Government crackdown lawyer and activist maximes knock is the latest opposition figure to be detained in belarus. Only wellings of the sports news the Manchester United scientists who were of the u. S. Womens world cup winners under is not being straightforward but she is Still Standing in new york so we know williams passion is hard to reach the sunny finals of the u. S. Open. Fires are again burning near to a greek migrant camp that was all but destroyed by an overnight blaze its left thousands of Asylum Seekers without shelter but locals blaming them for starting the fire around 12000. 00 people were housed at the morea camp on the island of lesbos Officials Say the fires were started by refugees forced to sell 5 slate 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 drums or a press reports from the scene. This was one of europes largest refugee camps morea on the greek island of lesbos fires have torn through tents and dilapidated structures they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people fed up with their desperate existence compounded by coronavirus care of their kids far far. Far worse. Thousands of people became homeless once again and precious family belongings hastily bundles together to form makeshift bedding there were no fatalities but these are lives thrust even deeper now into limbo is very very very unfair to very very different chord is it possible is it also is very broad. Or purport far more now has come 3rd if you dont want to go is living here because this problem but if i may be dead now it is now the camp had housed more than 12000 people in cramped unsanitary conditions designed for a quarter of that number of conditions in which corona virus could easily flourish. In 20152016 hundreds of thousands of people risk to the mediterranean crossing in small boats from turkey to greek islands like lesbos they fled war persecution and poverty the European Union eventually closed its doors but the refugees kept coming many ending their journey here in morea camp a problem the greek government has long said it shouldnt have to shoulder. 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 a damaging maria has been assessed and in consultation with the European Commission we will take concrete initiatives our Party Remains the health and safety of all by president s and migrants with nowhere else to go there was little to do but sit and wait. The government says that as many as 3 and a half 1000 people will have to be really housed in tents municipal facilities and on board ships but just 24 hours after the fire that destroyed the official morea camp a new fire was lit and the numbers of people in need of shelter are now likely to be far higher. Ill just there are less boats. The governor of oregon says blazes burning across the state could bring the greatest loss of life from wildfires in its history this is close to 100 active fires burn across the u. S. Coast with warnings in place from mexico to canada blazes in california have been through a record 930000 hectares in recent weeks as the state sees a record heat wave files are also raging in the state of washington. And montana. From want to settle into problems live in los angeles so they extend to these watchful eyes and really quite staggering out on the west case. The staggering is a very good word to use in this instance of the floor and the fires a car burning in half a dozen or more states there are 80 major fires across the Mountain West and the Pacific States and dozens of catastrophic wildfires of those major fires have hit the state of oregon oregon doesnt usually have to deal with these kinds of wild cards because its its in the in the sort of wet climate of the Pacific Northwest but there hasnt been a lot of rain this summer so the forests are very dry and the weekends are gusting up to 80 Kilometers Per Hour so thats a definitely a recipe for disaster several communities and hundreds of homes have been destroyed now there have been no fatalities recorded thus far in oregon but as you mentioned Governor Kate Brown said that once authorities get into the the hinterland into these small communities there could be major loss of life and property due to these wildfires here in california hundreds of people had to be evacuated by National Guard helicopters from remote back country campgrounds and remote townships in the sierra mountains there are 28 major fires according to governor gavin newsom in the state of california 14000. 00 firefighters out on the front lines and the governor said a short while ago it is a Daily Briefing that what is happening this year is simply without precedent also apparently without precedent is the kind of eerie scenes that were seeing now in cities like San Francisco. Oh which you can probably see in these pictures looks like a kind of a martian. Sky overhead this weird reddish orange glow in the sky casting a pall over cities in San Francisco in oregon and elsewhere obviously air quality is a concern in some places however there is some good news to end this report with the Weather Forecast is improving and meteorologists say that the heavy winds should be dying down over the next couple of days and that if thats true it cant happen fast enough for the residents and the firefighters out on the front lines and just briefly rob the wildfires i see that theyve had they happened in the past but do we know why these ones asay severe. I think it comes down in large part to changes in climate we have had intermittent drought in california and other states