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Currency for the sudan to declare an economic emergency even as flood ravaged the country. And dozens of wildfires continue to burn through forests and towns along the u. S. West coast destroying hundreds of homes. We start with breaking news from jordan a large explosion has rocked the outskirts of the capital it happened in the zaka governorate about 30 kilometers northeast of amman jordan as minister for Media Affairs says the blast happened in a warehouse where unusable mortar bombs were being stored he also says it was caused by an electrical short circuit the extent of the damage is not yet known and well bring you more as we get it. Now to colombia where renewed protests are taking place over the death of a man in Police Custody and violent demonstrations on wednesday left 9 people dead hundreds injured and just in the past couple of hours riot police have been fighting with demonstrators who set fire to Police Stations in the capital vulgar tar the anger has been driven by a video showing 43 year old lawyer javier or don as being repeatedly shot by officers with a taser stun gun the father of 2 died shortly afterward police say hed broken coronaviruses social distancing laws. Look about politics and what i was along with what happened last night in bogota is not only regrettable it is possibly the worst thing that has ever happened in our city i wasnt just indiscriminate use of far arms cannot be considered police abuse this is a direct attack on our citizens civilians the vast majority of them young people. All colombias defense minister has said hell send hundreds of troops to the capital to bolster Law Enforcement irregular politically liberal this governments policy is 0 tolerance 0 tolerance for violation of the law 0 tolerance for disregarding constitutional rules but our correspondent allison is in the colombian capital with more. Thousands of people are out on the streets for a 2nd night here in the capital as you can see behind me we are in front of one of the many Neighborhoods Police stations in bogota and many of them were burned to the ground last night the protesters have been hurling rocks at the police at this station throwing molotov cocktails at this Police Station to try and light it on fire just just one of the 15 different demonstrations that have been called for this 2nd night of protests and riots that were sparked by the killing on part of the police about 43 year old a lawyer that was out on the streets drinking with some friends in violation of coronavirus restrictions the situation is quite tense here. It could get quite more and he made. Any moment now. And that were going to have to see if tonight that will be as violent as last night just to remind you 9 people were killed last night shot to with gunfire another 66. 00 people were injured by firearms or we can now speak to Daniel Garcia penya he joins us from bogota colombia he is a former high commissioner for peace there mr pena thank you for your time and for being with us today this could be a lot of anger in the streets around what happened to mr adonis and theres a pattern of behavior here when it comes to the police i believe even with what is supposed to be nonlethal weapons. Well thats true you know theres a long history of Police Brutality in colombia in fact of going back to my 19298 race a University Student was all over all was killed by the police on june 8th and every year you needed because of a date that students remember that act but for many years Police Brutality was was overlooked was was tolerated with the Armed Conflict with the war on drugs but more recently the issue has come back last year in november another student ilan cruz was killed by the by police he was protesting was killed by a beanbag and his death was set off protests and thats all were seeing now is a combination of outrage for what happened with javier or the news last night but a lot of anger against the Colombian Police is built been built up over the years well we have seen the subsequent crackdown on the protesters themselves that followed all of that thats part of the same culture right what is driving this culture theres many things i think that has a lot to do with the nature of our police the police in colombia highly militarized police force that their weapons are there in fact one of the few countries in the world in the markers is that the police is actually part of the of the Defense Ministry alongside the army or the air force the the navy so theres a culture of the police and that least it is but also has a lot to do with with with the way that the pandemic and the poverty the inequality globe is one of those unequal countries of the world all of these things have led to what were seeing now on the streets of the border when i remember we saw those huge protests in november last year before all of this before the pandemic and that was really a National Strike and even then there were allegations of Excessive Force being used human Rights Groups have been calling on leaders including the president to denounce that sort of behavior have they. Well you see you know and i think the discussion between the mayor both the mayor claudia loeb was a came out very strongly condemning the police in fact she has given strict orders not to use lethal weapons against social protests so she came out strongly against the bird as you heard from the 1st minister the National Government insists upon the hard handed tactics and in fact what were seeing now is are 2 visions a very different vision between