra zeneca an Oxford University in england started a late stage testing last week the World Health Organization says safety is the primary focus for Clinical Trials and that it is routine practice to investigate when unexplained illnesses occur thousands of patients in britain brazil south africa and the us are taking part dairy gather as overall adjusts on lecture alang castor university he says the vaccine trial is a rigorous and time consuming process. Its important to remember that this Clinical Trial is unprecedented partly because of the sheer scale we have nearly 20000 participants there on several continents so theres a lot of logistical problems in running it or also the sheer speed with which it has to be carried out because of the urgency of getting a vaccine by the target of the end of the year and also finally because the disease that were trying to prevent with the vaccine is one that produces new symptoms and possibly as many as the quarters of the people who contract it so for that reason everybody thats on the trial has to be under extreme medical scrutiny they have to be tasted very regularly to see whether they have corona virus. Shedding the virus and not just sometimes because the mean or have some symptoms and this means that what some things will be picked up in the routine medical screening some may be true and some may be quite serious and when Something Like this doesnt arise which is out of the normal things that we we dont normally see in facts in tribes it was beyond my my own fevers and hey digs that are often a complication of of the vaccines then the trial has to be stalked while the situation is assessed regarding what the potential causes of this. Disease are and the volunteers well england has announced new coronavirus restrictions as it tries to control the rising number of infections they include limiting the number of people at social gatherings but that wont apply to schools offices weddings funerals or organized team sports i minister Boris Johnson says they stricter rules will help avoid a 2nd lockdown the government also plans to appoint monitors to enforce the measures lawrence lee has more from oxford. The problem the u. K. Has got is the same as in other European Countries summers over kids are going back to school. You know the autumn is on the way just not just england but countries in the Czech Republic the netherlands elsewhere suddenly steet rises in infection rates and the problem that the u. K. Has got and theyve been identifying this is the 1st time in several months that Boris Johnsons held a News Conference like this with both his chief scientific advisor and his chief medical officer and the seasons of advisors showed at a number of slides looking at the rise in rates have the last few days in the demographics and the and the age group sing the biggest rising cases these young people between 18 or 20 and 29 thats a steep rise old people its fairly flat but the messaging that the governments been trying to say to them look you might not get ill but you might kill one of your grandparents that hasnt been working and interestingly they showed some slides which demonstrated that the rise in the u. K. In england im sorry is very similar to that of france but belgium they said had taken what they call Decisive Action and immediately the with the rate started to flatten out again and so based on that they say theyve had no choice but to bring in these measures to try to avoid a full lockdown but they will put much bigger restrictions on people as you say from the start of next week the limits on gatherings up until now ive been 30 as of monday is going to become 6 and that might last until nearly so was christmas according to the government this morning. U. N. Security council is holding a Virtual Meeting to discuss a resolution that would demand disassociation of hostilities in war torn countries during the covert 19 pandemic the session requested by france and will address the uns efforts in countries affected by Armed Conflict or a humanitarian crisis during the pandemic since the outbreak began the u. N. Has had to scale back and the just peacekeeping and aid missions to make sure their own staff dont spread the virus person salumi has more from the u. N. In new york. The Security Council has been getting a briefing from some of the uns top officials in humanitarian affairs peacekeeping affairs and Political Affairs and its a pretty bleak picture not only is the violence continuing efforts to help conflict and do away with conflict are struggling because of restrictions placed on. Diplomats and so on because of the coronavirus so we heard from rosemary de carlo the Political Affairs corner that there was some initial cessation of hostilities in country countries after the un 1st called for the ceasefire about 2 months ago but that is pretty much falling apart weve seen that in countries like yemen and libya where conflict and violence is still ongoing she gave an example of syria where talks had to stop peace talks had to stop before resuming because some of the participants came down with kovac but the really bleak picture comes on the humanitarian front undersecretary general mark locata who heads up humanitarian affairs for the United Nations said that conflict prone countries with existing refugee and humanitarian issues already make up about a 3rd of cases of coronavirus globally and a 3rd of desk globally and those numbers he said are probably much under represented in the totals because testing is so limited in these area. Still ahead on aljazeera