for years on and off now the forests are extremely dry because it simply hasnt rained since the winter time. There are other factors at play there is the bark beetle infestation which is also been linked to Global Warming is these insects proliferate as the weather gets warmer they burrow into the bark of pine trees they kill the pine trees the pine trees then essentially become sticks of kindling ready to burn and. There was also a very unusual phenomenon in august of dry thunderstorms with tens of thousands of lightning strikes yet no rain and a lot of those fires were started by the by it lightning strikes some fires have also been started by human carelessness but overall as as governor newsome here in california says. There is a Climate Change factor involved here and he says he has no patience anymore for anyone who would deny that fact Lauren Reynolds thank you very much indeed. An unexplained illness in a British Foreign to it has brought trials for one of the worlds most promising coronavirus vaccines to a sudden halt also being invested in the u. K. Based drug astra zeneca say the delay is routine but its dimming hopes that a shot could be ready soon its largely reports that 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 phase 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 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 autumn 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. Earlier we spoke to derek gatherer vajra just at Lancaster University about the decision to pause the astra zeneca trial he says trials are rigorous but this one is being carried out at unprecedented speed. 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 corpses of the people who contract it so for that reason everybody on the trial has to be under extreme medical scrutiny they have to be tasted very regularly to see whether they have coronavirus. Shedding the virus and not just sometimes because the mean or have some symptoms and this means that wallace and things will be picked up in the routine medical screening some may be trivial and some may be quite serious and when Something Like this doesnt arise which is out of the normal things that we dont normally see and vaccine trials that was beyond my my own fevers and. Often a complication of of the vaccines then the trial has to be stalked while the situations assessed regarding what the potential causes of this. Disease are and the volunteers. Coming up when i was there this news out it was said it was no worse than the flu and would just disappear but did President Trump deliberately play the virus down. Afghanistans Vice President survives another assassination attempt 10 people were killed. And in sport you know messi continues his reintegration at barcelona after failing to force a move to another club. But the russian investigators say 2 senior opposition figures are being held in custody accused of destabilizing the country nora and activist maximes nak was arrested by masked men on wednesday hed recently spoken out about the escalating crackdown on dissent maria corners nick over disappeared on monday she reportedly ripped up her passport to avoid deportation to ukraine. Journalist and very vital which is in mens and says both activists could face 5 years in jail. Nearly 2 days after her disappearance the Investigative Committee of brothers has announced that Maria Kolesnikov along with a lawyer seems not to have been detained under suspicious of destabilizing the country in the harm in its National Security in all visibility in the position of leadership alarmist you can also create the Coordination 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 you know 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 luck seems 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 with one alexia each the winner of nobel prize for literature or have been concerns about ongoing attacks in belarus on freedom of expression those arrested have included poets translators and secretaries for the Writers Association pen to china nearby as their Vice President and joins us live from minsk via skype thank you very much for being with us so to speak more about the fact that journalists and creative writers being targeted in this way. Thank you for the opportunity journalist and culture. For sure vulnerable groups aiding barrows journalists and writers i am on a 1000 store or have been detained in the mouth since election took place over the last week please stay to belittle send generally still retained what is for to say to you illegal demonstrations but they only do the iraq. Generally September Team to cower protests have been subject to the tension harassment and violence for angel release some journalists are writing for International Outlets have been stripped of their accreditation and at least one journalist has reportedly been deported and bounce from are determined by fierce meanwhile authorities have blocked access to dozens of media maps aides and destructive said gratian of print media and hed like to thank for this this was the nation from a statement and from an International Statement which was kindly prepared for a show me english and i. Thank you for your senility and support that just just want to ask you what kind of access to lawyers these genocide or write is have a myth have you been able to get in touch with any of these people have been arrested. Unfortunately we dont have any law in our country now lawyers cant reach. A country that detail people in jails and of course intellectuals and some