High temperatures engulfing massive tracts of land in 3 u. S. States. And arrested for criticizing the government crackdown lawyer and activist maxine snack is the latest opposition figure to be detained in belarus. No fires are again burning near to a greek migrant camp that was all but destroyed by an overnight blaze its left south of Asylum Seekers without shelter but locals are blaming them for starting the fire people are reportedly fleeing the area again as the new bases take hold around 12000. 00 people were housed at the maria camp on the island of lesbos Officials Say the fires were started by refugees forced to self isolate after testing positive for the coronavirus concerns of a Public Health crisis arising with the whereabouts of more than 30 migrants with coded 19 unknown. Correspondent on surpluses in the lesbos forest so what is the situation there now. Hello lauren as you can see over my Left Shoulder the fire is still burning well rather its burning again because the fire that had been lips that destroyed the main morea camp was post house on wednesday morning but now with the high winds whipping up in the evening more funds have been that theyve been spreading rapidly as weve been watching for the last 2 hours throughout the hillsides covered in pines and 200 year old all of groves that surround the camp and where many people had made their homes in tents under the canopy of the trees presumably those peat those areas are now uninhabitable as well weve been seeing white smoke coming off of the trees and duck talks like smoke coming off of the sort of smoke that comes off of Petro Chemicals and plastics when they burn presumably the tents and plastic materials that weve been hearing constant explosions of gas canisters the source of canister weve seen refugees in the camp use for their cooking and these high winds are making it difficult for the ground vehicles to operate theyve got to get on the Windward Side of the fire and there isnt much they can do if there isnt a convenient road nearby meanwhile were seeing new areas of fire starting up i dont know if you can make it out but to the right of the main area of fire theres a smaller one going that has just appeared in the last half hour were not sure how. It does seem to be plausible that somebody loses on purpose. It is night time so it was a bombing planes cannot operate and that is another great disadvantage to the fire service this fire could spread rapidly through these olive groves and pine forests but i think what were seeing here is the destruction of the remnants of the tent city that used to exist around moria camp the camp itself you cant even see its in its in a very dark area to the left of the fire that camp is gone. And john what will happen to the people whove been affected by this. Well earlier this evening the migration minister was on the island saying that at least 3 and a half 1000 people have been rendered homeless his assumption was that many people could return to those tent cities that were presuming now are uninhabitable so the number could in fact be much higher but even for that 3 and a half 1000 provision hasnt been made tonight i think theyre mostly spending the night sounds of doors tomorrow a ferry is supposed to arrive along with 2 Navy Transport ships they are meant to take the 1000 most Vulnerable People presumably families with small children and house them on board for as long as is necessary but sounds more going to have to be housed locally the municipality is searching for places it does have another camp got the pair which is about 2 kilometers to my left with reportedly several 100 spaces open there. But then that still leaves potentially hundreds or thousands of people who have to find lodgings on the island and the only way that that can happen is if there is a military operation to bring containers or tents or some sort of roof over these peoples heads in the next 24 hours or so there really isnt a civilian mechanism for suddenly housing thousands of people on this island and we know that theyre going to stay here because the government has said theyre not allowed to go off less was the not allowed to go to the mainland which may have been the motive for us in this if there are indeed arsonists involved in this affair to have set the fire in the 1st place theres been a rumor going around that the locals here are aware of that if the camp and all sorts of these would have been forced to take people to the mainland which of course is the goal of anyone whos seeking asylum here to move on to the next step. Thank you very much at the moment with only seeing us a humanitarian emergency as well as a Natural Disaster thanks very much. Now an unexplained illness in a British Volunteer has brought trials for one of the worlds most promising coronavirus vaccines to a sudden halt Oxford University and the u. K. Based drug firm astra zeneca say the delay is routine but its dimming hopes that a short could be ready soon as lawrence the reports it comes on the same day that britains Prime Minister put new restrictions in place warning they could be there for months. The Oxford University vaccine has huge potential its already passed 2 phases of its testing and is now being rolled out to some of the worst affected parts of the world from the 10s of thousands whove been given it many have provided a strong immune response to the virus yet so rigorous is the testing regime that an adverse reaction from a single patient has led to the trials having to be suspended by the manufacturer astra zeneca to ensure it is