defying Government Orders ethiopias to agree region goes ahead with Regional Elections despite the Prime Minister calling that vote illegal. Why irans Supreme Leader wants to pull the plug on imports of while i phones. Hello there are no extremes at the moment but still quite warm where the sun is full shining with gas its given places like the levant so drew sims at 35 or 40 in dire hans a fairly humid there has a massive plant here not generating much in the way of showers than the Higher Ground in the western side of saudi or yemen so it has been shared it is yet more floods in yemen from these big showers that form briefly and then die against a daily event and the sheriff is still blowing into still hours still raining there not much but point 2 millimeters per day which is par for the course west africa a series of clumps of cloud to turn to tropical cyclones this is what they do this time the it also brings flooding to africa youve seen it in senegal for example in nigeria and in sudan is just more in hearts this year and theres more to come although it looks briefly quite quiet as i may get to friday theres more forming here in and you still got the last 2 on their way out through says mali and beyond for the sounds and its still winter in Southern Africa so the weather could potentially be quite active start especially be around the cape it is an onshore southerly start like cold but it is cloudy and went. For nearly 3 quarters of a century World Leaders have gathered at the United Nations headquarters each year for a highly visible and often contentious debate this year in the midst of the covert 19 pandemic the session will be mostly remote but the few possible know were the exception. And joining us from new york for our special coverage of the 75th United Nations general assembly. On aljazeera. Will. The. Will. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera a state of emergency has been declared on the greek island of lesbos after a fire left thousands of refugees without shelter reports say some of the blazes of the more you a refugee camp or started to the berkeley to protest near the imposed coronavirus restrictions. Afghanistans Vice President has survived what appears to have been and that sasa nation attempt at least 10 people were killed when im real us on whats called boy was bombed in kabul. In burnss banning gatherings with more than 6 people its part of a set of new coronavirus restrictions that go into effect on monday Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says the rules will help avoid a 2nd lockdown. Bela russian investigators say too soon your opposition leaders are being held in custody accused of destabilizing the country lawyer. The latest to be rounded up by masked men earlier on wednesday maria cullen the scotia disappeared on monday and reportedly ripped up her passport to avoid deportation to ukraine zain aquas the last prominent activist still free and valorous. Such things happen every day in according to the ministry of in denial of more than 600 people but the date on sunday football dissipating in Peaceful Demonstrations there will be trials for those who arent released the list of Political Prisoners is growing. There leading belarusian opposition candidates vettel on a ticket of a sky says she hopes to have a dialogue with the ruling powers despite the detention of the activists shes in warsaw and neighboring poland trying to garner supports a lot of people are still in hospitals a lot of people some people were raped. And it is. It was a great shock for all their dealers and people because we really couldnt even expect that such violence could happen in our country in the way at the moment. And the regime is trying to scare and demoralize allies us but eat relies only on force we rely on our solidarity and vision of nubia loose voters in a few because Northern Region defied a federal Government Order its a cast their ballots and a local election theyre choosing members of the 190 seat Regional Parliament even though the government declared wednesdays vote illegal the poll is part of the general election which was suspended due to coronavirus Prime Minister ahmed ruled out military intervention while its a gray Officials Say any interference would amount to a declaration of war and do you see who mikhail is a member of Prime Minister of Prosperity Party he says the Peoples Liberation front or t. P. L. F. Are heading for political suicide because the results will be no void. Well people may turn out maybe few people may turn out to cast their ballots but because the people is under a total repression because the people cannot air its voice and its deep interest. May happen but this is a very dangerous situation that appeared if he is putting it into a Suicide Mission because this. Is totally in their gun and the result is not in void so the tension can be scally to but surely as it appeared it cannot win this game and this is basically happening in order to avoid to the attention of the people because if cannot answer the true questions of the people the people has a lot of questions related with martin the station we score option with true implementation of federalism and there are lots of questions so because the stupid if cannot answer all these demands of the people hes just having a fit. And trying to appear as if hes. He can participate and compete in their. Political life. For the 1st time the u. S. Government to sanctioned lebanese political allies of hezbollah 2 former government ministers are having their u. S. Property assets frozen their