moral authority is always took to the streets on critical occasions defending them or worse. Both korean action last election protests of course shot your figures in the spotlight and their silence for instance lation audience unite they performances dances sunspots terrace and other forms of artistic participation have become an integral part of this actions of this protest in every movie part of the attempt is to is to try and silence the voices or at least make it is more difficult for people to be to be heard how concerned are you about the movement of refusing momentum if if there are these kind of a recipe for who you can make the voices heard and also that some of the main figures from the movement of been arrested now or else are in in exile vulnerable is it. Yes in the beginning of the Election Campaign or the key to the cultural or a furious have been arrested and beaten by the authorities in belarus among them musicians writers artists designers more than 80 people have lost their jobs in the cultural sphere due to their Public Opinion and i should say there are 2 during the last 26 years or so in other words it says that its creativity about i would not say. These censorship is a consequence of conservatism is it is sorry its the experience of a so it time so in that authorities believed that culture should serve the ideology. By thank you very much indeed for talking to thank you. You know serbia has suspended military drills with foreign troops for 6 months citing pressure from the European Union the move will halt to planned joint exercises with russia in protest at better routes serbias defense minister says he faced enormous and undeserved pressure from brussels and the russian russian and serbian military forces have been due to start military drills from thursday. Afghanistans Vice President has survived what appears to have been yet another assassination attempt. Was unharmed in the bombing in kabul but at least 10 people were killed so harat 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 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. And 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 the sputnik 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 bandages he had this message for his attackers but. I want to assure you in a message that im fine in 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 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 its all about was quick to denounce the latest attack on saleh has managed to survive a number of assassination attempts over the years. They included the storming of his office in kabul last year by 3 gunmen who killed 20 people including sort of spammy members. Hes part of the governments Negotiation Team with the taliban with the latest talks to 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. Negotiating with the parliament which is which is expected going to have some sort of impact but as far as the start of negotiation is concerned i dont think it will heart the 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 on release of a handful of prisoners so less young son was reportedly with him in the car and his own home and the blast there is called and as investigators look for clues so to hide at. The u. S. s for the 1st time sanctioned lebanese allies of hizbollah 2 former ministers have been accused of providing Material Support to the group and engaging in corruption so how to report from beirut. Ali hassan 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 you are not a member of the christian marriage the party is the other they have dismissed the accusations it now means their properties in the u. S. 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. There are. Where you. Want. 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 International Financial 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 hardened positions at least im sure to send the message that you can. While the French Initiative is based on the promise that you know in order to. In order to achieve some we you need to acknowledge the start of france unlike the u. S. Views hezbollahs military and political wings as separate entities hezbollah says the u. S. Campaign is politically motivated and aimed at forcing concessions the u. S. Has been going after hezbollahs money supply for years but recently a cute little boy during the states resources the u. S. Treasury alleges former ministers and lovenox government enabled has follow 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 center of. Beirut. In spite of the countrys general election being perspire due to the pandemic somebody europeans have been to the polls but the Regional Election in the region could threaten the countrys unity as malcolm webb reports. People in the 2 grey region of northern ethiopia voted in election years federal government said was on constitutional and illegal. Government postpone nationwide polls that were due last month because of the coronavirus pandemic that some to grant voters say were being deprived of their democratic right on the beach but how much i believe it is lawful toward elections every 5 years it is in the law if somebody is very important because it means being governed by a good tomato government elected by the people. The tick rayon Peoples Liberation front is widely supported here it dominates the Regional State council and thats not expected to change with the polls result the grains make up less than 5 percent of g. N. P. Has more than 100000000 people but the t. P. Left party