safe for everyone that means no new people being added to the trials are the sort of event happens very frequently in vaccine trials the reason we are hearing about it is because clearly theres a lot of scrutiny over the kind of a vaccine and clearly the research is that oxford and the company itself cane on being as ive been and transparent as possible the hope is that the trials can resume in a few weeks the best Case Scenario is still that hundreds of millions of doses are rolled out early next year scientific experts have been at pains to point out that just because someone is vaccinated and then becomes ill by no means does it imply that the vaccine caused the illness if anything they say hick ups like this are perfectly common in vaccine shiling they also argue that it should be taken by the public as evidence that the process is trustworthy more concerning for the British Government is that people have stopped taking the virus seriously enough particularly young people who are unlikely to get ill but could kill their grandparents yet that messaging isnt working and so the Prime Minister announced that as of monday next week gatherings of more than 6 will become illegal this will apply in any setting indoors or outdoors at home or in the pub the ban will sit out in mood and be set out in law and it will be enforced by the police and anyone breaking the rules risk being dispersed fined and possibly arrested. The great fear is that with also coming people refusing to obey the rules could start to have an impact on hospitalisations again it hasnt happened yet though in the absence of a vaccine Public Awareness is still the best hope largely aljazeera oxford americas top Infectious Disease expert dr anthony found she says its unfortunate the yorks a trial had been delayed but its considered a normal part of the process thats the reason why you have various phases of trials to determine if in fact these candidates are safe this particular candidate from the Astra Zeneca Company had a serious adverse event which means you put the rest of the enrollment of individual volunteers on hold until you can work out precisely what went on you alert the other sites to see if they see anything similar to this or related to that and then you proceed cautiously as you go forward making sure youre on the alert for this type of an adverse event but its really one of the safety valves that you have on a Clinical Trial such as this so its unfortunate that it happened hopefully theyll work it out and be able to proceed along with the remainder of the trial but you dont know they need to investigate it further. Warnings are in place along the entire west coast of north america from mexico to Canada Wildfires that began in california and now also affecting several other regions well the 14000 firefighters are battling 25 major wildfires in california from the Sierra National forest in the center of the state to san diego the southern tip of burned through a record 2000000 acres in recent weeks as the state sees a record heat wave and many homes have been destroyed and thousands of people forced to flee. And multiple wildfires are burning in the u. S. State of oregon scorching more than 230000 acres park in force winds and high temperatures in recent days of fan the flames Governor Kate Brown says emergency legislation has been approved to increase the states firefighting resources she says initial reports show some blazes may have been caused by downed power lines. Reynolds live in los angeles while posting extent of the wildfires on the west coast. Its not just california its not just oregon lauren much of the western United States is burning montana arizona utah other states Washington State are all fighting precedented wildfires at this time. And there is a very. Extreme danger from these fires more than 80 fires burning from Washington State to the Mexican Border more than 100000 square kilometers by one recent count are scorched and there are strong winds blowing down from the mountains from east to west which are fanning the flames and making it much more difficult some of the largest fires in california history are now burning essentially without any containment as you mentioned there are thousands of firefighters on the front lines in california tens of thousands of people have been evacuated National Guard helicopters were called in to rescue campers and residents of the. Remote villages and towns and settlements in the hills of the sierra and. There was a town in Washington State eastern Washington State a little town called mauled them but 300 people lived there it was almost entirely incinerated and now authorities are going through the rubble hoping that everyone got out but not sure because there are some people want to count to 4 so far since august there have been 8 deaths attributed to the fires that toll could rise. Right here in los angeles now it is. A kind of a hazy. Scar i think the sun is obscured bits of fall down from time to time but take a look at these pictures from San Francisco where you see just incredible wealth of lost rubber nose there perhaps is cameras overheated it has been awfully hot in los angeles be frank caverns are for that report on the wildfires in the states of flames ravaging brazils amazon and theyre spreading into areas of untouched forests renewing fears about the jungles destruction from unchecked deforestation related fires 27 percent of the major fires in the beginning of september have been in virgin forest where blaze is less contained thats up 13 percent from august u. S. Nonprofit amazon conservation says september has already seen 53. 