rainy and back group condemned the move saying the u. S. Wont achieve its goals then i heard reports from beiruts. A close associate of the speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri is among 2 former lebanese government ministers sanctioned by the Us Administration it says they provided material and Financial Support to hezbollah yousif in ya know us a member of the christian marriage the party is the other they have dismissed the accusations it now means their properties in the us have been frozen and dealing with them risks being sanctioned the u. S. Has been targeting the iranian backed group with sanctions for years but this is the 1st time its targeting political allies. Where it goes is for me to go over. Ringback there on. Where you. Are before also inform you. Of course you. Want. Russia. The 2 week deadline set by french president Manuel Mccall for the formation of a government is at the halfway stage france and the u. S. Have made it Clear InternationalFinancial Assistance will depend on a cabinet willing to carry out economic and political reforms but they seem to have differences of opinion the sanctions could help bring about a deal or harden positions these times has basically to send the message that u. K. And the u. S. Has while the French Initiative is based on the promise that you know in order to acknowledge the starts over the country in order to achieve some we need to acknowledge the status of france unlike the us. Views hezbollahs military and political wings as separate entities hezbollah says the us campaign is politically motivated and aimed at forcing concessions the us has been going after hezbollahs money supply for years but recently accused the big boys in the states resources the u. S. Treasury alleges former ministers and government enabled. Firms to win bids for state contracts and helped circumvent sanctions by moving money from ministries to hezbollah institutions. U. S. Officials are promising to go after any politician who assists the group in what could be the beginning of a new policy in dealing with lebanon its a strong message to politicians that could drive a wedge between hezbollah and its allies and affect its growing political power sent to. Beirut the Palestinian Foreign minister has called on the arab league to reject efforts by the United Arab Emirates to build closer ties with israel riyadh maliki was speaking at a virtual session of the Arab League Israel are set to sign the u. S. Brokered agreement next week. I sincerely learned a lot about the legal finally an earthquake has hit the arab league the dream of the arabs the triple tide the american israeli immorality declaration is that earthquake we now need to defend ourselves and our cause because we are the ones being blamed for condemning this declaration we asked for an emergency meeting because this earthquake necessitates this extraordinary meeting of the arab league and we are shocked to know that there is a country asking only for an ordinary meeting and another country threatens to submit an alternative resolution do you think its impossible to discuss the palestinian cause on the arab league agenda who decides those who have money those who have power we need to know and we need to be able to decide whether will be part of the whole process or not the us has announced that soon the normalization between the emirates and israel will be a fact will be done we need to reject such a step because otherwise our meeting today will be in support of such normalization and we will never accept that and we hope that you will also refuses. Well the u. S. Justice department has asked to take over Donald Trumps defense in a Defamation Case brought by a prominent american columnist who accused him off rape the unusual move means government lawyers would defend trump at the expense of american taxpayers the lawsuit was filed by advice columnist Carol Carroll says he sexually assaulted her in an Upscale Department store fitting room in the 1990 s. Trunk called her a liar and claimed hed never met her well the attorney general william barr has defended the action saying its routine in cases involving federal employees this was a normal application of. Clear. It is done frequently and the little tempest thats going on is largely because of the bizarre political environment which we believe is Melanie Sloan is a former us federal prosecutor an attorney she says this intervention by the department of justice is unprecedented and has no merits i dont think they have any like to stand on were talking about President Trump talking about conduct that occurred before he was president and referring to conduct before he was president and basically their argument is that anything that the president says therefore hes 1st of all an employee of the government which is actually a question thats not settled but also that he has absolute immunity for no matter what he says and the real reason that the department of justice has done this is to delay the case the state court case was continuing it could have proven embarrassing for mr trump before the election with documents and a deposition and even the d. N. A. And now with this intervention the case will be delayed while it goes to federal court and the federal power dismissed make a decision as to whether it belongs there or goes back to state court all of which while undoubtedly be after the election this is clearly the president using the department of justice for his personal treating it as his personal lawyers and that of course is yet another Shocking Development