has dominated ethiopian politics for most of the last 30 years. But that changed when Prime Minister came to power 2 years ago following years of antigovernment protests many tea p. L. F. Officials say that hes been squeezing them out of the central federal government last month regional Security Forces loyal to the t. P. L. F. Paraded in cities into gray in a show of strength. Abby ruled out sending the National Armed forces to stop the election to grand leaders said doing so would be a declaration of war was the tabbies Ruling Prosperity Party to recognize the election result. This is a very dangerous situation that appears if it is putting it into a Suicide Mission because this election is totally and the result is not and void. Some minority 2 grand Political Parties think the region should secede so now p. L. F. Officials are disgruntled they say they still believe in a united ethiopia they have been using all kinds of tricks in the book. To. Buy to grow this. Sort of logic since it is they who should be blamed for pushing to write what is the age of the west were not interested in declaring independence. The to great an election is the latest controversy and rising tensions between central federal government leaders and some of the Regional States. Until those tensions are resolved ethiopias unity and stability are at risk malcolm where aljazeera. Still to come on aljazeera. The World Health Organization warns that young people are now driving the spread of the quran a virus from t. Fans in the u. S. As students head back to class. As the Supreme Leader bushs his opposition to apple products could be i phone be a thing of the past in iran. And in sport the world cup winner who is signing for Manchester United. Hello thats a good case guys across Central Europe to the north who got there all the blustery west autumnal 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 body eriks but the tunnel still let me play 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 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 horse but to tell 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 too much is above the average bent on to Northern Africa and offered 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 up to tropical storms when i am paulette working their 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. One of australias most loved make it out of the wombat is under threat from an agonizing disease but one wildlife campaigner hes dedicating your life to save what i want to east makes the woman on aljazeera. All i worked as stay with most outstanding my wife the rest internment and mass indoctrination all we were children are now in a process of reeducation or chinese assimilation forced labor and the use of high tech surveillance were being complicit in the human rights abuses that are occurring an australian investigation into china systematic repression of the weakness tell the world on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Every. One of the top stories here nigeria fires are again burning near a greek migrant camp that was almost totally destroyed overnight on tuesday the blaze at the maria camp has left thousands of people without shelter. The governor of oregon says 5 towns in the states have been substantially destroyed by wildfires with fears people have died fire warnings are in place on the entire u. S. West coast as places grow out of control. Trials for 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 from astra zeneca was poised to participant fell ill. Un Security Council has discussed a resolution to demand an end to Armed Conflicts to deal with a pandemic session requested by france and tunisia but 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 admissions to make sure stuff dont spread the disease christian salumi has more from the United Nations. The Security Council has been getting a briefing from some of the uns top officials and 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 lowcock 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 in those numbers he says are probably much under represented in the totals because testing is so limited in these area. U. S. President donald trump has dismissed on occasions that he knew how contagious and deadly the coded 19 virus was even while telling americans it was no worse than the seasonal flu thats according to a new book by veteran Journalist Bob Woodward interviewed President Trump in march and in his own words the president said he wanted to always play the forest down because White House Correspondent kimberly how committee how does the president reacted to this well the white house is defending the president the president for his part is also making the claim that he really just didnt want to incite panic but there is no question that this is a problem for donald trump but you have to remember were just 8 weeks out from the u. S. Election and what we have here is the single most important issue for americans right now many millions of americans are out of work many people have lost loved ones so the notion that the president may not have been truthful that families may have been able to do more to prepare then if they were given notice is certainly not sitting well now the white house and the president there sort of cordon needed Communications Response have said that the president has always been truthful but at the same time there are 18 hours of interviews recorded by the legendary Journalist Bob Woodward and one of those tapes and one of those recordings