00 major blazes predate up from 18 last month and data from brazils National Space research is expected to show fires increased to a 10 year high in august thats worse than the same month last year when fires in the amazon provoked a global outcry. Still to come on aljazeera he always said it was no worse than the through and would just disappear. From deliberately played virus down. And afghanistan the Vice President s advisor another assassination attempt the 10 people killed. And a single case guys across Central Europe to the north who got there all the blustery wessel tumble weather and then through the western med we are still seeing want to thunderstorms the skies have been caring fairly quickly though here is new york and the valley eriks but the tunnel still let me play a game an orca in the last of that rain through thursday it will gradually work its way further east across to corsica sardinia and eventually up into northern italy quite a cloudy picture across mainland europe this is behind a frontal system pushing heavy rain into western russia and for the next couple of days a strong winds across the u. K. Heavy rain pushing in through friday and eventually extending on towards norway some snow there as well to the mountains itll be fine in london not exactly a hawse but to time it is not faring too badly of on the average some sunny skies on sunday rome are all the more subtle but certainly not feeling cold to much as above the average bent on to Northern Africa and off at some fairly possessed and rain throughout geria and look at what this is done into algiers some a damage some flooding there was mud coming through as well and as a say you can just see what that has done a few more shots as we go through thursday plenty of rain out towards the west were watching out to tropical storms were in a pool at work in the way into the atlantic on friday but all the while the rains heavy through west africa extending from senegal right the way down to liberia. Free education for all was the promise the reality provoked a generation. To drugs enough blood to want to get on the job how a protest over education fees. Morphed into a National Revolt its. Everything must for. A witness documentary on aljazeera. Among the top stories here. Fires are again burning near a greek migrant camp that was almost totally destroyed overnight on tuesday the blaze at the morea camp has left sounds of people without shelter. Trials where one of the most promising coronavirus vaccines have been suspended testing of a vaccine developed by scientists at the university of oxford the u. K. Based drug firm astra zeneca was caused after participants fell ill. Far warnings are in place and on the entire u. S. West coast as blazes grow out of control a state of emergency has been called in oregon while there are concerns that warm winds could fan the flames in california. This President Donald Trump knew how contagious and deadly the coded 19 virus was even more telling americans it was no worse than seasonal flu that is according to a new book by veteran Journalist Bob Woodward interviewed trump in march and in his own words the president said he wanted to always play the bars down was go to a White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett can we were can you tell us about the story about what the white house is saying as well. Well these are a series of interviews that were granted to bob woodward a legendary journalist in the United States as he prepared for his upcoming book rage which is set to be released next week and in it the words of the president are particularly downing in light of what he told the American Public but then told this journalist in private as you outlined the u. S. President publicly really downplaying the severity of covert night in his Coronavirus Taskforce briefings but then telling the same journalist that it was deadly stuff 5 times more deadly than the flu and really that he was telling the public that this was something that was going to work out fine and that is not sitting well as americans are learning about the president s very private statements in contrast to his public statements now the White House Press secretary was peppered with questions of her briefing about this and whether or not the president deliberately lied to the American People this is something that she is vigorously denying she says and no way did the president mislead the American People what he was simply doing is expressing cause and this is consistent with the u. S. President who says that he sees himself like americas cheerleader trying to project optimism in the midst of despair but not sure that that is a answer that is going to satisfy the American People particularly damning for the president given the fact that the u. S. Election is just 8 weeks away and indeed you mention the reaction over the statement from the white house what sort of all the reaction has there been. Well dr anthony found she had the top Infectious Disease specialist in the United States part of the Coronavirus Task force briefing here at the white house many times he was asked whether or not the president s Public Comments were different or distorted in contrast to what was being heard in private and dr anthony found she actually defended the president said that he did not see any discrepancies he did not see any distortions but he also admitted he was just one player in the broader task force and the president may have had other conversations its clear that the president s political enemies are doubling down on this House Speaker nancy pelosi saying that the president has played a dangerous game that has cost american lives and if you look back at some of the president s tweets its certainly clear that he was downplaying back in march he said you know if the seasonal flu actually has killed more people weve only got 546. 