the department of justice has never been used this way before and mr trump has a very willing accomplice in the attorney general whos been willing to take and take whatever the president asks and go forward and do it and i think most americans would be very unhappy to realize that the department of justice is now basically acting as the private lawyer for president. Apple i phones are popular worldwide and iran is no exception but as a rainy and suffer from u. S. Sanctions the government could pull the plug on imports as a big reports into her on. Its a global recognized brand the i phone is seen as a luxury item here in iran but the political and spiritual leader of the country seems to have taken issue with the company voted go to be here excessive imports a dangerous sometimes import is a luxury product meaning there is no need for it of heard about half a 1000000000. 00 was spent to import one type of american so far in the last year of course the private sector does it but the government must prevent it the average wage in iran is around 300. 00 a month the cost of an i phone is out of reach for most iranians this iphone cost around one 1000. 00 in the us but here in iran youre likely to pay at least 40 percent more for it sanctions the cost of importing phones and the weekly rate in currency are all factors in the high prices if people coming into the country bring in a phone they still have to pay for the registration again increasing costs but thats not putting everyone off to fight for my i have a pro max i chose it because its high quality and you can use it for years unfortunately we have lots of fluctuation in the dollar rate so if you want to buy a knife and the seller should make phone calls and check the price and then sell it to you its very expensive now apple makes up 5 percent of the phone market some think its loss wont have a great impact for the whole scenario banning i phones will make no change in iran since american sanctions tighten 2 years ago apple restricted access to some of its products here many i phone applications dont work its difficult to get an apple id or buy software were in the middle of an economic battle with the United States based on an official report last year 700 to 800000000. 00 was spent on i phone imports but the share is only 4 to 5 percent of the market its not. Economically under the current circumstances were giving our money to the American Workforce talks of banning new imports of the i phone have already driven up prices and criticisms from some hid the Supreme Leaders russian language account statement on objections to look 3 american cell phones from an i phone is also blocked in iran but political officials routinely used a platform to get their message across its led some to accuse the political establishment of double standards for now irradiance can still buy i phones but in the future they may have to turn to other brands for a touch of the i said bake. To her on. The weekend the headlines on aljazeera a state of emergency has been declared on the greek island of les vo software a fire left thousands of refugees without shelter reports say some of the blazes at the morea refugee camp or started deliberately to protest newly imposed coronavirus restrictions greeces Prime Minister says people who are in the camp will be put up in emergency housing you dont want to ask you to be able to move up i believe that a bad experience can quickly turn into an opportunity for a better reality and this will happen unless boss wants the damage and morea has been assessed and in consultation with the European Commission we will take concrete initiatives our priority remains the health and safety of all both residents and migrants afghanistans Vice President has survived what appears to have been yet another assassination attempt which killed at least 10 others. That has unharmed and hes thank Government Security forces for what he called their fight against terrorism. Trials for one of the worlds most promising coronavirus treatments are on hold because of the unexplained illness of one of the participants developers astra zeneca and Oxford University in england started late stage testing last week the World Health Organization says safety is the primary focus for Clinical Trials and that it is routine practice to investigate when unexplained illnesses occur england has announced a ban on social gatherings of 6 or more people starting from monday those who dont comply will be fined british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says stricter coronavirus restrictions will help avoid a 2nd lockdown by the russian investigators say 2 senior opposition leaders are being held in custody accused of destabilizing the country lawyer maximes in iraq was the latest to be rounded up by masked men earlier on wednesday maria cullen iscove disappeared on monday and reportedly ripped up her process or to avoid deportation to the ukraine those are the headlines on aljazeera well have more news coming up on the aljazeera news hour thats after inside story but right. Is there coronavirus pandemic a chance to tackle Climate ChangeScientists Say we shouldnt forget the dangers of the warming climate for all for Major Economies just small island nations so tiny recovery from the Global Health crisis helped heal our environment as well this is inside story. Out of there on that welcome to the special edition of inside story in collaboration with the International Federation of red cross and red crescent societies not world sadly well aware of the crisis brought a whole