the National Government and the law of the city mayor well youve alluded that as some structural issues we have seen some similar issues around Police Brutality being raised in other countries like the u. S. For instance where theyre calling for systemic reform there is there are some a movement in colombia. But there is i think that is that the good thing if you want out of this that there is is growing cause for for for a little for even the defense minister admitted that there needs are there there is need for reform we hope that this in this occasion this will actually lead to the discussions for example mentioned about how the the color of color in police is depended upon subordinate to that to the army and to the military but also thats a do with the the culture between of this society with with the police but so far we are seeing on the part of the National Government is not service paying lip service to the idea of Police Reform which for nothing concrete whatsoever. Daniel garcia penya a former high commissioner for peace in colombia thank you very much for joining us here on out as. You for having me we can now speak correspondent Allison Duran p. S. E. Hes live for us from the colombian capital as under when we spoke an hour ago protesters they had just set fire to the Police Station what are you saying now. Well the Police Charged in and the crowd was dispersed and clashes are now continuing throughout this neighborhood the neighborhood of loosen aber. Or dont use their 43 year old lawyer that was killed by the police now 2 days ago there was a big group of protesters right behind me the Police Arrived with motorcycles and they were again moved away there are small groups that are confronting the police throwing rocks at them and the police is responding with tear gas and stun grenades the situation is quite volatile as you can see everything is very quiet behind me right now there are just a few protesters on their bicycles but things can change quite fast so the big group as dispersed in these small groups are moving around the small streets of the neighborhood to then confront the police we understand that this is just one of at least a dozen demonstrations that have been called for tonight the 2nd i demonstrations and protests against the Police Brutality. Still a very tense situation there on the streets of course. With all the latest thanks alison. Well South African Police say all allegations of Police Brutality that will be investigated after a report alleged that they were the most corrupt Civil Servants on thursday 3 Police Officers appeared in court over the killing of a disabled 16 year old boy which sparked violent protests our correspondent for me to manage reports from johannesburg on the wider issues at stake here for me. It is the refusal of the nigerians you. Were referring. To the. Phone video taken by angeline mages daughter in law show at least 7 Police Officers arriving at a home in Eldorado Park the family say they were arrested and intimidated by police after mrs major accused her husband terence of attacking her in may in the video police refused to give a reason for her wrist she spent the night in jail before appearing in court charged with common assault. A 10 to any of the cases that anyone opens up being out of out of pocket people are crying out for help. When when my mother got assaulted on the 1st of may the police could see that shes busted up shes in pain but the police decide if they going to against her and her husband was a risk to the smuggler and appeared in court hes been released on bail pending further investigation. As police leave they tell majors daughter in law to delete the video and threaten her with the rest according to the latest corruption watch report almost a 3rd of complaints against police or about the abuse of power followed by failure to do their jobs the report also says the police are the most corrupt Civil Servants laverne sampsons family says she was called to the Eldorado Park Police Station for questioning in 2010 when she became ill the family say police prevented them from getting help a Police Report confirms she died on the floor of the Police Station restroom it was really. All because when we were 13 india what the u. We did we were not actually sure if she passed on or we were just trying to save us both acknowledge our being from the police now we are right for everything from them 10 years on from making their complaint sampson family says theres been no Response Police spokeswoman but a pillow peter says the incidents are worrying and should be investigated you by a community you dont trust it takes us back to where we were in the past record unities do not come to report races because they dont have confidence so we need to think that its very very important for us i want to lucia ships with our communities mean a lot to us as these families wait for answers we need chests its all were asking many in this Community Say theyve lost faith in the Police Service thats want to protect them from aljazeera johannesburg. Now saddam has declared an economic state of emergency after its currency fell by more than 40 percent in recent weeks the Transitional Government has blaming that plunge on manipulation by there is a prison it special courts will be set up to counter smuggling and other illicit activities Officials Say those involved in such crimes have been part of a systematic operation to vandalize the economy while sudan has also been ravaged by floods and water borne diseases are now the latest threat hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced as the river now reached unprecedented levels the flood waters are now starting to recede but a growing number of people are getting sick our correspondent have a morgan reports from the capital khartoum. Barely able to stand 13 year old mohammed seeks treatment at this Health Center in the south of the capital hard to medics say hes suffering from a parasitic infection usually caused by lack of access to clean Drinking Water his mother tries to comfort him through his pain which she herself is barely able to hide her discomfort. Often is other weve been living on the streets for more than one week a home is completely flooded and we didnt receive tents this father is also sick hes mentally unstable and i can give him his medication if he had a 10 id be able to take care of him there the clinic treating mohammad was set up nearly 2 weeks ago to help patients affected by recent flooding in many villages and towns in what. Many have fever day rear and stomach infections did not give you a lesson by converting my daughter has been suffering from diarrhea for the past 3 days i myself am also sick and it feels like im coming down with an infection my voice is now weak its all from the floods im living in the camps again. Floods hit sudan after the nile river which flows through the country rose to levels not seen in more than a century the surge in water was caused by heavy rains on the if european high lands upstream more than 100 people were killed and Dozens Injured and at least half a 1000000 people were displaced as homes were damaged or destroyed by the waters the government declared a 3 month state of emergency last week and while the rivers water has started to recede this week the number of those falling ill is increasing. So that was facing a Health Crisis even before the flood emergency pharmacies have been reporting shortages of medicines and many hospitals like adequate equipment since the floods began 3 weeks ago the number of cases of water borne diseases in areas affected have increased many families say theyre struggling to cope with illnesses after having lost so much already aid organizations say the Health Consequences of the floods will be much worse in the coming days and that action needs to be taken now and. The biggest catastrophe is the waters it was a disaster when it flooded and will be a disaster when it recedes if not dealt with properly and if there are no strategies to fight contagious diseases will have a bigger catastrophe than what we see it will be stagnant yours which will result in more malaria cases more diarrhea cases and more. Sudan was already struggling to handle the coronavirus pandemic when the floods hit those in areas affected theyre hoping proper measures will be taken to reduce the health risks now that the floodwaters are receding so that no more lives are lost people more going on just their own heart. And now months of heavy rain unusual to have left at least 65 people dead and 330000 homeless the government says dozens of people were killed when their homes collapsed while at least 14 people drowned there several areas of the capital may remain underwater now despite being one of the worlds driest countries Climate Change has wes and news as month long rainy season in recent years. From floods to fire is about 100. 00 wildfires a country ripping through the u. S. West coast and of already caused at least 8 fatalities tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders across the states of oregon washington and california firefighters are battling flames that have consumed entire towns and communities smoke has blanketed cities from San Francisco to seattle a record 3400000. 00 acres of land have burned so far we are now approaching over 900000 acres burned across the state to put that number into perspective in the last 10 years we see an average of 500000 acres burned in an entire year weve seen that nearly double in the past 3 days we have never seen this amount of uncontained fire across our state this is limited to ordinary theories of a very 3 have suffered there the result of your out of. Your problematic. Which you love to see exposed in these arenas far while the fire season is also was than usual and brazils Amazon Region fires have begun spreading into so far untouched areas there as monica yant a calf reports. Starts like this a person setting fire to dry bush on to forested land. If the original gets to be we dont want to destroy peoples lives were just clearing a little bit of land to plant something to eat and a little bit of grass to feed it carol. But the results can be disastrous with flames spiraling out of control clouds of smoke in brazils amazon are common side during the dry season but this week they have grown and fires are spreading into untouched areas during the 1st week of september more than 8000 fires were reported in this part of the amazon thats twice the number of fires registered joined the same period last year more worrying still a quarter of the major blazes have spread to the virgin rain forest theres 2 major types of major fires were see a lot of the fires are just smoking indicators of previous deforestation or a lagging indicator previous deforestation now quarter of the fires. As early as of yesterday are now forest fires that is fires that are burning large amounts of. Us across the brazilian amazon matt finers n. G. O. S on conservation spotted the change after analyzing satellite images he says the situation will only get worse as the dry season intensifies in august there were an average of 18 major blazes a day