00 cases of course weve now got tens of thousands more than that but at the time it was a very low number the president downplaying it and really thats a contrast to his much more somber tone just a month later when the president was acknowledging there could be as many as 240000. 00 deaths in the United States but even giving it a positive twist then saying but if i had to shut everything down it would have been 2000000 i think the upshot of all of this is a former advisor to george w. Bush put it very well he said that every president gives bob woodward the legendary journalist an interview that they come to regret committee have to thank you very much indeed. Now the Un Security Council has discussed a resolution to demand an end to Armed Conflicts to deal with a pandemic the session requested by france and tunisia followed a plea for a global ceasefire in march the secretary general said it had been initially welcomed by many parties engaged in fighting but proved short lived and didnt result in permanent truces since the pandemic began the un has had to scale back peacekeeping and aid missions to make sure staff dont spread the disease. Afghanistans Vice President has survived what appears to have been yet another assassination attempt a salary was unharmed in the bombing in kabul but at least 10 people were killed so herat reports. A familiar scene in afghanistans capital. Roadside bomb explosion this time told getting the Vice President. The attack happened during the morning rush hour as a roll of solace 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 jordan heard an explosion happened near the shops selling gas cylinders my push cart 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 theres no ambulance and the police havent even arrived yet ive taken a child to disconnect 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 for his attackers but. I want to assure you in a message that im fine and safe but some of my security guards are 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 say in their messages about my health i want to thank all the Security Forces who are 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 knew created the storming of his office in kabul last year by 3 gunmen who killed 20 people including sana spammy members. Hes part of the governments Negotiation Team with the taliban with the latest talks due to be held in qatar the wise president with a strong wise. Man wise and also having an influence on the ongoing Peace Process is certainly going to become much harder in his stance in terms of negotiating with the parliament which is which is expected lead 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 there 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 car and his own home and the blast series called and as investigators look for clues sort of hideout. The war in yemen has seen indiscriminate killing torture and Sexual Violence a 6 is in the un says both sides could be guilty of war crimes here of course has sounded at Coalition Air strikes over the last year could amount to war crimes also said that they ran backed rebels carried out killings and other abuses other evidence suggests that the who the revels violated human rights including the christian 3 dozen teenage girls the report marks the 3rd Straight Year that all parties violated international law. But russian investigators say 2 senior opposition figures are being held in custody accused of destabilizing the country noir and activist maximes nack was arrested by masked men on wednesday hed recently spoken out about the escalating crackdown on dissent. In the colver disappeared on monday she reportedly ripped up her passport to avoid deportation to ukraine journalist andrei vita bitches in mens concerns both activists could face 5 years in jail. Nearly 2 days after her disappearance the Investigative Committee of belarus has announced that Maria Kolesnikov along with a lawyer seems not to have been detained under suspicious of destabilizing the country in harmony its National Security in need all visibility in the position of leadership ability can also create a the current Generation Council in order to push for a transfer of power in belarus but president Alexander Lukashenko warrant that he would take action against anyone who joined them and now it seems that hes warning has come true bella recidivists to give comedy it was created in 2011 it consists of representatives from the interior ministry and prosecutors but it also reports directly to the president according to the National Criminal codes Maria Kolesnik are in maximes not good now face up to 5 years in jail and it seems like there is only one member of their position Coordination Councils brazilian remains free inside the country it is for the leaks year which we know of nobel prize for literature well leaving belarusian opposition candidates for planning to kind of skier says she hopes to start talks with the ruling powers despite the activists detention shes in warsaw and neighboring poland trying to garner support a lot of people are still in hospitals lot of people some people were raped. And it is. It was a great shock for all there will resent people because we really couldnt even expect that such violence could happen in our country in the at the moment. The regime is trying to scare and demoralize demoralize us but eat relies on the on force we rely on our solidarity and vision of a new bill rose meanwhile serbia has suspended military drills with foreign troops for 6 months citing pressure from the European Union the move will hold planned joint exercises with russia in protest hit by the reuss serbias defense minister says he faced enormous and undeserved pressure from brussels but a russian russian and serbian military forces had been due to start military drills from thursday. Coaches in ethiopias Northern Tier a region have defied a federal Government Order and cast their ballots in a local election that choosing members of the 190. 