is being played for americans on evening newscast right now and in it is the allegation that the president really acknowledged early on that the coronavirus or covert 19 was deadly that it was more serious than the flu the president says that the reason he didnt tell americans that from the beginning is because he wanted to show leadership and not incite panic heres what he had to say. Im not going to drive. This country or the world into a frenzy we want to Show Confidence we want to show strength we want to show strength as a nation and thats what ive done and weve done very well weve done well from any standard. Now the president s critics have seized on this already House Speaker nancy pelosi says that the president has been playing a dangerous game that cars cost lives but coming to the president s defense is something that the president actually criticized openly in public and thats his top Infectious Disease specialist dr anthony foushee who is a member of the current virus taskforce but soon after this revelation dr found she went on fox news and said he did not see any discrepancies and what the president said publicly and what they were talking about privately in the crowd of virus Task Force Briefings in fact he said there were no distortions that the president was always straight forward and spoke publicly about what was happening as it was happening but again these discrepancies in the eyes of the public are what is going to be a problem so close to the november 3rd election when the u. S. President is already dragging in the polls behind his rival democratic president ial nominee joe biden can really help his thank you very much. The World Health Organization says young people are not driving the spread of the current virus despite that Many University students across the u. S. Return to class its said to thousands of new infections and students concerned that those in charge on protecting them and accounting to report. There are 5000 College Campuses across the u. S. And more than a 3rd a welcoming the students back its a controversial decision but Officials Say those resuming their studies but told to test in self isolate before returning to vote for many students thats not good enough. At the Georgia Institute of Technology Students staged a dying calling for refunds better protection against code 19 and for people to be sent home im happy. That. There will be the. Barriers. There. Being. In the weeks since reopening many colleges have been forced to reverse their decision outbreaks of being blamed on students off campus behavior parties and social gatherings have led to spikes in case numbers despite warnings of disciplinary action after a week the university of North Carolina was forced to send students and faculty staff home kind of expected her under pressure pointed and you know i thought. Here people are going to go party. Oh yeah right here the university of alabama has been hit particularly hard with over a 1000 students testing positive in less than 2 weeks faculty staff say the college is ill prepared to deal with the pandemic the original send here. Inviting students back to campus to begin with you know without any clear timeline to. A vaccine a vaccine that majority people are going to carry. It was a disaster waiting to happen while Young Students of far less risk from the Coronavirus Community spread among vulnerable populations is a major concern the reopening of educational institutions is a policy fraught with complications many are under pressure from parents students and a facing Financial Hardship some delaying in class teaching those that havent a paying the price colleges across the u. S. Help drive the economy but in a Public Health crisis they can also spread a virus this nation is still battling and gallacher aljazeera. You know has states has announced the withdrawal of more troops from iraq the head of u. S. Central command says the number of american troops will be reduced to 3000 this month it comes after the u. S. Led Coalition Officially transferred the best my and Camp Taji Military bases near baghdad to iraqi Security Forces the withdrawal is in keeping with president Donald Trumps promise to bring troops home to try to end what hes called americas endless wars. The war in yemen has seen indiscriminate killing torture and Sexual Violence and 6 years in the u. N. Says both sides could be guilty of war crimes a report says a Saudi Led Coalition airstrikes over the last year could amount to war crimes and also said the iran backed rebels carried out killings and other abuses other evidence suggests that the hoofing rebels violated human rights including recruiting 3 dozen teenage girls the report marks the 3rd Straight Year that all parties violated international law. South africas government says it will continue working with zimbabwe to find solutions to the countrys problems a senior delegation is in zimbabwe to help mediate an end to the nations escalating economic and political crisis the opposition m. D. C. Accuses the zanu p. F. Government of human rights abuses. Has more on the talks from harare. Its the 1st time a high level and c. Delegation has visited zimbabwe since 2017 when president immiscible and al gore took over from Robert Mugabe and exit ations were high walls of their previous president s to help in the bobbies economic and political crisis senior officials in the a. N. C. Governing party met members here from where they made it clear this meeting was between friends 2 former liberation parties. Who want to