during the 1st week of september that number went up to 53 brazils government has been facing increasing International Pressure to protect the rain forest from illegal logging years land grabbers and cattle ranchers but brazilian investors are also pushing for better policies to remember zillion banks have joined the campaign to protect the amazon theyve agreed to stop financing meatpacking companies that buy cattle from rancher who destroyed the forest park creek their great fire. But the amazon isnt the only region in peril fires have also. Been burning in the front of the Worlds Largest wetland threatening endangered species since january roughly 23000 square kilometers have been burned in the area 30 times the size of new york city. Give of just 0 Rio De Janeiro all you remember this last Southern Hemisphere summer astray experienced a devastating bushfire season not unlike whats happening in north america right now and during whats come to be known as the black Summer Wildlife there was decimated at least 3000000000. 00 animals killed or displaced including at least 5000. 00 qualify who died and now a dispute about how to protect qualities is threatening to topple the government of australias biggest states theres been a split in New South Wales over a new policy to protect their habitats the national say they will no longer support legislation which they say unfairly limits the way Property Owners manage their land and inquiry in june found that quality could become extinct by 2050 in New South Wales if the government doesnt intervene it will be a stunning from supporting any government legislation bills but we reserve the right to vote on and support or not support bills that are relevant to ridge or New South Wales and we do so until such time that al position and now amendments are considered moving on and a group of nations say theyre ready to impose sanctions on techie over its drilling ambitions in the mediterranean at a summit of 7 nations hosted by the french president emanuel macron said there was willingness to reengage with turkey tensions have been rising since the discovery of laundries us of oil and gas in the Eastern Mediterranean the talked about the reports from paris. The greek Prime Minister was the 1st to arrive at a summit in corsica he was warmly greeted by the french president who hosted leaders of suppan e. U. Countries earlier kyriakakis mits a talk eastern emanuel had met to discuss tensions between nato members greece and turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean turkey is pursuing potential oil and Gas Resources and waters also claimed by greece and cyprus after the summits might cross it all the does condemn turkeys actions and called for a deescalation of tensions. And we agreed on a message of unambiguous support for greece and cyprus and our solidarity in the face of unilateral publication of illegal exploration and for its european sovereignty in a Video Conference with the European Parliament turkeys foreign minister said the e. U. Should remain impartial in the dispute by acting as an International Call demanding one size clearly all the issue do you have become part of the problems unfortunately. Even the European Court of justice how a rule the union how annoyed your attention or amount of time this is now the last burdens on one of time but under the elimination frances sent a military planes to the Eastern Mediterranean to support greek naval vessels monitoring the situation relations between france and turkey or increasingly hostile macro has repeatedly clashed with turkeys president over a number of crises including syria and libya where both leaders accuse the other a fueling insecurity the summit was only a show of solidarity with greece micros aim is to pressure the e. U. Leaders to take united as tough a stand against turkeys leadership and stop actions by ankara that are deemed by france as an affront to the block the french analysis is that turkey feels its. Europe is so we can burn or of all that it can play the fait accompli and that europe will not be able to react to that thats why i think cross is trying to make turkey a test for europe as a power on the turkeys Foreign Ministers says ancora is ready for unconditional dialogue but greeces talks will be possible only once turkish ships leave disputed waters unless and courage shifts its position the e. U. Could consider punitive measures against it when all 27 leaders meet in 2 weeks natasha bottler aljazeera paris. Along the way said talks between afghanistans government and the taliban are now due to stop the saturday theyll be held in cattle and could bring the country a step closer to peace after decades of war the 2 sides agreed to go ahead with those talks after resolving a dispute over prisoners and u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o. Is due to arrive in doha soon for those negotiations mike hanna has of this update from washington. Secretary of state. As you mentioned on his way to doha to monitor those peace talks between the afghani government and the taliban it must be noted too that its a long way from being completed despite president trumps apparent optimism still great divisions between the Afghan Government and the taliban but. There to lend an american presence and also to demonstrate perhaps to the american president interest in reducing troop levels outside the United States president denies that this is anything to do with this Political Campaign although reducing troop presence in Foreign Countries is part of his particular platform and it must be noted too that