00 seat Regional Parliament even though the government declared the poll illegal forms part of the general election which was suspended due to coronavirus welcome where biz for an election from nairobi in neighboring kenya and says its a test of local power. Well the to green Peoples Liberation front the tea p. L. F. The party that dominates the state council their integrate is widely expected to stay in power and to win this election they have overwhelming support throughout the region but the most significant thing about this poll today is the very fact that its going ahead now this follows a decision by the central federal government in the capital addis ababa back in march to postpone the elections elections would you across all of ethiopia last month they said they needed to be postponed because of the pandemic and in june they said no elections will be able to take place until Health Officials have said that the pandemic is on the control elections they said should take place 9 to 12 months after that now this was seen by the tepee l. F. Supporters as illegal unconstitutional and as an attempt by president made to extend his room illegitimately so they said theyre going ahead with their poll anyway now the Central Government says this poll is illegal it wont recognize it theyve tried to ban journalists from traveling from the capital the Federal Capital addis ababa to make a way to cover these poles but none the head its nonetheless its going ahead they are being made has said hell rule out blocking it using the military is also ruled out the potentially controversial decision of cutting off funds to the to gray in Regional State film which will soon have to meet strict new diversity standards to get a nomination for best picture at the oscars starting for 2024 ceremony films must meet at least 2 for new categories to get on the shortlist its meant to promote representation on screen among the crew in the studio and for in 10 ships this is theres been criticism over a lack of diversity among nominees. Top stories are not here pfizer again burning near a greek migrant camp that was almost totally destroyed overnight on tuesday investigations are underway after the blaze at the maria camp on lesbos little 40 spink could have been arson but its left for thousands of people without shelter and fears of a Public Health crisis as the web out of 35. 00 people with confirmed 19 an hour on no john surplus is on last course as you can see over my Left Shoulder the fire is still burning well rather its burning again because the fire that had been lips that destroyed the main morea camp was put out on wednesday morning but now with the high winds whipping up in the evening more fires have been lit they think is spreading rapidly as weve been watching for the last 2 hours throughout the hillsides covered in pines and 200 year old all of the grooves that surround the camp and where many people had made their homes in tents under the canopy of the trees trials where one of the most promising coronavirus vaccines have been suspended testing of the vaccine developed by scientists at the university of oxford and the u. K. Based drug astra zeneca was poorest after a participant fell ill the company says the hold is routine and the cause of the onus in a British Volunteer is unexplained thousands of people in several countries are involved in late stage trials of the vaccine. Far warnings are in place along the entire u. S. West coast as blazes grow out of control a state of emergency has been called in oregon while there are concerns that warm winds could fan the flames in california all than 14000 firefighters are now working to tackle 25 major blazes in the state with particular concern around los angeles and san diego a record 2300000 acres in california has already been burnt. Afghanistans Vice President has escaped a bombing targeting his convoy and rule aside it received minor injuries in the attack in the capital kabul at least 10 people were killed and several others injured no group has claimed responsibility for the attack the former intelligence chief a survived previous attempts on his life. Theres a top stories do stay with us there at the streams up next of that with more news after that. Im melissa chan and im guest hosting the stream home edition today were going to be talking about endangered languages there are some 50027000 languages out there depending on how you count it and 50 to 90 percent of it its estimated could be gone by the end of the century well take a look at why and speak to some of those who are working to preserve these languages as always on you tube post your comments and questions well try to get to as many as possible see you too you can join the stream
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