do what we can engage in because zimbabwe is a sort of. Independent in the article and and therefore as friends for a telegram is issues we continue. To ensure that we have one member in terms of the member was the number sure we have agreed that the main opposition m. D. C. Alliance accuses only of abductions torture and race and see official say they will leave the violence theres a but they also say they will come back to meet other players from human rights organizations to Civil Society organizations to leverage needs a more stable zimbabwe at this nearly system is more than 3 millions of are with a living in south africa at the moment many of them and documented and they are competing with frustrations there fricken small scales jobs and resources. Folks hearkens former chief executive will stand trial for his alleged role in the companys diesel emissions scandal brought him into a corner has been charged with fraud over the scandal in which 11000000. 00 vehicles were fitted with software to cheat emissions tests he resigned days after the revelations nearly 5 years ago which across the german firm more than 33000000000. 00 in fines and settlements he denies wrongdoing but a court says there is a likelihood of conviction. Flames ravaging brazils amazon are spreading into areas of untouched forest renewing fears about the jungles destruction from unchecked the forests. Related fires 27 percent of the major fires in the beginning of september have been in virgin forest where blaze is a less contained thats up 13 percent from august u. S. Nonprofit amazon conservation says september has already seen 53. 00 major blazes per day up from 18 last month and data from brazils National Institute for 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 apples i phone is ubiquitous in many parts of the world but not iran few people can afford one and it could now be set to disappear entirely after the Supreme Leader with his opposition to the luxury product massive big planes from tehran. 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 right here excess of 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 1000. 00 in the u. S. But here in iran youre likely to pay at least 40 percent more for it sanctions the cost of importing phones and the weaker 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 for 4 months i have a pro mark site 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 before the horse and then were betting 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 logical 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 his. 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Of the years of criticism the Academy Awards have unveiled strict new eligibility rules to boost diversity among nominees for best picture under the new rules films vying for the award will need to comply with at least 2 of 4 criteria designed to improve representation on and off screen from 2024 all films hoping to win the coveted prize or need to employ a minimum number of cast or crew from under represented backgrounds or turn to release the film will need to directly tackle themes affecting those communities addressing gender Sexual Orientation Race Ethnicity or disability the final 2 measures concerned offering internships and training to under represent the workers and diversity in the movies marketing and distribution teams earlier i spoke to a full rein the creator of the social Media Movement oscars so white which highlighted the lack of diversity in hollywood she now represents also on a Digital Content studio that advances opportunities for people of color both on and off camera i started by asking for her reaction to the new policy. Think that it is in the right direction and yet theres still much more work that needs to be done in fact beans are our c. S. Procedures that the economy could have put in place long ago more than 5 years before i ask her so why when i created it in 2015 and in fact there are several loopholes that will address the fact that were really still not seeing true Diversity Inclusion and reading from the attack and i mean do you think that this is. The time scale is realistic or do you think that its not ambitious enough its definitely not ambitious enough you know we have to wait until 2025 and and i obviously were in the middle of the pandemic and so many studios are still shut down but you know the way the Film Industry works there is no reason why at least some of these issues could be put in place much sooner the 2nd time its for the end product is one thing but how do they get the pool of talent that they need if if people are not represented enough generally in the industry how theyre going to manage to achieve these targets you know i have always since i created oscar so white in 2015 that the real push should be who is telling the story and whose story is being told and so if we are more intentional with respect to the people that we choose and screenwriters for example the people that we choose behind the camera to direct it to be our gas in our back there in our best boys and so on then we can normalize inclusion and equity throughout the process on the cademy has said that it would double says its already doubled the number of women members and triple the number of people from under a percentage ethnic and racial communities thats after the backlash that followed your your comments in 2016 and theyve done that by 2020 do you think thats a positive sign. Its not and i couldve told them that its money 16 when they announced this initiative