the secretary of defense mark s. Were said that the number of troops in afghanistan would be reduced to below 2005005 the election so the secretary of defense using the date of the election november the 3rd as a marker in terms of when these troop reductions are going to be completed. Now relatives of missing children and survivors of rape and mexico have occupied the offices of the National Human Rights Commission for more than a week they say they will not wear until the your thirtys bring perpetrators to justice manner of how reports from mexico city. Protesters outside the offices of mexicos National Human Rights Commission. They are survivors of gender violence and family members of missing persons who with support from feminist activist groups have moved into the building and taken over. There protesting against the government which they say has turned a blind eye to soaring rates of gender violence and other human rights abuses in the country. Mexico has close to 600. 00 reported femicide so far this year more than 75000. 00 missing persons and the murder rate higher than at any other time in the countrys history. The n. S. Were less west that were better their last meeting this action is different to others weve seen in the past but i think its a response from the thousands of victims who are waiting for an investigation from authorities in 2 cases of disappearances family sites valiant story and many other human rights cases that remain in impunity. For mexicos president under this Manuel Lopez Obrador is often criticized for downplaying the issue of gender violence in particular. During a press conference this week he scolded the activists for auk you behind the building in Mexico Citys Historic Center and vandalizing portraits of mexican heroes housed in the offices but. I respect all demonstrations but i do not agree with violence or vandalism and i do not agree with where they have done to the painting of. A protester 80 come out of the news. Says her 7 year old daughter is a survivor of sexual assault. That the gun the book is that weve been talking about what the president said in that video my daughter has asked me how is it possible the president can be outraged over a painting but not outraged when a girl is rate. She tells us she and other women here are tired of demanding action from the poor on matters of gender violence. The protesters say they have no intention of relinquishing control of the building adding that they intend to raise funds to transport abuse survivors to the building and transform it into a shelter mexicos National Human Rights Commission have expressed their concern over the safety of sensitive case files housed inside the government offices but have not commented on any potential plan to forcibly remove protesters from the building. The leadership of the National Human Rights Commission has frequently been the target of criticism by relatives of missing children and Domestic Violence survivors who say the commission is more focused on slashing budgets than pursuing investigations when resident below al jazeera mexico city. That this is al jazeera and these are the headlines a large explosion has rocked the outskirts of jordans capital and happened in zaka governor us about 30 kilometers northeast of amman jordan as minister for Media Affairs says the blast happened in a warehouse where unusable mortar bombs were being stored he also says it was caused by an electrical short sack is the extent of the damage is not yet known. Another night of violent protests has kicked off and colombias capital bought guitar with demonstrators throwing molotov cocktails at a Police Station 9 people have now been killed and at least 300 injured during the rallies against the death of a man in Police Custody in that country the ng has been driven by a video showing 43 year old lawyer javier or donnas being repeatedly shot by offices with a taser stun gun. Sudans declared an economic state of emergency after the National Currency fell by more than 40 percent in recent weeks special courts will be set up to counter smuggling and other illicit activities months of heavy rain in asia have left at least 65 people dead and 330000 homeless the government says dozens of people were killed when their homes collapsed while at least 14 people drowned several areas of the capital now may remain underwater now despite being one of the worlds driest countries Climate Change has worsened news as rainy season in recent years and about 100 wildfires are still ripping through the u. S. West coast and of caused at least 8 fatalities tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders across the states of oregon washington and california firefighters are battling flames that have consumed entire towns and communities smoke is also blanketed cities from San Francisco to seattle a record 3400000 acres of land have burned so far long awaited talks between afghanistans government and the taliban are due to start the saturday theyll be held in qatar and could bring the country a step closer to peace after decades of war u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei was due to arrive in doha soon for those negotiations a group of even nations says its ready to develop a list of restrictive measures on turkey over its drilling ambitions in the mediterranean but those of the summit hosted by the french president also expressed a willingness to reengage with turkey. Those are the headlines i will have more news for you hit on aljazeera the inside story stay with us. 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