because what we know is that the Academy Membership is still overwhelmingly white and male the average age of an account remember is late fiftys early sixtys what we also know is the Academy Still does not require its membership to view the films before they vote so what this ends up being is a popularity contest amongst older white men i have always said that it should be a meritocracy you know you make the best films possible and then you let that best film win but if the Academy Membership is mean that watching the films but theyre making their decision based on whether they know the director or whether the premise of the film sounds good or anything other than taking the time out to watch the various films that are nominated and then truly this is just a popularity contest and does not reflect the moviegoers those of us who pay our hard earned dollars either to stream films or to watch them in theaters and so we should have more representation both in front of and behind the camera. By time the sport has laid lauren thank you very much and lets start with tennis and Serina Williams who has fought our way into the u. S. Open 70 foreigners in new york she had to work out after losing the open set against sofa tyler perry on covert from the area but came through to win the next totus see her place in the last 428 days along the way so he now has won 6 times before flushing meadows and is desperate to finally get that record equalling 24th grand slam. On the big transfer news in womens football Manchester United have signed 2 of the u. S. A. s world cup winning players tobin he and kristen press both of them have won 2 world cups 8 32 year old haith is also one to olympic gold medals shes leaving the american side portland forms after 7 seasons hes played in europe before in 2 spells the previous century mark. Now to a player who didnt get the movie wanted you know messi is continuing his reintegration at barcelona and has now joined his team mates after a few days training in isolation messi tried to leave but has been forced to stay because of a huge buyout clause in his contract despite the very public well messi remains the captain of boss under new coach Ronald Koeman i start the Spanish League season on september 27th having been given a few weeks actually to recover after reaching the Champions League quarter finals the spanish champions around woodridge return to training on wednesday like basso they also have extra Recovery Time well of offloaded a load of clothes ahead of the new season including how much more drink is to everton this week there are around 106000000. 00 in profit in france procession and begin the season on thursday but without 7 of their players are of contracted coronavirus they include their biggest stars and 9. On. On the most important thing is their health of course we need to do things very responsibly having them on the pitch is not the most important thing what matters most is to stay vigilant and act responsibly towards them or less and so years ago mexicos boxing superstar kind of varus on the biggest day in the history of the sport but hes now suing these 2 Main Partners for 4 white World Champion agreed an 11 fight deal worth 365000000. 00 it is now filed a lawsuit against promoter oscar de la hoya and streaming service doesnt for not being able to agree terms for his next fight hes not fought since november and is thinking damages of 219000000. 00 in formula one news and sergio perez has announced hes going to leave the race in point a 1000000 end of the season the mexican driver missed 2 races this season after contract uncovered 19 wants to continue with f one but has no deal as yet by some point will be known as aston martin next year and the speculation thought i was champion Sebastian Vettel is going to join when he leaves florida to the. And in the next hour of vital guy gets on the wife its on survived as last years champions they debate the Boston Celtics and then take it to a dogs have decide the winners will face the miami heat in the east and final debate it will keep box 1394. 00 with 6 at that players including jimmy butler managing double doubles of points and rebounds the hits got the job done in just 5 times the boss just one of the playoff kinds. All time the prawn giants from 36 points as the l. A. Lakers bait the Houston Rockets in the western conference and hes taking the 21 lead in this series the problem was on vintage phone i broke an m. C. I. Back with the most playoff wins a 160 to. Sit at the top of most wins for an individual. You know is very humbling and its something that i never dreamed of but it never came into the league or other kids and i want to be number want to play eloquence. You know what we said i want to be a part of when he called her and be a winning player and do whatever it takes months in may when this is the result of it but it doesnt happen without you know much he made over the years michael just step over the years. You know everyone from top to bottom finally as always you know updates on the progress of the total from 7 years promotion while glitch continues to late off the stage 11 the stage when it self went to australia ride kind of you and fire a sprint finish its his 2nd victory on this years toll wont glitch maintained hes 21 second lead over wall and that lauren is in the sport from thank you very much indeed and thats it for me for this news hour im back and then were going to have a full round of the days news i had a. 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